From The Surf
11.17.10
The Mainland Angler with that, “Aloha Spirit”
By Paul Danielczyk
Well it was pretty hard to get any decent reports this week as Mother Nature has been playing games with the rain and the wind. This blow has been pretty substantial with parts of Island Beach State Park closing some of its beach areas to high tides that totally washed the beach right up to the dunes. High waves and dirty water made fishing extremely difficult.
The weather has not knocked out the fishing totally though. The lack of reports was mainly due to the lack of fishermen going out to brave the elements. I for one was one that preferred the indoors as opposed to the outside. These old bones were not up to braving the cold and the wind this week.
I was talking to a few shops and people that did venture out and they had some good reports of some fish being caught. I am not surprised as there are fish all over the place you just have to find the key that will unlock the mystery of their meal ticket. Yes, the stripers and blues are still around but with the weather they seemed to have lock jaw. So what made them bite? Well it was the old tried and true, clams were the meal ticket as the clam beds off the beach took yet another hit and the bass candy was the ticket. If you get to walk or ride IBSP you will notice a lot of clam shells scattered all over the beach in spots. It is no surprise; the wave action was pretty intense for a while.
Right now most fish are being caught off shore as they can be seen rolling on balls of sand eels. The Barnegat Inlet right now is the place to target as the bass are in and out as are the blues. It does not matter if you pick the North jetty of IBSP or the north end of Long Beach Island’s south jetty. In fact I have heard that the Tog are in there pretty strong especially if you use green crabs. Give the rocks a try you might be pleasantly surprised.
I was told that the hot plug to try down there was the School Bus Bomber you might want to give it a try; I know there are a few guys up north that will not use anything else in the back bays.
As far as reports to the catching:
Grumpy’s Log:
Lynne Ann Donchez Bass 37” 17.15# on Bunker
Christine Zakian Bass 28.5” 8.4# Clam
Christine Zakian Bass 39.5” 19# Clam
Bryan Blockbum Bass 37” 15.5# Shad
Karyn Dooley Bass 28” 8.15# Clam
John Augustine Bass 31” 9.75# Plug
Betty & Nicks Log:
Bryan Kantor Bass 10# Clam IBSP
Bryan Kantor Bass 11# Clam IBSP
Carl Peterson Bass 8# Clam IBSP
Joey Bass Bass 15# AVA SSP
Joey Bass Bass 10# AVA SSP
Paul Cardea Bass 20# Clam IBSP
Tim Sarzynski Bass 11# Bunker IBSP
Good going to all those that made the effort to get out and dodge the elements.
This is for a great cause and one fantastic outing.
Barnegat High School Fishing Club
2nd Annual Fisherman’s Flea Market
Saturday, December 11th, 2010 from 9AM till 1 PM
“Reel-In some holiday deals”
*NEW*USED*CUSTOM*ANTIQUE*RODS*REELS
*LURES*COLLECTIBLES*AND MUCH MORE!!!
$3.00 Admission – Kids 12 and under Free
Hourly Door Prizes
If you have some good from the surf pictures please post them as I can not get out all the time and Rod docks my pay if I don’t have something to show. Just kidding, but if you do have something of interest please we would all love to show you off.
This picture is of Dale Peterson of Princeton that no joke walked a mile to get it to his vehicle. It was caught between the Governors Mansion and the end of the road at Gillikins. Like I reported earlier the hot lure is the School Bus Bomber, well that is what he caught it on. Nice going Doc.
Happy Catching
Paul
