Sunday Raritan Bay fluking- Not! - NJFishing.com Your Best Online Source for Fishing Information in New Jersey

Grateful Dad · #1 07-03-2017, 02:12 PM

Headed out with all-star crew Hart Attack Larry and Pete. Tried all over the bay- Keansburg flats, Navy Pier, ran outside off the beach, ran back in to the Reach, then back to the Triangle. We had a consistent pick of doggies, skates, and sea robins. Nothing worked, bucktails, bait, nada. Larry finally did get a short, but that was the only fluke we got. It seemed like no one else was catching, either, no nets moving on the party boats, etc.
Conditions weren't bad, we had a nice breeze to push us along until the tide change, but the fluke just wouldn't cooperate.
They may have been scared off by Larry's new hat

Duffman · #2 07-03-2017, 03:37 PM

Damn these reports get more depressing!!!!

.......and i gotta see the hat...

Striper80 · #3 07-03-2017, 03:39 PM

A buddy and I took our kids out for a few hours yesterday. We got 3 fish, two keepers and a short. I thought we had a bad day fishing. From the sound of it, we knocked them dead.

Striper80 · #4 07-03-2017, 03:49 PM

Duplicate post.

torchee · #5 07-03-2017, 04:31 PM

Worst bay fishing I can remember.
But ironically there is really good amount of bait
I caught and used spearing, peanuts and even a good amount of 3" snappers
Fished off Staten Island by kayak and NOTHING
Shocked

hartattack · #6 07-03-2017, 04:56 PM

and we can no longer blame the water temp - it was 71*. All you can can do is
. . . . Keep on Flukin'

WaltNJ · #7 07-03-2017, 06:43 PM

My daughter and her fiancé ended up with a 26" and an 18" in the bay yesterday (Sunday). Hopefully a sign of things to come!

Skolmann · #8 07-03-2017, 06:44 PM

Fished magic hours on Saturday and had a decent pick until the storm blew through. Even had a few caught afterwards.

I know one back bay party boat had a good day on Friday with fluke to #8.

Chrisper4694 · #9 07-03-2017, 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skolmann

Fished magic hours on Saturday and had a decent pick until the storm blew through. Even had a few caught afterwards.

I know one back bay party boat had a good day on Friday with fluke to #8.

We fished sunday, going to put up the report now...pretty much similar results with dogfish city everywhere we went, but we did get lucky and manage about 10 fluke with 3 keepers 18-19" between the two of us.

FISHGERE · #10 07-03-2017, 10:26 PM

bottom line there is no fluke