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  • 2021-05-16 Ristori Bay Head

    2021-05-16 Ristori Bay Head

    Posted on May 16, 2021 Sea bass opens in NJ The long-awaited sea bass opener in N. J. began in perfect calm weather, and the Golden Eagle from Belmar reported they had many limits plus some ling and even cod. A member of Betty Nick s Fishing Club reported lots of bunker and spot in the Seaside Park surf, but not a hit from 5 30 to 11 a. m. Capt. Monty Hawkins also had a good sea bass opener on his Morning Star from Ocean City.

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  • 2021-05-14 Ristori Bay Head

    2021-05-14 Ristori Bay Head

    Miss Belmar Princess couldn t find ocean stripers yesterday, so they went bottom fishing to catch some ling plus a few blues and cod while releasing lots of sea bass. They will concentrate on sea bass and ling next week while keeping an eye out for stripers.

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  • 2021-05-13 Ristori Bay Head

    2021-05-13 Ristori Bay Head

    Posted on May 13, 2021 Sea bass Bonus stripers open Saturday in NJ There will be a big change in NJ fishing this weekend as the sea bass season begins and striper anglers in the Bonus Program can keep a single striper between 24 and less than 28 inches Party boats have been having a hard time finding standard keepers while releasing shorts that will now be legal. Anglers must be aware that this only applies in NJ waters, The same fish inspected in N. Y. are just shorts even if they were caught in N. J. waters.

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  • 2021-05-12 Ristori Bay Head

    2021-05-12 Ristori Bay Head

    Posted on May 12, 2021 Northern Trophy Bluefin season closed NOAA Fisheries Closes the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Angling Category Northern Area Trophy FisheryFishermen aboard Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Angling category and Atlantic HMS Charter Headboat permitted vessels (when fishing recreationally) may not retain, possess, or land large medium or giant Atlantic bluefin tuna (i. e., measuring 73 inches curved fork length or greater) in the northern area after 11 30 p. m., May 11, 2021. 8-mt Angling category northern area trophy bluefin tuna (measuring 73 inches or greater) subquota has been reached and exceeded.

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  • 2021-05-10 Ristori Bay Head

    2021-05-10 Ristori Bay Head

    However there was an unusual report of a weakfish in the surf this morning. Capt. Vinny Vetere reports many big stripers were trolled over the weekend from his Katfish out of Great Kills on TGT bunker spoons.

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  • 2021-05-09 Ristori Bay Head

    2021-05-09 Ristori Bay Head

    When my son-in-law Luis Gonzalez and I joined Bob Correll of Bay Head on his Sea Vee 32 from his new home in Hutchinson Island this morning our goal was a large snapper or grouper from some hard bottom nine miles off St Lucie Inlet. However, as Bob was bringing in a chopped off amberjack head he spotted a fish chasing the bait on Luis line and that hook-up resulted in a small sailfish tearing up the surface to break our losing streak with a release.

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  • 2021-05-08 Ristori Bay Head

    2021-05-08 Ristori Bay Head

    However, the Golden Eagle from Belmar did catch some short and keeper stripers today. The Sea Hunter from Atlantic Highlands got into a pick of Raritan Bay short stripers today plus a 37.

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  • 2021-05-06 Ristori Bay Head

    2021-05-06 Ristori Bay Head

    Posted on May 6, 2021 Better striper bite for Sea Hunter Though it s still not what it should be, Capt. Rob Semkewyc reported a better striper bite in Raritan Bay today on his Sea Hunter from Atlantic Highlands. There was a good start and finish that produced mostly 24 to 26 inch stripers plus one keeper.

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  • 2021-05-05 Ristori Bay Head

    2021-05-05 Ristori Bay Head

    Posted on May 5, 2021 Tips for fussy spring blues Quite in contrast to the usually aggressive spring bluefish arriving inshore this month, choppers in the ocean can be very frustrating especially for party boat anglers who can t get hits on the metal jigs they normally use. Ironically, another good way I found for getting a few early season shark baits in the boat was to very slowly troll the areas blues were showing with small metal jigs that will ride just under the surface.

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  • 2021-05-04 Ristori Bay Head

    2021-05-04 Ristori Bay Head

    Posted on May 4, 2021 Blues fussy, but Raritan Bay school stripers hit bait There was both good and bad news from party boats today as ocean blues were spotted but didn t want to bite, while the Raritan Bay stripers that haven t been cooperating for party boats finally showed some interest in bait. Capt. Ron Santee of the Fishermen said there were both shorts and keepers on bait after shads didn t attract any interest.

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