Noah's First...crab?

Noah got his first fishing rod from his Pop this summer...a four foot Ugly Stick! We used it this summer and let Noah try his hand at fishing. Daddy and Noah threw out the line together and then Noah insisted on reeling it in himself. Sure enough after a few casts he brought a small crab into the boat that was hanging off of his bait. Noah's first catch! He also went crabbing with us that week and stayed alert for three hours as we pulled in almost two dozen scrumptious crustaceans.

Why Knot 101 plus fish?

On Greg, Zac and Glenn's boat, "Why Knot?", we headed out of Dundalk and head towards the Key Bridge. There we went straight for Fort Carrol. We anchored right of the edge were the tide was moving and wet the lines. We pulled up so many nice sized white perch and large spot we lost count. We guessed that we all had 15-20 a piece including my mom Diane. This was some of the best action we had ever seen so we headed back to separate times. Greg went out with some friends and brought in over 120 fish including some 13-16 inch blues and stripers. The next time we went out with Gary, Glenn, Greg and Matt we pulled in plenty perch and spot and 3 huge cat's! Two of the cats came in at 24 inches! You think Greg was excited?

Friends in the Coastal Fisherman

After a 35 minute fight, less than a half hour into their trip, Todd, Mark, their Dad, and Jacquie's Dad landed this giant Bluefin Tuna. At the scales it weighed in at a whopping 156 pounds and stood 5 foot 3 inches tall. It was caught by the Ham Bone 70 feet below the surface. Look for their picture in the upcoming Coastal Fisherman.

I WANNA ROCK!

On June 13th we headed out on the bay charter the Lucky Lady with Captain Don hoping to catch some big Rockfish. Gary and I (Matt) pulled in two nice one's a 22 incher with mine barely beating the 18 inch minimum. It was a beautiful day but unfortunately the bite wasn't really happening so we headed just outside the key bridge by Bethlehem Steel for a little more action and action we sure had. We put our rods in and the white perch were hitting the lines faster than the first mate could take them off the hooks. Seth, Gary, Greg, Anthony, Glenn and I all caught at least a dozen a piece and each left with enough fish for quite a fish fry.

Who's having the Best (Fishing) Week ever?

We did on the Happy Ours for the first week in July. 33 Flounder were caught but it was the one that got away that might have made the paper. Todd, Tony, Brice, Gary and I (Matt) all were on the boat on July 9th when we caught 14 flounder and a blue. Todd was knocking them dead on live minnows and the occasional Gulp bait. He ended up catching almost half of the boat's total. It was on my line that I felt stuck to the bottom until I felt my line flutter. This was a big fish. It took a few minutes to reel it in and once it got to the surface we new she was a keeper. Todd grabbed the net and tried his best to nab it but just like that the line snapped and under the boat she went. I almost threw my rod to the sea in anger as I pictured my mug disappearing from the pages of the Coastal Fisherman much like the photo in Back to the Future. It looks like it's time for bigger rods, higher test and a bigger net. All and all it was a great week but no keepers...maybe we'll save that for the Flounder Pounder in September.

Happy Ours is Christened...

and the fish came a swimming. Not long after we slapped the name across the sides of the boat we took her out for some flounder fishing and had one of our best days ever. 7 flatties in 2 hours a 17, two 16's, a 15, two 14's and two 12's. Was it the boat name or the new Glup chartreuse bait that seemed to attract everything in sight including these two starfish?

New Boat Logo!

The boat logo is in. It is a custom designed logo by Daniel Rogers. I can't wait to put it on the sides of the boat. Unfortunately, she is being worked on right now to fix a fuel issue. It should be ready by the first of July. Can't wait to dress her up and take her out.