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Osprey V great crew and first time trip

Gang had the opportunity to take the ride up to port jefferson and fish for fluke on a sponsored party boat --the Osprey V
After the Passing of my mother on memorial day it was the first opportunity to get dad out with his three sons and do some fluking. This was a mental health day for dad and time out to clear his head..
We were greeted right from the start by a great crew of mates who were helpful, pleasant and all around nice guys.
The fishing in the morning was decent and we had some drift. Managed a couple keepers each with a fair amount of short action..jig and gulp worked better for us, and as the fish were spitting up sand eels Palmers tackle sand eel teasers caught four of our keepers. Then in the afternoon the wind dropped and our drift was non-existent.. the fishing died out.
The captain was a great guy and joked with us all day while working his tail off to get us some better fishing...think the east wind pushing into the sound and the new moon made the water colder and shut off the bite..
But he moved us around and found us a few fish here and there and gave us an extra hour of fishing to try and get us more keepers.
I would recommend these guys to anyone --it was a great and pleasant trip with a great boat and crew..these guys are top notch and work hard for their customers...As we were ready to head back in the captain personally walked around his boat and thanked each customer for coming and handed out a $10.00 off coupon for the next trip and said he was sorry the fishing wasn't better...Now that's old school customer service!
Thumbs up!!!! Ended the day with 11 keepers for the 4 of us in tough conditions.
And thanks for a fun trip!