Hi all, went out yesterday with Bigfish and man did we have a ball. Got into a few nice schoolie bass in the morning on top water. Bigfish got a nice double header, but the fleet moved in on us and the fish went down, so we headed over to the airport and things were pretty slow. The wind kicked up pretty good by mid morning and the bite was still not picking up. So we headed over to the north shore, nothin doing. Went over to visit Van and his son on a favorite ledge out there. They were slammin the fish it was tooo dam funny to watch this great father /son team with doubles on and hootin and a hollerin. I picked up a 31 inch bass and we had a couple of really nice runs but got bit off.

Now the reason Bigfish and I were out there was we were on a mission for some nice hefty blues. Well after Van and his son headed home in the afternoon, we hung around for a while, got joined by another friend of ours and the bite got very quiet. So we pulled anchor and started to move around and reset up again when Bigfish spotted a few fish busting. So we went over to take a look and they were small blues bustin bait. Got a few nice hookups there, and within a 1/2 hour all hell broke loose and we found ourselves in the middle of a huge bluefish blitzand the best part was there were only 3 boats out there. I haven't laughed so hard in a long time, we litteraly had fish all around us.

We beat the crap outa them and they beat the crap out of us. We had more baitfish pucked in the boat than there was in the water. We moved around and checked out some other pods busting as we were trying to get into some with decent size to them. Bigfish dropped a nice 8-9 lber at the boat that bit him off, we had fish between 4 and 7 lb most of the evening as this went on for 3 solid hours. I finally hooked up into a big dog and after fighting it for about 10 freakin minutes on light tackle we got it to the boat.

Nice big chopper, got it in and weighed it on the digital, it weighed 13 lbs, at the weigh shop later it scaled 12 lbs and man was this thing huge, we finally got one that we were looking for. Bigfish didn't want to fish anymore as he wanted me to get the fish back in and get it weighted so we ended the day at 7:30pm after starting the day at 5 AM. you should have seen the cheetos grins we were wearing on the way in!!! Life was good!!!!!!

Had a ball Bigfish and we will definatly do it again.http://www.striped-bass.com/images/billjuls/julsblue803.jpg

Sounds like a grand day of fitchin

Rappin Mikey, it was, we really did have a ball, what was so funny was that us on my boat and the other 2 boats that were out there, all you could hear was hootin and hollering, it was great. BC and I may be going this afternoon to see if there is a repeat on the action, hopefully BC can nab a big dog or 2. I am still grinnin from yeaterday!!!!!!!:happy: :happy: :happy: :D

Guess I shoulda stayed just a little longer !!!

We also had a blast, Jimmy weighed in his bass and it was nearly 19 lbs. he is a happy kid. But he's been talkin' smack to this old man about catching bigger fish. (Wonder where he got that from),.
BF is a great guy and loves fishing as much anyone I now.


Check your PM's...

Hey Jules,
That was a real nice blue fish. Sounds like the Big Fish had a great time.:happy: :happy: :happy: :happy: :happy:

Van, check your Pm's!!! and Tell Junior I said congrads on his bass!!! You gotta admit he is just kicking your a$$ buddy.!!!!!

Moose Nuckle, thanks buddy, I talked to Bigfish a little while ago, said he can't make it out this afternoon as he is beat up pretty good, we did have a ball, you need to get that boat out there buddy.

It sounds like that was a great trip for everyone. I also just wanted to say congrats to Bill and Jules on a nice article in "the fisherman" this week on the MSBA striper swipers and all of time and tackle and effort on your parts. Keep up the great work:btu:

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Thank you very much Karl, we had a great time with those little striper swipers, they are a great bunch of kids!!!!!!!

Hey BM< Got toothy plugs!!!!!!! great job the other night by the way!!!!!

I just saw it a few minutes ago.

Thats me on the first page helping a young jedi tune his skills. :D

We are having another fishing field trip with the kids in Sept. closer to home this time though.
I sure hope they catch some fish, after all we are a fishing club!!!!

Kudos to you too Van. I was thinking that maybe other people from this site may be in those pictures. Great Job

Sounds like the fast rod bending is starting up again! People, its staahting

;) Hey John, what is your schedule look like next week? Maybe you should do another road trip. Thanks again for all your help the other day.:happy: :happy: :happy:

FW, very nice fish. You are nuts!

5am to 7:30pm? Glad you and BF got into them. I'll email you soon.