Unbelievable Fish Swarm at Jersey Shore!

This past month we were able to see something that hasn't been filmed on our beaches before.
Early in July, we got to witness a massive school of fish right off the beaches of Wildwood and North Wildwood.
Some believe these are bunker fish or bluefish. The jury is still out on that one.
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[@kaynine8040]

Currently here from New York.

[@BrigitteVonoczky]

Awesome video

[@josephpinto2182]

Bunker... Possibly Atlantic Herring

[@dave64340]

Let’s hope this storm goes around Pelicamp this time.

[@mikedelapalma4664]

I think it was a big school of Mullet fish.

[@JoeWalto]

back in the 1950s, and gone by the late 1960s, was a Bunker plant on Rio Grand Ave ( where the sewer processing plant is today). So there were maybe a dozen Bunker Boats based out there and in Ottens Harbor which used per seine nets to surround schools of Bunker just like in your video. They had a net maybe 1000ft long and split it between 2 smaller 24 foot seine boats and one would start around clockwise and the second countercw...and when they met the circle was closed and they would tighten up the bottom of the net forcing the fish into an ever more concentrated area on the surface. Then the mother ship would motor up and drop a 2-3 foot diameter pipe into the water and vacuum the fish up and into the hold of the boat. In later years they used a small plane to fly a grid over the ocean to find these schools and then radio the location to the boats. It got overfished and the factory closed. The factory squeezed the fish to extract fish oil oil ( used in the cosmetic industry) and then cooked them and shreded them to go into dog and cat meal. They also raised mink on the property because the oil made some of the best fur and these were sold for mink coats which were popular at the time. More info at the Wildwood museum.

[@JimStrader]

As a former guard in SIC, i wouldn't suggest swimming into a school of bait.

[@jdk050507]

It's probably bunker possibly getting blown up on by blues and striper.

[@jvandiesel]

Where is the meet and greet I am down that week

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

Hey! At the Doo Wop Museum in Wildwood

[@jenniferwolf1113]

That was an amazing video that you took of that school of fish off the Jersey Shore.

[@Wingdra7]

Thank you for the incredible video. Keep up the awesome work!

[@ChrisGenovese_NewJersey]

Hey Joey. Also the morning sunrise glistening off the ocean….winter is also beautiful at the shore. Walking g the boards on a cold winday day all bundled up. The wind blowing on the doors off the business that are closed up. It’s beautiful and peaceful down there then…..good video👍

[@donbrown8454]

You live at the Beach, Go to the Shore 😁 100% Bunker

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

If you live at the beach do you go to the shore or are you the shore?

[@klev4530]

It could be either on any given day but my gut on this is telling Bunker

[@volodymyrzablotsky5372]

Maybe it has something to do with the cold water. Only 58 degrees, should be in the 70’s this time of the summer

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

The water has been a little bit colder this year. we haven’t had any really warm beach days just yet ocean temperature wise

[@GD-tt6hl]

I used to fish in the bay behind Zaberer's. So many Blue fish during a rainstorm once I coulda used a net and pulled them out.

[@Dazzy-xs1pe]

Hi, I was down there yesterday.And I have a question.I don't know if you can be able to help me or not.But I was walking on a beach and the porter potty Has this piece of woods sticking out An unfortunate fell And I. Hurt my self I was wondering if you can tell me Who I can contact About that would be removed. Because I don't want Anybody else? Falling and getting hurt Thank you Love your videos

[@FramusBar]

Hi Joey, what's the address of the meet and greet?

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

Hey! It’s at the Doo Wop Experience Museum at 4500 Ocean Ave, Wildwood, NJ 08260

[@ruthlong6876]

Hey Joey,great job,way to dedicate yourself.when is the exact date of your meet and greet.👍🙏♥️🥇🌊🐬🐟

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

Hey! It’s on August 25th at noon

[@dennismalick3684]

That is menhaden (bunker) they school tight and move slow

[@m.jeanlorsbach6464]

UNTIL JAPANESE and RUSSIAN TRAWLERS SHOWED UP OFF THE JERSEY COAST IN 1974 THE OCEAN HERE WAS PLENTIFUL WITH FISH SCHOOLS LIKE THIS!

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

That is a crazy story that I did not know about until you just commented in my comment section. I might actually do a video about that.

[@nathangolaszewski7279]

@@WildwoodVideoArchiveI have a question , where is the location of the meet and greet

[@michaelross5674]

It's probably both kinds of fish

[@bowtiekiller545]

Its bunker , very common on the beach and back bay , bluefish usually not around in that mass along the beach that time of the year , fall run possibly but blues don't school that tight ,

[@ryambler]

Pretty sure they were student fish

[@denf4720]

Spoiler alert, it's bunker. Bluefish will not school that tight. Bluefish will feed on bunker. Schools of Bunker are very common up and down the beaches from April to November. I have snagged them and use them for bait from the seawall in the spring. Love your videos. Keep up the great work.

[@nick92065]

I have video of this in Belmar from 2018 with my drone. All depending on the time of year like you said, it could be bluefish or bunker. Most likely bunker.

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

Right!! They are very similar looking from the way I was looking at them

[@tommybouyant2073]

I remember blue fish tournaments off jetty at Kennedy Blvd

[@WildwoodVideoArchive]

You are 100% right. We did used to have a blues competition.

[@arthurbilton5193]

Atlantic menhaden, AKA bunker. Back in the day they weren't called bunker until they were caught and used or sold as bait. Primarily for bluefish.

[@scottjordan1212]

I've seen many feeding pods of bunker in my fishing days on the bay, but whether they're bunker or blues, I've never seen a pod that big.

[@kevinkern4661]

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