Subject: Western Raritan Bay, New Jersey

Submitted by Jim Balicki (ip 71.187.234.76)

• Fished on 6/23/2009

  Water Temperature: .
  Water Clarity: Murky
  Seas: Light chop
  Weather: Mostly cloudy, no rain, brisk N wind.
  Fishing_for: Fluke
  Boat: Captain John
  captain: John
  

  Report:
  Spur-of-the-moment trip (Are not they often one of the best?). This trip started slow for me. I tried combinations of bucktails, teasers w/ spearing, gulp teasers, gulp/spearing teasers. Only 2 short fluke and 2 sea robins. There was a pick around the boat, and everyone seemed to be dragging bait. After a longer move, we started a "change-of-tide drift". I switched to a bait rig with a fluke strip and a spearing. The drift lasted 3 hours, and I landed 17 fluke, 2 of which were keepers. Action slowed on the last drift, and I landed 3 more shorts. Capt. John firmly believes that the fluke followed us on that 3-hour drift.

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