Today Peter and Paul were back for their second day of three. We started like yesterday but the fish had moved on. We picked a few off the beach but it was pretty quiet. We took a long ride to a couple of spots that I haven’t fished in a while. They weren’t there either. Another move found us sharing the water with a few bonito. We put two in the boat fairly soon. We must have caught them all because that was pretty much it for the day.

Sunday brought Peter and Paul across the Atlantic from the UK. We left early and headed out to where the elusive bonito have been visiting. They were there for a short while until 15 of our close friends showed up. We caught two peanut bunker pretty quickly and then it was seas for the rest of the day. Black Seas Bass and Seas Robins. Both in good numbers. On the way home we spotted our first good sized schools of bait moving in unmolested.

Friday Dr. Jeff and Frank came back for a day on the briney. We took a long ride and were rewarded with small pods of Bonito chasing bait. The guys doubled on their first casts with one fish coming on board we managed too put two more in the boat before the tide gave up. It took forever for the tide to turn and we found a few more after the change. All in all it was a fun day.

The other morning Gail and I went in search of the elusive Bonito. We found some fussy schools here and there. Gail managed two in the boat and I landed a Scup and a Sea Robin. Just to be clear the scup was huge. Almost big enough to keep. I should have known better.

Monday was a bit of a challenge. On Steve’s morning trip he managed to catch a couple of bonito casting in the blind. That afternoon I had Jim and his sons E1& E2. With our luck all we could find were albies. True to their form they wouldn’t eat anything that we had in the box. The guys worked hard to no avail. Hopefully they will settle down soon and play nice.

It’s been a while since I put anything on here. The fishing hasn’t been stellar although my anglers have been. We had a couple of good days and others were unproductive. The bait is slowly trickling in and it’s starting to improve a bit. There are rumors of bonito being caught but neither Steve nor I have seen any. The passing of Jack Balint has really put a damper on things. It was a sudden surprise and an infection that couldn’t be stopped. He is missed already.

Sunday morning brought John and Chris down for their first trip with me. We left early and I had some expectations of catching fish. A bit after we started at our first spot Chris hooked up and 10 seconds later he had his tippet bitten through thanks to a local bluefish. Unfortunately that was the highlight of the day. We went everywhere that I could think of and the guys threw flies steadily. Not another hit nor did we see another fish hooked by the weekend fleet. The weather has been playing havoc with the bait and the fish are acting accordingly. We’re going to try it again soon.