NJ Fishing Reports for Oct 2017 www.stripersandanglers.com

[cowherder]

jb awesome share and pics. I agree with what pc said. Would not want to fish where it was that crowded. You have 2 lines of fishermen there. What happens if someone gets tangled up with 3 other guys? You have to have a warrior mentality to deal with that. BTW, nice fish!

[cowherder]

fishrich I had the same frustration last night. Fished moco in the back. There was so much bait around. Blues were periodically busting, far out. Could not get a hit for over an hour. Finally managed some action when the tide started coming in, and tossing a small rattletrap and jigging it while retrieving. For all the internet bravado guys saying how easy it is to catch bluefish, these were not easy fish for sure with all the bait. Felt lucky to be able to land 3, lost a few others.

[fishrich]

Three of us fished MoCo in the back from 2:30 pm till dark in a few different spots. A slow pick in all spots. Not as much peanut bunker or fish as earlier in the week, but we managed to catch a few blues up to 4 pounds, a couple short bass and a keeper fluke that we couldn't keep. Fish preferred rubber shads today.

[captnemo]

nice going gents. Heard some of you were looking for false albacore and bonito. They have been a few miles off, got into them yesterday.

[fishinmission78]

Thanks for the heads up capt. Lots of small bait in the surf, looks like rainfish and spearing. Been getting snapper blues for the last 2 days near the park. Ava 007s doing the trick. Heard some whispers of albies but haven't seen any in the surf zone yet. Strange year.

[seamonkey]

Agreed

[J Barbosa]

Most likely my last (weekend) trip of the year to Salmon River for 2017 especially with stripers & blackfish around the corner.




Word is beyond out and crowds are out of control, it was fun while it lasted!




Ended up landing 7 out of 21 in the **** show on Saturday.




Chubby Coho
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[finchaser]

Today 4 to 6 am 3 bass to 22", a 17" fluke and a 15" weakfish all on pink DOA

[bababooey]

Most likely my last (weekend) trip of the year to Salmon River for 2017 especially with stripers & blackfish around the corner.




Word is beyond out and crowds are out of control, it was fun while it lasted!




Ended up landing 7 out of 21 in the **** show on Saturday.




Chubby Coho
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Fat looking salmonid there, nice job!

[bababooey]

Today 4 to 6 am 3 bass to 22", a 17" fluke and a 15" weakfish all on pink DOA

Inshore round robin nice going!

[finchaser]

TY

[surferman]

Nice going. Water in the CM area has been a little sporty lately. Have been doing more surfing than fishing.

[J Barbosa]

Finally got the boat back out Sunday evening looking for some weakfish.

Three of us ended up landing 24 (actual count) between 16-27.5" before calling it a night and it felt like we dropped just as many.

We had a couple of triple headers but it's hard to take pictures of them when there is only three of us.
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[fishinmission78]

Beautiful weakies dude. Have been looking for them in the back of OC, only finding the 10-15 inchers so far.

[fishinmission78]

Gave it a try last night in OC. Picked up a few small weakfish in the back, pink finS and 1/2 oz jig. Went to Is beach this am for some quick casts. Picked up a coupla snappers right at sunrise, one short tiny bass. Ava 017. Lots of bait that size around, but the winds were picking up so I cut the trip short. May try again this weekend. Middle of october stripers and weakies should be in full effect. Good luck out there.

[hookedonbass]

Fished a few spots in rb on yesterday outgoing tide in the dark. Got 2 small stripers, few small blues and one nasty cow nose ray. All on peanut bunker fresh netted.

[jigfreak]

^^^^Weaks seem loaded up in RB, at least my friends on the boats say so. Was out the last few times looking for some southern speedsters. Was out today, not a touch, building S wind. Thinking of making a trip up N. The albie action has been pretty spotty in NJ this year. At least for me, from the surf.

[J Barbosa]

So in the spirit of constantly exploring different fisheries...we went sharking last Saturday.

Had enough blue shark activity in the slick to keep you from falling asleep and Ken even landed one on a fluke rod...lol

While we were trying to unhook that one we hooked a decent mako near the boat that ended up going airborne twice before the hook pulled.

Time to switch over to what we do best...stripers
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[hookset]

Nice going dude. Love the toothy smile on mr mako.

[hookset]

Got into a few short stripes, and some decent size blues last night in the back. Found a place away from the crowds and wind. Bucktails.

[cowherder]

Jb you should start your own fishing show on YouTube! I would def subscribe, congrats.

[cowherder]

Went out last night but the harsh wind got the best of me. Made 2 stops, caught the skunk. Nice going hook looks like persistence paid off.

[jigfreak]

So in the spirit of constantly exploring different fisheries...we went sharking last Saturday.

Had enough blue shark activity in the slick to keep you from falling asleep and Ken even landed one on a fluke rod...lol

While we were trying to unhook that one we hooked a decent mako near the boat that ended up going airborne twice before the hook pulled.

Time to switch over to what we do best...stripers
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Fantastic pic and report thanks for sharing.

[buckethead]

Great reports gentlemen. Have been giving it a go every 2 days lately depending on the weather. The surf has been pretty big which has hampered my efforts. One morning a few days ago got into a nice mess of blues to 3lbs. All on metal. Another morning I thought I saw several schools of albies moving north. They were moving very fast and not in casting range. Other than that it's been slim pickings. Hope the new moon coming up next week will spur some action.

[finchaser]

This morning 4 to 6:30 am 7 bass 14 to 23" all on GT 360 and lead head

[finchaser]

This morning 4 to 6:30 am 11 bass 14 to 22" all on 4 inch Fin-s fish and jig head

[finchaser]

This morning 4 to 6:30 am 12 bass 13 to 24 all on 5 inch Fin-s fish and jig head

[jigfreak]

Few more albies this week in the afternoons, trying to stay away from the crowded places. They showed up off Seaside this morning but I had to work. Catch em up guys good luck.

[jigfreak]

Nice going on the bass FC. Seems like you have been pretty consistent lately.

[J Barbosa]

Had some good albie fishing on Saturday (did I ever mention that I dislike albies?)...we each landed a couple fish before switching over to bass/blues.

We had great action on big bluefish and 10-15# bass on eels until we ran out of eels (45 minutes). Switched over to using EliasV shads on the same 3-way rig and were catching just as good until the tide slowed down.

Saturday's damage, $183 in gas, $20 in eels, and a couple dozen EliasV shads!

Sunday the fishing sucked. Hard South wind vs tide...we had no drift in the spot that has been holding fish. Only a couple bluefish and a bass to show for our efforts. Hit up a few spots on the way back to the marina but were only able to pull a 19" fluke (released).
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[finchaser]

4 to 6:30 AM 5 bass to 24"

[J Barbosa]

You know what sunset pictures mean...




Skunking for us last night
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[hookedonbass]

Hey at least you tried. You can't catch em from the couch right? Thanks for the reports, I appreciate seeing you post the good with the bad, good honesty.

[hookedonbass]

Nice going on the catching, fellas. I haven't been doing that great lately. I went to the seaside /Island Beach area after work yesterday. Tried to get some action before dark. It was crazy I saw one guy catch an Albee, and there was nothing else caught where he was. Then that died down and I moved somewhere else and saw lots of fish busting just out of casting range. Even saw a whale out there. Casted like 400 times, total skunk. But at least you know there's bait around at least it's hope. And it's October!

[fishinmission78]

You know what sunset pictures mean...




Skunking for us last night
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Sunrise sunset, same deal, so true. Focus on the scenery not the skunk. Nice job at least you tried. Always enjoy the reports keep them coming, thanks.

[fishinmission78]

Hit island beach for a quick hour before work today. Tide was right but seemed fish where I was were out of reach, 2 casts off the beach, like hooked said. Will try later on, more fish are moving through.

[cowherder]

Moco last night in the front. Nice night out there, only one short striper on bucktail. Hit right in the wash. Then went to the back, few hits and misses. Pretty spotty. Nothing landed. Nice night to be out there.

[buckethead]

Same old story for the past week for me. Lots of bait, small Snappers, and a few Albie's here in there. No stripes for me despite enticing fall conditions.

[finchaser]

This morning 4 to 6:30 am 4 bass 14 to 20" all on white GT 360 and lead head

[J Barbosa]

Some up and down fishing over the weekend as to be expected with a beautiful weekend in mid-October. Didn't want to bass fish knowing too many people would be out to put the fish down...definitely made the right call looking back on the reports.



Ran into the best Albie action I have seen this year on Saturday for a brief 30 minutes with fish busting the surface on rain bait, mullet and peanuts as far as I could see. The crowds got out of control and put the fish down as expected for a weekend...



We had great porgy fishing keeping roughly 100 between five guys and released another 100+ keepers. Found a slow tog bite and I stupidly released most of the boat's smaller keepers expecting to get better roasters as the day went on which never happened *dumb move*. "A bird in the hand..."



Ran into some bass right in the surf but had to get right in the surf zone on the beach - luckily nobody was there surfcasting. lol
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[finchaser]

This morning 4 to 6:30 am 3 bass 16 to 20" all on Fin-s fish Arkansas shiner

[storminsteve]

FC you have been pretty good, I have gotten a few skunks lately myself. Went out in moco last night. The surf in the front was dirty and big, got skunked again. After that I went to the back and threw a swim shad around for an hour. Was rewarded with a 22 incher striped bass. Nothing else. Seems like the bigger fish are all getting caught by the boats. Very frustrating fall for me so far.

[plugcrazy]

Fishing report, multiple nights. Got blanked last 2 times in a row. This is supposed to be prime season, what gives?

[fishinmission78]

Wife's away visiting the fam so I had a little time to myself. Fished the park in the dark, dropping tide. Picked up a few runts on the sp. Lots of small bait in close every time I brought one in.

[finchaser]

FC you have been pretty good, I have gotten a few skunks lately myself. Went out in moco last night. The surf in the front was dirty and big, got skunked again. After that I went to the back and threw a swim shad around for an hour. Was rewarded with a 22 incher striped bass. Nothing else. Seems like the bigger fish are all getting caught by the boats. Very frustrating fall for me so far.

Been in the back too

[J Barbosa]

Fished all over Raritan Bay yesterday in t-shirts, I'll take it for November http://www.stripersonline.com/surftalk/uploads/emoticons/default_smile.gif

We landed north of 125 bass with the majority being shorts ranging from 12" to 24". We had 8 keepers on the day to 34"

We started the day off trolling around and went 0/4 on mojos and a few other missed hits. Felt like smaller fish that probably never got a good shot at the 9" shad so we switched over to casting smaller 6" shads & bucktails and that worked out well.

I don't usually fish a teaser from the boat but had one on my 8' avid so I went with it. Glad I did because I had 8 doubleheaders on the day myself including some of the keepers.

EliasV shads on a jig head or used as a trailer on a bucktail worked best overall.

And sometimes the teaser catches the bigger fish http://www.stripersonline.com/surftalk/uploads/emoticons/default_smile.gif
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Not sure what caused this top fish to bleed like crazy, it was hooked cleanly in the top of the mouth with a bucktail.
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