Vinny D Anton broke the ice yesterday in his surf sand flea striper fishing with a 21-incher, and this morning he did the same thing in Shark River by releasing a couple of similar bass and a cocktail blue on his Chug Bug. Jin Louro fished the surf north of Spring Lake this morning to catch multiple short stripers and some small blues while casting the new Band of Anglers Hyperlastic Dartspin lure.

That fishing has probably distracted attention from early season sharking, but South Jersey Marina in Cape May weighed two makos the weekend before last. Vinny D Anton of Wall opened up sand flea fishing for surf stripers last year on May 30.

Posted on May 26, 2019May 26, 2019 Nice day slow fishing With a nice day on a holiday weekend, I expected to get a lot of reports but that wasn t the case. Some keepers were caught during periods of movement, but fishing wasn t up to yesterday s standard.

Captain Gary Dugan of the Irish Jig says he is switching gears from stripers and drum fish to fluke and the great wreck fishing going on for black sea bass. He has heard of some good catches of big bass trolling off Island Beach State Park, but no word yet on snag and drop fishing with live bunker.

Tournament details are available on the Division s website, and the complete winners list is below Bluefish Category Child (Male) First Place Logan Apello, Cliffside Park, NJ 20 5 8 Second Place John Ryanfalk, Ossining, NY 20 4 8 Teen (Female Teen (Male) First Place Nick Donato, Toms River, NJ 28 4 8 Second Place Colin Graham, Toms River, NJ 26 2 8 Third Place Benjamin Brenner, Toms River, NJ 25 Adult (Female) First Place Dawn Wesemann, Churchville, PA 27 6 8 Second Place Norma Kasper, Downington, PA 26 Third Place Margaret Crossley, Mount Laurel, NJ 19 Adult (Male) First Place Gary Galbraith, Carlisle, PA 32 1 8 Second Place Damon Lofton, Morris Plains, NJ 29 3 8 Third Place James Bielski, Forked River, NJ -(6 45am) Striped Bass Category Adult (Male) First Place John Kolacy, Flanders, NJ 37 4 8 Second Place Michael Mastrian, Toms River, NJ 31 2 8 High School Team First Place Toms River High School South 26 2 8 Bluefish Second Place Manasquan High School 25 6 8 Bluefish Third Place Columbia High School 18 3 8 Bluefish 1 Quest The winners of Sunday s Governor s Surf Fishing Tournament have been announced!Tournament details are available on the Division s website, and the complete winners list is below Bluefish Category Child (Male) First Place Logan Apello, Cliffside Park, NJ 20 5 8 Second Place John Ryanfalk, Ossining, NY 20 4 8 Teen (Female) First Place Morgan Vicidomini, Forked River, NJ 19 4 8 Teen (Male) First Place Nick Donato, Toms River, NJ 28 4 8 Second Place Colin Graham, Toms River, NJ 26 2 8 Third Place Benjamin Brenner, Toms River, NJ 25 Adult (Female) First Place Dawn Wesemann, Churchville, PA 27 6 8 Second Place Norma Kasper, Downington, PA 26 Third Place Margaret Crossley, Mount Laurel, NJ 19 Adult (Male) First Place Gary Galbraith, Carlisle, PA 32 1 8 Second Place Damon Lofton, Morris Plains, NJ 29 3 8 Third Place James Bielski, Forked River, NJ 29 (6 45am) Striped Bass Category Adult (Male) First Place John Kolacy, Flanders, NJ 37 4 8 Second Place Michael Mastrian, Toms River, NJ 31 2 8 High School Team First Place Toms River High School South 26 2 8 Bluefish Second Place Manasquan High School 25 6 8 Bluefish Third Place Columbia High School 18 3 8 Bluefish