Fished both Tournaments by launching out of Belmar with Anthony and my bow Monkey LAB....
tuff fishing most of the day in seriously filthy dirty water everywhere....finally found the pocket i was looking for but it was way late in the day and could only spend 30 minutes on it B4 we had to run to weigh in.. I am sure we could have done some damage there if we had more time...
Following report was written by my Bow Monkey...
Little Anthony, Bobber and I fished out of Belmar. FSOS and Point Pleasant VFW.
We started out north of the Rocks for a couple hours. Headed further north for a couple uneventful drifts. Head back to original area then finished the day snaking around.
Water quality was HORRIBLE everywhere. Put your jig in and it disappeared within inches of the surface. For this reason, bright and light color bucktails and teasers worked best.
We caught at every drop but NOTHING good. Shorts outnumbered keepers 3 to 1. We finished with 17 keeper fluke to 7.2# (good for 3rd in Point only) with our "Kreol" Limit (read creel) weighing 20.8# (creel limit for TODAY'S tournament was 4 fish
). Prize for the creel limit was a rod and reel combo donated by a Bait and Tackle shop in Brielle. Anyone need/want an inexpensive spinning combo for $20, PM me; sold at said store for $60
We also had a 10# "bruuufish", a couple ling and sea bass and a 8# skate; all of which will be eaten this week. (2 large pepperoni pizzas, 6 shrimp rolls, some pork fried rice, chicken and broccoli etc etc).
All three of us dropped fish as they weren't really attacking the baits; maybe because they couldn't see them that well with water quality?
I had a NICE one half way up and lost it. I stopped reeling and "gave the fluke it's head". I'm DONE with Abu reels for fluking........just don't have the balls to handle the better fish (see classified section SOON for 3 or 4 Lefty Abu's CHEAP).
We had a good time, ate like pigs on the boat and at the picnic (how was the waiter service Ba Ba Ba Bobber?), made enough dough to pay for a good part of our costs and went home with fish.
Things I learned today:
1. You don't have to BE a plumber to have plumbers crack
2. I need to upgrade my fluking reels
3. People running SOME of the tournaments really shouldn't be. As with any job, the partying should wait until the work is done.
