way to go JB
Glad to see your back marathon man
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way to go JB
Glad to see your back marathon man
Pay attention to what history has taught us or be prepared to relive it again
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He buys those energy drinks by the case.Originally Posted by storminsteve
(us older folks gotta do something to keep up with you young mooks.)
Nice fish John, there were some decent fish caught this weekend among the night bunker schools.
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Nice going guys!
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Monty values his Costco membership...giant cases of 5 hour energy drinks and bulk redfins
1000 post club!
^^^^^^^ Does anyone know if monty looks like this guy?
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Fished the same area last night.
I brought out my chunking sticks and the 60lb boga...a sure way to ensure I would only catch small fish.
Between the three of us we caught about a dozen bass in the 20-30" range including one 27" ALS tagged fish.
All fish came on the incoming tide last night, action stopped around slack tide and not even a tap on the outgoing.
All fish released
Double header from last night:
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Thanks Pudgester, way to keep everyone on subjectHe buys those energy drinks by the case.
(us older folks gotta do something to keep up with you young mooks.)
Lets stay on subject.^^^^^^^ Does anyone know if monty looks like this guy?
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Real nice JB, any of these fish on artificials or are they on chunks?
That’s a very nice bass with the guy with the arrowhead.
Energy drinks??????
I think not, it’s the thrill of being out there, the hunt for bass or blues, the walking of miles of beach, hundreds of casts, the dark night, all alone, the adrenalin rush of the raccoon scaring the daylights out of me while running past me (between the rocks and water (3 feet), and me in the middle (and was a different raccoon than the one with the flounder)…..I think it was a raccoon…anyway…. that gives me the energy to go that long…and not want to stop.
I’m still wound up like a top from that trip(first real fishing of the season for me since last August), can’t wait till next Sunday AM.
White Water Monty 2.00 (WWM)
Future Long Islander (ASAP)
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Nice going fellas. JB seems like you're on a roll. Took a ride to the surf but it looked gnarly and the e wind was kicking. I fished out back ocean county this morning, 4-6am. Outgoing tide. Managed 2 short bass on pink fin-s and light jig.
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Wow kudos to you gents putting in the time in and catching the night bite. jbarbose a double header must have been pretty cool fight. Bet you thought you had a world record on there lol!
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Double header as in one fish on two different rods at the same time.
Monty, all on chunks the prior night and last night they weren't picky. We got an equal amount of fish on worms/clams/bunker.
I did work a 14" black Hogy for a while but didn't get any hits on that.
You could definitely catch them on artificials right now; the kayakers and boaters have done well trolling the past few days.
The 16lb fish we kept the other day had 3 whole bunker in its stomach.
Water was nice and clear the past two nights.
Go get them Monty
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Nice work JB. Picked up a handful of schoolies on shads in the ocean about one hour before dark today. Moco, outgoing tide.
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Fished the back waters of ocean county last night. Good weather and not too windy. 6 bass to 29", megabaits and zooms, released.
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Fished the Raritan in Monmouth County last night from 8pm-11pm. Had hits throughout the night, but was only able to hook up once. Fish was caught at 8:50pm and was a low - mid 20's fish. Caught on a clam with a fish finder rig and bait runner reel. Tried different sized hooks to see if that would increase the hook ups. They seemed to be picking the clam off the hook...
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Nice reports guys. I fished the delaware over the weekend and got a 27" and 37" bass on worms. It seems better now as the bigger fish have come up. I still find it hard to figure out the best times and have having the best luck around high tide.
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gw hunter you have to hold the rod. The small hits were prob eels or bunker. Dead sticking is the way to feed the fish not catch em. Ditch the clams and use bunker from now on. We had a good nightt. Bunker came in and some nice stripers. Fish to 21lbs. 8 fish between the 3 of us all keepers. It was hot for 2 hours and died down as the bunker left. Kept the smallest 3 fish 10-14 lbs. Put your time in and you will catch. We fished for 7 hours last night.
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I strongly believe you have bunker bumping into your line; we have experienced it heavily this week.
The other day we barely had to snag any bunker they were so thick they would snag themselves swimming into our lines.
An easy solution is to switch to a true circle hook on a fish finder rig and then enable your bait runner feature. Look for a circle hook with an inline point often sold with the designation "tournament legal" on the package. Size 8/0 - 10/0 depending on brand.
A bunker bumping into your line will make your tip move erratically and pull a tiny amount of line. A bass (even small ones) will typically pull line from the reel at a steadier rate. Once this happens disable the bait runner feature and reel tight. Once the line is taught for a few seconds and the fish is hooked I give a little tug to solidify the hookup and ensure that the barb penetrated the fishes lip.
I typically fish this setup with a 4oz sinker and 12-16" of leader from the fish finder slide in the back bay. In the surf I use around 36" of line and disable the baitrunner feature unless the surf is calm and the baitrunner can then be used.
I have a high hookup ratio and the fish are almost always lip hooked.
I stay away from the Gamakatsu 8/0 circle hooks everyone uses. They are garbage and will cause you to loose big fish and gut hook fish.
The points dulls after the first fish, the point has a large offset so many times it gets caught in the fishes mouth/gut rather than the lip.
This is a problem on big fish as the mouth is rock hard and the offset point never gets a chance to fully penetrate. You will be reeling the fish in and suddenly feel the line slip. This is either because the hook point popped free or broke. If you are lucky it catches the fishes lip like it was suppose to do the first time but usually you just stand there cursing
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Fished incoming tide in RB ...water still cold ..wind from NE maybe ..just threw lures ....skunked .....lots of guys fishing clams ....nothing for them as well ...they all looked like they where sleeping in there chairs .....rule to follow .....never fish by a entrance of a beach ....people are lazy and they just want that little spot next to me in stead of walking to the end of the line
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Jbarbosa that was a great post thanks very much for sharing that info. dark just a suggestion but when you have a post like his it might be a good idea to put it somewhere else. Like a "best of" or something like that. This guy really seems to know his stuff and it's nice that hes so helpful instead of reporting "yeah I crushed them last night" which tells you nothing but the dudes need to beat his chest. Thank you to all the helpful guys on here.
I fished last night and it was frustrating. First I went to a well known spot and the police had the lot blocked off. They weren't letting anyone fish. When I asked them why they said someone lit a fire too close to the parking lot and the neighbors complained. Looks like we are going to lose another spot to the idiots!!!!!
I went to another bay area and only had a half hour before I had to go home. One missed hit (yes I was holding my rod ledhead) and that was it for me. The fishermen out there are getting worse and worse and I think it's time someone does something about it. We should post their pics!
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Took another try in the ocean. Picked up another 7 bass tonight before dark. Outgoing tide moco, small plugs and rubber. All sub-legal but hitting aggressively. JB that is a very comprehensive post. it's good to have someone besides us old folks help out the new guys here.
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J Barbosa thanks for the tip. I thought I had heard that shops weren't able to sell bunker this year. I didn't even ask for it. I did have a weighted treble with me, but being night wasn't able to see and didn't know bunker were in so thick. I have a feeling you may be right about the bunker hitting the line....the tip would bounce similar to how it would bounce when fluke hit when drifting..... I was using the set up you posted. Going to try and give it another shot in the morning. On vacation this week so trying to put as much time in as possible while still completing the "honey do" list. Hope to run in to some of you.
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