brushfly Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 (edited) On 1/25/2023 at 0:41 PM, brushfly said: Western LIS If you don't mind sharing, do you have a go-to lure for targeting weakfish in the Sound? My son caught them on Spro bucktails in pink, white or chartreuse tipped with gulp of the same colors, any combo or same color seemed to work. Edited January 27 by brushfly Sandbox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowEnd Posted January 29 Report Share Posted January 29 Tried for the lowly white perch today, not a hit. Sometimes over winters past, I’ve been lucky to run into the man with stripes in the same areas as perch. So far no luck. Gonna get frozen by the end of this week. Will be hard to find unfrozen water. Good news is that it’s been mild so far and I know we will get some snow soon. But if this winter stays similar, early March might be good for stripers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheech Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 Me and a bud will be starting back on kayaks Thursday in balmy 40-50 degree temps. Tis better to remain silent and thought the fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheech Posted February 14 Report Share Posted February 14 Not a tap out there yesterday for me and a bud. This week last year was ballistic Tis better to remain silent and thought the fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowEnd Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 Gave it try today for about 1.5 hours. Wrong tide and wind but needed to get some salt air in my lungs. Not a tap. Water temp seems to be about 40* so maybe another degree or two and they will show up and bite. Conditions weren’t like this until late March last year. Richizzzle and Jig It 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jig It Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 17 hours ago, LowEnd said: Gave it try today for about 1.5 hours. Wrong tide and wind but needed to get some salt air in my lungs. Not a tap. Water temp seems to be about 40* so maybe another degree or two and they will show up and bite. Conditions weren’t like this until late March last year. What's your favorite search lure / action for this time of season? If it's not a secret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowEnd Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 1 hour ago, Jig It said: What's your favorite search lure / action for this time of season? If it's not a secret. No secret. Much like ALL season, a bucktail or a jig and soft plastic is hard to beat. Jig It 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richizzzle Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 Do most of you find that you do better on the North Shore early spring and move to the South Shore later on? Dont think I did well on the beaches until late May, but then again I'm not very good to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryHood711 Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 21 hours ago, Richizzzle said: Do most of you find that you do better on the North Shore early spring and move to the South Shore later on? Dont think I did well on the beaches until late May, but then again I'm not very good to begin with. I'd say so. Typically you want to find areas that are going to house warmer waters leading into spring. Usually that means the backs of harbors or bays, where the mud flats warm up during the day bringing up the water temps. You'll have better luck in the west typically in the earlier months. CBFish and Richizzzle 2 Where do you go when the lights go out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarbageFish Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 my daffodils are all up and maybe 1-2 weeks from budding.... and the witch hazel (yellow wild bush) has bloomed in some of the city and points west. might be an early start to spring although i believe most of the bass are on circadian/lunar cycle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flysully Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 Here, in Huntington area, usually mid May to end of May is when we start. Otherwise, we always get back home saying we started too early. Much further west? Yes, start earlier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfrat59 Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 17 hours ago, flysully said: Here, in Huntington area, usually mid May to end of May is when we start. Otherwise, we always get back home saying we started too early. Much further west? Yes, start earlier That's about as far west as I fish anymore so early/mid may the fly rod comes out looking for the first shad and schoolies... flysully 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HYB_Living Posted February 26 Report Share Posted February 26 On 2/23/2023 at 2:24 PM, Richizzzle said: Do most of you find that you do better on the North Shore early spring and move to the South Shore later on? Dont think I did well on the beaches until late May, but then again I'm not very good to begin with. To be honest the beginning of the spring bite is typically clock work in my humble opinion. Of course water temps and other things play a large role but usually one word gets around that the migratory mass is in and around Raritan bay/Jersey its almost always an exact timeline of when they hit long island waters to be caught from shore. North shore early spring is incredible in April just have to accept that access is difficult in certain towns but you'll learn your spots. Then I'd say once May is in full swing everywhere is basically fair game. And make sure you fish hard in May cause if its even close to how last years spring was its one of my favorite months to fish the island. Richizzzle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarbageFish Posted February 27 Report Share Posted February 27 second season in this area, definitely a different playbook than the ocean beach run and gun april to may. On 2/25/2023 at 10:54 AM, surfrat59 said: That's about as far west On 2/24/2023 at 5:10 PM, flysully said: Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowEnd Posted March 7 Report Share Posted March 7 Went out on 3/6. Water temps have dropped with all the N/NW we have had. Still felt nice to try but not a tap. Looks like this weather pattern will stick around for the next week or so. Popasilov 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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