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torchee · #1 12-30-2015, 09:36 PM

Went to belmar/shark river inlet
This morning and made 50 casts but couldn't find any herring

At least 6 other fisherman there bout didn't see any fish

I was only there 6-8

Please post if you see anyone catch some herring......
I'd really like to get my yearly pickling/bait stash

Until then I guess I'll have to hop on party boat for New Years !

NJ Dave · #2 12-30-2015, 10:24 PM

Ocean county ibsp area held em on Monday
Gannets on top of em, bass under em.
Today nada!

Deepdeckhand · #3 12-30-2015, 11:09 PM

Saw some while waiting for PP railroad bridge to open today...8 am on w side/ 3 pm east side...Hope it helps/ catch emm up!!!

shrimpman steve · #4 12-31-2015, 12:28 AM

Saw some in cream sauce on Christmas morning

MVP · #5 12-31-2015, 02:27 AM

Heard today that they were catching bucket fulls out of Carteret Pier

torchee · #6 12-31-2015, 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by shrimpman steve

Saw some in cream sauce on Christmas morning

Exactly!

NJ219bands · #7 12-31-2015, 01:23 PM

I made 100 casts on the Manasquan Inlet north jetty yesterday and saw nothing.

tautog · #8 12-31-2015, 07:07 PM

They have been at the Manasquan inlet jetty. Even had a whale right there last Sunday.

#9 01-02-2016, 02:46 PM

Fished MI this morning. Bust on the outgoing, no bait no fish. Left to check out the surf further south and didn't see any action. Went back to MI to check on the incoming. Was there 15 minutes or so, saw a few splashes, birds started to gather and in a matter of minutes all hell broke loose. First two fish were hickory shad and everything after were herring. Had to catch over a 100 in a few hours and left them biting. Tons of spearing which seemed to be what the herring are feeding on. Saw a guy there Tuesday hook a herring on a sabiki and a bass grabbed it. Got it to the wall and broke his line. Pretty cool sight. Lots of gannets diving a quarter mile or so off the beach on outgoing. Think bait and herring go outside during outgoing and come in with the warmer water during incoming. Either way it turned on like someone flipped a switch, you could have had as many herring as you wanted. I almost left without going back for the incoming and would have sworn there wasn't a herring in the river.

scooter1010 · #10 01-03-2016, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by dakota560

Fished MI this morning. Bust on the outgoing, no bait no fish. Left to check out the surf further south and didn't see any action. Went back to MI to check on the incoming. Was there 15 minutes or so, saw a few splashes, birds started to gather and in a matter of minutes all hell broke loose. First two fish were hickory shad and everything after were herring. Had to catch over a 100 in a few hours and left them biting. Tons of spearing which seemed to be what the herring are feeding on. Saw a guy there Tuesday hook a herring on a sabiki and a bass grabbed it. Got it to the wall and broke his line. Pretty cool sight. Lots of gannets diving a quarter mile or so off the beach on outgoing. Think bait and herring go outside during outgoing and come in with the warmer water during incoming. Either way it turned on like someone flipped a switch, you could have had as many herring as you wanted. I almost left without going back for the incoming and would have sworn there wasn't a herring in the river.

Exactly the same today