A Mile Of Bass

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The windy weekend finally changed for the better with a beautiful morning on Monday with .... “NO Wind”.... and lots of sunshine. We had a 9:30 AM charter so I headed out to look for bait after a nice cup of coffee at Atlantic Bagel. I headed about 3 miles East of Minots and dropped a Mackerel Rig with an El Guapo lure rigged on it for weight. As soon as I hit the bottom...bang a nice 30’ Cod.

Started to drop it back down again and I saw the most amazing display of nature when a school of Mackerel swam about 15’ under the boat with an explosion of color. With some quick work, working two rods solo I had almost 20 Mac’s in the boat.

I headed in and saw a school of stripers working Herring and Mackerel that covered over a mile of ocean so I stopped and threw a live Mac over the side and threw the rod into the pole holder. I quickly grabbed the a Ultra Light Quanum Spinning rig with a Storm lure on it and hit a fat 35” Striper. While reeling it in another fish grabbed the Mackerel and started heading to England. I was two arms short and missed that one so I headed in to get my charter.

They were pulling in to the dock as I was pulling in so we headed back off to the birds off of Minots. First cast put 9 year old Alex into his first keeper ever and a start to a great late morning fishing trip.

It’s good to see the fish back and hope they stay!