It was a busy week despite the sometimes brutal heat and constant threat of thunderstorms, but the back bay continued to provide steady action on the fluke grounds and bags of tasty filets for everyone to take home. Chesterfield's Mike Smith was first up on Monday with buddies Tom and Dave, their catch highlighted by Mike's 24" weakfish and Dave successfully landing an 18-20 pound cownose ray on ultralight tackle that had him down to the spool several times before he was finally subdued. Steve Mastej came out on Wednesday with the family, boxing four fat flatties before switching to blowfish for a little diversity and fun for the kids. Narberth PA's Max Berger was back on Friday with son Andrew and nephew Theo, with Max celebrating his birthday by topping the catch with a fat 27" flattie that fell for one of our custom teasers in four feet of water. Rounding out the week on Saturday was Philadelphian George Graf and his two boys, boxing five to 23" before the wind chased us in late morning.