Some days…… Ziggy and his pals arrived early. We headed to one of our favorite spots . Bite was crisp but keepers evasive. We decided to make a 10 mile move. Along the way was the most disgraceful patch of water jammed with garbage and plastic. I dodged all I could then we bogged all the way down! Unable to clear the unknown mess we limped back toward shore. Our tow operator and diver didn’t answer the phone. All the marinas with haul out capability were closed. We tucked in behind the hook and Lou went in for a look. We had hit a ghost drift net!!!!!
Long time to cut the monster pile of trash then once clear we shot back out. I’d conservatively say we sorted through a couple to few hundred sea bass to get 25 keepers. At least they were good sized. Clients were pleased with all the action and “enough meat” . Nice to salvage the trip ?
Two trips today. First one we went sea bassing and with the new size limit we managed only a fair take but with a couple 17 inch fish it was good enough to make some meals.Second trip focused on the striped ones.We released a few overs and kept 4 for the table.. :) Reel Happy rocked the house!
Yet another real happy Reel Happy client goin home heavy…. Got on the fish real quick. Limited in minutes then released fish steady. Rain got heavy but fish wouldn’t let us leave. Every time we went to reel the gear in we caught another. Big fish of the day was about 35 pounds.
We had a minor repair to do today. Since it was a five minute job that gave us a shot at giving it a go on a late day run. Fog was thick but doable. It’s kind of nice in the fog we could set a game plan and not get sucked into a fleet that might be doing or not. We set the spread and braved a cold misty rain. Wham! White mojo bowed up and the way the drag was dumping it was a good fish. Louie worked it the way it needed to be worked. Few minutes later 36” fish hit the well.
Next up was the green mojo for my shot. The drag gave an extra long dump and gaining line was tough. I could feel the drag as maxed to the line strength. Louie netted my 37” fish and walked away. “ Hey! Where ya going? You didn’t net the other one!”
“ You got 2? “
“Yup and the second one is a pig!” The 45” throw back stayed aboard just long enough for a quick pic… Limited in short order we pointed at the dock and all was good. I’ve doubled before but not with twin cows in that class… ?
Joe and his pals put the muscle to the meat! What started out on the slow side turned into a non stop beat down of keeper to full on slob class bass!