There was not much going on today with the wind and rain. There were a few blues caught on Surf City Pier, by the got-cha pluggers but not much else that I have heard about. King fishing has been slow, and live bait for the king fishermen has been hard to find. The sheephead are still hanging out around the pier pilings for the angler with enough patience and gear to haul them in. A few trout early in the morning on live minnows or live shrimp, mostly on the south side of the pier. There was one small puppy drum caught in the suds this morning. At night it's been more of the same, small mullet, spots, and croaker. The flounder bite from the pier continues to be disappointing. There have been lots of flounder caught, but not the big ones that are usually coming up this time of the summer.
The surf has been really rough. Take your heavy gear to the surf because it takes at least four ounce or five ounce storm sinker to hold bottom even a little. The only thing I have been able to catch is small spots, pompano and foot long blues. It seems the blues are really skinny. There is not much meat on them for the length. The blues and spots are biting cut mullet and shrimp , and the pompano are biting sand fleas. I haven't caught a mullet or whiting in several days. For me the best time to fish continues to be the last to hours of the incoming tide and the first two hours of the out going tide. Sand fleas are still my favorite bait for surf fishing and they continue to be plentiful, although sometimes you have to look for them if the high tide is in.
Be careful if you are wading in the surf to cast. I have seen several stingray in the waves and I even saw a couple left on the beach by the waves, where they flapped their wings until the next wave came and carried them back into the surf.
Till next time....
Tight Lines!
Johnny
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