Avenger
Well-Known Angler
Probably the last trip for the season, but we went out and hit Jones Inlet at about 8:00 and turned West. Despite the forecast there was a good breeze and a stiff 1-3 ft, short period chop. We slugged it out and eventually set up trolling past the Pink Hotel out to the Round House, then back past the inlet to the water tower.
The chop seemed to subside when it started to warm up, and thus far the highlight was a couple of dolphins. Like everything else, they weren't interested in our offerings. Which is good, because I don't want to be trying to unhook Flipper. We're debating what to do next when a couple of reports come over the VHF that the bite is on at The Round House.
The captain starts to make a run for it, and even though the chop had subsided it wasn't enough. We broke the boat and our @$$es.
When we arrived, the bite was indeed on. There were Stripers busting on the surface and several boats brought in some nice sized fish. Unfortunately they weren't interested in what we were jigging. We tried diamonds and a Kastmaster type jig with no luck. It looked like other boats were using Hopkins style hammered jigs. But we didn't have anything onboard.
Ten minutes after we arrived the bite shut off and after a bit of false optimism driven fishing we headed back to the barn.
Generally speaking it was a good day. I could have been at work, but went fishing instead. The weather eventually turned out pretty nice, and for a change we saw the target species, even though we didn't catch any. So, a nice day for a season end boat ride.
The chop seemed to subside when it started to warm up, and thus far the highlight was a couple of dolphins. Like everything else, they weren't interested in our offerings. Which is good, because I don't want to be trying to unhook Flipper. We're debating what to do next when a couple of reports come over the VHF that the bite is on at The Round House.
The captain starts to make a run for it, and even though the chop had subsided it wasn't enough. We broke the boat and our @$$es.
When we arrived, the bite was indeed on. There were Stripers busting on the surface and several boats brought in some nice sized fish. Unfortunately they weren't interested in what we were jigging. We tried diamonds and a Kastmaster type jig with no luck. It looked like other boats were using Hopkins style hammered jigs. But we didn't have anything onboard.
Ten minutes after we arrived the bite shut off and after a bit of false optimism driven fishing we headed back to the barn.
Generally speaking it was a good day. I could have been at work, but went fishing instead. The weather eventually turned out pretty nice, and for a change we saw the target species, even though we didn't catch any. So, a nice day for a season end boat ride.
