I'm not buying it, Fin. You'd think he'd at least post a west wind wally video or something. Free Dark Skies!!! :ROFLMAO
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Mick, you're one of the few that were sharp enough to read the smoke signals....:clapping: :HappyWave:
A few things....
1. I have been fishing hard when not working or spending time with family.
2. I haven't talked about it much because the OGB has threatened to turn me in to PETA for all the C&R fishing I'm doing in this cold water....:rolleyes:
3. Some fish caught, some might think not worth the effort...to me they are....:fishing:
4. Will try to post up some reports tomorrow PM when I get a chance....
5. The "new posts" feature of the site is still down...it must be frustrating as hell for you folks because I'm sick of it...have been on the phone with network solutions 4 times this week alone,,,,and other than the profuse apologies from them, I haven't seen any results yet....:2flip:
6. Do NOT use Network Solutions if you are considering a service provider, unless you like developing hundreds of white hairs overnight...:burn:
7. Because of that, I've given up on fixing the site right away and have tried to deal with it by fishing.
8. Finchaser and the shadowy figures he represents may be buying the site....I was told they represent FFISH -
Frustrated
Fishermen
In
united Support of voting
Hypocritic Democrats out of office....
So if you start to see more anti-Obama jokes, you will know they are behind the scenes already....:scared: :rolleyes:
And as always, remember that anything you read above, as with all my posts, are for entertainment value only.....life is too short, to take everything seriously....and when it gets tough,,,,,might as well go fishin....:fishing: :HappyWave:
I got a little behind on the reports as the fishing kicked up a bit, the tides were too easy for people to follow, and the crowds were building.....here ya's go, enjoy....I have mentioned that the fish seem to be more scattered now and at this time require lots of work to get a few....
I got 9 fish in the 7 days beginning with this report. That represents many hours fishing, and not many of them catching...so overall I feel it has become more of a challenge as IMO the fish are now moving through (rather than holding in an area, and then coming onshore to feed in low light conditions).
Still, they are there for those who don't mind fishing a tide at a time and getting skunked in between....and how much more can you expect?...plugging in March....I'm happy to have the chance to get out there and do it....:drool:
Just remember it ain't easy right now, back bay or ocean side....if it was, everyone would be catching. :learn:
3-4-12....a few fatter fish...
4 bass to 33", low teens....
This Sat night's conditions were a replica of that last Sat night where I got 15...so I was forced to get out there and see if history would repeat itself...it didn't....just a slow pick of quality fish....
Fished 3 hours, cold and 20mph NW winds made it brutal....had to stop a few times to warm my frozen fingers.....
Fish hit plugs, bomber profile, but were absent from many of the usual places.
Finally found some.
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For the log and the new guys:
Air Temps 36-30
Water temp - 44
Wind - 20 mph steady W/NW with higher gusts.
Managed 4 to 33", low teens, all released.
There was no bite to speak of, I got these fish by moving and moving till I found a few of them...
Fished 3 hours.
3-5-12 skunk report
A few small fish were caught before sunset. I had to work and could not get out till later.
Building S wind never makes me happy as I have not done well in NJ with these conditions.
Fished 2 1/2 hours anyway, not a tap. :skunk:
3-6-12 skunk report
No real amounts of fish were caught in the afternoon but I wanted to give it a shot. Similar conditions as yesterday, S wind and SE swell, lousy for most Spring fishing in NJ, although good in other states.
Fished 2 hours, no action at all. :skunk:
The S wind and SE swell has not been very productive at all for me according to my logs. SE and S patterns generally bring in cold dirty water. The ocean temps had risen to 45, and that kind of pattern is something that could bring the ocean temp down.
Additionally, it makes it difficult to present artificials. With a strong S wind you have to compensate for the wind in your cast. It really is not fun to fish in those conditions. There are a very few areas in NJ that benefit from that type of pattern, most of them are in the back bays...and condition, tide, and bait-specific.....
I was out there anyway because the latest pattern, is that there is no pattern. The fish are now moving through on the migration train. Hit one on the head, and ya got one.,....miss that fish and you may have missed the best catch of the night....hey that's fishin....:fishing:
Thanks dogfish! :HappyWave:
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3-7-12 fish feeding in the slop....
Conditions were terrible, there was a howling S wind, and a building SE swell in advance of a pending weather front.
Most would have said it was unfishable. I thought that at first. Since I drove down there anyway, found a spot that was tucked in a bit....and started getting some fish on rubber...
Managed 5 bass to 34", (around 15#), before the rain, wind and swells made it dangerous and I had to get the heck off the beach....
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For the log and new guys:
Air temps 45-40
Water 44
Wind, S hard at 20mph, shifting to SE and with a building sea making it unfishable and forcing me to leave.
I never do well in a S wind pattern in NJ. Catching those bass was a curse, because now when the wind and conditions are similar to this, I'll be compelled to try to get out there. :kooky:
3-11-12 Skunk report
Wanted to fish before the Asbury show. Made it down there well before sunrise.
The conditions were good but there seemed to be a lack of forage, hence no feeding fish for me.
It was also a bad stage of the tide, and I should have planned that better.
We fish when we can, sometimes it's less than optimal.
Not a tap for the whole 3 hours that I fished. :skunk:
Report 3-12-12
A few quality fish.......
Last night was a night that had all indications of a fantastic bite with a small window before the weather moved in...
I managed a few quality bass by moving aound and pushing it...Had to work hard for each fish.
Some nice bass in the low teens were in the mix.....
Total 12 bass to 15#.....
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For the log and the new guys:
Nicest night of the season so far until the rains came.
Air temp 60-52
Water - 45+
Swell, SE swell, not bad, just right for the conditions.
Fish - 12 to (15#) 34".
The interesting thing was the sluggishness of these fish.,..they hit as lightly as they had been hitting when the water was 42. The only real aggressive hits of the night were when I got the few teen bass at the end. Also dropped one teen bass about 20' from me when I failed on the hookset.
Fished 5 hours for these fish
I was so tired that I did not want to make the move to the last area. I had already visited 5 different areas and it was honestly a slow pick, a fish here and there, no discernible pattern.
I had to force my feet in front of each other to walk to the last place I ended up at. Glad that I did. You never know where the bigger fish of the night will come from, until you have one on the end of your line....:fishing:
Wow dark you are crushing them! Do you ever sleep? congrats. Be careful our there. It was beautiful, though, I had such a great time fishing tonight it felt like May out there
Thanks for the report. DS getting it done big time.:thumbsup: :cool:
Thank you for the kind words clamchucker. I had missed out on reading some of the nice posts folks have put up here, so I'm reviewing as I get time and trying to respond.
Sorry to all for the delays, but as ya see, after work and family responsibilities, much of my spare time is spent fishing lately.
I hope you get a chance to get out there and do well this season, and that your health continues to allow you to fish.
God Bless and thanks. :HappyWave:
3-15-12 skunk report
Last night I had to work late, do some things around the house, and as a result got out there late.
The NE weather pattern forecast to start this afternoon, had already started....http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...cons/icon9.png
The building swells, constant 15mph NE winds, really killed the fishing opportunities. Wanted to give it an honest effort anyway, so I fished for 2 1/2 hours.
During this build-up in bad weather, it's been my experience that if there are no concentrations of bait around, if you find any fish at all, they will be on the bottom.
At the first stop I got limited activity on rubber, but only because I hit those scattered fish on the head..it really was impossible to hook them with the building swell, where I was....:mad:
Moved a few more places with no results. I ended up at a quieter place that might have produced, if there was bait around....hit that place for a solid hour with not as much as a tap.
I was thinking of returning to the first place where I had the intiial action, but with the winds still at 15mph solid NE I knew it would be like running uphill on molasses to get a few fish, and I just didn't have the energy.
I wanted to get home to the comfort of my sweetheart and a warm fire, so I called it a night......
Hey dark you can't win them all. At least you were out there trying. I would be a little concerned when the water is smashing in like you described. Be vsafe out there. And thanks for the info on helping me fish the bay today.
ha ha dark u got zero we got sum fish and you said you want to plug all nite u shud come to the wet side and fish bait wit us the fish are hungry!:moon::HappyWave:
Dark the clams are calling. Dark-- come to me, come to me, you know you want to put a fresh juicy clam on your line. Don't resist the power of the clam! :laugh: Big fish back there. Did you get our texts and pics? Stop on by any time. :HappyWave: Some a-hole tackle shop there is blabbing it all over the net. Tent city by tomorrow night.
^^ Ledhead, you should do stand-up for a living. :clapping: :HappyWave:
Wish4fish, I guess ya lost out on a box of chocolate donuts...the Entemanns kind....:moon:
You folks are fishin hard, you deserve those fish...
Me...I'll take the solitude....and less fish as long as there are less crowds...
Catch em up, proud of ya's. :fishing:
3-17-12 A few fish....
The night tides were late this week. Overslept on Fri night, got up late....down to the water and found it was pretty gnarly out there. Constant swell, hard to find fishable water. Water was also clouded up by the recent noreast pattern.
There was a tremendous fog blanketing the area,,,,making the ride down treacherous with visibility only 100' at times, and negotiating the beaches a challenge.
Bass were on the bottom. Rubber was the only thing that worked.
There were no real concentrations of fish...almost all the fish and action were scattered over a large geographic area....
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7 bass to 34 1/2", around 16#....all released.
The never ending season, keep at it ds.
We're back in the game too dark. Got some nice ones tonight. You still in? Did you get the pics we sent?
This thread has been a fantastic read. Makes me miss the time I spent in Jersey. We never had them in the winter like you folks did this season. Lucky for you. Thanks for the reports and save some fish for us!:HappyWave:
Hookset and Ledhead, got your pics, beautiful fish.....WTG.....:clapping: :thumbsup:
Sunday was the night to be out there...last night some good things happened too,,,,all about the bunker....:fishing:
This has been very entertaining because I couldn't get out to fish. I will try to give some reports to your site and thank you for everything,
Finally got time to post the pics.....
thanks again Surfstix! :thumbsup: :HappyWave:
Hope Pebbles and I can beat some of these up by showing the "after" pics......
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These are the "before" pics....
the 2 above are shots of the biggest pencil I've seen in a while...this pencil I think weighs in at 4.5oz......:cool:
The teaser below is one of Surfstix's hand-made teasers.
He's been making them for awhile now and the craftsmanship really shows......:thumbsup:
(Note the good quality epoxy heads on the teasers/tails and the heavy duty split rings......)
Some of Rip Plugger's plugs, and the ones Surfstix has sent me, are usually dressed up now with these teasers at the end.
They make a real difference in getting a fish to hit when they are sluggish or the water is colder.
This is what he made for Pebbles, even put her name on it.......:drool:
(maybe to keep me from "borrowing" it from her......:laugh: http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...cons/icon3.png )
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Nice well made ML Swimmer, Pebbles was so happy when she saw it.....:drool:
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Check out the custom metal lip on this thing, for a little more action in the water........
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Check out the awesome teaser....again a viable part of the reasons why surfstix plugs catch fish.......:thumbsup:
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...surfstix+plugs
Thanks again Surfstix! :HappyWave:
^^ We may get a winter bite this year, then again we may not....
The conditions are so different that I'm not optimistic, but am hopeful.....in the meantime if there is a bite, I'm posting this to give Pebbles the incentive to get out there with me and get some fish....we talked about this the other day and she said no way would she be out there in 32 degree weather at night....too cold for her....but maybe she'll change her mind........:heart:
Fished Sunday morning 1:30 to 11:00 ocean side.
Ocean was unruly and muddy. Around 9:00 it was very fish able and starting cleaning up.
Had a bunch of bumps throughout the trip, finally around 10:30 I caught a short Striper on a Mag-darter.
Guys were catching shorts on Vision eels in tight, shorts were hitting very light.
Had a great time, nice weather.
More than likely this was the last trip for me this year, busy with work the next few weeks, some traveling too.
Way to go white water^^^^^
Found a few last night, 4 fish in ocean county on shads, 2 were close to 30" my best fish all fall :scared:
Monty, I bet you did a little dance when you finally caught that fish.....I wonder if there is such a thing as the White Water Dance? :laugh: :thumbsup: :HappyWave:
Shark, outstanding, catching 4, when others come up empty handed for the night bite, is pretty damn good....:thumbsup:
for the rest of ya's, great effort in getting out there......:thumbsup:
You all did better than me last night.....
Despite the old grouchy weather report, which I get twice a day....:rolleyes:
I was out anyway....
Air temps 52 all night,
Slight SW wind.....
Water temps 51 degrees,,,,,
How could I resist? :kooky:
4 hours hunting and pecking.....lots of closed areas made it tough.....had to expand the range and the stops I fished at.
The water was dirty, worked the bottom half of the water column....nothing at all for me. :skunk:
^ Steve, I believe you have to contact your Cable provider.
Just ask them for the Grouchy Channel, or the Old Grouchy Basstard Channel.:argue:..they'll know what to do.....:rolleyes: :HappyWave:
Nice! :thumbsup:
It was a bit of a learning experience. Fished very hard for that one fish, should have caught a few more......Urghh.
It was murky out there... I liked it a lot.:)
http://rocksimpson.com/images/2012_12_3_WW.jpg
Released 19 smalllllllllllllllllllllll bass today all on metal in day light wind came up out of the south and shut down the bite like some one flipped a switch
Dark, does the grouchy channel come with smell-o-vision?:scared: :laugh:
I'm thinking the two of you could put on quite a show, kind of like beavis and butthead, or archie bunker and meathead! Finchaser awesome 19 fish is some great numbers congrats.
this AM released 5 smallllllllllllll bass all on metal
Finchaser lighting up the daylight with numbers....WTG....:thumbsup:
Lots of little fish around, good for the folks who have been catching..:clapping:..one lady Fin and I know got 80 yesterday....none bigger than 22".
The OFFC were out the last 2 days and got some numbers as well.....with one even approaching keeper size....:clapping: :thumbsup: :HappyWave:
With all the small fish around, there is lots of opportunity for folks who don't fish a lot to catch them. Get out there in the surf, EOD bite,
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...ctionary/page6
and cast rubber, metal with teasers, (or small plugs if the winds and swell permits)....you will catch 'em....:fishing:
Tue PM report...
Was looking for the needle in the haystack fish.....something a little bigger than the small fish that have been in the surfline lately.
I have gotten legal fish every month this year....it's been tough some months....during July and August I fished an average of 30 hours to get a legal fish. :kooky: for December, was wondering if I would be able to find one with all the small fish around....
I had a hunch, based on past logs, and some things that are going on now with different temperatures.
Many nights I play my hunches, and fail miserably...this night my hunch proved right.....
The biggest obstacle was the South wind...forecast to shift to SW....but it was a steady S all night....very rarely do you get ideal conditions lately....the other times I was out the conditions were perfect but the fish just were not there at night......
After about 15 minutes of casting swimmers, no action, getting slightly discouraged again. The last few times I was out at night I did poorly. Only a few small fish over the course of several trips.
I switched to rubber shads and nailed a fish close to legal size. This gave me the motivation I needed. I had been definitely feeling down about my night fishing trips. That activity continued for the next 1 1/2 hours.
I had one fish every half hour, no other hits or misses.
Nice clean migrating fish.
The fish seemed to be just beyond the last breaker.
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Managed 3 bass to 11#.
Released all.
Biggest fish came on a bottle darter, the other fish came on rubber shads. First time for me, that I have gotten fish on shads, since the Spring.
A good time, I was happy. :cool:
I continued to fish for another hour after the bite died, hoping for another fish...not to be.
Still not having enough sense to go home, I went to another location...water was much dirtier here. Fished for another 2 hours with no action at all. Finally called it quits at the end of the tide....
let's call it a Monty Mini Marathon.....:laugh: :HappyWave:
Nice fish guys. I fished moco yesterday from 3-4:30. Got 17 bass on metal with redgill teaser. Missed a bunch as well. They would hit it quick and not hit again. Also, every fish had diapers on. Didn't see anything over 22" caught along the whole stretch of beach. Most fish were 14-16". I even saw one guy hook one about 10" long. Thought it was a hickory shad at first.
Not a mad rush yet because its hard to get motivated to chase after the dinks. They are there. Smallest fish I have seen all year. 11 bass Wed fished the last hour of sunlight. Best action was right before the sun went down and then it shut off like a switch. Tsunami shads the small ones.