Stripers and blackfish 11-5

Had the Del Carlo gang out today to do some bassin. Beat on the bass pretty good again today, clamming the outgoing, then ran down to the reef to teach the boys how to blackfish some, they got the hang of it pretty quick but was mostly shorts. Austin had the biggest bass, and Edward had the biggest blackfish. Super nice day for November.

Striper fishing 11-4

Had Ian, Dave ,and Matt out today for a fish with the Captain trip today. Targeted striped bass and found them everywhere we fished. Caught a bunch on both clams and jigs. Dave's first trip in the salt and he limited out and then some. Some big blues mixed in, made for some great action on light tackle !!!!!! Had an easy limit , with keepers going back, just keeping 5 for the table. lots of shorts between 22-26 inches.

Bass and blue 11-1

Got out Sunday morning for a few hours, with Gus, Mario, and Alex.Headed out to Romer for the start of the outgoing, had one keeper bass fairly quick but couldnt get them going,couple moves towards the breakers , still nothing, so headed out between the channels to working birds,All the small blues you wanted jigging Ava's, stayed on them for about an hour and headed in.Nice to once again have water under my feet.

BACK IN THE WATER !!!!!!!!!!!

Teleflex customer service came through and overnighted a new helm last week.
Campisano Marine had it up and ready Monday, and I put her back in the water today !!!!!!!!
Felt good to have water under my feet again.

Looking forward to hitting some stripers for the next couple of weeks , along with some searching for some new blackfish Honey holes.

Going to try something new on the days we aren't chartered.

Instead of running open boat I am going to run Fish with the Captain trips.
Trips will be $100 per man for the day (a long day) and need just 2 to go out.
I like fishing as much as I can so it will fun for everybody.
Im going to start an email list for guys looking to jump on these trips, and they will be on a first come basis.

Come on out and make some REELMUSIC

Capt Dan

Bottom fish/tuna

Headed out yesterday with Rich, Ron,And Jerry, startedout a little after 10 am, waiting for the wind to calm down.Decided to hit some lumps waiting for the weather to change.Blackfish were hitting recklessly and we beat them up pretty good for an hour, along with a couple buckets of porgies.Headed to the tuna grounds and moved all over the inshore grounds ,marking very little.Had a bunch of albies and big blues but not much else going on.Decided to hit another lump and the porgies there were BIG, , caught a bunch more for one of Ron's coworkers and headed in.Super ride in on flat seas

Bluefin beatdown

Headed out yesterday to do some inshore Bluefin fishing yesterday with Rich,Jerry,and John yesterday.

easy ride out on the Cat, and we were into tuna within an hour.

First tuna was hooked by Jerry, but he wouldnt come off the bottom and popped off.

Next one came on a bait rod, which we boxed as our under fish.

Moved around and had a couple more weird take offs but took another hour or two and we started marking ALOT more tuna,

just not actively feeding.

We boated 4 at our first spot, then got a call over the radio that a Friend of ours Capt Joe buddy ws into them a couple miles from where we were.

we made the move, seeing them boat a tuna as we got there.

fish were high in the water there and made for marking them a little tougher, but once found we got into some more. we had three boatside breakoffs, but boated another 4 there.

Awesome day on the water with a great crew of guys.

We are looking to run some fall trips for these bluefin, ride is nice and short and the action is intense.

Give me a call and get out there while its HOT

Capt. Dan

Marine Hydraulic Steering

Boat was leaking some fluid at the Helm.
Anyone who has ever filled their power steering the way teleflex tells you to KNOWS what a PIA it is and the MESS is horrible/.
Talked to Capt Rich, he has purchased a Power Purge, and will be now doing Service for a reasonable fee, changing the fluid and topping off the fluid levels.
We did my boat today in 10 minutes, WITHOUT one drop of Hydraulic fluid hitting the deck.
Steering is SUPER smooth, fluid totally changed out. And Working BETTER than it did new.
No more bleeding the lines, and filling through a bottle with an air hole poked in it for me.

Anyone looking to redo their Steering fluid in their boat, give me a shout and I will get you in touch with Rich.

Going to do some yearly maintenance on the boat this week, then will be back in the Water ready to chase some stripers, and soon the wiley blackfish.
Dates are starting to fill so if your looking for a weekend date, better book it soon.
Thanks
Capt.Dan