Weather window........New Jersey
 

Looking ahead.......some calm seas forecast from inshore - to offshore Fri - Sunday.

Going to be a LOT of boats out there.....including my V21 flying out at 60 knots with rooster tail soaking all the boats trying to follow.

Will be tough decision......poke nose out for palegics .........or bang away at structure for monster sea bass and dormat fluke.

Give star kiss tuna a try. Go to the Reel Seat drop about 500.00 for starters and bust on to Tackle Direct with another 2000.00 for rods, reels OK lets stop their. (Fishing is a major disease????):head:

Report today that green cold water all the way to 70 miles out

Looks like I'll be fluking tomorrow........usually VHF on 65.....I'm the " V21 "

When I don't answer it's usually because I'm working a huge doormat to the net.

:pray2:

Fished today....Saturday...out the inlet to find the forecast 2' or less was 3'-4' whitecaps with radio talk of boats turning back from going deep.....some thought 5' sets mixed in.

Radio check......nope receiving but not sending, and depth finder shuts down....
Interesting start to the morning. Hand held radio back up working.

Chose the Sea Girt Reef as compromise between Axle and beating my way north.
12-16oz sinkers till it started calming around noon..

Fishing was hot, likely caught 20, 30 fluke ....from 10" - 17" +
Bite was really all out in sections of the drift.
Managed my 3 keepers, biggest a nice fattie at 25"....maybe 6 lbs.
The big one hit a big clam bait I was working for seabass !!
Fished till around 3pm with the wind shifting from N to E.

Excellent !!! :clap::clap::clap:

Fishing the New Jersey coast is very difficult unless you don't mine getting your ace kicked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You just need a bigger boat!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good for you sticking it out getting a good catch !

Thanks guys......
A bigger boat........by the way, friend and his wife just returned from sailing on the Queen Mary 2 across the Atlantic. Told me the captain advised all when they were in the roughest section of ocean.......where gulf and other current meet. Happened to be stormy too with waves up over 15' and they COULDN'T EVEN FEEL IT !

Queen Mary 2 is built with 40 % more steel than typical cruise ship, and is specifically built very strong and seaworthy to cross oceans, where as cruise ships mostly island hop.

Maybe if I use the Queen Mary 2 for fishing, it would be better...........