Conditions at IBSP

[Hotrod]

   Funny it was #1 3 hours ago.  now it's nowhere.  friggin google

[ped579]

Wait till tomorrow...

Right now every one is crashing from exhaustion and sunburn.  Not me were waiting for my daughter to get home and were going for ice cream at one of the best ice cream stands around Mrs, Walkers Ummmmm

Paul

[ped579]

Friday 6/22,

Hi All.

Well I went out today and thought it was going to be a good day.  I hit the beach 1 1/2 hours before high tide and drove down to the pocket I was the only one there Great.  Except for a few who were fishing the jetty.  On the way down I n noticed a pod of dolphin swimming just off the outer breakers  I knew what that meant .  But What the heck I'm here might as well GO FISHING...

I rigged up with a Atom Striper Swiper and tried that for a while noticed a few birds diving on small bait fish.  So I switched to a bucktail with a 4" Pogy(Bunker) bait and tried that in the trough nothing.  I then proceeded to change over to a blue and silver squid spinner bait with a silver leaf blade.  Nothing...  There were fish there I could see them in the wash all small fluke about 8' long just prowling the beach line pretty cool.

There was one gentleman with a fly rod on the jetty who I noticed caught a short fluke fishing the outer parts of the pocket.

While driving north to exit at A24 I saw one fish caught a Sea Robin and he claimed that is all he was getting.  Another report of only one Striped bass caught around A19.

Oh well, I will be out there tomorrow night.  I haven't been out this year at night yet so I think tomorrow will be the day.

I have to say that the water quality was excellent.  You could see the bottom clearly and look right through the cresting waves.  I thought with the quick storm yesterday the pocket would be full of stuff but no which was a good sign.

Happy Catching

Paul

[ped579]

June 23

Hi All,

Well we went out this evening and teh weather was fantastic.  Set up around  an hour before sunset and got ready for the magic hour to begin. The Surf was flat very small waves perfect for plugging.  I put bait on two rigs and sent them out and plugged with the third.  Used the Atom 1 1/4oz blue / white and clams on the other rigs.

I had no action on the plug but had a fish on with the clams.  It was a short striper but very chunky.  We stayed till around 10:00 and no further hits so we called it a night.

Happy Catching...

Apul

[ped579]

Sorry too All,

This week has been so hectic that I didn't get a chance to get to the surf, bummer.  We will be going Sat. evening and this time it will be an hour and a half before dusk till an hour and a half after.  I have found this to be a good time for me right now.  Last week I caught a striped bass during this window so why change.  Unfortunately the pictures I thought I had on my wife's camera did not happen   Oh well that means I will have to catch another, and use my camera.

From reading other posts it almost sounds like we had a bit of an upwelling where the water on the bottom comes up from currents and mixes with the warm water on top to cool it down quite a bit.  Not sure what to expect tomorrow but looking forward to get out there and fish.

Just for haha's we are going to try fishing the sunrise time slot on Wednesday and get off the beach before it gets too crowded.  Will post then as well.

If anyone has been at IBSP a post here would be appreciated thanks guys.

I will be trying some new lures out tomorrow as well.  Salted clams will be used plus fresh clams will also be on the menu.  I'll see how much I can squeeze into three hours.   Grumpy here I come, get those clams ready guys.  I think I will be picking up a pencil popper as well this trip.

Not sure where we will be so if anyone is going to be out there give me a call I'm in the contacts forum.

Happy Catching...

Paul

[ped579]

Well lets try this again.

Last night I had computer problems and could not post a report.  We are back up and running.  So here goes.

We hit the beach around 6:30 and were fishing by 6:45.  It was a beautiful night to be out on the beach.  The wind was changing direction It was out of the north when we first started and shifted to south west and then out of the west.  The tide was higher than usual because of the full moon and the water was half way to the dunes but no problem getting down to the North Jetty area.

Not much action to speak of it seemed that a lot of people were leaving early before hightide at around 8:30 + or -.  We were using clams for the most part and the catching was off.  I caught a small skate who ingested a circle hook so I cut it loose and released it.  About a 1/2 hour later another skate this time much larger but still a skate.

The best part of the night was watching the moon make its climb through a partly cloudy sky to full brilliance.  No need for any lanterns last night.

I have to say that for next years change of line I will be going to all braid on all my reels.  That stuff is amazing.  You can feel every little bump of the sinker and every little tap on the hook.  I would recommend it to all those who are skeptical about changing over like I was.  My suggestion, JUST DO IT.

Last nights rigs were as follows:

1.  8' rod 30# braided line fish finder rig with 3 oz lead pyramid        sinker and a 6/0 Gami circle hook.

2.  9' rod 12# mono line, fishfinder rig with 3 oz lead pyramid sinker with 6/0 conventional hook.

3.  10' rod 12# mono line, 3 way swivel 3 oz lead pyramid sinker with a 6/0 double hook bait keeper set up.

The only rod into anything was the 8' rod.

We are planning to be out there on the 4th for an early morning trip before the sun is up.  Hoping to get the change in the low tide this time I hope it works.

Any one into the oldies We are planning on going to Berkeley for their sounds of Summer concert at Veterans Park at 6:00PM. The Duprees will be performing free.

Hope to see you there.

Happy Catching

Paul

[ped579]

Hi All,

See my rreport under 4th of July Blow Out.

Happy Catching

Paul

[ped579]

Hi All,

This is a hearsay report for the weekend.

Fish are being caught at IBSP just be patient and you will be rewarded.  By the N Jetty fluke have been caught with a number as keepers.  There are a large numbers of skate being caught as well.  The trick is to keep your bait moving.  Slow jerks with jigs tipped with anything seems to be working.

Up north by Gillkins, Is the bulk of the bigger fish why, who knows, but they are there.  Most are being caught on bunker and poppers (large poppers).  That is where I will be targeting this weekend.  I will post info as I get it.

Happy Catching

Paul

[IrishAyes]

Nice info.  Good luck this weekend, Paul.

[fishon42]

Good Luck @ IBSP this weekend Paul, I will be also fishing this weekend but at Sandy Hook. 




Fish On

[ped579]

Hi All,

Sorry for the late post. 

Well it was the last day of vacation and it was beautiful.  The wind even helped us out by coming out of the east.  We hit the beach about the time change from Hi to Low.  We decided to use clams and cut squid.  It seemed to work because it was about even as far as what bait worked best.

We were down by the pocket and fished the slough just north to the first rip.  It seemed that the rip worked best as that was the most productive area.  As I had 4 of us out I basically was bait boy.  making sure everyone was happy, (wife, sister-in-law and my daughter).

I found that 2 - 3 oz weight would hold bottom nicely, no need to sling anchors.

The fluke were all shorts but were fun catching.  As we are catch and release fishermen it was a pleasure to have such a good day, even though they were shorts.

We were off the beach by 3 as the bite was off for the middle of the out going tide.

One note though if you are planning to visit IBSP bring bug spray.  I found that Deep Woods works best.  They are out in numbers when the wind is westerly.

Depending on the weather I plan on being out Thursday with a good friend and the only Ocean County Forester.  He is an avid sportsman and loves to fish the island.  We will probably be hitting a number of areas from Gillkins to the Pocket.  It should be a good day if the weather holds.

Happy Catching

Paul

Happy Catching

Paul

[fishon42]

Very nice report Paul, better to have the feeling of reeling something in then sitting there waiting for hours with no hits. I will be heading out to LBI real soon hopefully the weather holds up I want to do some striper fishing off the surf late evening. 





Fish On

[ped579]

Hi All,

Well I went out with a good friend Rich this evening to IBSP.  Our plan was to do a majority of plugging and maybe using clams if all else fails. 

The flies were horrendous and we used two cans of Deep Woods to fend them off.  If you are planning to go out this weekend make sure to bring along the bug spray.  BTW Shop Rite had Deep Woods on sale I think they were sold out the minute the sign hit the shelf.  I got the last 5 cans today.

We stopped at Grumpys for bait and met a lady by the name of Karen Wall.  If it sounds like you know might the name, she is one of the editors of the Hook Line And Sinker.  Read her story in Fridays paper it is a great story.  Good looking rod BTW Karen I don't think the pink would work for me though.

Back to fishing. We started close to the pocket and saw a large number of birds working and a couple to three hundred yards off the beach it looked like a large school of bunker were milling around nothing chasing them though.  The fellow next to us caught two skate what looked to be on clams.

Not much action here so we decided to move up the beach so we stopped around area 19 and plugged, nothing.

Basically we were fishing either side of the rips where it drops off into a slough.  Again Nothing.

By this time it was dark so I changed over to clams and had a couple of hits but nothing hit the beach.  A, you should of been here yesterday night.

Good Luck tomorrow everyone.

Happy Catching

Paul

[ped579]

Hi Seabreeze,

Glad you made it aboard.  I hope you enjoy the site as it can get quite addicting.  Tell Steve I said hello.  I know crabbing is in over at your place but don't forget to give us the in on the fishing in and around the  piers.

Thanks for logging in and passing your information along.

Happy Catching

Paul

[intili61]

Guys, i am new to the IBSP thing as i have a friend that lives in Toms River and we would like to try surf fishing. Where is the area known as the pocket, and the north Jetty? Are they within walking distance of the parking lots? Thanks!

[ped579]

Hi intili61,

I frequent IBSP often.  The pocket and the north jetty are at the same location.  If you don't have a ride out there it can be a good walk.  Not impossible but long on the sand.

If you like to walk and plug it would not be out of the question.  I have seen many people do it.

To get there go all the way to the end of the road and park, plenty of parking spaces.  follow the beach buggy path and head south.  Like I said it is a good walk.  Or head out to the water and start plugging and before yo9u know it you are there.  It is the furthest point you can go in the park.

Happy Catching

Paul

[intili61]

Thanks Paul,we drove down to the end, then turned around and went back to A21, i casted a bucktail for a while, nothing, then sent out a high -lo rig with a gulp crab on lower hook and a worm on upper and caught a 15" fluke on the crab, threw it back and then nothing else. We were told about a hole off A25, will try that next time then go to the end.Approx. how far of a walk is it?

[ped579]

Hi intili6

Not quite sure how far it is I never clocked it next time out I will have to check the odometer.

There are holes, cuts and slough's all over the place.  My best tip is to go at low tide and check the wave action.  If you see the waves breaking far out you know there is a sand bar there, look for a break in the waves that means there is a cut in the bar and you probably will see a rip current going through there.  Mark that place in your mind (usually look for a marking in the dune area and mark it in your mind) as that will probably produce for you. Plus the area between the bar and the shore is called a slough it will usually hold bait fish and whatever will be feeding on them as well.  You might find two at times as well.

I hope this helps

Happy Catching

Paul

[ped579]

Well time to keep this thread going.  Reports down the beach are the same as all over.  you should have been here yesterday.  Although that is probably true there are fish being caught but not like it should be this time of year.  The bass are just not here yet.

If you read some of the other reports especially Drew's, PopSouls Son.  He sent a report from Maine and said they are still catching Striper's up there, so they are strung out all up and down the coast from Main to Delaware.

I just hope everything comes to gether as the bait fish are on their migration out of the rivers and bays so anything goes at this point in time.  If you go out be ready to match the hatch.  The best way to do this is to listen to the boats and visit your favorite bait and tackle shop and pick their brains

If you fly fish be ready for anything especially a good west wind.

If I hear any more news I will post it as soon as possible.

This time of year I keep a 7'-6" rod in my veh at all times, one never knows when the time is right.

Happy Catching

Paul

[IrishAyes]

When the fish are around, them sea conditions (except for the wind being out of the south) are ideal for stripers.  Especially using clams.  They like the rough water, but if too much sand gets mixed in, the stripers are gone.
I have found that a south wind is never good for fishing.