Capt. Joe Massa of My Three Sons at Morgan Marina reports blackfishing recently with Captain Pat Heaney of City By The Sea charters in Newport Rhode Island as follows:” Had all hard-core blackfishermen on the trip which included Bobby Glynn, aka Bunker Bobby, his brother Tommy aka oh boy, Lou Critiano aka Staten Island Sharpie, and Scott and Bob Croker. Fishing was amazing with non-stop fish to 11 lbs. True drop and reel fishing both on jigs and weight and bait. The first day I would guess we had over 150 keepers, keeping only 3 fish per man and releasing all females and big fish. Most of the fish were in the 5lb to 8lb class. The group broke off several big fish using 30lb to 40lb leader. On day two, fishing was a bit slower, but still amazing based on New Jersey standards. Several 10lb fish were released on day two fishing a deep-water wreck.”
A small craft advisory is up through Tuesday morning in NY/NJ Bight. Tomorrow’s forecast is for west winds at 15-20 knots plus gusts to 30.
The weather was just right (almost flat calm) for yesterday’s trip of the Golden Eagle from Belmar as bonito, small blues and sea bass all cooperated and many chopper limits were taken.
A small craft advisory is up to Sunday afternoon. Sunday starts off well with southeast winds at 5-10 knots plus gusts to 20 before going south at 15-20 and gusts to 30 in the afternoon.
N,Y.C, Capt. John Mc Murray reports “Man this fall does NOT disappoint (ahem, so far). Been doing this stuff for a couple decades now, and while yeah, I admittedly have a tendency to overexaggerate, when ya consider both quantity and quality, this may be the best bluefin run we’ve had, least that I can remember. I mean, the abundance of 60 to 70” fish is extraordinary, and just when ya think that maybe they left, well, ya find out that they just shifted a bit. And, for one reason or another, they are particularly fat. I mean, like, REALLY wide fish. Are there bigger and smaller fish around? Yeah, but trust me when I tell ya that ya don’t really wanna do the jig/pop thing with bigger ones. I mean, it might be fun for the first 30 minutes. After that tho? Well, you decide. Anyway we’re gonna keep go’n into the season till we can’t anymore. Knocking on wood, but these fish don’t seem to be going anywhere. I mean, stripers are fun but… ONE MORE CAST CHARTERS/ NYCTUNA.COMFish Uvt
A small craft advisory is up from 10 p.m. to Saturday morning. The forecast for Saturday is for west winds at 15-20 knots and gusts to 25 before going northwest at 10 in the afternoon.
Vinny D’Anton says the northern N.J. surf has cleared up and settled down. He saw mullet his morning and there were blues up to 10 pounds in them that hit surface lures.
Jigs have long been one of the most important basic lures for catching predators of almost any size. and often outfish fresh bait. The following report on Tuesday’s fishing came from the Golden Eagle out of Belmar.: “10/9/24. Beautiful day on the Seabass grounds today. limits all around the boat for today’s light crowd. Started the morning with some jig bites. Doubles headers on teasers and jigs. Lots of bites on bait as well with some nice quality coming up. Wasn’t hot and heavy but plenty of life and good quality to keep ya interested. Open boat Friday weather looks good come on down sailing 6am.”
The forecast is for west winds at a mere 10 knots plus gusts to 20,
With Hurricane Milton on the way, Kathy and I drove from our home in Ft. Myers yesterday to our daughter Cyndi’s home on the east coast at PGA in Palm Beach Gardens,
Being far from the Gulf of Mexico, and on high ground, our home in Ft. Myers should be safe Yet,, Nick Honachefsky urges caution after barely escaping with his life from his home in Normandy Beach during Superstorm Sandy by waiting too long to evacuate. He lost everything. but came back better than ever!
The weather in NY/NJ Bight sounds a lot better as the forecast for tomorrow is for northwest winds at 10-15 knots plus some gusts to 25.
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.
Dave Lilly took advantage of two straight nice days this week to run his crews over to N.Y. Harbor where they released about 20 big bass to over 40 inches without finding any small enough to even bother measuring to meet the 28-31-inch keeper size.
The first day it took 17 ounces to hold bottom while drifting live eels, and there was a problem with 6-pound blues. The next day the current was lighter and there were no blues.
Lily remarked about the lack of boats on the water which he feels may be due to the gas at $4.95 in Keyport plus $30 for a dozen eels. That makes for an expensive trip especially when it’s unlikely even one striper will be legal.
Betty & Nick’s in Seaside Park noted that the wind has finally dropped out and the mullet are still there to attract migrating stripers and blues. There’s a great weather report for the weekend, with northwest winds at 5-10 knots and 2-3-foot seas on Saturday.
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