End of season

Tracey ,Eddie and I pulled the boat this evening.
Would have liked to stay in a few weeks, but with the cold snap coming it was time to bring her home for her short winters nap

NO Fluke about it

Headed out with Jack , and John  today to try for some stripers and then tog.

Made a long ride south finding nothing but flat seas  looking for bass.

So made a quick run back up north to start blackfishing.

Was a slow but steady bite through the day. but still way more shorts than keepers.

We ended up boxing 10 for a few nice dinners.

I lead the way with a limit . and J&J made up the rest.

once again got a surprise bite and caught another late winter fluke on the reef. ( released)

bit chilly in the wind today , but the enclosure def knocked that down making it a tolerable day in spite of slow fishing 

11/27 Slow togging

Headed out on Sunday with Tracey and Eddie to do some togging.
Made five drops never finding much more than shorts.
while the bite was really steady at each spot, the fish were all between 13-15 inches.
about 1 keeper for every 10  shorts.

we dropped the Go Pro down on each spot and was surprised to see very few blackfish.
was alot of bergall life, porgies some sea bass, and a few fluke seen cruising over the rubble.
I actually had a fluke eat a hooked bergall.

Eddie had his first of what im sure will be many on a jig.

a day of "B" fishing

Started off Blustery today.

Tracey , Eddie And I headed out to find the bass and blues looking to chow down on fresh snagged bunker.

Eddie really put on a clinic, everytime I snagged a bunker I was off to net a bass for him.

when the bite died off we moved on to Blackfish. which we found a slow steady pick of, but same as a few weeks ago , it was mostly small fish.

The end of the day the Wind blew out andit was about as Beautiful an afternoon as you could ever ask for in November.

A few more bass on the way home, made for a great day on the water.

ALL bass and Blues returned to play another day.

3 tog kept for dinner, rest returned to fight another day

Slow fishing 10/30

Headed out today with Tracey and Mike to do some striper fishing and finish the day togging.

Was miles of bait South of our inlet today.

But nothing on them 

snagged some bunker and headed out to some lumps. First two were covered up by dogfish, but the third had a few bass on it,  Mike had the only one come tight,

Then off to blackfish, steady bite  from smaller tog all afternoon , but never seemed to get and real quality fish chewing.

Still a great day on the water for October.

T shirt weather till the winds cranked up from the south

9/25 Togging

headed out this afternoon with Tracey and Steve to do some togging.
Tracey had our first keeper of the fall.
Steve had the first fluke on my new blackfish jigs, and the biggest tog of the day on a jig, just under 6 #.
Nice day on the water especially after the winds dropped out.
Made 3 drops through the afternoon with a few wiggles.
had a decent pick of fish at each spot Fish would come in flurries.
Fairly flat seas , let me run the boat in at over 40 knots.
Love it when its flat

READY FOR FALL

Pulled the boat For the hurricane.
got the internal zincs changed out as well as changed the oil , and lower unit oils while waiting out the storm.
changed out the steering hoses .
and couldnt wait to try and get one last shot in on the fluke yesterday.

John Tracey and I made some long runs checking some of the spots fluke congregate moving offshore. but didnt have much luck only catching a few fluke.

Looking forward to stripers and blackfish for the next few months