Surf fishing reports for September

[Coop]

Sam, Heading out thurs. My feet should hit the sand before 8:30 am,,,Come on out! The ocean should be better, but I am still a little concerned of the amount of current that may be out there that day. Some big time weather action occurring in the western atlantic (tropical storms). We will have to wait and see but I think 10oz or smaller should hold. I have got to make myself some 12's or even 14's! One thing is for sure, I liked the look of the ocean today, just didn't have enough weight to hold.

[Coop]

Fished today and caught many dogies and skates. I had one screamer and was hoping for a red but after 15 secs, gone. Leader broken,,,shark. It was taking line out in a hurry and was glad to have the excitement, tho short lived.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by Coop

Fished today and caught many dogies and skates.

Bummer. They sure can keep you busy. I'm headed out tonight. Maybe they will have had enough of your bait for today.

[Coop]

Almost forgot,,,As I was driving down the beach, I passed a what appeared to be photo shoot that was going on,,,need I say more

[Steve]

Originally Posted by Coop

Almost forgot,,,As I was driving down the beach, I passed a what appeared to be photo shoot that was going on,,,need I say more

Yes......



Or am I totally missing something obvious?

[sandcaster]

Fished AI today south of the bull pen, limited out on dog fish, and skates, one nice pan sized blue. It was an awesome day at the beach.

[Coop]

Sandcaster, They were in there thick today,,,Had to use heads to keep at least some of those critters of my lines.

[Sam]

Limited out on dogfish and skates tonight too.



It was a picture perfect night as far as the environment is concerned. Gentle winds, no moon, stars, fishy looking water. I did get a nice size shark on a live kingfish. I got him inside the bars and he chomped throug the leader. :?



We (dad and I) caught a few kings for the freezer.

[Coop]

Went into one of our local b&t to pick up some bunker and heard that a large red was caught in the surf .

[btf]

The first red drum was caught Saturday, September 10, 2005 on Assateague. One of my customers came in and told me that Dave "Critter Gitter" Swenson hooked it. He said the fish was 40 something inches. Congratulations Dave.

[Sam]

I just got home from a 12 hour Assateague Drum hunt with Coop. We caught lots of skates, small sharks, a bluefish (Scott's) and no drum. I did have a bit of excitement around 9am when my rod doubled over and something started taking line. By the time I got to it, nothing, no bait... I think it was because my hook was dull. :?



It couldn't have been a nicer night. The stars were beautiful, one was even shining different colors like blue, red, white, green! It was very pretty, but kind of odd.



Those red drum are very elusive... I'm gonna get one soon.

[Steve]

What was the size of the Blue?

Heck, I love catchin' them, nice fight!

[Coop]

Sam, didn't catch anything after you left,,,I hung out for a couple more hours and nothing was happening so I went home and caught some zzz's.



Steve, the blue was about 16". Caught him on my heavy stick. Was planning on heading out on Thursday but looks like I may need a brick to hold. From NOAA:



TODAY

NE WINDS 10 KT...BECOMING SE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4

FT.



TONIGHT

SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT BUILDING TO 5 FT. A

SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.



WED

SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE

AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.



WED NIGHT

E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. SHOWERS LIKELY.



THU

NE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10

FT...BUILDING TO 11 TO 13 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.



THU NIGHT

NE WINDS 30 TO 35 KT...BECOMING N 35 TO 40 KT AFTER

MIDNIGHT. SEAS 11 TO 13 FT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.



FRI

N WINDS 35 TO 40 KT...DECREASING TO 15 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT...

SUBSIDING TO 5 FT.



SAT

NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT... SUBSIDING TO 3 FT.

[Steve]

I'll be at the top end about 3 or 4 this afternoon.

Gonna' play with the yak one more time.

[Sam]

I fished another 10 hours with Steve and Dad tonight. I caught a large cownose ray around 6pm. It fought pretty hard at first and I thought it might be big red. :? Nope... Dad caught a 5-6 ft spinner/blacktip around 10pm and it bite through his leader before we could beach it, but we had it in the wash.. That was a surprise for sure.



The water was warm and the breeze was coming off the ocean, so we were soaked by the time we left. We all caught the usual skates and doggies.



I talked with Dale Timmons at the pumps for a few minutes. He said that he had caught a few sandbars before high tide in the afternoon. I'll be glad when the real fishing picks up. It was nice seeing you again, Steve. Thanks for coming down, buddy.