Eryk Lewandowski found a solid striper bite at Indian River Inlet back on April 19, managing a total of 73 stripers from 18 to 27 inches while fishing bucktails along the jetty rocks.Robert Malinosky came home with this 250-pound thresher shark from a spring trip aboard the Yankee Rose out of Clark’s while fishing with Capt. John and mate Jimmy.A dead eel turned out to be a good deal for Ryan Sumption on a night session along the Atlantic City jetty rocks earlier this year with this jumbo catch and release striper.Daiwa’s Rich Bizzari with a 7-pound Father’s Day fluke. With the 2025 season now done and all eyes on 2026 regulatory news, it will be interested to see what the “MRIP” data shows about this year’s angling catch.Clifton’s Al DiMartino Jr. shows off a 39-inch striper he caught and released during a foggy evening earlier this season.While the reef, wreck and inshore snag bite really turned on off the Central Jersey coast in July and August, Brandon Kozlowski was able to nab his first keeper fluke in late June aboard the Point Pleasant based Norma K III.Early this summer, William Rowe and close friend Shawn Hinchman were 1-1/2 miles off Sandy Hook fluking and sharking, eventually (5 hours, 17 minutes) battling this 500-plus-pound thresher.Tim, Erica, Max, Lily Turner got on the upper Barnegat Bay fluke during a family trip on June 21 celebrating the official opening weekend of summer ’25.Paul Marrandino and his son Drew herded a couple of sheep in the Brigantine area over the summer.Evan Cowen shows off a hefty snakehead caught somewhere off the Delaware River in midsummer.
