Dorothy B 11-22 report: over 200 stripers landed today! - NJFishing.com Your Best Online Source for Fishing Information in New Jersey

JBird · #1 11-22-2013, 04:26 PM

Unfortunately they were almost all shorts. Many were 20-22 inches, some were pipsqueek 12-16 inchers and a few were worth measuring. Great action all day long. Lou nailed the pool with a beautiful 20 lber and we kept a half dozen more. Very few blues today after the last 2 days of catching tons of them.

Once again we had trollers making passes VERY close to the us today. Here is a hint to all of you guys that like to troll. If we can easily lob a jig underhand over your lines than you are too close! Stay at least 150 ft away if not more. To put it in perspective, trolling 50 ft away from a party boat that's jigging (like many boats did today) is like a party boat zooming up 50 ft in front of your bow as you are trolling and stopping dead in your path. Show some courtesy guys.

capt74 · #2 11-22-2013, 05:05 PM

Very well put JBIRD.

NoLimit · #3 11-22-2013, 05:24 PM

Nobody trolls close by choice
However last week you were gunning and running off the pavilion and if you plop in front of a troller who has someone on port and starboard, guess what?

JBird · #4 11-22-2013, 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by NoLimit

Nobody trolls close by choice
However last week you were gunning and running off the pavilion and if you plop in front of a troller who has someone on port and starboard, guess what?

What pavilion are you talking about? Are you sure you have the right boat?

Anyway, we have guys ABSOLUTELY trolling next to us by choice. We stop on fish and there is nobody within 300 yds of us. Before long here they come! Right next to us. Some private boats follow party boats around. Totally routine daily occurance. Ask any Captain of any party boat anywhere on earth.

ReelNauti · #5 11-22-2013, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by JBird

.... we have guys ABSOLUTELY trolling next to us by choice. We stop on fish and there is nobody within 300 yds of us. Before long here they come! Right next to us. Some private boats follow party boats around. Totally routine daily occurance. Ask any Captain of any party boat anywhere on earth.

ASKED, ANSWERED, AGREED!!

capt74 · #6 11-22-2013, 06:30 PM

Had a pretty well known member of this site come within 15 feet of my bow when I was running at 10 knots. Pretty hard to put the breaks on 75 feet of boat so he can run over the school of bunker. You have to show some kind of respect for other vessels.

Joey Dah Fish · #7 11-22-2013, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by capt74

Had a pretty well known member of this site come within 15 feet of my bow when I was running at 10 knots. Pretty hard to put the breaks on 75 feet of boat so he can run over the school of bunker. You have to show some kind of respect for other vessels.

That was probably me

sorry I was being pinched by guys trolling left right every place I got caught in a trap!!! I throttled up to get out of it. My bad

just way to many boats in the mix?