Weekend Report -8/16 & 8/17
The reef fishing continued to remain excellent throughout our weekend trips. I had the Winters family out for some reef fishing on Saturday and they were much saltier than I first gave them credit. The whole family was jigging buck-tails off the bottom like they were experts and they managed to land at least 25 fluke and sea bass, putting 6 keepers in the box. The keepers measured 18.25, 18.5, 20.0, 21.0, 22.5". Did I mention the kids were 5, 8, & 11.
Sunday's morning trip to the GSS had Ed Kilfara and friends out for their second trip of the season. The bottom fishing has improved since their last trip on Faher's Day and they were rewarded with a 1/2 dozen keepers and several sea bass including a nice measurable blue-humpback. The weather was beautiful and the sea surface temps were in the low to mid seventies. My afternoon trip on Sunday was unfortunate to have the wind pick up to a steady 15 to 20 knots and the ocean became unfishable in 30 minutes time. We headed back to the inlet and made a few drifts but the fishing gods decided it was time for us to give the fish a rest.
The Compass Rose is heading into the shop this week to have some scheduled maintenance done on the engines and other new systems. I will not be running again until August 28th. I will have the open boat on Saturday, August 30th and there are still a few spots left so get in on the last week of fluking before the season closes on September 7th.
