Fishing Report Week Ending 6.28.09
Another week of mostly bad weather. Monday it poured, we stayed dry under the bimini top and we caught a bunch of stripers but sun would have been nice. Tuesday I took off and guess what it didn't rain. Wed. I went out with long time customers Harry, Judy, Kenny, and new recruit Colin. The weather was simply terrible, heavy rain, and high winds. The first hour I couldn't even get the boat to stay in position. I started to head down river and the sky was dark, I offered to cancel the trip and rebook, (something I do maybe once a year), but they were troopers and said lets give it a little more time. We anchored up and starting hitting fish. The rain and wind let up a little, and every so often Judy would venture out of the bimini tops cover and say I think the sun is coming out. Of course it never did. The fishing stayed good and we were the only boat out. Kenny and Harry were just slaying the fish, Judy and Colin were catching a few in between. With about 10 minutes left to the trip Judy hooks a good fish, husband Harry and son Kenny don't realize it is a big one, and are giving Judy a hard time but I know better. As the fish comes up along side the boat everyone knows it. A nice 35" striper in the net.
Worst weather day, best fishing day, with over 35 fish and a fat 35" striped bass on board.
The next few days yielded 15-25 fish each trip and the weather got better for the most part, sometimes we had sun sometimes clouds but the wind and rain had let up.
On Saturday we had fog, and it was thick, I maneuvered to a spot outside of the traffic lanes as there were a lot of boats out, and no one was leaving the river and bays.
After about two hours the fog started to lift and my group could finally see all the boats that were out. It wasn't a great day of fishing, we caught 18 or so with most coming from one spot in about an hour, but the weather was nice once the fog lifted, and another Judy, a newcomer was high hook on this family outing. Most of others at the marina that I spoke with said the fishing was terrible that day, I guess we did good with 18.
Tight Lines
Capt. Joel
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