MA 11-13 No Fish but a great paddle

It has been a rough summer for getting out fishing for me.  Between wedding, family trips, and my Suburban down, my fishing has been limited.  However, I was able to get out yesterday. 

I waited for the tide to switch and got out at about 1pm.  I put in at Sunrise beach park and trolled to the Narrows park. (about 6.5 statute miles.)   My plan was just to go to Gig Harbor, but the wind was calm and I though I could make it all the way to the narrows before the tide switch.  My tide site said it was after 4pm, but the current was switching by the time I got there which was disappointing since I had hopped to jig on the North side of the bridge but the current was going the wrong way and I figured I needed to get to the other side before it got ripping.  Need to figure that one out. 

Was using the Franko Bullet Rotator for the first time.  Forgot my rubber bands so I had to use the legs off of a hoochie.  Those things are hard to tie together with fish slime on your hands.

Stayed in the 80-110 foot range with 69 feet of cable out and was trolling at 1.8-2.0  mph.  Not sure if the FBR's are going to work with the slow speed.   Looking for a lure that works well at that speed.  Had one hit but just took part of the bait and did not hook up could have been a flounder for all I know.  Lot of fish on the sonar around Sunrise and down to the Harbor.  I think I have some things to learn about the water between the harbor and the narrows.

Great paddle with the only exciting bit being a gravel barge that decided to go under the bridge far right (when facing south) and I had to start early and work hard to get to the shore side of him.  As it was he passed with in 25 yards and threw a complicated tall wake.  But the Wavewalk did great.

Looking into Commencement bay

Such pretty water in the sound. Looks like a lake in the middle photo; nice and calm.
Is the down-rigger mounted directly to the center seat area? It's removable to facilitate car topping?

Nice photos.

Water was a dream yesterday.

Yeah the downrigger is right on the seat.  You can take it off (Scotty lake troller) for what ever reason.  For car topping there is no need to flip the boat upside down, so I leave it and the depth finder attached all the time.   It deploys forward which makes it easy to get too as well.  You can see the whole set up in my avitar picture.