BONITO AND SPANISH MACKS IN THE SURF

In the last week, the Jersey surf has turned into bizarro world and has resembled Florida more than the Garden State. With 76 to 80 degree surf water temperatures sitting on New Jersey, an influx of pelagic speedsters have moved into the area waters from roughly Barnegat Inlet up to Sandy Hook. Bonito and Spanish […]

SURF SHARK CHUNKING BAG

With all the hubbub of sharks and rays in the summer surf, night time excursions demand that you are organized and prepared with all your gear to seamlessly streamline the after hours chunking process. You need to be ready to address any situation that arises when battling sharks and rays that can reach up to […]

BIG GAME SURF RAYS

When you witness some hapless angler chasing his rod and reel into the surf, then coming out of the waves, exasperated, soaking wet and empty handed, you know the cow nosed rays are in town. As the heart of summertime is upon us, big game rays are hanging in the Jersey surfline, stealing rod and […]

POMPANO FROM THE SURF

Whenever I hit the Cape Canaveral, Florida area, I always find time to break out the surf gear and target the silver ghost of the shore – pompano. Pomps can be found on both coasts of Florida and up the entire Eastern Seaboard to the northernmost range around New Jersey. Pompano can be targeted in […]

SNAKES AND STRIPERS

I had the pleasure – well let me be real here – a lifelong wish fulfilled this week when I was able to take one of my old school WWE wrestling idols, Jake the Snake Roberts, out to catch his first striped bass. Being that it’s late July in Jersey, you would think there would […]

TRICKING TRIGGERFISH

In the past decade, Jersey’s wrecks and reefs have begun to colonize with summer visitors in the form of gray triggerfish. Previously known as a relative bycatch on the structure piles, triggers are now carpeting inshore wrecks and reefs, sometimes by the hundreds. For those that don’t know, triggerfish contain a sweet white, flaky meat […]

PARTY BOAT FLUKE CHECKLIST

I literally have squid strips stuck to my backpack and Gulp! Juice stains on my shirt as I write this, reason being I just stepped off the deck of the 90 foot party boat Gambler in Point Pleasant www.gamblerfishing.net from a half day fluke trip. A beauty 7.5-pound flatback took the pool and plenty of […]

ICAST 2018 Video Library

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BUCKTAILING OCEAN FLUKE

Bucktailing has taken ocean flukers by storm as the slick hairy leadheads always seem to hook some of the largest flatfish. The real key to bucktailing for fluke is in the presentation and choice of weights. Generally, you want to use anywhere from a 1 to 6-ounce Spro, Andrus or Magictail bucktail, getting away with […]

MAKO SHARKIN CHECKLIST

New Jersey’s offshore waters are bustling with marine life right now, like true Nat Geo type of situations with thousands of dolphin, whales, tuna and sharks proliferating in the bluewaters. I just stepped off the boat from a mako trip, and after releasing a small 55-inch mako shark, it brought attention to me to list […]

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