Shakedown Fluke with Henry on the Honeybee

[dales529]

Go the invite from Henry for a skinny water Fluke breakfast trip this morning.
Met Capt Henry, Larry Hartattack and Les at the dock 0700 ish.

Not a bad day for chilly, cloudy some on and off drizzle. Larry was hot today and both he and myself got our first limits of the season. Les and Henry did a great job keeping the shorts on their side of the boat!

Total for the day was 6 keepers from 17 to 22" , bunch of shorts, 2 Bluefish, couple of window panes and skates. Not to shabby.

Water temp between 50 and 51 degrees, 1/2 oz ball jigs, teasers and small gulps did their job. Larry brought some combo pink on top / white on bottom grubs. Quote of the day when Les picked up the package and states " i was looking at these and thought to myself the ONLY person on earth that would buy these is LARRY!"

Got a visit from some nice gentlemen from the USCG and of course Henry had everything in order and all our fish were legal. We netted a couple while they were on board and showed them the measures. Nice guys just doing their job and thanked them for their service. We were literally the only boat in sight so guess we were an easy target. Sucks as when they got off the boat the bite died!

[hartattack]

Not exactly a nice spring day in May, but they're heeeeere. Water was much cleaner than expected but cold Temps suppressed their usual aggressiveness. Hopefully it's a sign of good things to come...

[Gerry Zagorski]

Way to kick off the season guys! Nice work..

[Duffman]

Awesome shakedown report boys!!………then ya went and ruined it by putting y’all’s mugs in the photos

[robert.p]

Sounds like a fun day out on the water despite the chilly weather and occasional drizzle. Congrats on getting your first limits of the season! It's always good when the USCG checks up on things and finds everything in order. What kind of grubs were those pink on top / white on bottom ones that Larry brought?

[hartattack]

Originally Posted by robert.p

..... What kind of grubs were those pink on top / white on bottom ones that Larry brought?

4" Gulp! swimming mullet, white body, pink curly tail. But the key is spearing too. Early season fluke love meat...

[bigfishy]

Gr8 report!! The uscg look like teenagers 🤣😂🤣

[dales529]

Originally Posted by Duffman

Awesome shakedown report boys!!………then ya went and ruined it by putting y’all’s mugs in the photos

LOL Duff! Getting Old SUCKS. Also I dont think my face changed from the end of Game 7 vs those pesky NJ Devils. Weird they lost game 1 / 5-1 again. Starting to see a pattern here but hey WTF does that have to do with fluke!

[hartattack]

Originally Posted by dales529

..... Starting to see a pattern here but hey WTF does that have to do with fluke!

Devils beating Rangers was a Fluke :-p