Epic northern NJ surf blitz

Surfcasting in the fall is often a matter of extremes. Vinny D’Anton had a friend from Pa, come over to the Monmouth County surf yesterday , but he didn’t catch a fish while Vinny only got one bass. Yet, there were so many bass into solid peanut bunkers today that it was almost impossible to not catch stripers — and the blitz was still going on when Vinny called this afternoon after being too tired to continue. He said the bass ranged from 24 to 48 inches, and hit almost anything. Bill Hoblitzell switched to his fly tackle and did as well..

Ironically, Vinny’s friends all headed south to Ocean County this morning, and had to be called back to Monmouth County. The party boat fleet was just offshore, but didn’t do as well under the conditions. The Big Mohawk from Belmar reported:

”Back out on the striper grounds today. Slow pick for us today. Managed a boat limit of keepers but ya had to work for em. Started the morning with a few keepers right away with tons of readings and some fish splashing on top but they def didn’t bite like ya read em. Took a steam in another direction and had our best shots of fish towards the end of the day. Back at it tommorow sailing 6am book online to secure your spot or come on down walk ons welcome.“

The Tyman is back into action, and Chuck Nany reported about yesterday as follows:”

Tried to avoid the humans with Clinton Lessard, Cesar Carranza, Brian Miller, & Paulie Martin!! Wasn’t exactly what I was looking for, but landed 23 and tagged 20 for Gray FishTag Research.”