I've got the Blues

[ecxstriper]

I have had a lot of time on my hands these past couple of weeks, so I have been surf fishing like a madman.

 

#1

My friend Lago had related to me that he never catches anything. I decided to take him out for overnight surf fishing. We arrive around 9pm, walked 1/2 mile to my spot and set up 4 rods. Lago was inexperienced casting the longer rods, especially in the dark so I put him in charge of baiting. We got a lot of Skates (stopped counting when we hit double digits), 2 nice Blues (around 30 inches, pics did not turn out), 2 dog sharks (4 ft long...great fighters!)

 

Here are the sharks...

 

and this little fellow.....a stargazer

You have to be careful when handling Stargazers because they will give you a mild electrical shock.

 

Lago and I had a great time, so good in fact, that he asked me to take him to get his own surf setup..rod, reel, tackle box, line, lures and all the other cool stuff that will empty your savings account.

 

#2

I went back out Saturday morning, arrived at daybreak, the weather was perfect but I only managed a few sea robins and one Blue........

can I enter this in the tourney??

 

As I was packing up the van to head home around 6:30pm, Lago called and wanted to know about going fishing to break in his new rod. Told him where to get bait and coffee while I unpacked the van. Lago arrived around 8pm. Along with the bait and coffee I should have asked Lago to bring me some warmer clothes..the weather had turned windy and cold. Fishing was slow, not even the Skates were biting. Left around 4am Sunday morning, no fish but had a great time.

 

#3

Following Thursday

Lago and I left my place at 2:30am, arrived at the beach at 4am. Perfect weather and plenty of bait and coffee. We began setting up the 6 rods (we can fish as many rods as we can handle in New Jersey). I like to set up 3 rods each in the surf with different baits cast out at varying distances. Action started right away, didn't even have all the rods setup. Skates started off the action until the sun started rising, then it was the slammer blues (larger blues 10lbs +). We fished about 12 hours. There have been no Stripers yet as the water is still too warm for them to show up in any real numbers or size. I went 15/19 slammer blues.

 

Lago had several hits and broke in his new rod with the big fish of the day....32"

 

Had one triple header but the blues crossed up the lines and we lost them all

 

Lago is now reading everything he can get his hands on and calls me daily to see when we can go fishing again.....I've turned him into an addict, his new wife (got married a month ago) now hates me and is plotting my demise

[Jen]

What a great way to spend nights... wow

 

cheers,

 

Jen

[Roy]

A fine report Alex. Thanks for sharing.

[Tarzan's Jane]

Very nice, love the blues...suggest to Lago to get his wife set up too...unless he's afraid of a little female competition.

[ccmtcanada]

Great report! Something is wrong here though....and I cant put my finger on it....

 

Oh wait!! I got it!!!

 

There are actual pics with you holding fish!!! LOL.

 

It's pretty cool seeing fish that we dont get up here...thanks for the report bro!

[fatherof3]

good report,thanks for sharing

[mattyk]

real nice, thanks for sharing!

[Beans]

Wow !!!...What a fight those must give ya...

[Bly]

Nice fish and report! One of these days I am going to get out that way to do some fishing with you....then you can take me to "your secret" spot and I can catch a sea robin lol Congratulations to Lago on the fish and the wedding!!

Notice the goatee is getting a bit long

[Mike Pike]

Wow, does THAT ever look like fun! That's like a shorefisher's heaven!!!

 

Thanks for showing us that, Alex. Sure makes me wish we had surf fishing on the Great Lakes.

[Guest Johnny Bass]

Gotta love salt water fishin. Never know what your going to pull up! Those are some cool Shark pics. Thanks for sharing.

[fishindevil]

Right on alex !!!! looks like you found a great surf fishing spot for sure....it always amazes me the different kinds of fish you can catch by fishing the surf. ..they look cool,and that silver fish looks like he would put up a great fight....and those dog sharks look pretty cool ...cheers

[ecxstriper]

Thanks for the replys . Yea the blues fight like carzy especially when they are on a lot of line. They will jump several times and take some really nice runs too.

 

I'm heading out to night for some stripers.