# 57870: Subject: Western Raritan Bay, New Jersey

Submitted by Andrew Sokol (ip 205.188.116.9)

• Fished on 6/13/2009

• Report received: 6/14/2009

Water Temperature: .
Water Clarity: Fair
Seas: 1-3'
Weather: Light intermittent rain with an easterly wind of 15-20. Air temperatures in the 60's.
Fishing_for: Fluke
Boat: Misty Morn
captain: Phil Bouchard

Report:
Fished solo last evening. We started off fishing opposite of the Perth Amboy Marina to give us some protection for the east wind. I started off using a 1 ounce white Spro tipped with a 4" chartreuse GULP swimming minnow and a short bait strip. Above that I had a standout hook tipped with a 3" GULP new penny shrimp. Nothing for me on the first drift. On the second I landed 3 fluke, 1 of which was a keeper. Third drift I added another 3 short fluke to my total. The fluke were feeding very aggressively. 5 out of the 6 fluke I caught here came off the Spro, includeing the keeper.

Moved out to fish the channel edges of the Triangle. Action was slower here. I switched to a 2 ounce Spro with a trailer since the drift was too fast for the lighter bucktail. I caught another short and 2 sea robins. Before the night was over I switched to dragging bait which yielded another short fluke and a sea robin.

Only 5 keepers on the boat last night with probably close to 50 shorts. No one had more than 1 keeper. Pool winner was about 20"s.

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