Mackeral Quest - Miss Belmar Princecess

During the last trip out of Point Pleasant, a mackeral was caught from the guy standing next to me.  Caught on the chewed up remains of crab from a failed tautog hookset the lil guy (about 11 inches) came aboard.
Looking back at some old photos I remembered that about 1 year ago at this time I went on my annual mackeral jigging trip out of Belmar, NJ

I believe it's allmost time to go again.  What dictates the early coming of the mac fish is cold water.  As soon as that is around then the schools are found.  I'm looking forward to a trip in January before cod starts.

Here is the catch from last season: