Long stretch of east winds has been discouraging

Mike Monte left a great run of bonito at Nantucket a few weeks ago in hope of getting into the fall mullet run in northern N.J. which normally provides some hot surfcasting for stripers — but all he got was endless east winds for two weeks before returning to Nantucket..

Monte said he was never able to find any mullet in the very rough and dangerous surf which was almost unfishable. He thinks the lack of stripers is due to the mild weather with a lack of low overnight temperatures. Once it gets down to the mid-fifties at night , stripers should start moving in.

Monte also is hoping to find some little tunny back in Nantucket where they have been missing this fall.

A small craft advisory is posted through late tonight in NY/NJ Bight. Tomorrow’s morning forecast is for east winds at 10-15 knots with 4-6-foot seas. A hopeful sign is the prediction of light west winds on Saturday!