I went out on the AM trip and things started out slowly (except for the drift). Had to put away my bucktails in favor of 8 oz. of lead. We started out fishing about 70' of water around (I think) Brick or Mantoloking. There was a fairly slow bite in the early hours.
We stayed around that general vicinity all day. We fished a bit shallower towards late afternoon. The fishing picked up a lot after that. One drift, almost everyone had a fish on within a three minute span. If I had my boat I would have doubled back and hit that same little patch right away. But I guess it's hard for a party boat with 50 or so people on it to make such short drifts.
Anyway, I had about 10 fish (3 keepers to about 18 1/2") including one on a double header. All of the shorts were 16 1/2 or better.
I believe there were a couple limits. The pool winner went about 6 1/2 - 7 lbs. There were a couple 4 pounders taken as well.
All in all, a pretty decent day.
-Bob
