Hahahaha, I'll head down the street for some catfish before I let that happen.

Well, Mother's Day and her birthday are only a day apart, so I decided to use up some more lobster.

Connecticut Style Lobster Roles!  (This is warm and buttery style, while the NE Lobster roll is usually served cold and tossed in a mayo baste.

I really should have pulled more lobster out to make a few more.  I can't get enough of these things.

We are trying to save money, so we didn't go out.  Instead, I said I'll cook us up some Surf-N-Turf.



It came out awesome!



Even though my daughter didn't try the lobster, she loved the steak!

3 of these suckers bigger than my head on this plant...









This was from 3 days ago... It's already bigger!  Holy smokes... Go Lobster Shells!

On Friday night I kept going back and forth about what I wanted to do Saturday morning. The forecast looked pretty rough, so I just kicked back in my chair, trying to relax and see if any inspiration would hit me.

Somewhere in that little snooze, I had a dream of sticking a giant WSB right from the surf. Well damn, if that's not a premonition, I don't know what is.

I armed my surf gear and was ready to go.

I get to TP and the traffic was horrendous at o' dark thirty!  Then I realized, there was a marathon going on and all of the parking was taken up.  I must have watched a thousand runners go by, so I hit the beach through the back entrance.

The tides were looking good, but the beach was warning me this was going to be that type of trip.



I worked my way all the way to Delmar and only found a few spots to actually cast.  Most of the good holes were already taken up by perch guys.



The waves were also getting bigger.  I switched to a 5" weedless swimbait and still managed to get weeds, albeit nowhere as bad as the double grappling hooks on my YoZuri.

I had two bites which removed the paddle from the body.  I'm thinking it might be a sand bass, but that was the extent of my success.  Otherwise, it just felt good to get back out in the sand, but this is back-to-back skunks for me and a little worrying....

Until next tide!

Man, I'm not gonna lie, I'm a little jealous reading this. Sounds like a solid after-work session, especially once you dialed in the nuclear chicken bite. Love when they finally tell you what they want... even if it takes a few lure changes to figure it out.

Honestly, 8 bites and 4 fish isn't bad at all, but I get what you mean with a big tide, you expect it to just be wide open. Funny how it never quite lines up the way you think it should.
Meanwhile I'm over here having not fished in at least a month, so I'd happily take a "slow" session like that right now. You've got me itching to get back out there but the boats not fixed for the ocean yet.  Potentially take it for bonefish this weekend in the back bay (5mph zone) or maybe just cast big plugs in the surf for stripers, butts and WSB.

I need to get my fix in before I start to lose it over here.

Let's get you on some SD bay bonefish soon. I haven't targeted them in a few years and miss how strong and fun they are.

Quote from: jrodda on May 10, 2026, 06:54:43 PM

BTW, is this a ghost boat or just moored all weird.  I realize it's probably someone crouched down behind the console, but just looks like AI placed it there.

Quote from: Tim524 on May 10, 2026, 07:41:07 PMLooking forward to seeing the jungle pics

I just planted two days ago, Corn Peppers, Tomatoes and 3 kinds of Zucchini 

Pics when the corn and zucchini pops up and starts looking like a garden

I let a squash grow that I was hoping was spaghetti squash, but now looks to be HUGE pumpkins!  My garden is going nuts, but the corn is not growing for some reason.  I've planted twice, but nothing is taking root.

I don't know where to start....  are there just really no fish there or is it that you've adopted the Koga strategy he taught you up there?  hahaha

In any case, you are fishing way more than me lately.  I don't want to take my boat out until I get the loose console sorted out and gas has me thinking twice since I'm having a hard time justifying spotties for $7 a gallon.  lol

As for that Oil slick.... what Tim said.... It should make you glide across the water faster.  lol

Thanks for the report Jeremy.  It's killing me that I have barely fished since landing this new low paying job.

Quote from: Tim524 on May 08, 2026, 07:33:22 AMThe real food is at The Pig Party 

Well, That's a festival...  I'm only talking a get-together.  lol

I see he hasn't checked in for a while.  Maybe if I start a thread poking at him, he might magically reappear on the boards again!

I'll put up some photoshops when I get back home to make sure this thread is a success!

Otherwise, feel free to share a Kogahead experience here if you want.

I'll start with a joke...

Kogahead goes fishing every morning and never catches a thing.
One day Jeremy asks, "Why do you keep coming back if you never catch fish?"
Kogahead smiles and says,
"Fishin' isn't about catching fish.
It's about sittin' quietly and proving day after day that the fish are smarter than me."

Quote from: sasquatch on May 07, 2026, 05:15:37 PMLet me know if you plan to cook fish. I'll bring some real food.

Ha!  Sounds good though.  I'll look to see what Sunday looks best but I'm down for some soaking baits and grilling food.  Would you rather try to set something up down at the bay or do a catfish soak like we used to do with Homa?

Question, who would be into a BBQ at the bay or a lake for a little gathering and bait soaking session one weekend?  Just a thought since many of the lakes have an evening catfishing event and it would be great to kick back with some of the old crew.  Unfortunately, no Homa to grill up some kabobs but I can think of something.

Ha!  I have to throw something up on the boards every now and then since I've been relegated to a desk from 7:00am to 5pm every day... and have a busted center console to ridicule me every time I pull into the driveway.