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There are bluefin tuna on the mid range grounds now. We only need to run 25 to 35 miles. My favorite kind of fishing: daytime tuna on bait and jigs! No need for the big gold reels. We use light 30 class conventionals and spinners. We will have the trolling gear on board, but hope not to use it. 

Marine forecast looks good for the next few days. Sailing Open Boat or Charter Mon July 10, Tues July 11, and Wed July 12. 4AM to 2PM. $350 person. 4 people max. All fish are shared. Everything is provided: rods, bait, jigs, fish cleaning. Just bring whatever you like to eat and drink. 

We are also available on these dates or any day for your private charter, inshore or offshore. Inshore we are targeting bluefish and fluke, with a few stripers mixed in at the inlet jetty.

Give me a call to reserve a spot. Hope to see you on board!

Dave DeGennaro
Hi Flier Sportfishing
732.330.5674 cell
hiflier.com

There’s no better way to beat the heat than fishing the waters of Long Beach Island. The bluefish and fluke action continues and there’s resident summertime stripers, some weakfish and other warm water critters (blowfish, triggers, sheepshead, sharks). Also we expect kingfish action to fire up soon on the surf. Get out and enjoy summertime fishing LBI.

The yellowfin are now in our range. 40 to 60 lb fish on the jig and troll. 60 plus miles each way. Friday and Saturday both look like good weather days to get offshore. Low velocity winds. We will be trolling, jigging, and bait fishing, whichever gives us the best chance.

Sailing Open Boat Tuna Fri July 7 and Sat July 8, 3AM to 3PM, $450 person, 4 people max, all fish are shared. 

Call me on my cell below to reserve a spot. 

These dates and any dates are also available for your private charter, as well. Inshore or offshore. We are currently catching blues with a few stripers mixed in at the inlet jetty along with fluke in the back bay. 

Hope to see you on board!

Dave

Dave DeGennaro
Hi Flier Sportfishing
732.330.5674 cell
hiflier.com

The weather looks good for Monday July 3 and Tuesday July 4 so we will be running Open Boat trips on these dates. Headed to Barnegat Ridge to try for bluefin tuna, albacore, sharks, or any species that is willing to cooperate with us. We will be primarily trolling as this is our best shot at a tuna, but I always have bait and jigs on board, as well. 

5AM to 1PM each day. $300 person. 4 people max. All fish are shared. These dates, or any dates, are also available for your private charter to fish in the bay, inlet, or ocean, as well. We are currently catching blues and fluke in the bay and inlet. 

Hope everyone has a safe and fun holiday weekend!

Dave DeGennaro
Hi Flier Sportfishing
732.330.5674 cell
hiflier.com

Quick update on the fishing front from Long Beach Island brought to you by Greg at Fisherman’s Headquarters.

Thursday and Friday look good for venturing offshore in search of tuna. The wind is under 10 knots each day. That should make for a very comfortable ocean. The life we are looking for is in the 50 to 60 mile range from our inlet. Whales, porpoise, and birds. We will be primarily trolling. If conditions dictate throwing poppers or jigging, we have that arsenal on board, as well. The Hi Flier is equipped with a Garmin Sirius/XM weather station so we can see any storm cells as they are born. This gives us the ability to run around them instead of through them. We have a 6 man Viking survival raft and an EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon) that alerts all search and rescue aircraft and vessels. These are all things we carry and hope to never use. We have bean bag chairs to crash out in for the rides out and back.

Sailing Open Boat or Charter Thursday June 29 and Friday June 30. 4AM to 4PM. $450 person. 4 people max. All fish are shared. The best way to contact me about reserving a spot is to call me on my cell below. 
We are also targeting stripers, blues, and fluke in the inlet and bay if you would like to book a charter for these dates or any day.

Hope to see you on board!

Dave DeGennaro
Hi Flier Sportfishing
732.330.5674 cell
hiflier.com

Summer is here and fluke fishing on and around Long Beach Island is good. After the recent rain and wind fishing has picked up right where it left off with hungry fluke in the surf, inlet, bay and ocean. With warm ocean water the local reefs and wrecks are producing. There’s blues ranging from 1-6#+ and still a few striped bass hook ups too. Check out the fishing report update and be sure to catch the info later in the video on this week’s long period swell. A solid word of caution for now and the entire summer – tropic storm season.

June surf fishing this past week really started to heat up with the arrival of some westerly winds which resulted in us having a good amount of bait (bunker) on the beach. And with that came the arrival of some good numbers and size Weakfish hitting Fluke baits.

And speaking of the Fluke / Flounder scene that bite continues to be Hot at times but now with a influx of a lot more short size and juvenile fish feeding in the surf. So those keeper ratios are starting to go way up -but still plenty of bigger fish around if you work for them.
Bluefish in the cocktail to taylor size range are still stalking and attacking anything that moves in the Surf..

June is Prime Time for Surfcasting Long Beach Island NJ and Learning how to target & catch the multiple species present plus its alot of fun doing so. , if you are interested in booking a surf fishing trip this summer just contact me for more information.
Email – Nightstrikes@Comcast.Net or call 609-276-6983

Nightstikes Surfcasting Guide Service LLC / Steve George

We will be running Open Boat or charter for Sat June 17 (two spots left), Sun June 18, and Mon June 19. We have been connecting with 2 to 4 lb blues in the bay trolling plugs and casting topwater lures. We are also catching fluke in the channels jigging with Gulp. There has been a good ratio of keeper fluke this season. Everything is on light tackle.There is a chance at stripers when we are in the inlet, as well.
6:30AM to 12:30PM, $175 person, 4 people max, all fish are shared. Call to reserve a spot.
The pics below are my son Max. We took the Lo Flier (he hates that name), our 16 ft aluminum bass boat out to break in the new motor yesterday (Wed). There was a lot of bird play and blues breaking water. I am hoping that holds up through these trips.

Dave DeGennaro
Hi Flier Sportfishing

732.330.5674 cell

hiflier.com