Sunday, June 4

[bgreene]

Decided to hit the seabass again......out shark inlet to a flat ocean at 6am.

First headed NE a few miles to some rough bottom and decent action on shorts with a few keepers.
Then headed N a few miles, this time drifting a section that held lots of fish....seemed like around 20 to 1 ratio of shorts to keepers. Finished up with 8 keepers - that's plenty of fish. One bluefish too.

S/ SE wind came up around 1pm., and building 2'-3' as I went in.

Step Up - what kind of radio you using ?
Heard you loud and clear from that distance......maybe 15 + miles away but you couldn't get my reply.

[step up here]

M127 Icom VHF old school. Usually its salt intrusion because you V-20 owners think you can steam thru them four footers or more. But I found a high dollar VHF antenna mounted as high as possible will get very good reception. Thanks for the radio check!!!!!!

[Striper80]

A friend and I fished the area around FG and had good sea bass action as well. Wound up with 7 keepers. Drop and reel fishing. Beautiful morning out there. Left them biting around noon. Bay was way worse than the ocean on the way in.

[bgreene]

Originally Posted by step up here

M127 Icom VHF old school. Usually its salt intrusion because you V-20 owners think you can steam thru them four footers or more. But I found a high dollar VHF antenna mounted as high as possible will get very good reception. Thanks for the radio check!!!!!!

Got a high end antenna believe it's called a Digital, but radio output not as good as yours........or maybe your output good but doesn't receive as well ? Ha ha....

[SkunkBoat]

Weather was so nice Saturday we stayed out overnight at Shark River Reef. First time for that. Could have prepared a little better. Fishing wasn't so hot. Got 15 ling (red hake) and 5 keeper seabass. Livelined a ling on an 8/0 hoping for a tuna but just got dogfish bites. Caught a dozen or more silver eels. No cod,no pollock.

Set out at first light for the Glory Hole, trolled for tuna without any luck. Water temp 57.8

[bgreene]

Skunk - did you do all that fishing on a V boat ?

[SkunkBoat]

yes, first time overnight on the skunkboat...not very comfortable.