scoobydoo Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 (edited) All the bass tonight came with a side of salad.............. Ended up with the biggest strip of the season so far. Sooooo.....that makes a 20lb pike, wild brown trout galore, 7lb bass on 2lb braid....and 40" bass....good week so far.... Edited May 7, 2020 by scoobydoo encavale, DeeMonee, Irishfire18 and 5 others 8 "Panacheless is no way to go through life" Tims Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joeeee Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 Fished last night from 7PM till almost midnight. Raritan bay, my usual spot only produced one 20 inch fluke on the buck tail. Cycled through my lure bag without a tap. Bunker were present but spaced out. Not even a tap after sundown. Is this the changing of the season?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joefishnj21 Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 (edited) I dont even kno anymore. Skunk yest eve, skunk this morn at sunrise. Not a tap. Frusturating. The way i see it is this...we have exited the early spring run with many of those fish spreading out, moving up the hudson. we are now transitioning to mid, late spring time with the 2nd wave of bass n hopefully blues but we stil arent in a consistent enough weather pattern to get some rythm goin. thats my logic for sucking. Edited May 7, 2020 by joefishnj21 JillJillu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nam1969 Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 40 mins ago, joefishnj21 said: I dont even kno anymore. Skunk yest eve, skunk this morn at sunrise. Not a tap. Frusturating. The way i see it is this...we have exited the early spring run with many of those fish spreading out, moving up the hudson. we are now transitioning to mid, late spring time with the 2nd wave of bass n hopefully blues but we stil arent in a consistent enough weather pattern to get some rythm goin. thats my logic for sucking. As an old timer told me many years ago "Ya can't catch what ain't there." Joeeee, DeeMonee and joefishnj21 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nam1969 Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 Keeping with the skunk theme, I did my part this morning. Got to the beach at 6:45, out front, and fished for two hours. One solid hit and a couple of halfhearted taps. Gorgeous looking water, just clean enough, with big waves and plenty of white water (surfer dudes were having a ball). Only saw one other guy fishing and he was doing the bait routine. He skunked also. The sand bugs are multiplying as fast as the virus! They're abundant and the number of bait sized ones has increased exponentially. Saw my first horseshoe crab. Deader than a door nail. A few birds diving way out. Hope to get back down late afternoon or early evening. DeeMonee and adams54 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeMonee Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 Out front SoMoCo this AM, light NW wind, end of incoming for 60 min. Beautiful white water. Avoided the skunk with a 26” clean beauty. 1oz jighead and Zman Paddlerz. Crushed it at the lip. adams54 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c0dy Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 OC outfront 5-10am. Lost a big one on clams. Not a tap otherwise. DeeMonee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike07gsxr Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 Two around the 20lb mark 2 nights ago. I noticed it really slowed up after these past few blows we had. Been fishing out back of moco. Plenty of bait around but not enough bass. I agree with Joe. We need a second wave of fish to come through. chumbucket and joefishnj21 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adobo Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 25 mins ago, mike07gsxr said: Two around the 20lb mark 2 nights ago. I noticed it really slowed up after these past few blows we had. Been fishing out back of moco. Plenty of bait around but not enough bass. I agree with Joe. We need a second wave of fish to come through. Your editing skills are getting even better Merman! Nice fish! "With all things being equal, the simplest explanation tends to be the right one..." (*member formerly known as 'adoboboy') Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chumbucket Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 Chartreuse was the Color I see... Hey Yo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC55 Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 Yeah, so I'm still carting around that stink with me. Surf was rocking this morning and with the full moon tide the water was being pushed way up the beach. There's going to be a lot of sand moved around since yesterday. Headed a bit south of where I was with Nam yesterday and not even a tap. Will move further south in the morning. Guess all I can contribute at this point is sunrise shots. Gives you a look at the surf conditions early. adams54, Phish_Jimmy, DeeMonee and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishingmaniYaks Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 49 mins ago, mike07gsxr said: Two around the 20lb mark 2 nights ago. I noticed it really slowed up after these past few blows we had. Been fishing out back of moco. Plenty of bait around but not enough bass. I agree with Joe. We need a second wave of fish to come through. Mike that's alot of green slime on that bass.....must be in the Raritan for sure. Just guessing man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wuwu888 Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 Nice sunrise!too bad there’s no fish under that juicy white water but your photography skills getting better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook 62 Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 Tell him Mike you have been taking those pictures for years MC55 and joefishnj21 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike07gsxr Posted May 7, 2020 Report Share Posted May 7, 2020 4 hours ago, Hook 62 said: Tell him Mike you have been taking those pictures for years Lol that is correct! MC55 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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