New Jersey and New York

From Mike Shipton:

Ed at Tackle Direct reported that the bluefin bite was still on at the lumps mostly by those jigging at first light. Some fish are still being taken trolling but jigging is by far the best odds of some nice fish. He is also hearing reports of wahoo and mahi in the area. There have been yellows in the Washington but Ed expects them to start charging north. Reports that there have been the first sightings of White and blue Marlin in the Washington are also starting to filter in.  The Poorman’s has also had some yellowfin activity. Looks like things are starting to get in Tuna’d-In.

From Ed Berger:

Bigger game anglers have been whomping mid-sized bluefin on the mid-shore grounds in the 60- to 80-pound class with some anglers reporting hookups in the mid-teens to keep everyone on board busy.  Troll ‘em, jig ‘em.

Dave from The Reel Seat in Brielle was buried in the back at his world famous rigging station (the guy practically invented some of the things you see everywhere today) so Ed Berger got the scoop from Eric. Bluefin are chowing down on lots of sand eels from the west side of the Chicken Canyon to the Triple Wrecks.  Good numbers of fish are being caught and the size is getting better with tuna up to 150 pounds hitting the decks.

More good, positive vibes from Ron at Fisherman’s Supply in Point Pleasant.  He confirms the bluefin bite, which was also active last week at the AP and Glory Hole.

New England

The shark tournament on Martha’s Vineyard wrapped up this week with the winning sharks being a pair of portly porbeagles caught in cold waters. Some nice makos were weighed, but no threshers hit the scales—though a few small fish were reportedly caught.

The bluefin bit is picking up. Some 48- to 55-inch fish have joing the 65-inch and up fish at the BC Buoy and on Crab Ledge. As more of these “smaller” fish arrive, anglers should start getting more bites each day. At the moment, trolling is the best bet, but if more fish show, jigging and plugging could improve as well.

An influx of warm water at The Dump south of Martha’s Vineyard has brought some tuna and mahi within striking distance of Cape Cod boats. The dolphin have been 10 to 15 pounds and the yellowfin have been 30 pounds and up.