Welcome aboard Blazin. Looking foward to your reports.:HappyWave:
I know they don't count but been doing the boat thing and catching bass to 25# and blues to 22# all released. The big school that was off Seabright pulled out yesterday most went through the mudhole and a scattered bunch we followed down the beach. Some of the faster head boats and charter boats are fishing off Jones beach on another larger school of mostly slammers and bass have to see which way they go.
Thanx Vpass...And sounds good finchaser lets hope they make a b-line for the beach :)..Even the blues i miss landing a few "slammers" here and there
Blazin welcome to S&A
Got out again tonight, and I took my 7wt Fly rod. Got on the beach just as it got dark. I used a Anchovy fly, because I seen them spraying as I was walking on the beach. I fished till 9pm.
I ended up with 1 Hickory, and dropped a few, and 2 Bass about 16 inches each and lost a nice fish that took the line out of my basket before spitting the hook. Lot of hits, but i know they were Hickorys.I Had a great time.
They only count if your boat is molded out of polyethylene :d
Seriously though good job you are on a roll lately and the fishing has been generally slow :thumbsup:
I was out this evening and got a nice weakfish on a swimshad. Bass were caught by friend and guys next to us (none by me) mixed sizes all fish holding deep. Moon was blinding action was a little slow but expected.
Couldnt get out last night or tonight,and i perfer the dark,so fished this am 4-9am..Nice brisk morn..Managed 4 weakies 14-17in and 1 bass about 20in and dropped 1 in the wash..All the action was from 5-545am on a burple teaser and small black sluggo on a 1/2oz jig head..Lots of swings and misses..And dropped a few decent weakies,i should have brought my lighter rod..saw a fly land a decent scholie before first lightAttachment 17644Attachment 17645..By 630 it was all annoying hickorys so i moved on not much after that..Ill be back lurking in night tomorrow hope this wind change and rain stirs the fish up a bit
^^This guy is a member for a short time and you mooks are gonna scare him away.
Welcome aboard Mike/blazin........ :HappyWave:....hope the jabs and pokes don't offend......lots of ball busting goes on around here...hope ya have a thick skin.........
I can't even seem to get any respect from some of em.... :don't know why:
Steve, we'll talk about how scary looking I am the next time you're lookin for some real-time intel...:moon:.:laugh: :HappyWave:
Update....it seems that some places have broken open dating back to 10-14-13......lots of bigger bass are being caught......
I saw some very impressive pics from some of ya's over the weekend...including a 53# some friends managed in the surf at Montauk.....
Trying to keep it real.....it seems to me the bite is very inconsistent.....
**As fin was trying to tell ya's..... there are lots of areas with no fish at all.....even if you are in a boat and can burn the fuel......
Everyone knows about the fish off the SS of LI by now....and the big body of fish that was 1-3 miles off NJ seems to have moved on.....
Congrats to all those people who are getting out and putting in their time.....:thumbsup:
**I'm not trying to preach here....but there are an awful lot of bigger bass that are being harvested...
If you catch your personal best, and it's the fish of a lifetime.....by all means you should keep and eat it if you want....and many congrats to you...:clapping:..but ....without passing judgement on anyone here....there seems to be a fever to catch as many of these fish as folks can......
"Get em before they leave" seems to be the marketing call of a lot of the party boats and charters....
I'm not afraid to stand up here and say that this type of fishing is unsustainable, over the long run....
Again...it's not my place to tell folks out there whether to keep bass or not...they are tasty.....and if you never caught a big one, no one should try to make you feel bad for catching and keeping one....
However, I am trying to find some time to finish the Striped Bass assessment thread we have here...for 2013...
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...of-the-fishery
and overall, I can tell you that the best of the best, captains, old salts, and veteran anglers, who fish regularly....are noticing that the numbers of bass are just not there....
Although there is a big body of fish off the FI/ Jones area right now, there are less fish at Montauk....and if there were truly healthy numbers of bass, they would be all over as part of this Fall Migration that has started.....
That's the main point I'm trying to educate folks about,......as some really do think that if there is a large harvest, more will be "made"..:huh:
(I kid you not, someone sent me a link to a thread where someone states that as their belief..........)
So, without preaching, I am asking all the anglers out there....to consider educating yourselves about the state of the fishery....before it is too late.....thanks for reading.....:HappyWave:
Thanx Darkskies!! Glad to be here! As for the ball busting,Its all good i can take some good ball busting anyday!! Im an easy going guy so no worries..But i can dish it out pretty good my self jsut a FYI :D ...As for your last post..Im with ya the #s of bass are definitly down and somethings gotta give>>>Dont no about anyone else here but im a big C(catch)P(photo)R(reaalese)guy...Ill take one just keeper size fish a year the rest swim away safely!
Ill be out tonight looking to feed some hungry fish and take there pics :D
I was out last night in nomoco and it must have been one of those inconsistent nights you are talking about. Could not catch a bass to save my life! The night was saved by hickory shad. Got 5 on a black teaser. Hope to see some bass and big blues soon.
Out and about i the surf from 9-11pm. moco:skunk:
Fished CM area this morning for an hour. Incoming tide.One 18" bass on a bucktail with pink grub. Looking for weakies but struck out.
"Trying to keep it real.....it seems to me the bite is very inconsistent....."
The areas I fish have been pretty much devoid of bass though traveling south (or north) one can get into fish, should change soon with this front blowing in
Wierdest has been the lack of blues, and during a tourney with 200 fishing, very little to show
there were herring, kingfish, 24" redfish, a few short stripers, flounder, sandsharks, spot. No bluefish weighed, no stripers weighed in.
They came with the front this AM 6 to 8 AM released 27 bass to 28" all on jig head and salt and pepper riptide fish were clean with sea lice. will try same tide this afternoon. My counter part had 21 a little west of me.
Got out and fished tonight because you have to be in it to win it. Caught one bass, about 23", on a sluggo. Water was clean and it really looked a lot more fishy and I thought this would be the night. This was in nomoco, Goes to show you can't count the chickens before they hatch. finchaser you are really on a roll lately fantastic catching. I want to join the old grouchy basstard club.;)
dark you know I was only busting the new dude, and you as well.
I remember last Oct before Sandy you got your friend the biggest fish of his life. You and I were fishing about 2 miles from him and he was playing with himself not catching a thing. You called him in, even waited in the parking lot for him while I went out there and crushed the bass and blues. I don't think he ever thanked you what a turd.
What ever happened to that guy, Rip? It seems you are helping the wrong people. Don't mind if you keep the intel to yourself you should go out and fish more. really miss your reports.
By the way when you are in your hyper mode and shouting at someone what to do to land a fish, you are kind of scary. :scared:One of the most intense dudes I have ever met. Now please don't ban me for saying that.:moon::laugh:
Got back from fishing the surf for a bit.
landed two short bass and a couple of hickories.
I checked the surf cam while at work and I see nice white water which made me switch spots...got there and it was dead flat and just coming off low tide. Some days your the statute!!
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Guess it sucks to be you then!:HappyWave: Only joshing at least you tried.
I'm not fishing the surf till the last week of november this year. Waiting for the emaill from finchaser to tell me its epic. Finchaser nice numbers 27 is outstanding. And not even a boat was used?;)
I got out last night but not to where i wanted to and couldnt fish the tide i wanted..Found out yesterday i have to go up to Albany this AM to pick up a carhttp://www.stripersurf.com/forums/im...milies/mad.gif ..So fished a different area w/my bud...slow night i managed 2 and missed 2 and my bud got 1 all shorts..Fished 730-1130pm...Im with ya John i saw the cams earlier and thought man that white water is a gonna be perfect..Get there and it was flat as a lake..Better than a skunk but expected a little more.. Nice job on the catching Finchaser thats a fun night right there!!
double report
Fished last night wind shift caused tide to go out for 2 extra hours do to water backing up in bay all day, which made my plans go up in smoke, had to change my approach and bounce bottom with a jig head and Zooms to provoke strikes released 5 bass to 22" .
Fished this morning 6-8 am and had abnormally long out going tide with wind pushing it managed 13 bass to 24 inches all on jig head and Riptide salt and pepper tail
Steve, I know you're just busting.....never a problem when you mooks bust my balls.....otherwise I would not have carefully cultivated an internet image of Dark the Goog with the Googan Bucket.... :bucktooth: :laugh:...to help me fish in peace....All good.....and enjoyed.....:thumbsup:
As for the other issue, please do not talk about members that do not post any more....I want to give them that courtesy....
I know I helped a lot of folks to get fish and with their technique.......some appreciate it, some don't...that's the way of the world....let's move on from here.....thanks.....
**I don't have the time anymore that I used to have to fish...or to administer this site....so as stated, this site is really about you people out there....:fishing:
Your reports...
Your posts...
Your threads....
Your ball busting.....
Your lives....which can be pretty interesting, and give me lots of laughs....:)
Your jokes....
It's as busy, or quiet, as you want it to be.......thanks for understanding..... :HappyWave:
Fishing report....fished last night...I didn't want to fish in the ocean because the back bay areas are normally very solid for me this time of year...and on my last trip out I felt I did not put enough time in exploring.....
I was sadly disappointed....it seems a lot of the bait has moved out.....the water is beautiful.....perfect bass water........going back 10 years in my logs I could always pull a few 15-20# bass out of the places that I visited this time of year......last night I found a lot of dead water......
I know the seams and cuts where they are likely to sit....and concentrate on hard and soft structure......it's generally easy to find a few fish.....
Only a few hits and misses.....and that was on rubber fished in the bottom half of the water column....if you were just fishing plugs you would not have contacted those few fish .......
Only had a few hours and didn't stick around for the first light bite.....
There is a pretty decent sand eel bite going on now......but as I mentioned in a previous post, even that ocean bite is not that consistent....
Good luck out there, people....
We're halfway through our Fall Season as of Nov 1....
This week is usually the week when I have gotten fish to 20# and better with ease......
** I'm not willing to blame it on the "water temperatures"...."lack of bait concentrations"...or here's a good excuse...."the fish are still schooled up off of Mass,,,we are still waiting for them"....:don't know why:
There are fish moving along the coasts of LI and NJ...big fish......fish to 53lbs have been caught in LBI already, but not in the surf zone.....and there are high bait concentrations in some key areas...with not a lot of fish in those concentrations.....
With the rates of success I have had at this time, in past years......I cannot accept someone blithlely declaring
"The striped bass are healthier than ever".....:kooky:
It just hasn't been proven in my trips out there at night.....although some decent fish are being caught....
How has your Fall season been so far?
Mine has not been that great....
Part of that problem for me, is I remember how good it used to be....this time of year....and how abundant the fish were....
Maybe I would be happier if I were getting old and senile like finchaser.....and starting to lose my memory....:laugh: :HappyWave:
Ok enough babbling and:waaah: go back in hiding^^^^^^^the fish you seek are dead and the remaining ones move further off the Jersey coast every year with the army corp of morons beach replenishment.so accept it or move to another state
^^You grump when I'm not available to fish or post my babbling here.........and you grump when I go out there and do fish........man you are one tough customer to please....:moon: :laugh: :kiss: :HappyWave:
PS what size Depends do you take?.....
I wanna stock up, for when you start to lose control of your bowels, and we have to change you twice a day.....ya old grouchy basstid....
:laugh: :kiss: :HappyWave:
I know boat fish don't count. There were not a lot of them today anyway. More birds and bait than fish. Ran from the Shrewsbury rocks south. The best activity was around 2-3 miles out. Jigged a few blues to 17lbs and 2 bass 29 and 32". There were lots of sandeels and good readings but the fish did not want to cooperate much.
Fished nomoco before sunup. Slow pick of runts just across the bar. 4 to 25". Feeding on sandeels. Once it got light it slowed down with bird activity just out of reach. SP did the trick
Did you forget he's Itailan? He might send some of the boys to take you for a ride, concrete shoes!:wheeeee:
No worries about the other stuff I said, or to mention the other guy was just sticking up for you. Sorry to see you didn't get any fish.
I fished this mornning and got the skunk too.
Took the day off to fish. Got into some nice teen bass and blues in NoMoco this morning on rubber and bucktails. All released. Went back tonight and it seems the fish moved on. Picked up 3 bass to 26" on a sluggo.
Buckethead best report i seen in few days, nice, out front?
sharkhart, yep. first it was bass gradually slurping at the eels. As it got light it gave way to blues. The action was so little you would not have known many fish were underneath without being there and casting. Then at dusk when I went back for the 2nd round it was like they were never there. Like dark said the fishing is very inconsistent. There was a space of about 6 years in a row when that action would last for weeks at a time once the sand eels set up.
I think there is still too much bait in the bays and the rivers and the sandeels that I have seen are jumbled up in patches here and there. Once the numbers increase we may see a better bite.
Or the bass will continue to follow the offshore route that they are following leaving long island and ending up around island beach, long beach island, or further south before they start to be seen in the surf. coin toss as to how it will unfold this year.
Nice report Buckethead! This in consistent bite driving my nutty...It impossible to nail down a bite.. Ill have to put some more time in to try and figure it out
this morning 6 to 7:30 released 9 bass to 28" all on jig head and AAT tails in Mean dine color. Major bite going on now in 70' water Rattle snake area
Worked 3 jettys and some beach last night..Not a single bump!! It was super flat..Felt like i was freshwater fishing!!..I smell like a skunk this AM:skunk:
Fished with OFFC at various spots in NoMoCo on Friday afternoon to dark. It was a three peat of the skunk. :skunk:
Sorry to hear that dark talks about the OFFC all the time hope to meet you guys out there one night. I fished ocean county last night. Like blazin said it was super flat. There were a few bass right over the bar. Picked up 5 to 27" on a needlefish. Fished real slow.
Nice going basshunter. Yardvillejimmy don't feel so bad same for me last evening.:skunk:
Fished after work yesterday from 5 to 8pm caught about 2 dozen shorts that we're chasing spearing. Small clousers were the ticket fished in front of a light jig head with a small curly tail.
Went home took a short nap before meeting up with Rui around midnight. Fished all night and only caught one short bass and hickory shad. Rui got himself a keeper and a short.
I can't seem to get away from the hickory shad no matter where I go.
Cold last night!