LBI Fishing Report 5/21/25

The weather is cool but the fishing is hot! Now’s a great time to get out and fish for striped bass, bluefish, fluke, black drum, weakfish and more. Memorial Day Weekend is near and the fish are here. Get out on the beach or boat and enjoy! Here’s my short report update from yesterday. For more details on recent catches take a look back at other recent report posts and be sure to follow us in Instagram!

“The beach is lit up with this approaching front! I caught 4 bass to 42″ in the last 45 minutes and a big blue too.” Report sent in from Joe Handley Jr last night. A photo he sent in is below.

Long Beach Island Striped bass caught off of the beach by Joe Handle Jr.

Author: FishHead.Greg

Greg Cudnik is a Long Beach Island native with lifelong experience fishing and navigating the local waters. He is a distinguished Master Captain—the highest level of operator licensing—holding a U.S. Coast Guard Masters 50-Ton Near Coastal License with Towing Endorsement. Raised in and now managing his family’s bait and tackle business, Fisherman’s Headquarters (est. 1962, The Saltwater Fishing Bait & Tackle Experts), Greg is immersed in fishing on a daily basis. He is the Chief Contributor of FishingLBI.com, Long Beach Island’s leading fishing report blog, and serves as the administrator of Fisherman’s Headquarters’ social media channels on Instagram and Facebook, where he shares real-time fishing reports, conditions, and tactics. Be sure to follow along.