New Jersey Bight
Highlands, NJ
Bluefin tuna
The operator reported a slower start followed by a strong jig-and-live-bait window, with nine hookups from fourteen opportunities and legal fish retained under the trip limit.
#vertical-jigging#live-bait
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Recent charter, headboat, and regional reports from Maine through Florida. Every card preserves the original source and report date.
11 reports loadedLatest source date: Oct 5, 2026 · Browse by port →
Reports are attributed claims. Conditions move. A stale feed is not proof of a slow bite.
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Northern New Jersey
Point Pleasant Beach, NJ
Summer flounderBlack sea bassBluefish
The boat reported an improved keeper ratio for fluke to the north, sea bass in the mix, and continued limits-plus bluefish action before an approaching windy period.
#bait#jigging
New Jersey Bight
Belmar / Atlantic Highlands, NJ
Summer flounderBluefishBluefin tuna
Reports pointed to wind-sensitive fluke fishing, chummed bluefish limits, and school bluefin activity in northern New Jersey waters.
#chumming#bait#jigging
Southern New Jersey
Ocean City / Barnegat, NJ
Summer flounderBonitoFalse albacoreMahi-mahi
The regional roundup described fluke concentrating on ocean reefs and wrecks, pelagics along beaches and inlets, and mahi around offshore structure.
#bucktails#epoxy-jigs#trolling
Outer Banks
Oregon Inlet, NC
SailfishMahi-mahiWahooRed drum
The September regional report described billfish and mahi offshore, Spanish mackerel nearshore, and red drum activity inshore and along the beachfront.
#trolling#casting#bottom-fishing
Northeast Florida
St. Augustine, FL
SailfishMahi-mahiWahooSnapper
The operator reported mixed offshore and bottom action in roughly 80–120 feet, using ballyhoo and sardines.
#trolling#live-bait#bottom-fishing
Cape Cod / South Shore
Cape Cod Canal / Provincetown, MA
Striped bassBluefin tunaBluefishBonito
Jimmy Fee's October 1 report described striped bass concentrated at the Canal East End on 3-to-5-ounce paddletails, with fish from schoolies to over 40 inches. School bluefin tuna turned up off Provincetown again after the storm; Captain Bobby Rice's boat found them on trolling and RonZ lures.
#paddletails#trolling#RonZ-lures#pencil-poppers
Rhode Island
Narragansett / Point Judith, RI
False albacoreBonitoStriped bassBluefishTautog
Will Sirotnak's October 1 report noted false albacore and bonito still present in the mid-bay and Narragansett area after the storm, though numbers had dropped from the late-September peak. Stripers and bluefish were the main show, with surface feeds from Providence down to the ocean side.
#jigging-small-metals#bucktails#topwater#surfcasting
Outer Banks
Nags Head, NC
Red drum
Jennette's Pier reported multiple red drum caught and released early on October 5, with ocean temperature at 72 degrees and northerly winds at 15 knots. The pier has been posting red drum activity consistently since late September.
#pier-fishing#surf-casting
Chesapeake Bay
Point Lookout / Lower Potomac, MD
Striped bassSpeckled troutBluefishPuppy drum
FishTalk's October 2 lower-bay report had Eric Packard catching six striped bass near Point Lookout on shad-head jigs with soft plastics, and editor Dillon Waters reporting slot fish and overs to 26 inches at a lower Potomac creek mouth. Water at 68 degrees; speckled trout running 10-12 inches across the lower bay.
#jigs#soft-plastics#popping-corks#topwater-lures
Northeast Florida
St. Augustine / Jacksonville, FL
Red drumFlounderSpeckled trout
Captain Roger Bump's October 1 forecast for northeast Florida described redfish on shallow flats and creek systems, taking live shrimp under popping corks and weedless soft plastics. Flounder were moving to grass lines and dock structure as October cooling began, with speckled trout on topwater near grass edges.
#live-shrimp#popping-cork#weedless-soft-plastics#sight-fishing
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