Another saltwater/freshwater doubleheader

[NJ219bands]

Made another saltwater/freshwater doubleheader today. Air temp was 74 degrees when I left Bordentown and 62 degrees at Manasquan Inlet. Everyone said that nothing was biting. I fished in the inlet with a plain hook Ava A-17 and two teaser rig for two hours on the incoming tide. Caught, tagged then released a 25” 4.5 lb bluefish with my brother John’s homemade synthetic black and white buck tail before catching, tagging and releasing a 20” 2.5 lb fluke with the Ava. As I was preparing to leave, two guys from Neptune, NJ, arrived, then interviewed me for their podcast. They know Captain Joe Horvath who has the same name as my brother and caught a striped bass that I tagged back in the good old days. Went carping in 86 degree Robert G Martin Lake this evening on a hot, sunny day with a light southeast wind. Caught a common carp and 4 brown bullheads with Happy Harvest canned corn bait. One of the catfish was hooked with all three hooks of my triple threat rig. Another fisherman arrived late in the day, then caught and released lots of gills and black crappies with a 1/32 oz trout magnet jig under a bobber with 4 lb test line.

[Gerry Zagorski]

You sure do get out a lot, specially with this wacky weather we've had. Good for you, thanks for the reports and nice catch!