Bay was lit this morning with bass and later, with bass and blues. Classic fall blitz of fish moving through the on rising tide and leaving on the dropping.

On board today, I had repeat clients Chris Barry & Scott Chapman and their friend Tom, for light tackle striped bass and blues. At first light, winds were trying to pick up SW, but they never did. I told my charters “maybe we can get 15 fish this morning but its not going to be easy…”

Well, as soon as we were on the bay, the fall blitz started and it never let up for three and a half hours solid! The first two hours+ it was all bass. Tom landed a fat 14 pounder on the Chug Bug. Many more small bass in the mix, all busting bait on topwater. They slammed our super spooks and chug bugs with gusto. The runs were awesome! Later in the morning, we got into a big school of solid blues all 12-14lbs! They made some scorching runs and the drags were screaming! What a blast! Then, the last part of the morning it was all bass again. Small, scattered schools all around the bay.

Total catch and release today was a whopping 49 fish, 2 keeper bass and we also kept a few big blues. All sight fishing, all topwater, all on super spooks and chug bugs. It was calm winds all morning. A classic fall blitz!

Stay posted: I’m fishing for 28 more days!

Capt. Dave
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