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Looking for some info on the mud hole how far from shark river inlet is it? How deep is it? What kinda fish are out there? Do you live bait trolling, anchor up and bottom fish? Is there big sharks out there?
I am mostly do spring and fall striper fishing and summer sea bass and fluke fishing, but after a trip 40 miles out in fla catching cobia Mahii and a sailfish I want to step up my game up north any info would be appreciated thanks fellas

I'm no mud hole expert but I know there are a lot of different fish out there and even more different ways to get em in your boat. You can hit the western edge 15 mi out of your inlet. Even if you don't catch anything it's just nice being out there and seeing the blue water in NJ. And yes big sharks so don't fall overboard. Good luck.

There are some wrecks on the western side that are like 13 miles from the mouth that produce your common groundfish, the shark river reef is on the southwest corner with great structure at 15 miles, getting a good chart will help, put in all the numbers and bounce around. Sharks are there at points as well as albies,mahi,bonito,even the occasional small yft, had good ling there last season too. Depths to 240' are within reach by a little adjusment, some areas have many pots and markers so best to do a trip in the daylight to plan your safe route. Good luck- I'm in SRI as well- moving to Neptune municipal marina this year-

Shark River reef is 15 miles out? I thought it was closer like 8-10 miles?

I Fished Shark River Reef for Cod on the Gambler and I was able to see land, I don't think that well but I saw land.

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Originally Posted by jc484 (Post 346603)

just invest in a chart that covers this area, will answer all ur ?'s accurately!

thanks for all the info I have a 20ft boat with a 35 gallon fuel tank so 40 mile round trip is no problem.

What did they catch the Mahi and sharks on? was not aware that they came up this far north I take it that they are cough in the summer time with the warmer weather.

Sorry to say but if you have a 20 foot boat with a 35 gallon tank you are taking some chances fishing the Mud Hole.

Let's say you get 2 miles per gallon and to be on the safe side 30 of that is useable since most tanks you can't get every drop of fuel out of. That makes your total round trip 60 miles.. Now lets apply the 1/3 in reserve rule to this. The assumption in this rule is you should never count on good running conditions due to weather (a storm, winds etc) and for this reason, to be safe you have to assume that you might not be able to run up on plane which could cause your mileage to be cut in half. Thats means for safetly reasons your safe round trip margin is actually around 40 miles. 20 out and 20 back and no margin for trolling.

If you pick your days you might be OK but is it worth the risk? Not for me but I'm sure others have done it.

As far as the fishing out there, sharks in June and July drifting chum and dead baits. Follow this link and page down to sharks for some tips http://www.njfishing.com/Fish_Species.php Mahi and an occational school Bluefin August and September trolling.

I have 85 with usable to 80 and would only do it on the bluest of bluebird days...