This what World Cup anglers are looking for today

𝟏,𝟒𝟎𝟐-𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐥

On February 29, 1992, Paolo Roberto Amorim set the IGFA All-Tackle Atlantic blue marlin record with an incredible 1,402-pound, 2-ounce specimen he landed in Vitoria, Brazil.

On a day that only comes around once every four years—a leap year—he landed a once in a lifetime fish. The heaviest blue marlin ever recorded by the IGFA was tricked into biting a Mold Craft lure and was landed after a one-hour, twenty-minute fight.

Good news from the Golden Eagle out of Belmar as they found 2-lb. blues for jigging. with some anglers limiting on the first drift when blues were read 20-40-feet deep. Diamond jigs worked best. A drift for sea bass produced the single sea bass now allowed as by-catch in N.J. The first bonito I’ve heard of so far was also boated.

The Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands had better luck with keeper fluke today as several fares caught their three. A 5.4-pounder took the daily pool, but wasn’t entered in the monthly.

The forecast is for south winds at 5-10 knots before going to 10-15 plus gusts to 20 in the afternoon. Patchy fog and showers are possible.