A Can 8/23

Slower today. West of A Can, towards south end of pack. Two of us got 40 from 8:00 to abut 1:00. Ran smaller than have been ... 8lbs at cleaners. Live emeralds. Good marks. Dropped right in on a decent bite but it quickly went to slow pick. Holding the rod (or lifting) didn't work today. Many of our fish came by laying it on the boat gunnel and dead sticking it till they hit it 3 or 4 times. Just as many by laying the whole skipper 9 rig in the mud and leaving it lay there several minutes with bail open and free spool..sometimes as many as 5 minutes while I re-baited other rod. Lift it up and one was hooked. Surprising bite wasn't better given we had stout south wind and 1-2's with some whitecaps much of morning.