Weather fine for NY/NJ Bight anglers

After the long stretch of hard east winds in NY/NJ Bight, anglers are getting a real break this weekend.

Tomorrow’s forecast shifts back to the east, though at only 5-10 knots before going southeast in the afternoon. Seas are down to 2-4-feet.

Sea bass are the big attraction, but bottom fishing in general is better with the swells down.

Capt. Ron Santee Jr. sent the following report from today’s bottom fishing trip on the Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands during good weather: “Found the Bigger Sea Bass today along with a bunch of Bonito, some Triggers, blowfish, a couple Tog and small blues. We did catch some nice porgies but they didn’t bite like yesterday.

WE ARE NOT AVAILABLE TOMORROW (Saturday) We will be back to Open Boat on Sunday.“

Mike Monte reports from Nantucket that bonito are still around. Some little tunny finally arrived for a brief run, but pros only caught a few rather than their usual dozens. The lone charter boat still running caught lots of big stripers, but no mediums. Nantucket took a beating from the weeks of strong east winds — and also got over 8 inches of rain one day.