Striped Bass Report - Big Jamaica 3-29

[bigjamaica]

3-29 Report

Well, the wind blew from the NW, we did catch some nice stripers up to 18LBS today, and a Cod, but, not the hot fishing I was hoping for.
When we arrived on the grounds we had some nice readings of bass on the scope, for most of the day, but, never had a hot bite. On one drift we did have 4 hooked up at once (for the small group we had aboard) but most of the time it was just one here and there.

The first few stripers were caught on a large, white Jersey Jay Croc, with silver prism. The next few were caught on A-47’s with a green tail. One on a large bucktail, and one on a Mega-bait. The rest were caught on either jigs or crocs.

Today you just had to stay at the rail and keep working your lure. Sometimes the fish were within 20’ of the bottom and others just 20’ to 40’ down.

The pool winner was:
Jorge Batista from Newark, NJ with an 18LB striped bass.

We wound up with 15 keepers and a half dozen just under 28”.
The biggest surprise was a cod caught on a jig just 2.5 miles from the beach.
It was an A-47 & an A-27 with green tails, tied together, on the end of the line.

The weather looks good for tomorrow.
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[SnackAttack]

Nice!!! It's a little early, but I'll take it. Small Mouth, Stripers? Small Mouth, Stripers? What hard decisions

[Captain Mike C]

Great report fellows, hell it's only March!

[Jersey Jay's Tackle]

Nice work Howard.

[dfish28]

two diamonds tied together.... what!
I have an old nokia phone im going to tie a treble on and try for some cod

[SaltLife1980]

Nice Catch! And that Cod! Nice cod!! thats wild.. and the two jigs... how did he have them tied on?? both at bottom?? not sure i know what u mean.. like one a lil up the line as a teaser or just both at bottom?? kinda confused.. haha.. anyways.. Good job Capt!

[bigjamaica]

Originally Posted by dfish28

two diamonds tied together.... what!
I have an old nokia phone im going to tie a treble on and try for some cod

You may have an idea there! I have one of those also (blue). Do you know if they come in any other color? Last year the white crocs with the blue prism worked well at times, so why not the phone.
The only problem yesterday is that the drift was a little too fast for the nokia to reach the bottom. (Maybe two together)

[bigjamaica]

Originally Posted by SaltLife1980

Nice Catch! And that Cod! Nice cod!! thats wild.. and the two jigs... how did he have them tied on?? both at bottom?? not sure i know what u mean.. like one a lil up the line as a teaser or just both at bottom?? kinda confused.. haha.. anyways.. Good job Capt!

I saw him reel up when we were making a move and I asked the mate if he was using a green tube as an assist hook, or were there two jigs. There were two jigs and they were both tied at the end of the line. He must have tied one jig to the other.
When he caught the cod the mate told me there were two jigs on, when he dropped it to the bottom, but, only one came up. Maybe he had a double header and one broke off?
BTW: that is not a rig I would normally recommend. But I learned a long time ago to "never say never".

[SnackAttack]

I'll see ya all on Saturday Made my decition not to go for smallmouth

[bunker dunker]

nice howard,gotta love spoon feeding them bass.