June is finally here and the Long Beach Island surf side spring striper fishing remains strong. With the full moon yesterday (Sunday) we are now in the final chapter of the 2026 spring, but don’t overlook it! It can be one of the best periods for quality size bass. Historically speaking we see a large body of striped bass the first and second week of June. We’ll see how to plays out. There’s other opportunities on tap too… Let’s dive in! Here’s the Long Beach Island Fishing Report Update for Monday June 1, 2026.
This spring has been a good one to surf anglers fishing the beaches of LBI. It’s a steady run of action since mid April and it just might keep on going. We had a beautiful weekend here on Long Beach Island with lots of sun, some swell and stripers (among other catches too). Anglers continue to find striped bass in the suds soaking clams and bunker. There’s dogfish around so switching over to lures is a great alternative to bypass the junk. Weedy conditions have been frustrating some days and some locations but nothing like it was a few weeks back.
As seen on the report video, yesterday’s groundswell lingers on while fading but what not seen on the video is the current winds. At the time of the video it was light but now in the afternoon stiff 15-20mph east north east winds are blowing. Anglers fishing bait will need extra lead.
Striped bass remain the main attraction on the beach BUT black drum still here and more bluefish have arrived this past week. Also there’s a few nice fluke in the mix. Photo above is Mark Roczey with a black drum from the Beach Haven surf. Below, Andrew LeFante holds a 35.5″ bluefish he caught off the mid-Island surf. His dad Ray reported, “Had to weed through a bunch of big nasty dogfish and a few skates but Andrew landed a big blue on a bunker chunk. We weighed it in at Fish Heads, 11.9#. All of our action came on either bunker chunks or heads. We also had quite a few runoffs and bite offs.”
Water temperatures are running in the mid-to-upper 50s along the LBI beaches.
On the bay side, fluke fishing has been a little slower, but there are fish being caught. The bay is also holding striped bass, black drum, bluefish, some weakfish. Some warmer water – summertime species are starting to appear with the first signs of blowfish, spot and some rays. As the water continues warming, we expect better fluke fishing to materialize.
Stop by Fisherman’s Headquarters in Ship Bottom for fresh bait, tackle, local intel as well as everything you need to get dialed in. We’re open daily, loaded up for the season and ready to help you catch more fish!
Tightline Charter’s Captain Jeff Warford had Frank and Paul aboard fishing this past weekend. They both scored fun striped bass fishing live baiting with spot in the Barnegat Bay. A big surprise came when a monster 55# black drum took a spot!
