Earle Naval station fishing tournaments and News Leonardo

[plugginpete]

DS, sorry I missed you there. We had a good time caught some small porgies but nothing else. First time we attended. Heard they had the pier opened twice before. Hope they do it again next year.

Wonder if clamchucker went?

[clamchucker]

I wasn't there Saturday, but have been there before as a guest.

The best time is at night. We fished the shadow lines, bass assassins and storm shads. Pulled a few nice bass out of there. The gentleman who invited me gets them 10 months out of the year, using strictly rubber baits, fish up to 30#.

[wish4fish]

^ what clamchucker said, fishin there is like being in an aquaruim, fish the shadows.

[bababooey]

Be careful out there this week! Earle harbor protection exercises, from the App.com
Navy Training
Fishermen in the Raritan and Sandy Hook bays are advised that Naval Weapons Station Earle will conduct harbor protection exercises during the afternoon hours of May 15, 22, 29 and June 5, 12 and 19 in the waters surrounding the Navy’s pier in the Leonardo section of Middletown.
The exercises will involve marked Navy harbor patrol boats and sentry towers firing blank ammunition in Sandy Hook Bay in the vicinity of the NWS Earle Waterfront Restricted Area.
The training is scheduled to end by 4:30 p.m. each day.