You cant live in New England or on the East Coast and not know about the fantastic saltwater action that lies just off the shores of where we live. 40 pound Striped Bass are swimming off the beaches of Cape Cod and the Islands and are just a cast away. Action starts to pick up in May and lasts well into the fall. The first to arrive are the "schoolies", the little stripers that quickly filtere into the Cape Cod Canal and the surrounding area. Then everyone eagerly awaits the first word of the first "Hogs", "Pigs" or "Big Females" being caught.
Along with the stripers you have the tireless bulldogging Bluefish. These fish can travel in schools so thick and feed so voraciously you can hear them feeding off shore or from a boat 100 yards away. Sometimes these fish are more of an annoyance because you are looking for stripers and just cant seem to get your baits through these bluefish schools fast enough. But when you tie into one, HANG ON! They truely are a magnificent gamefish!
Here he is with a typical bottom fish, a Sea Robin!
Jim & Jim dressed in their best for a typical fall day on the ocean!
This is not a great picture but its one of the only Stripers we got that day! Umbrella Rig !
Heres Jim with a couple good ones!
Thats my dad, heading south through the intercoastal waterway in Florida. Watch out for Manatees!
This is one of the most abundant gamefish in the intercostal waterway. This is a Carevalle Jack. Not much for tablefare, but man can these things fight. This was the first one I had ever caught. I was useing spinning gear with 12 pound test, casting to structure in hopes of hooking a snook. This little sucker took about 8 minutes to land and gave my drag a good workout.