Reel Class
06-14-2015, 04:49 AM
Had a full 6 man open boat crew on yesterday for a bottom fishing trip. Ocean was gorgeous early although there was a smallish swell from the SE.
Basically went out to where we had a good bite last weekend and still found some life, however it was mostly short seabass along with 2 nice keeper cod caught by Tommy. Bounced around, picked a few everywhere in this area but in general it was very slow.
Made a move offshore to fish a few large wrecks. First one was fair with a few nice seabass coming up as well as shorts, but that was short lived. The next one was NG, the third one was VERY good with drop and reel fishing for the entire time we were on it. An even mix of keepers and shorts, the bite was excellent as we also added a few ling to the box.
Finished up trying a couple more wrecks in the area, and the fishing was only so-so. Also tried our reef - it as VERY slow as we only had bergalls.
To finish the day we did 2 fluke drifts to the E of our inlet and had 1 nice fish come up by Larry Flukemaster (Lingmaster?) on one of his hooked on bucktails - a nice 3# fish.
Good day overall with 80 keeper seabass, 10 ling, 2 cod and the fluke - we also had another 3-4 VERY luck tog that went back alive - the ones we had today were all in the 15-17" range. We were just short of the crew's limit but they still had a load to bring home for a fish fry. Overall a great day with a great crew!!
Basically went out to where we had a good bite last weekend and still found some life, however it was mostly short seabass along with 2 nice keeper cod caught by Tommy. Bounced around, picked a few everywhere in this area but in general it was very slow.
Made a move offshore to fish a few large wrecks. First one was fair with a few nice seabass coming up as well as shorts, but that was short lived. The next one was NG, the third one was VERY good with drop and reel fishing for the entire time we were on it. An even mix of keepers and shorts, the bite was excellent as we also added a few ling to the box.
Finished up trying a couple more wrecks in the area, and the fishing was only so-so. Also tried our reef - it as VERY slow as we only had bergalls.
To finish the day we did 2 fluke drifts to the E of our inlet and had 1 nice fish come up by Larry Flukemaster (Lingmaster?) on one of his hooked on bucktails - a nice 3# fish.
Good day overall with 80 keeper seabass, 10 ling, 2 cod and the fluke - we also had another 3-4 VERY luck tog that went back alive - the ones we had today were all in the 15-17" range. We were just short of the crew's limit but they still had a load to bring home for a fish fry. Overall a great day with a great crew!!