

So the trips fished the deep in 120 feet of water to 150. That weather seemed to cause blackfish to disappear from inshore. The angling was slow, and rough weather that surrounded those days didn’t seem to help. The trips last had the weather and sailed Saturday and one day last week, picking up a few blackfish, ling and cod. Then daily bottom-fishing will resume aboard the ocean. ***Update, Thursday, 1/31:*** The party boat Dauntless was in dry dock a moment and should be splashed Friday, Capt. The store won’t exhibit at Surf Day this year. Catch the shop’s exhibits at the Berkeley Striper Club’s fishing flea market on March 3 and the Asbury Park Fishing Club’s fishing flea market on March 10. The store is open Wednesdays through Sundays. One customer reported fishing on a well-known boat on a charter that landed two of the bluefins larger than 100 inches apiece. Some took charters for bluefin tuna from Oregon Inlet, N.C., smoking the tuna. Many customers headed to warmer locations to fish, like Florida or the Bahamas. The fishing was “nothing but a pick.” High hooks limited out on four apiece, and two keepers was average, if the anglers worked hard. Saturday and Sunday for cod, ling and blackfish on the Jamaica II, the party boat’s Facebook page said.Ī couple of party boats still fished for blackfish on the ocean, said Alex from The Reel Seat. ***Update, Thursday, 1/31:*** Forecasts look good, and wreck-fishing trips will sail 3 a.m. During weekdays, the doors are usually open until 2 at the latest, if weather is fair. The store is open every morning until about 2 to 4 p.m., depending on weather. Blackfishing is the only fishing going on along the coast, really. Another one of the boats, the Big Mohawk, also blackfished during the weekend and is now on winter break. Some anglers catch three or four keepers. The trips are blackfishing on the ocean, and the angling is slow. The boat was out yesterday and was fishing today when he gave this report. Just one of Belmar’s party boats is fishing now, said Bob from Fisherman’s Den. The boat’s fishing will resume in April, beginning with blackfishing. Trips blackfished Saturday and Sunday aboard, and the angling was no good. ***Update, Thursday, 1/31:*** The party boat Big Mohawk’s fishing is wrapped up for winter, Capt. Rates for trips will increase this year, and book trips before March 31 to lock in last year’s rates. He expects to resume serious numbers of trips in April, beginning with cod fishing inshore, blackfishing and, afterward in May, striped bass angling. If cod show up, he’ll put together a trip for them. But the boat remains in the water, ready to fish, if he feels there’s a good shot at catching something. Ralph wrapped up blackfishing for winter with Last Lady Fishing Charters, he wrote in an email. Johnny told boat crews that if they needed crabs for blackfish bait, Fisherman’s Den in Belmar, the sister store, will have the crabs and will remain open throughout winter.Ĭapt. The store was closed for a winter break beginning today, and the sign on the door says it’ll be reopened on March 23. That boat will probably continue to fish on weekends, Johnny thought. He heard the angling was no good or slow on Saturday, and was yet to hear results from Sunday. One party boat from the marina fished throughout the weekend, for blackfish, said Johnny O.
