07/28/2012 - Fluke Fishing on OOAL

07/28/2012 - Fluke Fishing on OOAL

Well another weekend of fluking is here!  This time we kick it off aboard OOAL out of Keyport, NJ!
Vongas was the ring leader on this trip, with Dougie Fresh joining in and a few faces I haven't seen in quite awhile...Cool Hand Al, One On Don and the infamous but never forgotten SCRUBBY (aka Captain Panic) rounding out the crew!

Let's walk through a few shots from the day!


Nice skies in the AM!



Little bit of cloud cover as we leave the marina but only 5-10 mph winds predicted (YEAH RIGHT!)



Cool Hand Al ready for some action!



Joonya, sippin on some liquid turpentine coffee and driving the boat!



Doug, stretching out before he puts those fluke muscles to work!



Ohhhh boy...the legendary trademark "Two Handed Hi" from Scrubalicious with Don cheering in astonishment in the background!!!



Vongas...tying up!



It's hard to tell from the picture, but the seas were quite angry...VERY sporty conditions with some mild 20+ mph winds and tight chop/rollers.



What's not hard to tell is that Scrubby is SOAKED looking like he just got rolled around in a washing machine!  SWING BATTER BATTER SWING!!!
BTW, that bat almost killed Vongas falling out of the center console netting on the way out!  That would have hurt!
Also notice the "slight" tilt of the boat relative to the horizon...did I mention it was a little rolly? haha



Alright finally time for some sporty fun flukin!!!  Doug's already laughing!



I would be too catching fish like this!



And a little later Dougie lands a nice slob, 9.3# fluke (weighed back at the dock at the end of the day) that he makes look like a short...hilarious!



And a little while later, Vongas hooks into something BIG!  But Scrub ain't moving...that's HIS corner!



Puttin the Garone rod to the test!!!!



The guys lookin on, enjoying the show!



Bend those knees Vongas!!!  Well it turned out to be a cow nose ray that took Vongas for a ride and eventually broke off!  Fun fight and action though!



Well the day went on and we continued to pick at the fish, slowly filling the box...as the day and weather got worse and worse.
Apparently there were some severe thunderstorms inland, which provoke Captain Panic to well...panic.  "Maybe we should head in and try to beat the storm?"  Nonsense!  FISH ON! haha
Here he is, calling his insurance agent to make sure his policy is up to date!



And the boys just keep on fishin!



Doesn't do the weather justice, but it felt like it was blowing 30mph...you know that whole wind tunnel next to your ear kinda wind...very sporty fishing.



But we managed to squeak out a box full of 32 keepers going home with us! ;)



Storms in the distance on the way in...nasty



And a final shot heading into the marina!



Well that's all for this fun day of fluking!  Definitely not one of those easy going and relaxing days on the water, but fun nonetheless!
More and more big ones are showing up, hopefully there will be a few more on the horizon for the reports!

Until next time...