BASS AT SCRAP VALUE: To say that boat bassing has been good is like saying gold is simply shiny – and not up to $1100 an ounce.
The tales I’ve gotten about stripering near the inlets have been up there in the ionosphere, which I’m pretty sure is really high.
The problem is how do you really describe a phenomenal bite when all the words like unbelievable, incredible, insane, astonishing, mind-boggling, amazing and righteous have all been used to death and back? I guess I should offer this report… Continue

Monday, November 23, 2009:

The catching is slow on the beach and boat. Wonder why? Check out the anemometer – that’s the goofy thing that tells wind speeds. Gusts to 25 and gusting. We’re back into the total-honk mode – and, no surprise, it’s out of the northeast. It’s no biggy of a storm, per se, but it’s a couple fishing days thrown into the crapper. By midweek, things will quiet quickly via light south winds, then another blow, a break, then east and north blow. By the end of the week west w… Continue

It’s that humbling time of the year where I ask for donations to keep this blog up and running. It is a time consuming enterprise but I enjoy it. It’s kinda therapeutic. I hope you find it fun – and functional. I’d also like to take this time to sincerely thank those who email or phone me with tales, fishing reports and questions. It’s energizing. Donations can be mailed to: Jay Mann, 222 18th Street, Ship Bottom, NJ, 08008-4418. Being Type A I don’t always have the time to mail Thank-you note b… Continue

It’s that humbling time of the year where I ask for donations to keep this blog up and running. It is a time consuming enterprise but I enjoy it. It’s kinda therapeutic. I hope you find it fun – and functional. I’d also like to take this time to sincerely thank those who email or phone me with tales, fishing reports and questions. It’s energizing. Donations can be mailed to: Jay Mann, 222 18th Street, Ship Bottom, NJ, 08008-4418. Being Type A I don’t always have the time to mail Thank-you note b… Continue

It’s that humbling time of the year where I ask for donations to keep this blog up and running. It is a time consuming enterprise but I enjoy it. It’s kinda therapeutic. I hope you find it fun – and functional. I’d also like to take this time to sincerely thank those who email or phone me with tales, fishing reports and questions. It’s energizing. Donations can be mailed to: Jay Mann, 222 18th Street, Ship Bottom, NJ, 08008-4418. Being Type A I don’t always have the time to mail Thank-you note b… Continue