NJ Fishing report-2018

[phatdaddy]

Nice , lotta tacos there.

68*! No wonder all the fish are up there, ours is 87* and just getting over red tide

Good report, skunk

[Giorgio]

Way too go!!! Beautiful fish.

[Pipe_Dream]

Oh man, that's some good eating there!

[SkunkBoat]

Monday- W winds around 5 kt, becoming SE in the afternoon. Seas around 3 ft.

Monday is re-opening day for black sea bass in NJ. Looks like decent weather for the V20s. If you can get out there, the Shark River Reef is the place to go for bigger fish and numbers. There are mahi around the pot markers and today there were reports of BFT breaking water and tormenting anglers.

[SkunkBoat]

Originally Posted by SkunkBoat

Monday- W winds around 5 kt, becoming SE in the afternoon. Seas around 3 ft.

Well that couldn't be farther from the truth....wind ENE at 23knts seas UGLY

[SkunkBoat]

Got out to Shark River Reef this afternoon. Actually we ran across to Monster Ledge and trolled for tuna/mahi for a while. Got 3 little tunny(aka Bonita) and 2 small mahi. Then anchored on the Stolt and caught a limit of Black Sea Bass. I got a pair over 4 pounds.

[SkunkBoat]

SR Reef again this Sunday---WOW it was a parking lot!
We passed it by to go looking for mahi and tuna in the Mud Hole. Got 3 small mahi and one nice 7 pounder on the pots headed to the Monster Ledge. Also had a half dozen little tunny (Bonita) that kept it interesting. Had a cedar plug get broken off on a hit, 3 year old wind-on leader broke in the middle.

Got to the Ledge and got nothing, headed back thru the pots on the way to SR reef. Got a nice surprise with a double of schoolie bluefins! They weren't big but they were legal and tasty!

Got to the northeast edge of SR reef and drifted the first rock mountain without a boat on it. Lots of big porgies and sea bass. A lot of throwbacks but we did OK. Bluefish biting seabass in half on the way up.

Went north to the Arundo and anchored. Got 4 seabass all bigger than anything at the reef. A few ling also.