4 for 7 on bones

After Monday’s succes on the bonito, I was itching to go again. This time Andrew and Al joined me. We left Niantic at 5 and headed out to Block Island. We made the run in less than an hour and were fishing as the sun came up.

It took a while for things to get going. There was quite a bit of bait spraying out of the water, but no real sign of bonito under them. Most of what we saw was small bluefish tearing through the pods of bait. We had no action till a little after 7, then the surface activity started. The bones were spread outr and in small pods. They didn’t stay up for long, but when they happened to pop up within casting distance, we had hits. Andrew had the first couple in the boat.

The higher the sun got, the tougher it got. The water was like glass. Albies and bones feed much better when there is a little chop on the surface. We picked away at a few more. They were really chowing down the silver sides. It was tough to match such a small bait but I knew I had picked the right lure when I had 3 hits in 6 casts… A small Sebile Magic Swimmer was the key to the last few fish in the boat.

I needed to get back to Connecticut Outfitters for the afternoon shift so we had to start heading back by 10. It was a short trip, but as always, Block produced for us yet again!