June 18, 2016

It’s that time again, Apex Anglers has returned to our home turf just in time for the Sandbar and Sand Tiger invasion. Let’s just say the 2016 season has not only begun, but has EXPLODED. Last night, I met up with some fellow sharkers, JT Husid, and Andrew DiMatteo as we shook off the Jersey cobwebs and headed out in pursuit of some toothy beasts. Fast forward ten minutes into

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Jersey Shark Insanity – Season Opener Brings Monster Sharks!

June 2, 2016

It was Monday night, well, Tuesday. It was Tuesday, and the familiar aroma of freshly gigged stingray had overcome the spare fridge. The plan was to wake up for sunrise, the alarm set for 3pm, should an over snoozing occur. It did. Rolling over around noon. OK, prefishing for more bait is out, as there was still the matter of respooling and resplicing the Tiagra 80, on which the topshot

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Stars and Stripes

May 30, 2016

All I can say is that today was a very long and (mostly) uneventful day. Pat and I set out around 2pm on a bait run, but only managed a Blue Runner and a Catfish for fresh bait. Aside from that, we landed one Fluke and a baby Snook. Luckily we had a nice ray in the fridge, so we loaded up the shark gear to hit another river in

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Big Memorial Day River Lemon

April 27, 2016

Surprise catch last night with this Spotted Eagle Ray on a Stradic 4000 and 20lb Sufix 832! Released safely without ever leaving the water. What a beautiful animal and epic battle!!!

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Surprise Catch: Spotted Eagle Ray!

March 9, 2016

This Monday and Tuesday, Jake came over to the east coast with his friend John from Ohio for a fun trip with the objective of putting him on his first ever shark. In fact, this was John’s first time ever saltwater fishing. Within the first few hours we loaded up on Bluefish and Jacks. Once the tide switched it wasn’t long before we were on some shark action, Jake casted

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Monster Blacktip, Bluefish, Jacks, 1st Shark & More…

February 29, 2016

This weekend, Chef Dan and his crew made their way down to Florida to take on some toothy creatures in honor of Dan’s upcoming wedding! The first night was a quick trip, but productive. In just a few hours, we went three for six on Lemon sharks to 6′. We lost the tide and the action stopped abruptly. The second night, we were dropping bigger baits, and nearly all of

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Florida Lemons and Blacktips