Fishing

The 2023 Riptide Fall Fishing Derby is under way. If you have a VALID Brigantine 4×4 permit and a VALID Riptide Derby permit, you can drive and fish the front beach of Brigantine. The tournament started on Sept 5 and goes til Dec 11, 2023 at 5p. All fish must […]

Still getting kings and spots all over the surf using blood worms. The flounder bite is continuing to be a good one in the surf using teaser rigs and salmon red gulp. Still plenty of sharks and rays if you are looking to bend your rod in half. Use a

Here’s the latest fishing news from Captain Andy and Riptide Bait & Tackle in Brigantine: Air and water temps continue to get cooler and we’re anticipating this upcoming Fall fishing season that will be here very soon. Looking forward to the striper migration that is coming down from the North

Brigantine surfcasting was hot. Striped bass, around the south end Brigantine jetty. Using bunker. Fish were in the 30 to 35 inch range. Summer flounder season in Brigantine starting off with some nice catches. Plenty of action even with imperfect weather. Capt. Andy Grossman and RipTide Bait and Tackle keeping

NJ Congressman Jeff Van Drew was a special guest on the recent SHEP ON FISHING radio show. WOND 1400 am, on FEB 16. Did you know? Since 1941, NJ had little to NO representation when it came to fishing and farming; major parts of our economy. Listen to the audio clips.

Listen: Audio clips from SHEP ON FISHING. WOND Radio. Dec. 22, 2018. Mid-Atlantic approved slot option on fluke, aka summer flounder. BUT….Bill Shillingford, aka Bucktail Willie says that could be a problem. It might have an impact on the # of fishing days. Modern Fish Act was recently passed by

Listen to clips from the latest ‘Shep on Fishing’ radio show. WOND Radio. 12.15.2018 Hear the recreational fishing update concerning summer flounder. Special guest is Adam Nowalski, an advocate for recreational fishermen at the ASMFC, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and MAFMC, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council. Difficult to enact so-called ‘slot

Reports from the recent ‘Shep on Fishing’ WOND radio show of Dec. 8, 2018: the Summer flounder stock is plentiful and looking fine. Too bad you can’t easily catch a keeper. Recreation harvest estimate…. based on OLD estimates. New data is available, but not being used… yet. Guest: Jeff Brust of

Andy Grossman from RipTide Bait and Tackle in Brigantine reports a school of stripers just moved into Brigantine waters. About 2 miles offshore of Brigantine’s North End. A nice 25 lb striper was caught by Danica Zgalich, while fishing with her father, Paul. Stripers not so active in the surf. That’s

We talk Jersey shore flounder & fluke fishing with Bill Shillingford, aka ‘Bucktail Willie’. Bucktail is heard weekly on ‘Shep on Fishing’, every Saturday morning at 7a on WOND radio. Robin Scott of Ray Scotts Dock in Margate is also featured on this popular fishing show. Shillingford is a member of

Fishing access points. There are less and less of them each year. Very few spots to drop a line in the back bays of South Jersey. We can thank over-development along the waterfronts for that. Ever heard of Drag Island? It’s in the channel between Somers Point and Upper Twp.

These are the 2018 Brigantine Elks #2428 Fall Striper Tournament Rules and Regulations. The weigh station will be Riptide Bait and Tackle, 1201 West Brigantine Ave Brigantine NJ 08203 All fish must be weighed in during normal business hours. There will be no boundaries but you must leave from Absecon

Listen to clips from ‘Shep on Fishing’ Radio Show from Oct 27, 2018 on WOND 1400am. Program featured Andy Grossman from Riptide Bait & Tackle in Brigantine, Bucktail Willie (Bill Shillingford) and Robin Scott of Margate. LISTEN > Gulp Nemesis working well as fake bait in Brigantine. Kingfish still around,

Summer fishing 2018. Below are options for fluke (summer flounder) and sea bass that the New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council will consider at their next meeting on 4/5/18. 5p at Bay Av. Community Center, 775 East Bay Av., Manahawkin, NJ. According to the Jersey Coast Anglers Association, a top priority