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Great bird Congrats!

TTT

How about Rage??

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No need for the net.....shads & spoons work better than live bait.

Blackfin as a whole & Bluefin toro are the best out of all the tuna/cuts.

You know your a Redneck when your Barn is bigger than your House.

Definitely bobcats doing the hurting on the turkeys in the north and migrating south!

Really Looks good, Big Barn can store a lot of toys.LOL

found throughout New Jersey. Their numbers declined in the 1800s as forests were cleared for lumber, fuel and agriculture, and by the early 1970s they were thought to be extirpated (locally extinct) from the state. Between 1978 and 1982, New Jersey Fish and Wildlife conducted a reintroduction project through which 24 bobcats were trapped in Maine and released in northern NJ. The bobcat was listed as Endangered in New Jersey in 1991. Today bobcats appear to be rebounding in northern New Jersey, but there continue to be very few observations in the central and southern regions of the state. Their elusive nature makes them a challenge to study. Learn more about our efforts to better understand NJ’s bobcat population using a wildlife detection dog, roadkills, genetics, and other methods in the information below. The public can help by reporting bobcat observations using the NJ Wildlife Tracker Application (please include photos if you have them!) Report an injured or dead bobcat via the DEP Hotline: 1-877-WARNDEP (1-877-927-6337). Bobcat Fact Sheet (pdf) Bobcats in New Jersey with biologist Gretchen Fowles (DEP Podcast, 3/29/17) Dogs and Bobcats (‘Creature Show’ film about bobcats in New Jersey) Trapper Information: Accidental Trapping of Bobcat (pdf, 625kb) Trappers finding a bobcat on their trapline are required to report the occurrence within 24 hours by calling 1-877-WARN-DEP (1-877-927-6337), but are strongly encouraged to call IMMEDIATELY upon discovery of a bobcat in any trap.

Matching the hatch can work great. But matching it too perfectly will get you ignored. IMHO (I've guided my son and friends, but never a charter, lol) fishing a plug in a way that mimics intensely or even ramps up the action of a wounded bunker can get you slammed when there are 50,000 other bunker surrounding you. Live lining, even with an intentionally hobbled bunker can simply get your presentation ignored at such times The biggest bass I ever hooked into was on a white spook in the middle of the night during a cinder worm hatch. I didn't have anything to mimic the worms so I was messing around w my favorite spook and "bam"! Doing things "wrong" can have advantages So, yeah, "match the hatch and then break the match, and then repeat, differently," has become my go-to method when I see a bunch of bait like spearing and bunker. Squid and sand eels seem to work a little differently. Maybe it's just that squid have it all--they rtaste so much better than bunker even to a bass and they can't help but have a "drive me nuts and call me from far away" swimming motion

Good luck today.

Congrats on a nice bird.

I don’t personally see them often in that area, because they are elusive and smart. However there are tons of bobcats around that area for sure. Every year I get I think the same hen on my property and she’s got 2-3 poults for a couple weeks and then she’s solo. I see hardly any turkeys driving around.

I have been hunting over 40 years and there has never been so many Predators out there. simple answer we need more guy's hunting them.

Don’t get caught with a 12’ in NY waters without a commercial ticket

Prayers sent!

Keep us updated

I bought one from him two months ago said he’s done in the next year

IMO as I said on your other thread blackfin is def my favorite of the 4 tuna we target also

Is Percy nets still selling nets? I heard no longer? Not sure if that is true. Someone told me the next best net is East Coast nets....https://www.eastcoastnets.com/#xl_xr_page_index

Wow. Looks like a dream come true

Hey now... they are fighting words

Good to hear from you and your ok 😊 physically wise! . Lack of birds can definitely disappointing for sure Mentally wise. I believe the bobcats are a factor!! They're prowness is remarkable. Grouse we're once abundant too Hunting myself for many years along the kittatiny ridges and valleys of hope and blairstown they were a rare sighting but that changed. Anyway I wish you luck Mike

Good luck