Author Topic: 7/3 Mixed Bag in Raritan Bay  (Read 2171 times)

Offline crazyivan96

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7/3 Mixed Bag in Raritan Bay
« on: July 04, 2009, 11:04:00 AM »
My buddy and I left A.Highlands at 4:45am.  Started fishing shallow structure with cranks and Storm shads. We picked up 3 school bass to 27 inches and then found blues up to 12lbs.  Once the light came up, we started fluke fishing over in the Ambrose.  Wind w/tide and the near full moon current demanded back trolling. I got lazy working the throttle and put 20 ounces of lead on a fish finder rig.

Bluefish and fresh bunker strips on short leaders worked best followed by heavy bucktails on light line.

 We ended the day with 37 fluke, 7 keepers up 23 inches.

Special thanks to all our soldiers, past and present for defending our freedoms. 

Wishing us all a safe and happy 4th!


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Re: 7/3 Mixed Bag in Raritan Bay
« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2009, 01:02:30 PM »
nice day of fishing t^ with you in thanking all our soldiers today on the 4th of July t^
of all liars among mankind the fisherman is most trustworthy.  William Sherwood Fox


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Re: 7/3 Mixed Bag in Raritan Bay
« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2009, 01:06:03 PM »
nice catch

20oz takes all the fun out of it for me....

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Re: 7/3 Mixed Bag in Raritan Bay
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2009, 03:09:28 PM »
Nice catch Crazy! t^


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Re: 7/3 Mixed Bag in Raritan Bay
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2009, 08:50:24 PM »
 t^



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Re: 7/3 Mixed Bag in Raritan Bay
« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2009, 12:43:08 AM »
Good report and a Nice day of fishing.. TT^

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Re: 7/3 Mixed Bag in Raritan Bay
« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2009, 05:51:32 AM »
Good report,  Thanks t^
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Re: 7/3 Mixed Bag in Raritan Bay
« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2009, 05:29:52 PM »
Holy SH**  20 oz.......  take me back to the ramp! rofla  Every fish feels big when you're pullin on a 20!
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