GOLDEN EAGLE - FINAL MORNING STRIPER TRIP - FRIDAY, 12/29 - 7:30 AM DEPARTURE!

[Duffman]

Originally Posted by bulletbob

Boy I would like to know where those big Tiderunners are spending the summer these days.. Its absolutely crazy, but in the modern age the best Weakfishing of the year seems to be in December,- 70 or so miles offshore on deep water wrecks... I don't get it...

The only thing that makes sense to me based on my experience, is that the Weaks are still in fairly close proximity to Porgies.. Been that way for a long time, especially in LI and RI... I can remember years and years ago, catching weaks and porgies alongside one another, on the same bait, they were together all the time..... Maybe these days those big Weaks are still in the bays or inshore ocean during summer, but are much more nocturnal than they used to be... Might be good idea this coming year for some guys to go out and drift along the edges of the big channels in raritan/ sandy hook bays with big sandworms and a jelly worm on a 3x3 rig at night... Might be more of them out there than anyone realizes, but they might be more reclusive because of the daytime traffic out there... just a thought.. Only problem is, if my theory is correct, no one would ever report it!... bob

That fishery, regardless of what’s put out online, never went away. It just evolved.

Without a doubt the numbers of fish have declined but the quality and the weakfish as a whole are still there. The old school purple Manns jelly worms and sandworm combo is alive and well. It’s just that it’s not being plastered all over Facebook by the guys that do it.