Flatties and flattops

[GunDogs]

Was fishing the tip of the hook Sunday morning and the USS Bataan came steaming into the naval pier under NJ State Police escort. Amazing sight to see such a huge naval vessel up close and personal. Just for perspective, the Fisherman is 72 foot long. So at 840 feet, the Bataan is over 10X bigger!

 

 

 

 

Fishing was just OK. Not many shorts and a few really nice fish. I ended up with 4 in the box and this was my nicest one. All keepers were over 4 pounds though, so "quality not quantity" would describe the fishing at the hook. As usual, bucktails outfished bait over 2 to 1.

[BowhunterNJ]

Nice flattie!  And cool pic of the USS Bataan!  BTW, you growing that beard out Duck Dynasty style for the hunting season?

[Axiom]

Awesome.. I use to work on Naval ships in the Bayonne and Brooklyn ship yards ... Been on those kinds of carriers and they are literally floating cities...

[Parker Pete Sportfishing]

saw it offshore of me... thought it was a carrier at first