Luv2fish
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I know that Dale has referred to the 2120 Pilot House as a little tank and I'm sold on this term. I usually fish the middle Chesapeake Bay in my 2120 but this weekend I had the opportunity to participate in the Military Appreciation Day (MAD Virginia) fishing event in Norfolk, Virginia. I trailered the boat down there on Friday and spent the night on the boat. It is the first time I have installed the screens and was impressed with how comfortable it was to sleep. I'm 6 feet tall and had no problems stretching out in the cuddy. I put my boat in at Little Creek Navy base tucked in with some bigger boats.
The following morning we had steady 15 knot winds coming from the NE so it we found a lot of good 3 footers when we were crossing the bay. We decided to head across and tuck in behind the southern tip of the Eastern Shore near Latimore Shoal. The wind would be blocked and we would do some chumming for cobia and sharks. I had two new Navy recruits who had never fished saltwater.
It was "sporty" to say the least heading in to the wind in the morning. For those of you that have never had the opportunity to cross the Chesapeake bay at the mouth of the bay it resembles the old video game "Frogger". The mouth of the bay has 4 channels for large ships to exit and enter the bay. As I was heading across I had my radar running and could see the large ships coming down at each channel. Timing my crossing at a whopping 15 MPH with the waves breaking over the bow gave my crew a real chance to see why I own a Pilot House. I had an experienced mate to help with the fishing and he had never been on a Parker. He ended the day saying that when he gets his own boat it will be a Parker Pilot House.
We had a lot of fun but we didn't get the caliber of fish we had hoped. We had sharks and cobia around our boat but couldn't seem to get them in the boat. We did catch some blues and croaker so the guys got to catch some fish and had a great day. The ride back with following seas was smoother and quicker.
Yesterday confirmed why I am so happy with my Parker.
Steve
The following morning we had steady 15 knot winds coming from the NE so it we found a lot of good 3 footers when we were crossing the bay. We decided to head across and tuck in behind the southern tip of the Eastern Shore near Latimore Shoal. The wind would be blocked and we would do some chumming for cobia and sharks. I had two new Navy recruits who had never fished saltwater.
It was "sporty" to say the least heading in to the wind in the morning. For those of you that have never had the opportunity to cross the Chesapeake bay at the mouth of the bay it resembles the old video game "Frogger". The mouth of the bay has 4 channels for large ships to exit and enter the bay. As I was heading across I had my radar running and could see the large ships coming down at each channel. Timing my crossing at a whopping 15 MPH with the waves breaking over the bow gave my crew a real chance to see why I own a Pilot House. I had an experienced mate to help with the fishing and he had never been on a Parker. He ended the day saying that when he gets his own boat it will be a Parker Pilot House.
We had a lot of fun but we didn't get the caliber of fish we had hoped. We had sharks and cobia around our boat but couldn't seem to get them in the boat. We did catch some blues and croaker so the guys got to catch some fish and had a great day. The ride back with following seas was smoother and quicker.
Yesterday confirmed why I am so happy with my Parker.
Steve
