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Capt Mark DeBlasio braved rough seas tp get offshore before locating lots of bluefinsand then before locating 17 yellowfins with his Blue Runner.”After sitting out the last 5 days, we decided to go with Jim Fry and the boys. We left late while the wind settled down and took a long ride. Set out around 5pm and found some Bluefin pretty quickly. Released a bunch and then the Yellowfin started biting .. by dark we had 6 Yellowfin in the box. This morning we had conditions figured out a little better and saw great fishing with steady singles and doubles , ending up with 21 nice sized Yellowfin. We released 17 Bluefin as well and pulled the hook on a bigeye .. great trip that started with low expectations and ended with a happy crew. Thanks boys !After sitting out the last 5 days, we decided to go with Jim Fry and the boys. We left late while the wind settled down and took a long ride. Set out around 5pm and found some Bluefin pretty quickly. Released a bunch and then the Yellowfin started biting .. by dark we had 6 Yellowfin in the box. This morning we had conditions figured out a little better and saw great fishing with steady singles and doubles , ending up with 21 nice sized Yellowfin. We released 17 Bluefin as well and pulled the hook on a bigeye .. great trip that started with low expectations and ended with a happy crew. Thanks boys !After sitting out the last 5 days, we decided to go with Jim Fry and the boys. We left late while the wind settled down and took a long ride. Set out around 5pm and found some Bluefin pretty quickly. Released a bunch and then the Yellowfin started biting .. by dark we had 6 Yellowfin in the box. This morning we had conditions figured out a little better and saw great fishing with steady singles and doubles , ending up with 21 nice sized Yellowfin. We released 17 Bluefin as well and pulled the hook on a bigeye .. great trip that started with low expectations and ended with a happy crew. Thanks boys !

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The waters off northern N.J. have been producing lots of trophy bass. but Capt. Jim Freda found them missing during his last attempt. However, Jeff Merrill got there at the right time to release two of 44 and 48 inches before the SE wind shut the bite down.

Capt. Mark DeBlasio has been catching huge numbers of school tuna since last week on overnighters with his Blue Runner from Point Pleasant. That continued on a long day trip this week. A couple of bigeyes have also been boated.

Capt. Ron Santee reports a better bite of sea bass along with some ling and a couple of large flounders on his Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands. That boat is chartered on Friday and Saturday.

Capt. Mark DeBlasio has been trolling huge numbers of school bluefins with his Blue Runner off northern N.J. A couple of bigeyes have also been boated.

Capt. Ron Santee is picking sea bass and adding ling on his Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands. That boat is chartered Friday and Satirday.

Sea bass are regularly marked in good quantities, but they don’t always hit. One day they may prefer jigs. while bait is better on other days. Ling may add to the catch.

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As noted here, my nephew, Bob Correll of Hutchinson Island, booked two days of snook fishing and invited me to join him. This rainmaker brought unpredicted downpours to bone dry Florida and the first day had to be cancelled. However, the next day was fishable with Capt. Chris Scott of Stuart. Working small live pilchards around nearby bridges produced a small dnook right away for Bob. A cooler was brought to the bow of the center console and this nealy 90-year old was able to enjoy fighting snook up to 27 inches while seated safely. My last catch was the only variety — a jack crevalle.

This is strictly a release fishery as Chris protects his local fishery.

Chris

After a slow start, NJ sea bass fishing has become consistent. The Big Mohawk from Belmar had great jigging on May 27 that produced a limit for all 28 anglers!

Sunday starts well with NW winds at 5-10 knots before blowing in the afternoon.

The Golden Eagle from Belmar reports “We started with a couple of drifts inshore, but that bite didn’t last long, so we worked our way out east and kept moving until we found better life. From there, we managed to pick away on every drift. Some were better than others, but there was action to be had throughout the day.”

There even a few whiting and squid.

Capt Ron Santee went back to the area that produced sea bass yesterday, but it was slow there and the same at other spots. Some fares on the Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands caught 5-6 sea bass.

It was another day with 56 degree water temperatures that produced dinner for all aboard the Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands. Capt. Ron Santee said the best bet was an Avva 17 diamond jig tipped with a Gulp teaser. There’s more calm conditions coming up tomorrow.

Chuck Many made the bes of bad weather as follows”Friday forecast was for a hard East wind with building seas, well they got that right. Justin, Chris & I Decided to stay close, beat our way out about 2 miles and drifted in with east wind. Landed 10 Big Bass and lost just as many. Decided to call it before it went wind against tide, which probably was the right move.

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Capt. Ron Santee found blue 56 degree waters today with his Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands as everyone went home with sea bass for dinner.

The forecast is for southwest winds at just 5-10 knots.