MUST be to early for Stripers or I Suck..

[HOPFFC2003]

Went out last night fished the incoming mostly from 6 pm to 1am..Hit the hook and some bouys first then sat in the rips for hrs with a few other boats.

NOTHING...Maybee a bump or two thats it..

We used live eels (which were cooled and swam nicely) 6/0 hooks 40 pd test. 2 - 5 oz FF rigs.I dropped the eel to the bottom and let him free swim about 50 ft then locked the reel, Im assuming this is the way to do it.

Even tried some cut fresh Bunker. We did not anchor just drifted.Is it too early to expect fish at night in these areas, I heard of some guys picking up large fish during the day in the raritan bay area. But we have had 0 luck at night.

Any recommendations on when the Bass will be moving. Or should we just be drifting eels at the shrews rocks

[aychtwoowe]

We fish the east end of Long Island and the fall run seems to be off to a slow start. The water is still in the upper 60's. After a few more cold fronts things should start to heat up.

[capt. thunder]

It's a little to early. When the water temp drops in the 50's, things should pick up. It really picks up the day after I haul my boat for the winter.

[Old Glory]

capt. thunder - 9/21/2008 5:45 PM

It really picks up the day after I haul my boat for the winter.

Funny

[Catch n Release]

I was out last week off of CT, using bunker heads and eels. Picked up one Blue on the outgoing tide.......Was going to try for this Friday, but the weather is suppose to be crappy from Thurs-Sun. Hopefully that will stir things up a little.

[danno1]

Yeah, same here regarding trying for bass. A blue once in a while. Seems like the bunker/ blues are in the harbors now. Wanted to go out the end of this week, but the weather isn't great.

[PtJudeRI]

I have been doing pretty well the last two weeks here.... not lighting the world on fire but overall, consistent... mostly eels.