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Mr. Sandman · 08-09-2015, 08:31 AM

Good luck to all you guys who visit.

I hope to get in a few shore trips this year. My brother is coming up for a long derby stretch and he wants to fish the beach. Frankly, these days I would rather be 100 miles off the beach but the derby is always fun and it brings back memories of days when there were actually good numbers of decent fish around. I hope they stick around and allow everyone to catch a lot of fish because it is a lot more fun when everyone has action on every outing.

The beach fishing is decent. Now that the breach is closed (thank GOD) one can drive at any time of night to fish the tides at certain places that have been a pain in the butt to fish since 2007. I know guys who are doing reasonably well from the shore all over the island.

A shot of bones have been around for a few weeks already but I don't think any have been caught from the beach that I know about. I have not seen any albies yet but they are offshore at the moment. Bass and blues have been in and out all summer. If you get board with derby fish..or things slow down... Throw a slab of bluefish in the surf and hang on. There have been some big sandtigers caught just feet from the shore at night on fresh dead bluefish fillets. Bring your heaviest gear cause they will spool most spin set ups. (if you see these close up (esp the big ones)and where they are caught...you will think twice about wetsuiting in the suds out here, they are real aggressive predators with a mako-like set of choppers and there are a lot of them around.) many nights guys get 5 or 6 of them in a few hours.

Up island action has been pretty good as well. I know guys who have been consistently catching decent fish in the rocks and in more remote spots.Most fish are under 20 but there have been a few 30's and a 40 that I know about.

My only advice is to fish for what is biting when you are visiting. Otherwise it will get frustrating. And... only kill a fish that is worthy of a weigh in. (You know what that means)

Right now POTUS is here along with a host of people and military equipment. (So your not missing much) Besides the crazys who follow him everywhere, and all the SS and gear and state police, I have seen several big drones flying around the island and I thought it would be fun to get one to use for fishing intel. Those things can really move along and cover the beach quickly!!
So best of luck to all you derby guys. I am sure our paths will cross on the beach at some point.

08-09-2015, 08:31 AM	#22
Mr. Sandman Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 7,649	Good luck to all you guys who visit. I hope to get in a few shore trips this year. My brother is coming up for a long derby stretch and he wants to fish the beach. Frankly, these days I would rather be 100 miles off the beach but the derby is always fun and it brings back memories of days when there were actually good numbers of decent fish around. I hope they stick around and allow everyone to catch a lot of fish because it is a lot more fun when everyone has action on every outing. The beach fishing is decent. Now that the breach is closed (thank GOD) one can drive at any time of night to fish the tides at certain places that have been a pain in the butt to fish since 2007. I know guys who are doing reasonably well from the shore all over the island. A shot of bones have been around for a few weeks already but I don't think any have been caught from the beach that I know about. I have not seen any albies yet but they are offshore at the moment. Bass and blues have been in and out all summer. If you get board with derby fish..or things slow down... Throw a slab of bluefish in the surf and hang on. There have been some big sandtigers caught just feet from the shore at night on fresh dead bluefish fillets. Bring your heaviest gear cause they will spool most spin set ups. (if you see these close up (esp the big ones)and where they are caught...you will think twice about wetsuiting in the suds out here, they are real aggressive predators with a mako-like set of choppers and there are a lot of them around.) many nights guys get 5 or 6 of them in a few hours. Up island action has been pretty good as well. I know guys who have been consistently catching decent fish in the rocks and in more remote spots.Most fish are under 20 but there have been a few 30's and a 40 that I know about. My only advice is to fish for what is biting when you are visiting. Otherwise it will get frustrating. And... only kill a fish that is worthy of a weigh in. (You know what that means) Right now POTUS is here along with a host of people and military equipment. (So your not missing much) Besides the crazys who follow him everywhere, and all the SS and gear and state police, I have seen several big drones flying around the island and I thought it would be fun to get one to use for fishing intel. Those things can really move along and cover the beach quickly!! So best of luck to all you derby guys. I am sure our paths will cross on the beach at some point.