Well let’s say it was my first day this year of the Spanish Mac season. The morning was calm and Scott and I took off the dock around 6:30 to see where we may run into the rascals. Cobia has slowed but we expect them to be back in the stories soon but this day is for Spanish.
We had a good day, the seas were calm in the morning and steadily got worse as the day went on. We had to be back at the dock and fully cleaned up by noon so we knew we needed to get busy. We stopped and put in the first set a just west of Green #3 in the GW. I generally run 2 #2 and 2 #1 planners. Again generally, we add 4 different colors until we see what the color de jure was going to be.
We took a right and headed south at #3 to follow the dropoff ledge that goes to the Asphalt pile. It did not take long before we got two on. One Spanish and one Bluefish, they were definitely mixed together all day. I know the rule about speed of the boat but I have ample evidence that if a blue wants it they will get it no matter the speed. I think they are less likely to want the bait at a fast pace but if they do you are not going to tell them differently.
During the day we landed 16 and likely had 8 that got off. We certainly caught nearly as many Blues as we did Macs but I didn’t count or keep those. We were so busy we reduced the number of rods to just 3 and as the water got more rough I was not as able to help as I should have. We needed our friend Trey that was scheduled to be there but couldn’t make it at the last minute so we just did the best we could.
Overall a good day for 4 hours of fishing in tough conditions. Definitely back in the groove pretty quickly on the Spanish front.
Summary
July 30, 2022
| High | Low | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature | 87.4 °F | 71.7 °F | 78.7 °F |
| Dew Point | 76.7 °F | 60.9 °F | 68.7 °F |
| Humidity | 97 % | 46 % | 74 % |
| Precipitation | 0.00 in | — | — |
| High | Low | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wind Speed | 11.2 mph | 0.0 mph | 1.9 mph |
| Wind Gust | 14.1 mph | — | 2.7 mph |
| Wind Direction | — | — | NNW |
| Pressure | 30.83 in | 30.60 in | — |
