Your Best Day Of Fishing

[Gerry Zagorski]

We’ve all had that one day of fishing we’ll never forget. What was yours? I’ll start it off…

Was a fall mid day in early October and we were drifting eels for Stripers on Romer Shoal picking a fish here and there. It was a little on the slow side and we saw a huge flock of birds working some bait close by. First thought was bluefish so we were in no hurry but then boredom set in so we switched over to AVAs and headed over to the birds to take a few casts at the Bluefish.

Turns out it was all Stripers and the bite got better and better as the afternoon wore on and there was not another boat in sight. These schoolie Stripers were so hungry and thick if you didn’t catch a fish on every cast you were wondering what you did wrong.

After an hour of non stop fishing I called my buddy Russ and told him YOU NEED TO GET TO THE DOCK so we can pick you up, the fishing is insane! Went back to the dock to pick him up, got back to the scene of the crime and they were still there and as hungry as we left them.

I stopped counting at 40 or so Stripers and bite continued through the afternoon until the sun went down…We each must have had over 80 fish each and have never seen or experienced a day of fishing like that since.