Posted on June 24, 2019 Summer stripers cooperate Summer stripers cooperated today in the Hudson River during two trips from Highlands which I ve just returned from. Capt. Stan Zagleski reported the best fluking of the season on Sunday s trip of Elaine B. II from Bahrs in Highlands.

Saturday is the last day for N. J. sea bass fishing. Grumpy s Tackle in Seaside Park reports surf fishing has been slow the last few days, but they re hoping for a return of the black drum that created so much excitement last Friday.

While chumming for sharks around 30 miles southeast of Manasquan Inlet in about 210 feet near the Resor wreck, Crilly s crew saw a great white estimated at 16-18 feet and probably 2,000 pounds cruise into their slick and eat the chum bag just as much smaller blue sharks are prone to do. Capt. Fred Gamboa posted on Facebook about a great trip today on his Andrea s Toy out of Clarks Landing in Point Pleasant as his party was releasing bluefins by 9 a. m. and took the time to add a 90-inch mako shark that weighed 292 pounds before getting back to the inlet by noon.

Indeed, fishing success seems to be a negative since 19 of the previous 21 grand prize winners had all been shut out in the fishing Hard south winds during the last few afternoon s have driven the surf water temperature down, but that didn t bother the small stripers I encountered this morning. There were some small blues north of Shark River Inlet this morning, but not many were jigged before the Belmar party boats switched to the dependable sea bass and ling.

Posted on June 14, 2019 JCAA statewide Fluke Tournament tomorrow There s still time for anglers to enter the JCAA Fluke Tournament which will be contested tomorrow at ports from Jersey City to Cape May. They are fishing jointly with Mako Fever this year, and sharks can be weighed in at either Staten Island or Manasquan during the June 15-23 fishing days.