Barnegat offshore SeaBass trip
 

Jon "fish pedaller" Mueller, Chad "SeaSoda" Bennett and I headed to BI on the DM non sponsor after seeing that our local favorite was booked.

We left BI at 11PM into a snotty ocean and after only 8 hours of riding in the trough arrived on the grounds. Chad, Jon and I had our limit by 900 and continued to cull and catch for people that weren't feeling too swift.

The Capt pulled the anchors at 1115 when the wind and seas really picked up. Back at the dock at 400 with a cooler full of fish and the first and second pools. Chad pulled a nice 7lb SB.

Pics to come later.

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I was on the Thurs night Friday trip and did equally well. We didn't leave till 12:30am allowing for the winds and seas to die down a bit. Started fishing around 6am as the sun came up. One stop shopping, with just a few wiggles. Limited out by 10am and then started culling. The last hour the big fish started chewing. Pink curly tail grub on a single hook rig was the ticket. I didn't see any porgys come up. Pulled anchors around 11am, at the dock by 3pm.
Click Here for pic.

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Nice going!

"8 hours of riding in the trough"

If I made this trip with you guys, you'd prob have caught "my" limit as well.

Just finished dinner, Gambler Sea Bass steamed right in the Vac seal bag with mixed veggies and black beans. Yum!

Bill

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Nice work buddy!.. wish i could have made it..:mad:


Howie.. sounds like a great trip!! Nice work!!

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Good times! Fun starting off the evening with wine, cheese, codfish salad and grapa with some new Croatian friends. Even though it was raining pretty good, it was pretty warm. I only had my oilers, a shirt and my rain jacket on. No gloves needed. I tried jigging a bit and caught a few smaller ones, but the jig did not produce like it did a couple of weeks ago. For me, the clam worked best.

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Definitely a great time and a pleasant surprise to see you guys come aboard!

Really a great bunch of guys on the boat and the grappa, wine, peach liquor and cognac certainly facilitated a lot more sleep than I'm accustomed to on the way out lol. The cabin was so toasty warm I ended up putting on my slicks and sleeping outside up top. The raindrops pelting my hood put me right to sleep :)

The action started off a little on the slow side with mostly smaller fish coming up at first. Things quickly changed after our first adjustment on the lines and the big boys quickly came up one after the other. Had my limit of nice biscuits by about 9:30 and helped a few other guys out that werent as lucky. I also managed to put 10 big ling in the box as well and my 2 boys loved the fresh ling fishstick dinner tonight!

Almost got to pull the double header trips but Saturday's Voyager trip got blown out. I will admit I was the tiniest bit relieved, though lol

Importantly, I did achieve the objective of stocking up the freezer with a lot of gorgeous whole biscuits :) Already cant wait to get out again!

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Good report Howie looks like you guys did really good. Some nice pics Jon.

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Nice going Jon! I see Chad caught another nice slob! :D

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Just wondering when you start cullling what do you do with the smaller fish?

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We give them to the people that are ill or just not catching. If their coolers are full, we give them to the mates.

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Nice trip Howard, Jon and Chad. I am not suprised you hammered them and got both pools. You guys are the best fisherman I know. Wish I could have joined you. Nice to help out the peeps that were not felling well and the mates.

Leif

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The mates didn't make out with our overage this time, as there were a few folks who didn't get their limit.

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Yupp same thing here, some guys didn't get their bingo fish so I shared the wealth. btw the guy next to me was using a jig for awhile and didn't get a tap. Only snagged one in the arse, lol. then he switched to squid strips and didn't do well either. The whole squids were working for me in the morning then died off, had to switch over to the clams. Something I learned, a long three hook rig with a 6 1/2 ft rod and a short round guy at the rail makes for difficulty in swinging three fish over the rail challenging, LOL. And I tried three setups and out of the Diawa LD30, Shimano Torium 30, Avet SX, the Avet SX had the most power... That little sucker keeps amazing me. Gonna change the handle over to the round power knob though.

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Is the Avet a two speed or single. Thinking of getting one

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It was a great trip as always ! We kept it fun and ball busting was there too. I don't know how the other customers felt with our crew taking both pools! Hey never leave the rail and keep on fishing and you will win! Thanks again for the invite !

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Originally Posted by Leif
Nice trip Howard, Jon and Chad. I am not suprised you hammered them and got both pools. You guys are the best fisherman I know. Wish I could have joined you. Nice to help out the peeps that were not felling well and the mates.

Leif
The mates didn't make out with our overage this time, as there were a few folks who didn't get their limit.

... Easy guys... I'm sure this is more than legal...
"Taking" fish... I'm just sayin, a little moderation, especially at this point
I am totally w you guys but... Shhhhh

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They come either way.. I use my Sx and Mx single speed with no issues. But do have a 2speed for deep drops.. and it does make a difference when you are fishing that deep water and lots of weight.. That Avet cranks it in like nothing

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My Avet I was using is a single speed. I agree with SaltLife that the 2-speed is really only needed for deep dropping with 5lbs of lead! Single speed SX pulled 10lbs of seabass and 20oz of lead with little probs. Buttt that being said, after a few hours, the 2-speed would probably be nice to have, lol.

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And btw the guys using Avets... I heard about issues only after a few trips, so I washed mine down and then tore it down and sure as hell there was water in weird places. So I greased the crap out of it, ReelX'd the bearings, and Cal'd the carbontex drag washer... highly recommended BEFORE you have problems.

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Great fishing and ecen better catching gentleman

At least your are getting windows of weather to line up for your trips

Keep catching and posting - I am an armchair fisherperson lately

Wo is unto m e- I dios mios - while flinging my arm

Tee Hee - GDubs - :cool: