Slow Day at BL Reef on the CA III

Posted on September 3, 2019 by VHFC

With the winds forecast a little larger than my comfort zone and not wanting to sit home for Labor Day, I decided to go out on the CA III. The inlet was really nasty going out and the waves were 3-4 feet as advertised but no issue for the CA III. We fished the entire 6 hr trip on the BL reef on a really nice day. Catching was slow with lots of shorts and ~10 keepers for the 25 fares. I had one at 20 inches so I at least caught dinner. There were two large fluke caught; one at 5.5 lbs and the pool winner at 6 3/4 lbs!
With the season ending on the 21st and Dorian to possibly mess up the water, there’s not much time left for fluke.

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