Fished the park today, lots of hickory shad and cocktail bluefish, teaser and metal. And Lenny, I saw those albies, they were about 1000' out, sure wish they would have come in closer.
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Fished the park today, lots of hickory shad and cocktail bluefish, teaser and metal. And Lenny, I saw those albies, they were about 1000' out, sure wish they would have come in closer.
Overslept this morning :beatin:
Fished out front 6:30-8:30, strong current to the south.
One Bass around 32 inches on SS Popper, quick pic and released. Water looked great, had fun:d.
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nice pic monty . I also out this morning wind blowing ne 10-15 one 26' striper on ava 17 with tail.:fishing:
Nice fish and what a beautiful pic Monty. You did not do so bad for getting up late. :thumbsup:
Nice pics and reports guys. I think you all did better with bass than 90% of the guys out there today. Even some boat guys I talked to got blanked, seems today was tough all over. WTG. :thumbsup:
Awesome sunrise in the surf pic, Monty. :drool:
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I fished the Dirty Water this AM, got one bass, one bluefish, report in the Dirty Water Anglers thread.
Rough seas tonight, one runt bass on a darter.
Nice fish Monty.
The seas were angry last night. Nothing like a 25-30kt straight east wind in your face with a North/South sweep to make you really feel alive with rain/saltwater spray. The ocean was cutting the beaches ever so efficiently with that strong sweep. Spots that were relatively flat now have a very nice step down in certain areas. The wind changed to NE as the night progressed. It was definitely fishable, the sweep was just a bit difficult to deal with but there were definitely spots that the sweep was not an issue as we found later in the night. Too bad the tide was dropping down quick by the time.
It was good time last night but no fish to report.
Big Thanks to Darkskies for some great advice on a potential kayak purchase. Decided to hold out for something better. I am really hoping to have one by springtime!
Fished the park yesterday, all the small blues and hickory shad you could want, ava and teaser. There are some sandeels in the wash and a lot of them past the bar, folks.
This morning I tried again in the rain but it was difficult. Fishing should turn around again when this current system winds down. Nice bass Monty.
Thanks, that bass broke a bit of a slump for me, as Surfwalker would say, it was good to see stripes.
I always need to take pics of the sun rises, they never get old.
fished last nite 2hrs of incoming MOCO, one hit on bucktail, also saw one short caught.
:fishing:fished this morning one sm blue s wind . fish yesterday south end isbsp mine friend one 30' on metal s wind and saw one other striper .
Nomoco 5-8am incoming, rough surf. 2 keepers on clams, kept one at 31", threw back the 2nd one about 29".
2 bass one 27 and one 24 both on jig head and tail this afternoon 2-3:30
Ibsp before sunrise, one bass, one blue, thex with teaser. The surf was big but the swell wasn't that bad. Fishable.
OC 1 bass at first lite on teaser seas as Fishinmission said
Went back tonight 6-10 pm mullet so thick I was snagging them on the teaser 9 of us not a touch
Did someone forget to tell the bass that the bait was on the move. I am seriously concerned as to why things are going the way they are. No big concentration of bluefish and bait with no bass. I am getting concerned. Maybe after this blow and rain tomorrow it will trigger something.
Fished NoMoCo from 3:00 to 5:00pm. tons of bait no fish on them. Moved to SH. I found a school of Peanut getting pushed against the beach. I ended up with 5 Cocktail, and 2 short Bass. Action stopped as soon as it got dark.
Good for you V
Water looked good tonight... tons of white water for the incoming but only managed one. Started in MoCo then moved and got her in SFZ. She feel for a new teaser I rigged up.
Next stop Montaukhttp://www.stripersonline.com/surfta...es/biggrin.gif. We'll be out there next week. If ya see a guy with a GoPro cam on his head filming I'll be the one next to him.. Say hello!
Nice fish Yukon.
Congrats to all who got out before the storm developed, looks like ya's were able to take advantage of that window. WTG. :thumbsup: :fishing:
I think that window might now be closed for the next 48 hrs. :(
One small bass on rubber, first hour of outgoing last night. In the back.
Nice catches guys! Yukon was that sand eel something you can buy, and then you attached to a jighead, or is it just on the hook, it's hard to tell. And if you don't mind me asking who makes them and do they sell them to the public? How long are they?
hey yukon,
I'm heading up to Montauk too, I'll be up there next saturday or sunday for 2 days!
Went fishing last night from 10:30 until 3:30am. At my third stop, I got a nice bite on my magnum crystal minnow. I hooked a personal best stargazer. Once out of the water, it is amazing how they borrow down so quickly. Good thing another wave came in to loosen up the sand because the fish wouldn't budge no matter how hard I pulled. Here's the ugly mugshot. :scared:
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Proceed to the back after 1am where there was a flurry of activity. Too bad, they were all snappers. After i could not get anything big to bite, I downsized to a small bucktail and caught some snappers. Not sure why I kept trying to target them with a 9ft surf rod. :kooky:Nothing else was biting. Tons of bait around as usual, not many predators (other than snappers)
Best part of the night was about 3am when the fog rolled in from the ocean. Felt like I was inside of a painting with all of the blurred lights and everything else. Surprised that the rain held off all the way until I got back home at 4:30.
I fished OC from 11-1 today. The surf was rough but you could fish it in places. I opted for heavy diamond jigs, and managed 7 bluefish. The sizes varied, for example one was 9lbs, and one was about 9". The rest were in between. The winds were making it uncomfortable so I called it a day. It will take a day or so to clean the water up. I drove by an inlet on my way home and the water looked pretty dirty there.
Hey Cowherder, Yes you can pick it up at most shops. The brand name they go by is FELMLEE EELS. I pick up the 5 in long version. They also come in a smaller size but stay with the 5 in. There sold loose then I hook them onto a 3/0 or 4/0 hook. You can also put them on a jig head but I only use them for teasers so mine are not weighted. I pick em up at Fisherman's Supply in PT. Ask for Ronnie and tell him what your looking to do and he'll tell ya everything ya need to know. I also put some glue at the head and the base where the hook comes out. For these I used Epoxy since I was loading up some redfins at the time.:d
In the back 4 to 5:30 pm 2 blues and a shadall on lead head and rubber tail Water is brown Ocean unfishable