Out Friday and skunked for the first time in a couple of years, maybe longer.  Even the area that we all know gets warm was 10+ degrees warmer than the rest of the river but it held absolutely no fish.  I hope the dolphins didn't eat all the schoolies!

And to those who have a problem with reports, F you.  No spot burning here!

I may try again Wednesday.

Got out 1st time on Sunday. 8:30 to 3:30pm. Water temp was 42 to start, 46 when we left, 55 at plant. Got 2 nice ones 1st 1/2 hr. 26 & 29 inches approx. nothing for the next 5 hrs. Got 1 rat hour before we left, dropped another rat right after.

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after work i drove over to look at the river in little ferry , and of all things i saw 2 gannets

 flying by ! i have seen enuff of them in the ocean to know what they look like ,but up here ?

can they be following herring or shad ?

Joe, I'm surprised you haven't seen them before now. I've spotted them for years in Moonachie swamp/creek area.  Maybe they don't venture out into the river that often.

Al in n.e.n.j.

Has there been a low tide?  I just assumed that with all the rain we would be high for a week or so.  I'm not likely to get out again till the end of next week so if any of you guys get out, a report (a vague one) wouldn't suck. 

BTW, I would think the migratory fish should be moving in with the moon cycle.  With the river as warm as it's been it should be happening by now.

i don t think ill be doin the top of the out 2nite, but 2moro nights incoming umma be huntin.  i was plannin on gettin out ther 2nite but I just did my 1st All Grain batch of beer today ! yay me i guess . pretty fun stuff. and im naming the beers somethin likeThe OAK AGED HACKY HORROSHOW Imperiel Stout. 10.5%ABV  the other beer will be called the HACKY BREAKFAST OATMEAL SLUDGE Vanilla Bean STOUT

those wont be redy till next xmas so nevermind them, they gotta age. so im doin a summery beer next , a a west coast style IPA with warrior nuggets

according to this weeks fisherman report,the fishing in the hacky is "hot".

anyone in on this hot fishing?

From personal past experience, with such rreports I'd take that report for what it's worth.

Al in n.e.n.j. 

Thie fishing is hot, but the catching is not.

Hey Tom, boat ran like a top, does that mean you were just spinning  around completely out of control. Could be why you miss the porta jon. :-)

al in n.e.n.j. 

Some good news.  With the help of my friend Jim I was able to save the trolling motor.  Now I'll be ready to skunk next week without any extra prep.

Hey Circle Hook, I found that web site you were looking for.

http://www.wmi.org/bassfish/reports/newjerse/index.html

I heard of one guy I know having a good outing once this year, but for the most part, the fishing has been super weak for this time of the season.  For the record Sonny, the bay has produced almost nothing for me since January.  I'm thinking about starting to work Raritan bay or around the hook looking for fish.  I'll feel better about fishing further south after the NY season opens since I would likely have to pass through NY waters to get to and from those areas, that's on the 15th.

Way to get a few,  got out only the one day in March.

 I heard from a reliable source that some guys were nailing stripers to 30" on topwater plugs and bucktails in the Passaic River just south of the Dundee Dam. I lived in Clifton for 25 years and right on the river in Lyndhurst for 6 yrs. I caught a lot of short stripers and a few keepers. Probably 30 rats for every keeper. But I was only able to catch them on bloodworms. Anybody ever have any sucess on the Passaic with artificials? 

The only public launch I can remember is the concrete one on the west side of the river by the Lyndhurst bridge. I wonder if that is still open or there is another one farther north up the river towards Garfield.

 I took a friend for a ride on the Hacki this afternoon. Saw one guy anchored and fishing north in the Newark Bay. Fished several spots on the return trip no luck. 

Fished Raritan Bay this past week and thanks to a buddy's accurate report form Tuesday, we killed em.  I don't just mean killed em I mean we had 40+ fish between 2 of us and 30 of them were over 30".  None were smaller than around 20".  Maybe 3 or 4 came on the troll and once we were near them we only had to swim shad bodies around to get bites.  I'm not going to say where, but I'll say it was inside the hook.  Best fishing day of my life.  Some fish approached 40".

That was Wednesday.  A friend of mine didn't do as well there yesterday, he only found blues out front.  There's a wave of them on the move inshore it seems.  I would try again this weekend Hunter.

when i first started fishin the hacky 12 years ago,august was great,many days 20 plus fish .back then there was tons of peanuts,i havent seen that many peanuts since then.