Charter Operator
John Wilkinson
Member since May 2014
Brigantine, United States
- Background
- "I started as a captain in 1972 and I love having novice customers catch their first big fish. My favorite fish is Striped Bass." Captain John Wilkinson has a 100 ton United States Coast Guard master's license. He's been fishing the local waters since '68 – he can put you on the hottest bite around!
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- Background
- "I started as a captain in 1972 and I love having novice customers catch their first big fish. My favorite fish is Striped Bass." Captain John Wilkinson has a 100 ton United States Coast Guard master's license. He's been fishing the local waters since '68 – he can put you on the hottest bite around!
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Fishing Reports
Time for Sea Bass, and striper aren't fa
It looks like the Nor'easter is finally pulling out. I'll be ready to start fishing again Monday, October 14th. Sea bass are back in season, and some nice ones are available. Stripers are on their way. but still will… Read Full Report →
Mahi-Mahi, Sea Bass, and large Red Hake
We fished with the Kotouch's Saturday and Sunday. Royce, Chris, Steve, and Ryan did really well Saturday, and okay Sunday. Saturdays was a 10 hour offshore trip, and they could have filled the boat with ling (red hake). They… Read Full Report →
Great sea bass catching
We had the Nagele group out today catching sea bass. They caught their 6 man limit of sea bass with the largest going 19". We caught about 200 total fish including tautog (released), Spiny dogfish (released), and smooth dog… Read Full Report →
August Wreck Fishing
We had a great wreck fishing trip today. Caught over 30 sea bass, 6 fluke, and a dozen sea robin. Riptide B&T cut bait from squid tubes worked great. Pictured are Jack with a 18" sea bass, and Nathan… Read Full Report →
Wreck Fishing off Brigantine, NJ
We had a good wreck fishing trip today with the Haddix's. Picture is a 22.5 inch fluke, and 16 and 17 inch sea bass. We were fishing in 65 to 90 feet of water off Brigantine. Minnows and Riptide… Read Full Report →
Father's Day weekend 2018
What a great weekend Father's Day weekend was. Calm ocean, sunny, perfect temperatures, no bugs, and we caught fish. On Saturday's trip we had the Manahan father and sons out for some wreck fishing. We caught about 50 sea… Read Full Report →
Stripers will be following the blues
Blue fish were very cooperative behind Atlantic City and Brigantine. The back bay blue bite will slow soon, and the striper should start biting. Read Full Report →
Offshore of Brigantine, NJ
Yesterday we did a 8 hour ocean trip with very good results. We left the dock at 6:30 AM, and ran to some structure offshore in 50 feet of water. Drifting across the structure we had a steady pick… Read Full Report →
Keeper Fluke
A few keeper fluke are still in the bay. I did a 4 hour fluke fishing bachelor party this morning. We caught 30 fluke, and 51 sea bass. Five of the fluke were keepers. All were caught in water… Read Full Report →
Fishing behind Atlantic City
On Saturday, July 11th, we took the Greer boys along with their dad out on a 4 hour afternoon trip yesterday. The catching was great on the ICW behind Atlantic City. We caught 33 fluke, up to 19 inches,… Read Full Report →
Small Mako Sharks
I had Mark and Rich McMullin out for a six hour inshore shark trip today. We set up along the 20 fathom curve, and managed to catch and release 2 Mako while having a third runoff that never came… Read Full Report →
Brigantine NJ Fishing Report
A report of fishing from Brigantine over the past week. It has been a tough for fluke fishing the back bays. We have only caught about 65 short fluke and one keeper the entire week. There were also a… Read Full Report →
Brigantine, NJ 4th week of June report
The weather has kept us off the water this weekend, but last week was our best week for catching keeper size fluke so far this year. There was a lot of grass to content with, but if you were… Read Full Report →
Wreck Fishing off Brigantine, NJ
We fished some wrecks in 90 feet of water off Atlantic City today. Catching mostly undersized seabass, but pictured is a nice 14 incher. While trying for the bass we also had some shark lines out, and had a… Read Full Report →
Brigantine 2nd Week of June Report
Fluke fishing has picked up in the waters around Brigantine NJ this week. We have been drifting the ICW and other back bay areas with good results. Most of the fish are released, but many have gone to the… Read Full Report →
Brigantine Weekend report
Saturday Behind Brigantine, NJ We took a group from Caesars Entertainment on a four hour back bay trip behind Brigantine, NJ. We caught fluke in all of the usual places, about 14 in all with 3 that could have… Read Full Report →
Brigantine Last May weekend
We took the Barbi men fishing on Saturday, and we were able to capitalize on a good morning bite. We caught 14 fluke, three of which went home for dinner, 17 shark, 2 bluefish, and the first tiny sea… Read Full Report →
Brigantine Last May Weekend
We have been fishing hard Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. The winds kept the catching way off on Wednesday and Thursday with only sharks and bluefish taking hooks. The fluke seemed to have lockjaw. The winds calmed some on Friday… Read Full Report →
Brigantine Bay Fishing
We had the Smith family out for a 6 hour bay trip. Took them to Great Bay, and had the rods bent throughout the entire trip, but they were mostly because of the sand sharks and skate. They did… Read Full Report →
Brigantine Report, NJ
Good news and not necessarily good news is that the blues are still here, and the not so good news for some is that the dogfish have arrived in numbers. Both the smooth and spiny dogfish are heavy in… Read Full Report →
Brigantine, NJ weekend report
Bluefish, Bluefish and more Bluefish that's what BabuCharters caught this week. The blues are just about everywhere from the beach front to the back bay, but Great bay was best for us. We couldn't get any bunker for bait,… Read Full Report →