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Old 05-30-2012, 12:28 PM   #1
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Back from the East Coast

Just back from a long tough trip to the east coast, fishing in Chesapeake bay in Va and along the Jersey Shore. Bad weather and tough fishing were the theme for the trip. Even so I had a great time fishing with some awesome anglers and I added a couple new species to my kayak catch list.
In Chesapeake bay we fished inside the concrete ships at Kiptopeke Park, which is pretty sketchy. It is a great place to hide from the wind but you had chunks of concrete hanging over your head being held in place by a couple pieces of rusty rebar. But it was inside these ships where I caught my first Tautog. A very tough fighter for there size that were real bait stealers and tough to hook.


We also caught a ton of flounder while in VA and put in a lot of paddling miles looking for, but never finding, the bull reds we came here for.

After VA we headed up to New Jersey to fish the tidal rivers and off the beaches. Again weather was our enemy giving us short windows of good condtions followed by wind rain and fog. We saw miles of bait fish but not much feeding on them. We did get into a great blue fish bite which was fun on light tackle cathing fish in front of multi million dollar mansions.
I did finally get my first ever Striped Bass which was very fun and I got to witness a large whale feeding on the schools of bunker which was one of the coolest things I have seen on the water. We did harvest this one Striper because it was hooked in the gill and was bleeding out as you can see on my kayak. But it made for very good Sashimi once back on shore.



Great to be home for a couple weeks. Next Stop Kona
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Old 05-30-2012, 01:54 PM   #2
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weather mo betta in Kona for sho..... No ka Oi
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Old 05-30-2012, 01:56 PM   #3
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Awesome striper! That first fish looks like a little sheephead.

- Joseph, San Diego

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Old 05-30-2012, 01:59 PM   #4
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Nice Striper! Looks like fun fishing inside that sunk ship! Look forward to the Kona report!
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Old 05-30-2012, 02:04 PM   #5
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Great report Jim thanks!
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Old 05-30-2012, 02:16 PM   #6
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Nice stripes, bet that did taste good, love fishing striper
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Old 05-30-2012, 02:47 PM   #7
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Haven't really posted yet but couldn't resist after seeing this.

I'm from Massachusetts originally, and the pic of that striper got me excited. Nice tog as well, they will fight hard and break you off in the rocks non-stop!


Can't wait to target some stripers from the yak when I get back home! (Gotta get a yak first though lol)
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Old 05-30-2012, 02:57 PM   #8
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I know all about fishing the East Coast, since I'm
a subscriber to the WFN channel.

But WTF is a tautog??? Is it good to eat'um??

Plus, I know that striper must of kicked your butt.
Nice fish!
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Old 05-30-2012, 02:57 PM   #9
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Awesome Striper Jim! Bad weather follows you
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Old 05-30-2012, 03:11 PM   #10
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But WTF is a tautog??? Is it good to eat'um??
Tog's are also known as the Poor man's lobster. I've never tried one before but with a name like that I assume that they are good.

They like to eat "hard" stuff....crabs, mussels, clams, even lobster.
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Old 05-30-2012, 03:59 PM   #11
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Jim,

Too bad about the weather. Nice tog and striper -- some good eats there!
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Old 05-30-2012, 04:58 PM   #12
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Look's like a killer trip Jim
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Old 05-30-2012, 05:01 PM   #13
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As always great fishing Jim! That is a damn nice striper!
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Old 05-30-2012, 05:06 PM   #14
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Would love to get on the east coast for striper. Seen some good video's of shore and boat stripers near boilers. Thanks for the post and have fun in Kona. Looking forward to that report.
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Old 05-30-2012, 06:35 PM   #15
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Very cool Jim!
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Old 05-30-2012, 07:14 PM   #16
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That must have been a killer trip, even with the bad weather. Very nice striper. Thanks for the cool report and pics.
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Old 05-30-2012, 07:35 PM   #17
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I added a couple new species to my kayak catch list.
you mean you haven't caught all there is to catch? Really?

congrats on the new additions to the list!
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Old 05-31-2012, 06:01 AM   #18
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you mean you haven't caught all there is to catch? Really?

congrats on the new additions to the list!
Not yet but I am working on it and the list is getting pretty long now. I am having a great time adding to the list that is for sure.
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Old 05-31-2012, 07:21 AM   #19
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Crazy fishing inside those ships! Looks like bad weather or not it was still good times!

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Old 06-03-2012, 06:32 PM   #20
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Congrats on the striper! They are tasty! I remember the schools of blue fish that would invade the beaches, sounds like fun.
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