Archive for November 2016

Rain gear day #2. We may be experiencing two rainy days in a row which we surly need but the fish are still here and willing to eat. Swimmers, poppers and metals all scored keeper bass yesterday in IBSP, no real monsters but very respectable fish never the less. Tomorrow is Dec. 1st already which…

Rain Gear Day! >> Mild air temperatures with rain on tap for us today so rain gear is a must when you head out. The bite has slowed quite a bit in the passed couple of days with first light and dusk being the prime times. Mid day tides have become hit and miss but in any case artificial…

The bite goes on! Yesterday was another good day in the surf. Keeper bass were being taken from Lavellette to IBSP. The schools of bunker remain on the move with hungry striped bass in hot pursuit. Rubber swim baits and SP style swimmers remain the number one choice of artificial lures. Poppers, metal lipped swimmers,…

Another great day in the books! The bass were spread out from Bay Head to the north thru IBSP. Pods of bunker seemed to be everywhere and where they were so were the fish. Rubber swim shads in all sizes and colors plus snag and drop were the hot methods yesterday. SP style minnows, metals…

Happy Thanksgiving !! All the staff at The Dock whish all our loyal customers and friends a very Happy Thanksgiving. Fishing in the surf has slowed down a bit from the feverish pace of early in the week. It’s a matter of finding the bait in close and you’ll be into fish. Stick with your…

Another great day in the books. The fish were a little more concentrated yesterday but when you found them you were in. IBSP was the hot spot yesterday both mid day and again after dark. Once again just about anything you tossed worked but rubber swim shads were the hot item of the day. The…

EPIC DAY!! >> Is the only way to describe yesterday’s surf bite. Large schools of bait were pinned to the shore line by jumbo blues and keeper bass. This action was going on from Manasquan Inlet to IBSP. If you didn’t fish yesterday you missed one of the hottest surf fishing days in recent memory.…

The surf bite is on! Yesterday’s catches in the surf supports that statement. Double digit weighing blues along with nice mid size keeper bass were crashing a variety of artificial lures being thrown at them. All types of poppers, SP style swimmers, buck tails and rubber swim shads were all catching. Cut bunker also accounted for a couple…

Some slammer blues moved into our area yesterday just to make things interesting for the snag and drop and trolling guys. Huge schools of bunker in close seem to be attracting tackle busters along with some nice keeper bass. Poppers seem to be the go to lure when anglers are on these fish and don’t want…

That’s a little better! Yesterday in the middle of the day, as the extra low tide approached, the bass turned on within casting range. The bulk of the action was between Ortley and Seaside Hights. Poppers, swimmers, buck tails and rubber shad all were scoring on a nice school of keeper bass. The fish seemed…