Easily one of the best days we had on the water. Scott, Virgil, and I head to Smith Point Lighthouse early. Very cold about 12 degrees but clear and sunny. Circled into and out of some birds on the east side of the shipping channel. No luck then around 10 am birds went crazy at about 60 feet. We were already on the way and when we got there 3 of our 4 rods bent at the same exact time. Everyone was on a rod and no one was driving the boat. Of course, mine was about 17 inches so I just threw it back without any thought. Scott had a nicer fish but Virgils we could tell it was big. When Scott got his in it was close to a keeper but he was so excited he threw it back to help Virgil. We did get Virgil’s in and it was a 28 inch. The next 2 hours we gave Scott heck for throwing away his fish and Virgil told him to hand it over to measured that he could not be trusted.
Later we got a call from Henley that things were going well at 59 (Leroy) center bouy. It was well we caught everything in one run of the birds. Two on one tandem. Could have caught many more but we limited out. 