The Weather Asses did it again today!! 4th time this season, many times last season......Not a drop of rain, Sun came out mid morning, the Beaches were empty and I'm sure all the local Restaurants and attractions suffered.
I was amazed coming up the Beach that the Highlands Bridge had no cars on it at 12:30pm.....Even the Naked beach had lack of participation.
Sad that these clowns can get away with this crap while making $$$$. Meteorologist my Ass....Can't predict Nature, same boat as trying to predict fish populations. You can have all the data you want, yet it's still a crap shoot and most of the time BS!
Oh yea, fishing was terrible once again today. Had some life early slugging away but once again the swell came back on and put the kibosh to what little we had.
NOT AVAILABLE MONDAY THE 11TH THIS WEEK, SORRY.
Capt.Ron
Just enough East Wind to make it uncomfortable today!
Tough pick too say the least with way more shorts than keepers....The shorts have been fatter than the 17 & 18 inch fish the past 2 weeks! I didn't find any one particular area that I could make a second drift so it was search mode all day.
Frank (Lou's younger brother) landed his 3 keepers and Staten Island Tony had the hot hand in the AM with a keeper and a bunch of shorts. Certainly, nothing to brag about but I still have to do a Report.
Fished a couple drops that were stacked with Sea bass figuring the customers would at least go home with dinner....They didn't want to bite either!
Better day's ahead and Thank God my customers know the deal, if they quit on me I'd be dead.
NOT SAILING THIS MONDAY JULY 11TH........
Give it hell tomorrow once again!
Capt.Ron
Had to hit a whole bunch of drops once again today to put some fish in the boat.
Water temp dropped to 66 degrees with that South wind yesterday, even in the shallow water the Sinkers & fish were Ice cold!
Jim lead the way with his 3 Keepers, 11 shorts and a nice Sea Bass along with the Pool fish. Richie also had his 3 and a few guys had Two including Gregg, Chef Lou & Steve. A few nice Sea Bass but we didn't catch what I was reading on several drops.
Wind against all day certainly didn't help, had to power drift in the Ocean for an hour to get some action.
Joe mentioned Today that all the fish we have been catching are very skinny, the white sides are just about Skin!!
Back at it in the AM...
Capt. Ron
Had to search several drops today picking a fish here and there until we found some life I could work.
Plenty of short action with the Keepers mixed in. Steve lead the way with 5 would be keepers followed by Big Tom with his 3. Steve also took the pool with a 3.5 pound fish. Couple guys with 2 by days end.
South wind came up mid-morning and made the drift a little to fast at 1.5 knots, by then it was almost time to go. Bottom water temp is very cold as every fish that came up felt like Ice!
Also had some nice Sea Bass & a Couple ling in the mix. Weather looks good for tomorrow!
Back at it in the AM.
Capt.Ron
Been a tough bite since Thursday....
I thought for sure with the quality of the fish we had on that day and the nice action that it was the start of something big.
Yup, I was wrong. Why the bite shut down who knows. We pick and pluck shorts a handful of keepers working all the area's that should be holding fish, they just haven't turned on the past few days.
Perseverance will pay off as we will keep at it until we find an area we can work hard....I'm thinking this week!
On another note for anyone looking to come and rent My tackle.
For $5 I give you a nice Rod & Reel, it has a rig all ready to go. You are told when you rent the Rod that "WE DO NOT SUPPLY TACKLE!" When you do not listen to the Crew or myself, when we physically show you how Not to get stuck on the bottom and you keep loosing Rigs, it's on you. I do not supply tackle all day for $5.
Please go to Walmart, buy an inexpensive set up, some sinkers and a handful of rigs. I will not fish the sand and catch nothing, I am a Fisherman, I fish where I have to so you can catch fish, respect that and don't tell me you will not come back here again when I bust my ass for you! Listen & learn or please move on.
Capt. Ron