Lots of fish inhabit New Jersey waters.
It was a good weekend offshore for yellowfin tuna. Fishermen who made the run spoke of lake-like conditions and fish up to 90 pounds hitting on the chunk and trolling.
Closet to home, the baitfish are building up in the bays and rivers, which could lead to some explosive surf and inshore fishing when they push out of the inlets.
Already, the false albacore are beginning to venture closer to shore.
Capt. Howard Bogan on the Big Jamaica said he observed more bonito and false albacore this weekend than he has thus far this summer. Bogan is fishing on the lumps and ridges seven to 15 miles off the beach.
The fishing has been steady there for mackerel and small blues for most of the season.
Ding Andres from Edison won Sunday's pool with a roughly six-pound false albacore.
As far as the bait goes, there are schools of peanut bunker, spearing, mullet and snapper blues inside. Bob Matthews at Fisherman's Den in Belmar said school-size bass are feeding on the baitfish in Shark River.
Some bigger bluefish appeared in the chum slicks created by the party boats that are fishing at night. Capt. Dale Steinert on the Big Jamaica said they're found them on the western edge of the Mud Hole, about 15 miles from Manasquan Inlet.
The schools are still dominated by two to four-pound blues but some much heavier and stronger 10 and 12-pound blues showed up this weekend. The fish are mixing with mackerel, though as the night wore on, the bluefish took over the slicks.
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Capt. Matt Sosnowski on the Norma K III said they started using the mackerel for bluefish bait, which he said worked well for the blues.
The bottom boats are finding more porgies taking up on the rocky bottom off the northern Monmouth County coastline. The fishing is fair at the moment, with anglers getting a dozen or so.
Capt. William Egerter on the Dauntless said as the porgy action gets better that will be his target species plus sea bass. He said at the moment, anglers are catching 10 to 30 fish of a mixed-bag variety. On top of the porgies and sea bass, his fares are reeling ling, triggerfish, some small blues and fluke.
Tuna fishermen returned to the docks with lots of yellowfin tuna. Steve Palmer, who owns Jingles Bait and Tackle in Beach Haven, said the ocean was "like a lake" 50 miles offshore. He and his friends boated a 46-pound yellowfin trolling a Jingles-made spreader bar.
Capt. Al Bessemer on the Linda B returned Saturday with several yellowfin up to 90 pounds. His crew consisted of Diana Johnson, Samantha Johnson and Riley Sexton of Point Pleasant Beach.
When Jersey Shore native Dan Radel is not reporting the news, you can find him in a college classroom where he is a history professor. Reach him @danielradelapp; 732-643-4072; dradel@gannettnj.com.
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