They’re here. False albacore aka little tunny, Fat Alberts, (bonita for the Florida folks) whatever you want to call them, the speed demons are inundating the Northeast waters from Rhode Island to New Jersey. Albie fishing is fast a furious and you have to be prepared to chase the schools wherever and whenever they pop […]

Finally, September is here! In Jersey, we’ve got the beaches back, and sights of colorful umbrellas and scents of sun tan lotion are replaced with the constant hum of diesel truck engines running the sands and the smells of stripers and bluefish wafting from the surf. The cool nights are going to spark mullet in […]

When summer speedsters enter Jersey waters, its game on for lightning quick action on light tackle. Bonito, false albacore, Spanish mackerel and even skipjack tuna will patrol the inshore grounds, zipping from area to area in the bluewater anywhere from 3 to 15 miles out. Chumming and chunking for the speed demons can be a […]

Jersey’s bays and surf are loaded with baby bluefish right now, more commonly known as snapper blues. While these snapper blues range from 3 to 6 inches long, they are an absolutely blast to catch to introduce somebody new to the sport of fishing, to get a kids juices flowing or to gather as prime […]

No doubt, its shark time in Jersey. The first two weeks of August always usher in all sorts of beasties to the surf line. Not only are big game sharks around, such as blacktips, spinners, browns, sand tigers, and even a hammerhead or two, but some behemoth rays such as butterfly rays, roughtail stingrays and […]

Some fish dole out crushing hits, put up a pretty solid fight and may even give you some head-thrashing shakes. And then there are jack crevalles. Every time I fish Florida’s east coast off of Cape Canaveral, Pt. St. Lucie and Sebastian Inlet area waters I am reminded of the knee-buckling, explosive topwater strikes jacks […]

Right now in New Jersey, there is a viable night fishery for bottomfish on the wrecks and reefs that include the likes of ling, cod, porgies, sea bass and even squid. Under the guise of darkness, bottom beasties lurk along the sea floor. Many party boats are making nightly runs to the 3 to 12 […]