We've caught them as close inshore as the garden state north reef which has some higher profile wrecks and marker bouys to show where te wrecks are. Typically though I like to troll or chum the ridges with fresh spearing, but the ridges seem to be taking a beating by the draggers. The high points are less pronounced than years ago. They are by far my favorite fish to catch and eat since even little ones put up one hell of a fight. Last time we got into them I was not expecting it at all. We were bucktailing fluke in 70' and I got slammed by one as I was reeling up. We put out a mini spread of tsunaimi squids and boxed another and lost a third. These were 5-10lb fish on light gear. I'll also note that this particular day was unusual. It was July and on the way out bluefin tuna were blasting little butterfish right along the beach. We approached with snags thinking these were bass for sure. By the time we changed gears they were gone. When we got to the wreck there were at least a half dozen leather back turtle hanging around and a couple unidentified sharks cruising the surface. It was a scene out of the Hudson canyon only 4 miles off the beach.
