Are you hanging it up for the season or still fishing?

[AllyKat]

I'm starting to consider trying again on saturday......the addiction cleverly disguised as a hobby.

 

[Snapprhead27]

A couple of hard core guys I know are trying to toughen me up and drag me out with them Friday or Saturday

Go go go!!

 

[Snapprhead27]

Wonder if the Capt will cancel... Ambrose Bouy.

 

[captmike28]

Wonder if the Capt will cancel... Ambrose Bouy.

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If he cares about his customers and repeat business, he will.
Kind of tough to Tog fish on an elevator!!

 

[Snapprhead27]

If he cares about his customers and repeat business, he will.
Kind of tough to Tog fish on an elevator!!

Agreed... I was in the garage earlier packing up and re rigging some rods.

 

[Snapprhead27]

Just got the call. We are going on a different boat now and its a 0500 boarding.

 

[Chinacat]

Just got the call. We are going on a different boat now and its a 0500 boarding.

Keep them hands warm!!

 

[OVERBORED]

If you're fishing NJ, anything westerly is ok. Anywhere else, hold on!

 

[Snapprhead27]

If you're fishing NJ, anything westerly is ok. Anywhere else, hold on!

This is the Ambrose forecast. We are leaving out of Freeport, so I'm thinking he may head to the Highlands?

 

[OVERBORED]

Hopefully the full moon doesn't hurt fishing.........

 

[BoatGuy]

I'll never forget a day I went to go blackfishing on a Party boat. The Captain came down and said:
Today is a day to fish for people that do not know any better. If you want to leave, I'll understand."

 

[Matts]

My area of the Western Sound (West of Rye and Matinecock Pt.) went from on fire (see photo) to not a tap in two weeks.
Yesterday i tried wrecks at 100' and 70' and rock piles at 40' and 35' and we had barely a sniff.
My boat gets pulled Saturday.
But first it's a trip on the Gypsea and a last run to Newport for Sunday.
Def my best blackfish season on my boat in terms of the number of 18" to 23" fish.
Let's see what happens over the weekend.
Then ski season starts!

 

[Snapprhead27]

Nice job! I had one short fish all day today. We are on our way in now. It was rough with the waves and trying to move the rod so you still felt bottom. Never went over 10 oz mind you. There was never a bite build up so it was far and few between. You'd get a little nibble here and there.

 

[Chinacat]

Nice job! I had one short fish all day today. We are on our way in now. It was rough with the waves and trying to move the rod so you still felt bottom. Never went over 10 oz mind you. There was never a bite build up so it was far and few between. You'd get a little nibble here and there.

You gave it a good shot Matt
Get home safe!

 

[Snapprhead27]

Thanks. Just got done unloading everything at home.

 

[WhatKnot]

My area of the Western Sound (West of Rye and Matinecock Pt.) went from on fire (see photo) to not a tap in two weeks.
Yesterday i tried wrecks at 100' and 70' and rock piles at 40' and 35' and we had barely a sniff.
My boat gets pulled Saturday.
But first it's a trip on the Gypsea and a last run to Newport for Sunday.
Def my best blackfish season on my boat in terms of the number of 18" to 23" fish.
Let's see what happens over the weekend.
Then ski season starts!
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Enjoy the white stuff; I miss it

 

[AllyKat]

My area of the Western Sound (West of Rye and Matinecock Pt.) went from on fire (see photo) to not a tap in two weeks.
Yesterday i tried wrecks at 100' and 70' and rock piles at 40' and 35' and we had barely a sniff.
My boat gets pulled Saturday.
But first it's a trip on the Gypsea and a last run to Newport for Sunday.
Def my best blackfish season on my boat in terms of the number of 18" to 23" fish.
Let's see what happens over the weekend.
Then ski season starts!

Picked up my son from Maritime last night, and started in that he wants one more shot.
After reading this, I gave him the news that we will keep the boat on the trailer. He wasn't thrilled to hear that even if we do find fish, they will be tiny toy togs, so lets take the decent weather on saturday and change lower unit oil, run the motors out of gas, fog the motors. remove the batteries, empty it out, power wash and cover her up.

 

[Snapprhead27]

Picked up my son from Maritime last night, and started in that he wants one more shot.
After reading this, I gave him the news that we will keep the boat on the trailer. He wasn't thrilled to hear that even if we do find fish, they will be tiny toy togs, so lets take the decent weather on saturday and change lower unit oil, run the motors out of gas, fog the motors. remove the batteries, empty it out, power wash and cover her up.

You still getting out to Montauk?

 

[OVERBORED]

Picked up my son from Maritime last night, and started in that he wants one more shot.
After reading this, I gave him the news that we will keep the boat on the trailer. He wasn't thrilled to hear that even if we do find fish, they will be tiny toy togs, so lets take the decent weather on saturday and change lower unit oil, run the motors out of gas, fog the motors. remove the batteries, empty it out, power wash and cover her up.

The fun stuff your guests never see!! Lol
Don't forget the fuel stabilizer

 

[AllyKat]

The fun stuff your guests never see!! Lol
Don't forget the fuel stabilizer

At the moment, Montauk is still on, but the winds went from "not too bad "earlier this week to "not to good" today. We shall see.
Fuel stabilizer goes in on every fill up, but over the winter I will shut off the fuel inlets and run the motors until they stall out so no gas is in the system. It takes a little while in the spring to squeeze the ball until they get fuel in the system, but this way I don't worry about old gas sitting in the motor.