Sea Tiger II Porgy Report. Great fishing!!

I headed out Saturday with good friend Bill and son Leif on the Sea Tiger II 1/2 day afternoon Porgy trip. Haven't been out on an actual Porgy trip in about 20 years so I was looking forward to it since the fishing has been so good this year. Last trip was the Jamaica II in 1990.


Anyway it was a great afternoon out. Leif fished ultra light and used the rigs we tied the day before, 2 and 3 hook rigs on 20lb triplefish with Gamakatsu hooks.They sure did the trick. Bill had suggested that those little sharp hooks would be the key and he was right. Bill and I fished the same rigs on conventional outfits.

We wound up with 40 Porgies in the cooler and had a great time. There were a few other species caught including some Blackfish and keeper size Sea Bass that were released.

The Sea Tiger was a great boat and Bill informed me that it was the old Big Marie S. The crew was great and it was a pleasure fishing on that Party Boat.

As always, it was great getting out with my son and Bill and we look forward to some great Porgy dinners. (Recipes to follow)


Leif

Sea Devil Tuna Report 10/10-10/11

I headed out on the Sea Devil for Tuna Sunday night with my son Leif and friend Adam. We had fun and it was good to get out for tuna once again. Pretty slow fishing but 9 tuna were landed (50-70lbs) and I had one of them. It was a 50lb Longfin I caught on a PB&J Jig on the new Calstar I built.


Leif (who jigged 6 last year) was a little disapointed that he did not get a repeat of last years trip but it was nice to have him along and he had fun catching all those squid for bait.
Thanks to Capt. Bob and Mates Mike, Mike and Chris. Mike....you got lucky with that "I only need one gaff Bob" HAHAHA. Thanks for all your help and Taking care of my boy. Thanks Capt. Bob for staying a little longer for the day bite.
Thanks also to the angler who donated one of his fish as everyone had the chance to take some steaks home.

Leif

Deal Surf Report 10/8 Fly Rod Bass!!

Deal Surf Report 10/8 Fly Rod Bass!!


Well it was another beautiful morning at the Deal surf today.
I fly fished with my friend Adam today in Deal from 6:15am to 7:45am. We hit the surf and started throwing White snake flies. Adam quickly switched over to a Chartreuse Half and Half (pictured) since he had no hits on the snake fly.
Shortly after he hooked and landed a 26 incher on that fly. I stuck with the snake fly and got "skunked"
We did see a lot of life today. Upon our arrival we saw a Black Bellied Plover, a Peregrine Falcon capturing a bird only to lose it to a persistent Gull.(Adam is an avid birder and alerted me to the event).

We also saw lots of bait in the wash and many pods of Bottle nose dolphins that were jumping and milling not too far from shore.

Leif