Good Mojo On The Skiff (06/29/09)!

[Ron Redington]

After taking it on the chin Sunday, with stiff South winds, Pop Pop and I redeemed ourselves yesterday with 11 bass to 40#'s :) The following fishing report is from Monmouth county waters.

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Pop Pop's 36lb Bass Caught On A Big Don Pencil

We did the afternoon/night shift from 3p.m to 9:30p.m. We had what we thought would be the perfect forecast to launch Pop Pop's 17 Carolina Skiff; Light west winds, with no chance of storms, etc.

When we arrived conditions were perfect! Light west winds, with calm seas...just as predicted. Conditions couldn't be better for spotting bait & feeding bass. Water temps were 68 degrees.

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The Fish Gods Blessed Me With My Second 40# Bass This Spring On A Fixter Pencil

We did a lot of searching at first, until finally around 7pm the fish began to go on the feed. We did the Run & Gun thing, landing 11 bass between 7p.m & 9:15p.m.

We weren't fishing the pods so much. The fish would blow up out of nowhere, then sound. We used our chartplotter to stay in the area were we found feeding fish. When we didn't see them on the surface, we used our sounder to find them mid-depth. From there we called them up with pencils. We caught the majority of our fish in 50' of water. Pop Pop did a great job of putting us on the fish & keeping us on them (nice job Pop Pop).

The really nice part about this trip, besides having perfect conditions, was that we caught these fish all by ourselves. Not another boat it the mix...just two nitwits floating around the ocean in a 17' skiff, throwing pencil poppers ;)

All 11 of our Bass were released in an effort to continue to enjoy nights like last night for many years to come :)

[rob]

spot burners :D :D

fantastic fish guys!!!

[In Depth]

Why dosen't this report suprise me :D Nice job !

I was realy tempted to hit it yesterday, but i thought i needed a day or two off to recover:nuts::D

At least pop didn't make you catch bait first.....:razz:

[njbasspro88]

Get em' boys! The Pencil Pro's strike yet again.

Nice to hear about the water temp, it was 71 degrees Sat. when we were out there

[Ron Redington]

spot burners :D :D

fantastic fish guys!!!

Ya had to go and say it didn't ya ;)

Thanx Rob :thumbsup:

[Ron Redington]

I was realy tempted to hit it yesterday, but i thought i needed a day or two off to recover:nuts::D

At least pop didn't make you catch bait first.....:razz:

Who are your trying to kid! "Day off" and "recover" aren't in your vocabulary :)

Pop Pop is the bait Nazi! When you get on his skiff, the first thing out of his mouth is, "No Bait For You!" ;)

Bait soakers had to have put up some serious #'s yesterday.

[SRF]

Nice job guys, keep on working them pencils.

[Fishnutz]

Cuz the conditions were perfect for that long search for the first active pod of bunker. Then the spread out bass feeding was a bonus for us lure junkies. It may not be the most efficient tactic for putting an bend in the rod, but the memory of the surface explosions last a lot longer. Hope to continue to live & die by the pencil popper.

[Kevinj]

Pop Pop is the bait Nazi! When you get on his skiff, the first thing out of his mouth is, "No Bait For You!" ;)
Bait soakers had to have put up some serious #'s yesterday.

Ron,

Nice job on the pencils and bass

Bull, on Dave not using bunker (bait), he adapts to snags when bunker are
thick and bass are under. I agree he prefers pencils, but BS on him
him not using bait.

We were out tonight with the strong south wind, no bass, bass marks,
only one pod of bunker sighted in 5 hours, no bass under. Wind kicked
up to 25 knots. Time for a bigger boat.

Kevin