Surf fishing reports for November

[Sam]

Crabs weren't too bad this morning, but this evening was a different story. Get plenty of bait... :?



Tog fishing is picking up with some nice keepers (up to 22"). The rockfish are getting bigger too with some nearing the 50" mark. Hopefully, it will be a good weekend for everyone. Good luck!

[Critter Gitter]

AI this weekend. 3 stripers up to 36in. One Friday afternoon on first cast(never a good sign) one sunset Sat and one 8 am Sunday. Chunks lasting about 2.4 nanoseconds. Heads lasting 3.2 nanoseconds. Little crabs owned the bottom and if that wasn't enough then skates and baby doggies. Winds SSW to SW 15 to 20 and gust to 25. Water very dirty. One lucky fishermen landed a 45 in Drum caught Friday with pics to follow when PH gets home later in week. Drum at AI in November??? Hard fishin and no hogs but at least I got some good eats.

[Sam]

Hopefully, the wind will change direction by mid week. Congrats on the stipers CG, that's good eating there. So, Erik got a Red in November? Wow... I guess you never know.

[Critter Gitter]

No Sam, Erik was driving by when the guy hooked up so he stopped and watched the fight and took his pic.

[Sam]

Gotcha...

[Coop]

Fished all day with Steve and got a 34" on the skinny tide about an hour after first light,,,crabs are not as bad as they were last week,,,guess what was in the stripers stomach,,,lots of crabs,,,the only fish all day other than a couple dogfish and skates.



This guy look familiar Sam?





Nice to finally meet you Steve,,,It was a good time ,,,the next time you come down, hopefully we will be able to get into more striper action,,,pretty slow today, considering the amount of time we were soaking bait.

[Sam]

Glad to see you guys got something. Did it take a chunk or a head?



Yeah, that's my buddy. Poor gull.

[Coop]

Sam, hit on a half a chunk of bunker,,,used huge chunks in fear of the crabs, but they were not near as bad as the previuos week,,,may give it another go Fri afternoon into early evening,,,I wish we would get an onshore wind,,,looks like another gale tomorrow.

[Steve]

Ah, yes Scott, it was a beautiful day indeed!

I thought 'd better put the pic of Scott's fish on here before he eats it.

Anyway, here's the beautiful Rock I allowed him to catch.



The dawn breaks and we wait for the freight trains to take the line.





Scott starts off the day with a 34 incher.





Darn, cut his head off on the closeup shot. But hey, it makes the fish look bigger! Nicely defined lines on this beauty.





Now it's hurry up and wait.....





Oh well, at least we're feeding the crabs now, they gotta' eat too. That WAS a Bunker head!





Great spending the day with ya Scott!

Looking forward to it next time.

[Sam]

Nice pics and a great looking fish. I hope this one turns out better than the last one! Great job guys.

[Coop]

Steve, that was one nice November day,,,I am not sure how many more days we will get like that,,,a little cool in the morning but turned actually unseasonably warm during the day,,,nothing like fishing in short sleeve shirts in November. Water temps are in the upper 50's, close to 60,,,I think or HOPE that the striper action, as limited as it seems right now for me, will continue into December in the surf.



What a great sunrise







Steve, after heaving a chunk

[ocsnapper]

Fished AI today from about 4 AM to 12:30 PM, The day started off with the wind out of the south west then changing to north west. First part of the morring was not to bad with the wind but the rain would come and go by sun up only one small shark, As the day went on the wind picked up and the rain stoped (one out of two not bad :? ) not much hitting but another shark and a seagull (rats with wings ) them around 10 had the fish gods smile on me with a 36" stripper. The rest of the day gave up nothing.

[Coop]

Nice fish ocsnapper! 8)

[Sam]

Great Job, David! Looks like good eatin' to me!

[ocsnapper]

By the way when I cut open the fish to see what he's been eating all that was in side was crabs.