Dark Horse Charter Fishing

06/07/2026

Tonight's 6:30PM Trip is canceled due to high wind against tide conditions. Our next night time striped bass trip will be Wednesday 6:30PM

Still have plenty of room on Tuesday nights squid trip 7PM-1AM

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06/06/2026

Another gorgeous day on the ocean today with a near sold out crowd. First area of the day saw great action but the ratio wasn't the best, plus the boat traffic was absurd so off we went. Went and checked out some more small drops away from everyone and found exactly what we were looking for. Drop and reel action with a load of beautiful keepers in the mix. Bounced around a bunch of different drops seeing similar fishing everywhere. Couple guys had their 10, many with 6-8 and down from there. Bait out fished jigs once again.

***WE ARE NOT AVAILABLE TOMORROW MORNING, SUNDAY 6/7*** Sorry for any inconvenience, we have a private charter.

We are back open Monday morning, 7:30AM and every day after that!

See everyone then!

7:30AM-2:30PM Seabass
6:30PM-11:30PM Stripers

JUST ADDED A NEW SQUID TRIP TO THE SCHEDULE FOR TUESDAY 6/9 7PM-1AM BOOK YOUR SPOTS NOW!

Book your trip at fishdarkhorse.com or call/text 973-440-0335 for more information

06/06/2026

Tonight's 6:30PM Striper trip is canceled. Sorry for any inconvenience.

See everyone tomorrow night

06/06/2026

TUESDAY NIGHT SPECIAL SQUID JIGGING TRIP!

7PM-1AM

Since Monday night sold out so quickly, we are adding Tuesday night to the schedule as well! There's plenty of squid around, come on down and fill the freezer!

Limited to 30 passengers

Squid jigs will be for sale on the boat again from Keyport Bait & Tackle

2 Simon Lake Dr Atlantic Highlands NJ

Book your spot at fishdarkhorse.com or call/text 973-440-0335 for more information

06/06/2026

Beautiful night on the water tonight for our 6:30PM Striper trip. The tide was very weak and there was a light wind across the tide so the drift was a little funky. Never really moved that fast tonight, which usually isn't ideal. Still had a fair amount of bites for the conditions, seeing a bite or 2 on most of our drifts tonight. No beatdown, but still some quality fish hitting the deck. Pool fish was in the 40" range once again.

Sailing every night 6:30PM-11:30PM for Stripers until the end of the month (except when we're squid fishing)

This Monday's Squid Jigging trip is now SOLD OUT! We have added Tuesday 7PM-1AM on the schedule now. There's plenty of squid around, let's take advantage of it!! Book it up before they're gone🦑🤙Limited to 30 passengers, spots will go fast.

***WE ARE NOT AVAILABLE SUNDAY AM***

See everyone in the AM for Seabass

7:30AM-2:30PM Seabass
6:30PM-11:30PM Stripers

2 Simon Lake Dr Atlantic Highlands NJ

Book your spots at fishdarkhorse.com or call/text 973-440-0335 for more information

06/05/2026

Got out this morning with a good crowd after the past couple days of great fishing. Headed right to where we've been fishing to find a barren wasteland. Little to no readings and very few bites. Didn't give it much time, took a ride and found some life that wanted to bite. Most drops saw very fast action with loads of shorts, and keepers in the mix. Some true inshore jumbos today as well. We were able to pull a handful of keepers off each drop, and kept it moving. Hit a bunch of very small pieces since there was not an ounce of wind or current, and found fish everywhere we looked. Would've liked to see more keepers, but those that were dialed in were able to catch pretty well. Mostly everything was on bait again, with much smaller fish coming up on the jigs.

Back at it in the morning!

7:30AM-2:30PM Seabass
6:30PM-11:30PM Stripers

***NOT AVAILABLE SUNDAY AM*** We are open every other day.

2 Simon Lake Dr Atlantic Highlands NJ

Our Special Squid Jigging trip on Monday 6/8 still has a few spots open! 7PM-1AM Reservations only, limited to 30 passengers!

Book your spots at fishdarkhorse.com or call/text 973-440-0335

06/05/2026

Back out on the Striper grounds tonight. Had some bites right away at the start of the tide but it didn't last. Looked in a bunch of different areas but could never get anything going. Just a bite here and there. Readings were good but we never really drifted fast enough. Pete was HH with 3 tonight.

Back at it tomorrow for both trips. Going to head in a different direction tomorrow night, it's time to check some new bottom out.

7:30AM-2:30PM Seabass
6:30PM-11:30PM Stripers

2 Simon Lake Dr Atlantic Highlands NJ

For more information please call/text 973-440-0335 or book your spots now at fishdarkhorse.com

06/04/2026

Andddd repeat! Another Seabass limit today!🔥
Back out with another light crowd for a drop dead gorgeous day on the ocean. Couldn't have asked for nicer conditions, or better fishing!! Drop and reel fishing all day today on the bait. Had to do a lot of recycling, with the ratio being not as good as yesterday. But the guys made nice easy work of our 9 man limit and headed home a bit early. We were able to drift for most the day, only had to work the throttles for the last hour or so when the current came up. 10/10 day for sure, thanks to everyone for fishing hard today weeding through the shorts! Some serious quality came up today with the biggest fish of the season so far.

Let's do it again tomorrow! Forecast looks beautiful once again!

7:30AM-2:30PM Seabass
6:30PM-11:30PM Stripers

2 Simon Lake Dr Atlantic Highlands NJ

***NOT AVAILABLE SUNDAY AM***

Our next Special Squid Jigging trip is scheduled for Monday 6/8 7PM-1AM

Book your spots at fishdarkhorse.com or call/text 973-440-0335 for more information

06/04/2026

Squid, squid, squid!!!! 🔥🦑🔥🦑
A very successful first squid trip tonight! Got to the grounds, got the lights (both underwater and on the rails) all set up and started picking away shortly after. Once the squid settled into the lights it was game on, with squid flying over the rails all night. Couple flurries of drop and reel fishing, but mostly a steady pick with some guys really dialing it in. Had to keep working the water column, but they were around the boat all night long! Many guys with 40-60 a piece, some with more. They bit right until we blew 3 horns to head home. Readings were very good, and when we were on our way home we read large bodies of them all over the area. It's time!! Check out our story for some video of the action!

Not sure how long these will stay around, but we are adding a trip for Monday night! 7PM-1AM! Come and get em while they're here! Reservations only, limited to 30 passengers!

Book your spot online at fishdarkhorse.com or call/text 973-440-0335 for more information

2 Simon Lake Dr Atlantic Highlands NJ

06/03/2026

Seabass limit today!🔥🔥🔥
Headed out with a light crowd this morning right to where we left them yesterday and boy were they there. Keepers were flying right from the start with drop and reel double header short life. Hovered the piece of bottom, keeping the guys on the best life. The muggers got real bad, even trying to push us off the drop with their anchors🤣🤡 so took a little ride looking at other pieces, picking a couple quality fish off each. Once the muggers scattered, we went right back and finished off our 12 man limit and were able to get home a little early. Bait worked best today, seeing the best quality. Listen to the crew, when they tell you somethings working better than other things, make the switch!! Every day is different!

We'll be back at it on the Seabass grounds in the am! We have plenty of room at the rail, come on down!

7:30AM-2:30PM

Still have room on tonight's 7PM-1AM Squid Jigging Special! Come on down and pay cash on board.

Back to night stripers on Thursday, 6:30PM-11:30PM

2 Simon Lake Dr Atlantic Highlands NJ

Book you spots at fishdarkhorse.com or call/text 973-440-0335 for more information

***NOT AVAILABLE SUNDAY AM***