We break Jones Inlet at 6 am, as The Leprechaun, Pete, navigated through that mess, he had a plan. We head south and set up where he thought the fish would be. After a few somewhat disappointing outings - Actually, I didn't think they were that bad - Pete knew exactly where and when he wanted to be. I saw the father son team we've all come to know here on #nyangler and his son, @WhaleheadFishing. They told us there were some mahi around also.
I knew it was going to be a great day when on the first drop I caught a keeper fluke and a keeper sea bass as a doubleheader on my high/low rig. It was pretty much a steady pick all morning and by early afternoon we had 2 fish in the boat over 6 pounds as well as our limit with most of them being 21-inches and up. We also limited on some nice sea bass. This was all by 1 pm. As I like to say the fish were suicidal.
There were a number of boats there and for the most part boaters were cautious and courteous, but there's always at least one out there. As were start heading back in I notice a captain of a 36-plus boat suddenly turn to starboard to the point that we had to throttle way down to avoid an incident. There have been a number of marine incidents this year, and I can't stress how important it is you keep alert. We also heard about a boat taking on water although I'm not sure of the outcome.
As an angler, there's nothing better than a plan coming together as it did yesterday. The fans blew just enough and the fish bit like crazy. Oh, I also somehow managed another doubleheader of a keeper fluke and sea bass combination. What a day!
I'm going to have to load up on more gulp though!
I knew it was going to be a great day when on the first drop I caught a keeper fluke and a keeper sea bass as a doubleheader on my high/low rig. It was pretty much a steady pick all morning and by early afternoon we had 2 fish in the boat over 6 pounds as well as our limit with most of them being 21-inches and up. We also limited on some nice sea bass. This was all by 1 pm. As I like to say the fish were suicidal.
There were a number of boats there and for the most part boaters were cautious and courteous, but there's always at least one out there. As were start heading back in I notice a captain of a 36-plus boat suddenly turn to starboard to the point that we had to throttle way down to avoid an incident. There have been a number of marine incidents this year, and I can't stress how important it is you keep alert. We also heard about a boat taking on water although I'm not sure of the outcome.
As an angler, there's nothing better than a plan coming together as it did yesterday. The fans blew just enough and the fish bit like crazy. Oh, I also somehow managed another doubleheader of a keeper fluke and sea bass combination. What a day!
I'm going to have to load up on more gulp though!
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