Susky Flats last weekend openings

[capt. ed]

Saturday April 5
Afternoon Saturday April 26
Sunday April 27
Saturday May 3 (last day)

Barners shoot me an email or give me a call before these spots go.

[Flyguy784]

Anything happening down there yet Cap?

[cisco651]

If anybody can find them ...You can...catch'em up Capt Ed...

Bruce

[capt. ed]

Not yet! Another week or so.

[DEEP POCKETS]

Only a matter of time before it busts wide open Capt Ed, I'm sure these dates are gonna go quick.... Good luck this season:)

[JerseyBrian]

Ed, do you have any availabilities on April 29th or 30th?

[capt. ed]

JerseyBrian, shoot me an email. We can hook up one of those days. "Contact Us" on my website, or capt.ed@bonuscheckcharters.com

[JerseyBrian]

JerseyBrian, shoot me an email. We can hook up one of those days. "Contact Us" on my website, or capt.ed@bonuscheckcharters.com
just shot you an email in your hotmail account ;)

[JerseyBrian]

Awesome Capt. Ed! Can't wait! What kinds of baitfish do you have down there? What are the stripers primarily feeding on?

[BOTTOM FEEDER]

Awesome Capt. Ed! Can't wait! What kinds of baitfish do you have down there? What are the stripers primarily feeding on?

I would think the shad should start to show up soon. Although i don't think you can use shad for bait. I have caught lots of shad at connawingo dam, with HUGE stripers behind them. Whats the water temp like down there. I start to shad fish as soon as the magic 50 degrees comes in.

[SHAMEN]

A few buddies of mine were down last weekend and found 48-49 degrees in a few places...

[capt. ed]

Flats area stripers are looking for Shad and Herring, and will eat white perch as well. Shad and Herring come in waves and herring especially will hang out on the Flats for quite a while.
Bass Assassins and Big BKDs do a nice baitfish impression for us. Big plugs and poppers work too.

[JerseyBrian]

I can't wait man!!! Do you ever fish the larger soft plastics weightless and just finesse fish them? I grew up using 4" Fin-S soft plastics using this technique and have caught my fair share of LMB and Pickerel ;) If you don't mind Ed, I'd like to bring some of my favorite soft plastics (6 inchers) and topwater/subsurface plugs along with me on my trip (as well as my own rod and reel setup). My gear is up to your "light tackle" standards so I hope that would be ok.

[capt. ed]

Bring it on Brian! I rarely fish weightless in April. Later in the summer you can catch largemouth pretty much all day long by plopping soft plastics around the grass with no weight, but I'm south by then.

[jeenyus139]

Where do you launch out of for the susky flats? Galena or Rock Hall? Also do you offer any open boat trips? (I'm a broke college kid:D )

[capt. ed]

Washington College in Chestertown?
I launch at Stemmers Run, Earleville. It's ten minutes north of Galena near Cecilton. I typically don't run open boat trips, but shoot me an email. We'll see if we can't work something out. I might have another guy or two to help you fill out a trip.

[DEEP POCKETS]

Hey Capt Ed - read Darrin's article in SWS this morning about bringing the cows home, congrats on the press and never heard of the "shad ditches" on the flats before. Congrats again:)

[capt. ed]

Not too many secrets left about the Flats is there. Nice to have an ace or two up the sleeve when things get crowded.
Thanks for the congrats and Big Thanks to Darrin.

[JerseyBrian]

Bring it on Brian! I rarely fish weightless in April. Later in the summer you can catch largemouth pretty much all day long by plopping soft plastics around the grass with no weight, but I'm south by then. Good to know Ed! Is the current just too strong (in april) for the weightless soft plastics? Are they just not in the strike zone long enough? Just wondering... Well, I'm going to try out something slightly different then to see if it works too ;) By the way, what size hooks do you think you use when rigging up your larger 7" soft plastics? 3/0? I know you usually use jigheads, but was wondering if you knew their hook sizes.

Another question Capt. Ed, with this year's new rules, will you be running charters during Susky Flats's Keeper Season: May 18 thru May 26. One fish per angler from 18 - 26 inches may be retained??? Or will you be in Del. Bay by then?

Jeenyus, if Capt. Ed does run charters between May 18-26th, I'll split the cost with ya ;)

[capt. ed]

with jigheads you can cast farther and keep in constant contact with your lure. You need to know where your lure is depthwise, where the bottom is, etc. I suppose you can catch weightless, but if it ain't broke don't fix it.

I have Sunday May 18 open for the "keeper season", and that's it. Leaving that next week for the British Virgin Islands. Soon as I get back I'll be in Rock Hall the rest of the summer.

[Old-guy]

Brian,

I have caught tons of stripers on the weightless soft plastic jerk baits. All you need is to find some fairly clear water with the striped one’s in it and you’ll have a blast.

Make sure to bring the poppers too!

Old-guy

[jeenyus139]

Washington College in Chestertown?
I launch at Stemmers Run, Earleville. It's ten minutes north of Galena near Cecilton. I typically don't run open boat trips, but shoot me an email. We'll see if we can't work something out. I might have another guy or two to help you fill out a trip.

Yes, I'm at Washington College. I'm definately lookin to get into fishing the Chesapeake as I am working on getting a fishing club goin within the school. But between workin and volunteering at Chestertown VFC I have not been able to fish often enough. I definately want to fish some of the spring season.

[capt. ed]

Well I'm in the Galena VFC! We've spent some of this winter getting into the Fire/Rescue Boat business. We're about to put Boat 3 into service this spring.
Keep me in mind and we can hook up some before schools out.

[JerseyBrian]

Brian,

I have caught tons of stripers on the weightless soft plastic jerk baits. All you need is to find some fairly clear water with the striped one’s in it and you’ll have a blast.

Make sure to bring the poppers too!

Old-guy
Thanks for the encouragement Old-guy :p I'm thinking weightless soft plastics would be deadly too, but going on Capt. Ed's experiences and observations, I'm wondering if the current is just too strong during April for that technique to be effective. Nonetheless, I'd like to try out a soft plastic with a 1/8oz. weighted hook and see how it works. I might have to try it before I fish the Flats just to make sure I know how it swims and how to "work it"; I've never used this type of hook before...

[Supafly]

Ed, I sent you an email. I am in for one of the dates we discussed. I am psyched!

[jeenyus139]

Well I'm in the Galena VFC! We've spent some of this winter getting into the Fire/Rescue Boat business. We're about to put Boat 3 into service this spring.
Keep me in mind and we can hook up some before schools out.

What do ya know... hahaha :D I'm also availible certain weekday afternoons and mornings. I will definately be giving you a call to see what we can work out.