Fri / Sat 8/23 & 24 Better than nothing

    We have sailed all the trips since Friday afternoon and the seas were not bad where we are fishing, although Sat afternoon the south winds kicked up and it got rolly. Picked the  the short fluke (20 - 40) with only a couple of keepers mixed in, but I hear the ocean is till dead from the effects of the hurricane. We had a low turnout on both trips on Saturday, I guess people are concerned about the big swells and rip tides(that do not affect boats). We will be running our two half day trips today, Sunday, and one 6 hr tip on Mon and Tues. Thanks for looking in and here are a few pics. 

 

Thurs 8/21 update of schedule - sailing Fri PM only - Don't be a test on ocean fishing

    It is hard to make a decision on the weather for the morning trip since the weather people can't get it right, so rather than take a chance and have you come down to get turned away, we will only run the afternoon trip tomorrow, Friday, leaving @ 1:30 PM. It has been a bad week of weather and the ocean is very riled up so it will take more than a few days to lay down, so don't be a guinea pig to go ocean fishing before that. We have been catching fish on the days we got out this week, decent short action and some keeper fluke in more protected waters. I do not need another captain saying it will be a waste of time fishing "by the Varanzano" because they don't like to fish there or don't know how. We will try our best to give you a good day and catch you some fish. Thanks for looking in and hope to see you on the dock. 

Weds 8/20 Not nice but got the job done

    We were the only boat to shape up and get out, but at least it was not a handful of fishermen. Weather people screwed up again as they predicted rain in the afternoon but we had a mist all morning that made it annoying. It was a little rolly once we cleared the lee of the hook but not rough. Tried a couple of areas to only catch a few short fluke and then found an area that produced decent action of short fluke, some catching 10 or more, and some keepers as Artie from Toms river shined catching his limit and also taking the pool. Better action than I expected on a day like today. Chris said he had 17 shorts along with his keeper. Not sailing tomorrow, Thurs, and probably not Friday morning ,anyway, see what the afternoon looks like. Who knows what will be in the ocean after this blow, but at least we have other areas to fish. Thanks for looking in and here are pics of some of the fish.

 

 

Tues 8/19 Making the best of it, so... Sailing tom AM only, but not Thurs

     None of the boats sailed yesterday but today we put together a small group and made the best of it despite the strong NE  winds and bad seas forecast. Picked at short fluke but not as fast as we like and we also put some keepers into the boat with a couple of people getting two and couple one and others caught shorts. Started to get a little rolly in our first area so we went to another that was much nicer and finished putting our catch together. We WILL be sailing tomorrow, Weds,  AM trip only but not Thurs, with the wind coming. Thanks for looking in and here are some pics.

 

 

Sun 8/17 and sailing Tues 8/19

      Only a few showed up this morning and some of those left when they felt the wind so we did not bother to go out, it was blowing pretty hard. On Sunday we had another good AM turnout and we went to an area where there was decent action, mostly short fluke but some keepers  mixed in along with the croakers, sea robins, dogfish sharks and a few skates. Not a big turnout for the afternoon but we had good action again with more keeper fluke than the morning trip. We will be trying to go out in the morning, Tuesday, and hope we can do it again. Thanks for looking in and here are some pics.

 

Fri/Sat 815 & 16 Half day Fluke report

     On Fri morning we stayed more local and sounded like it was a good choice as the ocean down south got a little ugly. Picked away on shorts on the first drift but could not repeat it so we moved on. After a couple of stops got to an area where we picked away at short fluke and some keepers. On the afternoon trip the wind kicked up and made it tougher but we still  managed to catch shorts and some keeper fluke. Almost a repeat on Sat morning but on the afternoon trip we went to where we had the fish in the morning and got in two good drifts before the change of tide that slowed it down. It is not easy to put  good catch together on a shorter trip and we don't always carry the super star fisher people that catch most of the fish, but it's nice to see keepers spread around the boat and people having fun. Thanks for looking in and here are some  pics as we got the camera working again. 

 

Thurs 8/14 Great day, lots of action but it figures.

    We went to where we have been catching them and landed on a pile of fish. Yelled to Mike to net one in the bow but he said WHAT! As there were ten fish on and coming up. Incredible action  of short fluke and then the skates took over, but it was good, even with a  very slow drift, that's why the skates took over. Great action  with the sea bass and short fluke and ended up with a fair amount of keeper fluke, some real beauties and a boat limit of sea bass. Every one caught fish and went home with some thing. Mike's girl brought  her son and a couple of his friends and they really shined, I think he took think he took the pool. Fantastic day, one of the best, but of course the camera decided to malfunction. It figures but Mike will post some pics on face book, but here are a couple of duds. Thanks for looking in and here are just a couple of pics but no justice.