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FISHING REPORTS FOR APRIL 2003

Angler Name : Tony C
E-Mail : tcava1@hotmail.com
Boat Name: The Prowler
Date Fished: 4/30
Location: NY Bite
Fishing Method: Bottom, Clam
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 6 to 12 Lbs
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: about 12 feet
Water Temp.: upper 40's
Information : Took the afternoon trip, 3:30 to 9:30pm Incomming water all night. Capt. tried a couple of spots to no avail. After about an hour, set up in shallower water and we started bang'en up good. I wound up landing approx 12 fish up to around 12 lbs. Pool fish was somewhere around 16 lbs. Many 10 lbs fish were released.

Angler Name : Tom Headley
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 04/30/2003
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 36"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 20 Ft.
Water Temp.: 50 Degrees
Information : The crew of the Bounty Hunter kicked off the 2003 fishing season with the Tom Headley charter. Running up to Sandy Hook and anchoring in 20 Ft. of water, it did not take long to have our first Striped Bass of the year in the boat. The charter enjoyed a steady pick of Bass ranging in size from 20" up to 36". By 1PM over 40 fish were landed. The 5 man charter filled all catagories with a limit catch of 15 Bass, while releasing the rest. The Bounty Hunter still has open dates for July & August. If you want to get in on some great fishing check out our Web Site on Nautical Net and give us a call.

Angler Name : Joe Miller, Sr.
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: April 30
Location: Romer Shoals
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 34"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 15-18 foot
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Justin Nigham had the Joe Miller, Sr. charter from Philadelphia out on the Canyon Runner Wednesday. We made one stop anchoring in 15-18 feet of water on Romer Shoals and put 40+ Striped Bass in the boat before 11am. We limited out with slot, keepers and bonus fish and released a couple dozen. Most of the Stripers were in the 27inch to 30inch range, although we had several shorts and half a dozen bass between 30 and 34 inches. We arrived at Romer at 7am and had a slow pick until 8:30 when it picked up where we had doubles and triple headers. All the action was on clams with circle hooks and 30 pound Momoi fluorocarbon.

Angler Name : Jim
E-Mail : doggysalt@aol.com
Boat Name: Out of The Blue
Date Fished: 4/30/03
Location: South of Reach
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Goose Egg
Bait or Lure: Chartruese shad
Water Depth: 20-50 feet
Water Temp.: 48-51
Information : Trolled South side of Raritan Reach for 2 hours. Not even a knock down. Didn't see anyone else do anything either.

Angler Name : Sam, John M., John S., and Kristen
E-Mail : messisa2000@yahoo.com
Boat Name: All Hooked Up
Date Fished: April 30, 2003
Location: Garden State Reef
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: 5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clam, Squid, Green Crabs, and Bloodworm
Water Depth: 80'
Water Temp.: 52
Information : First wreck trip of the year proved sucessfull as we picked away at medium size sea bass and a few tog. All baits worked, but squid was getting the fewest bites. Lost a couple of big fish that snagged us on the wreck. The bite shut down after 2:30PM as we even tried making a few moves. Things will only get better from here on out. The weather was beautiful, flat calm out there!!!!

Angler Name : John
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Bass Buster
Date Fished: April 29
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Clams
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fishing was dead as a door nail. Tried Keyport flats, the Knoll, Romer, etc. -- same story everywhere. Don't believe any of those reports about hot fising. I saw other boats catch only 4 or 5 all day.

Angler Name : Larry Dolan
E-Mail : dolanlj@aol.com
Boat Name: JoyZee2
Date Fished: April 29 2003
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: anchored/bait fishing
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27 inches
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 17 feet
Water Temp.: 50 degrees
Information : anchored in the middle of the small fleet off Staten Island across from Keyport. Fished for 7 hours and only got one. Saw very few fish being netted on the other boats. Was a great day for a suntan but that's about it.

Angler Name : Capt Darren
E-Mail : www.newjerseycharterboat.com
Boat Name: Mary Lou Crew
Date Fished: April 28, 2003
Location: Raritain Bay
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30-34 inches
Bait or Lure: Fresh Clams
Water Depth: 12 feet
Water Temp.: 58.8
Information : Had the Jeff Carnivale charter out for a great day of striper fishing. The boat caught 40 fish total for the 5 hours fished and kept 9 between the sizes of 30 to 34 inches. We had great weather and another great trip aboard the Mary Lou Crew!

Angler Name : Tara and Joey
E-Mail : Goindeepsea@aol.com
Boat Name: Tara Lee 2
Date Fished: 4/28/03
Location: South Side of Mantaloking Bride
Fishing Method: Anchored
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 1lbs to 2lbs
Bait or Lure: worms
Water Depth: 4'- 5'
Water Temp.: low 50's
Information : Went out for a few hours to run the boat and catch some dinner. Tara loves the bridge, and Joey slept most of the day (he's 15 weeks).Boat ran fine and was good to get the boat out to fish this time.Looking foward to the weekend try our luck at some fluke if they have come in yet.Also hopping to get into some mack but not in the mood to chase them all up and down the coast.Tight lines!!! (soon I hope)

Angler Name : Nick
E-Mail : julian0762@comcast.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4/28/03
Location: Keyport
Fishing Method: Claming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24"-28"
Bait or Lure: Frozen Clams
Water Depth: 12'
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Went out solo and anchored up just off the G1 at about 8:30 am on the out going tide. In 10 minutes, it was non-stop action for about 2-1/2 hours. Later, did a little trolling with Stretch-25's but no takers.

Angler Name : The boys from GEO
E-Mail :
Boat Name: K-Kat & Calypso
Date Fished: April 28
Location: Roamer Shoals
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Had a great trip with the Capts from the K-Kat and Calypso. Dropped the hook at 7:30am and had the first bass in the boat at 7:40am. Fished 5 hours and had steady action on 26"-31" bass all morning. Ended up with over 30 bass and 5 flounder...bitchin day!

Angler Name : Jack Singh
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 4/27/03
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 18lbs
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 20
Water Temp.: 49
Information : First trip of 2003 was a good one. Made one stop in Raritan bay and picked away at the stripers steadily. Had all limits full by 10:30 and continued to catch & release until noon when we packed it in. Had more keepers than slots up to 18lbs. Clam baits worked the best.

Angler Name : Len Steiner
E-Mail : ls5147@msn.com
Boat Name: Sophie Ann
Date Fished: 04/27/03
Location: Roemers and flynns knoll
Fishing Method: anchored-chumming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22-36"
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 12ft
Water Temp.: high 40s
Information : Ed Nowak and I had a Banner Day on 04/27/03.Anchored on Roemers shoal and had first fish 10 min.after setting hook.Caught about 30 fish, about half over 28". It got crowded on roemers. so we moved to flynns knoll and continued to pick at larger fish.Left at noon with a double header of 34"s to end the day.

Angler Name : Neil LaRosa
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: April 27
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 36"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 15 feet
Water Temp.: 50-53
Information : Before posting our first of 150+ fishing reports for the year the Canyon Runner crew would like to wish everyone good luck and good weather for the 2003 season. The Canyon Runner crew kicked off our 2003 season by making a run up to Raritan Bay to get in on some clamming for Stripers. The action has been excellent of late as long as you catch the tide and weather right and Sunday was no exception. Fishing the last of the outgoing and first of the incoming we picked away at Bass and flounder just west of Keyport on the flats in 15 feet of water. Fresh clam on circle hooks with 30-pound fluorocarbon worked best and Neil LaRosa of Middletown was high hook and put the largest Bass of 36 inches in the boat. We also release several shorts and had to chum heavy due to the excessive boat traffic. The Bass bite off Keyport, by the Reach, by Chapel Hill and best on Romer Shoals � looks like a great spring Bass fishery is shaping up quite well.

Angler Name : John Shipley
E-Mail : stjude@comcast.net
Boat Name: Saint Jude
Date Fished: 4/27/03
Location: South East of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: Mediums
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: 70 to 90'
Water Temp.: 44 - 46
Information : Had Donald, Joe, Nick and his dad, Bob out for some early season bottom fishing... Worked hard for a small catch of tog, seabass and one nice cod. We're looking forward to 5 more degrees in H2O temp. Saw no mackerel (weren't looking too hard) Others we spoke to on the VHF had a slow day too, but the weather was great.

Angler Name : Mark, Damon & Bob
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Mega-Byte
Date Fished: 4/27/03
Location: Manasquan River
Fishing Method: Anchor / Chum
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: up to 2.6lbs
Bait or Lure: bloods
Water Depth: 13ft
Water Temp.: n/s
Information : Fished for a couple of hours and caught 4 big flounders ranging from 2.1 to 2.6lbs. Nice way to kick off the season!!

Angler Name : Danny
E-Mail : danf@att.net
Boat Name: Danny Boy
Date Fished: 4/27/03
Location: Barnegat Bay - 'BI' buoy
Fishing Method: chumming / anchored
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 1.2 - 3lb
Bait or Lure: Sandworms / Bloodworms
Water Depth: 11ft
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Danny, Jimmy and Larry out on first trip of the year... Read earlier this week that lots of action down by BI Buoy in Barnegat Bay... Area was still active with winter flounder today... 14 in the box to 3lbs - only one throwback... Great to be out in the sun for a change - catching a few for the freezer was a bonus!... Lets hope this warmer weather holds...

Angler Name : Dave, Paul & Sr.
E-Mail : dreamboatsandt@aol.com
Boat Name: Cookie III
Date Fished: 4/27/03
Location: North End Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: Anchor
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 13" - 15"
Bait or Lure: Bloodworms
Water Depth: 10' to 25'
Water Temp.: 49 to 51
Information : First trip of the year deemed a success with four fat flatties in about two hours of fishing. Finally a picture perfect day in Bay Head! Looking forward to next weeks Striprt trip!

Angler Name : Bonnie & Pete
E-Mail : Holb@blast.net
Boat Name: My Bonnie II
Date Fished: 4/27/03
Location: NY side of Reach
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 31"
Bait or Lure: Stretch 25
Water Depth: 12 - 20
Water Temp.: 54 -55
Information : Trolled 2 stetch's and a shad rig, steady pick of short bass all day, last fish of the day 13.5#. All action on the stetch's no hits on the shad rig.

Angler Name : Stan L
E-Mail : lyskowski@infionline.net
Boat Name: Sea Rose
Date Fished: Sunday 4-27-03
Location: out of manasquan inlet
Fishing Method: jigging on the drift
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 50 to 75 feet
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Heard that the mackerel finally were starting to show up and decided to give them a try. Fished from 8 AM to 12 noon mostly 3 to 4 miles off seaside. Managed to scratch out a catch of 26 large macks. They were scattered and when you found them they were in small pods and moved quickly. You had to move around alot to locate them or be lucky to drift over a pod now & then. Hopefully main run will happen this week.

Angler Name : Rick
E-Mail : captain@tailchasercharters.com
Boat Name: Tailchaser
Date Fished: 04/27/03
Location: South East of Barnegat Inlet
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 11" to 16"
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 86 ft
Water Temp.: 45
Information : The Tailchaser ventured out on it's first trip of the 2003 season. Weather was good. Fishing was GREAT. Captain George Paley and his crew came back with limit catches of Sea Bass and 16 short Black fish were released.

Angler Name : Tony Chiccarine
E-Mail : ACHICCARINE@FLUITRON.COM
Boat Name: Donna
Date Fished: 4/27/03
Location: Manasquan bell buoy
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 32"
Bait or Lure: Shad, umbrella rigs
Water Depth: 50 to 60'
Water Temp.:
Information : Went out alone to check out the boat. There were large rollers at the inlet but outside it was relatively flat with 5 to 6' ground swells.Trolled silver and pink shad, umbrella rigs on wire line at 25 to 30'downIn 45 minutes caught a 25" and 26" striper. Also lost a fish about 32" right at the boat.Tried large plugs but got nothing

Angler Name : Greg
E-Mail : Vongas@aol.com
Boat Name: Duranautic
Date Fished: 4/27/03
Location: Shrewsbury River
Fishing Method: Bait and Chum
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: up to 3lb
Bait or Lure: clam and sandworms
Water Depth: 6'-12'
Water Temp.:
Information : My friend and I caught 24 fish to 3lb on Sunday afternoon in the Shrewsbury.

Angler Name : ryan
E-Mail : fish2cool
Boat Name:
Date Fished: april 26
Location: union beach
Fishing Method: fresh clams
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 8ld 12ld
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : I caught about a dozen shorts and the larger fished moved in when the sun started to risa.I started catching fish about 4:45am and it tapered off around 7:30

Angler Name : Paul Willams, Kenney, Ed Gensinger
E-Mail : Captgen33@aol.com
Boat Name: A REEL LADY
Date Fished: 4/25/03
Location: Raritan Reach
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Stretch 25's
Water Depth: 8Ft. to 30Ft.
Water Temp.: 51.5
Information : Wind was picking up out of the South and trolled for 2 HRS. No hits at all. It has to break open soon. Hopefully we will get some stable weather.

Angler Name : Steve
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Ashley Nicole
Date Fished: 4/25/03
Location: Flyns Noll
Fishing Method: clams
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27" - 32"
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 12'
Water Temp.: 49
Information : got to flynns knoll about 10:00 did not read any fish anchored up on good looking pc of bottom broke up clams steady for chum picked away until 2:30 caught 16 bass

Angler Name : John
E-Mail : streality@yahoo.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4/25/03
Location: raritan bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 18"
Bait or Lure: sands
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : slow day of flounder fishing, managed 4 large fish all day. Plenty of bass on the incoming.

Angler Name : Tony C
E-Mail : tcava1@hotmail.com
Boat Name: The Fisherman & The Prowler
Date Fished: 4/24 & 4/25
Location: New Your Bite
Fishing Method: Bait on Bottom
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 6 to 20 Lbs
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: about 12 feet
Water Temp.: upper 40's
Information : Have to hand to the Capt's and Mates (Mark, Bob & Ron) of the 2 boats I fished. Both did excellent jobs of putting us on fish and working hard for the fares on board. Fished the Prowler 3:30 to 9:30 on 4/24. Many Bass were caught; boat had its limit by evenings end. I ended the night with something like 15 and the pool fish at about 11 lbs. The next morning, 4/25 saw me aboard the Fisherman for perhaps my best day of bass fishing ever. Again, the boat had a many, many fish. I perhaps got somewhere in the vicinity of 20 fish, again with the pool fish at 20 lbs. Also had a bonus fish at 18 lbs. Released many 8 to 10 lb fish as well. Both boats, Capt's and crew were top notch and deserve high marks & my thanks.

Angler Name : Sam, John, and Jim
E-Mail : messisa2000@yahoo.com
Boat Name: All Hooked Up
Date Fished: April 24, 2003
Location: Oyster Creek/ Meyers Hole
Fishing Method: Anchored/ Chum
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: bloodworm
Water Depth: 5-8'
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Well certainly didn't start where we left off last December with the stripers. Conditions were horrible with the wind blowin' a solid 20 knots out of the west but we gave it a try anyway. In short, a few bites at Oyster Creek and marked a ton of fish in Meyer's Hole that weren't snappin'.

Angler Name : chris goocharelli
E-Mail : MINKYA2@AOL.COM
Boat Name: ISLAND GIRL
Date Fished: 4/22/03
Location: MANHATTAN BEACH S.I.N.Y.
Fishing Method: SURF FISHING WITH BUNKER
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28-38" BASS
Bait or Lure: BUNKER CHUNKS WITH CALM STRIPS
Water Depth: 6-8'
Water Temp.: 49
Information : FISHED THE INCOMING TIED AT NIGHT CAUGHT FIRST FISH AROUND 10PM. LANDED 6 BASS LOST 3. BIGGEST FISH 38" WEIGHED ABOUT 15LBS. ALL FISH WERE VERY HEAVY AND FOUGHT HARD. PLENTY OF STRUCTURE IN THE AREA AND PLENTY OF BUNKER BREAKING WATER. GET READY, WE ARE IN FOR ONE HELL OF A SEASON. CHRIS GOOCHARELLI THE LAND ANGLER.

Click here for more information. Angler Name : "Lucky"
E-Mail : smooch6@verizon.net
Boat Name: "Polar Experiance"
Date Fished: 4/21/03
Location: Raritain Reach
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: short's/keeper's
Bait or Lure: fresh clam's
Water Depth: 10'
Water Temp.: 48 degree's
Information : Captain Barry took the fat boy's out for a fair day at the reach. Not as much action as last week, but managed to put a dozen in the boat with one nice 35" 12.3 lb. fish for the table. About noon the wind blew and it became colder and very uncomfortable. It's look's like a very good bass season. It can ony get better when the weather improve's.

Angler Name : kevin kovach
E-Mail : wjkov@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4/21/03
Location: morgan inlet
Fishing Method: casting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26
Bait or Lure: sandworms
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 41-43
Information : fished morgan inlet the whole day and only caught 1 striped bass, saw a few other caught though.

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: Atlantic Star
Date Fished: 4-20-03
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Flounder Pounding
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 13-15 Inchs
Bait or Lure: Sandworms, mussels
Water Depth: 20Ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Started off at anchor off Earle Pier. Slow but steady pick. When the action slowed we'd drop back on the anchor and get another flurry. My son caught 2 and I took 1 but we added another off the chum pot. We then drifted on the flats west of the pier. I added another 5 to bring our combined total to 10 tastey flundies for the table.

Angler Name : Frank @ Howard
E-Mail : FV2@,msn.com
Boat Name: scupps rental
Date Fished: 4/20/03
Location: shrewburry river
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 12.5 " to 18"
Bait or Lure: sandworms
Water Depth: 12"
Water Temp.: ?
Information : fished the incoming tide in the river, North east winds were light, but with the tide we sat tight, caught 49 real nice flounder. all the fish were spawned out(no roe) caught only 3 on out going, with the wind against tide, we were all over the place. with the fish being spawned out, the fish will probably be on the move. we also chummed heavy. had an awesome day out. sunburnt face and all.

Angler Name : Pete & Bonnie
E-Mail : Holb@blast.net
Boat Name: My Bonnie II
Date Fished: 4/19/03
Location: Reach
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20.2#
Bait or Lure: Shad Rig
Water Depth: 28
Water Temp.: 48.3
Information : The wife wanted flounder and I wanted bass so we compromised, anchoring up on Round Shoal we put 6 nice flounder up to 17 in. in the boat in one and a half hours. Going on the troll picked up a 20 pound bass on the green side of the Reach, this fish carried an Virginia/Maryland belly tag.

Angler Name : frank barreca alan barreca doug mc renyolds
E-Mail : fbarecca@yahoo.com
Boat Name: shore
Date Fished: 4/19/03
Location: keyport area
Fishing Method: casting from shore
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 40 inches 28inches slots
Bait or Lure: bunker chunks
Water Depth: 3 to 8 ft
Water Temp.: mid 40
Information :

Angler Name : Marcelo
E-Mail :
Boat Name: TITO-NIC
Date Fished: 4-19-2003
Location: Hudson north of Verrazano Bridge
Fishing Method: Trolling and jiggin
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: shorts up to 32"
Bait or Lure: streches and storms
Water Depth: 25 feet
Water Temp.: 49
Information : fished the outgoing. hooked 1 trolling and marked a lot of fish so we decided to try jigging and hooked about 10 more fished. kept 2 released the rest a good day

Angler Name : Bill C
E-Mail : hideaway@nep.net
Boat Name: miss point pleasant
Date Fished: 4-19-03
Location: Bay
Fishing Method: bouncing
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: up to 2#
Bait or Lure: sandworms/clam strip
Water Depth: 4-8ft.
Water Temp.:
Information : fishing was on the slow side. My son got his first saltwater fish. 2 in fact, I got one my friend, also got his first.

Angler Name : Bill Cordts
E-Mail : hideaway@nep.net
Boat Name: Miss Point Pleasant
Date Fished: 4-19
Location: River
Fishing Method: Bouncing
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 1-2 lbs
Bait or Lure: Clam strips and sand worms
Water Depth: 6-8 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Had my son, brother and good friend out.My son caught his first two ocean fish, decent sized flounder, I managed one and my friend got a nice one. fishing was OK at best. Slow picking.Not a heck of a lot of fish caught on the whole boat.

Angler Name : captshark
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: April,19, 2003
Location: navy pier
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32 inches
Bait or Lure: salted clams
Water Depth: 6-8 feet
Water Temp.: unk
Information : Almost lost a rod when the 32incher hit. Also picked 2 smaller stripers. At times all we got were huge skates.

Angler Name : Steve H
E-Mail : hansteins@tanhar.com
Boat Name: Prowler
Date Fished: 4/19/03
Location: Raritan Bay The flats
Fishing Method: anchor
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: various
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 15 feet
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished on Saturday. lots of striper. 20 keepers on the boat, and plenty of shorts. It looks like the fish are waking up.

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.om
Boat Name: Fins On Feathers
Date Fished: 4-19-03
Location: Keyport Flats
Fishing Method: Anchor/Chum
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 12-34"s
Bait or Lure: Fresh Clams
Water Depth: 14-16Ft
Water Temp.: 45
Information : Myself, my son Jason, friend Paul and the crew of Fins On Feathers (Capt Frank & 1st mate Lou) fished the Keyport Flats and had a ball with stripers ranging in size from 12 inch rats to 34 inchers in addition to boxing 7 flounders to 18 inchs. My son put the first flounder in the box almsot as soon as the anchor was set. He then caught a nice bass soon followed by another flounder before any of the rest of us had a bite. We soon had a good steady pick of bass before a fleet gathered around us and the bite completely died. A move of about 1.5 miles to a more secluded area put instantaneously back into bass. By the time we decided to call it quits, we tallied over 40 stripers and 7 flounders.

Angler Name : ED KARECKI AND FAMILY
E-Mail : SCUMLAWYER@AOL.COM
Boat Name: SHORE AND RIVER
Date Fished: FRIDAY 18TH
Location: SOUTH BRANCH RARITAN
Fishing Method: GARDEN WORMS
Specie: Spotted Seatrout
Size: 10-14IN
Bait or Lure: WORMS
Water Depth: RIVER
Water Temp.:
Information : READ ABOUT ALL THE GUYS BAY FISHING AND DECIDED TO GO TROUT FISHING WITH WIFE AND THREE KIDS CAUGHT 32 TROUT AND HAD A GREAT TIME WITH THE FAMILY EVEN THOUGH BILLY WENT SWIMMING . BILLY 9 YEARS OLD CAUGHT A JAW TAGGED FISH , LINDA CAUGHT HER FIRST TROUT WHAT A WIF FROZE HER BUTT OFF TO ENJOY HER SELF AND WATCH HER HUBBY AND KIDS ENJOY THE DAY WHAT A GOOD FRIDAY THIS WAS. STRIPERS ON MONDAY I GOT CLIFFWOOD BEACH AS THE HOT SPOT!!

Angler Name : lucky
E-Mail : smooch6@verizon.net
Boat Name: "Polar Experiance"
Date Fished: 4/16/03
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Short's/Keeper's
Bait or Lure: Clam's
Water Depth: 8-10'
Water Temp.: 50's
Information : Captain Barry and the fat boy's crew, christened his new 21' Polar center console. We anchored up near the Triangle and with the help of a little clam chum, had striper's biting from 7am till we left them biting Many short's and a few over 28", with a few slot fish as well. Great day, great boat and a great captain.

Angler Name : Dave
E-Mail : DavidTanya@att.net
Boat Name: Special-T
Date Fished: 16 April
Location: wreck, 66 ft
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 66'
Water Temp.: 44 degrees
Information : More of a test boat ride so fished near Man Ridge. Windy and cold. No boats out there except a tug but it was nice to take a ride. 44 degree water ... Brrrrrrrrr

Angler Name : Jose, Marco and Mike
E-Mail : chino229@aol.com
Boat Name: The Fisherman
Date Fished: April 16, 2003
Location: Rariytan Bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: All different
Bait or Lure: Worms and Clams
Water Depth: 10 to 20 feet
Water Temp.: Cold
Information : Marco got lost on the way to the boat. He should have stayed lost. Mike and I both had keepers, a nice way to start the year. Marco had NOTHING, ZERO, ZIP. Total boat catch.... about a dozen. Awsome day on the water and boat. Captain Ron worked his butt off looking for fish. We'll be back for Stripers.

Angler Name : Roger L. Miller
E-Mail : Rm09@aol.com
Boat Name: Cobia 174cc
Date Fished: April 15, 2003
Location: Raritain Bay Cliffwood
Fishing Method: Anchor/Fresh Clams
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22" Shorts
Bait or Lure: Fresh Clams
Water Depth: 10-15'
Water Temp.: 44
Information : My Brother Chris and I went for our first trip this year. Started off trolling stretches, but no takes. However, we tried to anchor, and could not get hooked. I had to go back to port and get my bigger heavier anchor, because the wind was too much. We got Chris his first striper on clams once anchored. I missed the good high tied because of my anchor issue. Lots of false hook-ups. Overall good time for first trip. Fish are getting active.

Angler Name : Rich and Joe
E-Mail : islgirl3@aol.com
Boat Name: Capt Paul
Date Fished: 4/15
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size:
Bait or Lure: Mussels
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : We had a good day with ahard working captain. We ended up with 30 flounder, 4 bass, 2 of which where keeps. The pick was slow but steady, excellent job by the captain....

Angler Name : John and Foster
E-Mail : johnlaura@comcast.net
Boat Name: TIDE RUNNER
Date Fished: 4/15/03
Location: Manasquan River & Barn Bay
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: worms, clams and Chum
Water Depth: 4 to 8 ft
Water Temp.: 49 to 53
Information : 1st.time out this season made 3 drops in the river and 2 drops in the bay around the Manaloking Bridge. We did not even have a hit. We did not see a fish caught or heard of any action on the radio. Great tide and weather but no fish After 5 hours of fisting. Trial run for our New Shamrock 24.6 She ran like a charm great boat. A great day to be on the water!

Angler Name : ryan
E-Mail : fish2cool
Boat Name:
Date Fished: april 15
Location: union beach
Fishing Method: fresh clams
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18ld 12 ld
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : i fished clams on the outgoing with a high low rig.

Angler Name : gene f
E-Mail : brnifly@aol.com
Boat Name: sea pigeon
Date Fished: 4/15/03
Location: raritan bay close to staten island
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 14'
Bait or Lure: sand worms
Water Depth: 5-12'
Water Temp.: 46
Information : fished all day on the sea pigeon out of perth amboy. managed to scratch out one fish which i caught within the first 15 mins of the trip .about 35 people on the boat many had none .the guy next to me had four i think he was high hook .fishing was very slow. the bay was calm and the weather warmed up nicely in the afternoon.

Angler Name : Tony C
E-Mail : tcava1@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Teal
Date Fished: 4/15/03
Location: Inside Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Bottom, Clam
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: 12 feet
Water Temp.: 44
Information : Managed 1 bass about 23 1/2 inch. Also 5 skates. Boat only had 3 slot fish and maybe 5 or so other shorts. A bit early yet.

Angler Name : mike rosenburgh
E-Mail : captmike@allisonrae.com
Boat Name: allisonrae
Date Fished: 4/14/03
Location: manasquan river
Fishing Method: worms and chum
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 12-18 inch
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 16 feet
Water Temp.:
Information : dk landscaping chartered the boat with five familly members and managed to catch 35 flounder to 18 inches.

Angler Name : dan soma and jim kerr
E-Mail : fred_pratts@yahoo.com
Boat Name: sun shine pam
Date Fished: 04\14\03
Location: delawere bay
Fishing Method: boat
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 33 33\37inch
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: 10 ft
Water Temp.: 43
Information : water was carm and light winds. caught fish on out going tide

Angler Name : Steve H
E-Mail : hansteins@tanhar.com
Boat Name: The Prowler
Date Fished: 4/13/03
Location: Raritan Bay/reach
Fishing Method: Clams
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24-28
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 20 ft
Water Temp.: 47
Information : Fish were there. fished the magic hours (3-9). 12 people on the boat, eight fish caught. I think another week or two and it will bust wide open.

Angler Name : jay
E-Mail :
Boat Name: shore
Date Fished: 4-13-03
Location: delanco
Fishing Method: bottom fishing
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 34"
Bait or Lure: bloodworm
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: would like to know
Information : fished for about 5 hrs started one hour before high tide not alot of action but between the two of us 5 fish smallest 27 others were over thirty inches will try again this weekend

Angler Name : JOE JACOBY
E-Mail : OGGIE123@MSN.COM
Boat Name: TROHY
Date Fished: 4/13/03 SUNDAY
Location: SHREWSBERRY ROCKS
Fishing Method: TROLLING 6 INCH SHAD
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 000000000000
Bait or Lure: 6 INCH WHITE AND GREEN SHAD
Water Depth: 20 TO 35 FT.
Water Temp.: 45
Information : TRIP TO THE ROCKS. TOTAL OF 3 BOATS ON LOCATION. NO FISH BOATED. FISHED FOR 4 HOURS. TRYING TO GET A JUMP ON THE STRIPERS. NO SUCH LUCK.

Angler Name : Frank S
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 04/13/03
Location: Shark River - Belmar
Fishing Method: Bulkhead
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size:
Bait or Lure: Sand Worms
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished for 4 hrs with my son, no bites. Same goes for the other 15 folks out there. Still, it was a beautiful day, nice to be outdoors. With warm weather scheduled for the next few days, maybe it will turn on the fishery.

Angler Name : Steve and C.J.
E-Mail : cjnesti@comcast.net
Boat Name: N/A
Date Fished: 4/9/03
Location: Raratian Bay Shore
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Slot and keeper
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 4' to 6'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Sat out in the rain and managed a couple to take home for dinner. Fresh clams seemed to help. No one did anything on worms.Caught them at the top of the outgoing.

Angler Name : tim
E-Mail :
Boat Name: m and m
Date Fished: 4/6 4/7
Location: great egg bay/ great egg river
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28"
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 10-25"
Water Temp.: 45-48
Information : worked the bay real hard on saturday and sunday. had lots of bites, some trash fish and 1 striper up the river on clams. The fish are here in good numbers but they seem very sluggish.

Angler Name : Carl
E-Mail : cvogelzang@comcast.net
Boat Name: Blue Moon
Date Fished: 4/6
Location: North of Mantoloking Bridge
Fishing Method: Chum
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 13"
Bait or Lure: bloodworm, sandworms
Water Depth: 8 ft
Water Temp.: 42 F
Information : Caught one fish on the incomimg tide, move to the Manasquan River near the canel for the outgoing caught nothing

Angler Name : Howard
E-Mail : Howardr3@cs.com
Boat Name: striper
Date Fished: 4/6
Location: Mantoloking Bridge
Fishing Method:
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size:
Bait or Lure: sand worms
Water Depth: 4 to 8 ft.
Water Temp.: 45 F
Information : My dad and I made our first stop on the South side of the Mantoloking Bridge and fished here for about 2 hours. We saw two other boats catch one flounder each and we did not even get a hit. We than drift fished both sides of the bridge with the same results. I stopped over at Shark River Public dock and only saw two fish there.

Angler Name : Andrew Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: Fins On Feathers
Date Fished: 4-6-03
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Anchor/Chum
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Rats to 32"
Bait or Lure: Clam bellies
Water Depth: 6-8 Feet
Water Temp.: 43.9-45
Information : After an evil, ride into the teeth of a steady 30 knot NW wind we settled in on 2 anchors and proceded to set out 4 rods for bass while each of us also worked a flounder rod. We had a steady pick of action. At times the action would be heavier with flounder then bass and back to flounder. By the time we pulled anchor our 6 man crew boxed 40 flounders to 19"s and 20 bass to 32"s.

Angler Name : Jason V
E-Mail : acevpetdic@aol.com
Boat Name: rental boat
Date Fished: 4/5/03
Location: Shark River
Fishing Method: Blood worms
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 14 to 16- 1/2
Bait or Lure: flounder rigs
Water Depth: 15
Water Temp.: unkown
Information : Rainy day, cold, very windy. still produced 13 keepers biggest was 16-1/2 only 2 other boats spotted in the river besides ours. As soon as the tide changed none stop action for 2 hours. great day. Time to unleash the Big boat Time on Water = Fish.

Angler Name : Joe D
E-Mail : jdempsey@louisberger.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4/5
Location: Cliffwood Beach
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30-inches
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: ~3 feet
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Caught a 30-inch Striper on the incoming Sat night at Clifwood Beach. It swam away healthy when released. Also caught a smaller one on the outgoing in Keansburg earlier in the day. Tightlines.

Angler Name : Larry VanHorn
E-Mail : larrye1796@comcast.net
Boat Name: MISS CHRIS
Date Fished: 4-4-03
Location: Cape May Rips
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26-28 inches
Bait or Lure: bucktails tipped w/mackerel
Water Depth: 20-30ft
Water Temp.: 43degrees
Information : Drifted around all day but only took 2 fish on the whole boat (both on same drift). Used mostly bucktails but tryed clams,peanut bunker,eels but fish justdidn't want to turn on. Overcast day and the water just seemed too cold. I'll wait till water hits 50 before trying again.

Angler Name : frank &frank jr barreca
E-Mail : fbarecca@yahoo.com
Boat Name: cimmeron
Date Fished: 4-2
Location: shark river
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 12 to 17 inches
Bait or Lure: sand worms
Water Depth: 8 to 11 ft
Water Temp.: 41 to 43
Information : went out about 9 out going tide slow we did pick up 7 flounders water was cold when we started 40.3 degrees warmed up to 43 when we left at 1 pm

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