Forecast was two foot seas on 5 to 6 interval. That seems about right. Not rough but not really smooth either.
Most fishing in 70 feet along a ledge with a water temperature of 64. Caught plenty with some decent black seabass, porgies, undersized amberjack, almaco jack,
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and the ever present but obviously highly endangered ARS. Try to avoid catching ARS but they are pretty much everywhere. Once we catch ARS move off the mass of fish on the sounder and are then able to pick up some porgies and seabass. The porgies particularly seem to be on the edges of where many fish show on the screen. Kept the better end of the seabass, almaco and porgies for a nice variety. The almaco in this batch virtually free of worms, thankfully.
Moved closer in to try, again, to find some bonito or bluefish while trolling. Weird temperature change. Moved seven miles towards shore and water temp dropped 13 degrees. Thought that low a temp was not possible until touching the water. Picked up one false albacore and nothing else trolling for a half hour or so. Dense fog rolled in and we headed back.
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