Holland Am 10-26-26

[littleboat]

Short hard trip today, 8-9:30am, fished 60-90fow. 2/4, unfortunately the two were a small steelie and a small sheephead threw both back. Lost a RV std bloody nose when on of the flybys took it with him. Waves gave me a short trip once they became a a steady 3-5ft. Lots of marks 60-75 fow, but the waves were bouncing me around pretty good. Had to quit. It got to precarious to maintain stable footing. Evidently the wind didn't read the forecast.
 
Glow Tangerine std and Atomic Melon std caught the only two I brought to the boat. Both fish came off the downriggers 50 to 60 ft down. Ran 5C and 7C at different times, but no hits.
 

[EricMcWay]

Thanks for the report — interesting that both fish came off the downriggers 50 to 60 ft down, with marks at 60-75 fow. For comparison, the Holland station surface reading was 56.7 degrees Fahrenheit, observed October 26, 2026 at 12:24 PM EDT, from NOAA station 9087031. That is a surface station reading, not a depth temperature, so it should not be read as the temperature where your downriggers were fishing at 50 to 60 ft down.

 

— Eric McWay