You should have been on the open boat trip!! Once again the open boat trip had a banner day!! We had aboard:Jeff Grabiec and Dom, Scott Lavenberg and his son, and Ron Rand. We had another full limit of striped bass and could not close the cooler. There were a couple of smaller stripers, about 29" but they went up to a whopping 32 lbs.!! Most of the stripers were very large, all in the mid 20 lb. range. Scott and his son both landed the same large striper. One hook was in the bass's gut, and the other was in his lip. So who was sleeping at the rod?? Ron Rand waited patiently all day for his striper. It finally hit and he fought the fish on a light weight rod, with a Penn 930 reel. It took a full 25 minutes to subdue the 32 lbr. in the strong current. We were already limited out, so I revived the fish for several minutes over the side and it swam away very healthy. A lot more healthy then on the dinner plate!! No bluefish were landed, but we did have a few bite offs. What a super day all around: flat calm water, bright sunny day, not too hot, and a great bunch of guys!! It is time to catch some stripers. Congratulations Ron Rand on the big fish of the day.