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NIB · 10-31-2004, 08:52 PM

Surf Fishing is abismal right now in NJ. Ten days of NE 10-20's have squashed a fishery that was building nicely.there was mullet. A run I think was the best in yrs.Peanuts .The backs an fronts where loaded some places choked with bait.An all the usuall critters that hold fish.Then came the wind. Now 2-3 days of NE is sometimes welcomed but 10- 12 days has made surf fishing very tough.In the club surf tournament this weekend there where 14 fish toat weighed in .That number is unbelievable. 7 clubs with aprox.1000 combined members.In what I would consider great conditions light rain mist fog moon currents.U dream of conditions like these in the dead winter months>Add to that it is pretty much prime fall run time.I think like CH says the fish moved with the bait to off shore waters.....It finally came around west today Plus there was a very interesting little critter makin a appperance here this week could make it very interesting.I don't like to buy into the Montauk to Cape May pipeline but it don't look good the last 2 weeks.........Now I had some nice fish. I had quite a few 19 lbers but i was not able to break the twenty mark yet thats kinda strange also.but i think that is just circumstance.Before the fish moved out though.I did seem to me like there where fewer large fish getting caught.but that was a little early.

10-31-2004, 08:52 PM	#7
NIB Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: jerseyshore Posts: 4,949	Surf Fishing is abismal right now in NJ. Ten days of NE 10-20's have squashed a fishery that was building nicely.there was mullet. A run I think was the best in yrs.Peanuts .The backs an fronts where loaded some places choked with bait.An all the usuall critters that hold fish.Then came the wind. Now 2-3 days of NE is sometimes welcomed but 10- 12 days has made surf fishing very tough.In the club surf tournament this weekend there where 14 fish toat weighed in .That number is unbelievable. 7 clubs with aprox.1000 combined members.In what I would consider great conditions light rain mist fog moon currents.U dream of conditions like these in the dead winter months>Add to that it is pretty much prime fall run time.I think like CH says the fish moved with the bait to off shore waters.....It finally came around west today Plus there was a very interesting little critter makin a appperance here this week could make it very interesting.I don't like to buy into the Montauk to Cape May pipeline but it don't look good the last 2 weeks.........Now I had some nice fish. I had quite a few 19 lbers but i was not able to break the twenty mark yet thats kinda strange also.but i think that is just circumstance.Before the fish moved out though.I did seem to me like there where fewer large fish getting caught.but that was a little early.