[Capt. Lou]

Is don't even remember going for ling in summer except for tuna bait . Winter it was cod , whiting & fall n winter mackerel runs .
Whiting would get washed on the beach chasing bait in late fall , some nites u could pick em' up,off the beach they were so thick .
LBP was also,a hot spot for weakfishing in the fall on the nite tides , it was a solid fishery in the fifties , as was summer king fishing in the deal area surf .
The pier produced a variety of species throughout the season and in fall it really shined .
Those days in the fifties an area off the off SH known as the cedars was the ling hot spot in spring , u could load burlap,bags with them as u could fall n winter whiting fishery . Whiting so thick in site of AT u could catch them baiting your hook with a strip,of red cloth and catch all u wanted !
What we enjoy today is a very poor facsimile of the great NY bight fishery we enjoyed some 50 - 60 yrs ago .
Tuna we regularly took at 17 and BA & Farms . Giants were in same vicinity later in season usually after Labor Day .
Cod were caught at SR's , 17 and Cholera banks regularly . Funny in those early days most fluke were taken along the beach and in inshore channels in huge numbers . We use to tin can on the Belford flats and load the boat with flatties
Flounder fishing in spring was un reel taking 20-40 on the tide in SR was normal
as was in most rivers up and down the coast .
U can thank the 200 mile limit and the lack of fisheries enforcement that allowed our commercial,vessels to,literally clean out out ground fishery up,and down the coast , this is what we're left with practically nothing 😡