Had longtime regular Elia Shehady back with dad Al and buddies Steve and Chuck. Steve started us off with a 32 incher right off the bat, after that it was a death pick getting 2 more keepers and a bunch of shorts.

We miss more then we catch on them and they swallow the hook just as often as they did on a regular hook. We are of for the next couple days.

We had good action with the shorts 20-26 inches and managed a few nice keepers. Lets hope its the start of good things to come.

Posted on April 19, 2021 Finally a decent party boat striper report It was brief and not very descriptive, but Capt. Rob Semkewyc finally had striper action to report in Raritan Bay today with his Sea Hunter from Atlantic Highlands. The Fishermen from that port hadn t reported when this was written, but Capt. Ron Santee did get into some striper action Sunday with a 28 1 2-inch pool winner and some shorts on bait including three for a couple of anglers.

Posted on April 18, 2021 Raritan Bay stripers still frustrating for party boats There are lots of fish marks in Raritan Bay, and charter boats continue to do well with both shorts and keepers with jigs and by trolling, but the conditions just haven t been right for party boats. See you soon, Capt. Rob The Sea Tiger from that port also struggled on its Saturday half-day trips as jigs didn t work and a switch to bait produced only a few shorts, though one angler caught three.