Had to work for them, but they are there...

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I'll add pics in the morning including an awesome sunrise on the ocean.  Ruff was the word of the day as a SW wind blows up the coast of Chincoteague, VA.  No protection provided by land.  Anyway, I was able to troll up 7 nice rock and 4 blues.  The first fish hit while I was puttng the second line out.  Thought it was gonna be "one of those" days, but alas it wasn't.  Of those 11 everything was 35" - 39".   Headed home I found a nice birdplay right behind the breakers and caught about a dozen 25-28" rock on storm shads, light tackle.   The ocean temps are still 52'ish, in mid  ??? January.  It was a nice morning and came home to temps in the 70's ??? ???  Got to work on my trailer this afternoon as a had I brake that was hanging up.  She's clean and ready to go again, soon as work and weather permit.
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Was too rough to get many pics by myself. Only got a pic of this dink.


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Pretty work! Did you head south or north? Any size to the blues?
 
I fished north of Chincoteague today. Most fish caught in 45-50' around the MD/VA line. Blues were 35-36" and meaner than heck. Chewed up a mess of shads. Birds and bait widely scattered as far as radio would carry. Wach to OC sounded about the same everywhere. I'll bet this next front tightens things up ;)

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I need to get out there and fill a cooler with some bluefish. Need some shark bait for the spring. Might try to talk my friend Brian into an Ocean run this week. He's got a cuddy & curtains ;)
 
Sounds like you had a good trip after all. They sound like some big blues. Bet that enclosure kept you nice and warm during the ride.
 
Honestly, I would have turned around in those conditions before the enclosure.  Rough as could be, but I stayed dry, which is comfy this time of year.

SP, you talking about Brian on "Diamond Ring"?

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Turbo, I was 14 miles from the dock when I snapped that pic.  Early bird gets the worm ya know...but the second mouse gets the cheese ;D

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It has been a good season, as good as any in the last five years. I think a little cold weather will actually help get these fish schooled up a little tighter and make finding them easier.

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Everybody I've talked to said this is one of the best striper seasons in a long long time.
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Turbo - you obviously haven't talked to me!! What sucks is the weather. Those fish that ya'll are slaying should be down here by now. >:( So I guess your good year equals a bad year for us. Its ok I suppose, since we've had like 6 or 7 good years in a row until not :-/ :P :-*
 
GBFT...I'd be all over that if I could get there and back in a days time. Heck, if I could catch a 500lb anything within 20 miles of the beach I'd be all over it. You all could keep the striped mullets. 50# rock becomes fish food, I mean bait when we are talking big Bluefins.

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I just don't know if my TLD 20 would bring him in ;D

Would probably look like that Etech vs. Yamaha video, with the Bluefin being the etech of course.

Friend of mine used to rub elbows with a millionaire friend of his. They fished all over the world together, (on the millionaire's nickel) and my friend said they caught like a dozen giants in one day. The biggest he landed was 600 lbs. He said they looked like volkswagons darting through the water.

Sounds like fun, but definitely dangerous and especially dangerous on a small boat! Certainly profitable though if you hook up. Thousands for a fish sounds pretty good!

I'll stick to the 100 lbs or less category for now. ;)
 
Oh yeah and fishing from 4 am til dark for a week without a touch would be depressing too. Those boys do an AWEFUL lot of boat riding to get those fish.
 
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