NJ Fishing pics

[bunkerjoe4]

We want to see any fish pictures you have collected! Whether you or a family member caught them or not -- put them up, as long as they are not copyrighted or watermarked. :)


If you did catch them, please share how, and anything else you want to add that would help someone else learn. :thumbsup:

[DarkSkies]

mantis shrimp

[DarkSkies]

weakfish mouth spring

[DarkSkies]

Fall bass I caught on black bomber, 20.9lbs, 3 weeks ago

[cowherder]

weakfish mouth spring

that thing must have been a huge weakfish:wow:

[paco33]

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gar fish

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I hope this year I can catch a fish as big as these guys did. :dribble:

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Oystercracker and
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[DarkSkies]

Small eels have these egg teeth and some small ones ringing around the upper part of their mouths. They can't hurt ya.

Larger eels...it's not really a good idea to put your finger in the mouths of larger eels to get the hook out.

Goog move. How would I know this? :embarassed: :laugh:

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[storminsteve]

Small eels have these egg teeth and some small ones ringing around the upper part of their mouths. They can't hurt ya.

Larger eels...it's not really a good idea to put your finger in the mouths of larger eels to get the hook out.

Goog move. How would I know this? :embarassed: :laugh:

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I think there's a little bit of a googan in all of us, at least those who are not too tough guy to admit it. Who doesn't make mistakes. Did you need stitches? (bonus points for a yes answer):ROFLMAO

[Pebbles]

No he did not but I did kiss it to make it all better.:kiss:

[gjb1969]

when i got that eel i was going to give it the hook dark wanted it so he was going after the hook and the next thing i know the eel got him well dark had the last :ROFLMAO from hooked to cooked at least i did not :skunk:

[DarkSkies]

I think there's a little bit of a googan in all of us, at least those who are not too tough guy to admit it. Who doesn't make mistakes. Did you need stitches? (bonus points for a yes answer):ROFLMAO

No stitches man, the only wound was realizing the goog factor may never rub off of me. :D I'm cooking that sucker in a marinade, and we peeled off the skin to make eel plugs. Even that I suck at, couldn't do better than taking it off strips at a time. Right now the skin is sitting in brine solution.


No he did not but I did kiss it to make it all better.:kiss:

Where would I be without Pebbles? :kiss::heart:

[DarkSkies]

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[DarkSkies]

vpass night bass- I met up with him on Sat night. The action had slowed down a bit, but he still managed a bass I think on a needle or bomber, and he lost a nice one on a rigged sluggo. Nice fishin with ya, man! :HappyWave:

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Finally got a chance to meet another of the old-timers I admire, Jim Balicki. This guy goes all over to fish. Nice meetin ya, Jim! :HappyWave:
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[DarkSkies]

Report for 11/7, same area From: Jim Balicki NEW JERSEY
Fished from Noon to dusk. No hits. saw only 1 striper caught. Heard that early AM was OK as sandeels were present. and stripers were caught. In the PM, heard that a few stripers were caught by the clammers. Figures -- since I did not see any sandeels, the few stripers in the area chose to ignore a lure that resembles a sandeel. Instead they found a clam bait on the bottom.

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^^ This is the report from 11/7 that Jim Balicki wrote on another site. The "1 striper" caught is by Killie. Jim Balicki came into that area after Killie got a few others, but it's fair to say that that afternoon was a tough pick. And the only bass caught at that hotspot for the afternoon bite was by Killie as we fished together. This is a guy that everyone blames their bad luck on, :2flip: :laugh: yet he pulled a bass out of the water when other hardcore guys got blanked. :don't know why:

Also, the building S wind and waves were pushin us sideways and almost cut us off at the knees a few times. We took a few headers as we walked out past the breakers so we could reach the pocket better. Great fishin!

WTG on the bass, bro! :clapping: :thumbsup:







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[DarkSkies]

I got these bass after meeting up with the OFFC and fishing until the sunset. I got 2 before sunset on a mackerel colored magdarter with Monty's teaser. They got a few as well, using mambo minnows.

We were on the outer bar and the tide was coming in. They bailed for safer ground and "gently" reminded me to do the same thing.

I ignored them for a few minutes. :embarassed: Then I realized how good it is sometimes to have a friend worried about your safety, so I went back to shore, looking to find them. By that time they were down the beach, and I lost them in the dark.

I hooked up with a local guy who fishes there. We fished the pocket for 15 mins, and neither got a tap. It seemed the water was dead, but I felt otherwise. I knew those fish were moving through, so I made my way back to the outer bar on the rising tide.

It took me an hour of blind casting to get my first fish. I was almost ready to give up when I put the mackerel magdarter back on. (Coincidentally, that was the first thing I put on when I made my way out there again, and I couldn't buy a hit with it.) :don't know why:

Also knowing that it takes the fish a while to get adjusted to the dark unless there are insane amounts of bait, I felt I needed to be patient and kept casting. My patience was wearing off, until I got the first fish at 7pm.

These weren't huge fish, but they weren't the small 24" schoolies we had been getting either. From 7-9:30pm, even with the moon bright in the sky, I had 15 bass, all aggressive, and slamming that plug.

The bass were nice and chunky. I think 4 of them were around 26", the rest were bigger up to 31". I was in heaven. I wouldn't say I had a fish on every cast, I had to work for them.

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An interesting experiment is that I usually put bucktail siwashes on my favorite plugs, removing the treble. Monty sent me some of his hand-tied teasers, and I put them on the magdarters. Since I was fishing in 3 1/2' of water, rising tide, it was a little awkward releasing those fish. One, I tried to snap a camera pic when it was still green, and I ended up breaking off the rear hook as the fish got quick released. I fished that magdarter for the next 10 minutes without a bump. I only got hits when I switched to a spare black magdarter with bucktail siwash.

Lesson? Dress up your plugs with bucktail.


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Thanks for sending me those, Monty, at this point I can say they do work. :HappyWave:

[DarkSkies]

My efforts were finally rewarded. In the weeks prior to this, dozens of hours casting from the jetties, inlets, and sand beaches, with only one, two, or no bass to show for it! :burn:

This action was incredible, and I wasn't leaving until it was over! :dribble: The great thing to me was that I didn't really know that area in the dark. I wasn't in a pocket, I was merely on the front side of the bar, and the fish were moving through.

I was so happy I was muttering to myself. If ya ever met Dewayne from NoMoCo, you know that mumbling and muttering i'm talkin about. :kooky:I was a babbling idiot, in the middle of pods and pods of bass. They weren't actively feeding, there was no evidence they were there, other than they were Smashing the frikkkin plug! It was so addictive to have bass come right out of the water 5 or 10' from me. It was an insane adrenalin high.


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If you've been there, you know the feeling. If you haven't, it's hard to explain why some crazy fisherman would be out on a sandbar in pitch darkness (only had light the last 1/2 hour after the moon was out) 75' from shore on an incoming tide.

I knew the rising tide would present a problem when I came back, but I didn't care. I was so into the action, I had to take a leak, I told myself if the action kept up, I would just have to accept being wet all over. :laugh:

Gradually, the action slowed. I landed 15 bass, lost one that doubled my rod over. It wasn't as great as some other guys had who were out the night before, but it was the best action I had in a long time. It was so addictive I'm still playin that tape in my head.

I also felt a little bad for some of the fishermen who gave up early because of "the full moon effect" :huh:. I saw groups of them walking by on the beach as I was into the fish. A few times I opened the bail and let the fish run, because they stopped and were watching. I hadn't had real action like that in so long, I didn't want anything or anyone to jeopardize it or spook the fish.

It was truly a night to remember. No big fish were caught, but the action was fantastic. I'm glad I was out, and persisted in my belief that the fish were there.

[DarkSkies]

Finchaser met me on the beach in the middle of the day Friday. He sold me the sweetest surf bag in the world after he felt sorry for me, lookin at mine that had duct tape on it. :HappyWave:

Just because we were there, we decided to make a few casts. I'd like to make everyone aware that all the guys had left the beach from the previous action because the action had "died". There were about 3 fishermen left plugging that beach, and they weren't doing squat!

Fin comes along, and on his first frikkin cast this emmeffer is into a bass! :2flip: ;) :clapping::clapping:


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In the next hour, he managed 2 bluefish, while all the others, including me, came up empty handed. :embarassed:

He's got magic hands, I tell ya!! A lot of guys think if they have "this" plug, or "that" rod or reel, they will slay the fish. Fin's so good he could probably catch fish on a Spongebob squarepants rod. Sometimes it ain't the equipment, or the plug, it's the fisherman.

It was an honor to fish with this guy. 50 years of fishin experience, he makes catching fish look like it's a breeze, even in the toughest conditions. The next time you read the report of the numbers he puts up, don't kid yourself, it ain't easy, he just makes it look like it is. :laugh: :thumbsup:

[VSdreams]

Nice reports Dark. Wish I was there!

[Monty]

Dark, great posts and pics. :thumbsup::thumbsup:
Makes me happy that you caught on those teasers/tails.
Awesome that you had the great action.

[DarkSkies]

Monty, I haven't had action like that, with double digit fish, in quite some time. It's like you take a man who's been starving in the desert, and tell him he can eat all the chocolate cake he wants for 3 hours. :dribble: I'm still playing the tape of that in my head, over and over...:laugh: Thanks again for the teasers, they work great! :thumbsup:

[DarkSkies]

Yardville Jimmy pulls in a shortie, WTG OFFC. :clapping:

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Earlier that day, one of the OFFC also nailed a 17lb bluefish.

17 frikkin pounds? :bigeyes::viking::drool:

That's a certified gorilla or T-Rex bluefish. I didn't get any close to even 15# this year, I was real disappointed with the big bluefish surf action. That day, these guys put up a report "well we managed a few bass and blues in OC" :rolleyes:

Way to minimize a report guys!

Congrats to Yardville and the rest of the OFFC. :HappyWave:

[dogfish]

It's like you take a man who's been starving in the desert, and tell him he can eat all the chocolate cake he wants for 3 hours. :dribble:

I like cake too, save some for me.;)
Great pics and report, sounds like ya got into em good.

[SharkHart]

Nice pics Darkskies,good work, my primary camera finally stopped zooming from sand in the air and my hands, sounds kinda crunchy in there, good thing i use cheapies. since fishing is a wash I was playing around with effects

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll194/SharkHart/100_b9.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll194/SharkHart/100_1341ab.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll194/SharkHart/100_1378ab333a.jpg

[SharkHart]

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll194/SharkHart/100_1358c.jpg

[finchaser]

Finchaser met me on the beach in the middle of the day Friday. He sold me the sweetest surf bag in the world after he felt sorry for me, lookin at mine that had duct tape on it. :HappyWave:

Just because we were there, we decided to make a few casts. I'd like to make everyone aware that all the guys had left the beach from the previous action because the action had "died". There were about 3 fishermen left plugging that beach, and they weren't doing squat!

Fin comes along, and on his first frikkin cast this emmeffer is into a bass! :2flip: ;) :clapping::clapping:



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In the next hour, he managed 2 bluefish, while all the others, including me, came up empty handed. :embarassed:

He's got magic hands, I tell ya!! A lot of guys think if they have "this" plug, or "that" rod or reel, they will slay the fish. Fin's so good he could probably catch fish on a Spongebob squarepants rod. Sometimes it ain't the equipment, or the plug, it's the fisherman.

It was an honor to fish with this guy. 50 years of fishin experience, he makes catching fish look like it's a breeze, even in the toughest conditions. The next time you read the report of the numbers he puts up, don't kid yourself, it ain't easy, he just makes it look like it is. :laugh: :thumbsup:

Your too kind,but thanks anyway it was fun,especially the next morning.:D

[DarkSkies]

Nice pics Darkskies,good work, my primary camera finally stopped zooming from sand in the air and my hands, sounds kinda crunchy in there, good thing i use cheapies. since fishing is a wash I was playing around with effects

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll194/SharkHart/100_b9.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll194/SharkHart/100_1341ab.jpg
http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll194/SharkHart/100_1378ab333a.jpg


I like that top one, it looks like an old fishing magazine from the 60's. What's it called, a sepia effect? Nice bass double header. :clapping:

Sorry to hear about your camera, that sucks. I can highly recommend the Pentax optioW60. I'm tough on everything I own. I love that camera, waterproof to around 10', and you can pick one up online for around $220, even including the price of extra batteries.
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/showthread.php?t=1068
Here's an example of the video it takes:
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/showthread.php?t=5239
post #2
(the clicking noise is the only irritating thing, but that's because the zoom motor is set up near the mike. If I turn the volume down from max, there's no clicking noise at all.)



Your too kind,but thanks anyway it was fun,especially the next morning.:D

Hey, I just write what happens. And now ya can't bust Killie that much, as we independently confirmed via Jim Balicki's report that he was one of the few to catch on that other beach that afternoon. ;) :HappyWave:

[DarkSkies]

Another bass from one of the sharpies out there. ;) :HappyWave:

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Some bass from 6-09, another friend. :HappyWave:I think the bigger one might have been a 30.

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Tommy's seabass trip 11-08-09

They fished in rough seas, close to the 3 mile limit. There were 6 anglers on board, catching 5 tog, a bunch of seabass, and some dinner plate size porgies. WTG guys! :thumbsup:

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[DarkSkies]

Some of the pics people have been sending me. I think the guys got this on Oct 15. Nice bass. :thumbsup:

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11-7-09 oc

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Amber & Krystal with their day's catch! ;)


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Caught and released :thumbsup:


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Bob's 18# bass

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[SharkHart]

Kids eat your sand eels in moderation, they tend to stick to your ribs

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll194/SharkHart/101_8821a.jpg

[DarkSkies]

Kids eat your sand eels in moderation, they tend to stick to your ribs

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll194/SharkHart/101_8821a.jpg

Dude, that sounds something like: "Kids remember to eat your vegetables" from WWW's Sat report. I think you need to go buy a rubber shark, figure out a way to animate it, come join the thread below and be a co-reporter with West Wind Wally! :laugh: ;)

http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/showthread.php?t=5418

[SharkHart]

I didnt see that yet so i wasnt stealing any creativity lol, maybe we both just grew up under power lines or ate too many paint chips :dribble:

[DarkSkies]

I didnt see that yet so i wasnt stealing any creativity lol, maybe we both just grew up under power lines or ate too many paint chips :dribble:

^ No problem, bro, I just thought if anyone could figure out a way to make an animated shark that gives fishin reports and makes fun of people at the same time it would be you. "Eat your vegetables" is a generic statement, any kid who grows up with parents who care is gonna hear that one. ;) :HappyWave: I probably ate or smoked paint chips as well growing up. :laugh:

As for the WWW videos, I borrow funny ideas from people all the time for those. It reflects any funny stories going on in my life at the time. Finchaser told me the joke about yesterday's fish, and I told him I was stealin it to use in the videos. (thanks Fin) All good. :lookhappy: :thumbsup:

[DarkSkies]

11-2 rough surf

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The shore view from out on the bar

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Full lot 6am

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Marty and a keeper, from 11/20

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Mike 11-20
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Catch and release

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The new walkway to the beach :D

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[DarkSkies]

Met these 2 out there, it was a perfect shot and opportunity. Hope they got some fish that day. :thumbsup:

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[voyager35]

Met these 2 out there, it was a perfect shot and opportunity. Hope they got some fish that day. :thumbsup:

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:thumbsup: Very nice work DS. Good candid photography. Were the father and son shots candid as well, or did they pose for that? It looks like a surf fishing postcard.

[DarkSkies]

Voyager, the 2nd shot in the series was candid. Then I went up to them and asked if I could take more shots, so in the 5th one they knew I was taking pics. I find for me, candid shots are much more natural. Who wants to see someone posing? I just take out the camera and try to capture the moment, and I think posing takes away from that.

Plus, every time someone tries to take a pic of me looking at the camera, I end up with my eyes closed, stupid smile :bucktooth: or some other goofy thing. :D

I forgot their names, usually I write them down. If they see this and want the larger Jpgs, I have them, just e-mail me and I'll send them out to them.

Hope they did get some fish, the kid was maybe 8 or 9, pretty cool to be out there surf fishin with Dad. :thumbsup:

[basshunter]

Met these 2 out there, it was a perfect shot and opportunity. Hope they got some fish that day. :thumbsup:

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Late but worth the wait. Amazing pics, Rich nice work.:thumbsup::clapping:

[jigfreak]

july sunset

[lostatsea]

fillet o short fish :burn:
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Nice! :thumbsup:

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[Monty]

Random 2009

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Lost favorite plug of 2008 (darn)

[jigfreak]

Nice pics monty. Is the first one a broken jetty or a random rock pile?

[Monty]

Its a broken Jetty, the pile is a good 5-7 feet above the rest of the rocks. Most of the other rocks were under sand until these storms came through late fall.

[vpass]

I caught a few nice fish near that rock pile.:D

[Monty]

Only thing that pile was good for was a few pics. You sure your pile is my pile? Lots a piles in NJ.
Ha,Ha.

[vpass]

The rock pile i'm talking about was good before the first noreaster in Oct. water was deeper. Now a bomber drags bottom near top of the cast which would be off the side of the rock pile. I hope that area get back to how it use to be.:(

[DarkSkies]

A member sent these in, back of RB, 2009. Cell phone pics, 2 different trips, thanks.

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Papa Angelo in rough surf. He hooked and lost a fish right after I shot these pics. Later that day, he hooked and landed 2 bass, and 2 more the next day. :clapping::clapping: :thumbsup::thumbsup:

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[wish4fish]

dude hes fishing in a chair, the water is all around him, hardcore!:clapping::clapping::clapping::clapping:


http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9139&thumb=1&d=1263091692 (http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9139&d=1263091692)

[buckethead]

If your day is this bad you might as well go fishing.

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[DarkSkies]

12-04-09 I went fishin with AlbanyGuy. He only makes 3 or 4 trips to the salt every year. He caught and released a few, this is one of the smaller ones.

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crazy teaser setup, the guy claimed it worked. Can't argue with success! :don't know why:

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Mambo minnow killer fall presentation. :thumbsup:
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G and I were fishin SH

http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=7966&thumb=1&d=1255980486 (http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=7966&d=1255980486)

[DarkSkies]

One of Amboy's nicer fish of the year.

http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=7849&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1255633068 (http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=7849&d=1255633068)

[DarkSkies]

25#, 40" he waited 9 hours for that fish. :thumbsup::thumbsup:


http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8362&thumb=1&d=1258479629 (http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8362&d=1258479629)




http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8363&thumb=1&d=1258479629 (http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=8363&d=1258479629)

[LennyD]

my very first fish of the year 2009 and the first keeper of 2009, march 20,
31" bass RB!

[LennyD]

one of my pride!

[LennyD]

sunrise in the bay

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sunset out front (ocean)

[LennyD]

This one was nice too!!!!

[plugcrazy]

sunset out front (ocean)

http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=9445&stc=1&d=1264343637

That would make a great screen saver.:thumbsup:

[basshunter]

This one was nice too!!!!

nice bass LennyD :thumbsup:
blitz pics

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The 2 oz lead tin that Chas gave me, was just the ticket for that rough surf. :HappyWave:
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Fly guy, nice to have met you guys that day. :HappyWave:
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I met these 2 at SH.


Bill says his daughter Alyssa loves fishin and goes with him every chance she gets. :fishing: He couldn't find waders small enough to fit her, so her made her those light duty waders out of plastic. :thumbsup:

If anyone recognizes this guy and his daughter, tell him to contact me, I'll send him some more stuff for his daughter and him to fish with. :HappyWave:

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[porgy75]

Those are some incredible pictures. I'll have to start adding some as well. Thanks for posting.

[DarkSkies]

I've started to accumulate a lot of pics people are sending in.
A few...

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Rip and his son :HappyWave:

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[rip316]

AHHH That pic is stuck in my brain forever. I always give my kids the fish to reel in. We were packing up to leave and then the bells went off.

[DarkSkies]

AHHH That pic is stuck in my brain forever. I always give my kids the fish to reel in.

Rip, I bet it's stuck in his brain forever too, wtg. :thumbsup:



Here's a clean RB fish
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[rip316]

I know that fish. Dark. That guy is amazing.

[storminsteve]

Rip, I bet it's stuck in his brain forever too, wtg. :thumbsup:



Here's a clean RB fish
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I know that fish. Dark. That guy is amazing.


Could be Zorro's fish!:D
Nice fish.:clapping:
btw rip, nice pic of your son, he looks happy.
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[rip316]

Thanks Steve. I love taking him with me when the weather is on our side. He is still a little soft yet. lol

[DarkSkies]

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short bass, early morning around 6am

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Normally I don't take pics of bluefish but we're seeing some fat hefty ones lately. :eek: This is just an example of some of the night blues we're getting, this one was 34".
(and my hand is in his gill plate cause he was on steroids and hadda be lobotomized. I brought him home and ate him. :lookhappy:)


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[DarkSkies]

one of the smaller ones today....:scared: :fishing: :lookhappy:

about 34"

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[DarkSkies]

Some bluefish catches...

This is Richard. He's in the military and came fishing for the day. I think he said he was from the Ft Dix area. Thanks for your service, Rich, looks like you had a blast! :thumbsup:


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[DarkSkies]

Xavier and Agosto, they had a blast as well. :fishing:

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[cowherder]

Some bluefish catches


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Wow nice blues!:drool:

[jonthepain]

how many rods does it take to catch a string of bluefish???

[Simp]

Some blue action from this morning.

http://i767.photobucket.com/albums/xx313/Simp3/DSCF0101.jpg?t=1272837504

A few days ago
http://i767.photobucket.com/albums/xx313/Simp3/DSCF0087.jpg?t=1272837799

I had to stop fishing for this!
http://i767.photobucket.com/albums/xx313/Simp3/DSCF0089.jpg?t=1272837870

[DarkSkies]

Awesome pics Simp!
I've been seeing these blues tail-walk almost every time in the bay areas, warmer water. To me it's incredible, I never get tired of seeing big blues do it. :dribble:
I wanted to capture it on video or pics but have been too into the fishing. That's an awesome shot. :clapping: :thumbsup:
Thanks for taking the time to capture it and showing the people a little of what it's like..
Sunrise pics ain't bad either. :d

[speedy]

nice pics the tailwalker is sweet

[DarkSkies]

This is Sebastian (10) and Brian (9) with their Dad Patrick.


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[DarkSkies]

I forgot his name, he and his buddies caught a mess of big blues, they had a decent bite for a few hours. :clapping:

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[DarkSkies]

Eamon (14) and Titus (13). They were there with their Dad Joe, nice meetin ya's! :HappyWave:


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[DarkSkies]

Met Hari, Matthew, and eventually Matt's grandfather joined them. Hari was teaching his son Matthew how to fight and land some of the big blues. Grandpa joined in the fun and I think he caught one or 2 as well.


This is the first one they got.
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This was another one, great fight! :clapping:
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I think they were throwing spoons and jigs, and Hari nailed a nice one on a tin squid. The murky water necessitated throwing metal that could be found by the big bluefish.

[DarkSkies]

It was a good experience to see these 3 generations of fishermen fishing together. :thumbsup:

Hari, Matthew, and Grandpa...


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[cowherder]

They all look very happy, looks like you had a great time!

[DarkSkies]

Some of the ones I have been getting sent via cell phone:


Here's a 21, somewhere around the last week of April, RB fat fish, clams

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[DarkSkies]

Somewhere around 32", 14#, this guy, a 6'2" gentle giant, has been fishin every night, doesn't always get big ones, but he's out there fishin hard just the same. :thumbsup: :HappyWave: bass on bunker.
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This is a boat fish from the RB area, 35, and 45". Boat fish or not, that's a slob! :clapping:

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[DarkSkies]

Cardoc and the 28" ? bass (not sure of the exact size, Cardoc correct me if I'm wrong)
he got the other day after I ran out and got them some fresh clams (RIP you shoulda stuck around, next time you'll get one) ;) :thumbsup: :HappyWave:


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[storminsteve]

This is a boat fish from the RB area, 35, and 45". Boat fish or not, that's a slob! :clapping:

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Holy crap that is a nice fish Dark! Looks thick!:wow:

[DarkSkies]

Boat fish, nice one, 30+

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[DarkSkies]

Angry bluefish :burn:

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"Where's that West Wind Wally! I want to chop that lame lizard in half, I'm hungry! "
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[DarkSkies]

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Cardoc with a nice bluefish
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Rip316 with a keeper bass
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[plugcrazy]

Congrat's guys nice fish.:clapping:

[DarkSkies]

I wanted to film this of G fighting some bluefish, but editing the area would have been too much trouble. So the pics are kind of like a series showing some of the great action in the daytime. Missed the shots of the tail walking, as this day they were sluggish and light hitting. They didn't start pulling drag until we brought them close. Still lots of fun... :fishing:


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Hit by a boat prop or chomped by another bluefish :scared:
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[DarkSkies]

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A friend got this one on a boat, there are still fish in RB.
Around 25.


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[DarkSkies]

5-16 rb bass

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[DarkSkies]

5-13-10 RB bass
I think this one was around 30.

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[madcaster]

This is what happens when you bring your light rod to a blue fish blitz ..you stand there hanging on for 5 min. I thought they would be cocktail blues ...turn out to be big gator 12lb +ones. I lost count of how many fish we brought in. My shoulder was wearing out so I took some video pic’s. The back ground has been modified not to burn the spot.

[madcaster]

the guy next to had a blue swallow the plug ...not the time to try to remove two treble hooks while the blue are going nuts. later he cut it out and gave the blue to some guy watching.
My buddy Gotfish pulled in some mosters has well :eek:
It was a good day catching :)

[DarkSkies]

Nice pics Madcaster, looks like you and Gotfish had a blast. I think people have romanticized what's it like to fight a big striped bass, as far as how they tell the story afterwards. For a big bass, it's (usually) 2 runs and they're done, unless you're fighting them in a current or are undergunned with your tackle.

I would rather hear a story about fighting monster bluefish. If you gave me a choice of 30# bass or targeting bluefish near the 15# class, I would take the bluefish every time. Big bluefish never seem to get tired of pulling drag, to me that's highly addictive. :dribble:

But hey, that's just me, we're all entitled to our preferences. :don't know why:

Thanks for sharing those great pics. :thumbsup:



I'm running behind on posting some of my pics, here's an angry bluefish..

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[lostatsea]

http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=11146&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1274480622 (http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=11146&d=1274480622)

Madcaster that is a great pic that you were able to shoot the bluefish out of the water like that and withoug blurring it. Do you use a high speed camera or a regular digital?

[rip316]

That pic is rediculous.

[madcaster]

I take video with a canon power shot camera. It came with software to view the video where I can go frame by frame and select a picture out of it. Here’s some pic’s of two blues fighting over a top water plug . After the last pic ,one of the blues came unbutton and my friend landed just one.

[madcaster]

more

[madcaster]

and that it..
They both go under for a while and only one came back up :eek:
We never knew there were two blues until I slow down the video.:rolleyes:

[speedy]

that is sick they are great pics madcaster

[bababooey]

I take video with a canon power shot camera. It came with software to view the video where I can go frame by frame and select a picture out of it. Here’s some pic’s of two blues fighting over a top water plug . After the last pic ,one of the blues came unbutton and my friend landed just one.

Amazing shots madcaster!

[DarkSkies]

Great shot by shot detail of the action, Madcaster. I like how you edited that and put in the explanations and diagrams. Thanks for the effort! :thumbsup: :HappyWave:

[DarkSkies]

The best place to be for first light. :thumbsup:


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Bucket Bob
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Walk the plank and what will you find??? ;)
Plank-fish! :laugh:
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Boat and sand fish

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[DarkSkies]

Drum trip, they got drum to 60#.

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Took the guy out on the rocks the other week.
A night of "artificial only" fishin. :fishing:
He did pretty good, for a bait guy. ;) :HappyWave:

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He also got his personal best bass, 36", a day or so later.
Fishin with Cardoc, he got the bass on a crowded beach, middle of the morning, when most other bait guys got blanked.

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WTG guys, and congrats on your PB. :clapping: :thumbsup:

[rip316]

Thanks for posting those pics Dark. Awesome. Call me so we can go again.

[speedy]

Took the guy out on the rocks the other week.
A night of "artificial only" fishin. :fishing:
He did pretty good, for a bait guy. ;) :HappyWave:

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He also got his personal best bass, 36", a day or so later.
Fishin with Cardoc, he got the bass on a crowded beach, middle of the morning, when most other bait guys got blanked.

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WTG guys, and congrats on your PB. :clapping: :thumbsup:

wtg rip nice fish :clapping::clapping::clapping::clapping::thumbsup: :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[rip316]

Thanks speedy.

[DarkSkies]

Some pics sent in to me.

This one was a RB bass around 25#, taken from shore on a livelined bunker, I think it was 6-7-10, around high tide as the bunker were thickest.


G, this is the fish that we went on that wild goose chase for the other night. ;)
My friend got 2, one was 25, other was around 30.


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[DarkSkies]

6-10-10 RB boat fish


Around 20#.

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[DarkSkies]

Never gets old. ;) :fishing:

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[storminsteve]

^^ Awesome shots, dark.

[DarkSkies]

Thanks Steve, I've got some more that people have been sending me, here ya's go.....

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Some more, G's fish

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Mid teens fish :thumbsup:
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Other pics people sent in.

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[Monty]

Wow, great pics Dark "The lure of the pounding surf".
Nice bass for G, on plugs!!!

[ledhead36]

Those are some nice fish you guys are getting from the surf. Fantastic jetty shots ds, you could make a nj postcard out of that.

[gjb1969]

thanks could have done better but it not cool to get mugged by two guys one on my right and one on my left both casting over me:(but i got fish they did not i would have helped them get fish but to just come up and cast over me and keep doing it not cool:moon::burn:

[storminsteve]

You were fishing with DS and you got mugged? For real? I heard he has no tolerance for muggers.:huh:

[gjb1969]

yup but i came out the winner i got fish they got none :laugh::HappyWave:

[DarkSkies]

When the season opened up to a higher limit there were a lot of nice fish caught on the rocks. Here's a keeper caught by a new friend I made from LI who retired to NJ. He outfished every other guy on the dock that day, WTG. :clapping:

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[cowherder]

That is definitely a nice keeper blackfish from a dock. When I have been down to the jetties they usually seem a lot smaller witha lot of bergalls mixed in.

[cardoc765]

Cardoc and the 28" ? bass (not sure of the exact size, Cardoc correct me if I'm wrong)
he got the other day after I ran out and got them some fresh clams (RIP you shoulda stuck around, next time you'll get one) ;) :thumbsup: :HappyWave:


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[VSdreams]

Can't wait to see some more fish pics. I should be out later in the week. Good luck guys!

[gjb1969]

well i got rid of the little fish and got my keeper nice clean fish now i hope the bigger fish stay for a while but i hope bunker show i need my yellow eyed deamons to show up

[gjb1969]

well i got rid of the little fish and got my keeper nice clean fish now i hope the bigger fish stay for a while but i hope bunker show i need my yellow eyed deamons to show up

[gjb1969]

well i got rid of the little fish and got my keeper nice clean fish now i hope the bigger fish stay for a while but i hope bunker show i need my yellow eyed deamons to show up

[gjb1969]

well i got rid of the little fish and got my keeper nice clean fish now i hope the bigger fish stay for a while but i hope bunker show i need my yellow eyed deamons to show up

[DarkSkies]

Way behind on posting some of the pics I have been sent for the spring. Here goes, the sizes and weights are estimates as reported by the people who sent them in. :HappyWave:

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42", about 23#, RB fish, clams at dusk, near top of the tide.

[DarkSkies]

Misty Morn, 4-16-11 70+ lb black drum

The guy was bass fishing at night, and caught this, what a surprise, nice fish. :clapping:

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I checked the rest of my cell phone pics, and for some reason can't open any other of the spring run pics that were sent to me, so that's it. Good to get these cleared up, will post some of the blitz pics in a few weeks when the bass are gone from NJ. :fishing:

[DarkSkies]

Last one for now.....

Brian is a friend and hardcore bait guy, fishes SI as soon as the season opens. He and Antero are out there fishin almost every night. They got some nice bass this year. I lost most of the pics they sent, but here is something memorable, one where his son Brandon out-caught Dad Brian that night.

Striped bass fishin from the surf is not an ideal fishery to introduce kids to, as the bass at night are sometimes few and far between. Brian is one of those unselfish guys who takes his son fishin with him every chance he gets.

Good times, good fishin, Dad and Son. :clapping::thumbsup: :fishing:

Here's one of Brandon the night he schooled his Dad. WTG both of ya's!
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[stripermania]

Awesome pics and stories darkskies thanks for posting. Here is a whale in ocean county that someone took a pic of . I saw it but didn't have a camera with me at the time. it was eating bunker.

[baitstealer]

Wow, way cool pic!

[SharkHart]

My friend was using a G LOOMIS SJR843 GL3 7'0" 3/16_3/4oz 8/1 on Bass to 28lbs

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll194/SharkHart/102_0137d.jpg

[xtreme_visions]

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[captnemo]

Jersey devil, I like that, nice shot extreme.

[xtreme_visions]

THANKS NEMO I TRY..HAVENT TAKEN A CAMERA OUT WITH ME YET..ALL CELL PHONE PICS SO I DO WHAT I CAN. I SPEND MOST OF MY FISHING TIME TAKING PICS AND SITTING AROUND WITH MY THUMB UP MY :moon:

[dogfish]

I SPEND MOST OF MY FISHING TIME TAKING PICS AND SITTING AROUND WITH MY THUMB UP MY :moon:

Are ya fishin bait with the same hand ya do that with, lad? Maybe the fish don't like that.:eek: ;)
Nice harbor pic, try fishing the first week AFTER the full moon and maybe your luck will change.

[basshunter]

^^ Chumming wih e-coli? MMMM!

[stripercrazy]

That's sick :upck:but strangely funny.
And you never know it just might work!

[bababooey]

Some of the best fishing in NJ is off the water discharge pipes of moco and occo. It's not exactly sewage, but some in the know have admitted that during extreme storms there is an overflow at some of the town treatment plants, and the excess gets washed in the ocean via those storm sewer pipes. Word from a few surf rat friends of mine is that during those times the fishing can be fantastic near those pipes. They call bass the saltwater carp, they eat junk and crap off the bottom, so why not actual crap,it probably has a strong scent in the water.:ROFLMAO

[xtreme_visions]

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GIRLFRIEND PULLED A BUNCH OF THESE IN @ THE MANASQUAN INLET THE OTHER DAY WHILE FISHING FOR FLUKE. THEY LOVE THAT PINK I GUESS :kooky: SHE WAS USING SPEARING AND GULP SANDWORMS ALSO. SOMETHING IS BETTER THEN NOTHING I GUESS.

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[storminsteve]

I like that bulkhead shot in the post above the sea robin. You ever fish off there at night?

[xtreme_visions]

Yeah the other day i fished off it at night..tons of spearing surrounded it and alot of fish jumping for them within 2/3ft of me. I kept casting away with diamond jigs and that spoon with no luck. Bunker to. Pissed me off!

[xtreme_visions]

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[DarkSkies]

Inlets are some of my favorite haunts, XTreme. The right time, right tide can be killer. Great pics. :HappyWave:



I'm a little behind on posting some pics.
This one was 40", caught in the back of RB when the bunker were around.


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[wish4fish]

hey dudes bunker r still around we got sum bass last nite but the funny thing was they didnt want bunker other guys waz fishing with bunker and not a touch we got all r fish on clams go figure, lol!
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[plugcrazy]

Nice pics fellas! Awesome sunset pic xtreme visions.

[xtreme_visions]

Thanks plug crazy..heres a pic from my last trip

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[skinner]

That is a spectacular sunset picture, extreme.

[plugaholic]

Those cow noses look freaky.

[DarkSkies]

Adam and Simp :HappyWave:teamed up for some teen fish in the last 2 days...a few pics......

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[DarkSkies]

Brian and his son got into some nice bass this year...

[cowherder]

^Looks like a happy Dad and Son!

[storminsteve]

Doesn't get any better than that, thanks for sharing,

[stripermania]

^Looks like a happy Dad and Son!

Father and son fishing, memories that last forever. cool.

[DarkSkies]

May bunker blitzes....

I had the date written down as 5-26-11
This is Shawn and some of the guys in his crew. JoesFishinProblem is on the far left, and I believe the guy on the right is the one who helped that lady release her 45lb bass at IBSP in Nov 2011.

Shawn got a 52 that day, reprinted with his permission....:HappyWave:


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[madcaster]

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Here are two blues (not the biggest ones)one on the belly hook and one on the tail hook . That day some gator blue were caught on the same plug . No issues
there not wire thought, but glued in. Never had any issues with one coming out

[DarkSkies]

^Fantastic pic Madcaster!







******
Some March fish pics that were sent in....

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[DarkSkies]

Some more....



High teen fish....

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[dogfish]

Nice fish there dudes.

[bababooey]

Hard to believe you clammers are getting fish that big this early. The one on top has to be closer to 20#, dark. Good job fellas.:clapping:

[rockhopper]

I can't wait till April 15. We get the rats first, how are you guys getting all those bigguns?

[gjb1969]

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[ledhead36]

I know those cranes some big fish are caught from those piers gjb. Also the pier to nowhere in the kill. I haven't fished there yet but when the bunker come in it will be game on. Nice pics.

[hookset]

Pier to nowhere like that name led. Yup we gotta hit that soon! Nice pics dark and gjb, nice bluefish as well madcaster.

[gjb1969]

there has bin some talk of bunker i just cant say its true not out there to see for my self but who knows when it happens it happens

[DarkSkies]

there has bin some talk of bunker i just cant say its true

Schools of hundreds and thousands....moving throughout most of the bays now G....:HappyWave:

[wish4fish]

they r here and last night they were so thick u cud get one on every cast. yeah boy!

[DarkSkies]

Some folks did well last night. and some even better than this....
Truthfully, it seemed to be slower than usual in a lot of popular places...Even the tide stage reported to me where the fish were the most active, was different than it had been....The shifting winds and weather pattern probably had something to do with that.....


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I also got feedback that there were a lot of skinny fish in the mix...which to me, could indicate a fresh pod of fish coming in...


Remember, folks, the fish you caught yesterday are not the same fish you see today. The Hudson warms and the schools of herring start their migration coinciding with bass migration. Bass will follow herring as they move around the bays and through the Arthur Kill and NY Bight into the Hudson..

The concentration of bass in their usual upriver Hudson haunts is not that great now, according to friends who have been fishing there....which means that those fishing the bay and ocean areas near the Hudson, now have a tremendous opportunity....

A few friends saw small herring in the mix last night, and have spotted them previously within the past 2 weeks...good news for folks who want to throw artificials....
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[stripermania]

Great pics fellas. I would have thought that bass in #227 was 20lbs too. No?

[DarkSkies]

^^ Bababooey and Stripermania, that could have been a 20...
but it wasn't officially weighed, and was reported to me via pic,,,I didn't see it in person....

When weighing or estimating fish, I'll tend to underestimate the weight on purpose as I'm not using a boga....
that way I don't have critics 2nd guessing me..I don't need the hassles....
So if I report I got an 18 or 19, or a high teen fish...it could have been 20, to me it's not a big deal, as most of mine go back anyway....









Y'all can be assured that when I get a 50....
that fish will be weighed and measured very carefully, before I call it a 50....;) :fishing:

[DarkSkies]

I can't wait till April 15. We get the rats first, how are you guys getting all those bigguns?

Rockhopper, here is the secret, but don't tell anyone...(shhhhhh!)
All the guys who have gotten fish 15# and above are going down to Finchaser's house before they fish at night....

They ask for his blessing,
he does the angry italian man dance :lynchmob: as he prays to King Calamari :kooky:


He then jumps up and down on one foot, says some curse words in Italian, and then spits on their bait. :upck:
Most of the guys, if they go fishing that night, will get a fish weighing 15# or better....

There's only one catch, Fin has been asking them to release the biggest ones....
and if they don't...
He put an old school curse out there that the ones who don't, get explosive, painful diarrhea for 48 hours....and after 48 hours they are back to normal.....
That will all be included in his Spring Seminar....no extra charge....:d




**PS - If ya really want to come and fish NJ, just PM and I'll try to help ya out...:HappyWave:

[basshunter]

he does the angry italian man dance :lynchmob: as he prays to King Calamari :kooky:


He then jumps up and down on one foot, says some curse words in Italian, and then spits on their bait. :upck:
Most of the guys, if they go fishing that night, will get a fish weighing 15# or better....




explosive diarahhea I like that! How does he get that to happen, make them drink Visine?
I hope finchaser is Italian and you are good kidding around like that otherwise you could anger some Italian folks here.

Real nice fish you all posted, keep them coming!
I was out last night and didn't get anything.

[finchaser]

I am a thoroughbred Italian,next he awakens to a swan head then he swims with the fishiezzzzzzs

[jigfreak]

^ It would be a big help to us if you put a plover head or two in there finchaser.

[bluesdude71]

bad day for luca brassi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ii4MKQFsks&feature=related

[finchaser]

^ It would be a big help to us if you put a plover head or two in there finchaser.

Done

[storminsteve]

Done

Said as quiclky as only the Godfather of Bass would.
Do you do special favors for people too?
""I'm a gonna helpa you today - and sometime in the future Ima gonna come to you, and you gonna remember this day - that I broughta you to the fish - and Ima gonna ask you for a favor, a small favor, thata you cannot refuse!" :ROFLMAO :cool:

[cowherder]

Ha ha funny stuff steve!

[DarkSkies]

Steve, great characterization....:clapping: :laugh: If we ever shot a movie with fishing characters, I would ask you to write some of the dialogue...I can't say too much else about it, as he has Vito and Pasquale on-call 24/7, and they know where I live....:eek: :laugh:

[finchaser]

Steve, great characterization....:clapping: :laugh: If we ever shot a movie with fishing characters, I would ask you to write some of the dialogue...I can't say too much else about it, as he has Vito and Pasquale on-call 24/7, and they know where I live....:eek: :laugh:

Let's not forget Nunzio:beatin:

[albiealert]

^^ Nunzio, vito, pasquale, finchaser, dark, storminsteve and crew - You guys are slightly nuts. Are you kidding? I would definitely watch a show about crazy fishermen. I bet it would be off the charts. Haven't had a chance to meet some of you folks yet but if there was a show I bet it would be popping with energy and zany antics. Question, does finchaser have a booming voice when he yells or is he more like the soft threatening voice of Marlon Brando?