On Tuesday, April 1st, Angela Rose Charters hosted John S. on a full day of flounder charter. John braved the elements as 30+ knot winds ripped thru the upper bay. With several drops there, we decided to shoot north to the river where we would be better sheltered from the wind. After making a handful of drops in several locations, the flat backs still did not want to comply. About midday, torrential downpours dumped on us but Jon, being the trooper that he is, battled it to the last second. As quoted," It's not always the number of fish you catch but the people your around that makes fishing fun!" Aye Aye John!
On Wednesday, April 2nd, Angela Rose Charters was blown out with NW winds cracking down at 25 knots. The crew lined up was Joe L, (Mai Tai Lure Co.) Karan Wall, Big John Debona, "The Legend" Nick Honachefsky, and Chris Lido. The crew is looking into a later date but the annual trip on Angela Rose II wont be missed.
Thursday, April 3rd, Angela Rose Charters hosted Bernie, Bob, and Charlie for a shared charter. This is Bernie's second appearance in as many weeks. We left the dock under awesome conditions, warm, no wind, and a beautiful sunrise. Headed to the usual grounds, set anchors, chummed heavy, and fish on! We made 2 anchor adjustments and maintained a decent pick. Not a single fish was measurable but nothing huge. Every fish measured around 14-15 inches. Water temps remained in the 50 degree area on both tides. By the end of the day, 15 fish met an early demise. We could have had 20 but missed on a couple of good bites! After a slow week, a day like today was needed!
Friday, April 4th, Angela Rose Charters hosted Bill Fox and friends for another full day flounder trip. With the usual 0730 start, we were underway and fishing in less then 20 minutes. a slow pick in the morning tapered off to a 2 hour lull and then the bite picked up. These fish were tide crazy and slow and slack water did nothing for them.
Water temps ranged from 49.3 - 51.7 and has raised almost 5 degrees on average since last week. We fell shy of a bakers dozen in keepers. Stiffer winds didn't help the bite either
Bill Fox thought he could get the best of the Captain when he challenged Capt. Anthony to a fish off. Capt. Anthony and Bill sat a while fishless and were tied at 0 fish going into the 2nd half of the day when Bill decides to leave his rod in the rod holder to use the head. Wrong move pal. Capt. Anthony sure enough scores the first fish on Bill's light tackle fishing rod. It wasn't long after that, Capt. Anthony scores his second fish to secure the win. Bill had to cough up a $20 note but was rewarded with an Angela Rose Charters, newly designed, T-shirt.
Capt. Anthony out foxed the Fox!
Saturday, April, 5th, Angela Rose Charters hosted the 2nd leg of the NJH flounder pounder tourney. Joining us was Willard, Bill E. No Knots. Cat, Rugman, Red, and Wing. After leaving the dock, we were on the battle grounds with in 20 minutes and fishing in 25. An early morning bite produced 9 keepers and then the tide changed. The fish went into lock down and nothing bit the rest of the day. We adjusted anchors several times as well as steamed to another location other then were the fish have been harboring the biting. Today's catch had a simple solution for more fish, a longer incoming tide.
Sunday, April 6th, was blown out by 15-20 knot NE winds. The party is rebooking another date. Mother Nature got the best of us today. Capt. Anthony chatted with a buddy who is in his little jon boat, on the water, and is into some fish.
After crunching a few numbers, March landed us 117 fish since Opening day on the 23rd-31st.
