lostinthewash Posted October 1 Report Share Posted October 1 Report as little or as much detail as you would like to provide the reader but please don't post specific street names or areas. A specific spot is too much information! It's not like telling a friend or two, posting it here is telling thousands. Doing so only creates crowds, garbage, and loss of our spots. For example, you can say that you caught fish in Ocean County but saying that you got them at Ocean Beach is a no-no. The terms to use are.......... Monmouth County Ocean County Atlantic County Cape May County North Jersey for the Hudson and other backwaters. County name plus "In the back" for Inlets, Rivers, and Bays. Try to keep other conversations, inquires, and rants in separate threads. Danny1199 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinthewash Posted October 1 Author Report Share Posted October 1 Just got back out front fished from before 5 until 830 water still churned up had one on for a few seconds got caught up in a roller and came unbuttoned that was it for me be careful out front lot of Rouge waves adobo and Danny1199 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishfire18 Posted October 2 Report Share Posted October 2 Front MoCo afternoon low tide ,big surf ,lots of white water. Threw an array of plugs, switched to bucktail and got 2 24” fish in the washing machine. adobo, richie c and Whortleberry 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfnfish93 Posted October 2 Report Share Posted October 2 OC for the outgoing tide out front, found some nice soft structure and tried SP as well as mag darter, no takers. Constantly walking the line between fishing and standing on the shore like an idiot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetty eddy Posted October 2 Report Share Posted October 2 fished this am 6:30. Surf was bigger than I expected. The beach flattened out quite a bit and there wasn't a lot of water for mid tide. i didn't see anything and nobody else fishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baywatcher Posted October 2 Report Share Posted October 2 Took a morning ride along Rt 36 and poked around to the water. The Flotsam & Jetsam and the Mud color was horrific, 3 beaches I did not even recognize. will take weeks to clear up with more storm Fir Sat. Spoke with a returning Boat from the Blight did good C & R on Stripers on Bait. U-B is a Total mess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saltyh2ofly Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 Fished in the back of NoMoCo this evening since RB was still dirty. Saw some bunker and small bait but not much. Further off the beach there was more bait but it never came in. Still good to be out. adams54 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SurfMonster Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 Out back ocean county ...nada " At night, in Jersey waters right off the beach, Summer time.... there be monsters!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSmithPhoto Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 I was out back in ocean county after dark. It’s always turbid in this particular location but was even moreso tonight. As far as I could see in every direction were patches of nervous water and you could hear the splashes and thuds of substantial fish feeding on these small but numerous pods. I cast netted the edge of one of the pods to get an idea of the size of the bunker and they were super small, around 3”. I threw everything at these fish but they weren’t interested. What would be your go to in this situation? It was pretty frustrating considering it was essentially blitz conditions. In general it was really surprising to see this as I lived in this area for 15 years up until Hurricane Sandy and never saw this kind of biomass in the water, ever. I’ve never targeted bass there and was just having a look as I was passing by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyJeb Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 I too was skunked today. Kind of weird the fishing was better during the storm, I saw literally 0 migratory game or bait fish today. It's not like it was dead either, found plenty of clear water and was also netting killies, grass shrimp, and small crabs. Maybe the fish are catching up for lost time from the storm and decided to take the express train ? dvalente98 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianLynch Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 9 hours ago, CSmithPhoto said: I was out back in ocean county after dark. It’s always turbid in this particular location but was even moreso tonight. As far as I could see in every direction were patches of nervous water and you could hear the splashes and thuds of substantial fish feeding on these small but numerous pods. I cast netted the edge of one of the pods to get an idea of the size of the bunker and they were super small, around 3”. I threw everything at these fish but they weren’t interested. What would be your go to in this situation? It was pretty frustrating considering it was essentially blitz conditions. In general it was really surprising to see this as I lived in this area for 15 years up until Hurricane Sandy and never saw this kind of biomass in the water, ever. I’ve never targeted bass there and was just having a look as I was passing by. Slow sinking glider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whortleberry Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 9 hours ago, JerseyJeb said: I too was skunked today. Kind of weird the fishing was better during the storm, I saw literally 0 migratory game or bait fish today. It's not like it was dead either, found plenty of clear water and was also netting killies, grass shrimp, and small crabs. Maybe the fish are catching up for lost time from the storm and decided to take the express train ? Walking my lab every morning just after sunup, I'm not seeing any bunker pods in close since after the storm. JerseyJeb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill cunnane Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 10 hours ago, CSmithPhoto said: I was out back in ocean county after dark. It’s always turbid in this particular location but was even moreso tonight. As far as I could see in every direction were patches of nervous water and you could hear the splashes and thuds of substantial fish feeding on these small but numerous pods. I cast netted the edge of one of the pods to get an idea of the size of the bunker and they were super small, around 3”. I threw everything at these fish but they weren’t interested. What would be your go to in this situation? It was pretty frustrating considering it was essentially blitz conditions. In general it was really surprising to see this as I lived in this area for 15 years up until Hurricane Sandy and never saw this kind of biomass in the water, ever. I’ve never targeted bass there and was just having a look as I was passing by. I use to use some fresh water lures that are smaller and shaped like young sunfish. They seem to imitate young bunker. Only problem is the hooks are small and not all that strong. I even used them on the surf when the little peanuts were close. I always kept a couple of those lures in the bag when everything else failed to get hits. I used lighter tackle as those smaller lures do not have much weight. Irishfire18 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Belmar Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 14 hours ago, CSmithPhoto said: I was out back in ocean county after dark. It’s always turbid in this particular location but was even moreso tonight. As far as I could see in every direction were patches of nervous water and you could hear the splashes and thuds of substantial fish feeding on these small but numerous pods. I cast netted the edge of one of the pods to get an idea of the size of the bunker and they were super small, around 3”. I threw everything at these fish but they weren’t interested. What would be your go to in this situation? It was pretty frustrating considering it was essentially blitz conditions. In general it was really surprising to see this as I lived in this area for 15 years up until Hurricane Sandy and never saw this kind of biomass in the water, ever. I’ve never targeted bass there and was just having a look as I was passing by. can never really figure these fish out…It’s times and situations like that that keep us coming back for more… Bass seem to get zoned into a particular bait fairly easy when there is an abundance and it can make things very frustrating or it can make things a lot of fun. before all the snag hook regulations I used to snag and drop a PB if the pods where some what stationary and thick. I would throw the bag first and nothing….I usually tried to match the profile, a small metal lip swimmer or maybe a popper. After none of that worked- I snagged and dropped. I used a treble hook on a leader with some weight ahead of it (instead of a snag hook since mine where all huge) since you already netted some- it would be easy for you to put one on a circle hook and some weight and cast it out… some memorable times doing that… sometimes they would hit it immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smytty3a Posted October 3 Report Share Posted October 3 A white bucktail with trailer worked well for me last year when the peanuts were around and the bass were actively feeding. Working it medium slow, and under the school/bait was most effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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