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Mississippi Seatrout

Mississippi Seatrout

By Nick Honachefsky
Jan 10th 2019

Last fall, I tripped out to Mississippi to fish the Bay St. Louis Sound in an effort to break out the light tackle for spotted seatrout. Seatr
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Holiday Fishing Apparel

Holiday Fishing Apparel

By Nick Honachefsky
Dec 31st 2018

The vacation days between Christmas and New Year's is absolute prime time to get out and hit the saltwater, especially in the Northeast. Finally,
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Jigging for Blackfish

Jigging for Blackfish

By Nick Honachefsky
Dec 19th 2018

I admit, I was a bit skeptical about this whole tog jigging phenomena that has taken the blackfishing world by storm. To assuage my fears, I t
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Mojo Ballin

Mojo Ballin

By Nick Honachefsky
Dec 13th 2018

It took awhile to catch on up north, but southern anglers in the Chesapeake Bay area were onto the striped bass technique of Mojo balling, (a de
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Tog Rigs 101

Tog Rigs 101

By Nick Honachefsky
Dec 7th 2018

Blackfishing is firing on all cylinders, with both NY and NJ anglers loading coolers full of the bucktoothed brawlers. That fishery will be so
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Striper Jigging

Striper Jigging

By Nick Honachefsky
Dec 3rd 2018

As the Fall Run of stripers moves along, late November and early December bring in different types of baitfish to the area, where jigging tactic
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Sand Eel Imitations

Sand Eel Imitations

By Nick Honachefsky
Nov 27th 2018

From now through December, one of the predominant baits along the Jersey Coast will be the diminutive sand eel. I've got continuous visions of
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Packing the Surf Bag

Packing the Surf Bag

By Nick Honachefsky
Nov 20th 2018

Autumn surfwaters in Jersey are reaching that magical 58 degree mark which will spark the striper migration en masse into our area. The key to
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Fall Bridge Bassin

Fall Bridge Bassin

By Nick Honachefsky
Nov 2nd 2018

As I write this, I just got off the water from a night excursion casting from 8 to 10 PM idling against the Highlands Bridge during a ripping ou
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Shrimpin Bonefish

Shrimpin Bonefish

By Nick Honachefsky
Oct 24th 2018

Its been so hardwired into our heads that bonefish must be caught on a fly rod, and while of course bonefish are truly a spectacular battle on t
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Go Big for Sea Bass

Go Big for Sea Bass

By Nick Honachefsky
Oct 15th 2018

Black sea bass season reopened in New Jersey on October 8th to October 31 with a 12.5-inch minimum size and 10 fish bag limit, then it amps up t
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Jersey Tarpon

Jersey Tarpon

By Nick Honachefsky
Oct 9th 2018

No, Jersey anglers do not get to battle 100-pound giant tarpon on a daily basis like Floridian anglers are lucky enough to do, but we do have hi
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