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FISHING REPORTS FOR APRIL 2002

Angler Name : Frank Lukenda
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 04/30/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Bait &Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 21 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams & Rigs
Water Depth: 25 Ft.
Water Temp.: 51 Degrees
Information : The Bounty Hunter ran up to Raritan Bay with the Frank Lukenda charter. Putting in a couple of hours with Clam baits in the AM proved uneventful. We switched over to trolling and by 10AM were limited out with Stripers up to 40" the largest of which weighed 21 Lbs. The charter released fish for a few hours and we were on our way home by noon.

Angler Name : Barry Thomas sr
E-Mail : junkmansj@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Surf
Date Fished: 4/28
Location: Cape May
Fishing Method: surf fishing
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30" 10#
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: unk
Water Temp.: unk
Information : On the beach 3 minutes. first cast fish slammed the bait

Angler Name : John Drastal
E-Mail : jdrastal@connectbusiness.com
Boat Name: Bluehen
Date Fished: 04/28/02
Location: Flynn's Knoll
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 29"-31"
Bait or Lure: Yellow shads
Water Depth: 18'
Water Temp.: 45
Information : Trolled Flynn's Knoll in the middle of the downpour. Boated 4 bass, all keepers on the first two passes. On the next pass, I hit into a school of large blues that were a lot of fun. Had three on at a time.

Angler Name : Joe D
E-Mail : jdempsey@louisberger.com
Boat Name: Think Positive
Date Fished: 4/27/02
Location: Hudson River
Fishing Method: Chunk, Bottom
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 40"
Bait or Lure: A Chunk of White Perch
Water Depth: 17 feet
Water Temp.: mid 50s
Information : Launched Think Positive into the Hudson for some more action on the Striper run up north. Mom snagged a White Perch and I chunked it up and threw it on a sharp 3/0 hook with a 4' leader. Hooked up with a powerful Sriper right away. Peeled my 20lb test for 4 good runs. Boated it, weighed it in at 10lbs, photographed it - and she swam away strong; healthy as can be. That's it - the only Striper on the day, but what a fish!! I'll never forget it. Thanks Doris and Jim!!

Angler Name : Jeff Owens
E-Mail : jowens@kentmcbride-nj.com
Boat Name: kayak
Date Fished: 4/27/02
Location: off of Fortescue
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams, bloodworms, Fin-S
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Last week saw a lot of shorts landed and released. Fished incoming tide this week - 4 hours without a bite. Any striper action close to shore (accessible to kayak without being squashed by larger boats)?

Angler Name : Brett Penedos
E-Mail : bpenedos@mediacommail.com
Boat Name: Captain John
Date Fished: 4/27/02
Location: Western Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 38 inches
Bait or Lure: mackerel
Water Depth: 30'-50'
Water Temp.:
Information : Had an unbelievable trip with Capt. John this Sat. Caught a 20lb and 17lb on a mackerel mega bait, jigging. We were done by 10:30 and just enjoyed the rest of the day. The other bass caught were on A27's and everyone on the boat went home with a smile. Too busy catching fish to even look to see exactly where we were catching. The fish broke up about 10 o'clock and we anchored closer to home and left them bitting.

Angler Name : John and Laura
E-Mail : johnlaura@comcast.net
Boat Name: TIDE RUNNER
Date Fished: 4/27/2002
Location: Wrecks and Bell Bouy
Fishing Method: Bottom and Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2 to 6 lbs
Bait or Lure: Spoons
Water Depth: 45 to 60 '
Water Temp.: 51
Information : Started out early to fish a favorite Wreck off Manoloking which has always held fish. Anchored up and fished for 2 hours. The structure was bare of life. Heard on the radio that blues were being trolled and jig around the Bell bouy. So we pulled anchor and headed toward the fish. In about 3 hours we trolled up 24 fish. I saw no readings on the bottom the fish were swimming at about 5 to 8'. Another great day to be at sea.

Angler Name : Sean Mallory
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: April 27
Location: 15 mile South of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 5 pounds
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 75 feet
Water Temp.: 51
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and Adam LaRosa had the Canyon Runner south of Manasquan Inlet Saturday with the Sean Mallory charter from Holmdel, NJ and found the Sea Bass extremely cooperative. Staying on only 1 wreck all day as the weekend crowd covered most other wrecks we finished with 175 Sea Bass with many of those released and keeping just under our limit. While we did not have one over 5 pounds we had a dozen in the 4-5 pound range. Sean's son Kyle (10) bounced back exceptionally after a tough ride out to the wreck in the unexpected northeast blow and ended up high hook.

Angler Name : Capt Scott
E-Mail : marlin1131@comcast.net
Boat Name: Kathys Diamond
Date Fished: 4/27/02
Location: Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 34"
Bait or Lure: Julians Spoon, unbrella's
Water Depth: 30
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Started trolling red side of Sandy Hook channel at 11:00, worked across to Swash and started catching on Black unbrellas and bunker spoons. Fished until 2:30 and had 3 nice bass and some blues.

Angler Name : bayner
E-Mail : bayner333@erols.com
Boat Name: kath II
Date Fished: 4/27/02
Location: keyport
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2 to 8 pounds
Bait or Lure: metals
Water Depth: 17
Water Temp.: 56
Information : did not put the pole down .fish all over

Angler Name : George
E-Mail : hounddogcorp@msn.com
Boat Name: Hound Dog Cat
Date Fished: 4/26 & 27
Location: Browns Shoal
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30" and up
Bait or Lure: chunk
Water Depth: 30'
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Fished the ASA tournament, not happy with their actions on Sunday, but had a good bite both days. Lots of sharks but when the Stripers were in the slick, it was non stop.

Angler Name : Jon Murray
E-Mail : murray@quadnet.net
Boat Name: Yukon XL
Date Fished: 04/27/02
Location: IBSP
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26" & 29"
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: ??
Water Temp.: 51
Information : My friend Bob Simon & I each caught 1 bass on clams & several 2-3lb. bluefish on cut mack.

Angler Name : Jim Schmitt
E-Mail : jschmittod@cs.com
Boat Name: Perfect Vision
Date Fished: 4/27/02
Location: Keansburg, the Reach, False Hook Rip
Fishing Method: Trolling, chumming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27"
Bait or Lure: Bunker spoons, divers, parachute jigs, clams
Water Depth: 12 to 30 feet
Water Temp.:
Information : On the water at 5:30 'til 2:00;Many boats, trolling and chumming but did not see many Stripers taken. Boats moving around all day seemed to indicate many fisherman were not connecting on bass. We did catch one bass, and the Blues were everywhere.

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: Capt John
Date Fished: 4-27-02
Location: Western Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28 Inchs
Bait or Lure: Clam Bellies, Bunker Chunks
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : My son and I took the magic hour trip aboard the Capt John. Had taylor blues also immediately after dropping anchor--most in the 1-4 pound class with a few pushing 6. We each kept 2 for the table. I took the first bass just as the sun had set--2 other bass soon followed-but after that the bite completely died as the SE wind increased.

Angler Name : Jon and Toney
E-Mail : jonathan973@aol.com
Boat Name: The Blue Budget
Date Fished: 4/27/02
Location: Point Cannal
Fishing Method: Live lining
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0 to 0
Bait or Lure: Hering
Water Depth: 20
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Fished a total of 14 hours. 6 in the morning and 8 at night. Cought every tide twice, and only one blue fish to show for it. Good thing, got my boat in on sunday and not next weekend running up to the Rocks. Hope to have better luck up there. Keep it safe everyone and let the big ones live and spawn.

Angler Name : Chuck
E-Mail : ckoller@dscp.dla.mil
Boat Name: Cheryl ann
Date Fished: 4/27/02
Location: Horseshoe
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 41"
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 28'
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Lost a few but picket a nice one. No hits on clam or herring, only the fresh bunker. Delaware bay was ruff today, wind blowing 15 kts +.

Angler Name : PJM
E-Mail :
Boat Name: M & M
Date Fished: April 27
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 16"
Bait or Lure: Shads
Water Depth: 15-22
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Started trolling in the western end of the bay. Tailor blues hit right away. After going through a dozen or so shads switch to super shad raps white/red head. Caught blues all morning, it was depressing. Had friends fishing last week catching all the stripers they wanted. Blues moved in and the stipers were no where to be found. The radio was filled with disapointed anglers looking for stipers. I have heard reports of good action at the rocks. I'll be there this week until the bay changes back.

Angler Name : Werner & Wolfgang Sprie
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 04/27/2002
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 5 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams & Crabs
Water Depth: 90 Ft.
Water Temp.: 51 Degrees
Information : Werner & Wolfgang Sprie were aboard the Bounty Hunter today and got in on some hot Seabass fishing. Fishing 4 Inshore Wrecks 25 Mi. south of Manasquan Inlet We had no problem limiting out 4 anglers with big Seabass up to 5 Lbs. All the action took place in 90 Ft. of water using Clams & Crabs for bait.

Angler Name : Al Yoshimura
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: April 26
Location: Reach
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 38"
Bait or Lure: Mann Plugs
Water Depth: 15
Water Temp.: 55
Information : The excellant Bass fishing reported for the last few days appeared to have taken a turn for the worse on Friday. Captain Phil Dulanie had the Al Yoshimura chater from Bernardsville, NJ up to the Raritan Reach and while the bite was good early on Mann 25s, putting 6 in the boat in the first few passes, once the wind started to scream the fish turned off. There were a number of slot fish caught clamming but we stuck with the troll putting a total of 9 Bass in the boat all over 30" and up to 38". We did have 1 slot and a couple dozen bluefish to 10 pounds.

Angler Name : Joe Ricci
E-Mail : captreelaction@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Action
Date Fished: April 26,2002
Location: North Of Manasqan Inlet
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Tube
Water Depth: 45'
Water Temp.: 49
Information : Had Joe Ricci aboard for a few hours of trolling. Caught bluefish.

Angler Name : Alan Kenter / Rich / Ed Gensiger
E-Mail : Captgen33@aol.com
Boat Name: A REEL LADY
Date Fished: April 26
Location: Raritan Reach
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: None
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 20' To 45'
Water Temp.: 51
Information : Got out about 8am Nothing but 8 Bluefish boated. It was windy and rough.

Angler Name : Capt. John De Mio
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fish Formula
Date Fished: 4/26
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : This afternoon we had the John Zeszotarski charter out in a howling wind. We had a lot of action with the bass and bluefish today. The highlight of the trip was a 10 lb weakfish for John`s Dad.

Angler Name : bobby
E-Mail : bratsboat@aol.com
Boat Name: REEL BRATS
Date Fished: 4/26/02
Location: Wreck Inlet, Brigantine
Fishing Method: bottom, anchored and drifting
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-3 lbs.
Bait or Lure: mackerel and clam
Water Depth: 3-20 ft.
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Drifting and anchored for stripers. Saw the boat beside us bring in three. ended up with 4 blues guess it wasn't our turn. My little 3 year old nephew got spooled.

Angler Name : G. Davis
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Slacker
Date Fished: 4/26/02
Location: Navesink River
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 4-5 lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: 10'
Water Temp.: 50's
Information : Planned to chunk for bass in the bay, but 20+ NW and the full moon ebb tide killed that plan... waves too big, boat too small. Plan B was to chunk under the Oceanic Bridge. Bluefish were in.. caught 5 (4-5 lbs)in about 90 minutes; just enough to get the boat dirty. Still,it beats working.

Angler Name : Roger L. Miller
E-Mail : rm09@aol.com
Boat Name: cobia cc
Date Fished: April 24, 2002
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24-33"
Bait or Lure: manns
Water Depth: 19-25'
Water Temp.: 50s
Information : The Shab and I went out after work today. We trolled cliffwood beach, keyport, and center of the reach near keansburg. Found lots of bass. Caught most between keyport and keansburg. 49'F clear skys, but windy. Great catch, Shab's first time catching big strippers, he went nuts!

Angler Name : Dave Pruiksma
E-Mail : pruiksma@earthlink.net
Boat Name: Hyper Striper
Date Fished: 4-24-02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Anchor
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28 - 34
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 15
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Left the Dock with 3 friends + myself at 2:45. Set anchor at 3:15. We all limited out by 3:55 - which includes the bonus permit we all had..... What an afternoon......

Angler Name : Tom
E-Mail : tom.gramlich@standardny.com
Boat Name: Lisa Ann
Date Fished: 04-24-02
Location: Sandy Hook Reach
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 43 inches
Bait or Lure: strech 25
Water Depth: 20'-50'
Water Temp.: 54
Information : We had our best day ever, three guy's with 60 + stripers and around 15 blues. The stripers were so thick that you would always have five or ten following your hooked fish when you were reeling it in. The fished ranged between 28 and 43 inches the largest fish at 35 lbs.with five fish over 30 lbs. The fish were on the surface around 11:00 am and you could see the fish boiling on the surface as far as the eye could see. Early in the morning the birds were working by the thousands in all diresctions. Never trowled more then two minutes without hooking up. It doesn't get any better then this!

Angler Name : Fred Hepper
E-Mail : hpe@njlenders.com
Boat Name: Branch Office
Date Fished: 4/24/02
Location: 14 Bell Raritan Reach
Fishing Method: Troll & Jig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 10+ Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Green Shad Rigs/Crippled Herring
Water Depth: 30 ft.
Water Temp.: 53-55
Information : Bass stacked on bass all around the 14 bell. (be carefull, it is very close to the ny line) Trolled the bright green shad rigs & killed em. No action on the spoons. Once we were over fish we were able to jig them up with 5 1/5 oz. crippled herring rigs. Temp break seems to be making the difference. If you want blues run to the 56+ spots up in the bay. For bass go -55 & troll till they cover the screen.

Angler Name : Dave Tolchin
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: April 24
Location: 15 mile South of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 5 pounds
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 75 feet
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Jay Richardella had the Dave Tolchin charter from Sayreville, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Wednesday. Bottom fishing 15 miles south of Manasquan Inlet we easily limited out and released another 40+ Sea Bass. Fishing 3 wrecks in 75-80 feet of water produced best but we stopped on one in 65 feet of water and also had a good pick. The Sea Bass were almost all between 2-4 pounds but we did have a half dozen over 4 pounds.

Angler Name : Capt. Manny Canales
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 4/24/02
Location: Elberon
Fishing Method: bait
Specie: Tautog
Size: 2-7lbs
Bait or Lure: crab
Water Depth: 60'
Water Temp.: 51
Information : Just put the boat back in on monday, and went out for a shakedown trip on wednesday. The tog bit very well, and 3 anglers all had limits of blackfish by around 1pm. plenty of nice sized fish in the 4-7lb range.Lots of good dates are still available to get in on what is shaping up to be a great spring run.

Angler Name : BILL SHILLINGFORD
E-Mail : BUCKtail8@aol.com
Boat Name: Bucktail willie
Date Fished: 4/24/02
Location: ICW BETWEEN OCEANCITY-SEAISLE
Fishing Method: TROLLING/DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15-19"
Bait or Lure: WHITE BUCKTAIL
Water Depth: VARIES
Water Temp.: 50
Information : PRETTY GOOD MORNING-STARTED OUT LOOKING FOR WEAKFISH AND CAUGHT 2 27" STRIPERS.NO WEAKS SO DECIDED TO TRY FLUKE. CAUGHT 10 ON OUTGOING TIDE ALONG WITH 2 BLUEFISH. FLUKE HAVE ARIVE AND SHOULD GET THICKER ON THIS MOON OH HEY---YOUR FRIENDLY POLITICIANS WON'T LET YOU KEEP FLUKE UNTIL mAY 18TH I WONDER WHERE ALL THOSE FLUKE FILETS I SAW IN FISH MARKET CAME FROM ??????

Angler Name : bill
E-Mail : wats789@yahoo.com
Boat Name: smokey
Date Fished: 4-24-02
Location: outside manasquan
Fishing Method: clams
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 36
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : drifted clams, caught some throw back bass and blues, caught one nice bass at 36in, would have been a nice day until props hit bottom and broke. LOOKING FOR VOLVO DUOPROPS (B1)s. if anyone has some used, please email

Angler Name : Michael
E-Mail : HookedUp@aol.com
Boat Name: Grey Goose
Date Fished: 4/24/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling / Casting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25" - 39 1/2"
Bait or Lure: Shad rigs & Bunker Spoons
Water Depth: 35'
Water Temp.: 53 - 56.5
Information : Started casting near rock piles and caught a few slot size bass. Found the bunker and caught a dozen or so blues until we got tired of them. Picked up and ran to the 14 Bell and there were about 30 boats all ready there. Everyone seemed to be catching them. We trolled for about 2 hours and caught and released 14 stripers. They were all large fish. The smallest was 30" and 9 pounds and the largest was 39 1/2" and 27 pounds. That fish took about 10 minutes to revive until it swam away. Beautiful fish, I love when big fish swim away healthy!

Angler Name : Frank Albanese
E-Mail : yankeefn@optonline.net
Boat Name: Golden Lady
Date Fished: 4/24/02
Location: 1 mile north of the #1 Keyport buoy
Fishing Method: anchor
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 31"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 18'
Water Temp.: 56
Information : 4/24/02 Golden Lady out of Browns Marina on Morgan creek had a good night with stripers anchored out side of the #1 Keyport buoy using clams. Had on 6 and keep the largest 31" 20 lbs.

Angler Name : Dave
E-Mail : Judiedavid@AOL
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4/22/02
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Surfcasting
Specie: Bluefish
Size:
Bait or Lure: Poppers and Spoons
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Best blitz in a long time at NORTH BEACH. Surf was loaded with bait and bluefish hit hard on the outgoing tide. I had one slot striper and kept 4 blues about 4-5 lbs. Released plenty after that. All that in the first hour.

Angler Name : peter morales
E-Mail : captain518@aol.com
Boat Name: millwrights misstress
Date Fished: 4/22/02
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 36 - 40
Bait or Lure: deep diving lures manns
Water Depth: 25 ft
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Went out in a small craft advisory because my buddy drove all the way from New York to go fishing.I was going to go towards the Keansburg pier area because a few of the guys at the marina did well with medium and slot sized fish.But due to weather conditions I decided to stay close .We trolles for 20 minutes before we had the first hook up 38" keeper bass nice.We wound up catching our limit and god knows how many extra large blues we released .Not bad for the first time out for the season

Angler Name : alex's bait & tackle
E-Mail : fish@pointpleasantbeach.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 04/22/02
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Bluefish
Size:
Bait or Lure: lures metal
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : yesterday afternoon we had good run of bluefish off the wall metal was working well or bucktails it started about an hour before high tide they were biting untill the tide was half way out there were some bass under the blues they also did well with blackfish up on the rocks thru the day clams and crabs were working well. the surf also had blues and bass the bass were caught on bait sandworms or clams but i lean towards the sandworms. the canal is starting to produce fish everyday now there were some weakfish caught in the canal over the weekend the spring run has begun so get out and go fishing good luck all and fish on <@}}}}<

Angler Name : Dave
E-Mail : bluefishbard@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Sugar Mag
Date Fished: 4.21.02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 21-34"
Bait or Lure: umbrella rigs
Water Depth: 25-28
Water Temp.: 56-57
Information : We started the day slow, but then teamed up with the crew from the Grey Goose. Ended the day with a good afternoon bite - picked up several large bass and a few large blues while trolling umbrella rigs.

Angler Name : Captain Kozmo
E-Mail : capkozmo@aol.com
Boat Name: Hundred Dollar Wonder !
Date Fished: 4/21/02
Location: Raritan Reach/Buoy # 16
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: A "Keeper"
Bait or Lure: Bunker Chunks/Sandworms/Clams
Water Depth: 12' to 15'
Water Temp.: n/a
Information : Decided to give striper fishing a shot.Lots of boats in the water,saw a few throw-backs here and there with an occasional keeper. My brother Rick had just put a clam on his hook when the pole did a nose dive for the water.He landed what was to be his first "keeper" bass.It measured 33"and scaled out at 15lbs.My dad had to get to work,so luckily we were out of the water before the steady rain showers. Hope to get out again next weekend. Just remember chums,you gotta hook'em to cook'em !!!!

Angler Name : Steve
E-Mail : splions@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4/21/02
Location: Sea Bright Surf
Fishing Method: Surf Fishing - Bait and metal jigs
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 6lb and 10.7lbs
Bait or Lure: Clams, mullet, diamond jigs, crippled herring
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Fished the surf in Sea Bright from 4:00 am till 8:30 am. Used clams and mullet. Fished with four rods; used clam on three and mullet on the fourth. No action till the wind started to blow out of the north right after sunrise. Caught a 26" 6lb bluefish on mullet. The bluefish started blitzing the beach after bunker. I have never seen this in the spring time. Tried throwing diamond jigs without a bite; crippled herring produced a few bites till it snapped off my line. Next a monster bite on a rod with clams. I thought I had a big striper. It turned out to be a 33" 10.7lb bluefish. What a fight! Had a couple more knockdowns; the poles were knocked down out of the rod holders! Best day surf fishing in a while. The Blues are back! Tight lines!

Angler Name : CAPT.KEVIN DELANOY
E-Mail : kdelanoy@hot mail.com
Boat Name: MISS MARGIE
Date Fished: APRIL 21
Location: SOUTH/MANASQUAN INLET
Fishing Method:
Specie: Tautog
Size:
Bait or Lure: GREEN CRABS AND CLAMS
Water Depth: 60 / 70 FT
Water Temp.: 50 DEGREES
Information : CREW. DAD ,HARRY AND ME TODAY STARTED OUT MUCH DIFFERENT THEN YESTERDAY.A STIFF WIND FROM THE N/NE WITH THE SAME STRONG SOUTH CURRENT MADE ANCHORING A CHALLENGE.WE FISHED FIVE WRECKS, WITH ONLY TWO PRODUCING. THE NUMBER OF LARGER TAUG MADE UP FOR THE FEW SEA BASS THAT COULD BE KEPT. ENDED THE DAY WITH A DECENT CATCH THAT WE HAD TO WORK FOR.

Angler Name : G. Davis
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Prowler
Date Fished: 4/21/02
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Ling (AKA Red Hake)
Size:
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 100+
Water Temp.:
Information : Took morning bottom fishing trip. Steady pick of ling. Brought home 10... could have had more if I had the initiative to move around the boat; but, how many ling do you really want? Only 1 blackfish on the boat... it won the pool.

Angler Name : Paul & Kim Willams / Bob Gross / Ed Gensinger
E-Mail : Captgen33@aol
Boat Name: A REEL LADY
Date Fished: 4/21/02
Location: Raritan Reach
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26"
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 25 to 40 Ft.
Water Temp.: 59
Information : It was a slow pick of bass. We did not see the bunker that was in the bay the following day. Still a great day to be on the water.

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: Sea Hunter
Date Fished: 4/21/02
Location: Romer Shoal
Fishing Method: Drift/Anchor
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 17 Inchs
Bait or Lure: Sandworm, clam strip, mussel belly
Water Depth: 15 Feet
Water Temp.:
Information : Took the PM trip. Fished just west of Romer Light.Drifted at first--second drift was the most productive with 12-14 keepers being decked. I took my one & only flounder of the trip--a plump 17 incher once we anchored. This would have been the pool winner if we left 5 minutes sooner. Everyone had 1-3 flounder in the buckets.

Angler Name : dan
E-Mail :
Boat Name: ol faithful
Date Fished: 4/21
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: trolling yo zuris' and chunking clam
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 7-8lbs
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 24 feet
Water Temp.:
Information : got out of the bay around 630 Am after an hour of chunking clams we got one striper. got into many schools of bluefish and started casting lures to them i got about 15 bluefish on a fresh water rod and large rat-l-trap. these fish ranged from 1-4 lbs. later on we trolled yo zuri and hooked one large ten lb bluefish and a few more small ones...all these fish were in 18 -25 feet of water

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: Sea Hunter
Date Fished: 4/21/02
Location: Romer Shoal
Fishing Method: Drift/Anchor
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 17 Inchs
Bait or Lure: Sandworm, clam strip, mussel belly
Water Depth: 15 Feet
Water Temp.:
Information : Took the PM trip. Fished just west of Romer Light.Drifted at first--second drift was the most productive with 12-14 keepers being decked. I took my one & only flounder of the trip--a plump 17 incher once we anchored. This would have been the pool winner if we left 5 minutes sooner. Everyone had 1-3 flounder in the buckets.

Angler Name : BIGBASS2002
E-Mail :
Boat Name: surf
Date Fished: 4-21-02
Location: Island Beach State Park
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Lost a 20+ pounder
Bait or Lure: clams and plugs
Water Depth: ???
Water Temp.: ????
Information : all day with clams on a hi low rig no luck! Threw on a swimming plug 2nd cast huge bass got it in but when un hooking came off into the surf again. FUN FIGHT THOUGH

Angler Name : Capt. John De Mio
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fish Formula
Date Fished: 4/21
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : We had Gary Baker and friends out today and found the fishing off Keansburg to be outstanding. It looks like we will have another good spring bass run in the bay. The party limited out with bass up to 20 lbs.

Angler Name : Capt. Tom
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Debbie's Delight
Date Fished: 4-21-02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 34"
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 24'
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Debbie's Delight was out for our first night trip of the season with Bob Zega and Capt. Ken Gallop on a fun trip to see what's happening. Only had clams on the boat which seemed to work fine. Limited out quickly, and had fun releasing fish for the rest of the night. Our local hot spot was once again the ticket. The fish are here, so call and reserve a date while the gettin's good.

Click here for more information. Angler Name : Chuck
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Cheryl Ann
Date Fished: 4/20/2002
Location: Cape May rips
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Picked up a keeper and a slot. Nice day, however wind against the tide limited the drift.

Angler Name : Chris Kosty
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 04/20/2002
Location: Local Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 5 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams & Green Crabs
Water Depth: 60 to 80 Ft.
Water Temp.: 52 Degrees
Information : The Chris Kosty charter was on board the Bounty Hunter today and the fishing conditions deteriorated after the front went thru last night. A screaming south current dropped the water temperature 4 degrees and a total lack of wind in the morning made anchoring very difficult. Fishing was very slow for the early part of the day.The bite improved in the afternoon and we put together a good catch of large Seabass along with a half dozen Blackfish.

Angler Name : fishhead
E-Mail :
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 4/20/02
Location: sandy hook ,rip
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 6 pounds
Bait or Lure: mackeral chunk, lures
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: don't know but it felt warm for april
Information : parked in the north parking lot and walked further north along the beach to the rip area. I used plugs,metal lures-nothing. My nephew Aaron,age 11, used a chunk of mackeral and caught a beautiful 6 pound blue.

Angler Name : Fred Hepper
E-Mail : hep@njlenders.com
Boat Name: Branch Office
Date Fished: 4/20/02
Location: 14 can Raritan Reach
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 20 lbs
Bait or Lure: white & silver bunker spoons
Water Depth: 30-40 ft.
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Chunked clams & bunker for 3 hours on the outgoing tide with a slow pick of slot bass & 4-5 lbs blue fish. Changed to trolling as dusk fell and it was non-stop action trolling the 14 can on the Raritan Reach just on the edge on the channel. Left them biting while limiting out.

Angler Name : Jason
E-Mail : strykerjay@aol.com
Boat Name: Ron's boat
Date Fished: 4-20-02
Location: Barnegat Bay and Inlet
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 23 inches
Bait or Lure: Fin-s
Water Depth: 5-15 ft
Water Temp.: don't know
Information : Went fishing with Ron on his boat this morning. It was a beautiful morning, but the rain came in by noon time. We fished all morning and I mangaged to get a 23 inch striper, three 1-2 pound bluefish, and a 17.5 inch fluke. Ron didn't catch anything...I was sure to point that out to him!!! Tried fishing the inlet a little with chunks of clam and bunker...didn't get anything there. I also tried to fish Surf City beach during the last hour a daylight and didn't get anything.

Angler Name : Michael
E-Mail : HookedUp@aol.com
Boat Name: Grey Goose
Date Fished: 4/20/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Casting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 32 inches
Bait or Lure: Bass Assassins & Topwater Poppers
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 61.8
Information : Teamed up with the crew of the "Sugar Mag" and hit Hoffman Island pretty good. Only able to get one 24" there. Fished under the Verazano with no luck. Got kicked off the Statue Of Liberty before we could even cast a line. Frustrated, we headed toward the reach and saw small pockets of bunker. As soon as we casted into them we were loaded up with monster blues up to 12 pounds. Switched over to topwater poppers and picked up 2 Bass 30" & 32" and a few more blues. A real slow day ended up being pretty good after all!

Angler Name : Roger L. MIller
E-Mail : rm09@aol.com
Boat Name: cobia cc
Date Fished: April 20, 2002
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: clams/trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22-33"
Bait or Lure: manns plug
Water Depth: 24-27'
Water Temp.: ---
Information : Lauren, Michelle, and I went out at about 1PM for a short trip. It was raining hard inland, however, it was glass on the bay and on off drizle/sun. Fished clams for about two hours not a bite. Decided to troll, and wham right away 33" stripper, two more followed and we headed in! Good day.

Angler Name : snapperfluke
E-Mail : snapperfluke@comcast.net
Boat Name: none -surf
Date Fished: 4/20/02 2pm out-going high tide
Location: sandy hook last parking lot walk thru sands go to water turn left
Fishing Method: casting off beach
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 24"
Bait or Lure: steel lure single hook white tail
Water Depth: 6feet
Water Temp.: ?
Information : i was fishing with a worm float trying to catchsmall stripers.no luck!,but i did catch 5 sea robbins.which excited me ,because it tells me that the fluke will be here soon! how did i catch a blue fish while fishing bottom. i noticed small bait fish swimming in circles. i switched over to steel lure,4th cast my day was complete.

Angler Name : VITO AND SUSAN CAPURSO
E-Mail : ROCKSTEADY@ENTER.NET
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4/20/02
Location: SNADY HOOK BAY AT THE FISHERMAN'S BEACH
Fishing Method: SURF
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26"
Bait or Lure: CLAMS
Water Depth: ABOUT 5 FEET
Water Temp.: NOT SURE
Information : I caught the first one when the tide was coming in. I was talking to my wife when suddenly, we realized that the rod was in the surf and out of the sand spike. I ran into the surf,fortunately I managed to catch the rod while the fish was pulling it away. My wife caught the second striper and gave the rod to a little boy named Mario. He was with his father and was working very hard, baiting his own hook and casting like there was no tomorrow, that we were rooting for him to catch a fish. Just the look on his face while reeling in the fish and finally landing it, made our day. Other bass of the same size were being caught by other anglers. It rained on us but all in all it was a perfect day at the shore.

Angler Name : Tommy
E-Mail : schwepp54@hotmail.com
Boat Name: crash and burn
Date Fished: 4-20-02
Location: Delaware Bay
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 39in,36in,31in and 27in.
Bait or Lure: cut hearing
Water Depth: 21ft.
Water Temp.: 58 degrees
Information : We had the first three in the box on the end of the outgoing tide, then picked up the last one on the begining of the incoming tide.The Bay was flat as glass with little wind.Also caught a 171/2 in flounder on the cut hearing using a no 8 circle hook, guess it was hungry.

Angler Name : CAPT.KEVIN DELANOY
E-Mail : kdelanoy@hotmail.com
Boat Name: MISS MARGIE
Date Fished: APRIL 20
Location: SOUTH /MANASQUAN INLET
Fishing Method:
Specie: Tautog
Size:
Bait or Lure: GREEN CRABS AND CLAMS
Water Depth: 70 FT
Water Temp.: 52 DEGREES
Information : CREW. DAD AND ME STARTED OUT THE DAY IN FLAT CALM SEAS WITH ONLY THE TIDE TO HOLD US AT ANCHOR. FISHED THREE WRECKS, ALL PRODUCING SOME NICE TAUG AND SOME VERY LARGE SEA BASS. GREEN CRABS WERE A MUST FOR THE TAUG WHILE THE SEA BASS PREFERED THE SOFT CLAM. ENDED THE DAY WITH 50 FISH , TAUG TO 6LBS AND SEA BASS TO 5LBS.

Angler Name : Ken Avon
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: April 20
Location: 15 mile South of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 5 pounds
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 75 feet
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Phil Duland took the Canyon Runner out for the first trip of the year for the 2002 season on a shake-down trip. Fishing 15 miles south of Manasquan we put together a solid catch of Sea Bass on clams in 75 feet of water. While not limiting out (it is still a little early for that for the inshore wrecks) four anglers caught 80+ Sea Bass and released another 40. We had several Sea Bass over 4 pounds and weighed one in at 5.1 pounds. A couple more days of work and we will be going everyday starting this week.

Angler Name : Frank Lukenda
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 04/19/2002
Location: Local Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: Up to 10 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs & clams
Water Depth: 60 to 80 Ft.
Water Temp.: 56 Degrees
Information : The Bounty Hunter kicked off the 2002 season with the Frank Lukenda charter. Fishing several of the inshore wrecks in 60 to 80 Ft. of water produced a great catch of Blackfish up to 10 Lbs. and a pile of large Seabass up to 5 lbs. Green Crabs and Clam baits accounted for the catch.

Angler Name : Hank Hrycak
E-Mail : captreelaction@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Action
Date Fished: April 19,2002
Location: South of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: up to 3 lbs.
Bait or Lure: tubes
Water Depth: 40'
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Kicked the season off some trolling. Got into some blues. Good action. Boat is ready. Good dates are available.

Angler Name : john Murphy
E-Mail : lntassoc@fast.net
Boat Name: Striper mania
Date Fished: 4/19/02
Location: raritan bay
Fishing Method: casting, live lining
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30#
Bait or Lure: Megabait 51/2'' plugs
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.: 59%
Information : To our surprise casting those megabait plugs,provided almost as many hits from big bass as the live bait. Great day for lite tackle and plug fishing!!Tight lines!!

Angler Name : Dennis Sizemore
E-Mail : dennyscustomcar@comcast.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4-19-02
Location: Delaware river at commador barry br
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 36"
Bait or Lure: blood worm
Water Depth: 6-8'
Water Temp.: 60's
Information : Went out after work and had a great time fishing. Caught many catfish before landing a 35lb stripper,talk about good eating!!!!!

Angler Name : Tom B
E-Mail : scullytac@comcast.net
Boat Name: wet and wild
Date Fished: 4/19
Location: Oyster Creek/ B. Bay
Fishing Method: fin-s and sand worms
Specie: Weakfish
Size: zip
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 73
Information : On a hot tip took the morning off to get in on the "non-stop" weakfish action just outside Oyster Creek. Got a good early start. There were about a dozen boats in the area. The "non-stop" action was "non-start". My guess is that the bay has warmed so much this week that the weekies have spread out. Beautiful morning to be out.

Angler Name : capt AJ
E-Mail : JJMRACK@AOL.COM
Boat Name: ENDURANCE
Date Fished: 4-19-02
Location: OLD ORCHARD
Fishing Method: BOAT/
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure: CLAMS BUNKER CHUNKS
Water Depth: 34FT
Water Temp.:
Information : WENT OUT WITH CAPT AJ FOR 2ND TRIP OF SEASON 5 BASS TO 25 #.LEFT THEM BITING BECAUSE OF STORM .IF NOT FOR CAPT AJ AND CAPT BOBS SEAMENSHIP THE ENDURANCE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN DAVEY JONES LOCKER.ALL IN ALL GOOD DAY OUT LOOKING FORWARD TO MANY MORE TRIPS. JM

Angler Name : Walter Huresky
E-Mail : whuresky@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Happy Ours
Date Fished: 4/18/02
Location: Oceanic Bridge
Fishing Method: fly
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 12"-18"
Bait or Lure: jiggy head & Clousers
Water Depth: 8'-15'
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished the outgoing tide. Beautiful evening with many pick-ups. No stripers though.

Angler Name : Fred Hepper
E-Mail : hep@njlenders.com
Boat Name: Branch Office
Date Fished: 4/18/02
Location: 14 can east reach, raritan bay
Fishing Method: chunk & clam
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 35 lbs.
Bait or Lure: bunker chunk & clams
Water Depth: 30 ft
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Anchored up and chummed frozen clam bellies. Cut fresh bunker and used salted clams on fish-finder rigs. As soon as the tide statred to run, the action started. Boated 7 fish, largest 35 lbs. 5 other 20 lbs+. No small fish at all!!!

Angler Name : eric
E-Mail : efishingfool@cs.com
Boat Name: hardcore
Date Fished: 4/18/02
Location: sandy hook reef
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10-12lbs
Bait or Lure: fin-s
Water Depth: 56
Water Temp.: 60
Information : went out for black fish, found only big bluefish on surface.

Angler Name : Oggie
E-Mail : oggie1@comcast.net
Boat Name: Trophy One
Date Fished: 4/18/02
Location: 8 miles due east SHrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size: 1-3#
Bait or Lure: Sabiki
Water Depth: 85-135
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Went 16 milres NE of Shark River NE Mudhole Caught 150 Macks in 2 hours. Hot Rig Green wite Sabiki. Use heavy rig as poss.

Angler Name : Anita Solomon
E-Mail : Anita@dauntlessnation.com
Boat Name: Gambler
Date Fished: April18
Location: Island Beach State Park (I think)
Fishing Method:
Specie: Blackfish
Size: 7 lb.
Bait or Lure: green crab(bottom hook) clam(top hook)
Water Depth: 70'
Water Temp.: unknown
Information : Perfect weather with ocean like a lake the entire day. Used 3oz. weight entire trip. Caught a 3 lb tog and many seabass including a 3 pounder. Lots of shorts on both blackfish and seabass but the keepers were at least satisfying in size.

Angler Name : Harry Smith
E-Mail : Peirman234@aol.com
Boat Name: fishing pier
Date Fished: 4/18/02
Location: Seaside hgts
Fishing Method:
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3Ibs to 5lbs
Bait or Lure: anything thing you want to use
Water Depth: 8ft
Water Temp.: 51
Information : The blues are in we got 10 nice ones in an hour. We got two shorts and one 33in striper You can't miss by fishing now. No people yet on the pier.

Angler Name : TROUT BOB K.
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4/17
Location: SANDY HOOK RIP
Fishing Method: SURF
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30"
Bait or Lure: FRESH CLAM
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : MY FISHING BUDDY MARK B. IS BAD LUCK.

Angler Name : The Breeze
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Rightaway II
Date Fished: 4/17/02
Location: Jersey Coast
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: 4 to 9lbs
Bait or Lure: crabs
Water Depth: inshore
Water Temp.: perfect
Information : If you have not blackfished with Tommy Joseph out of Belmar on the Rightaway II you have not blackfished !!! Filled 70 fish boat limit in 4 hours. Throwing back 16 inch fish. Tommy runs a gentlemen's charter and can not do enough to ensure an enjoyable day !!!! Check Tommy out at the Belmar Marine Basin adjacent to the new bridge. Tommy....As always, thanks for a great day !!!!

Angler Name : Jason
E-Mail : strykeryjay
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 4-17-02
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: bait and lures
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: none
Bait or Lure: clams and assorted lures
Water Depth: ???
Water Temp.: 60
Information : It was so beautiful out yesterday I had to ditch class and take my girlfriend to the beach. Decided to fish Sandy Hook Bay, by the bridge since the water was warmer than the ocean. Since the tide was wrong I didn't have a hit. All the seaweed didn't help either. At least I got to work on my tan all afternoon.

Angler Name : Ed
E-Mail : Prtyserv@aol.com
Boat Name: Atlantic Star
Date Fished: 4/17/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: nice size
Bait or Lure: Clams & worms
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : I took the morning & afternoon trips With Captain Tom of the ATLANTIC STAR out of Atlantic Highlands. Caught four flounder(two keepers) on the morning trip and four nice sized keepers on the afternoon trip. there were a lot more fish caught on the afternoon trip by everyone when the wind kicked up. This is a nice boat with a good captain and mate. Pool fish were probably close to three pounds. I had a very enjoyable day and suggest you take a trip before the flounder are gone.

Angler Name : Mark
E-Mail :
Boat Name: MegaByte
Date Fished: 4-17-02
Location: Klondike
Fishing Method: jig
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 50-80
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Boat got launched. Hurray!!! Checked out engine/electronics. Shot out to the Klondike for Mackerel. Saw 3 boats out there with me. Read nothing on the finder, I spoke to some Caps they told me they were at the Oil Wreck and BA Bouy. It's great to be back in the water. My club, Jersey Coast Shark Anglers (JCSA) is holding a flounder torney this weekend open to anyone. Anyone intersted can call Dan Embon @ 1-877-985-0151 to register. 1st prize is $2000 second is $1100, and 3rd is $900. Great opportunity to get the cobwebs out and get back into fishing. Captains meeting is this Friday April 19th at our club, 385 Herbertsville rd. Brick NJ 7:00 pm.

Angler Name : Don
E-Mail : dbaker4@hotmail.com
Boat Name: no name...Wellcraft
Date Fished: 4/17/02
Location: trolled the beach
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Bombers, spoons, feathers, jigs
Water Depth: 10-15'
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Trolled from Manasquan Inlet to Seaside.... never had a hit.. Beautiful weather...

Angler Name : John
E-Mail : tiderunner24@msn.com
Boat Name: tiderunner
Date Fished: april17
Location: barnegat bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 14-22"
Bait or Lure: Pink Fin-s
Water Depth: 8ft
Water Temp.: 70
Information : caught 3 weakies right at sundown, lost 2 others. Spring is here.

Angler Name : Bill (bucktail willie) shillingford
E-Mail : bucktail8@aol.com
Boat Name: Bucktail willie
Date Fished: 4/17/02
Location: Cape |May Rips
Fishing Method: drifting eels and casting jigs
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 23" -35"
Bait or Lure: eels and chartruese jigs
Water Depth: rips
Water Temp.: 51
Information : morning offFirst trip with George Gilbert on the Shadow and he hasn't lost his touch--14 fish in 4 hours on a beautiful Cape May Felt like June or July instead of April

Angler Name : John
E-Mail : johnlaura@comcast.net
Boat Name: TIDE RUNNER
Date Fished: 4/17/02
Location: Wreck off Manoloking
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: 4 and 2 bls
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 72
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Got a late start. However,I was able to have fun day on the water. Lots of short Black fish must have release 20 fish all about 13".Also the sea bass are in shore I got 2 one was 11" and the other was 21" I was shocked! All and all I got one keeper blackie 4 Lbs. Wreck loaded with begalls what a pain!

Angler Name : Michael
E-Mail : HookedUp@aol.com
Boat Name: Grey Goose
Date Fished: 4/16/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling / Bottom Fishing
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26" - 31"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 12' - 16'
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Trolled from 6pm until dark with no hits. Anchored up near the 1 can off of Keyport. As soon as we got there a boat near us caught 2. Caught first fish at 8:30pm. Action was pretty good. We were catching a striper every 15 - 20 minutes until 10:30pm. Nice trip. It felt like August, and the water was flat as a pond.

Angler Name : Chuck
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Cheryl Ann
Date Fished: 4/16/02
Location: Capew May Rips
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: herring, clams, bucktail
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Started the morning shadowing a Clam Dredge at the 20 minute slue. No fished marked, no hits. Moved to the Cape May Rips and drifted Prissy Wick Shoal among other with no success. I understand the Stripers had tons of herring pinned against Diamond Beach on Monday night. Perhaps they are not actively feeding during the day.

Angler Name : Jason
E-Mail : strykerjay
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 4-16-02
Location: Deal surf
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 16 and 18 inches
Bait or Lure: fresh clam
Water Depth: 5 to 10 feet
Water Temp.: 50
Information : It was so beautiful today I could not resist hitting the surf. Took a few of my buddies along and hit the L-jetty in Deal. There was not too much action during the day, but we managed to get two stripers and a skate on clam. I saw another guy lose a nice fish, he had a lighter pole, but the fish seemed to be pulling preety good...my guess is that it would have been a slot fish. He also got it on fresh clams. We fished from 4:15 to 7:15 in the afternoon. Would have stayed a little longer, but my friends complained too much about being cold as the sun went down.

Angler Name : Rich
E-Mail : rgesum@aol.com
Boat Name: Freddy - C
Date Fished: 4/15
Location: N/A
Fishing Method: the one ounce bounce
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 1 to 1 1/2 pounds
Bait or Lure: Mussle and clam
Water Depth: 15 to 30 feet
Water Temp.: N/A
Information : Chance of a shower kept the people away so we pretty much had the whole boat to our selves. Between the 5 of us we caught 11 flatties and won the pool. Mate caught a nice throwback striper and the light tackle we were using made for an action packed day. Fluke seaaon approaches, can't wait. New regs stink but what are you going to do not fish? I think not.

Angler Name : CAPT.KEVIN DELANOY
E-Mail : kdelanoy@hotmail.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: APRIL 14 2002
Location: OYSTER CREEK CHANNEL
Fishing Method:
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 12 inches
Bait or Lure: BLOODWORMS
Water Depth: 9 FT
Water Temp.: 57 TO 62 DEGREES
Information : CREW . DAD AND ME STARTED FISHING IN 12 FT. CAUGHT NOTHING. MOVED TO 9FT LOOKING FOR SOME COOLER WATER. CAUGHT 7 FOUNDER AT THE TURN OF THE TIDE.HAD TO CHUM VERY HEAVEY.

Angler Name : Kevin
E-Mail : orcuttk1@aol.com
Boat Name: Capt. Robbins
Date Fished: Sunday 4/14
Location: special wreck
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Jumbo
Bait or Lure: clam & crab
Water Depth: 90"+
Water Temp.: 53?
Information : There Here! Went down to Sea Isle looking for the trickey blackfish and instead was treated to a day of baling seabass. Weather must of scared the crowed away as there was only 22 people. Capt. Mike took us on a two hour ride to about 90 feet of water where we proceeded to catch some really nice seabass. Alot of 2-4 lb fish. First wreck really produced with keeper double headers the norm. A few shorts were mixed in but most were large to jumbo. Also a few black fish were caught on the last two spots. I finally won a the pool with a 6.5 lb tog which was caught with a double header 3lb. seabass!!! A little foggy in the morning but by days end the sun was a blazzin. Great trip!

Angler Name : Dan Latoof & Crew
E-Mail : Dlatoof@aol.com
Boat Name: Phatt Buoy
Date Fished: april 14
Location: North Ridge
Fishing Method: jigging
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size: 12 - 18"
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 55 - 60
Water Temp.: 52
Information : weather forecast was off again, we had a great day bailing Macs, 181 salted processed and in the freezer by dinner, over 250 total for the weekend...was a little surprised to see 2 stripers come over the rail, at 30 & 32" shame you cant keep them outside of 3 miles... I guese I need another freezer if this is gonna keep up...

Angler Name : Michael
E-Mail : HookedUp@aol.com
Boat Name: Grey Goose
Date Fished: 4/14/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: SKUNKED
Bait or Lure: Stretch 25's & Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 15' - 40'
Water Temp.: 57.5
Information : Trolled for 2 hours. NO RUNS, NO HITS, NO ERRORS. Fishing was slow for most people that fished Sunday. I heard one boat on the radio that was into them pretty good on clams, but I do not know where he was. Very few people caught them on the troll. The fish that were caught seemed to be bigger fish. Try again Tuesday!

Angler Name : billy
E-Mail :
Boat Name: carol ann
Date Fished: 4/14/02
Location: south of poormans
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 30-40
Bait or Lure: cedar plugs/ jets
Water Depth: -
Water Temp.: 69
Information : fished out of ocean city maryland and ran a little to the south of poormans. A warm water slug was located in this area and we went for it. Trolled in 68 to 69 and up to 71 degree water. The bite came around 9 am with most of the action on small jets. all said and done we had 8 yft between 30 and 40 pounds

Angler Name : Frenchie
E-Mail : latasha50@shorenetworks.com
Boat Name: "About Time"
Date Fished: April 13-14, 2002
Location: Tuckerton Point & North & West of the old Coast Guard Station- now Rutger's University Research
Fishing Method: Jiggin' & using cut up crabs
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 5-7 pounders
Bait or Lure: Both
Water Depth: 3-15 feet
Water Temp.: High 50's to Low 60's
Information :

Angler Name : CAPT. KEVIN DELANOY
E-Mail : kdelanoy@hotmail.com
Boat Name: MISS MARGIE
Date Fished: APRIL 13 2002
Location: SEA GIRT REEF AND KLONDIKE
Fishing Method:
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 70 FEET
Water Temp.: 48 DEGREES
Information : CREW. DAD AND ME STARTED LOOKING FOR MACKEREL AT THE RANGE BOUY AREA AND HEADED TOWARD THE REEF. FOUND THEM JUST INSHORE OF THE REEF , GOOD READINGS TOWARDS THE SURFACE.CAUGHT STEADY FOR 30 MINUETS FILLING ONE COOLER. MADE A FEW MORE DRIFTS, PICKED AWAY BEFORE MOVING OUT TO THE KLONDIKE. FOUND GOOD FISHING BEFORE STOPPING AT NOON. ENDED THE DAY WITH A LOAD OF MACKEREL AND ONE 30 INCH BASS. Angler Name : Greg
E-Mail : VONGAS@aol.com
Boat Name: Wahoo
Date Fished: 4/13/02
Location: Shrewsbury River
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 31"
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: 11
Water Temp.: 47
Information : Iwas flounder fishing when I got a striper hit on a clam strip. I put a striper rig on with half a clam and hooked up immediately. It was a great fight on a flounder rod.

Angler Name : Michael
E-Mail : HookedUp@aol.com
Boat Name: Grey Goose
Date Fished: 4/13/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26" - 29"
Bait or Lure: Stretch 25's
Water Depth: 15'
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Had the wife out fun fishing today. Just fished 1 hour at dead low tide but had plenty of action. Picked up 4 stripers and lost another 3. I saw plenty of other boats hooking up too. They are all around. I love it!

Angler Name : Mark
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Mega-Byte
Date Fished: 4/13/02
Location: Raritan bay
Fishing Method: Beach
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32"
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: 3-4'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Had 7 hits landed 2 of them in 1 hour.

Angler Name : mayer
E-Mail : bayner333@erols.com
Boat Name: kath II
Date Fished: 4/12/02
Location: raritan bay
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 23/32/38 pound
Bait or Lure: shads
Water Depth: 49
Water Temp.: 52
Information : good hour fishing

Angler Name : kevin
E-Mail : chris2000airman
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4/12/02
Location: dales point/manasquan river
Fishing Method: anchor and chum
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 12 1/2
Bait or Lure: sandworms
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ??
Information : chumed all day at dales point to only get 1 flattie. tried up in the river in front of the hospital and not even a bite. flounder fishing the last couple weeks have been terrible.

Angler Name : Michael
E-Mail : HookedUp@aol.com
Boat Name: Grey Goose
Date Fished: 4/11/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling / Casting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27" - 32"
Bait or Lure: Stretch 25, Bunker Spoons, Fin-S
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 49.5 - 51.1
Information : Picked up 11 stripers fishing a few hours in the afternoon. Trolled near Keensburg and picked up a few there. The Stretch 25's definetely seem to be the hot lure so far this year. Went over to the Verazano Bridge and got into them pretty good for five minutes until we got booted off by the Coast Guard. Ran over to Hoffman Island and casted around the structure there and picked up a nice fat 32" on eight pound test. Very windy and rough, but a nice trip anyway.

Angler Name : Vito
E-Mail : vdeg@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4/10/02
Location: Shrewsbury river Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Casting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 12-18
Bait or Lure: bucktail with rubber shad
Water Depth: 10'
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Casting into the rips near the point, some action 1 hr before high tide. Everyone was into the stripers except Frank....maybe next time!

Angler Name : al mo
E-Mail :
Boat Name: fatties and flatties
Date Fished: 4/10/02
Location: round shoal
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 12-18"'s
Bait or Lure: sands,clam
Water Depth: 14-22'
Water Temp.: ??
Information : windy morning,worked for 18 plump fatties on the outgoing,incoming tide tried trolling stretch 25's from the one buoy to the reach w/ no luck. Good day to be out.

Angler Name : Jarret Billig
E-Mail : Jrodb121@aol.com
Boat Name: Norma K III
Date Fished: 04/09/02
Location: Off shore Pt Pleasant Beach
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: 3-10 pounds
Bait or Lure: Rock crab,green crab
Water Depth: Not sure, but not very deep
Water Temp.: around 46 degrees
Information : At 6:45 am we pulled into the parking lot of the Dauntless only to find out they the party boat was in N.Y. getting new engines. Therefore we jumped on the Norma and set out for some Blackfish. The day was filled with huge swells and the morning drops produced only about ten blackfish for the entire boat. By noon i had only one and it was about three pounds. By afternoon i discovered a bait that worked like a champ. The rock crabs were molting and their soft shells were exactly what the fish wanted. Myself and my friend switched and then went on a tear. Caught about seven keepers in one hour, and pretty soon everyone on the boat followed suit. Overall we brought home a dozen good size Blackfish and their were lots of big fish caught. It could have been more action, but nobody argued the size of the catch. Caught a tiny seabass-THEY ARE COMING SOON! Hats off to the crew for a good first trip aboard.

Angler Name : Howard
E-Mail : Howardr3@cs.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4/09/02
Location: Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Herring
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 15
Water Temp.:
Information : I went to the inlet and tried jigging for shad but had no luck. The fish were there but I just did not get them. If anyone is really good at catching them I would like to hear from them and possibly get a few tips. I have been using a store bought rig with about 5 hooks and I put a sinker or small diamond jig on the end for weight. I then cast it out and jig two or three times and then reel in a bit and repeat the procedure and jig again. I watched the other guys who were catching some fish and thats what they seemed to be doing. Any help would be appreciated. I would like to catch some for fun and bait. Thanks

Angler Name : John
E-Mail : johnlaura@comcast.net
Boat Name: TIDE RUNNER
Date Fished: 4/9/02
Location: Off Clarks Marina
Fishing Method: Anchored
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 2 @14"
Bait or Lure: Chum and Blood Worms
Water Depth: 10'
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Once I though the wind was going to blow me off the boat. Nice day even with the wind. Got my 2 fish within 30 mins. fish another 3 hours not a hit. Water very dirty lots of grass. At least I have fresh for dinner. Keep A tight line

Angler Name : Phil Nichols
E-Mail : philjam@enter.net
Boat Name: Norma-K
Date Fished: 4-8-02
Location: n & s of Manesquan
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Blackfish
Size: 2 shorts and 2 keepers
Bait or Lure: shedder calico crab worked better than green crab
Water Depth: 60-80
Water Temp.: probably going down (S wind)
Information : Pool fish 10 lbs. The weather forecast (65 & 2-4) did not match the actual. It was cold and windy it got snottier as the day went on. The Captain & crew worked hard.

Angler Name : Rich
E-Mail : rgesum@aol.com
Boat Name: Freddy-C
Date Fished: 04/07/02
Location: N/A
Fishing Method: anchor
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 13-17inches
Bait or Lure: Blood/Sand worm, calm, and mussel
Water Depth: 10-25ft
Water Temp.: N/A
Information : Went with 3 buddies and it was slow to start. once the tide started to change in the late morning, early afternoon we landed 9 between the 4 of us. My buddie Paul won the pool with a 2.2 pounder. Overall a pretty good day even though we froze out there. Going to give it another shot on the 15th, hopefully we'll do a little better.

Angler Name : Jim, Pat and John
E-Mail : doggysalt@aol.com
Boat Name: Out of the Blue
Date Fished: April 7, 2002
Location: Romer Shoal
Fishing Method: Anchor
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 1-2 pounds
Bait or Lure: Worms
Water Depth: 15-20 feet.
Water Temp.: 42
Information : Fished Romer Shoal with small fleet in the afternoon. Picked 6 flounder between many skates and sundials. Wind kicked up and we called it a day.

Angler Name : bob
E-Mail : rsschwartz@webtv.net
Boat Name: NIGHT HAWK BELMAR
Date Fished: Monday April 8
Location: mud hole
Fishing Method: mackerel teasers
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size: tinkers to 2 pounds
Bait or Lure: teasers
Water Depth: 60+ feet
Water Temp.: cold
Information : Great trip. The captain found the macks just as if he knew where they were. He kept us on them all day. The mates were really helpful. My wife had 3 recipes for fresh macks - broiled with: honey mustard/lemon zest; garlic and chopped tomato; orange juice and ginger. I'm smoking some right now as I'm writing this.

Angler Name : Mike Copeman
E-Mail :
Boat Name: RENEGADE
Date Fished: 4/7/2
Location: 20 Miles N.E. of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Mackerel Rigs
Specie: Weakfish
Size: upto to 3 lbs
Bait or Lure: teasers
Water Depth: 100
Water Temp.: 46.1
Information : After stopping at the Klondike on spotty readings we continued off shore and located a decent size school of Macks 3 miles east of the Oil Wreck on the far side of the Mud Hole. Using Chum we held them for a couple of hours, putting 200 in the cooler. Forecast was finally accurate.

Angler Name : Al Gillen
E-Mail : algillen@yahoo.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 04/07/02
Location: 7 miles east of Barnegat Inlet
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size: mixed tinkers and Bostons
Bait or Lure: A27 jogs + mackerel trees
Water Depth: 80
Water Temp.: 48
Information : Ran into first pods about 6 miles off the inlet running toward North Ridge, worked from there to 7 miles off or so. Schools were broken up pretty good, requiring a lot of jockeying to get on the marks. Finally got on a decent school and held the fish long enough to fill a 100 qt cooler. Other boats in the immediate area did well too.

Angler Name : john
E-Mail : tiderunner24@msn.com
Boat Name: Nighthawk
Date Fished: april 7th
Location: Mudhole
Fishing Method: Jigs
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size: small-med
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Went out on the Nighthawk for mackeral for the first time. Capt. was excellent and we were into fish most of the day. Filled a 100qt COOler with 2 friends and have plenty of bait for the coming season.

Angler Name : Capt. Tom
E-Mail : tom@debbiessportfishing.com
Boat Name: Debbie's Delight
Date Fished: 4-7-02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 34"
Bait or Lure: manns's 25
Water Depth: 20-25
Water Temp.: 48
Information : Went out solo today to see if it's happening and it is. Lot's of bass were found near Keansburg on the troll. I spoke with several other Captains who also found the fishing to excellent. Plenty of dates are available so make your reservation early!

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: Teal
Date Fished: 4-6-02
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Anchor
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 13 & 15 Inchs
Bait or Lure: Sandworms & Clam Strips
Water Depth: 6-25 Feet
Water Temp.:
Information : My son Jason and I hopped aboard the Teal for the afternoon trip. First drop was on the flats adjacent to the mouth of the Shrewsbury River. A total of 6 flounder were caught here before we moved out into the bay off the ammo pier. A few nice sized flounder were taken right away and then it died until the skates took over. We made a slight move and I finally hooked up with a fat 15 incher, later followed by a 13 incher. A few more flatties and skates were caught the rest of the day. 17 fares boxed only 15 flounder.

Angler Name : Mike
E-Mail : mtm134@aol
Boat Name: Ambrosia
Date Fished: 4/6
Location: Barnegat Ridge
Fishing Method:
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size: 9"-16"
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 70
Water Temp.: 46
Information : Started at the South Ridge and found little readings. When we hit the main Ridge we found better readings and ended taking about 100 mackerel. Suprise of the day was when 3 stripers followed the mackerel up to the boat. We were the only boat out there. It was rough and cold.

Angler Name : Braden Niper
E-Mail : yo_think_about_it@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Prowler V
Date Fished: April 6, 2002
Location: wrecks/rough bottom
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Ling (AKA Red Hake)
Size: up to 3 1/2 pounds
Bait or Lure: clam/bergall strips
Water Depth: 100'-125'
Water Temp.: ???
Information : Went bottom fishing on the Prowler V, today. Weather was really strange, one minute no wind or sea, and the sun was shining, the next it was snowing with howling wind. Total for me was 26 ling up to about 3 pounds, and i was no where near high hook. Pool fish appeared to be about 4 pounds. Not many really big fish, but a really nice average size. Also caught a couple of Doggies which were released none the worse for wear. Prowler is a great boat, very fast, with a great crew. Can't wait to do it again, tight lines.

Angler Name : Michael
E-Mail : HookedUp@aol.com
Boat Name: Grey Goose
Date Fished: 4/6/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Casting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22" - 28"
Bait or Lure: Bass Assassins & Fin-S
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 46.5
Information : Fished the rock piles around the lighthouses in snotty conditions and absolutely crushed them. The wind was going against the tide but we still managed to pickup 33 striped bass between 22 and 28 inches. Nonstop action for about three hours. Froze our tails off but it was definetely worth it.

Angler Name : eric
E-Mail : efishingfool@cs.com
Boat Name: hardcore
Date Fished: 04/05/02
Location: highlands
Fishing Method: BOTTOM
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 11-15
Bait or Lure: SAND WORMS
Water Depth: 10 '
Water Temp.: 48DEG
Information : FISHED FOR 3 HOURS GOT 8 KEEPER FLOUNDER IN BOAT. A FEW SHORT FISH MIXED IN EVEN GOT A DOUBLE. FISHED INCOMEING TIDE.

Angler Name : big guy
E-Mail : mwonderlan@comcast.net
Boat Name: carolynann iii
Date Fished: 04/05/02
Location: lbi
Fishing Method: wreck
Specie: Tautog
Size: 3-5 lbs
Bait or Lure: green crab
Water Depth: 60-80
Water Temp.: ??
Information : great first day 4 nice keepers and about 20 through backs....the mates are the best

Angler Name : MARK MEZZARDI
E-Mail : BBMINORS@AOL.COM
Boat Name: TEAL
Date Fished: FRIDAY, APRIL 5
Location: AMMO PIER/SANDY HOOK BAY
Fishing Method: BOTTOM
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: KEEPER
Bait or Lure: CLAM/SANDWORMS
Water Depth: 10-50
Water Temp.: ?
Information : A NICE DAY ON THE WATER BUT THE FISH WERE NOT COOPERATIVE. ONE NICE KEEPER SOME HITS. FELLOW WITH BLOOD WORMS DID FINE. TOOK AM TRIP. GREAT BOAT GOOD COMPANY.

Angler Name : Mike
E-Mail : mtm134@AOL
Boat Name: AMBROSIA
Date Fished: 4/5/02
Location: Barnegat Ridge
Fishing Method:
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size: 9" - 16"
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 73'
Water Temp.: 46
Information : Went out to the ridge today to give the boat it's first season run. Only two other boats on the ridge. The macs were in very small pods. The fish were small and always on the move. Dog fish also on the ridge. Nice calm water at 1:00pm.

Angler Name : jim
E-Mail : lsu22581@aol.com
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 4/4/02
Location: delaware river, phila airport
Fishing Method: beach
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 37 in, 22.5 lbs
Bait or Lure: small perch, caught earlier
Water Depth: 10-15 ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information : brother caught 28 in on same bait two days earlier

Angler Name : AKASTRIPERMASTER
E-Mail : MrSmiles1331@aol.com
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 4-4-02
Location: Keansburg
Fishing Method: skill
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20'' 26'' 28''
Bait or Lure: Clams on a fishfinder rig
Water Depth: ????
Water Temp.: ????? cold
Information : fished all day caught 3 fish with 2 slot sized fish. Caught at the outgoing and at low tide. One fish had a piece of tail riped off must of been a huge blue! Comein back next week for some more action.

Angler Name : J
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Timing
Date Fished: April 2
Location: Point Pleasent Canel - South side
Fishing Method: Anchor - Chum logs
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: bloodworms
Water Depth: 8-10
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Strong incoming tide. Strong wind from the south. Nothing.

Angler Name : Matt
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: April 2, 2002
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Anchored
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 12 - 14 inches
Bait or Lure: Blood worms, mussel chum and corn
Water Depth: around 12 ft.
Water Temp.:
Information : Got a late start on Tuesday. The weather was perfect when I started at 10:30AM. Launched in Staten Island and fished the middle of the bay for 2 hours without a hit. The wind picked up and I moved in closer towards the Staten Island side, where a group of boats had been fishing, and picked up 3 flounder in about 2 hours. The fishing doesen't seem to be as good as last year.

Angler Name : joe zook
E-Mail : joezook53@aol.com
Boat Name: miss pt. pleasant
Date Fished: 4/2/02
Location: manasquan river
Fishing Method: anchor/chum
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: keeper+
Bait or Lure: sandworm/clam
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : many fish boated on a.m.party boat trip.light crowd, good crew, capt. several 17 and 18 inch fish boated. we had the tide, sun, light wind (until noon or so) got right up on the spots, minimum of moves. son joey(8) caught 2 , ditto for the old man, but i yanked it out of a couple mouths until i got over the urge to set the hook like flukin'and got the "lift" down....oh well, i'm happy.it felt great to be out and we broke the ice for 2002!

Angler Name : CaptKen
E-Mail : hwystar56@aol.com
Boat Name: Maritime skiff
Date Fished: 4/1/02
Location: Navasink River
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: up to 1.5 lb
Bait or Lure: sandworm
Water Depth: 15ft
Water Temp.: 49
Information : Fished the Navasink River and had a nice catch of winter flounder.No chum needed was at the right place at the right time.Fish where not large and lots of throw backs but lots of fun to catch and great to eat. Tight lines and lots of luck.

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