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Email: Zeke
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Inshore |
| Went out to the Mud Buoy yesterday. The party boat Brooklyn 6 was sitting right on the lump. They were catching fish by the buckets full. Most of the small private boats were geting nothing. |
| Sun Aug 29 2010 |
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Email: Hi Flier, Barnegat
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Inshore |
| On the Hi Flier we have been catching crazy numbers of stripers on
10-pound spinning tackle the last few days. Chumming with live grass shrimp into
the Barnegat Inlet jetty. Also in the mix have been blackfish, sea bass and a
few huge porgies. This fishery is typical throughout the summer. Most of the
stripers are 22 to 26 inches, but each of the last few trips have yielded one
keeper for the cooler. I suspect we have had a few more legal ones on, but they
know to run right over the rocks, and when the light line hits those mussels on
the jetty, it comes back in shreds. We can switch to heavier tackle, but after
you battle the most common size on the light stuff, it's hard to switch to the
heavy stuff. Check out this video and this
video to see what we're doing. We have not been running offshore
lately with all the heavy southerly wind, but after this next heavy, four-day,
easterly blow, I will be anxious to visit Barnegat Ridge and the Mudhole to see
what new life it brought to these grounds. Still catching lots of fluke in the
bay as well, best season for numbers Ive ever seen. Still catching about one
keeper out of twenty, but we're jigging them on light tackle and having a blast.
Three eighths of an ounce leadheads tipped with Gulp swimming mullet and shrimp.
Yesterday we caught a dozen weakfish and two puffers on the west side of
Barnegat Bay, though they were all under the 13-inch minimum. Back out today to
try to find the kingfish, a guy on the radio had six nice ones on ice. We are
running open-boat, single reservations every day, or you can charter the
boat. |
| Fri Aug 13 2010 |
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Email: serge
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Offshore |
| Went fisihng Snady out of Brielle on the JAamaica II hardly any keepers. Rented rods saw no action worth mentioning. Those who brought their own rods did slightly better. Lousy action. Those who fished from the pier at Poitn Pleasant on Saturday did better. |
| Tue Aug 10 2010 |
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Email: Chris
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Comment/Question |
| Anyone know any spots to crab by boat near the Highlands? |
| Mon Aug 09 2010 |
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Email: Chris
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Comment/Question |
| Not really sure about the direction but, I've noticed sw personally. I've always heard the saying that way though. |
| Sat Aug 07 2010 |
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Email: FRN
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Inshore |
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An update:
Fluke and sea bass were swung aboard the party boat Gambler on the
ocean, though in the past couple of days not as many were landed as before, and
a ground swell rolled from the south, Capt. Bob said. Waters looked a little
dirty. Fluke 4 to 5 pounds were usually pool-winners, and some good-sized sea
bass were boxed. On Wednesday afternoon's trip Rick Petry, Woodbridge, hauled up
a 7-pound 1-ounce fluke, another keeper fluke and four or five keeper sea bass.
On the boat's last nighttime bluefish trip on Saturday, the anglers picked
away at smaller blues. But bigger blues began to appear at the Shrewsbury Rocks,
and Bob hoped the fishing would open up this weekend. The general belief was
that big blues were spawning lately, refusing to eat then like every year. But
the spawn apparently began some time ago, and fishing for them could bounce back
any day, and that may have begun.
The boat's nighttime trips for ling, sea bass, cod and squid were going well
this year, and the last trip this past week was the best so far this season.
Double-headers of big ling were crushed 20 miles from shore in 150 feet. A few
cod were claimed, and no squid were hooked, but squid were sometimes jigged on
previous trips. But ling fishing was very good, Bob repeated.
Fluke trips are sailing twice daily 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6:30
p.m. Bluefish trips are running 7:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays.
Trips for ling, sea bass, cod and squid are fishing 7:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Sundays and Mondays. Canyon tuna trips will begin in mid September and are
beginning to be booked. Tuna fishing was already going well, and Bob thinks the
fishing should be good this fall. |
| Sat Aug 07 2010 |
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Email: Ronone
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Comment/Question |
| Attention:Chris Thank-you for your reply regarding South winds. What about SE or SW winds? |
| Thu Aug 05 2010 |
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Email: Chris
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Comment/Question |
| Wind blows from the south fish close their mouth. |
| Thu Aug 05 2010 |
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Email: Big Al
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Inshore |
| On Sunday, the water was flat and flounder were voracious in the GE inlet. Gulp was the bait of choice. You couldn't go two minutes without a fish! Dogfish, Sea Bass, and even a Stargazer. Today, the wind was blowing strong from the South. Nary a bite in two hours - in the same spot! (one flounder actually) Maybe there is something to the South wind - no fish saying. |
| Wed Aug 04 2010 |
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Email: zeke streletz
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Inshore |
| When the wind blows from the East the fish bite the least.
When the wind blows from the South the bait goes into the fishe's mouth. |
| Wed Aug 04 2010 |
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Email: Ronone
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Surf |
| I have always read that South wind is bad for fishing. Does this apply to surf fishing as well and does the time of year make a difference? |
| Mon Aug 02 2010 |
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Email: chris
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Inshore |
| yes it has been canceled. |
| Mon Aug 02 2010 |
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Email: Zeke
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Offshore |
| I thought the shark moratorium
was recinded. Anyone have an update on that?
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| Mon Aug 02 2010 |
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Email: Jersey Jerry
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Freshwater |
| Fished 7/30/2010 just south of the Betsy Ross in front of Petty's Island. Used nightcrawlers. 5 catfish 15 to 19" and 4 small white perch. The fish were active even through the morning leading up to noon. Temp was 85. |
| Mon Aug 02 2010 |
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Email: Walt Golas
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Inshore |
| We took our 18' pontoon out for a day of fishing from Waretown, NJ with 5 adults and our 13 year old to hit the bay at Barnegat Light, after 1 hours ran into motor trouble and had SEATOW bring us back to South Harbour Marine. THANK YOU CAPTAIN, THANK YOU employee at South Harbour, got us back on the water by 1pm.
Went back out to the Double Creek Channel between markers 11 and 21, spent 6 hours on the water. Boated 110 flounder, YES 110 and had 5 keepers, largest caught by the 13 y.o., 5 lbs 22 1/2 inches, we also had a 21, 19 and 2 18 inch beauties. We tried the inlet from 19 to 24 but nothing there at 5pm. What a fun day we had. |
| Mon Aug 02 2010 |
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Email: m ark
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Delaware Bay |
| Hit the bay early.Cross Ledge gave up lots of shorts then two big ones20 and 22.Sea were flat and water was warm.Gulp out fished bait 2 to 1. |
| Sun Aug 01 2010 |
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Email: joe M
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Inshore |
| fished with Fishguts charters Friday 7/30 for a fun day trip. Got a late start due to weather and then played catch and release with loads of fluke while hoping the ocean would lay down. between 3 of us we must of had 100 fluke in a little over 3 hours it was insane. They were chasing the baits to the surface. We also did a study fresh strip baits outfished GUlp 5:1. after playing with the flukes on Ultralights we took a ride to see if the ocean ws ok it looked doable so off we went to get some calico crabs for togging, here again the fluke got in the way as we could see the fluke coming off the bottom in 3 feet of water to hit the bait as it was dropped down. after a few pulls of the traps we went off into a northernly swell not calm but certainly manageable.
First we stopped on some sea bass pieces and had a nice catch,lots of shorts but the keepers that were there were nice humpys, also got some some big porgy's added a blue and a big red bird to complete my dinner trilogy. after this we ened the day on a spot looking for some Tog, and we found them. landed probably 40 tog in an hour anywhere from 10 inches to 4lbs, keeping only our 1 fish limit each. Awesome day on the water and big thanks to Birch for the great day if you want a great trip call him now. |
| Sun Aug 01 2010 |
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Email: bob
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finally got a 4foot mako 6 miles north of gloryhole 4 pm today flat seas 1 2
great day lots of groceries
Heads up: A shark moratorium went into effect in N.J. on
July 30.--FRN
Update: Nevermind. See above. Moratorium cancelled. Thank
you guys. |
| Sat Jul 31 2010 |
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Email: George
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Comment/Question |
| Crabbing was on fire yesterday. All 4 1/2 and up. Very few babies. a good 2 dozen in 2 1/2 hours. at about 8 30a.m things slowed down but the early morning is the hot time. |
| Thu Jul 29 2010 |
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Email: George
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Comment/Question |
| Hows the crabbing going? |
| Mon Jul 26 2010 |
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Email: FRN
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Inshore |
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An update from FRN:
Catches were good on most of the twice-daily
fluke trips on the party boat Gambler, Point Pleasant, between catches of
fluke and sea bass, Capt. Bob said. Sea bass helped spice up catches, helped
anglers bring fish home. Sometimes drifts that were too fast or too slow
hampered angling. But drifts were right on Friday's trips, and some sizeable
fish came in. Five-pound fish, sometimes 6-pounders, won pools on most days. On
Friday morning's trip Ralph Rezura, Bricktown, landed two keeper fluke, both
about 4 pounds. Plus he racked up a few sea bass.
On the boat's bluefish trip's, catches of the big slammers slowed, and the
fish were probably spawning, and that shouldn't last much longer, Bob thought.
But a body of smaller, 2-pound blues that weren't spawning were around, and
should be able to fill in gaps, until the bigger blues come off the spawn, Bob
figured.
On the vessel's trips for ling, sea bass, cod and squid, some big ling to 4 ½
pounds were looted, and most patrons grabbed 10 to 15 large ling. Plus they
caught other fish. Anglers who tried for squid were able to jig a few. On the
trip Sunday night, Matt Brown, Scranton, hooked 12 ling, a cod and seven squid,
and J.R. Helberg, Summit, decked eight ling, three sea bass, a cod, an 8-pound
blue and 10 squid. Squid on the trips were caught on 3- or 4-inch squid jigs.
Fluke trips are sailing twice daily 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6:30
p.m. Bluefish trips are running 7:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays.
Trips for ling, sea bass, cod and squid are fishing 7:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.
Sundays and Mondays. Canyon tuna trips will begin in mid
September. |
| Sat Jul 24 2010 |
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Email: Rob
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Comment/Question |
| Checking the NOAA buoy data usually helps a lot. Info is real time and will tell you wave height and wave period, wind, wind direction. I think there are some links on this site. Ground swell and hard south wind usually makes for some crappy fishing. |
| Tue Jul 20 2010 |
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Email: Ed M
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Offshore |
| cant be sure if comment was directed at my complaint...but , i agree , looked up the weather , winds , and the weather couldnt have been better , the problem was with the ' ocean conditions'and in this case , were known by the captains of the boats about the incredible ground swell and un fishable conditions out there especially since they had just returned from the morning trip.unfortunately for us , there is no way to check this before going out , so the customers should be notified . |
| Mon Jul 19 2010 |
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Email: rob
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Comment/Question |
| not trying to start a war here, but its your responsibility to look up the weather before you decide to go fishing. If it looks too breezy, don't go. Captain doesn't control the weather. |
| Sun Jul 18 2010 |
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Email: zachary
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Delaware Bay |
| It definately isnt my first time on the bay but it was my first time catching keepers and, both on the same bait! It was a little bumpy at first with the wind making swells but overall a great trip. |
| Sun Jul 18 2010 |
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Email: Zeke
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Inshore |
| Went out today looking for Bluefish. Hit the Mud Buoy and chummed. Then went out to the BA and trolled all the way to Belmar out in the Mud Hole. Not a Bluefish in sight. Finally ended up off of the beach catching short fluke on Gulps. |
| Sat Jul 17 2010 |
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Email: Ed M
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Surf |
| unfortunately....my entry has no good news to offer, the surf is lifeless unless you like sand sharks and skates.so , I opted for a fluke trip on a well known party boat out of pt.pleasant , the ocean conditions were unfishable and everyone went home empty handed.sadly , the crew of the boat were well aware of the conditions but took everyones money anyway,sinkers heavier than the avg. throw back fluke would not hold bottom'20 oz'thats 1 1/4 pound of lead folks !knowing the conditions ,they should not sail and take peoples money ,thats just bad business.
so back to the lifeless surf,that way if I catch nothing , i didnt have to pay $50.00 for nothing but a boat ride. |
| Fri Jul 16 2010 |
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Email: Ed M
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Offshore |
| I have a bit of a bone to pick with a party boat that i have fished from several times over the past five years.last monday 7/12 , I decided to head out on a fluke trip from pt. pleasant , many patrons going also , problem being the ocean conditions were absolutely unfishable and the capt. and crew were aware of this having just returned from the AM trip , 20 oz sinkers would not hold bottom and we spent our fishing time with our lines wrapped around the bottom of the boat.out of a 4 1/2 hour trip we had lines in the water less than an hour total and the entire trip was spent riding around the ocean and not fishing. just before the end of this disaster one of the mates admitted the AM trip had only three fish caught , and the afternoon trip had only one fish on the whole boat for about 80 people.when conditions are this severe and its known ahead of time that it will be a waste of time and money , it should be required to tell peple before boarding the boat , instead of collecting $40.00 per head plus other fees 'pool ,rentals etc.'for what amounts to a boat ride , this comlaint is brought about because i have been on this boat nine times in the past three years , and every time , everyone on the boat goes home with an empty cooler. |
| Fri Jul 16 2010 |
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Email: Art Strouse
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Inshore |
| Last sunday was a bust for keeper fluke. Shorts prevailed in the reach
chanel. |
| Fri Jul 16 2010 |
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Email: Lief
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Inshore |
| Can anyone tell me how the party boats out of Cape May are doing with Flounder? |
| Thu Jul 15 2010 |
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Email: Brian
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Comment/Question |
| Has anyone crabbed Dividing Creek or Beaver Dam this year if so how did you do??Thank You |
| Mon Jul 12 2010 |
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Email: The Sauce Man
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Inshore |
| Back bay fishing in lakes Bay today - fluke turned on with tide change - 7 total - all shorts. saw no blues roaming bay. Still a great morning. Take a kid fishing ! |
| Sun Jul 11 2010 |
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Email: preston hults
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Inshore |
| it makes me ill to see a report such as posted today from seaside. stating fluke fishing is more about action from shorts and an occasional keeper is a bonus. WAKE UP I'm in NE Pa. and the supermarket seafood case has piles of keeper fluke fillets for $6.99 a lb. And charge for a license next year. |
| Thu Jul 08 2010 |
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Email: ROBERT EINSIG
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Inshore |
| CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT THE BELMAR PRINCESS HAS BEEN CATCHING AT NIGHT . THANX |
| Thu Jul 08 2010 |
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Email: Capt. Lindsay Fuller
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Inshore |
| You know the old saying, what a difference a week makes? Well sometimes a
new week is not needed. For example, last Saturday, June Bug had a two-man
charter party from West Bloomfield, Michigan who just wanted to have fund and
catch fish. The June Bug crew accomodated them with some nice Yellowfins, Mahi,
and a very spirited 450 pound Blue Marlin out of the Lindenkohl. Weater and sea
conditions were super and we had not seen as much bait, Porpoises, Pilot Whales,
and Fin Back Whales in 20 years as we did last Saturday. No wonder there were
lots of fish.Fast forward to Saturday, July 3. The weather forecast was similar
to the previous Saturday, winds less than 10 knots, seas less than 2 feet. In
actuality, when June Bug arrived at the Lindenkohl at 4:15 a.m. that morning,
winds were between 10 to 15 with gusts to 20 and seas were 3 to 5 but nice and
blue again with plenty of bait, porpoise, and other activity. However, we had no
knockdowns on the high ground or around the pots at the drop. We moved into the
deep and found far warmer water. The best we had all day was 77.3. Mostly the
surface temps were 76.5 or so. There was a 1.8 degree temp break with a long
line set right on it. That's where most of the fish were.This time June Bug
had Ralph Hibbs and his nephew Kevin plus Bill Figley and his friend Tom, a
retired State Trooper Unit Commander on board. Capt. Nate Figley was aboard as
mate and Garrett Frey, who came all the was from Wabash, Indiana, was our Junior
Mate. Garrett's sole reason for coming to LBI this summer is to participate in
the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association's Junior Mate Training program. It
is spectacular that a young man such as Garrett would first find our program and
then enroll. After his actions today, Garrett is off to a fine start.So here we
were this morning in the Lindenkohl. There were about a hundred boats already in
that Canyon. Most were working the 100 fathom line but we didn't like what we
saw there. We worked out into the deep and away from the fleet. At about 5:45
a.m., our first action was an attack by a pod of Bigeyes. At least 6 or 7 fish
were involved and 3 hooked up. 2 came off pretty quickly but Ralph Hibbs stayed
with his fish and got it in the boat in about 30 minutes. As Nate carefully
wired the fish at boatside, Garrett deftly gaffed the fish in the head. His
first big fish gaff and he hits the target dead on. Great job, Garrett! The fish
weighed an estimated 160 pounds.A short time later, a pod of smaller Yellowfins
swarmed all over everything we were dragging. One came aboard, about a 35
pounder.Not long after, small groups of larger Yellowfins started to smack our
spreader bars. We started landing the larger tunas in turn. These weighed about
80 pounds each. Nice fish.Our action tailed off around 10 a.m. All fish had been
raised and caught in 76.5 or so water in depths between 1,800 and 3,000
feet.Since our fish storage was full, we quit early and went home.Another great
day on the Ocean. Book your Great Day by calling Capt. Lindsay Fuller at
609-685-2839 or e-mail him at JLinFuller@aol.com.Let's Go Fishin'! www.Fish-JuneBug.com |
| Wed Jul 07 2010 |
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Email: joe murray
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Inshore |
| sunday 6/27 aboard fishmonger charters my group limited out on sea bass up to 4lbs before 2 pm, plus a 24 inch fluke,a bucket of ling and banana cod and threw back tog,cod, and winter flounder. amazing fishing, book a trip with these guys now! |
| Tue Jun 29 2010 |
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Email: Zeke
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Inshore |
| Went fluking yesterday (Sunday 96/27 )with my Son & two Grandchildren. We must have caught a 100 fluke. There were two keepers. We fished the bay and out to the bathing beach. In close and out further. |
| Mon Jun 28 2010 |
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Email: BIG ED
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Inshore |
| The best crabing in years is on NOW. Went out at 7 am today with my 2 grandsons Eddie III and Billy and quit at 10 AM with a full bushel of big male crabs. RED BANK NJ IS THE SPOT |
| Fri Jun 25 2010 |
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Email: Scott Beh
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Inshore |
| Possible world record caught at Sandy Hook beach. (Black Drum). Caught 6/18/2010. 20lb test line. Estimated weight around 125lbs. Have pictures. |
| Sun Jun 20 2010 |
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Email: delaware bay ray
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Delaware Bay |
| hit the bay yesterday only handful of flatties 1 keep & some blues winds against tide bad drift |
| Sun Jun 20 2010 |
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Email: Jack
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Inshore |
| Did the Shark River to day. The keeper Fluke seem to be few and far between. We caught 10-15 throw backs for each keeper. The 6 keepers were 3-6 pounds. It was a good day. we caught fish all day. |
| Sat Jun 12 2010 |
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Email: Jambo
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Inshore |
| Dude.....you just miss the best striper run seen by 2 wks .. thats what happen!! They gone!!! |
| Thu Jun 10 2010 |
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Email: Ed M.
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Surf |
| What the hell happened ?All i had been hearing is how great the striper
fishing is and so many bluefish you could walk across them etc. I and my two
brothers have been out from mantoloking to lavalette over the past two weeks and
found nothing at all but an infestation of skates and sandsharks, does anyone
have an idea WHERE the fish disappeared to ? we are tired of feeding the skates
!!!!!!!!! |
| Thu Jun 10 2010 |
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Email: JML
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Inshore |
| Had Bunker on the beach at Monmouth this morning. Also saw a 29 inch Bass landed on clams. |
| Wed Jun 09 2010 |
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Email: jack
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Inshore |
| June9,2010
fished the ocean from Longbranch to Shark river inlet. We caught 18 Fluke and returned all 18. Largest Fluke was 16 1/2". Tried snag and drop with bunker but there seemed to be no Stripers anywhere. Around 8 am a dragger came thru the boats only a couple hundred yards off the beach. A bunker dragger? No name on the boat I thought they were supose to be more off shore. |
| Wed Jun 09 2010 |
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Email: ED sr.
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Inshore |
| Fished aboard the Little Hawk out of the Highlands, NJ on Saturday. Found the Stripers are moving up north. We caught 16 keeper bass to 39" on clams, fished off long island north of coney island. |
| Sun Jun 06 2010 |
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Email: Frank
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Inshore |
| Fished on a party boat from Pt. Pleasant yesterday (6/4). Thought that I was going to be fishing for sea bass, the capt targeted ling and cod. Ended up with 15 ling and a couple of short cod. There were probably 30 cod (at least) caught on the boat. The dogfish were bad at one spot, and there were way too many conger eels. I easily caught 20 eels...no fun (unless you like eating them). So, a solid day with plenty of action. |
| Sat Jun 05 2010 |
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Email: Michael Kaszas
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Surf |
| Fished Sea Bright in the suds and the back bay around Leonardo. Chunked bunker and clams -1 dogfish 4 sea robins and a skate in 2 hours. (sigh) No bites on metal or lures. I talked to a woman who said that something was chasing baitfish off Sea Bright around 530am. |
| Sat Jun 05 2010 |
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Email: Robert Burt
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Surf |
| Fished in the hudson bay yesterday,port jersey blvd side..across from statue of liberty..6am till 11am,used worms squid,smelts.metals,swim baits.nothing..no bird action,,,???? |
| Tue Jun 01 2010 |
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Email: Edward J. Karecki Sr.
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Inshore |
| Ed Sr. Eddie III and Billy Karecki had a nice day of fishing around the Sandy Hook. We fished starting at 5AM from the West Reach to the East Reach to the Reach, inside the hook to out side. We caught over 40 Fluke from 10" to only one keeper at 18 1/2 ". BEST ACTION WAS OFF THE SANDY HOOK BATHING BEACHES |
| Mon May 31 2010 |
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Email: Aaron
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Freshwater |
| Caught 10 sunnies and one largemouth at peacevalley park in PA. Nice day to go out. |
| Sun May 30 2010 |
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Email: O'Fishally Ours
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Surf |
| It's been nothing but game on at the south end of Deal by the jetties-Monday through Wednesday early morn-1st light, nothing but 20-40 lb bass. My buddy actually landed a 20lb black drum mixed in. He threw a clam-and in 5 minutes-BANG! |
| Thu May 27 2010 |
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Email: JML
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Inshore |
| Cocktail Blues were all over the Navesink this morning, feasting on the white baits |
| Thu May 27 2010 |
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Email: Phillyallday
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Comment/Question |
| any blues at the carson inlet at the bridge and any at ac jetties? |
| Sat May 22 2010 |
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Email: Rich
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Inshore |
| Took boat out on the bay, on way out of launch the blues were just floating about sunning themselves. Not very aggresive and only made weak attempts at any lure, if it was close enough. Trolled a few hours, and boxed one nice striper, and a small blue. marked fish, tried clams, bunker chunks and heads... 1 big blue came in the baot after chomping a bunker head. Blues were facinated with the bow and anchor line more than bait for some reason. They saw around slowly in 1s 2s or 3s maybe its bluefish "love time" I dunno. Probably try a river or 2 next see how far up the linesiders are. |
| Sat May 22 2010 |
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Email: Rich
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Surf |
| Hit the sand Moday night after the week previous was a bluefish riot, and... nothing, not a darn thing, except a horseshoe crab walking in a line LOL. In the week proir I even saw a 47in linesider pulled in. |
| Sat May 22 2010 |
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Email: O'Fishally Ours
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Surf |
| It's amazing-2 nights ago the beach was on fire-Last night-neither I, or others fishing Morgan beach caught a thing. Fished clams and bunker-nada! |
| Tue May 18 2010 |
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Email: O'Fishally Ours
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Surf |
| Went down last night with my neighbor's James and Ronnie-and my buddy who I haven't seen in 20 or my years-Dany-as I approached the beach-people were leaving with dozens...tails hanging out of every cooler-8-10lb blues. And when the blues headed out-the guys next to me caught a 38 inch bass. My friend and I weren't so lucky. But this all happened right after the sun went down-perfect tide! Had a great night just hanging anyway! |
| Sun May 16 2010 |
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Email: lamosca
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Surf |
| Anything going on in AC T pier or Corsons Inlet ?? |
| Fri May 14 2010 |
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Email: JSimms
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Inshore |
| i went to the pt pleasent canal saturday and sunday and both days, the blues and stripers was hitting metal jigs and storm shads, i caught one blue that was about 16 pounds..... thats the hot spot.... |
| Mon May 10 2010 |
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Email: Capt. Dave
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Inshore |
| If you have kids or access to kids who love to fish or would like to learn this is a great, fun tournament and is open to the public to get the kids fishing.
Absecon Saltwater Sportsmen
Presents the
12th Annual
Nuncio Bruno Kids Bluefish Tournament
Saturday, May 15th,2010
Weather date: Sunday, May16th
At
Chestnut Neck Boat Yard
$5.00 entry fee
Each entrant receives a T-Shirt
And a goodie bag
All kids below the age of 16 may participate
Fish: 7 am to 1 pm
Weigh-in: 1 pm to 2 pm
Food & Sodas will be provided
Prizes will be awarded after weigh-in
A special thanks to the following Sponsors:
Atlantic County Federation of Sportsmen,
Chestnut Neck Boatyard, SeaTow, Great Bay Products,
Nauticart, Pepsi, Herr’s, Absecon Saltwater Sportsmen
For additional info call Carl 442-2322
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| Mon May 10 2010 |
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Email: Tom Boden
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Freshwater |
| Just an update on Lake Shenandoah, between the wind,rain and weed's it's been been pretty good fishing. I myself and any other fisherman have been doing good , limit's of crapies, trout on fathead's, shiner's, powerbait and also the Bisty pond minnow's. Pickerel fishing has been good as useral hiting on everything. Largemouth fishing is picking up, seem like some are beding, saw a nice 4 1/2 Lbs caught on shiner's on the bottom. Also about 3 weeks ago Allied Biological was in the lake doing a servery to get the weed's under control, now it's up to the County to act on it, hopfully it dosn't take long. Clean up the weed's and we'll have our gem of a lake back with great fishing!!! |
| Mon May 10 2010 |
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Email: Fish Monger Charters
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| 5/7 -- Well the bunker have arrived in big numbers and the big stripers
are here with them. We livelined a limit of bigger bass on our last trip. Report
below. Hopefully this will start our livelining of bunker for trophy stripers!
Little earlier than last year, and the last few years have been great. With fish
up to 47 lbs and tons of personal bests. Charter dates are filling up quick, due
to the overlap of the upcoming seabass season and trophy striper livelining. We
will sail Open for stripers and will start our afternoon Open Boat specials next
week. Also will be fishing for seabass when that opens, also Open Boat trips
when not chartered. We limited out just about every seabass trip last spring and
fall last year! And expect lock and load action from the opening! Check the
website for more info. ***Live Line Limits: Headed out with
Craig, Darrel, Ron and Phil for another day of striper fishing. On the way up we
saw a load of bunker off Belmar. Made some bait for the well. Headed up to the
Rocks, didn't see much. Couple miles further north some bird play and fish. But
it wasn't good ... couple of blues. .. couple of keepers ... couple short
stripers. Played around with that for a while hoping they would pop up and we
could get a good crack at them and never did. Got a Call from Capt Ant that it
was going off big fish on bunkers down south! Got down there, it was quite an
amazing sight with bass chasing bunker all over the place ... 3 and 4 bass
trying to eat a bunker off the top at once and every fish we caught had others
following it! The guys all caught some nice stripers until they had their legal
limit and released the rest for another day! They also had a load of blues!
First time liveliners and the guys did a great job gettin the hang of it! Some
spread of bunker and fish ... had to be 3 or 4 miles ... N to south and both
inshore to a couple miles off the beach ... similar to what wesve seen in June
the last few years! Everyone wound up with a limit, big fish for us was 27 lbs,
and some blues. Others I know had some bigger, and we broke a few good ones off.
So hopefully this will be the start of the livelining the bigger fish. It was
another Great Day with a Great Crew! Thanks again guys! Will be back at it Sat
& Sun and will be running Open Boat trips during the weekdays next week!
Give a Buzz Lets Go Fishing!!! www.fishmongercharters.com
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| Fri May 07 2010 |
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Email: Zach
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Surf |
| I'm going to be in Ocean City this weekend, is the fishing good off the surf here? How do you fish around the beach swimmers? I spend a lot of time in LBI and I know theres always holes and cut outs but i heard Ocean City is real flat. Any suggestions would be great. |
| Thu May 06 2010 |
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Email: JML
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Inshore |
| Bait out in front at Monmouth on incoming last few days. Didn't see anyone get anything. |
| Wed May 05 2010 |
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Email: Zeke
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Inshore |
| Went out this morning, Sunday
May 2nd. Out in a fleet about
a mile or two off the beach at
the Shrewsbury Rocks. Got three keeper Stripers and a bunch of Blues. |
| Sun May 02 2010 |
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Email: Steve Posell
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Inshore |
| Went to the Keansburg pier on Thursday 4/29. Big bluefish up to 7 or 8 pounds were getting caught on bunker chunks till low tide bottomed out. Ridiculous, Ridiculous wind all day could hardly tell if it was a fish or the wind moving my rod tip. |
| Fri Apr 30 2010 |
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Email: scotty
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Surf |
| coming up to cape may in may. anything hapening in the surf? |
| Wed Apr 28 2010 |
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Email: joe
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Inshore |
| thanks real, going to head down for my last shot at eating 1 friday but truthfully i'm just looking for c&r action.i've fished the tjetty in ac but that can get a bit wild |
| Wed Apr 28 2010 |
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Email: Real Deal
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Comment/Question |
| Joe, good tog Fishing there but your running out of time. |
| Wed Apr 28 2010 |
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Email: joe
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Surf |
| anyone ever fish for tog on the ocean city fishing pier by the bridge into the north end of oc? looking to catch a couple but am to broke to get out on a boat trying to find some shore locals |
| Tue Apr 27 2010 |
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Email: Zeke
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Inshore |
| Went out Thursday caught some Stripers 5 keepers. Then the Blue Fish invaded us. It was wall to wall Blues as many as you could handle. All the fishing was about a mile off of the beach opposite the Oceanic Bridge. |
| Sat Apr 24 2010 |
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Email: Steve
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Comment/Question |
| Thanks Sharkbait. I figured thats where you were, but I just wanted you to clarify for the rest of the viewers. |
| Thu Apr 22 2010 |
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Email: sharkbait
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Comment/Question |
| For those of you who don't understand the 3 mile rule on stripers, It pretains to FEDERAL waters (meaning off shore beond the jurisdiction of the state of N.J. If you head 4 miles off Sandy hook in a NW direction, you will be on the wet end of the Romer Shoal,,,,4 miles to the East would put you in the Abrose,,,,$ miles to the south would put you on the southern most tip of the FALSE HOOK,,,,4 miles to the south east would be the only direction that would put you in FEDERAL waters once you got to the Scotladnd bouy which marks the approach to the Sandy hook chanel.... |
| Wed Apr 21 2010 |
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Email: CJB
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Inshore |
| fished on head boat today stripers are everywhere from clam beds to rockawaysover150 keepers THE RUN IS ON NOW IS THE TIME TO GO |
| Tue Apr 20 2010 |
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Email: Steve
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| Dave-I am alittle confused as it appears that you had an ok day and brought fish home. What did the tackle shop tell you? What were you expecting?
Sharkbait-You may need to clarify because I think 4 is still bigger than 3. |
| Tue Apr 20 2010 |
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Email: Guatemala Dave
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Inshore |
| Absecon Bay Striper Safaries Start NOW...... since I launched my boat here
at the marina yesterday and everything checks out so I will be taking the
seasons inaugural test ride today. From the reports I've been getting I probably
should have made it a couple days earlier, but the weekend was extremely windy
so it would have been tough to get a whole lot going. There was feedback on
decent striper bite on school sized fish for those who hid from the wind and
soaked clam or chunked HERRING and the Tog were biting at the bridge if you
could manage to hang in one spot long enough for them to bite. With the wind
down I will be going for the live HERRING and plan to take my Misses with me so
I will be hitting the local spots. If you are ready to jump on board the
weatherman is giving us a good wind report for the rest of the week and with an
afternoon high tide you could even get a morning at work, while I am at the nets
trying to fill my tanks with HERRING since my bait catching season ends on April
30th and from there on out what I've got is what I've got. So I'll be hoping for
an early catch of Spot. Next week starting with Monday the 26th leading up to
the full moon I expect the fishing to absolutely take off since we will have an
early morning high tide and we can leave the dock at the magic hour of first
light and probably really light up the bass. Right now I still have most of the
week open so if you want to get fishing give me a call NOW. www.abseconbay.com |
| Tue Apr 20 2010 |
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Email: Dave
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Went to the hook Sunday Good Bait at the (tackle shop deleted by
FRN). But as allways they can't tell the Truth When People ask about the
fishin guess they just want to make a sale. 1 keeper 1short and some Big
Skates.
Dave: No slamming.--FRN |
| Mon Apr 19 2010 |
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Email: sharkbait
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Inshore |
| FRN,,,,4 miles off the top of the hook is well within the 3 mile limmit on striper fishih...Ther where at least 10 party boats and 2 doz. charter guys there along with clammers....All getting stripers. |
| Mon Apr 19 2010 |
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Email: Rich
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Surf |
| Landed a 7lb bluefish off Cliffwood Friday evening, also a horseshoe crab later that night LOL. |
| Mon Apr 19 2010 |
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Email: Andy Still
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Freshwater |
| Huge shad run in the RARITAN RIVER!!! Along with huge trout, bass and stripers...!!!!!! |
| Mon Apr 19 2010 |
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Email: sharkbait
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Fished Sat. and Sun. about 4 miles off Sandy hook....Some of the best Striper
fishing in recent years....2 days,about 15 fish, 12 keepers up to 30 lbs.all
caught on jigs...
Glad you caught, but striper fishing's closed beyond 3
miles from the coast.--FRN |
| Sun Apr 18 2010 |
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Email: Bob Kaminski
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Surf |
| At the Beach Sandy Hook, bite was ON Sunday 4/11. Clams and even a large spinner worked well. A first timer I took landed 3 over 30". |
| Mon Apr 12 2010 |
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Email: lamosca
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Delaware Bay |
| Went to Fortescue Sun wih grandkids. No bait shops open.The beach was loaded with fishermen.We used plugs but no hits. The fishermen using clams were getting hits. The guy next to us cought a short one.Like they always say --should have been here earlier, they were all over. |
| Mon Apr 12 2010 |
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Email: Reel Fantasea Charters, Barnegat Light
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Inshore |
| The only thing heating up faster than the bay's water temperature is the fishing. The observed bay temps [ outgoing tide] has been mid to lower sixties and the stripers are responding furiously! The size of fish has ranged from 12' all the way up to 34" and with the hooks being straightened out on one of our plugs I am sure there is "larger lunkers lurking"! Say that 3 times fast . Ken Purzycki joined by son Micheal and Grand Pa Ken sr. were out on 3hr Bay special to slam 15 stripers , no keepers were boated but the guys had a blast with the stripers on light spinning tackle ! Regular Jay Simmons was out for an early top water striper bite on poppers in the shallow flats of the bay ! We had visual fish breaking water around the boat chasing bait clear out of the water and competing for our poppers! I was able to land a fat 30" striper while Jays hooks staighten out on his plug [ meant for smaller fish] releasing his striper to fight another day. Closer by the inlet we managed to go 1-2 on stripers landing a nice 34" striper on clam. With a few more schoolies boated and the wind starting to reach "Huricane " strength we headed for the barn. Even though the season is "early" and most boats charter and private are still covered up we have manged over 40++ bass in only 4 trips !! I do have a few more openings for the 3hr Bay specials running through April , these trips are available Thursday, Fridays and Sundays evenings 5-8pm and all bait and tackle are included. I have 2 spots open for next Friday April 16th. I expect the big slammer blue fish will be making an early showing any day with the extended weather forecast looking to remain warm for evening more drag burning fun! Best Regards, Capt. Steve Purul, Reel Fantasea Charters |
| Fri Apr 09 2010 |
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Email: Daniel Opdyke
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Freshwater |
| The wing dam at Lambertville on the big D is on fire right now with shad, walleye, catfish and big smallmouths! |
| Thu Apr 08 2010 |
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Email: Jason Sellmeyer
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Surf |
| Went to Raritan bay at Belford near the navel Pier on April 7. Fished from 10am til 3pm. We were using everything from clams,sand worms and bunker. We didn't even get a bite, but still had a good time fishing.(DON'T FORGET THE SUN BLOCK) |
| Thu Apr 08 2010 |
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Email: Jason Sellmeyer
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Surf |
| Went to Raritan bay in Belford by Navel Pier on the 1st of April. Fished the incoming tide and caught 1 striper 25inches. It wasn't a keeper but not a bad start. |
| Thu Apr 08 2010 |
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Email: Rich
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Surf |
| Tues Night Cliffwood beach had a lot of hits on rising tide, 1- short, 1- 10lb keeper. Others said they had a bunch of shorts and many hits. Caught on clam, sandworms showed no action. The kept striper had a silverside and a chunk of bunker in its stomach. |
| Wed Apr 07 2010 |
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Al's Bait & Tackle, Fortescue
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| They're killing the stripers from the beach in Fortescue on bloodworms. Guys catching 36, 38 inchers right here at the rocks. Boaters are limiting out and back by 10-11 a.m. on bunker. Some are going right out front, and some are heading to #1 buoy. Our first official day open, when we'll have regular hours, is Wednesday, 4/14. |
| Tue Apr 06 2010 |
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Email: NICK
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Inshore |
| started seeing some baitfish off union beach 4/3/10 |
| Mon Apr 05 2010 |
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Email: Nelson
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Inshore |
| Striper and Flounder fishing out of the Highlands today Fri. 2nd. Water
was discolored and we had somewhat of a cool brezze, small stripers caught along
with flounder, however the boat had some keepers on, most caught by clamming,
one Striper came on a worm. I saw most boats with only a handful of anglers. As
for me I was more than happy to be out fishing. |
| Fri Apr 02 2010 |
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Email: todd r avery
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Freshwater |
| fishing has been slow but getting better no monsters yet that i saw or heard about i hope next week we get these big bass in our neck of the woods so far all like 22inches and smaller happy fishing tood r avery |
| Tue Mar 30 2010 |
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Email: robert
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Comment/Question |
| That boat washing rule has been around for at least a year. we could use less chemicals being added to the rivers and bays, but its pointless to have unenforceable laws like that.
Im on the OBX right now. Really good bluefin bite going on, also some nice yellowfin. |
| Sat Mar 20 2010 |
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Email: Steve
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Inshore |
| What's next? One fishing pole per month. More restrictions on everything you catch and how you catch it. In ten years you won't recognize this country. |
| Sat Mar 20 2010 |
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Email: O'Fishally Ours
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Surf |
| Well, my buddy Troy called me Thursday afternoon from the local beach and told me a guy landed a 30 inch bass-took a snap with his phone=plus the word is from South Amboy to Keyport-bass to 32 inches mixed in with the residential schoolies! I'm going tonight to see what's going on-hopefully have something to report tomorrow! |
| Sat Mar 20 2010 |
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Email: ChrisH
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Comment/Question |
| Just got a paper from the harbor saying that its illegal to wash my boat or flush my motor on land in the marina unless im on dirt...whats next |
| Fri Mar 19 2010 |
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Email: Real Deal
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Comment/Question |
| Any jetty in AC is a good place to fish for tog. |
| Fri Mar 19 2010 |
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Email: Randy Ringstaff
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Inshore |
| Where is a good place to fish for Tog without a boat from Alantic City down? |
| Fri Mar 19 2010 |
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Email: toddravery
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Freshwater |
| well heard of a 17incher bass caught in Palmyra but this storm got the river all muddy and chocolate i hope it clears the run is just about to start the bloods are in so so shape i went Sunday and the water was about 44 lets wait and see happy fishing |
| Wed Mar 17 2010 |
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Email: sharkbait
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Comment/Question |
| This is just their test Dan...They are seeing how much they can get away
with this year...Next year they will just close recreational fishing all
together...We really need to get a G.R.I.P. Get Rid Of Incompetent
Politicians..... before they really do CHANGE our country! |
| Mon Mar 15 2010 |
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Email: Dan
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Comment/Question |
| Damn those feds taking control of EVERYTHING. This is EXTREMELY unconstitutional and a vagrant violation of everyone's god given rights to freedom and responsibility! |
| Sat Mar 13 2010 |
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Email: toddravery
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Freshwater |
| well i went to delair to look 4 minnows didn't see any then went to ta-cony bridge found them good sign of the stripers on the way water was crystal clear got my rods ready to go and the local store got the bloods in now we got this rain but after that i think we will c some fish starting to get caught
happy fishing |
| Wed Mar 10 2010 |
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Email: Ed
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Delaware Bay |
| Got the word that short stripers getting banked at Fortescue. It's starting!!! |
| Wed Mar 10 2010 |
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