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 Friday 5/4 7am A couple nasty tstorms passed through early this morning but 10 anglers did show up with rain gear on ready to fish and I bet they are glad they did. It turned out be a lovely day and the Sesbass and Ling fishing was excellent. S

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 10/11/23 Want to see the magic behind all trout stocking in our South-West? Check out the latest video showing the behind the scenes look at DPIRD's Pemberton H

Matt of Tex’s Tackle reports that surf casters are hooking bluefish (with a few big choppers in the mix) at Wrightsville. A few puppy drum are mixed in and both are taking an interest in cut baits on bottom rigs. Sea mullet and other panfish ar

Allen Riley of South Plainfield was happy to see some 1-to-2-pound bluefish when he fished early Wednesday morning in the Sandy Hook surf but it wasn't until later in the day that he found out his friends who stayed after he left got into the fi

Bottom fishing usually suffers the biggest drop-off after a storm but sea bass actually may be biting better now. As previously noted Capt. Bobby Bogan of the Gambler from Point Pleasant is seeing more sea bass of all sizes while drifting five miles

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 01/09/23 A recent salmon stock assessment conducted by DPIRD has shown that West Aussie salmon numbers are not only very healthy but the fish being caught are getti

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The wind moderated today but the surf remained rough due to a big swell. Conditions were actually good for stripers except for the low tides at dawn and dusk. However the tides should be in our favor later in the week. Betty & Nick's in Seas

The Long Beach Island Surf Fishing Classic is underway and big stripers are already being beached on bait. Gary Taylor of Mt. Holly took a substantial lead on Saturday with a 41.56-pounder that hit bunker at Barnegat Light. Jeffrey Schlicher of Surf

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 08/09/23 Ever seen a tunnel made of fish? Check out this cracking cod snap taken by @brookepykephotography off Exmouth who has some stunning underwater photos that

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 09/12/22 A great underwater Spanish mackie shot snapped by talented photographer Marco Fraschetti @oceansdownunder. This guy has loads of cracking underwater sportf

Caught By Ron Johnson from High Point on a blue

Caught by Colleen Hurley From OKI with live bait

Nice job guys casting on these big blues!!! Will Hargrove busting some ass with my poor little rod! You know that rod "ain't no toy" 65 lbs braid 6000 Diawa Saltist and the tiger stick....very serious machine!!!

The rest of the week doesn't look too good due to rain and wind but the weekend is shaping up great with light northwest winds. Small craft warnings are up from now into Thursday. Hopefully this storm will end up sparking the long-awaited fall

Striped bass are still the headliners in local waters but they’re already getting some competition from bluefish. Shad fishing could hardly be better in the Delaware River; the spring blackfish season ends Saturday night. And cod remain a good

The best early summer run of school bluefin tuna in years has hit a snag in the form of big bluefish. Capt. Arthur Stokes of Fintastic from Clarks Landing in Point Pleasant said he trolled Suday from the Atlantic Princess almost to Hudson Canyon and

Only anglers as old as I am probably remember when thresher sharks were virtually unheard of along the Mid-Atlantic coast. During the early days of sportfishing for sharks on western Long Island (when the sport still hadn't caught on in N.J.) we

The early morning fog was a problem once again but once we worked our way down the beach with Sheri Berri from Baker's Marina on the Bay in Highlands it only took minutes before the rods started bending. After seeing just a few marks Capt. Hans

Glenn joined us again today.We had tough luck pulling off two nice cobia out of the gate.Soon after we found a big spot of the big “chopper” bluefish and had a great time catching them on top water plugs and jigs.It was great to see them