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Sunday, November 08, 2009:
It’s tough to call a day’s weather “perfect” but “so damn nice” works perfectly when a day like this comes along. I worked it from dawn to dusk – from beach to pines.
I got calls of another 30-pounder entering the Classic. A number of other blues and smaller baa showed but it was a pick at best. Still, the chance of getting a fine fish remains very steady. An already quite-decent fall remains also quite interesting. There’s no reason to think the coming week won’t see some fine fishing.
Boat anglers were kinda thick off Ship Bottom today. I’m guessing that’s the same action that was flush to the beach a couple days back.
The following is a very important letter from Tom Fote. Truthfully, it’s pretty much bad and worse news but it is vital you keep up on this stuff if there is any chance of making sure recreationalists don’t get fully excluded from fisheries.
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To All,
I am home after 5 days in San Diego and then 5 days in Newport, Rhode
Island. I was at the American Sportfishing Summit (ASA) in San Diego
and Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) meeting Newport.
The ASA Summit was very productive and I did get a chance to meeting
with Dr. Jane Lubchenco and some of her staff. I talked at length
with her staff about our concerns regarding the Scientific and
Statistical Committee's unregulated power and catch shares. You can
learn about ASA and the summit at http://www.asafishing.org/
It is pretty bad when the only good news I have to report from the
ASMFC meeting is that we did not allow a commercial rollover of the
striped bass quota and instead of a complete moratorium on weakfish
we only reduced the 6 fish bag limit to one. So far this year I have
made the motions and voted to reduce the winter flounder catch to a 2
fish bag limit and a 45 day season and the weakfish fishery to one
fish per day. The only alternative I had was a complete closure. I
used to think there was a light at the end of tunnel and we would see
increased recreational fishing opportunities. I used to come home
thinking I did something for the good for the resource and the people
I represent. Now I come home depressed and disillusioned. I no longer
expect good news but just hope it is not a disaster.
NJ's catch is over the recreational target on summer flounder and the
coast is over the recreational target on black sea bass but not on
scup. It is our turn to take the hit from Marine Recreational
Fisheries Statistical Survey (MRFSS) . According to MRFSS preliminary
data, NJ, DE and MD are all over the recreational target on summer
flounder but as a whole the coast is under quota. NJ is over by
191,096 fish not pounds. There is an increase in quota for 2010 but I
am not sure it will cover the MRFSS overage. It will mean no
relaxation of regulations in NJ. DE and MD. NY is under target so
they may be able to make some changes. The data collected by MRFSS
is unpredictable and not scientific. The National Academy of Science
does not believe this data can be used for the current decision
making since it is unreliable.
On black sea bass, the coastwide quota will be exceeded according to
MRFSS preliminary data. Unlike summer flounder where most states have
closed their fishery already, there is still fishing going on in
state waters for black sea bass. For that reason, we do not what the
final outcome will be. Remember, as of right now there is no increase
in black sea bass quota for 2010 because of the inappropriate action
by the MAMFC and because SSC failed to reexamine the 2010 quota.
According to MRFSS preliminary data, our scup catch is over target in
the northern region and under target in the souther region. We are in
the southern region and there is an increase in quota for 2010.
I have attached the table that was give out at the ASMFC Meeting
regarding black sea bass, scup and summer flounder.
Tom Fote
Release for Tomorrow
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Legislative Chairman
Jersey Coast Anglers Association
New Jersey State Federation of Sportsman's Clubs
22 Cruiser Court
Toms River NJ 08753
Phone 732-270-9102
Fax 732-506-6409
Email tfote@jcaa.org
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Pro report:
Hello All,
What a great week for fishing. The weather finally cooperated and we had some excellent fall action on all of our trips this week. We started the week out fishing on Election Day with Rick, Joyce and Gavin Fisher from Newtown, PA nailing bass on both live spot and clams all morning long from Oyster Creek Channel, keeping four fish up to 18 pounds for the table. Wednesday brought Butch Mellott down from Hopewell to get in on the action, with Oyster Creek again delivering a limit of fish to 34" mostly on clams.
Things changed a bit on Thursday when action in the channel seemed to dry up for Bensalem's Vince Barba, so I headed outside for the first time this fall and found non-stop jigging action on mixed bass and jumbo blues a couple of miles from the inlet. Making this even more fun was the fact that we were using tackle much more suitable to fishing in the bay, and trying to guess from the length of the line peeling runs what kind of fish was at the other end.
NOAA's bogus "gale warning" forecast for Friday caused us to cancel that trip, but we were back out there again yesterday with regulars George Selph and Bob Keller for the Barnegat Fishin' Hole's fall bass tournament. Hoping to find some bigger fish for the tournament, I broke out the wire line and switched to trolling Tony Maja bunker spoons north of the inlet. Unfortunately the bass and blues we put in the box didn't win the tournament but there was action all the way from the inlet up to the Seasides. We even heard reports of big schools of 75-100 pound bluefin beating up on sand eels within a couple hundred yards of the beach! You've gotta love fishing in the fall, and there's still a few more weeks of this to go before we pack it in for the year.
Until next week.
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Capt. Jack Shea
"Rambunctious"
Barnegat Bay Fishing Charters
www.BarnegatBayFishing.com
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Saturday, November 07, 2009: Waves: Small south swell.
It sure wasn’t yesterday out there. The ocean looked similar on the surface but the bunker were not showing just below. In fact, they were no-shows in many areas. With the weekend angler masses out there, a fair number of bass came to the scales but they were that entry-level zone, with a couple nicer ones mixed in. See lbift.com. Bluefish remain sketchy – and seriously smaller than usual for this time of year.
The winds have not built the way they were forecasted. In fact, it looks like we might get some very desirable (in fall) south winds. That could turn things on, mainly on the chunk baiting front. Needless to say, there are still some large stripers around. Even the slightest stir of the suds will get them cruising the surfline.
I don’t think I mentioned but yesterday I was throwing a huge designer swimming plug. Its incredible swimming action seemed easily capable of fooling the bass chasing wounded bunker toward the beach. Well, it fooled one fish. As those around me bested bass to near 40 pounds, don’t I go and land a 16-inch-ish fluke that had come off the bottom and blasted my mega-plug that, had it been a real fish, it couldn’t have swallowed without choking to death. Bizarre. A couple folks saw it.
I haven’t made as much of it as I should, but a goodly number of Classic bass have been kept alive and released after being weighed in.
BLOG: I’m fully behind the catch-and-release thinking but not to the point that I evenly remotely support being down on the anglers who weigh fish in during this tourney. As I’ve oft said, the great majority of anglers in this event have released huge numbers of fish. They’ve literally earned some take-home bass. Fortunately, we only have a couple (if only one) militant keep-no-bass angler in the hood.
By the by, I’m all ears when it comes to a true slot bass -- a size-zone that gets fully protected. It seems the 32- to 38-inch realm is a super slot to shelter, since these are fish seemingly sure to offer a genetic excellence to the biomass, while of an adequate size to assure a dominance during spawns.
1. MICHAEL KANE Striped Bass 42.69 Bunker Loveladies
2. JOHN PARZYCH Striped Bass 38.69 Bunker Holgate
3. MIKE GREENE Striped Bass 38.44 Bunker Ship Bottom
4. KENNEY DEPIERRO Striped Bass 36.94 Bunker Haven Beach
5. SCOTT SIMPSON Striped Bass 36.81 Bunker Spray Beach
6. DAVID BELL Striped Bass 35.25 Bunker Ship Bottom
7. TIMOTHY STUMPF Striped Bass 35.25 Bunker Surf City
8. RICHARD METZGER Striped Bass 35.19 Bunker Beach Haven Crest
9. JOE CARMELENGO Striped Bass 35.00 Bunker Brant Beach
10. DOUGLAS DUNKELBERGER Striped Bass 33.81 Bunker Surf City
11. TOM LAW SR. Striped Bass 33.00 Bunker Spray Beach
12. ED LAPP Striped Bass 32.56 Bunker Haven Beach
13. JOE CARMELENGO Striped Bass 32.13 Bunker Spray Beach
14. ROBERT MULLER Striped Bass 31.88 Bunker Peahala Park
15. LINDA HOLLINS Striped Bass 31.75 Bunker Ship Bottom
16. BILL MONTREY Striped Bass 31.56 Bunker Harvey Cedars
17. EDWIN MCGLYNN Striped Bass 31.50 Bunker Beach Haven
18. JEFF SUWAK Striped Bass 31.50 Bunker Beach Haven
19. BRIAN DALTON Striped Bass 31.25 Bunker Brant Beach
20. BRIAN MCALLISTER Striped Bass 30.88 Bunker Loveladies
21. DARCY KOLODZIEJ Striped Bass 30.38 Bunker Harvey Cedars
22. JOANN SULLIVAN Striped Bass 29.19 Bunker Loveladies
23. BILL MONTREY Striped Bass 29.00 Bunker Loveladies
24. MATTHEW GOGOJEWICZ Striped Bass 28.56 Bunker Ship Bottom
25. DANIEL J. PROCIDA Striped Bass 28.38 Bunker Barnegat Light
26. JOHN CASTRATI Striped Bass 27.38 Bunker Loveladies
27. DOUGLAS DUNKELBERGER Striped Bass 27.06 Bunker Surf City
28. MATTHEW GOGOJEWICZ Striped Bass 26.81 Bunker Ship Bottom
29. JOHN MARTIN Striped Bass 26.19 Bunker Holgate
30. RICHARD CROSTA Striped Bass 26.06 Bunker Beach Haven
31. BARRY P BAXTER Striped Bass 25.75 Bunker Spray Beach
32. TED KAMISH JR Striped Bass 25.13 Bunker Haven Beach
33. CHARLES POTTER Striped Bass 23.56 Herring Brant Beach
34. SEAN DEACON Striped Bass 23.50 Clam Surf City
35. EILEEN PARKER Striped Bass 23.50 Bunker North Beach Haven
36. SCOTT SIMPSON Striped Bass 23.19 Live Bait Surf City
37. ROB VALLONE Striped Bass 23.00 Bunker Beach Haven
38. TOM LAW SR. Striped Bass 22.63 Bunker Spray Beach
39. CHARLES HESS Striped Bass 22.25 Bunker Spray Beach
40. RICK ZANES Striped Bass 22.13 Bunker Barnegat Light
41. NICHOLAS S COTOV Striped Bass 22.00 Clam Brant Beach
42. KEVIN EICHMAN Striped Bass 21.94 Bunker North Beach
43. STEVE WARREN Striped Bass 21.81 Bunker Surf City
44. BARRY P BAXTER Striped Bass 21.81 Bunker Spray Beach
45. RANDALL MATLACK Striped Bass 21.69 Bunker Holgate
46. ANDREW J MANDELL SR Striped Bass 21.63 Bunker Beach Haven
47. MATTHEW SHAPIRO Striped Bass 21.31 Bunker Beach Haven
48. ED COREY Striped Bass 21.25 Bunker Barnegat Light
49. KENNETH A WRIGHT Striped Bass 20.63 Bunker Holgate
50. DARCY KOLODZIEJ Striped Bass 20.13 Bunker Barnegat Light
51. JACK TAYLOR Striped Bass 20.06 Bunker Beach Haven
52. JACOB TRYON Striped Bass 19.94 Other Barnegat Light
53. MATTHEW GOGOJEWICZ Striped Bass 19.75 Bunker Surf City
54. LARRY WEIDNER Striped Bass 19.56 Bunker Beach Haven
55. MICHAEL DEBETTA Striped Bass 19.44 Bunker Loveladies
56. DAVID SMITH Striped Bass 19.38 Bunker Beach Haven Crest
57. BRIAN DALTON Striped Bass 19.00 Bunker Spray Beach
58. KEVIN PRICE Striped Bass 18.94 Bunker North Beach
59. MICHAEL "FLYNN" DICELLIS Striped Bass 18.94 Bunker Loveladies
60. MIKE DIMARTINIS Striped Bass 18.88 Bunker Peahala Park
61. RICHARD MURRY Striped Bass 18.75 Bunker Barnegat Light
62. PAUL MONTREY Striped Bass 18.56 Bunker North Beach
63. MATTHEW SHAPIRO Striped Bass 18.50 Bunker Beach Haven
64. ROBERT MULLER Striped Bass 18.31 Bunker Haven Beach
65. STEVE WARREN Striped Bass 18.25 Bunker Surf City
66. LINDA HOLLINS Striped Bass 18.19 Clam Ship Bottom
67. SEAN CASTLE Striped Bass 18.00 Bunker Beach Haven
68. THOMAS WHITE Striped Bass 18.00 Bunker Beach Haven
69. KENNETH A WRIGHT Striped Bass 18.00 Clam Beach Haven
70. BRIAN J. ANDERSON Striped Bass 18.00 Bunker Holgate
71. DAN SUWAK Striped Bass 18.00 Bunker Beach Haven
72. DONALD LOCICERO Striped Bass 17.88 Bunker Ship Bottom
73. JONATHAN LAW Striped Bass 17.88 Bunker Surf City
74. PAUL TOMOSI Striped Bass 17.81 Clam Barnegat Light
75. BASIL DUBROSKY Striped Bass 17.75 Bunker Surf City
76. BILL DIBERNARDO Striped Bass 17.63 Bunker Barnegat Light
77. ED MCALLEN Striped Bass 17.44 Herring Holgate
78. PAUL MONTREY Striped Bass 17.38 Clam Loveladies
79. JACOB TRYON Striped Bass 17.38 Bunker Peahala Park
80. RANDALL MATLACK Striped Bass 17.38 Bunker Beach Haven Crest
81. RICK WIELAND Striped Bass 17.31 Clam Harvey Cedars
82. SANDY AUSTIN Striped Bass 17.19 Clam Harvey Cedars
83. BOBBY PARKER Striped Bass 17.13 Bunker North Beach
84. DAVID KERN Striped Bass 17.06 Bunker Brant Beach
85. RAYMOND SULLIVAN Striped Bass 16.94 Bunker Brant Beach
86. KEVIN EICHMAN Striped Bass 16.81 Bunker North Beach
87. JOHN SKIZETOWSKI Striped Bass 16.69 Bunker Brant Beach
88. JAY ZIMMERMAN Striped Bass 16.63 Bunker Loveladies
89. TOM LAW SR. Striped Bass 16.50 Bunker Spray Beach
90. CHARLES BLEIDORN Striped Bass 16.50 Bunker Barnegat Light
91. BARRY P BAXTER Striped Bass 16.31 Bunker Spray Beach
92. DAN SUWAK Striped Bass 16.25 Clam Beach Haven
93. KENNEY DEPIERRO Striped Bass 16.25 Bunker Haven Beach
94. GREG OCONNEL
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