NJ surf action weekend of 11-27-09

[dogfish]

How could I resist the advice of these well-meaning and friendly fishermen, who were having the time of their lives catching the big bluefish that no one else seemed interested in? The Dad told me he had just caught and released a 15# blue a few minutes ago.

I got caught up into filming them, and didn't get any fish. I gradually switched it up to bunker after Jim's Dad Steve landed a 15# bass livelining the bunker.

Anyone who says bluefish will hit anything, you would have been schooled today by these 4 guys. They epitomized the true nature of what being a fisherman means to me.

They saw the situation.
They tried all the artificial presentations they had.
When that didn't work, they realized a change of plans was in order.
That's why they had bunker heads on the hopkins tins. They came to the beach without bunker snags, but weren't so set in their ways that they couldn't improvise.
Once they saw bunker was the ticket, they intensified ther efforts, and were the high hooks for that area today.

The best fishermen out there can improvise on the spot. Why limit yourself by artificials alone. I been in the midst of huge bluefish blitzes on bunker when the only thing they will hit is the meat. The videos were excellent, though if I were fishing next to ya I think my ears might hurt.

[jigfreak]

The best fishermen out there can improvise on the spot. Why limit yourself by artificials alone. I been in the midst of huge bluefish blitzes on bunker when the only thing they will hit is the meat. The videos were excellent, though if I were fishing next to ya I think my ears might hurt.

I'll say! Never saw anyone fishing a bunker head on a hopkins before. You're right, those guys caught fish instead of standing around scratching their heads. Nice report and video's dark. looks like a good time was had by all.

[DarkSkies]

Some people are still dealing with older computers and mentioned they had trouble loading these videos. I compiled a list of suggestions for those people to make it easier to view.

The chief issue is having enough RAM, but you can get around that with a little patience. I'll post these helpful instructions in a day or so....

[mick2360]

A classic line from Rich in the above video: "I've got some (leader) back in the van". Those of us who know Rich would never bet against him having any fishing related material somewhere in his van!

[Pebbles]

I love that video! The clarity and sound turned out great!

If you guys think the back of his van has fishing tackle, you should see his house!

[7deadlyplugs]

Nice videos Dark, you should come up next year and shoot some videos where I fish. You did a good job of focusing on the water and not the background. I might be in touch with you to see if you could please video my grandpa fishing. He's getting older and may not be able to hit the surf too much longer. Keep up the good work.