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Title: raritan bay flukin..WED 18TH
Post by: mmmdrum on June 19, 2008, 09:32:15 AM

wnet out yesterday on my first trip of the year.Neighbor has a 19"cc..me him,and my cousins husband decided to give it a shot.launched  around 7:30am from leonardo ramp..started out first drift near the coast/guard station.the hookups on very first drop for all of us....thinkin gonna be a good day..till we reeled them all in..short,short,short..lol...that was pretty much the day in a nutshell..i did manage to boat 3 keepers for myself all over 19"but it took alot of culling to get that many,and we fished till almost 2pm.in total we ended up with 5 keepers,all over 19"..1 skate,about 50 sea robins...no blues,or dogfish..by the way my new set up with the shimano spheros 4000fa,30# moss green spiderwire,and a jarvis walker med-heavy 7'rod worked awsome.."THANKS BOB" !!!

Title: Re: raritan bay flukin..WED 18TH
Post by: gymrat987654321 on June 19, 2008, 09:45:07 AM

At least you got some.  TT^

Title: Re: raritan bay flukin..WED 18TH
Post by: Treebeard on June 19, 2008, 09:48:34 AM

Lots of shorts has been the rule most of the season..Still plenty of fun!.. Thanks for the report  t^

Title: Re: raritan bay flukin..WED 18TH
Post by: njdevil on June 19, 2008, 09:49:06 AM

Nice report.

NJDEVIL  >:D

Title: Re: raritan bay flukin..WED 18TH
Post by: Luna Sea 5 on June 19, 2008, 09:58:03 AM

nice catch...

Title: Re: raritan bay flukin..WED 18TH
Post by: mmmdrum on June 19, 2008, 11:16:18 AM

oh,i forgot to mention..the bait we were using was mainly sea robin strips,and killies,they definitly were likin the killies,also squid strips and small yellow gulp...

Title: Re: raritan bay flukin..WED 18TH
Post by: mgm on June 19, 2008, 11:20:53 AM

It sucks to see a 17 3/4 fish released, and then I think about those poor souls in NY who are releasing a 20" fish....then I don't feel so bad. :P

Title: Re: raritan bay flukin..WED 18TH
Post by: IrishAyes on June 19, 2008, 02:48:20 PM

Nice catch. Plenty of action and some for the pan. These regs are killing us. Expecially since they are more restrictive than need be.  rgmn

Title: Re: raritan bay flukin..WED 18TH
Post by: wb on June 19, 2008, 05:45:32 PM

Nice fisshin'. I am finding the bulk of the shorts are 17-18 they are meaty fish and it sux to release them especially at a 20% mortality rate.

I know-- let's lobby-- for every keeper over 18" you can keep a slot fish from 17-18". The slot fish would count towards your limit naturally. If you don't catch any keeps you can't have any slots either. I know I'd be at least doubling my takehome numbers-- I'd say I'm running 4 to 1 shorts to keeps.

Title: Re: raritan bay flukin..WED 18TH
Post by: PeggyLee on June 19, 2008, 08:04:39 PM

Nice report.The regs and the gas are hurtin us.

Title: Re: raritan bay flukin..WED 18TH
Post by: Uncle Luna on June 19, 2008, 08:13:43 PM

Lots of shorts being caught helps you get the feel of things for the big ones  t^

Title: Re: raritan bay flukin..WED 18TH
Post by: twoforhooking on June 19, 2008, 09:44:40 PM

catch em' up TT^

Title: Re: raritan bay flukin..WED 18TH
Post by: Bucktail on June 20, 2008, 03:37:44 PM

Quote from: mmmdrum on June 19, 2008, 09:32:15 AM

..by the way my new set up with the shimano spheros 4000fa,30# moss green spiderwire,and a jarvis walker med-heavy 7'rod worked awsome.."THANKS BOB" !!!

No problem Matt.  Sounds like you had a fun day breaking in that new set-up.  Good luck with it! ;D