Boat traffic, but stripers still bite

W eekends are always a problem with surfacing fish, but there are so many stripers in NY/NJ Bight now that boaters still did well today

At Belmar, the Big Mohawk reported as follows:“It was a slow pick on the STRIPERS in the morning but the last half of the day the fish were splashing on top. We had better action as the day went on. We ended up with a good amount of throwbacks along with Keepers and some SLOT FISH.“

Capt. Ron Santee said it paid to be an early boat today. He had a good bite going on the Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands until the boat traffic shut it down. After that he covered a lot of miles which produced some bass in a few cases, but none at all on other stops. Henry was high hook with eight and added the pool.

A small craft advisory is up through the morning. The forecast is for north winds at 15- 20 knots with gusts to 25.