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A nice body of good size bass moved in along our beaches yesterday, they were hot on the trail of a school of full size bunker and gave shore bound anglers a shot at what boat fisherman take for granted. Big popping plugs and swimmers took their share of fish but the number one method by far was snag and drop. As long as these schools of peanut and full size bunker stay around and are within casting distance of the beach the odds of hooking up with a nice size bass is definitely in your favor.... John Yac PM UPDATE: We just got a load of FRESH BUNKER in the shop. Stop in before you hit the beach. Remember these bass are on bunker so don't miss out!

Well we're finally up and running once again, hope they got all the bugs out this time. Yesterday we had some quality fish hit the beach in IBSP. The fish were in the 20 lb class and were taken on the snag and drop method. There were large schools of peanut to full size bunker within casting range and the bass were in hot pursuit. Got some reports back from the beach today and the large schools of bait are just out of casting range but that can change at any time so be ready... John Yac

Tired of reading about all the big bass the boats are getting Manasquan and north? Well I wish I had something different to tell you, but I don't. The only positive that comes out of this is, the fish are close, they are on big schools of bunker, and all it would take is for the bunker to slide a bit south and a little west and bingo! This may be brought on by the falling temperatures forecasted for the remainder of the week, all we can do is hope. We have fresh clams, fresh bunker, live eels and sand worms, so we're ready. If SP Minnows, Bombers, X-Raps and Mambo Minnows are your thing we have a nice selection to chose from... John Yac

Big fish are still to the north of Manasquan on large school of bunker, while we still pick away on shorts with a few keepers mixed in. Most of our bass have been taken on clams in the surf between Seaside Park and IBSP.  Rain fish is the predominate bait in our area right now with some small blues in pursuit... John Yac

Why the bass are still reluctant to move south along our beaches are any bodies guess. I'm sure it has all to do with the schools of bunker north of the Manasquan inlet, once again boats are playing the snag and drop game and taking some nice 20 lb. class fish. Thank God we still have a few small blues around so we don't go totally fishless, but that is becoming more and more tiring by the day. So for now waiting and hoping is all we can do... John Yac