NJ Fishing Reports for April 2013....www.StripersAndAnglers.com

[J Barbosa]

Fished the high tide this afternoon with my dad for 2.5hrs. 15-25mph+ winds brought us one 26" for my dad and one missed hit for me.


When the tide is suppose to move out and it's still rushing in its time to call it quits.


The wind wasn't that bad when we showed up but it got worse and worse it seamed.


If I sell my fly rod will this wind go away?

[ledhead36]

Nice going John it was real tough out there tonight glad you were able to stick it out and get some fish. Fishing with your Dad even more a bonus.

I got 2 bass to 33". Not really worth the effort but they were active. Best was around high tide, The wind was like being in a giant wind tunnel. Terrible.

[J Barbosa]

Nice going John it was real tough out there tonight glad you were able to stick it out and get some fish. Fishing with your Dad even more a bonus.

I got 2 bass to 33". Not really worth the effort but they were active. Best was around high tide, The wind was like being in a giant wind tunnel. Terrible.

Nice LH,

We showed up around 6:30 and there was others catching tiny fish around 10-14". I haven't seen that many dinks caught in a while. Only saw one other fish caught in the mid 20"s and it was kept.

[DarkSkies]

Anyone out fishing last night deserved a medal, or psychiatric exam.
Wind was brutal. Never shifted to the west for part of the tide as Wunderground predicted, hard E all night with 5 minutes at a time of minimizing. As the night got later the wind got worse. Steady 20mph, relentless. Gusts over 30mph causing me to question my sanity. Blasting sand on every part of my body that was not protected.

Some have said it in this thread. I'll re-iterate it. NE pattern conditions (generally) do not help you to catch a lot of bigger fish from land in NJ. They work against you and destroy any favorable bite or forage pattern that has developed. You will catch more quality fish, and with more consistency, on a NW/W pattern, or before a NE pattern has developed, as Finchaser and others have explained many times. Just ask West Wind Wally. Some people will never understand this, so be it.

With that being said, some of my crazy friends found ways to hide from the wind and caught a few nice fish. The bite was nothing like it could have been, had the wind only shifted for a few hours. Every fish was a lucky fish, no pattern.

[cowherder]

Great going guys. My report drove down to the bay, wind was like a freight train. Turned around and went home. You dudes are hardcore!

[ledhead36]

Nice fish dark glad you finally got a chance to get back in the game.
Heading out now, wind died down a bit. Stop by you know where we'll be.

[lostatsea]

Good job fellas hope to be out this weekend after the seas calm down.

[ledhead36]

Lots of small runts tonight. Slow pick of baby bass, with a sprinkling of small blues as well. dirty water. Oh well can't bat 1000 every night. dark you didn't stop by and we texted ya with some profane pics. You out there?

[buckethead]

Fished some sod last night picked up a 15lb bass on a swimmer. Released.

[cowherder]

Nice going buckethead even nicer on the c&r.

[DarkSkies]

Very nice effort, people.

Some nice fish were caught in the past few days....

[madcaster]

Fished RB 5:00 to 7:00 . Threw metal and needles ....only had one hook up and lost it. Bait guys were doing good on the blues. The blues seem to be getting bigger. I had my first wind knote with my PP slick..... at least I didn't lose the plug. Might have to buy some bait for the next trip out.
I saw horse shoe crabs in the water ...that time of the year

[VSdreams]

Got into some nice blues to 10lbs yesterday around dinner time, back of the bay. Daiwa sp minnows.

[finchaser]

this am 2 bass on jig head and rubber
this afternoon 3 blues on wind cheater

[fishinmission78]

Fished Island beach on the incoming tide. 2 runt bass to 25" clams.

[SharkHart]

Finally connected with a solid bite- Took the trip north to see what i could find, double digit catch with bass to 10 lbs, this was fishing nearly all night. Wear your wading belts gents, I took a plunge with a mis step tonight without one luckily I had extra clothes and found bass to lighten the spiit.

[madcaster]

Fished for RB 7pm to 8pm.Caught 2 blues has the sun went down ....so crowed I had to go to my back up spots just to get to the water
Didn't not see any other fish caught .....blues might be moving in.

[chas527]

want fishing the last 3 nights nothing but small bass and skates.

[storminsteve]

Ir's crazy how one beach will turn on one night and be dead the next. madcaster and chas I was skunked a few times this week too did not report it. Then last night I switched to a different beach and got 3 bass to 33", and a few blues. All on plugs. Best bite was right around sunset. I will be there tonight and probably have jinxed myself and there will be no fish, lol.

[fishinmission78]

Fished island beach for the last of the outgoing tide, 4 bass to 29 1/2", clams.