Time to get this blog going again

 Been a few years since I posted with any frequency.

Well 2024 starts a new run .

Looking forward to hopefully another great fishing season

BRUTAL COLD BLACKFISHING

was supposed to fish with Capt Kane down in OC Maryland with a few friends Friday.

He had boat issues so we jumped on  the Morning Star with Capt Monty.

He is the real deal in the OC reef building down there, and has actually dropped over 25 K concrete blocks . Dropping another bunch today on the way out.

No heat in the cabin def made for a colder than normal day.

Took over 2 hours to steam out and in today.

First few drops held little that wanted to chew, a few shorts and a single keeper at spot 3.

Putting in OT he got us on a decent bite at the last drop.

a dozen or so blackfish hit the deck there, I had three between 3# and 6#.

and rolled off another.

got back in to find three inches of fresh snow on our trucks.

Made for a long day just pulling back in the driveway a few minutes ago.

Lots of ball busting and laughs def made it a better day on the water than the fishing .

 

.I put my Stormr gear to the test today. wearing the Stryker  bibs, and swell neoprene jacket.

Was toasty warm, through all the wind rain and snow.

Made fishing very comfortable on what could have been an even tougher day.

Fluke run down

Another good season in the books.
Bunch fish to 9 pounds. Lots of limits

BOTTOM FISHING PARADISE

Tracey and I met up with Tim W and Tim G in Yakutak Alaska last Sunday morning .

we jumped on a bush plane and took the 60 mile flight to the remote Icy Bay camp.

Scenery was unreal , and only got better each day .

after settling in and meeting everyone that would make our stay there feel more like we were staying with family .

Capt Mike gave us the run down that we would bottom fish Monday Tuesday Thursday and Friday.

wednesday halibut is closed . So we would bottom fish for rockfish, troll some for salmon and head off to see one of the local glaciers .

i could really write a book about how great this vacation was, but will try and keep it short, possibly adding more later .

Fishing in the Capt eyes was slow he said only a 5/10: well it was some of the most action I have ever seen .

we were into fish at a very steady rate for well over 8 hours each day.

we gathered glacier ice for the fish box daily to keep our catch cool

we caught yellow eye rockfish, black rockfish, long cod, halibut and  salmon .

we released a lot

of fish each day , just keeping a halibut each per day ,  black rock fish , a few yellow eyes as they have a yearly 1 fish limit on them . And we caught skates that pushed well over a 100 pounds.

 

fishing with both Tim’s made this trip a lot of fun as each angler got just as much enjoyment seeing others fighting fish .

due to us having only 4 in our party the staff each came and fished with us a day making this trip even more special . As they worked tirelessly each day for us.

the food was nothing short of 5 star , def exceeded our expectations daily with unreal 4 course meals.

wednesday mike flew a drone up through the glazier, and I was able to land my best catch of the trip.

followed by a special 4th of July feast made to happen by Tim W of gigantic king crab legs .

we also trapped spotted prawns on Wednesday.

 

i was sick as a dog Monday, travel and time changes really wrecked my system bad, but fished through it and made some of the catches even more memorable

 

 

enjoy the pics

Drop and reel Knuckleheads

Finally got a break and dropped the  Contender in today.

Headed out with Tracey and Eddie to jig some seabass.

Was drop and reel fishing with us catching well over a hundred sea bass .

We kept 16 nice knuckleheads over 14" throwing back everything smaller.

Colors on the bigger fish were stunning .

End of Shad 2018

Headed out with Tracey , and Eddie today for more than likely the last shad trip of the year.

Unreal amount of fish in the River above the gap.

Looked to be just miles of spawning fish , along with quite a few floaters .

Looked more like bunker lined up finning on top than the typical shad staying down near the bottom.

Was still able to catch some solid fish , boating just under 40 in a few hours of fishing.

But only half those fought as hard as normal.

Tracey and I also each had a catfish on a pink and white dart.

Eddie had the big fish of the day with about a 34" Stickerel ., which fought hard in the faster current we were fishing .