A Week's Worth Report: 8/4-8/9

[snapperbluefish101]

I was able to do a lot of Fluke fishing this week.

Sun 8/4. I hit the Deal Surf in the morning from 5:30-8:30AM. I had 2 shorts in the morning, one close by a 1 inch. After that it was time to go South, and went down to Pt. Pleasant and fished the docks where the Norma K III and The Gambler are. I fished through out the outgoing, into slack, and into the beginning of the incoming. I had about 12 shorts, and also found a 18 incher down where the River Belle Boat is docked (good action there with the SW wind making a nice surfice current in the shallow water, around 3:45-4:30 P.M).

Monday 8/5. I fished from 6:30 AM to 12:30 P.M. I Checked out a nice jetty up by the border of Monmouth Beach and Sea Bright and it paid off nicely. I had a nice NW breeze and found most of the fish in a nice pocket facing to the NNW of this jetty. I had 8 shorts and a keeper, and I lost another in the backwash that felt like a keeper possibly.This spot off of the beach is right near the beginning of the Shrewsbury Rocks only a few yards away. I made a bad mistake and left them biting around 8:45 AM to go fish the Shark River Bulkhead off of First Ave. where I thought I could still find cool water as the air temperature was rising. Bad decision with the warm outgoing tide and heat! I should of known. No action expectedly there at all... not going to make that mistake again!

Tuesday 8/6. I started off fishing the Monmouth Beach jetty from the day before around 5:30 AM. I had a good start, nailing an almost 20 incher, after some shorts, right in the wash next to a fully summerged jetty rock at the end of the jetty. Some nice conditions on this day with average 8 Kt SW wind and a dissapating SE swell to make some nice current around the summerged rocks at one of the ends of the jetty. Stuck with it until 10:30 AM with a few more shorts to show for and made a move to Long Branch and fished a jetty in Seven President's Park. I made bait quickly with the snappers and 3rd cast I had a fat keeper to hand. I left around 1:30 after some equipment trouble and wasted time.

Weds 8/6. Afternoon trip, from 4:30PM -8:30 PM. Long story short, I went to the MB jetty to find bad SE wind conditions. So off the the Shark River Bulkhead to get out of the wind and had 1 fish (17") on live snapper.

Today, Friday. I fished down in Pt. Pleasant at the docks again this morning near The Gambler and NKIII. I had 3 fish to 16 1/2 inches on Nuke Chicken and Pink Gulp. Outgoing tide with a little warmer water was a factor for the pick and peck of fish today.

Back at it tommorow.

SNAPPERHEAD

(Pictures of Keepers from Monmouth Beach, Mon. and Tues.).

[NoLimit]

Nice fat fish

[bulletbob]

Thats some good fishing... Much cheaper than a head boat, no crowds, come and go as you please, and you got a few to take home... nice....
bob

[MikeyP]

Nice report Snapper!!...Monday you said you were catching and left to try another spot...Golden rule in fishing "Never leave fish to find fish" ..Nice flatties..Maybe see ya out there tm AM