First trip out on the Rapp was a good day. Water temps 64-66, air temps 75, wind picked up in the afternoon and was gusting 20-30. Water clarity was semi stained. Fished tail end of incoming tide. Outgoing most of day. Baits were custom Ned heads with. 4” Senko in color 297 (Green Pumpkin/Black Fleck). Snakehead was on a Bill Lewis crank in Cell Mate (Crappie imitation). 35-40 fish day. Most of the river traffic was multiple rod setups heading upriver for the striper spawning run. Great first day in the books. Will be out again in a couple of weeks before I head off for a wedding in Georgia, a visit to my brother and sister in laws on Cresent beach in Florida and a week stay in an Airbnb on Villano beach. I get back to Virginia for 1 day before loading up and heading to St Clair for a week in smallie Disneyland. Whew, I’m tired already.

One bait I forgot to mention that was a good bass catcher, a Yamamoto Shad Shape Swimmer on a 3.0 gamakatsu ewg and a pegged worm weight.