Absecon Bay Sportsman Center report 10-21

[Fishing Report]

October 20,2010, If it's not getting better it is at least staying pretty damn GOOD. Yesterday was a boat moving day, but Chris Gaines came in and proved that the combination of eels and night time are deadly as he was out the night before and found a pair of beauties in the back along the ICW. They pushed the scale to 28.5# and 27.5#. Not quite the 30# mark but with a pair to be proud of none the less, and they weren't the only fish that were brought to his boat. Lots of other late reports as well so maybe we are back to night time being the right time.

Tog are day time fish and Capt. Tony put together a motley crew and brought home another quick limit yesterday, but all were in the 5# range so they still made plenty of good eating.

Dave Morris, Jimmy Hare, and Larry Cappell joined me today for charter #2 of the season and we had a really nice pick of decent fish all around the area. Dave broke the ice before dawn at the bridge with what turned out to be the biggest fish of the day at 13.5#. Then it was make the rounds of spots since I couldn't find a real concentration, but by covering the map we put together a great catch. Meadow Cut, I even managed to get one on my new Shimano Tescata Rod, a strange but effective light action flexible power rod. When it was all over we put together 6 keepers and 8 more fighters that just didn't measure up to the 28" mark.

Family business will keep me occupied tomorrow, but I really can't wait to get out on Friday and every day beyond. It looks like we are looking at a great weekend and my bait guys are promising that I'll be stocked up. Fresh Bunker will be in sometime tomorrow and I've already tried to get another delivery for Saturday. The clam man will literally be filling my walk in so you definitely don't have to order your bushels ahead. My SPOT supply is great, but I still talked to the main South Jersey Spot Head to bring me another load so I can be sure the tanks are full and keep my prices down as much as possible. If you are looking for bulk spot no one can beat my prices, and the same goes for eels. Things are pretty busy for deliveries, but my prices make it worth the drive. Also two of today's keepers were caught on live mullet and I still have a good supply of live ones if that is your bait of choice.

I'm trying hard not to be repetitive, but if you want a day with me on the bass give me a call because days are filling up. But please don't let that stop you from asking. and if you are lucky enough to be able to go at a moments notice get on my cancellation list so can give you a call.

October 19, 2010, Last Friday and Saturday were pretty much blow outs... But Sunday was definitely the break loose day! The first report I got from Sean Fox who had an early bite at the Brigantine Bridge and continued to chase bass around the back of the inlet and finished with a hot bite with several boats on the outgoing tide back at the bridge. Here is a picture of the one he brought in for dinner. The Fishical Therapy was in full force with Bob, Vicky, and son Mike and Mike kept them in the game with this beauty. Lots of other reports cams in, but we've got to see them to get your pictures up. The Tog also started a major showing after the wind and the Terrible Trio of Capt. Tony, Tog Man Ray, and misplaced Perch fisherman Kurt made quick work of their one fish limit all right around the 5 pound mark. Obviously I was very excited for my first official trip.

That trip was yesterday Monday and we definitely did find the fish. I was hosting Steve Groshardt who has come several times in the past with a big crew of his employees from the Outback Steakhouse he manages. This time he was just with his buddy Mike Vegis. I elected to take them to the Out Back of South Jersey, the winding thorofares behind Little Beach Island. The tide was just starting to ebb and it was a slow drift. I think the bass were hunting shallow in the dark because when light was just breaking we didn't get hit until we drifted over a shallow stretch when Mike got hammered and fought a fish about 34" to the boat that definitely didn't need a tape to go in the box. A trip out Wreck Inlet was uneventful, but with the calm water I had to give it a try. I also wanted to make sure I had the current channel marked off and I would advise anyone thinking of using that inlet to be extremely careful and make sure you have plenty of tide. The bar seems to be almost completely around and I was there about 1/2 tide and the best I could find was 5' and that was a channel less than 100 feet wide. Back into the back we released a couple shorts from the deeper holes.

Following a hunch I moved inland and fished around the drains of Little Bay, good choice since we banged another nice keeper on the first drift and continued to catch some feisty shorts to keep up the action. Before we had to bail out with the low tide two more keepers found our spot including Steve's Lunker which just missed the 17# mark. Total for the day was a limit for Steve and Mike and 7 released shorts. All the big fish ate the spot as did most of the little guys. I did catch a couple of them on Live Mullet, but I could never interest the bigger fish on the smaller bait.

So it is definitely on and if you want to catch a striped bass you don't have to be quite as obsessive as the guy in this link (I want to catch a BIG Striped Bass) Just give me a call and I'm sure I can still find you an open date. As a mater of fact this weekend is still open and the weather man is giving us a great forecast. For trip details go to the safari pages and take a look.

Breaking Report, I just got a call from Bill Lake, He took 4 spot in the Back Absecon Area and caught 3 on spot and 2 on rubber one made the dinner box. Only 1 spot left, I'll bet that doesn't last long. BTW I haven't seen a bluefish in a LONG time so it looks like a season when you shouldn't be afraid to drop the SPOT.

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Absecon, NJ
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