Monmouth County surf blitz Wednesday afternoon

Vinny D’Anton said he was picking Wednesday afternoon in the Monmouth County surf when a school of big bunkers moved inside the bars, While it wasn’t a classic blast, large stripers were under those bunkers. Vinny was fishing with Frank Manzi and Shell Caris and did best by casting down the beach rather than into the bunkers. The hot lure was the Lil DOC which is worked like a Zara Spook..Multiple bass often followed that surface lure (see photo below) The bass ranged up to 40 inches, with most being around 32 inches. Everyone was exhausted from the long-lasting blitz,, but they had plenty of time to rest this morning as there was no action on the same beaches.

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The Big Mohawk from Belmar reported yesterday’s great striper fishing as follows: “Beatdown on the striper grounds today. Starting to sound like a broken record. The fishing we have going on in our backyard is incredible. The best that our crew has ever seen in our lifetime. It’s not everyday or year that Miles of fish up and down the coast are blasting bunkers out of the water. Todays crew landed over 250 striped bass with a full boat limit of keeper size as well. Fish ate Shad’s, bunkers, metals, metal lip swimmers, doc plugs and topwater poppers. We are going to let the pictures and videos show you the rest. We will be sailing tomorow book online to reserve your spot or come on down walk ons welcome provided we have room.​

​The Golden Eagle from Belmar noted today:

SHING EVERY DAY:30AM – 1:30PM(weather permitting)

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• IT WAS SUPER STRIPER FISHING! The early departure did not disappoint and great action continued around the boat all day. There were lots of fish on top in the bunkers and shads worked the best today. We had plenty of KEEPER BASS along with slot fish and numerous throwbacks.”

At Atlantic Highlands, Capt. Ron Santee had to fish in the snot during the outgoing tide, but his regulars worked hard to put a catch together with frequent moves. The high hook caught eight bass.

The forecast is better tomorrow with west winds at 10-15 knots before increasing to 15-20 in the afternoon.

Capt. Vinnie Vetere set a boat record last week with a catch of 75 stripers up to 25 pounds during a half-day charter on his Katfish from Great Kills.