Archive for June 2018

Things were kinda slow yesterday out front. No bait in the wash to speak of, or schools of bunker just outside the bar. The bite in the back bay was also slow, small blues and small bass were playing hard to find. Small to keeper size fluke were being taken in the areas of the…

The secret to success yesterday in the surf was to get your baits passed a gang of hungry sand sharks with some rays mixed in just to add to the challenge! But a few persistent anglers hung in there and were rewarded with some nice keeper bass and fluke. Case in point, a nice 41″…

A few more anglers out yesterday and yes more lines in the water, more fish landed. Some nice size bass mixed in with the usual shorts yesterday. Add to that small to medium size blues and a few nice keeper fluke. The lions share of fish caught yesterday were taken on bait. Yes bunker and clams…

The beach bite of bass, blues and fluke continued yesterday out front. Bait remains the way to go on all three species. Cut bunker, clams, squid strips tipped with spearing or killies (if you can find them) are the baits of choice. Artificial choices remain from SP minnow style swimmers, poppers, and buck tails tipped…

Slow yesterday mostly due to the weather and lack of bait out front. Today’s forecast is much more conducive to surf fishing. Reports of small blues chasing bait with birds diving in the Lavallette Ortley beach area are coming into the shop. The bay bite is about the same and there is still a lack of crabs…

The pick of bass, blues and fluke in the surf continues. Mixed sizes of blues with small to keeper size fluke are still being taken from Barnegat Inlet to the south, and north to the Mathis/Tunney Bridge. FINALLY!, some keeper CRABS were taken yesterday off our dock, not a ton but definitely worth the time and effort trying… John…

There are still some nice size keeper bass finding their way to the local scales. These fish are being taken mostly on cut bunker and clams out front on our ocean beaches. The bay is still producing some slammer blues if you know where to seek them out. Case in point, one of our regular…

More of the same out front! Slow pick of bass, blues and fluke being caught on bait and lures alike. That is if you are lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time! The bay is still producing small to medium size blues, with small to keeper size fluke in all the usual spots,…

The surf bite on cut bait yesterday in IBSP was on the up tic for sure. Several nice keeper bass were taken on cut bunker and a few anglers were reporting more then one keeper landed. Fluke fishing in the surf remains good from Lavallette thru IBSP. Bucktails tipped with gulp seem to be the…

The pick goes on! A few short bass and mid size blues were taken yesterday from Seaside Park thru IBSP. The bass fell to clams while the blues were taken on cut bunker and poppers. Lavallette and Ortley beach areas gave up a couple of keeper flatties, on gulp tipped bucktails in the surf. We…