This fall jigging for school size Rockfish has been very good. I've had a few days earlier in the fall where there were birds working over schools of fish for miles, some days there would be so many fish busting around me it looked like I was in the middle of an intense hail storm. then in late october a nor easter came through and it was never quite the same. Just days afterwards there were many reports from the mid and lower bay of Stripers over 30" being in good numbers, so it wasn't a 
mystery where a lot of the fish went. But the fishing still stayed good, theres still plenty of fish around, just not quite as many as it was, luckily the fish that did stay became more tightly schooled and it was some of the easiest fishing I've ever seen, just cruise around and stop and jig where ever I see some marks or working birds, its still working eventhough its early December, and there are still loads of fish in the upperbay rivers so its not over yet. I've also been getting into some big fish trolling that migrated in from the ocean, I love trolling but I can rarely do it for more then a couple hours, but lately thats all I have needed. On one of my trips I was letting out my lure on my very first rod and I noticed the line was coming off faster then normal, I locked the spool and had a 37" fish on, thats the fastest I've ever caught a fish trolling, 
I caught a few more Biggins then went jigging for some fish to 32", another trip I had on Thanksgiving I got four lines out and went to get my fifth and final rod and the fourth rod doubled over with a 44" striper, I just put the rod in its holder seconds earlier, simply awesome fishing! My routine lately is to Troll for an hour or two and catch a couple Trophys, then go jigging for the bigger schools of smaller fish, actually some of the Schoolies are good size, With many over 30" 
mystery where a lot of the fish went. But the fishing still stayed good, theres still plenty of fish around, just not quite as many as it was, luckily the fish that did stay became more tightly schooled and it was some of the easiest fishing I've ever seen, just cruise around and stop and jig where ever I see some marks or working birds, its still working eventhough its early December, and there are still loads of fish in the upperbay rivers so its not over yet. I've also been getting into some big fish trolling that migrated in from the ocean, I love trolling but I can rarely do it for more then a couple hours, but lately thats all I have needed. On one of my trips I was letting out my lure on my very first rod and I noticed the line was coming off faster then normal, I locked the spool and had a 37" fish on, thats the fastest I've ever caught a fish trolling, 
I caught a few more Biggins then went jigging for some fish to 32", another trip I had on Thanksgiving I got four lines out and went to get my fifth and final rod and the fourth rod doubled over with a 44" striper, I just put the rod in its holder seconds earlier, simply awesome fishing! My routine lately is to Troll for an hour or two and catch a couple Trophys, then go jigging for the bigger schools of smaller fish, actually some of the Schoolies are good size, With many over 30" 
