Nanticoke Rockfishing with Rob - June 2017 - Fishing Nanticoke River
Channel: Salt Life Adventures
Date: 2017-06-03

This was my first fishing experience on the Nanticoke river. My friend Rob fishes this area much like you would if you were fishing for largemouth bass. We looked for interesting pieces of land and structure with which to throw bucktails and soft swim baits. Water temperature was 71°, we fished the incoming tide during the evening, and used 1/2 to 1 ounce bucktails and Jigheads with 5 inch swim bodies. Rob likes to dip his swim baits in colored, scented attractant as well on the tails to improve catch rates.

The goal of the evening was to look for more quality fish versus quantity of fish. Rob has the ability to catch many more fish if we wanted to, but I asked him to go looking for the bigger fish. We ended the evening with about 20 fish, about six of them over 20 inches. The largest rockfish of the evening was 29 inches and that is my personal best so far!

Rob's style of fishing matches our preferences well as he really enjoys casting and retrieving artificials versus trolling and live/cutbait techniques.