October has been hot for stripers in our area.
Club members have been reporting very large bass over the limit.
10/12/22:
Capt. Jim F - 50" striper released caught on live bunker
10/15/22:
Fred T - 44" trolling off Lavallette - 55 ft on a green bunker spoon. Bunker were there but not like the previous week. No whales.
Louis C - skunked
10/22/22:
Frank C - went out of BI. Lots of dogfish. Tried eels early off the BI rocks. Trolled. Live lined bunker. Skunked. Headed out to try for Sea Bass, more dogfish and searobins, a short fluke, two blowfish
Sean W -
Left inlet around 2 PM - 44" - live bunker off Sea Watch, Colin with a 38", and a 47" successfully released
Followed Capt Freda's advice to stay coast to the pods and switch over to circle hooks after snagging.
10/30/22:
John S - reports a lot of boats off Sea Girt/Spring Lake, rough surf. Plenty of bait but no stripers.
Fred T - Had the Jewells out. Scored a 44" right outside inlet in 45 feet of water on a white spoon:
10/31/22:
Jack P - out with Luis C and John S - trolling with bunker spoons 42"
Chatter:
Jim F - "Now is the time for your bass of a lifetime"
Sean W - "Do you think smaller fish are on the way"
Jim F - "Yes, middle of November through December"
Fred T - Fished with the Monger today. Had an 8-man limit of keepers and dozens of slobs. All keepers came in the morning.