Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association Fishing Report

Although the long awaited Fourth of July weekend arrived with dicey weather, it appears the captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association are now facing some decent fishing conditions in the days ahead.

The re-opening of the black sea bass season is good news as anglers now have an additional opportunity to take home a fish dinner.

The ”Miss Beach Haven,” a head boat captained by Frank Camarda, has been running a series of trips both in calm bay waters along with ocean trips to inshore artificial reefs. Fluke catches have been steady, along with some big black sea bass coming over the rails. Captain Frank runs a set daily schedule for his four-hour bay trips and longer ocean ventures.

Captains Carl Sheppard and Vic Bertotti have been running many trips on the “Star Fish.” All the trips caught fish and including Jeff Ventura whose party of four anglers caught 83 sea bass.

Captain Gary Dugan on the “Irish Jig” has been finding good numbers of summer flounder. A trip on Saturday produced steady action with three keepers to 20-inches.

Captain Brett Taylor of Reel Reaction Sportfishing has been out of action the last few days as he is in South Carolina supporting son Luke in a big baseball tournament. Recent results indicate the team is doing well. Captain Tom Duralek of “NorthEnd Charters” has taken over some of Captain Brett’s charters including Bill Dabney and his son on a fluke trip. The duo jigged a few areas hard catching close to 20 throwbacks and two keeper fluke to 21 inches.

Additional information on the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association can be found at www.BHCFA.org  

We are running Open Boat or Charter SundaJuly 4 and Monday, July 5.

We can run to Barnegat Ridge and try trolling for bonita and albacore and anything else that might be there. I say “try” because we have not yet been there this season. It’s just the right time to go. We could push further off and troll the Resor Wreck area for a shot at 20 to 30 pound bluefin. From what I hear, you have to catch a lot of false albacore to put a few bluefin in the boat but I guess there’s worse problems to have than catching too many fish. It is still pretty much a troll bite, so if that’s not your thing, you might want to wait until it transitions more into a jigging and bait opportunity. 
If we hit the Ridge, we leave at 6AM, returning at 2PM. $300 person
If we run to the Resor Wreck, we leave at 5AM, returning between 4-5PM. $450 person

Either trip is 4 people max, all fish are shared. Everything is provided. 
If you want to charter the boat for either day, we can fish for whatever you like, including fishing the bay and inlet for schoolie stripers, blues, and fluke. Or we can run offshore.

This awful stormy weather is on the way out and they have cleaned up the marine forecast to mostly single digit winds for each of these days and finally a break from the incessant SW winds. The wind is changing direction from all over the dial. 

I’m headed to the dock to get her fueled up, iced up, and ready to roll. 

Hope to see you on board.

Dave DeGennaro

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First I want to wish everyone a happy and safe Independence Day / 4th of July Weekend

As the summer kicks into gear and heats up so does the fishing with plenty of fish now pretty prevalent everywhere.
Oceanside, bayside by boat or from the Beach there is action to be found.
Prior to a week of south winds and drastic Surf temperature drop (59°) the past few days the Fluke / Summer Flounder fishing was Hot. It did slow down but things are already improving but you just have to find them and then work it a little harder.
Along with summers arrival are the Northern Kingfish which are here and hanging at your favorite Sand Bar.
Summer Snapper Bluefish are also creating havoc attacking anything in their site.
And it’s that time of the year were you can catch some more exotic or southern fish species as the waters warm again like Spanish Mackerel, Sheepshead maybe a Cobia – you never know what might be on the end of your line.

Right now I’m still locked in Fluke Fishing but am prepared for anything that might cross our paths. I have some prime July dates available with perfect tides to enjoy a morning surfcasting the LBI Beaches.

For more information Or to reserve your trip call me at 609-276-6983 and you can also email me at nightstrikes@Comcast.net
Thank You, Have A Great Holiday

Steve George / Nightstrikes Surfcasting Guide Service LLC

Here’s the Long Beach Island fishing report update for Thursday July 1, 2021.

We welcome July with open arms as we enter primetime summer here on LBI. Fishing aboard Fish Head Charters has been great with lots of fun. We are catching Barnegat Bay Slams regularly with striped bass, blues and fluke. Unfortunately no weakfish YET!

On the surf there’s fluke and kingfish. Store staffer Jack and Tyler got into kingfish on the surf fishing live blood on the surf. Live bloods are best! We have some good ones right now fresh in from Maine.

On the bay you can’t go wrong with live minnow for fluke. Blowfish are in the bay and anglers are catching. Expect this to improve as season progresses.

Soon the reef sites will be one fire. They are producing fluke and sea bass now and will only get better.

The LBI surf is chilly due to a upwelling event from the south winds. The surf temp is NOT 70 degrees. It is 58-64… Ship Bottom is 60 degrees!!! Do not believe what you see on the news or sources that can not be verified. These temps were confirmed by Ship Bottom Beach patrol and also my sounder on boat which was calibrated at the beginning of the season (as I do each and every season).

Offshore fishing reports are good when weather allows anglers get out there. Angers are reported some albies are mixed in certain areas.

Don’t forget Captain Ron’s Bug Spray!!!