A Warm Welcome

Today Mike joined me for some striper fishing. Mike captains a boat in Maui, and has spent the past 2 years chasing Marlin....but his roots are here on the east coast chasing stripers. He wanted to stick a few bass on the flats first thing this morning since he never fished stripers in that manner before. There were a decent number of fish in the shallow water, and weather cooperated, giving us bright sun, clear skies, and little to no wind. It didn't take long, and he had his first striper in a couple years in hand, and his first ever from a flat!

Schoolie from the skinnies! 

By 8am or so, we had landed a couple of fish, and decided to go for a ride to see how things looked out on the reefs. Just after I commented on how quiet the water looked, we spotted a school of fish crashing bait on the surface and went back into fish mode. Mike hooked up instantly, and broke off almost as quickly. We figured bluefish and re-rigged with appropriate leaders to prevent further fly loss. On the second drift we both hooked up, as well as the third, then took turns on the next couple drifts until the tide petered out, and not one bluefish!!

Mike hoists a nice bass

A nice welcome home!

We called it a morning just before ten, each satisfied with our efforts. Saw a lot of fish, had a lot of fun, thats what its all about! 

Lots of openings and lots of fish out there....call me!

Captain Bill 

860.918.2338

Captbille@gmail.com