Sea Bass and a great weather day by John Stuebing

Posted on October 13, 2023 by kelli

Went fishing with Ed (The Pres) yesterday. When I arrived at Ed’s boat early morning, he already had Ice and Bait ready to go. Off we went to GSN.
Once on the reef Ed positioned the boat over a sunken Barge and engaged the Trolling Motor. We picked at Sea Bass with a mix of shorts and occasional Keeper. We did this routine several times re-positioning on different wrecks. Around noon the bite seemed to turn off. We had a dozen Sea Bass and one nice Porgy in the box.
It was a good day of fishing and just great Fall weather.

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