SoCal Fishing at its Finest

Had a pre-paid trip out of H&M landing that was waiting to be used and I saw the opening on the LEGEND and took it, knowing the fishing has been good and the weather even better. It’s been a while since I’ve sent out a report to the group, since fishing has been ho-hum on […]

GO BIG FOR SEA BASS

Black sea bass season reopened in New Jersey on October 8th to October 31 with a 12.5-inch minimum size and 10 fish bag limit, then it amps up to an even better scenario from November 1st to December 31st with a 15 fish bag at 13-inch minimum size. That means you’ve gotta break out the […]

JERSEY TARPON

No, Jersey anglers do not get to battle 100-pound giant tarpon on a daily basis like Floridian anglers are lucky enough to do, but we do have high-flyin’ little scrappers that look just like their tarpon cousins in the form of hickory shad. Generally, hickory shad grow in size are from a half pound to […]

ISLAMORADA BRIDGE SNOOKIN

I just returned from Islamorada in the Florida Keys, and snook are on the prowl. Captain Max Gaspeny www.captmaxgaspeny.com out of Bud N’ Mary’s Marina and I snuck out to hit the local bridges for an hour trip to see if we couldn’t land a few linesiders of our own, and the grounds did not […]

ROUGH SEPTEMBER SURF BAITS

Peak hurricane season is upon us, and September’s surf is usually more rough than not on most days. That doesn’t mean you stay at home watching TV, fact is, rough surf in September is perfect time to get bait fishing to intercept the first wave of migrating striped bass and bluefish. Checking my past log […]

TROLLING FOR SPEEDSTERS

Jersey continues to enjoy the oddest summer in recent history, as tropical speedsters abound in local nearshore waters. Pelagics in the form of bonito, Spanish mackerel, king mackerel, mahi mahi and false albacore are running rampant in the 80 degree waters that extend from right off the beaches out to 10 miles. The easiest way […]

END OF SEASON FLUKE

As the Jersey fluke season winds down for good on September 22, large and in charge flatties have moved in big time off the coast. This past week I was out to the Axel Carlson reef on the Killer Bea with Brian Keating and we had a five man boat limit by 10 AM, the […]

SUMMERTIME STRIPERS

Striped bass fishing in Jersey is only a spring and fall thing, right? Wrong. Locals know that resident stripers will bite all through the heat of the summer, its just a matter of knowing where and what to throw at them to get hit. Generally speaking, low light hours and dark hours are the prime […]

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 […]

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