I had a group of 3 from Massachusetts on board with me this morning.   We departed the dock around 0700 and made it to the fishing grounds after a 15 minute (slightly bumpy) boat ride.  The air temp was hovering around 50 degrees and the flags were stretched out again.   I am ready for spring to get here…….

The fishing started off slow. We bounced around from spot to spot, looking for the packs of puppy drum that have been hanging around.  Almost 2 hours went by with nothing to show.
We had to make it pit stop at the Oregon Inlet Fishing Center for a bathroom break.  As we were leaving the dock, we all jokingly talked about how we got that taken care of and now it was time to catch some fish.  And that’s exactly what we did.

We set back up on the spot that we actually originally started and we were getting bites right away.  We put our limit in the box and continued to catch and release some nice slot size drum.  After a rough start, we ended with a bang – and smiles all around.  Great crew, thanks for fishing hard I am glad it paid off. See you guys next year!