The report from First mates Greg and Chris K on last night’s Pm half day was of much improved fishing over the morning’s trip with a nice mix of fluke and sea bass both up to about 4 lbs. Plenty of small sea bass and some short fluke kept things moving right along as well and the weather turned out to be just beautiful. Several very nice bags of fillets walked through Capt. Tackle after the trip indicative of some very fine dining in the near future for some folks who went last night! Today’s half day trips sail 8am to Noon and 1pm to 5pm.
Both half day boats this morning reported similar results, lack of drift. Nonetheless both boats did manage to catch some really nice fluke with most of the fluke boated in the three to four pound range. There were not many shorts and there were only a few keeper sea bass on either boat. Hi hooks did manage upwards to 3 nice keepers apiece. Tomorrow through Wednesday the half day schedule will be the first boat setting sail at 8am and the second boat setting sail at 1pm.
Word from last night’s Striper trip was once again slow fishing. This week Striper trips are only offered on Friday and Saturday Nights at 7pm by reservation.
Capt. Rich reported a slower day today on the fluke/sea bass grounds. Some nice fish today with the best around 7 pounds. A handful of other fluke around 4-4.5 lbs but in general the fish were smaller today. Some nice sea bass also up to 3 lbs. Some big porgies to 2 lbs and a couple bluefish. A few anglers did quite well today but in general the fish were not distributed very evenly. Peter Tu was hi hook with 7 fluke keepers on hi lo spro set ups while another gentleman fishing in the bow had six nice keepers again on the buck tails. Another angler had mentioned that some fish were caught on gulp baits as well. A wide array of Gulp products can be found here at Capt. Tackle! There just was not much drift today. Tomorrow is another day and Capt. Matt will be ready to set sail at 7am aboard the Gail Frances for fluke/sea bass.
The report from the pm half day was of okay fishing for the fluke and sea bass. The weather was dreamy and some nice fish were taken but once again just not in any great quantity. Speaking of fluke, it most certainly was no fluke when fisher Michelle Hamill (assisted all the while of course by husband Bernie) set the hook on a good fish and after a spirited battle, skillfully steered a big fluke ( the would be pool winner and a fish that threatened the four pound mark) into the safety of the net and then onto the deck of the Lady Frances. Well done Mrs. Hamill!! As mentioned earlier in today’s post there are two half days offered tomorrow with the first leaving at 8am and the second at 1pm. Tomorrow is also a day for the “Family Day” promotion where two adults and two children 12 or under can go for $100 plus rods which is a savings of $30!! Another wallet friendly option for tomorrow Tuesday or Wednesday is the “Back to Back” promotion where an angler who does two consecutive half days gets to save $15 off the second half day! A very full day of fishing for only $65!!