Angler Name : Capt. Nick Neuberg
E-Mail : captain.nick@verizon.net
Boat Name: Benchmark
Date Fished: 4/28/29/30/06
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Clams
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 54
Information : We fished with Pete Longo and his party on Friday and had a steady pick of bass all day eventually limiting out on fish to about 18lbs. Jason Gaynor and his group fished Saturday and had a blitz of all big fish in the morning, the group quickly limited out and caught and released the rest of the day. Biggest fish 20 and 25lbs. The Kohler group fished with us Sunday and found fish to 20lbs and went home with there limit no problem. Capt. Nick

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 4/30/06
Location: bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: slots to 35 inches
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Working hard everyday to put a catch together. Some very nice keepers coming in the past few trips....today started out with 2 fish at 18 and 16 pounds right off the bat! loads of readings, thought we were in....Bluefish took over so we moved...each drop had a couple fish, then bluefish..made 5 drops before we found a pile that wanted to bite....Had them going good till two boats thought I was a wagon train, kept going around me in 10 foot of water!! Thanks Guys, your lack of knowledge is not appreciated...Made one last drop in the bunker school, had 4 more very nice fish to finish out the day....Afternoons so far have been decent fishing, Friday was very good, Saturday the bite lasted about an hour and a half then nothing. Clams are impossible to come by the next few days..Huge swell in the Ocean has kept the guys at the dock..Once we use what we have in the freezer, I'll have to switch to Bunker for a Trip or two.....whatever it takes..........capt.ron

Angler Name : Dustin
E-Mail : gunitdl50@aol.com
Boat Name: Rainy Dayze
Date Fished: 4/29
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 34 inches
Bait or Lure: shad
Water Depth: 14 ft
Water Temp.: 53
Information : This was a nice fish, I snagged it on a troll. It's was about 20 pounds or so. While realing her in the fight took my real off my pole and I had to hold it on while I finisshed bringing her in. Happy Fishing Guys........

Angler Name : Andrew Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: Sea Hunter
Date Fished: 04-29-06
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 39"s
Bait or Lure: Clam Bellies
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Made 2 drops. First drop was in the vicinity of the 11A buoy. Took a while for the fish to find us and even when they did it was slow. 3 bass were caught, 1 of which was a short as well as 3 bluefish. I didn't have my first bite until a hour into the first drop and I was caught totally off guard thus missing the strike. Pulled anchor and circled around a bit looking for bait/marks. Finally anchored up to the northwest of our first drop. Action was somewhat better. I had another bite and hooked up solidly with a 30". After rebaiting with 2 fresh clam halves it didn't take long before I felt a few soft taps. I waited until I felt a little weight and drove the hook home. Fish pulled drag for a good 15-20 seconds all the while moving away from the boat. It then started to run up the side. I hooked up in the port/stern corner and fought the fish all the way up the rail finally bringing her to the net on the bow. Bass taped out at 39"s and weighed #23. Good enough for the pool. I had one other pick up afterward that I missed. 12 keeper bass for the boat (4 others besides mine over 17 pounds), 3 short bass released and perhaps 10-12 bluefish in the #4-7 class caught

Angler Name : Jim, Pat, John, Mark, Patrick
E-Mail : bluewater31@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Out of the Blue
Date Fished: 4/29/2006
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Clam/Bunker
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 13-15 pounds
Bait or Lure: Clams, Bunker
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.: 50-52
Information : Started off the morning with hot bite with the flood tide. Slowed down at slack and a slow pick the rest of the day. Bigger fish are there and it should turn on soon.

Angler Name : Steve Wulff
E-Mail : swulff@lucent.com
Boat Name: Tina Marie 111
Date Fished: 4/28/06
Location: raritan reach
Fishing Method: chumming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 42"
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 20 - 28
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Great day yesterday evening - fish up to 42". Caught 11 bass on the incoming but 9 were 34" or bettter plus tons of Bules. The females were loaded with eggs and looked like Bass on steroids. Going out tomorrow in the AM and hope it is just as good. Best fishing so far this year. We released the big females and kept our limit of males up to 14 lbs. Wulffman

Angler Name : CAPT. GLENN
E-Mail :
Boat Name: ROSE MARIE
Date Fished: 4/28/06
Location: shrewsbury
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 37"
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished afternoon. Exreamly snotty seas, only stayed 45min. boated 4 blues.

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 4/27/06
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: small to 33 inches
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Sorry guys, I have been trying to get my posts up daily, I guess there is a day delay...The post for the 26th is still not up yet....anyway, started the morning out with the last of the incoming,picked away at some mixed fish...nothing like the past two days, but O.K. Thought it would get better with the tide..it didn't. A fish here and there...then I remembered the new Moon today....Guess we could use that one! All fish we caught were loaded with clams and not very aggressive. Pool fish 33 inches 15 pounds. High Hook 4 fish..........capt. ron

Angler Name : Steve
E-Mail : darksztar@comcast.net
Boat Name: Hightime II
Date Fished: 4-26-2006
Location: raritan bay
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27 to 29 inches
Bait or Lure: plugs &bunker spoons
Water Depth: 20-25 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Started out early and ran out to old orchard in 2 to 3 footers. Trolled around there for awhile and picked up 1 bass & 1 blue. After not getting any more fish for awhile we decided to try over by the 11a buoy. Trolled around there for awhile, but once the tide changed and the sun came out things started to happen. Sum total for the day 5 stripers and about 20 blues.

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 4/26/06
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: slots to 32 inches
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 15ft
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Another nice bite today...caught the first of the outgoing, a few 28's and some slots. Once the current ran hard, the bigger fish turned on. Largest 33 inches 18 pounds.....Some of the better fishermen had 10 to 15 fish all on clams, Mitch Jevic, and Billy the Boss had over 20 fish between them, once the current slowed, so did the fishing, back to some slots and smaller fish, didn't matter thou, the day was made! Capt. Ron

Angler Name : Jim Quigley, Gary and Linda Lewis & Douglas
E-Mail : CaptQuigs@optonline.net
Boat Name: Barnecat
Date Fished: 4/25
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 34
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 15ft
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Fished the incoming tide off #1 Keyport Harbor. Considering I couldn't get fresh calms anywhere we had a steady but slow pick of mostly short bass and a couple of bluefish mixed in. From 1pm - 5 pm we released about a dozen bass from 24 to 27 inches and managed 3 keepers largest was 34". Moved to navy pier for one last drop on the way in and picked up 1 more short and another bluefish. Starting to pick up - Yeeehoo!

Angler Name : Capt. Buff
E-Mail : anthonybufano@comcast.net
Boat Name: SeaSnatch
Date Fished: April 25, 2006
Location: Navesink River
Fishing Method: Bottom, Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Clams, Sandworms
Water Depth: 10-25
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Fished the incoming tide from 2:00 pm until about 6:30 pm. simaltaneously fishing for flounder and bass. I covered almost the entire span of the river with no success. Only a few light strikes. Appears as though the heavy rains from the other day have effected the bite in the river. Curious if anyone had any success on Monday or Tuesday in the river?

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 4/25/06
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28's plus!
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 14ft
Water Temp.: 53
Information : What a change from yesterday! Had fish on right from the start and they were hungry....Several limits with fish to 16 pounds. Bite lasted till 1:00pm, the end of the tide. Fish are very healthy looking, nice and fat....good conditions for tomorrow also, outgoing all day...capt. ron

Angler Name : Jon Murray
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fish Repellent
Date Fished: 4/21/06
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3-8 lbs
Bait or Lure: ponytails/bombers
Water Depth: 6-10
Water Temp.: 58-60
Information : trolled the bay with Matt Konow today in a hard N/E wind. We had hoped to work poppers for the blues but the conditions were too rough. Trolling produced 15 blues from 3-8 lbs. best fishing was on the west side of the bay which of course was the sloppiest side due to the wind. "red head" long-A bombers worked best for us.

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 4/21/06
Location: bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Very nasty day today....morning started out with SE 25 against an outgoing tide...need I say more! Made several drops waiting for the change of tide and better conditions,it did get better,not much thou. Finally had a bite around 12:40pm! 6 keepers and a bunch of shorts to end out the day...Saturday looks worse, lots of wind and possible rain....my advise: wait till next week, if we get all the rain there talking about, the runoff will kill us........capt.ron

Angler Name : Jim Paras
E-Mail : JParas1@msn.com
Boat Name: Double Barrel
Date Fished: 4/20/06
Location: In Shore Reefs
Fishing Method: Anchor
Specie: Tautog
Size: Up to 5lbs
Bait or Lure: Green Crab
Water Depth: 70
Water Temp.: 56.4
Information : The third spot was a charm. After anchoring up on two different spots to no avail, moving over a third structure prooved to be the right move. Landed all quality blackfish up to 5 lbs on a dead calm, flat ocean 80 degree April day. Excellent fishing

Angler Name : Zack
E-Mail : darksztar@comcast.net
Boat Name: HighTime II
Date Fished: April 20,2006
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 34 inches
Bait or Lure: stretcch 25's & bunker spoons
Water Depth: 20 to 25 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : I started out in the dark for my first days fishing in my own boat. I headed out towards the 18 can in the reach. I didn't find any fish there so I headed out to Romer Schoals. I caught 2 stripers out there and lost a third after fighting it for a while. Caught the 34 incher on a plug the other two were on a bunker spoon. Had two other rod pop off but the fish were gone by the time I got to them. Also thanks to capt. Ron and the crew of the fisherman for two fine trips while I was waiting to get my boat in the water. Also I monitor ch 72 and am always lokking for friends out there, good info for good info.

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 4/20/06
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 51-55
Information : Morning started out with a pick, had slack tide, just before the incoming. A handfull of keepers and last years slots started the day out. Would get a shot of 2 to 3 fish then nothing..almost exactly like yesterday. Bottom fell out around 11.......stroked it the rest of the day!! Pool fish 16 pounds..high hook 7 fish....Water temp ranged from 51 to 60 degrees on the way in, amazing after Monday being 47-49....capt. ron

Angler Name : Sid Gold & John Patchinsky Jr.
E-Mail : sidgold@optonline.net
Boat Name: Can Do Too
Date Fished: 4/20/2006
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Claming / Chum / Foying
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28 29 32
Bait or Lure: Clams & worms
Water Depth: 16'
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Our 2nd trip of 2006 and Jim Foy found the fish again..... off to an excellent start.. What a GREAT day.... calm and sunny to the high 70's Started out on the troll off the hook got nothing. Dropped the hook and within 1/2 hour released 4 small Bass and got a 32" KEEPER. Then the Flounder came in got 2 nice sized ones on worms.... Went further into the bay and got 2 more strippers 28 & 29 and more Flounders.....

Angler Name : Capt. Mike Copeman
E-Mail :
Boat Name: RENEGADE
Date Fished: 4/20/06
Location: Brick Beach
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 40-80
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Headed out Thursday afternoon after hearing of some bass and blues being cuaght off Brick Beach, trolled for two hours till sunset, not a touch. Water temps are up.

Angler Name : Gennaro Chierchio/Michael Chierchio
E-Mail : GChierchio@optonline.net
Boat Name: 222 Trophy
Date Fished: 04/20/06
Location: Romer Shoal/Rockaways/Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 15-25
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Checkout cruise to get a feel for the new Raymarine Fishfinder/Chartplotter. It works very well. It said there were no fish and there was'nt! We cruised over 60 miles from Staten Island to the Hook and even picked Momma up from work at Chelsea Piers/Sufside 3 Marina and ran the Kill Van Kull home. They wanted to charge me a dollar a foot to "pick her up off the dock"! Talked my way out of that one,still dont believe it! We even saw some rock blasting under the Bayonne Bridge at about 5:00PM.

Angler Name : KURT MANZ
E-Mail : REELMANZCHARTERS@AOL.COM
Boat Name: REELMANZ
Date Fished: 4-20-06
Location: RARITAN BAY
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28"
Bait or Lure: CLAMS
Water Depth: 15'
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Fished the afternoon caught the outgoing tide was a steady pick all day long most fish in the 24-27" range. Becoming hard to keep the clams on the hook with some of the largest skates i have seen having a feild day on the fresh clams

Angler Name : Ritchie
E-Mail : kATHLEEN-kANE@msn.com
Boat Name: Dauntless
Date Fished: 4-20-06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method: bottom fishing
Specie: Ling (AKA Red Hake)
Size: .75 lbs.-2lbs.
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 190 ft.
Water Temp.: 48Deg.
Information : very slow fishing.Boat stayed in one spot too long!Very crowded.

Angler Name : TONY SPERRUZZIO
E-Mail : mfsupply@hotmail.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4/20/06
Location: KEYPORT FLATS
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24-29
Bait or Lure: PLUGS
Water Depth: 10-16
Water Temp.: 53-56
Information : FISHED ENTIRE INCOMING, BOATED 5 BASS UP TO 29" ALL NICE AND FAT, AND THE FIRST BLUE OF THE SEASON. ON THE WAY BACK TO THE LAUNCH WE FOUND THE BASS WORKING WHAT APPEARED TO BE HERRING.

Angler Name : Jack Lyons
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Monkeyshines
Date Fished: 4/20/06
Location: Keyport flats
Fishing Method: Anchor
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 16 inches
Bait or Lure: Sand worms and clams
Water Depth: 17.5 feet
Water Temp.: 58.6
Information : Beautiful day on the water! Chummed heavy, fishing for both Striped bass and flounder. Landed a couple of flounders, missed a couple of bass. The flounder were fat, at least we came away with a meal!

Angler Name : Capt. Nick Neuberg
E-Mail : captain.nick@verizon.net
Boat Name: Benchmark
Date Fished: 4/19/06
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Clams
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Crew trip today produced 3 keeper bass from 29-31". We released at least another 50 fish many of which were former slot fish. Nice weather and good fishing.

Angler Name : Capt. ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 4/19/06
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 51-54
Information : Started the morning off with a pick of keepers and slots...didn't last long for whatever reason. Made two drops then left the area. Read some life at Romar...never had a bite....Headed west, for the bait life, bounced around catching a few smaller fish here and their. 3 more keepers in the shallows... Tough to keep the bass in the clams when they are chasing after the herring....water temp at one point was 54 degress....plenty of fish around, just have to wait them out....sailing Friday, Saturday afternoons 5 till 10pm and Sunday afternoon 3:30 till 9pm.....capt.ron

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 4/18/06
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 51
Information : Lousy conditions today with the tide running up to the bow...North wind with incoming tide..Still managed to pick away most of the day. More slots, unlike yesterday where most of the fish were big. Still had our keepers thou. High hook 2 keepers, 16 slots...Water temp up to 51.5 .....Capt.ron

Angler Name : Capt.Kevin Delanoy
E-Mail : kevin@missmargiefishingcharters.com
Boat Name: MISS MARGIE
Date Fished: 4-14-06
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 15''
Bait or Lure: sand worms
Water Depth: 10'
Water Temp.: 52
Information : I started fishing around 11:00 am,thinking the bite would be better in the early afternoon.That was mistake,as I caught my only two fish within the first half hour I was fishing. I did speak to other fishermen that had decent catches,all in the mid morning.I will try again tomorrow.

Angler Name : Steve
E-Mail : LSExpress@aol.com
Boat Name: Little Silver Express II
Date Fished: 4/14/06
Location: Romer Shoal
Fishing Method: Anchor
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 16 1/2
Bait or Lure: Clams/Bellies
Water Depth: 12'
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Fished Romer Shoal at high outgoing tide. Caught Bass to 32". Top fish weighed 16 1/2 Lbs.

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 4/14/06
Location: bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 51
Information : Finally some bigger fish! Took all day to catch them, but it was worth it. Started the morning on the end of the incoming, no current and a handfull of short fish. Didn't catch what we read anywhere. Waited for the change of tide and some current, when it did come the bite was no better. Left the area to look around. Fished a small snag and had 7 very nice keepers, the largest a 32 pounder caught by my Dad Capt.Ron Sr., nice to see he hasn't lost his touch. Tom Krako had 2 keepers and the pool along with Rocco Farina keeping 2 fish. Had 4 others that the guys panicked on and blew'em. Fish are nice and fat with all the bait around, 51 degrees on the water temp.......I would think the upcoming week we should see a much better bite......will be adding Friday, Saturday afternoons next week 5 to 10 PM and Sunday 3:30 till 9:00pm. Capt. Frankie will be back at the helm for the afternoon runs...........capt.ron

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 4/13/06
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 51
Information : Started the day off with the Pool fish and some shorts. A little too rollie to fish with wind against the tide. Headed for the back bay. Had a couple more keepers and a pick of shorts. Bounced around looking for better fishing with all the bait in the area. Ended the day with a nice bite...just not many keepers, yet. Half a dozen last year slots that had to go back. Things should pick up after the Moon..........capt. ron

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 4/12/06
Location: bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 49
Information : Tough day today. All the fish were tiny and had to go back. I think one would have made a slot last year. South wind came up against the tide, that sure didn't help conditions. Water temp was up a little today, 49 degrees. Had plenty of bait, just not an impressive bite....better days ahead! capt.ron

Angler Name : Capt. Nick Neuberg
E-Mail : captain.nick@verizon.net
Boat Name: Benchmark
Date Fished: 4/11/06
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Clams
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Had our first charter of the season with Steve grenckevich. We managed to boat 13 keeper flounder to 4lbs and released about 3 dozen stripers to 26", no big ones yet.

Angler Name : Capt. Kevin Delanoy
E-Mail : kevin@missmargiefishingcharters.com
Boat Name: MISS MARGIE
Date Fished: 4-11-06
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 16''
Bait or Lure: blood and sand worms
Water Depth: 9'
Water Temp.: 48
Information : I fished for a half day today in the 17 mako. The morning was as nice as it gets, light winds and sunshine.This lasted until about 11am when the south wind decided to blow. I lasted until 12:30,too bouncy for me I managed three fish and I think the afternoon,(outgoing tide) had some promise. The water cleaned up and I had a few more bites today. I will try again on Friday.

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail : 1captainron@comcast.net
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 4/11/06
Location: bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 47
Information : Started the AM out with a pick of fish. Mostly shorts and slots until 10 year old John Maka of Mine Hill N.J. hooked into his first Striper, a 36 inch beauty! Managed to catch a couple more keepers then the bottom fell out. Took a look around and dropped on some nice readings, had another shot of fish for 20 minutes till the wind went South and that was it. Water temp still only 47 today. Did manage to find some 51 degree, but it was in 9 ft of water, no current there so we caught squat! For April 11th I am still pretty happy about the pick the last few days...it can only get better..........Capt. Ron

Angler Name : Capt. KEvin Delanoy
E-Mail : kevin@missmargiefishingcharters.com
Boat Name: MISS MARGIE
Date Fished: 4-10-06
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 15''
Bait or Lure: blood and sand worms
Water Depth: 9'
Water Temp.: 49-52
Information : Today was a much better day. Although the water was still dirty,the sun was shinning and the wind let up, making it much easier to feel the liitle pecking bite of these finicky fish.We fished across from the power plant closer to the 40 buoy, the outgoing tide was the ticket as well as lots of patience. We ended the day with a dozen nice sized fish.Sand worms seemed to work better today.

Angler Name : Sid Gold
E-Mail : sidgold@optonline.net
Boat Name: Can Do Too
Date Fished: April 1oth
Location: Romer Sholes/Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Claming / Chum
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18" to 24"
Bait or Lure: CLAMS
Water Depth: 16'
Water Temp.: 52
Information : For the 1st trip of 2005 Jim Foy found 20 Stripped Bass we released all... none were big enough... A very calm day with a bit of wind around 3:00 PM Best bite at the tide turn.... 2006 off to a good start

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 4/10/06
Location: bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 12ft
Water Temp.: 45-47
Information : Finally, much better fishing yesterday and today, although today took 3 hours to get a bite! Mostly short fish and fish that would have made slots last year. Today we had a nice 2 hour bite and managed to keep 6 fish over 28 inches........Didn't have the bait life around like yesterday so it was alot harder to find the fish. Water temp also was 2 degrees less than yesterday! Things should get going this week with the warmer temps coming. Bigger fish won't be far behind...like I always say...PATIENCE.....sailing daily 7:30AM..... capt.ron

Angler Name : K Wright
E-Mail : fisherman9292000@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Sea Tiger II
Date Fished: 4/9/06
Location: Navesink River & Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Boat
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: up tp 15"
Bait or Lure: Blood Worms and Clams
Water Depth: 10 feet
Water Temp.: Mid to upper 40's
Information : Went fishing with my friend on the Sea Tiger II out of the Highlands today. Started off with a strong morning wind and it was cold. Day started off very slow, things picked up towards the afternoon. Caught two shorts, and lost one nice 15" off the rail. Hopefully it will pick up in a couple weeks. Tight Lines.

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 4/09/06
Location: bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 47
Information : Better fishing today in the AM on the outgoing. Small fish, althou several would have been keepers last year. Chased the Herring to catch the bass...just couldn't get them to stay around the boat in the chum with all the live stuff around. Warmer weather this week should get the temp up to where it needs to be. Only hear of a few keepers being caught just yet...Capt. Ron

Angler Name : Capt. Kevin Delanoy
E-Mail : kevin @missmargiefishingcharters.com
Boat Name: MISS MARGIE
Date Fished: 4-9-06
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 18''
Bait or Lure: blood worms
Water Depth: 9'
Water Temp.: 50
Information : the most excitement we had all day was with the weather.The forcasted northwest 10-15 turned out to be a good 20+ out of the north, making the bay an interesting color of white caps and dirty water.Thus the fishing was poor except for one very large flounder and a handfull of smaller but legal size fish.It was a good day to tell stories and hope the next day would be better.

Angler Name : Andrew Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: Misty Morn
Date Fished: 04-09-06
Location: Western Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Anchor/Chum
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: Up to 16"s
Bait or Lure: Sandworms, Clam Strips
Water Depth: 8-10'
Water Temp.:
Information : Jason and I fished aboard the Misty Morn today along with 2 other fares. Captain and mate also fished for a total of 6 anglers. 9 flounder in total were boated with 7 of those being keepers. Fished the very far corner of the bay, actually it was more like the mouth of the Raritan River as we spent most of the day about 100 yards east of the railroad bridge. I had 1 keeper while missing my only 2 other bites. Jason as is his norm (especially on this boat as he always seems to win several pools a year on this boat) won the pool with a 16"er that was caught on the first drop within the first 10 minutes. Clam strips caught 6 out of the 9 flatties with sandworms acounting for the other 3.

Angler Name : tony knight
E-Mail : nitewefish@yahoo.com
Boat Name: KMK
Date Fished: 4-9-06
Location: barnegat bay
Fishing Method: anchor and chum
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: ?
Bait or Lure: bloodworms
Water Depth: 10 ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information : what a difference a week makes, we again launched at ship bottom and headed north against a stiff north wind and thought that we would get some shelter behind that same island as before but the wind was not the same and we were buffeted alot and in three hours my partner lost the only baits this day .not sure what took them but it took both worms off his WF rig. we then left to get some kind of shelter from the wind but again the tide was against us but we made it safely back behind the bridge and tried south and again came up with a blank might have had something to do with the low temps and the all day rain on saturday.oh well better days are ahead and maybe we had to pay for the trip the week before .the shame is that that is what I was compaining about before when they decided to restrict our WF fishery that with no bag limit that rare day you find a good concetration you could get a decent amount to make up for those days like my two out of three trips for WF in 06: 1st: 2 WF for 6 hours fishing /1 doz bloods 12$,6 qts chum 3$ each ,18$ /gas, rigs, etc $ . 2nd trip : one and a half doz bloods 19$ ,10 qts chum ,30$ ,gas,rigs,food,gas for truck,drinks,$ , this was the good trip we limited out in less than 3 hours and left them biting ,with no bag limit we might have gotten 10 or 15 more but on our next trip to the same spot we drew a blank and we spent just a much money as the week before and I know thats fishing but just how much sense does it make to come down on us recreational fishermen who they said were not taking more than 3 per cent of the quota ended up with a 2/3 loss of our season and a 10 fish bag while NY enjoys a 15 fish bag and a longer season is beyond me ,the same as allowing ANY fyke netting of those prespawn WF doesn"t seem to be too smart . how is that fair ? these laws are already affecting the tackle shops because of the new 10 fish bag limit I will never have a reason to buy more than a half dozen bloodworms on a trip and my fishing partner will only buy more if we plan to fish for stripers as well. that combined with the loss of our fall season is a major economic loss for a state that is already in dire straits. tony knight

Angler Name : wayne
E-Mail : strompf@optonline.net
Boat Name: gambler
Date Fished: april 9
Location: 20 mile wreck
Fishing Method:
Specie: Ling (AKA Red Hake)
Size: 1-3lbs.
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 130-200ft
Water Temp.:
Information : slow start ,turned out a good day caught 20 ling a few cod were caught on boat good crew good time

Angler Name : Bernie M
E-Mail : bmazzocc@aol.com
Boat Name: Lowe Ray-Ray
Date Fished: 4/7/06
Location: train bridge del river trenton
Fishing Method: jig
Specie: American Shad
Size:
Bait or Lure: sabiki
Water Depth: 13'
Water Temp.:
Information : still no herring yet should be soon. (P.S. Spicy Meatball)

Angler Name : DAVE T.
E-Mail : DTURNERCONST@AOL.COM
Boat Name: SHASAM
Date Fished: 4/6/06
Location: DELAWARE RIVER TRENTON
Fishing Method: BOTTOM
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: SCHOOLIES
Bait or Lure: BLOODWORMS
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.:
Information : WE FISHED FROM POWER PLANT TO TRAIN BRIDGE FEW SMALL FISH ON BLOODWORMS. (PS WE OWN THE NEW BRUNSWICK SPORTS IN TRENTON 609-392-4444 WE HAVE ALL YOUR BAITS AND RIGS BLOODWORMS IN STOCK $9.50 DOZ.)

Angler Name : Billy Smith
E-Mail : Flipout2@aol.com
Boat Name: Flipout2
Date Fished: 4/3&4/06
Location: Keyport Harbor
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 8 to 10
Water Temp.: 45
Information : Bunker jumping in the harbor all over birds flying...something was chasing no bites for me....future is bright!

Angler Name : Buckeye
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Buckeye
Date Fished: 4/2&4/3
Location: Graveling point
Fishing Method: sod bank
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24in.
Bait or Lure: bloods and clam
Water Depth: 2-4 ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Thanks for the Trenton report Bernie M.I was wondering if they getting any up there yet. My freind has been fishing down at mays Landing the last couple of days and doing pretty good. I fished the point the last couple of days and had some success, but they were all shorts. Not that it matters much right now, but catching a keeper would have been nice. Then again catching fish is always good. Tight lines everyone.

Angler Name : Capt. Kevin Delanoy
E-Mail : kevin@missmargiefishingcharters.com
Boat Name: MISS MARGIE
Date Fished: 4/3/06
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 13''
Bait or Lure: blood worms
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Today was a different story. Starting out in the sunshine,which lasted about twenty minutes until it got cold from the wind and rain,we caught four fish that had to be worked for. Moving three times trying different depths and bottom did nothing for us, only to wind up back at the same place we started.Just an off day,but I was happy to be fishing.I will stay with the flounder for at least another week.

Angler Name : tony knight
E-Mail : nitewefish@yahoo.com
Boat Name: KMK
Date Fished: 4-2-06
Location: barnegat bay
Fishing Method: chum at anchor
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: to 17 1nches
Bait or Lure: bloodworms
Water Depth: 8 ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information : hid behind an island to get out of the wind and found a good concentration of WF ,we got our limit in only 3 hours .I think the key was to chum very heavy until the tide slowed then the bite went wild and we left them biting . I guess the new 10 fish bag limit saves us both time and money ,after all with a 10 fish bag limit we have no reason to ever buy more than a doz. bloodworms again.we doubled anchored and used two chum pots and pounded our sinkers often and our rigs all had either corn beads or grubs

Angler Name : Bernie M
E-Mail : bmazzocc@aol.com
Boat Name: 27' World Cat
Date Fished: 4/2/06
Location: trenton
Fishing Method: line in water
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clam,because there were no herring
Water Depth: 15
Water Temp.: 60
Information : the herring aren't running yet

Angler Name : Capt. Kevin Delanoy
E-Mail : kevin@missmargiefishingcharters.com
Boat Name: MISS MARGIE
Date Fished: 4/2/06
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 2.5 lbs
Bait or Lure: blood worms
Water Depth: 8'
Water Temp.: 52
Information : On Sunday fishing east of the power plant the group of 5 anglers caught 15 very large flounders.It was a slow pick most of the morning into the early afternoon when the wind shifted and the bite stopped.A perfect sunny day seemed to help encourage the bite as well as using blood worms , lots of clam chum and corn.Again a perfect day on the water.

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 4/02/06
Location: bay, ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 46-48
Information : Not much of a bite today either. Thought with some more of the incoming, things would have been better. Read fish and some bait, just couldn't get them to co-operate. Fished down the beach, in the back, on the knoll....Last year things started to happen around the 8th of the Month. Then we found fish in several area's. Sailing daily....Capt. Ron

Angler Name : Rocky
E-Mail : rockyoutdoors@msn.com
Boat Name: Portless
Date Fished: 4/2/06
Location: Shark River Basin
Fishing Method: Anchored
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: throw backs
Bait or Lure: sand worms and clam
Water Depth: 8-15 feet
Water Temp.: 46 degrees
Information : Fished the basin for the first time ever. I heard some good reports about the winter flounder bite. Unfortunately I have nothing good to say. We fished several spots and used everything suggested to us for bait We only landed several shorts and took home a good wind burn.

Angler Name : randu
E-Mail : rsmith9445@aol.com
Boat Name: sea pigeon
Date Fished: 4/1/06
Location: morgan
Fishing Method: clamming for winter flounder
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: zero
Bait or Lure: clam bellys and sand worms
Water Depth: 20 feet
Water Temp.: not sure not warm enough obviously
Information : fished off the party boat sea pigeon on saturday am had no luck at all maybe 25 people on the boat caught maybe 12 keepers or so all day couldn't catch a break - maybe better action next weekend - i think the wind killed us on saturday nice boat good crew though , would try again- super long day 700am to 3:00pm

Angler Name : sandy hook surf bum
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4/1
Location: sandy hook ,north beach
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 15-22
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 44
Information : caught a total of 19 stripers from 11.00am till dark and a load of skates.all small bigones ain't runnin yet.dont know what i would have gotten if wife didnt drag her feet in the morning.

Angler Name : Kissel
E-Mail : bgray80@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4-1-06
Location: Shark River
Fishing Method:
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 0"
Bait or Lure: sandworms
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Read all the amazing reports about the flounder fishing in shark river that took place during last week. A few of us fished this past Saturday from about 10:30 to 14:30 and caught absolutley nothing. We kept an eye on the private and rental boats that were fishing in front of us and observed 1 herring come up the entire time we were fishing. Another disapointing trip sparked by the reliable fishing reports. Tonight the family will feasting on spagheti and clams and fish sticks compliments of a trip to Foodtown

Angler Name : Goncalo
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4/1/06
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 13'
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished from 7pm - 2pm, got a few bites early, but by 10 it died down. caught a 14' striper and a skate.

Angler Name : Joe B
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Kelly B
Date Fished: 4/1
Location: Morgan
Fishing Method:
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 11"
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: 10'
Water Temp.: 48
Information : Slow morning. The good news was that my son caught his 1st flounder--bad news it was just short of ending up in the fry pan. Got off the water B4 the rain. It was blowing hard. Not ideal conditions, but a good "first trip".

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 4/1/06
Location: bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 46
Information : Only a few fish for the first trip of the year. Caught them on the first drop in the morning at the last of the incoming. Thought it would be much better when the tide started to ebb....so much for thinking! Didn't catch another one through the whole out going. All smaller fish, no keepers! A few more weeks....Capt. Ron