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

[ledhead36]

Don't feel bad rich. We didn't do that hot last night. clams and bunker 2 micro bass. The bunker that were in front of us and coming in every night moved on. That's the way the cookie crumbles. As for bunker heads why fight it bro? You used to fish bunker all the time. You brought us bunker and clams when we ran out. I know you know how to snag bunker. Fresh bunker has that bloody appeal that fish cant resist. Bigger fish want meat. Whatever works for you, buddy.
Glad to see you got out there.

[ledhead36]

Congrats on the Bass MC, Awesome pics!!!!

I fished last night bayside, 1:30-8:30.
Finally got rid of the skunk (5th time out...).
Caught the top fish at 2:30 on a teaser, then at 3:30 on a 4" plastic plug I caught the short bass. Lost another shortly after on same small plug. Then around 4:30 I got the Fluke on a 5 inch plastic plug. Very nice night and felt great being out there, felt like a miracle to finally get a bend in the rod .
Threw larger stuff, a lot, but nothing.

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Monty its hard to tell from the blurry pic as jbarbosa said. That looks like herring tho. No dot on it that would id it as a bunker. I looked at the other pic you posted where the head is chopped off. That pic looks like a bunker. The yellow tail is a dead giveaway. Ever see bunker packed tight in schools? You can see the top of the tail coming out of the water its yellow. Nice going on the catching, madcaster as well. madcaster you are on a roll lately hope it keeps up for you.

[buckethead]

body shape, and tail looks like a blue back sea herring or bunker to me definitely not a shad no spots and wrong shape tail

Monty its hard to tell from the blurry pic as jbarbosa said. That looks like herring tho. No dot on it that would id it as a bunker. I looked at the other pic you posted where the head is chopped off. That pic looks like a bunker. The yellow tail is a dead giveaway. Ever see bunker packed tight in schools? You can see the top of the tail coming out of the water its yellow. Nice going on the catching, madcaster as well. madcaster you are on a roll lately hope it keeps up for you.

dark good to have you back in the game. I find that fishing relaxes me. Hope it does the same for you. I agree with your assessment about less fish.

Fished moco this morning from 6:30-7:30. Flat calm seas out there and not too enticing. Picked up one little guy on bucktail and white grub. monty I agree with finchaser and ledhead I think that fish you caught in the top pic is a herring.

[SharkHart]

I spent my last two outings targeting Weakfish but came up without any, fished in poor conditions but my hopes of a strong spring run have dropped out. Two heavy rains about a week apart may have played a part on the spawn. Sea isle had some freaky wave of Weakies in the back going back to mid April. They usually come in two waves with the second wave mid or late May down SNJ, so holding my breath for some. One of the nights I switced to bass on the outgoing and found lots of twenty inchers and 22" looked huge!

In a weird spot right now, No Ocean Jig fish like last few years, No early Graveling Point run which has maybe never happened, no Blues but May 5th Except for the Raritan bay system which I myself rarely fish seems to be the only game in town along the whole state and thats no bueno. Big bass should hopefully start up exiting the rivers , if not Im getting ready for fluke

[jigfreak]

Fished moco from 6-9. 2 short bass, and one 6 lb bluefish. Skinny as hell, spring racer. All caught on SP.

[storminsteve]

Nice job jigfreak I was beginning to give up hope!! YAHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Monty]

Fished moco from 6-9. 2 short bass, and one 6 lb bluefish. Skinny as hell, spring racer. All caught on SP.

Finally!!!

[Blazin420]

Nice job jigfreak! Im headed outfront this afternoon! Time to up the leader and throw some old poppers....And get my soft plastics destroyed

[finchaser]

4 this am between 18 and 27 inches all on X-rap 12

[basshunter]

Awesome reports fellas! Fished mo co between 7-10 caught 2 shorties on rubber shad.

[Blazin420]

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Nice job Fin..Fished outfront from 4pm till 9pm last night...9 small bass biggest went 20in..7 came on a yellow teaser(glad I tied it this am )..2 on a BT with a curly tail on it...And for those who have been waiting.......Like jigfreak said...The yella eyed demons have ARRIVED!! Landed 1 that was about 5lbs he hit a mag darter....Ill admit I missed there fight ....Saw a few other bass 1 was keeper sized caught and 2 or 3 other blues that were choppers!! Had to be 8+lbs!!!End of the outgoing was key and when that NW wind kicked up so did the bite...Fun night!! pic of the blue

[chas527]

fished the navy pier last two nights nothing, one hit that was it .fished the hook yesterday morning nothing,one small tap.

[finchaser]

this AM 2 bass and 4 bluefish all on mucho minnow

[buckethead]

Nice going finchaser you did better than me. Braved the ocean from 6-7:30am. Bucktail and grub the water certainly was fishy. Cold with E/SE wind in your face and montys favorite whitewater. good bass weather. Only managed one little guy.

[cowherder]

Fished moco yesterday 7-8:30pm. Nabbed a few small blues 2-4lbs right before dark and then it turned off. buck and pork rind. Thanks buckethead all your catching on the bucktail inspired me.

[finchaser]

this AM 5-7 released 6 bass 22 to 31" all on jig head an d shaker tail

[storminsteve]

finchaser outstanding work you are really batting them out of the park! I fished nomoco this morning. 3 blues on SP no bass. Birds working way out far couldn't see what they were diving on.

[basshunter]

Nice job finchaser if I could ask are you doing better on the incoming or outgoing?

[finchaser]

Nice job finchaser if I could ask are you doing better on the incoming or outgoing?

Thanks 1 hour each side of slack

[ledhead36]

Good going finchaser seems you have the hot hand lately. We fished the bay last night with bunker heads chunks and clam. got a few small blues to 7lbs. and one short striper. Even got a small bluefish on the clam. They are all skinny racers and hungry.