Had the Anzelone gang out this afternoon for some bottom fishing. The youngsters put a hurting on jumbo sea bass up to 4 pounds. Had our boat limit and headed in.

Double header jumbos.

Mikey with a 4 pounder.

The troops got it done!

Boat limit of sea bass this afternoon.

Today we had Tom Bentsen out from the Sapphire Princess, one of Long Island's most luxurious party boats. It was a little bit of a grind for us, but we still managed to put 5 nice bass in the box. Looking forward to having these guys back out in the fall.

Kids had a blast today.

After yesterday's rain and wind, the bass were waiting for us. Frank and his crew had a busy morning quickly catching their limit up to 34 pounds. Great to be out on the water again.

Team work!

Bass were hungry this morning.

If a picture speaks 1000 words, today's pics should give you an idea of what a fantastic day of fishing we had. Truly exceptional, as were the laughs! Thirteen striped bass plus a couple dozen jumbo sea bass, with the occasional scup. Thanks very much to Nick and crew for fishing with us. We had a great time!

The guys hammered the bass today!

Looking for one last fish...and found three!

One of 13 bass put in the box today.

Nice pair!

Another!

Oh, and a bushel of sea bass.

Found this flatty as well!

Kevin Wish and the boys made the first of their two annual trips with us this afternoon/evening and the action, once again, did not disappoint. We landed 7 bass, the biggest about 46 lbs, and busted off a few others. Always great fishing with these guys. The laughs are non-stop. Looking forward to toggin' in October!

Another successful trip with Kevin and the boys. And a great time with tons of laughs, as always!

Following a bad-weather-delay in October 2016, we were finally able to resume the annual Jim Hope family charter. Jim, Chris, Mike and Melissa sailed with us today and kept the rods bent with bass, blues, sea bass, fluke and even some scup. Beautiful weather, great fishing and tons of laughs, as always. Can't ask for more than that! Until next year!

You can't start the day off better than this!

Melissa's fish makes the others look pretty small!

Doubled up.

A few of the sea bass swung over the rail today.

A proud Jim!

And a few flatties.

Today we had Matt and the boys out for a day offshore. The guys had fun catching a mako which we released as well as a blue shark. On the way home we stopped and put a few nice bass in the box for the guys.

Some bass for the boys.

Angry little Mako!

This afternoon we had Diane Benton and the Florida gang out for an awesome afternoon of bass fishing. We iced up four quickly and headed back to the barn. Nothing like some fun in the sun with a cool ocean breeze.

My happy Florida crew!