Although my boat has been in the water 3 weeks, Monday April 28 was the first decent day worth venturing out in. After the presentation made by Capt. Alex of Lighthouse Sportfishing at our April meeting, I was excited about the opportunity to use some of my new gained knowledge. I left the dock at 8:15 and headed North. The water temp in the lagoons and bay varied from 55 to 57.5 degrees. I have caught early run blue fish trolling spoons in the past so when I reached Gulf Point I began trolling. I trolled all around the bay past marker 42 towards Waretown, working my way closer to the western shore as I went. NADA! Not a touch! Remembering that Capt. Alex said water temp was key, I figured I would head up to Oyster Creek where the power plant discharge did warm the water to 63.8 degrees. I fished a pink BKD on the outgoing along with a half a dozen other boats. Saw nothing caught, but did finally foul hook a small, 2lb, striper. Around 2:00, I headed for home with a stop at the 42 marker and another troll to Gulf point.
Well, sometimes you catch fish, sometimes you just go fishin’!
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