Wincheater, so all the bass that should be in NY CON RI and MAss are held up in NJ. i really hope that it is wall to wall bass every where in NJ other wise we are in trouble. i think you can't judge by what is caught. you can catch 50 fish out of a school of 50, that doesn't mean there are a lot of fish to be had.if things were the way they should be you would here of decent fish along the whole striper coast,not just one spot or the other.sure there are small fish, but o few bad YOY and what is left for the future?

Somewhere there is a reply about road trip in here but I don't see it, mentioned to head them off at the pass, but oh well! We never had fish this time of the year before, go figure. Temps. are warming up down here and the bight had slowed considerably!
Does it sound like 50 for a bunch of guys? Hopefully for you guys they just didn't go offshore for cooler water and are heading up!

Enough said.

L.i.f.i.v clean out your PM'S

If u would have seen the 10 acre's wide 10 minute eruption's of tens of thousand's of fish,Large fish.U would have a Idea what John is trying to say.There where so many fish here it's amazing to me that any where caught anywhere's else.I truly belive the better part of the chesapeke run is still in the area.We have had days where a 50 mile stretch of coastline all lit up.from sandy hook to seaside.I have seen them ball up just off shore an just pound bait for what seems a eternity.for some of the truely most amazing sites u could possibly imagine.I was listening to the Noaa radio this week said water temps offa montauk where 76 degrees.When we get a constant south wind an some deep water upwelling the water goes into the lower 60's this is near optimum range for the bass.Add miles of bunker an why would they leave.There's this strange higher than normal gulfstream bringing warm waters not far off shore.I would bet this is blocking the normal offshore roues to the north.The north winds in NJ bring warm shallow water the bass go down in 50-70 ft an feed on blackfish when the souths come back it cools they find the bait an chow like there's no tommorrow.These fish are mad, totally ravenous it's been a week since the last bit of mahem but I bet it's not totally over.
That said i could easily live with 1 @ 36 but there would be great opposition to this in the form of party boat an bait an tackle industries people pay to get on a boat they want some food for the table.Sometimes 36 inchers are not so prvelant in these parts.I would have no problem with special permits.but the public outcry would be great.It's also funny how lots of folks who where for the OTW contest are now having second thoughts.An as ususal NJ Is taking the brunt of it.What did u think the 30 lb page would look like.I was at the SWE on sunday an saw a few nice fish in a cooler.I agree letting big fish go is almost as rewarding as catching em.
Habs I need a proto pencil.

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