Rock n Reds today...
 

Left the inlet at a leisurely 9am today, headed in search of rock and flounder. *Had a dozen eels, some jigs n such, and left the flounder bait in the garage ::)

Here's how it all went down. * The horn dogs ate all my eels, but at least I caught 12 of them.

Playing around with a 6"chartreuse GULP grub on a 1 oz head, I caught 9 red drum from 25 - 28". *Also caught two rock, 36" & 42" on the same grub. *All the fish were caught around strucure in 20 - 25' of water North of Chinc inlet. *

Water temps today were 53.5 ish. *Boat went back on the trailer at 330. *Seas were flat calm and winds were very light & variable. *Perfect day. *Pics in the morning.

'Slot

Edit to add pics...

Had fun with a bunch of these:

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This one stayed for dinner, but big brother went home this time. You can see the 6" grub in this pic:

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This one's for CY, remember the talk of big trailer boats:

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And here's an old local scallop dragger:

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Re: Rock n Reds today...
 

Sounds like heaven from a dude still workin on his V. Glad someone's having fun. Congrats

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so on a grub and jig head huh :-/ i was in WV all week, maybe i will go play with some fishies Saturday ;) what the hell is a horn dog???

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Nice going Air! Looking forward to the Pics ;D

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Horn Dog = Spiny Dogfish. Nasty little ba$turds :o

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oh, ok dogfish...yeah i hate them. that boat on the trailer is ridiculous. :o :o :o you would burn more gas getting to the ramp then you would fishing in the boat :D

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oh my god air....... the first and second pics *:o :o :o :o thank god you got that v back on the trailer NOW get that scrub brush out and scrub that v til you can see your face in the floor :o :o :o I wouldnt be able to sleep at night if that were mine....lol

nice job brother ;D ;D ;D

waiting for pics of the scrubbed up v ;D ;D

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that is what a fishing boat is supposed to look like ;D ;)

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I always look forward to your pics! Glad to see someone is still getiing blood on the deck, This weekend I had to tuck the V in for the winter :'( :'(

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Sean, I'm not sure, but that sounds darn near criminal, putting her up for the winter :'(

Lumber, she got hosed down, but no soap. She's locked and cocked, ready to roll in a moments notice for the next adventure.

I have a terrible schedule this week, so I may have to resort to night ops ;)

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Some good fishing Slot. I hear ya dawg!

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Nice report, Air'. I'll be frequenting that area come summer and fall of next year. My folks are building a weekend/semi-retirement place just off Parkers Creek/Metompkin Bay area. 8)

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AAAHHHHHHH!!!! Thanks for the report Airslot.

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Very nice Air, the guys up here in Raritan Bay are catching bass up to 38" on paddle tail (white) fished on jigs sized according to depth seen on fishfinder marks, doing well. My friend says he is skipping live bait all together this fall.

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"Skipping Live Bait" :o :o :o

Speechless :-X

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yea I skipped ive bait for fluke and black fish this year and fished side by side with my friends who were using killies or others along with squid and I did better or at least as good with Gulp, plus my bait lasted a lot longer.
Now my friend is using paddle tail plastics dipped in some kind of liquid and doing as good as live bait fishing buddies in his boat using bait.
Can't explain it, I still use live bait a lot but if I am late and have not got time for stopping or cast netting or using a subiki rig I dont sweat it knowing that in my tackle bag I have several variations that will be ust as good or even better at times.
On weak fish this year my friends have turned completly to gulp as it has outperformed live bait by a big margin

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I hear you, some of the artificial stuff these days just blow you away, specially the soft plastics with cooked in sent. I use em to, specially with lite tackle.
But I love fishing with live bait, you feel the bait start to panic/run a litle and you know it game time, then WHAM fishon ;D

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Just think of winter as a busy time at work! You didn't use it much anyaways ;)

Well glad to see you got out for a change! Congrats

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Looks like a fine day to me Slot. 8)

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Glad somebody has time to dirty up their V..Sounds like a nice day Slot! You gotta come down this Spring and help me initiate my new freshwater V with a couple of those Hog Island black drum......... ;D

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They are getting bigger fish in the Raritan along the edge of the Ambrose with live bait (if you can get it), especially at night with live eels. Plenty of schoolies and 30" fish around the islands. 8) 8)