Happy Thanksgiving – Fishing Report Update
From all of us here at Fisherman’s Headquarters, Happy Thanksgiving! We’ve got a lot to be thankful for. For those that enjoy the water we must be especially thankful for the brave.
Here’s a short Thanksgiving Day Fishing Report update… It’s cold outside but it will not last long. Anglers out putting in time today found fish. We got a couple reports off the surf and from the boats. With November’s full moon on the 23rd, it’s prime time… Let’s go get some striped turkeys!
Yesterday (Wednesday) I had Chris Lutz and friends aboard for a fun day of fishing. We started off right where I left them on Tuesday’s afternoon trip (was a fun one casting with light tackle to school sizes bass). Things were scattered so we got on the troll and picked our fish fish right away. The entire morning was a good steady pick of bass from 10-30 pounds. I found bunker spoons and mojos were getting the bigger fish while the umbrella rigs were getting more consistent bites but smaller class of fish. After having a ton of fun cranking on trolled up fish we switched over to a drift/jig. Our first drift was productive with two bass, a sea robin, a bluefish and a horn dog (spiny dog fish). The next drift only one bass and a blue. The third drift nothing so we called it a day. I’ll be back out on Friday looking for some bass on the fly with a back up plan to fall on the troll if things aren’t popping. Hope to see everyone on the water. It’s gonna be a busy one!
LBI Surf Fishing Classic
TJ Loughran Jr. got a 9.54 pound striped bass this morning off the Ship Bottom surf on bunker.
So far 33 striped bass were checked in with the top five all over 20 pounds. For live results… www.LBIFT.com Just because the leader board has large fish doesn’t mean you are out of the game! The best part of the Fall Derby is everday and every week there’s a prize to compete for. In addition to the standard daily, weekly and segments prizes…
Today Nov 22 $250 Cash Award to the largest Striped Bass in Honor of Bruce Hoagland from the Hoagland Family founders of Bruce & Pats Bait and Tackle
December 2 – $250 Cash Award for the Largest Striped Bass
Fish Head’s Weekend Prizes – $100 Store Gift Certificate to the Heaviest Bass each Saturday and Sunday.