They took advantage of cheap summer airfares and booked a group trip to Costa Rica.;)
non offshore out to 60 miles either
Fished no moco last night for a few flatties Allshorts water was dirty and not much other life to be seen.
Finchaser or anyone else just wondered if you seriously had any thoughts on where those big blue fish could be this year?
every year I remember the big blues being offshore and they seem to have vanished.
Jigfreak like that comment about them going on a special trip that was funny lol
Similar results for me yesterday afternoon. The tide was low and kind of lame. Picked up a few fluke on gulp. Not that great. Then around sunset there was some activity and got a cocktail blue switching to a small ava with green tail. I don't know where the big blues went but I sure would like a chance at them!
I think it's kinda weird that the party boats are going 17 miles off to catch the pee wees.
Jeez,that is bait.
I agree they aren't showing pics because the fish are so small. I fished moco in the back from 5-7am. It was probably bad timing as the tide was halfway out. There were some small fish hammering the heck out of these little baitfish. Maybe the fish were hickory shad or snappers but I couldn't even catch one. Even downsized my lure and still no luck.
prob small cocktails or snappers. Throw a 1/4 oz kastmaster and you should get all the fluke bait you want.
Cast nets work wonders in the right hands...Yesterday adult bunker, peanut bunker, mullet, snappers in 3 throws.
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Saturday - Got beat up all morning in wind vs tide situation while it was blowing 20+. Managed 1 keeper each for a total of 4.
Sunday - 5 keepers for me, 1 for a friend.
It's certainly been a tough year for fluke. We got checked by a game warden at Atlantic Highlands Marina yesterday. He said everyone fishing for the day had no keepers or just 1 keeper.
It seems like we find the fluke one day, then come back the next day and they are gone.
I did get my 3rd fluke limit of 2015 yesterday with the smallest being about 20". Live mullet and the 6" gulp mullets worked best. No love on the live peanuts or snappers yesterday.
What's scary is the scarce amount of shorts this year. Last year I remember having consistent action all summer long (even if the keeper ratio was 25-1). I know they are proposing a cut to fluke for 2016; I think they should cut it on the commercial side first...that has to be one of the main reasons we are seeing less 14-18" fish around.
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Nice!!
Good job on the fluke. Remembering that last year as well. It was about 20 or 25 to one. This year it seems like there are not a lot of small fluke. Or keepers either. Like the draggers come once a week in the middle of the night and take them all. Def agree its not fair that those commercial guys can take 14" fluke and we cant.
Out a little earlier this am to take advantage of the high tide before dawn. Managed 2 short bass tossing a bucktail and pork with a redgill teaser. Both bass hit the bucktail.
Maybe they're back from vacation. today on one of the sheepshead bay party boats.
"Very very very good fishing on the Brooklyn Vi Today. Lots of fish in the 5 to 8 pound size. Some limits, everybody caught fish.
There were lots of fish , they re back from vacation."
Thats a Hella pro fillet job there dude.
X2, very nice fillet work JB. congrats
This morning 4-6 AM released 5 bass to 30" and a 12# bluefish all on DOA 5"jerk bait on a 1 ounce jig head
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finchaser kicking *** and taking names! Awesome report good to hear the bigger blues are coming back to town and that bass catching is spectacular!
Well done finchaser.