I hit Gravelly the morning after the gov't shutdown ended and it was prime. Tons of stripers were in the moving water (outgoing tide around 9:30 am) and they were blitzing bait every ten minutes or so. I was getting hookups on nearly every cast once I figured out my drift. At one point I got a hookup on four casts in a row. Silver Kreelex with heavy dumbell eyes was the ticket.
-- The best fish was, of course, the one that got away. I hooked up with a smallmouth that would have gone over twenty inches. I know because I saw him twice, first on a jump right after the hookset, and second on the jump that threw the hook. I played it for probably about five minutes (divide by three to compensate for my slo mo perception of time) before it got away. Makes me wish I hadn't debarbed the hook but I'm grateful for the encounter!
In total I probably caught around 15 fish during the hour that I was there. Noteworthy fish were two stripers around 16-18", one smallmouth (escaped), and one decent largemouth around 15". But of course you already know that because I attached the pictures and your eyes went there first.
Gravelly is a good spot but it's hit or miss. This trip was my third visit to Gravelly, and the previous two times I caught jack squat. I think it has to do with timing and also pressure. If a spin fisher is on that spot right next to the concrete all, forget it or get yourself a boat.
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