Spot on capt. Fished out east this
morning from 3 till 7 a.m. A few stripers to 36", and some good blue's for about a half hour in the.he morning. All on needlefish. Fish on!
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Spot on capt. Fished out east this
morning from 3 till 7 a.m. A few stripers to 36", and some good blue's for about a half hour in the.he morning. All on needlefish. Fish on!
Cool thanks. might head out there this afternoon.
Headed out east again, fished this morning 2:30-8:30.
Fished ocean side, nice light surf but loads of weeds/dung almost everywhere.
Cleaned line and plug off almost every cast, got somewhat better near end of trip.
Around 6:30 on the back side of a wave I caught a ~32 inch bass on a Super Strike yellow popper.
That was it, saw no bait.
Talked with a couple guys who fished the complete night with rigged eels, they had caught a few blues.
Fun trip, foggy, covered ~1 1/2 miles of rough terrain...., great to see stripes for a change, looking forward to next trip.
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Nice catch on the striper. Rigged eels 4 blue fish? Ouch!
Thanks, bass are around out there, but not easy finding them.
This morning I hit the water 2:15 and finished up around 8:45.
There was mung amongst us, had to get out 10-30 feet to be relatively free from it.
~2:45 I hooked into a solid fish on a darter, made 3 slow runs then shook the hook.
Missed a few hits ~5:00 caught a gator around 37 inches, awesome fight, it got into some current....awesome fun.
Then I lost 4 fish in a row. Ended up with 5 blues, others around 30 inches +/-. Lost or missed 2x that.
Lots of what looked like small spearing hugging the shore line. Blues came through quickly 1x slamming something, ended up catch one on a long cast with a Sper Strike Popper during that.
Looking for Bass, but this trip was great fun with the blues, they were on roids. Had to work hard for them and it was a great time out there fishing.
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Nice work. I fished out east Friday night. a few Bass to mid teens on needles and darters. also got into some big blues as well. If you wade out a bit on the rocks you can avoid some of the weed.
Last Tuesday,AM again out there and 2 large blues around 7:00 AM on SS Popper.
Wasn't feeling great and only fished a few hours
This morning 2:00 to 9:00 South Side this time,missed a fish on a Hogy around 3:30, then a 30 inch bass on a bottle darter and a 25 inch bass on a SS popper, also lost a fish. Good to see stripes for a change, fun and a heck of a workout on the rocks.
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Nice report thanks for sharing.
haven't been fishing a lot lately because of so many weeds. Will be out again after the next new moon.
Good going. Fish are there in spurts, have to work for them. Way to put the time in. Fished out east yesterday afternoon Into the night. started off with a few teen blues on poppers. As you said they were far out. After dark some white bait came in close. Picked up a few stripes to mid-teens on darters. long night but worth it. Good luck gents.
wtg fellas tx for the heads up.
Made the drive out east this morning, fished sunrise till 8 a.m., picked up a few monster gators on poppers. Saw no stripers caught, but did talk to a guy who has been doing well on eels. surprisingly light crowds for a Saturday.
Nice reports guys.
Headed way out again this AM, fished 2:15 - 9:00.
Nice night, calm surf. Mung up the wazoo.
Picked up 5 shorts between 20 and 26 inches, Hogy, darter and 3 on the Blitzseeker.
Missed a few hits, fun trip. Found some bunker that was washed up, missed that by a few hours I guess.
Did not see any blues for the second straight trip.
Good time as always, my balance on those rocks is laughable.
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Dude I think I see your problem, you're fishing the boulder fields and not the ocean LOL! You gotta get way out further to get some decent stripers. Blue fish are there but they are also at the end of the cast. Tackle shops had some nice weigh ins this past week. Get yourself a wetsuit. good luck!
You should try a bucktail :headbang:
Fished out east late last night. I wanted to time it with the high tide but damn the tide was so late I am dragging at work today. 5 Bass to 38 inches, most were small but one nice one. All released. 38 incher hit a yellow darter.
To the east before the holiday. been very busy with work and wanted to get some fishing time in so I went Wednesday night. the rain was tough and I had to sit in for a while until it stopped. Blue fish in the five to eight pound class, scattered on poppers. Then I picked up a few runt stripers in the first half hour before sunrise on needle fish.
Good luck this weekend folks it's going to be crowded.
congrats on the catching gents. Friends of mine were there this weekend. Seems like action has heated up a little bit. Boats are doing well with scattered fish along the shoreline.
Fished out east this am. Got some blues to 10# on poppers around sunrise. About a half-hour after the sun came up, Albi's came through and I managed two on small tins after clipping off my leader and direct tying. what I caught was only a small part of the scene.
There were false albacore busting all over. I think it's going to be a great year for them.
Decided to try East again. Last night found some runts on the rocks .
LOTS of guys out very few striped ones. Where are the fall run fish?
Persistence pays off but every year it is going to be worse the decline in bass is at a devastating level and the only thing you can expect is runts that size class will be the future if any of the bass.Enjoy whatever may be left and pray for some blues to lessen the pain.History has repeated itself.
^^^^I agree. Fished W of mecca this morning. 2 hours pre dawn and 2 after. Two schoolies on the SS and a few blues to 9#.
Mostly blue fish, but got a few stripers this weekend out East.
Better fishing out East. Spent the whole day yesterday. Started 3am. Got a mess o bass to 17lbs. Most were between 22-27". Buck and pork. Some monster blues as well. Great white water.
Have been out that way twice in the last week. Things definitely getting better.
Tried a little closer to me on the SS last night. Picked up a handful of shortys, all on bucktail.
Fished closer to home last night, SS beach. Picked up some runts and two that weighed 16 and 14 pounds on the boga. Still swimming. On darters.
Nice going! I was out there on the ss as well. Picked up a couple of small stripers, bucktail and pork. It can only get better from here on in
Good job!
Fished CSS this morning 2:00 to 9:00.
Around 2:45 a short bass on Coltsniper Jerkbait.
Then had a bunch of hits, solid ones, spaced out on the trip on the same plug, bucktails and Mega darter.
My reflexes were like a rock!!! Frustrating trip.
Nice water, had been doing much better in the area the last month (actually hooking up).
hey you got to be in it to win it, right?
Out on the SS last night. Finally picked up a few runts on a shad. About a half hour after dark I decided to throw a big danny. I wasn't paying much attention and thinking about dinner when I got whacked so hard my pole bent in half. fish on for maybe a minute, few drag screaming runs and then pop she broke my leader. I checked the line and it must have been frayed from when I was dragging the shads across the sand on the bottom. Definitely my PB striper for this year or any other I'll never know how big that fish was.
Same place last night, got blanked. It's like feast or famine out there.
Crazy trip. Fished this morning from 12:00-8:00, think I was in the twilight zone.
I have missed a lot of hits the last few trips and started off with missed hits on Plastic Swimmer, then bucktail and then SS Bottle (so normal trip so far).
Then make a cast and bottle goes off into the Atlantic with ~40 yards of line.
Check tip, OK, chalk it up to line compromised.
Few casts and hit on SS Black/Purple darter. I set the hook, rod bends big time and off goes the fish, darter and ~40 yards of line.
Look at all the guides, find one with 1/4 of the ferrule gone, sharp edges.
Break off the rest of it with pliers and ready to go.
Catch a bass on blurple Loki Skinny Minnie around 28 inches.
Few casts later hook into another fish on the Loki, seems bigger, drag pulled and after short fight, its gone.
Couple casts later miss a hit on Loki.
I look at plug and the hook is gone. So lost fish took hook.
Pretty much it, missed a few hits after that (need to sharpen my bucktails, don't seem to be sticking). Place got crowded and I moved to other water just before sun up.
Never lost a fish either of those ways before.
Weird trip, would have liked to have landed those other two fish.
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Whoa! If it wasn't for bad luck you wouldn't have any luck at all. sorry to hear that dude. That really sucks
Sorry for the delayed report. Had a pretty good night Saturday on the SS. From 12 till 5. Good pick of fishto high teens all night on big wood and SS bottles. The crowds were terrible. Bad behavior all around. one of the reasons why I'm usually not out fishing on the weekends.
Sorry to hear about your experience Monty. I am in the water a lot and my hooks and gear usually gets wet. Sometimes I change my hooks twice a season. Fwiw
Not a big deal, I change them out frequently too, plus rinse after almost each trip, think my bucktails are the ones that really need sharpening.
Fished this morning a new area for me ocean side 1:00-9:30.
Covered a lot of area, at the end of my walk just before sun up I was getting "bumps" and it was bunker.
Sun came up and bunker was out the wazoo, no swirls. One guy was fishing within site and he caught one ~40 inch bass on snag and drop over 2 hours. To much bunker, I had to move was hooking them on everything I threw. Moved out of the bunker and picked up one almost legal bass on a SS popper.
Lots of exercise, great being out on a chilly night.
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