Thursday brought Gary back out to start his Fall season. There was no wind and flat seas when we left the dock. The first stop brought a handful of bass to his fly. Moving around we found an acre of bass all to ourselves. To make a long story shorter we had fish all morning […]
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Wednesday Richard came out again for a chance to wet his line. It was a bit breezy when we left the dock and when we got to where we needed to be it was windy. I keep forgetting that when the weatherman says 10 to 15 he means 10 plus 15. Rich hung in there […]
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Today Jay brought Ron out for his first salt water boat trip. We left the dock early and it wasn’t too long before we found fish. The guys doubled with bass on their first cast. We picked a couple more and then headed out on our adventure. It was a bit on the breezy side […]
[Continue reading…]And it begins
Gail and I actually got up early today to try and beat the latest weather front. We had albies, bass and even a chub mackerel all on the fly with some action also on Albi Snax. Fishing was good until the wind switched to the east in late morning and then it became a challenge. […]
[Continue reading…]The firsts continue
Today Brian brought his son Brian and his two grandsons Tyler and Aiden out for an afternoon trip. We headed out and it took a while to get to where I thought that we could pick up a few Hickory Shad. Shortly Aiden hooks a shad and after a short fight the hook pulled. Soon […]
[Continue reading…]Another first
Today I had an afternoon trip with John and Jeanine. We headed out on a nice day with no wind. Watch Hill was a traffic jam of boats so we kept going. We found some bonito and Jeanine managed to pull a sea robin out of the school of bones. To be fair they are […]
[Continue reading…]Good news and better news
Friday Gail and I decided to do an afternoon trip for a change. We found bass and blues to start. Shortly after that we saw the tell tale slicing and dicing as the bonito made an appearance. When they first arrive they are hard to catch unless they pop up within casting range. We kept […]
[Continue reading…]Take you pick
Friday I actually set the alarm when I didn’t have a trip. Gail and I left shortly after sunrise and started our adventure. First up was some small blues that we quickly left alone. next we found swarming bass in close. We stayed and played till the fleet showed up. Next it was more bass […]
[Continue reading…]A nice day for a boat ride
This morning brought Tom and Dawn down for a shot at whatever we can find out there. We started early on one of the reefs and Dawn put three bass in the boat right away. Soon after that Tom had tied it up at three apiece and that was when I lost track of the […]
[Continue reading…]Just like the old days only better
Gail and I left the dock at the crack of 930 this morning to check on conditions after last weeks storm. I wasn’t expecting lock an load catching but I thought that I could find a few fish. On our way out I spotted some birds and then saw some splashes beneath them. Our first […]
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