Wow… wish we had some better news but unfortunately things have been extremely slow along the Ocean beaches. Every couple of days we’ll here of a fish or two but that’s about it. This is one of the slowest times of the year for surf fishing though, so this isn’t very unusual but if you hunt around the back sides of some of the beaches there are a few fish to be caught.

Joe, from the shop, has been fishing around the Jones Beach piers in the evenings and has been catching some school sized Bass and some slammer Blues on Bomber plugs… Chicken Scratch especially. He fished a few nights ago with one of our customers “Ricky Laun” and Ricky managed a keeper Bass right from one of the piers, on a Storm 5″ Pearl Swim Shad. They reported seeing a load of bait around the piers in the evenings… which would explain why the Bass and Blues have been around there. This seems to be a pattern for all those that are stalking the back bays from shore… find the bait and you’ll find some fish.

We had a few reports from West End 2 as well… on the back side. A few people have fished there early in the morning from dark till first light, using Charlie Graves tins, Point Jude Tins and polaris style poppers like the Gibbs and Super Strike poppers and caught some small Bass and Blues there too.

Bottom line… fish in the back, not out front. There seems to be some baitfish roaming around the bays and if you can come across some of it you’re going to increase your chances of seeing some Bass and Blues.