posted by sfletcher on Aug 19
Had a bit of a change of pace this year on heading up to the Cape. Being a teacher I usually take the summer off and head up to the Cape for 4-5 weeks, but got a decent summer gig here in Annapolis and only got up to the Cape for about 11 days. Towed the Scout up with the family. We did some great boating, and excellent fishing.
My brother John came up towards the end of our trip and we got out several times. First just the two of us, then added my daughter on Day 2 , then we took the wife out on Day 3. We pretty much fished an area up near P-town exclusively with a number of jigs and topwater plugs.
Day 1 – Caught a few nice blues and small stripes. Nothing to significant…
Day 2 – John and I took my daughter out, and we had an absolute blast. Probably 10 nice blues from 3 – 8 pounds on light tackle (14 lb Yozuri Hybrid), and around 4 stripers, two being keepers (but 28-30″). John’s got the pics, but will post later. It was my daughter’s first “real” Cape Cod fishing trip. Up at 4:30 am, down to Wellfleet Harbor, and making a run to P-town all by 5:15. She was a trooper, and she loved it. She caught about 6 fish, one being a 6-7 pound Blue, which definitely got her heart pumping.
Day 3 – Woke up the next day to fish with John and my wife, and it was a nasty outlook for weather. We made the right call by heading out, but the run out was 30 mph winds from the W-SW and 5 foot waves. It was one of the most intense boating experiences I’d ever had, but man it was worth it. Once we got to the P-town area, it stopped raining, and the winds dies to 15 mph. We caught a few Blues right away, but then started marking schools of fish and bait that lit up the fishfinder. Messed around with lures (Sluggo’s, Ron – Z’s, and topwaters) for about two hours, and at that point we had 3 nice keepers in the box between 32-34″. Also landed about 6 more that were all keepers, with the smallest being 28-29″, but the largest was approx. 35-36 ” and around 15 lbs. We even got a double header on one plug with blues, and had a tripleheader on Stripers (all keepers to boot!) at one point. Several double headers as well. I’ve posted a couple of pics, but John took the majority if them. We’ll post more later.
Here are some more pics from the race from that day and another day with Stephen’s eldest daughter (my niece):
Her comment: “It feels like a person is pulling on it”. She fought this and all the others all the way in.
Here’s Stephen’s beefy blue:
Here is the rest of Aug 21:
It’s always a nice scene when you have two mad beefy blue fish with six sharp treble hook points on LT.
