Club Background
The Hi-Mar Striper Club is the premiere Striped Bass club in New Jersey.
Most of our members focus their fishing on Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook area.
The club is made of the areas best charter captains, family recreational fisherman, and individuals who want to make a difference in preserving our precious fishery for generations to come.
Throughout its almost forty years of existence, various Hi-Mar members were the innovators of several effective bass catching techniques with plugs and spoons. Members of the club are also pioneers in developing such effective techniques as worming for bass, chunking Flynn's Knoll, light tackle angling for bass and nighttime plug trolling in the Sandy Hook Rips.
Hi-Mar's Moral Standpoint
Hi-Mar is both a member of the Jersey Coast Anglers Association (JCAA), and of the Recreational Fishing Alliance (RFA).
Avoiding passive membership in these organizations, Hi-Mar members played an important roll in the Menhaden Project which helped bring public attention to the problem of over harvesting bunker by netters.
Thanks to the dedication and hard work we have eliminated the bunker reduction boats from our waters.
Hi-Mar Club Activities
The striper club meets the first Tuesday of the month at the VFW hall in Highlands (7:30 P.M.).
The meeting usually consists of a fishing seminar, a review of pending legislations, a review of environmental issues, a status report from various standing committees, who won the monthly member contest for seven species, and best of all, there's a series of fishing reports from several of the top bass anglers in the area.
Considering that some of the club members include such local skippers as Captains:
Robby Barradale, Jerry Beaver, Brandon Kamienski, Jim Sullivan, and Frank Tenore, there is a wealth of fishing knowledge present at each meeting.
All captains are very open and eager to help other fellow members increase their catch with new methods and current "hot spots". New members don't have to own a boat as they will be teamed up with a current member to help them learn the waters, determine where the local fish species reside, and finally, which methods work best.
Membership:
If you would like additional information on the Hi-Mar Striped Bass Club,
feel free to contact the membership director,
Ron McClelland.
Directions to Hi-Mar Monthly Meetings at Highlands VFW:
From Hwy. 36 south. to Linden Ave. Jughandle, Cross Hwy 36, Left at stop sign (Waterwitch Ave.)
Left at stop sign (Bay Ave.)
Look for VFW on the left just after the park.