Things are thinning out. That big storm on Wednesday has sent a load of fish packing. The south shore was loaded with fishermen taday, but there were more fishermen than fish. I'm guessing most came up empty as I saw very few fish caught, and the ones I did see were small, nothing like what was around in the beginning of the week. I lucked out as I first hit one of my hotspots. I was able to catch 8 schoolies there on Cocahoes (see photo) in about half an hour. However, for the rest of the day, it was slim pickings as I added just 3 more schoolies in the next six hours while fishing multiple spots. My eleven fish was more fish than I saw the rest of the hundred or so fishermen land all day. I heard there were a few small blues taken in the early morning, but I saw no blues later in the day.So, as is typical at this time of year, there can be a million fish around one day. You get a storm and there are few fish around a couple of days later. Accept the fact that the season is winding down. That's just the way it is in late November. We're nearing the end.
On a positive, note, though, I did see a lot of gannets hitting the water way out meaning big bait is still around. However, are the big fish (bass and blues) still around???
