Got an invite to fish a friend's 26' SeaHunt CC out of Bay Head....nice setup with twin 150 Yamaha 4 strokes.
Headed through the Canal to the Manasquan Inlet by 7 AM.....shot straight out in a SE breeze to the reef where my friend nails a nice 5 1/2 lber on the first drift...bite was strong the first couple of hours....I nailed a nice 19 incher on the second drift and we continued taking short fluke and some nice sea bass in the 15 -16" class.
Wind really picked up, shifting to the SW.....and the bite died.
We pulled the plug at noon as the skies started to form up north.
Back in the barn a 12:45....helped clean the boat.....2 nice fluke and 7 sea bass....also snagged what looked like a hickory shad. I appreciated the invite.
On the trip home, it hit the fan as I was crossing the Driscoll Bridge....looked like all hell was breaking loose over Perth Amboy and SI.
Local road flooding caused me to be creative getting home.
