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The albies arrive in New Jersey after they leave Montauk in late October and November.

 We are in one of the hottest times of the year right now for fishing.  The are blitzes of fish coming off in multiple spots along the oceanfront daily.  Find the bait and you find the fish. In the last few days I hit some of the bigg

Blues and More Blues - I fished for a couple hours after work with my Dad and this was a strictly artificials trip (bucktails plugs poppers soft plastics). We worked the Barnegat Inlet staying tight to the rocks for Striped Bass but could only muste

Fished with Tim Tiffany and Zeph today at Montauk. It was rough and rainy. We killed them anyway. We had close to twenty albies and a bunch of big blues on the fly and on the spinning rod. No bass today. In the afternoon I had the entire Montauk Poi

This is a great combo trip in early November.

End of this October and November the albies arrive in New Jersey.

Stripers were on the feed prior to the big storm. Sunday's storm wasn't a hurrincane a tropical storm or a northeaster but it has to rank as one of the biggest unnamed storms to hit the state. Besides all the tree damage and knocking out pow

More jumbo November Albies!

It looks like stripers are beginning to move into the back waters and surf now while cocktail blues dominate as well. Midshore a host of bonito albies and even an errant wahoo or yellowfin tuna are moving in to streak … Continue reading →

  My son Matt was fishing in MA waters from a boat today.  It was a bonanza of albies Spanish Mackerel stripers and bluefish. This albie hit an Epoxy Jig. At the same time I was fishing in RI waters.  It was all stripers and lots of t

It was an August with the most keepers I have ever landed this month from shore. By far it was the best August fishing I have ever experienced for stripers. For me it was a month filled with loads of big keeper fish as well as countless numbers of s

We are less than a month away from albie fishing. While there may be some bonito around right now the albies are basically a September fish.  Note this is a photo from last year. Already I saw a report this past week about albies and bonito off

Another albie comes to the boat as I snapped this photo before grabbing it. With an eye like that you have to think they have fantastic vision.

Fished with Darryl Matt Dave and Bill in Montauk. After a weather intermission the bite continued and the albies and blues were on the feed. We also had one bass. The bite was very good but a shade slower than epic. Morning was better than the after

Me and my beautiful other half took our dogs for a little ride on the Mount Maker today of coarse I had a rod or seven on board just in case. Well I found great signs of life today everwhere from inside to out. Caught nice grey trout (16-18")in t

First bonito of the year for me landed today. It was a wild week of striper blitzes from the shore this week. And today was a wild one from the boat as my brother Steve and I got more than just stripers. Oh the stripers and the bait were just about

The fishing at Montauk is off to a great start. Fished with Peter and Anthony. We were spin fishing and flyfishing. Saturday morning was excellent with lots of albies and blues. Midday was slow but sunset was epic. We had blitzing bass and blues on

Sea run brown trout on the fly rod!  It is with sadness that I report the passing of my father Ralph Pickering at the age of 93.  I know many of my readers knew him as we fished together for decades.  In fact everything I know about f

The Rebel Jumpin Minnow has been hot in the last month. I suggest you crush the barbs on the trebles for easier release. This fish hit a bucktail jig fished off a wooden egg float. That is a real effective combo in rough water. Man it has been reall