AllyKat
Angler
Been out a few times over the past couple of weeks. Still finding some oversized bass, and a few blues mixed in, as well as good sized Fluke and Sea Bass.
Kids and their cousins wanted to get in on the action, and they opted for an early saturday trip. Surprisingly they were all ready to at 5:30, and we dropped the boat in by 6am. Motor to a spot in 50 ft, and set out the chunks to the bottom. Took about 15 minutes and some chum to start it off with first a pair of sand sharks, then a pair of blues that took some tackle with them. Finally, my niece Gianna gets tight to a feisty striper that had her struggling to tame, but we eventually dropped the 30 inch keeper on the deck. Right after my nephew Chris got tight to another bass as brother and sister would land their first stripers ever. His just made the cut at 31 inches. Lots of smiles and high fives for the kids as they were super excited. We stayed in the spot for another hour as my kids tangled with an oversized bass, and then a pair of brute blues that did not want to come to the boat without long drawn out battles.
With the sun fully up and the tide dying, we made a move to see what bottom dwellers were around. I offered to go for porgies, something we have done in the past, but they wanted a fluke. So we motored due north up to the 11B buoy and set everyone up on either jigs or fluke rigs. We had sporadic action as the wind was pushing us opposite what the tide was trying to do, but still had plenty of missed hits and lost baits, as well as sea robins. Once I noticed the water starting to move outgoing, I set out the Rhodan and put it to work. With us drifting the way the water was moving, Gianna was the first to come tight with a nice keeper fluke at 21 inches. My girl Sam followed with a pretty Sea Bass at 16 1/2. All the action came on top of the reef, at 30 feet. There were a few other close ones that went back, but now with 4 fish in the live well getting bled out, I called it a trip at 10:30 and headed to the ramp.
After the quick trip home, unloading of the boat, with them giving the boat and gear a quick cleaning, while I filleted the fish, I came inside to find half of them already passed out on the couch. I took it as a sign of a job well done wearing them out nice and early in the day.
Kids and their cousins wanted to get in on the action, and they opted for an early saturday trip. Surprisingly they were all ready to at 5:30, and we dropped the boat in by 6am. Motor to a spot in 50 ft, and set out the chunks to the bottom. Took about 15 minutes and some chum to start it off with first a pair of sand sharks, then a pair of blues that took some tackle with them. Finally, my niece Gianna gets tight to a feisty striper that had her struggling to tame, but we eventually dropped the 30 inch keeper on the deck. Right after my nephew Chris got tight to another bass as brother and sister would land their first stripers ever. His just made the cut at 31 inches. Lots of smiles and high fives for the kids as they were super excited. We stayed in the spot for another hour as my kids tangled with an oversized bass, and then a pair of brute blues that did not want to come to the boat without long drawn out battles.
With the sun fully up and the tide dying, we made a move to see what bottom dwellers were around. I offered to go for porgies, something we have done in the past, but they wanted a fluke. So we motored due north up to the 11B buoy and set everyone up on either jigs or fluke rigs. We had sporadic action as the wind was pushing us opposite what the tide was trying to do, but still had plenty of missed hits and lost baits, as well as sea robins. Once I noticed the water starting to move outgoing, I set out the Rhodan and put it to work. With us drifting the way the water was moving, Gianna was the first to come tight with a nice keeper fluke at 21 inches. My girl Sam followed with a pretty Sea Bass at 16 1/2. All the action came on top of the reef, at 30 feet. There were a few other close ones that went back, but now with 4 fish in the live well getting bled out, I called it a trip at 10:30 and headed to the ramp.
After the quick trip home, unloading of the boat, with them giving the boat and gear a quick cleaning, while I filleted the fish, I came inside to find half of them already passed out on the couch. I took it as a sign of a job well done wearing them out nice and early in the day.
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, all be safe,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
