When my neighbor Anthony (aka Rig a Tony) agreed to fish the inlet on May 30th, I jumped at the opportunity. Armed with 20 Spot, the plan was to fish the North jetty for Bluefish and Stripers with Fluke as a fallback position. When we arrived at the jetty, the inlet conditions were barely fishable, but we persisted. Anthony landed a 22″ Striper but then all we were doing was feeding the Bluefish $3 snacks.
We then went to the sod banks and after a few lost Stripers, once again the Bluefish were having their way with our Spots. With the Spots gone, we then went to Double Creek where the drift was decent but not great. Once again, the Bluefish also liked our Killies and Gulp. We tried High Bar but the drift conditions were awful, so we returned to Double Creek. To my surprise, I hooked a heavy fish that I thought was another Bluefish. But it was a 26″ Fluke! Shortly afterwards, Anthony got a 20″ Fluke. That was it for the day.
When weighed at the Elks, my fish was 6.96 lbs. for my personal best in NJ. Two years ago, I had 2 near 10 lbers in Nantucket, MA.
