Reel Music Sport Fishing

Winter break

2012-01-27T11:37:00.001-08:00

Hard to believe its almost February and just pulled the boat out for its winter break.With temps staying warm and the fishing remaining good stayed in the longest we ever have. But with this our 2011 season is over.
[b]I want to thank all those who fished with us on REELMUSIC this year , and cant wait for the next few months to pass to start the 2012 season off[/b].
Hopefully all of you , and some new faces come out this spring to make some
[b]REELMUSIC[/b] of your own
Thanks Again
Captain Dan Bias

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Better blackfishing 1/11

2012-01-11T17:33:00.001-08:00

Had David , Nick , Alex , and captain Rich rounded out the crew for some togging today. Started out in the deep, but wasnt happy with the amount of life so after catching a few we headed back inshore to finish the day.Found a little bit better bite, put 17 tog in the box and threw back a few right at the 15" mark looking to get some more roasters , but the old saying a bird in the hand is better than one in the bush held true as the bite shut totally off early this afternoon and we headed back in with those 17 and 1 nice cod.Highlight of the day was using the underwater camera to see what lurks below.I think I could spend as much time watching the camera as I do fishing as what you think is down there looks a ot different in reel life.we were amazed at how many tog we saw on the camera that had lockjaw,

David with a few nice tog from today

Togging 1/10

2012-01-11T17:31:00.000-08:00

Had Steve out for his weekly solo trip. Bite was tough had a TON of just short fish, with just a couple hitting the cooler for dinner. Still a nice day on the water just being able to tog in January

TOGFATHER LIMITS 1/9

2012-01-09T15:52:00.000-08:00

Headed out today with the TOGFATHER, Rich , And Jimmy to do some togging today. very tough scratchy bite , followed one quick thump hits today. But the TOGFATHER put on a show quickly limiting out amongt all the ball busting . Then procedded to throw keepers back in ( stocking the hatchery for us lol) around the rest of us till we scratched out a limit . Rich had the biggest of the day pulling the digital down to just over 9 1/2 pounds. Had a bunch of quality fish in the limit as well. Never really got a good bite going today, took a bunch of wiggles to keep them chewing. But still headed in early with the four man limit

NEW YEAR DAY 2012 tog

2012-01-01T15:44:00.000-08:00

What a way to start of the NEW YEAR 2012.Too many party animal friends going out for New years left just John and I to head out and enjoy an incredible day for January 1 2012. If it wasnt for the south wind that came on mid morning we probably would have been fishing in t shirts today.Started out to it being like a mirror and running north at 39 knots up the beach.John boated his first tog of the New year a few minutes after we came tight a solid 4 pounder. I followed up minutes later with my first tog of 2012, a solid 9 pounder which John put an ALS tag on before I sent it back to fight another day.Bite got a little scratchy so we headed out to deeper water. Took about half an hour to get them going, but once they started the bite built quickly as did the seas.we boated over twice our limit ( only keeping 4 each ) releasing all the rest , keeping a bunch of nice roasters for the table.Both of us knew it was time to head in as the seas had really stacked up tight , but kept fishing for another hour throwing back nice tog. Then took the beating riding back in the stacked 4 footers at 13 knots.
9 pounder with the ALS tag

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New Years Eve tog

2011-12-31T13:06:00.000-08:00

Headed out with the father ands son trip of Steve and Dave this morning.Ran North to where we have been doing pretty good, running with a pretty good SE swell. That got the best of Dave pretty quick once the anchor came tight.He hung in the trying to shake it off, while Steve and I Put some fish in the box, And I released another 10 pound slobOnce we had enough to make a few dinners we pulled the plug and headed back in instead of punishing Dave any longer.Tough kid: was already eating a sandwich by the time I took the fish off the boat, hard to believe it was over 50 again today on the last day of the year 2011Wishing EVERYONE a safe and Happy New Year from the REELMUSIC crew

Redemption trip 12/30

2011-12-30T16:10:00.000-08:00

Ran out today with Capt Rich to get in on some last minute togging before the limit changes Sunday. First fish in the boat a solid 9 pounder followed by an easy 2 man limits of really nice tog. No need to measure today.What a difference a day makes from Brutal cold tough fishing yesterday to a big chew wearing just a sweatshirt all day. Nice day on the water for late December

Brutal Blackfishing 12/29

2011-12-29T16:29:00.000-08:00

Had Chris , Ming, Austin , Edward out today for blackfish.Made 7 drops at all different depths , and couldnt get a good bite going anywhere. ended the day with just three keepers in the box and about eighteen shortsfigure the bottom is still torn up from yesterdays storm, hopefully they chew their heads off tomorrow

Merry Christmas

2011-12-25T04:39:00.000-08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS From Myself and the rest of the REELMUSIC SPORTFISING crew

Xmas eve Togging

2011-12-24T18:02:00.000-08:00

Had the Del Carlo gang out today for a quick togging trip . Tough conditions up north with the wind cranking but we went looking to try for some Big tog. Young Edward boated the nicest one at 8 1/2 pounds, a few other nice ones were dropped , bunch 4-5 pounders . Total was 12 tog hitting the cooler for the ride home to freezer land. Was surprised to see very LITTLE bass life inshore today. Picked a short under some working birds on the way back in but most of the area that has been producing looked like a desert

Windy togging 12/23

2011-12-23T13:56:00.001-08:00

Made a quick run out this morning with Jimmy and Johnny to do some togging. Made a stop at the rocks to jig some bass , but since they were small we quickly headed off to the sticky stuff. Tog bite was slow, but we were able to box 4 keepers each before the wind REALLY started to howl. Decided that the forcast of it laying down wasnt going to happen and ran back down the beach at slack tide to advert a bumpy ride later. Fun day as usual. Biggest tog was Jimmy's at 8 1/2 pounds Dont want to think about the one I lost because of not retying when I knew I should.

Great bassing Tough togging 12/18

2011-12-18T16:11:00.000-08:00

Headed out this morning with Jimmy and Johnny hoping for a repeat of yesterdays tog bite. Found some one had pillaged my crabs last night , but we still had a bucketfull and figured it would be all we needed, but the bite was very scratchy and the bucket had alot of empty shells in it, and as Murrphys law would suggest we ran out of bait as the bite got a little better this afternoon . We had a bunch of just legal tog to start the day, which we elected to throw back hoping to fill a cooler with nice roaster size tog. Hindsite says we should have kept those fish since they were legal but we were happy with the 9 nice tog we did keep for the freezer. biggest three today right at 7 pounds.started to head back to the barn at 2 to find some really good bird life, and jigged a bunch of stripers and bluefish (all released today)as fast as the jigs hit the bottom you had a bass on. Alot of fun to finish out a cold day on the water. Pulled the boat back into the slip just as the sun was setting.

TOG CRUSH 12/17

2011-12-17T16:30:00.000-08:00

Had a Make up Charter for Brad and Dale today. Since their other two buddys couldnt make it I tried filling the boat last minute but got no interest. Told them since we hadnt made it out and fishing was good we were still going.Well fishing wasnt good today , it was GREAT.Started the day off jigging a bunch of stripers and big bluefish. Filling their striper limit the first 5 minutes. Jigged bass till a little after nine and headed to one of my favorite pieces of sticky bottom.Was a little bouncy and had the tye rap pop on the anchor twice, so doubled up the tyes and didnt move the rest of the day.Drop and reel toggin for the next four hours . with some real slobs hitting the deck.Put our 18 tog in the box then played catch and release with some really nice tog.Biggest pulled the boga down to over 14 pounds,which I was able to release.Next was an 11 pound 4 ounce one I kept because it was bleeding bad( its between the stripers in the dock shot) followed by bunch between 8 and nine pounds..jigged a few more stripers on the way calling it a day at 230/already cant wait to do it again tomorrow

Striper and Tog LIMITS plus 12/11/11

2011-12-11T19:41:00.000-08:00

Met Jimmy , Johnny and had a no show who was Sykk for a day of togging this morning to put some fish in the freezer. Day started off jigging bass and blues under working birds that were spread out for a mile. Jig bite was wierd as the bass were on the top and the bluefish were tight to the bottom. After catching a limit of bass and a bunch of blues we headed to the sticky bottom to tog. Was a very scratchy bite, would catch a few shorts and keepers and then had to make a wiggle to get them chewing again . Made a move to a different area to scratch out a limit and throw back a few more keepers. saw bird play and ran down the beach to find acres of bass rolling on top. Jigged bass till the sun set all by ourselves and ran back in on super flat seas in the dark to end a Great December day on the water with great friends.

Good Blackfishing 12/4

2011-12-04T18:43:00.001-08:00

Had Craig in from Ohio to try for some tog today. Matt and Jimmy rounded out the crew.. Had pretty good bite first thing on white leggars with Craig catching on fast and Jimmy putting on a clinic. Bite slowed then I got them chewing on my spot and started weeding the keepers through the shorts. Limited out on keepers and threw about half dozen keepers back for another day before the bite shut off. Nicest tog was Jimmys pulling the scale down to over 10 pounds

Stripers 11/20

2011-11-22T14:15:00.000-08:00

After having to cancel a charter Saturday due to helm check valve I jumped on to help Capt Rich with a charter on his yellowfin Sunday . Rich made quick work running way south to get on the bass at first light. . Stayed on a steady bite from day break till about 1030 and headed back in. Most of the stripers were in the 28-32 inch range with some 36 inch fish . all fish were heavily gorging sand eels

Steady Blackfishing 10-9

2011-10-09T16:51:00.000-07:00

Finally got back out on the water on a nice day, Headed out with Craig so he could try and catch his first blackfish.Didnt take him long to get the hang of it and in no time was putting some nice tog in the boat. Nothing huge just steady pull of keeper size tog with a few to 6 pounds. Nice day for October for sure. The amount of BIG knuckleheads we threw back today made me sick as they were crushing crabs, can only imagine how good the bite could have been if we were fishing for them with clams.We each kept our limit of 1 legal tog for the table.

Pink Day fluking 8/13

2011-08-14T10:04:00.000-07:00

Had Pinky back onboard today to do some fluking. Headed to some local sticky spots to bucktail. Not much drift , made for slow fluking. Caught a ton of just short fish , and 1 good one that will be parmesan fluke tonight for dinner. Def a nice day on the water just relaxing for a change

BIG BLUEFINS 8/9

2011-08-11T19:13:00.000-07:00

Got the call from Captain Rich that he had finally been able to check out a spot he was sure should have bluefins on it WAY off the beaten path. Not only were there bluefins there they were BIG ones.He told me to really go over my gear as these fish were going to test our tackle to the limits.Was like an 8 year old trying to go to sleep on Christmas eve waiting for the alarm to go off after just 2 hours sleep.Met Capt Rich, Ronnie, and John at o dark thirty to head out.

The yellowfin ate up the early morning seas and we were at his spot for sunrise.Second drop of my jig and I got CRUSHED by a big bluefin heading back to Hatteras at 50 . tried pushing the drag up only to pop the leader. John then hooked up and boated a nice over fish. I popped two more leaders in minutes and switched to a heavier lined rod.we were having 2 and three on a a time, some being eatin by a school of sharks that had to number close to twenty. Just had dropped down a STINGO gold 200 when I really get hammered , and there is nothing a can do but watch my spool quickly evaporate almost to the backing. I fight the fish back to the start only to have him make three more of the same runs. This tuna is whipping my ass , going round and round the boat. John grabs the rod to let me put my arms down to get some blood back into them and I go back at it again. when we finally see color the tuna is LAZILY swimming alongside the moving boat as though its not even hooked, makes one more run and we slide it into the tuna door , take a quick pic then slide it back out to revive it boatside . AS it starts to recover I watch my PB tuna of 71 inches swim back to the deep.we then get covered up with mahi and as Rich is throwing sardine chunks in a bunch of yellowfins enter the just started slick. we picked 4 mahi and 7 football yellows before the sharks came back on us. the needed recoup time with the smaller fish allowed us to drop down for some more big bluefins before heading to the barn with our over and under bluefins and the 7 yellows and mahi before the afternoon storms hit.Capt Rich def put us on one of the best tuna days I feel could be spent on the water jigging bluefins

BLUEFIN 7/31

2011-08-02T19:08:00.000-07:00

Got out to fish for some bluefin on Captain Joe G, ride the Sykk Physh this past sunday, fishing with his GF Sonia, Ryan, and John. We were only on the bluefish grounds for 2 minutes when I came tight on my Saltist Ld 40 on a nice bluefin. we had a pretty good pick of bluefins on both jigs and bait , and everyone got to catch a few as we boated 10 amongst a bunch of pulled fish.Sting O 150 and 200 def outproduced everything else we jigged with.

Def a fun day on the water with us catching both our over and under fish

Steady flukin 7/30

2011-07-30T18:30:00.000-07:00

Met MAtt and Craig at the boat this morning to replace a cracked transducer.

Pulled the boat out and twenty minutes later it was good as new, so we headed out to do some local fluking. Had steady fluking throughout the tide, bringing 13 keepers to the boat along with Matt dropping three while getting ready to swing them in. Also had 10 nice knuckleheads.

Biggest fluke was over 7 pounds

Fluke shortcomings 7/9

2011-07-09T19:49:00.000-07:00

Headed out to do some fluking with Craig and John after getting my T Top welded this morning. Heard the AM bite was very good and was hoping the outgoing would be good also this afternoon. But it def wasnt for us. We bounced around hitting a bunch of different spots both bucktailing and dragging baits in the ruff stuff, caught alot of fluke but 95% of them were an inch short.We all ended up catching some nice fish but def far from a good catch , still an enjoyable day with good friends

Fun trip 7/2

2011-07-02T20:03:00.000-07:00

Headed out this afternoon with John planning on doing some fluke fishing for a change of pace.

Saw a few good pods of bunker as we headed north and I threw the net for some strip baits.

Seeing the bunker moving fairly quickly inshore I knew there had to be something on them , and when we pitched a couple baits in they were hit pretty quick and we started to pull on some nice July stripers until a couple of boats saw us taking a picture and had to keep running the schools over shutting down what was a very good bite. Made our way north to the rocks talked to a friend who had been doing pretty good bucktailing, we started to catch a few shorts but the south wind started honking and we could see it was going to not be the easy relaxing afternoon we had wanted.fished a few hours with just 2 keepers making it into the cooler.

Iced Tea stripers 6/27

2011-06-27T18:27:00.000-07:00

Had the Strohls gang out tonight,plan was to striper fish but seeing how discolored the ocean was and lack of bait we headed back in very early, instead of wasting everyones night.I thought yesterdays algae bloom looked bad but today it definetly looked like iced tea out there. back at it once the water starts to clear

Striper Blues 6/26

2011-06-26T20:15:00.000-07:00

Had Greg,Shannon,Amanda, and Morgan out tonight . When Greg called to book the charter all he said was that he wanted his daughter to catch a big striper.We made bait just south of our inlet, and headed north to where we had been catching good the last few trips. Only seeing one good pod of bunker the whole way to the rocks, and the water stained bad from an algea bloom didnt look good. They caught a bunch of blues but only had a few legit bass run offs that didnt come tight.Everyone stayed at the rail fishing hard and making the best of all the bites looking for one in striped pajamas, but only finding demons in blue suits.I cant wait to get them back out again to try and redeam tonight

Another good night of striper fishing 6/25

2011-06-25T21:04:00.000-07:00

Had John , Mike and Dan on board for an open boat striper trip.

Made bait and headed north looking for fishable marks on a giant pod of bunker , not finding any hit a bunch of rock piles waiting for the tide to change. Picked up a bunch of blues and 1 striper.Headed back to the big bait schools and found bass crashing bunker for over a half mile.

fished that pod to ourselves for about a half hour till some other boats brought the crowd with them.Moved away from the fleet twice and continued to pick away at the bass.

Mike boating the biggest bass with some help from his dad at 36 pounds

Stormy stripers 6/24

2011-06-25T03:05:00.000-07:00

Had Craig, Allie, Bryan, Mike and Rob out last night.Had just a small window where the fog lifted and some wicked thunderstorms coming in. But the stripers wanted to chew and this crew did real well boating a bunch of fish quick. 13 year old Allie stole the show not only boating the first bass, but also the biggest at 32 pounds, and also was the first to land her limit showing the guys how its done.

Another striper cherry popped 6/22

2011-06-22T19:38:00.000-07:00

Had Steve and David and Uncle Ed out tonight to try and break Eds striper cherry, Got a few hours in before the storms rolled in in force, catching some nice fish on livies, including Eds first ever striper

BIG bass beatdown 6/21

2011-06-21T20:29:00.000-07:00

Had Adam , Bill, Mike and Billy out tonight to live line.

Adam told me he had been reading my reports for 2 years and decided it was time to book a trip.

They got a night that dreams are made of.

Lots of bait being balled up by small pilot whales and then big bass exploding on that bait made for a fun night spent mostly alone, when that bite died we moved north outside the fleet and picked away at even more nice bass

Couple more weekend pics

2011-06-21T09:14:00.000-07:00

Mike and Brett with some of their catch

2011-06-20T15:03:00.000-07:00

Saturday had the DelCarlo gang out to do some fishing,, found plenty of bait and headed north, just had a few bass run offs before the bluefish took over. Kids had a blast and sore arms when we finished up.Sunday headed out with Captain Rich on his boat to chase some tuna, with Dave ,pete and Rob filling out the crew.As usual capt Rich had us on th etuna in no time, and we had 9 bluefin in the boat keeping our 1 legal fish and were back at the dock for noon.Sunday night I had the parker bows charter, bait was everywhere and the bass were speratically working the vast schools, some misses and a few brokien off fish till Mike finally put a nice bass in the boat

6/16

2011-06-17T06:22:00.000-07:00

Had Derek , Pete and Matt filled the crew for stripers last night.knew from reports we were going to have to cover alot of ground heading south to make bait, not hitting any until Lavalette and guys crashing that pod looked like a comedy show.moved further south getting on a pod all alone and Pete hooked up on a snagged bunker while I was netting bait.fished that pod awhile with no takers before making a LONG run south hoping to find a better pod of bait to work,only having 3 more half hearted run offs , with nothing coming tight.Alot of miles for just one bass , made the run home on flattening seas just beating a nasty storm as we got back to our inlet

quick trip 6/15

2011-06-17T06:08:00.000-07:00

After having a cancelation for a charter last night, deiced with the weather forcast there was no way I was going to pass up fishing,

Called Melissa to get her out for another chance at boating some stripers.Made bait easily on one of the pods and headed a little south were some friends had fish earlier working 15 pods along the way till I got a call to look south at was coming towards us, started to heard south when the fish finder lit up like a christmas tree, As soon as the baits hit big bass swirled and crushed the baits.Melissa hooked up first and my bait was quickly also railed. Boated my bass which had a 12/0 treble snag deeply imbedded in its gills, tried to revive it but attempts were futile. Boated melissa's bass and continued to try and revive mine. When it couldnt be done made a move back north onto the pod catching three more nice bass and called it a night.Nice 2 hours on the water

Striper cherries PULVERIZED 6/13

2011-06-13T20:41:00.000-07:00

Had Craig , Bob and Matt out again tonight hoping to have a better night and pop Both Bob and Matts striper cherries. well we did more than pop them we PULVERIZED them.Had fish at three different spots tonight, the last two spots we had three and four on at a time as I also got in on some of the action too.was a super night on the water, and felt good after the last few tough trips

More tough bassing 6/10

2011-06-11T06:13:00.001-07:00

Had Brad, Dale , and Shucker out again for another nite of bassing. Headed south to make bait, not finding it till almost to Sea side, had one pod that had some bass on it that we could see occasionaly in the super clear water, but no takers. Made a long run north to miss what had been a decent pick by the hook, without seeing much between the long miles.Dale finally had our only hit of the night but came tight on her and brought the 30 pound bass to the boat, his PB striper.On the ride home saw that the bait is once again pushing north and hope the bite gets back to where it had been just a few short days ago

GOOSE EGG 6/8

2011-06-08T19:58:00.000-07:00

Had Steve and Ed out tonight, Bait was scarce so had decided to troll spoons at the rocks till got a call from Capt Joe he had some extra livies. tried a bunch of places but couldnt find any bass looking to chew , just some small bluefish

slow stripers 6/7

2011-06-07T21:05:00.000-07:00

One word to describe tonight slow.Had Craig , Bob and Matt from HC parks on tonight made bait quick outside the inlet, and took a long ride south.Craig had one miss then came tight on our only bass tonight a nice 35 pound fish ( released to fight another day).Hit a bunch of lumps looking back north finding nothing but angry bluefish, continued looking way north but the areas that have been full of life for the last few weeks were like a desert.Had hoped to break Bob and Matts striper cherry, will try again next week as it wasnt for lack of effort tonight

More good bassing 6/6

2011-06-07T06:22:00.000-07:00

Had Mike Sr , Mike Jr , John and Tom out. Bunker was super thick with a decent body of bass under them.

Boat traffic was ridiculas last night but the bass still wanted to feed , and if you got space in the fleet you could catch some fish.

Mike Jr and John put on a clinic last night , coming tight on most of the fish hitting them.

was nice night on the water and like a lake out there

More insane stripers 6/5

2011-06-05T20:24:00.000-07:00

Had Josh, Cece, Gene and Shawn on board tonight. Another super night of bass fishing, with bass blowing baits a foot out of the water.Cece stole the show with the 2 biggest fish, the bigger going 37 pounds on the boga
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Livelining insanity

2011-06-04T19:49:00.000-07:00

Had Lenny, Lenny Jr, Joe and Joe Jr on tonight for stripers, may be hard to beat the night they had tonight on the water.Made bait quick coming out of the inlet, and had instant marks and boated a few bass. Made a run south and saw a pod get crushed, and limited the boat out in minutes, on that drift, got the call to move further south, but stayed on that pod for half an hour with only one other boat on it. then made the short run south to see bass spraying bunker for acres and acres. fish just kept hammering bait after bait, as they were def on a major feeding frenzy, blowing thousands of bunker a foot out of the water. Nice thing was is boat traffic stayed very spread out and really made the night ten times more fun.

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More striper cherries Popped 6/3

2011-06-04T03:56:00.001-07:00

Had Brad, Jess dale and Shucker on board on board for stripers last night, With Jess showing the boys how to catch a big one.

Always ALOT of ball busting with this crew, and with Jess taking it up another level def had this trip full lof laughter all night

Sorry Dale for the blurry picture ( think may be only bad pic the camera ever took) has me wondering if Dale really did catch a bass last night LOL
Congrats to Dale and Jess for catching their first NJ livelined bass !!!! Nice ride back in super flat seas

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Blustery bass 6/2

2011-06-02T21:08:00.000-07:00

Had Gus, Mario, John and tom out tonight for some bassing.

got a call from Capt Rich that there was big schools of bait way south, since wasnt getting as much bait locally as I wanted to fish where we have been beating on the fish I made the long run south.We missed out on a good bite before we got there , but once boat traffic started to lighten up some nice bass came out to play

Nasty weather stripers 6/1

2011-06-01T17:16:00.000-07:00

After cancelling tonights charter due to nasty weather coming in, with building seas Jimmy and I decided to go hit some lumps close to home to see if we could find some bass that wanted to chew.We snagged a few baits, and had 2 half hearted run offs before Jimmy had one come tight on his circle hook.

with aproaching lightning getting too close for comfort we ran back in beating the storm.

Popping striper cherries

2011-05-31T21:59:00.000-07:00

Had Lou, ryan and Andrew out tonight for stripers.

Only Andrew had ever fished in the salt before, a few misses early but the guys looked like seasoned pros by nights end. Ryan stealing the show with both the most fish and the biggest ones.

striped bass 5/29

2011-05-29T15:39:00.000-07:00

Had Craig, Colt, Brett and Brian out today to do some live lining for striped bass.

Day started off slow due to heavy fog, but made bait quick and headed north.Had a bunch of misses due to the guys being new to live lining, but they stuck with it and put some nice bass in the boat before the bluefish took over.

QUICK TRIP 5/28

2011-05-28T18:18:00.001-07:00

Headed out for a few hours this afternoon to try and get Melissa her first striper. grabed a few bunker off the first school and Capt Joe gave me some more as he was headed in so could get out there and look around pretty quick. Found a nice pod of bass all to ourselves and made quick work of Melissa boating her first bass, a nice 31 pounder. Once again cool watching a half dozen bass fight over every bunker.Made for a cool afternoon on the water
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Silly striper fishing 5/26

2011-05-26T20:59:00.000-07:00

Had Steve on tonight for a night of bassing that was just silly.

Every bait that hit the water got hit, alot of fun on a night that started off as pea soup.

Non stop action all night

Striper bash 5/25

2011-05-25T21:04:00.000-07:00

Had Mike Sr. , Mike Jr , John and Tom out tonight.

Made a buch of long runs, and had a buch of misses till found a pod of bass that REALLY wanted to chew.

Had 4 on at a time until we ran out of bait, then guys threw plugs to catch a bunch more.

Great night on the water

another bass beatdown 5/24

2011-05-24T20:21:00.001-07:00

All bass released

bass crush 5/21

2011-05-22T05:37:00.000-07:00

Craig and I jumped on for the am trip on Captain Rich's new sled, to fish with him and Mark from Maine. Got some bait pretty quick but knowing we were headsed back to where we had crushed them the day before we wanted more. Rich saw the FF light up running down the beach, bait was deep but we were able to snag a bunch and headed North. Morning bite was just sick as we watched bass after bass crush the baits at boatside, many times 3-4 bass fighting over the bunker. Smaller fish had a tough time getting the big horse bunker down made for quite the show. in the afternoon Craig and I jumped back on my boat heading south to where it seemed the big fish have wanted to stay the last few days, had a quick flurry with nothing coming tight. we were looking to get craig a 40 plus pound fish this trip. Made the run back north to the bait piles we had made bait on and found some REALLY big fish mixed in. Craig got to see what a 40 plus looks like , when he netted our biggest of the night at 46 pounds on the boga

Bass Crush for the OHIO boy

2011-05-22T05:25:00.000-07:00

Had my buddy Craig come in from Ohio to try for some stripers. great morning bite on livies, got him def HOOKED on bassing here . Came in and got lunch to relax a bit.Headed back out for the afternoon with Jimmy also jumping on board. Ran way south trying to find the bait pods that had been so esy in the am. with very few to show for the run. decided to use the few we had and a bunch of dead ones we had in the splashwell and made our way north to where we had beat on the bass in the am. as soon as we started Jimmy hooked up his first bass of the year. Craig and I had a few come unbuttoned, and started to slam big bluefish. Jimmy picked another bass amongst the bluefish frenzy . Drug bunker spoons for about an hour after running out of bait, with two knock downs that didnt come tight . with fog settling in we headed back to the barn.

Hunt Pa trip

2011-05-19T17:52:00.000-07:00

Had three boats full of a 16 angler group from the hunting Pa site.

Capt Rich, Capt Joe, and myself ran north to find working birds and got into some jig fish.

The seas got ugly real quick making a few angler pretty green, only to get worse when we had a dense blanket of fog come in.

But at least a few guys broke their striper cherries fishing in the salt for the first time.

GREAT bunch of guys who really handled a not so nice day and still turned it into a very fun trip

NJ Hunter Tourney 5-14

2011-05-19T14:48:00.000-07:00

Had Rich , John and Matt out for the NJ hunter tourney.
Got a late start as Someone was late, and we missed the early morning bite.
Ended up trolling a few spots and while bumping up the boat to move to a new spot, a rod doubles over.
being we had bumped up the boat to 8 knots we figured it was a bluefish, but while fighting it John decided it was only a bag.
well the bag turned out to be a 30+ pound striper, that surfaced right next to the motor.
As it slid up boatside The leader was nicked on the trim tab and the bass swam away, once again holing to the NJ Tourney curse of having the right fish, with the wrong results.

still a very fun day with alot of serious ball busting on board

DEEP WATER JIGGING

2011-05-10T17:43:00.000-07:00

Headed down to see our buddy John (Procrastinator ), with his brother Jimmy, John, and Rich , for a fun captains trips to target some deep water jig fish.Weather man was WAY off with the forcasted 2-3 foot swells with a 10 knot wind.50 miles out it was blowing a solid 25 with solid stacked 5-6 footers with an occasional 8 thrown in.Made for way less than perfect conditions as we were flying trying to deep drift bucktails and jigs for grouper, amberjacks, and trigger fish.Between the 5 knot current and the wind it took alot of lead to even bounce the jig on the bottom for twenty to thirty foot.Got to try my new Daiwa Saltist series jigging rod matched with a Daiwa Saltist LD 40, made for easy pulling these fish up off the bottomFighting these fish from 200 foot plus on our jigging equipment was def a blast, and has me wanting to get back down there on a more favorable day.quick report with more pics to be added as many dif cameras were used, and im beat after driving through the night to get home.John worked super hard to get us on productive pieces and was able to get us into some nice fish.A bunch were dropped halfway up as they were getting drug like kites from the fast drift.Had one big red grouper almost to the boat to have a BIG shark take one bite . losing half the fish in the blink of an eye.

MORE STRIPER LIMITS 4-30

2011-05-01T05:29:00.000-07:00

Had Brad, Dale(skater boy), Russel , and Ryan out today looking for stripers.Had hoped to hit some jig fish, but they were scarce on th eway north,Ended up clamming up North, made two moves and had a slow pick at each, with the guys catching a dozen bass ( keeping their legal limit )..Fun charter with ALOT of serious ball busting going on

STRIPERS 4-29

2011-04-29T19:28:00.000-07:00

Put the boat into its slip this afternoon, so Matt and I ran out to try and jig some stripers.Ocean was nasty but once we found the bass they def wanted to chew.Had over 40 bass in three hours of fishing.Matt had the first keeper of the 2011 season on a shad.Fish on the bottom prefered the stingo's, fish suspended chasing herring hit both crocs and shads.

Getting ready

2011-04-11T12:22:00.000-07:00

Boat is just about ready to go into the slip !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Had some minor issues with my trim tabs which LENCO customer service took care of over the phone in just a few minutes. DEF cant ask for more than that !!!!!!!!!!! As long as I get some dry weather the bottom paint will get recoated and the boat dropped in next week. STRIPER trips are filling fast, dont wait till the bite is on hoping to get a trip in. Hoping for another early jig bite to happen through this month, like last year !!!!!! come on out and make some REELMUSIC .

2010-12-31T21:32:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year 2011

May spring come quick and get us back on the water

End of season 2010

2010-12-22T15:45:00.000-08:00

Pulled the boat today for its short winter nap.

Thanks to all who fished with us this year on REELMUSIC, and cant wait for spring to start it all over again.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE FROM THE REELMUSIC SPORTFISHING TEAM

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BLACKFISH 12/18

2010-12-18T15:55:00.000-08:00

Had Jim , John, Eddie, Eddie Jr and Matt on board today to do some blackfishing.Headed back to where we left them chewing yesterday, Matt started us off with a nice fish right away, but even after a bunch of wiggles working the piece we just couldnt get past a slow pick.Todays fish were bigger than yesterday, or Much smaller as we caught WAY more shorts today.Still was a super day for mid December.Matt had the biggest tog today at 9 1/2 pounds, along with one over 7, and Jim and I each had one over 7 also.Scratched out the day only putting 11 in the box. along with one ling, and the surprise of the day with Jr catching a Mackerel a mile off the beach

BLACKFISH LIMITS 12/17

2010-12-17T16:33:00.000-08:00

Had a fun Captains trip today, Myself, Captain Rich, Captain Jim, And Captain John headed out of SRI at 930 this morning letting the sun come up a little, and made our way north.Had a steady but scratchy bite all day, keeping our legal limit and heading back to the barn at 3. No really big fish today, but most of the limit were in the 4-6 pound range.Alot of hardcore ball busting made for another super day with great friends !!!!!!

REALLY loving tog fishing with My Daiwa LD30, nice and light with alot of torque def brings the tog up quick.

Used the new 6 tine anchor again that Capt Joe from Papa Angels is making. Even in the stronger winds the anchor sets really fast and definetly allows a much shorter scope keeping boat swing to a minimum. Yet pulls really easy allowing quick resets when wanting to move on a piece . anyone looking for a good fast setting wreck anchor should give him a call

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Tough toggin 12/10

2010-12-10T21:39:00.000-08:00

Had Jimmy,John,Joe, Gus , and Mario out today for blackfish. Made a couple moves but really couldnt get much going . seemed like every time they would start chewing the bite was fleeting. had a few quick hits at some nicer fish , but seemed the shorts dominated the catch. Bite seemed to get better around 2 this afternoon but had to be back at the dock for 3 as two guys had to be in early for other obligations. Joe had the nicest fish today, right around the 10 pound mark , followed by Johns at around 9. Ended the day with 22 keepers. Used a new anchor that Joe from Papa angels is making, that has 6 evenly spaced tines, Really hung up quick and allowed a much shorter scope allowing us to really stay tight on the pieces.

Blustery blackfish limits 12/4

2010-12-04T14:54:00.001-08:00

Had Scott, Bob, Ron and Matt out today for an open boat trip for blackfish.headed back to the same area we had left them chewing yesterday, and had another good day.Bob and Ron had never blackfished before , but got the hang of it very quick .Had to really wait for the fish to commit on a scratchy bite, but if you kept your sinker still while the boat swung they would eventually crush the bait.Lost alot of sinkers today, but the guys got used to the bite and ended up limiting out by 130.Matt was having a tough time today, and I hadnt been fishing till he told me he couldnt get a solid bite.So I slid in next to him and caught a limit in 17 minutes to just over 7 pounds LOLhe wont do that again LOL.Ron had the biggest tog today at just over 9 that he released because it had nasty lesions all over it.Bob and Scott followed that with a fish over 8 for each of them.Another good day in spite of the wicked NW winds.

Blackfish EASY LIMITS 12-3

2010-12-03T15:18:00.000-08:00

Had 2 guys no show for an open boat trip today. Jimmy and I decided since we were all geared up to go hit the togs anyway, and man did we HAMMER them !!!! We stopped counting at a 6 man limit at 10 oclock ( keeping our 2 man limit), and continued to fish till 3 pm with a steady bite , and the fish getting even bigger. Released a bunch of real nice tog to my biggest just under 13 pounds on the boga, Jim having one just under 10. Tog wanted greens just as much as white leggers today. Jimmy also had a keeper cod. was a super day on the water, which has cleaned up nicely since the current rains . Have 1 spot left for an open boat tog trip tomorrow

BLACKFISH LIMITS 11/19

2010-11-19T18:12:00.000-08:00

Had Brad, Barry, Dale and Shucker on board for the first fall blackfish charter today. Started off jigging big blues under birds but left there quick to get in some toggin. Only Brad had ever togged before, the other guys being new to the game. Barry got the hang of it quick and had a steady catch all day, Dale came on strong in the end boxing some really nice fish. Brad as usual held his own and Shucker , well lets just say he knows what a tog bite feels like LOL. Boxed our five man limit and played C/R for the last hour and a half of the trip. Def ALOT nicer on the ride in than the way out today

Blackfish 11-2

2010-11-02T18:27:00.001-07:00

Had Steve out today for his weekly solo trip.Made the run north looking for stripers, but it was like a desert out there.Made our way to the reef to blackfish, bite was real good for the whole tide then slowed at the change.Ran eat t some sea bass lumps which were loaded with shorts but enough keepers for a few meals to finish the day.cant wait for the 16th, and the blackfish limit to go to 6.

Blues were Big, BASS WERE BIGGER

2010-10-21T14:43:00.001-07:00

Had Big Steve out solo today to do some jigging, first stop under working birds was Big sea bass, small blues and spike weakfish.
Made a move North and got into giant blues with enough BIG bass mixed in to make it even more fun. Birds started spreading out for a few miles allowing us to get away from the few other boats out there and really enjoy the blustery day fighting fish after fish.ALL fish def fought better in the much cooler water.
All fish released to fight another day.

lots of bait making the move south, this jig bite is going to get better everyday. Watch for open boat trips !!!!!!!!!

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STRIPERS 10-11

2010-10-11T17:50:00.000-07:00

Had Brad, Shucker , And Dale out for a day of mixed bag fishing today. Started off with a decent striper bite on jigs, with Shucker catching his first striper including a limit. Went looking for sea bass, finding some nice fish , but mostly shorts, but the slab porgy bite was super with the guys filling a 120 qt cooler with them great day on the water.

Bluefish bailout

2010-10-09T15:00:00.000-07:00

Had Derek, his brother Adam, son Chris and their neighbor Marios out today. When booking the trip we decided sea bass would probably be the most consistant game plan.
WOW were we wrong !!!
Came out of the inlet to see giant flocks of birds crashing the water 3-4 miles off. Made the run out to see Big gator blues feeding for MILES like they were in a hatchery.Guys caught a bunch for the first couple hours, keeping 3 to try smoking them.
Off to the AC to sea bass, made a bunch of drops to find one or two fish on a pile with just a few shorts. worked a bunch of different depths till finding a few more keepers, but fishing was far from stellar, with shorts well out numbering the keepers.
Chris def stole the show today, def catching enough of the keepers for a decisive win LOL

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New DAIWA Jigging rods

2010-10-04T14:12:00.001-07:00

Recieved 1 of the new Saltist series Jiggin rods today from Daiwa. Model STJ59XHF. Cant wait for mother nature to open a window so I can get out and jig some Bluefin with it !!!!!!!!!!!!
Daiwa hads come out with three new series of rods for jigging tuna. This one of the saltist series has a little bigger handle than the origional Saltiga series, with alot of backbone.And has a gimble for using a rod Huki, for fighting bigger tuna.
Looks to be a great rod for the budget minded fisherman , as well as guys who really put their tackle to a test.
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Sea Bassin 9-25

2010-09-25T19:33:00.000-07:00

Matt and I ran out this afternoon to hit one of the southern reefs today for sea bass. Nasty SE ground swell real tight made for a lousy ride out , but the Biscuits def wanted to chew. Boated well over a 2 man limit, keeping 25 that were over 14", with a zillion shorts. Sea bass on every piece we hit today, and was drop and reel. Much nicer ride home as the sea started to flatten out.

Bottom fishing 9-23

2010-09-25T19:29:00.000-07:00

Matt and I headed out for a couple hours today to check some blackfish hangs. was tough fishing with us catching a handful of keepers ( only taking 1), and some keeper sea bass. Think the bottom was still pretty churned up from last nights storm as the bites were very far apart, and was tough building life on every piece

8-29 Black and blue fishing

2010-09-06T18:32:00.000-07:00

Had the Del Carlo gang out today for some sea bassin.

wasnt sure what to expect as the bottom was pretty ripped up.

We bounced around the reef looking for porgies and sea bass putting some quality fish on ice , but the fishing was really slow.

At days end Bluefish came up for about a three mile stretch giving them some tired arms, while watching the big blues slashing through big bunker schools

INSANE BLUEFIN JIGGING 8-22

2010-08-23T15:53:00.000-07:00

Jumped on with Capt Rich, his brother Ronnie and Matt yesterday to do some bluefin jigging. Left the inlet at o dark thirty, to find a very lumpy ocean. Rich decided to see if it would lay down a little and headed to some inshore pieces . we found alot of life with plenty of bait but couldnt get away from the BIG blue fish in the area, which were really tearing up the jigs. Decided the ocean looked good enough to move way off where Rcih had been beating on them earlier in the week. Took awhile in the nasty seas but once getting there we got into a couple of tuna with our over and under going in the box. Looked around for some better reads with Rich getting on some better marks, and the tuna deciding they wanted to chew before the aprroaching storm. for the next couple of hours we had 2-3-4 tuna on a time. The tuna were so aggressive that even jigs resting on the bottom while one of us worked a tuna boatside were crushed and a nother hook up started. Most of the tuna were 35-45 pounds , but we had three or four over fish (only keeping 1) with Riches pair of 54 inch being best boatside. at days end we had released well over forty bluefins. Even in the mad dog bite , stingo jigs were out producing everything else we dropped. Decided when some big sharks came in and started ripping the tuna up to make the run back through the storm , instead of watching released fish get smashed by the sharks. def a super fun day , that will be hard to match, but we sure will try !!!!!!!!!

Lackluster fishing

2010-08-15T16:58:00.000-07:00

Had Jakes beard and his wife Ellie out today / Made the long run North to Fish the channels , figuring there would be some cleaner water. Fished the Ambrose for about 3 hours, nice easy drift, with out a hit in three areas that have been holding fluke. Moved off to try for some sea bass, hit three good spots working towards the NY bouy, nothing but shorts. Got to the NY and had the same, then had the screen lite up, Bluefish stacked up chasing bait, we each caught a big blue on a jig then went back to sea bassin. Workrd a few more pieces ending back at the Sea Girt reef, still nothing but shorts, so called it a day. ALOT of Bumpy miles today with Nothing to show for dinner but ICE sandwiches, MY teeth still hurt LOL

FLUKIN 8-8

2010-08-08T16:05:00.001-07:00

Since weather was iffy for this afternoon Matt and I decided to forgo a tuna run, and go put some fluke fillets on ice. Made run way North looking for cooler water at the tide change. Found the fluke but they were def chewing funny. would slam a bait but then just mouth it, had to let them have it for at least a 10 count for them to commit to eating the bait.. Matt had a tough time letting the drop back for so long, and stung some nice fish, he ended up with 2 nice fish and lost a nice one trying to swing it after seeing me swing a bigger one, and he got to watch his swim away for another day LOL I boxed a limit of 6 really nice fish and we headed to the barn when the south wind came a honkin. All keepers came dragging bait today, bucktails produced a bunch of shorts.

BOTTOM FISH BUFFET 7-31

2010-07-31T17:55:00.001-07:00

Had D-Rod out today for some bottom fishing today.Hit the spots we have been doing well the last few weeks, to find them picked pretty clean.Looked for some new realestate and found some snags holding some quality fish.The afternoon was drop and reel fishing for a buffet of bottom fish.We filled a cooler with nice sea bass, fluke, blackfish ( 1 each rest released) and even had some keeper cod.Was amazed at how many short cod we caught on 2 of the snags.Burned up a bushel of clams with just the 2 of us fishing, and headed in.the afternoon today was WAY more productive than the AM

Tuna 7-27

2010-07-28T15:05:00.001-07:00

Jumped on with Capt Rich, his brother Ron and Avet George to go chase some tuna on Tuesday. we were origionally going to head to the Hudson for a chunking trip, But Rich had hit the bluefins pretty good Monday so we elected to Not get lumped up as the weather wasnt anything close to what Noaa had been calling for. Headed out at 3 AM as the seas were settling down, and Made good time out to the Bluefin grounds. We ended up going 9/14 on Nice size bluefins, a couple just missing the over mark., We had two come unbuttoned, while fighting them and on one of our multiple hook ups we had a big tuna cut 90 degress cutting three lines, the other 9 made it to the boat, with us keeping 1 and releasing the rest. George also put the boots to a nice mahi. seems everytime I fish with him he catches a lone mahi cruising past.

Ride home on calm seas made for a great ending to a nice day. and as usual cool seeing all that life off our coast

Fluke 7-24

2010-07-24T15:54:00.000-07:00

Had Alex, Louis and Matt out today for a quick trip fluking. Tried staying out in the deep away from the tourney traffic. caught a few nice keepers out deep along with some nice Knuckleheads, but def wasnt setting the world on fire. Made the move in closer, and had nothing but 10 inch shorts, and small sea bass. headed in early to get out of the heat.

SEA BASS 7-18

2010-07-18T15:30:00.000-07:00

Due to a tuna trip cancellation, Capt Rich , Matt and Myself jumped on the boat to go catch some fresh sea bass for dinner.
Hit SG reef and had a decent pick while drifting, so we anchored up and had drop and reel sea bassin with some really nice keepers coming over the rails, (well at least for 2 of us ). pick slowed with the tide so decided to run south to the AC reef to some spots that had produced well before.Once again had non stop fish coming over the rails at 4-5 different spots, but here it was mostly shorts.
Fished a short day and kept 37 nice size sea bass, enough for a couple nice fresh fish dinners for the three of us,letting quite a few smaller keepers go along with a TON of shorts.
Matt with a nice Knuckle ( 1 of his 3 keepers LOL ).

def a fun day , and a way to get away form the heat today, it was pretty nice a couple miles off the beach.

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Fluking 7/11

2010-07-11T16:51:00.000-07:00

Matt and I did a little fluking today in the rough stuff, not much to show for our efforts as we only had about 10 shorts and a couple keepers, to 22" Bunch of dog fish, dozen small sea bass. Matt with just enough for dinner tonight

Tuna , tiles , and Mahi 7-5

2010-07-06T16:06:00.001-07:00

Headed out with Capt Rich, Vic, and John, looking to go put some tuna in the boat.Sea conditions def didnt match the forcast as we headed out at 3 AM.Ran out 60 miles finally seeing some bluefins pushing water, set out the spread and had one Knockdown stripping the Bally , then caught a bonita, before being totally covered up with big bluefish.Got tired of resetting, only to continue to be coverd up with blues.Decided to continue east to the Hudson as heard there had been a very good early bite.

Had the rigs in the water a little after 830 and soon had a flat line jumped on.Brought that 45 pound yellow fin to the boat.Took a couple hours till we finally had 5 rods go off, two came unbuttoned quick, one had a small yellow fin about 26 inches on it, one had a small mahi, and the last had another 45 pound yellow on it.

decided as it was gettting late we wanted to try some deep drop tile fishing.Moved over to muddy slope in 500 foot and Rich had a tile on as soon as he hit bottom.we picked up 15 tiles in about an hour, also having 2 nice mahi come cruising past.Vic's tile bait got hit as he was dropping down by on of the Mahi ,the other kept lighting up but just wouldnt hit anything thrown at him.

Catching tiles in 500 foot of water with 2 pound sinkers def made for sore arms quick.

Also had a 12-13 foot hammerhead at the boat for about 10 minutes , but all of us had had enough and nobody wanted to be the rod man so he got away without the possibility of as sore jaw

.Running in we had a school of Dolphins playing in the boat wash, crashing into it from 90 degrees and using it to propel themselves high in the air doing flips and rolls, they put on an awesome show for us !!!!!!!!!Headed back in at 4 on flat seas, for a sweet ride home.Def cant wait to get out there again.

3 generations sea bass 6-26

2010-06-27T08:46:00.000-07:00

Had 3 genarations of the K'Beck family out for an afternoon of sea bassing yesterday.Ryan origonally had wanted to get his dad Bob and son Tyler out for a striper trip, but with the warming water temps and inconsistant ocean bite we elected to sea bass.Headed south out of the inlet in flat seas, which changed as we got below MI as the south winds started howling.Picked our way to the reef, setting up on good marks, with 5 year old Tyler catching the first sea bass, Folled up By Bob catching a small cod.Had non stop action with mostly sub legal sea bass the rest of the afternoon, making a couple moves, all having alot of life on them.Caught enough keepers for a meal or two before deciding to head in early as Tyler was getting a little green from the Building SE swells.Fun trip seeing Grandfather, Father and Son enjoying a fun day fishing.

Stormy stripers 6-24

2010-06-24T20:31:00.001-07:00

Had the Moore gang out tonight trying to dodge the weather for some stripers. Dodged all the thunderstorms, made bait pretty early but just didnt find enough hungry bass. Guys went 2/3 with Rusty and Brandon both boating a nice bass

Stripers 6-19

2010-06-19T20:04:00.001-07:00

had Joe Mavica and his Brother inlaw Charlie on board to do some liveling.After making bait early we headed north to where we saw the most bait around noon,First hit happened on top at the rocks, big tail slap then when Joe set the hook the 13+ foot thresher came airborn, did a couple more jumps then went deep. Joe worked him almost to the boat before the thresure broke the line.Caught a big blue that had a HUGE striper chasing it trying to take the bait out of its mouth.Got a call that fishing was Blowing up south so we headed there as quick as the building seas would let us, with Joe catching a nice bass there , and a couple more misses before heading in at sunset

NIce bass 6-11

2010-06-12T06:17:00.001-07:00

Had my regular Pensy group of Brad ,Barry, and Barry last night, and they Brought along Dave to break his striper cherry. Made bait easy with one toss of the net just outside the inlet, and headed south, worked south all the way to the Ferris wheel without seeing much . Set up on a pod of bunker that had decent bird life on it, and Dave's bait gets crushed. He sets the hook and brings in a nice 41 pounder breaking his striper cherry. But the report ends there, even while seeing decent marks, we couldnt get another bite. Stopped on some good reads heading back north but it just didnt happen.

BIG Bass 6-10

2010-06-10T20:13:00.001-07:00

Had Steve, Smidrow, Kyle and Trinity on board tonight to do some live lining.Trinity came all the way from Wyoming on Steve's jesture to put him into a big striped bass.Had secured a cooler of bunker in case there was trouble getting them Last night and had them on Ice to chunk if need be.Got the call from Captain Rich that he had got on bunker thick by our inlet and to just head out as he had plenty of livies on board, (THANK YOU)got another call to HURRY UP as it was on fire south of the inlet, so we beat feet and got down south, Threw on some fresh dead livies and Instantly had fish on , did the first drift and Got the Livies from Capt Rich and moved further south into BIG schools of busting bass some pushing into the mid 40# range.Guys got to beat on them hard , and a couple bigger bass were caught on top waters, watching half a dozen bass crashing the lure.Super fun night amist all the weather changes , the harder it rained the harder the bass chewed.Wish they all were this easy to have a super trip.

Tough stripers 6-8

2010-06-08T20:47:00.001-07:00

Had Jesse, Doug, Dave and Joe on board tonight to do some livelining for stripers.Making bait is TOUGH to do when its just not there.Made a long run north making some bait by Sea Brite.Headed back south and got on another pod that had bass under them.Guys went 3/11 but put some decent bass in the boat.2 bass were cut off while being fought when the guy came so close he cut one line, then tangled in another.Tough nite of fishing but there were some bass to be found.Saw more bunker boats out there than I did pods of bunker.Jesse had a limit and Doug had the other

Stripers 6-02

2010-06-02T20:15:00.001-07:00

Only had 1 call for todays open boat, but told Craig I would take him as I wanted to fish tonight also. Headed out the inlet and got greeted with the pleasant sight of bunker in front of the inlet. Made bait quick and moved a little south to fish. Had 5 bass on the first drift before boat traffic shut them down. A move North produced another 3 before the fog came in, and we headed in early. All 8 bass were released to fight another day.

Sea Bass 5-30

2010-05-30T19:02:00.000-07:00

Headed out with Capt Rich, His wife Michelle and Lindsey at 10 am to learn some of the southern pieces for sea bass.First spot was drop and reel, with a ton of shorts but enough bigger biscuits to keep us there.Headed to a second drop where we had some nicer sea bass.The pink poles both girls were fishing were hammering the bass pretty hard so even Capt. Rich started using Michelle's pole while she took a break, catching the nicest couple of fish of the day on it.

Girls said it just proved PINK rules LOL

def a fun day with enough nice fish for a bunch of dinners.

Capt Rich with his PINK pole pool winner.

Fluke 5-29

2010-05-29T18:51:00.000-07:00

Had Jakesbeard and his wife Elly out for a try at fluking oceanside today.Left at midday hoping the crowd would be thinned out.To my surprise there were very few boats out there tonight.Elly had one 22" fluke to start off the season with our first keeper.I had another keeper on that drift , and we couldnt buy a bite after that.Tried a quick shot at sea bass at the Sea girt reef but didnt get into them .Was extra surprised toi see only two boats looking for stripers tonight where there had been over a hundred the last 3 weeks.Lack of bunker has def hurt our ocean bite

Stripers 5-25

2010-05-25T21:13:00.000-07:00

Had the guys from Q&S Electric out today to try and break some striper cherries. Got a late start and bait was scarce as we headed north out of the inlet. Ran around looking and was only able to snag a few baits. But the guys did great making use of what we had. The went 3 for 3 with Dan's 36 pounder being the big fish of the night. All 3 bass were caught at the same time 30 seconds apart, and were all released to fight another day

Making REELMUSIC crushing the bass 5-23

2010-05-23T19:59:00.001-07:00

Finally got Lindsey out for some stripers this afternoon. Had John, Rich and Matt jump on board filling open boat spots.. Knew with hearing this mornings bite was tough, that the rough weather would turn the bass on , on boy did it. There were pilot whales balling up the bunker, and the bass were rolling on top feasting on the coraled bait. Seas were pretty tough trying to throw the net so we snagged tonight, but found jigs to be just as effective on these bass feeding like crazy. Ended coming in early as the seas were kicking pretty good, but it def as a great night of bassing. Rich had the nicest bass at 45+, had a bunch in the high thirties, and most fish were 28-32 pounds, def a blast on light tackle. ALL BASS RELEASED AGAIN TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY pic of Lindseys nicest bass cam was set on video so heres a still frame

Bass CRUSH 5-22

2010-05-22T19:54:00.000-07:00

Headed out with Matt, Craig , and Mike this afternoon to liveline for stripers. Started snagging bunker north of the inlet, along with a fleet of boats, Saw a good pod come up and floated the net filling both livewells. Bass were crashing the baits as soon as they hit the water. Caught ALOT of bass using all the bunker we had. Got intel there were big schools of bunker further north, netted another 50+ pieces and started fishing there, again bunker getting blown out of the water almost within seconds. Boat traffic started to get sill with guys running through the schools so we headed back south , getting on some lumps by ourselves. Took about 15 minutes to get some action, but once it started we ran through all the bait again catching bass after bass, headed in early at 7 as everyone had sore arms. Nice bass today with many in the high thirties. Bass released for another day

More crazy Bassing 5-21

2010-05-22T06:21:00.000-07:00

Had Craig, Jeff and John out today on an open boat trip, fishing was again just silly bassing, fished north in the fleet after making bait on giant schools of bunker. Got on a pod of bunker that the bass had split away from the school and was catching them 2 at a time, after a couple boats just kept putting the school down I decided to head south and hit some spots that have been holding bass for us. Def was a good move as had the bass all to ourselves , with baits getting crashed as soon as they were marked on the screen. super fun day again Bunker bassin, with only 1 bass being kept for the table.

BUNKER BUSTING 5-20

2010-05-20T21:19:00.001-07:00

Had Steve , David, and John on tonight to liveline.Made bait quickly outside the inlet , didnt go far and had two nice bass .Gt the call that a real good bite was going on down south so made the move there,Boat traffic had shut that bite off, so we moved back to where we started.ALL ALONE for half an hour till too many boats saw bent rods.Dropped three bunker in and had three rods bent over immediatly.Stayed that way for the next couple hours.used up all the bait and made bait a second time, and had those all used in the next drift.VERY nice sized bass tonight, with John having our big fish at 39#, but Little David def stole the show tonight, he was on fire, setting the hook like a seasoned veteren, only missing 2 fish all night while POUNDING the rest.Def a fun Night on the water

ALL BASS RELEASED

Crushing the bass 5-19

2010-05-19T20:29:00.000-07:00

Matt and I decided to run out this evening having to gas the boat for tomorrows trip. BIG ground swell , but other than that the ocean was ripple free. Didnt mark much running North nor south till the tide change, but once some current started moving , the bass were all over big schools of bunker, fished Livies and top water plugs with GREAT results.

REELSYKK fun trip 5-17

2010-05-18T14:52:00.000-07:00

Got a call From my buddy Capt Joe to run out for a fun trip since the weather forcast was so far off.Met Him , Capt Max and Sam at 5PM and Jumped on his boat the SYKK FISH and headed south to snag some bunker.Quickly put about 50 bunker in the livewell with the 4 of us snagging and headed out to the lumps.Marked fish as soon as we got there and dropped in the livies, and it broke wide open.All 4 bunker were slammed on top,.had some leader issues, which we quickly corrected, and enjoyed hammering the bass for the next 2 hours, running out of bait just before dark.Was a super night of fishing with good friends, with some SERIOUS ball busting going on.Nothing cooler than watching bass crash baits on top and seeing the vicious strikes.ALL bass released

"SILLY " bassing 5-16

2010-05-16T21:05:00.000-07:00

Matt and I headed out tonight with John and Mike on board to try and liveline some stripers. Made bait and headed south on some intel there was a sporatic bite down south. Got away and stayed away from 2 fleets in the area, and POUNDED the bass on Livies and jigs. Bass only wanted super fresh livies, and at times there was 6 bass just pushing the slower moving bunker on top till one ate it. John is a jigging machine and caught most of his fish jigging , along with a bunch on livies, Made a long run North to end the evening and had another incredible , using even all the dead baits along with jigging a bunch more. Tonights action after last nights tough bite for us felt GOOD. Highlight of the night was me catching a bass on a BARE hook while undoing a birds nest, Bass came within 3 feet of the boat and CRUSHED the hook. Talk about SILLY bassing

ALL BASS RELEASED TO PLAY ANOTHER DAY !!!!!

Reality trip 5-15

2010-05-15T18:59:00.000-07:00

Headed out for a short afternoon trip with Steve and his two Nephews who had never fished in the ocean before. Had High expectacions for a good trip with all the crazy bass bite going on. But it didnt happen for us tonight, had a couple of bluefish up north,and even though we marked alot of fish south they wouldnt chew, did my least favorite method of bassing and put out the trolling rods, quickly hooking 1 bass that spit the hook at boatside, as I got ready to land it. super nice out there tonight, def had expected better, but cant make them chew when they dont want to. after seeing the morning reports, looks like they chewed their heads in the AM