Had the Bob Schmitt charter aboard today for a 1/2 day seabass/bottom trip.  The group consisted of Bob, his sons Billy and Nick, as well as Ken and Charlie.

 Started out on some snags where we caught them on Friday, and had an OK pick, picking a few nice keepers.  We then ran south about 8 miles to fish a few rockpiles and found a lot less seabass, but some real quality!!  Most drops in a 2 mile radius would give up about a half dozen to a dozen keepers.  We then ran off the beach to a wreck about 8 miles away, and picked a couple more, then returned to the rocks in close and picked a few more.  By 1PM the action really dropped off as we lost the current. 

We caught fish both on the anchor and on the drift today.   Nick was on fire - he nailed the second biggest seabass of the year on the boat at just over a whopping 5# (on a certified scale!) which was just over 22" in length -- he also followed this humpback with a couple of fish in the 2.5-3# Range.  Charlie also put a few nicer ones in the box.  When all was said and done the guys boxed somewhere between 30-35 keeper seabass in their 5 hour trip, as well as about 50 or so shorts.  We also boated a coujple of short fluke.  This was a terrific trip with a great group of guys!!

(Pics are in the gallery!)