Saturday 5/4 we had Arnold's crew of 3, Paul, Nick and Murray out for Stripers in the slop. Broke the fierce inlet to an angry ocean. Read bait immediately and looked around. Jigged on it and nothing. Read a few fish here and there but no good. Went way up north and trolled on some spread out marks and only managed a few blues and a couple misses. Looked the whole way back in some more bait and so more spread out readings but again no good. Went out in the deep and finally trolled up a nice bass around 20lbs or so. A pretty tough day on the water, especially trolling. But sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do. Sorry no photos today.
Today we had Murray, Charles, Lou, Al and Evan out for bass. Took a ride up again. Set up around 8am an it was game on. 2 - 3 on at a time. Fun fishing today for the boys! Had plenty of shorts to keep busy as well. Ended up with a limit + bonus tags by 10:30am. Total of 15 keepers to around 15lbs or so. Much nicer fish today. Made a drop for tog on the ride home, but it was no good, so the guys called it an early day.
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Hey All,
We finally made it out! Had Allen, Brandon and his party out for a mix of stripers and blackfish. Took a ride ad caught the tide nicely. Baits in the water when the anchor came tight and we were on. Pretty productive morning with shorts and keeper stripers. Guys kept busy until slack tide. As the tide changed we re set and once again as soon as the anchor came tight we were on again. Had 7 keeper stripers and about a dozen shorts or so.
When we stopped catching bass we headed towards home. Made 2 drops for tog and the first was no good. Second drop wasn't too bad. Spent about an hour there and managed 4 keepers and a bunch of shorts. Called it a day and headed home with 7 stripes and 4 tog for the boys.
Thanks guys, pleasure seeing you again.
New Years Eve this year we had Bob, Murray, John and his crew for some blackfish. Headed right offshore in a stiff west wind. Within a few minutes we had a steady bite going. Picking PLENTY of fish at 14.75" and a couple keeps in between. Fish here most of the day until it slowed. Went inshore a bit to duck in from the wind, but not much life there but dogs. Went back out a little and more shorts and dogs. High hook at 4 or 5 keepers. John had the big fish at 7.5lbs. Called it an early day today. Decent day on the water. Good bite while it lasted. Thanks guys!
HAPPY & SAFE NEW YEAR TO ALL!
Saturday 12/29 we were finally able to get out fishing. Had Kurt, Mark, Ron and his son. Started the day off on a local stop, with just a few dogs and no tog bites. Went further NE and more dogs there. Picked up quick and went deep to a wreck. Solid life here instantly. 6-7 shorts in 5 minutes, that was savage compared to the dogfish bite on the other drops. Started picking keepers around 10:30am till about 12pm when the wind and current slid us off the wreck. But not before Rons son put a nice 10lb fish in the boat. Reset the anchors and picked 1 or 2. Got pretty snotty and crappy weather, so we called it a day at 12:45pm. Ended up with a dozen pretty decent fish and plenty of throwbacks.