Where did that swell come from?

Mike Monte fished the Monmouth County surf at dawn, but soon found that his Tsunami Sand Eel and teaser was lost in a large swell that came up overnight. The only angler who caught school stripers did so by casting a large bucktail jig.

The Golden Eagle from Belmar reported that it took some time to get the stripers started, but ended up with boat limits.

There’s a small craft advisory up to late tonight before it changes to a gale warning through late Tuesday.

Nick Honachefsky of saltwater Underground had a ball in the NJ surf last week as he and Purple Pants Pete released over 60 small stripers. Nick even took advantage of bass in the wash to catch some on his fly rod.