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11. Beach N Boat Official Tournament Guide 12. Welcome Letters 15. Sponsors and Partners 16. Tournament Rules 20. Weigh-in Station List 23. Sign-Up and Referral Contests 25. Tournament Photos

27. Beach N Boat Tournament Benefits Fisheries Conservation Trust by: Jim Hutchinson, Jr.

28. The Bait Shop – Our Barber Pole by: Chris Lido

31. Fishing from the Beach: The Basics by: Angler Mike Cerelli

34. Gotta Get a Gator – No Cure for Those Summertime “Blues” by: Jim Hutchinson, Jr.

37. Big Bad Black Booming Drum by: Captain Harvey Yenkinson

39. Jersey Shore Fluking by: Captain Brett Taylor

42. Kayak Fishing by: Jon Shein

45. The Northern Kingfish...a Great Catch for the Kids by: Jim Hutchinson, Sr.

49. Wonderful Weakfish: Hook-up with Jersey Sea Trout by: Jim Hutchinson, Jr.

52. Looking for a Winning Striper by: Captain Al Ristori

54. Wreck Fishing: The Art of Pin-Point Anchoring by: Gary Caputi

58. Resource Directory

CONTENTSCONTENTS

PAGE 11Official Tournament Guide

PAGE 34No Cure for those Summertime Blues

PAGE 39Jersey Shore Fluking

PAGE 52Looking for a Winning Striper

Captain Mike YoungTournament Director

Angler Mike CerelliAssistant Director

Megan MagisArt Director

Gay AdelmannDirector of Marketing

Contributing WritersAl RistoriAngler Mike CerelliCaptain Brett TaylorCaptain Harvey YenkinsonChis Lido

Gary CaputiJim Hutchinson, Sr.Jim Hutchinson, Jr.John Shein

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JULYJuly 14thSunshine Foundation 16th Annual Tuckerton Seaport for 2013 Event

July 20thLadies Catch of the Day TournamentThe Forked River Tuna Club

AUGUSTAugust 1st - August 31stGarbagefish.com Trash TournamentSee website for tournament info and weigh in stations

Aug. 3thRedmen Triple Crown TournamentRedmen Lodge 61

Aug. 17th 6th Annual Shillelagh Club Fluke Tournament Belmar, NJ

Aug. 18th - 23rdMid-Atlantic $500,000 TournamentSouth Jersey Marina, Cape May NJ

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No Closed SeasonNo Closed SeasonNo Closed SeasonNo Closed SeasonJan. 1-Feb. 28 & July 1-Dec. 31No Closed SeasonClosed

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Fish Saltwater from the Raritan Bay to Delaware BayApril 1, 2013 to NOvember 30, 2013

2013 Jersey Shore

Beach N Boat Competition:All About Family, Friends & Fun!

I was asked recently why any saltwater fisherman would want to participate in the Jersey Shore Beach N Boat Fishing Tournament. Honestly, recreational fishing is just that – it’s recreational, and most folks do it for fun, simply to have a good time.

As a former charter boat captain who spent many years taking people out on the water in search of a good time catching fish, there was always a lot of competition amongst family and friends. It’s only natural to have a little spirited, friendly battling for bragging rights – I was always most proud on those charter trips when one of the youngsters onboard out-fished older siblings, or when mom trounced dad with the biggest fish of the trip.

Not since the famous Schaeffer Tournament back in those good ol’ days has New Jersey been a part of a big regional saltwater fishing tournament in which the entire family could participate on multiple species of fish.

Most of the fishing tournaments you hear about today are generally targeted to so-called pro-type anglers who are at it all the time; they have their own fully outfitted boats, and it’s fairly predictable who’s going to be in it for the prizes. The Jersey Shore Beach N Boat Fishing Tournament, on the other hand, provides an opportunity for families and friends to fish on the beach, in their own bowriders and skiffs, or even onboard one of the New Jersey party boats, to qualify to win some great prizes and cash.

When you think about the number of charter and party boat opportunities throughout the state, it makes me think of how the Jersey Shore Beach N Boat Fishing Tournament provides a unique outlet to meet new people and try fishy new destinations in the state, from Fortescue on the Delaware Bay, on up along all the front-side inlets along the ocean, to Perth Amboy on the Raritan Bay.

With such great diversity and interesting locales, this exciting new tournament provides a great reason why anglers might want to think outside of the box, to try new tactics in search of species they might never have targeted before – kingfish in the surf for example, weakfish along the back bays, or perhaps black sea bass on the inshore reefs and snags.

Any angler of any age has the chance to win big in the Jersey Shore Beach N Boat Fishing Tournament – but as they say, you have to be in it to win!

To all our saltwater anglers in New Jersey, we wish you the very best of luck in 2013!

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Jim and his faithful Companion, Pearl.

WELCOME LETTERSOfficial Tournament Guide

Thank you for checking out the very first publication of the Jersey Shore Beach N Boat Fishing Tournament. I hope that you enjoy the awesome articles, valuable resources and other content. This is a magazine that you will want to keep forever and share with your friends.

The last 18 months has been an exciting journey as our team conceived, developed and launched the largest inshore fishing tournament to ever hit New Jersey. It’s been an exciting, fun and rewarding voyage.The Jersey Shore Beach N Boat Fishing Tournament started with a vision: see who catches the largest inshore species fish in New Jersey. We knew it could be the seasoned professional who fishes every day from an expensive sport boat or it might be the little girl next door who threw a line off the beach while on her summer vacation. Whoever it might be, we know that this tournament is going to find out!

Our mission was, and is, to provide the opportunity and means to do so. The result is a fishing tournament that offers fun for the entire family and is open to everyone. Anglers can fish anywhere along the New Jersey shore in marine waters from Raritan Bay to Delaware Bay for the entire season. It is easy and affordable enabling people to fish for one day from the beach or party boat or amortize the cost and fish all 244 days.

As you can imagine, we have had our share of challenges: simply by the magnitude of this event being the first and one-of-a-kind tournament, and compounded by our visit from Sandy. Our belief is that challenge makes us stronger and better. We learn and grow through unique experiences.

We owe a lot of gratitude to those who have helped us along the way, from our advisory board to our partners and sponsors to the bait and tackle shops to the media and our anglers. We are happy that all have become a part of the inaugural Jersey Shore Beach N Boat Fishing Tournament. We appreciate their belief in our vision and confidence in our ability to deliver what we promised. Together, we will make the Jersey Shore Beach N Boat Fishing Tournament the premiere fishing event in the State of New Jersey for many years to come.

We feel that is important to give back. The Jersey Shore Beach N Boat Fishing Tournament donates proceeds to the Fisheries Conservation Trust (FCT), a non-profit, 501(c) (3) organization created to help identify and explore issues of concern to the conservation, development, and wise utilization of coastal recreational fisheries resources.

Yes, you are witnessing the very first, and certainly not the last Jersey Shore Beach N Boat Fishing Tournament. This is only the beginning. I hope that you will join us to see if you can catch the largest fish in New Jersey. See ya at the Jersey Shore!

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The Jersey Shore Beach N Boat Fishing Tournament is very fortunate to have many wonderful sponsors and partners. They have made it possible to offer anglers the low $20 entry fee, and for us to bring this exciting new tournament to you and the state of New Jersey.

The Jersey Shore Beach N Boat Fishing Tournament extends a heart-felt thank you to all our sponsors and partners for their commitment to making this event so successful. It was our vision to inform, entertain, and provide a forum for our fisherman to interact and compete. Their generous support has helped make our vision a reality.

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RULES

TOURNAMENT RULES

RegistrationThe tournament’s entry fee is $20.00 per fisherman and is good for the entire tournament.

Participants may register any time from January 1, 2013 – November 30, 2013.

Register online at www.BeachNBoat.com/sign-up-now, mail a registration form to 105 Osborn Avenue, Beach Haven, NJ, 08008 or fax it to 609.939.0339.

Online registrations are time stamped and anglers must be registered and entered into Beach N Boat’s online database prior to putting their line in the water to compete and must be registered for 6 hours prior to weighing a fish. Registrations mailed or faxed must be received and entered by a Beach N Boat administrator prior to competing. Upon entry into the system, you will receive an email confirming registration or you may go to www.BeachNBoat.com and sign in using your email address as your user name and password to view and print your registration card.

Anglers are permitted to be registered in multiple tournaments.

Qualifying FishFishing begins April 1, 2013, at 12:00 AM and ends November 30, 2013, at 11:59 PM. Tournament fishing is allowed any time during this time period; rain or shine, hot or cold, day or night.

Eligible fish must be caught using rod, reel, line and hook only. Spear fishing, netting and other methods are not permitted in this tournament.

Following are the eight qualifying species and minimum sizes.

The onetime $20.00 registration fee covers all species and you can weigh in as many qualifying fish as you would like.

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SPECIES MINIMUM LENGTHStriper 36”

Fluke 22”

Bluefish 30”

Black Drum 30”

Weakfish 24”

Kingfish 14”

Sea Bass 17”

Tautog (Blackfish) 20”

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RULES

TOURNAMENT RULES

Weigh-In Rules

Weigh-in begins April 2, 2013, at 7:00 AM and ends November 30, 2013, at 11:59 PM. Contact individual weigh stations for hours of operation.

Fish must be weighed within 24 hours of being caught and are counted at the time of weigh-in, not the time of the catch.

Anglers are permitted to weigh multiple qualifying fish during the official tournament schedule. Fish must meet required minimum size in inches to be weighed.

Official weigh stations are located throughout New Jersey. See weigh station list on page 20.

All fish weighed must be caught by the individual bringing them to participating weigh station.

At the time of weigh-in, before weighing a fish, the angler must present proper identification and provide the weighmaster with a copy of their tournament registration card.

Angler and/or weighmaster must complete an official triplicate weigh record form in hard copy. The angler must sign the hard copy form and check the “I Agree” box certifying that all information is complete and accurate. Angler retains one copy of the weigh record. Incomplete or incorrect information can result in disqualification.

The official weighmaster certifies the species, weight, length and girth of each fish entered and clips the fish’s tail after it has been weighed. If you weighed-in for another tournament that clipped the tail, you must bring a copy of the weigh-in registration from that tournament. Fish can only be weighed at one Official Weigh Station.

The weighmaster enters the qualifying catch into the Beach N Boat database as soon as possible after the weigh-in. Please know that this may not be while you are present.

Any inorganic item(s) including, but not limited to, fishing tackle, wire, rocks, and rope found to be attached to a fish or inside a fish’s mouth when a fish is caught shall be removed by the angler prior to weigh-in. The weighmaster has the right to cut open and inspect fish at their discretion. If any inorganic material is not visible to the angler and is discovered when the fish is opened, this material shall be examined by the Tournament Committee and, if deemed to be inside the fish prior to it being caught by the angler weighing it in, the weight of such inorganic item(s) shall be deducted from the official weight of the fish. If, however, the Tournament Committee deems that the inorganic material was intentionally introduced to the fish after that fish was caught and prior to the weighing of that fish, additional action may be taken including, but not limited to, the disqualification of the fish and angler.

Take care of your winning fish; no cut or mutilated fish will be accepted. Fish condition will be reviewed by weighmaster.

All fish caught remain property of the angler once weighed.

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TOURNAMENT RULESPrize Rules

There must be a minimum of 2,000 participants for 100% of each prize amount to be awarded. 1,500 to 1,999 participants will result in prize amounts being reduced by 25%. 1,000 – 1,499 participants will result in prize amounts being reduced by 50%. 500 – 999 participants will result in prize amounts being reduced by 75%. The tournament may be canceled if there are less than 500 participants.Prizes are awarded solely on the basis of fish weight. In the event of identical weights, the fish with the greatest length breaks the tie and if there remains a tie, the fish with the greatest girth wins. In the event that there is still a tie, the first fish weighed shall be declared the leading fish.

If no fish is caught in a species category, no prize will be awarded. If no second place fish is caught, second place prize will be awarded to the first place fish.Any prize won by a minor will be awarded to minor’s parent or legal guardian named at the time of entry. Prize recipients are responsible for payment of all applicable state and federal taxes on awards. Prizes not claimed by December 31, 2013, will be forfeited.

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Dates and TimesQualifying fish can be caught after April 1, 2013 at 12:00 midnight and must be weighed on an official scale before November 30, 2013 at 11:59 pm.Enjoy fishing freedom anywhere along the New Jersey shore in marine waters from Raritan Bay to Delaware Bay. Visit one of our official tackle shops in most towns along the coast including Sandy Hook, Shark River, Manasquan, Seaside, Barnegat Light, Beach Haven, Atlantic City and Cape May.

The Exact Boundaries are: Delaware Bay, Lower Alloways Creek Township on the New Jersey side of the state line, no further north than N39.29.673, W75.33.474. Raritan Bay on the New Jersey side of the state line that runs from west of N40.29.893, W074.15.908 southeast to N40.28.645, W74.13.681 and from this point run east northeast to N40.31.535, W73.57.250. If in doubt, stay along the New Jersey shoreline.

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Atlantic HighlandsJulian Bait Company900 Rt 36732-291-4500

AvalonAvalon Hodge Podge Bait & Tackle2389 Ocean Drive 69-967-3274

Barnegat LightBobbie’s Boats, Bait & Tackle7th & Bayview Avenue 609-494-1345

BelmarFishermen’s Den905 Highway 35732-681-5005

Bradley BeachThe Bait Shop57 Main Street732-361-8500

BrickJersey Coast Bait & Tackle561 Mantoloking Road 732-451-1077

BricktownPell’s Fish & Sport335 Mantloking Road732-477-2121

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Reel Seat Bait & Tackle608 Green Avenue732-223-5353

BrigantineRiptide Bait & Tackle1207 West Brigatine Avenue609-264-0440

Cape MayJim’s Bait & Tackle1208 Route 109 North609-884-3900

CedarvilleBay Point Marina492 Bay Point Road856-477-9700

Egg Harbor Twp24-7 Bait & Tackle5012 Ocean Heights Avenue609-601-2248

Forked RiverFish Bonz Bait & Tackle103 Lacey Road609-971-2928

Lacey Marine308 Route 9 SouthForked River, NJ 08731609-693-0151

HazletTackle Box1134 Rt 36 732-264-7711

HighlandsTwin Lights Marina52 Shrewsbury Avenue 732-872-7200

KeyportJoeys Bait Shack229 West Front Street732-497-0999

Keyport Marine Basin340 West Front Street 732-264-9421

ManahawkinTony’s Bait & Tackle1347 East Bay Avenue609-597-7250

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MargateCaptain Andy’s Marina9317 Amherst Avenue 609-822-0916

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North Beach HavenJingle’s Bait & Tackle1214 Bay Avenue609-492-2795

North WildwoodJerseys Bait & Tackle124 West Chestnut Avenue 609-522-7060

Ocean CityFin-Atics Marine Supply1325 West Avenue609-398-2248

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Point PleasantFishermen’s Supply Co.69 Channel Drive 732-892-2058

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Somers PointBrennan Marina640 Bay Avenue609-927-2628

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Toms RiverCapt’n Hippo Bait & Tackle34 Atlantic City Blvd South732-505-3500

TuckertonTuckerton Bait & Tackle338 South Green Street609-294-8365

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WaretownCreekside Outfitters, LLC403 Route 9 609-242-1812

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• Educate the public regarding the current state of the fisheries in the United States

• Provide information on the need for long-term sustain-ability of fisheries

• Obtain pertinent scientific data for the development of management and assessment recommendations

The Fisheries Conservation Trust was set-up to conduct and support the advancement of research projects to produce scientific briefing papers and peer reviewed studies that address specific fisheries management and assessment issues impacting the marine recreational fisheries.

The Fisheries Conservation Trust is specifically focused on conducting research efforts that are directly impacting the recreational fisheries and the recreational fishing industry. Our goal is to bring anglers, the recreational fishing industry, academia and the science community together to provide high quality, non-bias information that can be used to improve the overall economic and social benefits realized from recreational fishing while achieving long-term conservation goals.

As a non-profit organization, funding is a limiting factor for advancing critical research projects, which is why we are so excited that all monies raised through the Jersey Shore Beach N Boat Fishing Tournament can be specifically earmarked to allow the Fisheries Conservation Trust to enter into important research projects which we hope can provide much needed information to reduce data deficiencies and uncertainty which ultimately improves management and more recreational opportunities.

At the Fisheries Conservation Trust, our hope is to raise enough money through such partnerships in New Jersey to allocate vital funding to independent researchers or state institutions like Rutgers University or Stockton State College in order to help ensure the long-term sustain-ability of our saltwater fisheries and our fishing traditions.

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THE BAIT SHOP – OUR BARBER POLEArticle by: Chris Lido | Managing Editor at The Fisherman | New Jersey/Delaware Bay Edition

When I was just seven years old, the river in our neighborhood was the place to fish. To get hooks, weights and terminal, I used to ride my bike up the huge incline of Moebus Place, wad of change providing uneven ballast on the banana seat, race down the two-lane highway of Route 31, around Dead Man’s Curve to the now defunct Dan’s Sport Shop. Sure, we had a Laneco store that sold some tackle, but it was at Dan’s that Andy, the store owner, held the key to all that was to be learned about fishing in our area. I would talk his ear off as he tried to help other customers. With a handful of spinners and a container of nights in a bag, I would complete the circle by turning at Maryanne’s Corner and heading up the long climb on Grayrock Road for home. That was over 30 years ago and if you tried that today, you would be considered crazy with all the traffic. To this day, I still go out of my way to hit the local bait shop. Across the country, no two are alike with selections of lures and lore as eclectic as the proprietors that open and close them.

In my teens and into my 30s I worked at Lebanon Bait and Tackle in rural Hunterdon County, where I acquired my first boat and eventually learned a thing or two about working on motors. I had applied at Dan’s, but my application was stuffed in a file and labeled “Too Hyper.” At that time my zest for fishing bordered on maniacal. Over the years, I went from that young kid asking “too many questions” to the one holding court and dispensing tips and techniques on catching hybrid stripers in the reservoir and trout on the fly in the rivers. I worked odd weekends there for quite a while. Sadly, Hurricane Sandy put the final clog in the bilge that closed the shop after the old man passed away and his daughter could no longer justify staying open.

Countless times the owner would get upset when a customer would come in and haggle over his prices, saying “I can get it at Walmart right down the road for less.” After that the old man would explode staying in a bad mood until closing time. You see, the local tackle shop is not just about bait, rigs, rods and reels. It’s not about loading up a shopping cart with cheap $5 items – it’s so much more than that. Many of you know how I feel about Walmart and I am always willing to point out examples of how they disrupt our economy and even worse strive to control our fisheries with their bribes and so called “green initiatives.” Our friends at the Recreational Fishing Alliance would also be happy to share with you the rusty history Walmart has with the recreational angler. Not to mention the thousands of small hardware stores, tackle shops, nurseries and five and dimes owned by families and hard-working Americans that have been put out of business. I can go on and on about them, but I am sure you get the point.

In most towns across America, people go to swap stories and catch up at the barber shop. Not us. Here along the Jersey Shore we congregate around the smell of fresh bunker lying on ice and talk about what we caught loudly over the hum of the line-winding machine and aerators keeping killies and eels alive. Cars fill the lots, especially on rainy days, as anglers looking to get out of the house and run errands by “picking up a few things,” get word on what has been working, where and by whom. You can’t get this in the fishing department of a big box store from a person working there who doesn’t even fish!

The proud moment of weigh in at the bait shop is responsible for countless smiles each season. Photo courtesy of Lenny Hahn, Capt’n Hippo Bait and Tackle

You can bet your local tackle shop will have what is catching fish, not what some big chain store computer programs say will sell best.

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THE BAIT SHOP – OUR BARBER POLE

The Internet has really put a dent in the lost art of game-planning for an angling assault by first stopping in at the tackle shop to get the scoop. Nowadays we have lost the sociability and prefer to sit home and look at online reports, where in many cases the source is unknown. Becoming a better fisherman by learning something through osmosis at the tackle shop is inevitable and invaluable. You know what they say, “If you hang around the barber shop long enough, you are going to wind up with a hair cut.” I make more mental notes in 15 minutes at a tackle shop than I would in four hours of hunting and clicking on the Internet. It’s not that there isn’t useful information online; it’s just that there is so much of it posted every other minute that sifting through the reports is time consuming and I would rather be outside than staring at a screen.

Shop owners and their regular customers develop a loyalty and the information gleaned while listening in on what the locals are doing narrows down your search and makes the most of our precious fishing time. Many of the shops in our area stay open well into the winter, even though angling activity is minimal. When the harbors are frozen and weather shuts us down, they help us get rid of a severe case of cabin fever; even though sales for them are slow. Shop owners need our help. The local economy needs our help. Shops have to take advantage of the summer season and one or two weeks of bad weather could really impact them in an adverse way. When there, at least pick up a pack of hooks or some swivels in exchange for the priceless information they give us on the local action.

One of the greatest moments at a tackle shop is when that big fish is brought in to be weighed. A crowd starts to gather and photos are taken. It’s often the fish of a lifetime for the angler and where he or she chooses to take it is a result of a bond formed with the store. We are loyal to our local tackle shop and go out of our way to hit it on the way home. “Here, try one of these kid,” I remember Rich saying as

All sorts of seminars and activities throughout the season take place around the “barber pole”. Here Tom P. of Rack and Fin Radio interviews

The Fisherman’s Advertising Manager John DeBona.

Nine year old Griffin Barber may of not have had to ride his bike to the shop, but you can bet after catching this fluke he will want to become a seasoned

sharpie one day. Photo courtesy of Avalon Hodge Podge.

he handed me a heavier jig. “You’ll be able to reach those blues now.” Sure enough I came back in stammering and shouting with a huge (by my standards then) 12-pound blue that had me fighting like mad on 10-pound test. I couldn’t wait to see what it weighed on the official scale. “Hey look what the kid caught,” was heard as a small crowd gathered and for 15 minutes, I was the greatest fisherman on the planet. Mark Twain once said, “No man carries a big fish down a dark alley,” and for that reason the local bait shop will always be the final referee in contests like the Jersey Shore Beach N Boat.

Large store chains seem to focus on the endorsement-driven world of professional bass fishing which rivals NASCAR with all the patches, logos and plugs for specific sponsors. You rarely find that at the local tournament level and it is the small tackle shops, charter boats and marinas that fuel contests like this one. I sincerely hope you will take this into account when making your next purchase or when choosing whether or not to enter a local contest. I always liken this to the epic battle between Davey and Goliath. In the end, the small-town business owner can defeat the money hungry, more for less places that spend millions in advertising elsewhere. A grassroots idea gave birth to this tournament, but the local tackle shops brought it to life. █

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Chris Lido, the managing editor for The Fisherman Magazine, New Jersey / Delaware Bay Edition, excellent writings are only surpassed by his fishing capabilities. Chris fishes all year long, fresh and saltwater most of the year and ice fishing lakes in the winter months. Subscribe to The Fisherman today to stay on top of your game, year-round.

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Fishing from the beach:the BasicsArticle by: Angler Mike Cerelli

Well, here we are. If you are reading this article you know that New Jersey’s crown jewel is its very own 130 miles of coastline, spanning from Sandy Hook to Cape May. Even after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the region, New Jersey beaches have been or are in the final phase of being restored. We could not develop a fishing tournament without showcasing our unmatched beaches, beautiful barrier islands and bays dotted with majestic lighthouses, fishing villages and scenic views.

Among New Jersey’s most treasured prizes are the white-sand beaches that draw hundreds of thousands of visitors and families each year to surf, sand, sunbathe and, of course, surf fish.

Surf fishing can be one of the best methods to enter the world of saltwater fishing. The New Jersey coast is a great place to fish, and all it takes is a little knowledge and some basic saltwater tackle to get started.

Since the tournament runs on and off season in the summer months, fishermen may be required to obtain a beach badge at some beach destination points, and surf fishing may only be permitted when lifeguards are not on duty or outside of the bathing areas, depending on each town’s rules.

To the untrained eye, one section of beach may look like any other, but experienced surf fishermen have a sixth sense that can detect variations in the underwater structure. Obvious features such as jetties, rocks, creek mouths and points are easy to find; while subtle structures that include bars, sloughs and cuts take careful observation to identify.

While beach literacy can take a surf fisherman years to develop, a few rules will get you started. First, waves break over shallow water. Visit the beach at low tide and look for breaking waves to find the top of the bars. Second, most beaches feature a deep slough that runs between the shore and the outer bar. The outer bar will often be interrupted by deep cuts that allow water to enter and escape with the changing tide.

Tides play an important role in fishing and there are advantages for low and high tides. Low tides allow you to walk along the beach while locating gutters and features in the sand, which will be well underwater once the tide comes in. Also, when the tide is out, you may be able to get the casting distance required to fish the deeper waters beyond the edge of sand shelves.

A few hours leading up to the peak of a rising high tide is the most productive surf condition to fish. As the tide starts rising higher above the sandbars and gutters, the fish happily swim over the sandbars, sampling the fresh smorgasbord of food on offer. The smaller fish chasing smaller morsels will also attract bigger fish like stripers and blue fish.

The best scenario for beach fishing occurs by coinciding the rising tide (or one to two hours before) with dawn or dusk. And better still, fishing inside a nice gutter during this time!!

A well-equipped surf angler will use a combination of heavy surf fishing rods, medium-casting rods and light saltwater fishing tackle to place baits in each of the major feeding zones.

The Beach N Boat Fishing Tournament consists of eight species of fish of which five (Striper, Blue Fish, Fluke, Weak Fish and Kingfish) are frequently caught from the beach. Since the tournament is open to all ages, a Kingfish can easily be caught by a young fisherman under the age of 16.

The Jersey Shore Beach N Boat Fishing Tournament is a family friendly tournament. We encourage families to involve their kids from the beginning. Kids enjoy feeling included, and what better way to spend time than fishing on the beach. Kids can compete in our statewide tournament, learn about the various species and stay active through participation.

Although one of the smallest and most densely populated states in the nation, New Jersey offers endless fishing opportunities. From spring migrations of striped bass to bluefish swimming almost everywhere in the state, anglers of all ages and skill levels can fish our beaches and compete for their share of $ 30,000.00. █

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Gotta get a gatorNo cure for those summertime “blues”Article by: Jim Hutchinson, Jr.

I turn 46 years old this summer. Through much of my life, a one constant has been those times fishing and hunting with my father here in New Jersey where I was brought up to appreciate the great natural resources this state has to offer.

Dad talks about his passion for fishing which began when his own father gave him his first fishing outfit more than six decades ago; I myself have a ‘visually aided’ memory of fishing with Jim, Sr. when barely able to walk but more than capable of posing for a picture upon dad’s lap while fishing for winter flounder, holding an outfit that was more than likely my grandfather’s!

The picture itself is truly worth a thousand words, but it’s the early days fishing with my father for bluefish in the surf and on the local party boats which we really speak volumes to what fishing means to me today.

While so many local and migratory species seem to go through cyclical ups and downs in terms of availability, bluefish have remained as one of those seasonal constants for New Jersey anglers. When the first small, hungry racer bluefish show up in April and May, chasing down wheeling and diving birds with light tackle armed with small metals like Hopkins or Kastmasters or even multi-colored bucktails is always a surefire to clear the winter cobwebs with bent rod and screaming drags.

While runnin’ and gunnin’ from school to school is always an exciting way to kick off a new season, the return of big ‘slammer blues in June and July is really the way to put the gear and the muscles to the test. Big bluefish like the 15.5 pounders caught in the Jersey Shore Beach N’ Boat Fishing Tournament on June 1 of this year are fish available to anglers of any skill level, by beach or by boat, and are with us right on through the end of the tournament season in 2013.

In the surf, whether you’re just hanging with the family in the sand or actually targeting the big ones, a good mix for tourney-winning bluefish is an oily bait like fresh bunker (menhaden) or mackerel, plus some big casting metals just in case a ‘bluefish blitz’ erupts within casting distance. Bluefish will often cruise the surfline chasing bait, and a standard bluefish rig with multi-colored floats (greens, reds, etc) will keep your fresh chunks of baits off the bottom where the scavengers hang out and up higher in the water column where the bluefish are apt to be found.

Blues often race through the sloughs in between sandbars and deeper holes along the shallow edges, which is a great place to deadstick a bait (keep the line tight to avoid the crabs and skates). With a standard bluefish rig available in every Beach N Boat bait and tackle shop in New Jersey, some fresh bait, and a sand spike to hold your rod firmly in place, the best part about tournament bluefishing is that you can often sit back in the beach chair under sunny skies and simply wait it out while enjoying the surroundings.

There are times of course when you’ll find the gulls and terns intently focused on the surface of the water, occasionally crashing on baits in the water. An all out blitz with cackling birds and crashing bluefish is truly something to behold, and it’s when the big Hopkins metals can put you into an epic surfside battle. Heavy-duty spinning tackle, a bigger, stiffer

A 1970’s era Jim Hutchinson, Jr. (left) and Sr. with a couple of party boat bluefish, a father and son tradition for generations of New Jersey anglers going back longer than the four decades these two have fished together.

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rod of 9 or 10 feet for the backbone to cast, and good fishing line provides the basics. Also, when casting at ravenous bluefish, you can forget about tying direct with 40- or even 50-pound mono or fluorocarbon leader to the clip, unless you’re willing to lose a few pricey metals to the choppers. Better is to have at least 4 to 6 inches of light wire leader, which you can add to your mono/flouro leader - bluefish are not line shy, don’t worry about scaring off an attacking blue!

Of course, offshore is where those alligator bluefish, the biggest slammers of the bunch hang out. Typically, a gator is one exceeding 10 pounds in weight, though some bluefish purists would tell you that only those in excess of 15 pounds deserve the true trophy designation. Sure, you can get those big blues in close, but if you want to target a true monster like Roger Kastorsky’s state record 27-pound, 1-ounce gorilla, you may want to head a bit farther east to places like Five Fathom Bank (where Roger fished) or places like the Mud Hole along the North Jersey Coast.

Party boats up and down the Jersey Coast have offered nighttime chunking trips to where the biggest of the bluefish can be found, and for years were known for coming home with trash barrels full of fresh bluefish for their customers. Our bluefish stocks are healthy and robust, and a more-than-reasonable 15 fish per person bag limits on blues is helping keep this fishery vibrant.

The head boats, which charge anglers per head, sometimes cramming up to 50 or even 80 patrons on a boat, will typically anchor up at night on these gator hunts, tossing fresh ground bunker chum off the stern to attract the fish to the boat. Using stout conventional equipment and wire leaders, chunks baits are drifted back with the slick in hopes that a big blue will take the offering and run deep.

I half-remember my first party boat night bluefish trip back in the 1970’s aboard the Miss Barnegat Light with dad and several of his friends. The boat was rocking and rolling in heavy swells, and one by one the number of patrons actively fishing went from around 40 to about 6 at the end (a bologna sandwich would be my undoing). Of course, dad kept standing at the stern rail bailing the bruisers long after the others retreated to the comfort of the cabin.

Funny thing about the photo from that particular trip, standing in front of our home garden with more than a few bluefish filets to carry over for several weeks. Dad has always remarked how well the Jersey tomatoes turn out in the summer when there are a few bluefish carcasses scattered amongst the garden rows. █

ABOUT THE AUTHOR A Jersey Shore native and lifelong hunter and angler, Jim Hutchinson, Jr. is Managing Director of the Recreational Fishing Alliance (RFA), a national political action organization dedicated to safeguarding the rights of saltwater anglers. To learn more about the RFA, visit their homepage at www.joinrfa.org.

The author with a lean chopper taken while tossing topwaters on the flats along Raritan Bay. Considered a nuisance by some, bluefish fight hard and

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There are few places on the East Coast of the United States that one can fish in water less than 10 feet deep and catch a fish that may top 100 pounds. Luckily for southern New Jersey and Delaware anglers, this is an adventure that unfolds every spring in the Delaware Bay. Armadas of boats seek these big behemoths as they enter the bay to feed and spawn every April and May. Eating MachinesDrum are consumers of a large amount of forage on a daily basis. The oystermen of old hated the drum because they ravaged the oyster beds that provided them with a living. Drum are capable of eating one oyster for every pound of their body weight on a daily basis. Massive schools of drum, sometimes numbering in the thousands, would wipe out an entire bed in several days’ time.

The key to hooking these fish lies in the knowledge of how they feed. Drum take a large bivalve (clam, oyster, mussel) into the back of their throats and crush the creature with their powerful pharyngeal teeth. Once crushed the drum blows shell fragments out its gills and spits out large portions of shell out of its mouth. By this method the drum doesn’t load its stomach up with too much indigestible shell material. The drum then sucks the meat off the shell fragments with its thickened lips.

Another feeding method of the drum is to scour the bottom, feeding in algae beds. Here they forage like cows consuming algae as they go. While not really vegetarians, the drum are really after all the crabs, snails, coral, copepods, razor clams, mussels and small fish that inhabit the algae beds.

The stomach contents of drum signal what areas they have chosen to forage. Anglers fishing the sloughs and flats for drum often catch drum loaded with mussel shell fragments. Mussels are the predominant bivalve in the Delaware Bay. Clam beds and seeded oyster beds do exist but are smaller in number.

Anglers fishing the edges of lumps, with their rocky and shale bottoms, catch drum whose stomachs are filled with algae from foraging in those areas. So called “drum noodles” are the depressions created in the bay floor from the foraging activities of this fish. Algae beds particularly predominate on the north side of the lumps as the nutrients from farm run-off nourish the beds on outgoing tides.

In both scenarios, drum use their barbell and pore laden lower jaws to locate food items. This small-eyed fish feeds both day and night due to this complex sensory network. Scent is the keenest sense in these fish and serves them well in finding forage. Clams for the Behemoths While drum consume a variety of food items, almost all drum seekers fish with fresh surf clams. And fresh is the key word due to the importance of scent in the world of drum fish. When clams are harvested from the ocean, they start dying immediately. Bait shops keep them refrigerated and they must be used within a few days or they develop an unappealing odor, refused by all drum.

Anglers do best when they can get the clams coming off the trucks being delivered to the bait shops. Rancid clams should be removed so as not to contaminate the remainder of the good clams. Clams in good shape have closed shells or their shells close when you touch the meat in between. Fresh clam is yellow in color unlike the whiter color of older clams. The

Black Drum can exceed 100 pounds. As of this writing the leader in the Jersey Shore Beach N Boat is 75 pounds. Can you beat that?

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BIG BOOM BLACK BOOMING DRUM

Boating the BoomersThese mammoth fish have very tough scales. Many of the big fish are caught and released to breed again, being capable of reproducing for more than 30 years. When desired, these fish can be brought on board with large nets or as is more commonly done, gaffed in the mouth. While capable of making strong pulsing runs when hooked, they tend to be docile and lay on their sides once brought boatside. █

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Captain Harvey Yenkinson was very generous in providing this article from his website, http://www.vetcraftsportfishing.com where you will find numerous articles on catching the biggest and best fish in New Jersey. Stop by and check out his website and book a charter on “Vet Craft” if you would like some expert firsthand knowledge on NJ fishing.

clams smell “clammy” and not rancid. Anglers typically take a bushel of clams to fish for a trip. Some anglers take two bags, one to crush and use as chum and the second as bait.

How to Fish for the Big Ones The typical tackle is conventional gear with 3- pound test line. Terminal tackle consists of a fish-finder rig with a 3 to 4 foot 50-80 pound leader. Lighter tackle can be used when fishing neap tides. When fishing spring tides, though, heavier tackle is required to fight these wide bodied fish that will use the current to their advantage during fishing battles.Chumming is best employed by crushing some clams and tossing them around the boat during the slacker tides. As scent is so important to draw the fish to your baits, chum should be dispensed throughout the day. As these fish are pretty much only bottom feeders, the scent trail should be dispersed from the bay floor. This is most commonly done by crushing two clams together and throwing the broken one over. Chummed clams should be tossed up-current so they end up resting where your baits are deployed.

Hooking these fish is the big challenge. Drum are very adept at sucking the clam off the hook, just like they suck clam meat off a crushed shell. Rods left in rod holders usually miss the bite unless they are rigged with self-setting circle hooks. More commonly anglers fish with 8/0 or 9/0 octopus hooks and hold the rod in their hands waiting for that telltale tug. The hook must be set before the bait is pulled off the hook. Baits need to be kept as still as possible on the bottom. Drum are not used to moving baits. Setting the rods down in the boat reduces the constant tug from a rocking boat. Also pinch weights can be added to the leader to keep the baits still. Ample weight should be on the fish-finder to hold the baits still as well. Also, baits fished further from the boat will suffer less movement than rods fished straight up and down. The Best Time to Fish for ThemDay vs. Night: A majority of anglers fish for drum during the afternoon hours into the first couple hours of darkness. This trend started from anglers fishing for these fish after work. These fish feed equally as well at night as they do during the day. Most anglers still persist fishing in the darkness. It is during the dark hours that the males can be heard making the booming sound that gives them their scientific name Pogonis chromis which means bearded grunters. The nighttime booming sound of the drum is unlike any other oceanic sound an angler is likely to hear.

Tidal cycle: Many anglers swear too that the best bite is around the full and new moons. There is validity to this claim as the drum migrate in and school up for spawning purposes during this period of the tide cycle. The spring tides around the end of May and beginning of June always produce the biggest of these fish. Spawning occurs during these full and new moon cycles although the fish temporarily stop feeding when spawning. These fish spawn several times while in the bay. The good news is that when the hour or so long spawning ritual is finished, the fish go right back on the feed.

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FLUKINGArticle by: Captain Brett Taylor | Reel Reaction Sportfishing | www.reelreactioncharters.com

The name of this northeast flatfish depends on an angler’s location in New Jersey. In Northern Jersey, we call them “Fluke”, and in Southern Jersey we call’em “flounder.” We’re all talking about the same fish. “Paralichthys dentatus,” aka summer flounder or fluke are found on the East Coast throughout bays, inlets, and inshore grounds depending on the time of year. The general migration route of fluke is from east to west occurring near the middle of March. Fluke will enter our coastal estuaries and backbays during the spring and feed through July, eventually starting the migration back out to the Continental Shelf for the winter. As with other migrating species (bluefish, striped bass, tuna, etc), fluke will feed heavily through the season and into the fall to build-up energy reserves for their winter dormancy. Fluke are ambush predators that have the ability to camouflage their top color to match the characteristics of the seafloor. They can actually change their color in about 30 minutes to match the bottom characteristics. This ability greatly increases their efficiency to feed and to avoid danger. The feeding characteristics and migrational movements both play a critical role in catching bigger fluke from the boat, beach, and jetty. The ease of catching “fluke or flounder,” table fare quality, and availability to recreational fishermen make it a great gamefish to catch for the novice or experienced angler. (Note: Current regulations allow anglers to harvest 5 fluke @ 17.5 inches.)

Bait/lure preferences, determining location, and tidal considerations are basic strategies that should be considered for fluke fisherman. Whether it be fresh or saltwater, 50 percent of a fisherman’s success is predicated upon the proper baitfish imitation; fluke fishermen are no exception to this rule. So how do we know what their feeding on? As I tell my science

classes, observation is the most powerful tool that we have - so use it. Tackle-shops are especially a good source of information because they do not want to steer their customers in the wrong direction. They will provide clear details on what to use: color, lures, bait, and sometimes the general location. Firsthand experience always trumps secondhand information. As a charter captain, I always take notice of the activity that is occurring when I’m on the water. Perhaps you see small terns and gulls feeding on the surface which could indicate schooling spearing, bay anchovies, or even grass shrimp. In this case, you would want to use lures that mimic these offerings.

As the season progresses, the concentrations and types of baitfish will also change from smaller-profiled offerings such as grass shrimp and spearing to bigger baitfish like finger mullet, peanut bunker, snapper bluefish. When it comes to catching bigger fluke, the size of your bait does matter. Whether you’re fishing live-bait, lures, or rigs, by increasing the size of the presentation, an angler can play into the fluke’s survival mechanism. Bigger fluke do not want to expend energy to feed on food that they will not get sufficient calories from consuming. This is why upsizing to a bigger lure or baitfish presentation will usually result in keepers being put in the box, rather than smaller ones being tossed over the side.

For anglers that jig lures for fluke such as Spro or S&S bucktail jigs, this means increasing the size of the strip bait or soft-bodied lure that is attached to the jig. But, keep in mind that the lure has to still swim and look relatively natural. Finding the right combination is the key. The angler’s presentation should still match closely to the baitfish in the area, but just be bigger. In regards to color selection, you can fish any color but make sure it’s “white.” White is the best all around color for rigs or bucktail jigs when targeting fluke. Variations of different colors accented with white will also work (yellow/white, chartreuse/white, pink/white, etc.). Scent also has its place. I firmly believe using scent helps to increase your catch ratio. Berkley Gulp has done a great job with this. Part of the reason why Gulp is so deadly at taking fluke. BioEdge’s liquid concentrate produces an excellent scent that is easily placed on your jig or can be used to marinate strip baits. Locating FlukeWhether it is beach, bay, ocean, or inlet - when you’re fishing for fluke, it is vitally important to fish areas that have structure or bottom changes.

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For the beach fisherman, fishing cuts, drop-offs or sandbar ledges will usually produce fluke as well as areas adjacent to beach jetties. This can be easily accomplished by casting a bucktail jig above the targeted area, and working it slowly along the bottom. Jetties will have fluke at their base where the sand meets the rocks, so target these areas. If you’re fortunate enough to have access to a boat, fishing any areas with structure are worth trying - fluke will setup on these locations. It is worth noting that bigger fluke will take up real estate on structured areas during their migration. Fluke tend to hold close to the sides of the structure which provides both protection and the ability to ambush baitfish. The structured areas, whether it is wrecks, pilings, docks, or areas adjacent to mussel beds, provide productive feeding habitat and the bigger fluke will claim the best property by pushing smaller-sized fluke to less productive areas. Consequently, the residences where keepers usually reside, are sometimes the most difficult areas to fish. Last year, I had a charter fishing a heavily structured area, they donated a bunch of rigs to the wreck, but ended up scoring ten keepers with three of them being over 5lbs. Despite the loss of tackle and annoyance of re-rigging, these areas should be targeted because the dividends will pay off immensely. Tidal ConsiderationsChoosing the right tide will make a huge difference in the success of your fishing trip. Early season when the ocean temps are cold, key in on the outgoing tidal currents. These will have the warmest water temps, pulling water from tidal flats that have been warmed by the sun. The temperatures of the outgoing tides will usually put the fluke on the feed. Conversely, as the season progresses mid-late summer, fish the incoming tides. By now the ocean water has warmed and the bay water is more like bathwater. The fluke will prefer a cooler incoming current. The general rule of thumb with fluke fishing, whether by boat or land, is to fish moving water. Tidal currents will move baitfish and provide feeding opportunities for these aggressive predators.

Good luck for the 2013 fluke season. Hopefully these tips will help you catch more fish, including bigger keepers. Whether you’re fishing a headboat or charter, from land, or on your own boat, remember time on the water is always time well spent. Fish On!! █

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Captain Brett is a licensed USCG captain who has been avidly fishing the Barnegat Bay and surrounding ocean waters for the past 17 years. He teaches biology and chemistry at Barnegat High School and started and runs the Barnegat High School fishing club. In addition, Capt. Brett is ProStaff for Columbia Sportswear, Simms Fishing Products, Costa Del Mar sunglasses, and a Pro-Guide member for St. Croix Rods.

From backbay fluking to trolling up bluefin tuna 50 miles offshore; Captain. Brett is experienced in a wide variety of fisheries. For some fantastic fishing aboard a semi-custom 23’ Parker Sport Cabin, make sure to check out Captain Brett Taylor and Reel Reaction Charters at www.reelreactioncharters.com. Call (609) 290-7709 or email reelreaction@gmail.com.

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K aya k FishingArticle by: Jon Shein

We came over the wall at Monmouth Beach and it was incredible. There was a massive blitz and in the fog it appeared to go on forever. Big fish were churning up the water and birds were wheeling and diving into the melee. There was just one problem; the action started a few hundred yards from the beach and nobody on shore could reach them. Everyone tried but it was fruitless and extremely frustrating. So at dusk my buddy and I headed home. On the forums the next day I read just before dusk some of those fish crashed the beach a few miles to the south. Adding insult to injury they averaged 15 to 30 pounds! I had recently read an article about using kayaks to access fish in exactly this type of situation. I vowed then, that November day in 1998, this would never happen to me again. I read everything I could but information was scant. Most of it was forum posts from southern California and Florida. The following spring I bought a kayak.

Since then I have logged over a thousand days fishing from kayaks all over the continent for a myriad of species. It was very lonely in the beginning but now kayaks are very common along the Jersey coast. You’d have to be living under a rock not to have noticed. It’s hard to pick up a fishing magazine without finding an article about them and, there are TV shows dedicated to it. Kayak fishing is well established as a fishing method now and with good reason. Kayaks are extremely versatile. No other vessel can fish so many diverse environments so easily. One day you can wheel into a remote pond and the next launch through the surf and fish the ocean.

When I got started, you could count on your hands all the kayaks that had adequate fishing attributes. There weren’t any kayaks designed for fishing back then. We took recreational kayaks and adapted them. Now there are entire companies dedicated to kayak fishing as fishing dominates the paddle sports world. One of the problems I discovered early on is unlike many specialty sports where you can get specific information and products, kayak fishing was different. That’s because the main item in kayak fishing is the kayak and kayaking is a sport separate from fishing. A fisherman uses the kayak as a tool, whereas to a paddler it is the sport. I found there was a lot of misinformation with fishermen getting advice from people who didn’t even fish, let alone fish from a kayak. If you fish, you know a lot more about the sport than someone who sells kayaks but doesn’t fish. Fishing is the hard part, not the kayaking. I see a lot of new people purchase kayaks that aren’t suitable for their needs. I got involved early retailing kayaks specifically to fishermen and I’m back at it again with a couple of stores dedicated to the sport. There are a lot of questions that you should consider before buying a kayak. Things like where you plan on using it, how you’re going to get it to and from the water and how you are built, just for starters. These and other questions are those you should be answering before you fork over a lot of money for a vessel you learn later.

As the sport evolves, I see a few major trends developing. The baby boomers are responsible for a couple of them. They’re getting older and can’t lift heavy kayaks onto the roofs of their vehicles anymore; so lighter kayaks are very popular. Regarding kayak weights, many manufactures list inaccurate weights. For example one popular model has a reported weight of 56 pounds but my scale says 69. That’s quite a difference. So, if it feels heavier than reported, it probably is. Motorized kayaks, once a novelty, are now on many kayak anglers’ wish lists and many are fulfilling those wishes. I call a kayak, with the addition of a motor that has foot controlled steering and motor lift from the cockpit, an EK. These are integrated systems and a blast to fish from. The obvious reason to add a motor is to eliminate the need to paddle, and to increase range, which it does, but it also extends where a kayak can be used. The first time I fished for blackfish, my buddy Chris explained the technique. We would anchor near the Cape May jetty and cast towards the jetty. He said for every fish we landed we’d probably lose a rig, as this was typical. I had a different plan in mind. We were using EKs. The technique was simple. We’d motor up to the jetty and drop the bait. While it was falling, we put the motors in reverse and slowly backed away. When the crab hit the zone, the blackfish grabbed it, and we’d set the hook. The momentum of the kayak backing away from the rocks pulled the blackfish into clear water. We lost one rig in 2 days of fishing and caught a lot of fish. The boats, who were double anchored, commented on the advantage we had over them. Fishing bridges is just as easy with an EK and there are places an EK can fish that a human powered kayak can’t.

Kayaks are a great way to get right into the middle of the blitz!

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An important important consideration is in the accessories. There are a lot of them and it can be overwhelming at times. One of the best is track systems. In the past in order to attach something to a kayak you had to pick a spot and attach it. Tracks allow you to mix it up and add and remove accessories based on your needs. What’s especially nice is you can have different accessories for different types of fishing. Besides items like rod holders and fish finders there are track adapters for cameras (both still and video), cup holders, lights, flags, cutting boards, tool holders, etc.

The last trend I’d like to mention is elevated seating. These seats raise the angler several inches from a conventional seat and while, more comfortable, also serve other purposes. Being higher up makes it easier to spot fish. It also makes it easier to stand as most kayaks with this type of seating are designed to allow the angler to stand. While not very useful out on the ocean, sight fishing in the back bays and in freshwater is great.

So far 2013 has been a banner year. Raritan Bay had a spring run of stripers that made for the best inshore fishing any of us could remember. It was so easy. Launch your kayak at one of the many easy access points and once the depth dropped off into the teens you’d find fish. My first day out I ran into a couple buddies and my first fish was about 27 inches. Bob said “I don’t want to insult you, but, that’s the smallest fish I’ve seen out here in a couple weeks.” I managed a couple more with the largest going 37 inches. A few days later I had to drop my brother off at the airport at 5AM and, since the store didn’t open until Noon that day, I checked the tides and saw I’d be able to get in a couple hours of moving water and have plenty of time to get back to the shop. Two hours on the water produced 6 bass from 28 to 36 inches.

Besides bass there are feisty Blues and Fluke. As the season progresses, the ocean bite is going great as the Delaware and Chesapeake Bay stocks migrate up the coast. Fluke fishing from a kayak is one of my favorite summer pastimes. Some years they’re in the bays and other times the best fishing is in the ocean. Around the state there has been some terrific fluke fishing already. Most of the species that can be caught from a boat can be caught from a kayak.

Most anglers who get into kayak fishing say they wish they had done so sooner. So what are you waiting for? See you on the water. █

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jon Shein has done more to foster the growth of kayak fishing on the East Coast than probably any other man” Carl Bruger, Hudson River Fisherman’s Assoc. Jon has fished in over 70 kayak models for over 100 species of fish. He’s done so all over the continent for many diverse species like tuna, billfish, mahi mahi, bonefish, cobia, etc. He’s a NJ native and knows the local kayak fishing well. Jon has over 20,000 forum posts, has authored hundreds of articles and is author of “Kayak Fishing”, the most comprehensive book on the subject.

Jon is co-owner of ‘The Kayak Fishing Store’. It is a business that specializes in kayak fishing. Everyone involved with the business is an avid kayak angler. The focus is fishing from kayaks with kayak sales, installations, repairs, the most complete accessories for kayak fishing anywhere, rentals and trips. Simply put it is the most complete kayak fishing business anywhere. You can go to http://www.thekayakfishingstore.com/ or call (973) 227-3251 for more information on this up and coming sport.

Who’s winning? In this case, it’s the angler, however a large fish can tow a kayak and fisherman around the ocean for hours and miles.

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My love affair with kingfish began 60 years ago when my father gave me my first surf fishing rod and reel. It was a 10-foot bamboo monster with a Penn conventional reel, spooled with 20-pound test linen line. We only lived a half a block from the beach on Long Beach Island, and I spent a lot of time surf fishing on the beach.

The first fish I ever caught on the beach was a 12-inch kingfish which I cleaned myself and had for dinner that night. During those early years I ate a lot of kingfish.

There were many mornings as a young teenager that I would arise early to hit the beach for a couple of kingfish before school. I would quickly clean the fish, and my mom would fry them up while I showered. Kingfish --the breakfast of champions!

Not to be confused with the kingfish from the South which are in the mackerel family, northern kingfish are on the small side, usually ranging in size from 10-14 inches and weighing from a half a pound to a pound and a half. They will grow to 18-inches and weigh as much as 3-pounds although supposedly larger ones have been caught in commercial nets.

The New Jersey state record was caught in the surf in Margate on Oct. 25, 2003, by Art Higbee. The fish was 18.25 inches long and weighed two pounds, six ounces.

The fish we call a kingfish in New Jersey has many names. Depending on where you catch them, they can be called a northern kingfish, whiting, mullet, northern whiting, and even king croakers. The normal range of kingfish is from Massachusetts down to Florida and around into the Gulf of Mexico.

If water temperatures rise enough, they will venture on up into Maine. The highest concentration of kingfish can be found from the beaches of North Carolina up to New York.

I have caught varieties of kingfish on the beaches of Cape Hatteras in North Carolina and in the Gulf of Mexico in Florida. Every time I catch one, it is like seeing an old friend from home.

Despite their small size, our kingfish put up a bit of a fight, especially on light tackle. Their firm white meat is delicious even if it can be a bit of an effort to get enough for a family dinner.

The northern kingfish has the scientific name of Menticirrhus Saxatilis. Surprisingly, they are part of the drum family which besides red and black drumfish includes weakfish, spot, and croakers. Kingfish cannot make a drumming sound because of a lack of an air bladder.

The kingfish is a bottom feeder and like other bottom feeders its upper jaw projects further than the lower and the snout overhangs the mouth. It has a slender body with markings on the body including a dark, longitudinal stripe behind the pectoral fins that distinguish it from other types of kingfish.

One positive aspect of kingfish is the ease with which they can be caught. Dan Yaniro, owner of Captain’s Quarters Bait and Tackle in Brighton Beach on Long Beach Island, says, “When they are there, there is a lot of action. It is no big secret catching them, and this makes it great for kids just starting out fishing.”

Depending on where you catch them, they can be called a northern kingfish, whiting, mullet, northern whiting, and even king croakers.

Photo courtesy of Jingles Bait and Tackle in Beach Haven, LBI

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Yaniro continues, “When they are on the beach, they are right in the wash and an easy cast, especially for youngsters. Another great part of fishing for kingfish is that you do not have to spend much money. A little bait can go a long way, and when you catch some fish, you have some delicious eating.”

There are some facts to know about kingfish to help your chances of catching fish. They first appear in early May and usually remain until the middle of October. They gather in schools in relatively shallow waters. They prefer hard, sandy bottom. As bottom feeders they like eating shrimp, worms, small fish, small mollusks, and crustaceans. Scientific studies indicate kingfish feed mainly through smell and touch rather than sight.

Because kingfish have small mouths, small hooks and small pieces of bait should be used. Three very effective baits are bloodworms, squid, and the hard portions of clams. These baits possess strong scents. If bait has been in the water for 10 minutes, it should be replaced to assure a strong scent.

Coming into favor with kingfish anglers over the past few years has been an artificial bait, Fishbites “Bag o’ Worms.” Exuding a strong scent, these are artificial worms that can be cut into small pieces. They are very tough and stand up well.

Top and bottom rigs double your chances of hook-ups. If crabs seem to be beating the kingfish to the bait, use rigs with small floats to keep the bait off the bottom where the crabs are. You do not need to be a long distance caster to catch kingfish. Since kingfish hang out outside the waves feeding on things churned up by the waves, that is all you need to cast.

Because kingfish congregate in small schools, if you spend 20 minutes without a bite, move down the beach to a new spot.

In late summer, kingfish move into the bay in large numbers. I have had great fishing days anchoring in the bay with several logs of clam chum and for kingfish and other species. I anchor in 7-14 feet of water on the edge of a channel or sluice. I keep a steady supply of chum running with the tide and fish top and bottom rigs with small pieces of clam.

My main target is kingfish but I have been known to pull up blowfish, bluefish, porgies, spots, weakfish, black sea bass, black drumfish, and even small stripers attracted by the chum.

Most small kingfish are eaten whole with only their fins, tail, head, and scales removed. When large enough, you can get two very nice fillets from a fish. Their mild flavor makes for a great fish fry. I prefer dusting them with flour and pan frying them rather than breading for deep frying. █

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jim Hutchinson Sr. grew up on Long Beach Island enjoying his childhood while fishing, crabbing, clamming, duck hunting and spending most of his waking hours on the water. An English major at Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania, he also played football and baseball. He is now partially retired after a long career in public education as an English and Latin teacher, head football and baseball coach, and athletic director. He is once again spending much of his free time on the water. Using his English and fishing background, he is a free-lance writer for several newspapers and magazines and teaches seafood cooking through classes, seminars, and is known around Long Beach Island for his popular cable seafood cooking show.

Live bloodworms have a great scent to attract Kingfish and should be changed every 10 minutes or so.

Scented artificials give bloodworms a run for the money, are easy to handle and have a long shelf life. Perfect for the squeamish angler!*

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Some would think that weakfish (also referred to in the lower Mid-Atlantic States as sea trout) have fallen on tough times in recent years with fluctuating stock size and more restrictive recreational measures (one fish bag limit, 13-inch minimum size in New Jersey.) While not actually in the trout family, but instead part of the croaker or drum family, weakfish are known to be cyclical in nature, a mostly unpredictable species which spans between prolific and missing within a short span of time.

Old timers, particularly in the Chesapeake where much of the spawning stock is thought to come from, often note that an extremely cold winter with frozen surfaces and even a couple of cold-related die-offs of croaker often are a sign of good weak fishing to come. In the winter of 2011, that’s what we did see along parts of the Mid-Atlantic, particularly regions of

WONDERFUL WEAKFISHHOOK-UP WITH JERSEY SEA TROUT Article by: Jim Hutchinson, Jr.

the Chesapeake itself which were iced over for a spell. And while weakfish were mostly non-existent throughout much of its range in the summer of 2011, the 2012 weakfish bite was phenomenal for much of New Jersey, especially along the South/Central coast from Barnegat Light south to Atlantic City along the back bay stretches, the old haunts if you will.

In the first part of 2013 and especially during the spring when the biggest weakfish first invade local waters during the spawn, the stretch of good weakfish action extended throughout the state, with good numbers of fish caught from Fortescue on the Delaware Bayshore, around the tip of Cape May and all the way up to the Shrewsbury River behind Sea Bright and Sandy Hook.

Fisheries managers note that weakfish stocks have been low in recent years, less due to fishing mortality and more about natural factors including natural predation and environmental conditions. Recent restrictions leaving us with a one fish bag limit provides that opportunity to keep a ‘tiderunner’ trophy, with the ability to enjoy superb catch and release success on throwbacks, making this local ‘sea trout’ a relatively easy and exciting target for light tackle.

All signs indicate that 2013 should be another banner year for weakfishing in New Jersey, and while the biggest specimens which dominate the catch through much of the spring run will be harder to find as the summer progresses, you’ll still have chances to find those 5- to 8-pounders that are swimming around Jersey waters right now which may just put you on the Beach N Boat money board.

From early July through mid-September, spike weakfish (or younger, smaller weakies in the 8- to 12-inch size range) are active feeders throughout the back bays from Barnegat south through Little Egg Harbor Bay, Great Bay down to Absecon. A flighty species with preference for quieter areas, when boat traffic is hot and heavy on a Saturday or Sunday, look for weakies to be feeding exclusively under cover of darkness or in less-traveled areas of water by day. If you can get out early, be the first on the location and set anchor on the side of a piece of structure like a slough or hole where your transom is basically on the edge of the shallower edge and your baits are back in the deeper water.

In the Barnegat Bay, Little Egg Harbor and Great Bay regions, one of the more popular methods of putting together a ‘mad dog’ bite of weaks is by

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using 5 to 6 quarts of live grass shrimp to chum weakies to your location. Tipping a shad dart with one or two live grass shrimp cast back lightly into the slick will often produce quick and exciting results, even a very light jighead tipped with a small Gulp! shrimp to mimic your chum offering. While use of live grass shrimp is effective, sometimes just as simple is dropping a chum log with frozen clam with perhaps a liberal dose of Fin-Essence Shedder Oil into the mixture. A blue crab which is just getting ready to shed is called a ‘shedder’ crab and it gives off a pheromone prior to shedding that turns weakfish on! That shedder oil is a great attractant for weakfish especially, and is equally effective when spicing up your chum as it is when soaking a plastic jerkshad or bucktail.

You can tell a blue crab that’s just getting ready to shed by looking at its underside – most of the time the crab is a white or offwhite color, but a crab getting ready to shed its old skin has an orange-ish blue tint on the apron, signifying that it would make great bait – or that it could soon make a fine sandwich! Whether you catch your own shedder or pick a couple up at the local bait and tackle shop (like Tony’s Bait and Tackle in Manahawkin or Absecon Bay Sportsman Center in Absecon which both ‘shed’ their own crabs) you can crack these pieces up and use the meat in small, dime-size chunks on a small plain hook, either top & bottom rig or just a single hook off a three-way with a small sinker to hold bottom.

In addition to anchoring up and fishing the edge of a slough, you can also drift the channel edges or across the holes using a 1/8- to 1/4-ounce bucktail tipped with pieces of the shedder. If there are two or three anglers onboard, try alternating the depths at which you set those bucktails and keep an eye on the screen in search of marks. Also highly effective, especially for bank & bulkhead anglers who fish the night tide, is to soak plastic jerk baits and swim shads in Fin Essence oil in a heavy-duty Ziploc bag to apply to smallish jigheads of 1/4 to 3/4-ounce depending on current. Using bucktails, jigheads and artificial is always a much better way of ensuring that weakfish are hooked closer to the jaw, as a hungry weakfish will engulf a fresh baited hook and sometimes makes it difficult for healthy release.

Weakfish get their name from their sensitive mouth, making them difficult prey to land when you get a monster 8- to 12-pound tiderunner on the line – one can only imagine the difficulty in landing a weakie like the one Karl Jones landed way back in 1986, an 18-1/2-pound state record caught in Delaware Bay!

But much like freshwater trout, weakfish of any size provide a great sportfishing experience even if you’re just releasing all but that one, single Beach N’ Boat prize winner! █

ABOUT THE AUTHOR A Jersey Shore native and lifelong hunter and angler, Jim Hutchinson, Jr. is Managing Director of the Recreational Fishing Alliance (RFA), a national political action organization dedicated to safeguarding the rights of saltwater anglers. To learn more about the RFA, visit their homepage at www.joinrfa.org.

Leadhead jigs tipped with either a Gulp! shrimp or soft plastic jerk shads slathered with a bit of Fin Essence Shedder Oil will often

entice a weakfish bite with or without a chum slick.

Angler Dave Rinear caught this big weakie in the middle of summer near Great Bay while using live grass shrimp as chum.

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STRIPERArticle by: Captain Al Ristori

Jersey anglers have been very fortunate the last few years with striped bass fishing that’s been holding up despite a great deal of pressure. Big bass have been relatively common, but when it comes to winning contests “big” isn’t good enough. It’s great sport to catch 20-to-40-pound stripers, yet those fish only take time away from the quest to hook that 50-pound or larger bass you’ll probably need for a winner.

There have been some extraordinary stripers boated during the last few years. However, aside from those winter migrating bass ending up in Virginia, they’ve almost all been caught from rough bottoms in Long Island and Block Island Sounds. Unfortunately, we don’t have much of that structure here in the Garden State. Shrewsbury Rocks is the closest we come from a structure viewpoint, and even that naturally rocky area doesn’t begin to compare with the Long Island and New England bottoms.

The upside of that is the fact that you also don’t have to compete with those out-of-state fish in the Jersey Shore Beach N Boat Fishing Tournament. It’s definitely harder to catch the biggest bass here, but the

lack of prime structure also gives the average angler a better chance at being the fortunate one.

Most of the biggest stripers taken off the Jersey Shore have been hooked in recent years by anglers fishing bunkers during the spring run from May into early July. Bunkers are an ideal forage fish for giant stripers as they shadow the schools and attack them when hungry for a meal that can carry them for several days. The problem is that stripers don’t feed on the readily available bunkers constantly. In the “old days”, when live bunkers were difficult to find, those cast into jetties usually found a hungry bass waiting for them. Now, with menhaden receiving some protection from being purse seined in the millions of pounds by the reduction factory ships, there are often large schools swimming off the shore with nothing bothering them. Either snagging one to drop down on another line, or using the snag-and-drop technique will often attract a hit from a bass looking for an easy meal from the one injured fish in the school. As simple as it appears for them to catch a bunker from among thousands in a school, it’s obviously not that routine for bass -- so the cripple is a convenient target.

Unfortunately, it’s not usually that easy. When both the bass and the bunkers were coming back to the shore, the best bet was to get out at dawn for the “early bite” and then return for breakfast because they wouldn’t bite again until late afternoon. These days there often isn’t any early bite, though the late afternoon fishery is much more dependable.

Even then, you come back to the same problem of finding that one prize winner among many big bass. That was the case on June 14, when I fished in the afternoon out of Highlands with striper pro Chuck Many of Annandale on his Tyman from Gateway Marina along with Pennsylvania anglers Nellie Greer of Bethlehem and Greg Prestosh from Hellertown. We hit it just right down the beach after a storm and got into wild action on live bunkers (plus one on a pencil popper and two after dark on eels) as 28 bass were released. Most were from 25 to 35 pounds, and five made the 40-pound mark on Many’s IGFA-certified Boga Grip but none of those were over 42 pounds and still not close to being a prospective boat winner. There could be a 50-pounder among that quantity of big bass, but those largest stripers seem to be more solitary feeders likely to be lurking under a smaller bunker school rather than to be involved in a hot bite.

That may not apply to fishing from shore, where the vast majority of lunkers are hooked when they drive bunkers to the beach. That only

Edward Plichta weighing a 37.54 Striper at Lacey Marine.

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happens occasionally, most often late in the afternoon, and in very small areas. The biggest bass will work shoulder-to-shoulder with the 20-to-30-pounders in the group effort to corner those bunkers for easier capture. Also keep in mind the fact that the bar is set lower for shore fishermen. “Forties” aren’t likely to be winners from boats, but they could well be from shore.

Those lunkers from the shore are usually caught either on snagged-and-dropped bunkers, or by casting big poppers or swimming plugs. The biggest part of the problem is being at the right spot when the bass some in. Jetties from Long Branch to Deal are a best bet, but it’s often necessary to be on the dangerous tip of the jetty -- and it can be “combat” fishing when the bass do arrive. Parking is very limited, and if there’s a spot open you can bet there are no bunkers in sight.

There are times when bass will push bunkers into open beaches, and that can happen at any time during the day. Some anglers patrol the Shore by car to spot bunkers not too far from shore, in hopes that they’ll be pushed within range. Those fishermen may not actually wet a line for days while awaiting an opportunity that still may not provide the bass they’re looking for.

Wire line trolling is a time-tested means of attracting larger stripers. The size of most bunker spoons discourages most (but not all) smaller bass from hitting them, and they’re likely to spark interest in a solitary jumbo striper. I found that, along with Capt. Hans Kaspersetz, while trolling near Shrewsbury Rocks in the Spring a few years ago from our charter boat Sheri Berri out of Baker’s Marina on the Bay in Highlands. We’d already had a hot trolling bite of 20-to-25-pound Stripers, and the party only wanted to keep a couple of them. Therefore, when a much larger Bass was brought alongside they kept their word about releasing everything after those first couple. We took measurements to obtain a weight by formula (length to the fork of the tail times girth squared, divided by 800), and it turned out to be a 52 3/4-pounder.

Tony Arcabascio started experimenting with trolling off Island Beach State Park when he retired from Staten Island to Bayville, and eventually created his own line of Tony Maja spoons as well as the E-Z Outrodder and various trolling accessories. Many 40-and-50-pounders have been trolled there since Arcabascio discovered that the biggest bass tended to stay in deeper waters (around 60 feet) even though they often don’t mark there while slightly shallower waters may look better with more marks and heavier bait readings.

Delaware Bay is another area that produces 50-pounders with some regularity in early fall. It’s mostly a bunker-chunking deal, and bunkers aren’t as easy to obtain there as they are along the northern Shore. When Stripers were scarce, eeling in the rips across the mouth of Delaware Bay produced some very big bass, but that’s more of a schoolie fishery now. Live eels have always been a great bait for the largest linesiders. My personal best, a 61-pounder, hit an eel cast from a small boat anchored in just a few feet of water in Pleasant Bay, Massachusetts. That’s the standard

bait when we fish Ambrose and Sandy Hook channels in the fall, but I haven’t heard of any exceptionally large stripers caught there in years.There aren’t any easy answers to catching tournament-winning Stripers in New Jersey, or we’d all be doing it. Putting in a lot of time working the likely spots and techniques, and making sure your tackle is up to the task will give you a leg up -- and releasing “annoying” 20-and-30-pounders in the effort will be a lot of fun! █

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Capt. Al Ristori, saltwater fishing columnist for the Newark Star-Ledger, Conservation Editor of The Fisherman magazine, and Regional Editor of Salt Water Sportsman, charters the 26-foot Regulator, Sheri Berri, out of Baker’s Marina on the Bay in Highlands. He can be reached at 732 223-5729 or at cristori@aol.com.Al Ristori - cristori@aol.com

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Wreck Fishing,The Art of Pinpoint AnchoringArticle by: Gary CaputiFirst U.S. Publication Rights to Salt Water Sportsman

It was a cold, mid December morning on a section of artificial reef about four miles off Manasquan Inlet. My friend Tim Surgent was at the bow getting two sets of ground tackle ready while I was running a search pattern around a small, but well known wreck in 70 feet of water that gets fished pretty hard during blackfish season.

“Here it is,” I shouted as the bottom rose sharply on the LCD screen. That brought Tim back to the console.

“Now idle south and look for a smaller piece,” he advised. About 150 feet away from the main wreck lay the wheelhouse, probably not much bigger than the 10’ by 20’ shed in my backyard, with debris scattered around it. It was far enough away and small enough that it was very hard to anchor on so it was rarely fished. I dropped a marker buoy and saved the waypoint, then went into neutral with the plotter set to its tightest scale watching

the boat’s trail develop on screen to determine the prevailing drift. We had already decided to use two anchors because it would be nearly impossible to hit it with a single anchor.

Using the plot trail as a center line, I ran the boat about 45-degrees to the port of that line and out 300 feet from the marker and Tim dropped the first anchor. I powered back toward the buoy until the anchor set, then repeated the process running 45-degress to the starboard of the plot trail and we dropped the second anchor. We backed down toward the buoy a second time letting line out on the second anchor and pulling in line from the first until the boat was almost in position. Then it was just a matter of adjusting the two lines against each other until the boat was resting about 15 feet directly up current from the buoy before tying them off. The boat held position perfectly, even with the seas striking it from a quartering direction. It didn’t take five minutes for the tog to start chewing and they were big fish

Like so many bottom fishing trips for tog, sea bass and cod, this one was completely dependent upon having the right ground tackle and the skills to put the boat in position and hold it in position. Some of the very best spots I have found, especially for tog and cod, are remarkably small and require pinpoint anchoring accuracy. A lot of good fishermen can tie rigs,

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cut bait and set a hook, but finding productive structure and anchoring on it is a different story. The techniques we use can help improve your ground tackle game and put more fish in your cooler.

Ground Tackle—Beyond the BasicsSerious wreck and reef fishing requires a knowledge of anchoring systems and employing them for positioning. There are a number of anchor designs, but a Danforth-style does the job well and the lightweight aluminum versions by Fortress are better still. Refer to the manufacturer’s application chart for the size recommended for your boat and go up one size for bottom fishing purposes. For a typical 20 to 27-foot boat attach 12-feet of ¼” chain and a cable-length (600-feet) of 3/8” braided nylon line. Then double your order because you will need a second complete set of ground tackle for those times when absolute positional accuracy is required. That’s right. If you’re serious about bottom fishing you need two complete sets of ground tackle. Your main anchor, chain and rode will be kept in the boat’s anchor locker and I keep the second set in a tub, stowed out of the way until it’s needed. You should also have a grapple (wreck anchor), which can be switched with one of the Danforth’s by unscrewing the shackle at the bitter end of the chain. This specialized anchor with soft, metal tines snags in the bottom and can be powered out if it becomes ensnared. You should also carry a separate 50-foot length of anchor line. You’ll see why in a minute.

Unless you are extremely familiar with using your chart plotter to position your boat, you’ll need at least one marker buoy rigged so the length of line can be adjusted for working structure at varying depths and two is even better. I make them out of brightly colored commercial pot marker buoys wrapped with 200 feet of 1/8” nylon twine marked every 50 feet

and a sash weight attached with a big snap swivel. I attach a Velcro strap so that it extends from the top to the bottom of the buoy, and use it to adjust how much line will pay off when it hits the water. Since I don’t have a windlass I also carry an anchor retrieval system that uses a Polyform ball, line, stainless steel ring assembly and the power of the boat to raise the anchor. It’s a real back saver.

One and DoneOne anchor can be sufficient under ideal circumstances or if you’re fishing a large wreck or rock pile for sea bass, which tend to roam around structure a lot. It is easier to deploy than two and, with a few tricks, you can move the boat around the structure without constantly re-anchoring. But it also has drawbacks. If there is insufficient wind or current to hold the boat tight against a single anchor the boat will wander. Any forces applied to the boat in addition to the prevailing energy pushing it back against the anchor will cause it to swing making holding over a small spots difficult at best. The amount the boat swings will be proportional to the strength and direction of the current, wind, waves and how much rode is between the boat and the anchor.

Once you mark a spot and determine the direction the boat will drift, creating a trail on the plotter, head directly down current of the marker,

If you want to be a successful tog and sea bass fisherman I have three words you should never ever forget…Location, Location, Location!

Big male Tautog (Blackfish), a tournament winner for sure!

Pinpoint anchoring was required to catch this 6.5 pound Black Sea Bass.

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turn the boat into the current and run back so you pass close by the buoy maintaining a parallel course to the plot trail. The amount of rode necessary to hold bottom with the ground gear described is less than recommended for a typical anchor set up. Four to five times the depth of the water will usually suffice so if the structure is in 70 feet run 300 to 350-feet beyond the buoy and drop anchor. Once it strikes bottom, power back toward the buoy and when you get close hold the line tight so the anchor digs in and sets. Let the boat settle back on the rode, dropping back until you are in position over the structure. If you aren’t where you want to be on the first try, don’t hesitate to pull the anchor and make a correction. Contrary to popular opinion, successful bottom fishing is not for the lazy. Once you’re in line with the spot you can adjust the boat’s position forward or back by adjusting the length of the rode.

Bridling a Single AnchorYou can adjust the position of the boat from side to side with a single anchor if you use that 50-foot length of rope I mentioned earlier as a “bridling line.” Here’s how it works. If you want to move to port, run the boat up the rode about 40 feet and tie the bridling line to it using a bowline knot. Then attach the other end to the spring line cleat on the starboard side of the boat and let the boat drop back on the anchor line. The bridle will angle the bow to port and the current will push the boat in that direction. To swing to starboard switch the bridling line to the spring line cleat on the port side of the boat. The stronger the current the further it will push the boat and by adjusting the length of the bridling line you can change the angle of the boat against the current extending or reducing the amount of swing. You can adjust your final position even further by shortening or lengthening the rode all without ever moving the anchor.

Grappling for PositionMost serious wreck fishermen avoid using a grapple as their main anchor for a few reasons. This type of anchor is actually dropped up current of a wreck and dragged into it until it snags and the boat is held on a short stay so that the rode is near vertical. That’s the problem. A grapple clanking

around in the wreck with the line descending into the water so close to where you are fishing can turn fish off. However, a grapple can be used in conjunction with a single anchor as a quick fix to adjust position or move around a wreck. Here’s how. With your main anchor set and the boat over the wreck, slack off the rode and power off to one side of the structure. Drop a grapple so it snags at about a 90-degree angle from the main line and let the boat settle back. You can now use the grapple tied to a spring line cleat to limit swinging on the main anchor or to move around in a more controlled manner.

You Can’t Beat TwoFor pinpoint anchoring nothing beats using two Danforth anchors. The spread between anchors can be varied to meet the sea and wind conditions, but you want them at least 90-degrees apart. Once you have them set, the benefits are hard to beat. You can easily adjust the opposing anchor lines to put the boat over a spot and it will hold position better than with any other system. The downside is you have to deploy and retrieve two anchors instead of one, but that is of little consequence. Wreck fishing, like football, can be a game of yards and if you are off a key spot by just ten yards chances are you won’t score. The more structure dependent the fish the more this is true. There have been so many days when moving the boat a yards forward, back or to the side made such a difference in the action that I never complain about using two anchors anymore, even if we have to do it four or five times in a morning before we hit the jackpot!

No Current, No Wind, No ProblemWhat do you do on those rare days when there is no wind or current and you want to anchor over a wreck? There is a two-anchor that will do the trick, but it is only applicable and safe under calm conditions. Anything more than light and variable wind or the mildest current—don’t even think about it!

First survey the wreck so you know how it lays on the bottom and then choose two points 180-degrees apart on opposite sides to drop the anchors. Use just enough rode to set the two anchors and then snug up both lines hand taut. This will cause the boat to stand out perpendicular from the two lines and hold position and you’ve beaten the “no wind” scenario! You can even move the boat left or right by paying out one line and hauling in the same amount on the other so the boat slides sideways.

Pinpoint anchoring is an art not a science so mastering these techniques will take a little effort on your part and definitely requires the right ground tackle. It takes practice to gain an understanding of how sea and wind conditions will affect your boat under different anchoring conditions. Just remember that bottom fishing is all about location so with some hot numbers, a compliment of well set up ground gear, and these techniques you can get on even the smallest piece accurately and hold the boat there while you limit out. Anchoring might be the least fun part of the trip, but nine times out of ten it’s the most important! █

Having two complete sets of ground tackle is recommended for pinpoint anchoring. Keep it tidy by using a tote for one.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Gary Caputi is a well-recognized angler, award-winning writer, photographer and lecturer from New Jersey. His extensive travels have given him the opportunity to challenge gamefish throughout North, Central and South America. From deep drop fishing to fly rodding billfish, chasing Alaska’s wild rainbow trout to Galapagos striped marlin, his angling experience is wide ranging. Closer to home he is a highly regarded authority on East Coast striped bass and the author of Fishing for Striped Bass, a best selling instructional book on the subject. He has worked tirelessly on conservation and recreational fishing rights issues as a founding member of the Recreational Fishing Alliance

Gary assists companies in the outdoor industry as a public relations and marketing consultant through his company iFish Marketing & Photography. Contact him at caputifish@comcast.net.

Glossary of Anchor Terms

ANCHOR: A device or iron so shaped to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at anchor.

ANCHOR CHAIN: Heavy, linked chain secured to an anchor to improve its performance.

BECALMED: A vessel dead in the water due to lack of wind and current (not moving).

BITTER END: The last part of a rope or last link in an anchor chain.

BRIDLING LINE: A length of rope tied to the rode and the spring line cleat to alter a boat’s position at anchor.

CABLE-LENGTH: 100-fathoms or 600 feet.

CLEAT: A fitting, usually of metal, with horns secured to the deck or gunwale, used for securing lines (tying up).

GEAR: The general name for ropes, blocks and tackles, tools, etc. found aboard a vessel.

GYPSY: The drum of a windlass for heaving in line.Grapnel or Grapple: A small anchor with several arms used for dragging or snagging a wreck for temporary anchoring purposes.

GROUND TACKLE: A term used to cover all of the components that make up the anchor gear.

HAND TAUT: As tight as can be pulled by hand.

HAUL IN: To retrieve a line.

LINE: A general term for light rope.

PAY OUT: To slack out a line made fast on board (let it out slowly).

RIDE: To lie at anchor; to safely weather a storm whether at anchor or underway.

RODE: A length of line between a vessel and the chain and anchor.

SCOPE: The angle of the rode between the bow and the anchor.

SHORT STAY: When the scope of anchor line is only slightly greater than the depth of the water.

WEIGH: Lift anchor off the bottom.

WINDLASS: A motorized anchor engine used for heaving in line, chain and anchor.

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Manasquan River Club217 Riverside Drive(732) 840-0300marinasintl.com

MarineMax1500 Riverside Drive(732) 840-2100marinemax.com

Mermaid’s Cove Marina802 Mantoloking Road(732) 477-3252mermaidontheriver.com

R. Kremer & Son Marine Contractors86 Mantoloking Road(732) 477-8012kremermarine.com

Salty Dog Publications254 Brick Boulevard, # 1(732) 714-8400thesaltydog.com

Sherman’s Boat Basin 664 Princeton Avenue(732) 295-0103shermansboatbasin.com

Hinckley Yacht Services5 Mantoloking Road(732) 477-6700 X18hinckleyyachts.com

Traders Cove Marina40 Mantoloking Road(732) 920-7373

Wahoo Internet Marketing(732) 895-6262wahoointernetmarketing.com

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Wawa Food Market595 Brick Blvd.

Wehrlen Bros. Marina197 Princeton Avenue(732) 899-3505

West Marine51 Chambers Bridge Road(732) 864-8140westmarine.com

BRIELLEHoffman’s Marina East602 Green Avenue(732) 528-6160hoffmansmarina.com

McCarthy’s Marine Sales1029 Highway 70(732) 528-8200mccarthysmarine.com

Monmouth Marine Engines536 Union Lane(732) 528-9290monmouthmarineengines.com

BRIGANTINEWawa Food Market3932 Atlantic Brigantine Blvd.

Wawa Food Market813 W Brigantine Ave

BRIGHTON BEACHAcme Surf & Sport84th Street(609) 492-5150acmesurfandsport.com

BURLINGTON

Curtin Marina501 E. Pearl Street(609) 386-4657curtinsmarina.com

CAPE MAY

Bree Zee Lee Yacht Basin960 Ocean Drive(609) 884-4849

Canyon Club Resort Marina900 Ocean Drive(609) 884-0188canyonclubmarina.com

Cape May County Chamber of Commerce(609) 465-7181CapeMayCountyChamber.com

Cape May Marine12 Falcon Ridge(609) 884-0262

Christopher J. Ohrenich, Independent Insurance Broker & Agent(609) 513-0355christopherjohrenich.com

Marsh & McLennan Agency510 Bank Street Commons(609) 884-8431niagroup.com

Roseman’s Boat Yard5 Roseman’s Lane(609) 884-3370

Rutgers Univ., Haskin Shellfish Research Lab1636 Delaware Avenue(609) 898-0928 X12

South Jersey Marina1231 Route 109(609) 884-2400southjerseymarina.com

South Jersey Yacht Sales1231 Route 109(609) 884-1600sjyachtsales.com

Utsch’s Marina1121 Rt. 109/Schellenger’s Landing(609) 884-2051capemayharbor.com

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSEM V Engineering 102 N. Main Street(609) 465-7080

CHADWICK BEACHChadwick Island Marina400 Strickland Boulevard(732) 793-7227chadwickislandmarina.com

CINNAMINSONDelaware Valley Marine Services(609) 744-0222boatboymarinetraining.com

Mid-Atlantic Engine SupplyRt. 130S & Pennsauken Street(800) 257-8133maesco.com

CLARKPrime Lending100 Walnut Avenue, # 100(908) 577-9987

CLIFFWOOD BEACHWagner’s Twin Towers Marina483 Amboy Avenue(732) 583-6930

DAYTONWawa Food Market350 Georges Rd.

DELCANCOHawk Island Marina130 Rancocas Avenue(856) 461-1415hawkislandmarina.net

DELRANCheribini Yachts51 Norman Avenue(856) 764-5319cherubiniyachts.com

Clarks Landing Marina63 Saint Mihiel Drive(856) 461-2700clarkslanding.com

Dredge Harbor Boat Center67 St. Mihiel Dr.(856) 461-1194dredgeharbor.com

DORCHESTERYank Marine Services 487 Main Street(856) 785-0100yankmarineservices.com

EAGLESWOODAntoinettas at Pirates Pointe Marina523 Cedar Run Dock Road(908) 482-9570

EATONTOWNLGA Engineering611 Industrial Way West(732) 380-1700birdsall.com

Najarian Associates1 Industrial Way West(732) 389-0220 X239najarian.com

EDGEWATERNorth Hudson Yacht Club1375 River Road(201) 886-9739

Von Dohln Bros.1339 River Road(201) 943-3424

EDISONAbsolute Protective Systems3 Kellogg Court, Unit 13(732) 287-4500absps.com

The Mironov Group2025 Lincoln Highway(732) 572-3900mironovgroup.com

Travelers Ocean Marine343 Thornall Street, # 530(800) 272-1088travelers.com/oceanmarine

EGG HARBOREgg Harbor Rope Products5105 White Horse Pike(856) 547-5108

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIPJohnson & Towers2701 Fire Road(609) 272-1415johnsontowers.com

Thompson Marine & Engine177 Thompson Lane(609) 927-2415

FAIR HAVENFair Haven Yacht Works75 DeNormandie Avenue(732) 747-3010fairhavenyachtworks.com

FAIRFIELDThe Kayak Fishing Store125 Clinton Rd. # 7(973) 227-3251

FARMINGDALEAnchor Marine1328 Jct. Hwys 33 & 34(732) 938-5411anchormarinenj.com

DW Smith Associates149 Yellowbrook Road, # 101(732) 363-5850dwsmith.com

Marine Power Service5050 Industrial Road(732) 751-1200marinepowerservice.com

FORKED RIVERCaptains Inn304 E. Lacey Rd.(609) 693-3351captainsinnnj.com

Coldwell Banker Riviera Realty1055 W. Lacey Road(609) 693-1500

Lacey Transportation Co.133 S Main St(609)693-2939mysite.verizon.net/bizsvowd/laceytrans-portation/

Patriot Marine Fabricating708-4 Old Shore Road(609) 693-5542patriotmarinefab.net

Silver Cloud Harbor Marina107 Bay Avenue(609) 693-2145forkedrivermarinas.com

Tide’s End Marina Corporation146-148 Marine Plaza(609) 693-9423tidesendmarina.com

FORT HANCOCKNew Jersey Sea Grant ConsortiumSandy Hook Field Station, Bldg. 22(732) 872-1300njseagrant.org

GALLOWAYWawa Food Market336 S Pitney Rd.

GIBBSBOROOcean and Coastal Consultants20 E. Clementon Road, # 201N(856) 248-1200ocean-coastal.com

GRASSY SOUNDGrassy Sound Marina13 Old N. Wildwood Blvd.(609) 846-1400grassysoundmarina.com

GREEN BROOKD & R Boats271 Route 22(732) 968-2600dnrboatworld.com

HADDONFIELD

Wardell, Craig, Annin & Baxter41 Grove Street(856) 795-2220kwclawyers.com

HAMILTONNottingham Insurance2277 Route 33, Ste. 404(609) 587-1600nottinghaminsurance.com

HAZLETCharterFox(855) 988-2628charterfox.com

HEWITTGreenwood Small Craft Marina240 Lakeside Road973-728-9666smallcraft.com

Moosehead Marine254 Lakeside Road973-728-9322mooseheadmarine.com

South Shore Marina1880 Greenwood Lake Tpke.973-728-1681southshoremarina.com

HUNTINDON VALLEY, PAJD’s Auto Repair810 Welsh Rd.(215) 938-9270jds-high-performance.com

ISLAND HEIGHTSCozy Cove Marina10 Lake Drive(732) 929-1171

Dillon’s Creek Marina243 Lake Avenue(732) 270-8541dillonscreekmarina.net

JERSEY CITYNew Liberty Landing Marina80 Audrey Zapp Drive(201) 985-8000libertylandingmarina.com

KEYPORTHans Pedersen & Sons165 W. Front Street(732) 264-0971

LAKE COMOPort Supply641 Redmond Avenue(732) 535-0597portsupply.com

LAKE HOPATCONGBridge Marina89 Brady Road973-663-1976bridgemarinainc.com

Katz’s Marina at the Cove22 Stonehenge Road973-663-0024katzmarinaatthecove.com

Lake Hopatcong Marine545 Howard Boulevard973-663-3977lakehopatcongmarine.com

MarineMax134 Espanong Road(973) 663-2045marinemax.com

Sunset Sailboats335 Espanong Road973-663-1242sunsetsailboats.com

LAKEWOODFlexdel Corp.1969 Rutgers University Blvd(888) 353-9335aquagard-boatpaint.com

Jerry’s Marine Service of New Jersey780 Vassar Avenue(732) 901-8404jerrysmarine.com

LANOKA HARBORBlood Marine Services621 Route 9(609) 693-7910

Lanoka Harbor Marina888 BayWay(609) 693-2674

Ocean Beach Marine CenterEnd of Bayway(609) 242-2200oceanbeachmarina.com

LAURENCE HARBORPlatinum Limousine Service 1086 Arbutus Way(732)890-2476platinumlimonj.com

LAVALLETTEC.A.S.3131 Highway 35(732) 280-1619

Certified Marine Services3131 Route 35 N (Monterey Beach)(732) 793-8338

Ocean Beach Marine Center3245 Route 35 South(732) 793-7460oceanbeachmarina.com

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LEONARDOWawa Food Market75 Appleton Ave.

LONG BEACH TOWNSHIPBayview Parklongbeachtownship.com

Buccaneer Motel2600 North Bay AvenueSpray Beach(609)492-4582buccaneermotel.com

The Wed and Bed and LBI Event Planning113 East 85th StreetBeach Haven Crest(609)947-1377LBI-Vacation.com

Wawa Food Market13115 Long Beach Blvd

LONG BRANCHLong Branch Ice Boat and Yacht Club235 Renwick Place(732) 222-9887

LONGPORTSeaview Harbor MarinaRoute 152,Longport-Somerspoint Blvd.(609) 823-2626seaviewharbormarina.com

Trident Piling Company107 Hospitality Drive(609) 703-7466pilingcompany.com

LOVELADIESRobbie’s Loveladies Marina Inc.9 Lighthouse Way(609) 494-4801

The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences120 Long Beach Blvd (609) 494-1241lbifoundation.org

MANAHAWKINAnderson Insurance Agency295 Route 72 East(609) 597-8507aiainsure.com

Buterick Bulkheading Inc.904 Route 9 N(609) 597-8426bulkheading.com

Causeway Marine Sales960 E. Bay Avenue(609) 597-3488causewaymarine.com

Hance & Smythe1225 E. Bay Avenue(609) 597-7813

Interfaith (609) 978-3839interfaithsoc.org

The Boat Shop756 East Bay Ave.(609) 597-1271theboatshoponline.com

Typestries Marine Graphics594 East Bay Avenue(609) 597-3399boatgraphics.com

Wawa Food Market1400 Route 72 W.

MANASQUANBrinkerhoff Environmental Services1805 Atlantic Avenue(732) 223-2225brinkenv.com

Wawa Food Market2432 Highway 35

MANTOLOKINGHarbour Yacht Club & Marina501 Route 35 South(732) 793-7975

Statewide Marine Services 495 Route 35(732) 793-6730statewidemarine.com

MARGATEBlue Water Marina9511 Amherst Avenue(609) 822-2400bluewatermarina.com

MATAWAN

Auro Reader & Life Coach(732) 583-6654aurabyroslyn.com

Chiropractic Naturally1008 Highway 34(732) 583-8358chiropracticnaturallynj.com

Complete Travel Planners729 Highway 34 N.(732) 970-6490completetravelplanners.com

Kearny Federal Savings Bank510 State Highway 34(732) 566-2233kearnyfederalsavings.com

Matawan Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce201 Broad St.(732) 290-1125macocnj.com

Matawan-Aberdeen Hometown Shopper(732) 834-0034

PattiSells Realty Group of RE/Max Champions755 Route 34(732) 778-3213PattiSells.com

Sollecito Chiropractic154 Main Street, # 105(732) 696-8500sollecitochiro.com

SSS Cleaning Indoor/Outdoor Maintence(732) 583-0378ssscleaning.com

Victoria Healthcare Sub-Acute and Rehabilitation Center38 Freneau Avenue(732) 765-5600atriumhealthusa.com

MAYWOODNJ Boating Safety Classes668 Jersey Avenue(201) 291-5976njboat.org

METUCHENSea Doo Metuchen911 Middlesex Avenue(732) 906-9292 X1002seadoometuchen.com

MONMOUTH BEACHChannel Club Marina33 West Street(732) 222-7717thechannelclubmarina.com

Monmouth Sailing Center Inc./Monmouth Marina46 West Street(732) 222-3492

MORGANVILLEColor Key Graphic Digital Services300 Campus Drive, # E(732) 972-1144colorkeydigitalprinting.com

N. CAPE MAYBrinker Marine Services303 Leaming Avenue(215) 783-1357

Reeves-McEwing LLP681 Town Bank Road(609) 846-4717lawofsea.com

NEPTUNEBry’s Marine123 Highway 35(732) 775-7364brysmarine.net

Sealand Power Distributors 149 S. Riverside Drive(800) 225-0004sealandpower.com

Shark River Beach & Yacht Club360 S. Riverside Dr.(732) 774-9819

Shark River Municipal Marina149 S. Riverside Drive(732) 775-7400

The FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties3300 Route 66 (732)918-2600foodbankmoc.org

NEW BRUNSWICKGreener by Design94 Church Street, # 402(732) 253-7717gbdtoday.com

NEW GRETNAViking Yacht CompanyRoute 9 & The Bass River(609) 296-6000vikingyachts.com

Viking Yachting CenterRoute 9(609) 296-2388vikingyachtingcenterinc.com

NORTH BEACH HAVENCafe Bacio1511 Long Beach Blvd.(609)492-7702

Sportsman’s Marina2006 Waverly Avenue(609) 492-7931sportsmansmarina.com

NORTH WILDWOODThe Kayak Fishing Store501 Ocean Drive(609) 522-5969

NORTHFIELDSiracusa-Kaufmann Insurance Agency332 Tilton Rd(609) 646-1000 X719

Wawa Food Market2403 New Rd.

NUTLEYR. K. Hughes185 Kingsland Street973-235-1200rkhughes.com

OCEAN CITYCoastal Marine Marketing3713 Pembroke Lane(609) 602-9277coastalmarinemarketing.com

Wawa Food Market110 34th St.

OCEAN GROVEThe Inn at Ocean Grove27 Webb Ave.(732)775-8847theinnatoceangrove.com

OCEAN VIEWIsland Marine Center2602 Shore Road(609) 624-1117imboats.com

OCEANPORTOceanport Landing417 River Street(732) 229-4466oceanportlanding.com

OLD BRIDGETraining For Life3171 Route 9N# 305(732)360-6020training4lifellc.com

PARLINBrown’s Boat Yard7 Zaunerowicz Road(732) 721-6480

Morgan Marina8000 Gondek Drive(732) 721-2290morganmarina.com

POINT PLEASANTCanal Point Marina1723 Bay Avenue(732) 899-8022

Clarks Landing Marina847 Arnold Avenue(732) 899-5559clarkslanding.com

Crystal Point Yacht Club4000 River Road(732) 892-2300marinasintl.com

The FishermanN.J.F. Publishing Corp.1622 Beaver Dam Road(732) 295-8600thefisherman.com

Forsberg’s Boat Works1692 West End Drive(732) 892-4246

New Jersey Museum of Boating @ Johnson Bros.Bldgs. 12 & 13, 1800 Bay Avenue(732) 859-4767njmb.org

Point Pleasant Yacht & Fishing Club1010 Hollywood Boulevard(201) 487-7971

Schrader Yacht Sales1723 Bay Avenue(732) 899-8010

Shore Haven Yacht Club2410 Sylvan Drive(732) 240-0067shorehavenyachtclub.com

Sinn, Fitzsimmons, Cantoli, Bogan & West501 Trenton Avenue @ Hwy. 35N(732) 892-1000lawyernjshore.com

Balan Marketing Group1101 Richmond Avenue, # 203(732) 899-9595balanmarketing.com

POINT PLEASANT BEACHGarden State Yacht SalesGarden State Marina, 101 Rt. 35S(732) 892-4222gardenstateyachtsales.com

Sal’s Landing113 Randall Avenue(732) 614-4925

Surf & Offshore1008 Richmond Ave./Hwy. 35S(732) 892-8303surfandoffshore.com

Will’s Hole Marina501 Broadway(732) 701-9920willshole.com

PORT ELIZABETHSpring Garden Marina Inc.Route 47 & Spring Garden Road(856) 825-5334springgardenmarina.com

PORT MONMOUTHMonmouth Cove Marina200 Port Monmouth Rd(732) 495-9440

PORT REPUBLICChestnut Neck Boat YardRoute 9 & Mullica River(609) 652-1119

Nacote Creek Marina1 New York Road(609) 652-9070nacotecreekmarina.com

PRINCETON JUNCTIONBugher Marine Services 7 Harrison Lane(609) 275-2600bughermarine.com

RED BANKGiordano, Halleran & Ciesla125 Half Mile Road(732) 741-3900ghclaw.com

Globe Petroleum9 Central Avenue(732) 747-1023globepetroleum.com

Irwin MarineOne Marine Park(732) 741-0003irwinmarinenj.com

Wawa Food MarketFront & Brg

RIVERSIDE

G. Winter Sailing Center8 Reserve Avenue(856) 461-3555winterssailing.com

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Riverside Marina & Yacht Sales74 Norman Avenue(856) 461-1077riversideys.com

ROCKAWAYPettit Marine Paint, Div. Of Kop-Coat36 Pine Street(973) 625-3100pettitpaint.com

RUMSONBay Agency Insurance Group93 East River Road(732) 741-4637bayagency.net

SAYREVILLEViking Terminal MarineBldg. 10 Viking Terminal/Jernee Mill Rd.(732) 238-9434vikingterminal.com

SEA BRIGHTAngler’s Marina1300 Ocean Avenue(732) 842-0204anglersmarinanj.com

Carriage House Marina1200 Ocean Avenue(732) 741-8113carriagehousemarina.net

Navesink Marina1410 Ocean Avenue(732) 842-3700

Sandy Hook Yacht Sales1410 Ocean Avenue(732) 530-5500sandyhookyachts.com

SEA ISLE CITYMinmar Marine14 Old Sea Isle Blvd.(609) 263-2201minmar.com

SEASIDE PARKSeaside Park Marina“J” Street & The Bay848-992-6085seasideparknj.org

SHARK RIVER HILLSMonmouth Marine Engines149 S. Riverside Drive(732) 988-0245monmouthmarineengines.com

SHIP BOTTOMAlliance for a Living Ocean 1101 Central Ave., # A 609-494-7800livingocean.org

Causeway Boat Rentals/Marina2200 E. Bay Avenue(609) 494-1371

Currents Marketing & Communications(609) 494-5556

Hochstrasser’s Marina Inc.401 West 8th Street(609) 494-5340

MarineMax214 West 9th St.(609) 494-2102marinemax.com

Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce265 West Ninth Street(609)494-7211visitLBIRegion.com

The Lighthouse International Film FestivalLighthouseFilmFestival.org

Wawa Food Market902 Central Ave Ste 1

SOMERS POINTCampbell’s New Generation Marine20 Kapella Avenue(609) 927-5054campbellmarine.com

Graef Boat Yard101 Longport Blvd(609) 927-2205

MarineMax600 Bay Ave.(609) 926-0600marinemax.com

NuWorx Construction4 Point Drive(609) 926-3615

Smart Electric(215) 942-6770 smartbulb.com

The Doc’s Place646 Bay Avenue(609) 926-0404

Waterfront Marine1 Goll Avenue(609) 926-1700waterfrontmarine.com

SOMERSETWawa Food Market450 Delsea Dr.

SOUTH AMBOYLockwood Boat Works1825 Highway 35 - Morgan(732) 721-1605lockwoodboatworks.com

SPRING LAKEFreehill, Hogan & Mahar301 Atlantic Avenue(917) 744-1990freehill.com

Win-tron Electronics800 Route 71(732) 449-4211wintronelectronics.com

SURFCITYCiao Bella Jewelry1501 Long Beach Blvd.(609)361-8001

TABERNACKLECorporate Pajamas Marketing Solutions218 Sooy Pl Rd169139(609)388-4817corporatepajamas.com/

TOMS RIVERBoat Shopper90 Irons Street(732) 349-7775boatshopper.com

Coty Marine1219 Fischer Boulevard(732) 288-1000cotymarine.com

East Dover Marina605 Fischer Blvd.(732) 270-1104eastdovermarina.com

Garden State Propeller1889 Route 9, Unit 80(732) 505-8001Hobby Lobby Marine1423 Bay Avenue(732) 929-1711hobbylobbymarine.com

Horizon Marine Group 3217 Route 37 East(732) 929-1700horizonboating.com

Joule’Staffing Solutions2 Hooper Ave, # 8A(732) 240-0209joulestaffingsolutions.com

Kettle Creek Marina202 Kettle Creek Raod(732) 255-5890

Ocean County Vo/Tech School1299 Old Freehold Road(732) 473-3100 X3147ocvts.org

OceanFirst Bank975 Hooper Avenue(732) 240-4500

Point Bay Fuel71 Irons Street(732) 349-5059pointbayfuel.com

ReClam the Bay 1623 Whitesville Rd.(732) 349-1152Reclamthebay.org

Seaport Yacht Sales94 E. Water Street(732) 286-2100seaportyachtsales.com

Taylor, Wiseman & Taylor50 Hyers Street(732) 606-8085taylorwiseman.com

Toms River Motorsports & Marine3117 Route 37 East(732) 929-8168tomsriverkawasaki.com

Wawa Food Market1600 Route 37 E

TRENTON

Mercer Marine Supply Inc.1117 Rt. 33 & Herbert Avenue(609) 586-0445mercermarinesupply.net

TUCKERTONBayshore Insurance Agency1387 Route 539(609) 296-5444bia-insurance.net

Jarvis Marine Inc.234 Radio Road(609) 294-1140jarvismarine.com

Maritime Marina470 S. Green Street(609) 294-9090

Sheltered Cove Marina910 South Green Street(609) 296-9400shelteredcovemarina.com

Tuckerton Seaport & Baymen’s Museum120 W. Main Street(609) 296-8868tuckertonseaport.org

Wawa Food Market20 E Main St.

UNION

Interlux Yacht Finishes/AwlGrip Yacht Finishes2270 Morris Avenue(800) 468-7589yachtpaint.com;awlgrip.com

Mack Boring & Parts Co.2365 Rt. 22(908) 964-0700mackboring.com

VENTNOR CITYWawa Food Market301 N Dorset Ave.

Wawa Food Market5212 Ventnor Ave

VINCENTOWNWawa Food Market4 Route 72

W.WILDWOODSpray Dock18 Lake Road(609) 522-1277spraydock.com

WALL

Argent Associates1512 Marion Street(732) 455-5506argent-ees.com

New York Life Insurance1967 State Route 34# 103(732) 282-0901

Octopus Yachts 2400 Belmar Boulevard, # C-1(732) 698-3550octopusyachts.com

WARETOWNBaker’s Basin MarinaBaltic Avenue(732) 504-5196bakersbasinmarina.com

Holiday Harbor Marina90 Tiller Drive(609) 693-2217holidayharbormarinanj.com

John B. Wright Insurance386 Route 9(609) 693-5600

Key Harbor Marina & Yacht Sales2 Point Road(609) 693-9355keyharbormarina.com

Leamings Marina91 Marine Rd. Barnegat Beach(609) 971-1514

Long Key Marina104 Main Street(609) 693-9444

Reel Reaction Sportfishing(609) 290-7709reelreactioncharters.com

South Harbor Marine116 Oregon Ave.(609) 693-3658

Spencer’s Bayside Marina65 Pennsylvania Avenue(609) 693-0100spencersbaysidemarina.com

Stan’s Marine Center101 Baltic Avenue(609) 693-7600

Wawa Food Market455 Route 9

WEST CREEK

D & S Marine Service 460 Dock Road(609) 296-0309

WEST KEANSBURGLentze Marina75 First Street, Hazlet Twp.(732) 787-2139

WEST ORANGEMunroe Towers80 Main Street# 160(973) 669-5510MunroeTowers.com

WEST TRENTON

Activit!es, Event Specialists(800) 243-9623activities.biz

WHITING

Wawa Food Market1180 Highway 70

WILDWOODGreater Wildwoods Tourism AuthorityWildwoodsNJ.com

J. Byrne Agency5200 New Jersey Avenue(609) 522-6600 X117jbyrnemarine.com

Pier 47 Marina3001 Wildwood Blvd.(609) 729-4774pier47.com

WILDWOOD CRESTLakeview Docks7116 Park Boulevard(609) 522-0471lakeviewdocks.com

Starlight Fleet6200 Park Blvd.(609) 729-7776jjcboats.com

WILLIAMSTOWNCecil Marine2378 S. Black Horse Pike(856) 629-4606cecilmarine.com

WYNDMOOR, PABurke Brothers Landscape Design/Build7630 Cheltenham Avenue(215) 887-1773burkebrothers.com

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