Bass in the Rip
The bass fishing at the Rip off Sandy Hook has picked up dramatically. Jimmy Morenz at Julian's Bait and Tackle in Atlantic Highlands said the guys in boat are doing very well with live eels. Kevin...
View ArticleBass bite heating up
The surf just looked right when I stopped down there this morning. Turns out the bass showed up in Asbury Park behind Convention Hall and there were about 30 boats into fish off the beach. More details...
View ArticleSandy’s impact
The arrival of Sandy put a real damper on the striper fishing in the surf. Several days of blitzes came to an abrupt halt as the surf began to heave. No is sure what impact the storm will have on …...
View ArticleSandy shuts down fishing
Nothing going on out there right now. We'll have to wait and see what the weekend brings. In the meantime, hope all of you are safe.
View ArticleAtlantic Menhaden meeting
There isn't 100 percent confirmation on this but Allen Russ of the NJ DEP sent an email that said with the government offices closed again on Wednesday and the amount of damage caused by Hurricane...
View ArticleMenhaden Meeting
It looks as though the Atlantic Menhaden meeting on Draft Amendment 2 will take place as scheduled on Thursday, Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. at the Atlantic County Library at 306 Jimmie Leeds Road in Galloway....
View ArticleBass bite picks up
The long-awaited spring striper run appears to be gathering steam. There's been bass caught all along the beaches, except Sandy Hook, which is still closed. The Hook is scheduled to open May 1. Bob...
View ArticleBig bass have arrived
It's shaping up to be a good holiday weekend to go fishing. The big stripers have arrived and are being caught from Island Beach State Park to Sandy Hook by boats using jigs and livelining bunker. Guys...
View ArticleGoofed
I made a mistake in today's paper regarding the weight of the winning mako in this past weekend's Mako Fever and Mako Mania tournaments. The winning shark tipped the scales at 386 pounds, not 286 as...
View ArticleGo fish
Labor Day is upon us and its seems like this summer never really got going. Before it ends, take advantage of the good fluking off the beach. Keepers are being caught in the surf from Sandy Hook south...
View ArticleRegional flue measures approved
Despite New Jersey's overwhelming rejection of the plan, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has approved regional management measures for summer flounder for 2014. New York pushed hard for...
View ArticleCorrection
There was an error in the black sea bass regulations reported in today's edition of the Asbury Park Press. The bag limit for sea bass from July 1 to Aug. 31 is three fish, not 15. Everything else was...
View ArticleMonster fluke caught in Shark River
Frank Kossell, Lewes, Del, brought the biggest fluke Fisherman's Den in Belmar has ever weighed in. The 14-pound, 15 ounce doormat was caught on a live peanut bunker at the bottom of the tide last...
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