FIRST SHOT FLUKE

Jersey’s fluke season just reopened on May 24th with a 3 fish limit and an 18-inch minimum size, and good thing as the back bays are firing right now. As fluke harbor up in the backwaters until the first weeks of June, now’s the time to go to light tackle to wrestle up quality keeper […]

SCENTIN’ UP SEA BASS

Black sea bass season just reopened in Jersey with regulations dictating a window from May 15th to June 22ndwith a 10 fish limit and 12-1/2 inch minimum size and you bet, the bite is flat out on. I hopped on the EightBall with Captain Dom Mancuso to ply some of the inshore wrecks in reefs […]

TARGETING TIDERUNNER WEAKFISH ON SOFT BAITS

If you want a chance at landing a true tiderunner weakfish of 8 pounds and greater, now’s your shot in the NJ/NY area. Weakfish are on the spawn through the month of May, and any large females will be hanging in the back bay waters, patrolling the flats and channels of the ICW, creek outflows […]

All Signs Point Towards Summer

Ask a group of fishermen in South Florida about their favorite time of year to fish and the majority will say summer. Now, it’s not quite summer yet, but it’s aaallllmoooost heeeerrreee….and I can’t wait. It goes like this, the winds start laying down, schools of bait start to show up and bigger fish show […]

SWITCH THE RETRIEVE

I just got off the Manasquan riverbanks searching out blues and bass, and an early morning shift had me casting Daiwa SP Minnows to test the waters. Blues have been running through the last few days, and as blues in general tend to like fast paced offerings, I sped the retrieve up just a tad […]

BLUEFISH BOMBARDMENT BY BOAT

The first wave of spring bluefish has moved into Jersey waters. It still remains to be seen what size class will dominate the rush, whether it be 6 to 8 pound choppers or the 10 to 20-pound gorillas, but you better be prepared when doing battle with the tackle busting yellow eyed demons. The best […]