Archive for May 2015

The bay continues to keep anglers busy with a mix of all size bluefish. From the sedge islands to Tom’s River blues are being taken on cut baits, poppers and metals. The ocean front is slow to recover, fishing remains a slow pic with no real fluke catches to report. Crabs out back are slow getting…

Great weather but fishing, not so great. I guess we all got spoiled with the amount of fish being taken the past few weeks. But with the recent drop in water temperature the fish went off their feed. Favorable winds like today will surely bring the surf temperatures up bringing the bait within reach and hopefully the fish will be hot on their tails… John…

All quiet on the western front?? The fish seem to have come down with a case of lock jaw. My guess is the sudden drop in water temperature to the low 50’s put them off their feed. This is a temporary situation with the amount of bait still out there a more favorable water temp…

The bay continues to give up quality fish, case in point the BB and BI buoy areas have been the locations of some big fluke 4.5 lb. class plus. Blues roam the mouth of Tom’s River and Cedar Creek areas. Crabbing is still very slow out back. On the ocean front. 20 lb. class plus bass…

Fluke off to a slow start while blues and bass keep the heat on! Between boats trolling and kayaks snagging and dropping nice size bass are consistently finding there way to the local scales. Mix in medium to large size blues and bass falling to well presented baits and lures from the sand and you…

Blues, Bass, and fluke all being caught yesterday from the surf and boat. The spring run of fish seems to be taking hold with the bay and ocean side both producing fish. Just pick your method in each situation and work at it, success will come. Cut bunker, clams, and squid are natural baits doing the trick.…

Things are about the same. Large blues and a few keeper bass are being taken from Seaside Park thru IBSP. Cut bait and clams with popping plugs and swimmers are all scoring on these fish. Fluke season opens Friday the 22nd, 5 fish at 18″ is the daily bag limit per angler. The special 2 fish…

Slow pick yesterday in the surf! A couple of large blues and a nice keeper bass fell to well presented lures and baits. Blue fish find it hard to pass up a popper and bass just can’t pass up a clam. This sums up the methods used yesterday to fool a few nice fish. After…

Fishing conditions not so great for the Governors Cup Fishing Tournament, the surf was up and holding bottom was a challenge. Not many fish were caught, too bad for the participants with the excellent blue fish bit we have been experiencing a good catch was anticipated. More bass are starting to show out front on cut bait…

Governor’s Cup Surf Tournament tomorrow at Island Beach State Park. Registration opens at 5:00 AM, fishing starts at 6:30 AM Good Luck! Blue fish still have center stage and anglers are taking advantage of this heavy blue fish run in many ways. As far as bait is concerned cut bunker is the number 1 followed…