BFT Trip (Wed. Aug 12) - SE of Glory Hole, NJ

peterb · #1 08-12-2009, 09:09 PM

A friend and I ran my SeaCraft out of Barnegat Inlet today to everyone's favorite BFT wreck location SE of the Glory Hole. We hit the inlet a little after 4am and had lines in the water by 6am. The 60 mile ride out was great. We did 25mph in the dark and went in the low 30's after the sun came up.

We decided to chunk and jig, while drifting. We started out about 3 miles east of the fleet. Marked some fish but no takers. We pulled the lines and reset about 1 mile east of the fleet.

We caught 4 BFT's (3 fish between 43 and 46 inches, and one at 48 inches). All fish were caught on the chunk near the bottom. We then pulled the lines and headed to the chicken canyon. On the way over we saw BFT's busting the surface. My friend picked up his small spinning combo setup and hooks into a nice BFT on a popper. The BFT almost smoked my friend's reel. The fish ended up pulling the hook. We then went pot hopping. We caught mahi and falsies.

The ride back home was very interesting. We hit a nice storm about 40 miles out. Lightening, horizontal rain and a big wind was out constant companion until we hit the inlet. The SeaCraft battled her way through.

I am ready to go back out.

Peter

PS Pictures to follow

Basspond · #2 08-12-2009, 09:20 PM

Nice job Peter!, saw the pics on the bass barn. Looked absolutely beautiful out there. I was out in the Glory this past Saturday on my neighbor's contender, 0-1 on the troll, but stayed well away from the fleet of over 100 boats then. Lots of radio craziness that day as well.

I need the weather to settle for once to get back out there.

Old'sCool · #3 08-13-2009, 08:44 AM

Would you post pics or a link to Bass Barn pics??

peterb · #4 08-13-2009, 11:43 AM

See the attached url

web page

Out of the 40 boats I saw out there, we were definately the smallest.

We flew out there. The ride back in was pretty hairy. I was 65 miles out. The first 20 miles was like glass and we motored along in the mid 30's. We then hit a very big storm. We had to drive through an angry cross sea in driving rains for the next 40+ miles. The SeaCraft plowed through the seas like a champ.

Peter

76Red18 · #5 08-13-2009, 04:53 PM

Nice fish! Closest thing to a tuna in my stomping grounds are bonita. A freind of mine runs his 23 out 50 - 60 miles in the Gulf all the time. The max in my 18 is about 30. I'm always the smallest boat out there! Good feelin' though...

Old'sCool · #6 08-13-2009, 05:25 PM

Cograts!! Very nice!