NJ Fishing Reports for the week of 10-6 to 10-12-08

[bunkerjoe4]

Please post fishing reports here.......as little or as much detail as you want to give.

Please note: NO SPOT BURNING! Posts burning spots will be Edited or DELETED!
Some veteran fishermen have put in years developing and learning about certain spots.Some of these spots can only handle a few guys at a time. We are losing enough access as it is, due to the unfortunate behavior of a few selfish people. No sense in making it worse.

For some areas, it would be wiser to say:
OutFront (Ocean) OR -- OutBack (Bay) -- if you feel too many people will figure out what you are talking about. "Spot burning" also could involve mentioning something specific only to that area. If you do this, your post may be edited, or deleted. Remember that thousands of people could potentially read these posts. You don't want to be fishing next to ALL of them at the same time!

IF you are fishing an area that is NOT residential, being vague is less critical. For example, it's acceptable to say (Any)Park, or (Any)Bay, or mention a specific state park that has loads of parking and can handle the crowds.


If you are unclear on this concept, ask yourself:


If I name this place on the internet, will it be too crowded for me to enjoy tomorrow when people hear I got 30 fish here today?


If the answer is "Yes", then you should probably not be so specific.


We post these reports so our community will have a sense of what is working, what is not. We want to show people how to catch fish, rather than where.Even if you struck out or got skunked, it would be helpful to hear that as well.

If you have any additional details you would like to share - weather conditions, tide (incoming, outgoing, ebb, flood) water temps, bait present, or other mention of techniques or plugs used - feel free, as long as you are not overly specific about location.

Some acronyms -

SH - Sandy Hook
NoMoCo - Northern Monmouth County (below the hook to Shark River Inlet SRI)
SoMoCo - Southern Monmouth County (below SRI to Manasquan Inlet)

OC - Ocean County
IBSP - Island Beach State Park
LBI - Long Beach Island

AC - Atlantic County
AI - Absecon Inlet
CISP - Corson's Inlet State Park
CMC - Cape May County
CMR - Cape May Rips
GEI - Great Egg Inlet
TI - Townsend's Inlet

RB - Raritan Bay
BB - Barnegat Bay
CB - Chesapeake Bay
CBBT - Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel
DB - Delaware Bay

[bunkerjoe4]

NJ WIR 10-6-08

Folks, it has been another decent week for NJ surfcasters, but the majority of bass action is at night.

However, in the last 3 days, there has been some bass action end of day, so keep trying to find signs of bait, people.

Blues have been mixed in with the bass, and there have been some albacore sightings.

I have been informed there have also been some albacore caught from the surf in the last 48 hours. This run is looking more like a lottery than an official run. There does not seem to be any consistency yet.

It's getting colder out there, folks, be sure to bundle up in layers if out there at night.


NY WIR 10-6-08

The bass action along the ocean has started to produce with more consistency, though given all the locations are fishing, the action seems a bit spotty.

The best bet is still Montauk, which has been producing since late August. Daily blitzes are common, though on some days they are better than others. A 52 lber was reportedly beached in the surf Friday night. The fish are definitely moving through, following the baitfish.



Offshore tuna has been spotty. The time and effort required to put a tuna trip together is significant, and the captains are still not at the point where they are reporting a red hot bite, although some very nice catches are being brought back. Hopefully the next week or so brings better news.

You can't catch fish sitting in front of the TV, or reading about them on the internet. Now is a good a time as any to seek out the fall run fish. Good luck!

[voyager35]

Out in RB yesterday, marked some nice bait, but could not get anything to hit our jigs. Decided to troll an umbrella rig, got 3 bass to 29", 2 were short, and 6 nice blues.

For all the bait we saw, seemed like not much fish. Also saw a few albies jump, but we were not successful at jigging them with diamond jigs.

[clamchucker]

Got in on the tail end of a nice moco bite yesterday, blues and basss to 10lbs chasing rainfish and spearing into the sand. Diamond jigs or bucktails were what worked.

[fishinmission78]

Slow at IBSP this afternoon.

[wish4fish]

fished sh last night, hard to get the plug out with the north wind coming at you, but i tried.

[yardvillejimmy]

Fished last evening NoMoCo. Pick of small bass on bombers.

[wish4fish]

maybe it is dead in the back, lol. got blanked last night on bunker and plugs.

[DarkSkies]

Fished moco last night. First off, did a thorough scouting of all my old haunts in rb. Some were deader than Sadam's past life.

Some that are normally spotty were chock full of bait, peanuts /AND adult bunker, being chased by fluke. No big predators in the daytime.

Met up with a bud, winds in front were strong S, scouted for bluefish in the back after dark, found some gators. Such a blast playing with those big blues on plugs, like a crack addiction.

He left, I went out front after getting a call from the OFFC - OLD Farts Fishing Club :

that they had been into fish from 7-8:30, mostly bass on small bait. These old farts had gotten 10-15 fish each. Good for them, one of them told me he went so many times with the skunk he was ready to sell all his gear on e-bay.

So I hit that spot up around 11:30pm, it was dead.

But - cool watching butterfish blitzing in the dark on the small bait in the surfline. At first I didn't know, thought they might be herring, it was cloudy and raining a little. A guy leaving the beach gave me one he had just snagged to use. Thanks Bill.

Didn't work, but it was the first time I ever livelined a butterfish. Us fishermen will try anything if we think it will get us a fish.

A lot of very interesting people out and about last night, met some cool ones, sure I'll run into you again, it was fun.

[cowherder]

Fished out front at Sandy Hook today, used clams 5-7am, 3bass to 27", they were fat.

[clamchucker]

Moco today, fishing at the same general area where the fish are coming in at sunset. Lots of little bait, bass were picky. Managed 2 small bass on magdarters, and then one close to 28" on a yellow needlefish, further out.

The amount of bait in the wash is incredible, there should be a lot more fish based on all the bait we are seeing.