Join us for Episode 30 of The "Next Cast" Podcast! In this week's episode, we break down the latest trends and techniques to help you level up your angling game: Mastering the Last Hour of the Tide Daytime Plugging Tactics & Achieving Longer Casts Expert Outlook: Best Bets for the '26 Striper Run The Latest Update on Bluefin Tuna Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more weekly fishing reports and insights from The Fisherman Magazine. Tight lines! 0:00 Introductions and weekend 1:25 Striper fishing updates 4:00 Fall run observations 7:18 Tactics for shore fishing 11:11 Tide cycles and structure 14:47 The last hour of tide 18:19 Applying tide strategies 23:28 Bridge fishing insights 27:14 Snap jigging technique 29:02 Bluefin and magazine news 30:41 Hudson River surveys 35:57 Final tips and best bets

Striped bass reports in all four coastal counties of New Jersey this week - Monmouth, Ocean, Atlantic and Cape May - as the fall run begins to take shape. Adult bunker popping along the oceanfront this week, so it appears the table has been set for explosive plugging action in the coming days. Meanwhile out back in the bays and estuaries, the cooler nights and decreasing water temps have helped spur an improving sod bank bite with soft plastics and topwater leading the charge. Good news on the bluefin front this week with more than 33K pounds of quota added to the Angler category pile, even as it appears that swordfish action is the best of the big game news this week (5:10) according to Canyon Runner. We have reader tips and on-site video of bunker on the beach this week (9:30) to help in your weekend striper hunt, plus the latest on black sea bass, porgy and tautog (14:00) at the Jersey Shore. A couple of additions to the Dream Boat Leaderboard this (16:00) and fall trout stocking is underway as well (18:15) with a freshwater outlook from the Poconos. Finally this week (21:20) a rundown on upcoming events of note. By the way, if you're looking for a "50" this week, stop by the Tackle Box in Hazlet this Saturday to help them celebrate 50 years as a family business!

The "Next Cast" Podcast

Episode 29 - October 6, 2026

* Long, Skinny Stripers

* Popcorn Trails & Spot Burns

* Swapping Out Trebles

* This Week's Issue for Subscribers