August 2012 Blog Posts (41)

Via Dante Soriente. Mike and his family hammered the kings today with a dozen and a half, 6 bluefish,…

Ted M. says it all: "18" fluke from the surf this morning..will be a great "shore" lunch..caught tons of kings and spots as well..beautiful morning…

Austin and pops first cast Dad hooks up. They were 18 and 19 inches.

  COOL SHOT -- BUT NOT LOCAL ENOUGH…

HOLGATE DELAYED OPENING: While many of us were fired up – to the point of spontaneous combustion – in anticipation of this coming Saturday’s grand reopening of the Holgate beachfront (adjacent to the…

Bad news for mobile anglers -- Holgate opening delayed a week due to erosion. Double drat. More in daily report.

"It's close. Make sure to press the tail down before measuring ..."

Monday, August 27, 2012: Tricky day out there. From sun to thunder – and the t-storms could present a challenge until closing this afternoon. 

The ocean is very…

(Above) What a look before release.

Sunday, August 26, 2012: Imagine already thinking ahead to next weekend but I’ve been mulling over the latest weather charts and damn if most of them…

My favorite Swahili saying: "Don't insult the crocodile until you've crossed the river -- Or until you group-speared the sucker."

Saturday, August 25, 2012:

Well, there was a bit Of a fishing window this a.m. – before the easterly…

“Hey, there’s no size limit and no bag limit, so I shot the bugger.”

Friday, August 24, 2012:

This is a tad odd, getting this many low-wind days in succession. Even when there is a breeze, it’s blowing easterly. What we still have are some sizeable ground swells – even though I’m hearing “less than one foot” on weather reports. Go stand…

The Brant Beach whale doesn't want to get too popular

Taking Shark Week to the next level. 

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 Early swallow return -- and a sure sign of Holgate days ... photo Ray Fisk. 

Wednesday, August 22, 2012:

Boy is that a sweet looking ocean out there. Sure, there’s a decent groundswell starting to build but the winds are lights, the water is…

A Hankerin’ For Holgate:

Sharks Every Whichaway 

No sooner do we put out one SandPaper than you folks…

A feast in the wings. Time to put a nail on top of the bulkhead to help the skinning process. Via Fishermen's HDQ. 

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 Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012:

I will incur the wrath of the…

Gaggle-tooth shark, a.k.a sand tiger.

You can skip to this column in 5 … 4 …  3 …  2 … 1.

Whadda ya mean I’ve been on YouTube too long? It’s educational. And I get to see more local shark footage than I’ve ever seen…

HEADIN' TO HOLGATE ... SOON 

Friday, August 17, 2012: As forecast, the southerlies have kicked in with fairly typical summer aplomb, gusting into the mid-teens – and could pick up as a cold front approaches. …

Thursday, August 16, 2012: This day is in the running for the finest of the summer: mild, dry, light winds, 75-degree ocean, singing locusts.

To me, the strangely lonesome, oft-protracted whine of a high-treed 17-year locust is the ultimate sound of deep summer, a rising, then falling, siren’s song,…

IF YOU HAVE TIME – PLEASES READ

Anyone coming across smaller bass with infections please let me know.

And I’d…

IMPORTANT STRIPED BASS READ WRITTEN BY DOUG FRASER: 

[Cape Cod Times] By Doug Fraser - August 15, 2012 - 

Warming water temperatures might be causing an increase in the number of striped bass that have lesions from a viral or bacterial infection, according to the state…

Tuesday, August 14, 2012: Decent fishing conditions for a good chunk of the day, though pressure was kinda light.

A fizzling line of once-nasty T-storms led to a waterspout in Brigantine. But, short of some…