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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.
Good mojo for your cousin sounds like a good one.:thumbsup:
Nice.
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Nice catches gang. fished island beach from 6-8pm incoming tide. No dice.
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Good stuff guys :thumbsup:
I fished yesterday from 5-9pm and we had great bluefish action nonstop at some points...regret leaving the fly rod in the car.
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Nice going jb, I fished nomoco this am and got a few they seemed energized all on metal.
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Fished RB ..past 3 days ...zip o :skunk:. can't find blues any were in my part of town. I guess I will have to go east. :naughty:
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2 day report. Fished Ibsp yesterday after work. A mess o blues to 7# on metal. Fished today 6-8. One short bass on clams, no blues.
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5-17-13
Fished 2 hours before sunrise, nothing.
Then I went to a back bay spot that usually heats up with bluefish. The other day it was dead. This day it was productive because overnight bait had moved in, spearing or rainfish.
Managed 15 bluefish to 12# hooked and lost others. Lots of fun. Best action lasted for about an hour and then the activity waned as the tide dropped.
You could still get them if you waded out. In the end it seemed I was wading out almost to the point where I was going to get my waders wet to get some more fish.
Toward the end of the bite Vpass came along and we caught a few fish together. :fishing:
Reading the water,
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...-Fly-Beginners
he determined that the fish were shifting, so we moved a bit and picked up a few more. The bright sun really was the kiss of death for that bite, along with colder water coming in on the flood tide.
Still, nice to get out there and run into V...I know he works a lot and doesn't get many chances to get out there...
Also ran into the OFFC as I was leaving,,,,nice to see all of you again and reminisce how good fishing used to be just 8 short years ago....best of health and good luck wishes for the Season. :HappyWave:
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Great report dark I hope those big blues are here to stay! I hit up nomoco again today and had some blue demon action. Got 8 the biggest was 9 pounds all on metal.
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Fished a CM beach this morning 5-9am. Nuttin but dogfish and one skate. Clams and bunker.
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Fished SH early this morning. Got 1 bluefish on a popper speedy made for me. Thanks Todd. Actually it hit my teaser, but the popper was what brought the fish to my teaser. On a bad note, the insert on the large guide fell out and broke in half on my St. Croix rod. What a bummer. Sent it back already. I hope they do the right thing, that rod is only 3 years old. It cost me plenty just to ship it back and I think I will be paying for the shipping back to me! Not such a good warranty policy. Just have to use my old Daiwa rods til I get it back.
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Fished last night starting just before midnight until 10am this morning. We were in the bay from 12-5am and I caught a 16lb bass and a buddy got a 8lb bass + one small blue. Decided to move and try the surf and we found what seemed like miles of small bluefish blitzing just outside of casting range. They did move in and out and we had some fun with them on light rods. Also tossed some of my leftover bait from the night trip to see if any bass in the surf where willing to cooperate...conditions felt very fishy.
This female crab is lucky I'm to lazy to steam just one crab although I am having withdrawals from OLDBAY.
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Cool looking pic john. Is that a blowfish next to the crab. Were you using bunker or clam? I fished the ocean in moCo sunrise till 8. I think it was the last of the outgoing tide and the water was very skinny. casting out as far as I could I got 2 blues to 5 lbs on poppers.
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good reports gents. Would like to find some big bluefish. All we are getting is ones in the 1-2lb range. Chunked last night with bunker and ran out of bunker with the small blues. Steve give me a 9lber I will be happy. John way to keep at it and stay on the fish. I went and tasted some old bay just now can't wait till we can get into some serious crabs! I may make a location change tonight we'll see.
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I fished lbi with bunker chunks from 3-5:30. 2 stripers one was 27" the other was 30". Put the small one back kept the keeper. 2 blues and 4 skates, One of the skates was pretty big.
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Well I made a location change and not much to show for it. Last nite fished the bay with bunker chunks from 11-4am. Picked up a handful of small and medium blues. Would have been happy with the bigger ones still not showing up. Not much food in the bays except for bunker. Strange year.
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Bay temps went from 66 yesterday to 58 last night, NE/SE wind is like pouring castor oil on the water shuts any fishing down. One short bass last night on shad moco in the back.
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Cool looking pic john. Is that a blowfish next to the crab. Were you using bunker or clam? I fished the ocean in moCo sunrise till 8. I think it was the last of the outgoing tide and the water was very skinny. casting out as far as I could I got 2 blues to 5 lbs on poppers.
The blowfish hit on a washed up clam
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I fished a cape may beach last night from 7-10pm. Got 2 nice stripers on clam one 30" and one 38" and about 20lbs. Kept the 30 incher released the 20 pound one.
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2 bass this AM on plugs both released,like hookset said water has dropped and will continue to do so with the SSE winds predicted for the next few days
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Fished this morning 1:15-9:15 bayside.
Had some blue action in the dark but only landed 1 about 4 pounds on a teaser around 2:30. missed a few fish.
Then between 6:00 and 9:00 caught a dozen between 20" and 28" on needles and spooks.
Last two fish were Stripers ~24 inches (pencil) and 32 inches (Spook). Missed a bunch, lost a couple. Great fun in perfect fishing weather, the water was great.
All fish released. The top water action was a ball. The skinny blue/white spook was clobbered by the bass and the Blues definitely preferred it by a wide margin.