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  • 2021-12-20 Ristori Bay Head

    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,
  • 2021-12-19 Ristori Bay Head

    Posted on December 19, 2021 Get offshore sea bass before the season closes Fishing for jumbo sea bass on far offshore wrecks continues to hold up, but time is running out on the season which ends with the new year. The Golden Eagle from Belmar reported super crazy action on their last trip with a boat limit of sea bass before sun-up, along with lots of porgies some blues, a dozen weakfish, and a 40-pound angler.
  • 2021-12-17 Ristori Bay Head

    Posted on December 17, 2021 General category bluefin tuna reopens Monday for 4 days NOAA Fisheries is reopening the General category commercial fishery for large medium and giant bluefin on Monday for four days with a limit of one per boat day in order to allow harvest of the remaining quarterly quota. This also applies to the Charter Headboat category boats with a commercial sale endorsement when fishing commercially.
  • 2021-12-16 Ristori Bay Head

    Posted on December 16, 2021 Santee s last striper trip was slower Capt. Ron Santee completed his season with the Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands on Wednesday as striper fishing was slower than it had been. A few bass were caught early as a couple of anglers and his son Ron in from California hooked two but the bite dropped off the rest of the day.
  • 2021-12-15 Ristori Bay Head

    Posted on December 15, 2021 The most unusual blowfish My first saltwater fish was a blowfish caught from a rowboat at Freeport, Long Island, and i caught many more growing up on the south shore as the northern puffer cycle was at a peak during the 1950s. Al McClane, in McClane s Guide to Saltwater Fishes of North America noted that The smooth puffer is not able to expand its body as greatly as the northern or southern puffers, possibly because of its larger size.
  • 2021-12-14 Ristori Bay Head

    Ron says the bass are almost all keepers fresh in from the ocean and covered with sea lice. Mike Monte called last night to let me know that he d fished three mornings from Monmouth Beach to Sea Girt and watched birds picking up sand eels but couldn t find a bass among them.
  • 2021-12-13 Ristori Bay Head

    Posted on December 13, 2021 Jamaica has room on many far offshore wreck trips The Jamaica from Brielle has room on upcoming far offshore wreck trips for giant sea bass at 10 p. m. on Dec. 16, 19, 21 and 22 plus others to be set up before the month is out. Friday s trip was another good one with limits of sea bass plus porgies , bluefish and even weakfish
  • 2021-12-12 Ristori Bay Head

    Posted on December 12, 2021 Offshore sea bass close to a sure thing If the boats can get out to the far offshore wrecks, big catches of giant sea bass and porgies appear to be a sure thing. The Golden Eagle from Belmar made one of their trips by reservation this week and had a boat limit of sea bass while switching to catch and release by 8 a. m. Anglers also had all the porgies they wanted plus a few blues, a pollock and weakfish and a couple of barrelfish a species usually only caught while tilefishing.
  • 2021-12-11 Ristori Bay Head

    Weather permitting, Santee will run his Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands through Wednesday. The Sunday forecast is for northwest winds at 20-25 knots before going to west in the afternoon and diminishing to 15-20 knots.

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