Tough day porgy fishing

[porgylber]

I went to bed Monday night expecting to get up and sneak in a few hours casting for blues and fluke in M.I. Then the golden email arrived. Afternoon meeting canceled. So I hauled it to the dock to hop on a ns party boat to catch some porgies.
Weather was beautiful. Sea was like a lake. One problem. The pork chops didn’t cooperate. About 40 people on board. By my count, 6 porgies were landed. If it was a sea bass trip, a million were caught and returned. Most were small, but there were some hefty ones mixed in.
A nice surprise was all of the winter flounder landed. Easily 25-30. That, along with a few ling helped matters.
Here in NJ, the main porgy body is extremely late this year. The past 3 years were incredible, especially in terms of size as well as quantity. So…I guess a bad year was due to happen.
Hopefully things turn around in October and November before whatever is here begins the migration to the offshore wrecks.