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Title: 9/23 BI INLET + MANAHAWKIN BRIDGE REPORT
Post by: HOokiN on September 24, 2012, 12:47:29 PM

Left the dock 8 am with Chris aka Leckbass to find some fish. Pretty chilly morning. Brought all the gear with us. From light tackle to sharking rods. Windy as hell to say the least. The whole ride out to the inlet we took a beating and got wet. Got to the inlet and it was pretty calm but on the other side was a heavy chop and a nasty winds. The birds were going insane on the bait with 3-6 pound blues chewing them up. A few times we saw a school of blues go air born on a school of bait fish.  Ended up using the medium light tackle and hammered them. We def worked for them though. Not every cast. More like every third once we figured out the right drift.
It was nice to have the Coast Guard on one side of us and Sea Tow on the other. There were a few waves that we dropped for cover so we didnt get thrown over. One of the times I was hooked up and fighting a blue and I ended up on my back on the floor of the boat. ( I did land that fish ) We put about 20 blues in the boat and headed back to the Manahawkin Bridge to try for some weakies.
By then the day was beautiful. Wind laid down a bit and the sun was out.
We anchored up and used high-low rigs with mixed baits from clam and sheddar crab to fresh spot filet. Also small bucktails with gulp blood worms. Fished about two hours and put one nice weakie in the boat. A bunch of small sea bass, oyster crackers, tog and baby blues. NO blowfish this time.  
By the end of the day my knee caps and right side of my stomach were bruised up! Well worth it though.

Be in the woods next week. Hopefully the stripers will show up more and more over the next few weeks so when I get back down we can put a few in the boat.

James.

Title: Re: 9/23 BI INLET + MANAHAWKIN BRIDGE REPORT
Post by: Luna Sea 5 on September 24, 2012, 02:18:15 PM

nice report.. what bridge.. there are 3 or 4 going into LBI..

Title: Re: 9/23 BI INLET + MANAHAWKIN BRIDGE REPORT
Post by: HOokiN on September 24, 2012, 02:32:37 PM

Main Bridge, North Side right off the channel...

Title: Re: 9/23 BI INLET + MANAHAWKIN BRIDGE REPORT
Post by: fluke - u on September 24, 2012, 05:08:54 PM

 t^

Title: Re: 9/23 BI INLET + MANAHAWKIN BRIDGE REPORT
Post by: rugman1234 on September 24, 2012, 06:03:18 PM

 TT^

Title: Re: 9/23 BI INLET + MANAHAWKIN BRIDGE REPORT
Post by: Scott G. on September 25, 2012, 07:05:02 AM

 TT^ TT^

Title: Re: 9/23 BI INLET + MANAHAWKIN BRIDGE REPORT
Post by: Salty Dog on September 25, 2012, 07:23:56 AM

Toughed it out and put a catch together .Wat to go . slt

Title: Re: 9/23 BI INLET + MANAHAWKIN BRIDGE REPORT
Post by: SurfJockey on September 25, 2012, 11:02:58 AM

Nice outing James!  t^

Title: Re: 9/23 BI INLET + MANAHAWKIN BRIDGE REPORT
Post by: Luna Sea 5 on September 25, 2012, 08:01:10 PM

One of my best crabbing spots was off channel market 72.  South side.  I had a home there years ago in the
Lagoons before the bridge. 

Title: Re: 9/23 BI INLET + MANAHAWKIN BRIDGE REPORT
Post by: Bucktail on September 25, 2012, 08:32:56 PM

 t^

Title: Re: 9/23 BI INLET + MANAHAWKIN BRIDGE REPORT
Post by: Hotrod on September 25, 2012, 08:57:20 PM

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