What we've been asking for of late is a change in the weather, anything to prompt rockfish of the Chesapeake to switch to their fall patterns. The basic ingredient for that is cooler waters.
To get this, rain, stiff breezes, and lower temperatures are needed - a combination that will push bay water temperatures down into the 60s, the lower in the 60s, the better. But, why did it have to come on a day when the fishing is promising? Murphy's law, whatever can go wrong,...
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