NJ Fishing Reports for May 2014.....www.StripersAndAnglers.com

[DarkSkies]

NJ Fishing Reports for May 2014.....www.StripersAndAnglers.com

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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.

** Since Sandy and the rebuilding/Beach replenishment, a substantial amount of Fishing Access has been lost. The ones who want to fish, are now crowded into less places, particularly the popular ones.
Please use common sense, when describing where you were fishing.

1. 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.

2. For some areas, it would be wiser to say:
Out Front (Ocean) OR -- Out Back (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. 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

3. 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 there today?
If the answer is "Yes", then you should probably not be so specific.
More discussion on this:
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...ead.php?t=3763



**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.












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
CMC - Cape May County


RB - Raritan Bay
BB - Barnegat Bay
CB - Chesapeake Bay
DB - Delaware Bay

Mecca.....Montauk

[DarkSkies]

Here we are, the first week of May.....and except for a few scattered reports.....no real amounts of bluefish.....
Many feel this colder winter put things off a bit....I agree.....
I know most don't care about blues...like to grumble.....but they sure do give kids, families and anglers a helluva lot of fun.....
As many know the bigger ones come from offshore, while the smaller ones migrate up the coast.......

More on that here.....
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...fish-Migration






It was only 8-10 years ago that you could find schools of taylor bluefish and striped bass right in the surf.... hot on schools of early season rainfish, herring and shad as they followed these forage fish up the coast....and the racer blues would hit the bays like clockwork, either on or before April 14........This was part of the early Spring patterns that you could count on yearly.

I had lots of good times introducing kids to the sport of fishing by taking them to get those racers.........
I still anticipate and look forward to them every year..........
Monty's thread for more info.....
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...-Bluefish-2014

Meanwhile, migratory Hudson bass finally showed up in northern NJ bays around April 17...with a few (though less than usual) resident bass around in the weeks before that............
These threads go into further detail about migratory bass, resident bass, and the yearly patterns....
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...tion-for-NJ-NY

http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...y-abandoned-us


Weakfish have also been making an appearance here and there.....

In my experience, though bass and weakfish have shown up in some coastal areas......there is (generally) only a limited window to fish for the Hudson bass before they head up river....and then a bit of a lull as we wait for the other migratory fish to make their way up the coast......

Hence my excited anticipation for the downtown blues....(surfwalker term )........
If you love to fish....for the sake of fishing.....they put a bend in the rod and a smile on your face......



Best of luck to everyone.....it's May and there are fish around......

We have a lot of new members and traffic lately.......
If some of ya's have questions feel free to ask away in this thread by Surfstix....
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...-Newbie-Thread

Please remember our restricted fishing access bottlenecks if you want to post a report.....thanks....

[jigfreak]

Fished the back this morning. Last of outgoing (water dirty) and one hour of incoming. Water was still dirty feels like it will take about 2 tide changes to clean up. Nothing for me. Any one remember the movie the fog?
Check this out-
http://www.surfchex.com/manasquan-web-cam.php

[madcaster]

my log book in my head says that I've caught blues already ....no signs yet

[cowherder]

Hence my excited anticipation for the downtown blues....(surfwalker term )........

my log book in my head says that I've caught blues already ....no signs yet

^^^^^^ O Lord please give me some downtown blues. They will be here by this weekend or I'm buying a 50 gallon container of blood from the cow processors in Newark to dump in the bay! just kidding but come on already!!!!!!!! Thanks for the report jigfreak at least you tried. Surf looks gnarly.

[bababooey]

Yep that would be a great idea dude.

[plugcrazy]

haha great video. Put me in for an order of those downtown blues. Its time.

[seamonkey]

Loved that blood.
"shark lifeless eyes, black eyes like a dolls eyes - doesn't seem to be livin, the ocean turning red"
Classic.

[paco33]

Thanks for the conditions report jigfreak. I feel the same way the bay should be almost back to normal by Friday. Watch the full moon high tides if your on the sod banks out there you could get stranded.

[Blazin420]

My first blues of the year came on April 24-25 last year with eveything being late this year i say another week or 2 before we see them..It should be getting cleaned up by Friday and fine by Sat/Sun...Ill be out there this weekend

[jigfreak]

Some decent action in the back tonight. Picked up 5 bass to 16# on ml swimmers.Top of tide incoming and two hours into the out. All fish were over 28", All still swimming.

[hookedonbass]

Jigfreak nice going and the same on the c&r. Fished nomoco this morning before work. No one else on the beach. Tossed shad, and bucktail with white worm. Only had an hour to fish, 6:30- 7:30 am. Water wasn't that bad where I was fishing. Some pieces of wood on the sand but other than than not too bad. Should clean up great by tomorrow and water seemed warm to me. Oh and I got blanked. Nice morning on the beach though

[buckethead]

Nice work jig. Fished the ocean in moco this morning. It was a little rough and dirty as mentioned but should clean up in one or two tide changes. Worked buck and grub to no avail. Back at it again soon.

[Blazin420]

WTG Jigfreak..Im contemplating hitting outfront after work tonight..Gonna be plugging..Thinking maybe some bass cashing in on those broke up clams in the wash..we shall see...Plus got some new pluggage i wanna try out..any of you guys no if i can by the night pass at the hook after 5pm wont get down till around 730...I no its open till 10 but i tend to fish well past 10

[chas527]

fished the navy pier last night 2 bass 1 351/2 inches the other 33 1/4. warm night .no bunker swimming last night.

[hookset]

Nice scores chas and jig. Jig wtg on the releases. blazin don't know if you fish sandy hook a lot so here goes. Since sandy they moved the guard shack to the front. New brick bldg. on the left by the toll barriers. It used to be that you needed a check or money order to buy the pass. Now in the daytime you can buy the pass with cash. Think that ends at dusk or with the end of day shift change. So either at 5:30 or so. I could be wrong on that. If your going down there 7:30 you prob need to bring a money order. Can get from quik chek on the hill. Check out the new blond hottie who works quik chek at night she is an 8 out of 10 good eye candy. Hope this helps and tight lines.

[Blazin420]

Haha thanks Hookset ill get a MO and check her out..

[seamonkey]

Fished cape may this morning. dirty and full of junk. Fished clams. Skunk a roo.

[ledhead36]

Went to fish last night at the place where the body was found. dont know why I bothered the body being found didn't scare any fishermen away. There were about 50 guys out there and maybe 5 of us spoke English. Made a move to a less crowded place. Water was dirty and yoo hoo colored. Lots of debris. Managed 2 bass to 30" on incoming tide with clams.

[Blazin420]

Nice leahead!! 30# thats a great fish!! Better than me I decided to change it up and avoid the crowds..fished out front managed 2 small fish and some missed hits..At least the 2 I got came on a black/purple teaser I tied...