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Dont feel bad ds going through a slump myself. Threw the bag last night goose eggs. Finchaser you are still on fire nice going.
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I fished with my dad and a good friend of ours from around 7:30pm to 1:30am. There was some lightning off in the distance the whole night. I was worried we were going to have to pack it in early but luckily it stayed far away until we were on the road.
I left the fly rod home and went back to the chunking setup. I brought a snag/plug rod with me and messed around with the smaller blues as the sun went down. About an hour later the bass started showing up, it was a little slow at first but it really picked up on the outgoing. We had steady action all night fish ranging from 12-18lbs.
I found an acre of bunker on our fist and only stop and that made snagging them ridiculously easy. There was also some big swirls on those bunkers and fish under them :wheeeee: |
Before anyone asks...the boga is leashed to my belt, LOL!
This 18lber was released and we kept two smaller fish for the table.
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I was looking at these pics and reports again great work fellas.
Finchaser I agree with jigfreak you have the hot hand, incredible record so far. Monty I am jealous of all those bluefish they have been tough to catch. You all inspired me to get out of work and head down to the shore early today. Hope to find some blues at least will report back later.
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Nice reports gents way to put in your time.
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Add me to the skunk report. We fished the bay last nite 9-1am and very slow. One small bluefish on bunker. Finchaser you are the man.
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Thanks guy's but not really the man my partner had 4 today
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fished this morning 3 bass 1 keeper 29" ,3 sea robbins two skates.
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Fished last night from 9:30pm to 1:30am with my dad.
That wind never died down...I didn't really realize how cold it was out until I got back into my car for the night and had that bone chill. Vampire wind
We only caught a short and a small blue…
I had to take a picture of this guy last night. This was only the second short bass that I have seen in about three weeks. The first short was out front and about 6" big. That says something about the state of our fishery…
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Yeah I'm not seeing a lot of shorts either jb. Had one night in the back with a double digit catch of them. They disappeared after that. I know things are different since sandy but these are resident fish you can always find a few. When you cant you scratch your head and wonder if they took a last minute vacation to Disney.
Fished last night in the back. It was cold and windy, nada.
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Fished nomoco from 5-8pm. Tossing SS littleneck poppers and bucktails. Some good bluefish action to 12#,
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Nice work people....buckethead I NEED those bluefish...they are very late this year.....Keep us posted...thanks....:HappyWave:
5-15-13 AM report...
Overslept so only was able to make it out for the 2 hours before sunrise.
This time I did much better..:rolleyes:..I actually dropped a fish instead of missing the bump....that was it for me...small swimmer this time....where I was, the bunker seemed to have thinned out, and the water was so dirty it looked like someone was pumping raw sewage into the water. Did seem like it warmed up a bit, though..
One of these nights, I may actually catch a fish, and learn some more about that surfcasting stuff.....:bucktooth: ;)
.back at it again soon,,,,:fishing:
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Some nice fish have been caught in the last 2 nights by friends who were able to find bunker tightly schooled up......:HappyWave:
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Nicer bluefish......
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DS you will get your fix soon. Same bat time same bat channel tonight before dark, nomoco. They were a little bigger this time up to 15#. Voraciously attacking everything you threw at them. All over the water column chasing bunker. All artificials. My arms are tired I'm too old for this. Lots of fun though.
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Awesome news can't wait to get on some of those big nasty demons!!!!!!!:bigeyes:
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Fished the ocean in moco 7-9. Windy as hell. Skunk followed me home.
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One blue fish yesterday morning and Ditto^^^^^last night and this AM:skunk:
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Fished the ocean in moco 7-9. Windy as hell. Skunk followed me home.
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One blue fish yesterday morning and Ditto^^^^^last night and this AM:skunk:
Last night was my 4th skunk in a row.
I could be catching some bass tossing heads but every year before this have been able to catch fish in the areas I'm fishing, on artificials....at least a few at each place.
There are so many areas of dead water it's remarkable to me.
If you find bunker schooled up you will have a fantastic night in about 5-10% of the locations out there....
But what about the other locations, the ones that have always held fish?....that are now dead water.......
I don't like fishing crowds and have always been able to find a few on my own....this year has me questioning my skill as an angler.....fishing hours at a time for a few bumps, or one or 2 fish....
(Did get 2 bumps on Speedy's Swimmer...thanks Speedy...:HappyWave:)
Part 2...
Turned it into an extended morning....the humiliation of 4 fishless nights in a row was gnawing at me.....
No fish for me because I really am a dillydock but don't want to take that crown away from Monty just yet.....:laugh: :HappyWave:
Did help a young guy with the catch and release of his fish of a lifetime...:thumbsup:......story to follow.....
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Can't wait for the full report! Don't leave us hanging ds!:HappyWave:
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i ll upstage Dark... We had a GREAT bite, My fifth cast I nail a mid teen bass as I am unhooking my 17 yr old cousin is fighting his first fish awhile and telling me its big but i can't tell based on his word, it got close and i had a bad look before it went to its side and thought it was a teen fish, I flipped on my light and saw a true pig with him about to slide it up the wash with the rod, i quickly grabbed the leader just as the water washed back. I grabbed its lip to lift it and it didn't clear the ground on my first effort, ive done this before and its a great sign, this thing was estimated 31-32lbs His personal best.. Im unhooking it and asked him what he wants to do with it, without a hitch he said let it go. We snapped a quick pic and off she went. The rest off the night would be too stupid to say how good, I know some guys are having some tough outings. 2 friends joined and we all cleared 25 lbs:plastered: (just by a little) this was a artificials bite and they are moving up the coast. Felt good to touch a real bass again, Sandy aftermath I never cleared 30", and I got maybe 2 that size, Lock and load everyone