“The stripers are coming! The stripers are coming!” Not to be confused with the Revolutionary refrain of “The Redcoats are coming,” this is the statement of the captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association. With cool nights dropping the water temperatures, and schools of bunker just to the north of Long Beach Island, the striped bass action off the coast should be hopping in no time.There has been some striped bass action in the Beach Haven area during the past couple of weeks, but this has been mostly on native fish in the bay waters. While this is fun action using lighter tackle and artificial offerings, a high number of these fish are under the legal keeping size of 28-31 inches.It is when the migrating schools of bigger fish start to arrive from the north that the real excitement

The captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association are smiling now that the long stretch of bad weather is behind them, and they are anxious to share the current beautiful weather conditions with anglers.The black sea bass season in New Jersey waters has reopened with a daily bag limit of 10 fish per angler. Already there are reports of limit catches of big fish. These catches are made while bottom fishing area artificial reefs and other types of structure.In addition to the hungry sea bass there are also good numbers of blackfish, porgy, and other species. It is also not unusual to see feisty bluefish on the end of a line meant for a sea bass.With the good weather, the Captains are actively fishing and booking open dates. Captains Ray and George of the” Miss Liane” are excited for