cheech Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 (edited) Cold, windless day of river fishing. The 41-43 water finally showed signs of life. Looks like Sunday afternoon is prime to get the yaks out again. Edited March 11 by cheech 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...
PhantomofTheSurf Posted March 10 Report Share Posted March 10 Spearing are showing up out front, but as we know the bass/blues aren't usually here until mid may. I think they're independent of the bait moving. Doesn't always bring fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LowEnd Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 In years gone bye, I would hop on a party boat and go for flounder on St. Patty’s Day. Miss that! Tried for bass today and no luck of the Irsh for me. Skunk. Having a pint now, have a safe and happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone! hobobob and Antek 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antek Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 3 hours ago, LowEnd said: In years gone bye, I would hop on a party boat and go for flounder on St. Patty’s Day. Miss that! Tried for bass today and no luck of the Irsh for me. Skunk. Having a pint now, have a safe and happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone! For better or worse, I have the luck of the Polish, St Paddy's day or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antek Posted March 17 Report Share Posted March 17 (edited) The air temps are over 50 degrees and Mr. Softee is already prowling the streets of the Bronx. Thought I'd hit the bay and see what happens. Went out for a couple of hours yesterday and today -- soaked some frozen salted bloodworms from last year and did some light bucktailing. Expected nothing and wasn't disappointed. Water is still in the very low 40s out there, so I don't think that it'll pick up for a couple of weeks yet. Not complaining, as after 4 months it's nice just to get out, break out the regreased/oiled reels, and wet a coupl'a two t'ree lines. Last year, things really picked up in a major way the last week of March, but we also had a number of upper 60s/low 70s days then. One thing that I noted was that when the baby jellyfish showed up, a bunch of big schoolies with more than a couple of legal-sized fish mixed in showed up and were aggresively hitting lures, hard, despite the still coldish water temps. After about two weeks, the baby jellies moved out and the bite totally shut down. From then until the end of April I could only catch on bait. I presume that them baby jellies had the holdover bass amped up to hit something moving. We'll see what this colder Spring brings this year. Edited March 17 by Antek CBFish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheech Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 The river fish we released yesterday were well fed, and covered with red lice scars from recent ocean travel. Antek and csteven 2 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...
CWitek Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 16 hours ago, LowEnd said: In years gone bye, I would hop on a party boat and go for flounder on St. Patty’s Day. Miss that! Tried for bass today and no luck of the Irsh for me. Skunk. Having a pint now, have a safe and happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone! I used to try to get my boat in the water around now, for just that reason. Probably get it in the first or second week of April this year, but I don't expect to do much with it untuil the weakfish show up in May. Although I might go sit on a couple of wrecks to see whether there are any ling or--dare we hope?--small cod around. "I have always believed that outdoor writers who come out against fish and wildlife conservation are in the wrong business. To me, it makes as much sense golf writers coming out against grass.." -- Ted Williams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheech Posted March 19 Report Share Posted March 19 The NJ marine reports are between zero and dismal, and it’s only slightly better in the NY rivers. I actually want to hear they are catching in RB in Joisey! Fish finders that were stacked with marks in years past are barely marking this March. Water temps are near identical to the last two seasons. I don’t know if things are behind several weeks, or if Mother Nature has resorted to tapping Ctrl/Alt/Del. Hopefully it improves next week. hobobob and Antek 2 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...
hobobob Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 Cold snap after cold snaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eye_dock Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 The last few years were early, this isn’t anything too out of the ordinary. Things should pick up quickly this next wk or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HYB_Living Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 Been seeing some bait and birds in some local west back bay waters. Just when you think the weather is taking a turn...I still end up starting my day freezing in my truck waiting for it to warm up on the way to work. Not surprised I've been hearing some small murmurs going around. Any week from this point on is fair game for some action Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonz Posted March 20 Report Share Posted March 20 Hit a back bay for the outgoing today, no bait or fish to be found. A bit windy but good to be out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew46 Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 hit the local pier after work, 2 hours, 1 cigar smoked, 1 plastic bag and 1 dinky herring caught. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyrodder44 Posted March 21 Report Share Posted March 21 Andy: At least you had the cigar, so it wasn't total loss! I have a couple of Montecristo's just waiting'! I hear smoked herring is tasty!! ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HYB_Living Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 Made some trips and got a line wet in several local back bay spots and harbors this evening and while I didn't even get a bump I was pleasantly surprised of the abundance of bait around. Hopefully it hangs around and these migrating bass find it soon enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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