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Sanibel 2015 Take II

A short but sweet trip with my lady Danielle and our good Moose Knuckle buddy Mark, we hung around the beach in search of some fun red fish and the rather elusive snook! To our surprise and amazement we came across something so much more enchanting and fun that we couldn’t believe it until it happened 2 days in a row! Check out the pictures below to enjoy the fun we had!

My fisher lady!
My fisher lady!

 

Little Snook
Little Snook
Jack on the Fly
Jack on the Fly

Check out some of the fly rods we used on this trip over at Best Rod Fishing.

Summer’s End

Like a blink of an eye the 2015 summer lip ripping session has come and almost gone. A solid year of bass, trout, beers, and bonfires. Lets take a few minutes to highlight some of our favorite moments.
(Also 2 ice fishing pictures that never made it into the mix yet, and, not to brag, are my first 1 of each fish caught!)

Starting out we turn to Maryland for the shad run. Accompanied by my good MKFF buddies Mark and Dave, we truly made an impact on the fishing scene; The river and the bars.

Flipping Shad
Flipping Shad
Well behaved shad
Well behaved shad
Heading home scenery
Heading home scenery

The following weekend was also spent in Maryland, while we prepared the family boat for the upcoming warm weather sailing season. Dave and I set-up behind the boat with some hot dogs on the lines and sat and waited. Here are the results.

Dave with a nice sized cat
Dave with a nice sized cat
3 foot eel!
3 foot eel!

Maryland out of the way we can focus on some close to home fishing!!

We head to Lake Hopatcong with some fun hybrid striper fun with my buddy Mark and his son Mark. Here’s our outcome!

Me with my first hyrid
Me with my first hyrid
Little Mark with his trophy!
Little Mark with his trophy!

And onto some local fishing with a local pond and beautiful Paulinskill river!

My beautiful girlfriend Danielle sporting her new rod and outfit!
My beautiful girlfriend Danielle sporting her new rod and outfit!
Same spot trout
Same spot trout
Same stream just 100 yards up. Paulinskill small mouth bass.
Same stream just 100 yards up. Paulinskill small mouth bass.
Local pond Large Mouth Bass!
Local pond Large Mouth Bass!

Now let’s head to some deeper water with an unexpected, typically cold temperature, guest! Off the tip on Montauk we took our friends boat out a little bit in search of Stripers! Unfortunately, we came up shore but we got a few surprises instead!

Sea Bass with a beefy hump!
Sea Bass with a beefy hump!
Unexpected shad. We caught about 25 of them the beginning of August, 125 feet down.
Unexpected shad. We caught about 25 of them the beginning of August, 125 feet down.
Our newest member, TJ, with a big Blue Fish.
Our newest member, TJ, with a big Blue Fish.

Now, the finale, those two new fish promises! Introducing for the first time ever by this blog, and this angler in particular….

Lake Trout from the Adirondacks, NY.
Lake Trout from the Adirondacks, NY.
Northern Pike from North New Jersey.
Northern Pike from North New Jersey.

So, this concludes a quick update of the ventures and fish caught by the MKFF crew. Hope you enjoyed viewing them as much as we had catching them! Come on back soon for some more updates, pictures, and good times!!

Some upcoming blogs will cover the Pulaski Salmon run in October and another awesome trip to Sanibel Island!

Spring fun

Bass fishing is upon us and the MKFF crew has taken notice to the eager bass awaiting our arrival. Enjoyment and serenity have engulfed local bass with a false sense of security!! Now is our time to strike while the plucking is ripe.

Heaven
Heaven

We at Moose Knuckle have been casting away into the dark cool spring Jersey waters testing our new gear to catch the best fresh water fish for our administrator friendly fishing competition. Through hours and hours of tiresome fishing (and beers of course) we have gone through 3 lead changes on top 3 biggest bass for the bass competition. (this is big considering that we have had full membership for approximately 1 week). Here, in this blog, I will give you a quick run through of some of our biggest bass thus far. I hope you enjoy the pictures and story, and remember, pictures barely give these fish justice. 🙂

Beautiful stomping grounds
Beautiful stomping grounds
Leader #1
Leader #1
Leader #2
Leader #2
Current Leader
Current Leader

The current leaders were all caught within a 24 hour window of each other! It has been an amazing week so far but we have ended up with a 6.06 pound bass stuck in first place (in jersey waters). Time will tell what else will happen in this fun battle for Moose Knuckle bass supremacy!! Here are a few more pictures to help highlight the fun and excitement that the Moose Knuckle crew has been having. We hope you enjoy as much as we have!

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woman fishing!
woman fishing!
Farmy
Farmy

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As you can tell, we at Moose Knuckle Fishing have been very busy to bring you the biggest and the best of New Jersey top water and underwater fishing. We will highlight the best antics, outtakes, and best catches throughout the year. Stay tuned for the other competitions and random fishing trips. Sanibel is almost upon us!!

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