What showers

Jay brought Doug out for his first venture with a fly rod in the salt. The weatherman had predicted spot showers off and on scattered around the state. We left the dock with flat seas and calm winds. The first stop had Jay hooked up on his first cast. We landed that bass and a […]

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Slammed again

Today I was able to spend the morning with longtime friend and client Dr. Jeff. We left the dock in less than favorable conditions. Our first stop and Jeff’s first cast produced a feisty bass. Unfortunately The tide was against a stiff breeze so we couldn’t stay there comfortably. A short time later the bonito […]

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The fish were hungry today

Todays plan was to get Paul and Mike their first boat caught bonito. We started out with a bunch of bluefish in the boat so the guys could at least have some fish before the search began. Today the bonito found us and we had four in the boat by the end of our first […]

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Smorgasbord

I had Jason and Art out for their first time fishing in the salt. On the way out we picked up a bluefish and a sea robin to start. We went a little further and added another blue followed by a longer run. The next stop brought stripers more blues a couple more sea robins […]

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Still at it

We have been concentrating on bonito for the past few days when we could get out. One day they are around in decent numbers and the next day they are being difficult. We were out this morning and just before the tide changed we had a half dozen pods running around. I hooked one on […]

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Trifecta and a Slam

Today Jamie brought his son Mac out for a morning trip. We beat the sun and found the bass right away.. both guys caught a bunch and when the tide slowed we went in search of the elusive ones. The first stop produced a couple of bluefish and shortly after we saw the tell tale […]

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Two Fer

Todays report is for the past two days. Monday Gail and I took a ride looking for you know who. The weatherman was his usual inaccurate self. We had a pretty stiff wind from the east and that usually is the kiss of death for bonito. We did manage to find a large bunch of […]

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It was a great plan until it wasn’t

Today I had the pleasure of fishing with the infamous Dr. Jim. In all the years that Jim has fished with me we have never been able to get him a bonito. Todays plan was to leave the dock before dawn catch a bunch of bass, tire Jim out and go look for bonito around […]

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Nice day on the water

This morning Gail and I left at the crack of bonito time looking for a repeat of yesterdays fun. The wind was down, the tide was moving, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky 12 miles of visibility. What more could you ask for? We arrived at the desired location and three hours later we […]

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Grand Slam

I took a solo trip this morning to search for the ever elusive bonito. The bass bite has been really good early mornings so I beat the sun leaving the dock today. The bas co operated and I caught a bunch before moving on. I passed a school of chub mackerel and picked up one […]

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