Capt. Mike reported a good morning of half day fishing aboard the Lady Frances. The first drift was awesome and a nice chip ensued for the rest of the trip until the end of the trip when they popped some big black sea bass. Hi hook took home five nice keepers and the pool fish, well done Scott from Waterbury CT! Some other anglers had two and three keeper catches apiece and a few anglers had two nice big sea bass apiece to take home. The afternoon trip saw some good drift conditions but the fish did not wanna cooperate. Some anglers were lucky enough to go home with a hand full of fluke and sea bass came over the rail but nothing like this morning. The next 2 hald day trips will be setting sail on the Admiral Frances tomorrow morning at 8am and again at 1pm.
Captain Matt reported a slow day for the opening day of sea bass. The sea bass seemed to know it was opening day and scattered.Captain Rich tried many of his prime sea bass spots and they were empty. The fluking was also on the slower side. The morning saw a lack of drift. Some nice keepers to 6 pounds came over the rail. The fluke were also not as spread out as we would have liked with a few anglers getting from 0-6 each. A few nicer fish battled it out for the pool but a 6 pound fish could not pass up a single white spro tipped with squid. Captain Matt will be sailing tomorrow morning at 7am on the Gail Frances.
Striped Bass fishing was poor last night. Next trip weather permitting is this coming Wednesday at 7pm by reservation.