Stan Simmerman and I fished Fisherman’s Island this morning. We tagged and released two big red drum and had a few other bites. The breakers moved away from us as the tide fell so we came on in.
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Stan Simmerman and I fished Fisherman’s Island this morning. We tagged and released two big red drum and had a few other bites. The breakers moved away from us as the tide fell so we came on in.
caught keepers but no big ones on this trip.
Stan Simmerman and I went to catch some tautog today. We caught nine up to 15.5 pounds. Most were keepers but only the one big tog.
I fished a wreck outside of the light tower yesterday for tautog. I was using clam for bait. Sea bass like clam and that is what I caught. Mostly small but with enough that would have been keepers that you could have made a catch of them. I moved to a wreck inside of the light tower. I caught more sea bass, again with some keeper-sized. I’m sure the offshore wrecks will be the place to be for the February sea bass season but the inshore wrecks are still holding some. I did catch tautog, cunner, puppy drum, and sheepshead. Forty-five-degree water and I caught sheepshead. I did not catch anything big. Well, the conger eel, it was huge but everything else was small.
I got up this morning and walked down the dock. I found that I still had a few live eels in the cage. Maybe enough to give it a try. Glad I went. There has been a really large class of fish this winter. Pretty day on the bay.
Ran across the bay this morning. My toes were cold. It finally felt like rockfish season. First fish was on before I got the spread out. Ended up catching three. None like the fish I caught last weekend but up to 47 inches long. I may wear boots next time.