New Jersey Fishing Reports

First Bass trip action - First trip of the season found slow fishing in the back bay with a crowd of boats. Moved off away from crowd and started to see some short action. After a change in tactics we started to see some keepers come over the rail. finished the day with keep more...
Capt. Karl McKenna - Sandy Hook

Hitting big bass on the troll - Fished the back bay during the couple of sunny days this past week. Clamming was not very productive so we started trolling. Hit bass right away on the shads. Fish to 25lbs on Saturday and 18lbs on Tuesday. more...
Capt. Karl McKenna - Raritan Bay

First SeaBass trip - Left the Blues in the bay today and headed offshore to test the bottom fishing. Water still a little cold for the Fluke so I targeted Sea Bass. Even though the water was still a little dirty Found plenty of small fish on the near shore grounds with s more...
Capt. Karl McKenna - Sandy Hook

Spring Bass run has started in the Raritan Bay - The first trip of the season started out slow with short fish coming over the rails but picked up when the tide changed. We started hitting bigger fish with the pool winner at 18 lbs. PrimeTimeCharters 908-902-0010 more...
Capt. Karl McKenna - Raritan Bay

Raritan Bay report May 4 - Roaring west winds against an incoming tide made for a tough day today. The Bass were there but not hitting the clam baits. The only way to catch Stripers were trolling plugs over the many fishing readings on the flats. Bass to 32 inches. more...
Capt. Karl McKenna - Raritan Bay

Hot Bass bite on PrimeTime - April 21. First trip of the season. Flat seas, warm and sunny and the fishing was fantastic. Started out clamming and had action all morning with fish from 12 inches to 20 + lbs. The bite slowed with the slack tide so I put out the trolling rods and more...
Capt. Karl McKenna - Sandy Hook

Fluke fishing improving - June 30 2012 Fluke fishing starting to fall into the summer norm now. Fished from the naval pier to the false hook and put together a nice catch of keeper fluke with the largest topping 4.5 lbs. Nice summer day on the water. Capt. Karl PrimeTimeCh more...
Capt. Karl McKenna - Sandy Hook

The Fluke are in. - May 12. Made our first Fluke trip of the year today with great conditions and sunny skys. With the whole fleet out it was hard to find a piece of bottom without a bunch of boats dragging hooks accross it. We picked at the fish with a bunch of shorts more...
Capt. Karl McKenna - Raritan Bay

Striper fishing at Sandy Hook - May 5 Foggy and rainy conditions today. Landed the first Striper within a few minutes of dropping anchor and figured it was going to be another slammer day. After many empty hooks, a few skates and a couple of runoffs we landed our next striper a cou more...
Capt. Karl McKenna - Sandy Hook

Clam beds alive with feeding Bass - April 21. Ran out to the clam beds again on a foggy morning. We were the only boat on the grounds for hours. Had our first Bass on within about 10 min. All of the fish were over 15 lbs and very active giving a great fight right up to the net. Had the more...
Capt. Karl McKenna - Sandy Hook