Scott's Daily Fishing Reports November 2005

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Wednesday, November 30, 2005 /\/\/\ 5:44pm

Small craft advisories and reported sea conditions of four to seven feet kept most anglers away today. There were a few that looked at the glassy smooth lagoons and went fishing, but I didn't receive any feedback. I suspect the ocean was a no go, but calm conditions and westerly 10 to 15 all day today shouldn't be more then a swell on the ocean for anglers looking to go tomorrow.
Lots of folks are looking forward to trolling umbrella shad and tube rigs as well as lures like the stretch 25+ up off the towers on the Southern tip of LBI. Last week, word got out about how many little bass were being caught and other folks just want to get in on the fun.
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 11/30/05
Boat Name: My Mistress
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: Stripers
Location: Mullica River
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Tide: High Tide
Weather: Partly Sunny/Partly Cloudy
Wind: 10-20 kts.
Seas: less than 2 ft.
Primary Bait: Eels
Report: "Decided to take it easy on my last day on the water and just drift eels on the mighty Mississippi(muddy Mullica) River. Fish finder said they were there, but the only fish being caught were by a lone seal that was successfully feeding in the river. To those still fishing, good luck, to all happy holidays. Looking forward to 2006 season."
Submitted by:  Ted Koenig
E-mail: Tkoenig16@comcast.net

Thanks for the steady reports this Fall, Ted; I will miss the help...Scott

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 /\/\/\ 11:56am

Just fishing reports...
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 11/28/05
Boat Name: 
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: striper
Location: barnegat inlet
Time of Day: Afternoon
Weather: Partly Sunny/Partly Cloudy
Wind: 10-20 kts.
Seas: 4-6 ft.
Artificials: Umbrella Rig
Report: "Scott, went out about 1:00 pm. Started trolling with tube umbrella rigs as soon as I passed the north jetty. Non stop action for 2 hours. Even with the boat in neutral while reeling one in the other line would get hit. Needed help. The shame of it is the marina I am at is almost empty. So for the few brave soles who still have their boats wet get out there now. Best part is on the way in, just past the lighthouse I saw a seal playing in the bay. Great day."
Submitted by:  Bob
E-mail: splayford1@comcast.net

Monday, November 28, 2005 /\/\/\ 6:01pm

Trolling was the way to catch stripers today. Steady action of slot bass up along the beach. Large light green rebels and Mann's stretch 25+ in chartreuse were the lures of the day. Inlet fishing sounded like a repeat of yesterday morning, light or no activity on the falling tide and I didn't hear anyone hooting about great fishing on the incoming tide. Might just be that there wasn't a whole lot of folks out there to whoot too.
Don't forget, we specialize in stocking a huge selection of slugs and buckshot for all gauges and many, many brands. We starting buying ammunition back in July, so that we would have the hard to get items in stock for this week. Care to check inventory and price of something particular? Throw me an e-mail and I will look over the shelf for you!
Also, both the black powder bullet wall and the black powder accessories wall selection surprises most of the folks that walk through the door.
Don't remember seeing anything hunting related when you were through the store earlier in the year? Well, that's correct. A lot of the fishing items are packed away until Spring. No use having a wall covered with fluke rigs this time of the year.
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 11/27/05
Boat Name: "MCHALE'S NAVY"
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: TOG
Location: OCEAN (WRECKS)
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Tide: High Tide
Weather: Sunny
Wind: less than 10 kts.
Seas: less than 2 ft.
Primary Bait: Crabs, Shedder
Secondary Bait: Clams, Frozen
Artificials: Hopkins-Type metal
Report: "had a nice day to fish. we got set up on a piece by about 0730. didn't do anything on that one so we pulled the hook and moved on to another piece about 0915 about 2 miles away. i was king of the sand shark yesterday,however we were able to hook a few nice sized tog,sea bass and 1 big blue. on the way back in looked for some bird action along the beach to try some jigging but we didn't find any bird play. did see a ton of boats fishing off the red tower though."
Submitted by:  SEAN MC HALE
E-mail: SEANMCHALE1@VERIZON.NET

E-mail Report: 11/26/05
Boat Name: Sweet Dreams
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: Striped Bass
Location: Ocean off Beach Haven
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Tide: Low
Weather: Partly Sunny/Partly Cloudy
Wind: less than 10 kts.
Seas: less than 2 ft.
Primary Bait: Clams, Fresh
Secondary Bait: 
Artificials: Umbrella Rig
Report: "White tube umbrella rigs were the ticket trolling the lump off Beach Haven. The action was non-stop for about two hours and around 20 bass were boated. Mostly slots with some gaps and shorts mixed in. Switched to fresh clams and jigs and bagged another 9 fish up to 33". The sounder was lit up like a Christmas tree all morning. An excellent final day fishing with the boat for 2005."
Submitted by:  James Lane

E-mail Report: 11/26/05
Boat Name: BOHICA
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: Striped Bass
Location: Ocean off LBI
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Tide: Low
Weather: Partly Sunny/Partly Cloudy
Wind: less than 10 kts.
Seas: less than 2 ft.
Primary Bait: Clams, Fresh
Secondary Bait: Eels
Artificials: Hopkins-Type metal
Report: "Fished on Saturday with Pat, Glenn and John in about 15-25 feet of water off Red Tower and had about a 8-10 nice slot fish on metals, bucktails and live eels then we decided to anchor up closer to the inlet and use some of your fresh chucked clams and had another dozen including some very nice 32"-40" bass to end the day. Had a total of probably 20+ bass, nice day and some fish for the cooler. Had to pull the boat due to engine issues so it was a great way to end the 05' season. Thanks for all of your info and great bait!"
Submitted by:  Mike Madison
E-mail: MMadison@Cornerstonebank.net

E-mail Report: 11/27/05
Boat Name: My Mistress
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: Tog, Stripers
Location: Le reef and Red Tower
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Tide: Low
Weather: Partly Sunny/Partly Cloudy
Wind: less than 10 kts.
Seas: less than 2 ft.
Primary Bait: Crabs, Green
Artificials: Plug, Diving
Report: "It had to happen sooner or later. A day where nothing went according to plan. Ran out to LE Reef and attempted to set the grappling hook/anchor on some structure, and simply could not make it happen. Hooked up several times and kept breaking free. After spending hours without success, we abandoned plan A and went trolling for stripers off of the radio/red towers. Did not see much going on, and not a single knock down. Trolled down past the last rock jetting towards LE inlet, no knock downs, and very scarce markings. Finally hit the gas for the ride home, when just before hitting the mouth of the Mullica, the final insult of the day, engine cut out. Seems they do not run very well without any gas in the tank. 25 minute wait for Sea Tow and back to the dock, and the end of a very frustrating day on the water."
Submitted by:  Ted Koenig
E-mail: Tkoenig16@comcast.net

Sunday, November 27, 2005 /\/\/\ 3:05pm

This morning didn't set any catching records. Anglers where whining about catching only two or three fish, some were catching none! Well, you have to understand, some of the folks talking had twenty or more stripers last Saturday. The second complaint was that all the fish are small. They did make the slot legal limit, but not many of the stripers caught were over that. THEN, the tide turned and started in. I would say about 12:30pm the chatter on the VHF radio was non stop steady chatter about landing fish. Again, the size of the stripers didn't improve, but the fun factor sure did. Inlet fishing with clams is still working and other anglers made their day trolling up along the beach off the towers. They were catching a mixture of little blues and bass on Mann's Stretch 25+ lures.
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 10/26/05
Boat Name: MISDEMEANOR
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: Striper
Location: Just off the beach between white & red tower
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Tide: 
Weather: Sunny
Wind: less than 10 kts.
Seas: less than 2 ft.
Primary Bait: 
Secondary Bait: 
Artificials: Umbrella Rig
Report: "Headed down to pull boat. One last run up the beach @ 10am. Water was like glass. Dropped the pearl shad rigs just outside inlet and trolled North in 18'-22'. Got to the white tower and BAM both poles go down. After boating both, continued North to the pack of boats at the red tower, made 1 pass around them and hit the third fish. Headed back to marina @ 1130am, not bad for an hour and a half! Marked a ton of fish around red tower."
Submitted by:  mike nini
E-mail: sklofc@aol.com

Saturday, November 26, 2005 /\/\/\ 6:03pm

Today wasn't last Saturday. Anglers caught stripers, but there weren't any twenty and thirty counts being caught and released. No big blitzes, no great fish stories. A nice, cool day. Anglers picked at the fish. Some folks only captured one, while others who put in a longer day had half a dozen or so. No one particular hot spot on the ocean, trollers and jigging anglers scouted as much as they caught. Even so, they made a decent day of finding slot size stripers. Some reports were from tight to the beach in the morning and offshore to fifty feet of water later in the afternoon. Stretch 25+ lures are doing the trick again this year for the trolling anglers and large hopkins and ava tub jig lures are the key items for the jigging anglers. Again, no fresh bunker. Now, none expected until possibly next Thursday evening. I made a late afternoon trip up north and loaded up on fresh clams and four gallon clam belly chum. So, no problems with clam supply Sunday and Monday.
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 11/26/05
Boat Name: Real Men of Guineas
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: Striper
Location: Mullica
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Tide: Low
Weather: Partly Sunny/Partly Cloudy
Wind: less than 10 kts.
Seas: less than 2 ft.
Primary Bait: Bunker, Fresh
Secondary Bait: 
Artificials: 
Report: "Hello Scott, We took the week off of November 6th ( NJ Teachers Conference in AC ). Stayed at the OC house on the water at 14th street. That Wednesday night the winds picked up and my boat went down. No auto pump. Picture attached. After the salvage, the OMC guy said run that motor under load as much as you can as the crank bearings are still full of milky oil mix and not pure oil. So here is my report. Today I took her out for a run up the Mulica. Under the Park Way bridge heading west the water was glass and the duck hunters were basically leaving for he day. After going under the lower bank bridge the river banks were ice and the channel markers were gone. So after I passed the rich guys house I threw in a rod and bam, nothing. Moral of the story� It was cold, I was cold, there were no fish, I was the only guy with a non camouflage boat going 30 mph up the Mullica. What ever you did today was better than me. Thanks, Ed"
Submitted by:  Ed Bash

Friday, November 25, 2005 /\/\/\ 6:01pm

Cold, was the word of the day. Anglers had no problem finding fish, weather it be bluefish, sea bass, tog or stripers. Not much great specific news to pass along; it's pretty much the same old song. Inlet, clams for the bass.. Wrecks 50-65 feet for the tog, sea bass have been a little bit deeper and are starting to drop off. Once in a while, some nice porgies too, season still open, 9" 50 limit.
No fresh bunker...Fresh clams arrived late in the afternoon, we were about six one pound bags from being totally out!
(Morning blurb.)Brrr, it's cold and breezy this morning; just fishing reports for now...
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 11/22/05
Boat Name: rough and ready
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: striped bass
Location: LE inlet
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Tide: Low
Weather: Sunny
Wind: less than 10 kts.
Seas: less than 2 ft.
Primary Bait: Clams, Fresh
Secondary Bait: Clams, Frozen
Artificials: Plug, Surface
Report: "sorry about the late report but I caught a cold on sat. morn. breaking thru ice to get out of my marina and still went sun. morn . total was a couple of keeper sea bass a the LE reef on sat. and 3 missed strikes in the inlet and one just short striper on sun. and a large number of strikes that took the bait but not the hook in LE inlet.just goes to show location is everything. one very important thing all you fluke fishermen need to know is that even with the really lop-sided keeper to throwback ratio , our commercial friendly NOAA has proposed a huge cut in the recreational fluke quota. will there be a cut in the commercial fluke quota? history has shown that the NOAA and the ASMFC freely discriminates against the recreational sector and always rewards the commercials even though they are the ones destroying the stocks .the NOAA have proposed a 14% decrease in the recreational quota .it is time all fishermen get involved or we may see shortened seasons like the fall winter flounder season that was stolen from us and handed over to the commercials so now I figure we get about 1 % of the winter flounder quota. think about it we went from 8 weeks in the spring and 14 weeks in the fall 11" min. size limit and no bag limit to 12" size and about a 6 week spring season . all for the commercials to destroy the last stable population of winter flounders on the east coast .Thanks for stabbing us in the back NOAA and ASMFC . we did not cause the problem why must we punished for every fishery the commercials destroy? the commercials have no reason to change their ways because they rewarded every time and we are rolled over every time. history has proven that. so we, the recreational sector must unite and awaken the sleeping giant .I see that we have several choices to make : we must all lobby the media,the general public and other fishermen to get the word out, about the unfairness of the division of these public resources. we , the fishing public have only until Dec.2 to send comments to the NOAA Email to ESB2006@noaa.gov with "Comments on the 2006 summer flounder Specifications" in the subject line. comments can also be faxed to 978-281-3135. pass the word before it is too late and we end up with an 18" min. size limit 2 to 4 fish bag while the commercial sector continue to enjoy a 14" min. size and that 60% quota or will it be an 80% or more like the winter flounder rip off 1% of the quota? remember if you don't fight now don't complain later because the NOAA and the ASMFC won't listen or care. PS I hope it won't come to it but we may have to throw the gauntlet down by ignoring the regulations like everybody does with the 55 speed limit and the way everyone did with the CB radio permits and later with the VHF radios [remember the $35 fee and the requirement of post your permit in picture frame] nobody complied and the law died. we must risk a small fine and clog our court system with one short fluke tickets .remember together we stand divided we fail."
Submitted by:  nitewefish
E-mail: nitewefish@yahoo.com

E-mail Report: 11/23/05
Boat Name: 
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: white perch
Location: collins cove
Time of Day: Afternoon
Tide: High Tide
Weather: Partly Sunny/Partly Cloudy
Wind: 10-20 kts.
Seas: less than 2 ft.
Primary Bait: Bloodworms
Report: "Hey Scott, fished for perch from 2-4 today and was surprised with all the action. There were a lot of small, but managed some appetizers for the games tomorrow. We also had one 17 inch striper. The turn of the tide was key."
Submitted by:  Jim S

Thanksgiving, 2005 /\/\/\ 12:33pm

Blustery, with temperatures in the mid forties for most of the morning didn't nearly compare to the scary weather I expected after reading yesterdays forecasts. Quite a few anglers were out early this morning. It was very bouncy, but one boat that was off the beach about half a mile caught schoolie stripers in good numbers. Also had a big fish on for 15 plus minutes before a simple hook spit, angler 0, fish 1!
Sea Ya

Wednesday, November 23, 2005 /\/\/\ 5:45pm

North West winds 25 plus and gusts to 40 had anglers stay at the dock.
There were quite a few folks through the store this afternoon gearing up for an early start tomorrow. The North West winds are supposed to blow again, but right at the moment it is perfectly calm. From the looks of the forecast, it's the calm before the storm. Snow? Horrendous winds expected tomorrow. I hope folks get an opportunity to fish early tomorrow.
It's going to be a great day to be gathered around the TV watching the Atlanta/Detroit(12:30) and Denver/Dallas(4:15) football games!
We will be open 6-1 on Thanksgiving. Then it's TURKEY TIME!
Everyone at Scott's wishes you safe travels and good times tomorrow.
Sea Ya

Tuesday, November 22, 2005 /\/\/\ 12:23pm

fishin report...
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 11/19/05
Boat Name: Bobby's Ole Boat
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: Stripers
Location: LE Inlet
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Tide: High Tide
Weather: Sunny
Wind: less than 10 kts.
Seas: less than 2 ft.
Primary Bait: Clams, Salted
Secondary Bait: Clams, Frozen
Artificials: 
Report: "My highly skilled fishing neighbor Captain Salty (Tom) talked me out of going down to Cape May, where results have been mixed so far this fall with higher water temps. Instead, we fished the LE Inlet where he did pretty well Friday. We had strikes within the first 5 minutes with action non-stop until the tide change. We were in 12ft. of water. We released at least 6-8 fish - all but one over 25". We ended up with 4 in the box - 2 slots and 2 36s. Great day. I hope he can teach me some other stuff next time we go."
Submitted by:  Robert Woelpper

Monday, November 21, 2005 /\/\/\ 5:42pm

The bite was on today; real good. Didn't matter if you were fishing for tog or stripers, you caught fish if you went this morning. Something about a low pressure system moving in that really triggers fish to feed. Some anglers caught so many fish that they lost count; a fish story for sure, but I heard it more then once today. No claims to fame touting large stripers, but schoolie bass catching was as good as it can get!
Our fresh bait status is empty. We are supposed to get fresh clams again tomorrow. Bloodworms are a big maybe and unlikely tomorrow. It's a we will see on the fresh bunker, but possibly see some again for Friday.
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 11/19/05
Boat Name: MCHALES NAVY
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: STRIPED BASS
Location: BAY
Time of Day: Afternoon
Tide: High Tide
Weather: Sunny
Wind: 10-20 kts.
Seas: less than 2 ft.
Primary Bait: Clams, Fresh
Secondary Bait: Chum, Clam
Report: "Nice day to go fishing. had a gentlemens tide and slept in. my father and i got set up on the hook around 1230 and started chumming. had a lot of weed to contend with. we wound up with a 16.5 an 15 lb er and back to the dock by 1630 for a nice striper dinner. all in all very nice day!!!"
Submitted by:  SEAN A MC HALE
E-mail: SEANMCHALE1@VERIZON.NET

Sunday, November 20, 2005 /\/\/\ 3:10pm

The weekend was as nice as one could expect for the middle of November. Mother Nature provided just right temperatures, cold in the morning and comfortable in the afternoon; it made an excellent fishing weekend.
Anyone that worked a wreck caught plenty of tog. Big blackfish through this weekend were eight pounds and many anglers reported limit catches.
Striper anglers bait fishing the Little Egg Inlet this weekend out fished the ocean anglers for the most part. An occasional boat working the Harvey Cedars lumps had banner catches on jigs, but the rule this weekend was chase birds catch a bass now and then. Inlet bass were from thirty six inches and down. Not a lot of cows roaming the area just now.
Monday looks to be a decent day in the morning. A doozy of a North Easter is likely to settle in here for a few days starting late in the afternoon on Monday. The forecast is saying nasty words like SNOW for Thanksgiving. Some anglers love the sound of that, saying cooler temperatures bring more stripers.
Conditions and tides were right this morning and I was able to fill two shrimp boxes. We should be able to keep live shrimp in stock for the perch anglers right up until a hard freeze and the Collins Cove ice fishing anglers buy me out.
Sea Ya

Saturday, November 19, 2005 /\/\/\ 6:14pm

Again, very few slammer bass fishing catches this morning. There were a coupe of guys that slayed them, but it was a minority. Many anglers caught a few and a few anglers are having a tough time catching any. There really aren't any red X's painted on the bars of the Little Egg Inlet. Best I can suggest is that folks seem to work troughs and drop offs. Even so, not real deep water either. A couple of the guys doing the big numbers of bass are only working eight feet of water.
Bird play pointed the way to blues and bass this morning up along the beach off the southern most towers on LBI. Eighteen to twenty five feet of water seemed to be reported several times by anglers who caught an occasional striper. It seemed they would see some bird play make up, get there, catch one and start all over.
As expected, nothing but rave reports from the Tog anglers this evening. Tomorrows ocean looks to be just as nice and quite a few folks are anticipating a repeat for tomorrow.
Today was take a youth hunting day. Two very happy hunters made the hunting pics section of the site this morning. Gratz Jeffrey and Sean!
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 11/19/05
Boat Name: My Mistress
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: Stripers
Location: LE Inlet
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Tide: High Tide
Weather: Sunny
Wind: less than 10 kts.
Seas: less than 2 ft.
Primary Bait: Clams, Fresh
Secondary Bait: 
Artificials: 
Report: "All I can say for the last two days out in LE Inlet is WOW!!! Back to back days with close to 30 fish boated including several fish between 30 and 39 inches mixed each day. Best part of the bite has been early in morning through the change in the tide. Afternoon bite has been very slow."
Submitted by:  Ted Koenig
E-mail: tkoenig16@comncast.net

Friday, November 18, 2005 /\/\/\ 6:33pm

From the chatter on the VHF radio, anglers fishing the clams were having a better catching day on the stripers then the ocean jigging and trolling anglers were. There was no lack of action outside; folks were content to play with bluefish. A few boats really whooped up on the bass in the inlet. One early morning angler had twenty-plus stripers and one close to thirty pounds. A couple of other anglers who were out a little later also had large catches of bass, but a little under twenty pounds was there largest fish.
Green crabs, fresh bunker and fresh clams are in good supply this evening. Fresh clam status might get very skinny tomorrow afternoon, depends on what anglers choose to fish and what fish they target tomorrow.
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 11/17/05
Boat Name: Jersey Girl
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: Mr. Stripes
Location: Little Egg Inlet
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Tide: High Tide
Weather: Sunny
Wind: 20-30 kts.
Seas: 2-4 ft.
Primary Bait: Clams, Fresh
Secondary Bait: Chum, Clam
Artificials: 
Report: "Hey Scott, hit the store around 6:30ish for some clams and was off to fish. Got to the inlet and immediately found birds working, tons of marks on the finder, but only managed two large herring (live-lined to no avail). Finally anchored up and started chummin' with no success for about an hour. Around 10:00 had first bass, a fat 26 incher. Wound up with two more up to 25 inches and decided to go home. All fish were released two swim another day. Fins Up!!! Chris"
Submitted by:  Chris
E-mail: mazfins14@aol.com

Thursday, November 17, 2005 /\/\/\ 5:37pm

The wise angler stayed at the dock. When the wind is forecast to blow 30, stay at work. Even though you could get out and hide somewhere or since the wind was Westerly and you could troll up along the beach on the ocean, it doesn't mean that the fishing conditions are comfortable enough to fish with talent and catch fish. Basically you rock around, the wind whips a lot of slack in your lines and everything is jumping and bouncing and you can't even stand up or tell if you have a bite. Tomorrow looks to be a better day. Plenty of clams and green crabs sold late in the day. Some of the folks are content to stick with the stripers in the Little Egg Inlet while others are looking to get their first tog trip with the new bag limit in place of eight fish per angler.
Sea Ya

Wednesday, November 16, 2005 /\/\/\ 6:18pm

Blustery day, most anglers went to work; that was the right thing to do. Tomorrow looks like the front that's coming is going to be here and we are going to experience wet, wind, and cold. Bet you another short fishing report tomorrow night too.
Sea Ya

Monday, November 14, 2005 /\/\/\ 5:52pm

Stripers to the left of me, stripers to the right, smack dab in the middle with none. Sure, I was trying to stick a song in your head! That's how the bass fishing has been for folks. It's one of those things that works out that way. Plenty of fish still in the Little Egg Inlet. Both tides we are having reports of blitz catches(none today), just a nice pick.
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 11/11/05
Boat Name: MC HALE'S NAVY
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: STRIPER
Location: BAY BEHIND BEACH HAVEN
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Tide: High Tide
Weather: Partly Sunny/Partly Cloudy
Wind: 10-20 kts.
Seas: less than 2 ft.
Primary Bait: Clams, Fresh
Secondary Bait: Chum, Clam
Report: "fished the out going tide. anchored up using clam chum and fresh clam. had a great day 11 bass total. biggest up to 19lbs. had fish thru out the whole tide."
Submitted by:  sean a mc hale

Sunday, November 13, 2005 /\/\/\ 3:50pm

Plenty of stripers still along the bars of the Little Egg Inlet. Quite a few weigh-ins late in the afternoon. Clams, clams clams!
Action continues to be good along the beach with metals. Following working birds works well, but can sure chew up some gas. Bigger bass were caught today in the inlet on the bait and trolling and jigging anglers seem to be pulling mostly slot length bass.
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 11/12/05
Boat Name: FISHERS OF MEN
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: STRIPERS
Location: OFF LEI - BARS
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Tide: Low
Weather: Partly Sunny/Partly Cloudy
Wind: less than 10 kts.
Seas: less than 2 ft.
Primary Bait: Clams, Fresh
Secondary Bait: 
Artificials: Hopkins-Type metal
Report: "Fished the bars off the inlet and put 4 27" fish in the box. Nothing big but we had fun. Chased the blues for a while and headed back for the dock at 2 pm"
Submitted by:  JERRY
E-mail: DEERCRAZE@VERIZON.NET

Saturday, November 12, 2005 /\/\/\ 7:00pm

Anglers couldn't ask for a prettier day. Almost no wind all day and temperatures in the mid fifties made for a comfortable fishing day. Ocean had plenty of anglers trolling and jigging with fair success. Not many big bass today, coolers saw mostly slot length stripers. Inlet fishing was, without a doubt, better in the earlier hours of the day. Bright sun or possibly boating traffic shut down the hot action along the bars mid day.
The folks that are jigging were in late in the afternoon to refresh their supply of Hopkins and Ava 47 metal jigs with assorted tube colors. Bass catching was good, but bluefish also cleaned the jigs off the end of the lines. Don't use wire to save those jigs unless your specifically chasing the blues, bass tend to shy away from wire leaders.
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 11/11/05
Boat Name: Fransea
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: Stripers
Location: Little Egg inlet
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Tide: Low
Weather: Sunny
Wind: less than 10 kts.
Seas: less than 2 ft.
Primary Bait: Clams, Fresh
Secondary Bait: 
Artificials: Spinner Bait
Report: "Anchored up and got a few skates and a couple of shorts 22 inches, left too early before the incoming tide but at least my son caught his first bass. It was worth it. Went up the bay toward beach haven, caught a few more skates and a couple of runoffs back to the inlet on the way home lots of birds and herring not enough time one herring and home.Just have to find a hauler to take my boat out as someone stole my trailer last week."
Submitted by:  Tom Wiggins
E-mail: Twigg622121@aol.com

E-mail Report: 11/11/05
Boat Name: My Mistress
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: Stripers
Location: LE Inlet
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Tide: Low
Weather: Partly Sunny/Partly Cloudy
Wind: 10-20 kts.
Seas: 2-4 ft.
Primary Bait: Clams, Fresh
Secondary Bait: 
Artificials: 
Report: "Pretty much the same story as yesterday. Wind was less, waters calmer, and didn't pick up until the afternoon. Had steady pick until the tide changed. Largest fish was 39 inches(18 lbs)."
Submitted by:  Ted Koenig
E-mail: Tkoenig16@comcast.net

Friday, November 11, 2005 /\/\/\ 7:16pm

The fishing today was good, but not the stellar day anglers had Wednesday. Inlet is still the place to be for most folks. Clams are still the choice bait.
Want to do something a little bit different tomorrow? Break out the inlet and slide up the beach a little bit and look for birds. Traditionally, Thanksgiving weekend anglers have been able to jig stripers under the working bluefish. This has to be the all time fun fishing; getting into the bass and blues jigging this time of the year. Lots of elbow room on the ocean, none of the issues working stem to stern along the bars where angers have been able to net each others fish is just one reason to mosey out on the ocean.
Sea Ya

Thursday, November 10, 2005 /\/\/\ 5:39pm

There was a very short window to fish this morning. At 5:30am it was blowing hard, by 7:00 it was pretty reasonable. Then about 10:00am it howled the rest of the day and it is still quite blustery even after dark this evening. Teds report below hits the nail on the head for the way it's been the past couple of days.
Fresh bunkers arrived about an hour ago, so we should have plenty of them into Saturday morning. We have some clams now and don't anticipate running out before the next batch Friday afternoon.
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 11/10/05
Boat Name: My Mistress
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: Stripers
Location: LE Inlet
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Tide: Low
Weather: Partly Sunny/Partly Cloudy
Wind: 20-30 kts.
Seas: 4-6 ft.
Primary Bait: Clams, Fresh
Report: "Fished the bars of LE inlet yesterday and this morning. Today was cut short by a lost anchor and lots of wind. Had an off and on again pick through most of yesterday, ended up with 9 fish between 25 and 33 inches. This mornings bite was red hot. Then the tide slacked off, the anchor line broke and the wind kicked into high gear, so I have no idea if the bite would have stayed much longer or not. My partner and I came back to the dock with a 26", 27", and a 36" 16lb Striper. Released a 25", 31", and a 33" fish. Not bad for a couple of hours of bouncing around. Try again tomorrow."
Submitted by:  Ted Koenig
E-mail: tkoenig16@comcast.net

Wednesday, November 9, 2005 /\/\/\ 5:02pm

Some anglers dragged eels all night can came home at dawn empty handed. Folks that ignored the weather report or just went out in spite of it anyway had the DAY OF THEIR LIVES. We listened to a non stop morning of bass. Anglers were whooping and hollering and after they ran out of bait, the bass were busting the surface and plugs and metals were working like it was an old fashion bluefish blitz. Tomorrows weather is also supposed to be horrible with gale force winds expected.
Sea Ya

Monday, November 7, 2005 /\/\/\ 6:04pm

We weighed in a couple of 36" stripers this afternoon, but it didn't sound like the real blitz happened until late in the day. Lots of bass still mulling around the bars, it's just a matter of getting in a spot where they choose to linger for the day. Just Joe, who only had a so so day on the bass yesterday, went back to the same spot on the bar and had striper mayhem there this evening.
We are closed on Tuesdays. It is in my understanding there isn't any fresh clams around. Make calls to be sure you can get bait in the morning, before you make long drives to be disappointed.
Sea Ya

Monday, November 7, 2005 /\/\/\ 6:30am

Eel and fresh clam status is good this morning. What a beautiful morning. Beats me where the nasty weather that was supposed to roll in here last night went! That sounds like a nasty cough you have this morning, GO FISH!
Sea Ya

Sunday, November 6, 2005 /\/\/\ 2:34pm

Suralik Tournament results are posted in the Tournament section. Congrats to the winners!


Overall, it was a real good catching weekend. Some anglers had the best fishing trips of their lives. I mean in numbers of bass caught, not jumbo fish by any means. Lots of slot and gap fish wandered the inlets this weekend. It was a matter of working the bars just right. Finding just the right hole and hoping that boating traffic wasn't going to spook the fish off the feed.
Wreck fishing was very good today, although the forecast was correct and it was quite a bit snotty. One crew weighed in three nice tog, 8.8 6.3 and 3.7 pounder's; that put a lot of blackfish fillets on the table. They had a great day of catch and release.
Sea Ya

Saturday, November 5, 2005 /\/\/\ 7:23pm

An amazing spring like day and folks were lined up at the front door this morning in such high spirits! They knew they were going to whoop up on the stripers along the bars of the Little Egg Inlet this morning. Incoming tide produces fishing trip stories of the year. Maybe not a lot of bass breaking thirty six inches, but numbers of bass were caught and many many were released. TWO ANGLERS NEED SCOLDING!!! Maybe more too... Don't call your friend on your cell phone while he is at work and tell him you have caught and released more then a dozen bass and the bite is still on! That's just plain cruel peoples!
Fresh clam status is good. I just rolled in with more at 6:30 this evening. The boat didn't get back to the dock till 2:30, so these clams that you buy in morning will not be a day old! Yes, I also picked up another batch of four gallon buckets calm belly chum. However, no clams in the shell. I had to take ten buckets of clam belly chum and the ten bushels of clams in the shell off the truck, I was just maxed out weight wise and the truck was bottomed out.
Sea Ya

Friday, November 4, 2005 /\/\/\ 7:34pm

From the weigh-ins we experienced today, a a body of larger size stripers are now lurking our local waters. Big three bass of the day were 34, 29 and 24 pounds. LE inlet remains the place to be. Each of the big fish taken today were on fresh clams, all the bass made the catch of the day page. The bass are here as well as the blues. If you can make the time to fish, it's pretty good at the moment.
Sea Ya

Thursday, November 3, 2005 /\/\/\ 6:04pm

Early anglers caught bass on the incoming tide. Afternoon anglers battled windy conditions and not a whole lot of activity. I realize the lack of detailed information isn't very helpful other then to point out the importance of incoming water. Not sure where to anchor, then maybe it's back to drifting eels along the banks.
Best action of the day seemed to come from the surf crowd working LBI. Surf anglers seemed to get their day! Mixed activity of both bass and bluefish blitzes; today was one of those days that anglers are going to be saying you should have been here yesterday.
Inlet conditions can be tricky this time of the year; stay alert and be careful.
Sea Ya

Wednesday, November 2, 2005 /\/\/\ 5:10pm

Monday was slow and picky due to the pretty weather. Tuesday, by what I heard folks talking about on the VHF this morning, sounded like a pretty good catching day, although it was a tad bit windy! Anglers earned their stripers today in the Little Egg Inlet. There were quite a few folks giving it an honest effort, but only a few anglers had bass.
Bait status:Clams! We got shorted today, but I covered from a second source. We should be in excellent shape on fresh clams through Saturday. It all depends what comes about for Fridays delivery on the status of clams for Sunday and Monday.
Reminder:Tomorrow night is the Captains Meeting of the fishing tournament for the Robert S. Suralik Sr. Memorial Scholarship Fund for a Pinelands Regional High School Student. This is one of the fun tournaments where anglers for some reason don't seem to get nearly as worked up as other tourneys. The captains meeting is at Creevys on Atlantis as is the buffet on Sunday. Entrance fees will be taken at the Captains meeting.
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 11/2/05
Boat Name: 
Type: Saltwater
Location: Todays ASMFC News report
Report: "The following is a press release from the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. Striped Bass Stock Assessment Indicates Healthy Stock Total Abundance, Female Spawning Stock Biomass and Recruitment Remain High Scientific advice presented to the Commission's Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board today indicates that striped bass management under Amendment 6 to the Interstate Plan continues to be a success. The resource remains at a high level of abundance at 65.3 million pounds, 10 percent higher than the average stock size for the previous five years. Female spawning stock biomass (SSB) is estimated at 54.8 million pounds and is well above the SSB target and threshold levels of 38.6 and 30.9 million pounds, respectively. Recruitment of young fish (age 1) at 12.7 million is close to the average recruitment observed since the stock was first declared recovered in 1995. The stock is not overfished and overfishing is not occurring, with 2004 fishing mortality estimated at 0.40, below the Amendment 6 threshold of 0.41. Total catch has risen to 5.2 million fish, a 33 percent increase since implementation of Amendment 6 in 2003. Recreational harvest and discards accounted for 72.5 percent of the total mortality, with the majority of fish harvested by anglers in Virginia, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland and North Carolina. Commercial catch has risen slightly to 1.42 million fish, with Maryland commercial fisheries accounting for half of the harvest. Based on the advice of the Technical Committee, the Board maintained the states' management programs at status quo. The Technical Committee will continue to monitor the status of the stock and refine stock assessment methodology as necessary. The next peer reviewed stock assessment is scheduled for 2007."
Submitted by:  Redman
E-mail: absecon1@yahoo.com

Monday, October 31, 2005 /\/\/\ 6:35pm

There was almost a hanging! I almost forgot the fishing report two nights in a row. Just anxious to get home and have CANDY for dinner I guess.
An unbelievable BLUE BIRD day. Anglers couldn't complain about sunny and warm temperatures with a reasonable breeze today. However, stripers don't seem to feed as aggressively as the do on those overcast days. There were fish caught today, but not like Saturday. Sundays catching was even just so-so. Anglers are coming up with slots and gap fish, but not finding much to push over the 34 inches. Pick a spot and line up like cord wood along the bars of the Little Egg Inlet. Some anglers are attempting to avoid the Jack-O lantern who has to run through the rips and over anchor lines and baits at full throttle. They are working pockets in Grassy, Main Marsh Thorofare and Little Sheepshead Creek. Remember to think like you are fishing for weakfish! If you really give it few minutes thought, you will realize that bass and the weakfish seem to run the same types of structure. I had that realization hit me like a ton of bricks when I was pointing out where bass were being caught and there will still faded pen marker lines on the counter where I was pointing out weakfish earlier in the season.
Doing a pick up on clams again tomorrow, so we will have clams to OPEN on Wednesday. I am not getting that many bushels, but more are expected to be delivered later in the day as well. So, I guess the point I am trying to make is there might be a gap in the middle of the day when we are out of clams again. No fresh bunker are expected until Thursday evening.
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 10/30/05
Boat Name: Hi-Five
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: Stripers,
Location: Little Egg Inlet,Rubble,Wrecks off LBI.
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Tide: High Tide
Weather: Sunny
Wind: 10-20 kts.
Seas: 2-4 ft.
Primary Bait: Clams, Fresh
Secondary Bait: Crabs, Green
Report: "got into the bass at the 2hr. bottom of tide.limit-up to 39.5",and slot limit also.dropped anchors off LBI.,and limited tog to 7lbs.,30 seabass,and several humpback porgies.a bushel of scotts fresh clams,and green crabs kept us busy all day.2 coolers full.better days are hard to find!even pinocchio caught fish...."
Submitted by:  steve filoramo
E-mail: lmfiloramo@aol.com

Sunday, October 30, 2005 /\/\/\ 3:31pm

MICA Club Tournament Results are posted on the Tournament Page. Grats to Bad Habit, FishHawk, Reel Crazy, Sea Ox and Top Banana!

Scott went home exausted and FORGOT to post report!
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 10/29/05
Boat Name: My Mistress
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: Stripers
Location: LE Inlet
Time of Day: Afternoon
Tide: Low
Weather: Partly Sunny/Partly Cloudy
Wind: 20-30 kts.
Seas: 4-6 ft.
Primary Bait: Clams, Fresh
Secondary Bait: Bunker, Fresh
Artificials: 
Report: "After being shut out each time out this month, I finally managed to be in the right place at the right time with the right bait. Eeled the river for the last two weeks and LE Inlet last night and nothing. Today, anchored up with clam and bunker outside of Holgate near the bars, and had non-stop action from 1:30 pm until 4:00 pm when my bait ran out. Released 5 22/23 inch stripers, lost a 28/29 inch fish at the boat, and came home with a 27.5 and 34.5 inch striper. Last fish of the day was a small bluefish that swollowed the hook, so he will make the dinner table as well. Had one missed run off on a bunker head, all other action as on clam as the tide was coming in but before it hit high gear. Bite slowed as the current picked up. Inlet was loaded with Herring yesterday and today, but did not see anything other than boaters and birds harassing them."
Submitted by:  Ted Koenig
E-mail: tkoenig16@comcast.net

Saturday, October 29, 2005 /\/\/\ 6:52pm

No stripers last night? Well, you were not alone. Very tough catch from what I heard last night. Croaker blitz at day break? Yes, all you could want just outside the inlet.
Steady pick of stripers all morning...No bass slayage. Plenty of anglers caught none, a lot of folks caught a couple and a few anglers caught a lot. There were very few fish over the 34 inches today. The weigh-ins for the MICA tourney were lighter then yesterday, but folks were reporting more slots and gap size stripers today. We listened to the battle of the century play out on the VHF only to have the fish win after an hour plus of fighting and it was never seen.
Bait status...no bunkers. No call backs to even determine if any bunker are coming. My primary source clam boat guy blew a head gasket; even so, I was able to take a three hour ride and pick up more clams today just before we ran out. We were down to our last bushel and we would have been out of we continued to sell bulk bushels throughout the day. Also picked up quite a few four gallon pails of the clam belly chum too.
Sea Ya

Friday, October 28, 2005 /\/\/\ 8:24pm

First of all, I would like to say thank you. These past couple of days have been like Christmas Eve at Toys are Us here and I though I would let you folks know that we really appreciate the business. Bait is hard sometimes. Fresh bunker has been evasive for me this fall. We have gotten a little shot here and there, but nothing very consistent. Fresh clams are flying out of here too. We sold most of our weekends supply today. I am trying to make arrangements to do a pick up tomorrow so that we don't run out, but I really can't see that not happening with the way they have been selling.
This morning, anglers fished hard, and picked away at the stripers even know it was mostly on the falling tide. The most excited anglers of the day were ones who caught the first of the incoming tide on the outer edge of the bars. No crazy numbers of bass taken today, but plenty of boats reported catching five to seven fish. Very few are breaking thirty six inches with quite a few falling in the gap release size limit. The MICA clubs single heaviest fish so far is 19.7 pounds taken on one of the bars in the Little Egg Inlet on clams. It is going to get real busy tonight in the Inlet, because the Sea Shell tourney begins tonight at 9:00.
I can't stress enough, hats, gloves, full suits of coveralls; it's damp and cold out there with the the first couple of evenings of frost of the season. Be careful, water temperature has dropped enough to become dangerous too. Have a boat cushion handy or another type of throw able device. If you dump out of the boat in your winter garb, swimming really isn't an option. Best suggestion, thermos of chicken noodle soup!
Stay safe, catch fish.
Sea Ya

Thursday, October 27, 2005 /\/\/\ 5:44pm

The wind was supposed to blow again today, but folks who decided to fish found a superb morning since the wind never did come on. Early on, frost was on the dock boards making things kind of slick. It didn't take long for the sun to warm things up.
The fishing action sure took it's time warming up. Activity was light in the Little Egg Inlet this morning. It's been a strange fall so far, as anglers are only finding decent catching on the incoming tides. Seventeen bass with several over thirty four inches was our best reported catch of the day. I am going out on a limb here and guessing these were Grassy Channel fish on fresh clams.
Sea Ya

Wednesday, October 26, 2005 /\/\/\ 6:46pm

As Piglet would say WINDSday. Blustery is the word that comes to mind! Ouch, temperatures in the thirties this morning with possible frost tonight? Fall is finally here.
Not much to report about fishing today. Anglers were fearing up for this weekends tournamants buying clams and tackle inpreperation of fishing tomorrow night!
Some real nice fish were caught before the storm this weekend. About half a dozen fish pushing the thirty pound mark should lead for some interesting weights this weekend too. Weather looks like it's going to cooperate with calmer winds for the weekend.
Sea Ya

Monday, October 24, 2005 /\/\/\ 6:00pm

Another tough fishing day. Wind didn't stop all anglers though. We still had a few weigh-ins. Kenny Lipton pulls in the big fish of the day at 25.9 pounds 43 inches working the Little Egg Inlet on clams.
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 11/23/05
Boat Name: 
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: anythig that will bite
Location: Jetties in Longport
Time of Day: Afternoon
Tide: High Tide
Weather: Sunny
Wind: 10-20 kts.
Seas: less than 2 ft.
Primary Bait: Clams, Fresh
Secondary Bait: Eels
Report: "No fish today just a lone porpoise coming out of the back bays heading north. Isn't the water to cold for them now?"
Submitted by:  Tony

Sunday, October 23, 2005 /\/\/\ 3:11pm

Wind was an issue today, but anglers found plenty of bass on the bars of the Little Egg Inlet. Fresh clams were the ticket. Best report of the morning was seven bass boated with three over thirty six inches that came home. Incoming tide seems to be very important for the bass around the inlet this fall.
Bait is going to be really interesting for the up and coming tournaments this weekend; the Sea Shell on LBI and the Mica Club in Mystic Island. The track of hurricane Wilma is likely to make it impossible for the clam boats and bunker boats to get out on the ocean.
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 5/1/05
Boat Name: 
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: stripers/bluefish
Location: great bay/l.e.inlet
Time of Day: Early Morning Dark
Tide: Low
Weather: Cloudy/Light Rain
Wind: 10-20 kts.
Seas: 2-4 ft.
Primary Bait: Eels
Secondary Bait: Bunker, Fresh
Artificials: 
Report: "Fished in the Mud City tournament Thurs. night/Fri. morning. Caught the first striper (30 inches)at about 3:00am on live eel. Nothing �til daybreak when I got a slot fish on fresh cut bunker in the white water just outside Holgate. An hour later I got the tourney winning bluefish which was 7lbs. It was the easiest 150 bucks I've ever won."
Submitted by:  philthy phil

Saturday, October 22, 2005 /\/\/\ 7:01pm

Overall a very good fishing day. Many anglers found their first stripers of the fall and others came away empty. Big fish of the day was caught by Scott Aho 29.7 pounds 43" taken on clams last night in the Little Egg Inlet. A couple of other 20 pounders also made it to the catch of the day page. Kenny Potts and Clifford Still Jr. both captured slot stripers surf fishing on pebble beach using fresh clams
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 10/21/05
Boat Name: Coach's Dream
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: Striped Bass
Location: Little Leg Inlet
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Tide: 
Weather: Rain
Wind: 10-20 kts.
Seas: 2-4 ft.
Primary Bait: Clams, Fresh
Secondary Bait: Eels
Artificials: 
Report: "The winds caused the inlet to be choppy. There was a school of BLue Fish feeding on bait by the sand bar on the Northern side of the inlet. Otherwise there was nothing being caught. We checked with other boats fishing area. They had the same bad luck."
Submitted by:  Pete
E-mail: pops09@excite.com

Friday, October 21, 2005 /\/\/\ 8:26pm

Yes, the stripers are here. Some terriffic numbers of bass caught this week from Tuesday on. As the week progressed, the news of the stripers arrival finaly makes it back to the bait shop. No wrong way to catch them this week. Clams, eels, spots and fresh bunkers caught fish from the beaches at Barnegat Light to the Mullica River Bridge. It's a rare fish that breaks the 36" barrier, but plenty of slot and gap fish to break the anglers into a good start to the fall bass season.
Sea Ya

Thursday, October 20, 2005 /\/\/\ 6:01pm

Lots of chatter about stripers again through out the day. Anglers are catching bass and small drum fish at Graveling Point on clams. Inlet anglers are picking bass on clams, eels and spots. Nothing really large to report.
Fresh bunker possibly arriving tomorrow afternoon; depends on catch and weather I suppose.
Tautog are still along the banks at the Coast Guard Station and fish factory. Not a bad couple of hours of fun fishing in the bay.
Not a nice ocean today. Breezy conditions has things choppy and most folks stayed back in the bays.
For folks looking to catch bait, spots are still around, peanut bunkers are in the lagoons, but are deep. Mostly throwning the ast net blind gets the job done if your persistant at the end of the lagoons.
Sea Ya

Wednesday, October 19, 2005 /\/\/\ 5:55pm

Whoo Hoo stripers! We had a weigh in from Mystic Island beach in the middle of the day on fresh clams. Others were caught in the Little Egg Inlet on live eel. Maybe fall fishing is officially here.
The anglers fishing the Inlet also had bluefish and weakfish action too.
Some real good tog catch and release action on the wrecks about five miles off of the beach. Find a boat load of friends so one fish each adds up a little. Plenty of sea bass action too, but trying to find keepers after a summers picking off the wrecks is tough.
Made a run up north and picked up the bloodworms; there goes three hours out of the day. A real nice size batch this round. Also picked up another twelve bushels of fresh shucked clams. We almost sold through our six fresh bushels that we got yesterday. I think there are only a couple of bags left out of that batch. I surely didn't want to be without clams until friday. So, clams, eels and worms are in good shape for anyone planning a fishing trip.
Sea Ya

Monday, October 17, 2005 /\/\/\ 6:20pm

Good news! DID I SAY GOOD NEWS? The wind still hasn't backed off at all, but Carolyn Lynch still yanked a 36" 15.1 pound bass out of Little Egg Inlet this afternoon fishing the white water with clams.
It still wasn't a very kind fishing day and anglers who stayed at the dock probably did the right thing. Tomorrow is likely to be another blustery day and possibly high winds through the week according to the forecast.
Clam boats did sail today, so I was told. That means to YES, I should have fresh clams to open up the shop on Wednesday morning.
Sea Ya

Sunday, October 16, 2005 /\/\/\ 1:50pm

It's windier today then it was during the eight days of rain. A few folks were in refusing to use common sense and stay at the dock and went fishing. They figured they could hide in the mouth of the Mullica River and catch some early bass action or pick up on the end of weakfish forever.
Others were in before football games just gearing up for the stripers that they know are eventually coming. Hooks, leaders and eels were the hot tickets of today.
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 10/14/05
Boat Name: Nautical nonsense
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: ANYTHING!!!
Location: Graveling Pt, Parkway Bridge
Time of Day: Night
Tide: High Tide
Weather: Cloudy/Light Rain
Wind: 10-20 kts.
Seas: less than 2 ft.
Primary Bait: Eels
Secondary Bait: Sandworms
Artificials: 
Report: "Headed out Friday night. Wind was blowing a bit but the rain had about stopped, just misty out. Left the dock at about 8:00pm. Started at Graveling point for about 2 hours, nothing but a small dogfish, and we had three of us using a clam, an eel and a berkley gulp sandworm. The clam got the dogfish.
Then headed up the mullica to the parkway bridge and anchored there about 2 hours. Nothing. Nada. Not a bite.
Headed back out to the mouth of the river near the red blinker. *** FYI the red blinker at the mouth of the river is no longer blinking, it's dead. *** Tried here for a little while, nothing. Headed back to Graveling pt in hopes for at least some more garbage fish but couldn't even land that. Headed home about 3:00am. Skies had started to clear a bit around 11:00pm, wind whipped all night but the canvas took care of that.
Overall, at least it was a decent night out on the boat if nothing else. We were definitely the only boat on the entire bay by the look of it. Very clear night, you could see every blinking buoy in the bay and every light over in A.C. like it was high def. Later,"
Submitted by:  Steve

Saturday, October 15, 2005 /\/\/\ 7:14pm

A blustery Fall day after a long string of rain really wasn't the best fishing conditions. There were plenty of folks in buying assorted baits and the were very content to just be going fishing and not a whole lot concerned with any kind of catching.
Ocean was a no go with left over seas 9 to 11 feet.
Mullica River anglers looked to catch weakfish since several anglers fishing in the Osborne Island lagoons yesterday caught keepers up to fifteen inches.
No one reported in any catches this afternoon.
Blew through the bloodworms this morning; we still have sands. No fresh clams expected until Wednesday.
Sea Ya

Friday, October 14, 2005 /\/\/\ 6:00pm

Rain. More rain. Lots of fresh water in the bay. Things are dirty. It's likely to blow out of the South West tomorrow and not help things along at all. Nice fresh boxes of bloods and sands in this morning. No fresh clams for this weekend. Can't imagine why the clam boats didn't go out? More wind. More rain, rain rain. Rain.
Crabbing is still on even with the dirty water. We dropped the trap in the lagoon out back and are catching some of nicest whopper crabs one could possibly want. Bait 'em up one more time.
Green crabs, salt clams and eels are stocked up pretty good in anticipation of the weather breaking. Eels by the hundred are available at $75.00 for now. Each delivery often shows price increases the more demand picks up and supply drops off.
Sea Ya

Thursday, October 13, 2005 /\/\/\ 5:03pm

The ocean continues to create lake effect rain here for us in New Jersey. It's wet. It's gonna stay wet. Rain through Sunday? High tides have been a concern, but the winds just aren't mean enough to create more then high tides so far. It is something to keep a close eye upon.
First customer in this morning before daybreak wanted to purchase some worms and maybe fish up the Mullica River for ANYTHING, just an excuse to go out in the boat. We advised that is was a huge mistake sine at daybreak the tide was up over the meadows and there would have been no sign of the creek.
Other customers were in and bought eels. We hope they smartened up before they actually finished loading the boat. If they did go out, they were sure to have a pick of their spots.
Duck hunting story of the day... Is it legal to hunt over corn for ducks? How about this hunter I spoke to this morning in Connecticut who had a superb hunting day yesterday IN A CORNFIELD that was under eight feet of water. Just the top of the tractor could be seen as he rowed his boat out through the trees surrounding the farm land.
Sea Ya

Wednesday, October 12, 2005 /\/\/\ 6:02pm

We got the rain today. A steady loop of moisture made up just offshore on the ocean from us and rolled in here all day. Wicked wind is blowing this evening and the tide is up quite a bit. High tide is now, but we aren't experiencing flooding, but the ramp to the floating dock is pointing a little up rather then the direction it should be. As this system continues, the high tides might become a concern; keep a watch on things.
Sea Ya

Monday, October 10, 2005 /\/\/\ 5:47pm

If you went to work this morning, it was a good decision. It was just a gray day here. Not a lot of wind, but ugly ocean and inlet conditions from the remnants of a crummy weekend.
Good news is that the crabbing is still good. Don't pack away those traps just yet.
Lagoon fishing is fun. Anglers are throwing little lures and catching weakfish and bluefish. Folks fishing little pieces of worm are catching all kinds of fish, mostly spots, but enough little drum fish to be mentioned, even a kingfish and blowfish now and then.
Sea Ya

Sunday, October 9, 2005 /\/\/\ 4:26pm

Today started out like the second week in January. The town was a ghost town. The store had no action to speak of. Then about 10:00 the XXXX hit the fan! Folks came from everywhere. Some were MysticParts.com customers; others for rod tips and guide work. Tons of reels for fall line that big bass aren't going to break. Some in a spending mood, skip fixing the old stuff it's "spoil me time.". Cast nets since the bunker are teasing me...Rain gear and on and on! For a rainy day, I am exhausted! Heck, we close at three and it's almost 4:30 before I am getting to the fishing report, thank you customers.
The only fishing report I heard was a couple of anglers that beat them selves up in the Little Egg Inlet in search of the stripers on this gray day, to no avail. A worthy effort, surely the best idea for fishing today any ways.
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 10/8/05
Boat Name: 
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: White perch
Location: Mullica creeks
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Tide: High Tide
Weather: Partly Sunny/Partly Cloudy
Wind: less than 10 kts.
Seas: less than 2 ft.
Primary Bait: Bloodworms
Secondary Bait: 
Artificials: 
Report: "Put in up the creek and took the long ride down to the mouth of Nacote fished our way back and found a few. Fished some spots way up the creek and found some Jumbo perch. We ended with 35, nice fillets. The water temp was much warmer near the mouth than in the back water spots. Speaking of SPOTS we had 15-20 at the mouth had nothing to keep them alive with.When we ran out of bloodworms we switched to saltwater Gulp Sand worms didn't skip a beat. Lets see if that Gulp works when its 40 degrees out and I am anchored at collins cove and nothing is biting until the next trip."
Submitted by:  Jim Sobocinski
E-mail: jlsobo32@msn.com

Saturday, October 8, 2005 /\/\/\ 6:56pm

Rain. Wet. Check the boat bilge pumps or have a neighbor do it. It's been dry for a long time and for some folks the boat hasn't been used for a while. I can confidently tell you better days are coming. Today was the bottom of the barrel.
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 10/6/05
Boat Name: Big Dipper
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: weakfish-striper
Location: Mullica river
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Tide: High Tide
Weather: Cloudy/Light Rain
Wind: less than 10 kts.
Seas: less than 2 ft.
Primary Bait: Bunker, Live Peanut
Secondary Bait: 
Artificials: 
Report: "Arrived at river around 10 a.m. and caught first striper around 15 minutes of my first drift. The fish was 27" long and my first of the season.As soon as I unhooked the fish my dead stick bent sharply and i hooked another striped bass 25 inches or so.For small fish they really gave an account of themselves on light tackle. about 10 minutes later hooked another bass around 15". Fishing tapered off when large boats churned up the water with huge weakies. I missed a large weakfish at the boat and caught a couple of sharks to round out the day. Fall striper season has arrived!!!!!!!!!"
Submitted by:  Sam Corso
E-mail: corso_sam@yahoo.com

Friday, October 7, 2005 /\/\/\ 6:55pm

Small Craft Advisory remains in effect until late Tuesday night; that means stay in the bay this weekend. Passing showers didn't stop all anglers this blustery day. Folks went out for weakfish and stripers, but didn't report back. Will DiDaniel weighs our first fall striper 34" 11.4 pounds, captured last night at Hatfield Point on live eels.
There is still a lot of bait around. Spots and peanut bunker are being scooped up by anglers anticipating a good fall bass run. Tomorrow might be a good day to capture bait.
...a couple of notes about striper tourneys...Mica Club and The Sea Shell Beach Club's Annual Striped Bass Derby is set to fish on Halloween weekend and the Bob Suralik Memorial will customarily follow the following weekend, the first weekend in November. No word of when the Redmen Striper Tournament will be or if there is even going to be one. More specific information is available from the Tourney Page.
Sea Ya The Sea Shell Beach Club's 9th Annual Striped Bass Derby

Thursday, October 6, 2005 /\/\/\ 5:41pm

Anglers who ignored the forecast and looked out the window this morning went fishing. We didn't even get the anticipated thick fog like yesterday morning. The back lagoon was glassy mirror finish most of the morning. Were was most of the action? Marshelder Channel was the place to be. Plenty of weakfish with the occasional one pushing four pounds. There weren't a whole lot of anglers on the water, but maybe that is why the bite was so good this morning and lasted quite some time into the day.
A surprising amount of folks buying striper baits this morning. They are convinced the bass are here. Their log books say so! We are starting to here more and more bass reports each day. Cats out of the bag. A little bit of a bit is on with no one specific area being the hot spot. I haven't heard anything larger then slot size bass though, so don't expect forty plus inchers just yet.
Sea Ya

Wednesday, October 5, 2005 /\/\/\ 6:08pm

Here we go again; Scott forecasts a terrible weekend. Seas for Friday and Saturday are potentially seven to eleven feet. This means that today was the end of the fluke season on the ocean. Officially, the season doesn't end until Monday the 10th, but if the weather doesn't let us get outside, it's over.
Back in the bays we have some pretty good fishing going on. Anglers are finding weakfish, stripers, and tog. There are a handful of anglers working the banks on the slack tides around the fish factory and coast guard station and even know the limit is still one tog, they are having some fun and if your lucky like Bob Gill, you can land tog up to eight pounds. The weakfish and bass are being caught in the mouth of the Mullica River and from the banks in the evening at Pebble Beach. The river anglers were using live peanut bunker in search of weakies and were catching slot stripers as a bonus.
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 9/2/05
Boat Name: Wreckless
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: Dolphin
Location: Lobster Hole
Report: "Went out to the Lobster hole on Sunday looking for the Dolphin that were there two weeks ago. Trolled around for hour and then tried pitching minnows at the lobster pots but the fish that were there a couple weeks ago must have left. We saw a lot of surface action by some species but couldn't get any takers while trolling. There were a number of boats fluking but they said they were only getting shorts. We hit a school of bonito and a school of blues about half way home. The blues were hitting the baits as I trolled at 7 knots, you could see them coming on to the lures with their mouths open running behind the bait, it looked like a bucket chasing after the bait."
Submitted by:  Mike Savage
E-mail: michael1savage@yahoo.com

Monday, October 3, 2005 /\/\/\ 5:30pm

More good catches of fluke reported from this weekend! One report was from the Little Egg Reef touting plenty of keepers and quite a few throw backs. Most of what I heard previous was about fluke in deeper water outside the reefs. I am sure glad the season is still open and we get one last weekend shot on the fluke with the season ending next Monday, October 10.
Still a lot of little fish back in the Great Bay. Kingfish, porgies, blowfish are still around and anglers are working them mostly around the Graveling Point area. It's fun catching these little guys on light tackle and if you're lucky enough to catch some decent size ones, it's excellent table fare after a quick visit in the frying pan!
Crabbing is absolutely berserk! Folks are reporting unheard of numbers of crabs. It's great that the weather is holding out and the bugs are mostly gone. If you can break away with a small boat this weekend and slip up a creek near the mouth of the Mullica River, do it, you will have a blast!
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 10/1/05
Boat Name: Predator
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: tuna
Location: 24 mile out
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Weather: Sunny
Wind: less than 10 kts.
Seas: less than 2 ft.
Artificials: Trolling/BigGame
Report: "tons of albies all day long. great day. ended with a quadruple hookup, no big deal but i was by myself! so much fun. the ocean was paved with fish. 24 miles straight out of little egg inlet."
Submitted by:  Dave
E-mail: dalu@exchange.ml.com

E-mail Report: 10/3/05
Boat Name: 
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: fluke,sea bass
Location: barnegat reef
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Tide: High Tide
Weather: Partly Sunny/Partly Cloudy
Wind: less than 10 kts.
Seas: 2-4 ft.
Primary Bait: Minnows/Killies/Shiners
Secondary Bait: Squid
Report: "Scott, went out of Barnegat Inlet at crack of dawn. Went past barnegat reef to about 70ft of water, one keeper. Came in to about 60ft and caught nothing. Came in further to around 51ft at the reef and caught fish non-stop. Many throwback fluke and many sea bass. A few keepers. Also tried trolling the south beach early for striper, nothing there. Hope this helps Ya'll."
Submitted by:  bob p
E-mail: splayford1@comcast.net

Sunday, October 2, 2005 /\/\/\ 4:11pm

I had some real good fluke feedback from anglers who fished yesterday. Deeper water, specifically offshore of the GSS reef, anglers really found a nice batch of fluke. Several boats got in on the action of large numbers and bag limits. There were a lot of throw back fluke, I am not trying to blow smoke here, but some excellent fall fishing that we would expect this time of year.
Not much on sea bass inshore, but get to about seventy feet of water and the sea bass are a plenty.
Some talk of tuna at the Barnegat Ridge, not sure north or south; details are sketchy. Might just put an ear to the tuna scene before rushing off anywhere.
Catch of the day was brought in by Dave Dickinson. A 31", 6.2 pound spanish mackerel caught aboard the CaptainsCoop in the lobster hole. Tony mentioned a lack of dolphin today, possibly due to a drop in water temperature.
Sorry about the lack of reports for friday and saturday. I wrote them, but I was uploading the file in the wrong place. Think I would always get it right after seven years!
For the tog anglers working the banks and wrecks, we were finally able to get a batch of green crabs in!
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 10/2/05
Boat Name: One More Drift
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: anything
Location: Losbster Hole
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Weather: Sunny
Wind: less than 10 kts.
Seas: less than 2 ft.
Artificials: Trolling/BigGame
Report: "We were a little sketchy on going out due to a water temp report of 67 out there. So we started drifting over a wreck to see if there were any sea bass around. We were catching double headers every time, however they were about 6-8 inches. So seeing how beautiful it was for October we decided to give it a shot and head out to the hole. Found lots of false albies. Double hook ups almost every time. Not a glimpse of mahi. The water looked a little more on the greenish side and was reading a temp of 68. We did manage to find a nice Spanish mackerel though. Then decided to head back in and anchor over a wreck in 68 feet of water. Bailed sea bass. Throw back ratio of about 8:1. We did manage about 50 keepers though with 3 guys. Went through 16 pounds of clams in 2 hours. Great way to start october. Now we are going to start focusing in on STRIPERS!!!! Oh and we had a lot of sea bass coming up with heads only due to BIG blues whacking them as we were bringing them up. Amazing power those jaws are. Thanks guys."
Submitted by:  Tony Cooper

E-mail Report: 10/1/05
Boat Name: Slic-Chic Too
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: Misc.
Location: Lobster Hole
Report: "Headed out to the Lobster Hole on Saturday in our 21ft center console (Slic-Chic Too) the ocean was like a lake. Got out there in no time and started trolling, got two little tunny before coming in to 30 ft of water off Holgate. There, we caught about 30 croakers, 5 spikes, and a couple blues. Started heading back to the inlet and we came across a huge school of BUNKER and started snagging bait for the fall. When we were cranking them in a large striper came up swallowed one right next to the boat, but in spit the hook. Five minutes later I was cranking in a bunker on a fluke rod and a 17lb. bluefish inhaled the bunker.(biggest of the year) All and all October 1 was a banner day for Mark, UJ, UB and Ryan!"
Submitted by:  Mark

Saturday, October , 2005 /\/\/\ 7:17pm

The best activity of the day was in front of the white tower on the southern tip of Long Beach Island, very close to the beach, 500 yards or so, eighteen to twenty five feet of water. It was a steady catch of decent size croakers and a ton of little weakfish. After working the school of fish for a bit, a keeper weakfish came out of the mix.
Lots of folks caught a couple of fluke today, but very few of the fluke were keepers. A BIG fluke was weighed in this afternoon by Don Hildreth. He caught his THICK 9.4 pound 28 inch doormat in deeper water about a mile outside the Rutgers Buoys. Other anglers weighed in some nice fluke too, caught at the GGS reef and and LE reef with a mixture of sea bass thrown in.
Quite a few anglers thinking stripers already! Lots of clams, some spots and eels sold all through out the day. Some of our best bass fishing in the past was during the last week of September. It's a little late this year, but we are fortunate to still have weakfish and other small fish activity in the bay. When the water temperature drops, the bass fishing will kick into gear here in the Little Egg Inlet.
Sea Ya

Friday, September 30, 2005 /\/\/\ 7:13pm

Fluke regulation season isn't over until October 9th. In years past, angers have caught fluke into December. There were a few fluke caught today by anglers working the reefs, but they reported a high ratio of throw-backs; strange for this time of the year.
Other anglers worked seabass with mixed results. Either you got on a clump of bottom structure or a wreck that had nice seabass on it or you found a spot that had all small fish. It just takes a little looking around before you end up with fish in the fish box.
Back in the Bays, anglers did find some nice pods of weekfish this week while they were trying to hide from the wind. Live peanut bunker was the hot commodity today as angers were trying to get in on the action. High tide, outgoing water, mouth of the Mullica, Oyster Creek and Motts Creek remain viable fishing areas. Cool nights, like last night, will drop water temperatures in the bays and the bait will disappear and the weakfish will follow.
Sure called the weather wrong for this weekend! Seas 1 to 2 feet tomorrow. Even had a run on flats of butterfish late this afternoon for anglers looking to get another shot on the tuna. Should be a nice day for anglers that can get out tomorrow.
Sea Ya

Thursday, September 29, 2005 /\/\/\ 6:26pm

Wind. What more is there to say? It wasn't even feasible to stand in the yard, much less go out in the boat. This up and coming weekend sounds like a blowy North Easter too according to the marine forecast I read this morning. /sigh
Sea Ya

Wednesday, September 28, 2005 /\/\/\ 6:43pm

From several excited anglers reports, it sounds like there are quite a bit of weakfish in the Great Bay. More and more success stories are coming in each day. Try all the old haunts like the mouth of the Mullica River, the mouths of Oyster Creek and Motts Creek just past the high tide. Anglers are catching weakfish on self caught, by cast net, peanut bunker, sand worms and bloodworms and the Gulps too. One report came from a land base angler fishing from Pebble Beach. He didn't't have a lot of action, but a blowfish, and a two pound weakie are at least something to pass a little time in the evening.
First cool morning and the questions about stripers begin. I am starting to hear a few things. The Barnegat Light jetty gave up sweet bass from 25-40 pounds this past week. More local to us, a few stripers are being taken on spots drifting along the banks at Little Sheepshead Creek. No reports of eel or clam action in or along the breakers of the Little Egg Inlet just yet.
Sea Ya

Monday, September 26, 2005 /\/\/\ 5:46pm

A blustery Fall day and another dry one for us here in Mystic Island. A dust storm exists in the empty dirt lot across the street from us where the Texaco used to be. It's hard for some to believe, since folks in West NJ got pounded by rain again, all day.
Only a handful of anglers in this morning. Many were discouraged by the steady wind, but others figured they would hide up the Mullica River and work for a weakfish.
One crabber reported an ok catch at the end of Dock Road and that when he threw his traps out the wind pushed them right back at him.
The rest of the week looks equally blustery, according to the forecasts I perused.
Sea Ya

Sunday, September 25, 2005 /\/\/\ 3:19pm

Another day of wind and waves. Many folks made it to the inlet but only very few folks crossed it and continued out on to the ocean. Even so, those that did reported back uncomfortable fishing conditions with not a lot happening.
I didn't hear much from the chum pot fishing anglers. Usually some kind of report makes it back, but not today. Must be a good ball game on.
Sea Ya

Saturday, September 24, 2005 /\/\/\ 6:34pm

It feels real petty complaining about 25 knot North East wind while Rita rips up Louisiana and Texas. Our prayers to all those effected and those trying to help.
Any of the early morning anglers who wanted to fish on the ocean, we were pretty emphatic about sending them home. Seas at a fast chop four to seven feet is not a day to be on the ocean.
Fishing in the bay wasn't going to be easy. The wind blows you around and it was blowing hard enough to lift the lines out of the water. A fun factor is missing under those conditions.
Now the folks that went crabbing, well, they were right on. Cooler temperatures, no bugs and some of the best crabbing we have seen in years, made crabbing the right decision today.
Sea Ya

Friday, September 23, 2005 /\/\/\ 7:06pm

Big bird play in the Little Egg Inlet this morning was large herring! Anglers with light spinning tackle thought they were going to catch bluefish. Putting a bunch of these dandy's in the freezer for fall bass baits is a great idea. Even better, fillet the herring and salt cure the fillets for fluke weaks, blues and bass. Salted just right and the fillets will hold for next spring too.
Slim pickings on fluke again today. A few folks are still finding them, but there isn't any specific location or water depth that seems to be any better then another.
Good batch of weakfish along the beaches have been providing some steady catching with a few keepers. Several net boats worked hard today in front of the southern towers of LBI. Lets hope they were concentrating their efforts on bunker.
Plenty of croaker action for anglers that want to catch something. Fresh and salted clams are the best bait choices, but croakers really aren't all that finicky.
Weakfish might be the only fish choice in the morning. North east winds might be making an unfriendly ocean. Just after high tide this week, anglers caught weakies in Marshelder and the mouth of the mullica river. Live peanut bunker are working for some, while other anglers are hooked on using the new super baits.
Sea Ya

Thursday, September 22, 2005 /\/\/\ 5:55pm

Anglers had a swell day fishing, but not much to talk about. An occasional fluke was picked, but I think I heard about every one. Slim picking is the word of the day.
Wreck fishing produced little sea bass and croakers.
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 9/18/05
Boat Name: One More Drift
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: Albies, Mahi, Big fish we lost last weekend
Location: Lobster Hole
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Tide: 
Weather: Sunny
Wind: less than 10 kts.
Seas: 2-4 ft.
Primary Bait: 
Secondary Bait: 
Artificials: Trolling/BigGame
Report: "Sorry for the delay. Blah Blah Blah. All the usual's. Small mahi at all the lobster pots, double and triple hook-ups on the albies, and losing big fish. Man I love this kind of fishing. We did hook up on a lovely mahi while trolling. After it jumped and danced for us a couple of times, we got it closer to the boat only to see 6 more swimming right underneath of it. They have to be one the most beautiful fish. The colors were so bright. Anyway, we threw some butter fish out to keep them there, then put a hook out, and wham o.(Picture on the catch of the day) Great day out there."
Submitted by:  Tony Cooper
E-mail: tc@captaincoopscharters.com

E-mail Report: 9/19/05
Boat Name: top banana
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: weakfish, croakers, fluke
Location: half way between tip of Holgate and Holgate water tower
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Tide: High Tide
Weather: Sunny
Seas: less than 2 ft.
Primary Bait: Squid
Report: "Good action on both weakies and croakers in 25 ft. of water even though the wind was nonexistent and the sea flat.. Many were small but with persistence we wound up with a good mess of nicer fish. Schools of bunker and small herring were abundant and drew our attention to the spot. Fished that area between 9:30 and noon then moved out to the LE reef. As the breeze picked up so did the catching of fluke. Nothing to brag about but several keepers to 23 inches. On the way in we saw many boats chasing birds and snapper blues inside the inlet on the Holgate side (dropping tide)."
Submitted by:  Bill MacClinchy

Sunday, September 19, 2005 /\/\/\ 4:56pm

Scott slipped out without doing a report today, but things were fairly quiet around here. One fishing report submitted, below. 6:45pm Aye, Scotts back...Anglers fished on the ocean today, but I didn't hear any news that should make you feel guilty you were not there. One angler had some intermittent croaker activity and another found steady double header twelve inch weakfish. Those were the best ocean catching events of the day.
Back in the Great Bay, the mouth of the Mullica River has been hopping. Incoming water seems to be working. Lots of weakfish and snapper bluefish working the peanut bunkers along the west bank.
Sea Ya~ MizMo

E-mail Report: 8/18/05
Boat Name: Jolie-Bean
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: Fluke, Sea Bass, Croakers
Location: LE Reef, 40ft of water off 1st tower
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Tide: Low
Weather: Sunny
Wind: 
Seas: 2-4 ft.
Primary Bait: Bunker, Live Peanut
Secondary Bait: Clams, Salted
Artificials: Bucktail
Report: "Hello All, Went out in search of some Fluke, Sea Bass, and Croakers; decided to keep it close and didn't go all the way to the GS South Reef. Found some good action on the LE Reef (4 keeper Fluke, 6 keeper Sea Bass - many shorts of both species and typical skates, dogfish, and robins) and found a few Croakers (kept 6 big ones, through back about 10) in 40+ feet of water off the first tower. Not a great catch, but a really nice day weather wise and the ocean was pretty calm, so overall it was worth the effort."
Submitted by:  Joe Zac

E-mail Report: 9/16/05
Boat Name: Disabled floating KIA
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: New 4x4
Location: bath tub
Report: "New Movie is out --Interview with a Vampire Artificial Bloodworm! Hear of some Striper bite on bay side of lbi north end --some keepers behind loveladies etc ! If anyone has tips on vacuum hubs on 2001 Sportage ( not engaging) give a e-mail please."
Submitted by:  Paul Kremens

E-mail Report: 9/18/05
Boat Name: My Mistress
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: Albies, Bonita, Fluke, Sea Bass
Location: Hambone, AC Reef
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Tide: High Tide
Weather: Sunny
Wind: less than 10 kts.
Seas: 2-4 ft.
Primary Bait: Clams, Frozen
Secondary Bait: Spearing
Artificials: Spoon
Report: "After being in dry dock for repairs over the last six weeks, finally got back in action. Started out trolling feathers and clark spoons around the Hambone and triple lumps. Went 5 for 6 on 6lb Albies, and landed 1 small Bonita(tasty dinner). Moved in to the AC Reef for some bottom fishing. Had three quick double headers of Sea Bass and then drifted into small fluke. Managed one keeper(18 inches). My fishing partner for the day, "Junk Fish Johnny", did a tremendous job of keeping the skates, doggies, and robbins away from my lines, so I could put some meat in the cooler. Not a bad restart to the season."
Submitted by:  Ted Koenig

Saturday, September 17, 2005 /\/\/\ 10:45am

I received an interesting e-mail this morning and kind of ran with it....
Sea Ya

Tom: Hi, I am Tom Atherton, a marine worm bio from Maine with some questions and comments...

Scott: Hi, My name is Scott Albertson
          Owner of Scott's Bait and Tackle.
          Years in Business: Twenty (609)296-1300.

Tom: How are fish bites, synthetic bloods in a bag, as bait compared to live bloods?

Scott: The verdict is still out for some anglers, but many anglers are confident that the Fishbites Bag O' WormsTM Bloodworm Alternative are as good as the real thing and sometimes even better. For catching kingfish, they have out fished bloodworms side by side; an account that I have heard from quite a few anglers.
          Our Fall Striped bass fishery is just about to begin. Primary baits for catching Fall striped bass are live eels, fresh clams and fresh bunker. It is undetermined if Fishbites products are going to work as well for the Striped Bass as they have proven to catch weakfish and kingfish. The Berkley Gulp Saltwater products, specifically the 6" sandworm in the color bloody, has become another alternative choice to live bait. Some of our veteran anglers, who I would have though could never be converted to artificial baits, are our best repeat customers for the Gulp and Fishbites products.

Tom: How is the quality of the sandworm that you buy?
          I can tell you, as the bio here, the size of worms is down, due to the commercial dragging fisheries on the worm flats. Limiting the drag fisheries should lead to bigger bait worms. I have dug worms for the past twenty-plus years and still do so, along with my bio work.
          If you would like to comment about commercial dragging on worm flats, e-mail mary.costigan@maine.gov

Scott: Opening a flat of sandworms and inspecting the size is the most pot luck event I have ever experienced. There is no set pattern to what size the sandworms will be. It surely is dependent on favorable tides for digging, but overall, there doesn't appear to be any rhyme or reason to indicate what size the worms we receive will be each week. I have seen huge worms in flats this year and flats of worms where the average size worm barely breaks three inches. I would have to say the freshness quality of the sandworms has been better this year then years past. I am unsure reason for this change. This year, no flats of sandworms have turned to black muck from being in the refrigerator for just one night.

Tom: How about bloodworm size... Are they getting any bigger? Also, what is the accuracy of the counts?

Scott: Bloodworm size is an issue for us. Our primary bloodworm selling season is March 1, through May 10 for a unique early season Striped Bass fishery where large worms are demanded by the anglers. Our Graveling Point fishing area is one of the first locations where land base anglers have access to catch striped bass in the spring. When the bite is on, this fishery draws hundreds of anglers daily from the tri-state area; New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. A good sales week for us is selling sixty plus, 250 count flats of bloodworms.
          This year, our first striper wasn't caught until the 29th of March. We lost four weeks of prime worm selling season. This early springs absence of stripers was due to cold water temperature. It just didn't want to warm up this spring.
          Without a doubt, worm size overall is shrinking. Worm quantity counts per flat are excellent. There may be 249 worms in a flat with two halves though. /grin.
          Side Note: This spring, fresh clams caught just as many stripers as did bloodworms. This hasn't been the rule in past years. The higher price of bloodworms and the poor quality of the size of the bloodworms has forced many anglers to fish with more economical fresh bait choices, like clams. Therefore, more anglers are catching the striped bass on clams. The Fishbites Bag O' WormsTM Bloodworm Alternative and Berkley Gulp Saltwater products hadn't had a chance to prove their effectiveness just yet, so did not come into play for us this spring.

Tom: Does you state regulations and seasons affect your live bait sales?

Scott: Ever changing regulations are frustrating for anglers. In my experience locally, non-compliance is at an all time high. Yes, regulations are pushing anglers out of the sport.
          New Jersey has seen a severe decline in outdoor sports over the past fifteen years. I have been to New Jersey Fish and Wildlife seminars where a graph is put up on an overhead projector showing the decline of license sales. It's not a pretty line unless it's covered with snow and you have a sled.
          Is the decline in participation in outdoor sports caused by families that do not have time to fish together, due to economic conditions that require extended work schedules for both parents? Or is it the electronic era of television, computers and video games that is cutting into the outdoor recreation participation? How important of a factor is the impact of natural cyclic events of fish species?
          A lot of unknown factors are posed with the question on what affects bait sales. Even so, I would still have to place Mother Nature as the single most significant factor in bait sales.
          Three conditions are needed to sell bait:
          #1 sounds silly, but need bait.
          Easier said then done getting a supply a lot of times.
          #2 There has to be the presence of fish to eat the bait.
          #3 there has to be weather conditions that allow anglers
          to go fishing.

Tom: Have you had any dealing with Seabait?

Scott: Seabait is a company name I was not familiar with before this morning. They do have an interesting web site. http://www.seabait.com
           It's nice to see a positive secondary application of the warm water discharge from a power station.

Tom: Does your order for marine worms get filled?

Scott: During the high demand usage I have in the spring, I purchase worms from as many as four dealers. Even then, we usually run short on bloodworms. Quality of worms always suffers when purchasing quantity of worms. This year, due to increased worm pricing and the shift to clam usage our supply met the demand 90% of the time.

Tom: Do you buy direct from Maine or from a wholesaler?

Scott: We purchase bloodworms from both wholesalers and direct from Maine. Back in February, 2005, I sent a $2000.00 check up front to one of the Maine worm distributors and created a standing order of ten flats of worms to be delivered to us every Wednesday for the eight weeks of our busy worm season. Ten flats of worms cost a lot of money for a Maine bait company to send to an unknown dealer in New Jersey. So, by paying up front, I could send a check each week and keep my account in a positive standing and the dealer knew he was going to get paid for his product, which insured me of a steady supply.

Tom: Thanks for any info, and no answers because of confidentiality with dealers is fine.
          ~Tom Atherton, Biology Graduate
             University of Maine

Hi Scott;
I just read your article from Sept 17, with Tom Atherton about Bloodworms. The price of bloods are high so I began using Berkley Gulp Bloods and fishbites off the surf on LBI. I have used the Gulp bloods with some success while fishing for Kingies, but Fishbites have out fished the gulp bloods. I fished Saturday at Beach Haven using gulp bloods but soon changed over to Fishbites and as soon as the fishbites hit the water I had tight a line. Kingies and Croakers and Spot were keeping me busy. It still remains to be seen if the Fishbites or Berkley gulp Bloods will work on Bass this fall and or next spring.
Rich Goodman
PS: King fishing is redhot on LBI

Friday, September 17, 2005 /\/\/\ 7:14pm

Anglers fished the ocean again this morning. Yes, seas were 5+ plus, but it was all swell. West winds are forecated for the next couple of days. Lots of people are going to try working the ocean for fluke, croakers and weakfish in the morning. Others are planning a possible offshore trip for tuna on Sunday. It all depends on the status of the tropical storm. It looks like it mostly broke up and isn't going to be an issue at all for Sunday plans.
Sea Ya

Thursday, September 15, 2005 /\/\/\ 5:46pm

I thought it would be a blow out by now and the folks in North Carolina would sure have liked us to have the Tropical Storm Ophelia off of our coast rather then being stuck with it for what must seem like forever. It was a pretty fair day here today. Hot, muggy and not a drop of rain. The grass is mostly dead since we have had no rain here for WEEKS! Other areas of New Jersey are taking a beating and having severe flooding. Anyway, some folks got out on the ocean and were willing to share some fluke catching with minimal boats around the Rutgers Marker buoys.
Looks like some crappy weather in the near future for us. Maybe more of a a clean up and tie down weekend then a fishing weekend. We will see.
Sea Ya

Wednesday, September 14, 2005 /\/\/\ 5:53pm

One little bit of chatter of an angler still finding fluke around the huge yellow Rutgers Buoys. Other then that, not much to tell.
Back in the lagoons, there is some terrific fishing at the moment. High tide? makes a difference? There has been a large assortment of fish right off of our back dock. Weakfish, snappers, kingfish, drum fish and spots are coming steady. A little bit of chum and pieces of worm are enough to keep you busy for a while. Part of the fun is not knowing what species is going to be next on the line.
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 9/13/05
Boat Name: LST-853
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: Croakers / Weakfish
Location: Little Beach
Time of Day: Afternoon
Tide: High Tide
Weather: Sunny
Wind: less than 10 kts.
Seas: 2-4 ft.
Report: "Found the croakers outside Little Beach, down towards Wreck Inlet, 18 to 20 feet of water. Released some small weaks inside."
Submitted by:  JR

Monday, September 12, 2005 /\/\/\ 5:08pm

Tropical Storm Ophelia is on some folks mind. It's an amusing storm kinda wandering around in circles. The forecast is for it to make a move up the coast as these storms usually do. Looks like a brush with North Carolina and then just rotten sea conditions for us on Friday and Saturday. Lets hope is dwindles and causes no one any problems.
Ocean fluke fishing was slim pickings again this morning. Anglers found weakfish and croakers along the beach, but I still didn't hear any great numbers.
Back in the Tuckerton Bay anglers were faced with weakfish with lock-jaw. The expected them to bite just after the bottom of the tide. When that occurred, they found the fish on the fish finders, but couldn't make them react to anything; Berkley Gulps included. Another bluebird day syndrome.
Stills some blowfish around mixed in the Great Bay over in the clam stakes on the North West side of the fish factory. Lots of other little fish keeping anglers busy on light tackle too.
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 9/11/05
Boat Name: Scholarship
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: Croakers/weakfish
Location: 22 ft. of water, South Holgate
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Tide: Low
Wind: less than 10 kts.
Seas: 2-4 ft.
Primary Bait: Clams, Fresh
Secondary Bait: Squid
Report: "Scott: Read your sunday report; we did have large pods of large croakers this morning before the wind came up in 21-24 ft. of water; had them all to ourselves, everyone rode by Jim Hutchinson and myself; I think they are in shallower rather then deeper water"
Submitted by:  Dave Rinear

E-mail Report: 9/11/05
Boat Name: One More Drift
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: Whatevers Hungry
Location: Lobster Hole
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Weather: Sunny
Wind: less than 10 kts.
Seas: 2-4 ft.
Artificials: Trolling/BigGame
Report: "Hey guys. We planned on going out but were leery of the wave forecast. To our surprise the ocean was beautiful, so off to the lobster hole we went in our 20 foot boat. Great day. We had about 8 false albies, 10-15 pounders, and all the mahi you could handle. A little on the small side but beautiful fish. And one baby blue fin. The fish were busting out of the water for whatever we had for them. Very fun day. We did lose 2 very nice, big fish though. Oh well. Till next time. Thanks."
Submitted by:  Tony Cooper
E-mail: coop@captaincoopscharters.com

Sunday, September 11, 2005 /\/\/\2:59 pm

Fluke didn't cooperate much for anglers today, even though there was plenty of effort put in in attempts to catch 'em.
Heard plenty of chatter of folks catching weakfish along the beach. The keepers were few and far between, but the catching helped keep things interesting.
Not much to say about croakers either. I really expected anglers to find thick pods and heavy action by now, but a croaker here and there is all that it seems to be at the moment.
Back in the Great Bay, little fishing is still on. Chatter on the VHF talked about more blowfish and an occasional keeper size porgy. Where did all the kingfish go?
Seems to be a pretty good bite of weakfish in Marshelder Channel this past week too. Anglers have to pick through the shorts to find keepers, but there have been plenty of keepers to make it worthy. Berkley Gulp sand worms in the bloody color are doing the trick this week.
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 9/10/05
Boat Name: Reel Lucky
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: Mixed Bag
Location: Clam Stakes
Time of Day: 
Tide: 
Weather: Sunny
Wind: 
Seas: 
Primary Bait: Clams, Salted
Secondary Bait: Chum, Clam
Artificials: 
Report: "I went out both in the late morning and early evening. The Bay was calm in the morning and complete chop in the afternoon. Despite hitting 2 different tides and bay conditions, the porgies kept me and the wife busy. 7' of water did the trick and we chummed with clam. We ended up with keeper porgies blow fish, and kingfish that made a tasty dinner trio. Thanks to the guys in the shop for the tips, they helped. Stay in the bay + bring the ultra light tackle + chum = save some gas and catch some fish."
Submitted by:  andy

E-mail Report: 9/10/05
Boat Name: Emily Lynn
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: Fluke
Location: From 4-8 miles outside le inlet
Time of Day: 
Tide: 
Weather: Sunny
Wind: less than 10 kts.
Seas: 2-4 ft.
Primary Bait: Squid
Secondary Bait: Bunker, Live Peanut
Artificials: 
Report: "Very slow day of fluking today. We did manage a 4.75lb and a 16.5 incher for the box. Croakers have extended out to the le reef and any concentrated effort on them should produce non stop action. We kept 6(croakers) while fluking and ran over huge schools of them on the machine on the way in. Good weather day and we had a lot of fun."
Submitted by:  Bob Larsen
E-mail: Larsenmech@aol.com

Saturday, September 10, 2005 /\/\/\ 6:53pm

Question marks? That's what this fishing report is going to be. I would much rather ramble on about all the great fishing that happened today, but I just really don't have anything good to go by. One angler caught a lot of short fluke today; does that count for anything? Other folks claimed two croakers and a nice sea bass as their total loot for the cooler; hmmm.
Back in the Great Bay there was a lot of chatter from anglers using the chum pots that was very encouraging either.
I got it! It's the blue bird effect. It was just too pretty of a day for the fish to bite. Bright sun, not a cloud anywhere, temperatures in the 70's and a light breeze out of the South West is a good day for a picnic; grats to the folks who organized the OIRA Picnic, your weather committee was right on!
Sea Ya

Friday, September 9, 2005 /\/\/\ 7:06pm

A few folks scrounged the ocean today in search of any kind of fish. It's a different sea then it was last Saturday. High hook was seven fluke and MANY anglers came back ElSkunko! A few found some croakers and weakfish along the beach in shallow water in front of the towers, but really didn't put any numbers together. I hope the swell is the cause of the lock-jaw. Crappy weather in the forecast blowing NE hard and steady tomorrow isn't going to help much for anyone anticipating getting on the ocean.
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 9/8/05
Boat Name: FISHERS OF MEN
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: ANY
Location: GREAT BAY
Time of Day: Afternoon
Tide: Low
Weather: Sunny
Wind: less than 10 kts.
Seas: less than 2 ft.
Primary Bait: Clams, Fresh
Secondary Bait: Chum, Clam
Artificials: 
Report: "Fished the outgoing tide with one 16 inch croaker."
Submitted by:  JERRY
E-mail: deercraze@verizon.net

Thursday, September 8, 2005 /\/\/\ 5:33pm

Not much of any news to pass along today. Wind and sea conditions didn't allow for ocean anglers to chase the fluke. Last Saturday, many folks had a real good catch of large fluke on the ocean, so it isn't over. There will be some better days of catching then others. I did fear that maybe the mass of fluke did move on or was all caught up, but after Saturdays reports from anglers, there is still some good fluke catching yet to come before the season ends in October.
Several boats were anchored up around Graveling Point in search of the kingfish and blowfish. One report from an angler drifting by said he didn't see much rod bending. I sure hope they got into come catching, but it's not clear if they did today.
Sea Ya

Wednesday, September 7, 2005 /\/\/\ 5:22pm

This morning had the illusion of a nice fishing day. The old timers knew better though. It was howling wind yesterday and the steady breeze out of the East this morning had a good swell built up with a froth of white on top. Basically, ocean fishing was a no go except for the 36+ plus boats and by the conversations I heard on the VHF radio, they really weren't having much of a good time.
Mixed reports coming back from kingfish anglers... some are catching and others are finding nothing more then a few junk fish. The best catch over the weekend was just around the tip of Graveling Point on the Mullica River side and it was mostly blowfish, which in contrary to my earlier in the week reports of the catching happening closer to Great Bay Marina.
A couple of good orders of Berkley Gulp came in again and now we product back on the once empty wall. The Bag o Worms Bloodworms will be in again on Friday. As fast as our distributor got them, they sold out. I will be getting another 100 bags to hold us over for the week; maybe!
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 5/1/05
Boat Name: NEVER E NUFF
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: ANY
Location: GRAVELING POINT
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Tide: High Tide
Weather: Sunny
Wind: 10-20 kts.
Seas: 2-4 ft.
Primary Bait: Crabs, Shedder
Secondary Bait: Clams, Frozen
Artificials: 
Report: "Good day at the point on monday. Caught 27 keeper crabs on the fishing lines. 10 throw backs. 6 keeper sea bass 3 throw backs. 1 blowfish. 4 keeper weakies 5 throwbacks. 1 keeper flounder. 6 sand sharks. 3 sea robbins. 1 oyster cracker. 2 peanut bunker. Top and bottom rigs. Shedder on top clam or chicken on bottom. Chum pot along side. Ran out of chum everything left us."
Submitted by:  CHRIS YAWORSKI
E-mail: FAIRLITE1@AOL.COM

Monday, September 5, 2005 /\/\/\ 2:13pm

The best thing I can say about the weekend is that the crabbing was just excellent. Surely no complaints there. Weather was cooler and breezy which helped folks who got out in creeks in little boats avoid the flies and the oppressive heat.
One report this weekend, from the Graveling Point area, had a good quantity of nice size blowfish. They anchored around the corner of the point, not the Great Bay Marina side, in about six feet of water. They also had their fair share of kingfish, porgies and many other species of little fish as well as one 18" weakfish all on clams.
The ocean was a no go today. Seas started out almost favorable, but quickly turned five foot and white. Thirty eight foot party boats called it a day and returned to port with parties whom were happy to step back on land.
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 9/4/05
Boat Name: wicked game
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: fluke
Location: ocean
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Tide: 
Weather: Sunny
Wind: 10-20 kts.
Seas: 2-4 ft.
Primary Bait: Squid
Secondary Bait: Minnows/Killies/Shiners
Artificials: 
Report: "We picked all day long 70 fluke 20 of which were keepers and half were 4-5lbs and thick! Four croakers found us late in the day so it was time to roll."
Submitted by:  wink

E-mail Report: 9/3/05
Boat Name: Real men of Guineas
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: Fluke
Location: OC Reef
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Tide: High Tide
Weather: Sunny
Wind: less than 10 kts.
Seas: less than 2 ft.
Primary Bait: Squid
Secondary Bait: Minnows/Killies/Shiners
Artificials: 
Report: "Hello Scott, We returned to the OC reef on Saturday after paying $4.03 a gallon for regular. The place was a parking lot. We talked to each other with out the need of a radio. The big lesson learned today was how to properly net your buddies big catch. So we're talking to this guy as he spends every bit of 5 minutes working this fish. It finally jumps out of the water, it has to be close to 3 feet in length. His buddy grabs the line with one hand and uses the net with the other. He fights the thing for 15 � 20 seconds and bamo it's gone. The crowd of people within earshot produce a collective sigh in shared disappointment. The guy throws the net down and walks to the other side of the boat in disgust. Half way through the next drift, they fire up the twin Yahmy 225's and leave. It's not even 10:00am. So heres to you inept grabber string with one hand and kick mongo fish off with the other hand netter helper guy, without you, your buddy could have actually eaten the fish we all saw today. Thanks, Ed"
Submitted by:  Ed Bash

Sunday, September 4, 2005 /\/\/\ 7:06pm

Croakers, fluke and sea bass mixed about the Little Egg Reef. Anglers had ok catches around the WR2 buoy a little to the Southern and Rutgers yellow markers too. Again; not record catches, but a decent enough catch to make the trips worth while.
Sure go to the Lindy Canyon and the bite breaks loose at the Toms. Sounds like we are going to have a Fall chunkin' tuna bite after all.
Wrong tide most of the morning for the kingfish, but I did hear of a decent catch of nice size blowfish. Each day seems to be a little bit different for the anglers working the chum pots.
Sea Ya

Saturday, September 3, 2005 /\/\/\ 7:34pm

No one set the world on fire, but fishing was actually ok today. Many will agree, it wasn't the calmest day on the ocean. Even so, the Garden State South reef gave up some fluke and sea bass. A good catch of fluke today was about six fish per boat. Now sea bass was a different story. Some anglers actually returned with limit catches from the GSS reef and surrounding structures.
Sea Ya

Friday, September 2, 2005 /\/\/\ 7:02pm

It was good to have several anglers in this afternoon that were quite content with their catches of fluke on and around the LE reef today. I hadn't heard much on the VHF radio, but folks that were in for pictures and others gathering supplies for morning were pleased with their catches today and are headed right back there tomorrow morning.
Some real good numbers of kingfish catches still being reported. One angler found a steady batch of fish in the twelve to sixteen inch range in the clam stakes on the Mystic Island side of the fish factory. There is no size or bag limits on kingfish. However, our opinion here is, a twelve inch kingfish is keeper size making it large enough to be able to filleting them.
Sea Ya

E-mail Report: 9/1/05
Boat Name: Real men of Guineas
Type: Saltwater
Species Sought: Fluke
Location: OC reef
Time of Day: Morning After Sunrise
Tide: Low
Weather: Sunny
Wind: less than 10 kts.
Seas: less than 2 ft.
Primary Bait: Squid
Secondary Bait: Minnows/Killies/Shiners
Artificials: Bucktail
Report: "Hello Scott, This week we are at OC with a house on the bay. Monday, my boat died with an electrical issue. Tuesday we retrieved my buddy's from the Delaware Bay. Wednesday was a mess. Thursday we take a walk to the boardwalk and presto, perfect ocean. Off we go to the OC reef. GPS in hand, we are the only boat out there. We begin to question ourselves. Why are we closer to Sea Isle then OC? After an hour or so another boat shows up about 2 miles north and little closer in. We go to him. Presto, 3 fluke, 1 nice sea bass, 2 croakers, one baby blue, 20 though backs, and three lost rigs snagged on something in 3 hours. We added them to the 3 croakers we caught in the bay Tuesday afternoon and we fed a group of ten for dinner. We also marked the spot of activity. We did short drifts of about 40 yards each over the same spot. If we went any father in either direction, we got nothing. I'll let you know how this spot is after we revisit it either today or tomorrow. Thanks, Ed"
Submitted by:  Ed Bash

Thursday, September 1, 2005 /\/\/\ 6:44pm

Seas started off pretty tough this morning due to yesterdays howling winds..A few anglers were out, but it didn't sound all that good from the chatter I was hearing. Stirred up waters weren't helping the catching.
One angler was in pursuit of kingfish this afternoon did very poor. It was the outgoing tide! On Sunday this same person has 20 plus kingfish almost 10 keeper blowfish fishing the same place, in the clam stakes, in the incoming tide!
Several folks remarked today on just how fantastic the crabbing is. That's great news for folks trying to entertain children off the back docks this holiday weekend.
Sea Ya