Sea Bass and a few Mahi 8/15/22 Paddled on off into a nice sunrise. Bit of nip …

2022-08-15 20:04:40
Monty Hawkins

Sea Bass and a few Mahi 8/15/22
Paddled on off into a nice sunrise. Bit of nip in the morning air lately suggests fall coming. Alyssa and Randy gave the day’s reef blocks a shove, maybe with Dad/Brian’s help. They landed atop Tyler Long’s Memorial Reef – a brand new barge we sank in May – where they’ll add complexity to an otherwise flat steel deck.
Weatherman had raised the forecast to 10 to 15. Shantytown flag was slightly more than luffed from the north. Forecast was 2’ seas at 9 seconds for the longest while – days. That’s as calm as could be.
Sea bass bite was atrocious in the morning. I think we had one bite at my first stop – a top secret location too!
Tried some more sea bass spots, tried some mahi spots. No joy!
We finally started nicking a few cbass at 11:15 or so – an hour after they started to bite yesterday. Winds were variable from 10 to 15 as forecast.
At exactly 11:54 the wind speed picked up to a steady 20 – the ocean grew dusty white. No skipper I know of had any idea. Many were much further out & in much smaller boats – outboards even. Some fellows were way off tilefishing & on overnighters too.
No worries. Wasn’t 30. Got a bit saucy. Almost everyone was enjoying their day. Now the mahi started to bite – a few anyway.
Worked the mahi a good while before I marked the biggest school of sea bass I’d see all day.
And they bit!
Lots of doubles..
Long time angler, Lisa, would win the pool.
The ride home was nice as could be. Always is going down sea.
Gonna lose tomorrow and Wednesday; give my guys a chance to sleep in a day while Courtney and I get final prep for our annual Benelli Reef Raffle. Park Place Jewlers have also become a major sponsor. I’ll figure out how to word it soon!
Cheers
Monty

Capt Monty Hawkins
Mhawkins@morningstarfishing.com
Info@ocreefs.org

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