Ling/Cod reports?

[shrimpman steve]

Miss Montauk was getting them. Give Jamie a call

[tautog]

After the storm has been bad. I would wait a week more until things get straightened out.

[bulletbob]

Gotta a scary PM from member here that knows.. Ling fishing has been pretty much dead, and Cod even worse.. Hope they come back strong in spring.. bob

[jmurr711]

excellent in july

[tautog]

late June thru late August is usually the peak. Some years May and early June is good inshore, but most years it is a pick.

[bulletbob]

Please forgive my ignorance.. I am a throwback to the old days, when Ling were simply not fished very much in July and August... Ling were late fall, winter and early spring with whiting and mackerel .. July and august nobody really fished for them, the fluking was too good, and if you wanted sea bass all you had to do was go 1/4-1/2 mile off Sea Bright, Deal or Elberon.. Plenty of them mixed with fluke.. Ling were always there in the dead of winter, and I guess thats my flawed point of reference... Decade after decade I fished wintertime ling in shallow inshore areas, not deep water wrecks.
I must stop thinking of ling as the " go to" for mid winter anglers... It doesn't work that way anymore.
In any case, I will wait for spring just like everyone else.... bob

[Solemate]

We would go to Deal Jetties and catch ling at night. Throw out a clam strip on a single hook rig with a short leader and a 2-3 oz sinker and fill a bucket on a good night. Dont forget the lantern and the Thermos or Brandy