Jim was back on the briney to search for the elusive bonito. We found some but they were few and far between. He did manage to find one to play and he got it done with a fly rod.
Bonito Time Part Two
August 4, 2025 By
These guys are the second half of today’s crew. The smiles say it all.
Bonito Time
August 4, 2025 By
Jim made the trip back from Denver with his guys. They did pretty well with bass last year so I was hoping for a repeat. We left early but found still slack tide at where I wanted to stop. Plan B was to check out some moving water. We had just pulled up when we got the lucky phone call. If you have fished with me you know what that means. Right on schedule a small pod of fish popped up and it was game on for the next four hours. The bones found us and everyone caught multiple fish. It doesn’t get much better than that.
Family fun
July 30, 2025 By
Julius brought his mom and dad all the way from California for their first trip on the east coast briney. The plan was for dad to get a bass on a fly and then get some bottom fish for the gang. Well, the bass were hiding so we went to plan B. Julius caught the first of many scup and then proceeded to tell mom how it’s done. It was a first time fishing for mom and Julius who happens to be seven. We caught lots of scup,a fluke, a sea bass and a spider crab. Julius finished the day with a sand shark. A good day at all.
Sunday Funday
July 20, 2025 By
Jim came back this morning and brought Keith along. We left to get the tide and it paid off pretty well. The guys were throwing flies and the bass were scattered but hungry. We ended the trip with a double and called it a day.
Back to it
July 17, 2025 By
Thursday morning brought Peter back with his sil Tom for his first trip in the salt. We left early in the fog to catch the remaining tide. It was running pretty good when we arrived and soon we found what we had come for. We had a pretty good pick till the tide petered out. The bass were all in the 12 to 20 pound range.Their smiles said it all.
We are still here
July 14, 2025 By
This past week brought our granddaughter up from South Carolina to do some fishing. She wanted bottom fish so off we went. Lots of small stuff around but she landed a seven pound fluke that was 25 inches long. She finished the week with a four foot sandshark. We went through 15 pounds of squid but had a blast. Back to stripers this week.
One of those days
June 15, 2025 By
This morning Dr Jeff brought his son in law Jason up for a Fathers Day trip on the briney. We left early to catch the ebb tide while it was still moving. We tried eight different spots on both tides and it was like fishing in a desert. There was absolutely no signs of life anywhere. We found the hole in the spring run. Dr. Jeff had fished with me for over 25 years and we’ve had some great days on the water. We did see a large pod of dolphins and that was our highlight for the day.
Sunday Morning
June 8, 2025 By
This morning Zach made the trip up north from New Jersey. We arrived at our first stop with 10 of our new friends. Shortly after we arrived we got our Good Luck phone call from Gail. Five minutes later we had the first fish of the day. We tried about every place that I could think of without any takers so we returned to our first stop. During the whole trip we saw four fish landed and Zach got three of them. All were taken on a fly. It a bad day considering.
Still at it
June 3, 2025 By
Jim enjoyed last weeks trip so much that he came back again today. We left early but in time to meet up with 12 or so of our boating friends. The fish were scattered and extremely fussy. We managed two good ones and only saw two others caught. All in all not a bad day with light winds and blue sky.
