Fished from 7 am till about 12:30pm and was constantly getting bites but had a hard time keeping the fish on. Usually this isn't a problem for me but it seems the mouths are softer this year. Out of about 20 bites I only managed to get 2 in the boat. Had alot of fish up to the boat but as soon as I reached for the net they would magically slip off and back down to thier 35ft waiting area. Trolling at .9 to 1.2 mph 35 ft on the wire using a 4 inch silver herring dodger with a wedding ring with worm and white corn scented with anise oil.
Also had another pole set up with Jack Lloyd flashers with wedding ring, same bait. Three oz weight and would let out 35 ft of line so that put me at about 25 ft. Got plenty of bites but nothing seemed to stick on that pole. I was switching back and forth between poles just to see if one was more productive than the other.
Overall, a fun day with plenty of sunshine and a bit of a sunburn. Sorry, no pics but fish are bout 10 inches in size and nice red meat. Should be good smokers.