Wow.. Price of Live Bunker..

[Luna Sea 5]

AH bait and tackle has fresh dead bunker for $2.00 a piece and live bunker for $4.00 a piece.. They are crazy. 

Thank god I can throw a net..

[bayonne]

true world in bayonne is $200 for fresh aswell i still need to learn to net but with out a boat its hard anyway  their usally in my area for snaging but not lately and i cant get live surf clams in my area aswell have to head to the hook to get them

[IrishAyes]

Rediculous prices on everything now a days. 

[Capt. Mike]

AH bait and tackle has fresh dead bunker for $2.00 a piece and live bunker for $4.00 a piece.. They are crazy. 

Thank god I can throw a net..

I hear you there!

[mboy]

Normally a buck a piece for livies in GK.

[Luna Sea 5]

Normally a buck a piece for livies in GK.

this I can do.  Anyway, Pete, the owner of the bait store told me that a guy came in to complain about the prices.. Pete told him to buy a cast net.. .the guys said he didn't know how to use it... Pete said, that why my price is $4.00 per live bunker.

[kezsr]

IrishAyes,have to agree with you that the price of everything is outa sight,now that I'm retired a lot of times I'll go to the super market with the bride,with me working and her with the kids it use to be her responsibility,I just cringe at the total when she's at the register now.

[PeggyLee]

I know they were getting 2.oo a piece for bunker (live)the other day.Cast net is the way to go or snag.
I am concerned they might start with a permit to cast net them and really screw us good.

[CapBob]

You either learn and do, or pay those who can

[CapBob]

I little better is Schupps Landing in Highands  $1 for frozen, $2 for fresh dead, $3 for live Bunker

[Luna Sea 5]

a little better, but still not worth it... if no bunker are in the marina to net, then clam or troll..

[mboy]

Or buy them for $1 a piece in great kills.

[Luna Sea 5]

Or buy them for $1 a piece in great kills.

this is true.. but if i went out there, there should be no need for me to buy them..

[mboy]

If you say so.

[Luna Sea 5]

lol.. if they're there, I will get them... I can throw.. if there not there, then nobody can..

[CapBob]

Navesink River still has plenty

[Luna Sea 5]

Navesink River still has plenty

thats good to know.  My life is easy when they make there way to my marina..  On the way out I don't waste for then 10 minutes with a boat load.  Lately they are scattered and deep in the AH marina, but I hear they are coming in.

[PeggyLee]

Cast Nets are the way to go. Its a good investment;and we recoupe the cost in no time.

[ped579]

When you guys cast for the bunker are you doing it from your boats or from the docks?  As a surf fisherman I am not privy to getting out to cast for bunker with a net if I am lucky I will snag one or two if they are close to the beach but that is rare.

If I had a place to cast for them I would defiantly spend the money for a net.  But with only a couple of free piers I don't think the investment right now is worth the price of admission.

Happy Catching

Paul

[Whiskers]

Frozen 69 cents a pound, fresh $1 a piece, live, when I can get em $1.50

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