Rough Day on the Bay

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Mulv80

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I was out in the Delaware Bay and the ocean on Saturday and it was by far the roughest water I have experienced with the V. I figured it would be rough but I thought if I could get around the cape at the tip of Cape May where the ocean meets the bay I would get a little shelter from the wind and be able to fish about a mile off. That wasnt the case I was greeted with true 3-4 footers with an occasional 5 thrown in. It was one of those days where you see a boat on the crest of a swell and it almost disappears on the down swing. The V handled the water about as well as could be expected. I didnt stuff the bow once but came close a couple of times. I still don't know how you guys are stuffing the bows of these boats, must be some real rough stuff you guys fish in.
 
3-4 footers ??? Mulv. My buddy's were overtop of the Gypsy Prince and they swear the waves were topping 8ft. Well at least you got out and got wet. ;)
What no Pics. >:( ;D
 
No pics Mike the camera would have gotten wet :-/ I was listening to the VHF and they were saying 7-10 in the ocean about 10 miles from Cape May inlet. I know my limits and stayed about a mile from the beach and took it easy on the way out.
 
I took mine into the bay on Saturday for a shake down cruise.
I turned around and went back up the Broadkill.
From a distance it looked smooth enough to play,
but once you got on it, those swells were rough.

You should have gone out on Sunday,
it was a complete turn around.
I think the highest swell in the bay was two feet.
 
Mulv said:
 I still don't know how you guys are stuffing the bows of these boats, must be some real rough stuff you guys fish in.  
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Its not hard at all, you just have to find the right wave, at the right angle, at the right speed. And once you get where you can recognize all of those variables, you can avoid doing it again.
 
Parish, your right about Sunday. I took my Dad and a couple of his buddies fishing and it was like a lake out there. I ran out to the "Stakes" Nj side about 2 miles North of #1 (aka Buglight) and set up along with about 100 other boats. We fished for about 2 hours and almost caught a "Nj Trashcan Slam" 1 blue, 1 sea robin, 1 shark, 1 skate, if I would have caught an oyster cracker instead of the blue the slam would have been complete.
 
I only went about a mile out from Roosevelt inlet on the De. side.
We were just playing around, dirffted for a while,
saw some fish on the finder but didn't catch
anything until we went back into teh Broadkill,
then we caught one stargazer, I call it a toad fish,
Lumber caught one the other week and asked what it was.
 
This has been the worst year I've had in the Bay. I did well early in the year for flounder but havent caught anything decent since the first week of July. I think this is going to be the first year in about 20 years of fishing that I havent caught a Weakfish. In the past couple of years I was complaining about the large number of Croakers now I'd be happy to catch a few.
 
Went out of the Maurice River (NJ) to the Dbay on Sunday. About 2 footers. Enough wind so that Greenhead flies had problems landing on you for a meal. Didn't do any fishing. I was checking electronics, particularly VHF. Also got boarded by the Coasties in the Maurice. Fortunately I have been known to wear suspenders and a belt at the same time. The CG was impressed that I had 2 of everything that only requires 1. All is well. I am gearing up for fall stripers and all of the boat stuff I am doing is related to fishing, particularly stripers. I have had a good year fishing and have caught at least 1 of everything including several nice weakies. Didn't catch one weakie last year!

Geek
 
Geekie, are you retired that you can get out when teh fish are biting?

I usually only get out on weekends wehn the weather cooperates.
I am hoping to make a couple of October November trips this year,
if all pans out.
 
I've got to share this with you guys, as I'm not at all familiar with Delaware --

Last night I got into a conversation with a neighbor, a gentleman of about 80+ years, and gradually the talk turned to boats. Well, I soon discovered that he used to have a place up around Indian River. He started with a 16' boat, soon learned that he needed something larger, and bought a brand new Grady White, a 20 or 21 footer -- this was back around 1960. His eyes sure did light up as he talked about going through the inlet and out to an offshore marker to fish, and going out farther to the canyon. He loved that boat, and spent many days and more than a few nights on it fishing with his wife (now deceased) and sons, and brought home a lot of flounder, among other things. I could see in his eyes and in his words that he could see all of these past scenes in his mind like it was only yesterday.

My point? These are the good old days, gentlemen.

I think I'm going to invite him out on the ol' PD. ;)
 
parishht,

Not retired yet. I have spent a few years fishin the Delaware Bay and have some spots that have produced well this year. Wife and I have been looking in DE. for a retirement property. DE looks good tax-wise and my wife doesn't want to be far from the grand children. I will still fish the bay if I live in DE, but the fishin spots I now use will be a pretty good run from DE. I will probably run to the Delaware side of the bay next year to discover some new fishin holes over there!

Geek
 
Geekie, There are a lot of spots on the De side,
here is a link I posted of structure sites:

http://www.dnrec.state.de.us/fw/2005reefguide.pdf

One of the locations is a wreck that MSBHAMMER has been looking for.

PD, Indian River Inlet is a dangerous place,
I avoid it at all costs.
Almost every year we will hear of a boat going down
trying to maneuver there.
The volume of water that flows during tides is incredible
and you should see the currents during tides.
A better place to go out is the Roosevelt inlet at Lewes, De.
The same fishing spots are accesible by about 15 minutes more.
Lewes has a really nice public ramp with lots of parking.
 
Been through the Indian River Inlet pleanty of times with teh big dive boats. It's not a place to be if ya dont know what ya doing. Huge swells and waves roll on through there.
 
Tho' I do enjoy a good sloshing....the St.Lucie Inlet can get pretty rough. I've seen waves stacked 6ft high and 20ft away from eachother. I've learned since to turn around and forget about goin' out on those days.
 
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