Tony Salerno

Sydney

Technical Editor, Product and Operations at ABC News (Australia)

Rugby League Commentator at Fox Sports Australia

NRLW commentator on Fox League, commentator for NSWRL TV, NPL TV and NRL Schoolboy Cup

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Articles

Surf: The Bluefish Strike

1 week 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.
Surf: Backwater Striper Picks

1 month ago | thefisherman.com | Jeff Sullivan |Tony DUrso |Matt Broderick |Tony Salerno

A short list of back bay striper baits that you might not have in your bag!When I think of spring, I think of one thing: back bay stripers. Let’s be honest, we all love seeing topwaters getting blasted from below, but the spring is special, because we can do it on a light surf stick, but to maximize your catch, you need to cover the column. Here are some of my favorite lures for backwater stripers.
Surf: Spring Striper Primer

2 months ago | thefisherman.com | Tony DUrso |Matt Broderick |Tony Salerno |Charley Soares

One angler’s approach to kicking off the surf season in style. It was early April as I made my way down the path leading to the bridge. The sound of a red-winged blackbird in the reeds greeted me on this unseasonably warm spring morning. Armed with a 7-foot medium-light outfit, I began working the deep eddy created by the bridge abutments with a pearl jerk shad threaded onto a 3/8-ounce jighead.
Inshore: The First Stop For Big Stripers

2 months ago | thefisherman.com | Matt Broderick |Tony DUrso |Tony Salerno |Charley Soares

Raritan offers one the best chances at a big striper for start of the ’25 season. Each year, as winter loosens its grip on the Northeast, a predictable pattern begins to unfold in the waters of Raritan Bay. With water temperatures creeping into the mid-40s and daylight stretching longer, striped bass make their annual push into the bay, setting the stage for some of the best trophy fishing of the season.
Robin’s Promise: Early Start To Stripers

2 months ago | thefisherman.com | Tony Salerno |Charley Soares |Scott Newhall |Tom Melton

A spot that promises some of the first Peconic stripers of the season. Many years back – and I mean many years back, when flounder fishing was sensational during the spring inside the Peconic Bays – I recall one particular trip in late March. It was a chilly cloudy day with rain at times that would turn to snow and then rain again. To make matters worse, it was blowing pretty good from the bone chilling east.
Inshore: Fluke Of The Month

Jul 7, 2024 | thefisherman.com | Matt Broderick |Nick Honachefsky |Tony Salerno |Mike “Wicked” Wec

Tips and tricks for landing the biggest fluke of July for the Dreamboat Challenge. The Fisherman’s Dreamboat Challenge is well underway and there’s still plenty of time left to see a major shuffle on the leaderboard by the time fall rolls around. For those of you who are not aware, in addition to the main leaderboard and prizes at stake, some other great prizes are up for grabs. One of those prizes is the Fish of the Month winners. Last month (June) was sea robin and, in July, we switch to fluke.
Inshore: Secrets Of The Sounder

Apr 1, 2024 | thefisherman.com | Scott Newhall |John J Spinelli |Matt Broderick |Tony Salerno

Using your sounder (depthfinder) will result in more fish caught. An essential step in advancing from a novice captain to that of expert status is undoubtedly learning how to use the depthfinder in order to find fish. It is pivotal that fishermen understand what they are observing on the screen and how that can have a direct impact on fishing. I recently had a conversation about this very topic with expert Captain Tyler Hartensteiner of Tyin’ Knots Charters out of Brigantine, New Jersey.
Inshore: One Does Most

Nov 4, 2023 | thefisherman.com | Matt Broderick |Tony Salerno |Jack Larizadeh

Find that one rod to cover multiple inshore situations. Sometimes, it would make our fishing trips so much easier if we were able to fish one single rod the entire trip for a number of different species and be effective and successful in doing so. One stick could be too fast while another could be too short, or maybe one won’t have the backbone to handle that big striper, while you might want a different one to cast small epoxy jigs to falsies.
Inshore: Candy For Sea Bass

Oct 30, 2023 | thefisherman.com | Tony Salerno |Jack Larizadeh

Spruce up your offerings for sea bass with added treats. For many anglers up and down the East Coast, the old-fashioned method of hi-lo rigs with natural baits such as clams or cut fish baits remains the sure way of keeping the rods bent with black sea bass.
Inshore: Jigging Tog In The Deep

Oct 8, 2023 | thefisherman.com | Tony Salerno |Jack Larizadeh |Scott Newhall

Deploying light tog jigs in deeper water. For as long as I can remember, a tandem rig consisting of a pair of 12-inch snelled number 5 Virginia hooks and a sinker to send the rig to the bottom was the standard method to catch tautog. As the years sped forward, single hook rigs made of a dropper loop, 6 inches above the sinker with a 6-inch snelled 3/0 Gamakatsu Octopus hook connected to the loop.