"Victory at Sea"

[TerriMc223]

Some of the old timers and history buffs may remember this documentary series from the 50's. Most memorable were the opening credits which depicted
heavy seas and epic theme music. It can can be found on You Tube.
Well, that's what it was like fishing yesterday with all of that heavy east wind!
I was out fluking on the Capt. Cal II out of Belmar 20-25 people on board. Getting out of the Shark river inlet was rocking and rolling. Crazy drift and sporty seas,so we stuck to fishing mussel beds and avoided the sticky bottoms. Not too bad at first but got progressively more jumpy as the winds and seas picked up. By mid-morning the cabin began to resemble sick bay as a lot of folks became sea sick. Fishing was slow all day. Those left at the rail managed to pick up a few keeper sea bass but only a handful of keeper fluke were caught. I managed to get one keeper fluke that held up to be the pool winner. She went for a red jig head tipped with a 5 " pink shine grub and was every bit as angry as the ocean on the way up.

Capt. Ron and crew Frank and Greg did a great job as always.

The inlet jetties on the way back were mostly awash due to the rough surf and high tide in Mid Afternoon. Quite a sight to see out there!

It was a hellava day at sea!