afternoon cod at shark river reef

[SkunkBoat]

Ran out this afternoon 16 miles to shark river reef. Looking for cod and found some. 3 keepers 4 just shorts, some red hake, a really nice bsb and a surprise Tog on a jig.

Camera was dead (turned out the battery was backwards). got a couple good cell phone pix then it died.

Beautiful ride out & back.Headed out about 4pm got back in at sunset 830ish
Love them new spray curtains!

[dan4836]

It's nice to see some cod being caught. Let me know your locations and I will stop by your marina. I took the wife and kids to the islands that people pull up to if the tide allows (just off the inlet)

I don't think you are too far from this location. The canal was fun on Sunday, the current was ripping! The V cut right through it.

I will start wreck fishing this weekend if the weather permits.

[SkunkBoat]

I'm at Garden State Marina at the base of the Rt35 bridge.
If you are out, hail SkunkBoat on 68.

There have been cod on the rock piles at Shark River reef for the last three weeks. It is painful to feed the bergalls a flat or 2 of clam but you have to weed thru them. We use a jig as weight so when our bait is stolen we still have a shot at cod. The cod come in shots of 2 or 3 as they move thru. When someone gets one you have to have more baits down.

[Blue_Runner]

Very nice on the cod. Pretty good trip for leaving the dock at 4pm! We don't have cod down here....except at McDonald's, and that is questionable at best. LOL

[bgreene]

I fished that area pretty hard - one bergal.

But I have stayed at a Holiday Inn Express.

[spoggy]

Originally Posted by SkunkBoat

Ran out this afternoon 16 miles to shark river reef. Looking for cod and found some. 3 keepers 4 just shorts, some red hake, a really nice bsb and a surprise Tog on a jig.

Camera was dead (turned out the battery was backwards). got a couple good cell phone pix then it died.

Beautiful ride out & back.Headed out about 4pm got back in at sunset 830ish
Love them new spray curtains!

For those of us that are blue-water challenged, what are bsb's and Tog's? I recognize the cod, and I know what a hake is.

Thanks!

[SkunkBoat]

Originally Posted by spoggy

For those of us that are blue-water challenged, what are bsb's and Tog's? I recognize the cod, and I know what a hake is.

Thanks!

Black Sea Bass and Tautog(aka Blackfish)

BSB are the most delicious white fish ever.

Tog are normally caught on crab or clam bait so catching one on a jig is unusual.
Tog taste alot like freshwater bass or bluegill.

Red hake is normally called "ling" here in NJ. It is white fish similar to cod but "mushy". Silver hake is called "whiting" and White Hake is just Hake

From the middle of NJ and north, we have 2 kinds of flounder. Summer Flounder is called "Fluke" by people north of Barnegat Inlet and "Flounder" by people south of Barnegat Inlet. It is delicious, has big mouth with teeth. It is a "Left-handed" flounder.
Winter flounder is called flounder to the north and doesn't exist in the south. It is a "right-handed" flounder with a tiny mouth. It is also delicious but they have pretty much regulated it out of being a target for recreational guys. This year they left the season open all summer. Normally caught in bays in the winter, you can accidentally catchem in 120 ft offshore in the summer, which is nice When you catch them offshore, they are always big because you are using big baits and hooks for other fish.

[spoggy]

Originally Posted by SkunkBoat

Black Sea Bass and Tautog(aka Blackfish)

BSB are the most delicious white fish ever.

Tog are normally caught on crab or clam bait so catching one on a jig is unusual.
Tog taste alot like freshwater bass or bluegill.

Red hake is normally called "ling" here in NJ. It is white fish similar to cod but "mushy". Silver hake is called "whiting" and White Hake is just Hake

From the middle of NJ and north, we have 2 kinds of flounder. Summer Flounder is called "Fluke" by people north of Barnegat Inlet and "Flounder" by people south of Barnegat Inlet. It is delicious, has big mouth with teeth. It is a "Left-handed" flounder.
Winter flounder is called flounder to the north and doesn't exist in the south. It is a "right-handed" flounder with a tiny mouth. It is also delicious but they have pretty much regulated it out of being a target for recreational guys. This year they left the season open all summer. Normally caught in bays in the winter, you can accidentally catchem in 120 ft offshore in the summer, which is nice When you catch them offshore, they are always big because you are using big baits and hooks for other fish.

Thanks so much for the run-down. It makes a lot more sense now that I know the "code". :)

[SkunkBoat]

Originally Posted by spoggy

Thanks so much for the run-down. It makes a lot more sense now that I know the "code". :)

Well, you may still get confused when southern guys start talking.

What they call whiting, northerners call kingfish. Their Kingfish are King Mackeral.
I think I've seen someone call yellowtail (snapper) "Flags", not to be confused with California Yellowtail, which is kind of like an Amberjack.
Then there is Spotted Sea Trout, which is not a trout at all. In the north we have a version of them without spots we call Weakfish. Nicknames are "Fangs" and "two toofs".

Redfish is red drum in the north (sometimes "channel bass")
Not sure what Black drum is called south of Delaware. Small ones are puppy drum.
Croaker are a small type of drum also.

Striped Bass is called "Striper" from NJ north, "Rockfish" in DE,MD,VA, and maybe NC. However, in lakes in the south, they call it "Stripe", well actually "Striiiipe."