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J-Bay 8-9 Jun 2013, Sat/Sun
Left early Friday morning for Jamaica Bay. I was on the road six hours, and it rained all day and evening. Heavy overcast.......and such depressing weather. I didn't fish till the next day.
Saturday was totally different......a nice day. Mostly sunny, light breeze, about 70 and calm water. What a sigh of relief on the wx. Met Grilled, Bigfluke, MetroMan, stupidjet and Pinch on the water early morning. We fished all over the place. We must have caught 60-80 short flukes. I think Grilled caught two keepers. Bigfluke caught one keeper and a keeper weakie. Statistical it's a no-so-good ratio on flukes.
I fished Sunday too, an even nicer day. Caught about a dozen short flukes, two sea robins and a crab. Not sure what kind of crab it was, but it sure liked plastic. I also had a big pull near the Ruffle Bar, but it came off after a five second fight. Maybe striper?
The highlight on Sunday was late afternoon when I finally spotted bunka. (I remembered Grilled telling me to "...follow the bunka..."). I quickly attached my treble rig and sprinted a hundred yards to the area. After several come-offs, I landed a good size bunka (those things are feisty fighters). Tried for another, but had more come-offs. Decided to fish with one bunka. (This was first time I ever snagged/fished bunka).
I didn't quite remember how to rig the only bunka I snagged. I ran a 8/0 circle through the lower jaw and up through the forehead. I then went to deeper water and live-lined the bait. After about ten minutes, I pulled it up and saw Mr. Bunka was completely gone. Not sure if it just came off or a cunning blue or striper stole the bait.......it probably came off.....lol...
Ok, no more bunka, so I went back to jigging a bucktail for a little while before heading back to shore. Halfway to the ramp, I spot more bunka. Out came my treble rig, and after about 10 minutes and several come-offs, I land another fish. Tried to snag more, but no-go. I then hooked the bunka up. Couldn't decide how to hook it up (because the first one came off).......I must have hooked/unhooked (see pic) it three times..........I guess that's why it was kind of dead when I finally fished it......lol....... I dropped and "live-lined" the questionably dead fish for about half an hour. Dead fish, and no action.
No bites on the dead bunka so I decided to call it quits. I headed in, and surprisingly saw lots of bunka all over the place. It was after 5 pm. I was on the water over 11 hours and tired, so I didn't even try for another snag. Anyway, that was the highlight of my nice kayak fishing day.
Left early Friday morning for Jamaica Bay. I was on the road six hours, and it rained all day and evening. Heavy overcast.......and such depressing weather. I didn't fish till the next day.
Saturday was totally different......a nice day. Mostly sunny, light breeze, about 70 and calm water. What a sigh of relief on the wx. Met Grilled, Bigfluke, MetroMan, stupidjet and Pinch on the water early morning. We fished all over the place. We must have caught 60-80 short flukes. I think Grilled caught two keepers. Bigfluke caught one keeper and a keeper weakie. Statistical it's a no-so-good ratio on flukes.
I fished Sunday too, an even nicer day. Caught about a dozen short flukes, two sea robins and a crab. Not sure what kind of crab it was, but it sure liked plastic. I also had a big pull near the Ruffle Bar, but it came off after a five second fight. Maybe striper?
The highlight on Sunday was late afternoon when I finally spotted bunka. (I remembered Grilled telling me to "...follow the bunka..."). I quickly attached my treble rig and sprinted a hundred yards to the area. After several come-offs, I landed a good size bunka (those things are feisty fighters). Tried for another, but had more come-offs. Decided to fish with one bunka. (This was first time I ever snagged/fished bunka).
I didn't quite remember how to rig the only bunka I snagged. I ran a 8/0 circle through the lower jaw and up through the forehead. I then went to deeper water and live-lined the bait. After about ten minutes, I pulled it up and saw Mr. Bunka was completely gone. Not sure if it just came off or a cunning blue or striper stole the bait.......it probably came off.....lol...
Ok, no more bunka, so I went back to jigging a bucktail for a little while before heading back to shore. Halfway to the ramp, I spot more bunka. Out came my treble rig, and after about 10 minutes and several come-offs, I land another fish. Tried to snag more, but no-go. I then hooked the bunka up. Couldn't decide how to hook it up (because the first one came off).......I must have hooked/unhooked (see pic) it three times..........I guess that's why it was kind of dead when I finally fished it......lol....... I dropped and "live-lined" the questionably dead fish for about half an hour. Dead fish, and no action.
No bites on the dead bunka so I decided to call it quits. I headed in, and surprisingly saw lots of bunka all over the place. It was after 5 pm. I was on the water over 11 hours and tired, so I didn't even try for another snag. Anyway, that was the highlight of my nice kayak fishing day.
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