Daily Reports From The Deck

Conditions - Overcast, hazy, fog. Visibility: 1 mile. Wind: WSW 6 kts. Water temp: 79.7 degrees. High tide: 8:17am. We should be in great shape after the tide change with the wind and tide together. Some ship traffic to start off, but it shouldn't be a major concern. 

First Drift - The sun is starting to burn through. Can see land now. .  Made a quick one on the Reach and did not have a bite. We do not have any current yet. Heading west about a mile. Wind coming straight out of the west now.

Second Drift - The first fish of the day was a 20 inch fluke. Not a bad way to start. Only a few shorts after that. Making our way east a good peg. . . On a side note, I updated the Flukemaster page. If you're interested, click here. http://www.captainjohnsfishing.com/Flukemaster_Classic

Third Drift - We found the fluke. Had a shot of them, but no keepers. Running up to make another.

Fourth Drift - Another good drift with a lot of fluke coming up. Thomas Corona was the stud on this drift going 3 for 3. He caught three fluke and they all went in the cooler!! We also have a school of very large bluefish around, or a small thresher shark because 2 fluke came up with just a head, and 1 came up bit in half. Since it's Shark Week this week, I'm going with a man eating Thresher!!

Fifth Drift - The fishing continues to be good, and Thomas Corona continues his 100% keeper ratio by putting his fourth keeper in the box. The ratio for the boat is low, but he is bringing it up for us.

Sixth Drift - Another good drift. We made a long one and had 1 or 2 on at all times up until the last 10 minutes. The wind came around out of the south around 7 kts about midway through the drift, but so far, so good! We put a half dozen keepers in the boat with Nick Florio leading the way with a 5 pounder.

Seventh Drift - South wind is slowing down the bite somewhat. Karl Bertram was the only one with any success on this one catching "back-to-back-to-back" keepers. Yes, that's right 3 in the box for Karl!!!

Eighth Drift - The fishing slowed down considerably. Only a slow pick with 2 keepers coming aboard.

Ninth Drift - Slow pick. One fisherman finally caught his first keeper after 29 shorts.

Tenth Drift - Good shot of fish to finish off the day.

We had some pretty good fishing today. Thomas Corona and Karl Bertram were high hook with 4 keepers each, and Nick Florio won today's pool with a 4 lb 7 oz fluke.

 
Thomas Corona was one of two people today with 4 keepers.

Nick Florio won today's pool with this 4 lb 7 oz fluke.