Fishing Log

Fishing Log



B/C (top), A/B (left), Fox cove (right), E-3 (bottom)

April 1, 1997 - April Fool's Day.  Caught several throw-away blues and jacks at the corner of Alpha and Bravo Piers.  Kept one blue and had a Gotcha Lure on a steel leader cut off by a medium sized blue.

April 2, 1997 - Caught 2 blues and 2 jacks, one about 17-in. to the fork of the tail, gave 'em away.

April 3, 1997 - Jacks and trout @ B/C corner before work.  Kept only one trout.  All taken on a white grub with a pink twisty tail, and a white 1/4-oz. jig head.

April 4, 1997 - One medium jack taken @ B/C corner, taken on a pink and green twisty tailed jig.



Penn Spinfisher 4400 SS**

April 5, 1997 - Saturday.  Bought a Penn spinning reel 4400 SS (saltwater series) for about $60.00 w/tax, and took it to the ICW - no action.  Hooked and lost about a 13-in. flounder in the cove off the end of Foxtrot Pier on an incoming tide and a South wind.  Moved to the trout hole @ E-3, and picked up 6 nice fish (yellow mouth trout) between 13 and 17 inches long, on new pink and white plastic jigs impregnated with shrimp scent.  A Puerto Rican Electrician's Mate from SIMA* was doing just as well using unscented white plastic jigs, and a 1/2" mil-spec. hex nut for a sinker.  The fish were taken on the cresting tide, just before dark, with the wind at our backs.

April 6, 1997 - SKUNKED.  Heavy winds out of the S.E. & lots of Security Police to monitor fishing.  Ran into the P.R. Electrician's Mate again, at the bottom of E-3.  He had 4 small YMT.  I made 3 or 4 quick casts and left.

 * Shore Immediate Maintenance Activity

** This model has a very sloppy anti-reverse gear.  The worst Penn reel I've ever owned.