From the central New Jersey area Captain Gene Quigley of Shore Catch Guide Service checks in this week with a report of continued great fall action. Check it out:
Big Bass and Monster blues were crashing through bait again every day this week along the Jersey Shore - the action is literally classified as "stupid" fishing right now - with our clients getting fish basically on every cast during the all day blitzes that have been taking place down here in Jersey. Client Dr. John Yavorsky was out with me earlier this week and had over 50 fish in 6 hours on the fly as big bass and blues were finning on the surface for acres. The next day with Jim Ardito and his partner Greg we experience bass blowing up in the peanut bunker for hours right in the wash. Yesterday's trip with Paul Chang and his son Matt was pretty much the same action with big blues and plenty of bass from dawn til dusk. I still think that the majority of bass have not even reached our coast and the action should get even better during December.
Capt Jim also reports many banner days for both bass and blues with many more to come. Highlight of his week was client Murray Dalziel who landed a 13 lb gator on an 8# weight without wire while fishing under the bunker schools for bass with one of Geno's Baby Angels. Also Matias Milet hooked into a sea bass on the fly while fishing deep in 50 feet of water for big blues with a Rio T-14 head.
Shell E.has been on the beach and the 40-50 mph winds last week didn't effect the fishery as it didn't miss a beat. In fact on Thursday during the heaviest winds, gust to 50+ the best beach fishing of the season took place at the southern end of Sandy Hook. Big, big bass and blues were crashing peanuts close to the beach.
From the northern section of New Jersey Captain Paul Eidman reports great action also. Check it out:
Hi-
Really bangin the bass around Sandy Hook. Historically the bassin gets even better from here on! I have dates available. Catchem up
Paul
with the occasional 30-to-36-inch fish in the mix. Up until Tuesday the New York Metro area was loaded with peanut bunker and blitzing bass. Once Tuesday rolled around, it was like someone turned off the switch… Jamaica Bay seemed to have petered to a slow halt but I expect to see a second round of peanut bunker come out of the creeks and the bass will most certainly be on them when that happens. Over in Raritan Bay the story seems to be exactly the same; Tuesday was the big cut off date. According to reports, from Sandy Hook South the fishing has been nothing short of fantastic and most experts believe it’s only going to get better from here on out.
Some really great fishing this week when the winds sat down. At times it looked a lot like Montauk in September. Birds and bass seemed to be just about everywhere from the Marine Parkway Bridge all the way over to Staten Island. Mostly schoolies but there were most certainly some bigger fish showing now and again. As previously mentioned, with the approaching front on Tuesday, things just shut down, but I expect them to turn on again by the weekend after the bad weather passes. Over on the Raritan side it was pretty much the same story. Dino Torino of Fin Chaser Charters reported getting plenty of schoolies off of structure even after the action slowed down.
According to Captain Jim Hull of Light Tackle Challenge the bass really turned on in Montauk this week with plenty of fish in the 20-pound class falling to flies and light tackle spin gear. Jim said the herring have just begun to show and the fishing should really start to take off in a week or so. 
Hi John,