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The Southern Regional High School Fishing Flea Market

The annual fishing flea market fundraiser is scheduled for Saturday, February 16th, 2019. Held in the Southern Regional Middle School cafeteria, the doors open at 8:00 AM and continues through 2:00 PM. This fundraiser offsets the cost of our club events including several inshore trips for bluefish, stripers & sea bass, surf fishing trips, meetings, seminars and instruction, and our annual offshore canyon trip for tuna and swordfish. The SRHS Fishing Club provides a truly unique experience for our young anglers. We thank you for your continued support! Admission is $4.00 and free for kids under 12.

Admission is $4. Children under 12 are free when accompanied by an adult. All proceeds benefit the Southern Regional High School Fishing Club.

Southern Fishing Show
Morning Seminars start at 9am

Using Shellfish in Living Shorelines - Science Saturday

We have heard about sea level rise, but what can we do about it?

WHAT ARE SCIENCE SATURDAYS?

Science Saturday at the LBIF tackles today’s most pressing scientific, environmental, and sustainability issues that directly affect our shore community and the Barnegat Bay. Science Saturdays are interactive and informative hands-on presentations in an informal atmosphere.

On Saturday, January 26, 2019 join the LBIF for Science Saturday, starting at 11:00 a.m. Presenter: Rick Bushnell, ReClam the Bay will present an informative lecture about how a number of municipalities around the bay are planning projects that use shellfish to stabilize the shoreline and, since they are living, will grow up as the water comes up. where they will discuss what birds can be found in Southern New Jersey every month of the year.

Time: 11:00am – 12:30pm

Fee: $5, Free to LBIF Members

For more information, visit the LBIF website or call (609) 494-1241.

This Weeks BHCFA Striped Bass Report

The long awaited arrival of the mass of striped bass has finally arrived off Beach Haven. The captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association have been scoring near the north end of Long Beach Island, and recent days have brought some good catches closer to home including fish up to 48-pounds. With the fish still ranging pretty far to the north, the action should be good for some time yet.

Captain Ray Lopez had a group of six anglers including Gary Reitmann, Zack Reitmann, Doug Edan, John Senker, John Senker Jr. and Mark Senker out for a day of striper fishing on the “Miss Liane.” The boat headed north of Barnegat Inlet and began trolling. No sooner were the lines in the water that they had a fish on. According to mate Max Goldman the group had fish on throughout the trip.

When it came time to stop for the day, there were six large bass in the fish box weighing up to 35-pounds. The proudest angler was probably 13 year old Zach Reitmann who caught his very first striper. Zach is one of the members of the Junior Mate Program from the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association. Assisting Captain Ray on the trip was mate Max Goldman.

To learn more about the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association or charter a boart, visit the association’s website at www.BHCFA.net and get in touch with one or more of the captains.

64th Annual LBI Surf Fishing Classic

Started in 1954, the Long Beach Island (LBI) Surf Fishing Classic is one the nation's oldest and most recognized surfcasting tournaments, providing an eight-week contest for beach anglers who fish for striped bass and bluefish along the shores of LBI. A local fall favorite, the tournament is on through Dec. 9, 2018.

Surf City Bait & Tackle published this photo of Wendy with her 28 1/2 inch, 15 1/4 girth @ 8.12 lbs. They went on to say that Wendy was the first female angler to weigh-in a fish during the derby.

For more information about the tournament, bait or tackle, contact Surf City bait & Tackle at (609) 494-2333.

Vote Your View

Today, November 6, 2018 is the day to cast your vote and participate in the US Midterm Elections.

However, not everyone knows where their designated voting location is. No worries, Google is ready to help you make your vote and be counted by giving you accurate voting location information.

If you are new to the area or this is your first election that you have participated in, or it’s simply been a long time since you’ve voted.

Either way, if you need help finding your assigned voting location, there’s a simple new way to locate it.

Simply search “Where do I vote?” on Google, and you’ll be greeted with a prompt for the street address you used on your voter registration. If your Google Account has an associated home address, there’s a convenient option to quickly use that address. For the privacy concerned, Google promises that this information is exclusively used to find your voting location, and will not be stored.

BHCFA Striped Bass Report

Captain John Lewis of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association, who runs the charter boat “Insatiable” out of Morrison’s Marina, is walking around with a smile on his face. Captain John says to all who hear him, “The ocean temperatures are finally dropping so the bass cannot be far behind.

There are reports of big bass to the north of Long Beach Island feeding on schools of bunker, and these bass should be off Beach Haven any day now. Between the cool weather dropping water temperatures, and northwest winds driving baitfish from the bay waters into the ocean, a perfect recipe seems to be forming for striped bass action.

There are currently good numbers of bass in the bay waters, but they seem to be mostly schoolie size fish. The bigger bass are in the ocean and will be caught in two primary ways. Many captains will look for schools of bunker and work their magic with the “snag and drop” technique whereby live bunker are snagged and used immediately as bass candy. The other method is trolling lures such as bunker spoons or Mojos to attract action. Either way, the fish will be in the 25-40 pound category right now.

In other BHCFA action, Captain Ray Lopez had the “Miss Liane” out recently looking for tuna and mahi. They left the boat at 3am and once they set up on the troll, they had two fish on immediately. Throughout the day the crew landed over 15 fish for an action packed day.

To learn more about the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association or charter a boart, visit the association’s website at www.BHCFA.net and get in touch with one or more of the captains.