Weakfish in Barnegat Bay

They aren’t big. but on ultralight spinning tackle weakfish in Barnegat Bay live grass shrimp chum lines are lots of fun to catch — and good eating besides, Fishing there with Capt. Dave De Gennaro on his Hi Flier from Barnegat is also a good way to get away from the northeast winds that have made for a nasty ocean.

Fisherman editor Jim Hutchinson Jr. reports as follows: “Thanks Capt Dave @hifliersportfishing for a little old school Barnegat Bay weakfish action, fishing like little kids with shedder crab & some live grass shrimp. Sorry @nickdeg98 I meant to say “shore shrimp” #weakfish#weakfishfurious#grassshrimping#barnegatbay#seatrout#cynoscionregalis#oldschoolfishing@thefishermanmag

A small craft advisory is up in NY/NJ Bight through late Sunday night. The forecast for Sunday is for continuing northeast winds at 10-15 knots plus gusts to 20 and 4-5-foot seas or more.