Mckee Beshers 11.14

Saturday 11.14 Opening Day Second Split of Duck Season at Mckee Beshers

Last Minute I headed out for Ducks instead of going deer hunting with 2 guys from softball. Saturday morning was overcast with highs in the mid 60's. We were headed down 495 then traffic started backup up from and accident. We did not get parked until 6:10 legal shooting time was 6:20. We got all of our stuff together and walked into the marsh about 10 minutes. To my surprise there was a ton of water. Just as I load my third shell into my shotgun a group of about 10 mallards get up we shoot 2 of them. After that for about 30 minutes it was ducks galore. We saw around 300 ducks, woodies, teal, mallards and a small flock of buffleheads. Overall we shot about 12-15 but it was so thick we could only find 6 of them. It was upsetting that we could not find more. After looking for the birds for about an hour we saw many a wood duck going down about 100 yards in front of us. So we decided to trek through the swamp to see why they were going down. What a terrible idea, it was so thick there was no good path to take. I was making my way through and i tripped on an underwater log. I was falling forward, submerged my gun, then the water starting coming into my waders. When I righted myself I ejected my shells into the marsh turned left and headed for the woods wet and pissed. As I was headed to the woods i heard what sounded like my cell phone dialing I thought nothing of it then i heard it buzzing. When i got to the woods I got my cell phone out and yup it took a swim with me.

6 birds-- 2 hen mallards 2 wood ducks 2 teal 1 ruined cellphone and soaked clothes What a great day!

Rockfish

Rob caught 15-20 rock off of chesapeake beach yeaserday ranging from 18 to 36". Mostly trolled in 45-30 ft of water off the shore from the "domes" (the satellite towers at the naval base) south to Parkers Creek. Picked up a couple in the morning, it slowed down during mid-day and then when evening hit we couldn't keep them off the line. We "had to" stop 2 times on the way back to cast to breaking fish which were surprisingly in the 22-25" range. Chartreuse umberella rigs seemed to be the way to go with a 4-ounce in-line sinker on a 10ft leader.

Steelhead Fishing

Tried my luck at the Lake Erie Steelhead run for the first time.  We set up at the Manchester Hole at 5:00 am.  We started off with spoon spinners until the sun was up with no luck.  Once it was light out we switched over to the fly rods and used just about every set-up you could think of.  Despite seeing tons of good looking fish move by we didnt catch a single one (Jan had one big hit and I had one small one. but both fish broke of quickly).  As we walked back to the car at 11:00 we passed about 300 people over a distance of 300 yards and only saw about 10 fish on stringers - a true case of lock jaw.   

Will definitely try again next year.

Kerwin

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Pics from Trail Cam

There is some activity over in Ellicott City. Only thing i have seen are does. Last saturday i had a great shot on a doe and I missed. Yup thats right shot right over her back. I think i rushed it but who knows. Hopefully this weekend is better