Mike Monte fished the Belmar area this morning and didn t catch a thing though there was intense bird action offshore. He later got a call about what was going on in the Brick Beach area and down into IBSP and got worn out this afternoon catching 25-35-inch bass on swimmers and metal.

Posted on December 26, 2021 Small craft advisory up, but better weather coming A small craft advisory is up until 1 a. m. Monday, but conditions improve after that. Monday s forecast is for north winds at 10-15 knots with gusts to 20, but that drops off to east at just 5-10 in the afternoon and Tuesday looks very good, Blackfish remain abundant in the Shrewsbury Rocks area as Capt. Joe Massa demonstrated last week

Posted on December 24, 2021 Still hope for stripers in N. J. surf The re don t seem to be many dedicated surfcasters left, but Mike Monte thinks there s still a good possibility of catching a bass or two from 18 to 24 inches in the Monmouth County surf. The few anglers he s talked had similar reports of a shot at a bass or two especially at dawn and dusk.

Posted on December 21, 2021 Striper surf blitz reported at Sandy Hook I it s unusual to hear about blitz fishing for stripers in the N. J. surf at this time of the year, but Mike Monte got just that type of report this morning. Then he got word of an angler who was fishing Sandy Hook when it exploded with larger bass from 24 to 34 inches on peanut bunkers which produced 10 bass for him.

Posted on December 20, 2021 Beautiful day picky tog It was a perfect December day on the ocean, but anglers on the Big Mohawk from Belmar had to pick through shorts for up to a few limits of blackfish, Good fishing weather close to the beach continues tomorrow with a forecast of west winds at 10-15 knots plus gusts to 20. The wind shifts to north at just 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon,