I'm sick of waiting for calm water so I headed down to the south shore today in this sixty degree weather. It was very rough (as it's been for several days now) with loads of white water and rolling waves, but there were also lots of fish. My son, Jon, and I slugged it out in the rough conditions and came away with 27 schoolies, 1 blue and a couple of hickory shad while fishing Cocahoes and teasers (what else!). The fish today were quite small with most of the schoolies going 12-18 inches long with a few stretching out to maybe 20 inches. Typically we see a lot of these small ones as the season is winding down. However, I also saw a load of gannets hitting the water way out. I have to wonder if they were dive bombing for big bait with big fish under them. Make no mistake about it, warm water or not, the season is winding down with maybe a week to ten days of consistent fishing left along the south shore. I'm still hoping to hook a keeper or two in the coming week.
