Saturday's fluke attempt. 7/24/09

[IrishAyes]

Had my normal Saturday crew out. Went south to the Sea Gert Reef after listening to the weather report calling for 15+ south winds in the afternoon. Tired of getting beat up on the way in.

Made our first stop on the north side of the reef. Had a south wind pushing us to the north and a current that was pushing us to the south. They evened theirselves out and gave us a 0.1 knot drift, causing us to pretty much sit in one place.

Made many moves looking for a spot to catch some seabass with the poor fluke drift. Every spot we hit we were getting small sea bass and skates. We did catch a few short fluke, but certainly not as many shorts as typical.

The afternoon did bring a strong south wind. The fishing did not get any better and the wind and seas were getting worse so we decided to pull the plug on the trip.

Total catch for the day...two keeper sea bass and a decent size ling. Many skates and a few short fluke.

Was going to do a shark trip this AM. Woke up at 445, checked the weather report, looked outside and then made phone calls cancelling the trip. Turned out to be the right thing to do as ten minutes after I got off the phone a thunder/lightning storm came rouring into town.

Will try for fluke again tomorrow and shark on Tuesday.

[Pfishingruven]

Good job!  The weather and water conditions have been tough recently.

 

[Hotrod]

Nice try Capt Joe.. You know there is something wrong when your not catching them...

[Luna Sea 5]

 

[PeggyLee]

Tough conditions all around.Good Luck Tuesday,hope the bite inproves.

[wb]

catch m up Joe and good knowing when to pull the plug

[Bucktail]

Maybe you need a day off!

[Treebeard]

Valiant effort Joe..    sure was a tough day.. Good luck on the next Shark mission.. I been dying to get out there, but haven't been able to sync up work and weather.. oops sorry to drop the "W"  bomb on your  post   

[pilot2550]

Sounds like similar results for a number of us the past couple of days.  At least there was no skunk 

[IrishAyes]

Valiant effort Joe..    sure was a tough day.. Good luck on the next Shark mission.. I been dying to get out there, but haven't been able to sync up work and weather.. oops sorry to drop the "W"  bomb on your  post   

Not a problem Mark. The "W" bomb is not evil.    Ahgggggg. Just so happens, I was at my trailer earlier this evening and got a phone call from my wife. Said the big tree in my back yard came down. Actually, was taken down by a neighbor's even bigger tree. Now the trees are laying across six yards. Each yard is about 18' wide. Took down several fences and an above ground pool. Not to mention an SUV that got crushed. Had to cancel tomorrow's trip to deal with the situation. 

[Hotrod]

Yea..  That was some wind Joe..  Lost 30 feet off the top of a large pine tree in my yard..

Not good..

[Hunter 2]

Wow, You guys must of had some strong wind down south.

[ped579]

I was watching it on the radar going through out there.  Pretty nasty, I think there was a tornado warning for parts of the western state.  Not good.   

[IrishAyes]

My neighbor's truck. It used to be a Chevy Astro van.

[Pops Soul]

  Holy Crap at least no one was hurt, just a whole lot of inconvenience

[Treebeard]

Wow.. Thats some mess..    You guys sure did get some wind..Glad all are ok.. hopefully you guys have wood stoves.. then at least you'd get a few years fuel out the deal.. Mother nature musta had pms last weekend,, Hope ya's get cleaned up and back to the fishing quick.. but from the looks of the forecast on B-weather you won't be missing much for the next several days..   

[PeggyLee]

Hope every thing works out ok for you Joe.

[Vinnym]

  I fished the Sea Girt Reef on Saturday as well. Same outcome. I was entered in the Pt. Pleasant Elks tournament. Lots of skates and short fluke. We had a few sea bass but not many. Mostly small ones. Not a single keeper fluke. Joe, I thought I saw you out there as I was heading out to some deeper water. No luck there either. Keep trying because it beets working. 

[Capt -Jerry P]

All ya can do is try Capt Joe!!!

See ya on water

[Capt. Mike]

WoW! Some tree there.