On board today, I had repeat client, Chris Barry, and his friends, Carleton & Leslie, for light tackle striped bass.

At first light, the bay was dead-calm and stacked with fish! All my spots held fish today, a mix of micros, medium/large schoolies (a ton 27+” inches) and one small keeper. No birds to speak of, very little visible bait, but the sonar was lit up. Fish were on the bottom and one of the fish we caught and released still had a crab in its mouth! Pretty cool to see.

Top tackle today: rubber crank baits and topwater poppers. Fish were up on the flats in skinny water and also in the channels and the drop-offs. We fished about seven or eight of my spots and fish were in all of them, some held a bunch others only a few.

Total catch and release today was 60 fish, and 1 keeper that went home for dinner with the anglers. A lovely day on the bay with regular Chris Barry, and his two friends, their first time on my boat, and Leslie’s first time fishing striped bass. She caught the keeper!

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Capt. Dave
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