FTYP trip today with Bill P, Bob C, Jeff, and Coach Dave. We were greeted by the thickest fog I've probably ever seen on the way out. It took us a solid 25 minutes from Clark's to clear the inlet - I aged 5 years on that ride. We had intentions of fishing further north but settled in on the rough stuff 4-7 miles NE of our inlet.
First drift produced a quick 2 keepers and shorts, second drift we had more shorts and a nice seabass, the it dried up. We went on to check a couple more areas - and found some fish a couple miles N of where we started. More shorts here, but still picked a few keepers as well as a ling. We also spotted a "chicken" mahi swimming around the boat - didn't get that one.
We then moved further NE and got into a quick mahi "blitz" where the guys all hooked up with micro-mahi on their rigs, landing just 2 by Mike and Jeff. We held them around the boat for a few minutes but couldn't manage anymore - it was still cool seeing some mahi's inshore.
We then worked our way S again looking for more fluke picking shorts on a few more rough spots, then we wound up back where we started and finished up the day there was we boated another 5-6 keepers as well as a couple more seabass.
Nice day on the water, wound up with 14-15 keeper fluke to ~4#, 3 seabass (all 2-3#), 1 ling, and 2 chicken mahi. Wasn't too hot, and the fog lifted by 9AM - nice SE breeze kept us moving and kept us comfortable most of the day!
...Will post pics tomorrow afternoon after I post tomorrow's report (bluefish trip).
