DEEP POCKETS
10-20-2015, 09:18 PM
With nice weather forecast took vacation day and trailered boat to fish Raritan Bay on Monday 10/19.
After a cold start and bumpy ride out wind laid down nice. A friend was out day before and had some luck trolling so we made our way out marking a lot of bait with some good marks not too long after picked up our first striper about 22 inches. Continued to make our way out further and marking more bait and decent marks and found some fish concentrated in one area picking away at slot sized fish trolling 9er rigs. Also had a stretch 25 out but didn't get any fish on the stretch 25.
had good action last 2 hrs before high tide catching 10 stripers on the troll mostly in 24-26 in range and couple 27-28 in fish. Fish had sea lice on them so a good sign of more fish coming in from the ocean
Catching slowed down and decided to take a ride on the beach front hoping to find some bunker and chance of finding bigger fish out front but no luck but still great conditions for a nice ride on the ocean.
good first trip and hope it's a start of good things to come in the coming weeks!!
After a cold start and bumpy ride out wind laid down nice. A friend was out day before and had some luck trolling so we made our way out marking a lot of bait with some good marks not too long after picked up our first striper about 22 inches. Continued to make our way out further and marking more bait and decent marks and found some fish concentrated in one area picking away at slot sized fish trolling 9er rigs. Also had a stretch 25 out but didn't get any fish on the stretch 25.
had good action last 2 hrs before high tide catching 10 stripers on the troll mostly in 24-26 in range and couple 27-28 in fish. Fish had sea lice on them so a good sign of more fish coming in from the ocean
Catching slowed down and decided to take a ride on the beach front hoping to find some bunker and chance of finding bigger fish out front but no luck but still great conditions for a nice ride on the ocean.
good first trip and hope it's a start of good things to come in the coming weeks!!