September 24, 2010, Fall has officially arrived and I actually caught my first striped bass yesterday afternoon... But it wasn't what I had actually planned on I was back on Brigantine looking for elusive bait fish and getting a little desperate I made a blind throw alongside a small jetty by the Brigantine Hotel and wound up with a nice 22" bass in the net. A week before I found a good run of mullet and filled my live bait tanks and put away some nice sized dozens for later in the season. However since the big surf from the hurricane I haven't had any luck and yesterday there weren't any showing themselves at all. All I brought home were two spot I found hanging out in a deep gully, while back at the dock they continue to eat bloodworms as fast as you want to feed them.

The Spot continue to be almost everyone's target and during the recent sale I ran out of bait cages twice, but I did get another load in so if you want to give the spot hoarding a try I think you still have time to get into the game. Especially with the weather like the 90 degree day we are expecting later today. When we do get a solid cold front I expect the bait runs to really take off. With the September full moon past us any good northerly should get the Mullet, Spot, Peanut Bunker and the following predators in a migrating move. Right now with the water temperature still remaining in the 70's I think that everything is sitting fat and lazy.

If you are reading this remember that we are now into the Fall season and winter will not be too far behind. Here at Absecon Bay Sportsman Center we do specialize in boat storage and winterizing and if you take time to look at our prices we do it a lot more inexpensively than almost any other marina (Prices 2010) But more than our prices take a look at how long I've been here taking pride in the winterizing and getting the job done right.

One last note for today, for the last six years or so I have been running a Striper Fishermen Do It All Night Striped Bass Tournament every November. Over the years there has been a lot of fun and a lot of anglers won some money and great prizes. Every year there always seems to be a big fight with the weatherman and it has been occasionally rough even to the point of being dangerous. I have also noticed that in today's economy it has been harder and harder to get companies to support us with prizes and I really


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