11.14.2016
Captain Jeff reports some windy weather this past week gave way to more wind, followed by cooler weather and yes, you guessed it, wind. Despite the windy conditions we forged ahead and started to search for the elusive Striped Bass. Saturdays trip aboard the Miss Chris had some four foot swells with a confused Ocean and Delaware Bay, after a week of Westerly, the wind shifted to North East. The early part of the trip was good with bait and dive bombing Gannets just outside Cape May Inlet. We had a run off and then nothing. After the birds died down, we headed to the Cape May Rips, off Cape May Point. The heavy west winds had muddied the waters and turned them to chocolate milk, which coupled with an outgoing tide made for poor conditions. So, up the beach we went for the other half of the day. We found bait and birds along the beach Saturday and Sunday off of Wildwood and Stone Harbor as far north as Peacock shoal. Plenty of Spiney Dogfish (sharks) were available to chew eels to pieces. Saturday ended searching for a Sea Bass after the birds yielded not much. Sunday was no better for the Miss Chris. The final report of the day was of other boats finding fish off of Avalon, NJ. Two Striped Bass were caught on the Sea Star III on Sunday, upwards of 41 pounds. The fish are here and we are booking for the rest of November and December. Eels which don’t get chewed to pieces by sharks work well, and metal jigs and big bucktails also have a good shot at producing. Everything you need is available at the Miss Chris Tackle Shop
Remember the Striped Bass Trip aboard the Miss Chris is now Reservation Only, Limited to 28 passengers. Book Online Only, by clicking Buy Tickets or Schedule. Adult Discount Tickets are only $65.00.
