Season Notes:
Black Sea Bass Reopened Nov. 1st to Dec. 31st
Tautog will go up to 6 fish/day on Nov. 16th to Dec. 31st

Saturday, November 5, 2011 /\/\/\ 6:17pm
Little Egg Inlet produced a bunch of stripers again today; mostly twenty eight to forty inches in length. There haven't been any reports of any huge cows around just yet. It is still tough to be one of the boats catching as the action is just intermittent. I just reviewed to days tides and couldn't see a pattern that tells me that the tide is making all that much of a difference as to when one should be putting forward the most effort.
Land base surf anglers have found that Graveling Point is producing stripers too. Earlier in the week, activity was shorts, but Thursday evening there was a keeper caught too. There has been a lot of effort for just a few fish, but the potential is there for an evening of fun.
Again, sea conditions have made it difficult for trolling anglers, sea bass and tautog fishermen. Rough seas have also put a hurting on the bait supply. We had no luck getting any fresh bunker this week. Every clam delivery was shorted and we are GOING TO RUN out of fresh clams early tomorrow morning. Begging phone calls were answered by answering machines. We will have salted and clams that we froze that were left over from too many clams last week when the weather was horrible last Saturday. It is still decent bait that will get you through the day. We also stock piled up on the buckets of clam chum too, so we are good there.
Sea Ya

Friday, November 4, 2011 /\/\/\ 6:04pm
It turned out to be an excellent fishing morning. There wasn't a breath of wind and temperatures were above the frost level. Early anglers caught the last of the outgoing tide and some that were in the right place had some pretty nice bass action. Two different boats reported five plus bass. Trolling anglers aren't doing much but putting miles under their hulls. Lots of angler had fish on and quite a few came home with a bass in the cooler. The action continued on the incoming tide of the morning, but wasn't as good as the early dropping tide.

No word from anyone attempting the sea bass today. I think the lousy forecast scared away any anglers planning ocean trips. Wind has already started picking up a bit this evening.
Sea Ya

Thursday, November 3, 2011 /\/\/\ 6:04pm
Lots of stripers were caught today. Did anyone have a banner day? I don't believe so, just a pick of bass all day long. Several of the bass reported were caught back up in the bay as anglers didn't want to fight the rough sea conditions of the Little Egg Inlet. On the VHF radio we heard a report of a bass now and again on the bars throughout the day; just quick little blurbs like "That was a forty incher".
Still no activity on the Sea Bass as it has just been too rough. Friday doesn't look any better for getting offshore, but maybe we can catch a break on Sunday.
Sea Ya

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