Doug Dallmeyer, an old friend and customer called last night. He had booked today and drove down from York PA before he called. We decided to meet at the boat even though I knew that we could never fish in that slop. We slid down the channel and looked out the inlet-Washing Machine! However, with the tide up 1/3 and incoming, the rockpile looked passable and beyond it, there was no breaking swell. What the hell, let's give it a shot. We slid right out without a single problem and after we cleared the rocks, we ran off at 16 kts. Love those downeast hulls! The wind was kicken at about 15-20 but the swells were not breaking in the ocean and they were a ways apart. Now Doug and I had not fished together in 3 years, and he really wanted to "wet a line" We stopped in 50 feet about 4 miles out,and found some great marks. We dropped down and immediately we were whacked. Weakies! Yep, 6 foot swells and weakies eating bait and metal. What a great combination!. To make a long story short, we roped them! All were small but great fun. We probably caught 80 or more. I caught 6 while he was opening a pack of smokes! We decided to get in before the tide turned and started out against the swell and we ran back at 19 kts and sailed right around the rockplie. Who would have thought that we could fish even today. I guess that it is a tribute to the hulls they build up in Maine. Truthfully, it was very comfortable fishing in the swells. The boat sat there and simply rose and fell with very little rocking. It was quite fishable and it was great to get a chance to fish with a good friend. We got back to the dock and had our traditional lunch to end a great day. By the way, i will be in Cape May for those Striped Bass starting the 3rd week in October so give a call and let's go catching.