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| The breachways and backwaters offer the best bets this weekend along the oceanfront. The surf is expected to be big, dangerous and rough. |
But, the good times have come to a crashing halt. For most of the week, I have seen no birds, no breaking fish and very few fishermen. The daytime action along the oceanfront has been poor. It seems like the big schools of bay anchovies are gone, and the albies and stripers have left with them. The only action I had all week was a slow pick of fish after dark in the breachway currents.There are always some fish just snooping around moving waters after dark, but it is a fish here a fish there with no numbers. However, some of these fish have been keepers.
To add to the misery, the marine forecast calls for big seas and rough water all weekend due to the hurricane in the Atlantic. One of my friends who was at the oceanfront today reported waves coming right over the front of the breachway rocks along the south shore. He also reported dirty and sandy water with no one fishing anywhere. There has been been very few fishermen most of the week in the daytime because they are not catching.
Your best bet this weekend is to fish protected waters. If you are along the oceanfront, that means the breachway backwaters or maybe in the coastal ponds. You might even want to try the Bay though I have no reports of what is going on in the Bay.
