The Striped Ones Have Arrived!

Unfortunately I did not get out this weekend even though it was one of the nicest weekends all season. Due to a lack of crew I was forced to stay tied up and listen to all the fun on the radio. Several boats returned to the marina with multiple fish in their boxes. Double and triple headers were the norm instead of rare. Most of the fish ranged from 24-28 inches. No one came back with anything larger than 28". Almost everyone reported catches of from thirty to over one hunderd fish caught for the day. There were also a few tog caught for those who anchored up in the afternoon. The white chins were all only just legal fish, nothing of notable size. I have also received word of some inshore cod and ling catches....come on cod make an inshore comeback! It would be nice to be able to catch ling in the surf again in December through March. I think the last time I had ling in the surf was over 10 years ago.

Heater is in!

Well I could not muster a crew up this weekend despite the gorgeous weather. I did get some much needed work done on the boat though. Installed the bilge heater since we are supposed to get some snow next week. Hopefully the seas will lay down quickly after this noreaster passes by on Tuesday.

Woo Hoo!!!

Usually Mondays drag on and on and seem to never go by. It is the first day of the work week, 5 days till I can go fishing again and you just think the day will never end. The doorbell rang...it was the postman...what was he holding? A huge line order I am eagerly awaiting. Suddenly Monday isn't so bad! I know have line for my 30# class trolling outfits and will be able to troll this weekend for stripers and hopefully not too many blues!

The Fall Run has Started!

Several boats out of my marina came back to port with stripers this weekend. It seems to be an afternoon bite thus far. The bite seems to go into high gear between 13:30 and 15:30 during the past few days. It seems the bottom of the ebb tide is producing the best off Seaside between the north and south piers. There have not been any big fish yet but they are consistently 25" to 37" with lots of bluefish from 5 lbs. to 15 lbs. Next weekend looks great and can't wait to get out and wobble up a few myself.

Should Have Gotten Out Earlier

We headed out to the Sea Girt Reef late morning. It was not a bad ride out and the first 10 minutes were OK before the South wind really started to kick up. Tried jigging where we saw some birds and marks on the FF. Made a few stops on the way back in, had a couple of short blackfish and several blues. Wish I would have gotten up earlier, would have been able to fish longer and probably would have found some larger blackfish. Oh well, next weeks forecast looks great right now....lets see if it holds up.

Should Have Gone Fishing

I should have not listened to the weather reports and gone fishing for the day. I ended up taking a boat ride out to the inlet, when I got to the end it was a little breezy but definitely fishable. Will give it a shot on Sunday.