Absecon Bay sportsman center 10-27

[Fishing Report]

October 25, 2010, Wind From the South is not a good sign, and I just can't remember how the old fisherman's saying goes. and for me yesterday it was a bad omen. Chris Kieker came down and a beautiful warm day completely let me down. It was the old "You should have been here yesterday" story in the worst way, because the day before, Sunday, Brian Lay and his dad had a great pick all day long and we put a three person limit in the box. We were all over the map and it was one fish here one fish there all day long. I thought it was a little strange that we only had two shorts and one borderline 28" fish that came after the limit was boxed. The day before we were almost swarmed with fish of all sizes with Joe Wooton and his birthday Boy "Striper" Johnny. Saturday was Johnny's 6th birthday and he wanted to catch a striper. HE DID! We were on the first drift in a narrow cut in Absecon when the first big one pinned him to the rail. He got the bite with the rod in his hand and won the fight all by himself. The next drift it happened again and he doubled up with his dad, but Johnny had his second keeper. Dad had a short. After two stripers and a big party the night before wore him out and he spent the next couple hours napping in the passengers seat. He did get up in time to bring in the last fish of the day.



At least everyone didn't have a dead day yesterday. Ceary Shreaves was fishing with his son, Scott, yesterday and it was a slow day without even a bite over all the spots they could think of and between them they have more experience and more spots than just about any other two anglers in South Jersey. Finally Ceary got the one big bite and it paid off big time with this 44 pound beauty. If you can only get one that is the one to get.

Bait wise I got in a load of Spot from down south yesterday, smaller than the local ones, but I got them at a great price that I will pass along. These fish are going out at $2.00 each or $20 a dozen. There will be absolutely no hand picking or netting yourself. Everyone will get the same stuff. There will be no price break beyond the $20 a dozen. If you are really into big game I do have some giants that I have been feeding since spring and they will be $4.00 each. I should have another load from a different supplier coming in shortly and we'll see what they look like. T do still have some great big finger mullet that are bigger than some of the spot and they will be going out at $20 a dozen as well.

I have been finally getting a steady supply of fresh bunker and should be getting new stuff every couple days. It's a boat yard day for me today and a family day tomorrow. After that I'll be on the water every day for the next three weeks. If you want to get on board get set up now. I will be keeping a list of last minute anglers in case I do get a cancellation. I just hope I don't repeat the Skunk performance of yesterday.

Absecon Bay Sportsman Center
81 Natalie Terrace
Absecon, NJ
(609) 484-0409
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