MORE LIMIT FLUKING 8/25

Headed out with Scott and George on Scotts boat to fluke yesterday .
what a difference a day makes . ocean was nice except for a slight heave, and we headed north to the sticky stuff.
had a good pick of fish all day with ALOT of shorts.
Few nice fish mixed in , weird fish of the day went to Scott's heart thumping EEL.

Boxed another limit as the seas rebuilt up to NASTY again and made the ride home .

As usual the ball busting amongst friends was pretty intense and makes for a great day , boxing fish was just icing on the cake.

TOUGH FLUKING 8/24

Headed out with My buddy Vinny and Austin this morning to do some fluking. Got word from Bowguide that the seas were evil and nothing matched the forcast.
Since Vinny was driving two hours I decided we were going to at least give it a try .
Made our way out to the reef, and while it was rough , It was def  fishable.
First drift we had 5 keepers, and a few GOOD ones dropped.
Next drift another 3 keepers, then only one more keeper the rest of the day, ending at 9.
With Austins 6 pound even being our nicest fish today.

Had to have caught 60 plus fish that were under 17 inches today , and seemed the nicer the day got the smaller the fish did.

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MARIANTED FLUKE 8-18

After not having a good fish to weigh in for the FSOS fluke tourney I decided to go exploring Sunday .

Myself , Steve, Eddie , and Austin headed out looking for some lumps off the normal beatin paths.

Marinated GULP once again put another nice limit of fluke in the boat with some much nicer fish thrown in.
Steve had his personal best of 8 pounds. I had an 8 1/2 Pounder as well as a 9 pound 9 ounce beauty .
The revo NACL made fighting the bigger fish a dream .Very impressed with this little winch for sure

Was great fishing without another boat near us most of the day . and the ball busting as usual was pretty intense, especially when I started catching them 2 at a time.

FSOS FLUKE TOURNEY

Fished the FSOS fluke tourney today on Scott's boat with him , Ed and Anthony.

Found fish early and had easy limits today . BUT no big fish to weigh in for us today. Each of the guys had a fish right around the 5 pound mark.
fun fishing as usual with this crew, already looking forward to next week to try again

Gulp infused with Mullet Marinade made up most of the catch today !!!

SOUTH JERSEY TUNA

Got a call from My friend Mike that he had bought JR a tuna trip for him becoming a Journeyman this past week .
Headed down to LBI with Mike SR , Mike Jr and Mikes friend Andy who runs the local tackle shop, to get an early start making it to the boat FISH TRAP to head out hoping to see Mike catch his first tuna.
Wasnt too long when the first yellowfin hit a way back, and Mike got to battle his first tuna.

Andy got a funny suprise when the mate Steve came out wearing a bikini top to Serve him shrimp cocktail. Andy had put a note in the suggestion box that he enjoyed fishing in Cost Rica better because they had been served sushi while fighting fish there.

Guess Capt Bob does read those notes left to make the trips better LOL
we ended up boxing 3 yellows and had 2 come unbuttoned at boat side.

Congrats to JR on his first of hopefully many tuna, as well as a good career as an Electrician.

GOOD WEEKEND FLUKNG 8/3-8/4

Headed out with Steve on Saturday to put some fluke on ice. had some intel that there was a pretty good body of nice fluke moving up the beach. So headed south to see what I could find.
First stop I hit a six pounder on the head, and knew we had found them. beat them up pretty good even while having a crappy drift. easy limit of very nice fluke, with us throwing back keepers after filling the box.

Sunday Headed back down to the same area with Capt Eddie, and found them a little further north. Once again really nice fish  hammering the bucktails. I had my  limit in two hours, and Eddie soon followed suit.
After losing the drift we bounced around checking a bunch of spots, where I dropped two very good fish .
Then the wind came back on and the bite got crazy, with us throwing back a second limit of 3 + pound fish .


Very fun relaxing weekend spent with friends , just beating on the fluke.

Really been putting the New Revo Nacl to the test. and could not be happier with how it is performing on nice fish.
That along with GULP has been filling the box

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BIG BLUEFINS with OL BROWN socks 7-30

Got Invited by my Buddy Steve to jump on a charter he had Booked with Capt Rich for bluefin yesterday.
Steve was wearing his traditional BROWN socks, he wears for good luck, He says its just like stepping in Sh/t. And after all the good trips we have shared I think he is on to something.
Left the dock at ODARK thirty, and was settled in where Rich had wanted to be as the pink light hit.
Super life around, a few wiggles to get over better marks and Rich asks do we want to troll or jig. JIG for sure was the answer and we dropped in .
Was only a few minutes and I was tight on a good one, and Rich was into an under.
After fighting the tuna for a bit I knew it was a good one and asked for a Hookie, so I could push the tuna a bit. Bumped up the drag bringing it to the boat fairly quick. A nice 65" inch blue fin that later at the dock weighed 111 pounds collared and gutted.

A little later OL Brown socks drives steel into his first tuna , which took him around the boat a few times, and he put it on the deck like a pro. got a few quick pics and release to fight another day. a nice 54" bluefin.

Rich and I doubled up again I had an under which we kept for our second tuna on ice. Rich decking a 52" bluefin.
then followed it up with another 52" to put our total at 6 .With 4 being OVERS and 2 being UNDERS only keeping our legal limit

Bite was shut down quick by excessive boat traffic and guys trolling amongst each other .ending the bite pretty quick.

Heard alot of talk about guys only catching Unders, and looking for the RIGHT one.
While we had a great day putting the RIGHT ONES in the boat.

Thanks to Steve for the invite, and Rich for doing what he does best, Putting us on top of fish !!!!!!!