I decided to go fluke fishing today after work so I headed to the Spy House pier in Port Monmouth. It was a little rainy out so I put on my rain gear and headed out to the pier. When I got out there I couldn't believe how hard the wind was blowing. It felt like 30 to 40 MPH. When I got out of my truck there was virtually no wind.

I was using squid strips with spearing and fluke hooks. I usually use egg sinkers but I didn't have any so I was using pyramid sinkers. Not sure if that makes a difference or not but I was not getting any hits. After about an hour I was reeling in when I got snagged on something. I was about to cut my line but whatever I was snagged on was coming in. As I was reeling in I looked down and saw what looked like the tip of a fishing pole. I figured someone broke a rod and threw it in the bay. As I kept reeling up I realized it was a whole rod. When I pulled it up that's when I noticed not only was it a fishing pole but a whole set up; rod, reel and bait. It is an 8' Ugly Stick with a Shakespere Prius reel complete with hook, fish finder rig and weight. It also had a strike indicator on the tip of the rod which leads me to believe that someone had the rod casted out and was not paying attention and something big hit and took off, taking the rod with it. From the looks of it the rod was not in the water that long.

I may not have caught a fish today but I now have a new (well new to me) rod to add to my collection.