September 08, 2026 - 01:25:32
At Riptide Bait and Tackle in Brigantine Andy reported kids are having a blast out front catching plenty of medium size croakers, spot, super snapper bluefish and sand sharks. The jetty has also been producing larger fluke while sheepshead are on the bite there too.
September 08, 2026 - 01:25:22
Captain Andy at Riptide Bait and Tackle reports that there are plenty of local options right now for putting a fish on the end of your line. The easiest way to hook up might be fishing the beach, inlet or jetty for snapper blues, croakers and kingfish, all of which have been abundant this week. Boaters are keeping their rods bent with dozens of short flounder from the back bays. These fish are small but are aggressively taking live minnows and Gulp Mullets. There are some larger fish still left in the bays, but these fish have been the exception. Anglers are increasing their odds of finding that “exceptional” keeper by fishing live snappers, live peanuts, or live spot along the deeper holes in the inlet. Fish to 6 pounds were caught recently using these live baits. Boaters with the range to fish the offshore wrecks and reefs are finding more keeper flounder along with triggerfish and have reported that there are a lot of bigger mahi at the pots.
August 31, 2026 - 10:58:29
Quite a lot of super snapper sized bluefish have entered the surf said Andy of Riptide Bait and Tackle in Brigantine as cut chunk baits and small metals are hooking the diminutive demons. Kingfish made a solid push into the surf as well with some bigger chunky models hitting bloodworms and Fishbites.
August 31, 2026 - 10:58:02
Small blues and kingfish have joined the party this week in Brigantine according to Capt. Andy with Riptide Bait and Tackle. From the inlet to the surf, blues, kingfish, spot and croakers are now abundant for anglers fishing bloodworms, Fishbites or chunks of fresh spot. The back bay flounder bite is very strong, but the vast majority of fish are falling just short of keeper size. Offshore, the wrecks and reefs are giving up limits of flounder to 4 pounds. While out there, anglers are coming across floating debris and putting up to a dozen chicken mahi in the boat.
