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No luck with the trout this morning. This smooth puffer thought he was one. Fought pretty good, thought I had a puppy drum.

I trolled plugs along the oceanfront yesterday. I caught ribbons. This morning, I stayed close to home and caught big sheep and some tautog. The ribbons were not too bad. There were enough that those that wanted to catch them … Continue reading →

It was slower bite this morning. I had about 6 hits, hooked 3, landed 2.

Caught a few nice specks this morning. Lost a couple bigger ones. I managed to hold onto 8 fish up to 23.5 inches long.

I fished for specks again this morning. I only had one over 20 inches today compared to three yesterday and all of those were larger than today’s 20.25-inch fish. But, by 9 am, I had caught and released 18 speckled … Continue reading →

I ran into a nice speck bite this morning. I ended up catching 6 trout and missed others, including a boatside, topwater explosion that scared the heck out of me. All 6 were tagged and released.

I went out dark and early this morning to try and catch a speckled trout. It was still dark when I had my first bite. I hooked up my second bite and it did not feel like a houndfish. It … Continue reading →

I turned 60 this week. I decided this was time to add another fishing day to my work week. Tuesday, Stan wanted to catch a citation-size sheepshead. So, we got him his citation. The only sheep we caught. Pretty much … Continue reading →

Stan wanted to try and get his citation-sized sheep today. He got it. It was not joined by any others.

I went back after sheepshead with Stan Simmerman today. First, we stopped on the flats for a sunrise topwater bite. We got them, catching two houndfish. I do think I had two of the right bites but did not hold … Continue reading →