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Went out about 9am and threw plenty of tops, diff colors of tops and plastics. So many I can't recall but all the favorites. In the beginning I could not buy a bite and neither could the other 8 boats around me on the north shoreline mid bay (West Bay). The wind was light (5mph) water color was good and we were keying into shell structure and drop offs.
Despite many short strikes and multiple blow ups on glass minnows on the water my dad and I were fish-less after a couple of hours. I have to tell you I saw more glass minnows than I have in YEARS this weekend. Definitely a good sign and it kept the fish localized.
Around 11 we could not stand it anymore so we made a hot lap to Sea Isle for shrimp. All they had were bigs and littles (jumbo table shrimp or just above whiskers and eyeballs). Upon making it back the boats were down to 4 including us. We set back up near the reef and my dad quickly hooked up with about 3.5 lb speck. When I went to net him a blacktip came out of nowhere and count to three... one- shark snapped the fish in half with so much ease that 2- my day and I gasped, the fish head popped out the water and back in and 3- the shark took the remaining head leaving nothing but his line... AMAZING!!! it happened so fast.
On to the goodies. The Jumbo's consistently caught a fish while the whiskers and eyeballs caught us... 6" trout WHAT!!! hahahaha Oh, and a few skip jacks, ect..
The end result was a great day on the water with my dad.
Tight lines
Joe
Despite many short strikes and multiple blow ups on glass minnows on the water my dad and I were fish-less after a couple of hours. I have to tell you I saw more glass minnows than I have in YEARS this weekend. Definitely a good sign and it kept the fish localized.
Around 11 we could not stand it anymore so we made a hot lap to Sea Isle for shrimp. All they had were bigs and littles (jumbo table shrimp or just above whiskers and eyeballs). Upon making it back the boats were down to 4 including us. We set back up near the reef and my dad quickly hooked up with about 3.5 lb speck. When I went to net him a blacktip came out of nowhere and count to three... one- shark snapped the fish in half with so much ease that 2- my day and I gasped, the fish head popped out the water and back in and 3- the shark took the remaining head leaving nothing but his line... AMAZING!!! it happened so fast.
On to the goodies. The Jumbo's consistently caught a fish while the whiskers and eyeballs caught us... 6" trout WHAT!!! hahahaha Oh, and a few skip jacks, ect..
The end result was a great day on the water with my dad.
Tight lines
Joe
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