Magic Hours 7/22
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Ok where should I start. Weather was nice, cool bay breeze very comfortable night on the water. Fishing conditions get a thumbs down, wind against the tide pretty much the entire night and a change of tide at the end of the trip forced us to power drift the enitre evening. We had some short action close to home but we made a few drops looking for a drift. Cant explain this but the Martin family had all three keepers aboard. Fishing Sat and Sun 4PM to 8PM Magic Hours. Monday and Wednesdy Open Boat 7AM.
Wednesday Report 7/21
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Good Afternoon, we sailed with a light crowd today and had great short action catching well over 60 shorts, too bad it was 15 shorts to 1 k ratio. The last drift was good however, the storm killed it. I would of liked to see the change of tide bite happen. Guess we will have to wait for the next trip. Roy R won the pool with a 4.3 pound fluke. Sailing Thursday 7/22 5pm to 9Pm and Saturday and Sundayb 4 PM to 9 PM Next Monday 7/26 and 7/28 7AM Open Boat.
Misty Sunday & Monday Report
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7/18 Am Laurence Harbor Fire Department was aboard for their annual fishing trip. Fishing was good close to home but the bite was dominated by shorts and an odd keeper. We made a few drifts and I was wondering why we didn't just stay where we were, but we did find a spot and landed a number of keepers late in the day. Big Wally had his Limit, Marc Messina from Keyport followed with a pair that included the pool winner 5.8 lbs.
Sinday Night - We should of stayed tied up at the dock.
Monday morning we found great short life again on the same drifts as Sunday. We poked around and found a few keeps for thew day.
Roy boxed up a limit and the pool fish, Cathy Melillio landed dinner for husband Mike as he was busy putting a whopping on the shorts.
Misty Morn Report
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Up coming Schedule Sailing: Monday -Wednesday 7AM Fluke, Magic Hours TUE-WED-THUR 5 to 9 PM Fluke, SAT and SUN Magic Hours 4 to 8PM
Wednesday AM Open boat was dominated by shorts. We managed a few keeps for the plate. Kyle Jannuzzi from Old Bridge was High Hook and Pool winner.
Wednesday night's highlight was the short bite. First trip in awhile that we found life and action. 95 %were short, but rods were bending. Roger Johnson from Roselle won the pool.
Wednesday night saw great action provided by shorts and 7 keepers for the 4 hour trip. It was ice to put a few flatties on ice for a change.
Friday Open boat trip saw good action at the start of the trip until we lost conditions. The rest of the day was a struggle. Johnny Pie from West NY, NJ, won the pool.
The Pete Tierney Memorial trip enjoyed some good action close to home with a keeper in the mix and then we sailed the ocean blue. Results were a few more keeper fluke and 2 dozen sea bass. Ryan Vrindten from Warren won the pool.
Magic Hours 7/17 Early short bite was ok with most of our fish landed in the first three drits. Jack Andersen from East Brunswick won the pool. Fishing was good the first three drifts as far as actions goes. The second wave of the storms rolled through putting an end to the bite.
MISTY MORN REPORT
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SATURDAY 7/10 East Orange Anglers managed a few keeps for a pretty slow day. George S boated the pool fish on the last drift 6.8 pounds beating Brian Fry's 4.8 pounder that was landed earlier in the day. Brian however took the lead for the Misty Morn Masters unseating Shukis with his 4.8 pound fluke. Saturday night was slow, Chris Shukis took the pool.
7/8 Thursday night only saw 2 keeps landed with a fewe shorts.
7/7 Wednesday by far the best trip of the week. We got lucky late in day and found a patch of fish late.
7/6 TuesdayThe Leisure Knoll fishing club was aboard for a day of slow fishing. We picked away at a few shorts and managed a few keeps. George S from Manchester won the pool with 2.4 fluke.
