by As noted in yesterday’s blog, surf fishing conditions were ideal along the Jersey Shore — and this time the stripers took advantage of the situation.
Vinny D’Anton said the Monmouth County surf this morning was full of peanut bunkers with 24-30-inch stripers feeding on them. The only problem was getting bass to hit lures in all that bait. Vinny got some on paddletails, but the best bet was one of the peanuts.
At the same time, Vinny got a report from a friend in the Ocean County surf that it was even better there as he had caught 40 already.
The Golden Eagle from Belmar reported :
“The STRIPERS were more than ready to bite today!! There were plenty of fish and they kept coming over the rail. We had a boat limit so everyone got to bring fish home.“
Capt. Ron Santee is planning to finish the season with his Fishermen out of Atlantic Highlands from Thursday through Sunday. With the volume of sand eels now being “unreal”, He recommends metal jigs with, or without, tails.
A small craft advisory is up to late tonight. By morning the southwest wind will be 10-15 knots plus gusts to 25 early.
Chasin’ Tails Outdoors Tackle in Atlantic Beach, N.C. weighed this huge 67.9-pound kingfish after it was caught Nov. 25 east of Cape Lookout. It hit a live bunker being fed out on a Penn Spinfisher 8500. As it was credited to two anglers, I’m not sure if it was a legitimate sportfishing catch.
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