Fellow Anglers,
Tough day to say the least for the Chris George party of Pompton Lakes, NJ.
First off we had to contend with a steady NW wind of between 14kts and 19kts out at the lower Reach area which made fishing difficult even with a drift sock deployed. 6 and 8 ounces of lead was the MO for the day in the channels as well as the shallow flats just to hold bottom. Not the best of conditions for a good day a fluke fishing.
Add to that the "summer doldrums" seem to be in high gear and as you tell we didn't have a good day today. Although we did box a few keepers with a load of throw backs, was not a good day to put fish in the cooler.
Worked numerous areas looking for fish as was evident by the fact that we put 42 miles on the boat searching for a decent catch, but it was not to be today. Fished the lower Reach, the Swash Channel as well as the Ambrose Channel, which I may add was filthy dirty from the runoff, all coming up with a ton of shorts.............WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BIGGER FISH? Time to head to the ocean in deeper water.
Well, as they say, there's always tomorrow
Tight Lines,
Capt. John
