I found good numbers of schoolies in the Bay today. Zoom flukes on jigheads were the hot lures. |
The hot lure in the early going in the Bay is a fork tailed fluke, the lure that landed all my fish today. I like a light colored (albino) Zoom fluke fitted onto a half ounce jighead. While Cocahoes rule the oceanfront in April, flukes are a far better choice in the Bay.
Today I was catching the same size fish in the Bay that I have been catching all week along the oceanfront. For the most part, these are small fish in the 10-15 inch range.
I also made an important discovery today. In one of my spots that I was fishing I found a huge school of adult menhaden, or pogies. April is very early to find them in the Bay. Watch out when this big bait comes around because it is only a matter of a short time before large keeper stripers find them.