Gone are the beach badge checkers at every entrance, the lines of boats waiting to get through the train bridge and non-stop traffic to get to the marina – its September! Anglers are in their glory as the shift of the season gently moves on…
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Record-breaking heat hit early in July, meaning by August the waters should be ripe with tropical activity of mahi, Spanish macks, cobia and the like. Tuna season gained a lot of steam in early July and should be full-on running and gunning this month, both…
BBQ’s are firin’, suntan lotion wafts on the breeze and fishing is lit up! July is a wonderful time to be in the saltwater. Most tourists and hardcore inshore anglers alike will be after summer flounder for the mainstay and hopefully, offshore, tuna fishing will…
We can officially say its summertime! The month of May brought some fine striper fishing, in the central part of the state it was the best spring run in the surfside in years. June will see the remnants of the migratory fish sticking around. Fluke…
I’ll take the month of May any day over any other month to fish. Truly, it is the first real month of solid fishing on all fronts, from surf to inshore to offshore and what a start we’ve had. Stripers carpet-bombed the Raritan Bay and…
Heading into April, good news came for striper anglers as the deep freeze from one of the harshest winters in the past two decades not only didn’t seem to hamper the striper bit, but accelerated it, as bass were being caught on March 1st in…
With the most frigid winter crushing Jersey in at least 15 years, everybody is chomping at the bit to get on with spring time, though it looks like its going to be a long wait the way February is going. However, March brings that promise…
The 2025 saltwater wrap up was a mix of feast or famine it seemed on a variety of species. Striped bass spring fishing was pretty solid, but the fall run was nearly nonexistent in the surf and tough going on the boats. For whatever reason,…
Jersey anglers are entering the finest months of the year, more specifically, striper hounds are ready to get theirs. Striper fishing will be firing on all cylinders as November through the end of December usher in hordes of migratory bass on their way southward. From…
Everything shifts in October. As the true autumnal season sets in with full colorful plumage, the saltwater comes alive. Cool nights spark the baitfish to push out of the backwaters and into the surfline as they are intercepted by migratory fish including stripers, blues, false…