NJ Saltwater Fishing Reports

Well the plan was to fill the tanks with bunker and turn them into stripe bass. After shredding a net in the harbor on very thin marks, we decided to put out the platisic and see what happens. It was only a matter of minutes before the rods doulbed over, ( no bananas on this [...]

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Starting May 1st, 2009, Scales n Tales will be moored at the Sandy Hook Bay Marina located in the Highlands. There is a map on my picture gallery. For any questions, directions you can email me or call me at 908-477-7537.

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What a difference a year makes! With the trolling outproducing bait fishing both in size and in numbers, the decision was easy to make. Troll to the top of the tide, try and find some bunker, and catch some bass. Lines went in and I was figuring this will not take to long, wrong! Ran over [...]

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With a 12pk for the biggest and 12pk for the most, tensions were high on the Scales n Tales as we splashed her in the back of the bay. Plans were to head for Great Kills and try to get some bunker. I did see some signs of life in the river, but not enough [...]

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Launching my boat at noon was very strange for us, but scheduling would not let us out any earlier. The nicest weather by far this year as we entered the bay. Catching the last of the outgoing, I decided to put the lines in and troll to my triangle. My friends that were fishing clams [...]

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I will offer a special trolling trip price for the next 2 weeks or until the bunker bite developes. These trips can be morning, midday or evening. When the bass are on herring, trolling can be very productive. Anyone interested in this type of trip, please contact me for more information…. This is not a wire [...]

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Splashed the boat very early in anticipation of the saturday crowd. Watched a very large structure fire on S.I. and then headed for the grounds armed with my stretches. Started right where left off and nothing, a jog here and there and a couple of shorts but not the readings like we had yesterday. I decided [...]

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With a thin layer of ice still on my deck as we left the river for open water, I was wondering outloud if the weather will ever warm up! Water temps was 44′ with a forecast high of 70′ onland. As we approached the Reach I found a real dirty slug of water, but what the [...]

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After yesterdays trip with the outgoing tide producing, I was willing to clam up and try and catch a few for myself. Finding some nice marks real close to my spot from yesterday, we dropped the anchor and set out the baits, after at least a minute, I hooked my first bass of the year, [...]

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Anthony, Skinny Water Al, and my son along for the first fishing trip of the year. I have been hearing about the big numbers of Bass that are being caught so we all had big expectations. My fish finder lit up on the flats and I knew the clams would do the trick. Before all [...]

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