NJ Saltwater Fishing Reports

I still cannot believe this, we are waiting for Keith and his gang to arrive when I get this call from another Captain telling me “Erwin, only a few boats here, bass exploding all over, hurry” That gets my attention, I don’t want to miss another hot bite! As I was looking to call Keith, [...]

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I gave Don the option to change this trip from the morning to the afternoon, due to the “hot bite” in the afternoon. Sitting at the dock in the rain, hearing about the bite that was occurring at this moment, all I wanted was for it to last until we arrived. It was not to [...]

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I really had no idea what yesterdays storm had done to the bass or the bait. So when we came upon a large school of bunker tight to the beach, I knew this was a good sign. 2 throws, plenty of bait and a nice 38″, bass, which was released. The the school was starting  to [...]

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For a week everyone has been enjoying the great evening bite, same winds, storm coming in tonight, bait for miles, fish should bite right? Took a little time to find the fish, but once we did they responded to our baits and Tom put the first fish in the boat on the 2nd drift on [...]

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Coming off of yesterdays shutout, and losing the morning trip due to one of the customers having a case of Montezuma revenge, and fore casted stiff SE winds the trip made me really wonder what are we going to do? Zempe and his crew were ready for the hard ride south and if the fish [...]

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Rounding the hook and seeing the big swell that was forecasted to be 1 - 2, I knew what kind of day we were going to have. The day timebite to be honest has sucked the last 4 days in our area. It has been all evening. It will change, and I am hoping today [...]

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My hopes were high as we missed the evening blitz that occurred yesterday. My buddy left early and located the bait, which we loaded the tanks in short fashion. Same winds, early morning bait conditions so things should be the same, I hope. Well it did not take too long before Big Donnie hooked into [...]

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Myself, Erwin jr, Sal, Anthony and Dean had planned on this trip since last year, but first we still needed to get our fix of bass. Being Saturday I knew that there was going to be a tough bite and after 2 drifts over good marks and no takers we headed to the fluke grounds.  [...]

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Mike and his crew were ready and willing to get into the fish, so was I !   On the first stop, we had the bass biting right away, missed a few and caught a few. Then the phone rang and I had to make a decision on running and gunning for a few more fish. [...]

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We all know that every day cannot be Sunday, and every now and then you need to chew on some grizzel before you get to the pink meat. So after a few real good trips we were due for a dud. Again the weather was dismal and the forecast was not any better. Zempe kicked [...]

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