Nick Honachefsky

3 weeks ago | saltwatersportsman.com | Nick Honachefsky

Capt. Dave DeGennaro clenched a fistful of grass shrimp in his hand, and in one motion, opened his palm and made an underhand throw, tossing a spray of grass shrimp into the waters of Barnegat Bay. The clear, green crustaceans flitted about, sinking into the water column, flowing back with the tide. The slick was established. On the fish finder, patches of red began to show under the stern.

1 month ago | thefisherman.com | Jenni Ackerman |Tony Salerno |Dave Pickering |Nick Honachefsky

The anticipation is everything when it comes to hunting gator blues from the surf!Once the spring run begins, I keep a watchful eye on my calendar and the other on my local waters. Because I know that on the switch of a tide, one of my favorite species will roll into town. The demons that mangle plugs, annihilate soft plastics, and maybe even chomp the occasional finger, the one and only bluefish.

1 month ago | saltwatersportsman.com | Nick Honachefsky

Montauk has long been known as “Mecca” for striped bass fishing, but I think that’s changing. New York’s famed location is going to have to give up the title to its little brother, New Jersey. Though I am a born and bred homer from the Garden State, I’ve fished and reported on the good days at Montauk, Chappaquiddick and the like. There has been a decided shift in the past 15 years, and now I believe the finest striped bass fishing on the planet exists in the Garden State. Here’s why.

2 months ago | saltwatersportsman.com | Nick Honachefsky

Bonefish can make or break an angler. No matter the money and time you spend to get to Bahamian bonefish waters, it always comes down to that one moment when everything comes together in a fleeting instance of time. Finding fish, predicting weather, judging and delivering the cast, the hook-set—it must all be perfect, or you come up with nothing but a sunburn. Here’s how to align the factors for success and how not to screw it up, according to three top native Bahamian guides.

2 months ago | sportfishingmag.com | Nick Honachefsky

By mid-April to the end of May, winter flounder fishing is in its prime. Not to be confused with summer flounder or fluke, winter flounder are right-eyed fish. Nick Honachefsky While most anglers in the New Jersey and New York areas are laser-focused on the first stripers of the spring run, a contingent of dedicated, diehard anglers brandishing small caliber rods and reels are inside the back bays hanging to the sides of 16-foot aluminum boats.