Heavy clam chumming has been the way to go to boat quantities of Blowfish. The backwaters have been very good for Blowfish and most can still target them even in bad weather. Most boats worked the inlet for a slow pick on Fluke. Lacey Marine in Forked River had slow reports to the end of the Fluke season in the ocean with only a few boats making it out. The store is stocked with fresh Mullet and there has been consistent action on cocktail Bluefish throughout the day. The shop has been hearing of some other keeper sized fish being caught and released on plugs worked during the night shifts. The fish was just over 28 inches and fat, and was released to fight another day at a bigger weight. Grumpy’s Bait & Tackle in Seaside Park reported an uptick in the fall fishing with the 1st keeper Striped Bass hitting the sands. Small metals worked quickly resulted in several hookups. The shop received confirmed reports of False Albacore along the beaches North of Manasquan Inlet and some did push into the inlet area. Jersey Hooker Outfitter in Brick had anglers working eels and soft plastics around the bridges for Striped Bass in the Shark and Manasquan Rivers. The skipper has some Hudson canyon tuna trips available in October with 10-man limit-call for details. The boat will be sailing for open boat Ling, Cod, and Porgies this Friday and Saturday with a 7am departure. The MIMI VI out of Point Pleasant finished the year strong with putting some anglers on the personal best up to 8 pounds. The boat will be sailing on a ¾-day schedule through February and Bluefish night trips will continue Friday and Saturday nights. Most have been caught on bait and jigs, and the skipper feels it should only get better as the Fall moves on. The Bluefish trips have changed with nicer fish moving in to 8 pounds. Norma K in Point Pleasant Beach reported a pick on Fluke to end the season and the boat’s monthly pool winner was Dan Schneider with a solid 8-pounder. The author found some great fluke in the final days of the season last week, putting clients on fish to 10 pounds while fishing the wrecks in rough seas. The back bays are doing well on crabs as most are loaded with meat. The beaches have had small bluefish, some false albacore and even a few keeper striped bass being caught. Bill’s Landing in Point Pleasant Beach had a few keeper Fluke being reported from the beaches and inlets at the close of the season. The Manasquan River has been choked with Blowfish up to the bridges as most soft plastics and Gulp come back with the tell-tale “bird-beak” bites.Ĭapt. ![]() Striped bass up to keeper size have been caught with live eels drifted under the bridges and with soft plastics worked on the shadow lines. ![]() Bluefish in the 2- to 4-pound range have been around the jetties, rockpiles, and inlets, and are also hitting jigs. Early this week, False Albacore did push into the Manasquan Inlet and were being caught with metals worked quickly back to shore. Anglers who did brave the conditions had a tough time holding bottom, but did catch some nice doormat sized Fluke. Hopefully we paid it forward for October and November with the lackluster ending to our Fluke season! Fishing Report For Southern New Jerseyįisherman’s Supply in Point Pleasant reported a rough ending to New Jersey’s Summer Flounder season with anglers having to deal with heavy seas due to offshore storms and high winds. Offshore tuna fishing should be good, if the seas finally calm down and cooperate. Sea Bass fishing will re-open this month, and the jetty blackfishing is usually outstanding for October. It plain stunk for most! All the news isn’t bad, as the fall action has started with False Albacore action off the beaches, and increased Striped Bass activity around the backwater bridges. Mother Nature threw us a real screwball for the end of Summer Flounder season as wave heights to 6 feet made getting out of the inlets tough and battered the beaches for surf anglers working the suds.
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