8 May 2016
Inshore Fishing Report
It might as well have been father’s day for me on Sunday. My son Brandon was visiting and went fishing with me. It was a little windy and we decided to troll using light-action spinning rigs. We used double rigs and had bites right away. We got into a bunch of nice sized Bluefish and were catching them two at a time with regularity. When the action finally lulled, we went to the other side and did the same thing with small stripers. It was awesome, fun fishing with loads of action.
At one point, we were surrounded by 30–40 Atlantic bottlenose dolphins. The we were up on a sand flat where the water was about five feet deep. These dolphins swam and jumped in the little wake I was making and they were close. They were swimming right alongside the boat two at a time on both sides at the same time. You could see the sun reflecting off their backs and they seemed to be 10–12 feet long. These animals were big. It was the best dolphin show I have seen since I started guiding. It was a great way to end the day.
