The Storm That Ends It ?

[Gumada]

Could the Cat 1 that’s heading up the coast offshore be the one that drives the fluke out ? It’s happened in years past. Hope not....

[Bigadam119]

It seems kind of early for a storm to push all the fluke out. I’ve seen it happen with storms in September before. You may be right but I’d guess it’s not

[dales529]

Regardless of storms have always had trips with full boat limits 2nd to 3rd week in Sept. Have a trip this year Sept 7 and 14 and expect the same results. GO Fishing. Can it happen sure does it always NO!

[Gerry Zagorski]

It’s not over till we say it’s over 😜

All kidding aside I think we’ll still have Fluke until mid September and the best is yet to come.

[Gumada]

I’m hoping for the best !

[tautog]

Won't end it. Maybe push some fish out, but I can catch fish in the river and bay until early October every year at least as a small boater. Find the peanuts and snappers and there will be packs of fluke under them. Usually catch my last Manasquan River fluke the first week in November drifting clams for stripers.

[Rocky]

Did we quit when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor???....Hell No!

Put on your slicker, get the hell out there and wet those lines boys.... Make America proud!

[Gumada]

So it seems I was only one heave off. Fluking dropped off of the table after the last. Now we are faced with nothing worth burning fuel.

I’m not anti commercial fishing, however if there is a market, that species suffers a catastrophe. It’s fished to exhaustion and then they move on to a species that the recreational fisherman nursed back to health. Prove me wrong !

As my parents said “I’m sick and tired”

[bulletbob]

Originally Posted by Gumada

So it seems I was only one heave off. Fluking dropped off of the table after the last. Now we are faced with nothing worth burning fuel.

I’m not anti commercial fishing, however if there is a market, that species suffers a catastrophe. It’s fished to exhaustion and then they move on to a species that the recreational fisherman nursed back to health. Prove me wrong !

As my parents said “I’m sick and tired”

Won't end either, when a sickly looking 13 inch sea bass on ice with milky white eyes and gray gills fetches $20... Jeez most of my life you couldn't give Blues or Porgies away, now I see them up here, 250 miles from the ocean, and people snap them up at big prices...

[Jigman13]

Back of the bay (Raritan) is still STACKED in some places... it's been lights out fishing for me the last two weeks after Ida's run-off subsided. Once the water cleared up and became clear again the peanuts, spearing and mullets (plus snappers) are paved in the back--shoals of bait. Guess what's under it all?

Been getting minimum 2 keepers an outing and had a few limits to 21".