Open boat trip today with Bill P, Ryan, Zeb, John, and Joey A. Started out right outside with some birds working - nothin'.. Went offshore a bit where we had them yesterday - more nothin'...
Ran further south, finally got into some bird life between the T-Bird and seaside... Immediately got into some bluefish - as the wind swung west, the birds started coming up - EVERYWHERE. We had birds with fish under them to the south of us, to the north, and to the east - they were as far as the eye could see. Mostly bluefish slirping down the rainfish, but we did have bass mixed in. The action was WILD at times, where we had all 5 guys hooked up, banging into each other, weaving around rods - it was nuts!!! Reads at times were TOP TO BOTTOM.
I was lucky enough to nail a beautiful 9.6# bonito as well on a 5 oz jersey jay kroc just as the bite got going. Then We had a few good cracks at the bass - but they seemed to disappear after 10 AM. Bluefish were everywhere - big, mean and hungry! The blues were in the 7-14# range, Bill got one that looked an honest 15#!!! We blew up a few diamond jigs, straightened a few hooks, including 2 trebles!!! I also nailed a nice 32" bass on a popper in the middle of the wild surface action. Ryan also had a load of blues on topwater.
We ran around this area until around noon when it just got too snotty, and looked inshore for some life, but we found nothing. We called it a day around 2 with 7 keeper bass in the box, most were in the 29-31" range, and the 1 bonito. We also released upwards of 75 bluefish. This was one of the best days of fall jig fishing we've had in a few years - it was wild!!!
