Well, I’ve had The Attitude now for 3 weeks and yesterday was the first day with sea-state that matched my schedule. Planned to wet her first thing in the morning but the Weather Guessers, being just one notch below earthquake forecasting as far as accuracy goes - we delayed our departure by a couple hours. So plan 1 was to look for structure a tad bit east of the demarcation line hoping to find Tog a little less stressed than those hard hit along the CBBT. And, it was generally felt to be a good test of the new boats ability to handle a little more sea than the old Pro Line.
Crew: Bill (One Armed Bill) and Tog Virgin Bud. While Bill is restriced from fishing, he had little trouble keeping the Attitude II over productive structure. We splashed her at Cobbs and with a brief trip to the bait pen where I’ve had Green Crabs waiting for a chance to give their lives so I might have the ability to once again serve fish at this years fish fry instead of say - pork, we headed out. She did well. We cut through the bay chop at a steady 30 to 35mph with no pounding what’s so ever. Note to self; No more space age 303 on the seats. After arriving at our first location, we dropped and Bud quickly catches the first of many fish that will grace the decks of the Attitude II in the years to come. An under-sized Black Willy.
We caught a number of other smaller sized Sea Bass then a few over zealous dog fish. Time to move! The next location provided a bit more action. After hooking the anchor on our first try, we started dropping for Tog. The bite was steady, with Bud (The now X Tog Virgin) having the hot hand. He picked up the process quickly and probably out fished us 2, maybe 3 to 1. Bite slowed so we made another move and this time, we decided to drift the wreck looking for Sea Bass. What we found were more Tog. Yep, Tog on the drift. Adds a little more challenge to an already challenging fish. Big fish of the day came while drifting.
We ended the day with a couple keeper Sea Bass and 1 Tog shy of a limit in hopes the Fish Gods will be more apt to look kindly over my new ride in the months and years to come. All in all, not only was it a productive day on the water, I got a few hours of time behind the wheel learning the handling characteristics of a much heavier, deeper deadrise boat and I got to play with all the new electronic toys she’s been outfitted with. So far, I’m real impressed with the Furuno Digital FF. Nice detail.
Well, thanks for visiting and good luck to you on your next fishing trip.
The Attitude Outdoors!
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