16/09/2026
What an awesome day! I had Damien, Alex, and Joe out for day of fishing. We had perfect conditions too; calm seas, nice breeze, not too hot. Just perfect. We even had my first choice of spots all to ourselves. Couldn't ask for much more.
I set up on our first drift and we got covered up with little sharks. Looked like small black tips, or maybe spinners. We watched them cruising around the boat and then we noticed that there were some good sized cobia mixed in with them. We put out two rods and landed a few of the zippy little sharks. No luck with the cobia. Then, as fast as they appeared, they vanished.
We started drifting for flounder. Couldn't ask for nicer drifts either. .5mph, right down the structure. And those nice drifts paid off too. Alex was the hot rod on the day, she schooled the boys. Flounder and sea bass were coming over the gunnell just as fast as they could reel them up. All the sea bass were always just shy of keeper size. Many of the flounder were also, just shy of keeper size. We did manage to put two 20" and a 19" flounder in the cooler. Then, when things slowed up a bit, I dropped a bucktail tipped with a strip bait down. It got hammered! After a brief, but fun battle, I landed a fat 26" flounder. Joe was perfect on the net.
We also landed a bluefish, a bunch of croakers, and sea robins.
So, overall, we had a really fun, fish packed day. We even saw a small blue launch out of the water in the back bay, and a houndfish go airborne chasing something out in the ocean. And there was a ton of bait out there. It's shaping up to be a fun Fall for fishing. Thanks for a great day Damien, Alex, and Joe!
Tight Lines!