Bass Crush for the OHIO boy

Had my buddy Craig come in from Ohio to try for some stripers. great morning bite on livies, got him def HOOKED on bassing here . Came in and got lunch to relax a bit.Headed back out for the afternoon with Jimmy also jumping on board. Ran way south trying to find the bait pods that had been so esy in the am. with very few to show for the run. decided to use the few we had and a bunch of dead ones we had in the splashwell and made our way north to where we had beat on the bass in the am. as soon as we started Jimmy hooked up his first bass of the year. Craig and I had a few come unbuttoned, and started to slam big bluefish. Jimmy picked another bass amongst the bluefish frenzy . Drug bunker spoons for about an hour after running out of bait, with two knock downs that didnt come tight . with fog settling in we headed back to the barn.

Hunt Pa trip

Had three boats full of a 16 angler group from the hunting Pa site.

Capt Rich, Capt Joe, and myself ran north to find working birds and got into some jig fish.

The seas got ugly real quick making a few angler pretty green, only to get worse when we had a dense blanket of fog come in.

But at least a few guys broke their striper cherries fishing in the salt for the first time.

GREAT bunch of guys who really handled a not so nice day and still turned it into a very fun trip

NJ Hunter Tourney 5-14

Had Rich , John and Matt out for the NJ hunter tourney.
Got a late start as Someone was late, and we missed the early morning bite.
Ended up trolling a few spots and while bumping up the boat to move to a new spot, a rod doubles over.
being we had bumped up the boat to 8 knots we figured it was a bluefish, but while fighting it John decided it was only a bag.
well the bag turned out to be a 30+ pound striper, that surfaced right next to the motor.
As it slid up boatside The leader was nicked on the trim tab and the bass swam away, once again holing to the NJ Tourney curse of having the right fish, with the wrong results.

still a very fun day with alot of serious ball busting on board

DEEP WATER JIGGING

Headed down to see our buddy John (Procrastinator ), with his brother Jimmy, John, and Rich , for a fun captains trips to target some deep water jig fish.Weather man was WAY off with the forcasted 2-3 foot swells with a 10 knot wind.50 miles out it was blowing a solid 25 with solid stacked 5-6 footers with an occasional 8 thrown in.Made for way less than perfect conditions as we were flying trying to deep drift bucktails and jigs for grouper, amberjacks, and trigger fish.Between the 5 knot current and the wind it took alot of lead to even bounce the jig on the bottom for twenty to thirty foot.Got to try my new Daiwa Saltist series jigging rod matched with a Daiwa Saltist LD 40, made for easy pulling these fish up off the bottomFighting these fish from 200 foot plus on our jigging equipment was def a blast, and has me wanting to get back down there on a more favorable day.quick report with more pics to be added as many dif cameras were used, and im beat after driving through the night to get home.John worked super hard to get us on productive pieces and was able to get us into some nice fish.A bunch were dropped halfway up as they were getting drug like kites from the fast drift.Had one big red grouper almost to the boat to have a BIG shark take one bite . losing half the fish in the blink of an eye.

MORE STRIPER LIMITS 4-30

Had Brad, Dale(skater boy), Russel , and Ryan out today looking for stripers.Had hoped to hit some jig fish, but they were scarce on th eway north,Ended up clamming up North, made two moves and had a slow pick at each, with the guys catching a dozen bass ( keeping their legal limit )..Fun charter with ALOT of serious ball busting going on

STRIPERS 4-29

Put the boat into its slip this afternoon, so Matt and I ran out to try and jig some stripers.Ocean was nasty but once we found the bass they def wanted to chew.Had over 40 bass in three hours of fishing.Matt had the first keeper of the 2011 season on a shad.Fish on the bottom prefered the stingo's, fish suspended chasing herring hit both crocs and shads.

Getting ready

Boat is just about ready to go into the slip !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Had some minor issues with my trim tabs which LENCO customer service took care of over the phone in just a few minutes. DEF cant ask for more than that !!!!!!!!!!! As long as I get some dry weather the bottom paint will get recoated and the boat dropped in next week. STRIPER trips are filling fast, dont wait till the bite is on hoping to get a trip in. Hoping for another early jig bite to happen through this month, like last year !!!!!! come on out and make some REELMUSIC .