Riptide Charters

Three things you dread but they are inevitable. I use the phrase "Hero or Zero" allot. Well today I made the transition in rapid fashion. I had one of the Lt's from my "other" job call me for a charter for his son's graduation. His son and three friends were looking to go out and do a full day trip on bass and blues and after yesterday maybe even tuna.

We splashed early at 0500 in Sandwich and we ran to the numbers that were holding bass for the last MONTH. The game was to fish them till 9ish than after catching our fill we would go chase Charlie. Our fill never came. We got a couple schoolies, but the area looked like a ghost town. I saw a few fly guys catch a few smalls and we did get a couple twinkies, but the biggger stuff was gone. I even ran in and made some live pogies for bait. This move was the only saving grace, not for the bait but for the big bluefish that were on the pogie schools. The guys got a half dozen big choppers while I snagged bait. I even hung one that got my pogie before I could get it in the boat.

The bait went untouched back at the bass area. So after several hours of wandering around in low visability I was getting aggrivated. I opted to move to another spot thats been holding fish some distance away. That spot gave up another twinkie or two
and we pulled the hook on a decent bass (so goes my day).

At this point it was 1030 and we were not doing well AT ALL! I figured the only cure for this trip was to land another tuna. Nothing like pressing a bad position to make it worse. WE ran toward the tuna spot and long story short we covered a TON of miles and never made a cast. We did see a fish here and there. Just enough fish popping up onesy twosey to keep ME on the hook.

Finally it was 1400 and I was running out of fuel. I started with 150 gallons (full main tank) and we had burned 130 of it. I fell on the sword and headed for home. Final tally a half dozen blues, a half dozen sub-legal bass, almost 200 miles traveled and 143.7 gallons of fuel burned.

Overall THIS SUCKED! I could not find fish anywhere. I checked all my spots and even where there were some fish I couldn't get my guys hooked up. They were great kids, they were capable anglers, but the Captain failed miserably. I guess this is my fate:
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Good Luck,

Capt. Terry Nugent
Riptide Charters
www.riptidecharters.com

hoopa drives the boat

Terry,Probably heard it a million times - That's why it's called fishing. The important thing is you always give it 110%. I'm sure the guys picked up on that and appreciated it. I'm sure you'll get your redemption.

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Chris - "hoop"
26' Triton Walk w/ twin 200hpdi
"Here's to swimmin with bowlegged women"

Bruce Kraemer

You gave it your best shot. That's all they can ask for. We all have days when things just don't work out. Thanks for the report. Sometime I get tired of nothing but the good reports. The truth is we all have some bad days and that's what makes the good ones Great.

74Formula233

We had a Bass day like that this past Saturday......my Inheritance report from 6/7. One keeper. Luckily the guy I wanted to get on the fish caught it.

But it just was an off day for us. Happens occasionally. Sux tho LOL

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