For anyone who might think our fabulous fall season is over, think again. We had a big storm on Tuesday night, and the fishing was poor for two days afterwards, leading many to think the season just might be over.. But, today the water calmed down, and the action lit up for us once again. My son, Matt, took a vacation day from work and we headed down to the south shore for some December surf fishing on this beautiful Friday afternoon. It turned out to be our best December day ever. We landed a total of 13 stripers (all schoolies), 5 bluefish (yikes, in December) and 4 hickory shad. In fact, Matt hit the trifecta, catching all three species (see photos). The bass and blues were taken on Cocahoes and the shad were caught on small bucktail jigs. Ok, we did luck out as we caught all the blues and bass in a one and one half hour stretch in one of our prime spots. We hit a slug of fish that I think were moving by. Realize most of the few people out fishing today reported catching very little. So, things weren't crazy down there. But, for the lucky Pickerings, 22 fish on Dec. 2 was certainly a day to remember.
For anyone who might think our fabulous fall season is over, think again. We had a big storm on Tuesday night, and the fishing was poor for two days afterwards, leading many to think the season just might be over.. But, today the water calmed down, and the action lit up for us once again. My son, Matt, took a vacation day from work and we headed down to the south shore for some December surf fishing on this beautiful Friday afternoon. It turned out to be our best December day ever. We landed a total of 13 stripers (all schoolies), 5 bluefish (yikes, in December) and 4 hickory shad. In fact, Matt hit the trifecta, catching all three species (see photos). The bass and blues were taken on Cocahoes and the shad were caught on small bucktail jigs. Ok, we did luck out as we caught all the blues and bass in a one and one half hour stretch in one of our prime spots. We hit a slug of fish that I think were moving by. Realize most of the few people out fishing today reported catching very little. So, things weren't crazy down there. But, for the lucky Pickerings, 22 fish on Dec. 2 was certainly a day to remember.
