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Fishing Report Update May 8th

Coming down off of May’s full moon our expectations are high for a great stretch of fishing! Things are happening and will be rocking any day. All we need to do is get this (hopefully final) cold snap behind us. It’s time to FISH! Here’s the Long Beach Island Fishing Report Update for Friday May 8, 2020.

Today we got the first locally caught classy striped bass report. It was caught and released by Ed P. aboard the Tuna Kahuna, trolling a Tony Maja #4 White bunker spoon.
Today we got the first locally caught classy striped bass report. It was caught and released by Ed P. aboard the Tuna Kahuna, trolling a Tony Maja #4 White bunker spoon.

Bluefish Update

Bluefish reports are more consistent by the day. The fishery is still lacking the presence of gators as cocktails and medium size yellow-eyes rule the roost.

Sloane Endick tagged us in a post at sunset, “Live action from the LBI surf. Was getting bites but not hooking up. I changed to a Deadly Dick and bang! The bluefish are here.” She also caught a small bass on the same slender metal lure. For a short clip of the fish/catch go to our Instagram page.

For those that follow us, you saw the live action catch yesterday afternoon with Night Strikes Guide Service’s Steve George. He caught a medium size bluefish off the surf on a rubber swim shad searching for a bass.

Elio Scarpa also tagged us in a bluefish photo catch picture.

Elio Scarpa also tagged us in a bluefish photo catch picture.

Mike Haven caught this cocktail bluefish on the LBI surf fishing lures and bait.

Mike Hoven shared this bluefish report today, “Got a few fishing the mid-island this morning and afternoon. All around the same size on plugs and fresh Fish Heads bunker. On bait the skates and dogfish were mixed in.”

Liam Velit caught this bluefish on LBI May 7th.

Liam Velit sent in this photo… “Got this yellow eye yesterday.”

In the Bay

The annual cinder worm hatch went down around the full moon. Some areas of the bay were loaded with them. It’s always a special time to be fishing the bay. Sometimes can be very frustrating however if approached correctly with light tackle it can be some of the best fishing Barnegat Bay has to offer with striped bass, bluefish and weakfish all slurping on the surface.

Lots of bass on the flats! With the lighter winds Wednesday and Thursday anglers got into this shallow water fishing at it’s finest. This is one of the most un tapped opportunities that the Barnegat Bay and Manahawkin Bay has to offer. Very few fish the shallows. Why? I have no idea. I think it’s because anglers look to and like fishing the comforts of deep water.

For me in the spring it couldn’t be further from the truth. Yes the sod banks have fish and can be very productive however, the shallow water rolling flats warm up first and have the best games first.

Summer Flounder Are Showing Strong – More below!

Black Drum

Mike Green aboard the Luckey Stripes went drum fishing today in the southern bay and scored! We have fresh clams right now but there’s no telling how fast they will sell out.

Blowfish

The blowfish reports continue. Today Gary Adiar went out in the rain and caught a bunch.

It’s days like today where quality rain gear is worth its weight in gold. Stay warm, stay dry and enjoy fishing in comfort. We carry the areas largest selection of boot, gloves and all weather gear from top name brands like Grundens, Guy Cotten, Stormr and Xtratuf.

Summer Flounder Fishing

May 22 can’t get here soon enough! Lots of nice fluke are reported every single day this entire week. When the date finally gets here fishing will be good right out of the gate!

Stefen Melekos got three today up to 17.5″.

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Author: FishHead.Greg

A Long Beach Island native with life long experience fishing and navigating the local waters, Greg is a distinguished Master Captain (the highest qualified operator license), holding a US Coast Guard Masters 50T Near Coastal License with Towing Endorsement. Raised in and now managing his family's bait and tackle business, Fishermans Headquarters (Since 1962, The Saltwater Fishing Bait & Tackle Experts) Greg is daily immersed in fishing. He is the Chief Contributor of FishingLBI.com (Long Beach Island's best fishing report blog) as well as the Admin for the shop's social media pages (on Instagram and Facebook). Be sure to follow!

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