Sunday brought Simon back from the UK to spend the day. We started local and picked up a striper and a sea robin to start. After catching the two hard ones we took a ride in somewhat sporty conditions. We found more boats than fish but Simon managed a bonito on a fly. The tide changed and made to conditions too ucky to continue. Did not see many fish landed out there.

Today Gail and I went out under very nice conditions. We wanted some bonito action so we skipped the fleet trying for bass. After a good run we found the bones and had fun for a few hrs. When the bluefish showed up it was time to call it a fun day. Lots of action on the fly rods.

it’s been an interesting but frustrating week on the briney. We’ve been out four or five days and every day has been different. We found albies that were hungry one day and wouldn’t touch anything the next few days. The bonito would eat when we found them. Bass and blues are around. We even caught a sea robin on a jig. The problem is that they aren’t in the same places everyday. We had albies one day that rejected everything we threw at them. A friend was 25 miles away with the same problem. Tomorrow is a new day so we’ll see what happens.

Today things lined up and Gail and I made it out to the briney. After doing a bit of traveling we found some bonito that were in the eating mood. We had some doubles and they kept us amused for a while. Then when they quieted down a few bluefish joined the party. Had some fun with those guys and when they left we picked up a few sea robins that had been waiting patiently. We took a longer scouting ride and came up empty. Heading back we found more blues and when we got closer to home we came across a bunch of stripers. That made a kind of slam sort of if you count sea robins.

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.