Nick Clemente chartered us to fish the Leonardo Party & Pleasure Boatman's Association Fluke tournament sponsored by NJfishing.com. Joined by George, Hollywood Mike, Steve and Andy and Ed in the cockpit, we headed off to where we had them last. Figured with the crew we had my job was going to be easy today, however te fish were slow to start chewing and it never really turned on anywhere. Fished a lot of spots today running over patches picking and plucking.
The flatties made me work for it and the guys worked the bucktails hard all day grinding out 31 keepers to around 6lbs, 4 shy of a boat limit. 8 sea bass were boxed too. Some good fish came unbuttoned on the way up. Not the lock and load fishing we've seen in prior weeks but nonetheless a good haul with many quality fish. Had to give Mike a mid-day kick to get him shake the cobwebs. At the scales a 3 fish combined weight of 14.58 wasn't going to cut it to hold onto 3rd place for long and it didn't. Always a great time with these guys.
Congratulations to all of the winners and thanks again for all the people who made this tournament possible.
Full Report at
http://www.netkeeperfishing.com/netkeeper_fishing_reports/2012/08/12/leonardo-fluke-tournament-2012/
