August 10, 2026 - 10:46:10
Phil of the Tackle Box in Hazlet noted that blues started running off the Sandy Hook beachfront being caught on metals. Fluke are laying thick in the suds and on the bayside piers there are croakers and spot hitting Fishbites baits and worms.
August 10, 2026 - 10:45:51
I checked with Phil over at the Tackle Box and he also told us of a decent week of fishing in spite of the weather. Fluke fishing served up decent numbers of keepers and plenty of shorts in the Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers as well as the lower bay and back bay waters of Raritan Bay. The fishing is still heavy on the shorts but keeper numbers are increasing. He also mentioned some good bottom fishing outside as well as good catches of fluke and one fish limits of sea bass and tog. Mixed size bluefish, bonito and some Spanish mackerel are bending rods along the inshore waters. Bottom fishermen are into sea bass, tog, ling, triggerfish and croakers.
August 03, 2026 - 10:42:51
Phil AT the Tackle Box in Hazlet said the surf saw a push of bluefish up at Sandy Hook as some were reaching the 6- to 10-pound mark mixed with the usual 1- to 3-pounders. Fluke can be found beachwalking the Sandy Hook sands as well. On the bayside croakers are amassing around the Belford and Keansburg Piers.
August 03, 2026 - 10:42:19
Over at the Tackle Box Phil had a good report for us. He said fluke fishing is a lot better in the bay and this past week saw snappers around the docks and pods of cocktails moving around the bay. Phil said croakers were in good supply and the shop is carrying greens for the tog fishing which is now open. He also mentioned some good inshore fishing with bluefish and bonito supplying some good action which now has tog to ad to the coolers along with fluke, sea bass, triggerfish and ling. He said this week’s fishing will be up to the weatherman with all the storms that are predicted.
