Nice going jig freak. You definitely put in your time that's for sure.
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Nice going jig freak. You definitely put in your time that's for sure.
Perfect water yesterday in the p.m., Maybe it was a little too flat in moco. Small plugs, and bucktails. Only managed a few hickory shad on the small plug and dropped what might have been a striper on the buck tail. That was it. Lots of bait around, hoping 4 some white water soon.
Thanks, there is a lot of hard work and gas money burned behind those fish. and a lot of times I get blanked, just can't find any real numbers no matter how hard I try.
A bunch of places last night. It was tough. Lots of bait around but not too many fish. Finally managed two shorts on rubber in the back.
Awesome jig you really have been doing pretty well. And no sense of self-righteousness like some of the other internet tools reports I read elsewhere. You are the master of rubber, thanks for sharing unselfishly.
Finally lucked into some fish. 6 to 10 p.m. yesterday. moco. Landed a baker's dozen of bass. One keeper 35 inches, released. Rest were all small babies 14 to 20 inches. missed a few others as well. Fun night out there to make up for the skunks I've been getting lately.
Wanted to pass the information along to you guys on this fall striper run in full effect. I got a bunch of new business companies with hardly any time to fish. Buds of mine are crushing them every day that they can get out. Mojos are good bunker spoons also, picking up some nice 30 pounders. Lots of fish from 2-3 miles. Be careful if you guys go out Coasties are patrolling. there are also a bunch of fish about 10 miles out too. It seems like guys are organizing teams to go out and catch, and having 1 boat in closer to give the warning. Doesn't seem like a level playing field, and that's all I'm going to say about that.
Heard some good action near Island beach from the chatter on Betty and Nick's. Tried to put myself in the middle of it all today by fishing Seaside from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. I saw so much activity, rainfishes, blue's, shad, albacore, whales breeching.it was like National Geographic but without the stripers! I gave it a good try and the best I could do was cocktails on a crocodile. Sure did look fishy, glad to hear some of you guys are getting them good, congrats.
Got out again from 5 to 8pm got 2 bass dropped 1 all cookie cutter 26 inches on a yellow Pencil Popper Bass were busting on Peanuts. Fish stopped as soon as it got dark. didn't stay to see if they started hitting again. Many fish caught saw only 1 keeper. NoMoCo
Nice going VP great to see you back. Missed your reports. I was catching all small fish, and mostly skunks until yesterday so you never know I guess you just gotta keep hope alive.
Pretty good trip yesterday to the ocean in mon co. Sorry I havent reported for a while guys it's been mostly skunk city for me. I did pretty good with a yellow popper between 4 and 8 p.m. Like vpass said bite died around sunset, nothing much after that for me. there was a lot of bait around and I just kept blind casting. All of a sudden things are on as the bait got pushed in by bigger fish. It was mostly stripers for me and two other guys. Two were shorts, but I got 4 more between 30 and 34 inches. All released for you guys to catch.
Awesome! It seems like you dudes in Ocean and Monmouth County really get most of the beginning striper action. Thanks for throwing them back and saving some for us, tight lines and good luck.
My usual stretch of beach this morning before sunrise. Nw winds pretty steady. Managed two short bass. I'm back to using the bucktail and redgill because of all the rainfish around. Today these bass hit that redgill.
Some friends have been doing well at night in the park, so decided to join them. Fished 8 to midnight, moving water outgoing. The activity came in spurts, but it was decent. I got 14 my buddy got a few more. We each kept one. It was 39 inches and fat. Yellow SPs.
awesome guys you are really putting your time in I hope to get something even close to that one of these afternoons.
I checked out four beaches in moco yesterday. I saw some boats and bait but it was not anything near the surf.there were a lot of rain fish that you guys keep talking about, but it didn't seem like nothing much on them. Tried a lot of things. Nada for me except 5 minutes before I was going to leave how to blow up on a pencil popper, but it never came back. will try again maybe today or tomorrow. Good luck everyone and thanks for the reports they keep me pumped.
Hey Monty the Aquaman is back! Are you still crushing it out on lawn gay-land? How about dead things find any monsters lately?:wow:
Nice going fellas. I put in a lot of time walking the beach last night, with only one schooly to show for it. Got it on bucktail. Didn't see many other fish caught either. It's definitely been like feast-or-famine out there for me, I don't know about any of the rest of you.
skunk report Moco. Near an inlet this morning. Water looked fishy but maybe I got there too late. Fished from 7 until 9. when I got to the beach a guy was walking off with a nice striper probably a lot bigger than 28 inches. Saw nothing else either by me or the 15 other guys that were up and down the beach.
Stormy Steve I agree with you. I am not catching the fish like some of these other guys are claiming so maybe I'm just out at the wrong time. congrats to you guys who are finding the fish.
There's an old saying a day late and a dollar short that must be me.
Got on the beach today and a couple of guys were coming off with some huge stripers. I tried casting all kinds of lures and rubber shads, but no love. they said the bait was moving south so I got in my car, drove South and found a bunch of bait fish. I kept casting and finally got a 27 inch striper so I was happy. Still I wish I could have been at that other beach where they caught those monster stripers man they were big!
I guess some of you fellas are really lucky. Really is the case of being in the right place at the right time. I started out in Ocean County this morning around 5 a.m. right near Seaside. There was lots of bait far out but no one was hooking up. I went up to Monmouth County and tryed few spots up there. There was a lot of guys on the beach it was very crowded everywhere I went. I think in all the places I went today I might have seen 5 stripers caught with only two keepers. I got nothing I felt so beat up and disappointed. Especially when you hear how other guys are killing it. From what I saw there werent too many slaying them LOL just casting and waiting.
I appreciate how you guys post your skunks with the catches, because it still gives me something to strive for. Might get back out there tomorrow, good luck everyone and congrats.
^^^^^ Dude don't feel bad a lot of guys aren't catching either. They pop up for a few minutes here and there and then they're gone. Right place right time.
Yes sir, you can't catch them from the couch! Congrats and thanks these reports help me get through the skunks.
The beach in moco tonight, the wind died down and it was really nice. Did a lot of walking, ended up with 1 close-to-legal striper on a white shad.
From Friday till yesterday saw so many 20 and 30 pounders caught and a few forties. The fish were moving fast in many cases. You had to be right there when they were. Ocean County was good in various spots, but I think by today the biggest mass will be in LBI or Brigantine. I kept one striper between 15 and 20 pounds every time out. my biggest this weekend was 29 pounds. Mostly snag and drop, some on pencil poppers. Kept her as well because she swallowed the treble and was all bloody. I hope we see some more fish. That was probably some of the best fishing I have seen in a long time.
good luck guys
I really hope they touch base in Atlantic County I will be ready! thanks for sharing and congrats.
I completely agree with you guys. I think if you took a survey 1000 guys were fishing yesterday probably less than 200 hooked up.
what I was finding is that these fish were not up close on every beach. It was only every couple miles that the bunker and they came in close enough. I spent so many times cruising up and down Ocean County roads and sand over the weekend I should have been a uber driver lol. I had to fill up the gas tank on my truck twice. Chasing after this these fish might seem crazy, but that's the only way I was able to catch them.
The night has been better numbers for some friends of mine, but those are usually smaller fish - tops in the high teens. Fwiw
I was saying the biggest part of those fish would hit LBI or brigantine by today and would be gone. Well they're not, some came in on bunker this morning. Friends texted me some nice pics so far.
Fish to 30 pounds.
Yeah it's definitely hard to figure out. Same with me fishing in the back. One night it will be a bonanza and the next night completely dead with not even a tap.
Great going BTW. looks like you had a fantastic weekend.