Fishing With Boog Powell
Capt. JW, Boog Powell, and Capt. Skip took a Sea Bass, Flounder and Tog trip on Wednesday June 6th. It was Boog’s first trip of the year, and his first ever trip on Capt. JW’s newly re-powered and customized Mako.
Our game plan targeted the Delaware Artificial Reef System. We started at reef site #10 fishing various large concrete and rubble piles. The tog were uncooperative with only a few small fish caught, the same story on sea bass. Afer site #10 we headed out to the “B” Bouy area in the shipping channel, we usually have decent luck there, but not today. The drift was really screwy. We didn’t even see the usual suspects fishing there (headboats). The boats that were fishing, were concentrating on Shark, although we didn’t see any caught or hooked up.
The last trick up our sleeve was site #11, the “redbird”subway cars. This is a tremendous resource, and one of Capt. JW’s favorite places to fish. Right away we started picking up some nice Sea Bass and Boog caught the only flounder of the day, a decent 20.5 inch flattie. We were only able to fish for about an hour because the conditions. The forecast called for the wind to shift and diminish. She shifted and started blowing pretty good, we decided that being 26 miles from the OC sea buoy in that kind of wind was a little sketchy, and we made the run home. We encountered some “refreshing” winds estimated at 30kts or more! We made it safely back to Sunset Marina with a couple dozen fish, and had a delicious fish fry for dinner.
As of this trip we still haven’t seen the quantities or quality of Sea Bass that we are used to in May and June, I’m sure many good trips are to come.
Make sure to contact <a href=”mailto:skipstackleshop@aol.com”>Capt. Skip</a> for charter information.