The Latest and Most Relevant Fishing Updates You Should Know

Fluke remains the main target in the surf right now, with blues and striped bass still in the mix. The number one bait for the flatties is Gulp fished on a buck tail or a high low rig. Cut bunker, clams, and sand mole crabs will all bring fish to your hooks when the fish are present. Crabbing off our dock remains a slow pick, with fluke and blowfish starting to be taken in our area by boats.

Nice size crabs were being pulled up on drop lines yesterday from our dock out back! Anglers fishing cut baits were also into small to midsize blues! Looks like things are starting to heat up out there! Surf fishing remains the same. Bass blues and fluke are still feeding in close, not a ton but they still are present! Cut bunker, salted clams and squid strips will all work.

The fluke bite in the surf at IBSP is starting to heat up. Tipping a bucktail jig with gulp, squid or spearing is your best bet. There are still some bass, blues, and black drum around taking cut bunker and clams. Bluefish are being taken out back off our dock on cut bait, not a ton but they are in the 1 to 3 pond range. Crabbing is still slow.

A mixed bag is available right now in the surf, bass, blues, fluke, and black drum being the main cast. But the ever pesky dog fish and rays seem to be always present. Bait is still the way to go. Cut bunker and clams are your one two punch followed by squid and mullet. The key to any success in all surf fishing is putting in your time, reading the beaches and fishing the tides. Crabbing out back in the bay is starting. Renting one of our boats will allow you the freedom to move from spot to spot till you find them, where as crabbing off our dock is more of a waiting game.

Surf fishing in our area has slowed down a bit! But bass, blues, and black drum can still be picked on clams and cut bunker by those willing to put in some time. The lack of bait and cool water temperatures are to blame for the slower bite right now. Fluke fishing in the bay is a hit or miss situation also, with the BB and BI buoys to our south and the Mantoloking Bridge to our north being two good locations to try. Crabbing in our area has not yet started but that could to change with the warming air temperatures.