NJ fishing reports may - june 2018

[fishrich]

Fished OC out front 3:30 to 7:30 pm. Three of us caught about 20 stripers, micro size to 27". The wind turned hard north and killed the bite for the last hour we fished. All fish caught on plugs.

[fishinmission78]

Nice work guys. I fished the general area of ibsp yesterday before work. Only had an hour. Got some micros as well. Was casting an ava with a teaser.

[seamonkey]

Great to hear the schoolies are filling in! I fished the big D this weekend with bloods. Got some stripers and cats. My biggest was a 29 incher. There was a guy early morning walking off with a 20 pounder when I got there. He said he got it before sunrise on bloods as well.

[plugcrazy]

I punked out on the weekend because of work and rain. Will try to get out this week you can't catch them from the couch. Good job guys. Saw that 58lb cow. Looks like big stripers are really starting to show up.

[baitstealer]

Fished moco ocean last night, one striper 23 incher on a rubber shad. Few more bumps, couldn't hook them.

[williehookem]

where are the blues??

[clamchucker]

Nice work guys. I fished the general area of ibsp yesterday before work. Only had an hour. Got some micros as well. Was casting an ava with a teaser.

Same for me in the afternoon yesterday. Plugs and rubber shads.

[clamchucker]

Blues are a little south. They are in Barnegat Bay. Other people should be getting them any day now.
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/showthread.php?10576-Bluefish-2018!!!!!!

[hookedonbass]

Nice!

[clamchucker]

Fished OC out front 3:30 to 7:30 pm. Three of us caught about 20 stripers, micro size to 27". The wind turned hard north and killed the bite for the last hour we fished. All fish caught on plugs.

Very nice report. The last few days have been pretty steady. I haven't been out there every day. Some younger fishermen I know have, and have been catching. I was at island beach yesterday from 2 to 6. For me they hit plugs and rubber shads. Smaller stripers, very feisty and fun to catch.

[porgy75]

Fished moco back bay 8-9. I got a massive hit on my white sp when I first got there, and the fish got off. Kept casting, was rewarded with a 27 1/2" striper, so close but no cigar. Hopefully next time will get that keeper. good night out, warm weather and easy to handle.

[storminsteve]

Tried the ocean for the first time last night from 6 to 8. It looked really nice. That is the key word here "looked" because I felt like it should have been more fishy. Got 2 very small stripers on chartreuse storm shad. Where are the blues I am jonesing for a racer.

[cowherder]

moco in the back. Bumped one bunker with my plug and felt like it was going to be epic last night. Famous last words, skunk for me.

[cowherder]

Fished OC out front 3:30 to 7:30 pm. Three of us caught about 20 stripers, micro size to 27". The wind turned hard north and killed the bite for the last hour we fished. All fish caught on plugs.

Nice going gents!

[jigfreak]

Been doing pretty good up in rb at night. That slowed down in the last week. Last night fished from 11-2 and only managed one. 31", hit a MD.

[lostatsea]

Way to put the time in. Skunk in 2 counties for me Sat. Started at 9pm in the back of moco. Nada. Then went to oc and fished the last hour of the moving water. Skunk there as well, unless the one sea robin I got on bucktail counts lmao.

[williehookem]

Sea robins, skate, dogfish, and boat fish don't count!

[rockhopper]

How about giant rays, or cow nose rays?:HappyWave:

[nitestrikes]

The old salts fishing for bass would count any trip that didn't land bass as a 0. Just saying.

[porgy75]

Old salts- cool. Love that thanks for sharing.

[porgy75]

Went out front to nomoco yesterday afternoon around 1pm. It was dead. Water was beautiful and I felt like there had to be some fish coming in. Maybe just delusional thinking on my part. Came back about 3 hours later at 4pm. There was a bunch of guys catching blue fish and one or 2 small stripers. I don't know what kind of bait was in the water. Seemed like they were feeding on it though. Looked like very small bait to me. Got a few blue fish on a crocodile spoon. Once they hit they would go wild! Fun stuff and a good way to end my saturday with some fish caught.

[cowherder]

Man that is such good news. Have been out of the loop for some time. Hoping to get out later today. good luck guys and girls!

[jigfreak]

Skunked last 2 nights in a row. back bay, lotto fish are leaving the area to make babies in the Hudson.

[cowherder]

Nice going gents. Jigfreak you put in a lot of time fishing. When you skunk out it must be legit. I fished nomoco yesterday. It was a beautiful afternoon and the water wasn't that bad on the beach I fished. A few other guys, only a few fish caught. I was throwing a shad and caught 2 short stripes. Figured the blues will be in full effect soon, felt like I could sacrifice at least one shad to the sharp teeth. No blues for me though. I get to throw my shads another day.

[porgy75]

Skunked last 2 nights in a row. back bay, lotto fish are leaving the area to make babies in the Hudson.


Thank you sir, enjoy your reports.

[porgy75]

I skunked too. Sunday morning in moco ocean front. Should have tried the back. felt like more stripers would be in the ocean on the migrating trail. boy was I wrong. Not even a bluefish. Hope they get here soon.

[hookset]

lotto fish are leaving the area to make babies in the Hudson.

Agreed. Have been doing well in da back. Notta for me last night.

[plugginpete]

Can't catch them from the couch!

[baitstealer]

Went to nomoco yesterday from 7-9. It was close to low tide. Some guys were out so far they could have been in kayaks lol. Saw a few blues caught. I was casting a tsunami talking popper. Had a blowup right before sunset. The fish did not come back. It was exciting though. Can't wait to get out again. Good luck guys.

[ledhead36]

Our best area has dried up, fished for the whole incoming tide Tues nite, skunk city. Moving east hoping for some better luck.

[ledhead36]

Can't catch them from the couch!

Yep

[clamchucker]

A few short bass in the surf this morning between 6 and 7 a. Surf was a little turned up, but the fish were there. Got them on diamond jig with red tube
It was very foggy. I did not go into the park but fished slightly above it.

[hookset]

Good job CC. Nice to see you posting again. I might be heading down that way this weekend, catch em up.

[hookset]

So moco in the back last night, I was too lazy to drive further north. Goose eggs. Some nice blue fish are out there, may hit the ocean later on after work

[jigfreak]

Clam chucker, thanks for the SS report, glad you got out fishing.

[fishinmission78]

Heads up I have been getting short stripers an and few keepers last two mornings in a row before work. In the surf in OC area. Lots of rain fish around. Getting them on plugs, SP and darters.

[jigfreak]

Stayed local last night. Did pretty good on big blues and some bass out back in OC. Started with jigs, they tore the rubber up so went to plugging. Blues to 13 pounds, bass to 10 lbs. Stopped when the rain started. Good times.

[baitstealer]

Nice! thanks for sharing what worked.

[baitstealer]

I fished in rb, it seemed like the fish left from there. Next time will try the ocean.

[plugcrazy]

Gave in to the hype and fished AC Thurs. Got some nice blues, best was around high tide. All on white SPs. Figured I would get there ahead of the crowds. This weekend will be a **it show.

[seamonkey]

Thanks for the intel. Some nice sbs are starting to show around cape may too. Bunker chunks mostly, friends got a few. Will try to get out this weekend and get one of my own.

[fishinmission78]

Blues in the dark, in the park. Fished one hour before work this AM. They were hitting metal. Did not use a teaser, saw one guy getting blues on the teaser as well. Expensive way to waste teasers though.

[fishgutz]

Heard the striped bass are on the way to Cape Cod. they already are in LI, save some for us!

[captnemo]

Heads up seems like it is a trolling bite now in the raritan. We were out this morning and got 7 stripers to 23 pounds trolling chartreuse mojos. Very picky otherwise. tried bait for the first hour at 5am and nothing.

[storminsteve]

Thanks for that capt. Glad to hear there are still some stripers. Some of the boat reports today were grumbling. Seems lots of little ones. A lot of the big ones have left our area.

[storminsteve]

I fished nomoco last night, all of the outgoing tide 5-10. One short striped bass on a white shad. Was really hoping for bluefish. Not even one chop of the rubber. Saw 2 blues caught by guys chunking bunker. Not much more action in that whole 5 hours.

[porgy75]

Skunk for me last nite too. Went to the ocean in ocean county cause figured some big stripers might be running by. Water wasn't that bad. Looked very fishy. Not even a tap. Whats up with that?

[lostatsea]

Add me to the skunkaroo club. Reading a lot of reports of fish being caught in the ocean. Must be a bait thing. Tried so moco from 4-7 tonight. Little windy could only throw a bucktail. Zippo

[hookset]

Caught one short striper in moco Sun eve. Figured would try another area, went to OC in the back. Struck out. The water looked very good lots of bait around. May try again this week, great fishing weather.

[ledhead36]

We're fishing new spots now gents. Follow the bunker.

[baitstealer]

Thanks for that. I fished mo co from 4 to 6:30 this afternoon. The ocean was rough but lots of fishermen said they catch when it is blowing northeast and the waves are big. You couldn't prove that by me lol. Saw a few other guys out there. We all got squat. The water was beautiful though, trying to let the wife let me get back later in the week.

[jigfreak]

Stayed in my home waters tonight. Got some nice blues in OC surf to 12 lbs, bucktailed them with otter strips they work pretty good. Then at dark picked up a few bass, all shorts, one was exactly 28". Using one of those magnum bombers, herring and flash color. They hit pretty hard, ocean was nice and oxygenated.

[storminsteve]

Nice! So amped to hear about the blues, thanks.

[storminsteve]

I fished moco from 8-10:30. Right around high tide. A few minutes before dark saw some action way out there. Thought it might be blues smashing bunker because there were bunker around. None of us on the beach caught anything big. Had to settle for the shorties. Got a few, rubber tsunami shad. Others catching on plugs. surf not that bad. Incoming had weeds, outgoing did not.

[fishinmission78]

found the blues yesterday above island beach. Seems like they were in a wide bunch of places, had a few friends get into them as well. Sps were good, other plugs worked. Catch em up guys.

[storminsteve]

After I saw all that bunker in the water yesterday I had to go back today and give it a try. Moco skunk in the rain.

[storminsteve]

fnm nice going seems like you were in the right place at the right time.

[hookset]

Yeah nice going men. Fished south monco at sunrise. Like some of you have said it really looked fishy. Got Bubkus, though. Guess I was just wishing for stripes or gators.

[jigfreak]

With all the recent rains have not been able to hit the ocean. Hitting the sods instead. Lots of blues and small bass near creek mouths in ol barney. Some larger stripes as well. Small mag darters and pink zooms with very light jig are getting it done for me.

[baitstealer]

Tryed the bay in monmouth county tonight. Decent conditions. I was casting a SP hoping for stripers or blues. Did manage to catch 4 blues to a 32 incher. That was after 2 hours of casting and missing! They were tough to catch. They would follow my lure in, and at the last second either swipe it or jump a bit out of the water. Then if they missed it they would turn away. Very frustrating!

[fishinmission78]

Fish the park today 6 to 7 outgoing tide. One little runt on metal saved me from the skunk. Otherwise great conditions, crappy fishing.

[baitstealer]

Exactly what I was thinking last night! great out there, fishing was crappy! I fished moco with plugs and rubber shads from 7-10 till almost low tide. Got one hard hit on the sp minnow and I missed it! All these guys catching fish from the reports on the internet and social media. You couldn't tell it by my fishing lately. Saw one short striper caught and one average size blue. by guys using bait. Otherwise none of us on that beach were catching. Oh well there is always next time. Good luck this weekend everyone.

[buckethead]

Fished my usual stretch of beach this morning. sunrise - 6:30, high water. 2 small stripers on jig and white grub. They seem to be feeding on the mole crabs, hit pretty close in the wash.

[buckethead]

The same stretch of beach this morning. Fished 4-5am to beat the crowds. Managed 3 shorts this time, jig and white grub. As I was leaving saw lots of bunker offshore. Figured it might have brought some big stripers to the beach but it was not to be. Will take a few days off to avoid the crowds. Start fishing again after the weekend. Tight lines, be safe, and watch out for the drunk drivers.

[jigfreak]

Fished the incoming tide deep in the night in OC. Got a few blues, a few small stripes, and a barely legal fluke. All went back. Plugs and jigs. The incoming water seemed a lot cleaner than the outgoing, fwiw. Taking off tonight to avoid the googs and stoners.

[buckethead]

Usual walk this morning. Crowds are gone. Managed one short on a bucktail and white grub. Water cleaned up, not bad to fish. Just not too many fish in the surf where I was.

[jigfreak]

Same incoming tide last night. Drizzle and fog not bad, actually thought it was quite promising. caught the skunk.

[plugcrazy]

Thanks for sharing your reports dude, you seem to honestly report the good with the bad.

[plugcrazy]

Been fishing the ac area a few times in the last 2 weeks. Took a break for the mem day weekend. About a week ago got into a nice mess of activity with morning stripers. Caught 2 keepers to 35 inches. Kept the smaller one it was about 31 inches. Belly filled with mole crabs and small 4-6 inch fish. Very fat for its size! Then once the sun came up it was good bluefish action. All on magnum bombers and sps. White was the best color for me. My last trip was 2 mornings ago. Got skunked, prob cause I got out there late. Did see one dude walking off with a giant striper, about a 46 incher. He said it was over 40 pounds. I believed it. SPs seem to be the killer plugs there, don't know why but they work.

[storminsteve]

Nice going guys. Have been slacking off. Out last night on the incoming tide. Thought for sure I was going to crush them, only managed one blue on a ss littleneck. Have been finding some dead stuff though. Will try again. Hope these noreaster rains stir things up a bit.

[jigfreak]

Lousy fishing continues in the back. Got one medium blue last night, chopped my rubber in half. Might try to fish a different part of the tide next time.

[plugcrazy]

Fished so moco from 7-9 incoming tide. One short striper and a rocking robin on a bucktail. Jeez its june 1 the water should be teeming with fish! Can't remember the last time it was this lame. Might try again tomorrow or sunday it has to break open soon, right?

[hookset]

Sat and sun night fished the back waters of moco. Sat was a lot better. Some nice blues to 11pounds on small SPs. Sunday tried for a little bit with the rain. Smaller blues were there at the beginning but as it came down harder they vanished. In all fairness I only gave it an hour. Getting too old to fish in the rain for a few choppers. Hope the water clears up in the next 24 hours. It was clean before the storm.

[ledhead36]

Haven't reported in a long time. Been fishing NY harbor about 2 weeks ago we got some big *** blues on bunker. That kind of slowed down. Still getting stripes to 37 inchers, probably one or two a night. All on bunker heads. When we chunk it the blues and trash fish show up. Never caught so many dogfish in my life. They are def not endangered no more.