Had the Saltwater Anglers of Bergen County on for a full day fluke trip today. Broke the inlet around 7 and found a brisk S breeze of around 10 kts. We set out for some snags/hills to the NE of our inlet.
First drift we had suprisingly a good amount of life with a nice 19" fluke, and a few keeper seabass as well as a a few short fluke. We went back up on that same line or one similar to that one al few more times, and only had a handful of shorts.
We then tried another high spot further NE and got into a pretty steady bite of short fluke, a few close ones, and a couple more seabass. We probably had our best pick of the day here.
We then went further E to fish another snag/high spot, found just a little life. S wind was coming up pretty good at this point so we went inshore and tried a couple of lumps, and only had a couple of shorts. At this point, 12-16 oz. of lead was skipping!
Our last drop was in the river to give the guys a respite from the chop and the super-fast drift and with light spinning tackle, we had drop & reel short fluke pretty much everywhere I stopped the boat. Just 1 fish was close enough to measure!
For the day we boated ~75 fluke, with only 2 being over 18". We also wound up with 5 nice seabass, and 1 ling. Very slow day for keeping, but the guys had some action. We need a NE or a W wind to breathe some more life into this fishery!!!
