Sunday Surf

[Hookmanski]

Hit a Monmouth county beach at 5:30am this morning. Started at a deeper hole next to a jetty, got hooked up with something on my 5th cast but ended up losing it. Hit all the deeper holes in the area that I wanted to, and nothing was happening. No bird action, no bait. Beautiful morning though.



Decided that instead of waiting for the tide to flood at that beach, I'd move on to an inlet nearby. Thought there would be more of a chance for some action there.

Pulled up and only a few other anglers were there, all practicing social distancing. Started throwing lures around but didn't find much. After about an hour, me and another guy who were there were putting on a Shad clinic.



They were great action and I finally caught a fish on my new shadow surf rod, which I love and highly recommend. I ended up with 20-25 of these, some quite small and others in the 15 inch and up range. Pretty awesome bite.

After that bite died down I started bouncing the bottom to see what I could find, which is where I got a decent little snapper blue (and another bycatch critter).





The guy next to me also caught a rat bass. It was the only one I saw caught all day. packed it up at 11:15 and headed home to run some errands and celebrate some mothers. Happy Mother's day to all the angler moms out thre!

Great morning on the water! Tight lines and stay safe!

[RAMMFISH66]

Nice catch!!! Better then staying home...

[Skolmann]

What were you catching the shad on ?

[Hookmanski]

Originally Posted by RAMMFISH66

Nice catch!!! Better then staying home...

Thanks, it certainly is!

Originally Posted by Skolmann

What were you catching the shad on ?

All shad came on a gold stingnose minnow, one of my favorites.

[Skolmann]

Originally Posted by Hookmanski

All shad came on a gold stingnose minnow, one of my favorites.

Thanks 👍

[BigRock44]

nice report and photos!