Captain Jim Freda has been fishing the ocean and beaches of the Jersey Shore for over twenty-five years. He is recognized as one of New Jersey’s top saltwater fly fishing and light tackle guides. Jim is a principal member of Shore Catch Guide Service, LLC located in Manasquan, NJ that specializes in saltwater fly fishing charters from both the beach and boat.

Jim is an active member of the Professional Fly and Light Tackle Guides Association, Atlantic Saltwater Flyrodders, Coastal Conservation Association, Recreational Fishing Alliance, Manasquan Fishing Club, and New Jersey Beach Buggy Association.

Jim is also a highly respected and established outdoor writer. A member of the Outdoor Writers Association of America he has been published nationally in Fly Fishing in Saltwaters Magazine. He also writes for several Regional and New Jersey based publications that include The Fisherman, “Fishin Forum” Magazine, and New Jersey Angler Magazine.

He also has a weekly fishing column that appears in New Jersey’s second largest newspaper, The Bergen Record and also a weekly saltwater column in The Coast Star and The Ocean Star Newspapers of Monmouth and Ocean Counties.

Jim and his partners in Shore Catch, Captain Gene Quigley and Shell E. Caris travel around the tri-state area giving saltwater fly fishing seminars and demonstrations. Recently they were featured on the nationally syndicated TV show “Vacations on the Fly” hosted by Gary and Robin Edwards. They have also appeared on Mark Crescenzo's "Family Outdoors Fishing Show", and Mike Jackson’s Outdoor Radio Show. Jim and his partners have just released a new book, Saltwater Tactics a Tactical Approach, a Guide for Beach and Boat Fishermen.

Some of their other featured appearances are at the Fly Fishing Show in Somerset, NJ, the Fly Fishing Fair in Valley Forge, PA, Cabin Fever Day at Ramsey Outdoors Paramus NJ, and the Sportsman’s Jamboree at the Sportman's Center in Bordentown, NJ. They are also regularly featured at many of the local fishing clubs in the surrounding area.

In the past several years Jim has fished the entire 127 miles of the New Jersey Coast with some of the most respected charter captains, local guides, and resident expects in researching his bestselling book "Fishing the New Jersey Coast", Burford Publishing Company. The book covers over 140 locations (Table of Contents) from Sandy Hook to Cape May and how to fish them most productively. Autographed copies can be ordered directly from Jim. Please go here.