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September 29, 2009
September 25, 2009
I Don't Welch!!!
Most of you who know me will get the idea of this picture. . .
It was painful wearing that thing all day. Unfortunately for me, the second part of the bet will be worse.
Look how happy Carl and Russ are. At least Frank in the background looks like he feels for me.
Wednesday, 9/23/09 Report
Fishing was slow Wednesday. The sea bass outnumbered the porgies. We will be doing it again this weekend, Saturday and Sunday from 7:30am - 4:00pm.
September 22, 2009
Sat & Sun 9/19 and 9/20 Report
Pretty good fishing over the weekend with around a 50/50 mix between sea bass and porgies. We will be doing it again on Wednesday.
September 17, 2009
Bottom Fishing On Saturday
We will be fishing for porgies and sea bass on Saturday from 7:30am to 2:30pm.
Wednesday, 9/16/09 Report
The porgies and sea bass had Mother Nature on their side today. 25 knot NE wind and rain for most of the day made made for a horrible day of fishing. . . We will be switching to bottom fishing on Saturday's.
September 09, 2009
Wednesday, 9/9/09 Report
Gold that is!! Porgy gold!!!
Our first porgy trip was a huge success. Rapid fire, "En Fuego" fishing all day. Three people with their limit on porgies (50 is the limit), two dozen triggerfish, and a dozen+ sea bass. It was REAL nice to put fish in the boat.
September 06, 2009
Sunday, 9/6/09 Report
What a difference a day makes!! A hard east wind nuked the fishing for us today. There wasn't much surface life, nor did anything in the channel want to bite.
September 05, 2009
Saturday, 9/5/09 Report
Headed out this morning on the hunt for some weakfish. Made our way to the far western end of the bay and had some pretty good readings, but nothing bit. Saw some bird life a couple miles to the NE, so we decided to head after it. It was kind of skittish at first, but once the tide changed and we got some current, the bluefish bonanza was on!! We had fireball bluefishing for most of the day with cocktail sized fish. Made our way back into the channel to finish out the day, and caught a few weakfish to close it out. Overall it was a great day. Perfect weather and absolute excellent fishing!!
September 04, 2009
Weakfish, Weakfish, Weakfish
Weakfish are on the menu for this Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. We have worms on the boat.
The Final Fluke Report!!
It didn't take long to realize that we were going down in flames with today's fishing, but I was hoping that we would go out in a blaze of glory. Never happened!! The 2009 fluke season officially closed it's door on us with not much left to report except some bitterness. To start the morning, we found out that the National Marine Fisheries Service has projected that the 2009 N.J. recreational catch is 29 percent over our quota. This means that we will be lucky to avoid stricter regulations for 2010 season. I can not speak for everyone, but I can speak for our boat. In the 17 seasons that I have worked for John, this was BY FAR the worst season I have seen. Just estimating, I would say that we averaged 18 - 20 keepers per trip, and that might be generous. In addition, not once was anyone in contact with John to find out our numbers. So where are they getting these numbers from? It is quite obvious that there calculations are flawed. I know the majority of you feel frustration over coming out and not being able to keep most, if not any of the fish you catch, and rightfully so. But from our perspective, we do this for a living. That frustration that you feel is one million times greater for us. I take it personally when we have a day of poor keeping, and many of you go home empty handed. Being a blue-collar guy (I don't know what fisherman are, but you get the gist), I understand the value of a dollar, and I understand that you, the angler, want to be able to bring some fish home. So, upon finding out the news of going over our quota yet again, I have become a very bitter man. I am usually a "The glass is half full" kind of guy, but today I took that glass and threw it in the bay!! I apologize for my rant, but it's been building. Oh yeah, for the record, we carried 55 people today and caught 6 keepers. . . . I can see how we went over our quota!!!
Flukemaster Results
Congratulations to Steve Kerry on winning the pool for the month of August, and also congrats to Lisa Ortiz on winning the seasonal pool.
September 02, 2009
Wednesday, 9/2/09 Report (Live)
Conditions - Wind: NNE 5 kts. Tide: 7:04am. Sea Temp: 74.1 degrees. . . What a day!!! Low humidity, and sunny skies.
1st Drift - Made our first one on the Reach. Not a fish. Completely changing up the area and going on a seek and destroy mission!
2nd Drift - OOHHH AHHHH!!!! Hit the jackpot!! We are fishing an area that we haven't touched in a few weeks. Excellent fishing. Keeping is another story, but that's the way it goes in 2009.
3rd Drift - Not as good as the previous drift, but it was still ok. The wind is out of the east very light now, but it's enough to hold us up against the tide slightly. There are a few people with 2 keepers already. Nothing big yet, and the catch of the drift was a pair of romancing horseshoe crabs.
4th Drift - Not so good. We had an initial shot of fish, but not much followed. John Lipari is high hook with 4 keepers.
5th Drift - Pretty good fishing on this one.
6th Drift - Not so good, which means the next one will be good.
7th Drift - No good. We are on the tide change. Going to change up the area in hopes of getting a shot of them. We will see.
8th Drift - No payoff. Finished slow.
We had moments of fireball fishing and we had some super dull moments as well. When it was good, it was real good. Seemed to lose the bite at the end of the tide. High hook was John Lipari with 4 keepers, and today's pool winner was Lisa Raby, Henryville, PA, with a 4 pound fluke.
September 01, 2009
Tuesday, 9/1/09 Report (Semi-Live)
Wow!! September 1st. . . Where did the summer go!!
So far today's fishing isn't great. Our first drift was the best of the day, and we haven't had more than a slow pick since. The wind was blowing out of the north pretty hard this morning, but it has diminished somewhat since. We will be setting up for the change of tide shortly. Hopefully we will get the bite with it.
Well, the change of tide bite never happened. It was a slow day overall, with mostly shorts caught. The pool winner was a 5 pound fluke caught by Jimmy Hughes.
Ryan Kellerman caught this keeper on his first fluke trip ever.
