Fellow Anglers,
Had John Toth, Jim Zimmer, Don Karl and Craig Adams out for a morning Fluke charter in what turned out to be a constant fight with nature with a fast moving current due to the coming full moon as well as a honking N/NW wind upon our arrival at 7:30 am.
Although we caught numerous shorts (36 in all), the keepers we few and far between today. Got to call it the way it was. Tried numerous deep water locations that produced good fish for us last week, but the fast moving current in those areas proved even too much for our "drift sock" as well as our braid line outfits. When you fish light outfits, like we do, and fail to hold bottom with 6 oz of lead AND a drift sock, it makes hooking up for Fluke a very difficult situation.
There were times when I was recording 3.8 kts drift even with a drift sock deployed. I know there were good fish in the area as we got numerous strikes, but were unable to set the hooks with yards and yards of line out. Sure we moved to more favorable locations, all we caught were shorts for our effort.
Did we catch fish today....sure. Could we have gotten out the "meat" sticks and dragged bait with 10-12 oz of lead...of course but that's no way to catch small Fluke and make it enjoyable for my customers. Have another charter tomorrow afternoon and hopefully the currents will calm down a tad for a better score.
Tight Lines,
Capt. John
