04-03-2017, 01:49 AM
I arrived at the South Marina at 10 am with no wind. I ran over to freeway bay where the water temp was 52 degrees there, I put out a fire tire Berkeley crank bait and a Shadrap under a plainer board. Just a few minutes later I caught my first 20" wiper of the year on the Berkeley crank. Then about 11 I saw the wind and white caps coming at me from the north, And I trolled for another hour then decided to quit fighting the wind and anchored up and soaked mussels for the next 4 hours. First on an old road bed in Freeway Bay and then off of the Hog Farm where it transitions from 16 to 20 ft deep. I caught one 16" wiper there. The wind laid down around 4 pm so, I went back to trolling and picked up my last 15" wiper of the day, on a rattlin rap an hour later near the Island. The water temp dropped to 48 degrees when the wind started blowing and came back up to 49 degrees when I left around 6pm. Over all a pretty tough day, but I will be eating wiper this week.
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