Thanks for the intel hookset. Even Montauk sucks right now? that's bad news.
out this morning got 2 short bass at 6:19 and again at 6:30. I had a couple taps in between. I was trying to get my buddies attention to come get on the fish but he was too far away and it caused me to not hook up anymore- next time he is on his own. Fishing an ava with green tube but they both hit on my clouser minnow teaser.
Nice going rob. You said my teaser. Did you make it. Any pics?
I fished somoco this afternoon. Was in the area where the surfers were. Threw metal a ava27. Only one sea robin for me,
yes sir I tie all my teasers. probably won't be able to see it in the pic to well.Attachment 17595
baitstealer- I am posting a better pic of the teaser incase that was what you were asking for.Attachment 17596
Nice job with the teaser rob. They are working for me too. Fished nomoco last night and got a few blues to 5#. Teaser and diamond jig on incoming tide. Got out of there before the rain.
well i havnt posted for a while figgered let ledhead do the posting for us. lots of croakers and spot still around we r chunking the spot for some blues and maybe a nice weakfish. last nite they said storms so i stayed close was out there before the rain got some spots put in bucket with aerator. then the rain got heavy so went to ggr for some ******* and beer. got the digits for a hot brazillian chick. then it stopped so i brought the spot back to the spot, lol. no bass or weakfish but got sum blues to 9 pounds cause some mullet came by and they were there. they were good for about an hour after the rain stopped than everything died so i went home and crashed.
oh i forgot to add the spot and croaker are thinning out.
You lost me after hot brazillian chick!
dude u got to work the pimp hand most of the zillians are just out for one thing its the dollar parade they say all sorts of stuff. i find the ones that r just off the boat and tell them my friend has another bar where they can make more cheddar. sumtimes it works and sometimes it dont at least the zilllians will put out and you got a shot at a meet up. the russians are hotter but they are cold fish and usually come and go in the big vans wit the russian mobs so u really dont want to mess wit that. stick with the zillians they kno what time it is.
Went kayaking with my brother and friend yesterday looking for something actally capable of pulling drag.
When we launched at a southern location in the RB the water was dead flat . Launching in the surf was not a possibility with the forecast of 15-25mph winds predicted.
We started by splitting up and trolling around for a while with no hits. Lots of smaller bait around including spearing, peanuts and mullet. I also saw some scattered bunker around. We ended up just shy of the coast guard station at the hook about 5-6 miles from where we launched before we decided to turn around.
After a while we switched over to some bottom fishing. Spots and croakers were coming up with spots greatly outnumbering the croakers for once.
I ended up getting a nice weakfish and buddy caught one as well.
Wind was kicking up and we started to make our way back against a 15-20mph wind and a full moon tide. The waves were pretty bad..took a few dozen over the bow and go totally soaked. I had 4-6" of water in my hull that I'm not sure if it was from taking water over the bow or a leak. I've suspected I may have a small leak since two trips ago but I never got this much water.
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Rob, nice job catching on your own teaser
wish4fish I'd like to see more of your reports they are certainly entertaining. :HappyWave:
:clapping:Haha quote of the week! Russian mobs, fishing, and the dollar parade you never know what the next report might say here. Glad to see you got some fishing in wish4fish. Be careful driving at night there have been some DWI patrols on Rt 36 on the weekends. If you guys ever need a wing man let me know!:headbang:
Got out in the dark this morning after the rain. There was an awesome fog on the beach. Fished more in moco than nomoco. Picked up 6 short bass on the ava and redgill combo and one bluefish. Most hit the redgill. The bite died around slack. It was tough to wade out with the low water and waves.I took a coffee break and returned. Picked up again 1 hour into the incoming, Fished 3-8am.
Nice going on the weakfish JB! Question when you were getting the croakers and spot were you using clams or worms and what worked better?
Nice reports fellas. Missed the alarm this moriining. When I opened my eyes saw the bright sun and knew it was too late. w4f would love to be a fly on the wall as you work the pimp hand. Wear a go pro take it to one of the networks I'm sure people would watch.
Good catching guys.
Nice to see my fellow jersey fishermen are catching. I try to follow this to see where things are at relative to stripers moving. I have only got one bass so far this month but we did have some bluefish move to the rivers. Best of luck and thanks for the reports
Sand worms.
I was getting severely out fished by a friend at first and took notice. The difference was that he would jig his bait occasionally.
I started to do the same thing and noticed that often when I went to lift (jig) the bait the spot was already on the hook but I never felt the fish take it. I'm not sure if this is a "spot" thing or if the fish were just lethargic.
SPOT Burner!:2flip: :laugh:
Oh so that's how you really feel. Thank you very much sir.:2flip: :HappyWave:
Just remember that he's a legend in is own mind. He's a big tipper and sometimes they do give him phony #s. He has had some nice strippers as temporary girlfriends so I have to give him props for that.
Nice reports. As wish said it does seem the croaker are thinning out each week. Seems like the weakfish are thinning out too. Spot and croaker in the Navesink seem to be less. The harbors and places near deep water still do hold some nice ones though. Nice weakie JB.
You guys should film this stuff some of these reports are roflmao hilarious!
Fished nomoco from 5-7. Slack to beginning of incoming tide. Water was a bit dirty and not much action where I was. No visible bait. 2 cocktails hit metal.
Fished the boat we fished all the lumps and bumps looking for fluke nada after a few drifts we trolled the perimeters of the lumps looking for Albert and Bonita again Nada including bait went inshore and jigged about 25-30 weakfish and a few small blues these fish have been here for 3 weeks .
That's a lot of weakfish how far off the surf were you?
I stayed local figuring I shouldn't drive an hour just to catch dinks...got two hits both too small to inhale a 5" swim shad.
you could have got them in the yak 40'
After hearing about the tuna finchaser caught in the surf the other day ;)
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...reports/page10
I knew I had to get out there last night.
Got out later than I wanted to, but still found some beautiful water between the back bays and the ocean. Fished 4 hours and made 6 stops total, Threw everything that made sense, from swimmers down to the smallest bucktail with grub. At one of the stops I got a short bass on the 2nd cast....wasted another 1 1/2 hours at that place looking for another. Total for the night, 1 short bass landed, 1 missed.
As finchaser often says, the fishing was great, the catching sucked.:fishing:
I haven't been out there that much. Just can't get motivated. There are a few fish here and there but there are vast stretches of surf and back bay areas that are holding nothing.....
I think someone already said this.....this is the poorest start to the fall for me in about 8 years......If you find high concentrations of bait you will likely find some fish..In the last week some nice fish were caught...but only by those standing on the Red X....(coined by Old Farts Fishing Club) .:HappyWave:...Lately, all the old reliable fall places are not holding any numbers of bass so far.....
Hell, I would be happy chasing some big blues at night... Sadly, even they have not staged in the early season places they usually do...despite abundant food.....
The best thing I can say about the night is that it felt good to see and touch the water again.....fish or no fish...that's part of my therapy...:)
I was standing on the red x today dark.:HappyWave:
Picked up over 20 blues to 5#. No bass but the blue action was fast and furious for about 1 1/2 hours in nomoco. They were spitting up mullet and most of them hit a red and white pencil just beyond the break.
Good to see you fishing again dark. Hookset nice catches!!!
way to go hook I know where you were
Fished No-moco this morning, slack to incoming 5:30-8. Got one short bass 25" and 3 acrobatic blues on ava and teaser. Nice score hookset.
I made 5-6 stops last night and burned $30 in gas, 6 hours of my life with nothing to show for it but at least I know where the bass aren't.
We use to joke about there not being any fish in NJ...
Look out for possible good deals on fishing equipment.
Not a joke^^^^
Fished island beach this morning from 6-9. Very slow, no fish for me.
Fished LBI last night at low tide for some scouting. Noticed a nice lip so I decided to cast parallel to the beach and was rewarded with a keeper fluke- problem is it was one day too late. Not much going on. No visible signs of bait in the surf. my buddy caught one 16" blue on a sinking minnow plug. He said he was getting a lot of hits but couldn't seal the deal except for that one. Me on the other hand did not even get a bump.
I hope the fishing doesn't or isn't as bad as we all think it is. That would really **** especially since I just got into it.
The old guys got together yesterday and went north. After chasing the ghost of Albies around we decided (With the help of DS's coaching) to just fish where we saw the bait earlier and we had bunker and some rainfish in area and we caught 26 blues between 2 and 5 lbs. on popping plugs. Was good to catch some fish again
Didn't get a chance to post last weekend, but I fished SH early Sat. morning and got a couple of blues chasing bunker (first time out since early summer). Those bunker are all over the place, hope thats a good sign of things to come
Fished 5 1/2 hours last night....best I could manage was one missed fish on small swimmer.....Covered 23 miles to find that high level of activity. :rolleyes:
Some of the water I fished was beautiful, but there was a distinct lack of bait in most of the areas. I was not targeting small bass, instead looking for larger bass or bluefish....but without large amounts of bait, I knew it wasn't likely to happen.
The best part of the night was I had most stretches of beach to myself, the sound of silence was deafening....and didn't run into another fisherman until 5:30 am when I ran into old friends who I hadn't seen since last Fall....They're catching, but echoed my sentiments that the night bite is very spotty so far.....
This morning I still had some energy left, went to the scene of the carnage yesterday where the OFFC and some others put a hurting on the bluefish....That beach was totally dead......the whole ocean this morning made me think what it would be like if God poured a giant bottle of bleach in and mixed it in with the Jersey Coast water.....
Still not satisfied, or miserable enough, I had the bright idea to retrace some of my steps last night, and see if another side of the tide would be better.....it wasn't......I finished up the Monty Marathon with my a** dragging and feeling like I played Pop Warner football for 3 days......
Congrats to all those who found action yesterday afternoon.....if you can find fish today, stay on em....cause it ain't likely you will find them again tomorrow......no discernible patterns at all so far for me, this fall.....
Fishjay, glad to help you and the OFFC any way I can ....you guys are an inspiration for a lot of the younger anglers out there.....and we're most grateful for all the intel and wisdom you have generously shared over the years....:thumbsup: :HappyWave:
KOD (Kiss Of Death) ^^^^^ you were here, this explains the small Ocean County bite dying last night and today.:scared: Monty would have at least caught trash fish on his teaser.:HappyWave: