Reel Class Tuesday 7/23 Fluke Limit - Excellent Fishing!

[Reel Class]

Had Stephen, Alex, Pete M, John O, Dave, and Ed onboard today for a FTYP trip. Nasty weather with lightning thunder and crazy downpours greeted us at the dock but we got outta the slip a few minutes late and were underway running up the beach by 630.

First drop we had a few quick shorts one near-miss, but that was it. Tried some different areas about 2 miles off but really got no bite going. We then went further up the line and set up on a rockpile and had immediate action with short and keeper fluke as the wind switched from light SSW to W. First 4 drifts we picked 3-5 keepers per drift on this spot, and the action at times was real good as we had 2-4 guys hooked up at a time either with shorts or keepers.

We continued to pick there until we lost the drift, so we then bounced around to different rockpiles and picked a few more here and there. By 1:30 the light S wind got us drifting again so we went back to where we started and finished off the crew's limit with a few more nice keepers topped by Alex's 6# fish.

We had an excellent day. The crew boated ~100 fluke, 32 of which were keepers which was the crew's limit +2 as well as 3 knucklehead seabass (one legit 3#er) and 1 ling. Alex had 8 or 9 keepers, Pete wound up with 8 or 9 also, Steve had 7 and the rest of the guys put their share in the box as well. Big fish went to Pete who had a 6# 10 oz. fish, but Alex's 6# fish even was real close. We also had several fish in the 3-5# class, one of which was swung over the bowrail by a Reel Class crewmember who literally dove on the fish once it got unhooked and frisbee'd it through the window. Impressive!

Great day, with a great crew!!!

[Skolmann]

Nice haul !!

[joeya78]

Nice job Allen

[Jimmy in Point Beach]

Great catch guys! Thanks for the heads-up on the open boat Allen and for taking Stephen and Alex! I wish I could've gotten the day off. The boys said they had an awesome time! You truly are a "Reel Class" outfit! I drove them to Belmar to shape up for the MBP night trip, maybe they can make enough for another FTYP trip. Nice to be that young with nothing but time.

[Reel Class]

Originally Posted by Jimmy in Point Beach

Great catch guys! Thanks for the heads-up on the open boat Allen and for taking Stephen and Alex! I wish I could've gotten the day off. The boys said they had an awesome time! You truly are a "Reel Class" outfit! I drove them to Belmar to shape up for the MBP night trip, maybe they can make enough for another FTYP trip. Nice to be that young with nothing but time.

Jimmy you missed a good one!

Steve and Alex are PULLERS - those kids can fish!!!

Hope to see you guys again soon.

[jenny lee sportfishing]

great job alan

[FLUKEMASTER 1]

Great job Allen! Looks like you guy's found the mother load! Make sure you marked those spots for Saturday! I'm sure there is one over 10lbs in there!

[jmurr711]

I told ya souf blows food in they mouf!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[broken bobber]

cant wait to mug ya on Saturday

[Reel Class]

Originally Posted by broken bobber

cant wait to mug ya on Saturday

I'll warn Kenny Tom lmao