Last Week: Ups and Downs, By Alexi

We, the fisher-people of the universe, know the reality very well- fishing is fishing and catching is catching.  Sometimes you go out in seemingly perfect conditions and get skunked!  Well, that is exactly what happened to Perchman and I last Wednesday in Raritan Bay.....

Overcast, a slight fog, low pressure, and light wind.  Overall absolutely perfect conditions...why were we skunked?  Maybe it was the effect of the rain from the day before, maybe it as simple as a lull between waves of migrating fish entering Raritan to go to their spawning grounds.  Maybe the fish were on the other side.  Maybe the fish were there and just weren't feeding.  In any case, getting skunked is a part of fishing, and I might say "I'm never fishing in Raritan again" after a trip like that, and then two days later go back and try again.   This might be a sign of insanity in some instances, but in regards to fishing it is de rigueur.

Wednesday might have been a horrible day for catching, but last Monday, April 23, was a banner day.  I trolled a 3 ounce Mojo clear across Raritan and hooked into 4 fish from 29-36 inches.

I tagged and released all 4 fish that I landed for American Littoral Society.  Perchman had trolled a tube-n-worm and a Mojo intermittently and was successful with several fish up to 28"

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