saltyh2ofly Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 Last nite RB shoreline, nothing.....not even ANY bait. Water was crystal clear and the almost full moon made wading safer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC55 Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 Repeat of the other reports. Beautiful water with miles of bunker out there never coming into casting range and getting harassed every now and then. At one point I thought I would get a shot at them, but they turned and headed back out. The few boats that stopped didn't stick around very long so have to think it was mostly small blues on the chase. You could also see a few whale spouts in the mix. Best I could do was a single fluke. Tried some bugs yesterday in a few rips thinking that might be what they were looking for, but not a touch. Until we get some kind of swimming bait inshore its going to stay quiet. DeeMonee, snag777 and adams54 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snag777 Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 1 hour ago, nam1969 said: Out front, MoCo, at 5:45 am. Incoming tide and NE wind. Nice wave action. Hooked up on third cast, right at the lip, on a yellow SP. Had my 10 foot rod and heavier reel. Totally forgot that my drag was all the way down and the fish quickly became unbuttoned. After a few choice words, I got back to it only to develop a God awful wind knot! Took quite a bit of time and loss of some line to get everything squared away. That was it for the morning, outside of a couple of light taps and one more frustrating wind knot! Talked to a fly guy who hadn't even had a hit. We watched as a continuous mass of bunker went by, well out of casting range. There were occasional rips through the pods, but no all out carnage. Besides the fly guy and myself, I only saw two other fishermen out and minimal boat traffic. Hope to try things towards dusk. As suntzu pointed out there was a massive sand bug shed and a lot of unshed dead adult bugs on the beach . I didn't see a lot of calico sheds where I was. I dug a few spots just to see where the bug line was, but, surprisingly, it was not along the waterline. They must be just in, or slightly behind, the wash. i know you are old fisherman God awful wind knot when i cast i close the bail manualy or automatic i pull on line with fingers every time,if i do not the line lay on top of spool knob make one or more turns and jump in spool and when you cast it make wing knot. if you do that then your reel spool is to full,i like to have spool to the top,but these reels are made for mono and sold for braid.the reel for braid should have top lip off spool 1/4" biger .this way you can fill the spool to the top.every reel is defrent,you have to find what that specific reel can hold,for not creating wing knot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimo95 Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 Fished MoCo from 6-7:30 this morning. NE wind and decent white water. 3 other guys were working the jetty while I was on the shore. No sign of bait. Only hooked a fluke on a white Zman paddle tail. Saw another fisherman reel in a fluke as well. No other action. Drove an hour north from home for that........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICastAsJason Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 Ditto on everyone's report. Started southern MoCo around 430am. Found a nice deep hole with tons of spearing, mullet. Figured when water level rose over the bar, it would be game on, especially with the NE wind. Didnt happen. Took a last shot in Northern OCO. Bunker all up and down the horizon with nothing doing. Smaller pods would break off and cone within casting range, but I didn't bother snag and dropping as nothing was on em. At least I didn't have to read about everyone else beating them up!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICastAsJason Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 bdowning, R.O.G, East Coaster and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldy Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 Everyones report is a result of massive overfishing. we dont have a bait problem, we have a fish problem Surfratiam, ridenfish, SurfCaster01289 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACFishing Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 25 mins ago, Goldy said: Everyones report is a result of massive overfishing. we dont have a bait problem, we have a fish problem Well said, We have more than enough bait but no predators to compensate for it except for the gannets and dolphins mjz157 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eeeeels Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 (edited) Maybe the Fish are still in Montauk? either that or most guys expect a blitz of 30 pounders every Time to hit the beach. it’s The same pattern every year. But when the bunker are thick like this it’s hard to catch bass. That’s why I hate when Bunker are around. There like a giant vacuum cleaner Edited October 4, 2020 by Eeeeels Whortleberry, Surfratiam and Local24 SSP 3 If you always do what you always did, you'll always get what you always got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrocFoot Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 Acres of bunker in somoco that periodically came within casting range. Didnt appear to be much on them. So switched up and raked up some big bugs. Three scoops yielded all i needed to switch over to tog. Pulled a few out, all shorts though. Had greens but the freshly molted almost soft shelled bugs were like tog crack today. snag777 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outfished1957 Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 Just not here yet. Simple as that. mjz157, SteveB336, SurfCaster01289 and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post joefishnj21 Posted October 4, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 So i guess i wanna try and inject a little optimism in the reports..after hitting the suds the last few weeks we took a ride on the boat. water is clean and yes there are acres of bait. The main predators on them right now are very small blues and dolphins. every year every angler, myself included forces the fall run. Its early. and unfortunately the run gets a bit later every year probably because of how long our summers are on the back end. So heres some dates that i think are worth mentioning. The first batch of big fish last year was October 14th and those were out front (boat), the first batch of large bay fish was october 20 (bay off beach). Prior year, 2018..first bayside action (beach) wasnt until october 23. In all of my logs there is very little in the way of action prior to october 15th. I know these are subjective dates but its pretty clear there is a pattern every year. So sit tight. Let the mass make its way, and im willing to bet in 10 days these reports will be very different. JimmyK, Basswiper, adams54 and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AH Perry Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 Last night MOCO started out front at 9pm. Got a 28" bass on my 2nd cast on bone mag darter. Moon too bright. Fished til 2am couple different spots and only a couple more hits to show for it. SurfCaster01289, Raak, snag777 and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluetaildragger Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 Mugged for 10 inch snappers. Line crossing googans are in thicker this year than ever before. Must have bought out the Walmart fishing section while stuck inside this spring and summer. Pretty soon they’ll be resident SOL experts! Whortleberry, Captain Ahab, SurfCaster01289 and 3 others 6 C&R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimK Posted October 4, 2020 Report Share Posted October 4, 2020 This morning just around sunrise Two keeper fluke right next to a rock pile outfront Moco. Always catch my keeper fluke in the surf after The Season's closed. "Russian War Ship.. go f*#k yourself" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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