Carted my dad, my "little" brother (6 years younger than me but is ~6'3"+), and a friend of the family down to PLO after they drove to my house from the Philly area. This put us behind my usual launch time and we missed the hot bite that Marty was on first thing. After a few hours of searching and only picking up a few fish to 26", we had a bird show form by the deep water ledge right by us. We had been marking at ton of bait in the area and but didnt pick anything out of it after a couple of passes before the bird show. We were away from most of the other boats in the area and were ready to put the trolling stuff away and chase the birds on smaller fish in shallower water that the fleet was on when the birds began. We had even pulled 3 rods in when I swung over towards the birds. Then the madness began. We ended up with 10 or 11 rods down at once with a couple of fish on one rod. All fish were fat, full of sea lice and over 30". Since all but 3 rods were in, we pulled everything and started jigging on the fish. We ended up with a good hour or so on a steady jigging bite. My brother even got a nice fish in the upper 30's (which I regret not getting a photo of). Everyone was hooking up. It was a haul for my family but the trip was worth it.
Thanks for the intel Marty! I also appreciate you being out there as buddy boat. Dont put yours away just yet. We have some more trips to make
The VA line isnt too far away
We had a full limit of overs and unders (and many releases)
PLO last day
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