Reel Class Friday 7/10 Fluke Report

[Reel Class]

Ran an open fluke trip today with a 5 man crew.

Ran up the line to get out of the wind. Fishing in tight was OK for us as we had some shorts and a few keepers, but just not enough action. A move offshore resulted in a much faster drift and a few more keepers and shorts, as well as seabass, but that slowed after a while also.

Made a move back inshore, a little further north, and the guys basically had drop and reel fluking for 10-14" fish -- after 2 drifts of that we moved off again and found a little patch, adding a few more keepers.

Our last drift, which was 1 mile in length, was a little further south of the area and we again had drop and reel action on shorts - usually had 2-3 on at a time - easily boated 75 on that drift (Fred had 14 himself!) - only problem was 1 fish made it to the measuring board, and it was a half inch short - the rest were under 16".

Whatever the case we had a great day action wise, probably had 200 + fluke, as well as a few nice seabass, but only 14 made the cut. Tim had the biggest a very skinny 23"er, and Fred led the way with 4 keepers. Bud had like 6 double headers LOL - only caught one keeper all day though. Fun day, great weather, fishing was good - the keeping stunk!

[Bucktailboys.com]

Thanks for the report. Fish next to you guys (On The Golden Touch) for most of the day. Plenty of life but way to many shorts.

[Reel Class]

Originally Posted by Bucktailboys.com

Thanks for the report. Fish next to you guys (On The Golden Touch) for most of the day. Plenty of life but way to many shorts.

We were next to Golden Touch most of the day?

I only recall seeing John for about an hour or so offshore when we were working that hill and adjacent area. After that we went our separate ways. Maybe you saw another green hulled boat out there LOL

Nevertheless, yes, it was a tough day but the action was great.