The lucky doormat

Fished with Timothy and crew yesterday. It was windy, very windy….. NE 20+

Started off the morning on the flats looking for drum.  Didn’t take long and we were bowed up on a double. One pulled.  Put some meat in the box and went looking for flounder. Wind made the fishing challenging so I put the boat on the trailer mid trip , and moved to the backside of the island.  We fished hard for a few bites but one really counted a big ol doormat flounder. Unfortunately he pulled right next to the boat and has another chance at life.  Hopefully we can fry his @$$ next year. Thanks Tim & crew!

Photo report

Busy week so I am just going to throw up some photos of the past few trips.  This site won’t be turning into one that just throws up photos every now and then, I promise!  I am off today so this is all you get, HA!  Time to catch up on stuff around the house / yard / office / truck / boat / tackle / and the list goes on.

Flounderific

Took Ken and Sam on a gigging charter last night. I don’t typically do gigging charters, but these guys were the perfect candidates to go and do it , and they were pumped up.  So we headed out and started combing the flats.  We start seeing fish right away, but alot of small ones. Sam sticks the first one, and Ken follows up with the the fish of the night shortly after.  Cruised around the flats and got a few more here and there.  Beautiful night with prime conditions.  Enjoyed their company – thanks guys!

This morning was one of those times when the alarm starts going off, and you swear you just fell asleep.  Anyways, hook up the boat and meet my morning crew at the ramp.   We did pretty good on the flounder, picked through some throwbacks and kept 4.  Thanks guys, see you next year!

Stripers?!

This morning I had Shawn, Jacob, Riley, and Kane with me for some light tackle action.  We started off in the shallows searching for drum.  The water was gin clear – so while we did do  alot of fan casting, I was mainly trying to spot them to sight cast.  We drifted the entire flat that has been very productive lately – not this morning.  Made a move and found stripers?!  We caught a bunch in the 18″ range – which gave the youngins some pullage.  Pulled throwback flounder out of the same spot.  Went back on the prowl for some meaty puppy drum – but no love from them.  They had a blast, and so did I. Thanks for joining me guys

Thad & Company

Had an awesome group of 3 with me this afternoon for a 6hr trip.  We started at 2pm and ran off the beach looking for a Cobia.  We saw a ton of rays, but never saw a cobia so we came back inside.

It didn’t take long until we were on a nice drum bite.  We had a double up shortly after we arrived – and hooked up a third a few minutes later.  We ended up catching a bunch of drum at that spot.

We left them biting in hopes of picking up some flounder or trout.   We bounced around all over the place. Not to mention the wind was SW at about 20mph+  We ended up catching 1 small flounder and pulling off a keeper trout right next to the boat.  Great crew, great trip – see you guys next year!