Tourney started at 6:00am - me and Rocky where heading out the back river by 6:20. Very nice clear morning with a fall chill in the air and high hopes on board.
We hit several of the "usual" spots along some of the local islands and the outer harbor with little luck. Only action was a huge flock of working birds with no surface action. A dozen boats, including us, stayed on top of them for about a half hour - total: one 27" nice fat bass. Saw no other hook-ups from the other boats. Some have said that the bass were deep - at the 20-30' mark, but rocky was fishing a buck tail with no hook-up's.
With no action to speak of ANYWHERE in the usual spots, we hit the unlikely spots. Found some very nice action in the Mike Powers "unnamed" spot, but it only lasted for 10 or so minutes - another 6 fish to 24" landed. We did see some HUGE bass on the follow but no hook-ups.
Tide went slack at the low around 10:30, and the water didn't start up again until around 12:00. Wind and chop really started to pick up and with no action anywhere we headed for the North river. Hit the infamous "secret spot" and landed 14 micro bass (no shad for those wondering... a first for me <g>) to about 18". Called it a day at around 1/4 to 4.
Great fun fishing with Rocky, and a great time at the CCA banquet later that evening. Want to thank Rocky for putting up with a long rodder for most of the day, and wast'n lots of gas. A big thumbs up to the CCA folks (Capt. Wayne F., Jim McKay, Fred Budreski, and of course the Leone family).