jetty eddy Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 Has anyone caught a weakfish in the inlet in the last 5 years? Compulsion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compulsion Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compulsion Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 September 29th off dock right by inlet bdowning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.O.G Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 I got one on a boat outside the inlet last year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLKM Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gully Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 They make a slight showing in BB as bycatch while blowfishing -Hey dumbass it's not about a kill or no kill tournament, it's about how much your 2nd favorite club can mug you! That's it... -the reports thread is the yenta section for NJ..  -If’n ya cut yer teeth on Ava and teaser fishing please take a seat in the back and keep quite… -is monkey see monkey do fishing even fun..?? -yes I still fish with mono..  On occasion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBen425 Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 Other then spike weakfish, haven’t seen anything decent out of the inlet or squan in a long time Mantra and SurfCaster01289 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams54 Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridenfish Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 I remember summer nights on that jetty catching Blues, Bass, Fluke and Weakies all night. And bouncing shads and finesse on the bottom at the rail catching weakie after weakie. Fishing was so much better in the 90s. adams54, bdowning, Mantra and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBen425 Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 Use to do great as a kid in the 90s in the squan during late summer. Sand worms on a high low, cut spot or snapper, or finesses in bubble gum always produced. SurfCaster01289 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetty eddy Posted March 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 The inlet was the first place I caught them. the 90s were good. Old pros said the 80s were better. I'll say the average during my hey day was 3lbs no spikes.. Most guys were using lead heads with rubber worms which were productive. A live snapper was the best. I'm sure many people have done it but I'm the only one I ever saw catch a bass on a snapper at the end of the squan side. One year in the fall (I witnessed it) at the beginning of the rail (at night) guys were catching loads of 3-5lbers. What happened! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridenfish Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 15 mins ago, jetty eddy said: The inlet was the first place I caught them. the 90s were good. Old pros said the 80s were better. I'll say the average during my hey day was 3lbs no spikes.. Most guys were using lead heads with rubber worms which were productive. A live snapper was the best. I'm sure many people have done it but I'm the only one I ever saw catch a bass on a snapper at the end of the squan side. One year in the fall (I witnessed it) at the beginning of the rail (at night) guys were catching loads of 3-5lbers. What happened! Netters going into Delaware bay before the big girls spawned and wiped them out.....for pet food. To me there was no more beautiful a fish or special than a double digit Weakie. I remember fishing the jetties in AC in the summer and having triple digit nights with fish from 1-5 lbs. I even remember slaying them in early November. And every once in a while a big resident bass would eat your jig on your light rod and you'd be in for a battle. I got a 45" bass on a real light rod on August night when the water was over 75 degrees, and it wasn't the only bass I got that night. It didn't survive so in the cooler it went. Fishing isn't nearly what it was back then. tacoboy and adams54 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL Bucktails Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 1 hour ago, ridenfish said: Netters going into Delaware bay before the big girls spawned and wiped them out.....for pet food. To me there was no more beautiful a fish or special than a double digit Weakie. I remember fishing the jetties in AC in the summer and having triple digit nights with fish from 1-5 lbs. I even remember slaying them in early November. And every once in a while a big resident bass would eat your jig on your light rod and you'd be in for a battle. I got a 45" bass on a real light rod on August night when the water was over 75 degrees, and it wasn't the only bass I got that night. It didn't survive so in the cooler it went. Fishing isn't nearly what it was back then. It’s a shame but the fishing is definitely not what it was.  When you bring up commercial fishing people always say Recs take more.  What they don’t realize is that the decimation by commercial fishing has been going on for decades. ridenfish, belford perry, Kones1 and 1 other 4 When we look back on our lives, our most precious commodity will have been time. Time shared with the ones we love. Don't wait for time to be convenient, find the time, make the time, for this is what you will cherish most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishunt727 Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 use to do good their is the early 90s out on the tip with jigheads and rubber worm or rattletraps. miss those nights! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compulsion Posted March 18, 2021 Report Share Posted March 18, 2021 From the surf just south of manasquan inlet , fall of 2019 giacommin, delaware surfman, Terry Mac and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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