On board today, first-time clients Fred Bayles and Brooke Flemming for light tackle striped bass. At first light, I made the run to Clark’s and picked up my charters on the near dead-low full moon tide. Thank God for Carolina Skiffs. I was motoring in six inches or less of water on the backside.

The bay was a sheet of glass all morning and we found birds and topwater! First real blitz on top since June. Nice to see breaking bass and bait jumping out of the water on the incoming tide. Two HUGE bass were in the shallows with the breaking fish and they scooted out with the tide, slamming baitfish on the way.

Next stop, more topwater action with birds and bait. The fish slammed our rubber cranks and Baymen Jigs. We hooked into a decent keeper and a ton of smaller bass. We had several double hook-ups and a couple of triples. So nice to see this early in August. By the end of August, this should be the norm and the start of the fall run.

We continued to fish around the bay from Dux to Ply to Kingston. We picked up a few more fish throughout the morning after the blitz at most of my spots. A few spots were a bust. We got bit off once (blue?) but did not see any blues inside the bay. We marked some BIG bass and saw several on topwater but the smaller fish were thick and they beat the big fish to our tackle.

Total catch and release was 38 fish, 1 dinner fish went back to the Island with the anglers. A lovely morning on a flat-calm bay with a nice topwater blitz.

Back at it. Stay posted:

Capt. Dave
www.baymenlife.com