Went out tonight with no expectations. Mostly I wanted the solitude of a beautiful sunset and enjoy a cold beer while I drifted chunks. The tide was more than half way out and I thought I would be too late for anything good. Boy was I wrong! I've never seen that many pogies in my life. Huge schools being chased by blues. I threw my chunks out and the guy next to me was snagging pogies and live lining them. I had nothing to snag with but suddenly one of my rods bent over and I started reeling in but then it felt like nothing on the other end but I kept reeling and found a pogie had wrapped itself in my leader. I hauled him up and and threw him back out with a hook in its' back. My first live bait fishing. He swam for over 1/2 an hour before being devoured by a mid size blue. Good fun! Took him home and will fire him on the grill tomorrow night. Nobody I saw caught a striper, only blues. I can't believe how much bait was there tonight. I'll have to get the skiff out there soon! I'm glad I got out there, oh and the beer tasted so much better when your catching!

nice man! good to hear about all that bait!

"Little boy blue and the man on the moon!"