fished the hook this morning. nothing on clams.2shorts on metal.
fished the hook this morning. nothing on clams.2shorts on metal.
3 stripers to 26" this morning, diamond jigs, above the park.
That is a great point about the teasers and casting. People how know idea how much they flutter and resist.
Other thoughts might be to bring the 10 foot rod
With the lack of surf blues tying a jig direct to braid will get you some additonal distance too
Been awhile but im back to fishing :) fished a inlet monday and caught my 1st sun dial on clams. Gave the blackfish a try with the green grabs but no luck. Also caught my 1st ray & shark about 2 weeks ago. Going out again this week...cant wait!
Same thing this morning, Fin. Got a few calls saying folks saw fish feeding, but on the end of the furthest casts....coupled with the big swell coming from that offshore storm, it made it almost impossible to consistently get in the strike zone.
Yet some continue to stay married to teasers, no matter what. :huh:
As Shark mentioned, sometimes you need that extra distance, it's critical to whether you get to where the fish are. Miss it and you get no action at all......
So learn from these valuable tips here, people...:learn:
Teasers are great for when the fish are in tight, but they can ba a handicap when you need maximum distance on your cast....
Last three outings I fished without a teaser almost 90% of the time.
The one bass I did get there is no way I would have reached it with a teaser.
The other bass I caught (earlier in the week was on the teaser).
I'm thinking I can get 20 extra yards easy without a teaser at times. makes a difference.
Gotta think out there.......though most of the time it does not help me.:kooky:
Don't sell yourself short, Monty. You're one of the most analytical, and compulsive ;) fishermen I know.... :thumbsup:
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Fished with a few S&A site members last night., we hit it hard at some of the most promising night spots in that area, back bays.....
The pea-soup fog and high temps (20 degrees higher than they had been in the last week) made for a golden :drool: opportunity. There were some folks sneaking in to places they would normally not have access to....hooded shadows in the night.....it was like a Steven King movie.....:cool: Alas, someone forgot to tell the fish we were looking for them, oops....only creature we could find was the :skunk:.
We did have some good times and some good stories in the dense fog, despite the lack of fish. :HappyWave:
I wasn't willing to accept that, made one more stop on the way home, for some further humiliation...http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...ons/icon11.png not a tap...I'm praying the NW winds forecast will kick things up a bit and line the fish up so they come closer to the coast in a hopefully smaller surf....
Fished this morning from 6 to 9:00am and got 1 short on a hopkin. Waves were building as the morning progressed. I hate fishing metals.
I hate big waves and northeasters except for the start of a NE blow
We had a good morning jigging bass. 17 bass to 23lbs, kept 2. South of BI. All on ava jigs with green tails, A27-47
Got 2 bass to 35" last night into this morning, bunker chunks. LBI
^^ Nice going guys.
I fished again this afternoon from 3:30pm to 6:00pm. I got another short on the same hopkin. There is a strong south to north sweep, and the waves were 5 to 6.5 feet. The winds started blowing from the west around 4:30Pm. I did notice a few extra yards on my cast.
Wow good job guys!
I went to ocean county after work. Vpass you are absolutely correct the waves are big and crashing on the beach. I tried anyway with a heavy ava jig, but no hits for me.
4 bass to 19lbs tonight. I love how the 19 inchers turn into 19 pounders in the dark. Let the googs play with the smaller fish. It was tough to get out there, but they were at the end of the cast on the outgoing tide. Needles and pt jude tins.
Last night, ten bass on a white SS darter. No teaser. ;)
First six were slot-sized the last four were keepers between 12-16 lbs. They fought much bigger than they were.
The bite became more active when the full moon snuck behind the clouds and rain came down.
Surf was huge with beautiful white water. Outgoing, wind out of the NW but wasn't honking.
This am from 6 to 8 had 5 bass to 13# dropped 2 others and missed 4 all on metal all released .:clapping:
I was mugged by a googan extraordinarie who kept taking pictures of me and the fish:HappyWave:
did u throw him in the water:ROFLMAO
I fished last night, was off my plugging game after I got mugged by a clam fisherman at 3am....despite having miles of good water to the N or S of us, he decided the only water that held fish was 20' to the left of me....:kooky: there must be something about me that draws lunatics within casting distance ....:bucktooth:
Couldn't buy a fish in the dark, my congrats to those who hooked up in that big surf under the full moon..:clapping: :thumbsup:
I even threw this monster needle fish specially made for me by Surfstix. :HappyWave: That thing weighs over 4 oz and cast a mile in the big surf. :drool:
Jumped back and forth like a jumping bean to a few areas. At sunrise I wandered aimlessly like a starving man in the Sahara desert...wondering if I might sign up somewhere for dillydock school...:rolleyes:
Eventually I came upon an awesome sight....a bunch of old basstards schooling all the younger guys in the ways of the surf....:scared:. One of them was mean and grouchy...he was into a few fish. Knowing that I can't catch a fish on my own, ;) I mugged the old grouchy basstard and his esteemed friends, some of NJ's greatest surf fishing legends.
The fish where we were, weren't there in the numbers some others saw this morning. We still had a slow pick of migrating fish to 33". I took some pics of the old geezers as they were into fish, all C&R. :thumbsup:
All at the furthest end of the casts.... no one fishing on the beach we were at was using a teaser.
I nailed one and dropped another, before the bite died around 7am. There were a few beaches where the bite continued, sorry to see I missed out. The grouchy company more than made up for it, as the ball busting these grouches do is second to none....had a great time as usual, :HappyWave:hopefully back at it tomorrow...:fishing:
Late report for yesterday 11/11/11. I got on the beach late due to traffic. I did witness many rod bent and fish being landed. As soon as I casted the bite stopped. I got on the beach at 6:45am.:embarassed:
Today I was the 4th guy in the area I was fishing. It was a steady pick for others around me. By 6:00 to 6:30am it was arm to arm as far as you could see on either side of me. I had 2 fish on for a moment and dropped them both. did have some bumps early, and thought it was going to be a great day for me, I shouldn't have thought that.:rolleyes: Tomorrow is another day.:drool: