MH
and RC drifting eels
|
RC
reeling in first bass of the day
|
| We
kept at it for another hour or so with no action except MS
catching a seabass. The captain said it was the first time
he had ever seen a sea bass caught on a live eel. |
JG
and MS drifting
eels
|
MS
with sea bass caught on live eel
|
| The
tide still wasn't running so we decided to tow around some
umbrella jigs and see what we could come up with. This
proved to be very productive for bluefish and we caught a bunch
in the 5-10lb range. MS and I both caught double headers. |
Umbrellla
rig with two bluefish coming in |
Double
header bluefish |
| Once
the tide started moving again we changed from trolling ubrella
jigs to parachute jigs. This ended up being the most
successful method of the day and we stuck with it for the
remainder of the afternoon. Everyone had a nice bass and
at least a couple good size blues. JG and MH had huge
bluefish caught at the same time. JG's blue ended up
measuring 33" and taking 2nd place in the tournament.
MH had the largest bass of the day at 39" and had we been
able to get a correct weight it could have tied or beaten the
current NSAC record. |
MH's
39" striped bass |
MH
after reeling in 39" bass and 350 feet of wire |
39"
bass on broken scale |
33"
blue on broken scale |
Cujo
crew |
End
of fishing day |
| We
got back to dock around 5:15pm and after measuring our fish we
found out that we had come up just 2 inches short of the bass
winner and half an inch short on the bluefish winner. No
winners but still an amazing day out on the water. We
headed back to our room to get cleaned up for the tournament
dinner. The MYC was a perfect venue for a fishing tournament.
The club is walking distance from the charter boats and right on
the water. |
In
front of our room |
MYC
- 468 |
| We
got to the Tournament Dinner around 7:00pm and met up with
everyone. JN had done an outstanding job setting it up and had
put out quite a spread. Lazy man lobster, clam chowder,
bbq chicken, and a ton of other amazing food. I think
everyone had at least two plates. The raffle and prizes
were awesome and we ended up raising close to $8k for a great
cause. For information on the Wounded Warrior Project
please visit: www.woundedwarriorproject.org. |
JG
2nd place bluefish - 33" |
Cujo
Crew |
| Once
the official festivities had ended we played a few games of
sugar packet texas hold 'em poker, enjoyed some Early Times
whiskey, and called it a night.
What a great day, I can't
wait for next year!
JH |
Sugar
Packet Poker
|
"Early
times, Early times!" |
