nam1969 Posted November 24, 2021 Report Share Posted November 24, 2021 30 mins ago, adobo said: In the spirit of thanksgiving, I want to share my incredible catch out front, on a donkey, as a thank you for all that this site has done to help me land stripers. I will leave it up to @nam1969 to determine whether donkey fish will count or not. Don't forget, this is just fishing and I am grateful to be able to do this as much as I can, when I can and when the wife lets me. Happy thanksgiving to all and your families. Except for the freezer burn on the fish, the sun rising over the Cliffs of Dover, and the slightly anesthetized burro, this would be a perfect photo for the cover of Fishermen's magazine! DeeMonee, adobo, EricDice and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Bigdeal Posted November 24, 2021 Report Share Posted November 24, 2021 Bnofish1112, Deaone123, Sheisty and 1 other 4 "Law enforcement’ is not something sovereign citizens seize from police officers. It is a societal function that citizens delegate to civil police. In so doing, we do not abdicate our own sovereignty, nor our duties as citizens. Ultimate responsibility is still ours. When those we hire as our “Protectors” are either unwilling or unable to perform that function at the critical moment, there is no law, nor standard, that says we cannot perform it for ourselves"........ John Farnam. "Gird Your Loins" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nam1969 Posted November 24, 2021 Report Share Posted November 24, 2021 10 hours ago, Marc H said: Don't stop fishing yet. December can be very good. Had one of my best trips ever on a Christmas Eve years ago. 3PM into the dark. All fish over 20-25lbs. Hours of fun without another soul in sight. Caught absolute holy HELL from the wife when I got home. I did not care A couple more trips like that and it will be ex-wife! BTW how long did it take for the dent in your head, from the frying pan, take to heal? adams54, RU fishin' and EricDice 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nam1969 Posted November 24, 2021 Report Share Posted November 24, 2021 Woke up early enough to hit the beach before sunup. Heard the temp on the radio and made the decision to keep these old bones under the covers! Got to the beach at 8:30. You could have opened up with an AK47 and not hit anyone, that's how deserted it was! Only saw a total of two bait guys fishing in my travels and they had one breakoff on some jetty rocks earlier in the morning. After that nada. Needless to say, I got skunked. Incoming tide, decent wave action, NW wind. I may give it a shot toward sunset, depending on what She Who Must be Obeyed has in store for me. She gave me a preliminary list when I came through the door and it doesn't look good! If I don't make it back out, I bequeath my share of the bass to @MC55 who is close to being put on the Fish Failure Suicide Prevention watch list. : EricDice, MC55, unclemikenj and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleJohn Posted November 24, 2021 Report Share Posted November 24, 2021 1 hour ago, adobo said: In the spirit of thanksgiving, I want to share my incredible catch out front, on a donkey, as a thank you for all that this site has done to help me land stripers. I will leave it up to @nam1969 to determine whether donkey fish will count or not. Don't forget, this is just fishing and I am grateful to be able to do this as much as I can, when I can and when the wife lets me. Happy thanksgiving to all and your families. Nice fish Adobo ... Very nice background too.. Happy Thanksgiving adams54 and adobo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post joefishnj21 Posted November 24, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted November 24, 2021 Out front. 930 till 12. 9 bass. Most schoolies. A few around 28 inches. Worked some cuts and had 2 or 3 in a row. Birds came somewhat close and didn't get a thing. Was better off just working the lip with a shad. GeoffT, ridenfish, EricDice and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleJohn Posted November 24, 2021 Report Share Posted November 24, 2021 NIce going good to know that there are some in close to the sand.. joefishnj21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post unclemikenj Posted November 24, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted November 24, 2021 MOCO Past week - mixed bag of trips after dark and before sun rise... have found bait on more trips than not and nothing harassing or hitting. Dragging the huge skunk. Seal in the surf couldn't have helped. Scenery is not nothing and I am grateful to start and finish days on the sand. Happy Thanksgiving. giacommin, EricDice, DeeMonee and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocodove Posted November 24, 2021 Report Share Posted November 24, 2021 Has a peek out front this morning south of where I usually go. Wife insisted on coming to “walk the beach” while I fished. I told her it was going to be cold and relatively windy… Some really nice looking water where I was. Saw what I think were gannets diving way out there. No activity observed close, no bites, no fish, saw no bent rods from the several guys around me. Then my wife wanted to leave. Back out tonight maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffT Posted November 24, 2021 Report Share Posted November 24, 2021 (edited) Going down memory lane, I was going through my picture archives and found this. This was taken at Block Island back in Oct 2009. This was when I became aware of what a bass killer the parrot magnum bomber is. I bought it from Twin Maples tackle shop. After catching lots of keeper bass with it on the island, I figured it had to be as effective in NJ and the rest is history. Edited November 24, 2021 by GeoffT adobo, joefishnj21, Irishfire18 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ridenfish Posted November 24, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted November 24, 2021 Half a dozen short bass and missed a bunch right as it started to get light. They were only tapping the lure. Bite died and I bounced south til I found some on peanuts. Got another 7 fish. The usual small fish pics.. Master Debaiter, JMB, trade off and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane1091 Posted November 24, 2021 Report Share Posted November 24, 2021 MC out front. No birds, bait, or boats but no skunk. Picked some schoolies off near rocks. No one seemed to be doing anything out there today. Water kinda stained not terrible. Good luck tomorrow to those who go and have a good Thanksgiving For His Honor and adams54 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseystriper Posted November 24, 2021 Report Share Posted November 24, 2021 had a good evening with the 8 weight in near perfect fly rod conditions- waves with surfers crashing on a off shore sand bar and me casting in the water behind- picked up a few, 1 was a decent fish the others 22/23 inchers but all in all better then what I have been doing- Enjoy the holiday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc H Posted November 24, 2021 Report Share Posted November 24, 2021 10 hours ago, EricDice said: You have gigantic ones, my friend. Lorraina Bobbit would look charitable - and that’s all I’ll say on that. Yep. I’ll see you out there - but not on Christmas Eve. 10 hours ago, adams54 said: Lol. They just can't stand it can they? That was a big gamble had you caught nothing...but it paid off.. 6 hours ago, nam1969 said: A couple more trips like that and it will be ex-wife! BTW how long did it take for the dent in your head, from the frying pan, take to heal? Wife is actually very understanding of my fishing and loves it herself. But, we had company for dinner that Christmas Eve and was NOT happy. No frying pans but lots of cold looks. I had such a good feeling that it was going to be good that day. Overcast, light east wind...... Definitely worked out well. Smiled the whole rest of the night!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldy Posted November 24, 2021 Report Share Posted November 24, 2021 9 hours ago, Master Debaiter said: Bite is not over especially in the Raritan….some of ya need better networks. It's better that we don't even mention this.. But we did.. the 112K views don't help either.. linesiderdemdnj 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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