Monthly Archives: May 2018

Great Surf Morning by Pat Presutto

I picked up another nice striper today (5/31) on the beach in Surf City. I caught it at 6:30 AM on a bunker chunk. My fish was 42.75 inches and weighed 28 lbs 1 oz. When I beached her, my

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Opening Day Flounder By Marty Friedrich

My two friends and I had a good first day of flounder fishing out in Great Bay. We caught our limit of 9 flounder and had about a dozen throwbacks. There were two nice fish at 22 and 1/2 and

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First Two Days of 2018 Fluke Season by Ed Valitutto

On Friday opening day, Alan Goracy and I fished Double Creek. It’s been dredged and nicely marked but there are two or three spots where it is really narrow between the buoys. Despite the large fleet, we quickly had 15

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Opening Day Fluke by Phil Simon

Fished the bay opening day for fluke. Started at the BI, then the 40 can. Nada. Moved to the Research Buoy – lots of algae already on the bottom – my bucktail with teaser kept picking it up. Switched to a white

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Inshore Black Sea Bass Fishing by Bob Dodds

Bob Dodds reported a day sea bass fishing. Three generations of the “Dodds” family went sea bass fishing on Friday May 25th with Captain Greg Carr on the Kev’N Ash II docked in Barnegat Light. Bob (aka Pop Pop), son

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What A Shame! by Dave Spendiff

I arrived at Gulf Point this morning at 7:30 and started to troll the bay with spoons. I trolled and trolled and trolled without a touch until 10:00 when I finally hooked and boated a small bluefish. I went back

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First Striper for 2018 by Pat Presutto

Today was just too nice a morning to stay at home. I stopped off for some bunker and went to a spot in Surf City. Boy was I glad I did! I caught this 37.5 inch striper that weighed in

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Great Bay Blue Fish by Marty Friedfrich

Five blues that I know of were caught off the sod banks on Iowa Avenue in Great Bay yesterday (Saturday 5/12). They were in the eight pound range. I think they have finally arrived in Great Bay.

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On the Beach by Donna Harris

Lots of anglers on the beach this weekend. Went out Saturday afternoon mid island and caught this very short striper that will live to see another day. I think some of the white perch I’ve caught are close to this

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The Bay Blues are Back

Headed out a bit late this morning to, once again, troll for the allusive bay blues. Went to the Gulf Point Bay, the area between Gulf Point and the Barnegat Condos. I started the troll in overcast weather with south

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