On Monday 5/18/26 I was joined by Pat, Dave and Glen for a Sea Bass Trip on my boat the “Salty Dog” After a 20+ mile steam to the first spot, disaster struck. The trolling motor would not work.
Going back to my days before trolling motors I was able to keep the boat on the fish using the engines and the controls in the cockpit. What a scene. Evert one was catching fish including yours truly. I would bring up the fish, put in on the deck and then get back on the controls. While I was running the boat Pat was clearing my line and rebaiting. Not just my line but his own line as well. Talk about double duty. When he got too busy Glen and Dave pitched in.
Pat was rewarded for his efforts. He caught a 18+ inch sea Bass. One of several fish over 17″ caught on this day.
We ende
d up fishing two different spots. In the end we had 31 Sea Bass and 4 ling. In addition we had several tog. Two of those tog were around 20″ or more. Everyone caught fish. I would guess we threw back around 100 fish on this day.
Great weather, friends and fishing. Does not get better.
