This is a channel about fishing and cooking the catch. Based in NJ, the channel team mainly fishes from the Barnegat and Manasquan Inlets from April through December. We discuss fishing, tackle and cooking the catch with Master Chef Mike.
Also I was wondering if with the 30 gram slow fall pitch jigg, if you guys caught any porgies with such , I'm also as well learning it..thanks for the replies..
I like my porgy just baked with the first steps. I don't like it swimming in all of that sauce....I don't want to give that poor fish the illusion it's been resurrected. 🤣Thank you chef!! 😋
I'm sorry to hear you had a rough year, but I'm glad to hear things are much better now. Best of luck, and I hope to see you guys out on the seabass grounds soon.
Thanks! I wont take credit for building this. there are plenty of other videos out there suggesting the same method. I do find this easier and faster to build our dropper rigs, especially in the winter. Always a good idea on knowing how to tie a dropper manually if you need one when you are on a jetty or on the boat. We like to tie a bunch and leave a bunch without any rigs so they can be rigged for the day or season. Thanks for watching!
I weld these boats and other duranautic boats and I gotta say they are really solid boats and we put a lot of work into them. Good luck out there while you’re out on the water guys!
I don’t understand what is considered saltwater fishing and freshwater fishing. I live next to Newark Bay but it’s a mixture of saltwater and freshwater. Is that still saltwater fishing? Do I need a license? I sign up for the free saltwater fishing but idk if the bays are considered saltwater. If you can clarify this for me it’ll be a big help, thank you.
Hey dude, just subscribed. I’m fishing the jersey shore from Thursday to Sunday this week. Today is Tuesday. Where are the spots near the mantaloking area? Surf, jetty. And clam or lures. I wanna make sure I can haul in as many fish ( mostly stripes) as I can. Of course you can only keep one but I still would like to catch them. You seem like they guy that knows what’s up. Anyways, good luck this spring striper run!
Thanks for subscribing. Sorry, been away from computer for a few days so I'm late getting back to you. Fishing from the jetty in Mantaloking is good but for stripers you can fish from shore. Read the shore and look for pockets, holes and eddies during low tide and then fish those at high tide. From shore, use fresh clams. You can also throw plugs. At this time of year I would throw a swimming bait and not top water or sand eel imitations yet. Save those for the fall. Good luck.
@@fromthetidetoyourtable4806 This recipe looks fabulous !! Not sure if he kept the fish for another 20 minutes after flipping or for a less time.. on the other side in the oven ? Wanted to thank the chef for such wonderful presentation and great recipe ! :) I was really wondering how to make it in the oven.. Thanks
Looks delicious, thank you. I’ll have to try this, if I can find some porgies. How deep do you typically need to go to get them out of Barnegat inlet? Do you find them on the inshore wrecks and reefs, or do you need to head out to deeper water?
We do better up north out of Manasquan by sea girt reef, but we have found them at garden state north reef about 9 miles south of barnegat and about 80 ft deep. The picture of Chef Mike holding one was right at the Barnegat (aka Tires) reef outside of the inlet about 3miles NE. We use clam for bait.
Wow Chef, that looked awesome and I don't eat porgy. I would definitely try it. I'm in Forked River and Ill trade you a fishing trip if you cook the days catch. Thanks for the video.
Nice video ! Were you fishing near Seaside Park or down on LBI ? I just moved to Beachwood and want to try fishing for Blowfish this Summer for sure. Thanks
You know what? I grew up in the 80's on eastern Long Island. Thats pretty much all we used? 14' and 16' aluminum boats. I always lusted for a larger boat (privateers, steiger craft etc) Guess what? That 16' can hang with pretty much anything you will face on those Jersey bays. Why spend so much money? Hey, how many persons in that boat rated ? Thanks for the great video
The best thing about jigging and SPJ is you arent wasting time cutting baits and rehooking. Even if you miss a fish you are right back in the strike zone in a second instead of reeling up and rebaiting. I havent used bait for sea bass in over 5-6 years. And the biggest sea bass always come on the jigs. You can literally leave your jig in the strike zone and wait for the right bigger hit to set the hook.
Very true and thanks for your input. As for us, we are new to jigging for sea bass regardless of method. We have always been bait fisherman for bottom. I got hooked watching some Florida videos on SPJ and we were thrilled when we worked it for sea bass. Our last video was for Striped Bass and we did very well on SPJ. We always jigged for Stripers with jigs, but slow pitch is lighter, better action and we focus on our speed, depth and jig patter. And you are right, no smelly bait !!!
