Fishing Journal 05-9-2015

The same old routine at 4:30 AM on a Saturday. It was a drop in point much closer to home. The weather forecast was for a beautiful day, winds 5 mph max partly cloudy and in the high 70’s. Fishing reports stated Bluefish were all over Raritan Bay. There was no way to miss them. I was looking forward to a great day of fighting the big blues and possibly finding bass. It was to be the last fishing weekend prior to the J-Bay Tournament.

On the drive down it was raining close to the water crossing the Edison Bridge. Sean ‘Redneck’ Gavin sends over a text its pouring here close to his home. It was cloudy but I wasn’t at all worried about rain. Getting tot he launch it was breezy out of the South East. So we geared up. It was low tide and this particular drop in has been tricky in the past. We loaded our kayaks and dragged them across the worst mud ever. This drop in was always tricky during low tide but this year it was worse than it has ever been. Mullet cart struggled but made it to the waters edge.

At this point the wind had picked up to around 15 kts and the fog had rolled in so thick knocking visibility down to around 50 yards. We could see silhouettes of power boats out there and I was not willing to get run over so decided to wait it out. The good old lets smoke a cigar and see how it is when were done. Well it was exactly the same post cigar.

We decided to pack up and try another spot. Back across the stinky black mud and this time the Mullet Miller cart met its match. Stuck in the mud. If I had it strapped to the boat it would have been fine.

Arriving at another spot it was way too late by this time as I had to be home at noon on that day. The wind had subsided but the fog remained thick. It would have been nice to get out fishing but unfortunately not everyday is perfect.