November 20, 2010

Yes, FRESH BUNKER, SURF CLAMS, LIVE GREEN CRABS and LIVE EELS along with BUNKER or CLAM CHUM are all in stock.

Full Moon tomorrow.

BOAT:

Again today there was a hot jigging bite in the morning. Capt. Stew of the Pez Machine got into fish again today North of the BL Inlet. As of 10 AM they had 6 keeper size bass and two throwbacks as well as a lot of bluefish. All jigging.

SURF:

The striper bite off of the surf has been stellar so far today. Bass on Bunker! Chunk 'em up or if you can Snag 'em and swim 'em. Most of the reports we are getting are coming from mid-island and the northern section of the island; however, there's gotta be fish getting caught South too.

Blake and Ed hit the mid-island beach after work last night for a couple hours. It started out with garbage fish, but eventually they landed two nice stripers. Both on bunker. Blake went back out again this morning and missed one knock down The birds were beating the surface but it was out of casting distance. He's going back out tonight.

A number of fish were caught last night and this morning. Take a look at the LBI Fishing Tournament weigh-in list.

The top fish for today's LBISFT landings this morning was a 42-lb 14-oz (49") Striper caught by Jennifer Solewski of Benardsville, NJ in the Harvey Cedars surf using bunker at about 10:00 AM. This was at about 2/3 of the way down on the outgoing. Congratulations to Jennifer!

Then at 11:45 AM Robert Brauck of Atco, NJ landed a 40-lb 8-oz (47") Striper in Harvey Cedars on bunker. That fish was caught during the last hour of the outgoing tide.

This afternoon Dave Lynch of Milltown, NJ weighed in a 27-lb 8-oz bass. He caught the bass by snag'in and swim'in bunker mid-island.

Received: Nov 20, 2010 10:20 AM Subject: Report 11/20 - Mantaloking

At the beach before any light. Light wind WSW, high water, current pulling slightly S to N. Very little cloud cover after first light. There were enough guys fishing, not as many as during the week. Most throwing jigs, I threw surface plug for a while, then Storm lure. A few guys threw Bombers. Same 2 guys with bait sticks (clam). They didn't need 8-oz to hold, but used it to cast past the bar. All in all - bad from the surf. Nothing caught, not even fluke. There was activity about 3 football fields off shore, bunker with something on them. One of those pods, came close to reachable, then disappeared. Boats flew past us heading south. Maybe LBI has all the fish. Good day for raking leaves in Brick.

~ Anthony - Brick, NJ

November 19, 2010

Approaching this full moon (11/21/2010) we have had a great run of fish. The fishing has been red hot! The last couple of days there have been bunker pods close to the beach. Brian Cohen took the kayak out this afternoon mid-island. He land two twenty-two pound bass right before dark by snagging and dropping bunker.

For the second day in a row we had a lot of weigh ins:

- Dennis Benzenhafer of Waterford Works, NJ weighed-in a 17-lb 8-oz 37-1/4" Striped Bass that he caught in the Holgate Surf this morning using bunker.

- Rick Wieland of Ship Bottom, NJ weighed-in a 19-lb 14-oz 40" Striped Bass that he caught in the Ship Bottom surf this morning using bunker.

- John Bonner of Tuckerton weighed three (12-lb 12-oz, 19-lb 9-oz, 21-lb 9-oz) bass out of Brant Beach on Bunker.

- Don & Patricia Tharp of Manahawkin weighed in some fish today. Patricia had a 13-lb 9-oz bass and Don had a 9-lb 12-oz bluefish. They were both fishing in North Beach with bunker

- Tom Law of Beach Haven weighed in a 21-lb 13-oz bass that he caught off of the Spray Beach surf on bunker.

- James Bitwinski of Bayonne stopped by the shop to gear up and hit the beach in Holgate. He said that lost a good size bass in the wash. Shortly after he landed two bluefish on bunker; a 12-lb 10-oz and a 10-lb 8-oz.

BOAT:

South Philly Fred was on it again! He hit the water early this morning with "got one on" Yonnie and Cap G. Roy. They headed back to the same place they got ‘em yesterday. Again there was an abundance of bait and the fish didn’t move a mile. They got into the fish jigging, popping and livelining. The hot jig this day was not the Shimano Slidend but the Shimano 135 gram Whirligig Butterfly Jig in pearl white. Yonni said, "It was full on, until the mass of boats put a damper on things. It turned into a parking lot really quick so we decided to head in." On the way back to the dock, Philly Fred’s eagle eye spotted an active pod of bunker tight to the beach. They crawled into the massive pod and were delighted to see fish boiling on top. After a solid hour of bass and blues, a boat passing-thru blew up the spot. That Captain was unconscious to what was going on.

Once back on land Fred hit the beach mid-island and had bunker breaking water. He crept out on a jetty in order to reach the fish. Snagging bunker he got his drag going but only with toothy critters. Before long a boat came in and cast netted the bunker from the same pods that he was working. Once the boat spooked the fish away, Fred called it a day. This was Fred's second experience of the day with an inconsiderate boater.

Captain Stew Hitchner of Pez Machine Sportfishing had a great day fishing off of IBSP in 50-60’ of water! Jigging they had all bass and trolling umbrella rigs produced bass, blues and a little surprise. While trolling an umbrella rig they got locked up with a line screamer! It turned out to be a bluefin tuna estimate to weigh around sixty pounds. The Pez Machine is still open for charter this Sunday. If interested please call Stew @ 609.287.5136

INLET:

Both inlets had fish today! The word on the street is that the Beach Haven Inlet area went off big time. The BL Inlet also produced fish. Anglers also worked the rocks with live greenies for tog.

Received: Nov 19, 2010 8:00 PM Subject: Fishing Report 11/19

Pretty productive day in Brant Beach. I fished pretty much from 7 AM-5 PM (after plugging for several hours, 3-7 AM in Barnegat Light/Brighton Beach with zero to show). It was a beautiful day to be on the beach, regardless of the fishing. Non-stop action for most of the day, along with consistent bunker pods getting crashed by blues/bass. When I first arrived, the bass (I would guess 30-lb class) were jumping clear out of the water after the bunker. I caught a 16/10 (37") bass around 7:45 on a freshly snagged bunker chunk. Then another bass around 2pm. My BogaGrip had this one a little heavier (17lbs) but was shorter at 35". I had yet another bass of similar size jump out of the water and spit the hook 5 feet away from me in the shore break after a decent fight. I also had another, larger bass on for about 10 minutes before another pulled hook. Throughout the day I also caught 7 blues, all between 10 to 12-lbs (30-31.5"), all on bunker chunks...I had 2 bite-offs as well... The bite went dead around 3pm...

~ Jim C.

Received: Nov 19, 2010 3:48 PM Subject: Report Friday 11/19 Brick Beach

Got in the water just before 0600. Light WNW wind, tide maybe a half hour into the outgoing. After sun-up, bright skies. No current to speak of, water pretty flat. Again, most guys throwing AVA jigs with a teaser. Two guys with bait sticks (clam). A lot of fluke were being hooked, did not see any bass. When I got on the beach, there was a pod of bunker just out of casting range. It move North quickly. Consensus amongst the men was - bunker in the water, the bass don't want the sand eel (or our AVA jigs). Tried Storm lures, top water plugs - no good. Looking North toward Point Pleasant, you could see enough boats just outside the inlet to constitute an armada. They were most likely sitting on top of the bunker. Most guys were gone by 0800. I hung out till 0915 with a few more fluke but no bass. Water feels a little colder than it has been.

~ Anthony - Brick, NJ

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