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Originally Posted by bulletbob
wow,,nice fishing!.. a question for whomever might have insight...
Are those blues and weaks "wintering" out on those wrecks, 70-80 miles offshore?... I always thought of blues and weaks as heading north and south seasonally, not inshore offshore.. Are they just stopping and feeding out there on their way south?, or actually wintering over? If the head boats were allowed to fish all winter out there , would those blues and weaks still be there in say late february?.. Just wondering... bob
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Before the seabass rules changed and closed seasons became a thing, I offshore fished for them all winter. Offshore 60-80 mile wrecks and rockpiles and fished out of both Barnegat and Point.
Always had blues and weaks in the catch all through Jan, Feb and March. Believe it or not, the blues and weaks would thin out as it came into March and were more prevalent in Jan and Feb.
If I had to guess Id say yeah, they winter over on these wrecks/rockpiles. One other observation is all the fish were very cookie cutter Blues always 3-5lb fish and weaks around 2-4. Nothing smaller nothing larger.
