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title: "Mid-August: shorts everywhere, a Monger trip grind, and bluefin for the persistent"
description: "MFC report for Aug 10-16: a tough-keeper Monger trip off Sea Girt Reef, bluefin tuna past Shark River Reef, and a hot fluke bite off Long Branch."
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# Mid-August: shorts everywhere, a Monger trip grind, and bluefin for the persistent

Aug 16, 2026, 8:00:00 AM  ·  MFC Reports 

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The short fluke are thick, the keepers are stubborn, and the tuna showed up for the guys who kept after it — here's the week of August 10–16.

**Mon 8/10 — Club Monger trip.** The boats went north to Long Branch and worked their way back down, with the final drift on the SE corner of the Sea Girt Reef. Tough day for size — lots and lots of shorts — but the green boat still put 14 keepers in the box. Bill P had 15 shorts and zero keepers and tipped his cap to a hard-working mate. As Frank C put it, has anyone this season gotten 14 keepers?

**Mon 8/10 — Joe D** stayed local and made it work: a 19" keeper fluke in the river, then out front chasing birds on schools of cocktail blues feeding on rain bait, about 35 ft off the Squan/Sea Girt line. "Lots of fun."

**Tue 8/11 — Joe M** fished two hours by the Axel — 2 nice sea bass and 20 fluke with no keepers — then found a bluefin on the troll under birds in 200 ft, 5 miles past the Shark River Reef. He also ran the pots looking for mahi, but it was too rough in the morning — no luck. Joe says he'll have caught over a hundred fluke this year with only one keeper (luckily, in our river tournament).

**Thu 8/13 — Jim F** posted the fish of the week: a big bluefin tuna. "Wow, now that's a tuna."

**Fri 8/14 — Fred T** found Long Branch paved with fluke — drop and reel from 8:30 to noon in 45–50 ft off Pier Village, with nearby drops holding fish too. He ended with 2 keepers and around 50 shorts before working down toward the Red Church. Luis C took a beach day and watched the club boats run past.

Tight lines — see you next week.

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