Healthy Grin Sport Fishing

I ran out this morning to try for some topwater action before the sunrise. I got 5 bites. The first two were small bluefish. The next was different. I “walked-the-dog” all the way back to the boat and was about to lift the lure out of the water when there was an explosion at boatside. That woke me the rest of the way up. I managed to land a very angry trout. One hook had been torn from the lure. The other hook was barely holding on to the fish. A quick measurement showed 30 inches. A more careful measurement came in at 29.75 inches. The next bite turned out to be a 25-inch trout. Shortly after, I was hooked up to another big trout. That one pulled the hook.  No more bites after that. It was a very good start to the day.

It is good to go fishing with an old, retired guy who trout fishes ALL of the time and knows all of the other trout experts. I went fishing with Stan Simmerman today. He took me to a spot I had never fished before. How many trout spots does this guy have? We tagged and released 19 specks this morning. Most were in the 17-19 inch range. The three largest were all 21-21.5 inches long.

Went after speckled trout today. Had a good bite for a bit. Caught trout up to 25 inches long. I was happy with that. Lost one that was larger. Was not happy with that. It was a rather gorgeous day for the end of January.

The first morning of the New Year was the same as the last morning of the old year. Ran out and watched the sunrise, caught a big rockfish, let her go, came in to watch football.

Did the eel thing this morning. Caught a big girl. Let her go. Went home. Pretty morning on the bay.

Yesterday was sea bass day. It turned into bluefish day. Those things were thick on the wrecks we fished. We did catch some nice sea bass but it was a pick. Got a late start due to lower than normal tide so the tuna fleet was out in force by the time we made it to the ocean. It was impressive. Lot of boats after those tuna. Hope they keep hanging around.

Went trout fishing with Stan Simmerman yesterday morning. We tagged and released 19 specks. 7 were over 20 inches long. Stan got the 2 largest at a bit over 25 inches long. Heading out to the ocean this morning. Waiting on the tide…