Hello all, I went out to the Pud this past Saturday with two friends and we were all skunked. We fished from the shore. They drop shotted some Senkos on spinning reels and I baitcasted a trout swimbait(which ended up getting thrown into the lake after a failed attempt at a cast after my line got frayed, $12 gone), a crank bait, and a green with orange spinner bait. I saw other anglers out there all of which had also seen no action.
We started at 10 am and called it quits at 2 pm. One of my buddies loves saltwater fishing(it seems to be easier) so we ended up heading to Belmont Pier and fished there from 330 to 7. After the first 1.5 hours of no action, the mackerel bite was on(we used squid as bait)!! Combined, the 3 of us around 30 fish. My friend got a total of 5 double hook ups! We released the smaller mackerel and gave away the larger ones(we didn't take any home since, not only do we not eat mackerel off the pier, but we planned to get on some bass which would be C&R'd so we had no bucket).
I'm thinking of going out again this Saturday coming up. I am still hopeful that I can catch my first bass soon!