I'm still chasing tuna...if only in my mind!!! Last Friday was the last decent chance we had to chase and find the skipjack tuna. We travelled east to Jones Inlet with Bob Wilkanowski & Joe D'Ambrosio on board, in choppy seas, where the skipjack were working under birds. But these schools were not as large, or as aggressive as the ones I found last Tuesday and despite their valiant and determined efforts the guys could not hook up, but they deserve a lot of credit, given the tough conditions. We did manage to find some cooperative bluefish in the 6 to 8 pound range, but when you know there's tuna out there... Anyway the weekend was impossible and Monday morning was still windy and rainy. But when the wind and rain abated I made an effort to go look, but a heavy southeast swell kept me close to home. I headed to the Sandy Hook rip in hopes of finding albies but only those medium blues were working. I managed several on fly before leaving to head inside Jamaica Bay to see what might be happening in the back. As luck would have it I found a LOT of big blues popping the surface not far from Floyd Bennett Field. They provided the kind of fun fishing they are most noted for, by taking fly rod poppers with abandon. After 2 hours that action slowed, but I found more of the cocktail variety half way back to the marina, with the same results. When the weather won't cooperate it's nice to know that at least the bluefish will. I'm hopeful the albies will show up at our front door any day now.
Tight lines,
Capt. Dave Azar
One More Cast Charters
captdaveazar@aol.com
