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Saltwater Fishing In New Jersey

Did you know that New Jersey is the most densely populated state in the entire nation? Yep, it’s true. It’s also true that New Jersey offers some amazing saltwater fishing. In fact, several world record fish have been landed from the waters off the coastline of New Jersey. Even though the state has only 130 miles of general shoreline, you’ll find tons of fish and scores of New Jersey charter boats and fishing guides ready and willing to help you.

If you want to catch a trophy striper, there’s no better place to fish. The world record striped bass was landed off the coast of Atlantic City, weighing in at 78.5 pounds. People come from miles around just to get the chance at hauling in a big New Jersey striper. The striped bass population is so healthy here that the state has added a bonus fish program, allowing anglers to take an additional striper in excess of the former daily limit. You can find plenty of striper guides and charter boats in New Jersey.

Charter Fishing In New Jersey

New Jersey also produced the world record tautog. The fish weighed 25 pounds.the fish was landed in rough seas and a blowing snowstorm off the coast of Ocean City. If you’re not familiar with saltwater fishing in the mid-Atlantic states, you might not know what a tautog is. Also called “blackfish,” “tog,” and “slippery bass,” the tautog isn’t the most beautiful fish in the ocean, but it’s fun to catch, and it’s great on the table. These fish are usually found on or near the bottom, searching for shellfish. Their teeth allow them to crush the shells of clams, mussels, and crabs. These fish often hang around piers, rocks, and cement bunkers and can be found both inshore and offshore. They’re very aggressive feeders, but they can be difficult to land once hooked. For help catching these crafty fish, book the services of a New Jersey charter boat or party boat.

Are you into shark fishing? If so, New Jersey will not disappoint. You’ll have a chance to catch blue sharks, bull sharks, porbeagles, sandbar sharks, threshers, dusky sharks, hammerhead sharks, tiger sharks, and shortfin mako sharks. New Jersey has seen some big sharks caught, including an 880-pound tiger shark, an 856-pound mako, a 683-pound thresher shark, and a dusky that tipped the scales at 530 pounds. For best results, book one of the shark fishing charters in New Jersey.

Other species you might be interested in when fishing the Garden State are amberjack, bluefish, black sea bass, bonito, cod, croaker, dorado (dolphin), black drum, redfish, fluke, hake, king mackerel, blue marlin, white marlin, sailfish, seatrout, spearfish, spadefish, sheepshead, swordfish, tilefish, triggerfish, wahoo, weakfish, several types of tuna, little tunny, Pollock, and Spanish mackerel. By the way, New Jersey also holds the world records for the last three species mentioned.