East wind next couple of days?

[Pathman]

Will the east wind over the next couple of days be good or bad for striper fishing from a boat? 

[rgw]

Depends on your boat, Saturday could be ugly 

[hunterbob1]

Ugh, ever heard West is best, well East is least!

You intend on going

I didn't look at the forecast how many knots your boat or someone's else out of where.

[Pathman]

Was considering a charter on a medium size boat, but was wondering how much the east wind would impact the fishing, not so much the fisherman, but I guess that’s a consideration as well. 
I can go anytime, so no need to get beat up out there on a windy day. 

[hunterbob1]

39 minutes ago, Pathman said:

Was considering a charter on a medium size boat, but was wondering how much the east wind would impact the fishing, not so much the fisherman, but I guess that’s a consideration as well. 
I can go anytime, so no need to get beat up out there on a windy day. 

Morning or magic hours

[MGHunter66]

1 hour ago, Pathman said:

Was considering a charter on a medium size boat, but was wondering how much the east wind would impact the fishing, not so much the fisherman, but I guess that’s a consideration as well. 
I can go anytime, so no need to get beat up out there on a windy day. 

East wind WILL be you up depending on boat size and USUALLY not the best conditions for fish to want to chew. Emphasis on usually, you could end up killing them.

[bucky]

Friday looks good as long as the marine forecast holds true, sometimes they under estimate the east wind, you also have to consider the tide, east wind against an outgoing tide the bay generally gets angry. If its a decent size boat you should be fine, not my favorite wind but the fish usually don't mind

[hunterbob1]

You said charter do you mean like a six pack or a walk on party head boat. Wind n Tide is everything it makes it or breaks it. Definitely go on a weekday the weekend boat traffic can break up the bunker schools and spook n scatter the stripers. I like the 25th or 26th

https://www.usharbors.com/harbor/new-jersey/sandy-hook-nj/weather/#harbor-nav

Edited April 19, 2023 by hunterbob1

[bucky]

 

 

 

 

22 minutes ago, hunterbob1 said:

You said charter do you mean like a six pack or a walk on party head boat. Wind n Tide is everything it makes it or breaks it. Definitely go on a weekday the weekend boat traffic can break up the bunker schools and spook n scatter the stripers. I like the 25th or 26th

https://www.usharbors.com/harbor/new-jersey/sandy-hook-nj/weather/#harbor-nav

This is what my forecast says for Friday but if yours is more accurate I would skip the trip. Sundays looking a little better for an outgoing

 

Friday-ESE wind 6 to 10 kt. Sunny. Seas 1 ft or less.

E wind around 9 kt. A chance of drizzle after 2am. Seas around 1 ft

Sunday-WSW wind 7 to 9 kt. Showers. Seas around 1 ft.

WNW wind around 12 kt. A chance of showers. Seas around 1 ft.

 

 

 

 

[Buckeyes11]

Hit the Raritan this morning on a charter. Def windy out there.  Good fishing nothing crazy. Livelining bunker 

[nmc02]

16 minutes ago, Buckeyes11 said:

Hit the Raritan this morning on a charter. Def windy out there.  Good fishing nothing crazy. Livelining bunker 

Who you fish with

[Buckeyes11]

Just sayin out of Keyport. 

[Merkel]

30 minutes ago, nmc02 said:

Who you fish with

We hit the Raritan Bay today.  Landed 2 stripers; 37” and a 28”.  Tough fishing but heard guys using live bait did better.  Pretty windy out there. 

[nmc02]

32 minutes ago, Buckeyes11 said:

Just sayin out of Keyport. 

Steve or John

[hammer4reel]

East winds make for snotty conditions .

‘BUT stripers feed good in the slop on those days .

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