Shadfull spring

Been fishing the last few months for shad and having a blast chasing these great C/R fish .
been doing it from shore as well as on the jet boat.

little bit of different tackle used for each application def increases the success.
Been using Fenwick 7'6 HMG with a Pflueger 3500 President  Xt off the  shore.
And Fenwick 9' HMX with ABU Altum 12 DLC on the boat.

After using those outfits for the last three months they def are a great match for this fishery

Shad tourney 2018

Got to fish as far North as the Gap. and as far south as Lambertville over the 3 days I got to fish the tourney .

Friday Chris and I searched out a few spots to be able to take his two daughters to fish the tourney . Had a bunch of fish to 4 1/2 # and had a game plan for Saturday.

Saturday morning I shore fished at the Gap until I had to meet Chris to head out on the boat. I had 17/19 there all around 4 #

Saturday afternoon  we headed out with Erin and Brooke . They fished hard from 11 till 4 and combined for 27 shad to just under 5 #.

Headed back up to the gap to fish with Jack Saturday night to get swamped by thunderstorms.

Sunday Chris and I headed back out with Brooke on the boat where she caught another 17 Between fishing Lambertville and Stockton still all cookie cutter sized fish .

Sunday night had me back at a a spot I used to fish above Pburg.

Had four more fish fishing from shore the last hour there fishing right till dark.

Had fish on just about every different color combination using both spoons as well as darts depending on where we were fishing.

Betting it REALLY busts wide open this weekend with the warm front coming in.

NJ Salt Water fishing expo

Pretty good turnout at the NJ Salt Water fishing expo today .
def a lot of people just as ready for spring as I am

Ramsey Outdoors Cast and Blast

Pretty good turn out at the fluke seminar at the Ramsey Cast and Blast today

come on spring

Thats a wrap

Got blessed with a break in the weather this morning.
Was supposed to be raining and blowing 30 knots.
Rain stopped, wind dropped out right at high tide.
Put the boat on the trailer. And the skys opened up .
Got power washed on  the ride home . And luckily the rain stopped again to let me flush the engines and really power wash the bottom .
Gets shrink wrapped this week for its short winter nap.
Already cant wait for spring stripers

Closeout togging

Ran the last trip of the year today chasing tog with Eddie ,Austin and Edward.
Bounced around a few places finding alot of life.
But once again toy tog way out numbered keepers.
Kept holding out on moving muvh hoping the bigger tog would chew.
Ended up with 11 in the box at days end .
Couldnt ask for much nicer day weather wise .
Light winds and flat seas .
So got to enjoy the last ride of the year before pulling the boat this coming week.

   

Decent togging 12/3

Headed out with Tracey and Eddie today.
Beautiful sea conditions allowed a quick run north. First drop was a bust. But the second one is where we stayed the rest of the day.
Constant bites mostly shorts with some nicer fish mixed in.
Boxed our limit and played catch and release the last hour.
Biggest fish little over 6 pounds.
With hard moon tide better fishing keeper wise was near slack.
Rigs def out fished the jigs today for us.

Dropped a real good one I hope sticks around till next weekend