My dad, two friends, former Eagles wide receiver Freddie Mitchell, and I headed out for a day of fluke fishing, but we couldn’t find anything except shorts. We decided to change plans and run offshore looking for tuna, and that move turned into an unforgettable experience. Instead of tuna, we found nearly an acre of the elusive New Jersey redfish cruising and feeding on the surface. They were fired up and eating everything we threw at them, making it one of the most incredible sights and fishing experiences any of us had ever seen in New Jersey.
This was an absolute banger of a trip. I got the opportunity to fish out east and work aboard the Wolfpack out of Montauk, and it was an unforgettable experience. We left the dock around 9 a.m. for a double overnight and made a 200-mile run east to some beautiful Gulf Stream water. Hopes were high, but that area didn’t produce, so overnight we steamed another 100 miles to a different canyon—and that move paid off. We found incredible fishing all day, finishing with more than 30 yellowfin up to 90 pounds, going 3-for-6 on bigeyes and 3-for-4 on giant bluefin. Every fish was sold to the market afterward. What an awesome experience and a trip I’ll never forget!
This was our first offshore trip of the year on our boat we ran out the inlet around 330am with lightning bolts crashing down around us all day. ran out to about 40 fathoms and got two bites around 7 am. after dodging storms all morning we got one more bite and another yellowfin on the deck. we decided to head back to the barn after our third fish because of the storms.
