Member Reports
Epic Striper Fishing on the Jen-Jen by Larry Leary
Brian, Tyler, friend Smity and I left the dock at 5:45 AM heading to IBSP. We wound up going past Ortley before we started seeing life. Started catching there and then headed back south. The fish were all over the…
Maiden voyage of a tin boat by Dave Spendiff
Two weeks ago I bought a used 10′ Jon boat to use in the lagoons near the house to fish for white perch. It was in “like new” condition, but with only a wheel system on the transom for pushing…
Personal best surf-caught striped bass by Bayside Dave
I went up to Sandy Hook with a few friends on Wednesday, October 26th to target bass by throwing plugs. We all caught quality bass in the 36″ range using 6″ pencil poppers. I was lucky enough to land this…
Another Keeper Tog off the BL Bulkhead by Ed Valitutto
Once again, I decided to drive to Barnegat Light and fish for tog off the bulkhead. This is the sixth time in 10 days that I have gone there. I’ve fished the same spot each time – just off the…
Bunker Everywhere but very few stripers by Ed Valitutto
John Stuebing joined me on Tuesday Oct 23rd. for a fantastic journey north of BI looking for stripers. Perfect weather made the trek enjoyable as we traversed the length of IBSP passing the ‘wheel’ at Seaside Heights and continuing on…
No Stripers Yet but a lot of small Weakfish by Ed Valitutto
Fishing the day after our club dinner was tough, but I couldn’t say no to John Stuebing’s offer to search for Striped Bass. After rounding Holgate, we headed north and quickly found schools of bunker – but no predators were…
Finally, a Keeper Tog by Ed Valitutto
After hearing about all the tog being caught in the Barnegat Light area, I decided to give it a try on Monday 10/16. I stopped at FHQ for crabs, but when told they had mole crabs aka sand fleas, I…
Sea Bass and a great weather day by John Stuebing
Went fishing with Ed (The Pres) yesterday. When I arrived at Ed’s boat early morning, he already had Ice and Bait ready to go. Off we went to GSN. Once on the reef Ed positioned the boat over a sunken…
We Limited but We Worked For It by Ed Valitutto
With beautiful weather forecast, I joined John Stuebing for a day of sea bass fishing. John’s plan called for hitting the Boiler, a small wreck ~ 8.5 mi east of Little Egg inlet. We caught plenty of fish but the…
Labor Day Fishing by Dave Puzak
Had a good day fishing this Labor Day. My daughter caught her first keeper fluke near Double Creek and the dyke. It was a great day on the water with fluking, blowfishing, clamming and swimming. My family bagged three blowfish…