I spent last weekend hosting my three good friends from high school, Vinny LaPrete, Steve Ondrof, and John Korn. While these names mean nothing to you, they mean everything to me. Good friends for 45 years, Vinny for 54, we travel, fish, have dinner, crash at one another’s homes, and laugh endlessly.
I took us to the Little Italy grounds on Saturday. We tried the troll for a solid three hours before switching to the drift. No bites on the troll and it was non stop brown and dusky sharks on the drift with the bait rods. On Sunday we fished the inlet for blues and it did not disappoint. The guys threw soft plastics at the jetty for a few hours of 2 to 4 lb bluefish: https://youtube.com/shorts/xzLmlPivylI?feature=shared Next we anchored up on the west side of the bay with shedder crab and caught some spots, croakers, and fluke on the 6 lb spinning rods.
Not a great report I know but I have to post the bad with the good sometimes.
This Saturday is shaping up to be the weather day for going offshore for tuna. Right now, I have my sights on the 25 to 30 mile grounds for bluefin. Troll, jig, and bait fishing, whatever conditions dictate. Open Boat Tuna, Saturday, July 19, 4AM to 4PM, $400 person, 4 people max, all fish are shared. If I get intel on the 40 to 60 mile grounds, we could run that way for bluefin and yellowfin together. That would be $450 person to cover some more fuel. That is always a game time decision based on the latest intel I get.
The boat is also available every day for inshore, bay, and inlet fishing. We will be announcing more Open Boat Tuna dates as we see opportunities in the weather forecast. The long range looks good for next Tues, Wed, and Thurs, but that’s a long way off, so for now, we are just watching and waiting.
Thank you,
Dave
Dave DeGennaro
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