offshore seabass sat 01/19

[fishunt]

just got home from offshore seabass trip out of barnegat light. fished non-sponsor boat (dm) with 3 other buddys. capt made a last minute descision to fish. left dock 45 min early and was fishing by 4:45 am. nice pick of seabass in dark with some bluefish and silver eels. sunrise came up and it was lock and load seabass fishing til me left at 10:00 am. we all had are limits of nice 2 to 5lb seabass. we had one of the ventafish tools (work great by the way) and keep noth under 16". fish 1 wreck all morning with 2 shifts and left fish bitten. got most of my fish on clams but did jig last 1/2 hrs and pick fishs on jigs til we left. sea weren't bad at all til we started coming in. back at dock at 3:30 pm. no cod or pollack caught were caught. some ling and porgies rounded out the catch

[njfisherman1975]

Sounds like the freezer got filled up...great job!!!

[fishunt]

thanks now on to mountauk for a cod trip soon!

[ParkerBoys]

Originally Posted by fishunt

just got home from offshore seabass trip out of barnegat light. fished non-sponsor boat (dm) with 3 other buddys. capt made a last minute descision to fish. left dock 45 min early and was fishing by 4:45 am. nice pick of seabass in dark with some bluefish and silver eels. sunrise came up and it was lock and load seabass fishing til me left at 10:00 am. we all had are limits of nice 2 to 5lb seabass. we had one of the ventafish tools (work great by the way) and keep noth under 16". fish 1 wreck all morning with 2 shifts and left fish bitten. got most of my fish on clams but did jig last 1/2 hrs and pick fishs on jigs til we left. sea weren't bad at all til we started coming in. back at dock at 3:30 pm. no cod or pollack caught were caught. some ling and porgies rounded out the catch

Way to go. The seabass bite just isnt slowing down. Were you fishing rock pile or wrecks? Im curious to see if sea bass are hitting jigs while anchored on wrecks.

[Harpoon]

They have been biting on jigs when anchored. I used gold hammered.

[fishunt]

Originally Posted by ParkerBoys

Way to go. The seabass bite just isnt slowing down. Were you fishing rock pile or wrecks? Im curious to see if sea bass are hitting jigs while anchored on wrecks.

we were over a wreck and anchor lost 3 diamond jigs!

[ParkerBoys]

Nice to hear they hit the jigs while anchored on the wreck. Im heading out tonight. Forgot to ask. Any seabass on the jigs on 1st drop in the dark?

[fishunt]

Originally Posted by ParkerBoys

Nice to hear they hit the jigs while anchored on the wreck. Im heading out tonight. Forgot to ask. Any seabass on the jigs on 1st drop in the dark?

try jigging in dark for 1st
10 min w/o a hit.