Monday July 8
Monday July 8 Sunset Stripers Capt. Ant reports a very successful Sunset Striper trip…we saw the sunset, we caught some Stripers!!!! We hit the lighthouse and only caught a couple of rats on the first 3 drifts but we didn’t quite have the tide so we ventured on to try a spot we haven’t been to in awhile. Bust…luckily it was only 10 minutes away so we headed back. Once again fish were everywhere, from top to bottom on the machine and swirling on the surface and once again they were tough to catch. 3 on the first drift, none on the second, 2 on the third…uggh!!! We had a couple fluke come up including a 6lber which had a 30lb Striper literally hanging on it’s tail. At one point we had a pod of bass right under the pulpit…
Friday July 5
Block Island Behemoth Trophy Hunt- UPDATED REPORT We got to our honey hole with a trickle of flood tide, but plenty of breeze left to help move the Starship. After about 10 passes all around the rock, we had a whole lot of nothing to show for it. No bait, not tide, no fish. We moved on from there and explored a couple different areas but again, even when marking fish, they just would not bite. We finally got a drift, around 1.2 kts so we went back to the “Rock”. Drifting due east we got our first bite, then second, then third. 3 fish, 3 slobs feeding on the slow moving water. Every fish was green as could be. Danny Wes had the largest at 48lb 8 oz and I swear it fought with the energy of a schoolie…