The Latest and Most Relevant Fishing Updates You Should Know

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. Poppers, swimmers and metals are good artificial choices. The boats are once again enjoying landing large bass on the troll with bunker spoons. If trolling is not your thing then finding schools of bunker and using the snag and drop method is deadly! ... John Yac

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 at 16" program will be in effect this year again (surf caught only) in IBSP. These fish must hit the check station before leaving the park... John Yac

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 todays lousy forecast the rest of the week looks good with more favorable winds predicted and fishing will surely improve...John Yac >>> Remember all you have to do to win a $50.00 store gift card is have the heaviest fish weighed in at our shop for the month. So far a 18.125 lb. bass is in the lead. >>>

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 and clams. The bite has been a night time one as shown to me by a visiting angler over the weekend. The boats trolling for bass out front were experiencing a slow pick with only a few small keepers to show for there efforts. The crabs are finally making a long awaited appearance off our dock, several small ones were coming up in the pots a good sign of things to come!... John Yac

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 by mullet and clams. Poppers of all kinds along with swimming plugs and metals are also getting attention from these tackle busters! The shop will be open late tonight and at 4:00 AM tomorrow morning for all your tournament needs... John Yac Remember our Weigh-Ins Wanted! program where each month the heaviest fish weighed in at our shop will receive a $50.00 store gift card which can be used for anything on the property. 18.15 lbs. is our current leader for May.