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And here we have the Jen Blocksom crew of July
30 with part of their catch of limits of rockfish, some large croaker, and a good bunch of
bluefish to 3 pounds. From left to right, that's Walt, Jen, Roland, Jen Blocksom,
John, and Jed. |
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Here are the two Jens with a couple of
rockfish, fresh out of the water. Fish this size are lots of fun on light tackle. |
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Here is the Kevin King crew of July 29 with
some of their limits of rockfish, all of which were caught trolling. We had heard
reports of some larger fish around, and here's the proof, up to 36 inches. From left
to right, that's Kevin, Mike, Lee, Mike, and Jim. |
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This is Mike with an impressive 36 inch
rockfish, quite a trophy for this time of the season, and Mike's lifetime largest rock! |
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And Mike with another fine 30 inch rockie... |
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July 26 was the date, and the weather was not
much different than a monsoon. A stiff breeze made a steady rain even more
uncomfortable. But Art McCrea and his crew were ready to fish. Besides, you
can't play golf in a monsoon ... But fish don't seem to mind the rain, and as you
can see the rockfish cooperated. From left to right, that's Bill, Hugo, Art, Mike,
Miles, and Bob. |
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After catching limits of rockfish and chasing
some bluefish, it was off to Harrison's on Tilghman's Island for dry towels and a bushel
of crabs. These guys are diehards one and all. |
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On July 23 we served the Steve Kerns crew for
a morning of rockfish chumming, casting to breaking bluefish, ending up with spot and
white perch. From left to right, that's Greg, Steve, Dave, Brenda, Dawn, and Bill.
Chumming at the "Gooses" continues to be good. |
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On the afternoon of July 22 the Mark Balsamo
crew returned for some fast action while rockfish chumming. From left to right,
that's Rick, Frank, Mark, Bob, Chuck, and Will. After mashing up the rockfish, we
went in search of flounder. |
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Here's Mark with a beautiful 20 inch flounder,
largest of about 10 keepers. As the sun settled over the western shore, we started
catching croakers. Although the croakers were not plentiful, a good time was had by
all. |
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And on the evening of July 18 we enjoyed
George Bentz Jr. and Sr. along with a crew from the Pasadena Sportfishing Group for some
rockfish chumming and croaker fishing. Of course George Sr. caught the largest
striper. As shown, while posing for this photo with dad, George Jr. hooked up.
For more PSG photos, click here. |
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On the evening of July 16 we enjoyed the
company of the Frank Kenney crew for some rockfish chumming, followed by bottom fishing
for trout and croaker. While trout were the primary target, croaker and spot
wouldn't leave our baits alone. From left to right, that's Bill, Frank Kenney,
Buddy, PJ, Aaron, and Frank Jr. |
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And here's the Mike Fox crew of July 16, shown
with a nice catch of flounder to more than 20 inches, which were caught after we finished
chumming up limits of rockfish. From left to right, that's Sam, Mike Fox, John,
Dave, and Mike. |
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Sam took top honors with this beautiful 21
inch flattie. This one took a flounder teaser tipped with a strip of spot. |
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And here's the FoxMan Mike with another nice
flounder. |
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Here's the Bob Crist crew of July 15, shown
with some nice blues to 3 pounds and some of their limits of rockfish. The blues
were caught trolling, and the rockfish were caught while chumming near the Gooses.
From left to right, that's John, Chuck, Jamie, Chris, Bob, and Rick. |
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Here's Chris with his first ever striper, a
nice 21 incher. |
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If you fish deep while chumming, you'll
sometimes find other species like the big croaker shown here with Jamie. |
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Once in a great while the Captain gets to take
part of his family out on the Bay. Here's Tiffany Payne with a nice double header on
spot, taken July 13 near "Old Rock". |
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And here's nephew Justin with a pair of spot
up to 10 inches. |
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On July 11 we were fortunate to fish with
almost the entire office of the Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation (RBFF).
The RBFF is a nonprofit organization whose mission is "to increase
participation in recreational angling and boating ...". That's Captain Drew in
the middle, surrounded by young ladies named Kristen. Click here
for more RBFF crew photos. |
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Also on July 11 the Worm and crew and the
other volunteers shown here participated in a "feed the needy" day. A
number of other charter boats from the Rod 'N' Reel Dock also volunteered their time and
services to catch a bunch of fish for those less fortunate. Here we have, from front
to back, Alverta, Anne Marie, Frances, Edith, Arnie, and Ken. |
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Here's Alverta with a double header on spot,
some of which were up to 10 inches. |
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On July 9 we were joined by the Morry Frankel
crew from Pittsburgh. From left to right, that's Ray, Mike, Morry, and John.
After catching limits of rockfish while chumming, we found breaking blues and small rock
which kept everyone entertained for hours. |
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Here's Larry of the Lance Weakley crew (shown
in the background) with a beautiful yellowfin trout caught bottom fishing on July 8. |
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Bottom fishing continued to well after dark,
when more trout were caught like the one shown here with Keith. |
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And here's the Mike Fox (not shown) crew of
July 8 with their limits of rockfish caught while chumming on the Gooses. |
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Here's a closeup of some of the fine rockfish
chummed up for the Fox crew. |
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On July 7 we had the Charlie and Kitty Hurrey
crew out in pursuit of flounder. From left to right, that's TJ, Tommy, Dave, Kitty
and Charlie. We couldn't resist hanging up the old Worm sign. |
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Here's Kitty with a 20 1/4 inch beauty,
largest of the day. |
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On July 6 we had the pleasure of fishing with
the Ira Reiz crew for an afternoon of rockfish chumming and evening croaker fishing.
Shown with limits of rockfish and a pile of croaker, (from left to right) that's
Cliff, Daniel, Ira, Eli, Seth, and Bill. |
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After catching limits of rockish July 2, the
Kevin King crew went after flounder and managed to catch a number of impressive flatties
to 20 inches. Click here for more ... |
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And on July 1 we enjoyed having the Butch
Herbert (2nd from left) crew out for a day of chumming for rockfish, followed by flounder. |
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Although it's hard to see the whole critter,
that's a cow-nosed ray (also called a skate) that probably weighed 50 pounds. Dwight
wanted a photo of it before it went back unharmed. |
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And here's part of the Herbert crew with some
of their flounder to 18 inches... |
