# 57098: Subject: Raritan Bay, New Jersey

Submitted by Andrew Sokol (ip 64.12.117.204)

• Fished on 5/10/2008

• Report received: 5/11/2008

Water Temperature: 61
Water Clarity: Fair
Seas: Less than 1'
Weather: Cool with air temperatures around 60 but the 15-20 Kt. west wind made it feel chilly. Mostly clear skies.
Fishing_for: Striped Bass
Boat: Capt. John
captain: George

Report:
Weather forcast must have scared off allot of people as there was only a total of 13 fares. For a while I was thinking that the boat wouldn't even sail as Jason, Mark (Jason's friend) & I were the only ones there up until 30 minutes before departure time.

Had good conditions to start with a west wind and 3 hours of outgoing tide. We joined a small fleet mid bay and deployed out baits. Action was painfully slow. Made a wiggle or 2 but it didn't help. Sailed east and joined another small fleet off of Port Monmouth. Jason caught a short bass very quickly & I thought we might get something going. No dice.

A boat total of 3 bluefish, Jason's short bass and a barely keeper sized bass was it. Jason also had a gorilla blue bite him off at the boat. I had one small tap all trip & Jason's friend Mark also saw no action. The way the party boat fleet was moving around I don't think anyone did very well.

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