Yesterday produced another solid day of jigging for Stipers. Early on, it was a complete mad-dog bite, which slowed to a trickle as the day wore on. One again, north of the inlet between the Coast Guard Station and the Bathing Beach was the area to be. Large Ava's still produced best. Tight to the beach was best.
Despite the great catching lately, sadly I am reading the tea leaves which says the season is winding down. Point number 1, we did not catch a single Bluefish yesterday. You do not have to worry about Bass being done as long as Blues are around, because they will leave first. I am afraid, they may have left. Point number 2, more and more of the Stripers are schoolie size. When you start catching 18 inch fish, we are at the tail end of the run. Point number 3, Trolling is not producing as well as jigging. My experience has been that this also points to a season winding down. I hope I am wrong, but I expect at most we probably have 3 weeks left to the Bass run.
posted by Capt. Ed @ Saturday, November 21, 2009