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EP 81: 9 Tips for Successfully Fishing at Night

2026-08-1241:23

Send us Fan Mail The fastest way to waste a night bite is to treat it like daytime fishing with a headlamp. After dark, the rules change and that’s exactly why it can be the most productive window for striped bass, summer flounder, weakfish, bluefish, drum, and even inshore sharks across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. We walk through nine practical night fishing tips you can apply immediately: how darkness funnels fish toward structure, why ambush points near bridge pilings and channel edge...

EP 80: What If The “Bad Fluke Season” Is You?

2026-07-2158:06

Send us Fan Mail Fluke season has anglers arguing like it’s a sport of its own, especially along New Jersey from LBI down toward Cape May. One crew posts double digits, the next crew calls it a ghost town, and the comment section jumps straight to blame. We slow it all down and ask a better question: what if the fish are here, but the conditions are forcing you to fish differently than last summer? Dave and I dig into the “tons of shorts, barely any keepers” reality and why that alone can ma...

EP 79: 7+ Tips to Catch Weakfish with George Bucci

2026-07-1501:05:42

Send us Fan Mail Weakfish are one of those fish that can make you feel like a genius one night and completely humbled the next, and that’s exactly why we love chasing them. Rich Natoli sits down with returning guest George Bucci to get practical about what actually changes your results when you’re targeting weakfish in summer on light tackle, especially in New Jersey back bays, inlets, bridges, and jetties where current and structure decide everything. We dig into why weakfish are stil...

EP 78: Cuddyhunk Stripers and Exploding Korkers

2026-07-0853:11

Send us Fan Mail You can’t fish new water like it’s your home beach and Cuddyhunk Island makes that crystal clear. We sit down with Kwa to replay his first trip to Cuddyhunk, Massachusetts, a ferry-only island where golf carts rule, stores are basically nonexistent, and the striped bass game is built around rocks, current, and night bites. If you’ve ever planned a fishing vacation and wondered what to bring, what you’ll forget, or how fast gear can fail, this conversation is for you. We talk...

EP 77: Spring-To-Summer Saltwater Fishing Playbook with Badfish Charters OC

2026-06-2456:01

Send us Fan Mail The water can be 61 near the beach, 68 a few miles off, then colder again on the next turn and that one detail changes everything. We’re in that messy spring-to-summer window where anglers either adapt fast or spend a lot of time wondering why yesterday’s “pattern” died overnight. I’m joined by Captain Brian Williams of Badfish Charters (Ocean City, New Jersey) to break down what he’s actually seeing on the grounds right now: delayed warming, upwelling, inconsistent ba...

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