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Hi Folks,
I know there are a few hardy folks out there still fishing. So, tell us how ya doing.
For starters, I've been togging the past few days and with these unpredictable weather and cold water... the action has been pretty S L O W !
This past Saturday I was out on the Big Mohawk (New Jersey) with a few friends and the weather was horrific. Despite what the weatherman predicted (5-10 knots)... We had howling 33 NW winds and white caps everywhere! Air temperature was in the low 20's and with the wind factor... it felt like zero... and the worse part of it all, I don't like togging with gloves.
We fished the South of 17 grounds and some inshore pieces... and it was slow and cold!
The guys that were snuggled in the stern had a few fish and those who worked the open had problem dictating those soft picks and had one or two fish. According to what I saw... I say 70% of the passengers had the big skunkaroo.
For the most part, I fished the bow's port side and sat on muddy and sandy grounds at all times. I cast everywhere to find a small piece and managed 3 keepers.
Sunday, I fished the Ocean Eagle (Sheepshead Bay) and the weather was somewhat workable with a few white caps. Wind against tide made anchoring very difficult but Capt. Gregg did a splendid job placing the boat on top of the small pieces. The first drop, the midship culled several togs until the tide started to kick and the bite died. It was a very picky the rest of the day.
Unfortunately, 17 grounds can be that way and that's just the way it goes.
Afterwards, the Capt. confirmed that everywhere was bad, including the other New Jersey vessels!
Fortunately several had fish in the box (I culled three). From the looks of it, I also met a few Noreast fishers and we had a good time chatting.
I went home and received my fishing buddy's report.. most of them had that smelly animal jinx them.
The following day (Monday, Jan. 30) I ventured out to the Ocean Eagle again because Capt. Gregg said he was gonna work other shallower spots since 17 was not producing.
Gregg was right! We worked the first spot and immediately lifted some keepers, we moved around and pulled some more and we kept doing so. It was tough for the mates (Walter & Glenn) but they just kept at it and on the final day... several guys had a few fish. In general, it was a tough pick but that's togging and the weather/water temperature has a lot to do with it. I nailed 9 togs by the end of the day and fortunately, the hermit crabs had an slight advantage over the white crabs.
I met few fellow Noreast guys, Billy40 and had the privilege to meet MikeTuna who happens to be a sharpie too. All in all, the boat had decent fish, about 6 in the 8 lbs. range and the pool winner was just shy of 10 lbs. This action was not bad considering that once again, other vessel outs there had an incredible slow pick while the Ocean Eagle crew put us onto fish! Kudos to them!
Anyway, that's my report… I will be togging some more and hope to see you out there!
Who else is fishing out there? Cough it up.
"Crazy" Alberto
[email protected]
I know there are a few hardy folks out there still fishing. So, tell us how ya doing.
For starters, I've been togging the past few days and with these unpredictable weather and cold water... the action has been pretty S L O W !
This past Saturday I was out on the Big Mohawk (New Jersey) with a few friends and the weather was horrific. Despite what the weatherman predicted (5-10 knots)... We had howling 33 NW winds and white caps everywhere! Air temperature was in the low 20's and with the wind factor... it felt like zero... and the worse part of it all, I don't like togging with gloves.
We fished the South of 17 grounds and some inshore pieces... and it was slow and cold!
The guys that were snuggled in the stern had a few fish and those who worked the open had problem dictating those soft picks and had one or two fish. According to what I saw... I say 70% of the passengers had the big skunkaroo.
For the most part, I fished the bow's port side and sat on muddy and sandy grounds at all times. I cast everywhere to find a small piece and managed 3 keepers.
Sunday, I fished the Ocean Eagle (Sheepshead Bay) and the weather was somewhat workable with a few white caps. Wind against tide made anchoring very difficult but Capt. Gregg did a splendid job placing the boat on top of the small pieces. The first drop, the midship culled several togs until the tide started to kick and the bite died. It was a very picky the rest of the day.
Unfortunately, 17 grounds can be that way and that's just the way it goes.
Afterwards, the Capt. confirmed that everywhere was bad, including the other New Jersey vessels!
Fortunately several had fish in the box (I culled three). From the looks of it, I also met a few Noreast fishers and we had a good time chatting.
I went home and received my fishing buddy's report.. most of them had that smelly animal jinx them.
The following day (Monday, Jan. 30) I ventured out to the Ocean Eagle again because Capt. Gregg said he was gonna work other shallower spots since 17 was not producing.
Gregg was right! We worked the first spot and immediately lifted some keepers, we moved around and pulled some more and we kept doing so. It was tough for the mates (Walter & Glenn) but they just kept at it and on the final day... several guys had a few fish. In general, it was a tough pick but that's togging and the weather/water temperature has a lot to do with it. I nailed 9 togs by the end of the day and fortunately, the hermit crabs had an slight advantage over the white crabs.
I met few fellow Noreast guys, Billy40 and had the privilege to meet MikeTuna who happens to be a sharpie too.
All in all, the boat had decent fish, about 6 in the 8 lbs. range and the pool winner was just shy of 10 lbs. This action was not bad considering that once again, other vessel outs there had an incredible slow pick while the Ocean Eagle crew put us onto fish! Kudos to them!Anyway, that's my report… I will be togging some more and hope to see you out there!
Who else is fishing out there? Cough it up.
"Crazy" Alberto
[email protected]
