by johnb » Tue Aug 30, 2016 6:41 pm
Fished this morning 0530-1200. I’m hesitant to get too excited, but based on what I saw this morning (compared to the last few weeks), some better quality fish have moved into the Sound. Its still the land of 10,000 dinks, but there are some bigger fish mixed in now. Got a couple 25’s, and a nice sturdy 27". Couple low 20’s and a bunch of dinks. Big body of smaller fish hanging in the shallows at low slack tide in one spot. At least I thought they were all small until I saw some pretty hefty wakes as fish spooked and adjusted. Difficult to provoke a strike – big or small. Once tide turned, a very brief, but lively surface feed about 100 yards from where I was. By the time I got there, it was over, and I couldn’t find them. But decent sized fish going airborne. Another mini-blitz back in the shallows, lasted a little longer, smaller fish, but they hung around in that area so I could get strikes even when the air show was done. Hit another incoming spot where I got the 27. Hit the oceanfront, very quiet. Ground swell from Gaston made it a little too uncomfortable to fish Emerson’s or the PI beach front. Ocean was beautiful, but near shore was a bit squirrely. Headed back into the Sound after getting a few dinks over the Sandy Point bars. Saw some bigger fish (some 30") in the shallows (tide very high now), but could not spark any interest. Loads of sand eel balls around.
My son and I fished Sunday morn … very slow. But I dd get a 28" off the rocks on Grape. And I spoke to a fisherman at the dock on Saturday and he had been out since very early and reported it was slow, but he did get two 30"’s, one off the mussel bed at mouth of Eagle Hill, and the other I forget where.
Bring on those cooler Temps!!