Was in the mid-bay area yesterday and there was some pretty steady bird action and decent-sized splashes - I was not fishing though. Went back this morning with a fishing rod and it was a biological desert.
Yup, it's that time of year, Joe - here today, gone later today...
You're not helping me a lot, ya know - I'm still in denial...
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.