Wind, rain and a really spectacular lightning display on Wednesday made for some challenging fishing conditions early in the week. Monday and Tuesday we continued to pick away at fluke and bluefish from the west side of the bay. Gulp! bait plus teaser combos seemed to produce the most consistent action, with double headers of small bluefish being a fairly common occurrence. All the fish we've cleaned have been gorged with shrimp, so not only are they fun to catch but they're delicious to eat as well.

The good news is that the summer weakfish bite seems to be coming together right on schedule. I decided to give the grass shrimp chumming routine a try for a couple of hours on yesterday's charter, and found a pretty steady pick of nice sized weakies and small blues behind IBSP. What was impressive was the overall quality of these fish... the ten weakfish that the guys boxed were all in the 17-22" range, not the 13-18" fish we normally see this time of year. If this is a sign of what we can look forward to in August, this could be a year to remember.