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I feel like Last man standing targeting Weakfish, I found a decent bit before the wind lightening and rain cranked up. Landed 4 between 23-28" missed a lot of short stirkes. They were at the end of my cast, once that wind got going it was a killer. All on ever present pink zooms on a dead crawl .
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5-10-13 PM trip
3 bass to 12# last night. 2 were legal, all released.
Also a few bluefish to 5#.
**A friend living several hours away was supposed to come out and fish but he never made it up here.
Had to fish all night for them. 7 hour Monty Mini Marathon. :HappyWave:
Fished through the rain, taking a 1/2 hour break as it was most intense and the lightning got a little hairy. :scared:
There was an eerie calm out there last night between the rain...
I first debated on when and where because it was Fri, thought it would be too crowded. Picked a popular bay bluefish spot as I was counting on there being less night crowds. By the time I got out there it was deserted.
The first fish were a few bluefish, very aggressive on small plugs.
As the tide changed the bunker started loading into that cove, with bass and bluefish blowing up on them.
At that point it became very difficult for me to catch bass on artificials...went through almost everything in the bag, very little activity.
Knowing that when that happens, you will be hooked up instantly if you only were to toss a snagged bunker, chunk, or head, it was a little depressing, and humbling. My plugs were constantly bumping bunker and they only wanted the real thing.
I kept at it and changed my position relative to how the schools were moving.
Hours of blind casting. All bass fell to big swimmers. Missed quite a few as well. The bass were just not as aggressive on artificials as the bluefish, but I kept at it.
Last fish of the night was the short fish, caught on Speedy's swimmer. :drool:
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Rarely take pics of short fish any more. I wanted to show folks the plug. and it was kind of nice to catch it on one of Speedy's plugs. :HappyWave:
If you look at the plug pic you can see it is dressed with a Surfstix teaser as well. :HappyWave:
Thanks for the joint effort, guys. Yep, your stuff does work. :thumbsup:
** BTW the short fish hit the hardest.
This is what frustrates me when I miss a bump out there at night. Those have been the largest fish for me, and generally with the colder water bite we have had on artificials, once you miss that fish, it's my experience that it rarely comes back, You sit there kicking yourself at what could have been. With the action on artificials coming so few and far between, you have to resolve to cast hundreds of times more for the next adrenalin rush.
Worked a demanding job racing against a deadline that day. By the end of the night I was like a punch drunk fighter, staggering in my steps. Barely made it to my car. Slept in my car for 4 hours.
When I got up, I tried searching for some daytime artificial action for bluefish so I could call Pebbles down, but it seems for that area the best bite is end of day and in the dark. The cold wind was also honking from the S by then at a steady 20mph. Oh well, I tried, Pebbles. :kiss:
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SharkHart and JBarbosa, outstanding effort..:thumbsup:..had a feeling you guys were going to be out in that sloppy weather......:HappyWave:
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One of last nights beauties, love the head shakes! Was warm enough that i DID NOT need any yellow gloves or anything
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SharkHart
Was warm enough that i DID NOT need any yellow gloves or anything
Ya can bust my balls anytime, Shark.:moon:..:laugh:...I wear the gloves because when I have a good night my hands have been getting ripped up....and it's become a habit from the winter....
I have been working with cement on some jobs, and that cement getting in cuts, burns a bit....but feel free to carry on with the ball busting...all good bro..... :HappyWave:
I have not taken the time to target weakies this Spring., and they are making a bit of a comeback, albeit smaller than you or some of the other die-hard addicts are used to...A friend got one 28" the other night, hours of casting for that one fish...
Many are catching them by accident...but to target them....and catch 4 in a night is beyond good, it's outstanding.....
If you know the patterns, they are there...very nice work.....:thumbsup:
Some of SharkHart's past tiderunners.....Ya gotta admit, he does know weakies.....:HappyWave:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XELPQpNY2Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9H_Mfscwfc
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Holy crap shark those are some huge weakfish!:bigeyes:
Barbosa and dark nice catching too. I fished nomoco from 8-11:30. the blues hit small diamond jigs before dark and then ss littleneck poppers after dark. still no weakfish for me yet nice work guys!
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Fished a cape may beach tonight incoming tide. Got 3 stripers to 35 inches they were all big and fat. Kept the smallest it was 29". Used clams and bunker the bunker got the bass clams got me skates.
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Great report surferman send them up our way. I fished from 3-11pm in ocean city and got skates sea robins and dogfish. Was tossing clams and bunker too.
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^^Junk fish round robin. You cant win them all at least you caught.
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Fished from 9:30pm to 1am with my brother. It was definitely slower than last night.
We each landed one keeper bass. I also had a decent 15-20lb sized bass that popped off the hook a few feet from shore.
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This morning 5to 8AM 2bass 26" and 32" plus 3 blues to 9 pounds all released bass on the school bus SP minnow
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Fished from 9:30pm to 1am with my brother. It was definitely slower than last night.
I would agree with that statement, John, very slow for me as well. At least you scored some fish. :thumbsup:
I fished all night, one missed fish, that was it for me. :skunk:
Slept in the car, did some scouting on the way home. The back bay water seemed a little dirtier than it has been.
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I would agree with that statement, John, very slow for me as well. At least you scored some fish. :thumbsup:
I fished all night, one missed fish, that was it for me. :skunk:
Slept in the car, did some scouting on the way home. The back bay water seemed a little dirtier than it has been.
They call it run off
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^^ Thanks for that clarification, o Wise One....:moon: :rolleyes:
I was poiinting it out, as not to give you the opportunity to say it was because I was fishing and taking a shower at the same time....:kiss: :HappyWave:
(I took a shower before I left to go down there....):)
Still waiting for Monty's report, rumor has it he got more numbers than any of us.....:thumbsup:
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Well at least some of you caught fish good deal! I fished nomoco from 6-9 am. The incoming tide it was perfect conditions but very windy. Someone forgot to tell the fish. Threw shads, bucktails, metal and sps, skunk-a-roo!
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Fished this morning Bayside 1:15-10:30.
Had my first top water action of the year with some blues and that was lots of fun.
Managed 7 blues and a large sea robin. Had a double of blues on a Surfstix teaser and and a spook. Plus had a couple blow ups and misses on the top, missed a couple hits on the Hogy and had some rubber trimmed.
Water was a bit murky (from the run off :HappyWave:), awesome weather and a great time out there.
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^^^^^Wow great report sounds like fun. That double header must of been awesome!
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Yeah doubleheader great action Seemed dead where I was too I fished SoMoCo from sunrise till 7. The waves are getting smaller but it doesn't seem to be fishy down there. Got blanked
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5-12-13 PM report
Based on last night's dismal results tried to time the trip a little differently so I might be fishing a better part of the tide.
Yep, it was substantially better....almost epic, even....:rolleyes:
This time I missed 2 fish, instead of 1....:beatin:
Maybe by the next time out, I may even catch one....
Feeding activity, IMO has diminished for me....
More bass now spawning in the Hudson....dirty water, and a drop in temps yesterday, air temps dropped 15 degrees, and water temp where I was dropped 5 degrees....
Still will not give it a rest, will try to get out there every chance I can...
It won't be long before the fish are all at Montauk and folks will be wondering why they're not here....The time to fish is now...:fishing:
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this morning 5 to 7 am released 3 bass 33",29",27" all caught on green wind cheater