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Title: decent fluking 8/12
Post by: IrishAyes on August 12, 2007, 08:04:55 PM
Left the dock with a six man crew.  Made our first stop off of Bradley Beach, 60 feet of water.  Got one keeper and some shorts.  Moved north to a lump off of Ocean Grove.  Picked up two more keepers and more shorts.  Slow drift, no wind.  Wondering where the predicted 5-10 knot west wind was.

Moved to a lump off of the Red Church, about 3 miles out.  Finally got our west wind, it blew out of the east.  NOAA 180 degrees off again.

Started getting a decent drift and picking up keepers and shorts.  Was about a 4:1 ratio today of shorts to keepers. 

Finished the day with 22 keeper fluke and three nice seabass.  Bob Cole tied John B for high-hook, each having seven keepers.  Bob had the biggie again.  Taped out at 25 3/4 inches.  Digital scale read seven pounds. 

Lot's of bunker at the last spot we fished.  Lite up my depthfinder pretty good.

Title: Re: decent fluking 8/12
Post by: hareball on August 12, 2007, 08:12:22 PM
great job guys!!! TT^
Title: Re: decent fluking 8/12
Post by: njadam on August 12, 2007, 08:13:04 PM
awesome job. how do you like that fishfinder?
Title: Re: decent fluking 8/12
Post by: ped579 on August 12, 2007, 08:14:51 PM
Nice work.

Great pic's

Happy Catching

Paul
Title: Re: decent fluking 8/12
Post by: Pops Soul on August 12, 2007, 08:19:49 PM
Way to Go Joe, Good thing Bob cole is one of your reular crew members he makes you look GOOD TT^
Title: Re: decent fluking 8/12
Post by: IrishAyes on August 12, 2007, 08:43:39 PM
Devil, I just put the depthfinder on over the winter.  So far, it had been a worthwhile purchase.  I will tell better when I start seabassing and togging.

Skip, If Bob wasn't on my boat our catch would go down by half!   TT^
Title: Re: decent fluking 8/12
Post by: catfish hunter on August 12, 2007, 08:50:53 PM
nice catch ,that lump was good to me last week
Title: Re: decent fluking 8/12
Post by: Luna Sea 5 on August 12, 2007, 09:53:14 PM
very nice catch.. i need to get myself a color fishfinder... 
Title: Re: decent fluking 8/12
Post by: Hotrod on August 12, 2007, 10:07:37 PM
Nice report Joe.  Great fish there Bob TT^
Title: Re: decent fluking 8/12
Post by: bob cole on August 12, 2007, 11:09:42 PM
GREAT REPORT Capt. Joe. It was a another great day on the water on the IRISH AYES.
Thanks Joe.
Skip and Hotrod--Thank you for the comments.
Joe knows how to put you on the fish.
Title: Re: decent fluking 8/12
Post by: CapBob on August 12, 2007, 11:21:09 PM
Good report and great fishing TT^ congrats
Title: Re: decent fluking 8/12
Post by: Pops Soul on August 13, 2007, 11:35:35 AM
Quote from: Luna Sea 3 on August 12, 2007, 09:53:14 PM
very nice catch.. i need to get myself a color fishfinder... 
whs Last year it was a new GPS maybe this year for the fishfinder
Title: Re: decent fluking 8/12
Post by: salty pig on August 14, 2007, 08:29:23 AM
 whs.... So that what fish look like on a finder.. swear mmine looks  dead!
Title: Re: decent fluking 8/12
Post by: rugman on August 14, 2007, 09:28:06 AM
nice report , where is the lump? 5hrug
Title: Re: decent fluking 8/12
Post by: IrishAyes on August 14, 2007, 09:23:31 PM
rugman, if you have a chart plotter get the curser to the red church area.  Move it east about three miles and you will see a depth line where the top part is shaped like a squid with the wings.  That is the lump I have been fishing for years now.  With any kind of a drift I usually do good.  The beginning of the season it is slow there but now there is a good bite.   t^