August and September are great months to fish in NJ. Everything is firing up in the bay and offshore.
Ran to the 25 mile grounds on Tuesday and bagged a nice 60 lb bluefin on a way, way, back ballyhoo. Thanks to Mike Erwin on the Peyronie’s out of Waretown. He was generous enough to share the exact coordinates of where he hooked up the day before. Our fish came within a half mile of those numbers. Thanks Mike!
No more troll bites, we switched to the drift, put some bait rods out. Released a big brown shark and caught a bunch of small boo hoo mackerel on light spinning tackle. They look like juvenile false albacore. Ran back to the same spot on Wednesday but no takers on the troll, and basically very little life. The radio chatter proved this was not the spot to be. Ran 20 miles to the Atlantic Princess, where it looked promising, two tone dolphin, a few whales, and mackerel on the surface. We put our time in but only managed two bonita and an unwelcome gator blue. This area may be ready to “pop” sometime soon.
Fished the bay this past week with shedder crab and caught some weakfish, croaker, sand sharks, fluke, and more, on the 6 pound spinning rods. This will keep getting better every day.
Weather looks great for this Sunday. Running an Open Boat Tuna trip to the 20-30 mile grounds this Sunday August 10, 4AM to 2PM,
$350 person, 4 people max, all fish are shared. Call or text to make a reservation.
Running Open Boat Bonita: Wed Aug 13 and Thurs Aug 14, 8AM to 2PM, $300 person, 4 people max, all fish are shared. Bait fishing, jigging, and casting lures. We provide everything.
Call right up until “go time”!
All Open Boat trip dates are also available for your private charter for bay, inshore, or offshore fishing.
Thank you,
Dave
Dave DeGennaro
Hi Flier Sportfishing
732.330.5674 cell
Pics:
Rob and Lori Wallace of Barnegat, NJ with Lori’s sand shark
Dan Malone of Loveladies, NJ with his 60 lb Bluefin Tuna
Don Schafer of Beach Haven West, NJ and his daughter Emily with a pair of Bonita
Jon Rose of Bergen County, NJ with his first ever weakfish caught on a shedder crab.
