RJ's Surf Fishing 2005
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April 29
:
NE 10 to 15 knots. I fished in Little Neck Bay this morning from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. with
Steve P. of the Bayside Anglers group. We used sandworms to score 11 bass
between us with the largest about 18 maybe 20 inches...most were 15 to 18
inches. Lots of fun with a new fishing buddy. I also posted pics of the new
Okuma Epixor surf reel. Then I spent an hour soaking clams in Long Beach
from 5 to 6 p.m. with only one legitimate bite which I missed.
May 11: S/SE 10
knots, Incoming tide. water clear, green white and foamy. One ounce
bucktails with pork pr plastic. I hit Long Beach this afternoon (5/11)
after a call from a buddy of mine who had a dozen fish on Tuesday (5/10)
also in the middle of Long Beach and finally on bucktails. I fished from 5
to 6:30 p.m. and had a keeper of 29 inches and another 15 to 20 fish easy!
They ranged from 15 inches to 30 inches and my friend Anthony had 30 to 40
fish including a half dozen keepers including a 12 to 15 pounder! All on
white bucktails with white pork or plastic trailers. Tide was incoming and
winds were S/SE at 10 knots, Water was clear and green and white and foamy,
but not rough and with some weed moving in. The fish were right in front of
the jetty. Sometimes left and sometime right but else and easy enough I went
with a 9 footer.
May 12: NW 5,
small waves no white water and NO foam. I hit Long Beach this morning (5/12)
from 6 to 7 a.m. Winds NW at 5 small waves but no white water like I had on
yesterday's afternoon tide. No takers and no hits but I did see a ton of
gannets feeding on something like it was November about a 1/2 to 3/4 of a
mile off the beach. No bumps and no hits. I had heard the action has been
strictly an afternoon thing, could be true.
May 13:
SW 20 to 25 Gin Clear...I hit Atlantic Beach this afternoon (5/13) from
4:30 to 7 p.m. with Fishing Line Band guitarist Bob Heller for his first
ever trip to the suds. We scored big time as we had bluefish after bluefish
in the 1 to 4 pound class traveling in schools around he jetty tips and then
into the wash. As the wind blew harder, eventually reaching 25 knots, the
fishing only got better as they were chasing small individual schools of
small bait fish into the wash and as it blew harder, eventually reaching 25
knots easy, the fishing got better. We could see the life and death struggle
in the face of each wave as the choppy ocean met the beach and the waves
curled top break! Awesome visuals. Fish and nits on every cast with this
action and birds all up and down the entire stretch of beach. Water gin
clear!
June 2: E at 10 / SE
5-8 Water clean and glassy.: I hit the surf
today (6/2) in west Long Beach after watching the boats slay the bass
on the bunker schools for two days. Hit the jetty about noon and fished to 2
p.m. Had six bunker and caught five blues to 8 pounds…would have been in her
teens was it Sept. of October…very long and lean. Many hits and run off’s in
the two hours as well. The boats moved deep…seems as if they are very tight to
the beach in the a.m. and then move off as the day progresses.
I went back from 7:30 to 9 p.m. with the chunks and found more blues 7 to 10
pounds.
June 3: E/SE 10 to 15
all day, weedy and rain in evening! I hit the surf
today (6/3) in west Long Beach
to do a few throws and wrap around' to finish a show. I was using clams and
it was really more for show than anything and I caught a 32 inch FAT
shouldered bass. I also had three other schoolies and hits on every clam
bait. This was between 1 and 2 p.m. Weed was already becoming a very
bad nuisance and a problem. I went back this evening at 7 p.m. and the surf
was very big and even 7 ounces wasn't holding bottom and the weed was
hideous and becoming a problem.
June 13: Winds: SW5 Water clean and clear. I
chunked this evening from 7:30 to 11 and had a 23 pound bass and plenty of
bluefish from 2 to 10 pounds. Good action from the start right up to about
9:45 then it was very slow till calling it quits at 11 p.m.
June 16: Winds SW 10 going NW 20+: I chunked
again in AB starting around 7:30 p.m. and had a 25 inch bass right away then
it was all bluefish again till about 9 p.m. Not as good as the 13th
but still good action. A few sprinkles fell and around 9:45 a clearing front
came through with clouds dispersing and clear skies with a NW wind at 20+
Left at 10:30 as action dropped dead on the change of wind.
June 18: Winds W/SW 10 to 15 Water Clear and Green.:
I plugged this morning from 5:15 to 6:30 a.m. with a few fish rising to the
pencils in white. Never hooked one but did raise the same fish a few times
working down in AB. Water was perfect and outgoing and should have been
more fish since a GOOD bite was had yesterday on the pencils in the evening
before dark.
Sept. 19: Winds NW5/ water brown
and weedy...I hit a few sets of
stones this morning (9/19) and found more mullet
than I have seen in 7 years dating back to 1997. It is incredible the amount
of mullet off these jetties and they are being harassed by cocktail blues
and small schoolie bass although I did raise a fish or two that were keepers
and I saw keeper clear the water chasing mullet at the surface. If the big
boys off the beach ever find this bait or if the wind goes SW…which I expect
it will each afternoon this week…watch out! Water was brown and some weeds
making it a nuisance, but very fishable. If the water was clearer I would
have had more fish. I put 5 or six fish in my hand, had other bumps, raised
a dozen fish but I would still consider it a pick at best. The fish would
not take the same plug twice, I had to switch to bucktail with a YUM bait
trailer, a blue A Salt Bomber, then a red/white split tail Cotton Cordell
Redfin, then back to the blue bomber…these really were trying my patience.
I hit the stones in East
Atlantic Beach from 5:30 into dark this evening
(9/19). Action was slow and a pick at best although there were
some schools of mullet around…nit like this morning as winds were picking up
out of the SW already 15 to 20. It wasn’t until just about dark we found
some action with bluefish to 7 pounds and a few schoolie bass we raised and
caught on pencil poppers and Bombers. Water was a great color and back to
normal but the weed is horrendous.
Sept. 20: Winds SW20-25. Water: Great color WEEDS.
I hit the stones in East Atlantic Beach
from 6:15 to 8:30, about half way though I packed up and
hit the west end of Atlantic Beach. Weed is terrible everywhere. I did raise
quite a few fish, one keeper and caught a bluefish of 2 pounds. Water
was wild and GREAT color but again weeds in this area suck and seem to be an
every day occurrence! I hate it. Bombers in black/silver, chicken scratch
and blue back were the answer and right in the white water wash on the
beach. Great wild looking water! Too weedy for bucktails or shads.
Sept. 21: Winds SW 10,
water warm and clean. I hit a few
sets of stones this
evening (9/21) from 6:15 to 7:45 with
Willie Young of the Montauk Surfcasters and found
no signs of weed...or bait for that matter. Water was perfect color, lots of
foamy white water, breaking waves and while it was just the start of the
incoming we should have picked a schoolie or two...but no touches bumps or
hits at all.
Sept. 24 Wind: NE15 going 20 to 25. water clean and nice, still warm:
I fished this morning (9/24) from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. and what a GREAT
sunrise! I went east to the Point Lookout Beach this morning and saw
beautiful looking water at low tide and no weed at all till an hour or so
into incoming water when it started to reclaim the weed off the beach. I did
drill a fish over 20 pounds on a 3 ounce yellow pencil around 6:45. Ran into
a nice fellow from the beach named Pat who also raise a fish. Other than
this there was no life down there but there was a little bait movement
(white bait) on the start of the incoming. Winds were cranking when I left
at 8:30.
Sept. 25: Winds: SE-S-SW 15+ or more. Water clean, green & foamy!
I started in Atlantic Beach at 6:30 a.m. and found
fish almost immediately with some schoolies on Polaris type poppers in the
white water around the jetties, but more so in the middle of the beach. This
action lasted till 8:30 or so as I had the last of the outgoing tide. Lots
of bait in this area this morning. Water was wild and green and plenty of
foam…looked like Montauk today. Mike Martino and his brother met me to get
in the tail end of this action. Went back to my crib for bagels and
breakfast going back to the jetties around 10 a.m.
We worked our way from west Long Beach to Atlantic
Beach hitting each jetty along the way and the fish bit through the entire
incoming tide! Mike, his brother and I scored several fish on Knucklehead
poppers, Polaris’ and A-Salt Bombers. They left around 11 a.m. and I
continued the trek westward. I had sometimes neatly 10 fish per jetty.
Polaris style poppers and knuckleheads scored bass with two keepers while
the A salt bomber in black back/chrome body scored nearly every fish today.
I finished at the slack high around 2 to 2:15 p.m. and scored 25 bass in my
hands, raised many others and had other “bumps” in this 4 hours shift.
I went back down around
5:30 p.m. and walked west to Atlantic Beach and produced another five bass
to 28 inches and a 4 pound bluefish on metal lipped swimmers till it got
dark around 7:30 or so. The "saucer" style jelly fish in AB are hideous and
really to start to mess with your mind after a while when trying to swim
poppers and metal lips.
Sept. 26: Winds
NW5...I hit
Atlantic Beach this morning (9/26) around 6:30 a.m. and started to raise
fish on my first cast, raising a dozen fish and catching three all on metal
lips and was off the beach by 7:15. water was back to the army green color,
the jelly fish are hideous and the weed looks like it wants to start coming
back in again after no weed yesterday at all. Winds are still SW 15.
Went back down at 11:30
and raised two fish on the west side of the jetty, then on my first cast on
the east a 20-25 pound bass inhaled my plug after missing it the first time.
Ten minutes later I beached her and let her swim away. Scored several other
bass and some bluefish on the metal lips and Bombers. Totaled about 15 bass
and a few blues. Jellyfish were HIDEOUS
and the weed horrible and the weed should be hideous by this evening.
Blowing 25 to 30 SW when I left the beach at 2 p.m. Blowing steady 30 by 5
p.m. Not sure what to do in the morning...the beach may be a mess with weed
and jellyfish.
Sept. 27: Winds NW 20
to 25 Water BROWN.: I hit the
stones of Atlantic Beach Tuesday morning to find just what I expected…NW 20
to 25 and muddy brown water and no signs of life. Made another feeble
attempt around 11:30 a.m. and all still the same and did not fish the rest
of the day.
Sept. 28: Winds NW
5 bright Sun Great water: I hit the jetties in Atlantic Beach Wednesday
(9/28) morning around 6:30 a.m. to find clean water again but with some
serous weed on the west side of most jetties and all my fish came from the
east sides. I had no luck till the fish showed themselves around 7 a.m. I
used an A Salt Bomber in the mahi color and scored 15 bass between 7:05 and
8:15 with one keeper and a couple close to keeper size as well. Great action
with fish about every 5 minutes or so. Once the sun was elevated around 8
a.m. I went to the black/chrome A-Salt to pick another few fish before they
moved off but there is a ton of bait in this area all the way to Suicide
jetty.
Winds E/SE 15 to 20:
Water great color, not enough foam.:
I fished the AB stones Wednesday afternoon from
4:30 to 6:30 and was totally disappointed from what
I gad in the morning. I totaled maybe a half dozen fish and all sub legal
size on metal lips and A Salt Bombers. Water looked great and can’t figure
out what happened to the fish.
Sept. 29: Winds S25+ water GREAT!, a little too wild: Went to
Jones Beach this morning (9/29) and hit Field 6 and walked W-A-Y east about
half way to Tobay where the action was insane yesterday morning and late
afternoon. I found fish on most every cast this morning in the white water
wash with heavy 25 knot S winds. Most fish were small but there were some
keeper bass to 15 pounds caught next to me on poppers and tins. I totaled
maybe six to eight fish and had countless fish on and lost. Bombers scored
the fish for me today. It died at 7:15 and I went to Vernon St. in Atlantic
Beach and was there by 8:30. Winds S at 25 + going W/NW
25+ I caught two keepers on metal lips right away and raised other
fish and caught a half dozen bass total and was done by 10 a.m. Water was
clean and great, wild S winds 25 or better and the weed was starting to
filter in but water color and white water was great. Should have stayed
here for sunrise.
Sept. 30: Winds NW 15 to 20: Water brown. Slept in this morning
(9/30) which means 5:45 a.m. (LOL) and had breakfast and waited for light to
confirm what I thought would happen...little wind, but BROWN water in the
Long Beach area. Those 35 to 40 west winds on Thursday afternoon and 10 to
20 all night
did exactly what usually happens on the south shore...it browned the water
although the weed is gone. Will wait till later to go fishing on the late
afternoon incoming tide.
Oct.
1: Winds S 5; water clean and green: I hit the beach this morning
(10/1) to find a beautiful beach, no wind and warm weather so I fished in a
bathing suit, sneakers and Korkers. I had 10 bass in my hand and raised
many, many others. The schoolies were right up in the wash as mullet
continues to come down the beach and jetties here. The gates to Atlantic
Beach are now open 24 hours so access is open. I caught my fish on Polaris
poppers and large Redfins along with a few on A salt Bombers. Water was
clear and warm as I was swimming by 11 a.m. I fished from 6:30 to 8:30.
Oct. 2: No wind, calm flat water. I hit the beach this morning (10/2) to find a
beautiful beach, no wind and warm weather...basically the
same conditions as yesterday as I again fished in a bathing suit,
sneakers and Korkers. The combination of the fish I
raised with the fish I caught I had 10 to 15 bass, one was close to keeper
size. Again very small poppers fished in the white water wash and behind the
first wave was the ticket. Action died off earlier this morning too because
of the slack tide and bright sun. I fished from 6:15 to 8:30
and it was over by 7:30.
Oct. 3: No wind, calm flat water
New Moon. I hit the beach this morning
to find a
beautiful beach, no wind and warm weather...basically the
same conditions as yesterday as I again fished in a bathing suit,
sneakers and Korkers. The combination of the fish I
raised with the fish I caught was five...a dreadful morning but great
sunrise. Very little signs of life. I fished from 6:15 to 8:30
and it was over by 7:30.
Oct. 4: No wind, swells and 3
footers, more white water glassy. I
hit the beach this morning to find a
beautiful beach, no wind and warm weather...basically the
same conditions as this past weekend as again I fished in a bathing suit,
sneakers and Korkers. The combination of the fish I
raised with the fish I caught was around 10 as there was bait in the wash
and lots of activity. I put three of four in the hand and raised many others
and dropped two. Again small poppers and small metal lips fished in the white water wash and behind the
first wave was the ticket. Action died off earlier this morning as the bite
was exactly 6:15 to 6:45 a.m. and then it stopped abruptly.
Oct. 8: Winds NE
20 with heavy rains. Did not fish because northeast storms winds and rains.
Oct. 9: Winds NE 40 with heavy rains. Did not fish because northeast
storms winds and rains.
Oct. 10: Winds NE 30 with heavy rains. Did not fish because northeast storms
winds and rains.
Oct. 11: Winds NE 25 with heavy rains. Did not fish because northeast storms
winds and rains.
Oct. 12: Winds NE 30 with heavy rains. Did not fish because northeast storms
winds and rains.
Oct. 13: Winds NE 25 with heavy rains. Did not fish because northeast storms
winds and rains.
Oct. 14: Winds NE 28 with heavy rains. Did not fish because northeast storms
winds and rains.
Oct. 15: Winds NE 28 with heavy rains. Did not fish because northeast storms
winds and rains.
Oct. 16: Winds NE 20 with heavy rains. Did not fish because northeast
storms winds and rains. After
walking several of the beaches in E Atlantic Beach Sunday (10/16) morning at
sunrise…it is clearly evident the beaches have drastically changed. Even
with the water up at high tide this morning I can see the great slope to the
beaches are gone, the beach is carved away and almost entirely flat. All
that great sand that was building up to create a great slope down here is
gone! The tides this week were right up to the dunes so any weed and debris
is left high on the sand. The water looked fishable, not too dirty or muddy,
probably because it was more west than north and it is blowing a steady 25
down here for sure this morning.
Oct.
18: I fished Atlantic Beach Tuesday (10/18)
morning from 11 to noon and found no signs of life in wild wind and wild
water. The water as super clean and clear with just a few specks of weed in
the water.
Oct.
19: I fished E. Atlantic Beach Wednesday
(10/19) morning and found little to no wind from
the NW and clean water with no weed and some sand was now in the water. No
signs of life anywhere. No bait, no birds, no schoolie bumps...nothing.
These beaches are wiped out and completely flat with the exception of a few
troughs along a few of the jetties. It may be time to start fishing these
beaches at low tide to reach the great sand bars at the tips of the jetties.
Oct.
22: I fished in E. Atlantic Beach on
Saturday morning from 9 to 10 a.m. and scored several bass to 26 inches on
pencil poppers in wild NE winds and sloppy clean water. A flock of birds cam
by near the top of the tide around noon an I ran back down to the beach and
scored another pair of bass about the same size on 3 ounce Kastmasters. It
was over in 10 minutes.
Oct.
23: Winds NW 25, Water brown and dirty: I hit the beaches of Atlantic Beach, Long
Beach and Point Lookout Sunday morning (10/23) in cloudy and great weather
conditions with a chill in the air and NW 15 to 20 blowing, but and found
brown water every where, AB socked in with weed and the Point Lookout
beaches starting to fill with weed by 10 a.m. and it was still 2-1/2 hours
till the top of the tide…that beach should be a disaster of weeds by then.
The winds down here at 10:30 were NW at a steady 20, but if it goes SW at 25
like called for…I will be back looking off the jetties in AB this afternoon.
Oct.
24: NE storm coming in. Winds NE 25-30 rain and great pre storm conditions. I fished Monday
(10/24) evening after getting home from filming out east and found
the NE winds perfect, the water in Atlantic Beach perfect, no weed, clear
water….excellent and the fish were biting. I fished for an hour or so into
darkness and had five schoolies and raised a few others and had a few
“bumps” as well. Metal lips and 7-inch
black/silver Bombers did the trick. If I had been home earlier I would have
had even more fish. I have not look at the beach yet this morning (10/25)
but will in a little while to see if it worth fishing today in wild guts of
winds.
Oct.
25: Winds NE 40 with heavy rains. Did not fish because northeast
storms winds and rains.
Oct. 26: Winds NE 40 with heavy rains. Did not fish because northeast
storms winds and rains.
Oct.
27: Winds NW 15-20 Water Dirty brown. No life I fished EAB
Thursday late afternoon to find brown water again and flat calm conditions.
I lasted about 15 minutes till I gave up.
Oct. 28: I went back again at 7 a.m. to Atlantic
Beach on Friday (10/28), my wedding anniversary by the way…only to find the
complete opposite conditions. Flat calm, gin clear water and no signs of
life any where. I ran into one fellow who had been chunking on the Vernon
St. jetty since 4 a.m. and did not even have a touch the entire time. No
bass, blouse or even skates. I am going to start looking at Robert Moses
where I had am excellent Nov. last year.
Oct. 29: I went
back again at 7 a.m. to East Atlantic Beach on
Saturday (10/29), find
flat calm, gin clear water and no signs of life
any where. No bass, blues or even skates. I am
going to start looking at Robert Moses where I had am excellent Nov. last
year.
Oct. 31: Winds SW
5 to 15...Water Great:
I was on my way to Robert Moses when my
buddy bob the Muffin Man called to say it was calm and dead with no signs of
life. So following Mark Twain's advice that there is no sense walking 5
miles when you can skunked close to home, I turned around and went back to
Atlantic Beach. The fish did finally show on Monday (10/31)
as there were snappers on the beach in the wash and some peanut bunker. The
gill netters have been well on the bluefish and that is basically what
showed on the beach. Nothing really happened till winds went SW around 2
p.m. and by 4 p.m. they were kicking it at 15 knots, that is when the action
started in Atlantic Beach. Bass 16 to 22 inches and perhaps a 25 incher (not
many) were taken on tins and bucktails. The bluefish showed around 4:30 and
bit into dark on yellow pencil poppers. Blues were no more than 3 pounds but
it was nice to see some life down here again.
Nov. 1: Winds SW 15
going 30: Water clean and green and white. I fished Tuesday (11/1)
morning in SW winds of 15 which were perfect, the water was beautiful and
the conditions with first light and sunrise great…not even a touch this
morning. I thought I would score a few schoolies after the nice afternoon I
had yesterday. Threw everything in the bag and then some to no avail I
fished from 5:30 to 7 a.m. Went back this
afternoon at 3:30 p.m. in 30 knot SW winds. The water perfect…wild, white
and with sand now mixing with the green ocean water and the water tempos
came up at least 5 to 7 degrees…a good thing! Not even a touch this
afternoon as metal lips, swimmers, poppers and bucktails scored nary a look
and the weed was staring to move in. Left at 4: 30…it was tough just
standing up with out getting killed on the tip of the jetty as incoming was
water flooding now only an hour and a half from the top of the tide. A wild
ride for sure! Where are the fish?
Nov. 2: Winds
NW25: I fished on Wednesday (11/2) afternoon at Robert Moses starting
around 2:30 p.m. with Bob Carrick of Bay Shore and Joe McQuillan of Seaford
and the bluefish showed in force seemingly out of nowhere. This happened
along the stretch from Robert Moses Field 2 over to the cut at the drive on
to Democrat Point. Tons of action along here on all afternoon from 2 p.m.
into dark. Kastmasters and tins caught most of the fish as poppers and plugs
did not do all that well, even though they did catch a few. The blues ranged
from 2 to 12 pounds with 80% of them 4 to 6 pounders. A few stray schoolie
bass in there was well but as the afternoon wore on it became all bluefish.
Tons of action out of casting range too as teen bluefish and some bass “free
jumped” like tarpon in the acres of peanut bunker all along here. Fields 3
and 4 were brown and dirty.
Nov. 3: Winds SW 25 to
30. Water Great Looking.
I went to RM 2 again this morning around 9:30
a.m. to look around in gale force winds SW at 25 and building. water was
great but no way you could cast into this wind. left and hit the beaches of
Atlantic Beach around noon and finished at 1:30 with one 14 inch bass to my
credit. Water great! Winds were SW 25 to 30.
Nov. 9 Winds NE 10
turning E/SE 15 to 20 then SE 20 to 25 steady Water great!
I expect Robert Moses to light up the week of Veteran’s Day every year and
each season I do get a few days of success here and today was no different
although I thought it would have been much better considering the
conditions. NE 10 to 15 at dawn then it turned E/SE 15 to 20 until it was
too much by noon at SE 20 to 25 steady. I hit RM field 5 Wednesday (11/9)
around 6:30 a.m. and was into big bluefish right away. The fishing was
fantastic with pencils, tins and poppers or bucktails scoring hits and fish
on every cast as the fish were moving east and fast. Adult bunker were on
the beach washed up running for their lives. I only saw or heard of three or
four bass caught all morning up to 9 a.m. and all were keepers with largest
about 23 pounds. Joe McQuillan had a 15 pounder on a tin that hit on the top
of the first wave in the wash. The bite was all bluefish and the smallest I
saw was about 5 pounds with choppers to 12 pounds all gut filled with adult
bunker. Great cuts and structure down at Field 5!
Action dropped off quickly
around 8 to 8:30 and then a few fish were picked but most went to work or
home. I had the pleasure of meeting and speaking with Don Musso (the great
plug maker) for a while and we had some very pleasant conversation and he
had some ferrule cement to fix my tip top as well…Thanks Don! I moseyed down
to field 4 and 2 and back to 5 several times, back and forth with not much
as happening the rest of the day except for bait fishermen. The far west
corner of Field 4 has great deep water tight to the beach and I saw chunkers
catching fish so fast they couldn’t even put the rod in the holder. Big
blues on chunks at 4 and also down on Demo along the drive on. Those
bucktailing or plugging around or on the edges of the chunkers at Field 4
had a very slow pick of fish but they were catching. Around 1:30 I took a
drive on to the Demo run with Bob the “Muffin Man” and we had big blues off
a dropping cut till around 3 p.m. when that died. We hit fields 2 which was
unfishable by 3 p.m. because of the sweep and fields 4 and 5 the same way as
winds were SE at 25 steady as the rain started around 4:15 p.m.!
Nov. 10: I went
back to Robert Moses on Thursday (11/10) morning arriving late about 7 a.m.
to find I did not miss anything. The surf was big, but fishable and all the
bait was gone, no signs of life anywhere and only reports of a few select
fish caught from Fields 2, 4 or 5. nothing! I was home in Long Beach by 9
a.m. Why can't we get two or three days in a row this fall?
Nov.
16: Winds 30 SW, water: Great!
I hit the beach around 4 p.m. after retrieving my jeep from the transmission
place ($980 OUCH!) I wanted to fish in the wind all day but had so much
to
do…any way I got to Atlantic Beach around 4 p.m. and had bass on my first
six casts and finished with eight bass to 22 inches on Bombers and bucktails
in wild 30 knot winds and clean wild white water…it was awesome! I will be
back somewhere in the a.m.
Nov.
17: Strong Winds Dirty Water Could not Fish
Nov.
18: Strong Winds Dirty Water Could not Fish
Nov.
19: Strong Winds Dirty Water Could not Fish
Nov.
22 Winds NW 30-35. Water HUGE bad color.: I fished the
Robert Moses surf Tuesday (11/22) morning in howling NE then NW winds of 25
to 30 knots and the water huge! The water was dark army green going on brown
as the water up to the dunes last night. It was only an hour or so into the
incoming and it was up over the first hill at Field 5. Ran into Ken Legge at
Field 5 who followed me to Field 2 and there the water was too high as
well and Ken took the drive to Demo and I went to fish the back bay from the
north side working from the Overlook piers west to and past the Robert Moses
bridge. No signs of life anywhere except for some shad jumping. I had
nothing small enough with me for shad so I called it a day at 8:30 a.m. Also
ran into Kevin Mahler from Rockville Centre who also said he had seen
nothing here or up front.
Nov.
23 Winds NW 30-35:
Could Not Fish
Nov. 24 Winds NW 30-35:
Could Not Fish
Nov. 25. Winds 25 to 30: Could Not Fish
Nov.
26: Winds SW10/Water Clean & clear.:
I fished in Atlantic Beach Saturday (11/26) and
caught plenty of fish as the action the surf was alive between Jones and
Deb’s Inlets with Long Beach and Atlantic Beach having some terrific action
most of the day. There was no bite at all at sunrise with anglers reporting
nothing for their efforts between 6:30 to 8:30. However at the change of
tide and for the first two hours of the incoming tide from 9 to 11 a.m., it
was insane in some areas with keeper bass caught on bucktails and tons of
shorts all in the wash and the tips of the jetties. Some anglers who were
there for the start of it reported 50 fish for the morning while others
worked all day for a dozen to two dozen fish. Still it’s the most life we’ve
seen in this area in a month! This played out like this till about noon and
the rest of the incoming was a pick with some small flurries of activity on
some jetties and none on others. The bite really lulled as we neared the
high tide around 3 p.m. I finished with maybe 24 bass to 23 inches by day’s
end.
Nov.
27: Winds S0 then SE/E 10: Water Gin clear & flat.:
I fished in Atlantic Beach Sunday (11/27) with
Mike Martino anticipating some kind of action after yesterday's
melee occurred through this area. The fishing was so bad on Sunday I
actually wished I was home watching the Jets! Mike and I each managed 3 fish
each between 8 and 9:30 a.m. and I had on my first cast! Either three we
caught may not have made up 28 inches! Water was gin clear, calm, green and
too flat. No wind really till we got a 10 knot SE/E wind around 2 p.m. Every
time it looked like the clouds were coming in and the wind was picking up…it
reversed itself and got nice again. We called it a day at
2 p.m. and we did have a ton of laughs since he doesn’t get to go
surfcasting as much as he once did!
Dec
10: Winds W/SW20 / Water: Clear, clean and big powerful surf lots of foam:
My buddy
Anthony called me at 11:15 Saturday (12/10) morning
to say the surf in this area lit up as bass from
12 to 25 inches were all though the jetty systems here starting about 10:30
a.m. I was on the jetty behind my house by 11:30
and my bite lasted till
12:30 or so. I had 20 fish and dropped many others as there
are pockets of fish so if the bite dies on the jetty you’re working…hit
another one a half mile down or so. There are not many
birds to tell tale the sign but the fish are at the tips of the jetties.
The best bet was the Kastmaster or better yet the smaller Trophy Spoon made
by the Acme Tackle Co. This is because the 1-ounce trophy spoon is smaller
in size than the 1-ounce Kastmaster therefore the bass loved it because of
the small white bait they were chasing.
Dec
11: My buddy
Anthony called me at 1:15 Sunday to say the surf in this area lit up as bass from 12
inches to 20 pounds were
in the wash in brutally cold and windy conditions. I caught a few
small fish but the big fish bite was over after 20 minutes...all fish were
caught on tins and bucktails with the bass filling up on small sand fleas.
