On board today, I had repeat client, Billy Tedeschi, for live bait/chunking striped bass.

At first light, it was dead calm with a stunning sunrise. We ran offshore to jig for macks and found none at 45,60,70 and 80 feet. I was about to give up, when another boat zipped past and they motioned me to go out even further. We went out to 90 and found nothing on the electronics. I decided to do what I do best and go “Old School.” I shut off the sonar, motored up to about five knots, let out 100 feet of line, and we trolled for mackerel. Bingo! We had all we needed in no time. (Many thanks to whoever that was in the other boat that motioned me to go out further!).

Back in the bay, the east winds started to freshen. Never a good thing on Dux/Ply. We set drifts in seven of my spots around the bay. Our first drift of the morning, Billy landed a fat little keeper. As we moved from spot to spot, the east winds kept kicking in and at the end of our trip, they were blowing a steady 20 knots east. Very choppy coming in.

We ended the morning with a total of five pick-ups on live and chunk mack. All but one fish spit the baits. Most runs were low-key and then spit, but we did have one scorching run that was a big fish, only to spit the bait after peeling of a lot of line. East Winds…east winds…

Back at it. Stay posted:

Capt. Dave
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