Windy Saturday, blowing a 3ft chop at Turkey Point, so we hammered across the top and over to Dog Island out of the wind, Southside, West of the ferry channel and driftted the grass flats 2-5ft of water for specs. We caught about 30+ specs, got some nice ones 18:-20' . one over 21", and lost about a 5lber when he laid on his side at the top of the water and said "screw you pirate"

Also picked up a couple of small flounder, a few bluefish, and later in the afternoon when the wind dropped we headed to some docks around Lanark Village, 1 small red in the boat, and one upper slot broken off in the docks.

Sunday of course it was flat and we were headed home, but  we stopped at Lanark Village and hit the docks again for a couple of hours, the front had moved thru no reds, hit some grass flats and caught about dozen specs, mostly dinks!

Oh yeah, my cost for fuel for my diesel truck and hauling the Bay pirate over there for this trip was $250 OUCH!!

Here are some pics:

nice spec

Cap'n Jimmy with a Poor Mans Tarpon

Cap'n Jimmy with a nice spec

Kirk , whoops dropped him, he dropped his spec

a decent bluefish

FYI- Alligator Point looked real fishy on the south and east side, spartina and assorted grasses and lots of oyster bars. but it would take some time to scout around, I was limited to what everone else wanted to do, so i'll have to wait till next time!

KEEP AN OCCASSIONAL RED HERE AND THERE FOR DINNER, BUT FOR

THE REST, PRACTICE HEALTHY CATCH & RELEASE TECHNIQUES

SAVE SOME FOR THE FUTURE!

KEEP AN OCCASSIONAL RED HERE AND THERE FOR DINNER, BUT FOR

THE REST, PRACTICE HEALTHY CATCH & RELEASE TECHNIQUES

SAVE SOME FOR THE FUTURE!

KEEP AN OCCASSIONAL RED HERE AND THERE FOR DINNER, BUT FOR

THE REST, PRACTICE HEALTHY CATCH & RELEASE TECHNIQUES

SAVE SOME FOR THE FUTURE!

If you stay over there again, you might want to take a charter with Capt Alex Crawford.  He could really help you get oriented to where the fish are.  Good report.  Sorry the weather was not the greatest.

here's a partial pic with my daugther with a red

KEEP AN OCCASSIONAL RED HERE AND THERE FOR DINNER, BUT FOR

THE REST, PRACTICE HEALTHY CATCH & RELEASE TECHNIQUES

SAVE SOME FOR THE FUTURE!

Call Tony @ edgewater marine, (voodoo lounge) he can make the right reco for you  380-1996, but wait till Monday, he's fishing a torunament right now. He can also do the install for you. It's important to have this mounted right for steering and longevity. I aslo recommend an onboard built-in battery charger....all this cost money, it just depends on how serious you are.

I am using 2- 31 series batteries for an 80lb Thrust MinnKota riptide, with co-pilot and auto pilot. eveything is remote control, I used to have smaller batteries, but I can burn these all day with no issues.

My boat is bigger and heavier than most that length, but it's draft is about the same, true life about 15", not the 12" they tout. that's a hull with no motor. The wide beam 8'11" helps it float as well. But I can handle quite a chop and run mid 40's across it without getting wet. My opibnion, this is the finest "hybrid" (inshore - Coastal Boat) on the market. The only thing close is the Triton LTS, another great choice!

Thanks for the Captain tip, but I not only had a captain friend that has fished there many times, we took a local flats fiehermen with us as well. That's an area I would like to just methodically fish every day for about a week, it's just so far and getting the time for that is tough. Not to mention the Diesel cost!

Good Luck with whatever you do.

KEEP AN OCCASSIONAL RED HERE AND THERE FOR DINNER, BUT FOR

THE REST, PRACTICE HEALTHY CATCH & RELEASE TECHNIQUES

SAVE SOME FOR THE FUTURE!