The Last Hurrah of 2020: A Lesson in Diamond Jigs

Welp, this is going to be it for 2020. I launched this KZbin channel this September after using this platform as a fishing information resource for the last 5-6 years. Part of the reason I wanted to launch my own channel was to pay it forward......teach a few lessons I've learned along the way, and also show you what I'm learning while on the beach. This way you can take those lessons, tips, and tricks with you...just like I've learned from so many here on KZbin. This last video of 2020 was a part of that. You live, you learn, you catch more fish.
Let me know if you guys have anything you want to see over the winter. I'm open to suggestions.
Follow on IG = @FromTheSurfNJ

[@thomaslawrence3232]

I enjoy all content. Don't worry about the content. It's about the message and not always the delivery. If you have something to teach, I want to learn. Good Luck this season. Tight lines.

[@datangledangler2270]

Bruh, every lure that you've suggested are monsters!!!! I killed it with thise Williamson gomames. Diamond jigs (I use the berkley sand eels) have killed it. I'm literally changing all my lures to single in line hooks watching this. Headed to LBI next weekend. This is the Best Jerz fishing on the tube.

[@gabrielM1111]

What size inline hook do you put on a a17 & 27 diamond jig?

[@JoseLopez-sn3tv]

Great vid my friend! I was there yesterday and caught a bunch on the red color... before that it was green... you are so right on having multiple colors ready to go.... hope I see u out there someday.... catchem up!!!

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

Red I have to add to the tackle box, I’ve seen a lot of red out there. Hope to see ya on the beach! Tight lines! 🤙

[@Nightrangersb]

Thanks for the color lesson. That was awesome.

[@tomberry8044]

Another Great video!!! I’m a believer in late season surf fishing. I go to Sandy Hook.

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

Sandy hook was not good to me this fall. Idk if the dredging had anything to do with it. PLEASE KEEP ME POSTED! Sandy Hook is SO much closer to me than ISBP, and if I can sneak away again I will

[@MKOutdoors]

awesome video man. Love the diamond jigs for the fall runs

[@fmart3617]

Love it. Steady retrieve, pop pop pause. Enjoying your videos. I almost feel like I'm there. You say this might be your last trip this year. We're in an el Nino year. We will be getting a few more good, nice days for fishing. Maybe I'll see you out there.

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

If I can sneak out there I will,...but I ain’t made for this weather 😂 I’m glad you’re enjoying them! Looking back there were so many great fishing trips this summer that never made it to KZbin....I’m looking forward to a full years worth of videos in 2021

[@thelinecook]

Awesome job out there and I love the tips you gave. IBSP has been tough for me. I’m still going to be looking for a big one until the season is done! Great video your channel is awesome. 👍👍🎣

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

Idk if you remember but we actually met this summer at that little fluke hole with the jetty at Sandy hook!

[@thelinecook]

@@FromtheSurfNJ I knew you looked familiar! Nice to connect with you 👍👍It looks like you had a way better fall run then me this year. I feel like every time I’ve been out at IBSP the bite was off. Leads me to think I’m doing something wrong...

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

@@thelinecook I’ve been skunked there a few times this year. More successful days than unsuccessful....but when the bites not hot it’s ice cold

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

@@thelinecook let’s collab on a vid next year

[@thelinecook]

@@FromtheSurfNJ I hope I have a few trips left in me to find some bass. Definitely we should do something next year.

[@jeffreybabino8161]

Great video thanks for your time and help

[@charlesmurray1220]

Lesson to be learned is: How much, rough percentage, do the stripers rely on visual vs... other sensory stim and honing ability? The famous striper fisherman John Skinner says the thickness of the diamond jig worm, negligible tho it may be, can have as significant an impact on strikes as color. Just saying. Good video and Go Jersey Boys. Long Island SS was hot a couple weeks ago. Hope you guys are hittin'em.

[@mquinn5119]

Eric, I watch every post on the channel. The promise you made to your dad not to drop the F bomb is a good one, sometimes my wife enjoys watching with me and agrees with dad, just sayin. Keep the videos coming. Matt👍🐟

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

Pops knows best!

[@nvojc8617]

Thanks for the vid! I caught a schoolie on IBSP during the first week of Jan 2021 on a sand eel jig. So much fun. Peace!

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

I wish I went the first week of 2021....here I am still looking for my first one this year!

[@brianhaslam4473]

Eric, Another great video, I got more involve because of you! I’m soon at my last hurrah at the lbi and it’s fbeeping cold lol. The retrieves are excellent learning tip! I do have few suggestions for winter videos because your comments and video cameos are a howl!! Tight lines dude!!

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

Tight lines man! Throw any idea my way 🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@coachpaulhagen1036]

Awesome.... gosh I miss the fall stripper run

[@ATREZ0123]

Great work with the video, man!😅 Don't sweat loosen the rig. Same exact think happened to me. For me it happened with the A27.

[@johnkastor5907]

i want fishin frank back lol! good tips on what ever is working on that particular day

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

Lol, I just texted him a screen shot of this. You’ll be seeing more of him 😂

[@jorgehidalgo9480]

Hey bro, fun vid...just subscribed. Winter fishing videos would be welcomed. I, for one, intend to get out there in Jan...would be good to see you out there too. We've been having some pretty mild winter days so far,,,who knows?

[@Goodluckfindinme]

Appreciate the color comparisons. For sure subbing my g

[@dennismcnamara6377]

Thanks for the NJ videos. I’m trying LBI tomorrow in the AM......Hope they’re hungry.

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

Good reports for some mid sized fish coming out of LBI!

[@ronin36963]

A27 wit a red tail was killin it for me up until mid to late October..then green tail was the way to go after that

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

It’s amazing how one day it’s one color, and the next day it’s a different one. I think that white tail Houdini-ing off the clip was my kiss of death for that day. I think white would have worked.

[@ronin36963]

@@FromtheSurfNJ makes me appreciate those TA clips more than anyone can imagine lol

[@sandwich_4699]

i always go for orange its a great middle lure. Great vid!

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

Thanks for watching!

[@sandwich_4699]

@@FromtheSurfNJ Are you in brooklyn fishing club

[@1539Mickey]

Hi Eric, I use a Duo-Snap clip. ( like a Coast Lock ) I've lost too many rigs using a Tactical Anglers Clip. Sometimes the ring or loop on the lure get around the end of the TA clip just right to un-clip itself. Good luck, Mickey

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

FOR THE LIFE OF ME I could figure out how in the hell that thing came off of it.....you might have hit the nail on the head. I’ll have to look those clips up. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@1539Mickey]

Hi Eric, I like your videos and I think your dad is correct about your language. More people will tend to subscribe if it were a little cleaner. I usually fish in Ocean City, NJ, so I'm a bit south of you. ( I live in Winslow, NJ ) I usually wait for nice weather to Striper fish, so I'll only have a few days left this year. Stay safe and good luck, Mickey

[@ATREZ0123]

Be yourself! I think the cursing is great

[@djdevontay]

I had that happened to me too. 😢 just brought a lure that day.

[@PitmanConcrete]

Glad to see someone else from Jersey going out and freezing their balls off to fish haha

[@rubenvilla8863]

Dude you’re funny as hell keep the video going brother. Just got back from island beach dude it was 29 this morning fffff cold but I had 3 fish all under 26 lost 2 and I got them all on green diamonds jig water was clear and 1 on a yellow tease 👍

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

Of course the day after the water clears up! Thanks for watching 🤙

[@dabunka]

Was at IBSP yesterday with my dad. He had 2- 24” on the green A27 and 1-24 1/2” on a pink teaser. I caught 1 on the green A27 and 1 on the pink teaser. Was a fun day even with the cold weather and dirty water! Also snagged a sand eel 😆.

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

A lot of people using the pink teasers....and have success! Another one of those bright colors. You know the water is dirty when the sand eels don’t even see ya coming 😂

[@fortheloveofmoney1752]

Try the A-17 with a white bucktail on it!! Work real well!!!👍🏿

[@timriley2092]

I have to be honest I laughed my ass off when that white diamond jig went flying ….. I didn’t hear no snap of the line so I’m guessing the knot came undone

[@thomasstreahle2793]

I was there that same day,caught 3. Yellow SP for the first. Green and yellow needle on the second and a white bucktail with a Sandeel trailer. None on the teaser. Did you happen to see my pliers and line cutters I lost? Lol

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

Yellow seemed to be the ticket all around. I found them but kept them 😂

[@staz6530]

Loved the video underwater of what color worked best! 1st time seeing that👍...We live in south jersey and do alot of freshwater fishing.Looking at getting into surf fishing. Thanx for the educational tips...do you have a beach pass for your vehicle for ISP?

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

Nah I’m one of those schmucks who has to lug his crap on the beach 😂 REMEMBER ISBP FOR THE SUMMER! Fluke only have to be 16 inches and you can keep 2 (18 inches everywhere else). Just find a small parking lot away from the big bather beaches 👍

[@jasoncolon8666]

Once again you brother outshined you maybe he should narrate the next video . The BT show

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

lol, hey man not everything’s a highlight reel out there 😂. I’ll do the BT narration with a Morgan Freeman impression, “BT caught a fish, but what he really caught....was happiness”

[@jasoncolon8666]

@@FromtheSurfNJ only joking know exactly what it’s like to get skunked and I seen your pb My pb from the surf this year was 41 in eastern Long Island. Great video

[@xpresident]

Great video as usual, thanks! Since it’s too cold to be out there, how about some fishing rod fabrications ? Do you make your own ? Or maybe gear maintance and set up for 2021 season.

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

Great idea! Thank you!

[@jeffreybabino8161]

I I used to live in manahawkin nj and fish in long beach island NJ and surounding areas

[@zackystickzz44]

what pound line to do you use?

[@peterlorenzo615]

I’ve fished the Hook 20 years and never seen a sand eel….cool

[@bass_squatch2780]

You using teasers ahead of the A17s?

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

Yessir. I picked up a few from Grumpys. Found some killer ones (of course after the season) at jigging world in Rochelle Park NJ.

[@MKWAlbro]

I really do enjoy your videos, earned my sub! But I'd like to say that I fish in brookyln Ny and tbh, this fall run has been horrible for me. You got any suggestions?

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

I’m probably not the BEST guy to ask....only because my fall run sucked up until the big one, then it kicked off. I’ll tell ya man, in jersey it’s supposed to kick off at Sandy Hook and it wasn’t great there either. It seemed like the storms pushed a lot of the fish into deeper water around NYC and north NJ, then they turned in and started hugging the shore line after the Manasquan Inlet. Dudes on boats in north NJ were killing it.....but only saw a few shorts pulled up north (and trust me I was putting my time in). I think it has less to do with YOU and more to do with how the fish were tracking

[@MKWAlbro]

@@FromtheSurfNJ makes sense thanks for the reply

[@snagerforrepyt6018]

I think the bass will be here till late December, they are still catching lots of fish in montauk

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

I might be able to slip away for another trip....but next weekend is already calling for rain. I’m not built for this weather either 😂

[@snagerforrepyt6018]

From the Surf NJ Lol

[@jeffreybabino8161]

I now live in Florida been here for 15 yrs

[@smokster0604]

Stripped bass just like us....McDonalds, KFC, Burger King, gotta carry a lot of lure Fish on awesome...

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

I like that analogy! Ever get a craving for Taco Bell? That’s me 😂

[@harrisonm186]

Hey man, what kind of waders do u use? Thanks for the vid!

[@andybidlingmaier4466]

You are funny as hell. It's supposed to be in the 50's later this week. Get out there.

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

Just don’t tell work 🤫

[@tariktito4318]

It depends how the water look like

[@summertop511]

Buy a little boat to redo for the winter series for next season

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

Great idea!

[@pongvuthtamrongyouth2115]

What area are you at in island beach state park?

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

There’s a couple I like to hit. 2, 12, and 15. That’s not to say the others aren’t good, I just haven’t explored them

[@pongvuthtamrongyouth2115]

I went to 12 it was good

[@matthewbeckwith663]

I'm thinking of a trip to this park....I just want to experience fishing in the surf. I live in upstate NY. Do you have to have a 4WD vehicle to access the beach, or are there places to park and then walk along the surf? The advantage of driving along the beach is huge, but that's not an option for me.

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

Nah I schlep all my stuff on the beach. This trip I actually banged into a guy from long island in the parking lot. Was trying to get some bass as they moved south. Try there earlier in the season, it’s a hot bed. Then move down here mid November

[@matthewbeckwith663]

@@FromtheSurfNJ i appreciate your response and your vids are sweet. I feel like I'm there with ya. Another question- I'm sure during the peak of the run, the beach is crowded. I certainly don't expect to have the place to myself, but of one is willing to walk some miles, can you find elbow room?

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

@@matthewbeckwith663 it’s hit or miss. Be there at sunrise otherwise you’re already too late. Usually there’s a line waiting at 5am. I hit lots 2, 12, and 15. Doesn’t mean the others aren’t good....I just haven’t explored them. Thanks for watching!

[@brianw6022]

I was with my buddy last Friday he was catching them on teasers and diamond jigs with teaser tails. Me on the other hand was throwing every color I had and caught nothing

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

Try switching up the retrieve. Sometimes color is only half the story. Tight lines 🤙

[@jayyy3507]

What’s your set up?

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

8 foot Saparito Custom with a penn conflict 2 4000. 30lb braid, 30lb floro leader 🤙

[@jamesflynn263]

Loving the info and the videos but come on E you got a few more trips in you. No different then a playoff game in January at the Lincoln. And we know that’s not happening this year.

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

I guess it’s better than freezing our asses off at the linc to watch this team!

[@bugsy163]

Is that a mermaid swimming at 1:21

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

There’s a lot of ducks swimming in the surf. I have to research what kid they are....but it’s amazing how often I just zone out while fishing and watch these surfin ducks!

[@peterlorenzo615]

The RIP!!!!!!

[@peterlorenzo615]

Best fishing in the planet!!!!!…..worth the hike

[@dantevitale3455]

I lost two ava jigs like that at point magically untie 😑

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

SO IM NOT THE ONLY ONE!

[@gabrielM1111]

3:56 ta angler clips suck. Way overrated. Poor design. Use good quality snap clips instead. With swivel if lure doesn't have one.

[@TriboroFishing]

I was there today just before the sun came up and caught 10 schoolies two being 24inches on Hogy epoxy jigs silver and green color. Thanks for the video your channel is great. Check me out just started mine!! I will be posting the video soon.

[@FromtheSurfNJ]

BT said epoxy jigs while we were out there, almost didn’t believe him! Good work on the fishing today! Just subbed 🙌