I snuck out Saturday on the Sea Hawk for their first fluke trip of the year. Good crowd of anglers onboard and all were excited to catch some summer flatties.
Captain steamed all about and only had a pick of fish. Started out in the Reach Channel with only a few fish comming over the rails so headed out to the Hook to join the fleet. Picked away at some more fluke but no great bite developed. Captain burnt alot of fuel as he tried various spots and power drifted all day. High hook had 4 keepers with at least 2 others that were just a 1/4" short released. Pool fish was just about 4lbs.
Overall, quite a few throwbacks that were "just short"
I bucktailed all day and could only manage 3 shorts and 1 keeper late in the day. Had the usual sea robins and one jumbo skate. A few blues up to 7lbs were fun especially on the light spinner I was using at the time.
The Sea Hawk has been running "magic hour" trips Wednesday thru sunday at 3:30pm until 8:30pm which have been decent. Morning trips are improving as yesterday they had an 8.3# pool winner and today I got the word that they had a drift of 30 keepers with 3 being 5-6lbs. Looks like it might be turning on for the better. They did have wind against tide right now and the bite slowed, but the captain thinks if the wind stays the same, the afternoon should be good.
Theresa headed out yesterday for the afternoon trip but no other fares showed up
So she joined the captain and mates on a private boat and caught a few keepers.
She also had one from the back of the Sea Hawk while it was moored
Looks like it's getting better with the flattie action so head on on on your favorite party boat, private boat, or from shore.
