DJ Pete Jigs Properly

This video was shot by Roberto, an actual Puerto Rican. He recognizes rhythm and bluefish...but will not eat them.

This is the second how-to video I have posted on the blog. The first featured male model "Cliff". Due to his technique taking a nose dive during recent trips, I am afraid he has been replaced. Our new jigging technique spokesperson is now DJ Pete. His credentials being:

1. He is an actual DJ. Its his full time job.
2. He surrounds himself exclusivly with Puerto Ricans, if not to just get that much closer to his hero, Gloria Estefan.
3. He catches fish, and can tell you exactly how many.

Thanks Kevin and Stellers Garage

August/September

Scott's face was stuck like that for the rest of the trip.

If you missed out fishing with us this August, then you missed some of the, if not the best, fishing of the season. It was incredible. August 2009=little to no blue fish+plentiful big bass. August without bluefish you ask? yes its true. I don't know where they were, but not around us. That left the hooks undisturbed for some serious big bass action aboard the Sea Sprite.

This is Scott's twin brother. he was able to keep his cool. Note they have the same taste in high fashion purple head-gear.

Frank looking kinda shy towards his big bass's romantic advancements.

While Bill and myself look rather excited for some reason.

Myself doing my best impression of an orange condom holding a knife...yee, thats not a good combo.

The voice from above.

Fred with the big one.

Long overdue photos: May, June, July, August

4 months into the season already...that is incredible. What's more incredible is how lazy I have been with updating this blog. I apologize....its the economy...my computer is gas powered. Very expensive.

To start I will say that 2009 has been the best year in recent memories for striper fishing. We have been slamming them every trip. It's very nice to see, and long awaited. We have also seen a great abundance of 27 and a half inch fish. This is good for 2 reasons. 1. I get to throw them back while the customer cries. 2. there will be even more 28" fish for upcoming seasons. We have also recently caught a couple of 50+ pounders. These fish are massive! Unfortunatly I don't have any pictures, so you will have to take my word for it.

The Stillman trip. They have been waiting their whole lives to be this famouse. Your on the blog guys!

Not a bad day. A great crew, showing perfect form with those double bass bicept curls. A very popular excercise. We limited out in 1 hour and spent the rest of the trip doing reps.

Doormat for dinner. Caught on the bucktale!

4 keepers at once. See what happens when you count to 5 guys?

This is one of our favorite new customers, Wilson from Brasil. After this picture he proceded in hugging the fish and playing it like a guitar. Brilliant.

DJ Sal and some illigal activity.

Winter Progress

Only the finest period specific tools are used in maintenance of the "Sprite"

The long New England Winter has just about belw her last breath. The approaching of May has come to mean but one thing for my father and me... time to fish... Well, I should say a few things:

1. Time for me to come back from "summer vacation" in Austin TX. And yes, it was very warm and nice. Winter? what winter?
2. Captain Pete must finish up the winter improvements on the Sea Sprite, all the while wondering where in the world Myself and Christopher are (one of the primary reasons I leave in the winter).
3. Time to make sure our under the hull automated 30 lb stripe bass release mechanism (ABRM) is ready for another season of "hooking up" every time Capt. Pete shouts "You're in the strike zone!"

Here are a few pictures of what my father has been working on so far. Little by little over the last few seasons he has been working on replacing worn out pieces of teak on the deck. Looks pretty nice i must say. However, don't even ask how much teak costs by the board foot these days. Would have been cheaper to line the deck with mink fur... not so easy to clean though... so we went with teak.

Stay tuned for more updates!