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March 06, 2010 STRIPERS, TOG, AND MONSTER BLACK DRUM

IS everyone else as psyched up as I am, dying to get out and go fishing?

Right around the corner is striper and tog then the phenomenally large black drum begin to arrive.  Even with small wind chop and slop, any vessel can safely and comfortably fish the beds.  As a matter of fact, on the right day, Frank Malinsky plans to fish for black drum from his kayak.  Once again, our largest fish weighed last year was caught by Eddie Jones and weighed 80.7 lbs.  Drum fishing popularity has really increased in the last 4 years or so, thanks to me and my big mouth!  I've enjoyed catching these monsters for years and so will you.  All you need is a little patience, the right bait, and chum.  Get your chum going, put your rods out, and set your clickers.  Then sit back with a cold drink and wait for your rod to start clicking.  You may even hear the "drumming" of theses monsters under your boat.

Here's a short video of the drum fishing we can look forward to, these are just babies. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdYMO0GgdbE

January 29, 2010

Art Meding and I were both feeling Cabin Fever and started talking about fishing.  One thing led to another and the next thing you know, I'm calling an old friend of mine.  Allen Shin, owner of Miss Belmar, whose family has had this fleet have been in business at least since I was a kid, I've fished on their boats since I was 7!  He said there were a few openings for 24 hour cod trips but they were traveling all the way to Montauk by boat.  They're sailing daily for mackerel and on the previous day, Wednesday, they did well.  Art and I were onboard yesterday when they sailed.  I was shocked at how close to shore we were when we made our first stop and drop.  As soon as we got our lines in the water, we were hammering the macks.  When the bite slowed we motored 10-20 miles out and began hammering 'em again.  I had 7 hooks on with a diamond jig on the bottom, Art had 6 hooks on with a diamond jig on bottom.  Only once did we each come up with every hook loaded with a mack.  Overall we had steady action all day long.  We landed about 200 macks, the pics are posted on our new Fish Pics 2010 page.  There were a few guys cutting up sushi.  After taking this picture, I was offered some.  If you know me then you know I HAD to try it and so did Art.  While it wasn't really bad, it isn't something I'd order when eating sushi.

During the winter months, if anyone wants to escape and bear the cold weather, I'm going to add a few links for boats who schedule trips and whose vessels provide the best bet if you don't mind the long ride.

missbelmar.com  Belmar, NJ booking now for 24 hour offshore cod and sailing daily for mackerel until they disappear. 

jamaicaii.com  Brielle, NJ   Board the Jamaica II for offshore cod, haddock,ling

vikingfleet.com  Montauk, NY A long road trip for us in Delaware, it's almost 7 hours from Lewes but it's a short boat ride to catch the fish. I recommend the Viking Star for cod, ling, haddock, and hake

bigfishcharters.com  Green Harbor, MA  If you board the Bigfish II(6 person, private charter), be prepared to make room in your freezer; I've always came home with no less than 200 lbs of cod filet with plenty of monkfish and wolffish in the mix.  This trip is as close to a guarantee as you can get.  It's a long car ride but if you want actioin and meat, this trip is for you.  HUGE cod, wolffish, pollock, and monkfish.  They advertise halibut but I've been going up there for 25 years and have yet to see halibut.

 January 16, 2010

About a dozen boats went out today and I caught up with 2 at the ramp.  One boat had 4 guys and 3 nice rock.  My guess, in the 19-25 lb range.  1 on frozen herring and 2 on eel.  The other boat had 2 guy coming in with 12 tog saying they could of had their limit but  the rest were all shorts.  Carl stopped by to say hello, he's been fishing out of Lewes whenever the weather permits adn was goign out tomorrow saying since the second week in Dec, he and his fishing partner have landed 11 keeper stripers.

JANUARY 03, 2010

Hey guys starting in April we have the big rock/stripers, sometimes big giant early flounder, tog, and then everyone starts looking forward to the big black drum season that's just outside our inlet.  Last year we saw so many beautiful drum come in.  Some nights I was up until 3a weighing in and cleaning drum.  Whether you are new at this or an experienced drum fisherman- it doesn't matter; a few numbers from me and the freshest and best bait available-you'll put fish in the box, no experience necessary! And YES, 95 % of the time, the tail's will be sticking out of it.  One of our regular customers, Joe Huk, was in the Fisherman Dreamboat Challange with his 76.7 lb black drum. 

We've had many requests so this year we're having a black drum tournament, the first ever for our state!  With conservation in mine, we invite anyone, as in previous years, to bring their fish in to be weighed.  If you don't want it for your family, we will gladly accept them and pass them onto local charities and organizations including the veterans Home of the Brave.  We are also involved with black drum research programs.

Entry fee is 20.00 per person.  Prizes are determined by weight and will awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Places. 

1st  Place prize is $500.00

2nd  Place prize is $300.00

3rd  Place prize is $200.00