Deal Surf Report! 10/28 Soup Fish!!!!

Hit the Deal surf after work tonight. Hoping to get one before the storm, I fished from 5:30-8:00. This time I worked school bus bombers and black bombers. I asked my son to go, but he opted to stay home and skate board....

Well the fish were there. I had one right away on the school bus, a short but nice to get one. As it got dark I decided to work the beach and ditch the korkers and rain gear.

Next fish was a 25 incher on the black bomber off the beach not far from where I was. I continued to work the stretch and on the way back north I hooked up with what I thought was another short. It hit right in the wash and when the wave took it back out it took off. Figured I had a decent fish and it was a 30 in keeper. Took a few more casts and had a nice fluke.

Nice to get a keeper for the chowder. Hope to get a few more.

Leif

Deal Surf Report 10/6 GOT 'EM ON A FLY!

Fished the Deal surf today from 6:00am-7:10am with Adam D'Onofrio. I fished the fly rod and white snake fly again.


Upon arriving I noticed the surf had a little more white water today and decided to work the corner of the jetty from the beach. I saw some mullet and a few swirls right away in the corner. After two casts I had one on and landed that fish. It was short(around 23 inches but a nice way to start the day.

As it got light the activity seemed to subside and I went home to get ready for the tuna trip tonight.

Leif

Deal Surf Report 9/20/11

Fished the Deal surf today before work from 5:30-7:00. I used the fly rod and fished right off the beach. Since the mullet are around I used a snake fly.


The low tide, rolling surf, and weed made it tough fishing but I was glad to get out and fish for a while. I saw one small fish in the wash and had no other hits.


Next week should be good. The fish are here. Go get 'em!



Leif

Golden Touch 8/23 (Leif's B Day Fluke report)

Golden Touch 8/23 (Leif's B Day Fluke report)


When I asked Leif what he wanted to do for his birthday it didn't take long for him to answer. He wanted to go on the Golden Touch for Fluke with his friend Snapperhead/Ben.

I agreed it was a good choice. Good friend Ken/TinSquid joined us and it was a beatiful day.

Snapper was the hot hand with the Giant Sea Bass and Six Fluke!

Breakfast was served, everyone had keepers, and the weather was great. What more can you ask for?? Capt. John and Frankie are the best and know what they are doing!

We wound up with around 19 keeper fluke and a handful of seabass.

A good time was had by all!

Leif

Golden Touch Fluke 7/1

I fished on the Golden Touch out of Point Pleasant with Capt. Cole for fluke on Friday. It was an open boat trip and the line up was myself, son Leif, good friend Bill, and three other fisherman, Carl, Dave and Ryan. We left the dock at 6:00am and headed north to fish the rough bottom off Long Branch and Monmouth Beach. We were busy all day catching many Fluke and a few Sea Bass. Ryan was high hook with the keepers, getting his limit on 8" cod grubs. My son Leif had many short Fluke and two nice keeper Sea Bass on his "Denali and Battle" spinning combo. Bill had four nice keepers and I had two and countless shorts. Everyone caught lots of fish and a good time was had by all.       

Catskill Father and Son Trout Trip 6/2-6/4

 My son Leif and I spent a few days in East Branch and fished the East Branch and Beaverkill. We fished Thursday night, Friday, Saturday and a little on Sunday morning. 6/2-6/4. We wound up with 3 Rainbows to 14 inches and 4 Browns to 19 inches. All fish were caught on March Browns. We enjoyed catching and releasing those beautiful fish. Leif has become quite a caster and I am proud of him. It is not easy casting for hours on end but it paid off for him with a couple nice rainbows and a brown.

A special thank you to Catskill flies for being so nice to me and my son. My son and I picked out some nice Collins capes so we could do some tying and Dennis and Ellen took care of us. Thanks for everything. Leif will enjoy using those bass flies in NJ and has a great example of the Conover fly so he can tie his own with the materials he bought.

Gloucester Cod and Pollack Report May 1st

I fished with my son Leif for cod and pollack on the TUNA.COM out of Gloucester MA on Sunday.

We fished with a nice group of fisherman who were all members of NJFISHING.COM, Eric F, Eric J, Jon and Howie.
We had our limit of keeper cod and pollack at least two dozen pollack. We also had countless throw-back cod and many sculpin.
All fish were caught on jigs in the 9-14oz range with teasers attached. We drifted over pods of fish on Stellwagen bank. The fish ranged in size from 6-16lbs.

While everyone caught lots of fish, my son Leif seemed to have the hot hand and out-fished me this time, getting more than his limit of cod and nice double header pollack. It was nice to take the trip with my son.I enjoyed spending the time with him and watching him catch all those fish.

Leif

Deal Surf Report 4/22

Fished again for about an hour for Striped bass off a jetty in Deal. No fish today but it was a beautiful morning. Here are some pictures.

Leif

Deal Surf Report 4/21/11 Beautiful Morning

Hit the Whitehall Jetty in Deal today with my friend Adam . We fly fished the jetty for an hour an a half from 5:30am-7:30am with Magnum Deceivers and Half and Half flies.


The water was a little off color but there was a good rip on both sides of the jetty and if the fish were there we would have got them. It was a nice morning but a little early for that spot. Should be good soon.


Leif

Gloucester Cod Report 4/16

Fished the TUNA.COM out of Gloucester MA. Fished with good friend Adam, Howie, Chad, Joe, and Greg. We knew it was going to be windy and we were not disapointed. We left the dock at 5:30am and fished for a few hours in worsening conditions. We managed to put together a nice catch of 36 cod up to 15lbs for the six of us. All the fish were caught on jigs and teasers. We had a great dinner the night before we fished at the "Causeway". It was great to get out and fish with friends for the king of all fish....cod.

Leif