When Jersey Shore native Dan Radel is not reporting the news, you can find him in a college classroom where he is a history professor.
Grumpy's Tackle had reports of several bass on artificials and clam baits. Wednesday was a good day down in the Seaside to Island Beach State Park area. Giglio's Bait & Tackle in Sea Bright said fishermen walking the beach and tossing pencil poppers scored fish in the stretch of beach from Sandy Hook to Monmouth Beach. There have been stripers at most spots but for anglers on the Ocean County barrier islands there's also been black drum. Surf fishermen have been doing okay in several locales. He's had an angler or two catch the three-fish limit on most days. The fishing there has been decent enough for the small crowds showing during the week. Tom Buban on the Atlantic Star said at the start of the week that some new fish moved into Sandy Hook Bay. Jerry Postorino of the Fish Monger II brought his fishing party into the Manasquan River where they scooped up 11 keeper fluke.Ĭapt. He was dragging Gulp baits and had a number of shorts to dehook and toss back as well.Īfter filling the box with sea bass before the clock even hit 9 a.m., Capt. Scott Thomas at Grumpy's Tackle in Seaside Park brought in a pair of keeper fluke paddling around Barnegat Bay in his kayak.
Most of the effort is still being put in on the rivers and bays, and surf anglers are also finding them as they walk the beach for bass and blues. There's been a little more life to the fluke fishing as the water temp slowly ticks upward. What's biting: Get the latest fishing reports here ► Tuna run may be here after giant bluefin tuna hits deck He said the anglers that were casting the jigs pulled fish in on every cast.
Bobby Quinn on the Ocean Explorer said the fish were very aggressive on Tuesday, probably because the sandeels moved in thick and the fish were out and about, crushing the jig and sandeel teasers set up. About the only question for anglers is what to use, bait or jigs.Ĭapt. Since the spring fishery opened on May 17, it has been drop and reel fishing on most days. Scott Thomas weighs in a pair of fluke at Grumpy's Tackle in Seaside Park.Ĭloser to shore, sea bass fishing has been about as close to a guarantee as one can get in fishing.
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