Reel Class Friday 7/19 Fluke & a very lost cusk

[Reel Class]

Ran a FTYP trip today with Larry, Brian, Ryan, Tommy and Keefe. Decided to NOT run north and fished the snags offshore and got into a nice pick early with a few nice boxers, and believe it or not, one CUSK (at least I think it was!) taken by Tommy (was the first fish of the day and hit the bucktail).

Bounced around the nasty stuff, lost some bucktails, caught some fluke, but it was a real grind.

Once that initial area dried up, we bounced around, catching a couple here and there, but never got it going. AT lunch time we made another move, and by this time the S wind was CRANKING -- this time we found a nice pocket of fish and had a few productive drifts boating shorts and keepers, but by 2 the wind really got the drift going and we were flying at over 2 kts and 12 oz. was not holding, so we finished off in on the beach and caught a few more shorts but called it a day just after 3.

Overall it was a tough day - the guys worked hard and boxed 16 keeper fluke to 4#. Ryan led the way with 4 keepers, and also had the biggest fish of the day. Great group of guys, just wish the fishing was better!

(If anyone can positively ID the fish in the pic below, which I think was a cusk, please reply here!)