NJ Saltwater Fishing Reports

Winds forecasted to blow 15-20 with higher gusts and sunny. I am going fishing, and the charter was all for it.  The sunrise was sensational, the fall is here! We arrived to my location just as the tide was turning and the sun peeked over the horizon. Thats when the birds started flying and in no time led me to a patch of fish. Ricky’s first cast landed right on a stripers nose and Scales n Tales had the first fall season bass in the boat. Action was good until the few boats out there killed the spot. A decent move found them again. and Jack Hicks put the first keeper of the fall, a fat 35″ in the boat as Anthony Mattarazzo was fighting another one. Then the action died, birds disappeared, the fishfinder could not locate them and we made a major move to the blue fish grounds. My CONTENDER handled the sporty conditions and the guys wee into great jigging action. Big blues, 12lb fish were hooked up constantly, we kept a few and released the rest. Any kind of metal that you would toss out and reel back into the boat was attacked. They stayed with it for hours until finally, we all had enough action and called it a day. Zemp and his crew were great as usual and this was the way to start the last part of my fishing season…………….. Jack also jigged a huge seabass that weighed almost 6lbs, a real trophy for where we were fishing!!!