So, our plan was to fish the last 2 hours of the flood at Plum Gut to load up on their favorite Bluefish and then work the short New Moon slack period in the Sound for Sea Bass. Three-way rigs with bucktails worked their magic as Dad and his two 15-year-old boys really put the hurt on the Gators while Mom cheered the team on. In 90 minutes, the guys put a dozen serious Blues from 5-12# in the box for both the table and their smoker. The bonus this morning was young Liam’s prized 33” Striped Bass that tipped the scales at a solid 18#. A couple of other short Bass also joined the party just to keep the workout going.
The wind began to build, as promised, but I was able to get us properly positioned on my favorite Sea Bass drop for just a short 1 hour shot at the biscuits. As soon as the strong tide started backing off the Sea Bass bite took hold and the entire family pitched in to cull 7 nice keepers to 3# from about 25 total fish landed.
Hit the dock at 1 p.m. just as the SW wind began to really crank and sent the family home with full bags of fillet for many meals to come!
