We caught a throw net full of very small Ballyhoo in Manasquan river last night. I have never seen ballyhoo in NJ.
These were from 3" to maybe 5". some were smaller and went thru the net.
My brother lived in Florida for decades and has never seen ballyhoo this small, ever. And he has caught thousands of ballyhoo for bait.
So I put one on a hook and caught a 16 " striper on a live ballyhoo. Don't think anyone in the world can claim to have done that!
So a dock mate was walking by and we showed him and he shows us a picture on his phone of a 4" dolphin (mahi mahi) caught in a throw net in Barnegat Bay!
Bring on that global warming! We'll be catching sailfish in the mud hole in a few years at this pace!