This morning 6 to 8AM released 5 bass to 28" all on rubbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbba
Dark must be tired after his 60 hour marathon he didn't even tell how he tracked me down and mugged me yesterday
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This morning 6 to 8AM released 5 bass to 28" all on rubbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbba
Dark must be tired after his 60 hour marathon he didn't even tell how he tracked me down and mugged me yesterday
Awesome reports guys! I fished moco yesterday. the surf was big but I used clams and 8 oz. Got 4 bass to 21". With the 8oz weight if felt funny reeling in these little fish. Will have to try to get them with the rubber shads you guys are talking about next time.
:clapping:Nice going finchaser and jigfreak! Anything keeper size seems hard to catch with all the schoolies around. dark great marathon narrative as usual.
At least you tried.:HappyWave:
come on guy's at least question how it smelt after 60 hours:upck::HappyWave:
The old Grouchy basstid doesn't know what's he's talking about..:moon: :kiss:...I took care of it all at a the bathroom of a restaurant buffet...full healthy meal and hobo shower for $16.....
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Fished last night, 8-10pm, pocket of deeper water in moco, 1 bass 30" on bucktail and grub.
Way to punch it through buckethead! I heard the surf was big and nasty. Kudos to you for making it out there.
Finchaser, yes please describe the smell of the dark one. lol Dark, hope you are not offended by this but it was too funny not to ask about it. :upck:
A cross between a restaurant dumpster and a headboat bilge ^^^
Well the south wind:2flip: with it's swell brought the cold dirty and my 2 friends and I finally took the:skunk:after a week of good fishing.
A buddy of mine had good action this morning in MoCo. The NW wind kicked in and fish bit well, he said.
Hey finchaser you can't win them all. You seem to have a line on the bigger fish. Those 9 and 11 lb bass you were catching were giant fish compared to the fish I have seen caught in the last 2 weeks. I fished twice over the weekend in monmouth county, got 15 bass the first time, 9 bass the 2nd time, all on clams. None of them were over 21". So even though you didn't catch fish today you would be the leader if there was a contest. Nice going and enjoy the reports.
^^ What storminsteve said.
finchaser, you, sharkhart, jigfreak, dark, hookset, buckethead, storminsteve and a few others here seem to be able to catch nice fish consistently out there. You guys are an inspiration every time I read your reports whether you get the big skunk or not. No one catches them every time out or they are lying. Thanks for sharing the reports guys. I am really enjoying them when I can't fish. And buckethead thanks for the cool stomach content pic.
Was reporting the skunk to let you know I'm human too and don't always get them as i usually report just catches as i fish once or twice a day(before and after work sometimes durning lunch). I wasn't complaining ,Dark always makes it sound like i always get them. Gotta go to bed now 4:30 comes fast thank god I only have to travel 10 minutes to this weeks spot.
this morning 5 to7 AM released 5 smallllllllll bass all on plugs
I think what I try to convey to the readers here is when they see you managed double digits...that the way you fish, you're usually high hook, even among the other old farts......:moon:....so they shouldn't expect to catch the same numbers you do.....:HappyWave:
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Tue Report...
Weather forecast said cold and N winds....I got out there and it was relatively warm, 42, with no wind at all....
How could someone with surfcasting in their blood pass up a night like that?
High expectations.....managed 3 small bass on the Tsunami TS long Stick rattling swimmer in the first half hour.
That was at the bottom of the tide......unfortunately that was it....spent the next 3 1/2 hours casting working all levels of the water column....not another tap for me......
Probably should have realized that the water would be colder on the flood tide....with the temps down to 44 in some places these fish are close to the point where they could turn off for the night artificial bite......
**Clams and daytime fishing are your best bet if you want to catch numbers of bass now...
For some reason I keep resisting that routine.....would rather hunt for the few fish at night.....maybe I'll pick up a nicer one one night like a prize in a Cracker Jack Box....:kooky:
Maybe....being the eternal googan I am....I won't.....:laugh:
But I will keep trying.....:fishing:
Its encouraging to me to see anyone catching bass even if they are small. I have fished in Cape May county for a week now and nothing. Thought for sure I would get at least one of the bigger bay bass. I think the run is almost over.
Window in the night.....Wed PM....
The North winds in the day made it tough for some folks to get fish....some did....someone we know texted me and said they quit after 25 because they were tired of catching so many little fish and it got boring for them....I agree, unless you're fishing very light tackle for these fish it doesn't seem much of a challenge. Some of them are 10-12".
I have tried to target some a bit larger at night.....My last trip I got 3, but they were so small I felt bad catching them...
I haven't always been successful....the night bite is very elusive....many nights it's not there at all.....hours and hours of casting for no results.....
Very few larger fish around....
As Fin and others have explained it appears we are nearing the end of this Season.
There really isn't much food in the surf zone to hold these fish....most of my recent fish have been skinny, even the larger ones...the action could end any day, and next week's storm may very well be the end...
There are limited "needle in a haystack fish".......so that's why we're out there hoping for a mid teen fish or something close to it....freezing in the cold winds. and trying to pick nights when there is a better window.
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...fishing+window
Last night was a pretty good window....the wind had died down to almost nothing....0-3mph.....W/NW...Because the area I fished the other night had smaller fish I changed my planned route.
Managed 6 fish at the bottom of the tide, still small, but relatively close to the 25" range....
Fish hit very sluggishly for me on swimmers. If you missed one it would not come back again.
My best producer was the Tsunami swimmer....Rubber and bucktails got nothing at all.
Had 1 1/2 hours of action where I got a fish or missed one every 10 casts or so....pretty damn good compared to the time and effort I have been putting in at night lately. :cool:
Once the tide turned, within 10 minutes the wind did as well. :( could not wade out anymore and reach the fish as the wind quickly ramped up to a steady 15, N/NE, with gusts to 20.....Air temps 33 degrees...water 48 degrees.
Got out of the water and went to another location with the wind behind me......fished that for an hour with no results,,,,packed it in early.....:fishing:
Nice going good to see the plug bite still is strong. Fished nomoco 3:30-6pm. Picked up 5 bass to 27". Mag darter and vision eel got the job done. Water is cleaning up. Best of the day was around sunset.