Quick little report, because Charlie and I are heading back out in the morning again.
Charlie (aka catfish hunter) was nice enough to invite me out on his boat for a day of fluking up in the Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook area.
We met up pretty early, around 5:00AM and hit the water shortly after fueling up.
Fishing was pretty good, although not the "mad dog" bite Charlie experienced a couple days ago...we still had a great day and the best for both us this season. Although we didn't quite have the fish quantity, we definitely had the better quality with more keepers coming aboard. All in all, I think between the two of us we had well over 120 fish, and boated 18 keepers in all, keeping the 2 man limit and releasing the remaining two...and Charlie had a keeper seabass as well! No big fluke, all just in the 17-19.5" range. We hit our limit around 11:40AM, and continued fishing and releasing before calling it a day shortly afterwards.
Conditions were beautiful, light breeze and overcast...no sun beating down on us today! Boat traffic was surprisingly light, unlike tomorrow I'm sure, which will be a madhouse. Drift was a little variable, but we managed to locate a decent pocket of keeper sized fish and roll over them continuously. We were strictly fishing Gulp today, pink seemed to be the hot color...but I'll warn you ahead of time...good luck finding any! I was trying to reload my supply for the rest of this weekend and coming up empty handed after calling up about 6 different shops. Ack! We'll have to make due tomorrow with what we have!
OK so let's move on to some pics of the day!
I have to apologize...there aren't many today...I seriously didn't have time to snap a ton as we were almost constantly on fish, whether it was fluke, sea robins, sharks, or sea bass!
Charlie's boat...off the trailer and ready to roll!
Cruising...
Conditions early on...
The man Charlie with a little release action!
He hates the camera!
But apparently he likes getting jiggy with the fluke...wwwwwhhhhhaaaaatttttt!!! Nice...stain! Get a room next time! Haha
Charlie, releasing another short...
Cooler full-o-fish!
Charlie with his seabass
Final catch photo
Charlie and I have been talking about getting out for awhile now, so it was great to finally meet up and beat on some flatties!
Much thanks to Charlie for taking me out, beautiful boat, beautiful day, and awesome fishing...what more could you ask for!
Can't wait for tomorrow, hopefully we can find the fish again and continue the beating!
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