Saltwater Fishing News

Massive sea swells continued to roll through the shore as high as twelve feet at Romer Shoals.  Big ocean swells stirred up plenty of bait fish and produced birds working on the surface making fall bass conditions picture perfect. Bass fishing remained steady from Romer  Shoals to Shark River Inlet if you had a strong stomach and waited for the tide changes. With good marks showing signs of fish, anglers roughed it out and picked away at keepers most of the week.

With all the bait in the water anglers are trying everything from trolling, cut baits, clams, eels and jigs, whatever it takes for one last shot at a fall trophy before wrapping it up for 2010.  Boats can be seen all along the shore line as boaters give it one more run  and a few more casts.  Bass should continue to hang around with the bait and as long as the weather holds up, we should see fish well into December. There is plenty of spearing and rain fish the bass are feeding on, this should support some really big fish to be caught.

Captain Ron's Fishermen has been waiting out the tide swings and patiently picking away at bass. Patrons have been coming home with some nice keepers and fighting shorts in between.  Captain Ron is sailing daily open boats for one last shot at a monster fall bass. Pick a day and give it one last cast.

Captain Carmine aboard the Island Girl III has been working a few spots along the Ambrose channel and Romer shoals with cut bunker.  Ron Sr., Richie and Captain Carmine have been picking bass up to thirty pounds. Anchored patiently and fighting through endless big dog fish and chopper blues to get to a few big fall bass has paid off for the crew. Captain Carmine said he will keep the boat in the water as long as the bass stick around and he can put a crew together.

Captain Mike aboard the Sea Hawk from Perth Amboy made a few inshore drops and found blackfish up to 8lbs. Captain Mike will sail daily for Black fish 7:30 am. The crew is on a mission to find big fish both on the in-shore and off shore wrecks.  If you?re looking for a good wreck trip for big black fish then give Captain Mike a call and pick a date.

Hopefully the big ocean swells will lie down this week and anglers will get another shot to get back on the fish before pulling the boats for the winter..........

 

 

 

NJ Bass fishing remains a hit or miss for some.  Big schools of bass are all along the shore and feeding heavily on rain fish and other small baits. With that much live bait in the water it makes it a challenge for a big old bass to take your bait. It?s all about being patient and improvising until something works.

Sandy Hook, Captain Ron?s Fishermen has been working hard chasing birds and finding bass up in the 20 to 30lb range. Dr. Sal made it two days in a row with the pool fish aboard the Fishermen with fish up to 26 lbs. Captain Ron is sailing daily for big bass. It should only get more intense as bigger fish move in to feast along our shoreline.

Brielle, Captain Jerry aboard the Fish Monger can?t sit still. If the bass bite is slow the crew immediately targets a different species. I bet Captain Jerry hates sitting in traffic.

With mostly blues on the jig the Fish Monger has been switching over to bottom fish and finding plenty of double header porgy action. Captain Jerry was able to put triple digit porgies in the box this week and keeping the action consistent for his patrons.  Another great week aboard the Fish Monger with a nice variety of porgies, fluke, sea bass, bonito, bluefish and of course striped bass.

Highlands, Captain Diane aboard Lady Di II Fishing charters had buddies Capt. Erwin and Paul out for a trophy bass hunt. Captain Diane immediately found the birds with bass breaking the surface. After a few shorts they managed to max out and troll up six nice keepers and back at the dock by lunch time.

It?s an amazing time of the year. Acers of bait fish along our shore and big bass and blues patrolling them make conditions perfect for all anglers to experience top water action. Taking a day off work is definitely worth a shot at these amazing fish.

Remember an angler means being courteous to other anglers from a boat or the surf. Give everyone elbow room, cutting across a school of fish or a fishing fleet only decreases the odds of catching  fish and defeats the purpose for everyone, it?s a big ocean give everyone room to fish......