2024 Fall Albies, End of Season Report

Well, that's about it for Albie Season folks.  I wrapped up my last booked Albie charter last week.  The fish are still around in good numbers, but water temps are down around 55 deg F in the ocean, so I'm not sure how much longer they'll be around.  Pretty soon the remaining Albies will be making a fast run to south Florida to spend the winter.  Sometimes a few fish will hang around through the winter in warm water pockets, but for the most part we won't see them again until next March/April.  

Looking back on the past 10 weeks, we really did have an excellent season this year.  We had good numbers of fish arriving early in October and we are a week into December with fish still lingering.  Everything in between was consistently good.  The past few years we have experienced periods of missing fish, or very few fish.  I was waiting for that to happen again this year, but it never did.  Even on the non-preferred weather patterns and really rough weather days, we had good shots at fish.  Along with catching a bunch of fish, and taking lots of pics, 166 of the Albies we released this fall went back into the water with tags in them.  I'm excited to see if, when, and where those fish are recaptured.  I love this fishery and I'm so thankful to have it in my backyard.

Here's a bunch of straight up fall fishing nirvana from the past month on the water.  This is just a little bit of the fun and fish we were blessed to put our hands on over the last 5 weeks.   

I pretend to be an Albie guide, but I'm secretly always on the lookout for these fish.

This was the year of the Bluefish.  Not 1-2lbers but legit 5-15lbers.  I hope this trend continues.

Full grown pumpkin.

Why catch just one?

Living artwork.

Full grow'd.

Fresh albies, ripe for the pickin', two for one...

Sometimes I can't stand it anymore.  I just want one cast...

Starting your day off right at the Cape.

Hiding from the wind and looking for fish along the "spit" at the hook.

Torpedo.

Fun was had.

Plenty of trout around if you wanted to stop at the rocks.

Moonfish!

I love father and son trips.

Teeth!

The quality of Bluefish was fantastic this fall.  I hope this trend continues in the coming years.

Early bird gets the worm.

Why catch one when you can catch two?  Why catch two when you can catch three?  

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My 19th Albie season was probably my best ever.  I'm so fortunate to have this fishery and so many amazing anglers that want to share the experience with me.  Thank you all!  My 2025 Fall Albie season is booking up fast (like super-fast), so don't wait too long if you want to get prime time dates.