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Raritan Bay may need more time
By Al Ristori
March 21, 2010, 8:52PM
The beautiful weekend weather wasn't enough to warm up Raritan Bay very much. Shore anglers have been catching some stripers at night since just before the big storm, but there was no sign of life when Dave Lilly of Hazlet made his first boat trip of the season today (Sunday). He found the back of the bay to still... Full story »
Lots to see at Saltwater Expo
By Al Ristori
March 20, 2010, 8:42PM
The Saltwater Expo at Garden State Exhibit Center in Somerset concludes Sunday from 10a.m. to 5 p.m. It will take quite some time to get through the Expo, even if you don't take in one of the many seminars or watch Crazy Alberto Knie demonstrating surfcasting techniques for Lamiglas outdoors. I was there for hours, and didn't realize how... Full story »
Balance of Friday's Column
By Al Ristori
March 19, 2010, 12:55PM
The following is the balance of Friday's column that didn't make print -- starting with the remainder of the Salt Water Anglers of Bergen County yearly award winners plus fishing reports: Bob Cameron had the big fish with a 41 ½-pound striped bass, and added the winning 10 ½-pound blackfish. Norman Meckler topped the fluke category with a... Full story »
Best bets for the weekend
By Al Ristori
March 18, 2010, 8:43PM
Cod are the best bet, with good catches being made from wrecks not too far from the Shore, and also those far to the northeast. The Gambler sails from Point Pleasant at 7 a.m. daily, and was still able to come up with a good catch of cod on Thursday. Their report notes several school cod for many anglers,... Full story »
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Somerset expo opens this weekend
By Bridget Wentworth/The Star-Ledger
March 18, 2010, 7:30PM
Participant Captain Al being referred to as "The Godfather of New Jersey Saltwater Fishing" Full story »
Better weather coming
By Al Ristori
March 15, 2010, 5:47PM
It's still raining as this is being written, but the forecast improves rapidly after Tuesday -- and looks good right into the weekend. Capt. Howard Bogan Jr. has switched a cod trip he'd planned for Wednesday on his Jamaica from Brielle to a 1 a.m. Friday departure for 50-to-90-mile wrecks. The boat will turn around that night for an... Full story »
First stripers weighed at The Tackle Box
By Al Ristori
March 12, 2010, 6:03PM
The Raritan Bay striper season is underway. Anthony Altobelli of Hazlet, a Tackle Shop in Hazlet employee, had the shop's first weigh-In today, an 11 1/2- pound striper taken on clams at Union Beach in last night's rain and wind. He was fishing with St. Croix Pro staffer Rich Swisstack of Cliffwood, who usually breaks the ice on this fishery each year. Swisstack caught bass of 14... Full story »
Balance of Friday's column:
By Al Ristori
March 12, 2010, 3:59PM
Friday's column was cut in the middle of a sentence. Bruce Vitale was reporting getting into a mid-afternoon bite of cod out of New Bedford, where the fleet gathered to catch lots of short cod -- the rest of the article was as follows: "plus three or four keepers a man up to Vitale’s 12-pound pool winner. The key to... Full story »
Best cod fishing in a long time
By Al Ristori
March 11, 2010, 9:17PM
But after a week of beautiful conditions, stormy weather predicted for this weekend Full story »
Best bets for the weekend
By Al Ristori
March 11, 2010, 8:24PM
The good news is that codfishing on offshore wrecks has been the best in decades. The bad news is that the weather forecast is terrible -- ranging from small craft warnings Friday to gale warnings Sunday. Unless there's a big change in the weather prospects, anglers will be hiding from rain and wind. That's a shame because, in addition... Full story »
Feds cutting off public comment on a key fisheries issue
By Al Ristori
March 09, 2010, 6:31PM
A report from ESPN OUTDOORS is circulating around the country today regarding the Obama Administrations decision to cut off public suggestions to the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force. Phil Morlock,, Director of Environmental Affairs for Shimano American, will be discussing this as a guest tonight (Tuesday) on Fox Business News Channel at 7 p.m. The report follows: "The Obama administration... Full story »
N.Y. extends fluke season -- Gambler has good cod trip
By Al Ristori
March 08, 2010, 8:07PM
New York has proposed fluke regulations that would provide an extended season if the Marine Resources Advisory Council approves them on March 16. The proposed season is from May 15 to Sept. 16, with the same 21-inch minimum and two-fish limit as last year - when there was a two-week closure in July before the season ended in mid-August.... Full story »
Jamaica has local cod catch "of the century"
By Al Ristori
March 07, 2010, 9:47AM
Capt. Howard Bogan Jr. was very impressed with Saturday's cod catch on his Jamaica from Brielle. Indeed, he dubbed it the local cod catch "of the century". Except for overnight trips to Block Island, wrecks within range of the Shore on daily trips haven't produced a volume of good-sized cod in decades. That fishery has been improving with very cold waters this... Full story »
Marine Fisheries Council adopts sea bass regs
By Al Ristori
March 06, 2010, 9:24PM
The Marine Fisheries Council held a groundbreaking meeting Thursday at the Toms River Township Office -- the first time in memory they strayed from South Jersey, where meetings are usually held in Galloway Township. Councilman Pat Donnelly of Point Pleasant said the meeting was a great success, with over 100 members of the public showing up to watch the Council... Full story »
Pots off the Reefs
By Al Ristori
March 06, 2010, 12:27PM
The following e-mail from the NJOA relative to the Pots off the Reefs legislation provides a link for writing letters : /* .bodytext {font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color:#151B02; font-size:11px; line-height:18px;} .header {font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color:#151B02; font-size:14px; font-weight:bold; line-height:18px;} */ It's NOT A Complicated matter. ___________________________________________________________________________ Some people claim that removing commercial fixed gear from the artificial reefs is a... Full story »
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