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Unread 10-20-2014, 07:16 PM
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Default BSBs...finally something to eat!!!

Got out today 10/20 anchored up on the Morania (Sea Girt reef) at 915. Picked away at shorts with a few keepers for an hour then it turned on hard. Fish on as soon as it hit bottom for the last hour. Clam bait. Mostly 12" shorts but a nice pick of keepers. and NO BERGALS!!! Unfortunately, the wind kicked up and the anchor dragged right into the wreck. Jerked around trying to get unstuck in a stiff SW breeze before surrendering it to Davey Jones' locker at 1130.
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Unread 10-21-2014, 07:14 AM
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Seabass Sammiches......sounds good to me!!
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Way to go, on that nice looking V !!

Good for you !!
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Unread 10-21-2014, 08:50 PM
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Nice catch! I had heard the sea bass bite was good. Stripers are starting to run too. I'm glad to see you turned your boat around. Are you getting the hang of that slip with the current running through there?
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Unread 10-22-2014, 06:51 AM
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You know, I backed in for 15 years. Then I got this spot with a floating finger dock. Never had that before.
I figured since I don't have to board from the stern, it would be easier to go bow in. What a pain in the butt! Damn near impossible in that cross current when I'm by myself. With the new Eisenglass enclosure I can't reach a line until I'm all the way in. No one to hold the bow from swinging. I couldn't even get OUT of the slip without coming dangerously close to my neighbor's anchor pulpit. I looked like an amateur!
Backing in is WAY easier! Now I can back up to the pole and grab a line and get under control the way I have done since owning the boat.
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Unread 10-22-2014, 08:24 PM
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That cross current can be tricky. Especially in the haul out pit. I've witnessed countless large expensive sportfishing boats piloted by experienced captains smash up rub rails,tow rails,bow rails etc while coming in for a haul. It takes lots of practice. I brought my boat up there last week. I'm on c dock by the Bear. Hopefully I can get out on Saturday morning for some of those sea bass or stripers. Whatever I can stumble across.
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