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Angler Name : Ed J
E-Mail : nateej@delanet.com
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 4/30/2000
Location: Delaware River at Pennsville
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30"
Bait or Lure: Bloodworm
Water Depth: 8'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Broke in my new Saint Croix with a 30" striper. Fished for 1 hour on low tide only caught (and released) one but it beats cutting the grass.

Angler Name : tony ed stan
E-Mail :
Boat Name: mystic mare
Date Fished: 4-30-2000
Location: graveling point
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-4 lbs
Bait or Lure: diamond jig w/mackeral
Water Depth: 8ft
Water Temp.: /
Information : CAUGHT 6 NICE BLUE FISH NO STRIPERS AROUND ALSO CAUGHT 4 FLOUNDER BUT OF COURSE HAD TO THROW THEM BACK VERY WINDY BUT WE HAD A GOOD TIME

Angler Name : BOBBY O
E-Mail : O JASPER@AOL.COM
Boat Name: NONE
Date Fished: 4-30-00
Location: BRANT BEACH(LBI)
Fishing Method: SURF
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: ANY
Bait or Lure: BLOOD WORMS AND CLAMS
Water Depth: HIGH AND LOW TIDE
Water Temp.: 48
Information : FISHED FOR ABOUT 5 HOURS,SAW ONE SHORT CAUGHT ON A CLAM.THE REPORTS SAY THAT THE FISH ARE HERE BUT I THINKTHAT DUE TO THE WEATHER BEING SO BAD THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME FOR IT TO PICK UP.

Angler Name : Andy L
E-Mail : Loj78@hotmail
Boat Name: rental
Date Fished: 4-30-00
Location: highlands bridge
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: 30'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Fished from 530am to 1100 am sunday and had two fish on. At the change of the tide, bunkers busted for about ten minutes and then they were gone. Snagged two and livelined them-nothing. Nasty NW wind made for a choppy snotty day.

Angler Name : Chris Kosty
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 4/30/00
Location: Mid Range Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 2 to 5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 130 ft.
Water Temp.: 48 degrees
Information : The Bounty Hunter had the Chris Kosty charter on board. Fishing on wrecks 25 miles to the Southeast of Manasquan only produced a slow pick of Seabass. Moving out to the East into 130 ft. of water, the action was much more consistent with a steady pick of Jumbo Seabass and Ling up to 5 lbs. 3 Codfish topped off the catch allowing us to come back to the dock with a full fish box for the third straight day. It might be noted that the National Weather Service blew the forecast 3 days in a row and fishing conditions offshore Friday, Saturday and Sunday were great.

Angler Name : AL MORGAN CHARTER
E-Mail : just1mor@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: "JUST ONE MORE"
Date Fished: 4/30/00
Location: SANDY HOOK BAY,NAVASINK RIVER
Fishing Method: BAIT AND CHUM
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 2.5-3LBS.
Bait or Lure: BLOODWORMS
Water Depth: 9'
Water Temp.: 53.2
Information : THE AL MORGAN CHARTER HAD A GOOD DAY FLOUNDER FISHING DESPITE THE STRONG WINDS. WE STARTED IN SANDY HOOK BAY BY THE AMMO PIER.HAD A DECENT PICK GOING,THEN THE WIND WENT TO 25-30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS! IT WAS UNCOMFORTABLE TO FISH SO WE MOVED TO THE NAVASINK RIVER. OUT OF THE WIND WE FISHED IN 9' OF WATER. WE HAD THE FATTEST LARGE FLOUNDER I'VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME.ALL VERY,VERY NICE FISH AROUND 2LBS. OR BIGGER EACH.TOTAL WAS 24.WE USED BLOODWORMS,AS NO SANDS WERE AVAILABLE.HOPEFULLY THESE FISH WILL STAY AROUND ANOTHER WEEK OR TWO.LOOK UNDER "CHARTER BOATS" ON THIS WEB SITE TO BOOK A TRIP. THANKYOU. CAPT. RICH

Angler Name : Captain Bob Balewicz
E-Mail : bob@cornerelo.com
Boat Name: Carcharodon
Date Fished: April 29-30
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling/Bottom
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: To 16 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Mann 18's
Water Depth: 13-18'
Water Temp.: 51
Information : Saturday, April 29 Raritan Bay Stripers were the word for Saturday's trip. With bunkers breaking surface all over the bay, the early bite offered up more than our share of 22-28" shorts, but the bite stopped for a good 2 hours. When the fleet cleared, I returned to the same area where I'd been marking scores of bait, and we dropped Mann 18's off four rods and was rewarded with 2 keepers of 16 & 13 lbs. Right after those two were fought, we had a rod go off and the fish immediately swam high and to the side of the boat . . . yep, a 6 pound Bluefish!

Sunday, April 30 Well, the wind waited 'till Sunday to show and when it did the Raritan Bay was a mess. I had Bob Wald of Croffutt & Smith Van Lines out for a combo Striper Troll & Flounder trip, and while we picked an early short, we didn't have Saturday's luck repeat. Sitting with the fleet off the Ammo Pier wasn't much better for flounder, only allowing a few keepers. Kudos to the guys in the smaller boats for gutting it out with difficult anchoring & crummy conditions. We all must be crazy!

Angler Name : Allen
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Norma-K III
Date Fished: 4/30
Location: 20 miles ENE of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: jigging
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size: 8-16"
Bait or Lure: mackerel teasers
Water Depth: 100'
Water Temp.: 45*
Information : Spotty pick most of the day, we did a lot of moving around.. Wound up having 2 nice shots of fish, most were mixed in size..The wind made it hard to keep up w/ the fish, but once we got on them we caught a few.. Huge crowd on boat, I had about 2 dozen mixed sized bostons.. tight lines..

Angler Name : DAVE
E-Mail : FUN4ME93@AOL.COM
Boat Name: REELFUN
Date Fished: 4/30
Location: RAITAN BAY
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size:
Bait or Lure: SANDWORMS
Water Depth: 10'-18'
Water Temp.: 54
Information : WELL I FINALY GOT MY NEW BOAT OUT INTO THE WATER AND WAS REALLY OUT THERE JUST TO BREAK IN THE MOTOR. I HAD STOPPED FROM TIME TO TIME JUST TO DROWN A FEW WORMS BUT NEVER SAW A FISH. THE WEATHER WAS GREAT AND IT WAS JUST GOOD TO GET OUT ONTO THE WATER...I WAS HEARING REPORTS ON THE RAIDO OF FISH BEING CAUGHT IN THE AREA BUT I RAN MY BOAT AWAY FROM MOST OF THE OTHER BOATS SO AS NOT TO MAKE WAVES.... WELL ONE MORE BREAK IN PERIOD AND THEN I'LL FIND MY FISHING SPOTS.. HOPE NEXT SAT. WILL BE JUST AS NICE AS THIS LAST ONE.. DAVE

Angler Name : Dave
E-Mail : djasiulewi@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4/30/00
Location: Port Monmouth
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Mostly shorts
Bait or Lure: Sands
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished the pier at Port Monmouth and the stripers were on the blitz.I caught 8 in 3hrs and all but one were shorts.2 nice ones were caught(29 in and 30in) one on sands and the other on bunker.Clams struck out.

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Angler Name : Hank Hrycak
E-Mail : marc0311@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Action
Date Fished: April 29,2000
Location: 12 East Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size: 1 to 2 lbs
Bait or Lure: jigs
Water Depth: 100'
Water Temp.: 48
Information : The action was a pick. 6 party boats were close by just picking away. Hopefully one more week.

Angler Name : B A Lewis
E-Mail : gizmorab@aol
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4/29/00
Location: east shark river 10 miles
Fishing Method: mackeral rigs
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size: up to 3 lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 100 to 110 ft
Water Temp.: 47
Information : caught about 100 of them in two hours.had to keep moving around to locate them.hope we can catch some nice size SHARKS with them.

Angler Name : Werner & Wolfgang Sprie
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 4/29/00
Location: Mid Range Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 140 ft.
Water Temp.: 48 degrees
Information : The Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina had the Werner & Wolfgang Sprie charter on board for a day of wreckfishing. After only finding Ling on wrecks to the East of Manasquan Inlet the day before, we sailed to the South and further offshore where we got lucky. Fishing in 140 ft. of 48 degree water we enjoyed non stop Seabass action filling our fish box plus a 120 quart cooler with Jumbo Seabass in the 2 to 5 lb. range. Without a doubt the best Seabass fishing we have had in a long time.

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: Capt John
Date Fished: 4-29-00
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Anchor-Chum
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 12-17"
Bait or Lure: Sandworms,Clam Strips,Mussels
Water Depth: 8-20 Ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Woke up at 6:30AM and was shocked to see sunlight-so I figured what the hell,grabbed my gear,loaded the car and went.Made 4 drops all along the northwest part of the Ammo Pier or along the Terminal Channel edge.We fished the last half of the out going and had a slow pick for the first 90 minutes or so.Then we'd get some good flurries of action with anywhere from 6-12 nice flatties being boated in a matter of minutes.Sandworms coupled with a yellow twister tail did the trick for me as I put 6 on ice here.Once the tide turned we headed to Romer Shoals. here I changed to a chartreuse twister tail and that made a big difference,as I put another 3 on ice in 30 minutes with only 2 more taken on the boat there.So I ended the 9 with nice fat flatties from 12-17 inches.Everyone seemed to get 2-3 with the high hook close to 20.

Angler Name : Will
E-Mail : NJDoradofishing@aol.com
Boat Name: Smuttynose
Date Fished: 4/29/00
Location: Raritan Reach and Ammo Pier
Fishing Method: Trolling, anchoring
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18", 21", 22" and 26"
Bait or Lure: stretch 25 in charteuse
Water Depth: 20-40'
Water Temp.: 52
Information : We had an excellent day trolling. Stretch 25 in charteuse was the hot lure. In an hour and half we caught 4 Bass 26", 18", 21", and 22". The 26" fish was tagged. Trolling the channel edges off Keansburg produced those fish. Spoons and Shads didn't catch a single fish or get a single hit. We only had 1 stretch and I can't imagine what we would of done with 4. I have to buy more of those. Flounder fishing was pretty bad in the late late afternoon. One fish at 13" was caught. It was caught on bloods. From what I heard the flounder bite was better in the morning. One fish in the Navesink was caught as well as we were passing by the Oceanic Bridge to the bay.

Angler Name : Jim Fox
E-Mail : jfox1739@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4-29-2000
Location: Delaware river
Fishing Method: bottom fishing
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 35 inches
Bait or Lure: bloodworms
Water Depth: 8 ft.
Water Temp.: 51
Information : went on out going tide got this one in about 10 mins. got a few more small ones then it died out but was happy with the catch

Angler Name : psudo
E-Mail : mako.com
Boat Name: osprey
Date Fished: 4/29
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30"
Bait or Lure: Lures
Water Depth: 20-25
Water Temp.: N/A
Information : Landed about 15 fish 4 keepers up to 30". Tried live lining a giant bunker or shad. nothing Weather was the best this year so far!!! Angler Name : BARRY
E-Mail : cjnesti@home.com
Boat Name: finangler
Date Fished: 4/29/00
Location: raratian
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25"
Bait or Lure: strech 25
Water Depth: 20-30 feet
Water Temp.:
Information : Trolled for a couple of hours 1 fish a little cold but still a nice night.

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Angler Name : Eugene Catalano
E-Mail : eugene.catalano@ncr.com
Boat Name: Atlantis Princes
Date Fished: 4/28/00
Location: Raritan Bay/Ammo Pier
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 1.5-2lbs
Bait or Lure: Clams Mussels Worms
Water Depth: 12-15 ft
Water Temp.: 50's
Information : Went fishing for those flatties. On the afternoon trip..Started out a bit slow but picked up as time went by.. looks like the fish wanted those blood worms..They were most productive.. Myself and my little girl Alissa ended up with 5 fat keepers.. Pool was about 2lbs..We were all out fished by a brother/sister team.. They were about 8 and 10 years old..They had fish coming over the rail all trip.. One on each side of their father.. They made the father look like a novice.. All in all a nice trip.. Wish we had some more fish..Still better than going to work.. Can't wait or the fluke to arrive.. Tight Lines.

Angler Name : G. Davis
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4/28/00
Location: Sandy Hook - North Beach
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20-25"
Bait or Lure: Fin-S w/ 1/2oz jig
Water Depth: 10-15
Water Temp.: 45f
Information : Fished the high & ebb tide. Caught 5 stripers and 1 bluefish, all on Fin-S.

Angler Name : CHRIS BUCHTA
E-Mail :
Boat Name: SNAPPER TRAPER
Date Fished: APRIL 28, 2000
Location: FLYNNS KNOLL
Fishing Method: WORMMING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: RATS
Bait or Lure: SAND WOORMS
Water Depth: 18 FT.
Water Temp.:
Information : DRIFTED FLYNNS KNOLL, COUGHT SHORTS ALL DAY

Angler Name : samantha I
E-Mail : samiann3@aol.com
Boat Name: prowler
Date Fished: 04/28/00
Location: navy pier @ romer shoals
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 lbs
Bait or Lure: worms & clams
Water Depth: 20 ft.
Water Temp.: 50 degs.
Information : I fished with my dad and caught bigger fish than he did.He did catch one more fish than I did.Eleven big fish made four meals for me, him, and mom.I ate the most at dinner.Thanks Prowler crew.

Angler Name : Capy. Dan McGivney
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 4/28/00
Location: 12 Miles east of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size: 1 to 2lbs
Bait or Lure: jigs
Water Depth: 100'
Water Temp.: 47
Information : Fished 12 miles east of manasquan with mates Mike McGivney,Russ Kissam,Steve lessel,to catch a cooler full of Mackeral to top off the freezer for bluefish and shark baits for the upcoming season.Fishing was picky as schools seemed to be broken up and scattered.we had to keep on moving in order to put a good catch together .

Angler Name : CHRIS BUCHTA
E-Mail :
Boat Name: SNAPPER TRAPER
Date Fished: APRIL 28, 2000
Location: FLYNNS KNOLL
Fishing Method: WORMMING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: RATS
Bait or Lure: SAND WOORMS
Water Depth: 18 FT.
Water Temp.:
Information : DRIFTED FLYNNS KNOLL, COUGHT SHORTS ALL DAY

Angler Name : Mark Lukenda
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 4/28/00
Location: 45 mile wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Ling (AKA Red Hake)
Size: 2 to 5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 160 ft.
Water Temp.: 47 degrees
Information : The Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina had the Mark Lukenda charter on board for a day of wreckfishing. Our first drop at 45 miles in 160 ft. of 47 degree water yieled another non stop bite of Ling in the 2 to 5 lb. range along with 5 school Pollock.After filling the fish box and moving into 125 ft. of water, our 2nd stop saw the first Jumbo Seabass of the season go into the fish box along with 1/2 dozen Blackfish up to 6 lbs. It appears that we are in the transition period and the Seabass should be active within the next week or two.

Angler Name : kirk ferrier
E-Mail : kirkferrier.com
Boat Name: deborah marie
Date Fished: 4/28
Location: 9 mi e of manasquan
Fishing Method: jig
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 110'
Water Temp.: 49
Information : fished with my wife and kids,if you want to know where they are run 90 out of manasquan when you went 9 mi keep heading e and look at the finder.all the head boats where there.caught 100 in 3 hours.the next time i talk to you guys i,ll be trolling these at the texas tower for giants around june 1st. tight lines, kirk

Angler Name : Allen
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Sea Hunter
Date Fished: 4/28
Location: Raritan/SH Bay - Ammo Pier
Fishing Method: bottom - anchor
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 11" +
Bait or Lure: sandworms/clams
Water Depth: 15-25'
Water Temp.: 48
Information : Got off to a real slow start out in front of the pier, only about 20 fish boated from 8-10:30.. Picked my first inside SH Bay, to the E of the pier.. Moved around quite a bit, but settled back where we started off just north of the pier w/ the armada.. Picked up big time around 11 am, once the tide started rolling in.. In the last hour, there must've been around 40-50 fish caught, all nice fat keepers.. I wound up w/ 6, 5 of which were after 10:45.. High hook had 8 or 9.. Very good finish, left em' biting! And, as usual, Rob and crew did a great job! tight lines..

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Angler Name : Larry
E-Mail : fishinski6@aol.com
Boat Name: CHAOS
Date Fished: April 27, 2000
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 30"
Bait or Lure: Plastic/Rubber
Water Depth: 20' to 25'
Water Temp.: 53 and lower
Information : Trolled East and West of Keyport 1 out to the Reach, about an hour prior to high tide. We didn't kill'em 12 in the boat with 2 keepers. The only plug they hit was bright/lime green, (can't spell chartuse). You have to be 3 or 4 feet off the bottom, and moving real slow. If you get out there, please be curtious to others! There is enough fish for everyone....Tight Lines

Angler Name : TOM
E-Mail : W95TOM@AOL.COM
Boat Name: SEAHUNTER
Date Fished: 4-27-00
Location: RARITAN BAY
Fishing Method: ANCHORED AND CHUM POTS
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: JUMBO
Bait or Lure: SAND WORMS
Water Depth: 15-20FT
Water Temp.: 49-50
Information : FISHED TODAY AGAIN ON THE MORNING TRIP ABOARD CAPT. ROBS SEAHUNTER FROM ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS,NJ.. WEATHER WAS JUST A LITTLE CHILLY BUT THE BAY WAS FLAT CALM,NOT A RIPPLE IN THE WATER AND VERY LIGHT BREEZE. FISH TOOK A WHILE TO START CHEWING BUT WHEN THEY DID EVERYONE HAD A GOOD PIC OF FISH. I ENDED UP WITH 12 HUGE FLOUNDER AND TOOK THE POOL $$ WITH A FISH THAT WAS EASLY OVER 2LBS. LOW HOOK WAS A YOUNG LADY WITH 2 BUT THAT WAS BECAUSE AFTER HER SECOND ONE SHE DECIDED SHE WAS TOO TIRED FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE AND SHE RETIRED TO THE CABIN FOR A LITTLE NAP. ANYWAY I THINK THESE FISH ARE FINALLY ON MOVE AND IF YOU WANT SOME GREAT TASTING FLOUNDERS FOR YOUR DINNER TABLE YOU BETTER GET DOWN THERE AND GRAB SOME WHILE YOU CAN,,, ONCE AGAIN CAPT. ROB'S FISHING ABILITIES IMPRESSED ME AND HIS KNOWLEDGABLE AND FRIENDLY CREW WILL KEEP ME COMING BACK RIGHT THROUGH THE SUMMER, LOVE THEM FLOUNDERS BUT CAN'T WAIT FOR THE FLUKE...WILL TRY AGAIN ON TUESDAY

Angler Name : LEE
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Date Fished: 4-27-00
Location: RARITAN BAY
Fishing Method: TRADITIONAL
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 13.0
Bait or Lure: WORMS
Water Depth: 15
Water Temp.:
Information : AFTER 4 HOURS I GOT ONE,I GOT ONE. YE-HA!, BAD NEWS! HOWEVER SOMEONE SUPPOSEDLY RETURNED TO THE DOCK WITH THIRTY-FIVE,FROM THE SECRET SPOT, ICOULDNT TAKE IT NO MORE, SO I TRIED KEYPORT AREA FOR A WHILE FOR BASS.SAW A COUPLE NETTED ON THE CHUNK. PLENTY OF PEOPLE TROLLING. I WISH IF PEOPLE WERE GOING TO TROLL THEY WOULD REMEMBER TO WATCH WHERE THEY ARE GOING, IM TOO YOUNG TO DIE. I CAN UNDERSTAND ALL THE EXCITEMENT OF HOOKING THE BOTTOM, BUT COME ON!

Angler Name : Bill Bender/Lucent Labs
E-Mail : captpete@hyperstripercharters.com
Boat Name: Hyper Striper
Date Fished: 4/27
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: bait/troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 19lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : The Lucent tech group led by Bill Bender had a good day with the bass.We started out trolling and picked 4 keepers plus about 10 shorts before deciding to do some bait fishing.This paid off as we picked away and by 1pm had 16 keepers to 19lbs, plus 15 more shorts when calling it quits.

Angler Name : Gene K.
E-Mail : Matawan, NJ
Boat Name: "Shooting Star"
Date Fished: 4/24-25/00
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26"
Bait or Lure: Lures
Water Depth: 15'-30'
Water Temp.: 50's
Information : Went out trolling with Tom, caught 1 Striper 26" on Monday, went out again on Tuesday (rough water) but no fish.

Angler Name : UPSDave
E-Mail : d.feigenbaum@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Atlantic Star
Date Fished: 4/25/00
Location: Ammo Pier Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams worms
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Beautiful afternoon. The flounder were active between 2PM and 4:30 or so. Then very slow. Red grubs seemed to be the ticket for attracting the fish. I caught three in the first hour, then nothing. Others caught 7 or 8 (with the red grubs). Average was about 3 fish he half day.

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Angler Name : Mike D.
E-Mail : anchbomb@aol.
Boat Name: Nocturnal
Date Fished: 4/24/00
Location: point pleasent
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0"
Bait or Lure: Herring
Water Depth: 15' to 20'
Water Temp.: 52 degs
Information : First night out this season, nothing happening. couple of guys said they had fish but I did'nt see them the only action on the water was a bunch of loosers throwing bricks into the water at slack tide, thanks guys! Hoping for some nice weather to turn things on. Anybody having trouble with herring Dying in there pens because of all the rain or run off? I lost about a dozen so far.

Angler Name : Allen
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Sea Hunter
Date Fished: 4/24
Location: Ammo Pier
Fishing Method: bottom/anchor
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 10-14"
Bait or Lure: sandworms
Water Depth: 15-20'
Water Temp.: 48-49*
Information : Gorgeous morning, but breezy conditions put small rollers on the bay.. Decent morning fish wise; before the hard incoming tide we did pretty well just north of the pier, myself picking up 6 keepers, plus a skate, and a sundial.. Probably 50ish fish caught for 16 or so guys on board.. Should get another couple of weeks out of the fishery.. Bouncing the sinkers + the yellow twisters seemed to be the ticket.. tight lines!

Angler Name : Oggie
E-Mail : Oggie1@home.com
Boat Name: Golden Eagle
Date Fished: 4/24/00
Location: 10 miles str. out
Fishing Method: jigging
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size: various
Bait or Lure: jig
Water Depth: 80-125
Water Temp.: approx. 50
Information : Capt. Lenny and the Crew of the golden Eagle did a another great Job. Especially Jimmy, the mate. took my nephew out first time out. They really helped us out especially since it was macks got 150 between us could of had 100 or so more but only needed so many for sharking. Also 1st timer lost a few. Wouldnt of had that many if Jim didnt help out as much as he did. Great day great boat and Crew.

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Angler Name : Bill
E-Mail : bogden@mindspring.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4/23/00
Location: Ocean City 34th St. Bridge
Fishing Method: 12lb Spinning
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22"
Bait or Lure: Plastics
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Fished the mainland side on OCs' 34th St Bridge, on the outgoing @ 12:AM. Surface slashing everywhere for at least 2 hours. After casting EVERYTHING (fin-S, buck tails, bombers, spoon, eels,...) Finally I a 3" blue/green "chug bug" plug, I think I hit one on the head and pissed it off. Big bite, good set. After wraping around all the poles of the dock I landed the short. I would have fished more but I almost bled to death after getting hooked (bad) while de-luring and releasing the very healthy short. (I will never forget the pliers again)

Angler Name : G. Davis
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Date Fished: 4/23/00
Location: Sandy Hook - North Beach
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 15" - 28"
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 1 - 15
Water Temp.: 45
Information : Fished slack and ebb tide. Caught 6 stripers ranging from 15" - 28".

Angler Name : Howard
E-Mail : howardr3@cs.com
Boat Name: Norma K 3
Date Fished: 4-23
Location: 10 miles East of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Jig
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size: 6" to20"
Bait or Lure: Tube rig
Water Depth: about 80 ft.
Water Temp.:
Information : We all caught a lot of fish on the 8 or so drops that we made. There were a lot of doubles and triples although there were a lot of smaller fish. The fish were at different depths but once you keyed in on them it was consistant. We also had avout 3 herring on the boat. Has anyone been doing well with herring in the rivers? Vince thanks for the report on the radio about last Friday, I asked if you were on the boat but the mate did not know.

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Angler Name : todd frederick
E-Mail : toodd.c.frederick@jci.com
Boat Name: Duck/Ty
Date Fished: 4-22-00
Location: Meyers Hole Lbi
Fishing Method: Anchor Chumming
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 13.5/14
Bait or Lure: BloodWorms
Water Depth: 8-9 Foot
Water Temp.:
Information : Three Winter Flouder And One Summer 20 Inch Fluke . Weather Conditons Were Better Than The Bad Forecast . Water Was Stained From Rain And Dregher Still In Area .

Angler Name : damian
E-Mail : damiancavalli@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Freddy c
Date Fished: 4-22-00
Location: raritan bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 18
Water Temp.: 45
Information : 5 shorts caught. 2 keepers. Total for 8 people on the boat for the Saturday night trip. Weather was nasty but beats watching the tube.

Angler Name : THE JOES
E-Mail :
Boat Name: BOTTOM LINE
Date Fished: APRIL 22, 2000
Location: NAVASINK & SHREWSBURY RIVERS
Fishing Method: JIG & DEAD STICK
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 10" TO 14.5"
Bait or Lure: SANDWORMS
Water Depth: 11 TO 15 FT.
Water Temp.: 40'S
Information : STARTED OUT W/ FRIEND KEITH AT APPROX. 9:00 HRS.. WE EA. CAUGHT ONE AT HOLE NEAR OCEANIC BRIDGE. ONE HR. PRIOR TO SLACKTIDE WENT TO FORK BETWEEN THE TWO RIVERS, AND I CAUGHT TWO MORE. CALLED IT A DAY AT APPROX. 14:00 HRS. NOT BAD DAY CONSIDERING CONDITIONS & WIND. NOT BAD FOR FIRST FISH AT START OF NEW SEASON. THIGHT LINES!

Angler Name : Will
E-Mail : NJDoradofishing@aol.com
Boat Name: Crack of Dawn
Date Fished: 4/22/00
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting, Anchoring
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: shorts to 14 1/2"
Bait or Lure: sandworms
Water Depth: 20-30'
Water Temp.:
Information : There was a bunch of garbage and a telephone pole in the bay from all the bad storms we have had. The fishing is the same too, bad. We caught 0 Bass trolling for 2+ hours. We tried rigs, spoons, and shads. Last time this boat was fishing they were catching on the shads. Too bad it didn't happen on our Bass trip. Another charter boat in the area had a little better bite but still no great with 1 short and 1 keeper. Then we decided to anhcor up for Flounder. This was a okay move with a decent bite. We had about 11 flounder between fishing 8 people. I had 4 fish and one was 14 1/2". All of this in 1 hour. All caught on sandworms. I did outfish everyone on the boat because I was using lighter tackle, smaller line, and smaller leader. Go small for Flouner with 12 pound test and 1 1/2 ounce sinkers.

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Angler Name : Joey D & AB
E-Mail : surfishjoe@aol.com
Boat Name: jay b
Date Fished: 4/21/00
Location: Margate bridge
Fishing Method: drifting/ bucktails
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: light line & small bucktails
Water Depth: 30-50ft
Water Temp.: 49-50
Information : fished for a half hour on the incoming tide at dusk. there was a little bird activity in the area- very sporadic probobly schoolie stripers or blues cruising around. defintly a good sighn but no fish.

Angler Name : Frank "Fishinman" Ruczynski
E-Mail : Frnk196@cs.com
Boat Name: Beyond the Reef
Date Fished: 4/21/00
Location: Stone Harbor
Fishing Method: Jigging plastics
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20-29inches
Bait or Lure: blue/black zooms
Water Depth: 17feet
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Buddy Glenn and I caught 13 stripers at night in the back bays of Stone Harbor. Caught all of them on incoming tide, tons of baitfish around.We also missed lots of hits, still waiting for weakies to come in. Good luck guys!

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Angler Name : Lou Truppi
E-Mail : lntassoc@fast.net
Boat Name: Chelsea-Lynn
Date Fished: 4/20/00
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 36''
Bait or Lure: plugs / plastics
Water Depth: 20'plus
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Tough day,only landed 4 bass,however thay were all nice fish. Largest 18.5 lbs!!

Angler Name : Elaine & Tony Regula
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 4-20-00
Location: East of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Drifting and Jigging
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size: various size
Bait or Lure: Tubes & Jigs
Water Depth: 100 ft.
Water Temp.: 47 Degrees
Information : The Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina made it's annual "Fish for Bait" Mackerel trip today and found the fishing to be fair 11 miles to the east of Manasquan Inlet. After 3 days of severe northeast weather it appeared that the Mackerel schools were scattered. Stopping on readings and drifting only produced a quick bite of 15 to 20 fish, then they were gone and you would have to find them again. After 3 hours we had l/2 a fishbox of Mackerel along with some Herring. Enough to get us thru the upcoming season.

Angler Name : Anthony
E-Mail : Jeans911@home.com
Boat Name: N/A
Date Fished: Starting season 4/21
Location: @ Barnegat Light
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Has anyone fished the surf @ Barnegat Light this season? Planning a trip on 4/21 and was wondering if anyone had luck on stripers there. Could use the info before I make that long walk from the road.

Angler Name : Dave
E-Mail : robbo5@ix.netcom.com
Boat Name: Dauntless
Date Fished: April 20
Location: Far off shore
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size: Small and large
Bait or Lure: Mackerel Jigs
Water Depth: About 100 ft.
Water Temp.:
Information : Everyone filled their coolers and buckets. Great Day. Mates and captian Bill were Excellent. Fished with friend Lubo. Did some bottom fishing at end of day. Some ling caught. Dave

Angler Name : Dick Tuliszewski
E-Mail : rtuliszewski@erols.com
Boat Name: Three of Us
Date Fished: 4/20/00
Location: 11 miles SE Manasquan Bell
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
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Information : Put the boat in for the first time this year and decided to take a ride and find some mackerel for the upcomming shark season. Broke the inlet at 7:30 AM and headed SE for 11 miles and saw absolutely nothing. The Gambler was in the same area and continued to head off shore. We turned around and gave the boat a good shake down. Where have all the Macs gone?

Angler Name : G. Davis
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4/20/00
Location: Sandy Hook - North Beach
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25"
Bait or Lure: diamond jig w/ Clouser teaser
Water Depth: 1-15'
Water Temp.: mid 40's
Information : Fished the ebb tide mid-morning to early PM. Nice breaking surf from 2 days of northeasters. Caught 1 25" bass on the clouser... only hit of the day. Also, witnessed someone catch a 15" bass on a sandworm --- he said he caught 2 others earlier. The fish are here... time to stop surfing the I-net and start fishing the surf!!!

Angler Name : Allen
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Sea Hunter
Date Fished: 4/20
Location: Raritan Bay - Earle Pier
Fishing Method: anchor/bottom
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 13" +
Bait or Lure: sandworms/clams
Water Depth: 15-25'
Water Temp.: 48
Information : Fast action early on, then wound down to a steady pick by 11 am.. Made three drops, all just north of the NWS Earle Ammo Pier, on both sides of the Reach Channel.. Probably 100 or so slob keepers boated by about 35 anglers, plus one fluke that had to be returned to the water due to the season's closure until 5/6.. I went home w/ 8 nice fat keepers.. Great morning on the water! tight lines..

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Angler Name : Hector M Robles
E-Mail : hectormr@monmouth.com
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: 04/19/00
Location: Port Monmouth/Spy House Pier
Fishing Method: surf/Pier
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20 inches
Bait or Lure: Snadworms/Bunker
Water Depth: 4ft to 6ft
Water Temp.: ?????
Information : Fished the Port Monmouth Pier, caught a Striped Bass about 20 inches on a sandworm, no hits on the Bunker. I saw another guy catch a few flounder and he also caught a short striper, not a lot of action, but at least i caught my first striper of the year. Hope the action heats up soon!!! Hope the fish bite hard and often!!!!

Angler Name : mike reighberg
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4/17/00
Location: long port jetty
Fishing Method: casted fin-s
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22-29
Bait or Lure: 5" fin-s
Water Depth: 2-10 ft.
Water Temp.: 50
Information : First cast got one keeper 29" released him got 4 more within 2 hours 22",23"27",25" saw another guy catch a 34" bass

Angler Name : DAVE
E-Mail : FUN4ME93@AOL.COM
Boat Name: REELFUN
Date Fished: NOT YET
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : WELL I JUST GOT MY 20' C/C/ ANGLER AND THE ONLY WATER IT'S SEEN HAS BEEN THE RAIN. I NEED TO GET THIS BOAT INTO THE WATER FOR IT'S BREAKIN TIME BUT MOTHER NATURE IS KILLING ME... I HAVE BEEN READING ALL OF YOUR REPORTS HERE AND HAVE RECEIVED SOME GREAT TIPS FROM MOST OF YOU AND FOR THAT I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU.. I'M TAKING FRI. OFF AND HOPE THE WEATHER WILL BREAK (YEA RIGHT). I WILL LAUNCH OUT OF THE VIKING OFF OF RT 35 IN SAYREVILLE AND RUN THE BAY AREA. WELL JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS AGAIN TO ALL OF YOU FOR SHAREING YOUR STORIES AND I'LL ALSO KEEP YOU ALL POSTED ON MY FISHING TRIPS IN THE FUTURE..

Angler Name : Big V
E-Mail : vdeg@aol.com
Boat Name: -
Date Fished: 4/17/00
Location: Sandy Hook River side
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10-12"
Bait or Lure: Blood worms and crippled herring
Water Depth: 10-15'
Water Temp.: 50+-
Information : Started out at the bait shop with some Bloodworms. I got to the hook around 3:30, overcast but not raining, the ocean was very rough. So I went over to the river side. I started with two poles using fluke rigs and bloodworms, the tide was low -coming in. I spotted some fish jumping so i changed one pole to cast a crippled herring. BANG and blue hit it! I brought him in, it felt good feisty little guy! released him and cast again, BANG another, they were jumping around and went in under the bridge with the tide. It was fun to catch these little Blues. Good luck guys.

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Angler Name : stevekaz
E-Mail : stevekaz@snip.net
Boat Name: akula
Date Fished: 4/16/00
Location: tabletop/ge
Fishing Method: bottom jig
Specie: Sandbar Shark
Size: 12-16lbs
Bait or Lure: seaclam
Water Depth: 50-80
Water Temp.: 45-48
Information : Tried for some blackfish. Seems like they are still out at the wrecks in deeper waters. No blackfish but a billion dogfish. Lots of fun on a med action rod. They are traveling in big schools. We caught six in a few minutes. Last on was about 40". Hope the makos are following.

Angler Name : Phil Kozak National Fishing Association
E-Mail : NFA5441@AOL.COM
Boat Name: Pocket Rocket
Date Fished: 4/16/2000
Location: Out of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size: Bostons and small macks
Bait or Lure: Mackeral trees
Water Depth: 65 to 70 ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Fished on course of 70 degrees for three miles. Fish were between 20 and 40 ft. Drifted for i 1/2 hours could have caught as many as you wanted. Word of caution a SE swell created a dangerous condition at the inlet on a ebb tide. There were breaking waves inside the jettys and one should use caution went entering or leaving this inlet. There is shoaling problem and with the right conditons this could be dangerous to say the least. NFA will leave thurs for their 5th annual Striped Bass tag and release program on the Hudson River starting the 29th of April. Tight lines Phil kozak NFA

Angler Name : Capt.Ron Robinson
E-Mail : Rondo_25@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Capt. Smokey
Date Fished: 4/16/00
Location: Mantoloking area
Fishing Method:
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size:
Bait or Lure: Sandworms
Water Depth: 6Ft.
Water Temp.: 53deg
Information : Had the Capt. Smokey out for the IFART Flounder Tournament with the group from the Broadway Bar in Point Pleasant. Water temp has risen to 53deg which could spark some other fisheries soon. Fished the outgoing tide and had fair results pulling about 25 fish,all about a pound to 2 pound. Saw a guy ride by hold up a nice weakie so that time might be here.

Angler Name : DAN MCGIVNEY
E-Mail : DANMCGIV@AOL.COM
Boat Name: MEGAN BETH
Date Fished: 4/16/00
Location: 3MILES EAST OF MANASQUAN
Fishing Method: JIGGING
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size: 2.0LBS
Bait or Lure: JIGS
Water Depth: 75
Water Temp.: 45
Information : CAPT DAN MADE THE FIRST TRIP OF THE SEASON. HAD DAUGHTER MEGAN (91/2YRS OLD )TO CATCH HER FIRST MACKEREL MADE TWO DRIFTS AND BOATED OVER A THOUSAND MACKEREL THAT WENT INTO THE FREEZER IN JUST 31/2 HOURS OF FISHING . FISHING WAS GOOD AS IT GETS AND ACTION WAS NONE STOP.HOPEFULLY ITS JUST THE BEGINNING AND IT LAST FOR A FEW WEEKS.ALSO ON THE BOAT WAS MATE TIM BRENNAN ALONG WITH DAD PETE AND STEVE LESSEL AND JIM FROM ALLENTOWN PA.

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Angler Name : Jimmy Rivelli & Marc Hrycak
E-Mail : marc0311@aol.com
Boat Name: REEL ACTION
Date Fished: April 15,2000
Location: 5 Mi. East of Manasqaun Inlet
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size: 1/2 to 1 1/2 lb
Bait or Lure: mackerel rigs
Water Depth: 60'+
Water Temp.: 47
Information : We ran out late afternoon hoping to get into some mackerel. We heard about a lot of action in the morning. We found a couple of small schools then the main body. We put about 50 into the boat in 2 hours before the rain came.

Angler Name : craig Meyer
E-Mail : redcraig87@hotmail.com
Boat Name: rhino
Date Fished: 4-15-00
Location: mouth of shrewsbury
Fishing Method: anchor
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 11 1/2 to 17"
Bait or Lure: bloodworms and chum
Water Depth: 7'
Water Temp.: 46
Information : My Dad promised me we would go and we did visability was bad but we caught 6 keepers and one short stripper

Angler Name : Werner Sprie
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 4-15-00
Location: 40 mile wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Ling (AKA Red Hake)
Size: 2-4 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 150 ft.
Water Temp.: 47 degrees
Information : The Bounty Hunter made it's first charter of the year with Werner Sprie on board. It came as no surprise that Mother Nature would welcome us to the new season with torrential rains and zero visibility fog. Stopping on our first wreck at 40 miles and 150 ft. deep the 47 degree water produced a non stop bite of large Ling in the 3 to 4 lb. range along with 1 Pollock. Moving in to 80 ft. of water, the wrecks showed very little life. A handfull of Seabass, obviously early arrivals inshore was all we put in the box.

Angler Name : Braden Niper
E-Mail : yo_think_about_it@hotmain.com
Boat Name: Prowler
Date Fished: 4/15/00
Location: Raritan Bay(I think)
Fishing Method: sinker bouncing
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: up to 16 inches
Bait or Lure: clams and sandworms
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.: 42
Information : Thought the rain was going to hold off for us...We were wrong!!! Slow pick all day, but the fish that were taken were better than average...strong tide didn't help. I took 1 and dropped 2. My father took 2 dropped one...and won the pool with a 16 incher. The fishing wasn't the best...but the Prowler is still a great boat, with a great crew!!!

Angler Name : Captain Bob Balewicz
E-Mail : bob@cornerelo.com
Boat Name: Carcharodon
Date Fished: 4/15/00
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Bottom/jigging
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: To 1 1/2 lbs
Bait or Lure: Sand & Blood Worms
Water Depth: 8-18'
Water Temp.: 49-51
Information : What a difference a day makes, huh? Well, a couple anyway. Mid-week in the Raritan Bay, you could've netted the Stripers & Winter Flounders. But given the cold front and especially in the case of Winter Flounder, clouds, it made for a tough day of fishing for Rich Lenches & Walter Gasior. We heard of a few spotty Stripes that were jigged or trolled. Conditions warranted "drizzle" gear, handkerchiefs & spring fever, but there was a crowd of boats at Romer Shoal like I haven't seen since last year! Winter Flounder at Romer usually means they're on the way out, but I don't think so. Way inside Raritan Bay you can still load up on the flatties...if you know where!

Angler Name : Rick
E-Mail : REBEL2SOLO@AOL.COM
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4-15
Location: STRATHMERE
Fishing Method: FIN-S
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26-27"
Bait or Lure: 4" FIN-S
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Had 2 fish in an hour 26"and 27" started getting cold when fog rolled in so called it a nite. going back tonite though:)

Angler Name : Andrew Beko,Chis Ozempco,Mark Hudson parties
E-Mail : captpete@hyperstipercharters.com
Boat Name: HYPER STRIPER
Date Fished: April 13,14 15
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Troll/jig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 29lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : The bass fishing has been consistent the last few days with the last three parties limiting on keepers .Thursday was especially good as the bass were very active and were considerably larger than they have been.The Beko party was limited early and releasing by 9:30 am.Friday the Ozempco party had to work but still managed 16 keepers and 10 shorts.Saturday's mob scene didn't bother the bass too much,as the Hudson party totalled 14 keepers and 8 shorts by 1pm.Things are looking good for the coming weeks.

Angler Name : CARL PICCALO
E-Mail : just1mor@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: "JUST ONE MORE"
Date Fished: 4/15/00
Location: SANDY HOOK,RARITAN BAYS
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 15 LBS.,36"
Bait or Lure: PLUGS
Water Depth: 15'
Water Temp.: 50.8 DEGREES
Information : THE "JUST ONE MORE" HAD A BANNER DAY ,SATURDAY,TROLLING STRIPED BASS. THE CARL PICCALO PARTY LANDER A FULL LIMIT OF STRIPED BASS UP TO 15 LBS. AND 36" LONG. OTHER SHORT BASS WERE RELEASED AND A FEW MORE KEEPERS WERE HOOKED AND LOST. THIS IS NOT THE HEAVY WIRE LINE TROLLING WITH UMBRELLA RIGS. WE ARE TROLLING WITH MONO AND PLUGS IN 15' OF WATER. REAL FUN FISHING.MUCH EASIER TO FIGHT.PLENTY OF BUNKER AROUND. WATER TEMP. WENT UP TO 50.8 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON. THIS FISHING WILL ONLY IMPROVE AS THE WATER TEMP. INCREASES A LITTLE MORE! TIME TO GO IF YOU WANT SOME FRESH BASS FILLETS FOR THE TABLE. CHECK OUT MY WEBSITE ON THIS SITE. THANKYOU. CAPT. RICH

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Boat Name: OSPREY
Date Fished: 4/15/00
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26"
Bait or Lure: U. Rig
Water Depth: 17
Water Temp.: N/A
Information : Landed the first Striper of the Millenium on the osprey The weather sucked but still managed to have fun...Looked like the entire fleet of boats did ok. The season is in full swing now.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron Robinson
E-Mail : Rondo_25@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Capt. Smokey
Date Fished: 4/15/00
Location: 4M SE of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Blackfish
Size:
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: 65
Water Temp.:
Information : Took a party out on the Capt.Smokey from Hoffmans Marina today. Fished a small wreck off the Bayhead area and took some small blackfish. Started looking for another peice of structure and ran into a large school of mackeral. Pulled about 100 lbs before the weather got to the party. Fish were aabout 2 miles off the beach.

Angler Name : chuck
E-Mail : indian=times@attworldnet.net
Boat Name: neverenough
Date Fished: 4/15/00
Location: litteleggsodbanks
Fishing Method: driftedworms
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : got a couple of good hits but missed them marked lots of good size fish there will be down at the rt 72 brige tonight good fisin

Angler Name : Mike
E-Mail : NJsaxMIKE@aol.com
Boat Name: N/A
Date Fished: 4/14/00
Location: Union Beach
Fishing Method: Chuckin' Bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: N/A
Bait or Lure: Cut bait and sandworms
Water Depth: 10'
Water Temp.: around 50
Information : Fished Union Beach from 6:30 til about 8:45, not much really happenin'. One guy had a striper, he released it. Later on, my father got a hit, which turned out to be a skate. Hope this isn't an omen of things to come. Pretty disappointing for the first trip of the year, but, hey, what can ya do? We'll get 'em next time. And by the way, mooseman, whats you're email address, I have some questions? Thanks a lot.

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E-Mail : cokamar@aol.com
Boat Name: Major Decision
Date Fished: 4-14-00
Location: Rainbow Channel
Fishing Method: Striped Bass
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25-30
Bait or Lure: fresh Herring
Water Depth: 7-8 foot
Water Temp.: 51
Information : Anchored up close to the bridge. Caught 10 Stripers three of which were keepers. Caught one on a live 8 inch Herring. The others were caught on chunks. Im searching for Mackeral can anyone tell me how far out they are?

Angler Name : lou truppi
E-Mail : lntassoc@fast.net
Boat Name: chelsea/lynn
Date Fished: 4/13 -4/14
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: trolling /jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 39''
Bait or Lure: spoons/jigs
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Small pods of stripers in various bay locations. Only had three fish over 10 lbs

Angler Name : USG CREW
E-Mail : ARROW@AOL.COM
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4/14/2000
Location: Cliffwood Beach
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: worms and freash bunker
Water Depth: 5'
Water Temp.: 50 give or take
Information : Not a bite on the last 2 1/2 hrs of the incoming and not a bite on the first 2 hrs of the outgoing. Not a not a fish was beached. Well 1 short bass that was almost mistaken for a killie.

Angler Name : fisherguy
Date:04/14/00
Specie: Striped Bass
Information : Hey, guys. Am I the only one out there who thinks this legislatioin to change the minimum length for a keeper from 28" to 26" is a really bad idea? The 28" figure is not an arbitrary one. It's based on the biological fact that a 28" fish could (should) have spawned. So why is there the legislation to change it to 26"? You know the other striper states will come under pressure to change their minimum to 26. It seems pretty obvious that there will be less and less fish if we start taking all those 26 inchers we've been catching. I'm old enough to remember when stripers were hard come by. The cleaning of the water (especially the Hudson) and the 28" minimum have helped stocks rebound to their current level where you can actually catch fish on a regular basis. So if it ain't broke, why fix it? No one is claiming this is going to help the striper stock, so why is this happening? Who or what is behind this shortsighted legislation? Anybody know? What do you guys think about it? I think it comes down to this: which would you prefer, more fish fry's in your immediate future, or being able to fish for stripers in your later years with your children?

Angler Name : moose man
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Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4/13/00
Location: highlands bridge-
Fishing Method: jigging plastic tails
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 6"" tails
Bait or Lure: 6" bass assassin
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : bass are still at the highlands and naversink bridges out going tide still the best,bass swirying on the top during the night tides, jigging herring and the large tails seem to be the best right now,fish while you can the police will be chasing you off the bridges very soon!!!!

Angler Name : Steve
E-Mail : late4dinner@webtv.net
Boat Name: late4dinner
Date Fished: 4 13 00
Location: Somers Point O.C.
Fishing Method: jigging bridges
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22 to 26 inches
Bait or Lure: finess fish 7 inch
Water Depth: 8 to 15 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : cought my first 4 bass of the year lost two more that wraped me around the bridge, the water started out looking like coffee but cleared up nicely with incoming tide perfectly acceptable first trip of 2000 looks like nice tides around dusk this week go get em

Angler Name : James Pfeiffer
E-Mail : pfeifs @home.com
Boat Name: mi Jo
Date Fished: 04/13/00
Location: highlands shoals
Fishing Method: chum at anchor
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 1 to 2 1/2 ibs up to 17"
Bait or Lure: chum, sandworms, clams
Water Depth: 14'
Water Temp.:
Information : party of 11 men boated 70 flounder mostly on incomimg tide. only three shorts. fished near shoals lite and had best bite between 12 noon and 3 pm.

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Angler Name : lil markie
E-Mail : xlx 1981
Boat Name: no name
Date Fished: 4/12/00
Location: barnegat bay
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: barely legal
Bait or Lure: blood worms
Water Depth: 4-12'
Water Temp.: upper 40's
Information : my pop pop put us on the flounders. had to chum heavy. we fished on the south side of the mantoloking bridge on out going tide. lots of bites and we caught 8 nice keepers plus the crabs are showing up. we caught about a dozen and half were legal. things are lookin up. got a tip from amidships.com and it payed off. hope to get out again on sunday and hope you can be there too

Angler Name : Sean
E-Mail : Angler31
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4/10
Location: IBSP
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20"-24"
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: 4'
Water Temp.: 45
Information : On in slack high.

Angler Name : CAPT. RICH NEWALLIS JR.
E-Mail : just1mor@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: "JUST ONE MORE"
Date Fished: VARIOUS
Location: SHREWSBURY RIVER,SANDY HOOK BAY
Fishing Method: BAIT AND CHUM
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: TO 16.5"
Bait or Lure: SANDWORMS
Water Depth: 15-20 FEET
Water Temp.: 46.8 DEGREES
Information : HELLO,THE "JUST ONE MORE" IS BACK IN THE WATER AND POUNDING THE FLOUNDER. FISHING HAS BEEN FAIR ONE DAY AND SLOWER THE NEXT.THE SHREWSBURY RIVER HAS BEEN THE BEST BET LATELY. WITH SLACK WATER BEING THE BEST OF THE TIDE. SANDWORMS ARE WORKING REAL WELL.CLAMS ARE A DISTANT SECOND. THE KEY IS CHUMMING HEAVY WITH CLAM CHUM.TWO CHUM POTS AT THE LEAST GOING AT THE SAME TIME.KEEP BOUNCING THOSE SINKERS TO ATTRACT THEM ,THEN LET SIT FOR A WHILE. IT REALLY WORKS! WILL BE TESTING THE WATERS THIS WEEK FOR TROLLING KEEPER STRIPERS IN RARITAN BAY ON BUNKER SPOONS. THAT WILL BREAK OPEN ANY DAY NOW.CHUNKING WILL START IN EARNEST IN MAY. MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE EARLIER,DEPENDING ON WATER TEMPS.

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Angler Name : GREG BACILO
E-Mail : GBACILO@AOL.COM
Boat Name: FISH-ON
Date Fished: APRIL 8 ,2000
Location: STATEN ISLAND FLATS
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26,24,29''
Bait or Lure: S WORMS
Water Depth: 9-15 FT
Water Temp.: 45.7
Information : FISHED BEFORE FRONT BLEW US OFF AT 11AM.WATER TEMP. NEEDS TO HIT 49 DEGREES . NOT BAD FOR FIRST TRIP!!

Angler Name : Dave
E-Mail :
Boat Name: 17'
Date Fished: 4/8/00
Location: Shrewsbury
Fishing Method:
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: to 15.5"
Bait or Lure: Bloodworms
Water Depth: 10'
Water Temp.: 45??
Information : Nailed them in middle of river on high slack tide, the rest of the time was sporatic. Rig with yellow twister was not productive.

Angler Name : Russ Radil
E-Mail : rradil@vestcomintl.com
Boat Name: Click Click
Date Fished: April 8, 2000
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Boat
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 2 inches
Bait or Lure: Sandworms / Bloodworms
Water Depth: 8 Feet
Water Temp.: 48
Information : Had a rough day on the water. Drank heavily the night before and was fighting seasickness all day. Helped cut down on chum expense. Caught 1 "Postage Stamp" in 15 hrs. of fishing.

Angler Name : Tim & Brian
E-Mail :
Boat Name: No Name
Date Fished: 8 April 2000
Location: Bouy 54
Fishing Method: Bottom w/Chum
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: It had to be 18 inches
Bait or Lure: Blood Worms
Water Depth: ~ 10 feet
Water Temp.: Cold
Information : First time out. Picked the wrong day. Kind of choppy, but still had fun...couple of bites...the big one got away. We'll get him next time.

Angler Name : Allen
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Prowler
Date Fished: 4/8
Location: Sandy Hook Bay/Shrewsbury mouth
Fishing Method: bottom/anchor
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 10.5-14"
Bait or Lure: sandworms/clams
Water Depth: 10-25'
Water Temp.: 47
Information : Slow day.. Only 7 fares due to opening day of trout season..Tried around the 2/3 cans in the Lower part of Sandy Hook Bay w/ only limited action on an incoming tide.. The 7 of us picked about 3 fish in the first 4 1/2 hours between there and Horseshoe cove.. I picked one in this time, a measly 1 lber that would win the pool.. Later moved to the mouth of the Shrewsbury to hit the slack, again very little action, 5 more fish, 4 keepers.. Only 8 on the boat all day, I wound up w/ 2.. Hopefully things will get better! tight lines

Angler Name : Captain Bob Balewicz
E-Mail : bob@cornerelo.com
Boat Name: Carcharodon
Date Fished: Saturday, April 8, 2000
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: Up to 2 lbs
Bait or Lure: Clam Chum & Worms
Water Depth: 8-12
Water Temp.: 49-51
Information : Any other fools out on Saturday? Whew, that was some blow! I knew the weather was due to hit, so I dropped the hook on a favorite spot by 6:30; although it was on the incoming tide, had a few really fat fish in the box quickly by chumming heavy. Picked a schoolie striper and got stripped by a few others. Moved once & less than an hour later it was blowin' 30-40 knots...I was sorry I moved! I've fished the Raritan all my life & have never seen it like that. Guys around me were 50/50 w/flounder & striper setups but the fish just weren't biting that good. Maybe they knew enough to stay home!

Angler Name : ANTHONY DEPASQUALE
E-Mail : TONYD.3@HOME.COM
Boat Name: SEA FOX
Date Fished: APRIL 08,2000
Location: 17 FATHOMS& MUD HOLE
Fishing Method: BOTTOM FISHING
Specie: Ling (AKA Red Hake)
Size: 3LBS
Bait or Lure: CLAMS& BERGALL STRIPS
Water Depth: 110 TO 150 FT
Water Temp.: SURFACE TEMP 47
Information : Had a descent afternoon on the sea fox.only about 10 people on the boat started off slow,but picked up in the afternoon in deeper water.Fishing should improve with the warmer weather,took about seven ling most people had a little more or a little less.Afew pollack came up also.Capt chad did the best he could to find the fish and the mate mike was helpful also.Good luck& have fun all

Angler Name : Tom
E-Mail : thomasobrien@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Trophy
Date Fished: 4-8-00
Location: GE inlet/bay
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Bingle Bunker Tail, NOT!
Water Depth: 20
Water Temp.: 46
Information : Not that much going on. But I really was hoping to ask Joe Fantola to stop shamelessly pushing this Binkle Bunker Tails, and insulting our intelligence. It is obvious he makes and or sells them. Nobody is getting nonstop action, give me a break! Take out an AD!

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Angler Name : Mark & Sarah
E-Mail : THUMMPRR@AOL.COM
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4/7
Location: CLIFFWOOD BEACH SURF
Fishing Method: SURF BASS RIGS
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: NONE
Bait or Lure: BLOOD/SANDWORMS
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : MY DAUGHTER SARAH AND I DECIDED TO GIVE IT A SHOT AS SOMEBODY CAUGHT A 28 P0UNDER THERE FRI AM. IT WAS HIGH TIDE JUST STARTING TO GO OUT. WE FROZE OUR BUTTS OFF FOR AN HOUR OR SO TILL IT STARTED TO RAIN AND NOT EVEN A NIBBLE, BUT WE STILL HAD FUN. SHE GOT A BIG KICK OUT OF THE BAIT MACHINE AT THE TACKLE BOX.BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 70 DEGREE WEATHER????????

Angler Name : bobby k.
E-Mail : bobbycrab @ aol. com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4/7/00
Location: navasink river
Fishing Method: anchored and chumming
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: keepers
Bait or Lure: sand and blood worms
Water Depth: 10 ft to 17ft
Water Temp.:
Information : fish were scattered, catch a few here and there. lot of plunging with the pole and chum pots. supposedly fish were caught at the end of low tide. I got out there near the top of the tide and fished the forks of the shewsbury and navesink.caught a few and went up river to the oceanic bridge ( west side) picked away here and by the marina. got a few nice fish up river by meyer's hole. finished the day with 12 keepers and 150 clams. not a bad day after all. Beats working! bobbycrab

Angler Name : LEE
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4-7-00
Location: RARITAN BAY
Fishing Method: STANDARD/ FROM BOAT
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 11.25/12/13.5/15.O
Bait or Lure: WORMS
Water Depth: 10-16 FT
Water Temp.:
Information : THERE ARE CATCHABLE NUMBERS, I CAUGHT 4 ON THE STRONG OUTGOING TIDE, I GOT A NICE FLURRY OF ACTIVITY UNTIL THAT SOUTH WIND KICKED IN,AGAINST THE TIDE, I HATE THAT. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL OUT TIL THEN. I BAGGED IT EARLY. ALL WE NEED IS DECENT WEATHER.

Angler Name : charles szyper
E-Mail : szyper@kwiknet.net
Boat Name: big mowhawk 3
Date Fished: 4/7/00
Location: bellmawr
Fishing Method: drop
Specie: Blackfish
Size: 20 in
Bait or Lure: clams/sweet potatoe
Water Depth: 120 ft
Water Temp.: 45
Information : went to rocks and wrecks were killing them lost alot of dipsies though

Angler Name : Keith
E-Mail : spidey88t@excite.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: April6,7
Location: Carneys Point
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 31 inch,18lbs
Bait or Lure: bloodworms
Water Depth: 7-10ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Caught 5 other stripers from 22 to 27 inches.

Angler Name : John D.
E-Mail : seabass@localnet.com
Boat Name: Miss Chris
Date Fished: 4/7/00
Location: Cape May
Fishing Method:
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size: mixed
Bait or Lure: mackerel tree
Water Depth: 60 to 80ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Good day mackerel fishing I caught 65 macks. The were mixed in size from small to large with a good amount of large ones. Good boat and crew.

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Angler Name : Capt Pete & mate Brian Morris
E-Mail : captpete@hyperstripercharters.com
Boat Name: Hyper Striper
Date Fished: April 6
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Troll/Jig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 18lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : We made our first trip to look for stripers today.Just the two of us went scouting to see what was happening.We did well as 6 keepers to 18lbs were boated in 4 hours.Two shorts were also caught.This bodes well for upcoming bass charters which begin tommorow.I hope this spring is as good as the last few.

Angler Name : Chris & Putz
E-Mail : hagenspiel@enter.net
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 4/6/00
Location: Ocean City
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: all artificials, I mean "ALL"
Water Depth: surf and flats
Water Temp.: 50 ?
Information : fished Corson's inlet hard, all day on the outgoing tide, wind 30mph+, fished flats, channels, bridge. Moved up to toll bridge @ Great Egg(North end) for incoming....no better. First Striper trip of the year, thought we'd get lucky.....next time.

Angler Name : LEE
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4-5-00
Location: SHARK RIVER
Fishing Method: SHORE
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: WORMS
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : STRICTLY A SAND IN YOUR MOLARS DAY.THANKS FOR YOUR RESPONSE RICK.

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Angler Name : Gene Karlson
E-Mail : Matawan, N.J.
Boat Name: Surf
Date Fished: 4-4-00
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Surf Fishing
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28 1/4"
Bait or Lure: Worms
Water Depth: 0'-20'
Water Temp.: Nice-50's
Information : Fished in the rain for 3.5 hours staring at the tip of the poles and getting Striper Neck. When I turned away to get a drink and think about leaving, the reel started running, Fish On!I did measure the fish twice and both times over 28" and hooked under the lower jaw. This is my 1st Striper of 2000, and hopefully will be many more. Good Luck Everyone!

Angler Name : Joe Fontala
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Calvin B.
Date Fished: 4/4/00
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 8-25 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bingle Bunker Tail
Water Depth: 40-60 feet
Water Temp.:
Information : Had another terrific day jigging bass with my Bingle Bunker Tail. Boy, these lures are fabulous. Biggest fish was about 25 lbs. Had constant action all day. Bunker are starting to move up this way, and since the Bunker Tail resembles a peanut bunker so well, the action was superb. Remember, you gotta get some of these lures for great bass fishing!

Angler Name : Marc, Davin, Gary, David
E-Mail : mwiswer@mahoneyreatly.com
Boat Name: The Brat
Date Fished: 4 - 3 - 00
Location: The Rips - Cape May
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: white buckies / green buckies with mackeral strips
Water Depth: up to 40ft
Water Temp.: about 44 - 45degreees
Information : flat as a lake - we ran down from Longport - took us about 1 hour. fished from 8:00am until 12:30 - we only had 1 flounder which was not the fish that we were looking for but it was the first fish of the year on the boat. very calm conditions no other boat traffic to speak of. looking forward to next weekend. please reply if you aare looking to set up a network of fisher folks. Marc

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Angler Name : Harry
E-Mail : bigtuna59@aol.com
Boat Name: DJ's
Date Fished: 4/02/00
Location: 60 miles southeast of Cape May
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 2 - 6 lbs
Bait or Lure: Pro-cut squid, mackeral
Water Depth: 225 feet
Water Temp.: 48 degrees
Information : Most incredible trip for jumbo seabass aboard the DJ's I have ever had. All four of us 3 - 4 jumbo seabass in the 2 to 6 lb range every time we lowered our baits. I never seen anything like it! Weather was perfect with calm seas. Seabass bit most every thing we put on the hooks but guaranteed bass could be had on each hook with pro-cut purple and green colored scented baits. Top ten trip in 30 years of fishing.

Angler Name : FishingZ
E-Mail : fishingz@yahoo.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4/2/00
Location: Keyport
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20"
Bait or Lure: sand worms
Water Depth: 5 to 10 ft
Water Temp.: not sure
Information : It was an overcast day and pretty windy. Fished from 6:30am to 10:30am My Brother-in-law caught his first striper of the season 2 seconds into his first cast(small about 24") Struck out myself but did see several other stripers landed, one was atleast 30". The guy did release it : ) I'll take it for the first of the year.

Angler Name : Bob Erickson
E-Mail : fishukd2@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: Free Bee
Date Fished: 4/02/00
Location: marker 54 Harvy Ceaders
Fishing Method: anchored with clamchum
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 12to14.5"
Bait or Lure: Blood worm
Water Depth: 8ft
Water Temp.: 54f.
Information : Hi guys went out for the first time this year and as it would happen mother nature was in a rotten mood. We left the ramp in surf city and headed up to harvy ceaders .Hoping the wind would hold out it did for about an hour but then it started to get even worse. we did manage to catch seven fish all in about two hours. there were five other boats there alreadyand we only saw maybe six caught be tween all of them . my frind was on another boat they had seven also. one thing that helped us out was the flounder pounder its the best investment i ever madeeven though its only a plunger on a 14ft aluminumpole cost six bucks to make. the tide was rollin in and thats why we probaly dident do as well .wind kicked up too strong for us so we went to try by ship bottom and only saw one fish caught by the 8 boats that were there. we tried but no luck. so the only good thing is we dident get skunked and went home with 7 fish.I"m going to try to keep up on my reports this year so we can all enjoy good fishing. I only get one day off during the summer being a marine meachanic really sucks at times especially when its good weather. so keep those lines tight and pray for mother nature to give us some good weather. thanks BoB

Angler Name : mooseman
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4/1--4/2/00
Location: sea bright-naversink bridges
Fishing Method: fishing off bridges
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure: live herring
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : river loaded with herring-jigging herring ar bridges live linning-got one 10lbs,lots of fish at the bridges quite a few run offs-fish were caught to 15lbs,it will get better in the next few weeks,cops are not chasing anyone yet--strickly nite time fishing-out tide

Angler Name : RICK
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished:
Location: SHARK RIVER
Fishing Method:
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Hey Lee on the other side of the river on the north chanel there is an exelent ramp that brys marine opperates. I dont know there phone number but its worth a try.

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4-2-00
Location: Port Monmouth-Spy House Pier
Fishing Method: Surf-Dead Stick
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 11-12.25 Inchs
Bait or Lure: Sandworms
Water Depth: 6-10 Ft
Water Temp.: ??
Information : Threw a pair of chum pots over the side of the Spy House Pier along with dead sticking 3 rods.Over the coures of the incoming tide picked 4 keeper flatties.Probably would have done alittle better if I had worked a rod or two instead of dead sticking.

Angler Name : Howard
E-Mail : howardr3@cs.com
Boat Name: no name
Date Fished: 4/2
Location: Manoloking Bridge
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 13''
Bait or Lure: sand worms
Water Depth: 5feet
Water Temp.: 53 F
Information : I did not see a lot of action but Joe and I got 3 nice fish between the two of us. I christened my new reel and Joe christened his new boat. It was kind of windy and there were a lot of boats out there. All the fish were fat. I didn't dive this weekend due to the cloudy water so I can not tell everyone what it looked like on the bottom.

Angler Name : Tom
E-Mail : tcw30@hotmail.com
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: 4/2/00
Location: Rush Chattin Bridge (Corsons Inlet)
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30"
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished from 2am to 5am. Bass busting everywhere but they were not very cooperative. I got a 30 incher which was released unharmed. Better than previous night when I got skunked.

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Angler Name : Duane
E-Mail : KingStriperHead@webtv.net
Boat Name: Buckeye2
Date Fished: 4-1-00
Location: Delaware river
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 14-26 in
Bait or Lure: Bloodworm
Water Depth: 10 ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Fished the river for 2 1/2 hrs. we caught 33 stripers. I had 18 Gary had 9 and Bruce had 6. The stripers are finally active!!!I saw plenty of activity in the water, shad that is. I had a confirmed report from a reliable source up in Burlington that he had caught 34 shad in the last week. His best day was 14 on friday. For all those who fish the river, you know that tht means the herring are not far behind. Looks like the tie is finally here. Get your boats in the water and keep a tight line!!!!

Angler Name : Chuck & John
E-Mail : Bearstalker2@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Jamacia
Date Fished: 4-1-00
Location: Offshore wreaks
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Porgy
Size: Mixed bag of fish
Bait or Lure: Clams and squid
Water Depth: 200ft +
Water Temp.: Na
Information : Fished the Jamaica on 4/ 1 /oo .had Nice weather and plenty of fish mixed bag of pollack seabass ling. Capt Howard did a good job on getting us on the wrccks.The mates were excellent.All people walked off boat with fish. Hope to go again soon

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: Prowler
Date Fished: 4-1-00
Location: Shrewsbury River
Fishing Method: Anchor-Chum
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: Sublegal-13 inchs
Bait or Lure: Sandworm,Clam Strips
Water Depth: 10-12 Ft
Water Temp.: 40's
Information : Decided to try the more protected and traditionl early hot spot as opposed to the open waters of Raritan Bay.Fished the entired ebb tide & ebb slack water from the Quay to just south of the Sedge Islands. At best,there was a slow pick of flatties--slightly over 20 keepers for the boat with half as many shorts.Ray & I combined for 3--I boated 1 barely keeper and we each boated a short.

Angler Name : Jim
E-Mail : jfox1739@aol.com
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 4-1-2000
Location: Delaware river
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25+
Bait or Lure: bloodworms
Water Depth: 15 ft
Water Temp.: 51
Information : got 19 fish in about 2 hrs.

Angler Name : peter morales
E-Mail : captain518@aol.com
Boat Name: millwrite mistress
Date Fished: 4/1/2000
Location: shewsbury river
Fishing Method: boat
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 10 in
Bait or Lure: bloodworms
Water Depth: 7ft
Water Temp.: 49
Information : fished saturday for flounder looked all over the river for a good spot that didnt have two party boats and three other boats attached to it, finally anchored up and started to chum, caught a nice 1.25lb within 5 min next there were two party boats and a number of other boats approaching caught 6 more before i had to move due to all the preasure.moved again and started catching fish.truth is there are fish all over the bottom anywhere in that river just chum heavy and stay away from those big pushy party boats

Angler Name : G. Davis
E-Mail :
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 4/1/00
Location: IBSP
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: fin-s
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: cold
Information : Fished 3-5 PM. Partly cloudy with 10-15 MPH South winds. No fish.

Angler Name : Rob Kolber
E-Mail : kolber@rider.edu
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: .4/01/00
Location: Delaware River, Palmyra, N.J.
Fishing Method: Bottomfishing
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: around 20-22 inches
Bait or Lure: blood worm on worm and clam rig
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : The shad and herring are starting to move further up Delaware River and the stripers are following. Fished on an outgoing tide around 5 p.m. and landed 3 shorts between 20-22 inches before 6:30 p.m. The bite was good but smaller stripers and perch pick at bait making it hard to keep whole bloodworms on the hook.

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