After all the days of strong winds, Monday June 2nd was finally fishable. I went out with Anthony on his Steiger, aptly named Rig a Tony, for a multi species day starting with Sea Bass on the GSN reef. The ride out was tough since the waves had not yet quieted down from all the windy days.
We finally made it and the fish were hungry. My first fish was a Cod – but that season is closed! My second fish was a Tog – also closed. The third was a Skate – open but no thanks. Finally, a Sea Bass! Anthony also had a Cod and between us we had ~20 Tog. Eventually we had our limit with some really nice Sea Bass. We then headed to the inlet for Stripers.
Unlike a few days ago, there were no Bluefish to bite our Spot in half. Only Stripers! Anthony positioned his boat alongside the jetty so we could cast our spots right onto the rocks. He had a pickup on almost every cast. Twice, we even had two fish on at one time. We probably had a dozen pickups and boated 7 – 8 Bass yielding two slots and one bonus tag fish. What a day – great weather, beautiful green water and biting fish!
