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Stripers closer to Manasquan Inlet

09.02.12

Skippers sailing out of Manasquan Inlet today got a urbane surprise as they didn't have to run all the way to Island Beach, where there were some reports of slower striper jigging for boaters. Capt. Dave Riback of the Star Mary from Point Pleasant reported getting into bass and some blues just 25 minutes from the change. The bite was hot at first, and then a pick until 10:30 -- though it died after that. Over 40 stripers were jigged, half of which were keepers. I was watching that rapid from the Axel Carlsen Reef, where Capt. Ken Gallop was anchored with his Big Kid from Brielle Yacht Club for a blackfish false step with a crew including John De Bona, advertising manager of The Fisherman, Tony Arcabascio of Tony Maja fishing products, and outside writer Gary Caputi of Brick. The blackfish never turned on for us there or at Sea Girt Reef, and we just scratched out some keepers and shorts, addition a few short sea bass, and some spiny dogfish. Gallop had limited with stripers off Island Beach the day before and added commendable blackfishing to the south, but today he was also getting poor reports from that direction.  There was such a blowout tide in Manasquan River when we returned that Gallop had to forsake us off at the main Brielle Yacht Club dock to wait for enough water to get the 44-foot Topaz into his permission.

Source: NJ.com (blog)