Tackle Box Fishing Co.

“It was a good week if fishing in between the storms that blew through the shore this past week,” said Phil over at the Tackle Box. Fluke fishing continued to be plenty of shorts and some nice keepers for anglers who picked through the smaller fish. He said some of the best fishing was for the slammers, bonito and Spanish macs that were moving along the inshore waters. The shop also got reports of some blues and their friend’s also blitzing the beaches in a few places as well and Sandy Hook saw some stripers caught this past week. Bottom fishing has been very good especially around the wind mills where one fish limits of sea bass and tog were common along with triggerfish, ling and other ground fish. Some mahi are still being caught at the lobster pods with some bull mahi being caught between 50 and 60 miles out. He also mentioned tons of small blues with some weakies mixed in, in the bay. Lastly Phil said the crabbing remains good and there are all types of baitfish in northern waters.

“While August was good the month of September can be a lot better with the right conditions and weather,” said Phil over at the Tackle Box. He told us with all the baitfish that are around September is really looking good. Croakers and spot are all over and light tackle fishermen have been enjoying them along with snappers and cocktails. Bluefish are dominating the inshore catch with bonito, false albacore and Spanish macs being caught as a bonus. There are tons of short fluke both in the bays and along the inshore waters and anglers have also been seeing some fair to good numbers of keepers mixing in with them. Bottom fishermen have been pulling triggers, sea bass, tog, ling and croakers from the wrecks and rough bottoms. He also mentioned that there are still some stripers being caught, especially after dark, along with a few weakfish.