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AllyKat
AllyKatFREE2024#1
Did it again on sunday with some good friends. We got out @10am and the LIS was a bit confused as the incoming was still pushing with the decent west wind, alittle sloppy but not bad. I thought about going across but with last weekends big fish fest over here, I settled on the LI side at 40 feet.
Crabs went down, fish came up, just a great bite and we measured so many 15 inch fish until Rich finally had a no doubter at 18 inches at slack tide. He followed it up shortly after with a 19 incher, both on rigs. The action never waned and I finally had one touch the 16 inch mark, along with two others from my crew. By 2pm the outgoing was full moon ripping along with that west wind @15 kts. This proved to be too much for the trolling motor to handle as it came off the spot a few times.
So we went "old school" and dropped the hook, and first shot we ended up exactly where I wanted too...the guys said, "well you still got it" We kept fishing the spot for another 1/2 hour and even though we had great structure and plenty of bites, the fish weren't getting any bigger.
So we let up on the anchor and dropped back @60 feet, but we were about 30 feet north of where I wanted to be so I used the trolling motor to move us south while the anchor was holding us and we progressively moved towards good bottom. The bites picked back up, and for a brief 10 minute window we got 3 more nice keepers in the box before the kids came back out to play.
Ended the day with 8 keepers and made more memories with friends.
Water temps were 55 degrees. Hope to keep this going through Thanksgiving weekend.
First MateOriginal Crew417 postsSince 2018
AllyKat
AllyKatFREE2024#2
Dog can’t wait for her cut😂
First MateOriginal Crew417 postsSince 2018
captmike28
captmike28FREE2024#3
Did it again on sunday with some good friends. We got out @10am and the LIS was a bit confused as the incoming was still pushing with the decent west wind, alittle sloppy but not bad. I thought about going across but with last weekends big fish fest over here, I settled on the LI side at 40 feet.
Crabs went down, fish came up, just a great bite and we measured so many 15 inch fish until Rich finally had a no doubter at 18 inches at slack tide. He followed it up shortly after with a 19 incher, both on rigs. The action never waned and I finally had one touch the 16 inch mark, along with two others from my crew. By 2pm the outgoing was full moon ripping along with that west wind @15 kts. This proved to be too much for the trolling motor to handle as it came off the spot a few times.
So we went "old school" and dropped the hook, and first shot we ended up exactly where I wanted too...the guys said, "well you still got it" We kept fishing the spot for another 1/2 hour and even though we had great structure and plenty of bites, the fish weren't getting any bigger.
So we let up on the anchor and dropped back @60 feet, but we were about 30 feet north of where I wanted to be so I used the trolling motor to move us south while the anchor was holding us and we progressively moved towards good bottom. The bites picked back up, and for a brief 10 minute window we got 3 more nice keepers in the box before the kids came back out to play.
Ended the day with 8 keepers and made more memories with friends.
Water temps were 55 degrees. Hope to keep this going through Thanksgiving weekend.
Well done, AllyKat.
It is always a good idea to have the foundational knowledge of how to anchor properly with traditional ground tackle. What really impressed me is how you improvised using both the TM and the standard anchor to overcome a more challenging situation. Way to go!!!
CaptainOriginal Crew1,847 postsSince 2018

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