For the Week Ending Sunday, Oct. 29, 2017

Tuesday, Oct. 24 (from Ron)...Had a short window after a long day. Fished 1645 to 1830 in upper North Landing. Water was incredibly high and flowing in at a good clip. I suspect they were hiding in the Netherlands of the swamp. Managed two small stripers at 16 and 13 inches, respectively, as well as a lone 1-8 bass on the XTS. Couldn't elicit a topwater bite, and the current was too strong for plastics.

Wednesday, Oct. 25 (from Charlie)...Fishing on Beggars Bridge Creek sucked. It was windy, cold, cloudy, and I got rained on twice. Weather-guessers blew it again. Water was high and muddy, so was only able to get five dinks. The monster weighed a whopping 1-2. This may be it for 2017.

Wednesday, Oct. 25 (from Ron)...Water was flowing out this evening at a good clip in upper North Landing. The conditions were calm, and it was very clear and mild from 4:30 to dark. Only managed two dinks and a tiny sunfish, but a friend I was with got a 2-4 bass and a 17-inch striper. I had two very large V wakes follow my XTS, but they wouldn't hit it.  Oh well, there's always tomorrow.

Friday, Oct. 27 (from Ken)...Figured I would go see if I could find a few fish. Decided I would start above the West Neck Bridge, and as it worked out, I started and finished there. Caught all but one of my eight fish on a crankbait. My first fish of the day fell for a jerkbait. Weights included two at 1-0, one at 1-4, one at 1-5, and four dinks. Also had a couple of fish come unbuttoned on the way to the boat. Everything today was up tight on wood. Saw quite a few trailers in the parking lot when I came in this afternoon. Probably won't get back on the water until next week. Might try to make a couple of trips if the weather cooperates.

Friday, Oct. 27 (from Ray)...Fished West Neck, and all the fish were caught in site of the bridge. Ended up with four bass (1.21, 1.11 and two dinks). Also caught 12 perch and one "mighty" bluegill. Came across two schools of perch; one school had nice size perch, while the other one had only small fish. A jerkbait and spinnerbaits worked best for me today. The water temp was 60/66, with fair visibility in spots, under blue skies. Large or small, fishing is always fun.

Friday, Oct. 27 (from Ron)...Not much to report from Friday evening's trip to Milldam. Caught four dink bass, mostly on Mini-King Spinnerbait, one on a Whopper Plopper. Also caught an 11-inch crappie on a Beetlespin.

Saturday, Oct. 28 (from Doc)...Stayed in West Neck, where I started by catching six small stripers at the bridge on a medium crankbait. I had begun thinking the bass might not be biting, but they finally cooperated, and I ended up with six of them, too. One went for a spinnerbait, while all the others fell for a shallow crankbait. The biggest two bass today were a 1.9 and a 1.10. "Enjoyed all the tugs on my line," he said.

Saturday, Oct. 28 (from Ron)...Fished Back Bay this morning from 0800 to 1130. Had glassy conditions to start, but the wind became difficult by 1000. The murky water only got worse as the southerly wind increased. Found a few on a Silver Minnow, including eight bass. The best two were a 1-3 and a 1-5. All the rest were dinks. May chase speckled trout Sunday, as there shouldn't be anyone else out in the bad weather.

Sunday, Oct. 29 (from Ron)...Went out to Rudee Inlet this morning and fished from 8 to 10. Caught a break in the rain and wind and found some fish for the skillet. Released about 10 in the 14- to 17-inch range, but kept a 17-incher that had been gut hooked, as well as two 18-inchers and a 19-incher for some great fillets. Nice to have the whole inlet to myself. Fair-weather fishermen were nowhere to be found.