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2017 8 Dog Day Chunking Dusk

Long Island Sound: Dog Day Chunking

You can still connect with big stripers and blues during the dog days of summer by focusing your efforts on the deeper reaches of Long Island Sound.

2017 8 Know Your Puffers Main

Know Your Puffers: It Could Save Your Life

Contrary to what some believe, the blowfish (northern puffers) common to our region are perfectly safe to eat, but beware of the increasing number of smooth puffers showing up in our waters; they can kill you.

2017 8 Okuma Alc Mag Surf Reel 2

Okuma ALC Mag Surf Reel

The ALC Mag Surf Reel by Okuma delivers exceptional distance in a reel an angler can easily cast for extended periods of time in the surf and it’s delivered at an affordable price.

2017 8 Albie Tricks

Albie Tricks

If you’re not prepared with some larger offerings in your tackle bag, your chance of scoring is diminished.

2017 8 Striped Bass Francese

Striped Bass Francese

Lemon and fish go together like peanut butter and jelly, and with plenty of stripers coursing through our waters now, what better combination than striped bass francese to satiate the pallet.

2017 8 Kayak Gear Keeper

Kayak Gear Keeper

Kayaks are wonderful craft for fishing but small items like knives, hooks and lures can be easily lost. Neodymium or “rare earth” magnets are an effective and inexpensive solution for this problem.

Concerns Over Lower Yaphank Lake Project

A Brookhaven Town project to drain and excavate mud and sentiment with heavy machinery from Lower Yaphank Lake, also known as Lily Lake, is set to begin within weeks, yet little is being done to protect resident fish and the native brook trout population in Carmans River below the lake.

2017 7 Barnegat Light Reef

Barnegat Light Reef

Easily accessible and perfectly productive for both small and large boaters, the Barnegat Light Reef is an easy 3.1-mile run straight east out of Barnegat Inlet.

Gimme Back My Humpbacks

The New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council (Council) meets on Thursday, July 13 at 4 p.m. at the Galloway Township Branch of the Atlantic County Library at 306 East Jimmie Leeds Road in Galloway, NJ, just off Parkway exit 41.

2017 7 Catfish Fever Main

Catfish Fever

Catfish are plentiful throughout New England and make for an excellent summertime target species.

2017 7 Finicky Summertime Blues Bluefish

Finicky Summertime Blues

There are times when even bluefish are difficult to catch; here’s how to combat their finicky ways.