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The crew today was Bing (Buddabud) and Joe (Chalkbored). I checked the NOAA bay forecast this morning before leaving and they posted a Small Craft Warning until 11AM. The other sites I check had a slightly different story so there was no change in plans.
Bing and I stopped by Marty's this morning for bloodworms and found Joe in there leaving some of his money with Jim which is a good thing. We all went to the marina and got underway. There weren't any birds working this morning but I did stop at a point an try casting to see if any rockfish were home. No luck there so I headed to the spot spot and found Capt. John Deering on the Shady Lady getting spot there too.
After getting spot I headed over to Gum Thickets in about a 1 - 2' chop and anchored up in 39' of water. The meter did not show many fish right away so we put over some spot. The pickens were slow for awhile and a few charters picked up and left. That is never a good sign. We had a couple of spot bit in half but not a lot of action. After about 45 minutes that changed. Schools of fish started showing up on the meter. At that point I started jigging and so did the others.
Joe and Bing tried stingsilvers and bucktails and did not have much success with them. I went to the Zulu and started getting bit much more frequently. With fish on the meter the Zulu out produced live spot 5 to 1. Bing had done some jigging before so once he had the Zulu on he figured it out real quick. Joe had never jigged before so I spent some time showing how to rig the rod, the Zulu and helping him refine his technique. He started working the jig and was getting bit.
Now is where the bluefish got their revenge. I was taking one off the hook and evidently looked away for a minute and the damn thing sunk its teeth in my finger. Words came out of my mouth and he would not let go. I was amazed at how much biting pressure they can exert. My concern was that he was going to take a quarter sized chunk out of the tip if my finger. Finally someone got the pliers in his mouth and pried it open. I left a lot of bright red blood on the deck. I cleaned the bite out, put some anticeptic and a bandage on it and we continued to fish.
I was eating a sandwich and watching the meter. On my Furuno 585 I could watch Joe's jig on the screen and the fish coming through. A couple of times the jig and the fish were at the same spot and I thought he should be hooked up. When I looked back the rod was bent. That was pretty cool.
We probably caught well over a 100 fish today. It was a good day and I started back about 3PM to the Rhode on calmer seas.
Bing and I stopped by Marty's this morning for bloodworms and found Joe in there leaving some of his money with Jim which is a good thing. We all went to the marina and got underway. There weren't any birds working this morning but I did stop at a point an try casting to see if any rockfish were home. No luck there so I headed to the spot spot and found Capt. John Deering on the Shady Lady getting spot there too.
After getting spot I headed over to Gum Thickets in about a 1 - 2' chop and anchored up in 39' of water. The meter did not show many fish right away so we put over some spot. The pickens were slow for awhile and a few charters picked up and left. That is never a good sign. We had a couple of spot bit in half but not a lot of action. After about 45 minutes that changed. Schools of fish started showing up on the meter. At that point I started jigging and so did the others.
Joe and Bing tried stingsilvers and bucktails and did not have much success with them. I went to the Zulu and started getting bit much more frequently. With fish on the meter the Zulu out produced live spot 5 to 1. Bing had done some jigging before so once he had the Zulu on he figured it out real quick. Joe had never jigged before so I spent some time showing how to rig the rod, the Zulu and helping him refine his technique. He started working the jig and was getting bit.
Now is where the bluefish got their revenge. I was taking one off the hook and evidently looked away for a minute and the damn thing sunk its teeth in my finger. Words came out of my mouth and he would not let go. I was amazed at how much biting pressure they can exert. My concern was that he was going to take a quarter sized chunk out of the tip if my finger. Finally someone got the pliers in his mouth and pried it open. I left a lot of bright red blood on the deck. I cleaned the bite out, put some anticeptic and a bandage on it and we continued to fish.
I was eating a sandwich and watching the meter. On my Furuno 585 I could watch Joe's jig on the screen and the fish coming through. A couple of times the jig and the fish were at the same spot and I thought he should be hooked up. When I looked back the rod was bent. That was pretty cool.
We probably caught well over a 100 fish today. It was a good day and I started back about 3PM to the Rhode on calmer seas.
. Nothing wrong with 100 fish in a day -WOW :clap:. Cool they prefer a lure over a live Spot.
