NJ fishing reports

[kq7v7u3s]

Going Friday morning for a few hours looking for stripers Sea Girt to Seaside. Its gonna happen soon....
If you want keeper sea bass you have to get out to 100ft+. Shark River Reef/Stolt/Resor.

 

[Keeldad]

Fished from GE inlet to Brigantine inlet along the 3 mile line today. Lots of bait but no fish. Had fog most all day. Had a few boats blasting along through the fog that we tracked on radar and had to maneuver to avoid. Either they had radar and weren’t paying attention or they didn’t have radar, In which case they shouldn’t be running at full speed in severely reduced visibility.

 

[Blaugrana]

No fish here either...got out at 7am basically idling the whole way out because the fog was so thick.

We went in around 830-9am as we had a similar incident. I seemed to track every boat on my 20 year old radar but had one guy flying over a wave and forced us to speed up and reel in our lines before he ran them over. I am curious why that happened....if my boat showed up, he didn’t have radar or wasn’t paying attention.

There were some decent swells so not sure if I was hopping on and off.

 

[SkunkBoat]

Got out on a 32 Topaz. Ran slow thru fog to the Resor. The Jamaica and Paramount were already there. We did a few drifts over and along the wreck. 1 Keeper seabass, lots of throwbacks, porgies and dogfish. We moved on to the Triple wrecks. It was dead. Moved on to the Hudson Elbow. Fog cleared somewhat. Got nothing trolling. Just 2 blue sharks on our sword baits drifting all night. Nobody was catching. I found us some golden tilefish (finally!!!!) in 450 ft and we got a dozen in windy conditions. We got a surprise 50 pound YFT on the bottom on a tilefish rig!

 

[Blaugrana]

Was this from today or yesterday?

 

[SkunkBoat]

Was this from today or yesterday?

pix are Sat morning. Friday was foggy mess.

 

[SkunkBoat]

fishbox shot...actually we found another tile and a seabass in the ice after the pic.

 

[Iceman2010]

We killed the bass yesterday, 26 fish by 11am 34 to 44 inches

 

[Stephnic]

We went sea bass fishing Saturday. We left Harbor Cove at 7 am and had sixty keepers by noon fishing the deep water wreck. Great day

 

[Iceman2010]

We went sea bass fishing Saturday. We left Harbor Cove at 7 am and had sixty keepers by noon fishing the deep water wreck. Great day

Which wreck? And what bait? Clams?

 

[Stephnic]

Which wreck? And what bait? Clams?

Clams and squid. We were moving all over the deep water reef. Most of the bigger fish where off to the side of the wreck

 

[Summertop511]

We killed the bass yesterday, 26 fish by 11am 34 to 44 inches

Wow can I ask on what? If on the troll how deep? Nice catch! I’m out of tuckerton

 

[SkunkBoat]

We killed the bass yesterday, 26 fish by 11am 34 to 44 inches

yeah...spill the beans bro...
I know you are south of me. Were you off Seaside, Island Beach, LBI?

 

[Colliw11]

Anyone hearing anything about the inshore bluefin yet? Looking to get one last shot before putting the boat away.

 

[hooked on Grady]

we just heard of someone claiming to get away from the striper fisherman to boat a nice bluefin. there is pics online somewhere, I believe it was a 100 pounder

 

[Stephnic]

yeah...spill the beans bro...
I know you are south of me. Were you off Seaside, Island Beach, LBI?

skunkboat you asking about the sea bass?

 

[SkunkBoat]

skunkboat you asking about the sea bass?

no, Iceman's stripers. he's out of Barnegat inlet....wondering if he went north to Seaside Park...

Your seabass trip was nice! Too far south for me. I can run 20-40miles to 120-200 ft wrecks for them here but I'm just going to finish out the season with stripers and maybe chase inshore bluefins

 

[Stephnic]

no, Iceman's stripers. he's out of Barnegat inlet....wondering if he went north to Seaside Park...

Your seabass trip was nice! Too far south for me. I can run 20-40miles to 120-200 ft wrecks for them here but I'm just going to finish out the season with stripers and maybe chase inshore bluefins

That’s what I’m looking to do before I pull the boat. Starting in December fishing the outer banks for giants.

 

[SkunkBoat]

got skunked this afternoon from Bayhead to Long Branch

 

[Summertop511]

got skunked this afternoon from Bayhead to Long Branch

Same from barnegate inlet to ortley beach. Didn’t hear much else going on the radio.
On the ride home found huge bunker pod with nothing but spiny dogfish all over them.

skunk, did you hear that guy on 68 with the vhf keyed all morning?