We pulled a 24 Carolina Skiff to the bay on Friday. On the water that evening we set up by the headboat "Miss Jennifer". It was a bit slappy in the skiff but not unreasonable. The wind was blowing and the tide was screaming. We had 2 runs right off the bat. One dropped the bait and never came back. The other turned out to be a very large Cow-nosed ray. I got a nice run after that but my new braid was a little loose and not very forgiving when it cut into itself by the side of the spool. It was me against a very big green fish. I lost. I did pick up a 31 incher after that. Saturday evening we were back at it. We hooked up 8 times. Seven came to the boat. At one point we had a double that ended up being a 41 incher and a 49 incher. The guy with the big one was a first timer to the bay. He also caught a 44 inch fish. These were all blacks and caught on clams or clam/peeler combo. We caught a few dogfish and skates but the strong tides kept most of these guys at bay. It was a great weekend and we topped it off by seeing a Bald Eagle sitting in a tree by Fisherman's Island on the way back over the CBBT. We'll be back next Friday. Have a great week.
Bird Man

Great Job....I know Catch and Release was out there on Sara Kay's boat and they release one black for citation. Trying to go this Saturday night. Where were you? Catch and Release said thaey were covered up with dogfish and skates on ocean side of the nine foot shoal.

We were pretty far from the bend, fishing in 18 feet of water.