The captain’s (b)log

We steamed to the islands early in the morning on a very cloudy day. The light northeast wind was against a strong incoming tide which created a rip as the bottom rose from about 40 ft to a depth of 20 ft. The wind blew the tops off the waves creating a dramatic backdrop for the birds, seagulls and terns, diving into the waves to capture the pieces of dead baitfish left by the predators. I asked the guys if they wanted to fish this action thinking it would be a large school of bluefish. Seeing fish on the surface, breaking water as they tumbled after the bait, we let out a bucktail jig and a plastic shad on mono line. Boom; bang two fish on and to our surprize it was all striped bass. Nothing really big came from this school but we caught several respectable “keepers” and many throw backs.  Almost because we needed a break, we all decided to break the cardinal rule and left fish to find fish. I guess it was just one of those memorable days because we found more fish and like the last trip took a trophy sea bass over 5 lbs. If only the weather would improve… stay tuned.