NJ Fishing reports for July 2016

[buckethead]

Tried to see if I can get something going yesterday on the incoming tide late afternoon. Thought I would shift things up a little bit. fish my usual area after the tourists had left, and managed two short stripers on bucktail and red gill teaser. The wind had shifted slightly East and there was a little bit of a chop to the water. good luck out there this weekend folks I'm off from fishing until Tuesday.

[DarkSkies]

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[DarkSkies]

June and Early Summer Recap......

Bunker are still on the radar for anyone targeting big bass.
Sadly many of the fishermen I know have given up fishing for Jersey bass at this time of year....
There are still a few bass and larger bluefish around here and there.

My June fishing was fairly consistent, often being able to pick up a few bass on each trip. There was a lot of effort and lost sleep necessary to do that though.
These bunker are both a blessing and a curse. They seem to concentrate all the fish in one area, around them.

There are a few encouraging signs out there:

1. Fluking by most standards has been pretty good for anyone putting in some time, from the shore and boats.
2. Each trip I take I don't even begin fishing until I scout the area and the forage varieties for a good 5 minutes. I am seeing more varieties of juvenile fish this year than I have seen in many years. I think... fingers crossed, this bodes well for what could be a spectacular fall season for many of us.

In the meantime, if you're out there on the water on a boat, or just fishing some isolated area at night from land...in bad weather... please be careful and safe. God Bless all.

[finchaser]

You can't catch bass with out live bunker come on quit kidding

[DarkSkies]

Oops you're right. I should have disclosed that I'm now carrying a 55 gallon bunker tank around with me whenever I fish.

That's the only way to catch bass now...
plugs, tins, bucktails, rubber.....none of that works.:kiss:

[seamonkey]

You can't catch bass with out live bunker come on quit kidding

Bunker make everyone a bass fisherman, known fact!

[plugcrazy]

Well I'm not so sure about that. I fished near Island beach early this morning between 5 and 6 a.m. before the shoobie traffic started.
I saw a bunch of bunker out far and it seemed like nothing was on them. Casted a bunch of stuff and ended up tossing a pencil popper right around sunrise. Raised one pretty decent-sized fish on that but it never came back. Maybe was a striper or a blue but I'll never know. Good luck and happy Fourth of July guys!

[bababooey]

Be careful on the water today folks. Was at a friends marina having a few pre dinner drinks. The amount of idiots today is scary.

[finchaser]

thank god most of them leave I need to do my yearly labor day count down

[buckethead]

I agree with you gents that's why I completely stop fishing for the whole weekend. It's not worth the aggravation trying to get some fishing in the disrespectful folks are here. Trash all over, urinating in the streets, and just a general sense of foul mouth loud behavior. You can have it.

[buckethead]

Went back to my old school method of bucktail with a red gill teaser this morning in moco. Picked up 3 short stripers right around first light. In between the rain.

[bababooey]

Benny go home!
Do i have to wait till sep 6 to post that here?

[cowherder]

way to go bucket. When you dont catch fish it gets me really worried because I know you are one of the old pros. Thanks for sharing the report and congrats.

[storminsteve]

Nice going bh. Good to know there are still a few around.

[buckethead]

Well 2 days in a row of catching bass apparently too much to hope for in jersey. this morning from 5 till 7. Beautiful morning out no stripes for me. I'm now using the bucktail and redgill combo every day. Did pick up two short flukeon the redgill. Great morning to be on the water early. Gonna be a hot one today folks.

[jigfreak]

Just goes to show you how much New Jersey fishing sucks. We can't even get a decent dink bite going for two days in a row. SMH

[hookset]

Jersey- bunker makes everyone a bass fisherman, and our dinks are delicious. guess it's time for a new slogan.

[lostatsea]

Summer doldrums

[J Barbosa]

Late report from July 1st (I blame DarkSkies for not having the thread up yet...)
Decent night of bass fishing with Rui although not as fast paced as we have been experiencing recently still a very solid night considering its JULY and water temps are 71-73F where we have been fishing. We had 6 bass total with 3 being shorts, one just keeper sized around 30", another one around 16-18lbs and then a skinny 45.5" bass that pulled the boga down to 32#. All bass released safely!

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[J Barbosa]

Tough fishing on Saturday we only managed 4 keeper fluke and about two dozen shorts with the fast drift we had. I was expecting much better action.

Sunday we had much better conditions I knew the bay would be super crowded on a holiday weekend so we opted to go out front and do some bottom fishing. Good conditions all morning with a very light wind. Kevin and I got our sea bass limits fairly quickly releasing a few smaller sized keepers and a bunch of out of season blackfish. We then switched over to ling for the rest of the morning and ended up with half a bucket of ling each.
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[Monty]

Late report from July 1st (I blame DarkSkies for not having the thread up yet...)
Decent night of bass fishing with Rui although not as fast paced as we have been experiencing recently still a very solid night considering its JULY and water temps are 71-73F where we have been fishing. We had 6 bass total with 3 being shorts, one just keeper sized around 30", another one around 16-18lbs and then a skinny 45.5" bass that pulled the boga down to 32#. All bass released

Great report JB. Congrats on the Bass action!!!!!

[cowherder]

Wait, No tuna this time? ONLY stripers ling and fluke?man you are slipping up there dude!
just kidding, want you to know I have drool running down the sides of my mouth reading your reports. you really are dialed in, congrats on the fish.

[buckethead]

Nice going JB always enjoy the reports and enthusiasm.

[buckethead]

Had a little better day this morning. Fished a little north of where I usually fish.Picked up four short fat bass and one short fluke. Bucktail and red gill teaser. Slight change to mild East wind may have made a little bit of difference, a bit of chop on the water before sunrise.

[basshunter]

jb you are catching so many varieties you could open your own seafood restaurant soon, nice going. any Triggerfish yet?

[buckethead]

It would almost be like winning the lottery to catch stripers 2 days in a row in the New Jersey summer surf without using something like sand crabs or peelers / shedders.
I have been pulling up a lot of mole crabs with the bucktail lately so I know the bass are feeding on them. I got nothing but the skunk this morning. Relatively strong East wind, dirty water, not a great combination. might try again on Monday

[storminsteve]

Thanks for the heads up. you know what they say you can't catch them from the couch. I did one of those marathon trips yesterday that you guys always talk about. Fished moco with gulp white curly tails. Bunch of weeds in the water. There were a lot of fluke and a lot of sea robbins as well. One keeper it was pretty fat. And a whole mess of shorts.The family came down and we went out to Long Branch for dinner. Then I was back out last night trying for blues or stripers. Got a few cocktail blues on poppers right around sunset. no luck with the stripers at all, and I quit when the torrential monsoon rains soaked me to the
bone.

[hookedonbass]

Refreshing to hear I'm not the only one who had trouble with the weeds yesterterday. The surf was also big and it was pretty tough for me. I don't know about you other guys. managed 5 short fluke, and a lot of weeds. My next time out is this week so I hope it will be better by then.

[fishinmission78]

Yeah the weeds have been terrible lately. Try to stay away from the front of the inlets if you can and fish more towards the middle beaches.

[J Barbosa]

Fished the first ever King of the Creek Fluke Tournament out of Morgan Creek on Saturday with Kevin Kolovich and Jorge Pardal. Tough conditions all day long with high winds and rain but we managed to get 8 keepers on the day. Our three biggest fish were 7lb, 5lb and 4lbs for a combined weight of 16.13lbs which was enough to take 3rd place. Great tournament and we will be back next year for sure.

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[cowherder]

woohoo! nice size fluke there jb, and congrats on placing in the tournament. I never heard of that tournament. As you said it's a new one -and good luck in the future.

[cowherder]

Last of the outgoing tide yesterday afternoon in nomoco. was able to wait out pretty far and it was a pretty decent bite of small fluke.white and pink gulp seemsed to work the best. No keepers but I had pretty steady action with short fluke up to 17 inches and some monster sea robins.

[Monty]

Fished the first ever King of the Creek Fluke Tournament out of Morgan Creek on Saturday with Kevin Kolovich and Jorge Pardal. . Our three biggest fish were 7lb, 5lb and 4lbs for a combined weight of 16.13lbs which was enough to take 3rd place. Great tournament and we will be back next year for sure.


Congrats JB!!

[lostatsea]

nice going, congrats

[finchaser]

Way to go JB

[lostatsea]

wondering if I might ask what color gulp you are using JB? Thanks

[buckethead]

Worked the beaches a little north of where I usually fish this morning. Fishing was a little better. Managed 2 short stripers, sea robin, short fluke. all on the bucktail and redgill. and all centered around first light to sunrise.

[seamonkey]

still catching stripers?
Nice going

[surferman]

I'll say, my catch in Cape May for the last week consisted of skates dogfish and few short flounder. Good job.
I might go up a little north in the Ocean City area and try for some sharks next week. good luck, guys.

[ledhead36]

still catching stripers?
Nice going

X2, good job

[ledhead36]

Catching a few keeper stripers when I can get or snag fresh bunker. Totally all on bunker heads. In the big river. Ran into Dark a few times he's out catching but not posting about it. Still trying to get him to use bunker heads tho.:HappyWave:

[VSdreams]

Nice

[buckethead]

Did a little better today with some cleaner conditions and less weed.
picked up a handful of short stripers, short and fat. Bucktail with red gill teaser.

[J Barbosa]

Did a little better today with some cleaner conditions and less weed.
picked up a handful of short stripers, short and fat. Bucktail with red gill teaser.

Nice

Went out fluking fishing on Sunday with Rick and Kieth. We had four keepers within the first 30-40 minutes and then a slow pick for the rest of the day ending up with eight keeper fluke and a short striper.
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[seamonkey]

Way to go gents. Jb maybe it's just a funny angle you took the pic at, but that's striper looks like someone bit its tail off!

[finchaser]

Can tell those fluke came from the Raritan they have no sides

[baitstealer]

I think that's because they are part of the fillet and release club LOL.:d
Nice job jb you are doing better than many party and charter boats.

[baitstealer]

Fished somoco this morning before the hordes of beachgoers came out. It was beautiful conditions 5-7 am incoming tide. Got a few short fluke on gulp and almost every time my line got filled up with weeds. I hate those weeds!

[VSdreams]

Way to go gents. Jb maybe it's just a funny angle you took the pic at, but that's striper looks like someone bit its tail off!

haha I noticed that too.

[VSdreams]

Fished OC above Island Beach yesterday right after the rain. When it was raining I went and got myself a cheesesteak on the boardwalk and thought about the times when I came there when I was a little kid. after the rain almost everyone was gone so it was very peaceful fishing the only companions I had with the weed you guys are talking about. They are really terrible this year. I thought it was exaggerated but they are everywhere. I guess all seasons have there bad guys, last year it was the jellyfish. This year it's the weeds.
Just have to suck it up and keep trying, or find someone who has a boat.

[jigfreak]

I think it was posted here earlier, if you wanna stay away from the weeds fish further the from the inlets. Good luck. I'm targeting weakies for the next few weeks. Only found a few small ones so far at night

[lostatsea]

would love to catch a weeky.., haven't seen one yet this year. Good luck

[lostatsea]

oco from 4 to 6 a.m. got one short striper on a popper at 5:45. Looks like we're in for some hot weather.

[J Barbosa]

Way to go gents. Jb maybe it's just a funny angle you took the pic at, but that's striper looks like someone bit its tail off!

The small ones never stand still for a picture because they get to the boat so fast and are still green.

Went porgy fishing yesterday afternoon with Ken and Rui and decided to stay inside the bay. We had decent action but unfortunately most were shorts - total was 19 keeper porgies. Switched over to fluke for a little while and picked through the shorts where Rui got a nice keeper before we called it a day. Also got a huge sea robin which will fry up nice!
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[J Barbosa]

Great fluke fishing this morning with my dad and Rui. I got my third personal fluke limit+ of the year and the first full boat limit of fluke on the year and the best part is we were back at the dock before 11am on a scorching HOT day. Somehow Rui managed to catch a ROGUE 17.5" sea bass that was clearly lost.
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[buckethead]

Very nice job jb You could start hiring yourself out as a charter captain pretty soon. Your catches are a lot better than some of the ones I've seen.

[buckethead]

I don't usually fish Sundays, but the fishing has picked up a little bit in my area, so I was out there before sunrise this morning. high tide around sunrise and it seems the weed situation has minimized a bit.
Picked up three short fat stripers on bucktail and redgill combo. Also two short fluke.

[fishinmission78]

PSA- two women got struck by lightning yesterday in point. When you see that stuff start to happen, get away from the water.
http://6abc.com/news/2-women-struck-by-lightning-on-point-pleasant-beach/1429867/

[fishinmission78]

Nice going bucket it seems there is a lot of small bait along the back sedges and shoreline bringing these schoolies in. Hope that stays for a while. jb great job as well.

[hookedonbass]

I was down in ocean county with the family yesterday, and they made us all leave the beach. Traffic was horrendous. We saw lightning but didn't realize someone got struck by it. Thanks for the heads up. hope they are okay.

[jigfreak]

Pretty work jb and bh.

[clamchucker]

Good job gentlemen. Have not been fishing the surf in a while, then spending some time with my grandchildren. Hope everyone is enjoying their summer.

[cowherder]

Nice. At least someone is catching even if not me.nomoco last night, beautiful conditions, light southwest wind. only could manage a few fluke on gulp white mullet.

[cowherder]

Also a heads up to you guys who fish hard and drive home tired. I almost ran into deer at two places last night. One dashed right out in front of me. Be careful out there guys.

[J Barbosa]

Fluke fished yesterday with Bill, my brother and my dad. We had to pick through a lot of shorts and 17-17.99" fish to put 14 keepers in the boat. I got my fourth and I guess you could say 5th personal fluke limit of the year as I had a double limit (10 keepers on the day). Definitely a quantity over quality type of day with a lot of laughs.http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=20380&stc=1

[storminsteve]

Barbossa the fluke fighter. Coming soon from Marvel comics. nice catching, dude.:thumbsup:

[buckethead]

Very nice report, JB.

Good to see some positivity.
As for me, add me to the skunk control this morning. Conditions were good but I couldn't find a striper. Did see a bunch of cownose rays. You guys be careful when spiking your rods these things will take them out to sea. Had to help a young fellow last week who almost lost his rod. The full moon tides are good. Will try a little earlier tomorrow morning.

[buckethead]

Today's fishing was a little better. Fished before dawn and picked up four short stripers on bucktail and red gill teaser.
Incoming tide seems to work now. well before sunrise. good luck folks.

[cowherder]

Nice! Good news

[cowherder]

Thanks for the heads-up about the cow nose rays as well. Almost lost a good rod and reel to them last year around this time.

[hookedonbass]

Nomoco this morning. It was a little windy. as soon as the sun came up the bugs and flies were biting me though I was glad for the wind because the second it slowed down they were drilling for blood. Managed a few short fluke and a monster sea robin. This must be the year of the sea robins LOL.

[hookedonbass]

Jb have to say it seems like you're putting all the rest of us here to shame. Don't you ever get skunked?
I hope that didn't come across the wrong way I meant to say congrats. you really do seem to be dialed-in to the fishing. Congrats.

[fishinmission78]

Took a little break from fishing for a while because of the heat. Anyone want sharks or big rays theres plenty of browns to be caught ibsp at night by chunking bunker and mackerel. Or you can catch some of the big king fish and chunk either a head or the top half. My bud shave been crushing them in the middle of the night. Around high tide is best.good luck guys

[fishinmission78]

oh, I forgot to say, nice catches on the fluke. There are lots of small fluke in Island beach but with the smaller limit size you can go home with some. Early morning has been best for me.

[jigfreak]

Yup, some bigguns out there.

[buckethead]

Decided to switch it up and fished way before sunrise this morning.
Picked up two short stripers on bucktail and redgill between 3:30 and 5 a.m. the ocean was very calm, almost too calm and flat. Lots of small bait in the surf zone and also small snappers and cocktail blues as well. could also see some rays. cruising right around sunrise

[cowherder]

Way to put your time in, bucket. Nice report thanks for sharing.

[cowherder]

Moco last night from 4 to 7 on the outgoing tide. Managed a baker's dozen of short fluke on double gulp. One was almost a keeper. the flies and mosquitoes were horrendous. Next time I'm bringing a hazmat suit!

[J Barbosa]

Jb have to say it seems like you're putting all the rest of us here to shame. Don't you ever get skunked?
I hope that didn't come across the wrong way I meant to say congrats. you really do seem to be dialed-in to the fishing. Congrats.

Less than a handful all year long (knock on wood). I have certainly had my share of slower trips and the classic "should have been here yesterday" although I am usually the one saying it.

Got skunked Thursday on a tuna trip.....long story short problem with the electronics so fishing blind with no sonar. Had one nice hit felt like a good Bluefin but hook pulled half way into the fight.

[J Barbosa]

Fished the SI Tuna club's Grandpa Savino fluke tournament on Saturday with Khanh, Dani, and Jay aboard the Sea Note II. I believe we finished in 5th place which was out of the money. One more quality fluke would have put us in the money or possibly won it. We put together a great catch in terrible conditions easily getting a 4 man fluke limit (plus another rogue sea bass) but not the right 3 fluke unfortunately.http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=20400&stc=1

[lostatsea]

Awesome reports gents!. They give me hope. I have not been out much because of the heat and the flies which I hear are unbearable.
it supposed to rain in the next few days. I may go out after that trying my luck. Thanks for sharing.

[fishinmission78]

Less than a handful all year long (knock on wood). I have certainly had my share of slower trips and the classic "should have been here yesterday" although I am usually the one saying it.

Got skunked Thursday on a tuna trip.....long story short problem with the electronics so fishing blind with no sonar. Had one nice hit felt like a good Bluefin but hook pulled half way into the fight.

Well, you win some you lose some. Tuna fishing can be expensive, and sometimes it's only a boat ride. Better luck next time.
I have been catching small Blues in the surf between the hours of after work and sunset. Anywhere from brick down to mid island ibsp.
small metals are working. There is a lot of bait in the surf spearing and, and rainfish.. Thats probably why.

[J Barbosa]

Fished Saturday with Peter and Rui. I had somewhat high expectations as conditions were good but for some reason the fluke fishing was much slower than it has been (seemed that way for everyone based on reports). We scraped up 9 keepers on the day plus a weakfish that was safely released.

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[J Barbosa]

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[surferman]

Nice mess of flounders there. Nice-looking weakfish too that's a pretty large one.
Finally have a decent fishing report. I was fishing yesterday before the rain started Cape May area. Got a few short summer flounders on a hi-low gulp shrimp rig. then towards the end of the tide, I got two weakfish. the hit the bottom rig, and were much shorter than yours only about 13 inches each. But it was fun, I haven't seen them in a while. Tight lines gents!

[lostatsea]

You guys did better than me. I tried to fish yesterday in between the storms and it was terrible. I got about 15 minutes of clear weather, Then the black clouds rolled in and the thunder and lightning boomers. I said the heck with that I'm not getting fried like a french fry. A lot of sharks and rays around according to few fishermen I ran into. Be careful out there with those lightning boomers. I saw a few that were really scary.