11/3 Striped Bass Report w/pics Session of Solid 20#ers' w/ Fish Bandit the CM Rips

insomniac · 11-03-2009, 09:48 PM

Fished with my Dad (Fish Bandit) on his boat out of Cape May. Got to the rips around sunrise this morning and on the first drop I hooked up a beautiful 27 pound fish.

The rest of the morning we released many fish, all above 20 pounds. Double hook ups on each drift , bass smashing into the live bait like hammers...

All the fish were fresh in, just as Capt Skip of the Stalker (who bailed a 31 pound bass on a bucktail this morning) had indicated the day before.

Small sea lice were all over the fish and many of the bass were spitting up various large bait fish they were gorging themselves on in the shoals.

Big thanks to my Dad today! One of my best days fishing the rips. He really has an special ability to pick an area apart and find the fish. His boat control was so accurate that I could almost time when both baits were going to get smashed. He's really extraordinary at what he does...

schmidtty140 · 11-03-2009, 09:51 PM

What baits were red hot.....
Tryed a couple weeks ago with live spot an eel and nothing...

insomniac · 11-03-2009, 09:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by schmidtty140

What baits were red hot.....
Tryed a couple weeks ago with live spot an eel and nothing...

We were using good size spot today.

stripeman 103 · 11-03-2009, 09:59 PM

Looks like a lot of nice fish way to go

Hardtop · 11-03-2009, 10:08 PM

Nothing better than fishing with Dad. Mine is 86 and coming home from Florida for the holidays and looking forward to fishing with my brother and me.

Enjoy it Dan and God bless every day you have with him.

mattlist · 11-03-2009, 10:26 PM

Nice fish!

Send it to LuLu's!

aimless · 11-03-2009, 10:48 PM

Good job Dan and Larry!!!! It's on everywhere.

zar2754 · 11-03-2009, 10:49 PM

congrats capt dan

good looking fish.

chunked today in the shallows of the dbay and had a 23# 42", and a 18# 36" and that was it ?

see report in dbay forum

we'll be out sat chunking again for the carpenters torn.

in the rips, then trolling out front on sunday

fishbandit looking to sell some spot? - email or call you tomorrow

Josh

Steve-o · 11-03-2009, 10:53 PM

Nice job dan! Nice looking fish there for sure! If only these fish stacked up in the back like a few years ago!!

billc · 11-03-2009, 11:02 PM

Nice report Dan ,must have been the day to fish with your Dad. I took mine fresh water trout fishing.

rr331 · 11-03-2009, 11:29 PM

Great job Dan!

insomniac · 11-04-2009, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stripeman 103

Looks like a lot of nice fish way to go

Thanks!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hardtop

Nothing better than fishing with Dad. Mine is 86 and coming home from Florida for the holidays and looking forward to fishing with my brother and me.

Enjoy it Dan and God bless every day you have with him.

Thanks Hardtop!

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattlist

Nice fish!

Send it to LuLu's!

Thanks Matt! Sent.

Quote:

Originally Posted by aimless

Good job Dan and Larry!!!! It's on everywhere.

Thanks Dan!

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Originally Posted by zar2754

congrats capt dan

good looking fish.

chunked today in the shallows of the dbay and had a 23# 42", and a 18# 36" and that was it ?

see report in dbay forum

we'll be out sat chunking again for the carpenters torn.

in the rips, then trolling out front on Sunday

fishbandit looking to sell some spot? - email or call you tomorrow

Josh

Thanks Josh! Unfortunately, I doubt it. Supply is pretty tight this year.
I'll give you a ring on where they might be had. Nice report!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve-o

Nice job dan! Nice looking fish there for sure! If only these fish stacked up in the back like a few years ago!!

Thanks Steve! I know the year year you're talking about, that spring alone was phenomenal. Who knows, maybe in late November/December...

Quote:

Originally Posted by billc

Nice report Dan ,must have been the day to fish with your Dad. I took mine fresh water trout fishing.

Absolutely! Thanks Bill!

Quote:

Originally Posted by rr331

Great job Dan!

Thanks Ron!

Mike Grabbe · 11-04-2009, 09:38 PM

nice job fellas.
Dan,
drove by the marina Tues.(actually by boa for a changet

) Fished w/my brother in his boat. Got a few on topwater at 1st light then nothing. Tide even higher than we expected w/full moon. BUT, noticed you were not in the slip. You out for the yr.

I would think not

insomniac · 11-04-2009, 10:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike Grabbe

nice job fellas.
Dan,
drove by the marina Tues.(actually by boa for a changet

) Fished w/my brother in his boat. Got a few on topwater at 1st light then nothing. Tide even higher than we expected w/full moon. BUT, noticed you were not in the slip. You out for the yr.

I would think not

Yeah. The outboard, finally blew up. So I gotta pick up a new one.
I can't complain since it was a 15 year old motor. I'll be back in first thing in the spring.

I needed some time to work on the boat anyway. It was getting pretty beat up.

11-03-2009, 09:48 PM	#1
insomniac Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: StoneHarbor/Avalon Posts: 2,131	11/3 Striped Bass Report w/pics Session of Solid 20#ers' w/ Fish Bandit the CM Rips Fished with my Dad (Fish Bandit) on his boat out of Cape May. Got to the rips around sunrise this morning and on the first drop I hooked up a beautiful 27 pound fish. The rest of the morning we released many fish, all above 20 pounds. Double hook ups on each drift , bass smashing into the live bait like hammers... All the fish were fresh in, just as Capt Skip of the Stalker (who bailed a 31 pound bass on a bucktail this morning) had indicated the day before. Small sea lice were all over the fish and many of the bass were spitting up various large bait fish they were gorging themselves on in the shoals. Big thanks to my Dad today! One of my best days fishing the rips. He really has an special ability to pick an area apart and find the fish. His boat control was so accurate that I could almost time when both baits were going to get smashed. He's really extraordinary at what he does... __________________ Capt. Dan Schafer Last edited by insomniac; 11-05-2009 at 07:58 AM.

11-03-2009, 09:51 PM	#2
schmidtty140 Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Delaware Posts: 46	What baits were red hot..... Tryed a couple weeks ago with live spot an eel and nothing... __________________ Schmidtty III A "young" striper Sniper.

11-03-2009, 09:59 PM	#4
stripeman 103 Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Croydon, Pa Posts: 1,930	Looks like a lot of nice fish way to go __________________

11-03-2009, 10:08 PM	#5
Hardtop Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Springfield Delco Posts: 13,862	Nothing better than fishing with Dad. Mine is 86 and coming home from Florida for the holidays and looking forward to fishing with my brother and me. Enjoy it Dan and God bless every day you have with him. __________________ "How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Comunist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin." - Ronald Reagan http://www.votesmart.org/ http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/

11-03-2009, 10:26 PM	#6
mattlist Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Southeast of disorder Posts: 1,581	Nice fish! Send it to LuLu's! __________________ I must've got a big one cause it's bending my pole I'm having to fight just to keep my hold It could be a whale (oh) God only knows Whatever it is it's not wearing any clothes

11-03-2009, 10:48 PM	#7
aimless Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: South Dennis, NJ Member# 208 Posts: 1,791	Good job Dan and Larry!!!! It's on everywhere. __________________

11-03-2009, 10:49 PM	#8
zar2754 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: 100 fathoms Posts: 6,802	congrats capt dan good looking fish. chunked today in the shallows of the dbay and had a 23# 42", and a 18# 36" and that was it ? see report in dbay forum we'll be out sat chunking again for the carpenters torn. in the rips, then trolling out front on sunday fishbandit looking to sell some spot? - email or call you tomorrow Josh __________________ Last edited by zar2754; 11-03-2009 at 11:08 PM.

11-03-2009, 10:53 PM	#9
Steve-o Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Woolwich Twp./Wildwood Posts: 3,581	Nice job dan! Nice looking fish there for sure! If only these fish stacked up in the back like a few years ago!! __________________ Proud Mate of Fins and Grins Sportfishing Now Booking Fall STRIPER and TOG trips!!! Visit our website at : www.finsngrinssportfishing.com Cell- (609) 425- 3021 Evenings- (609) 522- 2770 "Knowledge and Reasoning is Power" -Yujin Shen

11-03-2009, 11:02 PM	#10
billc Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: boothwyn pa Posts: 924	Nice report Dan ,must have been the day to fish with your Dad. I took mine fresh water trout fishing.

11-03-2009, 11:29 PM	#11
rr331 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 288	Great job Dan!

11-04-2009, 09:38 PM	#13
Mike Grabbe Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Mantua NJ, Stone Harbor Posts: 3,742	nice job fellas. Dan, drove by the marina Tues.(actually by boa for a changet) Fished w/my brother in his boat. Got a few on topwater at 1st light then nothing. Tide even higher than we expected w/full moon. BUT, noticed you were not in the slip. You out for the yr. I would think not __________________ Charter member of Team Hogwild and CT Buoy Crew RFA member Dissatisfied NJ taxpayer Scotch Bonnett forever J.L.M. F.F.

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