The Latest and Most Relevant Fishing Updates You Should Know

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.

The keeper-plus size bass that were along most of our beaches out front gorging themselves on clams and cut bunker have thinned out a bit, they are still around both on day and night tides for those willing to put in a little time. Fluke fishing in the bay has been good. The usual spots are giving up some nice keepers. BB and BI buoys are always good spots to check. The mouth of Tom's River is also a spot to try. Barnegat Inlet to our south and Manasquan Inlet to our north have also been producing quality fish. No crabs out back yet but then again no one has been trying!