Couple of Visitors from NJ

[Captain Rich]

3 per person, 12 " minimum. No I'm going to stick with the normal Fl stuff, they just show up occasionally in the winter down here.

[John D.]

After Sandy, the large schools AND large blues have all but vanished from the NJ coast. Any head boats fishing for them will be during the day usually a few miles off the beach over the reefs and a huge one is 5-7#. I’m sure the stocks are solid, they are like cockroaches, but they just don’t stack up off our coast anymore especially the large ones.

[NJ219bands]

Originally Posted by John D.

After Sandy, the large schools AND large blues have all but vanished from the NJ coast. Any head boats fishing for them will be during the day usually a few miles off the beach over the reefs and a huge one is 5-7#. I’m sure the stocks are solid, they are like cockroaches, but they just don’t stack up off our coast anymore especially the large ones.

I caught 32” and 31” bluefish in Manasquan Inlet last year.

[Captain Rich]

With all the wind and cool weather we are having down here I think these big blues are going to stick around for a while. All of a sudden diamond jigs have become a hot item !

[Gerry Zagorski]

A few months ago we caught some blues fishing a reef off the coast of Sanibel on the Gulf side. My buddy has been fishing there for several years and said it was the first one he's every caught down there.

[Captain Rich]

I know a Miami charter boat that caught them also, now I'm wondering where these fish came from ?? From the Carolinas? NJ ? How far do they migrate in the winter due to cold water ??

[dales529]

Originally Posted by Captain Rich

I know a Miami charter boat that caught them also, now I'm wondering where these fish came from ?? From the Carolinas? NJ ? How far do they migrate in the winter due to cold water ??

Interesting question for sure but I don't think they mind cold waters at all or we wouldn't have had years of Nov / Dec even Jan fishery here in NJ back in the good ole days.