Rack n Fin

With the September 27 final day of the ‘22 summer flounder season rapidly approaching, these last days are sure to be a scramble to get in on the building flattie bite.

The NJ early archery whitetail season opened last Saturday in select deer management zones (DMZs) statewide and closes half an hour after sunset Friday, September 30.

Mahi mania has hit the Jersey coast. Perfect timing, too, as the tuna bite in the canyons is in a brief late summer slump, and mid-range tuna action is scarce, at best.

Enter the late summer trigger, as in the gray triggerfish. Cool name via its two part dorsal fin that will raise and lock, and is lowered by pressing the smaller rear dorsal rearward.

Contrary to its appearance, the sea robin makes for some pretty good eating.

A sure sign that the full summer bayside fishing season is going full tilt: blowfish.

Ah, early summer! The perfect time to get youngsters to the pond or lake to enjoy catching what to many adult anglers was also their first fish: the sunnie.

Prime time family fun and great eats await the Fourth of July weekend, and for the rest of summer when it comes to crabbing and clamming along the Jersey shore.

This Sunday, June 19th, is the final day for the 10 fish at a 13-inch minimum limit.

North of Barnegat Inlet, they’re killies. South of the Ocean County tempestuous ingress, they are minnies (or minnows). By either moniker, this fave flounder bait is in short supply.