From the StriperZ crew
From the StriperZ:
Morning: The two words that sum up our trip on the morning trip, frightening and successful. We left the harbor for a light tackle jigging trip into a hard S wind that pushed swells up to 4-5 feet. Needless to say the Stiperz is a Grady White and extremely stable, but at 22 feet we pounded out to the Bath House and Race Point.
We picked up a keeper and the sky darkened. We watched the other boats and left when they did, but the squall caught us between the bath house and wood end. Without rain gear, Bob, Art, Shane, and Andrew all piled into the cramped cuddy cabin when the sky opened up. The rain and wind came down and raked your face like tiny darts. With lightning flashing all over us, I raced to the beach and kept the boat as close to the land as possible, using the dunes as a lightning rod. It worked! A lightning bolt exploded on the beach less than 100 feet from the StriperZ, I fully believed that was for us. Who knows how the boat would handle being struck, but I think it would be all bad.
After 30 minutes of hell, the squall relented and we proceeded to fish and picked up another keeper. The guys got numerous pulldowns that unfortunately popped off.
Afternoon: We almost left with no vets, but Joy found JR and Pat, who wanted to do another trip, as the morning trip had the squall. The bay had laid down, and we were treated to a great trip. We went out to a lobster pot that I will call 'Damien's Pride and Mike's Shame', and another that I call "Last Night's Starfish". It is always tough fishing near pots, but that's were the bigger fish hang. We got 3 keepers, one at 35", 14.5 lbs., and a big blue. JR caught the big striper on 20 lb test line and 50 lb leader on LT and experience the excitement of a couple good runs. Pat caught a +30" blue fish that kicked his butt, but he got in and we boated it. The bluefish almost got through the leader, another 30 seconds and it would have been gone. It was a great time for us and we had plenty of fish stories to tell at the party.
Morning: The two words that sum up our trip on the morning trip, frightening and successful. We left the harbor for a light tackle jigging trip into a hard S wind that pushed swells up to 4-5 feet. Needless to say the Stiperz is a Grady White and extremely stable, but at 22 feet we pounded out to the Bath House and Race Point.
We picked up a keeper and the sky darkened. We watched the other boats and left when they did, but the squall caught us between the bath house and wood end. Without rain gear, Bob, Art, Shane, and Andrew all piled into the cramped cuddy cabin when the sky opened up. The rain and wind came down and raked your face like tiny darts. With lightning flashing all over us, I raced to the beach and kept the boat as close to the land as possible, using the dunes as a lightning rod. It worked! A lightning bolt exploded on the beach less than 100 feet from the StriperZ, I fully believed that was for us. Who knows how the boat would handle being struck, but I think it would be all bad.
After 30 minutes of hell, the squall relented and we proceeded to fish and picked up another keeper. The guys got numerous pulldowns that unfortunately popped off.
Afternoon: We almost left with no vets, but Joy found JR and Pat, who wanted to do another trip, as the morning trip had the squall. The bay had laid down, and we were treated to a great trip. We went out to a lobster pot that I will call 'Damien's Pride and Mike's Shame', and another that I call "Last Night's Starfish". It is always tough fishing near pots, but that's were the bigger fish hang. We got 3 keepers, one at 35", 14.5 lbs., and a big blue. JR caught the big striper on 20 lb test line and 50 lb leader on LT and experience the excitement of a couple good runs. Pat caught a +30" blue fish that kicked his butt, but he got in and we boated it. The bluefish almost got through the leader, another 30 seconds and it would have been gone. It was a great time for us and we had plenty of fish stories to tell at the party.
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