May 2004
The John Semidey (center) crew from May 30, shown with a fine catch of summertime stripers. | |
The Glenda Ennen (center, seated) crew, out for a few hours on the Bay. We went looking for drum, but to no avail. | |
Part of the Addie Hill (not shown) crew with a 50 lb. black drum they caught on May 29. | |
More of Addie's crew with a fine striper of about 30 inches. | |
Another crew from Coakley Williams after a hard afternoon's fishing. | |
A crew from 84 Lumber, led by Jim Kimball (standing on cooler) with a fine catch of stripers on May 26. | |
And here's the Aaron Reese (right) crew of May 23, shown with our first large black drum of the 2004 season. Trey Reese, 9 years old (holding up the tail), caught the big fish, which weighed in at 60.5 lb. and 47 inches. | |
After what seemed to be at least 10 minutes, the big fish finally came up and turned back towards the stern... | |
Then into the net. | |
The Robert Bierman (2nd from right) crew of May 22, shown with their rockfish and another small black drum. | |
These little guys still put up a good struggle. | |
Thank you, Captain... | |
And here's the Tom O'Brien (front, kneeling) crew, shown with some of their rockfish, some croakers, and a small black drum they caught on May 20. | |
Here we have a crew from Striker Construction, part of a multi-boat trip on May 19. | |
And catching rockfish, we went looking for black drum and on our first set we caught one, first of the season. | |
The Lee King (2nd from left) crew with some of their rockfish they caught on May 19. | |
The Joel Bratman (2nd from left) crew after a great afternoon on the Bay, catching fish and eating cake... | |
The Bratmans surprised everyone with this beautiful cake, complete with an edible photo of the Worm inside the lifering. Quite tasty too! | |
And here we have a crew from HITT Contracting, shown with their fine catch of stripers they caught on May 14. | |
The Bob Nash (5th from left) crew from May 14 with a big bunch of trophy stripers. | |
Another Curtis Stonestreet (not present) crew from May 13 with a fine catch of big stripers. | |
The Fred Gers (left rear) crew from May 12, shown with their limit of big stripers to 40 inches. | |
Here we have the Steve Zimmerman (2nd from left) crew from May 12 with a fine catch of stripers. | |
The Kim Morgan (rear, standing) crew with a great catch of stripers on Mother's Day. | |
Kim's dad John Wilkins with a 42 inch monster striper. For more photos of the Morgan trip, click here. | |
The David Saterfield (far left) crew from May 8, shown with a good catch of stripers to over 40 inches. | |
Bob had top honors for the trip with a 43 inch beauty. | |
Members of the Towson crew from May 8 with one of the big stripers after a tough day of fishing. | |
Melissa, cranking on a big one. | |
Finally the big fish gave up... | |
"Squirrel" with a pair of big stripers. | |
After a hard day's fishing ... | |
The Curtis Stonestreet (not present) crew with a fine catch of stripers. | |
The Robbie Thompson crew from May 6 with lots of big stripers. | |
The Buddy Duvall (see below) crew from May 6, shown with a big bunch of trophy-sized rockfish to over 40 inches. | |
Buddy and sons with one of the big ones. | |
Travis struggles to hold up a real trophy. | |
The Michael Olds (far left) crew from May 5, shown with a great catch of big rockfish. | |
Venus with a big one! | |
The Brian Allen crew with their limit of big stripers they caught on May 4. |