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Barnegat, New Jersey is a coastal city on the Atlantic Ocean. The Lenape Native Americans would travel to the Barnegat area in the summer for gathering clams and preserving them for the winter. With the shells, they created wampum, which was their form of currency. Around 1609, a Dutch sailor came across the inlet of the area and named it Barende-gat for the Inlet of Breakers. It was in 1720 that the first European settlers permanently lived in the area. Some whalers set up their homes in Barnegat and used the cedar trees there to build their ships. The township was one of the major seaports at the time, and fishing also contributed to its success.
In Barnegat Bay and Barnegat Inlet there are lots of Bluefish, Flounder, Striped Bass, and Weakfish (Gray Trout) that are caught. Nearshore fishing Barnegat will produce lots of Black Sea Bass and Tautog on bottom. Bluefin Tuna, Little Tunny, and Mackerel are frequently caught off while trolling nearshore Barnegat. Hake, Haddock, and Tilefish are popular targets on bottom between nearshore and the deep. Offshore there is great tuna fishing, including Bluefin. Big Eye, and Yellowfin Tuna toward the canyons. In the warmer months, Mahi-mahi, Wahoo, Blue Marlin and White Marlin are common visitors.
Record catches from Barnegat fishing include a 13-pound, 13-ounce Atlantic Bonito, a two-pound, eight-ounce Northern Kingfish, and a 41-pound, seven-ounce White Hake.
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Brian Priest Stripers Did our last trip in Raritan Bay with Brian Priest landing half dozen fish in short order even though the fog was thick decided to stretch her legs and ran out looking for in
Fish On Tournament Stripers Andreas Toy hosted the annual Fish On Tournament 3rd year in a row it included close to a dozen local Capts to benefit a worthy cause. There were 62 anglers with most boats p
Fish On Tournament 2025 Andreas Toy hosted the annual Fish On Tournament 3rd year in a row it included close to a dozen local Capts to benefit a worthy cause. There were 62 anglers with most boats p
Drew Carlson Stripers In the afternoon on the 31 had Drew Carlson and the guys out and despite the slower start landed on a good bite in the middle of the trip which ended with a bang running thru
David Hockenberry Stripers On the 31 in the morning Capt Greg and Shane had David Hockenberry out and what an incredible trip. Loaded our well and in one 45 min drift blew thru all of our baits. One tw
Dan Pilliteri Stripers Had Dan and John Pilliteri back for there annual trip. Got our bait and off we went. John got us started with the biggest fish of the day at 36 inches that had to go back. Af
Alan Kulesza Stripers Had Alan Kulesza back today for stripers. Heavy fog today but had steady action throughout the trip on the live bunker. Jason Marshall caught his first few stripers today as w
Kevin Barbalet Stripers Capt Greg had Kevin Barbalet out today for stripers. In two throws of the net filled our live well. Had fish right away and made a move to get on a good bite on live bunker.
Craig Service Group Stripers Had Todd Craigs boys out today. Got our bait and first drift got our limit. Today the rookie Steve led the way 7 fish for high hook honors. Greg had 6 but had the biggest at
Larry DeLuise On the 39 had Larry DeLuise back with Joe and new to striper fishing Jason and Mark. None of the guys had ever livelined but with my Pure Luv coaching style they got good qui
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