Lets see some water temps for Raritan here. I need something to look forward to. I'm looking for 45-50 as the magic number for striped bass action. Any thoughts?:fishing:
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Lets see some water temps for Raritan here. I need something to look forward to. I'm looking for 45-50 as the magic number for striped bass action. Any thoughts?:fishing:
Today it reached 36 degrees at Keansburg. That's pretty good, considering all last week it was around 33. :wheeeee:
It will drop like a rock when all the snow run off from upstate comes down the husdon
Oh come on finchaser you're such a party pooper! At that rate we will have nothing in the bay but winter flounder and stray coney island whitefish. Some of us want to fish on Mar 1, keep hope alive will you!:fishing:
For your sake I hope so, but I wouldn't bet on itQuote:
Originally Posted by storminsteve
This is what Cardoc and I were discussing the other day. For any chance on getting fish March 1st there will have to be no more storms and the sun better come out more often like it has been. The water will be cold and muddy too. Unless this happens it won't be good for an early beginning. JMOQuote:
Originally Posted by finchaser
I agree, but if you fish the incoming tide to the top, the water coming in from the ocean might actually be warmer. I did this as a pattern for the first month last year and caught fish. Today the back bay temp registered 47 degrees. It will be windy for the next few days so I imagine those temps will shoot right back down. Still, 47 degrees makes me drool a little.
Hey Steve I can't wait to get back out there again either. We should exchange info because I won't be on the site anymore. Someone is pist at me for going and meeting a fellow site member so I am out of here.Quote:
Originally Posted by storminsteve
if you stay i will buy you a samminch what do ya say broQuote:
Originally Posted by rip316
:huh:trying to kill him now, with food from that place Dark eats atQuote:
Originally Posted by speedy
Yesterday the bay temp got up to 43 and is around 40 today at keansberg. However, i'm looking for it to be a bit more steady over 45. March 17th was my start date last year and that is what I am looking forward too.
Barnegat bay temps are 36today. After getting back up to 41.5 on the 18th. Finchaser is right, there won't be many bass in water that cold. The season opens in less than 2 weeks. Thats depressing.
Snow tonight and teens tomorrow night won't help. Saw some lagoons on Sunday that feed into Barnegat Bay still iced over
Yeah at this rate fishing will start heating up in June, right when its time for them to move further north.
Water temps for rb got up to 42 yesterday, getting close!
Raritan Bay went from 42 all the way down to 34 last last night. With rain expected this weekend will only delay any kind of action. I will be staying home til next week.
The water was freezing today. I went this morning with clams and it was about 42. No fish around, small taps on the hook which were probably flounder. The guy at the tackle shop said it got to 50 yesterday, but not this morning it was like ice!
Manasquan river today 38 and brown
Barnegat bay 40 and clear
Beaver dam had skim ice this AM
both taken by me
The tackle store with the 50 BS is just trying to sell bait
The USGS gauge at Keansburg finally touched 50, for real, yesterday. As finchaser said the rain dropped those temps like a rock. Now they are trending up a little and should honestly (tackle shop liers be damned) be into the 50's this week. I am liking the first few days of next week. The temp will be trending up and might produce some results.
50 deg in the rb, just hit it!
Won't be long now!
Ah Rabbi jokes^^Quote:
Originally Posted by storminsteve
Went out tonight and the water was cold. I waded in and is was like crap. A lil longer yet
That would be after the circumcision, no?:laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by finchaser
Poor kid, he could have been a John Holmes. Now he's just a little "short". Hey cardoc at least you gave it a try.
Fished the incoming yesterday. One fat short (do not know what they could have been feeding on with no bait around, this thing had a football shaped belly) 23" on sandworm.
Nice, rip!
The temps hit 57 in the back of rb today woo hoo!
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Originally Posted by cardoc765
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Originally Posted by storminsteve
I brought these comments to light because I wanted to give a little depth to this issue here. It's great that these temps are edging upward. :headbang:I check the guages every day for several areas as well and get pumped when I see the water reaching the 50 degree mark.Quote:
Originally Posted by finchaser
However, I wanted to get people to think about the fact that as fin and others have said, those are surface water temps. Moreover, those temps exist for a static period in time as the sun heats the water near the data stations.
The fish are still sluggish at this point. I know guys are bragging about catching, and I'm happy for them. :thumbsup:
I met several groups of people today who travel 2-4 hours (one way) to out NJ bays to fish. While we complain about wasting our time out there, these guys will spend a minimum of 8 hours a night fishing when you take their commuting time into account.
So while I'm happy to see the tackle shops sell clams and worms (cause they certainly need the business, they really do!) it's more accurate to say fishing is spotty right now. I know there are no guarantees in fishing. But if you're driving 2 hours or more one-way to get to the bayshore and anticipating fish, it's not likely right now. http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...cons/icon3.png
If you're going just to get out of the house and have to be away from the wife, ;) or because your son or daughter is begging to go fishing, then by all means don't let my cautions stop you from going. :fishing:
The gas crisis has made people more picky about making trips for nothing. All I'm trying to do is save folks who live far away a few dollars in these tough times.
In a week or 2, the action should really be worthwhile.
Even the bunker that people are harping about in the bays can't help most fishermen right now, as the largest majority of fish that are available aren't big enough to swallow a bunker. Most of those resident fish are keyed in on worms, crabs, small marine life, grass shrimp, and the winter spearing that have shown up.
So, without seeming too negative, just trying to keep it real for the folks who live furthest from the surf. :HappyWave:
I have heard so many stories from tackle shops saying people are getting fish. But it is interesting how there are no weigh ins. Who wouldn't want a gift certificate for the first weigh in of the year. I agree with Dark's water temps. What you read is not waht the temp is deeper in the water column. My comment of the water being crap was a reference to how cold it was. Looking at my logs from last year, the ouside temp was 60 for several days. Yes, i started to catch fish consitently starting March 17th. but the water temps low and high were hovering around 50 to 52. It was not a drastic change between high and low tides. That is what you want, more consistency in the water temps. Middle or end of next week show start to show more signs of fish. There have been a few shorts caught so far, so it's looking good.
Snow showers Wed. into Thurs. and temps dropping into the low 30's is not a good comnbination. We will have to wait a bit longer fellas for this year to be kicked off into a more consistent feeding pattern.
fishing is returning to how it use to be less fish and real winters you newbies are spoiled, when the dogwoods bloom they will be there can't go by dates. Temps that cause dogwoods to bloom are also the temps needed to warm the water. Been usng this since it was given to me over 40 years ago I never go by dates I follow natureQuote:
Originally Posted by rip316
Tulips – arrival of winter flounder
Dogwood – arrival of striped bass
Lilac – weakfish are in town
Forsythia – bluefish and fluke are on the move
September’s full harvest moon has a tremendous effect on both weakfish and striped bass which take it as a sign to start their annual southern migration. During this lunar period juvenile species of both predator and prey are driven outward along the shoreline.
Hey guys the water temps in raritan bay dropped about 10 degrees in the last 3 days, they are now around 70.:cool:
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nj/nwis/uv...te_no=01407081
raritan bay temps were around 68 this morning!
It went down to 56 this week
46 in raritan bay
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nj/nwis/uv...te_no=01407081
Go south, young man, go south.;)
It went from 37 last night to 46 today, woo hoo!
Sorry pal that ones really hard to believe
^He's right. It's here all in black and white, finchaser. Grouchy much? Maybe dark has a point.:laugh: :HappyWave: Look at the chart for mar 6.The bay seemed warmed up last night, early pm,, but it was still no action.
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nj/nwis/uv...te_no=01407081
OK but my friends who fish there nightly said the water temps when they take it was 38 to 40 and void of life. Really makes no never mind to me as I don't fish there not into clams and commando fishing. Looks to me on your chart nights are in the low 40's and daytime highs rise, then again it has to do with water depth and in that area what flows down the rivers on the tide .The water went up to almost 55 degrees today according to them another 10 degree rise. Remember you are on the moon tide at low tide the extremely low waters warm quickly and give a semi false reading which drops like a rock on the flood tide. Should be in the 80's by the weekend.:) I'm not grouchy just report what I see or hear to try and help people as DS asked me to :don't know why:
Finchaser no disrespect meant but I understood you to be a guy who doesn't fish bait. Yet you have friends who fish there nightly. Would they be using clams? From your posts I understood that you didn't associate with anyone who fishes bait, so why the friends who are clam fishers.Quote:
Originally Posted by finchaser
It makes no difference to me as I will fish clams bunker or whatever else it takes it put them in the boat, just curious?:huh: