Morning Outgoing at Stradford Shoal

[PeterP]

Took the boat out this morning from port jeff. Wind was much stiffer than forecasted so the ride out to the middle grounds was a bit nautical. (Is it me or does it seem that forecasting seems to get worse and worse. this year in particular has been terrible. i would say they are correct less than 25% of the time) fished a few hours of outgoing in the southern rip. Caught the usual schoolie bass and some blues. Was about to call it when i was surprised by a 35 inch bass on my small conventional jigging setup. 6' medium action slimwave with 1k baitcaster, 15lb braid and 30lb leader. nice fight. after that headed back to 11 to fluke a bit which was slow with one keeper and about a half dozen 15-17 inch fish. home before noon.

 

[BennyV]

Nice surprise! Fluking has been abysmal in the sound this year.

 

[PeterP]

Nice surprise! Fluking has been abysmal in the sound this year.

Yep. I had a really good start in April then when the water warmed up it died

 

[Capt13]

.....Is it me or does it seem that forecasting seems to get worse and worse. this year in particular has been terrible. i would say they are correct less than 25% of the time .....

Nice job on the bass and the fluke !!
I agree about the forecasting ..... it has been off. We were there last Friday on a forecast of around 5 out of the northeast. It was 15 SW when we headed out and got worse .....

 

[Mbg75]

Would be nice if the central sound buoy was online. It at least gave you an idea of conditions before heading out