Yesterday got a late start giving the outboard a shakedown cruise after some light maintenance before making some long runs for this weekend. As hot as it was, there were a fair amount of boats out there. Spread from inside Brest Bay out to the Ohio and Canadian lines.
Got some fish right off the bat with the crawler harnesses, then had to work the rest of the time out there. In that heat four hours after a late start was PLENTY. Plan on hitting the water at dawn on Friday and checking out two areas I have waypoints already from this year and last year, too.
After fishing yesterday, it seemed like everything was working for different folks in certain areas. One boat ran nothing but Tots and did ok. Another with spoons a little deeper and further east. Also ran into a couple of groups who used meat rigs and did well. There were the fair share of those who came with 3 or 5 per boat, not considering the heat but on the low side for 3 to four people in the boat.