Monday, September 20th 2010

Hit the pond today with my bud Steve Buck from the old neighborhood. Steve’s been on the Main Office a few times and knows the deal. The day started “hot” and with the projected high around 95, I wanted to get on some fish fast before we got burned out. We set out looking in the usual haunts and were able to find fish in most locations but they were a little sleepy. It seemed they weren’t quite awake yet but as soon as the wind kicked up by late morning, they started biting. And from noon till we left, most everywhere we found fish they would bite our offering!

Steve hadn’t done a lot of down jigging prior to this trip but after a 5 second crash course he was well on his way to both hooking and landing big Striped Bass. I lost count of how many he hooked on his own but it was somewhere around 4-5. Nothing like the pull of a big Striper when they take the lure! Our fish today were all big with most every one between 10-12 lbs. We might of caught 1-2 that were in the 7-9 lb range but overall the size was just about the same no matter where we went.

Here’s Steve reeling in a Striped Bass that bit while trolling. To see all the images from our trip, click the one below: