Tight Lines

That summed up Capt. Ron Santee’s report — with a poor forecast for tomorrow

Fisher Price IV reports a red hot bite of school bluefins off NJ Bight with fish being released constantly

The Golden Eagle from Belmar had a boat limit catch of bluefish in the 2-5-pound class plus some little tunny on Friday as jigs with tails worked best.

Capt. Bob Pisano had invited me to fish for giant tuna as some had been spotted at an inshore wreck. We were greeted by a gusty NW and rough sea before hearing a radio report about a plane hitting the WTC. There was speculation that we might be at war; Even the dedicated Pisano was uncomfortable with that and we headed in. The giant plumes of smoke weren’t visible to us as the NW blew them down.

“09/09/2026

We had some SPANISH MACKEREL and BLUES today, picking a couple to a few on the drifts inshore. We had some good readings at times along with some fish up on top in the bait.

The action slowed down as the wind came on, so we finished up the day targeting FLUKE and SEA BASS.“

NJ anglers will be able to fill bags with abundant sea bass when that limit increases.

Fluking was good today for those using enough weight to hold bottom.

Cat. Ron Santee of the Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands reports” Had to battle some current and crappy conditions today to get it done but in the end we put a nice catch together!

Couple customers with their 3 including Gary & Mark who also took the pool with a nice 5lb3oz Fluke. Bunch of doubles and Sea Bass around the boat. Like I said, it wasn’t easy fishing with 10-12 oz of lead.

Capt. Ron Santee reports fluke remain abundant though s ea bass are hard to bet through.

Capt/ Ron Santee of te Fisjermen at Atlantic Hihjlands reports”ocean changes day to day!

Yesterday, you couldn’t hold with 12 ounces due to the current, today no drift, had to work the throttles to get us to move! Picked and plucked but it was tough fishing. The keepers we did catch were nice fish once again including a 5 lb pool fish on the last drift of the day.

Weather looks good for tomorrow, a little more breeze may help with the float and hopefully blow away all the dam flies!!!

The weather hasn’t helped, but NJ anglers are still catching fluke before that season ends on Sept. 25.

The Offshore Open based at Brielle offered entrants the choice of fishing two day trips or one overnighter. Crisdel led the way with a 178.10-pound tuna. The Right Place had a 29.90-pound mahi, and Low Bid boated a 63.6-pound longfin.