OC striper fishing 1/28

[Casca Dura]

Sounds like the bite is on today. Beautiful conditions and me without a boat.doh

[jacksdad]

are you referring to coastal fisherman post or some other source of info?

[Casca Dura]

A bunch of boats went out the west OC ramp, plus another handfull from other places. Turned the VHF on and listened for the chatter. Sounded pretty good from I could tell. It was pretty flat in the AM and kicked up a bit later on, but it sounded like they found them by then. Bait balls, doubles, bent rods etc.

[Diamond Ring]

Where was this North OC? Wasn't much south.

[Casca Dura]

I couldn't say for sure , but I think it was north.

[Diamond Ring]

OK Thanks, I'll give it a try today.

[TerpHeels]

did they say anything about the humpbacks

[Casca Dura]

Did hear some comments about the whales. Not sure where they were though.

[jacksdad]

They were there today. Got a 40" and saw others caught. Big thanks to Dan and Jim for sharing info. Whale watching a nice bonus.

[Casca Dura]

Sounds like a good run on stripers right now. Keeping the boat in the water next year.

[Thrillseeker]

This sucks went to Virgina beach fished all day Sat. not one hit only one fish caught in 3 mile line
should of stayed in O.C. Please post any more info. will be back Thursday til Monday.

[Casca Dura]

I wasn't out there but I believe the bite was north of OC inlet maybe 8 to 10 miles up.

[reel determined]

They were everywhere yesterday, from the highrises to the sliver. People catching them right now at little gull. Congrats on the monster yesterday Eric!:clapping2:

[Casca Dura]

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[jacksdad]

Thanks Dan, been waiting a loooong time for that fish. Already watching to see how next weekend weather shaping up.

[Hillbilly Boater]

There were some real hogs out there. Heather jigged up this 44" almost 40#er on Sunday.

[TerpHeels]

that thing as fat as me...almost

[Hillbilly Boater]

that thing as fat as me...almost

But if rockfish drank beer, just think of the possiblities.:chugbeer:

[trophy2502]

are they still catching them off ocean city. Im thinking about trailering my boat to virginia beach this weekend. It would be nice to go to ocean city its alot closer.

[reel determined]

They are still catching them but they seemed to move north. I am thinking of going Saturday AM if the forecast holds true.

[jacksdad]

NW 5-10 becoming w in afternoon, 2-3. Sat looking a-ok!

Trophy c/f seems to talk about a bit of a slow down in action so hard to say. Sure was nice just running a mile or two to the fish.

[shoot-straight]

i will be part of the floatilla as well on saturday!

[reel determined]

What channel will people be on so we can locate the fish and call each other? I am usually on 71.

[TerpHeels]

got a bud runnin outa IRI 2day...29 Reg w/6kw swinger...will have intel via bmail. I'm switchin gears (leavin chinco) and runnin up there 2 fish w/him 2mor.

[DirtyFrank]

Planning a saturday trip as well if the wind forecast holds, sounds like I'll have plenty of company.



TIGHT LINES!!

[23gulfstream]

Hey guys. I'm new to the forum but this post made me register and my account just got activated. We will be coming down from the north. Going to start looking around right around the state line. We will be hanging on 01 and 71 and more than happy to share info. Our boats name is Widowmaker. Give us a call and hopefully we can find them. The weather sure does look good!

[TerpHeels]

FWIW, bud ran from IRI down to below OC yesterday...limited in radar use due to rain. Didn't find squat.

[jacksdad]

Bummer! Kinda HAVE to go out when the forecast is W5, 2'.

[reel determined]

Looks like the search will be on. Hopefully they did not move outside. It has been quiet the last couple days, maybe they will turn back on. Those fish were full on sunday, hopefully the are ready to eat again!

[Diamond Ring]

Found them Wednesday 5miles North of the line and they were moving north hard, we were 13.2 miles South of OC inlet. Hope you find them again.
Anyone know why they would be moving back North instead of South?

[reel determined]

5 miles north of MD/VA line?

[Casca Dura]

Those fish should be headed south. Sometimes the bite doesn't last long, maybe a day or two. Hopefully if those fish moved south another school will be right behind them. If I was going to be out there, and unfortunately I'm not going to be, I would buddy up with a couple of other boats and do a search. Sat phones can come in very handy. That close to shore a cell phone should work too.

[Diamond Ring]

5 or so miles North from the Va/Md line they moved north all day. Buddy boats work great! Took 3 hrs before the birds showed the way.

[jacksdad]

Report i got was little gull empty today. Sinking feeling we are back to status quo.

[23gulfstream]

I am running from Cape May. Going to put 'em in around the DE/MD border. I will take care of the northern area. Give us a call. Widowmaker on 01 and 71. Got to find the bait and we will find them!

[Regulator]

Fished Friday afternoon and finally found some birds a mile of the beach west of winters qtr. We got there at the end of the bite but did get 3 fish casting swim shads to scatter marks (no big schools). Birds disappeared and so did the marks. Radar showed nothing but single birds rest of the day. Guess can't complain too much it was Feb 3rd after all.

[Hillbilly Boater]

Tony, Way to findem. Same general area Terp foundem last weekend. Good they were still there for you.

[inzane247]

Slow day for us today.Looked around little gull first didnt see anything worth pulling lures through.Sailed 6 miles north of the inlet put spread out second pass two rods went down.Didnt have any other pulls.Did go home with two in the cooler.

[reel determined]

Ran South, saw a few birds around the sliver( verazano bridge). Trolled there and picked a 39 incher in 29 feet of water . That was it. Seemed like most fish caught were early. A few guys got some around 33rd st. and I heard the best bite was at the Sea colony early. How did you make out widowmaker?

[23gulfstream]

Slow day guys but it was a pleasure working with you Reel Determined, Fish Tales, Pam's Pride and everybody else that talked to us. We were in the right area. There is so much bait down there right now! We seen a nice fish caught by a couple of gentlemen in a smaller center console (congrats guys!) and did hear of some fish caught on the radio. Most guys sounded like they were skunked. Some had a few and it did sound like a handful of boats whacked them pretty good and were limited out but I couldn't figure out where they were and they didn't want to talk to me on the radio which I totally understand. We ran all the way from Cape May and I watched the sounder the entire ride and didn't see anything. We figured we would start on the lumps inside Fenwick shoal inside the 3 mile line where we seen a few gannets circling. We worked all the way down to about 5.5 miles N. of OCMD inlet where there was a decent amount of boats. We could have missed the bite by an hour or 2 but there was tons of bait there. Then we worked North on some good info from Fish Tales and had even more bait and gannets dive bombing but there were just no bass there. We finished the day up around the Sea Colony and there wasn't much going on there just 5 boats trolling around. We didn't have 1 bite, but it was a great day with a fun crew, beautiful weather and just the fact that we were Striper trolling in February was good enough for me. Hopefully we can get another shot at them down there and good luck to anyone headed out this week. Looking forward to fishing with ya'll down there sometime soon.

Capt. Gary
Widowmaker
Cape May, NJ

[reel determined]

Sorry to hear you did not get any. Impressed by your effort, wish it would have payed off for you. Seemed to be hit miss today with the best bite being early from what I gather. Always amazed that these fish even bite with so much food in their belly. Good working with you Widowmaker, hope we can hook up again in the future. Good luck, and I agree just nice to be out fishing in February.:yes:

[inzane247]

widowmaker I was the one in the Parker that talked to you on the radio.It was my first time trolling Oc and I really liked hearing good info on the radio.We fished Cape henry two times in January and could not believe the garbage on the vhf.Would have been nice if the fish bit good but it is Febuary.We stayed 5.5 to 6 miles from the inlet and glad we didnt move any further north the ride in sucked .Talked to a few people at the ramp all we talked to got the skunk.My two fish made me feel pretty good.

[23gulfstream]

widowmaker I was the one in the Parker that talked to you on the radio.It was my first time trolling Oc and I really liked hearing good info on the radio.We fished Cape henry two times in January and could not believe the garbage on the vhf.Would have been nice if the fish bit good but it is Febuary.We stayed 5.5 to 6 miles from the inlet and glad we didnt move any further north the ride in sucked .Talked to a few people at the ramp all we talked to got the skunk.My two fish made me feel pretty good.

Good job! I'm glad you guys got a couple, I'm sure that made for a great day. Good group of serious anglers out there today and it was nice that everyone worked together to help each other out. I'm ready to make the run down there again if they stick around. If a school of fish finds all that bait it is going to be game on!

[jacksdad]

Nice to see so many boats out there yesterday. Skunk for me but no doubt the spot was the condos, just didn't get there till almost noon. Radio relatively dead but so was the fishing mid day to late.

Widowmaker I definitely appreciated the updates after you left the crowd and headed to Sea Colony. Was tempted to go but just wasn't relishing the ride back. As it turns out seas calmed down a good amount around 2:30 or 3 and the ride back S was better than it was coming out. First couple hours trolling took constant steering adjustments just to keep relatively straight.

[rich daiker]

Fished the same area on saturday....boated 4 and lost 1...38''was the biggest. Looked at going again today but the sea was a bit angry and was a bit sore (just had surgery)... Till next time:)!!!

[jacksdad]

Did you bag em early?

[Casca Dura]

Sorry to hear it wasn't a slaughter out there, but you have to stay ready. It could turn on again any day.

[inzane247]

Maybe the good weather will continue and we can try them again.I will be ready this time.

[23gulfstream]

Rich what did you get your bites on?

[rich daiker]

2 came on a stretch and 2 on a Mojo.....Lost 1 on the Mojo as well. The bite was early and we did not find the fish until 9:30 or so----got all our bites in 45 mins

[inzane247]

Which size and colors do you use.Stretch lures are not very popular where I normally fish but since fishing oceanside I have heard of alot of fish caught on them.May have to add a couple of them to my trolling spread.How much line do you let out to get desired depth.

[jacksdad]

zane usually the package will give you a chart showing line size, distance and depth and particular speed. I want to say the 25's run 25 feet with 150' of 30lb mono at 2-3mph. 30's are a LOT bigger but neither is fun to reel in after a long day.

[23gulfstream]

Thanks Rich. I think being there early was key but since I had no idea where to start it took a few hrs before we found the bait. We pulled a Cabo Sunset stretch 25 and 30 and a chartreuse 25 as well as a white/chartreuse Sea Draggin' Mojo and two 9er umbrella rigs in green tiger and chartreuse flake. I'm not really sure what the deal is with the Mojos since we don't use them much up here but I just put a single 9 oz head a country mile back on the shot gun and hoped for the best. Every boat I seen was pulling what seemed like a full spread of Mojos. I guess that's how you do it in Dixie. Anyone know how the Lucky Duck and Game Over did? I don't know them but they look like some heavy hitter boats.

This turned out to be a very informative thread! :thumbup:

[shoot-straight]

something that was brought up while we fished sat... i guess us OC boys need a DE lic to fish the area we were in. after all we were de waters, and md does not have a reciprocation agreement with de. beyond 3 miles we can fish without one, thats no longer de. we fish there for tog and such all the time, then return to oc.

just wanted to give a heads up.

[Regulator]

Is that correct, I thought in the ocean license requirement pertains to the port you come into. If you are correct then I was in violation for leaving IRI and fishing MD.

[Hillbilly Boater]

Is that correct, I thought in the ocean license requirement pertains to the port you come into. If you are correct then I was in violation for leaving IRI and fishing MD.

Tony, If you are inside 3 miles, you're in state waters, so state license applies. When we striper fish from VA to NC we always make sure everyone has an NC license.

[Regulator]

Thanks for the clarification, I don't fish inshore much ... Well never fish inshore till last week, guess I need to read more about the rules. Guess line extends due east from the state line. What about DE Bay, do you need NJ license to fish on the other side of the line? Thought you just needed to be compliant with NJ fishing regs, havent fished there in while but used to fish the rips. So it seems that I would need DE, MD and NJ licence if i fished the local inshore waters, that is crazy. Boy much simpler fishing the canyons.

[shoot-straight]

i read it the same way hillbilly does. i guess its all about reciprocation. MD has an agreement with VA. so if i, as a lic MD angler want to fish outta chinco or outta oc and off chinco, i dont need the VA lic. I do need to register in VA though. MD and DE do not have an agreement to my knowledge.

tony, your point about landing is well taken, i think that mostly pertains to creel limits and such. here is an example: MD tog is closed in DEC. DE is open. i cannot leave oc, go north and fish DE state waters and return to oc as my port. similarly, even with a DE lic, i cannot leave iri, drive south in dec, fish in MD state waters and return to iri with tog because the MD season is closed. sure, you could arrive iri with them, but if you were caught with tog in the cooler in md waters yopu would be illegal, DE lic or not.

as of 2011, NJ does not have a saltwater lic. DE anglers need to register in NJ before fishing there. dunno if it has changed for 2012 but here is something off the web:

Delaware anglers are advised to register with New Jersey (May 4)
DOVER (May 5, 2011) – The Division of Fish & Wildlife advises Delaware anglers who fish in the New Jersey portion of the Delaware Bay and River, or in New Jersey’s coastal waters, that they are now required to sign up for New Jersey’s Saltwater Recreational Registry Program. The New Jersey registry, which is free, went into effect May 4, and anyone fishing in the state’s marine or tidal fresh waters, or landing their catch in New Jersey, must have the new registration certificate. The only exceptions are anglers under 16 years of age or anyone fishing on a New Jersey-registered for-hire vessel (charter or head-boat). Regardless of what license or permit an angler may hold from another state (including Delaware), or from the federal government, they still are required to register with New Jersey when fishing there.The only way to register for the certificate is through the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection website: www.saltwaterregistry.nj.gov. (Please note: Unlike with the Delaware F.I.N. program, there is no toll-free number to call for anglers without Internet access.) Anglers who register will need to print out their registration certificate and have it available for inspection should they be asked by New Jersey enforcement officers.



oh, almost forgot! md used to NOT require a fishing lic to fish outta oc. that has now changed a lic is needed now. that changed last year i think.

[TerpHeels]

see...there ya go...just stay outside 3 and everything is okee dokee :)

[Hillbilly Boater]

see...there ya go...just stay outside 3 and everything is okee dokee :)

Terp, You're such an outlaw.:2guns: