Had Steve Berlamino and Scott Mitchell charter the boat with two of their buddies - they had 2 guys drop out so Doc and Gary D filled the 2 remaining spots.
We didn't break Manasquan Inlet until after 8AM and ran to some bird life to the southeast. Nothing was organized, so I got a call that there was some life up north so we shot up there. Got the jigs in and had an OK pick of mixed size bluefish and some bass when we got there on some good reads.
Bounced around a little, working the area just off SRI, and continued to pick - bluefish in bunches with a bass or two in the mix.
It stayed that way until noon time, when it completely stopped. Got a call of some bird life back down south, so we got there and found loads of birds, and some fish on top slurping on sandeels - all bluefish.
Wound up doing OK - a load of bluefish and 5 bass to ~ 32" for the day as well as a nice keeper seabass. We had some real GATOR blues, one I decked, had to be a honest 18#, had a whole (chopped up) silver eel in the stomach. We had some camera issues and couldn't get that pic, except for the cooler shot at the end. Despite the late start, and running all over the ocean to put a catch together, we had a decent day!
