[Hookmanski]

My grandma lives down in Lavalette year round and my great uncle fishes it and has done pretty well every year, including this one from what I hear. Haven’t fished it recently myself, but my other grandmother lives in LBI and had a huge beach replenishment on her road.

Historically, her road was a terrible spot and almost everyone who fished it was skunked. In all the years we went down there on family vacations, my dad fished it every time and only once caught a handful of kings and blues. However, after the beach replenishment a few years ago, I have been doing better and better each year. The sand bar structure changed dramatically, but I think for the better. More pockets for bait to get pushed into, and more fish chasing them. I’ve seen more life in the water these past two years than I have in a long time. Maybe it’s lack of experience, but I found it interesting that so many people say projects like that one ruined fishing for them in those areas, especially when it got so much better for me.