OLD GROUNDS TRIP

the wind was strong, and the will was mighty. the first trip to the old grounds happened on wednesday the 6th. at 4:30 am their was a stiff breeze from the sw and i overheard one hearty fisherman say "when he gets to the mouth of the bay he will turn back" well, well that could not have been more WRONG. the wind dropped out and the seas were flat calm. of matter of fact it was a bit to nice. when we first arrived on the grounds the drift was .09kt that was enough to work with. then the drift went to .o2 or less, that was a bad thing. big daddy mac caught his 17 1/2" hump back, and even managed to keep his lunch to himself this year. sam the country man caught his sea bass as well. bruce added to his fish count of the year with a keeper flattie off the grounds. pony tail tony and his partner keep 2 nice fluke, tony even won the pool with his 22 1/2" fish. this was not the big one however. as the old saying goes you have to pay to play, just ask adam he was the only one not in the pool and he caught a bute of a fish a fat 25". nice fish adam and your boy is a good fisherman he stayed with it all day. a long time friend of the bonanza II made the trip and his salem co champagne went well his stuffed long hots. thank you leon. big mike i put us on the meat today with his old grounds advice, the only draw back was their are a few less fish for him to catch. over all about 10 keeper flounder, apx. 18 keeper sea bass, and around 30 ling all made the 45mile trip back to fortescue. george, howard, bob and crew,ed and crew, and big jack thank you for a great day. thank you capt billy d for all your help. oh how can i forget. just look over the pictures and let someone know that either capt jack sparrow was here, or that guy from the captain morgan add was on the boat. again thank you all.