Last night after work I drove an hour to fish for Striped bass in the Manasquan River. A cool calm night as I begun at the drop in. Its not all that often I get to fish on water so calm its like a sheet of glass. The same area fluke are targeted in the summer where hundreds of boats pass through daily. The non rocking and rolling was odd along with the dark sky. I ended up with 2 bass over 21 inches and lost what was probably well over 30″. I wish i could have fished longer but when you live an hour away and have to work early in the morning theres no way to get alot of fishing time in. The tide could have been better also. Dead low tide was at 7:30 PM but the tide didn’t run for a good 2.5 – 3 hours after dead low. Once the tide started to move the fish started biting. I am definitely going to give it another shot next week.
