Fishing remains solid throughout the past week with schools of bass and big blues chasing bait from Sandy Hook to Barnegat Light. The story was the same this week find the birds and fish hard. Anglers jigged for bass and blues while constantly positioning themselves with the moving schools. Others gave there arms a rest and trolled for plenty of short bass with very little keeper bass if any. Big Blues in the 12 to 15 lb range are patrolling up and down the coast line filling up on mostly sand eels and peanut bunker.
Aboard Captain Ron Fisherman there was not one empty rod holder on board. Birds were working all over and moving fast, plenty of bass around but again few keepers were raised. Ava Diamond jigs, cripple herring lures and butterfly jigs seemed to work best.
On the Gambler, Angler Skolmann from NJSaltwaterfisherman.com experienced the same, few bass aboard with an occasional chopper bluefish over the rail. Pool winner was just barley legal at 28.25 inches.
If your not chasing birds than jump on the Voyager for Sea Bass. Die hard anglers aboard the Voyager had a great trip with a mix bag. Sea Bass, giant Porgies, Cod up to 20 lbs and a monster 31 lb pool winner Pollack caught by Dan Knoefal from Brooklyn. Sea Bass Pool winner was 13 yr old Thomas Morgis from Stafford VA with a 6 pounder.
Capt Jimmy Elliot Miss Belmar Princess fished through shorts and keepers with blackfish up to 7lbs. Captain Jimmy sails daily for blackfish 7:30am to 4pm captjimmy@aol.com
Fishing only gets more intense from here, in a couple of weeks massive schools of herring should be moving in and behind them should be the larger bass that we are hoping for, maybe even a few over 55. If you have a report send it to me at ron@signbrothers.com
Fish On
