Big Day with The Jen-Jen Fishing Team by Larry Leary

Posted on July 20, 2020 by kelli

We left the dock at 6 AM undecided whether we were going North or South. Since it looked like we were going to have a foggy day, we decided to go south and fish the reefs. It was foggy all day with limited visibility and we had 6 family members on the boat.
What a day it turned out to be! We limited out with 18 keeper fluke to 24” and without exaggeration probably caught 60 shorts. In addition, one nice keeper sea bass went into the box. The ride in was rough but the day was well worth it.

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