They're still biting!

I've made a couple more trips to the Bay Bridge rockpile. Can't say that it's every cast, but there are some good fish hanging in there. Here's my report today:

I got out in time to catch the end of the outgoing this afternoon. Tide was ripping when I arrived at the bridge, it looked like class III rapids swirling past the rock pile. Got a good strike on my first drift, then hooked up on the next three. Fish were in the 17-20 inch range. Mostly keeper size but nothing to sell the farm over. I thought I was gonna tear 'em up, but it slowed down for a while, then picked back up a little as the tide waned. Actually, I think the fish were always there, they were just holding on a spot the size of a truck bed and it was nearly impossible to hit it consistently in that kind of current. Once again, I hooked and lost way too many fish. Not sure what I'm doing wrong, this is something that just started - lost all the heavy fish I hooked. I ended up with thirteen, the biggest about 22". They all went back. I met a fellow TFer from Chestertown, and saw my friends in the coast guard. This time they just waved. Either my boat is a police magnet, or they're racially profiling hillbillys, because last night I got checked twice by two different DNR officers in 5 minutes!