Weakfish are back

[steplift20]

Yes they are
Catching them in nj

[Giorgio]

That's great news.

[charlie_the_tuna]

they've made a huge comeback in the last few years. my kid is catching a couple dozen a night. it's his favorite fish to catch. he loves them. i'm not a big fan. we have like 20 pounds of fluke in the freezer. i can't see eating these.

[steplift20]

Yes that is great news, hey Charlie,I only have one fillet of fluke maybe a pound so I will be swinging by your house, I will be the guy standing at your front door with 2 gallon freezer bags. Load them up for me. Thanks Charlie all I need is your address . Need ice too.
Lol. You should keep one ( that's the limit) one per person. They are very good eating.
I have been catching them jigging but am going to try gulp sand worms. What do you think?

[charlie_the_tuna]

Tell you what I think. A grey, overcast day. Even a little drizzly. They love grey, crappy weather. You can find them stacked up under bridge spans. They can’t resist live peanuts but recently deceased will do in a pinch. One ounce diamonds or a wide silver spoon will also do the trick. Bounced a foot or two off the bottom. Pink sluggos worked slowly under docks and piers. Holes in the middle of the channel. Big fat worms will also get their attention. Really, you can’t not catch weakfish right now.
Me? I’m gonna stay focused on fish that eat shrimp and baby lobster and spearing and such. Guys have been going insane about the cobia up here this season. These slobs are on a strict diet of bunker. They’re fishy and sh!tty. There’s too many delicious fish around here to eat that crap.
Catch ‘em up!

[charlie_the_tuna]

And you’re always welcome here. All you clowns. We picked up a vacuum sealer this year because I got tired of watching all that beautiful meat turn to frosty sh!t.

[Giorgio]

Loved catching those Weaks, just not for the table. Must keep them on ice as soon as you catch them, if not they turn to mush.

[steplift20]

From what I'm reading,you guys don't put weakies on the top of your fish eating list. The ones i recently caught tasted great and I didn't have ice I threw them in a cooler with salt water,bled them filled them then packed them on ice for the trip home. But I find them very very good eating. Even with fluke. I love them. I also love ling but I haven't caught them cause you have to get them in dero cold water this time of year. I love weakfish.
Cobia? You get them in Long Island? That's great if that's what you said.

[charlie_the_tuna]

Not only did we have cobia, we had COBIA!!!! We were targeting them and catching half a dozen per day. Big ones. 40s. 50s. 60s. They were everywhere! I’ll bet we were getting them more consistently than the southern guys.
Weakfish here feed mostly on peanut bunker and big grass shrimp. Them bunker really ruin a fish.
My kid’s been bringing home triggerfish last few days. BIG ones. Got about 6-8 pounds of them in the freezer now. Beautiful meat. They eat crabs and clams and basically whatever they can crunch in those bada$$ crushers. Nice, white meat. Makes for a great sammich.

[Blue_Runner]

Damn Charlie it sounds like the NC outer banks in May!

[charlie_the_tuna]

I tell ya, Blue. God bless global warming! All we need are tarpon and mutton snapper and I don’t see a reason to go south. The fishing gets better, year after year and if this GD part would ever get here, the dolphin are inshore. 7-10 miles south and waiting for me to get there.