Daily Reports From The Deck

 Since we only have a dozen people on board, I am going to do some live reporting in between drifts.

1st Drift - Perfect conditions with the wind and tide together. We will only have it this way for a couple of hours because of the tide change at 9:30. The fluke are biting good so far. Old school spearing is out fishing everything. Doug Kay was high hook on the first drift with 2 keepers.

2nd Drift - Another decent drift. The east wind increased to around 15 knots, but as of now that's a good thing because it is pushing us enough against the tide to where we can cover some ground. Doug Kay put 2 more keepers in his cooler, and high hook on the drift had 3 keepers. So far, so good!! On a side note, I updated the Flukemaster page during the last move. It can be seen here. http://www.captainjohnsfishing.com/Flukemaster_Classic

3rd Drift - One keeper and a few shorts. Changing up the area.

4th Drift - Not good. Wind increased to around 20 knots. Making a small move into some shallow water.

5th Drift - Moved into sheltered water to get out of the wind which is a solid 20 knots. Caught 1 keeper, 1 short, 1 Penn Long Beach Reel, and 1 old busted up rod/reel combo with some quality crab life clinging to it. . . The weather is rapidly deteriorating.

6th Drift - No good. Giving up on the calm waters and heading back to the channel.

7th Drift - No good. The best of the day is behind us as the weather continues to get worse. We haven't caught much since this morning before the east wind increased. Going to make one more drift outside of our harbor before heading in.

There you have it. A basic play-by-play call of the day. The fishing was pretty good before the tide change. We didn't see much after that. Doug Kay, Union Beach, NJ, and Tony Russell, Tampa, Fla, were high hook with 4 keepers, and Tony was today's pool winner with a 4 pound fluke.

Tony Russell came all the way from Tampa, Fla to win today's pool.

 You knew Doug "The Duke" Kay was going to have a good day once the King Douglas came through the channel.