Couple of days fishing
 

Spent the other day targeting Sea Bass on the Sandy Hook Reef, then went out solo with the V out in the Ambrose Channel chasing the moving out fluke, found them in 75' of water at the #11 Can

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One fluke 24.5 inches the others were 19-21" the one big sea bass was just under 25", which is a big knucklehead around here

flatfish..................the other white meat

good report, i wish our flounder ran that big.

Saw a 9 pounder today in the cooler, fellow at my marina got it. medium sized cooler, head went up one side, across the whole bottom, could not see the bottom, and the tail went up the other end.
I felt quite inadequate posting that little 24 incher today. But dinner tommorow will be sweet thats for sure.
Phat the limit is 18 inches here in Jersey and 21 inches on the NY side of the bay. I had over twenty fluke around 16-17 inches today:cry:

nice job Willy, I was out Tuesday afternoon. Headed first to the Shrewsbury Rocks but the wind was blowin pretty good and making it difficult to have a good time. caught 2 small sea bass....fished our way up the hook stopping here and there, couple dog fish and couple blue fish....of course as it may be obvious by now I still am somewhat of a novice at saltwater fishing.

oh...and a guy a know through work got an 11.5 pounder this weekend out in the channel...about 70 of water....sounds like you both know what you are doing.

Good catches willy!!
Like phat said, too around here it's rare to catch Blackfish or Flounder those sizes.

:clap: Save some for me! :hi:

willy, i know ambrose channel can get snotty at times (most times). looks like you had a good day. i can taste those seabass from here. enjoy.
for those of you who have never eaten black seabass, i guess the closest thing you have down south would be like a sweet little grouper.
they are delicious. white a flaky.

we get them here in the northern gulf in the winter on the inshore wrecks,
excellent eating

Hey CB and CTT, when are we hooking up, CB when you getting rid of the CEO? Better hurry up brother I may be starting a new job soon and play time will be limited. Lets get on the stick man

I bet that is fun hauling up a big flattie in deep water like that. Good report Willy.

Fun, frustrating at times and tricky. The big problem is presentation, you often have to go to very heavy, 8-10 oz weights to keep your line in a fairly straight down presentation. Once you start getting your line out to far from the boat, at an angle then you tend to get hung up on stuff, your bait is no longer presented right, especially with a high low rig or a Spro or similiar jig and stinger hook arangement.
So when depth and drift speed conspire to thwart my deadly designs on the flatties or sea bastards I power drift, turning the boat into the current and bumping it in and out of gear watching my lines so that they are pretty straight up and down. Then the fish belong to me, he he he!
I also power drift when the current slows down and they normally are not hitting, I will mark some structure and bump it forward making my own drift, and it works well for me.
I am far from a really good fisherman, but I learned a long time ago to listen well.

Those same techniques would apply to bottom fishing for anything in 75' wouldn't they...including the power drift method which I've heard you guys talk about before.

Yea pretty much, usually though if you are bottom fishing it on a reef, some rock pile or a wreck. You would anchor up single if you had the right current, or double anchor if changing a lot and let rode out to your floating marker and you can get away with a lot less weight of course.
with them flatties you can fish like that but most times you will be doing a drift over them or putting a hoping mad cocktail blue on a weighted line on a wreck, for the drifting which is the most usual up here you have to cover a lot of ground as they are constantly moving early in the season food wise and later around early July the big boys generally start heading out into deeper water and you have to locate them, again covering a lot of water.

Good eats there Brother. Glad to see you guys are on the fish. I've caught so many shorts this year that I about give up. Have spent a fair amount of time on the water though, so no reel complaints...

Headed to Hatteras w/ boat in tow in three weeks.

nice fish willy

I know I have said it before, but I think the Black Bass is the finest tasting fish in the sea.....nice going Willy!