NJ Fishing Reports for May 2015 - www.StripersAndAnglers.com

[fishrich]

Me and fishjay fished ocean county out front from 11:30 am to 7:30 pm and caught bluefish up to 15 pounds. Way to many to count. Fished the first spot till 4:00 pm with non stop action on metal and poppers. No visible bait, but fish were spitting up bunker. Went to a second spot and fished a sand bar by ourselves and had a hook-up every cast for two solid hours. There were bunker everywhere beaching themselves. When the tide forced us off the sand bar we fished a nearby cut and still had a steady pick of bluefish and even managed a bass apiece before we quit.

[Blazin420]

Fished last night 730-12am...Slower than i expected..Did avoid the skunk with 1 10 lb blue but while unhooking him i went to step on him to calm it down and he did a bluefish ninja jump and put a treble right into my waders ....I was glad it didnt make it into my leg or my hand but i was soaked for the rest of the night (of course it happened with in the first 30 mins i was out there)...After that not much action did have 1 other good whack and saw 2 smaller bass picked up by another guy..Waders are going back to Bean today!

[jigfreak]

Nice going fishrich. Had the same results yesterday lots of big angry blues. They were there without showing. Nice year for blues in ocean county so far. Would like a few more bass too but Ill take what I can get.

[jigfreak]

and he did a bluefish ninja jump and put a treble right into my waders ....I was glad it didnt make it into my leg or my hand but i was soaked for the rest of the night (of course it happened with in the first 30 mins i was out there!

Had that happen to me a few times. Could have been worse at least you didn't stick yourself. Thank god for the warranty.

[storminsteve]

nice going guys. blazing you could have failed epically. You could have had that fish near your crotch when unhooking. Big mistake that I made one time lol.

[Blazin420]

Had that happen to me a few times. Could have been worse at least you didn't stick yourself. Thank god for the warranty.

nice going guys. blazing you could have failed epically. You could have had that fish near your crotch when unhooking. Big mistake that I made one time lol.

I no Jigfreak thats what i was thinking i was pissed i got wet but i was real happy it wasnt impaled in my leg!!! And yes THANK GOD for the warranty...Called today and sent out my old ones new waders should be here by wednesday!

Hahaha...Now that would have really mad the night SUCK!!!...I never trust the blues and there is no way they are getting any where near my family jewels area!!! lol

[robmedina]

went out to a certain inlet that I knew the blues would be at. Cast a 1.5oz bucktail with #70 pork as far as I could, let it drop to the bottom and bam fish on. I thought it was a big skate because it seemed to just hug the bottom. I could not budge it. After a little bit of tugging I got the fish to move....hmm, maybe its a bass, it isn't fighting like a blue. took a little while until I could see it and it turned out to be a big blue in the mid teen range. I ended up breaking my St Croix rod on him and lost hi m on the rocks in front of me.
I gave a bucktail to my buddy and coached him into a fish. When he brought his up it looked half the size of mine, his turned out to be about 26 inches and about 10lbs. I know mine was not 40 something inches but mine was definitely fatter and a little longer. I was also using heavier gear and had trouble moving the fish.
Ended up stopping and buying a new rod. One fish for today and back home to do mothers day.

[buckethead]

Nice report rob I enjoyed reading it until I heard you broke your rod. Early season blues will stay deep until you start moving them up. Often it seems like you have a bass on until they get close to the surface and all hell breaks loose. Sorry to hear that hope it was under warranty.
I was out in moco this morning. Lots of fog and not many fishermen. A few other gentlemen and I enjoyed reeling in quite a few large bluefish in the teens. Ended up with 2 short bass to put the icing on the cake. All on bucktail and pork rind. Happy mothers day to all the moms and families out there.

[J Barbosa]

went out to a certain inlet that I knew the blues would be at. Cast a 1.5oz bucktail with #70 pork as far as I could, let it drop to the bottom and bam fish on. I thought it was a big skate because it seemed to just hug the bottom. I could not budge it. After a little bit of tugging I got the fish to move....hmm, maybe its a bass, it isn't fighting like a blue. took a little while until I could see it and it turned out to be a big blue in the mid teen range. I ended up breaking my St Croix rod on him and lost hi m on the rocks in front of me.
I gave a bucktail to my buddy and coached him into a fish. When he brought his up it looked half the size of mine, his turned out to be about 26 inches and about 10lbs. I know mine was not 40 something inches but mine was definitely fatter and a little longer. I was also using heavier gear and had trouble moving the fish.
Ended up stopping and buying a new rod. One fish for today and back home to do mothers day.

That sucks...I've seen two rods break this past week on bluefish and seen another two almost get dragged into the water. If it wasn't for bluefish most of the tackle shops would be out of business.

Bucktails will usually cull the biggest fish in the area if fished off the bottom.

Big bluefish do not fight like bluefish especially with deep fast moving water. The smaller ones typically run with the current while the big 15-20# class will swim against the current at times.

I lost one the other day that I could have sworn was a nice bass. Right after the hit it took a steady run then stopped followed by another two runs. I got it close enough to see that it was a big bluefish but he popped off after some surface thrashing near the shore (barbless single hook).

Would have easily topped our two biggest bluefish of 16#'s that day.