Being as I knew I wouldn't be able to fish this weekend, I decided to take Friday off. Called my bud Dave, who was more than happy to play hooky, and our friend Pat joined us at the dock in Keansburg for a 6:30am start. While I had wanted to get in some Bass fishing, as Pat had not been fluking in a while, we decided to start off looking for flatties. Our first drift along the edge of the Reach yeilded a few just barely shorts, and near the end of the drift, Dave sets up on one, turns around and gives me that "ya better get the net" look. I do, and shortly thereafter we have a fat 6 lber flopping on the deck! After seeing that fish, I knew Bassing wasn't likely the rest of the day
We made a few more drifts in the area landing several shorts and birds, but only 1 more keeper. Moved around through the rest of the outgoing, picking away at shorts up to 17 3/4" but no more keepers until the start of the incoming. By then, we had worked our way close to the hook, where we had a pretty steady pick of fish. While most where short we managed 3 more keepers, for a total of 5 out of about 50, before calling it quits. Of course, I heard later how good the Bass fishing had been outside, but I still had a great time and lots of laughs with the boys..
