pat wanted to fish! 7-25-2014

Posted on July 29, 2014 by VHFC

Pat came home from pool exercise, and reported that it was a beutiful day , low humidity, pleasant temp. and I should take her fishing for a few hours, in the bay. so I checked tide chart and decided to go to the LEI at 1:00pm and it would be the start of incoming. went down to inlet and there were a lot of boats fishing. started in the middle, waiting for the incoming flow. there also was stiff but pleasant breeze. interestingly enough all but 2 or 3 boats had left the area, guess they did not think the tide change was worth staying for. about 2:30 pat thought she snagged bottom, then reeled in this really nice 22″ fluke. right in the area of the first two red cans, after that she had enough as it was a little choppy. and despite the wind there some flies…russell denton

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