Posted on June 16, 2020 Sea bass closes soon The N. J. black sea bass season closes Monday, so anglers wishing to get in on the current opportunity shouldn t hesitate to get out there. The N. J. Division of Fish and Wildlife added materials to two artificial reefs last week.

Posted on June 14, 2020 Little shark news June has been prime time for sharking along the Jersey Shore as well as on Long Island, but between the current mako regulations and the pandemic there s been little interest in tournaments and charters or even private boat sharking. It appears that the biggest Long Island shark contest, the Freeport Hudson Anglers, will be contested next weekend, but the venerable Mako Mania of the Greater Point Peasant Charter Boat Association was changed to a tuna format before being cancelled due to the pandemic.

Dan Sheehan said bunkers stayed out of casting range yesterday morning at Sandy Hook, but some small blues hit Hogy epoxy jigs. Casting a jig into the howling south wind wasn t easy, but I actually had the opportunity to catch something.

When whales were making a comeback several decades ago, I was tuna fishing on Mako outboards out of Montauk and started seeing them swimming under the boat at times as I chunked. I once hooked a whale while casting a 1 4-ounce bucktail jig for school stripers off Ocean Beach even though I hadn t seen it surface at any time.

Posted on June 7, 2020 What a difference a day can make Capt. Rob Semkewyc was surrounded by stripers yesterday on his Sea Hunter from Atlantic Highlands, as was noted in yesterday s blog. Frank Jones was at the right place Saturday as he and his son Kyle livelined four stripers up to 48 inches in the fog off the Red Church while fishing on Bob Murzada s Knee Deep before heading out to the Farms for limits of sea bass.