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Beach Bonito

After receiving a hot tip from a good friend of mine about a hot bonito bite in the inlet yesterday, I rearranged my morning schedule and arranged to meet him this morning. Things were not looking promising upon my arrival as the water was dirty with the last of the out going tide. I decided to fish for fluke until my friend arrived and proceeded to catch 3 short fluke in a 10-15 minute span. Upon his arrival, he informed me that the water will definitely clear up with the incoming tide—he was right. We started seeing birds working over a tide line and pods of bait with the occasional fish breaking among them. We waited for the fish to come to us but after 30 minutes they really didn’t move closer, so we moved closer to them. Was not the fast and furious bite he experienced yesterday (having almost constant action for 2 hours)-but we do catch a few.I ended up going 3 for 5 while also have a few followers and he went 2 for 4 with some followers. These were my firs “beach bonito”-as I’ve only caught them in the open ocean in the past. Only a few others were fishing for them without success 9although we were told someone had a few at the top of the inlet jetty). We caught all of ours on a 4” Tsunami Split Tail. As an aside, I saw a good amount of fluke being caught

fishing report photo of Bonito photo taken on 8/20/2019 10:03:00 AM contributed by Skolmann

Catch Date: 08/20/2019 10:03 AM

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Beach Bonito

Skolmann

3 days Manasquan Inlet NJ Bonito

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Their Still Here

william

24 days Virginia Beach VA Mackerel, Spanish

Continue to catch big Spannies on plugs

fishing report photo of Mackerel, Spanish photo taken on 7/30/2019 10:43:00 PM contributed by william

Catch Date: 07/30/2019 22:43 PM

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Ribbon fish

william

25 days Virginia Beach VA Bass, White

Ribbon came through can you eat them

fishing report photo of Bass, White photo taken on 7/24/2019 5:01:00 PM contributed by william

Catch Date: 07/24/2019 17:01 PM

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On Gotcha Plugs

william

25 days Virginia Beach VA Mackerel, Spanish

Late dusk fishing

fishing report photo of Mackerel, Spanish photo taken on 7/28/2019 1:07:00 PM contributed by william

Catch Date: 07/28/2019 13:07 PM

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Nice Size

william

29 days Virginia Beach VA Seabass, Black

Sea bass hitting on squid

fishing report photo of Seabass, Black photo taken on 5/4/2019 10:32:00 AM contributed by william

Catch Date: 05/04/2019 10:32 AM

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Weakfish?!? Weekend report

snick4444

1 monthGreat Bay NJ Weakfish

I haven't caught a weakfish since before Hurricane Sandy so this weekend was a nice surprise! Landed 12 total weakfish over two days. Granted, they were all under a foot except for one (would have been a keeper size, but we let her live another day to hopefully get another spawn in!). Also caught in the mix were some fluke (all shorts) and sea robin. Most fish caught on gulp, some live bait.

fishing report photo of Weakfish photo taken on 7/19/2019 7:31:00 AM contributed by snick4444

Catch Date: 07/19/2019 7:31 AM

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SkolmannHopefully this is the beginning of the next up cycle for weakfish.

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Spanish mackerel on plugs

william

1 monthVirginia Beach VA Mackerel, Spanish

Spanish mackerel run today

fishing report photo of Mackerel, Spanish photo taken on 7/17/2019 5:03:00 PM contributed by william

Catch Date: 07/17/2019 17:03 PM

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Spanish mackerel on the grill

william

1 monthVirginia Beach VA Mackerel, Spanish

Grilling Spanish mackerel

fishing report photo of Mackerel, Spanish photo taken on 7/18/2019 5:54:00 PM contributed by william

Catch Date: 07/18/2019 17:54 PM

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Bonito Blood Bath Bonanza

Skolmann

1 monthPoint Pleasant Beach NJ Bonito @50

My son and I jumped on a party boat out of Pt. Pleasant-steamed about 20 miles offshore. Took 5-10 minutes for the fish to find us, then it was game on. We each caught @50 bonito. This is a cooler shot after the first drift

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Figuring it out

Jimmy

1 monthLoch Raven Reservoir MD Bass, Largemouth

I’ve never been much of a summer deep water bass fisherman, I do better in cooler weather in the shallows.

A couple of friends are showing me the deep water ropes, and I’m starting to see some results.

fishing report photo of Bass, Largemouth photo taken on 7/18/2019 7:02:00 AM contributed by Jimmy

Catch Date: 07/18/2019 7:02 AM

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Magic Hour Fluke

Skolmann

1 monthRaritan Bay West Reach NY Fluke @20

Did a magic Hour fluke trip from 5-9 PM yesterday. Experienced almost ideal conditions (if we had the wind out of a slightly more westerly direction and just a tad stronger it would have been prefect). As it was I was able to box two keeper fluke to 20”s. Caught @20 shorts. Only two other keepers were boated (although short action kept everyone’s rod bent)-also by the same person, who also won the pool with a 21”er (caught seconds after I caught my big one). All my fish came via dragging bait-either a killies or spearing.

fishing report photo of Fluke photo taken on 7/10/2019 8:40:00 PM contributed by Skolmann

Catch Date: 07/10/2019 20:40 PM

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Slow Day

Jimmy

1 monthLoch Raven Reservoir MD Bass, Largemouth

I took a break from striper fish to fish with my buddy on his reservoir rig. It was a slow day and I was only 1 fish away from the skunk!

fishing report photo of Bass, Largemouth photo taken on 7/7/2019 10:42:00 AM contributed by Jimmy

Catch Date: 07/07/2019 10:42 AM

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Another Day, Same Results

Skolmann

1 monthManasquan Inlet NJ Fluke

Another day, same results. Was accompanied by my son Jason today. Arrived tail end of the incoming tide and fished into 3/4 of the outgoing. Incoming had almost constant action but mostly dinks. Considerably slower during the slack. Outgoing saw a steady increase in action although not as steady as the incoming but bigger fish. I lost count after we combined for 50. Jason caught everything fishing plain GULP and I caught everything fishing a killies. Also caught my first sea robin of 2019-don’t think I ever went this long into the summer without catching one.

fishing report photo of Fluke photo taken on 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM contributed by Skolmann

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Few Great Bay Fluke Trips

snick4444

1 monthGreat Bay NJ Fluke

Been a busy few weeks for me so I've been slacking on my fishing reports! I've been out in Great Bay three times over the past two weeks. Usually going out at daybreak and staying out for a few hours each day. Lots of action, but no keepers! All fish caught on gulp or minnow.

fishing report photo of Fluke photo taken on 7/4/2019 8:17:00 AM contributed by snick4444

Catch Date: 07/04/2019 8:17 AM

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Manasquan Inlet Fluke

Skolmann

1 monthManasquan Inlet NJ Fluke

One of the countless short fluke I caught today.

fishing report photo of Fluke photo taken on 7/5/2019 10:34:00 AM contributed by Skolmann

Catch Date: 07/05/2019 10:34 AM

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Manasquan Inlet 7/5/19

Skolmann

1 monthManasquan Inlet NJ Bluefish

Got in a few hours today (fished same spot yesterday for 90 minutes but didn’t take any pictures) fishing the last 90 minutes of the incoming tide through the first 2 hours of the outgoing. Bite was nearly constant on the incoming dropping to a pick around the slack before picking up somewhat on the outgoing. Lost count of how many short fluke I caught (same for yesterday). Did catch some “quality shorts” up to 17”s among all the dinks. Also caught this small cocktail bluefish, who wouldn’t sit still for me to take a good picture.