Sunday was a great day out on the water. It was a little cloudy which took away some of the hot sun and the breeze was very light. The breeze was not a good breeze for drifting. We set out early Sunday to make sure we could get the incoming high tide and the out going high tide later on. We first tried the same spot we hit the blues last week off of Union Beach, but there were not to be found. After several trolling passes in that area without a hot we moved across the bay to the channel along the shore of New York. we fished there for a while with only a couple bites and no takers. The water was 55 feet deep and we fished the max depth, the drop offs to the channel and the flats on both sides without any fluke. We did see a few shorts caught on other boats, but we caught none. We worked our way back onto the flats in 25 feet of water where we finally did start getting some nice hits only to find out it was spot and grunts. I finally hooked up and it turned out to be a dog fish.
we decided to work our way back across the bay with bucktails trolling behind. By the time we reached the #1 can we were amazed at no takers. This time of year we usually have great luck trolling for the blues. As we continued our voyage back to Keyport Harbor I hooked up just at the mouth to the harbor. It was a nice blue that fought hard, jumped, and shook his head so many times I though he would surely spit the hook. In any case I got him close and Blue netted him.
It was a nice fish at about 30". Not the monsters we were catching last week, but still a good fit.
We called it a day around 2:00pm and headed back to our mooring in Keyport Harbor. We will have to get out and give it a try again next weekend with great hopes of catching some nice fluke.
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we decided to work our way back across the bay with bucktails trolling behind. By the time we reached the #1 can we were amazed at no takers. This time of year we usually have great luck trolling for the blues. As we continued our voyage back to Keyport Harbor I hooked up just at the mouth to the harbor. It was a nice blue that fought hard, jumped, and shook his head so many times I though he would surely spit the hook. In any case I got him close and Blue netted him.
It was a nice fish at about 30". Not the monsters we were catching last week, but still a good fit.
We called it a day around 2:00pm and headed back to our mooring in Keyport Harbor. We will have to get out and give it a try again next weekend with great hopes of catching some nice fluke.
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