The
family fishing team of Zach, George and Shelly were on board today. First thing
in the morning the ocean was pretty rough so we started inside and worked our
way up towards Palm Beach inlet. Zach started the morning with a small Snook on
fly. Eventually we found the Bluefish with Shelly catching the first one on a
lure. After that it was good consistent action with everyone getting in on the
action. George landed a nice Jack in amongst the Bluefish and Zach got one on
fly. We noticed the wind had dropped so we poked out the Palm Beach inlet to
see how rough the ocean was. It was a little on the bumpy side but this fishing
family was up for the challenge of catching sharks in bumpy conditions. Once we
cast out the first bait I was still explaining to Zach how the drag on the reel
worked when he was hooked up to a good jumper. The action was fast a furious
after that with the time between bites being only minutes. Zach and George went
to town and laded between them 7 sharks and hooked and lost about another 5.
Moving around the boat hooked to 100 lb sharks in bumpy sea conditions is
challenging and these guys did well to not lose any fish to angler error. Shelly
elected to observe the chaos rather than participate in it. Great day on the
water with a family who truly love to fish together.
