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Christmas has come and gone, and I hope that everyone had a joyous and loving break from the trials and tribulations of our everyday life.
As Father Time leads us to the end of 2011, and we get ready to embark on a new year, this is a great time to take stock of what has been happening as well as looking forward to what might come.
Before sharing some of my resolutions for the New Year, let’s take a look at what 2011 brought us on the fishing scene locally. Rather than start at the beginning of the year, I [...] Continue Reading…
The big concentration of stripers that seemed stuck off Island Beach State Park have apparently moved north. Jack Monteiro at Surf Side Bait and Tackle in Long Branch said they’ve been getting bass on Avas and teasers from Long Branch to Sandy Hooks. Capt. Rob Semkewyc, of the Sea Hunter in Atlantic Highlands said the striper fishing has become a lot more consistent with bass feeding on sand eels. He’s catching keepers and shorts and even a few blues.
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Geri Demato at Jersey Joe’s Bait and Tackle said fluking is still hot in the surf. Anglers are using Gulp!, spearing and squid to land the fish. Little 1- and 2-pound cocktail blues are also biting in the surf Demato said. Anglers Dave Carluccio and Scott Kaufman, both of Toms River had a dozen blues on Hopkins and Crippled Herring metal lures. In the bay, Demato said the crabbing is fantastic with blue claws up to 6½ inches. Lou Antonis at Seaside Sam’s Bait and Tackle reports there are a lot of [...] Continue Reading…
Ronny Bala at Fisherman’s Supply, Point Beach, reports boats are catching bluefin tuna in the Chicken Canyon. “The guys fishing around the scallop boats are doing pretty good,” Bala said. The Shearwater had non-stop action and brought eight bluefin tuna boat side while fishing in the canyon. Bala said the fluke fishing has been decent on the Sea Girt Reef. The shop has new 6-inch Gulp! swimming mullet in stock that are perfect for catching fluke. Capt. Willy Egerter of the Dauntless, Point Beach, said they’re picking some sea bass inshore and [...] Continue Reading…
Jesse over at Fisherman’s Den in Belmar said the bass fishing finally slowed down. They’re still getting them on plugs in the morning, but the weigh ins have dropped off. The daytime blues have quieted down as well, but the night fishing has been good. He said the bluefish may be in their summer spawn. Capt. Chris Hueth of the Big Mohawk said the fluking was good all week with lots of fish. Fluke of up to 11 pounds were caught along with a bunch in the 5- to 8-pound-range. Capt. Ron [...] Continue Reading…
Inshore, the action is mostly with fluke from the beaches out into depths of 70 feet. The presence of sea bass is starting to pick up on pieces of structure but it’s far from drop and reel fishing.
Capt. Ryan Bogan of the Jamaica II, Brielle, reported the good fluke fishing seems to be holding up for most trips locally and off in the distance. Bogan said there seems to be a lot of new fish moving in a number of different areas from the beach out to 70 feet of water.
Barbara Berger, [...] Continue Reading…
Geri Damato at Jersey Joes Bait and Tackle said the fluking has been hot in the surf. “The first day of the summer Scott Kaufman had a 21-inch, 2½-pound fluke and two other keepers on squid and Gulp!” Demato said. She said the crabs are really starting to come in and there is nice size to them. “There have some blue claws up to 6¾ inches in the crab traps,” Damato added. Lou Antonis at Seaside Sams Bait and Tackle reports anglers he spoke with this week were fluke fishing in the surf where they’re starting to have a [...] Continue Reading…
Ronny Bala at Fisherman’s Supply said there is solid bluefin fishing in the Chicken Canyon. The area is holding a lot of life in the way of sandeels, whales and dolphins. The bluefin in the area are in the 60-pound range. Down off the Barnegat Inlet, Bala said there are triggerfish biting on the rocks and off the beaches fluke are hitting Gulp! baits. “Bass fishing is settling down but they are catching them on the Shrewsbury Rocks with bunker heads. There’s also some blues there,” Bala said. In the surf, the bass made a showing at Normady Beach [...] Continue Reading…
Bob Matthews at Fisherman’s Den, Belmar, said the fishing is just phenomenal. There are still tons and tons of bass around feeding on all the bunker. Tom Riggs, Neptune, weighed in two bass of 29 and 30 pounds and Eric Johnson, Colonia, landed a 44 pounder, both from boats. Ray Zoyka, weighed in a 40 pounder and Brian Biedinger came in with a 34 pounder. Both belong to the Asbury Park Fishing Club. The fluking is good in the Shark River. Ed Klump got six up to 4½ pounds in one of the Den’s rental boats. Capt. Greg Markert’s [...] Continue Reading…
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