Surf City Fishery - Ship Bottom

Excellent selection to choose from. I went with the halibut and the guys cut it perfectly for me 2 pounds cut it into 5 to 6 ounce portions. The whole family thought it was fresh and delicious.

Every year I come to LBI, I have to stop here. They have some of the freshest seafood on the island and the customer service is amazing. Every year I call ahead to see what they got and Marty is always excited to give me the rundown. This year I was specifically looking for cherry stone clams and he explained the history of clams to me so instead of cherry stones, I went with the top necks. I came in and everyone was super pleasant and Marty greeted us with a smile. Give this place a try!My family travels from PA and VA and this is one place we HAVE to go to. Thanks Marty and his team for the continued years of great service high quality fish.

Mussels were super fresh and made our pasta delicious. Out of two pounds of mussels only a couple of them weren’t viable. Satisfied customer.

So, let me start with this. The seafood is, fresh, fresh, fresh. I ask my family to stop here often on our annual vacation camping in Tuckerton. So, if you love real seafood, come here. Let me add this, after 9/11 this place played patriotic music and now mostly plays country music. I love both. But, I have a few complaints. The owner is pretty grumpy. If this doesn’t matter to you and all you are about it the freshness of the seafood, get your dinner here. I’m serious. I do. But, some of the charm has been lost. My Nan used to make something called crab salad. She called it **** salad because she was Nan. This place used to make it, long after any other place stopped making it. I would have come here every day during my vacation to have it. They no longer make it. Also, they make the best mussels! Except that the mussels seem to be full of pearls. I know pearls are only supposed to be in oysters. But, I swear they are in the mussels here. I love their sauce so much that I continued to order them. But, I just had to stop. I 2as in danger of breaking my teeth. The deep fried soft shell crabs are still the best on the Island. My doctor has made it clear that I am to not longer have gluten ever. I follow his advice and never consume it. The soft shelled crabs at this place are the exception. I kind of wish that if this place were to be Old School it would be Old Scool. I swear if they ever bring back the crab salad I’ll eat here all the time. It occurs to me that some people who are younger than I might want to know what I am talking about here. Crab salad is a summertime treat made from fresh BLUECLAW crab with sweet onion and celery with a bit of mayonnaise. It was deemed to be evil during that weird period when low fat was the thing. But, outer people who went to the Jersey Shore many years ago lived on it when they could afford it. They may have died from cigarettes. But, they lived longer with every serving of **** salad.

Been going here for over 30 years. Brothers are great, helpful, very knowledgeable. Fish is fresh, local, and always tasty!