The captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association are reporting outstanding action on bluefish. These fish range from 3-15 pounds, with fish in the 5-8 pound class in the majority. These fish are on the beach, in the inlets, and in the bay waters all the way to the middle of Long Beach Island.
These big slammers are being caught on metal lures in addition to fresh bunker and mackerel.
Last Saturday the "Miss Beach Haven" had its first striper, bluefish, and drumfish trip of the season. Sal Rosa reports it was a great crowd out for a good time and some fishing action. It took a couple of stops to find the fish, but when they did, the action was fast and furious.
They anchored up and started chumming and all it took was a tide change. There were not as many stripers boated as they hoped, but that was probably due to the fierce bluefish action. There were as many as 5 hook-ups at a time. The action had Sal and Captains Brant Whittaker and Frank Camarda all wielding gaffs to get the fish in the boat. The pool winner was Mike from Barnegat with a 14-pound bluefish.
Captain Fran Verdi of the "Dropoff" reports excellent bluefish action along with some striped bass when you can get through the blues. In addition, he says some black drumfish are being caught down in Grassy Channel.
He is still running "open boat" trips in addition to his charters. He likes to take up to four anglers out for this exciting spring fishing.
Complete information on the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association can be obtained by going to its website at www.fishbeachhaven.com