October 9, 2010

LBI Surf Fishing Tournament Started today

Carl Raoch weighed-in a 15-lb 13-oz Striper at Jingles B&T. The fish was caught this morning in Hogate using bunker.

Boats in Barnegat Bay fishing Tices Shoal are catching weakfish to 15" using bucktails and Gulp. Tackle down and use small jigs. The Spro Baby Bucktails tipped with small Gulp grubs should be perfect.

Boats off the Island Beach bathers beach in 40' of water are catching bluefish. The bluefish are 10-lbs and up. Some boats North of Barnegat Inlet are also catching Weakfish. Try the Deadly Dick sand eel imitation lure for these.

Received: Oct 9, 2010 7:58 AM Subject: fishing report

Fished the bay last night using bunker heads. 5 Striped Bass total. Mostly short, one keeper on pink storm shad lure.

~ Brian Schmidt

October 7, 2010

Tonight, Nick Remer of Deer Lake Park weighed in a 34-lb 12-oz Striper. Nick said that he caught the bass mid-island on a live eel, towards the top of the tide.

This afternoon, Gene Szymkowiak weighed in a 2-lb tog from the rocks. He was using live green crabs for bait.

A customer stopped in this afternoon after fishing this AM on the South-end front beach. While using his last bunker head bait he caught a 42" Striper. What a charge that gave him.

Bay Striper reports from North, South and here in Ship Bottom. Stripers all along the backbay. Most of these fish are small but there have been bigger than keeper size taken.

Received: Oct 7, 2010 2:16 PM Subject: Stripers!

The Striped Bass are here and on the feed. It was non-stop action today in Barnegat Bay with 26 to 32 inch fish. Live bait is the magic. I had live spots and hooked a fish for every bait I brought... I'm bringing a lot more tomorrow! The marine forecast is awesome all the way through the weekend into Monday at least. I am going to run open boat every day for stripers with a possibility of running offshore on Saturday as they are calling for a 5 to 10 knot wind and flat ocean. It could be near coastal or out to the Mud Hole in search of bluefin, albacore, and bonita or we could do it all. The boat holds enough fuel for two full days of running so pack some food. Tomorrow, Friday, is a definite striper trip. We're going to catch them like an appointment in the same place on the same tide! This is what we have been waiting for and now the weather is co-operating as well. Here's a picture of the 32 inch Striper I kept this morning, by myself, so there is no one to hold it up. Call for a spot tomorrow or any day.

~ Capt. Dave DeGennaro, Hi Flier Sportfishing 732.330.5674 www.hiflier.com

October 6, 2010

This afternoon, Rob Reale went up to the Inlet rocks in search of tog. He caught two dozen tog during the three hours that he was up there. All on green crab bait. He reported about 5 were keeper size fish and one was a 17 incher that he kept for the table. He said that he’ll be at it again tomorrow.

I went up to Montauk with Joni on Sunday night for a two day road trip. I wanted to get myself and my new Penn Torque Spinning Reel warmed up before the local LBI Surf Derby (starts this weekend). We got up there and fished all day Monday and a half day on Tuesday. The weather was gnarly but there were fish to be caught.

On Monday, with the gale force wind in our face it was impossible for us to fish anything but bucktails. My first cast, BANG! "Fish on! So this the way it is up here?" It was the only fish I had for the next few hours. After another 100+ casts and waves to the face, I managed another fish. Then just before sunset it turned on. I caught a half dozen plus fish in the last hour of light and into the dark.

We were back on it in the dark Tuesday morning to fish the sunrise. The hour before and the golden hour produced. I caught a number of fish, at least a dozen. At one point the bass were in real tight. Two cast and two consecutive hookups. Once the sun was up, there were fish but it turned to a slow pick until the bottom of the tide. It turned on again about an hour or two from dead low. This time the fish wanted the yellow and white Super Strike Little Neck Popper. I only managed one fish but other anglers had a number of fish.

Most all of the fish were small but there were some keepers and I did see some nice sized fish caught.

As far as the new Penn Torque Spinning Reel goes, I was impressed once again with its' performance. I had it wet and beat up for 48 hours and it kept asking for more. The reel casts great. The drag is super smooth and handle cranks with ease. I was also very happy that I didn't have one wind knot the entire trip.

Thanks to all the great guys up there that were a big help. And an even bigger thanks to Bill for getting me stoked to go up there many months ago.

~ Greg

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