After two days back to work and welcoming the Essex County College nursing class of 2024 it was time to do some fishing. Traveled down the Parkway to Leif's housing for a bite before hitting Ocean County for the outgoing tide. We got there a tad bit early but waited as the tide ebbed to work different areas. Had bait and bass from start to finish. Now what I mean is, we saw bait and bass from start to finish. There was a ton, I mean of ton, of bait in the water and it was difficult to get
the fish fooled enough to take the imitation. They wanted the smaller baits in bulk, not singles. We tried different colors, different profiles, different depths, and manged to land three schoolies between us. As Leif put it, "It's a fish every 1,000 casts".
Back home I saw on my way to Newark yesterday the surveyors were outing marking up the land adjacent to the river in Trenton. Not sure why and how far north this construction is heading but it isn't good, at least not for the fisherman. Well, wade fisherman. Anglers are going to get jammed up, hurt or die trying to access the river next year. Hopefully I am wrong about that.
The other day when I was at lunch with Delware Joe I asked him if he had any pictures from good fishing days past. He sent me a few and what he also sent was a pic of the now defunct Nor-East Striper Club patch. What is cool is that is says Trenton, NJ on it where it was based out of. Hoping to get a few re-made if possible.
It was also cool to see he log books from August 1991. Looks like Monday August 12th was a good day, 55 bass between him and his buddy Vince. 55 bass? In August? From his notes it looked like bucktails were the ticket as I assume the fish were low due to summer time water temps? But then the next night the fish were taken mostly on plugs. Below is a pic of Joe, a tad younger, holding a nice schoolie above the Trenton Makes Bridge. Good stuff.
