Brian,
Thank's for the advice. We took your advice and put in at Sandy Point.
Wow, what a nice facility. 22 launch ramps, tons of parking, fuel, store. I never watched deer graze while launching.
We started trolling the western shore south of the bridge half way to Annapolis - nothing. After cruising the boat show by water, we found some school stripers, evidenced by their gull following and hooked up a few keepers, although they were quickly and gently returned to your beautiful bay.
We headed for piling 24 on the new span (with the rocks) and found a ton of bait fish and stripers flopping out of the water. I was most impressed when a striper followed my white bucktail jig on a retreive and took it 4" above the water. Kinda surprised me...
It was a beautiful sunset and the water went flat. Although we didn't find anything much over 14", it was a great day.
The only thing I would do different is bring the the SeaCraft next time as the 2-3' chop/boat wake was more than the Whaler likes.
The 8 hr. ride home was a breeze (430 miles). In the words of CA Gov. elect Arnold,
"I'll be back"...
Regards