7/20:  FTYP trip today with Bill P, Bob C, Jeff, and Coach Dave. We were greeted by the thickest fog I've probably ever seen on the way out. It took us a solid 25 minutes from Clark's to clear the inlet - I aged 5 years on that ride. We had intentions of fishing further north but settled in on the rough stuff 4-7 miles NE of our inlet. First drift produced a quick 2 keepers and shorts, second drift we had more shorts and a nice seabass, the it dried up. We went on to check a couple more areas - and found some fish a couple miles N of where we started. More shorts here, but still picked a few keepers as well as a ling. We also spotted a "chicken" mahi swimming around the boat - didn't get that one.

We then moved further NE and got into a quick mahi "blitz" where the guys all hooked up with micro-mahi on their rigs, landing just 2 by Mike and Jeff. We held them around the boat for a few minutes but couldn't manage anymore - it was still cool seeing some mahi's inshore.  We then worked our way S again looking for more fluke picking shorts on a few more rough spots, then we wound up back where we started and finished up the day there was we boated another 5-6 keepers as well as a couple more seabass.

Nice day on the water, wound up with 14-15 keeper fluke to ~4#, 3 seabass (all 2-3#), 1 ling, and 2 chicken mahi. Wasn't too hot, and the fog lifted by 9AM - nice SE breeze kept us moving and kept us comfortable most of the day!

7/21:  Had John M charter the boat today with his son Brian and nephew Phil for a half-day shot at bluefish and fluke. Ran north, ocean was nice and visibility was almost 3 miles all the way up to the rocks... Started out jigging on some marks, and we hooked 2 quick bluefish, but lost both. The next 2 hours we were in search mode, dropping jigs on ridiculous marks but the fish weren't responding. Tried shads, krocs, tail-less ava's, etc. just couldn't get it going...  Ran in on the beach to finish up the morning fluke fishing, and had very good action with short fluke topped by 1 right @ 18" and a beautiful 3# seabass both taken by Phil. We finished up trying to chase down some more bluefish but it wasn't meant to be so we headed for the barn @ 1230.

You gotta post the good with the bad, and today was just one of those tough days. Nevertheless the guys had a great time and had some action, and we also beat the the heat as it was real nice out on the water, and a roaster at the dock!