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Fished the back of raritan bay from 4-8 tonight. There were some bunker around, but not many so I used clams. I got 2 bass close to keeper but no cigar they fell a little short. A guy about 50 feet away from me got a bass that must have gone 20 pounds, boy was he happy. The sunset was beautiful and it was great to be out there.
well it was a nice sunday fished a few places there were some guys fish out giveing it a shot it was slow had bunker and clams fished both a big fat zero we did not fish till the next day but we were out there for a while the last spot of the night was back in the river aa cast out not 5 min reel was singing but no go but its just the start so we will be back tite lines and good fishin to all :fishing:
that new spot needs further investigation..... Best hit that I've had or seen all season.... I had the damn fish until I got tangled up with the other line and let some slack on it... had to be a 30 plus pounder from the feel of it.... Rich, I think we found them.... hit me up if you plan on going out soon.... :dribble:
Good work on the scouting G and AA, rivers have been colder except waaaay in the back. At least you had one quality fish on for a bit. Some nicer fish will be feeding in the next few days with this moon cycle. You'll gettum next time. :thumbsup:
I fished raritan bay before sunrise, one little guy, 22", clams. It was a little foggy out.
Fished the river yesterday evening, got a 38" bass, after the picture she was released! nice fight!
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wtg Lenny! :clapping::clapping:
Fished Monday during the blow Jay fished from 11am-730pm got 4 keeprs and a bunch of shorts. I went after school and got a few shorts and got bit off:(.
Fished RB. this evenin on incoming, used herring and clams, nada. then i went to another place, by sunset the bunkers moved in, snaged a few, no fish under them.
fished the outgoing tonite. water was flat and moving fast. it was dark out there! plenty of swirls and a couple pops but only one fish at 26" ate a black bomber
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Nice fish zev, on the artificials no less! I fished rb for 2 hours before sunrise. The bunker came in, I couldn't get any bass. One light hit on a bunker piece, though no hookups. Lenny nice fish, did you get it on bunker or clams?
Walked out front early am- shads/plugs-some light bumps-Nice Day.
I had a good night last night cowherder, probably the best all season, though no keepers. I saw the bunker too and couldn't get anything with freshly snagged bloody pieces.:burn: I had clam on one pole and it kept getting hit. I ended up using the dozen clams I had and caught 7 bass to 24". They must have been the same year class because they were roughly all the same size. One fish swallowed the clam and circle. I cut the hook and it was bleeding, it probably died. It was great action, all around the end of the tide from 11-1am in the back of Raritan bay. Lenny that's a very nice fish, about how many pounds would you estimate it weighed?
Took my kayak out in RB by Cliffwood B. yesterday afternoon, i hooked up my 1st bluefish of the season, but those bloody teeth cut the line, nice fight though. It was around 8Lb. Got him on a bunker chunk.
Here is some pix.
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Went out this morning again at the same location, hoped i ran into bunker, didnot happen.
nada!
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I started at 4 this morning and fished IBSP for 2 hours. One short on clams. A few guys I know have been getting them before sunup. Nothing big, a slow pick. It's good to get going again.
Fished nomoco last night had one short.
fished sandy hook friday morning got 5 small stripers on clams. fish r.b at night got 12 two keepers one 36 inches close to 20 lbs. fished last night same place at r.b got nothing not even a hit. beach was packed wit people fishing. didn't see one fish caught.
There was a decent bite last night in the Raritan bay channels. We got two keepers 28 and 34" and had to cut out early. A guy from my marina who stayed all night caught and released over 23 with his party, kept 4 tp 18#, clam bite. This warm weather and water is pushing the bass into action.
fished the back of OC last night picked up a 31" and a slot on plastics on the in tide. gorgeous night.
Voyager, glad you had a good bite, shame you couldn't sit the whole tide out. Friends just got back from a RB trip this afternoon. They left at 5 and said the fishin was on fire. Capn Corey of the "Kat-E-Strofic", Tommy and 2 others limited out early today, nice bass to 20#, and a fat tog, maybe 12-14lbs. They got them on clams. The bite is on!!!
Nice work, guys, WTG!! :clapping::clapping:
Maybe Capn Corey will come on here to talk about the day's fishin, in the meantime, some pics:
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IBSP got totally skunked:skunk:. I seem to be missing the hot times this year so far.
Those pics of capn Cory are great.
look at my jig sticking out of his mouth:clapping:
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we got like 5 bass between 29 and 31 last two nights, lean and thin mostly likely post spawners entering the bays again.
excellent picture Sharkhart!
Just got back from a 9 hour trip out back... caught the whole incoming and the majority of the outgoing.... we came with fresh bunker and clams but would not get a bump... started getting a bit chilly... at high tide the wind seemed like it switched direction and a nice warm breeze covered the beach....not sure if this triggered it but all of a sudden the surf was flooded with bunker..... Thank God one of my buddies was using braided line because he got 3 of those suckers caught on his line..... cut up a chunk, cast out... not 5 second before I catch my seond keeper of the season @ 31 inches..... bait still in tact, I cast that same chunk out bang third keeper of 09 @ 34.... my buddies got their limits too...beautiful nght to be out there.... Even though I have seen it before, its unbelievable how the fish prefer the fresh(still pulsating bait) over store bought fresh bunker.. anyway all I had was my phone on me but was able to take some pics... a bit dark
nice catch amboyangler, great report.
good to see nice fish!
thanx!
Fished RB last night. I saw some keepers being caught but I only got 2 shorts.
WTG, Amboy!!! (the night I didn't make it was a good night, that's fishin:D) You put in your time, man. I have never heard of a trip out where you spent less than 6-9 hours hittin it hard, you deserve those fish, congrats! :clapping::thumbsup:
For people who don't know Amboy, he fishes till he drops, one night last Oct or Nov he spent 23 hours in cold and windy conditions wating for the only fish caught that day, a 20-25 class bass that he won an American Pride Bait and tackle tournament with. :clapping:
dudes last nite was a bluefish party, rb in rhe back. the choppers were big and nasty, i got over 20 8lbs or more, lost 3 pencils, no bass but the teeth were chopping.:scared: grats on the keepers amboy, only one bass caught last night where we were by a guy using clams
Nice fish Amboy angler!:clapping::clapping: I fished Ibsp late last night with clams, 3 skates, no bass.
fished sandy hook this morning. got ten shorts and two keepers and one big black fish. great fishing. i'll be there again tomarrow.
It looks like the season is shaping up nicely. I got one keeper today before dawn at Island beach. The fish are there, I got 3 shorts as well using clams.
32 blues this afternoon and then it became booring. They were eating bunker and baby bass.
Caught a couple of blues last night.