A Day on the Bay

[RWilson2526]

Got the whole family out of the house at a resonable hour yesterday...miracles can happen. A personal best, on the road by 7:30!!! 75 minute trip down to Atlantic Highlands for a day fishing around Sandy Hook. Kept it in the bay for some fluke because of the little one on board.

First thing I noticed was all the V's...I saw at least 4. the second picture though I am not 100% sure its a V maybe a CC Scorpion? Was going to approach a few and see if I could find Willy out there but never got around to it.





Started off cathing some shorties....


One kid slept, the other got a little sea sick


Finally got one with some decent size to it.....still might have been a hair short of 18" min....(forgot to bring a ruler)


Were surrounded by small storms all day....was sure it was a matter of time before one got us so I put up the canvas...of course this guaranteed that we never got a drop.


Mama joins in on the fun!! She actually got the best fish of the day






We stopped for a packed lunch at Spermacetti Cove. You are not allowed to land your boat on Sandy Hook as it is a National park....Spermacetti is not attached to the hook itself so you can land there...it actually was the end of the hook probably about 1000 years ago....there is one of the oldest if not oldest lighthouses in the country on Sandy hook, built in the 1700's at the end of the hook it is now almost 2 miles in from the end....




Funs over....time to clean up!!