September Fishing When

[Gerry Zagorski]

Originally Posted by Capt Sal

Capt. Al Ristori landed the grander on Pisano's boat. I am the age bracket and have landed giants in the mud hole to 861lbs. Those were the days!!!!!!

Yep and those certainly were the days Sal. Wish I was there to take it all in like you, but the stories are a thrill too.

[bunker dunker]

bcinerie that's the same set up I use.one of my favorite jigging sticks.the
505hs is just a work horse,have caught everything on it.the fenwick and 505hs
are a deadly pair when it come to jigging sea bass & weakfish.i have 2 of them and use them both allot.

[courbeco]

How about the very first Fluke size limit in NJ.....13"? Mid 80's?

[BCinerie]

Yes, first limit was 13 or 13.5 back in 1984 ish?? we used to throw anything under 16 back. No meat anyway and I got stuck filet them. We fished the Mantoloking bridge area towards the canal with 8 and 10 lb freshwater stuff and could fill he cooler almost every time. Then we would run to Barnegat inlet and play with the 3-5 lb bluefish in the inlet all day. Fun times!!!

[CompTime Charters]

The klondike and the manasquan ridge are just SAND BOTTOM now. No grasses the would hold the bait like in the 80's. The grasses and nutrient rich layers have been ripped up and churned up by a mechanical means dragging thru the areas. It's a dessert out there now.

[Billfish715]

There is a very small "piece" still left on the Klondike but it's nothing like it was in the early 80's. imagine what the fishing would be like if there was no Sea Girt or Axel Carlson Reefs! It would be like fishing in a desert. Bottom structure attracts all sorts of small marine life which in turn attracts larger marine life. The Klondike and Manasquan Ridges used to hold sand eels which attracted everything else.

[mrfritz44]

What mechanical means? I could see scallopers dragging up the bottom, but what else could do that?

[Billfish715]

Here's a little history and geology of the "rocks". There is only "talk" about the draggers on the ridges but I've heard the "talk" from lots of sources all of whom are reliable.


http://njscuba.net/biology/misc_bottom.php

http://njscuba.net/sites/site_rocks.php

[Capt. Lou]

Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski

I've heard many stories from many different people on the Giants that were caught in the late 70s and early 80s in the Mudhole. Had the good fortune of talking to and fishing with Bob Pisano a few years back on a friends boat. Bob was one of the legends in this fishery and quite a character too. It's been said that he and his crew caught over 800 of them, one of which was over 1000 pounds.

I think u mean a thousand frost fish right ? 1000 lb'ER is definitely correct ! Possibly two I believe Al Ristori & Roy Parsons , was one of the Runaway factory employees got one also . Those days a true giant was 500 Lb plus , today a 73" is a giant !
Many Giants were taken from 17 to BA & later monster ledge area at the bend in
bend in MH . Great tuna fishing started about now & lasted some years thru November .
MH had all sizes of tuna in those years with strong runs !

[Capt. Lou]

Originally Posted by AndyS

.......and the Bingle Banana was the hot lure for Bluefish

Funny u mention that Andy don's son Joe lives little north of me in PA ! We talk about those bananas al the time ! This banana u could bring on a boat & catch fish !!