Southern New Jersey Fishing Report- August 24, 2023
Ocean fluking produces big keepers for the cooler, sheepshead and weakfish bite around the back bay bridges, and the canyons host good fishing for yellowfin and bigeye tuna.
Ocean fluking produces big keepers for the cooler, sheepshead and weakfish bite around the back bay bridges, and the canyons host good fishing for yellowfin and bigeye tuna.
Fluke fishing is good around the inshore reefs, kingfish, cocktail blues and sheepshead bite in the bays, and the canyons give up mahi and yellowfin tuna.
Fluke and cobia entertain anglers fishing ocean wrecks, bluefin eat live squid near Axel Carlson Reef, and surfcasters catch kingfish and fluke from the beaches.
Hot ocean fluke fishing continues at reef sites, while, cobia, spanish mackerel and bluefin tuna are producing a solid bite along the inshore ridges.
Ocean bottom fishing produces keeper fluke, sea bass and triggerfish, surf anglers catch fluke and kingfish, and cobia continue to move in from points offshore.
Triggerfish and sheepshead bite around the bridges, quality fluke and sea bass are caught around ocean reefs and wrecks, and cobia make their presence known.
Bluefin tuna are riled up in the mid-shore region, yellowfin and bigeye are caught on chunks and on the troll, and fluke are biting well around ocean reefs and wrecks.
Fluke are biting well in the bays, inlets and in the surf, while bluefin, bigeye, and yellowfin tuna are active in the canyons.
There's good fluke fishing in the surf and near-shore reef sites, weakfish eat live spot in back bay channels, and schoolie stripers roam the inlets and backwaters.
The back bays are fishing well for fluke, cocktail bluefish are in thick around the bridges and jetties, and weakfish are biting crab-scented soft plastics.