If counting sheep is your thing to relax then you should probably take a ride down to the ocean right now! There’s nothing but white caps as far as the eye can see! The forecast is still pretty windy throughout the weekend with a hard northeast wind. No one fished offshore today but there are so many blessings in disquise with this wind. One of the first things I can remember being taught about fishing growing up was dispite all your best layed plans mother nature has a nasty way of laughing at them. We’ve all experienced getting everything set up for an exciting fishing trip then the forecast decides to take a turn for the worse. From this we learn the foundation of being a great angler or captain is the ability to adapt. Stubborness and fishing really don’t go hand in hand.
Typically this time of year if you were fishing around the inlet, on an outgoing tide, you would see hundreds of birds gorging themselves on the helpless greentail shrimp taking a ride offshore. I can promise you there’s next to nothing making its way out of the inlet today (including boats). There’s millions of gallons of clear ocean water flowing into the sound as we speak. However, that brings us back to adaptation and our nearshore trips today. Typically they would be fishing a few miles off the beach picking off mackerel and bluefish. Today they tried something different, based on what the conditions presented, and had some of the best fishing they’ve seen this year. Where they fished was calm and the first boat in had some really nice puppy drum, grey trout, flounder, and blues up to 4 pounds! I just spoke with a capt on his afternoon trip and it was more of the same. While I was on the phone with him he was counting rods hooking up ending with a quadruple hook up. He was pretty excited about the fishing and was commenting on how there were birds all around them scooping up disoriented fish in the current. He was really hoping I could book him tomorrow so he wouldn’t miss out on the action. Moral is if your reading this tonight and want to fish, go to our nearshore captains list under charters. The Marauder and Fistful captains should be available for tomorrow and you can call them directly. Capt. Troy did say the morning bite was a little hotter than the afternoon based on tides more than anything else.
This front should really kick off the fall run and the fishing should be really outstanding once the high pressure settles in roughly Tuesday on. We’ve got quite a few customers that rescheduled their trips to coincide with that. Having said that, call us soon to schedule your fishing trip to make sure you can get on a boat. I promise you if reports of limits of tuna are on the docks next week everyone in the know will be here and we can quickly run out of boats. But we are looking forward to it along with the festive atmosphere the marina takes on with so many happy anglers here. You can take your pick of adventures right now and our captains and mates do everything possible to make the experience as easy and worry free as possible. Call us at 1-800-367-4728 or visit us at staging.pcdev.flywheelsites.com to book your trip and trust me there are no silly questions (thats what we’re here for!) Take care and have a great evening………..