hengstthomas
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IRI 4-28/29-2009
Got to IRI at about 10:30pm . The water was stained but not bad and the tide was almost high . I saw plenty of bait including Silversides , Bay Anchovies , Ling , Butterfish , Shrimp , Cinder Worms , Squid and Sand Eels .. Had a few large Sandsharks feeding on them . The Sharks kept scattering the bait and wouldnt let them ball up .
After about and hour I finally get a bite on a 4" Storm ..
I fished until slack high and then took a break .. A lot of debris was floating about and kept getting on my line so I headed for the Truck to wait for the outgoing . Sporto pulled up around 1:30 am .
We hit the Jetty for a bit but got no Bites . The tide flew out and in 1 hour it was more than half way out ??
We headed back to the rail and still no bites .
We headed out back and on my 3rd cast I get a 27"
I saw another bigger Sandshark swim by and moments later ..
That was about the extent of the night .. No other bites and no more fish ..
Sporto landed 2 before we hooked up .. 1 TB and 1 at 36" and 19 Pounds ..
Sporto had called me earlier and said he was going to get some meat tonight and sure enough he did
WTG Spoto !!
He told me about a guy who caught a keeper Striper but his stringer got stuck in the rocks and he could not recover the fish so at 4:30am we went and got the fish and stringer . I kept the fish it was still good .. It was 31" .
Sporto left around 5am and I stayed until 6am . The winds when I left were about 20 MPH from the NW and now 24 to 31 MPH from the ENE .
IRI 5-10/5-11-2009 (Citation)
Hit IRI at around 10:30pm and found a dozen cars in the lot . The water was clear and winds were from the NE at about 10 to 15 MPH . What I saw looked very promising so I had talked to Steve earlier and knew he was there so I called to get an update . Not much went on so I told him about the fishy activity and he headed over to join me .
We got nothing on the swimbaits but Steve put on a 4" fin"S" and I rigged up a tandem rig with 3" twisters . We caught quite a few Shad both Hickories and American and I also got a Tiny Snapper Blue at about 8" .
Eddie and Kwan showed up around 1am (ish ?) and we all tossed swimbaits again for awhile with no bites . We had some fish crashing out in the dark and Shad playing in the schools of Silversides and Bay Anchovies .
Steve left sometime around 2:30 am and Eddie , Kwan and I tried and tried but only Shad would play and they were finicky .
The bite totally died and the currents were ripping making the water dirty so we switched gears and I showed them how and where to catch Asian Box Crabs . We picked up a few and returned to playing with Shad while Kwan made a WAWA run .. Thanks for the Coffee Kwan
So after the break we tried again with no luck and settled for the Shad ..
Right before daybreak I pulled the big guns and began to toss the 6" PM .. On cast # 10 I get hit and landed a 29.5" Striper The sun was up by now and I was shocked to get this fish because from experience the bite always dies around daybreak . I kept tossing the Pm with no real hopes of much but to my surprise I get slammed again and this fish ripped some drag and I knew it was a nice fish .. 3 runs later and some serious head shakes I land a 40" Striper and as I get it on land the PM pops right out
Old inlet weighed the fish in at 39" and 22 pounds 8 ounces with a 21.5 inch girth for my first Saltwater Striper Citation of 2009 .
We tossed a few more times in hope of maybe another but no such happenings .
Eddie and Kwan reurned to the Inlet to try for Tog and I had to head home
SWEET !
My camera was dead but Kwan snapped a pic and will forward it to me later and I will post it then ..
Great night even though the Stripers didint play well .. Steve a pleasure as always and Eddie and Kwan it was great to meet you both and hopefully we'll get a chance to do it again soon with a few Flatties to boot ...
CHP - RI - Broadkill 5-15-09
Steve and I headed out about 11am with some Flounder in mind so we hit the Pier . Steve landed 2 TB's between 17 and 18 inches when we got a visitor ..
We talk with the GW for a good 45 minutes to an hour and all I can say is I am glad we have guys like this out there and only wish we had more .
So Steve continues to catch a few TB's
At this time I am getting a bit discouraged as he has landed about 5 to my ZERO .. All I had to show was a Big Sandshark that Thankfully spit the jig at the boat
Anyhow I am relieved when I finally land this one after missing 4 bites .
I have taken off the cutbait and used straight Gulp and it was working as well as the Shad & Gulp combo Steve was using .
My next fish hits hard and turns out to be a 17" ish Flounder thats foul hooked . My next is almost a sure keeper but as we stare at it talking about the net it must have seen Steve reach for it as it also spit the hook .. Finally I get another and land this one and Bingo my 1st keeper Flounder of 2009 at 19"
Altogether I think the totals were about 8 fish a piece with almost all being 17" and half 18" but not 18.5" .. we had 1 just a hair shy . We had fish popping all around us all day and saw a few Snapper Blues . The winds were light and the water was very clear but as the tide started to go out the water slowly got stained and no longer blueish/green but muddy/brown .
Here's a few shots of the pier
Look at this Picture carefully ..
Look this one over too
We packed up and hit Roosevelt Inlet and the Broadkill with no fish .
I am starting to like Pogies more and more every time I use them and I like them more than the Mullet now
Smelt Pogy was the ticket for me
There are now 2 lights beyond the barricade on the Pier as you can see in the pics so night time fishing isnt gonna happen this year or ever again ! SUX !!
Wagamons 5-12-09
Got home from IRI and hit Wagamons at about 8am . The Crappie and Big Gills were still there . After about 100 my friend Dave shows up and we nailed the crap out of them . Small 1.75" Fin"S" took the Crappie and Crappie Magnets nailed the Gills . The fish were 50 to 60 yards out but we did get a few within 10 yards as well and not much in between .
Even got a few nice Redears
Around 1pm we had a big black cloud over us and when it started to rain it really came down .. I went and geared up with my rain gear and continued to catch them but after 10 minutes you could hardly see 15 feet and Dave and everyone else left .. NOT ME they bite turned on even more with fish on every cast for the next 45 minutes . I kept thinking this rain would stop any minute but even with rain gear I was soaked ALL the way through . Fished till 2:20pm with well into the triple digits .. Probably over 300 total for me and Dave combined .
I was smiling my butt off because there were 4 boats out there doing NOTHING and they kept trying to put the Squeeze on us but Dave wasnt having it and voiced this very AUDIBLY .. What friggin MORONS !
Got to IRI at about 10:30pm . The water was stained but not bad and the tide was almost high . I saw plenty of bait including Silversides , Bay Anchovies , Ling , Butterfish , Shrimp , Cinder Worms , Squid and Sand Eels .. Had a few large Sandsharks feeding on them . The Sharks kept scattering the bait and wouldnt let them ball up .
After about and hour I finally get a bite on a 4" Storm ..
I fished until slack high and then took a break .. A lot of debris was floating about and kept getting on my line so I headed for the Truck to wait for the outgoing . Sporto pulled up around 1:30 am .
We hit the Jetty for a bit but got no Bites . The tide flew out and in 1 hour it was more than half way out ??
We headed back to the rail and still no bites .
We headed out back and on my 3rd cast I get a 27"
I saw another bigger Sandshark swim by and moments later ..
That was about the extent of the night .. No other bites and no more fish ..
Sporto landed 2 before we hooked up .. 1 TB and 1 at 36" and 19 Pounds ..
Sporto had called me earlier and said he was going to get some meat tonight and sure enough he did
WTG Spoto !!He told me about a guy who caught a keeper Striper but his stringer got stuck in the rocks and he could not recover the fish so at 4:30am we went and got the fish and stringer . I kept the fish it was still good .. It was 31" .
Sporto left around 5am and I stayed until 6am . The winds when I left were about 20 MPH from the NW and now 24 to 31 MPH from the ENE .
IRI 5-10/5-11-2009 (Citation)
Hit IRI at around 10:30pm and found a dozen cars in the lot . The water was clear and winds were from the NE at about 10 to 15 MPH . What I saw looked very promising so I had talked to Steve earlier and knew he was there so I called to get an update . Not much went on so I told him about the fishy activity and he headed over to join me .
We got nothing on the swimbaits but Steve put on a 4" fin"S" and I rigged up a tandem rig with 3" twisters . We caught quite a few Shad both Hickories and American and I also got a Tiny Snapper Blue at about 8" .
Eddie and Kwan showed up around 1am (ish ?) and we all tossed swimbaits again for awhile with no bites . We had some fish crashing out in the dark and Shad playing in the schools of Silversides and Bay Anchovies .
Steve left sometime around 2:30 am and Eddie , Kwan and I tried and tried but only Shad would play and they were finicky .
The bite totally died and the currents were ripping making the water dirty so we switched gears and I showed them how and where to catch Asian Box Crabs . We picked up a few and returned to playing with Shad while Kwan made a WAWA run .. Thanks for the Coffee Kwan
So after the break we tried again with no luck and settled for the Shad ..
Right before daybreak I pulled the big guns and began to toss the 6" PM .. On cast # 10 I get hit and landed a 29.5" Striper
The sun was up by now and I was shocked to get this fish because from experience the bite always dies around daybreak . I kept tossing the Pm with no real hopes of much but to my surprise I get slammed again and this fish ripped some drag and I knew it was a nice fish .. 3 runs later and some serious head shakes I land a 40" Striper and as I get it on land the PM pops right out Old inlet weighed the fish in at 39" and 22 pounds 8 ounces with a 21.5 inch girth for my first Saltwater Striper Citation of 2009 .
We tossed a few more times in hope of maybe another but no such happenings .
Eddie and Kwan reurned to the Inlet to try for Tog and I had to head home
SWEET !
My camera was dead but Kwan snapped a pic and will forward it to me later and I will post it then ..
Great night even though the Stripers didint play well .. Steve a pleasure as always and Eddie and Kwan it was great to meet you both and hopefully we'll get a chance to do it again soon with a few Flatties to boot ...
CHP - RI - Broadkill 5-15-09
Steve and I headed out about 11am with some Flounder in mind so we hit the Pier . Steve landed 2 TB's between 17 and 18 inches when we got a visitor ..
We talk with the GW for a good 45 minutes to an hour and all I can say is I am glad we have guys like this out there and only wish we had more .
So Steve continues to catch a few TB's
At this time I am getting a bit discouraged as he has landed about 5 to my ZERO .. All I had to show was a Big Sandshark that Thankfully spit the jig at the boat
Anyhow I am relieved when I finally land this one after missing 4 bites .
I have taken off the cutbait and used straight Gulp and it was working as well as the Shad & Gulp combo Steve was using .
My next fish hits hard and turns out to be a 17" ish Flounder thats foul hooked . My next is almost a sure keeper but as we stare at it talking about the net it must have seen Steve reach for it as it also spit the hook .. Finally I get another and land this one and Bingo my 1st keeper Flounder of 2009 at 19"
Altogether I think the totals were about 8 fish a piece with almost all being 17" and half 18" but not 18.5" .. we had 1 just a hair shy . We had fish popping all around us all day and saw a few Snapper Blues . The winds were light and the water was very clear but as the tide started to go out the water slowly got stained and no longer blueish/green but muddy/brown .
Here's a few shots of the pier
Look at this Picture carefully ..
Look this one over too
We packed up and hit Roosevelt Inlet and the Broadkill with no fish .
I am starting to like Pogies more and more every time I use them and I like them more than the Mullet now
Smelt Pogy was the ticket for me
There are now 2 lights beyond the barricade on the Pier as you can see in the pics so night time fishing isnt gonna happen this year or ever again ! SUX !!
Wagamons 5-12-09
Got home from IRI and hit Wagamons at about 8am . The Crappie and Big Gills were still there . After about 100 my friend Dave shows up and we nailed the crap out of them . Small 1.75" Fin"S" took the Crappie and Crappie Magnets nailed the Gills . The fish were 50 to 60 yards out but we did get a few within 10 yards as well and not much in between .
Even got a few nice Redears
Around 1pm we had a big black cloud over us and when it started to rain it really came down .. I went and geared up with my rain gear and continued to catch them but after 10 minutes you could hardly see 15 feet and Dave and everyone else left .. NOT ME they bite turned on even more with fish on every cast for the next 45 minutes . I kept thinking this rain would stop any minute but even with rain gear I was soaked ALL the way through . Fished till 2:20pm with well into the triple digits .. Probably over 300 total for me and Dave combined .
I was smiling my butt off because there were 4 boats out there doing NOTHING and they kept trying to put the Squeeze on us but Dave wasnt having it and voiced this very AUDIBLY
.. What friggin MORONS !
