Evening Tide Charters Fishing Report

Evening Tide Charters was boating fluke, plenty of shorts with keepers mixed in, on trips in the ocean along Sandy Hook, A mess of 10- to 15-pound bluefish were also hitting. In the bay was 75.5 degrees, and Ambrose Channel was 70 degrees, so the ocean was probably around the low 70s. Squid, spearing, sand eels and killies were hooking the fluke, and no weakfish seemed to be around yet, but when the trout show up, Evening Tide will go right after them. Once the weakies show up, they should stick around into September. Evening Tide is probably finished striper fishing for the season, and the bay is certainly too warm for striper fishing to pick up again this season, but the ocean could still see surges of the fish. A load of stripers appeared off the southern Jersey Coast last week, and maybe those fish will migrate up to northern waters close to Sandy Hook. Openings are available for charters with Evening Tide call 732-585-5229 or see the web eveningtidecharters.com