Silent A
04-10-2004, 09:58 PM
Intentions today were to get the boat in and maybe wet the line for a hour or two. Stopped at Capt. Tates for the first time this year, swapped stories and picked up some very nice fresh herring and clams.
My friend Ed and I dropped the Silent A in at Bayway, put on the brand new GREEN Grundens and headed to the Bug Light area and started fishing at 11:00 AM midway between the incoming tide. Water dirty and no hits after thirty minutes so sped off to the Horseshoe on a flat bay and dunked the lines around 11:45. For the next two and a half hours we had constant action. We kept two slots and three other fish to 34"s and released six nice fish, four of which were between 34 and 37 inches. We also lost three at the boat and one other that went under the motor and cut the line. We had many other fish that we missed trying to hook up.
Out of all the fish we only had two that did the typical runoff. All the other fish tapped the bait and tugged like fluke. When you felt the weight on the line it was time to set the hook. Herring took the majority of the fish but the last two larger bass took clams.
The depth of the water when we started was 18 feet and when we left at the top of the tide we were in 22 feet of water.
The stomachs of the fish were full of those thin razor shapped clams that were around three to four inches long, lots of what looked like conch and there were three 6 to 8 inch thin fish.
All the fish released today were fat and healthy and ready to take the next bait. I wish I could say the back of my left thumb was as in good shape from holding them over the side waiting for them to get there bearings. :( :(
Gentleman...start your engines. The fish are here. To think what I might have done if I had PINK grundens. :D :D :D
My friend Ed and I dropped the Silent A in at Bayway, put on the brand new GREEN Grundens and headed to the Bug Light area and started fishing at 11:00 AM midway between the incoming tide. Water dirty and no hits after thirty minutes so sped off to the Horseshoe on a flat bay and dunked the lines around 11:45. For the next two and a half hours we had constant action. We kept two slots and three other fish to 34"s and released six nice fish, four of which were between 34 and 37 inches. We also lost three at the boat and one other that went under the motor and cut the line. We had many other fish that we missed trying to hook up.
Out of all the fish we only had two that did the typical runoff. All the other fish tapped the bait and tugged like fluke. When you felt the weight on the line it was time to set the hook. Herring took the majority of the fish but the last two larger bass took clams.
The depth of the water when we started was 18 feet and when we left at the top of the tide we were in 22 feet of water.
The stomachs of the fish were full of those thin razor shapped clams that were around three to four inches long, lots of what looked like conch and there were three 6 to 8 inch thin fish.
All the fish released today were fat and healthy and ready to take the next bait. I wish I could say the back of my left thumb was as in good shape from holding them over the side waiting for them to get there bearings. :( :(
Gentleman...start your engines. The fish are here. To think what I might have done if I had PINK grundens. :D :D :D