Where you should go: Sandy Hook Channel is beginning to turn on as a fluke hot spot just as it did last summer. What you should use: All the standard fluke baits, but a tipped bucktail will likely ...

Some big fluke may be hanging tight to Sandy Hook. Within the last 10 days, a 9-pounder and a legit doormat were landed by fishermen working the waters around the Hook. The most recent fish was caught ...

When it comes to catching fish, the pattern of hook and how you hook your bait really does matter. For soft baits like maggots or meat, poor hooking can burst them, split them, or even cause them to ...

Most of the reports came in from the surf, bays and rivers. The ocean-going party boats at least from Manasquan Inlet north stayed with the sea bass. One of the bigger fish landed was an 8-pounder ...

and reel, fresh line, and a premium, quality hook, but in most fishing scenarios, none of that matters if you can’t tie a good knot. So many things can go wrong during a fish fight, but quite often, ...

It was a warm weekend, and fishermen were out and about, reeling in fish from several locales. In the mix were perhaps the season's first kingfish. Those fish were landed Sunday at the southern end of ...