LBI NJ Fishing Report – LBI Surf Fishing, Barnegat Bay & Inlet

As we close in on the middle of August here on Long Beach Island, there’s a lot happening on the local fishing front. We had the new moon phase today, warm ocean temperatures generally hovering around the low 70s, some really hoy humid days and most importantly, there’s a lot of fishing variety and bait around. Small sand eels have been around Barnegat Inlet for the better pa...

We are catching 25 to 40 lb bluefin tuna within 30 miles of Barnegat Inlet. Trolling and drifting with bait have both been working. Sometimes we are able to jig squid on the bottom and put them out as live bait. This has been our best hook bait. My son Nick just took the

Hi Flier out yesterday, he went 4 for 8 on 30 to 40 lb bluefin within 20 miles of the inlet, al...

Looking ahead at the marine weather forecast, Wed Aug 5 and Thurs Aug 6 look really good as offshore days. Single digit wind velocity should make for a nice ocean. Right now, there is no thunderstorm activity forecasted, as well. Loving those two things when your ride is a 25 ft center console.

We are going to set our sites on the bluefin first, then depending on o...

We ran east on Monday looking for bluefin. Went on the troll with an eight rod spread and it took a while before the first reel was grinding, but in the end we were rewarded with three hookups, converting on two nice 30 to 35 lb bluefin. No real visual signs to speak of. Only a very occasional single tuna mark down 40 to 50 feet. The only ...

We fished the west side of the bay yesterday between the BI and BB Buoys. Tried live shedder crabs targeting weakfish and kingfish but the only fish that cooperated were croakers. Plenty of them, and decent size. We did catch a bunch of fluke behind High Bar, and just inside the inlet but nothing over 18 inches. Bounced out to the North inlet jetty and it was “game on” with 2...