Watching the New York & New Jersey bite in the past 3
weeks was not fun at all until Al walked in to the shop gearing up for a trip
from Long Island, after 10 minutes of talking Al offered me an invitation on
his trip with a set dates as Wednesday, he then called in to set the dates on
Tuesday as Wednesday does not look good,
I found myself in Long Island at 4:00 AM at his door step
and he introduce me to his brother in Ray, while waiting for the weather to
pass I took a 30 minutes power nap and we found ourselves cruising out of Fire
island on 29 foot Yellowfin paired with twin 300 Yamaha, we made the 60 miles
run in less than 90 minutes and get in touch with the other boat that launched
out of shinnecock,
The other boat consisted of Tom, Paul & Raymond, Tom
decided to run his boat offshore with the Saltywater crew, Paul had an early
bite on topwater but the fish did not commit all the way,
We cruised around looking for life but there was nothing so
we decided to set adrift, after 2 drops we marked fish on the screen and sure
enough boom, I was tight in about 5 cranks off the bottom, the fish charged me
right away to the top and made an amazing run back down, after 10 minutes of
give and take I got it to the boat side and I was surprise to see this class of
fish in our water, I estimated that fish to be around the 65 to 66 inch with
hefty shoulder, unfortunately the hook pulled right at the boat side while the
tails still flapping on the surface, such a heartbreaker on the first hook up.
We go back to the same drift and game on same fish behaviors,
after a nice run the hook became untight, I guess I need some adjustment here,
so I looked into my hooks and for the first time I was using a 5\0 size Shout Kudako hooks, I switched to the 6\0 to have a wider gap and a better hook up ratio.
so I looked into my hooks and for the first time I was using a 5\0 size Shout Kudako hooks, I switched to the 6\0 to have a wider gap and a better hook up ratio.
Back to the same drift and I have to attest that Ray Skills
on the drift was amazing, he put us back on the same point and he shouted I am
marking fish, couple of twitch and boom, again and this time I strike the hit with
all my power and made sure to set the hook couple of time before that fish
start making it is way to the surface, after 5 minutes we had a nice 50 inch
fish in the boat with high five and celebration on board, in the same time Paul
was tight on the other boat but on a stickbait, he was casting topwater lure
and get bit with vengeance, unfortunately the fish kept on shaking it is head
till she set herself free.
Now everybody is relaxed on board as we have our fish in the
box we go again to repeat the drift, in the meantime everybody’s talking on the
radio that the bite died down and no nobody is catching any fish,
we in the other hand having good result, reason is we are putting our effort and dedication to what believe the right approach to target those fish.
we in the other hand having good result, reason is we are putting our effort and dedication to what believe the right approach to target those fish.
Al shouts we are marking fish in mid water; we drop the jigs
to the bottom and again game on!
the fish hits the jig in the mid water columns, after about 5 minutes and with a bit of huffing and puffing we got it to boat side and it happen to be bigger than the first one we landed, we released it to fight another day and we called to the day off.
I wanted to thank Al and Ray for their generous invitation and I am sure we will fish together again,
I slept 2 hours in the past 24 hours and in the early morning today I found myself pushing the stroller with my little Sasha for my 6 miles run, it can’t get any better!
the fish hits the jig in the mid water columns, after about 5 minutes and with a bit of huffing and puffing we got it to boat side and it happen to be bigger than the first one we landed, we released it to fight another day and we called to the day off.
I wanted to thank Al and Ray for their generous invitation and I am sure we will fish together again,
I slept 2 hours in the past 24 hours and in the early morning today I found myself pushing the stroller with my little Sasha for my 6 miles run, it can’t get any better!
My observation to this fishery in Long Island:
I’ve notice most of the fleet trolling while fish are holding in mid water and off the bottom, most of the guys that they were jigging they are basically yoyo jigging while you actually need to work the water columns as fish are seeking bait in various depth, another reason why we are getting bites on topwater stickbait, I encourage anglers to have 1 casting set up as I am very positive from what I’ve seen and encounter that you will get a topwater bites on stickbait.
I’ve notice most of the fleet trolling while fish are holding in mid water and off the bottom, most of the guys that they were jigging they are basically yoyo jigging while you actually need to work the water columns as fish are seeking bait in various depth, another reason why we are getting bites on topwater stickbait, I encourage anglers to have 1 casting set up as I am very positive from what I’ve seen and encounter that you will get a topwater bites on stickbait.
Tackle used:
Rods: Saltywater Tackle OBX 400, Black Hole, Race Point 150
Prototype & El Maestro
Reel: Shimano Stella SW18000 & SW 20000
Line: Shout Sasame
Jigs: Shout Shabo Shabo, CB One, Hot’s drift Tune
Hooks: Shout Kudako
Reel: Shimano Stella SW18000 & SW 20000
Line: Shout Sasame
Jigs: Shout Shabo Shabo, CB One, Hot’s drift Tune
Hooks: Shout Kudako
Tight lines
Sami
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