Fishing report & conditions

Good morning! Today’s high is going to be 87F. Manasquan inlet tides for today are as follows: high tide 3:00am & 3:31pm low tide 9:06am & 10:05pm. Sunrise 5:39am & sunset 8:25pm. Beach and boat conditions for today NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S late. Seas around 3 ft. Swell mainly from the S with a dominant period of 7 seconds. Tonight S winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W late in the evening, then becoming N after midnight. Seas around 3 ft. Swell mainly from the SE with a dominant period of 7 seconds. Reports of cobia on schools of bunker inside the 3 mile line and at the axel. Spanish mackerel has shown up at the Manasquan inlet, also cocktail blues and schoolie stripers reported. Fluke fishing off the wall at the inlet remains good with some nice size keepers being landed. Fluke fishing remains good outside with reports of some nice size fluke being landed on the axel and also reports the seagirt producing fluke and seabass. Manasquan river and Barnegat bay still producing fluke some shorts with keepers mixed. striper fishing in the Manasquan at night remains good with eels and kettle creeks being the bait of choice. Reports from the canal also producing stripers with a mix of cocktail blues. Crabbing and fishing has picked up at the mantoloking bridge, fluke during the day and stripers at night with the occasional cocktail blue on metals. Reports off the surf plenty of cocktail blues on SP’s or metal with the occasional striper making an appearance, also received reports of speckled sea trout being landed and if you really want to put your tackle to the test hook into a ray. Reports of bigeye, yellowfin, and bluefin on the mid and offshore bite being hot. Have a great day and tight lines! #gabrieltackle #bricknj#oceancountynj #njfishing #njsaltwaterfishing #saltwaterfishing#thefishermanmag