Fresh Long Beach Island Fishing Reports

Very consist morning catch, landing 24 flounder and seabass during our 4 hour morning trip

Very consist morning catch, landing 24 flounder and seabass during our 4 hour morning trip

We had the Eagan’s out this morning after rescheduling due to weather earlier in the week and decided to target Seabass and Ling. The trip started off great with a few keepers flying over the rail right away. We got situated on the anchor and got everyone into the groove with Seabass and Ling stacking up in the fish box. Sometimes four on at a time we left them chewing for the PM charter.

We picked up right where we left off in the morning with the action a little slower, but still steady. We got the Seabass really chewing, but Ling were a bit slower in the afternoon. Still plenty of dinner for the grill and a ton of vent rods all afternoon long.

We made the long inshore run to the flats inside the Tom’s canyon and found life instantly. We had our first bite one hour in and put a nice 50lb bluefin in the box. We circled around but didnt mark so we moved on to stay with the life. Shortly after we boated a 50lb yellowfin and only had the spread half back set when we hooked another indentical yellowfin. After that it was on. We pounded the same area and continued to hook up finishing the day with 2 50lb bluefin with 2 others released. 4 yellowfin woth 3 being in the 50lb class. We called it after running out of ice and made the run home. The first 15 was sporty on the nose but then got comfortable and the last 18 miles were lake flat and 35 knots back to the inlet!

Today we had Garrett and his family out to bend some rods. We started out looking for some fluke and had 3 short fluke and 2 weakfish right away but then lost the tide. We made a pivot to a wreck and put together an 8 species mixed bag with a limit of black sea bass to 18”, 2 ling, and some mackerel making the box. Plenty of action of smiles all day long. Flat seas made a wonderful ride home.