Very Long Slow Night
last night was my buddies last nighrt of striper fishin of the year. he wanted to catch his first keeper of the year. unfortunatly that did not happen. he had a chance but he blew it.
we fished many spots from 7pm-2am.
first spot nice rock pile in the middle of a sandy coast line. we started deep and moved closer as the tide came in. we fished chunk macks lure and eels. we tried moving closer but the lights wont turn on. OMG we are so screwed. luckly they turned on after i fiddled with some wires.
the last spot we fished at this pile was a big rock close to shore. my budd says hes done good here this season. we fished for an hour at this spot.the rod almost flies out of his hands. he wasnt paying attention. he hooks into a good fish peeling off line, he sets the hook missed it.
fish comes back missed again. no fish at this spot.
we moved off shore bout a mile and a half fished deep rocks. i never tried 3 way eels before. they slam monster this way down south in Montauck,Block island, and Connecticut. they routinley catch 40+lbsers on this.
we set our drift i was using a 12 ounce sinker. but the current was so strong i couldnt hold bottom.
we head to the next spot. one of my favs. a 50lbser was caught here off the beach last october. no fish so we trolled to the next spot no hits.
the next 2 spots were dead, nothing. we saw my bro and a buddy walkin back from the bar so we picked em up. trolled and drank some beers.
we dropped anchor at a random spot near a flooded marsh. i was relaxin drinkin a beer sitting on the bow. my rod almost flies off the boat. i didnt know what happend i thought some one was screwing with me and hit my rod.
i left my barely alive eel dangiling in the water. so my rod almost flies off the boat agian. i caught a nice schoolie.
hour passes and my buddy catches another schoolie. both fish were caught on eels dangling off the boat. we look at the clock 2am crap time to go in.
at least we tried.