Reel Addiction CCA sponsored trip April 25th.
Here's the report from member Dave Gedra (edited):
Here's the report from member Dave Gedra (edited):
The trip aboard the Reel Addiction went off very well!!
There were five anglers on the trip; myself, my 11 year old son Stephen, Stephen's friend Connor, also 11, Bob Gregor and Chet Glod. Of the five anglers, I was the only one who had been on a trophy striper trip before; so when we hooked up with bubba, I put myself last on the rotation.
We met the boat and crew, Captain Ignash and mate Chris Sutton, at Anchor Point Basin in Edgewater, at the mouth of the South River at 5:30 a.m. The boat is a beautiful 35'Carolina Princess, an offshore boat with flying bridge. Go visit Captain Greg Ignash's web site reeladdiction.com for pictures. In addition to a great boat, all the fishing gear was brand new, including Shimano Tekota reels.
We motored down the bay in bands of light rain, with a light breeze; the seas were relatively calm with some small rollers. When we arrived in the area around Buoy 78, south of Parker Creek, the captain put out 18 lines with planer boards, and the game began.
We fished until everyone had their trophy fish in the box:
Bob was up first; he caught a nice 39" fish.
Bob was up first; he caught a nice 39" fish.
Connor was up next; he reeled in a 38" fish.
Chet was #3; he brought home a monstrous 45" beauty which dwarfed everything else in the box.
Stephen at 11 years old was up next to catch his first trophy Rockfish. He struggled to land a nice 36 incher....Fortunately we did not loose the boy, the gear, nor the fish...Chris Sutton, the mate did a great job letting him fight the fish, but preventing any accidents from happening.
I was last up, and settled for a 34 incher. Just as my fish hit the deck, another rod went down, and Bob brought a nice 36" fish in for a photo and release.
Based on observing the other boats, listining to the radio, and getting reports via cell phone, it seems that we did pretty well by comparison. A number of boats were really struggling to get fish in the box!
We headed back to Edgewater at about 27 knots where the mate expertly cleaned the fish for us...we headed back to Northern Virginia at about 3:00.
Captain Greg Ignash and his mate Chris Sutton put on a great trip for us....they are a 1st Class Operation. I highly recommend them for this type of fishing trip, and wouldn't hesitate to fish with them again!
