Another Hooper Island sunrise. This trip was originally arranged by Craig, a frequent fisherman with Pete, which turned into a walk-on. Unbeknownst to Craig (but known to Pete) his son Rick contacted Pete and signed on.
Craig and Rick with a pair of mid 20 inch Striped Bass caught on poppers in shallow water. Note sun rising near Craig's shoulder. We had to visit a couple more sites before we finished our boat limit of 6, and headed further south to find different prey.
We ended up way south, near Smith Island, when we found Pelicans and gulls working on big bluefish (5-6 lbs) spread out over a wide area,
I had just brought a bluefish from the front of the boat for Pete to take off, when a couple of monster redfish came up and tried to eat the Menhaden chunks the blue was throwing up. Pete tossed a jig at the commotion and one of the reds grabbed it. It headed way past the front of the boat, so Pete and I swapped rods and I fought the red while Pete took the blue. It took about 10 minutes to bring the red to the boat.
A little later, Craig hooked this one with a jig on the bottom, and successfully brought it to the boat.
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