Nice going gents. I fished moco yesterday from 5 to 6 and got the skunk. I am hoping its still good after the noreaster. fingers crossed.
Nice going gents. I fished moco yesterday from 5 to 6 and got the skunk. I am hoping its still good after the noreaster. fingers crossed.
Always a good move to spend time with your family. Sorry to see you packing it in tho. When I first came here and tried to learn fishing with lures it was tough. Then I got better and started to catch. Had a few great nights, bass and blues mixed in. I don't remember how great the fishing was that you guys had because frankly I haven't been fishing that many years. It seems to me that the fishing is very inconsistent. One day they're here the next day they're gone. We are definitely on a down cycle. Still, I have been catching some fish. More often than not I don't catch. It is disappointing.
I have to say I enjoyed your kayak reports. Hope you get your honey do list done and hope to see you fishing in the spring!
^^^ Also finchaser thats a very nice striper. Congrats.
x2 - very nice striper finchaser. Be careful out there today fellas the surfchex surf cam had a peak wind gust of 51 mph at 8 a.m. at squan inlet.
I agree.
I don't know if that's entirely true, Rob.....
1. Some of the success you have had in life is not based on your education, but your true nature as a go-getter. I've been impressed with some of the stories you have shared.
2. Family is more important, and always should be. I have missed some key bites in the past because of family issues. A responsible adult will know when their family needs them, and it's time to put fishing on the back burner.
Some of the greatest fishermen out there have that success because they sacrifice family time for fishing. That doesn't always end well.
Your exploits at cheating death are legendary.
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...the-year-award
I remember some others you shared that were not in the thread above......
truck hit by lightning, etc.
I think you have lived an extraordinary life...... far from middle of of the road. Just my opinion of course. :)
Good luck with the diet and your health.
Best wishes, and you know you can text anytime.
Less chance of burning up our cell phone batteries. :laugh: :HappyWave:
Non-fishing report. I got up to go fishing this morning before work and decided to take the extra hour sleep thinking it would be chocolate milk and unfishable. Apparently there are still some fish according to B&N, if you believe what he's saying. Those are the days you kick yourself for not going. It has to be the one area that is protected from the wind. when it's chocolate milk most of the water is unfishable. Tight lines fellas may try tomorrow.
You have to take the guy with a grain of salt
This mornings betty/nicks report-
UPDATED 8:26 AM Scott Tarnoski on our Facebook page reports as of 38 minutes ago, "Dirty water is not stopping the bite. Non stop catchin and releasing 30"ers."
Scott Tarnoski from HIS facebook-
"It was a perfect set up till the dirty water rolled in. Still catching them but a slow pick."
I didn't see the "non stop catching and releasing 30"ers" comment on his facebook page. Sounds to me like someone is exaggerating just a bit. It really is hard to figure out the truth. Another comment he makes is "ALL 32 lbs" with 3 fish pics. So he caught 3 different fish, each weighing 32 lbs? How unlikely is that. Why wasn't one of them weighed in? Did he catch them today or yesterday before the rain. A little suspect. my .02
Nice reports gents. Thanks for the water quality reports as well. Hoping to get out later this week.
The B&N circles will remember these last 10 days of epic bass fishing next year but i suspect a low percent of landings verses anglers in the park.
These NE fronts usually put bass in The Back in certain areas for a few days, and sometimes nice ones, hope to check it out soon.
Good point. You have 2oo guys in the park fishing. 5 weigh iins, or even 10. Is that a hot bite?:don't know why:
Thanks for the honesty guys.
Hit an inlet CM yesterday. Great overcast conditions. Tried bucktail and shads. No love.
Moco this am, nothing but the skunk. The water is not that bad. In some areas there is a 50 yard layer of foamy water. Other areas are much clearer. Should be cleaned up nicely with the NW wind coming and within the next 2 tide changes. Good luck out there. Great Fall conditions but unfortunately not too many fish in my area right now.
Always love the way you get out and report the good times and skunks as well buckethead. Hope for better conditions going forward for you.
Finally got a few fish yesterday in moco. There were some peanut bunker getting attacked. Tried a big swimmer and no dice. finally got a handful of small stripers when I switched to small rattle trap. Nothing bigger than 24" but still some fun.
Been fishing the surf all alone (just a friend or two) and having a lot of fun recently.
The count for the past 6 days is 1 over 40lbs, 4 over 30lbs, and way too many to count in the 20# class and of course those pesky 10-20lbs fish. :)
Been chunking around the bunker schools. Some nights plugs work other nights you don't get a sniff despite seeing them take bunker on the surface. Pencil popper has been my hot plug (yes, I pencil popped at night).
Yesterday decided to change it up and go looking for the angry 20# bluefish everyone is talking about. After about a dozen stops (all failures) getting ready to go home when I see birds working peanut bunker. Turned into 3-4 hours of mayhem and chasing schoolie stripers up and down the _____ (insert your choice...breachway, river, pond, beach, pier...lol). At first we were the only guys in the area, by the end of the day half of NJ was there.
All I saw caught were shorts....I managed to pull one fat fish @ 43" in the high 30# class range.
Wow those 40 and 30 pounders were in jersey? Don't mean to doubt your catches but if true it seems like you have been crushing it with the filet ming yong and the rest of us are eating hamburgers from white castle. Congrats!:clapping:
Holy moly that is some record of catching! If I could ask did you get them mostly on bait or artificials? And congratulations.