July 4th week in review

We made it through the holiday weekend and managed to still find fish among the crowds created by the weekend. There was a reduction in the amount of bass found on the inshore waters that I frequent but if you stuck with it keepers would finally come over the rail. The bluefish however invaded big time which seemed to push alot of the better bass out of the area. Besides Steve and his boys, I had a couple from NY area and another father/son from Turo/Sarasota. Getting calls from Scott and Terry and literally had to turn my cell phone off cuz I couldn't take it anymore...If anybody knows me, they know I am tuna crazy... Yesterday Steve L and I prepared for a full day of tuna hunting. After the day before's tuna fest we were hopeful but with the forcasted SE wind and full moon timing I must admit to a dark hole in my stomach. We arrived on station to some life but not a ton of it...Scott called and said they were tight and before I hung up with him my fishfinder lit up like a christmas tree....I told Steve to cast anywhere and after 3 pops with the Got Stryper bait a very large tuna sucks it down and Steve is off to the races...I had calibrated the drag so that with quarter turn increments I would know where 30lbs was. After the initial run and getting back on top of the fish we cranked her down. Steve did an awesome job until his back started giving out but still managed to put good pressure on the fish. At 40 minutes with the fish under the boat, Steve reared back and the hook pulled....As he tumbled back my gut wrenched as I wondered if the new Sebile knot I learned and used let go. Luckily the knot held fine and the owner 11/0 just pulled. We had a bit more action but no commitments from fish until it was time to move on. The wind kept coming but we kept trudging and found alot of bait and birds which we hung out in for sometime but never developed.. Eventually we ended back where we saw our first group of the morning and had a couple awesome opportunities but just could not seal the deal...SE wind in CCB creates a very confused sea...Not sure why but it is downright just uncomfortable...Cold and defeated, we headed for the barn...

Team Letteiri!

Today I had Mike and Rich Letteiri..  A father son team that have become very good friends of mine over the years.  Mike and I go back a ways and he is now working on his PHd in San Diego. He had not caught a bass in 3 years so that was the agenda for the day.  We started slow in the pea soup fog but found fish on our first stop and promptly caught numerous small keepers and schoolies virtually every cast.   

After that we moved out and found the mother load of bass which we pretty much stayed on all day long.   

Great day fishing with clients who are life long friends....I always look forward to fishing with these guys!....

Openings.....

I have been flat out for the month of June but as July nears, I have many holes in my weekly schedule.  If you would like to get out please do not hesitate to contact me.  I look forward to hearing from you!

Riiiiiiiiiiiips

I had Ed Meyer out a few weeks back in CC bay for a good outing and he was back today to fish with his 12 year old son Will.  Ed had stressed interest in fishing the rips off chatham so off we went this morning.   I stayed up a bit last nite and tied a half dozen of my *fecal explosion squids* *.  It was a drizzly morning and not many boats were out.  We made our way to a favorite rip and started fishing...First cast and they crushed a got stryper amber bait....I had Will toss plastic and Ed cast flies...As the tide got moving the fish showed up... Most were just sub legal or just over legal....As the tide wore on bigger fish showed up and we scored many 12-21lb bass....on flies and plastic...Just a great outing with this father and son team.

Flygirls

Today I had Toni Felton and her friend Ann along for an intro saltwater fly fishing trip.  We were tight most of the morning and these great gals will be back.  I should have some pics from the outing once they send them to me.....A low stress day for this old dog!

Thanks ladies!

SW and SUN!!

Well it blew hard from the SW today but the fish chewed well and in the frothy white we scored well with 11 inch Got Stryper baits.  Largest fish was 25lbs and caughtmany in the low 20's.....Had a swing and a miss with charlie in the am but resorted to the great bass fishing we have been having....

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