Surfcasting with
DJ Muller
SURFCASTING FOR STRIPED BASS.
ALL SURFCASTING-ALL THE TIME.
This year while on the road, through August, he has logged 180 hours, 32 nights of bass fishing, at an average of 5.6 hours per outing. Traveling and fishing 8 weeks out of 13, this summer. 250+ bass in 3 months. Only a dozen fish under 28-inches. The man works! And we haven't mentioned his home waters yet!
The good news is he has little problem with sharing his bottomless pit of experience with aspiring surfcasters that are ready to ascend the ranks.
DJ spends some of his free time (when not focusing on the responsibilities of life), working as a surfcasting guide. He does a lot of guiding in pocket option app download for pc his home waters on the sandy beaches of New Jersey and also runs short, small group, fishing trips.to great bassholds. The trips include places like Block Island, Martha’s Vineyard, Cuttyhunk and more. He does clinics and seminars, throughout the entire northeast.
“He is one of the best teachers and best communicators when it comes to teaching people how to catch stripers from the surf. He took me from being nearly clue-less, to becoming an intelligent and productive bass fisherman. I have been out with him several times over the last couple years and I never stop learning new things and improving my skills, it really is exciting! He knows just how to get the most out of my ability.”
- Joe Haynes Ramapo, NJ.
"A great teacher that will go in the water with you and teach you the ropes. DJ allows you to fish, no hand-holding, just learning through experience."
A gentle, patient teacher yes! But DJ also goes to “the edge” as well. “I like going into the jowls of the beast to hunt for large stripers, the eye of the storm if you will. When I made up my mind years ago that I wanted “large” stripers, I started doing trips to legendary bassholds in search of big bass. Big surf, dark nights, boulderfields and deep water, where the big girl swim close. I put on my wetsuit, grab my big stick and get out to the edge of the reef, and then I wait for a big striper to find interest in my presentation. For me, there is little better, it is here, that I am at my center. Me vs. fish! Good stuff!”
If you are interested in learning how to catch striped bass and other predators from the surf, contact DJ and schedule a trip. Maybe you are an accomplished fisherman and just don’t have the time to find the fish, to track the fish, to do the dirty work, let DJ do it for you!
Maybe you are working hard but just can’t seem to catch any fish, you don’t know why. DJ will work with you and you will see your productivity and confidence rise almost immediately. He is that good! Stop bringing home the skunk, your wife is going to get mad!
Click here to read testimonials from some of DJ's clients.
If you have any comments or questions, regardless of content, about anything surf related, please feel free to contact DJ.
WHO IS DJ MULLER?
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"It is gratifying to watch clients really elevate their game. I love seeing their confidence grow as aspiring surfcasters improve their skill-sets, they are finding out what surfcasting is truly about." -DJ
Bookings for the 2016 season are underway.
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ATTENTION INTERMEDIATE SURFCASTERS!
DO YOU WANT TO COVER NEW GROUND? LEARN NEW AREAS? A ROAD TRIP MAY BE JUST WHAT YOU NEED!
DJ's 2015 Trip Schedule is almost complete, but why not consider jumping on with a 2016 fishing trip with DJ to Cuttyhunk, Block Island, Martha's Vineyard, Cape Cod, you name it! If you are interested let DJ know NOW!!. Include what your level is and where you may want to go. As of now there will definitely be trips to Block Island, Martha's Vineyard, Cape Cod, and Cuttyhunk. Be sure you are on the mailing list so that you can catch all the offerings when they are sent out!
Again, contact DJ with any questions or suggestions.
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All DJ's books are available, see page "DJ Muller's Books."
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DJ MENTORS AND DEVELOPS GREAT, SAFE, RESPONSIBLE, BASSMAN.
He has been working with Century rods for a couple years now and if you want to know what works for DJ, feel free to ask.
THE STATE OF THE STRIPER STOCK
From a Surfcasters Perspective
By DJ Muller
Is there a problem with the state of the striper stock? If there is, how is it affecting our surfcasting? What does the future hold? All these questions seem to have surfaced over the last few months, a lot of it having to do with a sub-par fall run which disappointed the majority of the striper hunting koo-koo birds, myself included. This coming after a year in which there was no fishing, thank you Sandy, and that coming after quite possibly the best run ever, especially along New Jersey? beaches. It seems to have gone from riches to rags. Personally, I did my due diligence last year as I always do but not with the fervor of my normal agenda, again largely due to the amount of construction or should I say reconstruction (again thank you Sandy) along the Jersey Shore. My experiences garnered pretty much the same fishing in regards to numbers as in past years but a notable drop-off in size, by that I mean fish over 30 pounds.
1996
was a huge spawning class for striped bass, or as it is called “Young of the Year
Index,” and the commonly referenced index is the Chesapeake Bay and its
tributaries. The YOY Index is determined by scientist doing a series of seines
during the year and the average amount of striped bass netted gives you the
year? YOY index. The seines are done at 22 locations in the Chesapeake Bay and
its tributaries, three times a year (in June, July and August), two seines per
day, 30 minutes apart, that equals 132 actual seines so as you can see it is a
pretty thorough sampling. Now
back to the ?96 year class, these stripers hit their optimum size (30 pound+)
after about 14 years, these fish averaging 32.0 pounds on up. So 1996 plus 14
years brings us to 2010. By 2014 these fish are at mama-jama size averaging
between 50-55 pounds, that would make the ?96 class the one that we have collectively
been pounding relentlessly for the last seven years. I honestly don? think
that the class has held up to the amazing amount of pressure and the big fish
have disappeared. This would explain the absence of big bass.
Let
me back up a little and talk to you about the pressure we have put on the ?96 fish.
We Jersey guys pounded these fish on our beaches and jetties with the spring bunker
blitzes from 2005 until 2 years ago. We killed thousands of fish from 25 pounds
right on up through 50 pounds without discretion. Then the fish would migrate north
to Montauk and the rips between Montauk and up and around Block Island where
again they would get pounded by the party and charter boats for most of the
year, think about it, 20-30 boats a day, all taking their limits, multiple
trips, mostly big fish, BA-BOOM! Now let? go a little further north, to the
Cape Cod Canal where big bass push hordes of bait through the canal on a
gut-stuff of mammoth proportions. While this happens both sides of the canal
have guys casting hundreds of lures to fish that are on a major gut-stuff and
many, many fish get taken, few are returned to the water. The number of fish
that walk off the canal daily gets scary. I heard from one guy that rode his
bike from one end of the canal to the other end after a solid push of fish, he
counted over 400 dead fish lying on the rocks and path. That? one side, one
tide, one morning. If you aren? sick to your stomach yet, there? Monomoy,
where a friend said the fish again get pounded all summer, a lot of commercial
activity, he also said that he has watched as guys didn? even hook and fight
the fish, they stood and just gaffed fish and threw them into the boat as they
fed on the surface. What the hell?!!! Oh and I haven? mentioned the North
Carolina charter fleet that again pounds these fish while they stage in
the winter. These fish never get a reprieve, everywhere they go they are
targeted. But why do they all have to be killed?? Why can? they be enjoyed and
then be released to be caught again?
Why do fish like these have to be killed?
Perhaps
the issue needs to be re-visited about making a push to make the striped bass a
gamefish coast-wide. Perhaps a campaign is in order.
Fair is Fair
1996
was a great year for spawning, the best ever and we were rewarded with good
fishing some 10-15 years later. 2001 was also a good production year, the
second best recorded, add 15 years and 2016, or these next couple years, should
be productive.
As
I fished last season, the majority of my fish went between 15-25 pounds, lots
of teenagers, probably from the ?03-?06 year class, which were very moderate
years, not terrible not great years, the bigger fish, 20 pound class, were
probably from the 2003 class (a solid year), the cows were few and far between,
but on the other hand I must have caught 200-300 fish less than 25 inches,
almost two years old, probably from the good ?11 year. What does this mean to me? A large majority of
the ?93 and ?96 year classes have been killed off. Of course there will still
be some large remaining, possibly enough for those of us that fish hard to keep
our hopes up and be rewarded for our efforts. Now the small fish and their
sheer numbers, points to a good future. Those small fish are the result of a
good 2011 spawn, we will watch them grow and upsize for the next 10 years where
they will then become a fun size again, they will become giants by 2026…if we
are good stewards of what we have.
The Bottom Line
The
bottom line is we have to think about fish for tomorrow. We have to do all we
can do to be sure that there is a striper future in the surf. You can do that
by catching and releasing your fish, especially large as they are the big
breeders (30 pound class will average 3.5 million eggs per spawn).
I feel that the stock is in decent shape and the future looks promising, but that doesn? mean we have a cake walk here. There is a hell of a lot more people fishing today than there was even 10 years ago and there is a lot more fishing pressure on stripers. That is due to the internet and instant up to the second reporting, it is also due to much better technology with fish finders in boats that can find bodies of fish so much quicker than the old days, and equipment now that supersedes anything previous. If the fish are going to get a chance it is going to be the chance we personally give them. I have kept rough 6 fish over the last 4 years. We will not get any help from the powers that be, trust me. They will only act if there is disaster, they are reactive, not proactive. It sits on us as anglers, it is our responsibility to catch and release and to treat our bass with respect, quick and careful releases, catch-photograph, (weight), and release (yes CPR), in doing so we will let our future swim for another day. And we will experience good fishing for the years to come.
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UPCOMING SURFCASTING TALKS/EVENTS - 2017
BACK TO SCHOOL
Stay Tuned for the Spring Class
DJ will once again be teaching a class at Brookdale Community College this spring. The class this winter will be "Video Enhanced Striper Education" this class is all surfcasters. You will watch striper videos and learn from the content!
The classes begin in April. Email DJ for more info.
UPCOMING SURFCASTING EVENTS AND DJ TALKS
FEBRUARY 18 - SURF DAY
Brookdale Community College
The Jersey Shore Surfcaster's put on the best surfcasting show on the east coast! The biggest striped bass-surfcasting show in the northeast! Surf Day is a surfcasting-only show that draws hundreds of surfrats looking for bargain. Meet vendors, plugbuilder's, tackle shops, author's and industry rep's. Attend one of the numerous seminars and workshops provided.
Surf Day is held at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft, NJ.
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MARCH 10-12 RHODE ISLAND SALTWATER FISHING EXPO
Providence, Rhode Island
The best saltwater fishing show in New England! DJ will be doing daily seminars and workshops over the three day show.
MARCH 25 - PLUM ISLAND SURFCASTER'S Annual Fishing Show
Newburyport, Massachusetts
APRIL 1 & 2 - MASSACHUSETTS STRIPER BASS ASSOCIATION'S SALTWATER EXPO
CONTACT DJ ANYTIME FOR DETAILS!
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BACK TO SCHOOL
Stay Tuned for the Spring Class
The classes begin in April. Email DJ for more info.
UPCOMING SURFCASTING EVENTS AND DJ TALKS
Brookdale Community College
The Jersey Shore Surfcaster's put on the best surfcasting show on the east coast! The biggest striped bass-surfcasting show in the northeast! Surf Day is a surfcasting-only show that draws hundreds of surfrats looking for bargain. Meet vendors, plugbuilder's, tackle shops, author's and industry rep's. Attend one of the numerous seminars and workshops provided.
Surf Day is held at Brookdale Community College in Lincroft, NJ.
For more info, click here.
MARCH 10-12 RHODE ISLAND SALTWATER FISHING EXPO
Providence, Rhode Island
The best saltwater fishing show in New England! DJ will be doing daily seminars and workshops over the three day show.
MARCH 25 - PLUM ISLAND SURFCASTER'S Annual Fishing Show
Newburyport, Massachusetts
APRIL 1 & 2 - MASSACHUSETTS STRIPER BASS ASSOCIATION'S SALTWATER EXPO
CONTACT DJ ANYTIME FOR DETAILS!
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They call him "Doc" but he is not Doc Muller.
DJ Muller and William "Doc" Muller, from Long Island, are of NO relation.
VIDEO VALLEY
WHAT IS SURFCASTING WITH DJ MULLER?
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WETSUIT EQUIPMENT
See DJ go over choices for wetsuit equipment.
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LOADING THE SUPERSTRIKE NEEDLE!
Watch DJ's video of how he loads the Super Strike needle.
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FISHING THE LOADED SUPER STRIKE NEEDLEFISH!
Listen as DJ explains in details how to fish a loaded SS needle.
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