Caught a fish 🐟 with two of my lures in it’s mouth
New Jersey Fishing
May 25, 2023 01:58:28 #
Went fishing 🎣 in Manasquan Inlet this evening on a cold, sunny day with a strong southeast wind and incoming tide. Was fortunate to get one of the last unoccupied parking spots. A NJ State Police helicopter was looking for a whale 🐋 in distress when I arrived. Hooked a nice bluefish on my sixth cast of the day, but it threw the hook just before I was going to lift it from the inlet. Caught, tagged and released a 20” bluefish on my next cast. It had my plain hook Ava A-17 and bottom teaser in its mouth. Then I caught, tagged and released a 15” fluke four casts later. After no hits for a very long time, I caught, tagged and released a 15” bluefish with the Ava. Just before I quit, I hooked a bluefish triple but 2 bluefish bit off and escaped with 2 teasers. I tagged and released the Ava fish. The pattern for the past 3 days was early action, no hits for a long time, then the blues started biting again just before I left. Caught 39 fish 🎣 in the inlet in 14 trips this year.
May 25, 2023 06:18:20 #
NJ219bands wrote:
Went fishing 🎣 in Manasquan Inlet this evening on... (show quote)
Pretty cool you got your Ava back bands, that Manasquan inlet can be a hairy ride when heading out at high tide.
May 25, 2023 08:11:31 #
NJ219bands wrote:
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Awesome. At least you were hookin em. Any BLUES you had were fish....not from not hookin em. Thanks always for the such detailed reports. Keep on hookin em bands.
May 25, 2023 08:14:43 #
bknecht wrote:
Pretty cool you got your Ava back bands, that Manasquan inlet can be a hairy ride when heading out at high tide.
I can only imagine. Sounds like your speaking from first hand experience. Will get the courage of a sea man and sea legs after a few of that sort of boat ride. Have Fun and stay safe.
May 25, 2023 08:27:05 #
NJ219bands wrote:
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That's an awesome day Bands. Those Blues are gluttons for sure. Thanks for the pictures, that's a beauty coming into the inlet. Post? or maybe Ocean?
May 26, 2023 14:09:37 #
Goose259
Loc: Lecanto, FL 34461
Jeremy wrote:
Awesome. At least you were hookin em. Any BLUES you had were fish....not from not hookin em. Thanks always for the such detailed reports. Keep on hookin em bands.
Went to manasquan inlet this morning,on my 3-4 cast caught a blue about 3 lbs, fished from 8 am til noon, that was the only blue I got, not even a bite after that. The guy next to me,caught a 31 inch blue, he was using a weighted white rubber shad. It was a hit or miss, seems like they catch more towards the dog park.
May 26, 2023 14:44:26 #
Fredfish wrote:
That's an awesome day Bands. Those Blues are gluttons for sure. Thanks for the pictures, that's a beauty coming into the inlet. Post? or maybe Ocean?
I don’t know boats 🛥️
May 26, 2023 14:46:50 #
Goose259 wrote:
Went to manasquan inlet this morning,on my 3-4 cast caught a blue about 3 lbs, fished from 8 am til noon, that was the only blue I got, not even a bite after that. The guy next to me,caught a 31 inch blue, he was using a weighted white rubber shad. It was a hit or miss, seems like they catch more towards the dog park.
Thanks for the report. I’m switching over from tide fishing 🎣 to evening fishing Tuesday. Keep posting. I learned a lot from your posts.
May 26, 2023 14:49:36 #
bknecht wrote:
Pretty cool you got your Ava back bands, that Manasquan inlet can be a hairy ride when heading out at high tide.
Two fishermen from Philly died from cardiac arrest in the inlet after their pontoon boat capsized on Black Friday a few years ago on the low tide.
May 26, 2023 16:21:51 #
Goose259
Loc: Lecanto, FL 34461
I may fish the high tide on Tuesday myself. Maybe more towards the evening will be better, only one way to find out. Come Monday,Memorial Day, you'll be lucky to find a spot to park, hopefully it'll be better on Tuesday. Watch out for the cops, they'll be enforcing the parking I'm sure.
May 26, 2023 20:05:55 #
Jim Kay
Loc: Franklin, Virginia
NJ219bands wrote:
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Glad that you had a good day,Bands. Are you getting any Winter Flounder up that way this year?
May 26, 2023 20:41:56 #
NJ219bands wrote:
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Nice thanks for the pics
May 26, 2023 22:52:48 #
Jim Kay wrote:
Glad that you had a good day,Bands. Are you getting any Winter Flounder up that way this year?
I never fished for winter flounder but caught a few by accident on lures a few years ago. Party boats are catching them in the ocean now.
May 26, 2023 23:15:31 #
May 26, 2023 23:16:58 #
Jim Kay wrote:
Thanks. I have heard that the fishery is depressed.
Yes they are very rare now.
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