Opening Day 2007!!! Well, it was a little cold and blowing northwest pretty hard, but it could have been worse. It could have been raining on us too. On a better note, Captain Marty Haines, former owner and operator of the Sea Pigeon, ran the boat today for Captain John. Captain Marty is a legend in Raritan Bay, and it was a pleasure working with him. Now for the fishing. The day started off with a bang when Kenny Havens, of Hoboken, caught the first fish of the year only a few minutes into the trip. Unfortunately, it had to go back. Luckily Gregg Zullo, Woodbridge, N.J., followed shortly after with the first official keeper flounder of the year. We did slow pick a catch of 10 keeper flounder and a half dozen shorts. Also caught another half dozen short bass. High hook was Tom Nicholl, Fairless, PA, who had 4 in his bucket, and Willie Wakefield, Bellemead, NJ, won the pool with a 17 1/2 inch flounder. We had a tide change late morning, but didn't really make a difference. The water temperature was only 44 degrees. All in all, it was a good day. We were finally back out on the grounds, and got to fish with some of our friends, and make a few new ones.
