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  • 2021-07-31 Ristori Bay Head

    Jim Hutchinson Sr. reports for the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association that Captain Bob Gerkens got into the tuna action on the Hot Tuna last week when he limited out with 21 yellowfin to 50-pounds at one of the canyons off Long Beach Island. Captain Gary Dugan has consistently been putting his anglers on good fluke and black sea bass action on the inshore reefs and wrecks out of Little Egg Inlet.
  • 2021-07-30 Ristori Bay Head

    Posted on July 30, 2021 Ocean blues explode You didn t have to be a pro to boat a five fish party boat bluefish limit this morning as both the Jamaica from Brielle and the Golden Eagle from Belmar reported jigging 3-to-8-pounders one after another. The Jamaica is running 7 30 p. m. half-night trips for blues on Friday s and Saturday s in addition to the daily 7 30 a. m. sailings.
  • 2021-07-29 Ristori Bay Head

    Posted on July 29, 2021 White Marlin Open coming up next week The big game tournament season moves into high gear next week as the White Marlin Open in Ocean City, Maryland runs from Aug. 2 to 6. The bigeye tuna bite was excellent during the recent Jimmy Johnson Quest for the Ring Tournament in Atlantic City (see photo below), and that fishery will draw attention from those not concentrating on white marlin with much lighter tackle.
  • 2021-07-28 Ristori Bay Head

    and that fishing was good for 2-7-pounders on jigs which also produced some sea bass, fluke and ling before more sea bass hit on bait. At Atlantic Highlands, the Sea Hunter reported another good fluke day with quality fish topped by a 7-pounder that beat a 6.
  • 2021-07-27 Ristori Bay Head

    Tank Matraxia was fluking yesterday at Scotland aboard Tagged Fish from Highlands when Capt. Chad Hacker pointed out medium bluefins jumpimg nearby. That wasn t the case recently for Capt. Jim Freda on his Shore Catch out of Manasquan Inlet as he put Liam Kelly of the Manasquan High School Fishing Club into position to hook a 71-inch bluefin that hit a popper.
  • 2021-07-26 Ristori Bay Head

    Posted on July 26, 2021 Blues hit again and some were big Both the Golden Eagle from Belmar and the Queen Mary from Point Pleasant reported getting into both small blues and much larger choppers today. The former noted that they added sea bass plus some ling, congers and Spanish mackerel.
  • 2021-07-25 Ristori Bay Head

    Capt. Ron Santee described today s fluke trip on his Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands as painful but is looking forward to Monday s southwest winds at 5-10 knots. Capt. Joe Massa decided to try light tackle fishing for triggerfish Friday at Srewsbury Rocks.
  • 2021-07-24 Ristori Bay Head

    Posted on July 24, 2021 Small craft advisory for Sunday With all the good weather we ve been having, we can t really complain about tomorrow s bad forecast. As noted in yesterday s blog, I ve been gaving some Word press problem and couldn t edit my last paragraph.
  • 2021-07-23 Ristori Bay Head

    Posted on July 23, 2021 RIP Young Stan Zagleski My blog was already published yesterday when Dave Lilly called with the shocking news that Stan Zagleski Jr. had died in Shrewsbury River. When I was saltwater editor of the Star-Ledger, I enjoyed long phone conversations with Stan Sr. who always referred to his son as Young Stan , and was proud of his accomplihments as a scuba diver in the winter as well as on the boat.
  • 2021-07-22 Ristori Bay Head

    The Jamaica from Brielle reported limits of both blues up to an 8-pounder and sea bass today along with the chubs. The Golden Eagle from Belmar reported a beautiful calm day with blues and sea bass biting along with the chubs, ling and even two big blackfish that had to be released.

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