Rough surf created dangerous conditions, but boaters did well

N.J. surfcasters had to fight 6-7-foot breakers this morning which resulted in generally poor striper fishing. Mike Monte said the surf conditions were actually dangerous. and he didn’t spend much time fighting that situation in Monmouth County. He did hear of some action to the south, but it was only on heavy Ava jigs cast as far as possible.

Vinny D’Anton only got one good report which came from Sandy Hook. He took the morning off as it was also cold and nasty.

On the other hand, the Golden Eagle from Belmar got into stripers right away and had plenty of surface action as every angler had a keeper.

Capt. Frank Masseria reported “insane” bass action on his Vitamin Sea from Keyport that led to an early return.

Capt. Ron Santee Jr. of the Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands reported as follows :” Fish were a little skidish this morning, saw & read plenty but only could pick at them. Ocean got nasty as the tide ran hard.

Looked over the bay, caught a couple on readings then decided to go back out to the snot!

Glad we did, the bite was on as soon as we got there. Had two 40-minute drifts with non-stop action. Awesome day with some sore arms! Back at it in the morning.”