Hookmanski
07-28-2023, 10:08 AM
I was able to get down to my grandmothers house in LBI for a full week this year, the first time in many I was able to. We were there from July 15th to the 23rd with a bunch of friends and the week was awesome to say the least.
The first weekend we were there Luke came down and joined us and we did a bunch of fishing. My friend Rachel was there too and caught her first ever fluke, also her first saltwater fish! Fluking was hot, and Luke and I quickly caught a mess of shorts. We each ended up with a keeper by the end of the week as well. Small jigs, moved slowly, were getting the most bites. I tried for kingfish/croaker for a decent amount of time as well but never had anything show up.
We did make it down to the inlet one day where we met up with Fonz, however it was a scorcher and the bite was slow. I caught a few bycatch tog while looking for a triggerfish, Rachel caught a small blue, but that was pretty much it.
Later in the week I ended up hooking a ray on my light fluke rod that spooled me but thankfully only snapped off the leader. The same day the cocktail blues showed up in the surf pretty thick and I got a few of those on metals.
Me being a multispecies guy, I also checked out the bay for awhile and caught a small needlefish, the first one I've caught!
Awesome week at my favorite place!
https://i.postimg.cc/mgS4QxGF/20230716-114250.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/Z0k7Qq6K/20230716-112531.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/SKNhdZy1/20230717-105156.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/SKTpvWRS/20230720-105722.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/dVFvksgY/20230721-141959.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/v8pGyLzD/IMG-20230718-155959-375.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/SNCkx2Td/IMG-20230716-131148-863.webp
The first weekend we were there Luke came down and joined us and we did a bunch of fishing. My friend Rachel was there too and caught her first ever fluke, also her first saltwater fish! Fluking was hot, and Luke and I quickly caught a mess of shorts. We each ended up with a keeper by the end of the week as well. Small jigs, moved slowly, were getting the most bites. I tried for kingfish/croaker for a decent amount of time as well but never had anything show up.
We did make it down to the inlet one day where we met up with Fonz, however it was a scorcher and the bite was slow. I caught a few bycatch tog while looking for a triggerfish, Rachel caught a small blue, but that was pretty much it.
Later in the week I ended up hooking a ray on my light fluke rod that spooled me but thankfully only snapped off the leader. The same day the cocktail blues showed up in the surf pretty thick and I got a few of those on metals.
Me being a multispecies guy, I also checked out the bay for awhile and caught a small needlefish, the first one I've caught!
Awesome week at my favorite place!
https://i.postimg.cc/mgS4QxGF/20230716-114250.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/Z0k7Qq6K/20230716-112531.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/SKNhdZy1/20230717-105156.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/SKTpvWRS/20230720-105722.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/dVFvksgY/20230721-141959.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/v8pGyLzD/IMG-20230718-155959-375.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/SNCkx2Td/IMG-20230716-131148-863.webp