Summer doldrums

[shadow]

I keep at it, yet I did take a week off this month,last year I had no skunkings in july or august, this year only 3 nights no fish in july I will only fish with live eels this time of year also if you find fish at a spot this time of the year they will be there for the summer as they don't move around much when it's warm thats way spots that don't get much pressure are better, no ones thining the herd.

[JoeP]

August is always a new ballgame from July. Different types of bait move in - most of the time. The baby bunker should push around more, mullet should move in, and the herring fry should start to come out. Makes for some surprisingly good fishing in August even with water temps so high. I just hope this August shows some of this -- because -- July sucked...

[eelman]

Good post Joe, I don't know what others measure success by...However you are right,overall July sucked...Cant catch whats not there..

[leptar]

Great morning.... lots of bunker... All kinds of fish from fluke and bass on the waters edge to blues in the back... tons of silver sides and med-large bunker... more bait then fish but plenty of fish... some schools went out towards the atlantic unmolested while others got decimated.... dozen bass in the 30-32" range with a couple of shorts... lost count on the blues and dropped a nice fluke right at my feet who took a sinking SS popper...

Lost a loaded yellow mack redfin to a bass who @ 15' away peeled some 40-50yds of line off my reel... didn't see what hit a partsjay popper but it was pulling line off so fast.. again to a different lobster pot....storm shads 6", 6-7" pencils, were also effective... dannys and surfsters got the occasional tag along and eels were ignored..

[RIROCKHOUND]

Originally Posted by JoeP

August is always a new ballgame from July. Different types of bait move in - most of the time. The baby bunker should push around more, mullet should move in, and the herring fry should start to come out. Makes for some surprisingly good fishing in August even with water temps so high. I just hope this August shows some of this -- because -- July sucked...

Nicely said...
soon... lets hope so at least