Tight Lines

There was a big surprise today on the Golden Eagle from Belmar as big bluefish replaced the small ones on the hills to the north. Tailed diamond jigs worked best.

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Capt. Ron Santee reports hard southerly winds in NJ Bight made for tough fluking today, but that won’t be a problem tomorrow.

Capt. Ron Santee said there wasn’t much of a drift Monday even though there was a decent fluke bite on his Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands. Five fares had three as a 5.4-pounder took the pool,

That boat is chartered Friday and Saturday.

mass of sand eels from which the Golden Eagle out of Belmar has been jigging limits of small blues disapered — but is back again. They even boated a Spanish mackerel among them.

The Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands had to fight a NW wind against tide but still did well with fluke on Sunday.

Capt. Mark DeBlasio of Blue Runner reports that he had “Dan Dan Reineke out with friends and family for an overnight trip. We had some junior anglers aged 8, 9 and 12 joining us. We fished a totally new area we have not fished this year and found some really great quality Yellowfins .. without a doubt the biggest we have seen this season. The junior anglers did an incredible job handling the rods and fighting the fish. They were mesmerized by the dolphins swimming around the boat and the whale sharks we saw during the trip. It was a cool experience for me to see a dad and his kids having a good timeDan Reineke out with friends and family for an overnight trip. We had some junior anglers aged 8, 9 and 12 joining us. We fished a totally new area we have not fished this year and found some really great quality Yellowfins .. without a doubt the biggest we have seen this season. The junior anglers did an incredible job handling the rods and fighting the fish. They were mesmerized by the dolphins swimming around the boat and the whale sharks we saw during the trip. It was a cool experience for me to see a dad and his kids having a good timeDan Reineke out with friends and family for an overnight trip. We had some junior anglers aged 8, 9 and 12 joining us. We fished a totally new area we have not fished this year and found some really great quality Yellowfins .. without a doubt the biggest we have seen this season. The junior anglers did an incredible job handling the rods and fighting the fish. They were mesmerized by the dolphins swimming around the boat and the whale sharks we saw during the trip. It was a cool experience for me to see a dad and his kids having a good timeDan Reineke out with friends and family for an overnight trip. We had some junior anglers aged 8, 9 and 12 joining us. We fished a totally new area we have not fished this year and found some really great quality Yellowfins .. without a doubt the biggest we have seen this season. The junior anglers did an incredible job handling the rods and fighting the fish. They were mesmerized by the dolphins swimming around the boat and the whale sharks we saw during the trip. It was a cool experience for me to see a dad and his kids having a good time”

Though anglers in Jimmy Johnson’s Quest fpr the Ring Tournament out of Atlantic City failed to catch a marlin big enough to weigh for big money, Beast won the points category with 338. Yellowfin tuna were active at the end of the contest and the total got up to 85 along with just one bigeye while there were releases of eight blue marlin and 18 whites. Dolphin improved to just six. and Gpt Game won with a 24.2-pounder.

Jimmy Johnson’s Quest for the Ring Tournament is winding down with no million dollar billfish weighed in.

Releases are up to five blues and 13 whites. Yellowfin tuna did improve with 52 weighed up to a new leader at 73.6 pounds for Solid Cost.

Even dolphin remain scarce though Craftmanship took the lead at 23.4 pounds.

Capt. Ron Santee found little current yesterday. but worked the engines for a good fluke catch over sticky bottoms on the Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands. Several fares caught four, and famed angler Gen Wong took the pool at 4.2 pounds.

Offshore fishing remains slow for anglers fishing in Coach Jimmy Johnson’s Quest for the Ring Tournament headquartered in Atlantic City. The first three days produced only 2 blue and 10 white marlin releases plus weigh-in’s of one bigeye plus 68 yellowfin tuna — and 21 mahi.

The Golden Eagle from Belmar reports loads of small bluefish feeding on sand eels at the hills. A few bonito and chub mackerel are mixed in — and giant tuna have been spotted there.

Capt. Ron Santee reported better fluking on his Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands during Wednesday’s charter.

Coach Jimmy Johnson’s Quest for the Ring Tournament has no likely winners after the first two days at Atlantic City and Sunset Marina in Ocean City, Maryland.

The first two days produced releases of just two blue marlin and nine whites while one bigeye was weighed along with yellowfins and dolphin. TIhe Golden Eagle from Belmar continues to provide limits of 1-4-pound bluefish which are stacked up on schools of sand eels on the hills where diamond jigs produce steady action.

Capt. Mark DeBlasio released his first blue marlin of the season on his Blue Runner from Point Pleasant while boating bigeyes and yellowfins.

The opening day of Coach Jimmy Johnson’s Quest for the Ring Tournament out of Atlantic City and Sunset Maina in Ocean City, MD was slow with just one blue and 4 white arlin releases plus 31 weighed yellowfin tuna, a bigeye and 2 dolphin.

Five Against One II boated