STRIPERS IN THE SNOT 6/12

Had my buddy Craig and his son Reece come in from Ohio this week to striper fish . This would be Reece's first time fishing in the salt, and a return trip for Craig hoping to break the 40 pound mark. Hoped leaving the house this morning we would be able to get some fishing time in. Knew it was going to be snotty and wasnt sure how Reece would handle the big seas. He ended up having better sea legs than most I have had on the boat, and was rewarded with a super day of bassing.Catching his first striper ( 37 pounds) within a half hour of being on the water.

Even in the rough water, bunker was very schooled up and easy to see, and once we found a pod having bass on it we hooked up almost every drift for over 2 hours, then it went to a slow pic with most of the bass being really nice fish.
Craig broke the 40 pound mark today with a fish just over 41 pounds, and we had three others also over 40.
Total of 18 bass for five hours of fishing in the morning. we tried to fluke in the river for a little while, but headed back out to bass when the tide changed and the seas flattened out a little, catching another 4 bass.

All bass released today to fight another day.

Headed to the reef to try and catch a few sea bass for dinner with Reece boxing a nice knucklehead , before the storms started to roll in and we headed back to the barn.

Super striper fishing in the snot with great friends