good weekend for jigging sea bass - NJFishing.com Your Best Online Source for Fishing Information in New Jersey

bunker dunker · #1 06-13-2016, 08:31 AM

jumped on a ns out of point on Saturday.we left the dock at 7:30 and after a short ride we anchored up at 8:15.it was drop the jig and catch for two hours
straight.we were in 60-70ft of water and the fish would be hitting the jig on the way down.you had to weed thru the shorts to get the good ones.i had 8 nice ones from 14-16 inches.if they had to be measured they went back.around 10:30 that south wind started really coming on and the harder it came the less they bit.picked and plucked the rest of the day.with such good action I decide to head back down on sunday.i figured with the west wind and all that maybe they would bite.started in the same area we fished Saturday and it was game on again.it was not as fast as the day before but still very good fishing with a much better keeper to short ratio.they bit at every spot,some better than others.got my limit of good fish.plain ava-27 was the ticket.

Gerry Zagorski · #2 06-13-2016, 08:39 AM

Fun way to fish for them and a lot less messy then clams. Good job!!

bunker dunker · #3 06-13-2016, 10:05 AM

gotta love that jig bite Gerry!!!!have allot of respect for the clum but jigging
sea bass the the s&*t.

#4 06-13-2016, 10:32 AM

Good report. Were the sea bass feeding on sand eels? Usually they are when they start aggressively hitting jigs. If so that's a good sign for the season if sand eels are in abundance.

reason162 · #5 06-13-2016, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by dakota560

Good report. Were the sea bass feeding on sand eels? Usually they are when they start aggressively hitting jigs. If so that's a good sign for the season if sand eels are in abundance.

See my report, they were definitely on sandeels and preferred jig over clam by a wide margin. All keepers too!

bunker dunker · #6 06-13-2016, 10:54 AM

yes they were,spitting up sandies allot.had guys with 47's & 17's and they caught but not like the peeps with the 27's.capt said the sea bass 25ft up off the wreck.there has been allot of sand eels around so far this year,hope they stick around.

Chrisper4694 · #7 06-13-2016, 11:53 AM

i'm going to have to try that, will have one more chance this weekend.

bunker dunker · #8 06-13-2016, 12:19 PM

yes sir one more weekend and its fluke time.going to try to do both days but will have to wait on the weather.we have been blessed with some great fishing
in may and june.

GEOFISHNJ · #9 06-13-2016, 02:21 PM

What color tails were on the jigs? Thanks

bunker dunker · #10 06-13-2016, 03:31 PM

plain ava 27,no tails.believe it or not been jigging a few big blackfish to.they
are no shy about hitting the jig.all released unharmed