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96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 06/12/24 They may look other-worldly (especially with eyes only on one side of their head and a face like Beaker from the Muppets) but flounder are always a welcome

Choppers Lake 32.3768, -85.3511

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 02/08/24 @kurtkrispyn managed to snap this remarkable photo of this harlequin fish one of the prettiest species off our coastline. The yellow dots on the side are f

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

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 03/11/23 Sometimes strength in numbers doesn't bode well for baitballs! If you ever see birds diving into large schools of bait on the surface there is often la

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

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

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

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

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 05/07/24 While barramundi cod might not reach the same sizes as their barramundi namesakes and grow to a maximum length and weight of about 70cm and 5kg most fisher

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 01/11/24 The eyes of a spearfisher always light up when a big coral trout cruises past. Make sure you try shallow frying up small strips of the skin (scales still o

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

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

Caught By Ron Johnson from High Point on a blue

Caught by Colleen Hurley From OKI with live bait

Woodchoppers Pond 40.8987, -72.8415

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

A closed season applies to snapper and pearl perch throughout Queensland tidal waters from 15 July to 15 August.  Hervey Bay Coral trout sweetlip blackall and cod on the inshore reefs school mackerel in the Shipping Channels trevally in Platypu

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

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 08/11/24 A big week for the south coast fishing community - but we have secured a better outcome for fishers in South Coast Marine Parks. As a result of the thousan