Went for stripers, caught porgies
Jul 18, 2020 20:50:35 #
Went on a party boat yesterday with my son and grandson. We were supposed to be going for stripers and bluefish, but on the way out captain announced we would first bottom fish because it was slack tide. Turned out to be a good decision. The 3 of us caught about 40 porgies, keeping 17 and releasing the rest. After about 2 hours of bottom fishing we moved and started jigging for bluefish and stripers. Nobody on the boat caught a bluefish or striper all day. We got 2 black sea bass and a few more were caught on the boat. On the way in we passed the US Coast Guard baroque Eagle, a 290 foot tall ship.It is permanently moored in New London, CT and is used by the Coast Guard Acsdemy as a training ship. We had a great day topped off by a fish fry made byme and grandma.
Jul 18, 2020 20:54:36 #
Jul 18, 2020 21:01:21 #
Sorry. Forgot to add pics, and we all love pictures. By the way. Thanks again for those who sent me some advice. Tried 3 places including Cabella but couldn't find bunker oil. Tried using capsules if fish oil, but the stripers and blues were nowhere to be found.
Still a great day on the water with my son and grandson
Still a great day on the water with my son and grandson
Jul 18, 2020 21:26:12 #
Nice day. Thanks for Sharing the pictures. Yankee whay is that fish in your right hand in the first pic. Caught one yesterday, but dont know what it is. Gordon
Jul 18, 2020 21:31:54 #
Yankeeblue wrote:
Sorry. Forgot to add pics, and we all love pictures. By the way. Thanks again for those who sent me some advice. Tried 3 places including Cabella but couldn't find bunker oil. Tried using capsules if fish oil, but the stripers and blues were nowhere to be found.
Still a great day on the water with my son and grandson
Still a great day on the water with my son and grandson
Sorry Yankeeblue,should have recommended a shoreline tackle shop for the bunker oil. Glad to see the bottom fishing worked out anyway. Looks like a great Porgy Fry! Nothing better than fishing with 3 generations!
Jul 18, 2020 21:39:07 #
Hi Gordon. The first pic with my kids I am holding 2 porgies, also called scup. The next pic I'm holding a black sea bass. It was a great day on the water
Jul 18, 2020 21:44:49 #
Hi Fred. I appreciate the help, but nothing was going to help. The fish weren't biting. Nobody on the boat caught. But yes it was a great day fishing with my boys, 3 generations. Doesn't get better than that.
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Jul 18, 2020 21:44:57 #
Yankeeblue wrote:
Hi Gordon. The first pic with my kids I am holding 2 porgies, also called scup. The next pic I'm holding a black sea bass. It was a great day on the water
Thanks. I thought it was a scup. We went yesterday. It was flat here also. Look up my post. (Im back).
Jul 18, 2020 21:57:14 #
Gordon wrote:
Thanks. I thought it was a scup. We went yesterday. It was flat here also. Look up my post. (Im back).
I did see your post yesterday. That is a big scup. What we were catching were good size for our area, not close to what you were holding
Jul 18, 2020 22:08:40 #
Yankeeblue wrote:
Sorry. Forgot to add pics, and we all love pictures. By the way. Thanks again for those who sent me some advice. Tried 3 places including Cabella but couldn't find bunker oil. Tried using capsules if fish oil, but the stripers and blues were nowhere to be found.
Still a great day on the water with my son and grandson
Still a great day on the water with my son and grandson
Looks like that shark is going after your fish.
Looks like a nice day out there.
Jul 18, 2020 22:19:52 #
Jul 18, 2020 23:32:45 #
Porgy is better eatin than blues any day of the week IMO. Blues are fun to catch, but when they're biting they'll wear you out. Thanks for the pictures, we do appreciate them.
Jul 18, 2020 23:55:01 #
I agree about the eating part. Just wanted grandson to fight a striper or bluefish. They caught a 47" striper on the same boat 3 days before, 30" to 50" " stripers are caught in this area. But we had a great day.
Jul 19, 2020 07:09:34 #
Joecat
Loc: Florida / Rhode Island
If you want to catch stripers travel another 1/2 hr up to snug harbor Ri and make arrangements with this charter boat Cherrypepper sport fishing it’s a little more expensive but worth every penny he is a fisherman not taking you for a boat ride i was his mate for 20 years. Check out the website and picture gallery
Jul 19, 2020 14:29:30 #
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