Very windy and raw out there in the bay today.

[Pangaroo]

Went out very early around 6:30 in morning. Wind was blowing very hard from the NE and it was cold . It was high tide 3 in the morning and the tide was going out , tried the 2nd Wantagh for bass, cast a shad for a few minutes. Nothing. My brother fished off the Pier by the bridge a couple of nights earlier and he saw guys catching gorilla blues and bass on shads. Very raw out there today and there's brown snot in the water that's hard to get off your line/hooks . No bites with the shads , I tried fishing for fluke from the 2nd Wantagh West, not a bite. Went over to Swift Creek , tried drifting there. Nothing. Went further back in the bay by Woodcleft Canal because I saw a Party Boat there with a bunch of private boats. I didn't get a bite and nobody was catching anything around me. A couple of days ago they caught gorilla bluefish off the Guy Lombardo Pier. Saw 4 or 5 guys fishing there in the morning around 9 AM. Fished where the Party Boat fished, nothing. Suppose to be colder tomorrow .Really raw out there , at least my boat is working good and all the wiring, the battery switch worked fine. Used Pink teasers like the reports mentioned.Normally I wouldn't go out today, I was late getting out this year because I was working on the boat and I was itching to get out before the weekend.

 

[live bait]

Better days are coming
John

 

[The3fishheads]

Drop clam chum and work some snot at those bridges.

 

[Pangaroo]

Drop clam chum and work some snot at those bridges.

My Brother went to the Green Island Pier at the 3rd Wantagh bridge last night and said they were getting a good number of gorilla blues and bass casting out shads about an hour before slack. My brother had a 10 pound bluefish at the surface and broke the line. Couple of days it'll be slack around day break , might go there with my boat again and cast out shads, maybe fish with bunker chunks.

 

[Pangaroo]

My Brother went to the Green Island Pier at the 3rd Wantagh bridge last night and said they were getting a good number of gorilla blues and bass casting out shads about an hour before slack. My brother had a 10 pound bluefish at the surface and broke the line. Couple of days it'll be slack around day break , might go there with my boat again and cast out shads, maybe fish with bunker chunks.

Correction :
Low tide slack around 10:30 AM - Sat. 5/18

 

[OVERBORED]

Fishing shads for bluefish. That's interesting

I'm curious. How many shads did your brother go through the other night?

 

[Pangaroo]

Fishing shads for bluefish. That's interesting

I'm curious. How many shads did your brother go through the other night?

That's what he told me. Maybe he had a wire leader .