The Latest and Most Relevant Fishing Updates You Should Know

Today marks the getaway day for the long 4th of July weekend! Our beaches, bays and docks are ready and waiting for angler to try their luck on the catch at hand. Short to keeper size bass have been taking ava's and deadly dicks on some of our northern beaches. Possibly a sign that sand eels may be starting to make their appearance. We had a nice fat 21" fluke brought into the shop yesterday, the fish was taken in Island Beach State Park on a buck tail jig tipped with gulp. Crabbing is still increasing by the day in the bay. Our dock is 99% finished and crabbers have been using it while the construction crew puts on the finishing touches. As usual the boats are out producing the shore bound crabbers due to their option to move around the bay. We have FRESH bunker and FRESH clams along with our large selection of frozen baits for your fishing pleasure...John Yac

Slow pick on our ocean beaches continues! Bass, blues, fluke, and king fish are the targets when they are present. Cut bait remains the way to go. Bunker, clams, and squid are the top three baits. For those who just can't seem to fish bait, the choice is metal and small swimmers (bomber and SP minnow class)  with a teaser up front will do the trick when  the fish are present. Bay fishing and crabbing also staying the same, blow fish, king fish and fluke in the BB and BI buoy areas. Crabs are being caught from the usual spots by boat, docks and bulk heads are starting to pick up....John Yac

Same story as yesterday a little slow on the surf. Bring your rain gear for today as you should not have a hard time finding spots to fish. We are still seeing some nice sized crabs coming in from our rental boats and from the dock. Mario

Pretty much the same story on the surf with the South wind. Bass and blues are there but you have to work for them. Crabbing in the back has been good with our boats coming in with a decent catch and also the dock is producing a nice amount of keepers for the table. Mario

The surf outlook remains the same! Blue fish in the 2lb-5lb class along with short to keeper size bass moving in and out. Fluke in the surf is a matter of finding what cut or drop off they are holding in and a well placed bait will often do the trick. I'm hearing king fish are starting to take up residence's along our ocean fronts. The bay is pretty consistent with its catches of blow fish and nice size kings. The BB and BI buoys still remain the hot spots. Crabbing is steady with more and more keepers showing up in the traps....John Yac