Daily Reports From The Deck

   Shaped up this morning, and was not too confident about how the day was going to turn out because of a light northeast breeze that was going to go up against an outgoing tide for the entire trip. With that in mind, we headed to the western most end of the bay in hopes that the current coming out of the Raritan River would be strong enough to push us along. We did read quite a bit of bait life in this area yesterday, and although fishing was tough, the people that were jigging did snag a good number of fish. This shows that there are alot of fish in the area, but they are not feeding. Anyway, we set up on the first drift, and began to pick fish immediately. We hardly drifted at all. A good number of fish were caught, and just about everything that came over the rail was a keeper. Alot of nice sized fish, with many of them in the 3 to 4 pound range. Diane Butler, South River, NJ, caught 7 keeper Fluke on the first drift, and ended the day with her limit. It was very good fishing for most of the day. We ended up with around 110 keeper Fluke on the boat. Allen Poole, Bridgewater, NJ, also had his limit today, and Pastor Daniels, Jersey City, NJ, won today's pool with a 5 pound Fluke.