LenDawg24 Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 Fishing out back OC towards end of day or later at night past few times fish blowing up on bait and watching them jump out of the water, some decent size at times But literally nothing working.. tried bait, tried live bait... tried all my lures lol any suggestions im not thinking of or help or is it just them being so locked in nothing really gonna work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishless Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 15 mins ago, LenDawg24 said: Fishing out back OC towards end of day or later at night past few times fish blowing up on bait and watching them jump out of the water, some decent size at times But literally nothing working.. tried bait, tried live bait... tried all my lures lol any suggestions im not thinking of or help or is it just them being so locked in nothing really gonna work go old school spearing, bobber and snapper hook. bdowning, Hook I and JerseyJeb 3 "I was a waste of time dumbasses" Sevenxseventy1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gellfex Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 Just remember the bag limit is 3, it's not the old days of folks filling white buckets with snappers! lostinthewash and Danny1199 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyJeb Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 5 hours ago, fishless said: go old school spearing, bobber and snapper hook. This. I rarely fish live bait but just the other day I had to bust out the cast net to fish live spearing under a balsa float. Still pretty frustrating though as you mostly net larger spearing and the snappers will tend to bite them in half but you can get follow up bites on the half eaten spearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binu Posted August 30 Report Share Posted August 30 I have caught snappers using 1/12oz chrome kastmaster on light trout rod and it’s fun with the light gear. BillHoo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LenDawg24 Posted August 30 Author Report Share Posted August 30 21 hours ago, gellfex said: Just remember the bag limit is 3, it's not the old days of folks filling white buckets with snappers! lol all good here.. I don't eat fish or keep anything just love the sport of fishing fd4mcola 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LenDawg24 Posted August 30 Author Report Share Posted August 30 21 hours ago, fishless said: go old school spearing, bobber and snapper hook. haha tried that as well.. still nothing its bizarre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyJeb Posted August 30 Report Share Posted August 30 1 hour ago, LenDawg24 said: haha tried that as well.. still nothing its bizarre People often say blues are super easy to catch and will hit or bite anything. I don't find that to be true. When fishing in clear water I can often see them follow lures or investigate bait and not hit it. When blue fishing is easy its typically because there is just a ton of fish in the water and whether that means just law of numbers or the presence of the other fish turns on a competitive switch in their brain to kill and destroy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan From NJ Posted September 9 Report Share Posted September 9 One thing in the back of my mind when I hopped on here this morning. Was whether anyone else noticed the extreme absence of Snapper Blues. Areas that would typically be overrun with them. Nothing. I'm seeing surface action but it's peanut bunker slapping or getting spooked. I've seen schools of rays causing bait to just rain out of the water. The crabbing has been off the charts down in South Jersey. So that's my point of view is multiple locations South Jersey that should be riddled with snappers. Add Shark River to that list as well. I'm not really targeting Snapper Blues but I always bring a light Rod when I'm crabbing my conclusion is the surface action is not snappers it's peanut bunker. The lack of Snapper Blues is very concerning though BillHoo and JimK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyJeb Posted September 9 Report Share Posted September 9 2 hours ago, Dan From NJ said: One thing in the back of my mind when I hopped on here this morning. Was whether anyone else noticed the extreme absence of Snapper Blues. Areas that would typically be overrun with them. Nothing. I'm seeing surface action but it's peanut bunker slapping or getting spooked. I've seen schools of rays causing bait to just rain out of the water. The crabbing has been off the charts down in South Jersey. So that's my point of view is multiple locations South Jersey that should be riddled with snappers. Add Shark River to that list as well. I'm not really targeting Snapper Blues but I always bring a light Rod when I'm crabbing my conclusion is the surface action is not snappers it's peanut bunker. The lack of Snapper Blues is very concerning though One thing to keep in mind is that snappers are not married to shallow water, they just follow the bait. I don't think a lot of people boat fish for snappers but I have fished current seams a mile out on my kayak and done well catching snappers even when fishing from shore was poor. When conditions are right snappers can really push far far back into tidal creeks and everything but I don't think its a necessary part of their life history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimK Posted September 10 Report Share Posted September 10 Saw a bunch of snappers out front today. They were marauding spearing and rain bait. "Russian War Ship.. go f*#k yourself" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gully Posted September 10 Report Share Posted September 10 1/8-1/4 oz Hopkins metal. Give it a twitch every 3rd crank. 5’ UL rod 4-6lb test and a 10-12 lb leader. -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...
Ben Lippen Posted September 10 Report Share Posted September 10 6 hours ago, Gully said: 1/8-1/4 oz Hopkins metal. Give it a twitch every 3rd crank. 5’ UL rod 4-6lb test and a 10-12 lb leader. I like a Kastmaster 1/4 oz. chrome or gold... Single hook... 12" , 12# leader. Gully 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gully Posted September 12 Report Share Posted September 12 On 9/10/2023 at 5:32 PM, Ben Lippen said: I like a Kastmaster 1/4 oz. chrome or gold... Single hook... 12" , 12# leader. Yup they work too. Single hook is always preferred. I have a strange attachment to Hopkins. Very hard to shake!! -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...
Surf bomber Posted September 13 Report Share Posted September 13 Fresh water bass popper on a six weight fly rod worked for me in the past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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