8/22/12 by Corey Pietraszek
Finally some nice sized fish moved into the rocks. The last 3 week has been very tough and I have worked extremely hard for what we have landed and who but Greg Catalano would be on board this morning to break the slump. The last 2 weeks has been tough with lots of blues and smaller bass which is nice but usally August yields some stud Striped Bass for me. So we shove off at 5am from the dock and I tell him while we put the rods together to get some wire on at least on of his fly outfits in case we run into the blues. The last few days in a few spots the Bluefish have been not only numerous but HUGE and perfect for the fly rod. So after the 25 minutes run we arrive on location and on cue the “teeth” are everywhere.
The beauty is Greg loves to fish and really could care less about what we catch and first cast he is tight to a huge Bluefish and smiling from ear to ear. After about 5 chunky 8-10lb bluefish we decide to move and run the rocks in search of bass. We start pushing and drifting in close along the structure when all of a sudden all hell breaks loose. Bass of all shapes sizes and weights start feeding on peanut bunker with reckless abandon right near the boat and Greg is stoked. This may lay style feeding went on for about 3 hours and Greg must have landed 20 fish with the largest being about 25lbs even after 12pm. Def one of the better days I’ve had in weeks on the fly and Greg deserved it as he is a regular and loves to be on the water regardless of what’s happening. Great Job today and I look fwd to having him and Jack in September!
