Fred's Bait & Tackle
2001 Highway 35
South Amboy, NJ 08879
(732) 721-4747
2001 Highway 35
South Amboy, NJ 08879
(732) 721-4747
"The Friendly Bait Shop"
You will find everything you need for an
enjoyable day of fishing, including fresh
bait, fine equipment and friendly service!
enjoyable day of fishing, including fresh
bait, fine equipment and friendly service!
| Now Running... as of 8/22/10 |
Fred's Bait & Tackle
Welcome to Fred's Bait & Tackle!
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END OF SUMMER SALE 8/2 - 9/6 Only While Supplies Last In Stock Items Only Frozen Mullet Buy 2, get 1 free ($10 for 3 packages) Spro Jigs 20% Off Fred's T-shirts $10 each Fluke - Triangle 52, 42 and 18 buoy, eastern ends of reach channel, TC buoy, Chapel Hill and Sandy Hook Channel. Use Spro bucktail (which is now 20% off), Andrus bucktail or teaser rigs with 3” or 4” Gulp swimming mullet in chartreuse, white, or pink & 3” or 4” Gulp shrimp in white or new penny. For bait, use mullet, Peruvian spearing, local spearing, sand eels, squid and killies. 6” Gulp grub is recommended for Sandy Hook Channel, Flynn’s Knoll, Ambrose Channel and Rattle Snake for bragging size fluke. They are also catching them from shore on the ocean side from Sandy Hook down to Belmar, including Seabright, Long Branch, and Deal. Striped Bass - FROM SHORE: Mostly at night. Sandy Hook ocean side, and Seabright wall using clams, bunker chunks, and worms. FROM BOAT: Romer Shoal light and ocean side of Seabright. Use clams and bunker chunks or troll umbrella rigs, Polish Lures, Stretch 25 or bunker spoons. Bluefish - Cocktail blues, eating size of 2 to 3 pounders, are caught at local beaches such as Morgan Beach, Laurence Harbor, Cliffwood Beach and Union Beach. Use bunker chunks, mackerel chunks and metals like Gators and Avas. Use hooks with steel leaders. Larger blues are at mud buoy and tin can grounds outside of Sandy Hook. Sea Bass - Use clams, squid & mackerel strips at Sandy Hook reef and Shrewsbury rocks. Blue Claw Crabs - Best catches in decades. In full swing now at local areas including Raritan River and Morgan Creek. Use frozen bunkers for bait. Scoop them when they are hanging last 3 hours of outgoing tide. Porgy - Chum with chum logs to bring them close and use sand or blood worms for bait at rock pile buoy #1 off Perth Amboy, South Amboy lighthouse (especially large catches at 10-12"), 42 and 20 buoy rock pile, Old Orchard, West Bank and Romer Shoal Light. Snappers - at local beaches. Use snapper poppers, snapper zappers, and local spearing with spearing rig for bait. |
