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Brendan Doyle
Zone Writer · Northern NJ Shore
Brendan Doyle has worn out more Korkers than most anglers own plugs. A quarter century of dawn patrols from Sea Bright to Manasquan taught him exactly which jetty pocket fishes on a northeast blow — and his dry running commentary on the Belmar party boat fleet is worth the read alone.
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New moon springs load the jetties as fluke bail out of the warm back bays
Bigger tides and soupy bay water are reshuffling the whole beat this week — here's where the bass, blues, and fluke actually settled in.
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New moon springs open a sunset window for bass at the Sea Bright rocks
Fluke have abandoned the bathtub-warm bay for the inlets, and the incoming new moon tide sets up the first real PM striper bite since June's full moon.