Headed out to HRBT Norfolk side with a couple buddies. Joe, Chuck(Froggin4bass), Phil(Spikex) and Patrick. The weather outlook seemed to be decent with winds 10MPH and gusting to 15MPH. We decided to try it out and apparently everyone else did too! There were a ton of kayakers and boaters out. Watch out for those damn boaters!!! One decided to speed by the light line as fast as he could and created a decent wake that rocked us a bit.
Overall the night was pretty fun, I started by trolling a Deep Diving X-Rap along the light line and was rewarded with a nice 12 inch schoolie.
I continued to troll the light line and time after time I pulled up same size fish from 12" to 17" schools. It was pretty fun but I wanted something bigger. There were a ton of fish busting the surface as I was trolling and I caught some of those.
I decided to toss an imitation Menhaden lure and it was on. Apparently that was the lure of choice because I started pulling in a ton more fish. Casting with a slow then fast retrieve seemed to be the ticket because I started pulling in 18" fish and the biggest at a bit over 21 inches.
They were all fat and have been gorging themselves all night apparently. After the last couple fish I pulled in the wind started to pick up and rain started to come down so Joe(Archer) decided to head back in with our stringers full.
The Striper were gorging themselves on Menhaden so looked like the lure I chose for the night was right. This one had about 5 more half digested Menhaden in its gut. The other had the same amount. Looks like Ill head out another night with the same setup to see if it works again.
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