We decided not to go to the deep to fight a 2 knot drift. We waited for the change of tide where we had our best fishing yesterday and were able to make one long drift with quality fish and a handful of shorts mixed in.
Bounced around from area to area with wind against tide and no drift for a good part of the morning which made for a pretty slow day overall with some shorts and a few keepers everywhere we went. Today's keepers were mainly all QUALITY fish once again.
The wind against tide this morning did not give us the best conditions to try to put some fish in the boat but we have to work with the hand that we are dealt. As has been the case lately most of the keepers were nice sized fish.
Bill Powell, Wyomissing, PA., had a couple of keepers including the 5 pound 11 ounce pool fish. Joe Salerno, East Hanover, NJ, led the way with four nice fish including a 5 pound 5 ounce and 4 pound 13 ounce fish.
A few of the guys each had a couple of nice fish today and some only had shorts. Bob Fratangelo, Jr., Emerson, NJ, caught a 5 pound 4 ounce fish on the first drift this morning which just held up for the pool.
06 16 14 Started the day in the same area we found our big fish yesterday. Found a good drift the rest of the day but only a couple of fish each place that we stopped.
Pete C., Bound Brook, NJ, had a couple of keepers of 6 pounds 3 ounces and 4 pounds 13 ounces. Dennis O'Brien, South Bound Brook, NJ, had the 6 pound 6 ounce pool fish on the last drift of the day.
Hopefully the fish will bite better in the ocean tomorrow. It was just a slow pick for us everywhere we tried today in the bay with the fleet with lots more boats running around than the past few days.
It was a slow pick for us in the bay with more keepers than shorts where we have fished the past couple of days. Pete Burrows, Hillsdale, NJ, ended up with a couple of keepers including the 5 pound 7 ounce pool fish which was the first fish in the boat this morning.
We had a group of regulars aboard who wanted to fish despite another doom and gloom weather forecast and it turned out to be pretty nice on the water with less wind than yesterday!Overall the fishing was not what we had yesterday but most of the keepers were very nice fish again with almost everyone ending up with at least one nice fish to take home for dinner.
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