Nice going! thanks for the heads up about bunker.
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Nice going! thanks for the heads up about bunker.
Gave it a try mon evening in the back from 6-7. Missed one hit, otherwise nada. Very windy!
Fished a bay area last night. Water was ice cold, zilch for me.
rb waaaay in the back. Pretty nice night out, casted some plugs and rubber. Managed one short a 26 incher, and missed a few, on a yellow sp. Water seemed a bit dirty. The guy next to me said it was a lot dirtier yesterday.
Solid week of fishing in the bay. Mostly around high tide. We caught some nice stripers to 31pounds when the bunker came in. Released most of the big girls, kept a few smaller ones for the table. Bunker heads, gotta be fresh and bloody.
^^^ Nice going you are on a winning streak!
Why do you guys in the raritan always get those monsters before anyone else?:burn:
https://www.app.com/story/sports/out...rts/510123002/
Great job, love the good reports mixed in withe the skunks. I tryed somoco on monday. Water was ok, saw some birds picking. Maybe they were eating those small sand crabs. Used storm shads, bucktail, and a few lures including a sp. One hit that didn't come tight. Thanks for the reports guys the hits and misses give me hope.
Seems like I lost out on the great fishing. fb has exploded with pics of big stripers. Guessing that i should have been there yesterday lol.
I did fish yesterday, and the skunk followed me home!
I fished yesterday, the skunk stuck to me as well. Wind was killer. :fishing:
A crapload of small fat schoolies right before sunset. OC, island beach area. They hit small yellow mambo minnow and teaser. Appeared to be rainfish in the surf also. Dolphins out beyond
fnm I saw the same thing for me the last 2 mornings. Have not been doing that well and all of a sudden the small fish started showing up. Sunrise, sunset, and change of tides have been good for me. Getting them on a 1/2 oz lead head with white curly grub tail. An early season favorite.
It seems like things are finally getting a little better. I got some last night. All little guys, still fun to catch. Blurple SP was the ticked for me in mon co. I found a very slow retrieve was the key to success for me.
^^ Similar experience. A few to 10#. Excruciatingly slow retrieve. MC in the back.
u guys cud use bunker too they are really hot for the bunker rite now. we bin doin good, bunker heads.
You are keeping me inspired fellas. Fished this morning so moco. Flat beach, not much life. One 16 incher on white shad. Nice morning.
Back bay lbi area last night. lots of bait, spearing everywhere. Only 1 under limit striper for me on a yellow bomber. The bait amounts were awesome. May try again tonight or early this week.
Nice! Fishing the big D. Stopped this week because of the rains and high water. The striped bass bite has to turn back on though. Lots of shad being caught.
Got into a couple shorts last night in the front. Close to ibsp. Fished 2 hours before sunset. Downsized it bc of the small bait and fish. I was fishing a 7' rod, light to medium action. Tossing 1oz ava jigs with red tube teaser. Quite a few landed, quick release. One double header as well. The small schoolies are there fellas and moving in and out of the surf.
Same for me yesterday. I decided to try the afternoons for awhile. Was on the water from 6-7:30pm. About an hour before sun went down there was a fairly good flurry of activity. All smaller fish. Mine usually hit a white curly tail grub on a 1/2 oz jig. Yesterday I was throwing 1 oz because of the wind.
Apparently lightning rarely strikes twice for my walks on the beach. Went out yesterday afternoon from 7-8pm after the rain. Only one hit and short landed. May try again today.
FW report, been fishing the delaware for shad above the CBB from shore. Using shad darts. Its been hit and miss. The last few times I did ok. Got a bunch earlier today even thought the water was a little dirty. The boat guys are slaying them, lined up across the river for the weekend shad tourney. If you want to catch shad now is the time. Also a few short stripers, not many though. All about the shad for the next few weeks. Good luck guys.
Heads up a lot of larger stripers have left the bay and swimming up the hudson already. Hope you don't mind a boat report. Was out twice in the last 2 weeks on a friend's boat. Mine not in the water yet. We found a lot of life under the bunker schools early in the morning. Often the good action was done by 7am when other boats started showing up. Fish to 27lbs, on shads and swimming plugs. Kept a few, loaded with sea lice. The trollers are still getting them. That's a tactic used when the fish are not that concentrated. Good luck out there guys.
I drove to the ocean this morning to see how bad things were with this weather system. The winds are at least 20mph out of the SE, pretty strong. The water didn't look that bad. Give it a tide or 2 and it should be very fishable.
Sorry for the late reports. Been trekking to moco out back. The popular spots that everyone is hooting about. Newsflash you cant just go there and catch fish the tides and winds are important too. Got a few to 22lbs, released 95% of them. 2 weeks ago it was great. Last week it has been tough, more spotty, caught a few skunks as well. Most on big swimmers, metal lips and darters.
Nice!
Fished 4 hrs last nite incoming tide. Fresh bunker. Only one keeper bass 29 incher. Good/ bad news is blues are here. Got some 28 - 34 inchers on our bait rigs.
alright great to hear it!!!!!!!:fishing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-hFbBhJyX8
Fished moco last night, seemed a little slow to me. 7 to 9. outgoing tide, waded out, the whole shebang, only one short on a bone SP. A few other bumps. Not much going on where I was, the other guys the same. Too lazy to move around. Will try more places next time. So glad to hear about the blues, thanks for the intel. Good times ahead.
Went against my better judgement and decided to fish the sunrise at the beach today. Not the best choice. no one home. May try this or tomorrow at end of day when I have been doing better. Noticed some little bait around past the breakers, possibly rainfish.
Good looking out for the rainfish bh. Starting to see birds in the channels in the bay diving on small bait. I know it's small because you can't see what it is when they come out of the water. Definitely not herring or anything bigger. Think bucket was right, Prob rainfish.
Sat night not so great for us. Sun night much better, the blues disappeared for a night and it was pure stripers. Got them on bunker heads and also chunks. Stripers to 19lbs. All fresh with sea lice. Only kept limit released the rest.
Wow 19 pounds nice! Great dedication!
I fished 2 times this weekend in the back of mon county. Got short stripers each time. The first time it was windy and only got one 19 incher before I gave in to the wind. The 2nd time on sunday night it was a little better. Got 3, longest was 26 inches. Like you guys said I saw sea lice on them. Missed a couple of hits too. Thank you for the tips and info.
Mixed results this weekend as well. Sat in the rain started out good, casting big wood. One nice striper 40". releasedThen it died. Went back Sunday and did better, lots of smaller fish but nothing as big as saturday. Big wood and gliders.