No bite No fish

[Cuz]

Fished Tuesday out of Belmar. Fishing was horrible. Hardly any bites for everyone all day. Talk about turned off and closed mouths. Most of the boat went home with nothing to show. I was lucky to be one of the few to catch dinner. My fish bit five minutes before we headed home. Thank God. One cold boring blackfish day out of the way.

[frugalfisherman]

What boat. Maybe we can compare your report to the captains?

[kmaty]

Interesting!

[Joey Dah Fish]

Oh that bites or doesn't bite in this case. Sorry you had a bad day I hope I don't follow that tomorrow when I'm out. Was it a boat you frequent?

[Cuz]

I fished on a good party boat from Belmar. I have since heard the day stunk for the whole fleet. I had two friends fishing on other boats from two other ports, AH and PP reporting the same results. One boat fished north where we were. The PP boat was on the Axel Carlson reef all day.

An old timer one time told me that blackfish hate noise and vibration. He said that all the sinkers on a party boat banging the rocks causes them to shut down after sitting a while on one spot. He reasoned that a smaller boat like a six pack or private boat will always out-fish a party boat. Any comments from others on this subject?

[kurtisb]

Originally Posted by Cuz

I fished on a good party boat from Belmar. I have since heard the day stunk for the whole fleet. I had two friends fishing on other boats from two other ports, AH and PP reporting the same results. One boat fished north where we were. The PP boat was on the Axel Carlson reef all day.

An old timer once time told me that blackfish hate noise and vibration. He said that all the sinkers on a party boat banging the rocks causes them to shut down after sitting a while on one spot. He reasoned that a smaller boat like a six pack or private boat will always out-fish a party boat. Any comments from others on this subject?

I fished on a non-sponser out of AC last year. The captain, an experienced diver, told us any noise from the boat scares the fish. He gave us hermit crabs for bait and wouldn't allow us to break them on his aluminum boat. We had to hold them in a rag in our hand to smash them with a hammer. My hand hurt for days.