Weather window........New Jersey

[bgreene]

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.

[Giorgio]

Excellent !!!

[step up here]

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 !

[bgreene]

Originally Posted by step up here

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...........