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Made both trips again today with the same fishing.. On the morning trip we picked at short seabass with a few keepers. We also had a few porgies and some short and keeper blackfish. On the afternoon trip the wind picked up from the south wind.. We w

Catching a doormat fluke is usually the ticket to winning a tournament for that species but a 10-pounder boated by Wayne Hurley of New Egypt was only good for third place in Saturday’s 16th annual Point Pleasant Elks Fluke Tournament. Peter Fa

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. Made our 3/4 day trip for blackfish and it was a pretty good day. No wind and a flat calm ocean. Good short action with some shorts mixed in. Everyone caught. Some had from one to four keepers while others caught

Capt JR reports a good day on the Viking Star. We started out the morning steaming right off to the Sea Bass grounds. As soon as we arrived big beautiful knot head Sea Bass were coming over the rail all around the boat. In addition to the knot head b

Capt JR reports a good day of fishing today on the Viking Starlite. We started out the morning a little offshore and found a good pick of SeaBass with all sizes mixed in. We took a little ride into some deeper water and quickly filled our limit of bi

Good numbers of Blackfish being caught close to shore. A few keepers mixed in with lots of fish just being shy of the new legal limit. Tough fighters these dense fish are! Diamond jigging for both blues and Stripers off of Port Jeff harbor at buoy 1

Boaters hoping for less southwest wind than during Saturday's gale-force predictions were disappointed to find themselves fighting 25-to-30-mph southwest winds today. Bob Correll of Bay Head and I fished with Capt. Joe Massa on his My Three Sons

Glorious weather today but the bite was on the slow side and not as lively as we hoped. Maybe tog don’t love 75 degree weather ‍♂️ #mattituck #CelticQuest #Blackfish #beautifulday Posted by Celtic Quest Fishing Fleet on Thursday October 3

The past few trips have been pretty decent. We have been catching quite a few blackfish and successfully jigging up some striped bass. Not a bad haul at all. The weather is getting colder which can be great for catching seasonal fish but make sure yo

Happy New Year. We made our last fishing trip for 2022 today. Made a few drops in the same area we have ben fishing the past few days. The action was not as good as the past few days. Some drops had some fish while others were not as good. Ended the

The winner of both pools today was Mark LaPointe from Baiting Hallow NY with a 7.7 lb Blackfish and a 3.2 lb Sea Bass.

NEW TRIPS ADDED FOR THE FALL 2022 SCHEDULE! We have added a number of new and exciting trips for the Fall season as well as our regularly scheduled staple trips. Check below for details! Ultra Limited Capacity Blackfish/Sea Bass Sailing aboard the Vi

Capt JR reports a tough trip on the Viking Star. We tried a bunch of spots but only had luck with a couple of Cod. We will give it another shot next weekend! The pool winner was Audley Campbell from Shirley NY with a  6lb Cod.

Excerpt from article by Dick Alley: “Monday dawned bright and beautiful. A new month. Spring-like temperatures and the official start to winter flounder and blackfish seasons. The next two or three days take us back to winter but warmer weather

Dan Radel Asbury Park Press It’s been a cold start to the fishing week but over the weekend both the local and offshore bottom structures were giving up plenty of blackfish and sea bass. The temperature looks like it will … Continue readi

At Point Pleasant Capt. Bobby Bogan reported a boat limit of yellowfin tuna during his Friday to Saturday trip to Spencer Canyon with the Gambler. There were also some dolphin and skipjacks but no albacore. The Saturday to Sunday trip produced the l

Capt JR reports a tough day on the Viking Star. The Sea Bass fishing was definitely not what it has been. However the Blackfishing was definitely okay for those who knew what time it was. Plenty of guys had their limit with some beefy specimens in th

Made both morning and afternoon bottom fishing trips today and we had better fishing.. On both trips we had plenty of action with shorts and some keeper seabass and a few keeper blackfish. Only a few porgies. There are some picutres in the gallery a

Article excerpt: “A number of party boats took their first trips of the season to the ocean to fish for striped bass. The boats worked the area of the Shrewsbury Rocks in Monmouth County but anglers had no bites in the cold (44 degrees) ocean e