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JAWS - The last interview with Frank Mundus
JAWS would never have happened if it wasn’t for Frank Mundus. Without too much prologue and to put it in a nutshell, the salty prodigal character of Captain Quint in the blockbuster movie JAWS and entire hoopla in 1978 was built upon Captain Frank Mundus and his boat the Cricket II.
Nick Honachefsky
Jul 7, 202510 min read
The Saltwater Insider
Unfiltered coastal lifestyle intel on fishing, food, booze, gear info and reviews told straight up from the Saltwater Underground.
As a professional sportfishing writer and traveler for 28 years, I’ve been around the world to over 40 countries and the entire coastal US in pursuit of angling; a lifetime dedicated to writing about incredible fishing, drinking at salty bars, dining on fantastic coastal cuisine and living an underground lifestyle outside of the norm. In the new world of non-qualified influencers posing as experts or traditional outlets bought off in backpockets of overseers, I’m really tired of listening to garbage and writing within boundaries and Bullsh$t. Here's the real low-down as I see it for unfiltered fishing intel, reviews of seaside gear, food, drinking and travel destinations to make the most out of your coastal experience.
Bucktailing Back Bay Fluke
Late spring and early summer was legendary in the flatfish books. Since Superstorm Sandy relocated me to Ocean City, I had some new territory to learn, and applying some tried and true tactics, I targeted the OC backwaters and bagged more 2 to 8-pound back bay fluke than I had in my lifetime of fishing. I was absolutely floored.
Nick Honachefsky
Aug 1, 20256 min read
Hatteras Heavyweights
“Typical Hatteras seas, 6 to 8 foot Northeast and pretty nasty, but let’s give it a shot,” steeled up Captain Dan Rooks of the 50 foot custom Carolina Tuna Duck as 30 knot winds howled through the outriggers dockside and hot coffee got cold quick at 4:30 AM on a late February morning.
Nick Honachefsky
Aug 1, 20257 min read
Jersey Sheepshead
Bob Misak tread precariously along the slippery, moss-laden boulders of Barnegat Inlet’s south jetty, rod in hand and bucket of Asian crabs tied along his waist.
Nick Honachefsky
Jul 8, 20256 min read
Rocking Florida Jetty Snook
Forty knot southeast winds drove torrential rains into our faces, soaking us to the bone a 2 AM in the middle of the night. Crazy Alberto Knie and I were working one of Florida’s inlet jetties, punching 1-ounce bucktails through the spitting snot, fully realizing nobody with any sense of sanity would be out on the jetty rocks targeting snook at this ungodly hour and conditions.
Nick Honachefsky
Jul 8, 20256 min read
Baja's Bounty
A beaming streak of sunlight broke the crystal clear horizon on the East Cape of the Baja Peninsula, lighting up the Mexican coastline with a warming crimson everglow.
Nick Honachefsky
Jul 8, 20256 min read
Tagging along in the Bahamas
Stalking bonefish on the Exuma Bahamas flats, Captain Marvin Bethel outstretched his finger and pointed to vague black dots in the azure waters coming at us quickly.
Nick Honachefsky
Jul 8, 20255 min read
Bountiful Belize
If you closed your eyes and just listened, you would swear you’d been transported back to the Jurassic Era along the banksides of the Belize River.
Nick Honachefsky
Jul 8, 20257 min read
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
The Ascencion Bay area prides itself on its numbers of bones, not necessarily big bragging type weights, but lines are tight 24/7.
Nick Honachefsky
Jul 7, 20256 min read
Broadway Bar and Grill
Saltiest bar in NJ, they used to have a happy hour that ran from 4 to 7 – in the morning – to take care of the commercial fishermen
Nick Honachefsky
Jul 7, 20251 min read
Yeti Hondo Beach Chair
As far as beach chairs go, I could care less if it’s a 5 gallon bucket or a busted garage sale chair I sit on, so long as I have a place to plant my ass while watching bait rods or downing a beer on the beach. But Yeti has changed my mind with the new Yeti Hondo Beach Chair.
Nick Honachefsky
Jul 7, 20251 min read
Cape May Brewing - Tan Lime Beer
I’m a Miller Lite guy. I drink anywhere between 1 and 12 Miller Lites on a fishing trip with some regularity, however, there is a time to step up the classiness.
Nick Honachefsky
Jul 7, 20251 min read
Costa Sunglasses - Rincon Model
I grew up in the 1980s and everybody wore Oakley Frogskins; google them if you’re under 35 years old, they’re classy. I saved up grass-cutting money and bought the Frogskins clear frames with purple Iridium lenses and felt like it made me cool.
Nick Honachefsky
Jul 7, 20251 min read
JAWS - The last interview with Frank Mundus
JAWS would never have happened if it wasn’t for Frank Mundus. Without too much prologue and to put it in a nutshell, the salty prodigal character of Captain Quint in the blockbuster movie JAWS and entire hoopla in 1978 was built upon Captain Frank Mundus and his boat the Cricket II.
Nick Honachefsky
Jul 7, 202510 min read
Land-based Flukin’ Score from the Shore
Leave the boat tied up at dock, the shoreline is the place to score with flatties! During the past decade or longer, I think I’ve caught more keeper class fluke from the surf and land-based platforms than from a boat.
Nick Honachefsky
Jul 4, 20256 min read
Spring Surf Black Drum
Black drum fishing has literally been booming in New Jersey this spring as the Garden State got an invasion of the Clydesdale’s they haven’t seen in decades. Historically, the Delaware Bay on the south side of the state is the world class arena to target black drum as it lays as the world’s main breeding ground for the species. Boomers average 50 to 80 pounds and reach upwards of 80 to even 95 pounds or more inside the D-Bay, though myriad smaller bay systems along the coast
Nick Honachefsky
Jul 4, 20254 min read
Metro Mahi - Jersey Pot Hoppin
Not known as a conventional mahi hot spot, the New Jersey coast blossoms with dolphin activity from July through September; and the pelagic scrappers aren’t a long drawn 80-mile hour run to the canyon edge.
Nick Honachefsky
Jul 3, 20252 min read
Side Tracking Bluefin Tuna
Sidetracker Spreader Bars allow small to medium caliber boats to troll up to 10 rod spreads for bluefin in the 50 to 250-pound range.
Nick Honachefsky
Jul 3, 20255 min read
Half Day Tuna
Incredibly, tuna trips in NJ have been so red hot you can score your limit of bluefin in nearly the same time you’d spend on a half day fluke trip. Here’s how to make it happen.
Nick Honachefsky
Jul 3, 20255 min read
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