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Old 12-29-2024, 10:23 PM
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Default Re: GOLDEN EAGLE -GOOD FISHING ON OFFHSORE GIANT SEA BASS TRIP - ANOTHER TRIP 12/28

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Originally Posted by Duffman View Post
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.
That’s very interesting.
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