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

Saltwater Fishing Show Somerset NJ

Had a good day at the SWFS today in Somerset.

I was honored to help out the RFA today and I thank everyone who contributed. Some bought shirts, hats, some signed up for memberships and some did both. All your generous donations go to a great cause. Us!! Many signed up for membership.
Special thanks to Dave Daley for all his effort time planning RFA trips and recruiting help for the cause.

Thank you all for coming up and introducing yourselves and the kind words regarding NJFISHING.COM, ect.
It was great to see and meet Mike M, Brian, Ron, Paul and his fine son and daughter and all the others.

Nice to talk to Al Ristori,(guy is my idol) and all the sponsors who were at the show including Fran(Fish the Drop Off), Kevin Bogan (Fish Pioson Rods) and the one and only... Gambler (Thanks Capt. Bobby and Capt. Mike and Keith)

Leif

Gambler Sunday 3/13 Cod Report

I fished on the Gambler Sunday on the 7am-3pm Cod trip. My son Leif couldn't make this trip but his friend Ben Green of Wayside joined me after getting his parents OK. He is a good fisherman and self relient so I didn't mind at all. We had a nice "fishermans breakfast" on the way out and by 9:00am we were fishing. We had several codfish on jigs even before we were anchored but they were short fish. I landed a 4lb pollock on a jig and two keeper cod for the day. Ben Green was the "star" and had a 20lb cod on a teaser and 15lb pollock on clam. He was eeked out of the pool by a slightly longer fish of 25lbs. Most everyone had at least one cod and several shorts. A few ling were caught as well.