BillableOurs headed out Sunday with Andrew, Matt and Justin aboard, with Don working the Pit. Our plan was to run south to the Line after some encouraging reports. The timing for a flooding tide was just right. Wave action was picking up a bit on the run down, sky started clear and beautiful, but as you know the temps are all out of whack for this time of year.
From Damneck to the Golfball we picked up great marks for both fish and large concentrations of bait, put a mark over that spot. We ran further south towards the armada that was forming off False Cape, but more marks made us pull up and drop lines at the Southern Condos off Sandbridge. The fish were slow to bite and we had a full spread of everything, plus a lure or two still in development. Took a while but the first fish hit on a Chart. Mojo, nice healthy 40" fish with Justin at the crank. Still Thinkin was working to our South and had a few fish from the scattered bite down there. Those guys fought it out with the fleet but got tired of the amateurs who can't seem to share even an ocean without crossing bow or stern at close quarters. Fatbeard prepared the Boarding Party, but Bob opted for running North towards us to save the bloodshed sure to follow.
We also pulled up to work a bit North when Still Thinkin ran past. We stopped just after Bob dropped in and got on fish again...guess what, at our first gut feeling spot! Those guys can pull fish out of anywhere and have fun doing it too!
The bite was still scattered and slow, but most action was late morning through noon for us. Felix the Cat with Donna Sea on board were running south closer to the beach and were called in to our area. Great to see that fishing team out there as well. Our next fish came on an experimental spoon pulled on mono in the long center position. Back about 250-300 feet on mono it was working great as planned, getting down to the fish and giving a nice throb to the rod tip when trolled in our 1.5-3 knot range. Even in a slow bite with a full offering of umbrellas, mojos, and tasty imitations, the new spoon whacked a nice 38" Striper. The crew was as excited as I was to have that lure produce!!! we'll be adding to the proof soon.
The circle of VBSF friends out on the water, on the radio, on the cell phones, and yelling from boat to boat made the day. Fishing should be fun, catching is a plus, fishing friends...priceless!
Tight lines.
Dave
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Good times for sure and that spoon is the deal!!! Great job Dave...I may have to name you "VP of Lure Development--Inshore"!!! 
Sounds like a great day on the water!
QUOTE (skinnys-kid @ Jan 8 2007, 07:55 AM)
Good times for sure and that spoon is the deal!!! Great job Dave...I may have to name you "VP of Lure Development--Inshore"!!!
What are you guys dragging grandma's silverware out there???
Thanks for the ride again. It is always a good time on the water with you guys.
-Justin
-Justin
Great report.
QUOTE (Billable @ Jan 8 2007, 06:18 AM)
BillableOurs headed out Sunday with Andrew, Matt and Justin aboard, with Don working the Pit. Our plan was to run south to the Line after some encouraging reports. The timing for a flooding tide was just right. Wave action was picking up a bit on the run down, sky started clear and beautiful, but as you know the temps are all out of whack for this time of year.
From Damneck to the Golfball we picked up great marks for both fish and large concentrations of bait, put a mark over that spot. We ran further south towards the armada that was forming off False Cape, but more marks made us pull up and drop lines at the Southern Condos off Sandbridge. The fish were slow to bite and we had a full spread of everything, plus a lure or two still in development. Took a while but the first fish hit on a Chart. Mojo, nice healthy 40" fish with Justin at the crank. Still Thinkin was working to our South and had a few fish from the scattered bite down there. Those guys fought it out with the fleet but got tired of the amateurs who can't seem to share even an ocean without crossing bow or stern at close quarters. Fatbeard prepared the Boarding Party, but Bob opted for running North towards us to save the bloodshed sure to follow.
We also pulled up to work a bit North when Still Thinkin ran past. We stopped just after Bob dropped in and got on fish again...guess what, at our first gut feeling spot! Those guys can pull fish out of anywhere and have fun doing it too!
The bite was still scattered and slow, but most action was late morning through noon for us. Felix the Cat with Donna Sea on board were running south closer to the beach and were called in to our area. Great to see that fishing team out there as well. Our next fish came on an experimental spoon pulled on mono in the long center position. Back about 250-300 feet on mono it was working great as planned, getting down to the fish and giving a nice throb to the rod tip when trolled in our 1.5-3 knot range. Even in a slow bite with a full offering of umbrellas, mojos, and tasty imitations, the new spoon whacked a nice 38" Striper. The crew was as excited as I was to have that lure produce!!! we'll be adding to the proof soon.
The circle of VBSF friends out on the water, on the radio, on the cell phones, and yelling from boat to boat made the day. Fishing should be fun, catching is a plus, fishing friends...priceless!
Tight lines.
Dave
From Damneck to the Golfball we picked up great marks for both fish and large concentrations of bait, put a mark over that spot. We ran further south towards the armada that was forming off False Cape, but more marks made us pull up and drop lines at the Southern Condos off Sandbridge. The fish were slow to bite and we had a full spread of everything, plus a lure or two still in development. Took a while but the first fish hit on a Chart. Mojo, nice healthy 40" fish with Justin at the crank. Still Thinkin was working to our South and had a few fish from the scattered bite down there. Those guys fought it out with the fleet but got tired of the amateurs who can't seem to share even an ocean without crossing bow or stern at close quarters. Fatbeard prepared the Boarding Party, but Bob opted for running North towards us to save the bloodshed sure to follow.
We also pulled up to work a bit North when Still Thinkin ran past. We stopped just after Bob dropped in and got on fish again...guess what, at our first gut feeling spot! Those guys can pull fish out of anywhere and have fun doing it too!
The bite was still scattered and slow, but most action was late morning through noon for us. Felix the Cat with Donna Sea on board were running south closer to the beach and were called in to our area. Great to see that fishing team out there as well. Our next fish came on an experimental spoon pulled on mono in the long center position. Back about 250-300 feet on mono it was working great as planned, getting down to the fish and giving a nice throb to the rod tip when trolled in our 1.5-3 knot range. Even in a slow bite with a full offering of umbrellas, mojos, and tasty imitations, the new spoon whacked a nice 38" Striper. The crew was as excited as I was to have that lure produce!!! we'll be adding to the proof soon.
The circle of VBSF friends out on the water, on the radio, on the cell phones, and yelling from boat to boat made the day. Fishing should be fun, catching is a plus, fishing friends...priceless!
Tight lines.
Dave
Fish Proven, but not quite ready.
QUOTE (mast3rb8t3r @ Jan 8 2007, 09:14 AM)
Thanks for the ride again. It is always a good time on the water with you guys.
-Justin
-Justin
agreed. matt and I had a blast. thanks again.
Dave, Matt should be contacting you about another possible supplier for the
spoon....
Fished on Bandit Yesterday. We made a late run down to Sandbridge and headed to the southern fleet after a slow start. Picked up several between 30"-38". Think the crew got a little edgy with all the boats. We were playing in a little private tournament. A few boats beat us pretty good by heading above Fishermen's Island, however they did not pull out the quanity we did. All in all, had a great day fishing.
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Saw your boat, looks great! Glad you guys had a great day as well. Like the spoon action.
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Saw your boat, looks great! Glad you guys had a great day as well. Like the spoon action.
QUOTE (Billable @ Jan 8 2007, 07:18 AM)
BillableOurs headed out Sunday with Andrew, Matt and Justin aboard, with Don working the Pit. Our plan was to run south to the Line after some encouraging reports. The timing for a flooding tide was just right. Wave action was picking up a bit on the run down, sky started clear and beautiful, but as you know the temps are all out of whack for this time of year.
From Damneck to the Golfball we picked up great marks for both fish and large concentrations of bait, put a mark over that spot. We ran further south towards the armada that was forming off False Cape, but more marks made us pull up and drop lines at the Southern Condos off Sandbridge. The fish were slow to bite and we had a full spread of everything, plus a lure or two still in development. Took a while but the first fish hit on a Chart. Mojo, nice healthy 40" fish with Justin at the crank. Still Thinkin was working to our South and had a few fish from the scattered bite down there. Those guys fought it out with the fleet but got tired of the amateurs who can't seem to share even an ocean without crossing bow or stern at close quarters. Fatbeard prepared the Boarding Party, but Bob opted for running North towards us to save the bloodshed sure to follow.
We also pulled up to work a bit North when Still Thinkin ran past. We stopped just after Bob dropped in and got on fish again...guess what, at our first gut feeling spot! Those guys can pull fish out of anywhere and have fun doing it too!
The bite was still scattered and slow, but most action was late morning through noon for us. Felix the Cat with Donna Sea on board were running south closer to the beach and were called in to our area. Great to see that fishing team out there as well. Our next fish came on an experimental spoon pulled on mono in the long center position. Back about 250-300 feet on mono it was working great as planned, getting down to the fish and giving a nice throb to the rod tip when trolled in our 1.5-3 knot range. Even in a slow bite with a full offering of umbrellas, mojos, and tasty imitations, the new spoon whacked a nice 38" Striper. The crew was as excited as I was to have that lure produce!!! we'll be adding to the proof soon.
The circle of VBSF friends out on the water, on the radio, on the cell phones, and yelling from boat to boat made the day. Fishing should be fun, catching is a plus, fishing friends...priceless!
Tight lines.
Dave
From Damneck to the Golfball we picked up great marks for both fish and large concentrations of bait, put a mark over that spot. We ran further south towards the armada that was forming off False Cape, but more marks made us pull up and drop lines at the Southern Condos off Sandbridge. The fish were slow to bite and we had a full spread of everything, plus a lure or two still in development. Took a while but the first fish hit on a Chart. Mojo, nice healthy 40" fish with Justin at the crank. Still Thinkin was working to our South and had a few fish from the scattered bite down there. Those guys fought it out with the fleet but got tired of the amateurs who can't seem to share even an ocean without crossing bow or stern at close quarters. Fatbeard prepared the Boarding Party, but Bob opted for running North towards us to save the bloodshed sure to follow.
We also pulled up to work a bit North when Still Thinkin ran past. We stopped just after Bob dropped in and got on fish again...guess what, at our first gut feeling spot! Those guys can pull fish out of anywhere and have fun doing it too!
The bite was still scattered and slow, but most action was late morning through noon for us. Felix the Cat with Donna Sea on board were running south closer to the beach and were called in to our area. Great to see that fishing team out there as well. Our next fish came on an experimental spoon pulled on mono in the long center position. Back about 250-300 feet on mono it was working great as planned, getting down to the fish and giving a nice throb to the rod tip when trolled in our 1.5-3 knot range. Even in a slow bite with a full offering of umbrellas, mojos, and tasty imitations, the new spoon whacked a nice 38" Striper. The crew was as excited as I was to have that lure produce!!! we'll be adding to the proof soon.
The circle of VBSF friends out on the water, on the radio, on the cell phones, and yelling from boat to boat made the day. Fishing should be fun, catching is a plus, fishing friends...priceless!
Tight lines.
Dave
You said " Throb to the Rod " !
Nice looking boat, but the fishermen look pretty ragged.
Great job guys, I hope to join you next time....
I got my Airseps in the mail now I can fish.Thanks for the reports.
QUOTE (Mega Bite @ Jan 8 2007, 05:30 PM)
I got my Airseps in the mail now I can fish.Thanks for the reports.
Good luck Keith, be talkin with you soon.
Dave
We fished down around False Cape. I saw Still Thinkin out there...we did pretty well first thing in the Am then the bite died off a little. We did get a paper fish 48" 41 LBS
Waterdog and crew fished with the fleet off False Cape most of Sunday as well. It was our slowest day yet, only boxed 3 fish with the largest being 40". Quite a few undersized fish C/R. Had a big problem staying on top of the fish, most boats in the area were not cooperative in the "trying to turn/navigate" category. Some days you get em", some days you don't!! We'll be fishing on Thursday should someone have any good intel, VHF 79.
WOOT WOOT! my buddy matt got his pictures back they turned out GREAT.
here is a preview....
here is a preview....
and now for one of the best ones.....proof that dave's secret bait caught the fish...
Dave, Bob, Justin, and Mike (rockn robin) send me your email address via Bmail, so i can send you the rest of the pics....
QUOTE (Andrew K @ Jan 9 2007, 06:46 PM)
and now for one of the best ones.....proof that dave's secret bait caught the fish...
Dave, Bob, Justin, and Mike (rockn robin) send me your email address via Bmail, so i can send you the rest of the pics....
Great to get pix of the boats runnin! The VBSF Fleet sure is fine, and growing. Hope anybody that reads the Board joins us on the water and the radio so everybody can share action if you don't have any ideas that are working. There are places to get fish where you don't have to run close quarters with 100 boats. If your stuck in with the Armada, better have Capt. Fatbeard with ya.
Tight lines and thanks for the pix.
Dave
That lure would work better if it werent so blurry.lol
We ran up to the eastern shore to little inlet had two good hits and lost them. Then heading south to the mob of boats. Our crew got in there a little late around 1:00 and was there til 4. Lost one at the boat, and threw back two 25 inchers. Kinda slow, lots of boats, but still have fun.
Thos are some awesome pic's...
Megabite,
Your logo/banner looks awesome! Good job and good luck!
Bobby
Megabite,
Your logo/banner looks awesome! Good job and good luck!
Bobby
Thanks, Tony Spangler (Administrator) did a sweet job!
Agree with Keith...that lure is too damn blurry to work at peak performance. But, the paint-job still looks better than my Ghetto Green Stretch 25.
--Brett
--Brett
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