Surprise Striper Bite

Snuck in a last-minute bottom fishing charter yesterday afternoon. Conditions were tough — windy and far from ideal — but sometimes the ocean has other plans.

On the ride home after dropping off the charter guests, I noticed birds working at dusk and decided to take a quick look. The fishfinder instantly lit up, I dropped down… boom, bass on.

For the next hour, it was absolute chaos in the best way possible — fish after fish, nonstop action on both bottom rigs and surface lures. Naturally, this happened to be the one trip I didn’t bring the GoPro.

Ended up landing about a dozen bass before calling it a night. One of those magical evenings you never forget.

The fish are here. Still spotty, but they are definitely showing up.