LUND16
11-20-2000, 01:10 PM
Hello All,
I couldn't take it anymore and made my way down to Millstone on Fri. 17th. I arrived at about 2:30 and was greeted by a guy hooked up with an Albie as soon as I got out of my truck. He lost it soon there after but hooked up again in just a few minutes. He also lost this fish quickly. I decided to give it a try for a while. I left the Flyrod in the truck as this is not the right venue for flying hooks. I was using my St. Croix Wild River rod spooled with 8/12 pound Fusion. I fished the west side discharge for sometime without any action at all and everybody telling me how I should have been there on Wed. or the previous Sat. Well I wasn't there and I wasn't having much luck on this day. I was watching the guys across from the west discharge and they seemed to be hooked up quite regularly. I got curious and finally went over to the east discharge. I hooked up numerous times but could not come close to landing any of these fish. I have fished this spot many times from the boat but this was the first real attempt from shore. The outflow is loaded with submerged rocks and if you hookup a fish you better have some very stout tackle to handle both the huge sizes of these fish and the current, and if you are lucky enough the fish won't cut you off on the rocks. I never landed any fish on Fri. but went back on Sat. morning early much better equipped to handle the fish there and the conditions. I managed 4 Albies landed, 2 tail rapped and 2 that ate my jig. I also caught 2 bluefish. The number of fish I did not land was mind boggling. I finally had to go to 30# test line spliced to the 15# on the reel just to keep from being cut off on the rocks and the tails of the fish. I went back one more time on Sunday with the wife. This time I brought my conventional rod with 24# Fusion spliced to that 20-30 yds. of 30# mono. When we got there a couple of guys from the Vineyard that I had met on Sat. were there and they were both hooked up. This was different from the previous days the wind had died down and there was baby bunker right in the rocks at our feet. It was a matter of snag a bunker flip 10 feet in front of you and hold on. I landed 5 Albies and lost 3. These fish are bruisers nothing like what I see earlier in the fall. I saw fish easily in the 18+ pound range come right up to my feet and feed. Two of the fish I landed easily were in the 12-14 pound bracket. We really had alot of fun until the DEP cop and a NU employee showed up and kicked everybody out of the east discharge area with the warning that this was going to be the last time that he did not give out tickets for trespassing at a cost of $77.00 bucks a piece. Sunday was by far the best day of the three that I had there. I would not call this normal fishing, with all of the boats that are spitting distance from the guys on shore and all of the fishermen on shore you had better be very patient and have a good sense of humor. I would recommend anybody venturing forth not to bring the flyrod, it is very tight quarters and you will not be able to back cast if there is anybody else fishing there, I did see some guys with flyrods hookup and land fish but they all ditched the flyrod for a spinning rod very quickly. There are tempors flaring and rods broken so be forewarned about the fishing conditions that you will face when you get there. There are alot of fish in there as of yesterday, how long they stay is anybodies guess. We watched them on Sat. surfing in the waves by the hundreds. I hope I haven't crushed anybodies notions of this fishery but for late season almost Thanksgiving time fun I think it was worth the effort especially seeing as how the majority of the fish are Albies and big ones at that. Once again I must say it is not a pretty sight but beggars can't be choosers.
Tightlines.............................Striper
I couldn't take it anymore and made my way down to Millstone on Fri. 17th. I arrived at about 2:30 and was greeted by a guy hooked up with an Albie as soon as I got out of my truck. He lost it soon there after but hooked up again in just a few minutes. He also lost this fish quickly. I decided to give it a try for a while. I left the Flyrod in the truck as this is not the right venue for flying hooks. I was using my St. Croix Wild River rod spooled with 8/12 pound Fusion. I fished the west side discharge for sometime without any action at all and everybody telling me how I should have been there on Wed. or the previous Sat. Well I wasn't there and I wasn't having much luck on this day. I was watching the guys across from the west discharge and they seemed to be hooked up quite regularly. I got curious and finally went over to the east discharge. I hooked up numerous times but could not come close to landing any of these fish. I have fished this spot many times from the boat but this was the first real attempt from shore. The outflow is loaded with submerged rocks and if you hookup a fish you better have some very stout tackle to handle both the huge sizes of these fish and the current, and if you are lucky enough the fish won't cut you off on the rocks. I never landed any fish on Fri. but went back on Sat. morning early much better equipped to handle the fish there and the conditions. I managed 4 Albies landed, 2 tail rapped and 2 that ate my jig. I also caught 2 bluefish. The number of fish I did not land was mind boggling. I finally had to go to 30# test line spliced to the 15# on the reel just to keep from being cut off on the rocks and the tails of the fish. I went back one more time on Sunday with the wife. This time I brought my conventional rod with 24# Fusion spliced to that 20-30 yds. of 30# mono. When we got there a couple of guys from the Vineyard that I had met on Sat. were there and they were both hooked up. This was different from the previous days the wind had died down and there was baby bunker right in the rocks at our feet. It was a matter of snag a bunker flip 10 feet in front of you and hold on. I landed 5 Albies and lost 3. These fish are bruisers nothing like what I see earlier in the fall. I saw fish easily in the 18+ pound range come right up to my feet and feed. Two of the fish I landed easily were in the 12-14 pound bracket. We really had alot of fun until the DEP cop and a NU employee showed up and kicked everybody out of the east discharge area with the warning that this was going to be the last time that he did not give out tickets for trespassing at a cost of $77.00 bucks a piece. Sunday was by far the best day of the three that I had there. I would not call this normal fishing, with all of the boats that are spitting distance from the guys on shore and all of the fishermen on shore you had better be very patient and have a good sense of humor. I would recommend anybody venturing forth not to bring the flyrod, it is very tight quarters and you will not be able to back cast if there is anybody else fishing there, I did see some guys with flyrods hookup and land fish but they all ditched the flyrod for a spinning rod very quickly. There are tempors flaring and rods broken so be forewarned about the fishing conditions that you will face when you get there. There are alot of fish in there as of yesterday, how long they stay is anybodies guess. We watched them on Sat. surfing in the waves by the hundreds. I hope I haven't crushed anybodies notions of this fishery but for late season almost Thanksgiving time fun I think it was worth the effort especially seeing as how the majority of the fish are Albies and big ones at that. Once again I must say it is not a pretty sight but beggars can't be choosers.
Tightlines.............................Striper