Bluefish building up

While many party boats switched to fluke when the N.J. sea bass season ended, the Golden Eagle from Belmar went looking for bluefish with yesterday’s results: “06/21/2025

It was a mixed bag out on the water today.

We saw bird life at times with BLUES rolling and breaking water on the surface. We managed to pick at them over a couple of drifts and they were hitting both poppers and jigs.

There was also short FLUKE action with some KEEPERS in the mix along with a few CHUB MACKEREL and LING on board.

We saw bir

There was also short FLUKE action with some KEEPERS in the mix along with a few CHUBB MACKEREL and LING on board.

We saw bird life at times with BLUES rolling and breaking water on the surface. We managed to pick at them over a couple of drifts and they were hitting both poppers and jigs.

There was also short FLUKE action with some KEEPERS in the mix along with a few CHUBB MACKEREL and LING on board.

Capt. Ron Santee had no drift for fluke when he started today with his Fishermen out of Atlantic Highlands, and had to power drift before some rain and wind turned on the bite for fluke up to a 4-pounder.

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The marine forecast for NJ/NJ Bight is for northwest winds at only 5 knots before changing to southwest at 10-15 plus gusts to 20 in the afternoon.