The Stan was back aboard today.This time the fluke cooperated with 4 overs being nice 20-22 inch class.Tossed in the token slot fish and headed home with smiles all around.Back at it in the morning.
Things kinda worked out.. Altered course and game plan with guests this morn.Decided to focus on sea bass and Fluke were there.No keepers but fair pick of shorts and a limit of sea bass.
Some days…… Ziggy and his pals arrived early. We headed to one of our favorite spots . Bite was crisp but keepers evasive. We decided to make a 10 mile move. Along the way was the most disgraceful patch of water jammed with garbage and plastic. I dodged all I could then we bogged all the way down! Unable to clear the unknown mess we limped back toward shore. Our tow operator and diver didn’t answer the phone. All the marinas with haul out capability were closed. We tucked in behind the hook and Lou went in for a look. We had hit a ghost drift net!!!!!
Long time to cut the monster pile of trash then once clear we shot back out. I’d conservatively say we sorted through a couple to few hundred sea bass to get 25 keepers. At least they were good sized. Clients were pleased with all the action and “enough meat” . Nice to salvage the trip ?
Two trips today. First one we went sea bassing and with the new size limit we managed only a fair take but with a couple 17 inch fish it was good enough to make some meals.Second trip focused on the striped ones.We released a few overs and kept 4 for the table.. :) Reel Happy rocked the house!
Yet another real happy Reel Happy client goin home heavy…. Got on the fish real quick. Limited in minutes then released fish steady. Rain got heavy but fish wouldn’t let us leave. Every time we went to reel the gear in we caught another. Big fish of the day was about 35 pounds.