![]() ![]() Money raised is used to help members of the surf fishing community in need as well as supporting other fishing organizations and recreational programs. More than 1,150 people attended the event, which is held annually on the third Saturday in February. The line formed hours before the doors opened at 8:30 a.m. Those anglers suffering from cabin fever found some relief at last weekend’s Surf Day, organized by the Jersey Shore Surfcasters.įolks showed up in droves at Brookdale Community College to browse and buy equipment and pick up a few tips in the seminars. Egerter plans on sailing every day the weather allows. Willy Egerter of the Dauntless also out of Point Pleasant. He’s heading out again this weekend as will Capt. Sosnowski said that if they could have sat still, the results would have been better. Still, there was one limit catch and a couple of guys came close. The swell went in one direction and the current in another so sticking to one spot was a problem. The fishing improved on Sunday, but the anchoring conditions were still tough. Matt Sosnowski said the huge swell made it tough to hold bottom. The Norma K III sailed out of Point Pleasant on the weekend and found a few keepers and some shorts on Saturday in the difficult conditions. He said they read a lot of bait so he’s expecting things to break loose in the next couple of weeks. Bogan said the eels were biting like crazy, but the fish didn’t materialize as he’d hoped. Herbert James from Philly took the pool with a cod.Ĭonditions were much better on Sunday, but the fishing didn’t match the weather. Joe Bogan said Saturday’s conditions were very tough with just a few ling and cod caught. The story was not much different on the Jamaica II. The Jamaica will be sailing every Saturday at 1 a.m. Bogan said, but he hopes to see more cod migrating offshore with some cooler water. The pool winner was a 12-pound cod caught by Eli Posluk from New York. He also reported a couple of dozen mackerel. Howard Bogan on the Big Jamaica said the fishing was slow but some cod and pollock were taken. The boats out of Bogan’s Basin in Brielle went after cod and pollock on the offshore wrecks and found similar conditions.Ĭapt. The season opens again on April 1 with a limit of four fish, but shuts down once more at the end of the month. Remember, blackfish season closes on Sunday, so time to catch a tog is running out. Quinn said it was a tough day, but he’s planning on sailing this weekend barring any bad weather. High hook for the day was three keeper tog and the pool winner was an 8-pound blackfish. Bobby Quinn said they covered a lot of ground looking for life and but never found a good concentration of fish. Out of Belmar, the Ocean Explorer sailed the weekend as well and found beautiful conditions on Sunday, but slow fishing. Hilliard said he’s going to wait for spring, which is just a few weeks away, before taking the Prowler 5 out again. Sunday was a much nicer day on the water, he said, but the fishing was slow, with just a pick of ling and tog. Scott Hilliard said the conditions at sea on Saturday were miserable, with a screaming southwest wind and a heavy, rolling sea. The Prowler 5 out of Atlantic Highlands sailed both Saturday and Sunday. ![]()
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