BLACKFISHING ACCESSORIES

As we reap the rewards of a solid blackfishing season so far this winter, its easy to get bogged down in the intricacies of choosing the right rod and reel to battle the bulldogs, but just as important, certain accessories outside of the terminal tackle must be brought to make blackfishing a productive endeavor. Before […]

MISSISSIPPI SEATROUT

Last fall, I tripped out to Mississippi to fish the Bay St. Louis Sound in an effort to break out the light tackle for spotted seatrout. Seatrout can be found all throughout the Southeast and Gulf Coasts, but magic was definitely happening in the Mississippi Bayous. I joined Captain Sonny Schindler of Shore Thing Charters […]

HOLIDAY FISHING APPAREL

The vacation days between Christmas and New Year’s is absolute prime time to get out and hit the saltwater, especially in the Northeast. Finally, a week you can call your own. Don’t kid yourself, its gonna be pretty darn cold out, but if you are prepped right, you can do battle with a bunch of […]

JIGGING FOR BLACKFISH

I admit, I was a bit skeptical about this whole tog jigging phenomena that has taken the blackfishing world by storm. To assuage my fears, I took a ride out with Christian Driscoll and a few friends on his 34 Regulator and we picked out a promising spot on the local reef site, setting up […]

MOJO BALLIN

It took awhile to catch on up north, but southern anglers in the Chesapeake Bay area were onto the striped bass technique of Mojo balling, (a derivative of Parachute jigging), years before the madness trickled up into the New Jersey and New York waters. The tactic is pretty simple and doesn’t really require too much […]

TOG RIGS 101

Blackfishing is firing on all cylinders, with both NY and NJ anglers loading coolers full of the bucktoothed brawlers. That fishery will be solid through January, then the southern fellas in Delaware and Virginia get the bulk of the fishery during the heart of the winter in February and early March. Regardless of where you […]

STRIPER JIGGING

As the Fall Run of stripers moves along, late November and early December bring in different types of baitfish to the area, where jigging tactics can effectively mimic the baitfish to claim a large share of fish. Both wide profile baits such as herring, mackerel and bunker, as well as thin baits such as sand […]

SAND EEL IMITATIONS

From now through December, one of the predominant baits along the Jersey Coast will be the diminutive sand eel. I’ve got continuous visions of striped bass gorging themselves upon the pods so greedily that they puke them up on deck. As with any baitfish, you’re going to want to “match the hatch” with lure presentations […]

PACKING THE SURF BAG

Autumn surfwaters in Jersey are reaching that magical 58 degree mark which will spark the striper migration en masse into our area. The key to success in hooking up with surfstyle bass is to dial in the proper artificial lures to perfectly mimic the predominant baitfish profiles bass feed upon in November and December. Fall […]

FALL BRIDGE BASSIN

As I write this, I just got off the water from a night excursion casting from 8 to 10 PM idling against the Highlands Bridge during a ripping outgoing 3 knot tide in 25 knot south winds. Doesn’t sound like optimal conditions for sure. But focusing in on an eddy hanging behind a bridge stanchion, […]

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