Double Trouble!

Todays trip was booked way in advance as a gift from Kathy's dad Bob to her husband Vance for his 30th. These two are not only a great time to have on the boat but are very accomplished anglers who love to chase big bass on plugs. Vance gets out all the time when the bite is good in NJ where they live and Kathy gets out from time to time as well but really likes boat fishing over the surf stuff so she looks forward to these trips and had no problem tossing big lures in the rocks with Vance today. We started in the usual spots that had fish early last week which had been good and again when two good anglers get the plugs in the good areas and you get "no love" its time to move. The fish have moved from these areas or are just not feeding well on the weaker parts of the tides so we had to look a bit before we found bigger fish. It started out slow but about an hour into the trip found a real good slug of bass in the 10lb-30lb range laid up in the rips and rockpiles looking for food. We did see many nice bass follow the other hooked fish to the boat so we knew they were there. We never did land anything giant but hooked and lost one good one and I thought overall it was a great trip. Kathy got on the board with a nice 18lb bass and Vance with a 25lb bass. As always I look forward to having these guys again as they make the pilgrimage every summer to Newport and look forward to fishing. See you guys next year.

PS....Vance please ditch that silly Yankee's hat next time!