New Jersey is seeing some nice action all along the coast. Sandy Hook and most of No Mo Co saw some nice slammer sized blues and albies caught on metals.  Yesterday, Bill from Harry?s Army navy in Bordentown caught several 15 pound class bass using heavy jigs.  The southern shore of rtaritan Bay is still yielding some bass under the cover of darkness.  Cedar plugs are your best bets.  Further south along Seaside and Island Beach State Park, small bluefish and bass have been the norm with an occasional run of bigger blues and keeper bass. T-Hex and teaser combo is a great fall presentation in Jersey. It mimics the sandeel that invade the surf line this time of year. Teaser colors of white or chartreuse is a favorite when matched with a thin long such as a T-Hex or Ava Jig. Tog and some triggerfish have been taken on the North Jetty too.

The annual Long Beach Island fishing tournament kicked off last Saturday and will run through early December.

Down around Brigantine, the kingfish have hit the beach hard and have been giving anglers targeting them double digit catches.

Best Bet

If you can brave the wind and cold (of course you can, you're a surfcaster!!) action should be good for striped bass close in to the beaches. Cut baits like bunker and mullet on a short Fishfinder rig will get you out and keep you planted in the sand and heavy metals to cut through the wind will produce too.

Bass and big bluefish have been hitting the sands around Sandy Hook NJ this week. Big blues to 15 # have been giving surf anglers all they can handle. Inside Raritan Bay, bass are being caught during the dark hours on custom woods.  During the day, big schools of slammer blues are on peanuts.  Usually though, the fish have been dropping out into the bay.  Nighttime fishing is the best if fishing along the southern shore of Raritan Bay. Down the beach below Manasquan down to Island Beach State Park there's a nice mix of fish to be caught. Bigger bass are under the schools of adult bunker.  Some of these fish are 30 pounds.  But, you have to get to them. Keeper bass have been hitting clam and bunker baits while Small 2-5 pound blues are on small metals and mullet baits.  Plus, weakfish are mixed in too! Further south in New Jersey, kingfish and spot are taking bloodworms regularly. This can be an all day bite if you?re in the right spot.

The Long Beach Island Surf Fishing Classic starts this Saturday and runs to December 6th.