Steve and Bob came down Thursday for another adventure on a day when the fog didn’t lift till we got back to the dock. When we got to where we needed to be it was pretty much non stop for about four hours. We had more doubles than singles and I spent then day going from one side of the boat to the other to land fish. The ratio of bass to shad was about even. They were eating everything that we threw at them from crease flies to Clousers. Lots of fun on the boat today.

We left the dock early this morning under perfect conditions. Heavy overcast, fog and flat calm seas. We passed by the places that held bass two days ago without seeing any life except shad and there were lots of shad. Pretty much everywhere you looked you saw shad. We played for a while and caught a bunch of them. The thought was that if that’s all there was today maybe we should catch a few. We kept on and found more schools of shad and we picked away on the fringes of the schools and started getting some bass mixed in. Moving on we eventually had a huge school of fish come up behind us. These were mostly bass up to around ten pounds or so. A big improvement over the shad. We had the school to ourselves for about an hour so that was pretty good. I was catching bass and shad and Gail was too until she pulled a nice sized bonito out of the school. She then finished the slam with a nice bluefish. A pretty fun day with my best friend.

Sunday morning brought Jon and Jeanine back for their second round.We left the dock at a balmy 34 degrees and ventured out. We found the fish where we left them last Wednesday. Jeanine struck first again with a chunky shad and Jon soon followed with a striper. We picked up a few more fish when the wind shifted and came up hard. Another guide said that it felt like they got hit with a boat wake but the waves kept coming. We managed one more bass on the way home. Despite the wind it was a fun day with good people.

Dr. Jeff and Frank came up to spend Sunday morning looking for our friend Albert. We left the dock early and headed out. We found lots of hungry bass and a few bluefish. Dr. Jeff got his trifecta with a bunch of shad and Frank completed his with our first bonito of the year. There were a few pods of albies running around but they didn’t want to stay and play. Still lots of boats out there but they should start to thin out. If the winds stay down it should be a pretty good fall run.

Today brought Mike back for a chance at some albies and anything else that was passing through. We left early and the first cast was a hit and miss by a Spanish Mackerel. We kept on and found then bass that were soon joined by albies. Both species were liking what Mike was throwing. It was pretty steady for the whole trip. Just one of those days that the stars aligned and the fish co operated. A pretty fun day on the briney.

Bill and Randy came out for round two on Tuesday. It was a bit foggy to start but it cleared up nicely. We found bass right away and they were hungry. Albies showed up on time and they were a little fussy. We landed a few but had to work for them. After a few fly changes we found the right one. Prior to the albies the guys caught stripers until they were tired of catching them. It was just that easy. Now that I’ve put the curse in play we will have to work for the rest of the season. In between they caught a bunch of mackerel and a shad for good measure. All personnel slept like babies last night.

Today Randy and Bill came out of the deep woods of PA. to spend some time on the salt. We left in the fog but did find bass where they were supposed to be. Moving around a bit brought us on some albies. They were just cruising and not feeding hard so it proved to be a challenge to get them to eat a fly. However perseverance paid off and the guys convinced a bunch that flies taste good. Add in a bunch of stripers to fill in between albie bites.Some of you know about the “lucky phone call” that comes mid morning. Today in the 10 minute period we landed two bass and an albie.Another fun day on the briny.