Adding a strip bait to a hookless teaser is a great way to catch more billfish, especially sailfish. The strip not only adds motion but it gives the fish a taste of something real and keeps it ...

An influx of tiny Spanish sardines and glass minnows provides new fishing opportunities in many areas. Out in the Gulf, schools of mackerel and bonito feed heavily on these tiny morsels. When the ...

False albacore and bonito are often mixed in with striped bass and bluefish. They can be caught from the boat and the shore with lures and even on the troll. Atlantic bonito are part of the same ...

The wildest way to close out our surface fishing season is with a wide-open local bonito bite. That is what we’ve got going on now, within a few miles of the Santa Barbara Harbor. The fish are in ...

Shaped like a torpedo they are built to go fast and spend their lives racing around terrorising shoals of bait at warp speed. Growing to a maximum of just 10 kilos they are one of the smallest members ...

This is the Hook, Line and Sinker aggregate page. Scroll down for videos and links to earlier reports. Catch a fish we should know about? Email Dan Radel at dradel@gannettnj.com or call 732-643-4072.

However, things don’t always go to plan and we quickly discovered the slimey mackerel had all but vanished and if there is no bait then chances are there are no predators. We persisted for a couple of ...

Anglers around the Monterey Bay are enjoying our first real salmon season in years.