Had a very enjoyable fishing charter with Captain Paul on the Obsessed boat. The boat is 20'ft long just the right size for the two of us & the captain. My brother-in-law was allowed to bring his own fly rod and gear. Captain Paul grew up helping his father with charters & now the two run the business together. Captain Paul, knew the area like the back of his hand which made me feel at ease with the thick fog we started the charter with. First half hour spent catching mackerel for bait. We only had to make one close stop, right on top of a school of mackerel. Every time we put our line down in the water came up with 1,2, or 3 mackerel. Captain Paul made it easy, taking the mackerel off our hooks & putting them in the bait box. No slimy, fishy hands.
Next up was fishing for striper bass. Had a lot of action. I lost count how many fish we were able to land. Brother-in-law was even getting rapid strikes on his fly. Sometimes had both of us reeling in stripers at the same time. Once that area became quite back towards the wharf. Saw two basking sun fish, Mola Mola, what weird looking creatures. Captain Paul's knowledge was very informative. He would advise my brother-in-law when asked & even let him use some of his flies. Captain Paul's full time job during the off season, school teacher. Very apparent with his patience & willing to share his knowledge. Next we stopped over a huge school of pogies. Captain Paul said many times the large striper bass are below the school and on the outside rim of them. I had several bites but just not able to hook and land them. Then the four hours was up. Unfortunately, we did not catch any striper bass large enough to keep. To me it didn't matter, throughly enjoyed myself. I would highly recommend Obsessed Fishing Charter.
Side note, two charter boats recently collided in the area we were in. The news didn't report that the large boat that rescued those from the small capsized boat, that the other large boat was one of their own in the collision. I won't give my negative opinion about theses large party boats. But I felt completely safe with Captain Paul on a smaller boat. read more