1 small bass very early Sat. The ocean was dead calm. I have not seen it that flat in years.
1 small bass very early Sat. The ocean was dead calm. I have not seen it that flat in years.
started off in the park. fished a few different spots. nada. went to lbi to fish the rocks and at least I got into a hick shad blitz. jeesh I forget what its **** to catch a bass.
We were fishing at 6am off seaside throwing green tail AVA into swirling fish and diving birds by 7:30 the schools were pushed off shore and sounded do to the weekend warriors driving into center of schools. the Miss Barnegat light and Doris Mae 5 didn't arrive till 8:30 by then it was over we went on troll and continued to catch blues. It was just starting up again when wind went south the final kiss of death, To put that catch together we left the dock at 5:15 AM and got back to the slip at 6:30 PM it was only silly fishing for 1 1/2 hours out of 12, we fish hard or not at all. We were in our club tournament (MRMTC) today we didn't fish do to gale force winds
Old-school discipline and determination by the old salts. :thumbsup:
I remember the years fishing on boats. Many good memories, but there was always the yahoo that would come into the middle of the action and put the fish down. I lost count of all the times I tried to explain things diplomatically to the Capts who did .......that they were ruining it for us all. It sometimes resulted in "Hey I'm sorry guys, I'm new at this" ...
But more often than not, with the selfish offender telling us to eff ourselves, and then me getting into a shouting match with the other party....this taught me from early on, that's best to avoid the crowds....not worth the aggravation.....
Sometimes ya can't fix stupid. Some of those who are not self-aware, are perfectly happy living in that world....:learn:
Nice report, Fin, glad to see ya got fish. :HappyWave:
I fished 2 1/2 hours last night, good tide, plenty of bait around, clear clean ocean water. What more could you ask for? A fish or 2 might have been nice.:)..there was nothing at the stops I made.
Agreed - when it has been that calm at night and the sandeels are here I can catch them with small plugs and magdarters. Its so lame I haven't had a fish on a magdarter in almost 1 1/2 months. At least you got something for your troubles.
finchaser awesome report way to catch em up! Did you place in the tourney?
I fished moco this afternoon from 2-4:45. Pretty dead no signs of life. There are a bunch of sandeels around saw birds picking at them about 100' out. Not a fish was swirling.
Fished 6 times in the last 5 days. nights, mornings, middle of day at high tide, middle of night at high tide. Nothing until I was out this afternoon and picked up a few fish in moco. Bass surfaced and began feeding on sandeels for about 1/2 hour around 2:30pm. 2 bass to 14 pounds released. Ava with red tail. After that it went back to the dead ocean again.
Fished yesterday afternoon 330-530pm..It was more of a scouting trip then anything else walked a few spots and found some good holes that should produce in the dark on the right tide..I got skunked but lets hope some of those spots pay off!... There were fish caught just not were i was
^^^^At least you tried blazin. I was out this morning and scouting after my skunk in somoco. No fish for me but they are dredging and there are a lot of sand bars and cuts down there. Also checked them out so I can come back at high tide and hope to find some fish then. The ocean is flat like a lake today. nice going on the catches buckethead and finchaser.
Ocean county from 4-7am outgoing tide. There was bait over the bar sandeel city but no fish near it. Skunk
I was out there this morning again, and again flat seas, but a beautiful day. Just fished a few hours, nothing to report except one guy lifted a nice fish a couple of hundred yards from where I was. Him and a few other guys were casting to some birds working, but it was short lived. That was the only fish I saw caught from where I was. Lucky him whoever he was.
Mike O
I saw the same thing in south seaside mike. Flat sea birds off in the distance. Fished from 3pm till now not a tap peck or bump. Is the fat lady warming up? . It looked like an ice skating rink today. That should make it a lot easier to see fish out there. Well I saw nothing. Even the birds looked confused.
What about those fish in Rhode Island that a lot of the internet guys were promising would be here?
It's funny when I read through reports on another big site I see posts like:
"This is the best fall ever" from guys who fish the same areas.
I've been putting in a lot of hours and my catch per hour really SUCKS this fall. I get little spurts of action here and there.
I just don't get it...I must be getting worse at this bass fishing thing the more I do it :huh:
At least I haven't resorted to black fishing just yet...
Late report from Sat, I was out for 11 hours without a hit, not sure what kept me out. forget everything I said before, PANIC!
Stopped in OC and moco yesterday, just to get some salt air. Went to my favorite places, saw a few guys out but no one was catching.
Fished up at the hook tonight. The ranger came and kicked everyone out. They are dredging the channel. Indefinite closure. I posted a pic. This sucks!
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...4318#post74318
Oh, and I got the skunk.
^^^^Always good to have a backup plan. Haven't fished there in years since the storms messed up some of the good holes. Where will the report chasers fish now?
Fished monmouth county by a beach club. 3 hours at it and no soup for me! tossed the SP and the vision eel.
Went to bed last night at 8pm so I could get up and fish the night tides. Felt like I was 8 years old again....:rolleyes:
Made it down to the water. Conditions were fantastic, fishing was terrible....
After 4 hours and 5 separate stops, finally managed a solid 15# bass on small swimmer, released.
Once the wind shifted N/Nw after the tide change, it all went downhill and I quit beifore sunrrise. There were no other hits or misses...lots of dead water.
Still, it was a great November night (50 degrees, not windy, beautiful water, light precip) to be out there....:fishing:
^^At least ya found something DarkSkies!
Fished today and what can i say buthttp://www.stripersurf.com/images/smilies/nixweiss.gifhttp://www.stripersurf.com/images/smilies/nixweiss.gifhttp://www.stripersurf.com/images/smilies/nixweiss.gif ...I fished 7hrs(430am-1230pm),5 towns,4different jettys and a crap load of beach with some good structure and couldnt stir up a single BITE!! Nothing!! Conditions were fine in the dark till about 6am then mother nature turned on the ***** switch!Temp dropped close to 15deg from 50 down to mid/upper 30's and the wind went from 10-15 W to 20-30NNW!! Snow was covering my sweatshirt and its was down right COLD!! Water was clean and looked great with a little chop and some white water around the rocks.Had some birds by me for a few saw a splash or 2,got my blood flowing but nothing was therehttp://www.stripersurf.com/images/smilies/no.gif...I just dont no..For Nov 12th,the conditions i had and the amount of bait that has been around you would have thought this to be a banner fall fishing day! I dont think its over,i feel we still have time left until then.. but its frustrating to say the least..Now they close down a good spot in SH(even if it was a mob scene)Man guys are gonna start jumping off the Highlands Bridge pretty soonhttp://www.stripersurf.com/forums/im...milies/eek.gifhttp://www.stripersurf.com/forums/im...es/biggrin.gif...What can ya do but keep plugging away..Im a glass half full kinda guy so im not going down that easy!! Lets see what the rest of the week brings
Thanks for the positivity blazin....it's needed to balance out my doom and gloom....every day Pebbles says I remind her more and more of the grouchy basstid finchaser....:argue:......
Maybe I lost sight of something in that post...have been trying to keep the length of my posts down.....but I should have also mentioned how much fun it was to hook into that fish....it took her a second to realize she was hooked...she barely hit the plug...but then she ran a bit....peeled some drag......and it was the adrenalin rush I needed to put me out there for some more trips....:bigeyes:...so thanks for the positivity and uplifting reports Blazin, from you and others. :thumbsup:
I have been so focused on how good fishing used to be, lately, and dealing with the Comm guys who say the bass are healthier than ever that I may have lost sight of some of the joy I used to have........may we never lose sight, of how much fun fishing actually can be.....:thumbsup:
Have also been hearing a lot of negativity from some of the better fishermen out there......
I ask some of our members to help me post some pics for SharkHart...as he advised me today he's retiring from fishing....
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...to-Panic/page2
**Let's try our best to cheer this mook up.......and get him back in the game again.....:HappyWave:
Wow dude that is dedication! 30mph must have been cold! At least you were out there trying. I can't fish much till the weekends but wll try to get out before that and post a report. Like ds said many times you can't catch them from a couch and dark wtg on the 15lber!
3 nights ago we got a few 10-12 pound bass in the raritan bay. on clams. Tonight it was frigid no action at all. This deep freeze is going to push out every bass from every bay except for the hudson river. Look for some good striper action on the ocean side in the next few days because they will be frozen into ice if they stay. Readings tonight went down to 36 degrees.
No prob DS i try to stay as positive as possible with most things in my life!! Its better than being a "debbie downer"all the time LOL!! I will say i got a call last night that put a little damper on my positivity..I should have zigged instead of zagged yesterday..Thats all i say:o...But still thats life and that definitely surfcasting for ya! Ill be out there regarless of weather,reports,skunks,zombie apocalypse ect:dIt dosent matter..Like DS said all it takes is 1 night with 1 fish to get you back on the lighter side of things!! Get out there guys,dont wait for some report to get you going! Make it yourself its alot more fun!! And if a skunk gets in your way get that stink off ya and do it again!! Its fishing guys it "suppose" to be fun hahaha;)... Thats my uplifting comment for the day:HappyWave:
Fished all day today. Long day. 7 bass to 19lbs, all keepers. Smallest was 11lbs. Nice fat fish. all released. Got on various - bucktails in the dark, pencil poppers in the morning, when there was a lot of peanut bunker. Picked away the rest of the day until an hour before dark when there was a short bite as well. Fish later on were on diamond jigs with red tail. The wind was brutal and not kind. Eventually wasn't so bad. Lot easier to deal with when you are catching. Lots of fishermen on the beaches today.
Nice going bucket! Saw Capt Rons latest video might be taking a boat trip this weekend.
:clapping:bucket great job way to tough it out! The wind was howling all day you must feel like an icicle!
I caught fish today far away from others...they were on spearing again.
I heard the crowds are getting bad out there :eek:
WTG Buckethead!! Thats a good day right there! Your right about catching in the cold..When your catching it aint so cold..But get skunked on a cold day and you think you standing in a freezer with no clothes on haha..
Also nice job J on avoiding the crowd and still catching fish well done bud!! Planning on getting out tm night i really hope that skunk doesnt folow me for a 4 time...
fished outgoing at SH...only time I had ......skunked ....but a guy in a boat drifting right in front of me kept hooking up on shorts ....I had one 4oz ava with green tail which I could get out far enough ...some times I had to wait for the boat to go by before I could cast ... after a few cast I snapped it off ...hence screen name madcaster .....threw a bunch of stuff ....only one in my area ....
^^^^ Was fishing nomoco this morning. One 32" bass at sunrise on diamond jig released. madcaster you said you were throwing a 4oz ava. I use them most often when the seas or winds are rough with big swells. I was using an A17 today. It was windy this morning-- not that bad. Did you ever try a deadly ****? They cast a lot better into the wind and you can downsize on the weight. Also easier to bounce on the retrieve. Give that a try next time and hope you have better luck out there. nice going buckethead.
great to hear that someone is catching. I have been catching lots of skunks!:skunk: cape may to lbi. Fished lbi this morning and it was perfect fall weather. no one told the fish. oh well. congratulations guys!
Fished some sand beaches in ocean county. walked maybe 1 mile total 5-7am today. 2 sundials and a skate on my t-hex and teaser combo.
Nice reports gents I'm psyched to know the stripers are around! Hope to have a report soon.
Just got done at island beach. A few bass are around. Lots of sandeels. Picked up one bass for dinner on a white metal lip swimmer. 32" and fat.
^^^^ Good to hear I was thinking Island Beach was dead. Keep hope alive and congrats on your fish.
Thanks fellas I was out there this afternoon and got 2 to 11lbs on a diamond jig. released They were pretty picky. Heard of a better bite in the morning. If you want a shot at nice fish its better to chase these fish and fish all day. I couldn't do that today had to work. Add that to being tired from the sandblasting NW winds yesterday and it was tough. The rewards were nice and made it more bearable.
You are giving me hope for the weekend only one more day! good job on the bass.