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Angler Name : kirk davis
E-Mail : kirk_davis@hotmail.com
Boat Name: my two big feet
Date Fished: 8/31
Location: shrewsbury river
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: 12 whiteperch-10-14''and a few decent snapper
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 5-8ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Only fishable place was the shrewsbury river...picked about a dozen white perch in an hour..averaged about a lb....not too bad considering the damn storm surge..if you want to try...any indent into teh shoreline that deflects current and is over 3 ft deep should hold a few perch tight lines....and f*** dennis

Angler Name : Tim Hannan
E-Mail : timbuck2@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: The De Mer
Date Fished: Aug 29
Location: A.C. Reef
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 19 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: custom glass head
Water Depth: 100
Water Temp.: 73
Information : started the day off just inside the reef for little tunny . We managed about 9 before we picked up a nice cow dolphin that hit a custom glass head with a 12 inch skirt . I saw something crashing after one of cedar plugs on the starboard side then bamm it goes flying out of the water on the port side . It gave us a nice aerial display before we landed it . If you had pink on you could have caught as much tunny as you wanted . We ended up with 24 .

Angler Name : Jim H.
E-Mail : angler19473
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 8/28&29/99
Location: Barnegat inlet-north Jetty (IBSP)
Fishing Method: jigging bucktails
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 16-30inches
Bait or Lure: Bucktail w/pworm or pink finess
Water Depth: unknown
Water Temp.: 70's
Information : Arrived at Island beach State Park on friday night and fished the north Jetty in Barnegat Inlet. I think that it is a lot better than the crowded Barnegat light house on the south jetty! Arrived at 6:00pm had nonstop weakfishing action near the tip of the Jetty. Most fish were 16-20 inches. Fished low tide at about 1:30am and hooked up a nice 30 inch weak on a Bucktail with purple worm. Next morning had a nice pick on 16-22 inchers until blues came in. Try the north Jetty it is alot less crowded!

Angler Name : steve wilpiszeski
E-Mail : swilp@aol.com
Boat Name: surf
Date Fished: 8/29/99
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24 - 29"
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: surf
Water Temp.: 71
Information : fished incoming am tide. managed (1)24" & (1) keeper. the albies were jumping clear out of the water, just out of casting range.

Angler Name : Capt.JimLynch
E-Mail : FinAddict.sportfishing@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: FinAddict
Date Fished: 8/27,28,29
Location: Rips off Montauk Pt., NY
Fishing Method: Anchor & chunk
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 30 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 40 to 45'
Water Temp.: 68 to 69F
Information : Took the FinAddict and regular crew Montauk,NY for a weekend of bass fishing.Friday was real slow due to rough sea conditions.We were unable to anchor but did still manage to jig a few bass and blues.On Sat. & Sun. we anchored just out of the rips and chunked.We caught 40 Bass between the 2 days with the biggest 30 lbs.Half the fish were better than 20lbs.Lots of blues also.

Angler Name : Michael Savage
E-Mail : michael.savage@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Wreckless
Date Fished: 8/29,8/28
Location: Wilmington Canyon
Fishing Method: troll, chunk
Specie: Swordfish
Size: 100lb
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 82
Information : We were the only boat fishing the tip of the Wilmington Canyon Sat. nite. Two tuna hit about 1 am we got one into the boat about 75lbs. About 3 am we brought in a small swordfish. Caught one more tuna, a bit larger, on the troll at 7 am.

Angler Name : G. Davis
E-Mail :
Boat Name: slacker
Date Fished: 8/29/99
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16.5 - 19"
Bait or Lure: squid/killie
Water Depth: 12-24'
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Fished Green 11A off Keansburg. Good bite of fluke. Caught 12-15 with 4 being keepers.

Angler Name : ken mesgleski
E-Mail : fletch3d
Boat Name: miss elizabeth
Date Fished: 8/29/99
Location: barnaget sod banks
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 8" to 17"
Bait or Lure: squid & killies
Water Depth: 8' to 18'
Water Temp.: 74 degrees
Information : fished with family caught 3 keepers & 8 throwbacks on in coming tide thanks to my family & the lady in the orange bikini thong i had a great day wet lines to next time.

Angler Name : Captain Jeff Robbins
E-Mail : jacobjr@aol.com
Boat Name: SHRINX III
Date Fished: 08/28/99
Location: Cape May Reef
Fishing Method: Drift fishing with T/B rigs
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 12" +
Bait or Lure: T/B rigs with squid and minnows
Water Depth: 60+ feet
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Always a great place for flatties and black sea bass

Angler Name : Eric
E-Mail : yayaginky@AOL
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 8/28
Location: Ollys Lump/B Ridge
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 15 lbs.
Bait or Lure: cedar plug
Water Depth: 90
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Mahi saved the day as none of the ussual lures produced tuna. I never would have guessed dolphin would take a natural cedar plug flat lined within 12 ft. of the transon-but they do! One was a 15 lb. brut that did 3 jumps as high as 5 ft. Only other action was skippys on a 3 inch green/yellow jet. Nothing on green machine, red/white feathers, spreader bars, etc. An easy way to flat line is bend a rubber band over the line and attach both ends to your rear kleet. When you get a hit the ruber band breaks. Lighten the drag, as there is not a lot of line out to stretch and absorb the initial shock. I've been broken off 2 times this year on 40 lb. test. See ya out there!!!!!!

Angler Name : CAPT JOE KRAUS WITH MATE BRIAN PRENTERHAD THE P.S.E.G. BOY"S JIM LEDWITH,TONY SILVIA AND BILL DONOVAN ON THE HUNT
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Boat Name: GO "N" BAD
Date Fished: 8/28/99
Location: MANSQUAN RIDGE,LITTLE ITALY
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Dolphin
Size: #10 #2
Bait or Lure: FEATHERS,RUBBER,CEDAR PLUGS
Water Depth: 80-140
Water Temp.: 74-75
Information : TROLLED THE RIDGE HAD A SCHOOL OF SMLL DOLPHIN JUMPING AROUND THE BOAT WAS ABLE TO LAND ONE AROUND 2 POUNDS. WORKED THE RIDGE NOT MUCH HAPPENING A FEW KNOCK DOWNS HEADING TOWARDS LITTLE ITALY,PICKED UP A NICE SKIPPY BUT THE DAY WAS REAL SLOW WATER WAS GREEN NOT MUCH LIFE

Angler Name : Bill B.
E-Mail : tidybowlman@mindspring.com
Boat Name: Paramount
Date Fished: 08/28/99
Location: Brielle
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Atlantic Croaker
Size: 1 1/2 - 2 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams and Squid
Water Depth: 25 ft.
Water Temp.: 76 degrees
Information : Came up from Maryland to fish Jersey waters and was welcomed by a familiar friend from home: the Atlantic Croaker. Croakers were abundant at about 3/4 mile off of Bay Head, Lavalette, Seaside and Island Beach. Croakers had the run of surf for bottom fishing. Most were between 1 1/2 and 2 lbs. If you have light tackle they make for a fun hook. Towards the afternoon we hit a few wrecks and had a great times with sea bass. The sea bass activity was hot and heavy at times. All told my friend and I left with 23 croakers and 21 sea bass. Not at bad day at all. Tight lines.

Angler Name : Capt Pau Eidman
E-Mail : paulyfish@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Therapy
Date Fished: 8/28/99
Location: off Sandy Hook NJ
Fishing Method: FLY
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: 4-6lbs
Bait or Lure: Chartruese/white clousers
Water Depth: varied
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Charter today...Ran around the hook at daybreak to find the False Albacore busting all the way down to Sea bright Bluefish were right on thier tails so it was hard to keep a fly in the water without a trace of wire.Blues were 2-4lbs and at times you had to shout to be heard over the sound of all the blues busting the surface. Switched over to Blues out of frustration and nailed them in a big way on topwater flies with wire leaders. Chased schools until midday and charter was over. Catch em up!

Angler Name : David Tootchen
E-Mail : kirby1266@aol.com
Boat Name: Miss Chris
Date Fished: 8/28/99
Location: FA bouy
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 5.44 lbs
Bait or Lure: squid,killies and strips
Water Depth: 50-60ft
Water Temp.: na
Information : went to the area near the fa bouy and started out with 2 shorts and two skates then caught a 23incher that weighed in at 5.44lbs. that made my day i ended up with 3 keepers and 10 shorts. saw some odd happenings in the ocean like a huge fluke just swimmimg along in around 20ft. of water. go figure.ton of huge rays which my friend jamie hooked into. it took her 15 minutes to bring it in . the mate chris said that must have weighed 50 to 60 lbs. nice day with capt.fred

Angler Name : Bill Chalfant
E-Mail : wchalfan@aol.com
Boat Name: My Three Sons
Date Fished: 8/28/99
Location: 28 Mile Wreck
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 15 lb
Bait or Lure: Cedar Plug
Water Depth: 120'
Water Temp.: 82
Information : Also trolled up five skippies on green manchines and cedar plugs.

Angler Name : Tony C.
E-Mail : TNTNE@webtv.net
Boat Name: NA
Date Fished: 8/28/99
Location: Townsends Inlet
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Snappers
Bait or Lure: Mister Twister Jig
Water Depth: 10-25 ft
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Caught the incoming tide - Snapper blues about 13inch & weakies about 17 inch. TI is noted for its wonderful collection of seaweed (I would like to take this opportunity to thank the bait fisherman who spend hours dredging it out of the water). I highly recommend using as light a jighead as possible 3/8 oz works nicely. If anyone knows a good place to buy 7-8 inch Sluggos (weakies love em - blues cut em in half) let me know. Tight Lines

Angler Name : Ron Ruth
E-Mail : ron@kimcorealty.com
Boat Name: Poppa Boca
Date Fished: 8/28/99
Location: Poorman's
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Blue Marlin
Size: 450-500 pounds
Bait or Lure: pink bird with a sir-ace lure
Water Depth: 3,000-4,000 ft.
Water Temp.: 78
Information : It was about 10:30am when we heard the penn 80stw begin to scream. We were trolling about 6.5knots on the 500 fathom line when the blue marlin hit. It almost smoked the 80. Rob Stricker fought it for about an hour before we lost the fish approx. 30' from the back of the boat. The fish had straightened the hook. (7.0 hook)

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Aug 27-28
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Blue Marlin
Size: 10 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 600'
Water Temp.: 79
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Marty Keegan charter from Warwick, NY out to the Hudson Canyon Saturday and put together yet another great catch. Chunking in 600 feet of water the Canyon Runner had steady action through the night with a few surprises. First off, most of the fish we chunked were Longfin, 7 altoghether, while we have chunked a few Longfin in the past normally at dusk or dawn, we never had steady action throughout the night with them. In addition we boated 3 Yellowfin to 60 pounds and lost 5 others. The second surprise came when mate Mike Zajak from Pt. Pleasant, NJ hooked what he thought was a Mahi Mahi. When Vince Albrecht reeled in the fish it was a 10-pound "Marlin." It looked identical to a Blue Marlin except for an extremely long bill. Once developed, the pictures of the "Marlin" will appear on our web-site at www.canyonrunner.com for those interested. The "Marlin" was released unharmed.

Angler Name : Roy E. Manning
E-Mail : manningr@injersey.infi.net
Boat Name: TimeOut II
Date Fished: 8/28/99
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 37"
Bait or Lure: Red/White feather
Water Depth: 125
Water Temp.: 76
Information : After Mirage cancelled our off shore Tuna trip (big Seas??) We could of got that trip in 2'to 4'. Had people in from out of state and tried to make the best of the day. Headed to the Mud Hole area and found a lot of action inshore. Dolphin/Tuna/Skipies Denis is coming so that should be it for heading out till Thursday/Friday.

Angler Name : Chuck
E-Mail : ckoller@dscp.dla.mil
Boat Name: Cheryl Ann
Date Fished: 8/28/99
Location: Cape May NJ
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 5 lb.
Bait or Lure: squid/minnow
Water Depth: 52 ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Fished the McCray Shoal and picked up a few including a 5 pounder. Moved out to FA Bouy about 2PM and picked up 2 more 5 pounders ans some smaller keepers. Good day. Forcast was for 2-4 footers however, as usual, the forcast was incorrect. A boat fishing the FFB just past the Cape May reef picked up a 25 lb Yellowfin and 20 lb Dauphin, loosing a larger tuna.

Angler Name : Dan, Morgan, Todd, and Tim
E-Mail : americanie@aol.com
Boat Name: We're men; we fished the jetty!!!
Date Fished: 08/27/99
Location: Northern jetty, Barnegat Inlet - Island beach
Fishing Method: 1/8oz Hopkins, Fin-S, and Live Killies on the bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 17 1/2"
Bait or Lure: Live Killies
Water Depth: 10'
Water Temp.: 73
Information : We thought it would be cool to take the truck on the beach to get to the northern jetty. It was a fun ride in the sand. To bad the fish didn't cooperate with us. It must be me! I'm bad luck. I did, however, manage to land 6 fluke on the northern side of the Island Beach jetty. There's a nice hole @ 20 yards off the beach and 5 yards off the jetty that houses some nice fish. When we were leaving, we saw somebody with a nice weakie, caught on artificial jig w/worm. Looks like Dennis is going to end the season for us!!!

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Aug 27
Location: 10 east of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: 10 pounds
Bait or Lure: Feathers
Water Depth: 100'
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Alex Herrera charter from Manhattan, NY out on the Canyon Runner for a day of inshore tuna trolling. It appears that the tuna that were around before the Northeaster last week have moved out as we encounter none from the fingers to the Resor to Little Italy. However, we saved the day as we moved inshore to just east of Manasquan Ridge and spent two hours with constant action with Little Tuna (False Albacore) Skipjack, Bonita and Mahi Mahi.

Angler Name : ROBERT AND JOE
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 8/26/99
Location: BARNEGET BAY
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size: 151/2" TO 18"
Bait or Lure: SQUID AND KILLIES
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 79
Information : WE STARTED AT AROUND 11:15 AM AND FISHED TO AROUND TO ABOUT 1:30 WE CAUGHT 10 FLUKES AND KEPT 4. THERE WAS ALOT OF ACTION WITH BLACK SEA BASS BUT WE CAUGHT 6 SHORTIES AND 1 KEEPER.IT WAS A GREAT DAY FOR FISHING.

Angler Name : kirk davis
E-Mail : kirk_davis@hotmail.com
Boat Name: paramount
Date Fished: 8/26
Location: off seaside hts
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Atlantic Croaker
Size: 9-12''
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 40-55 ft
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Croakers have invaded northern ocean county waters... bottom fishing boats are going to be cocnentrating on them until they leave...which is not clear since this is the first croaker run here in 35 yrs...they are plentiful i caught 80 or 90...not that big or strong but have sweet meat...are especially good panfried whole ...some spike weaks are mixed in....i caught a 17'' and a 14'' weak as well as 8 shorts between 12'' and 13 1/2'' Capt Dave and crew are great at rigging people up for these unusual visitors..use size 4 hooks...and small pieces of clam, squid, or worm for best results if you want to fish for these croakers..get in while the action is hot...becuase it could be over in a week..or they could hang around for a month who knows...tight lines

Angler Name : marc chan
E-Mail : ...
Boat Name: ...
Date Fished: 8/26/99
Location: shark river inlet
Fishing Method: bottom fishing
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 3-6 lbs
Bait or Lure: blackfish rig and porgy rig
Water Depth: 7ft-13ft
Water Temp.: 70?
Information : snappers busting everywhere today feeding on spearing and peanut bunker. it was quite a sight to see. the weather was ok....we had a couple of downpours but fished during them. we caught 5 weakies . heard they were blitzing aling with tailor blues out int he jetty but i got my share today using my rigs. used live snappers for bait. caught 3 undersized fluke. ONE WAS CAUGHT LIVELINED. what happened to PORGIES!!!???

Angler Name : Dave
E-Mail : dman_1972@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Fiesta
Date Fished: 8/26/99
Location: Mouth of Delaware Bay - near Cape May
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 14"-22"
Bait or Lure: Squid w/shedder oil
Water Depth: 30'-40'
Water Temp.:
Information : Really hot two hours before high tide and then an hour after. Caught a lot of weakfish and then when they slowed we picked up a lot of croakers. Good Luck.

Angler Name : Neil Mcpeak
E-Mail : mcpeak@aol
Boat Name: Barbara E
Date Fished: 8/25
Location: 28mile wreck
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-50 lbs
Bait or Lure: green machine @ ballyho
Water Depth: 125
Water Temp.: 76
Information : We left at 12pm for the afternoon bite on the way captains lady was nice enough to direct us to 3-4 miles short of the wreck we had a the first tuna on a greenmachine from the shot gun and the second on a spreaderbar by 2:00pm .We also had 6 ballyho out that weren't touched.

Angler Name : jj
E-Mail : jjd102949@aol
Boat Name: FLAMINGO 111
Date Fished: 8 25 99
Location: sandy hook / raitinbay
Fishing Method: jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: cocktails
Bait or Lure: s&g viking jig
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : you had to be there to beleive it

Angler Name : George Karsos
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 8-25-26-99
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 70 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker chunks
Water Depth: 550 ft.
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had his Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina out to the Hudson Canyon for an overnite chunking charter with George and John Karsos. Anchoring in 550 ft. of 78 degree water on the East Wall, we chunked all night in on & off rain showers. There were tons of Tuna under the boat as we read them as they came and went. Our first bite was at 5AM followed by 7 more hook ups in 45 min. However, only 4 Yellowfin were boated.

Angler Name : Jim Balicki
E-Mail : emcjim@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Partyboat "Sea Fox"
Date Fished: 8/25/99
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 18 in. & 25 in.
Bait or Lure: Both, see below.
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : P.M. trip on the "Sea Fox" from Atlantic Highlands. 1 Weakfish and 1 Bluefish on A-17 jig. 2 Bluefish on pink teaser above the jig. Largest Weakfish on sandworm -plastic-worm combination. Drifted worms were very slow until the last 20 minutes. But jigging worked before that.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
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Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Aug. 24-25
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 90 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 600'
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Canyon Runner back out to the Hudson Canyon with the Wayne Ferris charter from Brick, NJ and put together yet another double digit catch of tuna. Arriving on the edge at 4:00 p.m. we decided to avoid trolling and start chunking during daylight. The decision proved beneficial as we boated one 90 pound yellowfin and missed two others and hooked and fought a White Marlin which also broke off all before night fall. However, at night is when the action really got hot as constant action throughout the evening including shots of 2 and 3 fish on at once provided for an early ride home with all the boxes full of 20 yellowfin. In additon, several others were hooked and fought only to gain their freedom.

Angler Name : Andy, Bob Stone,Frank, Capt Bruce Hrobak
E-Mail : Captwave@aol
Boat Name: Wavedancer
Date Fished: 8/25
Location: Slough and to LillianWreak area
Fishing Method: Trolling and chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 35 lbs
Bait or Lure: Red and White Jetheads Clark Spoons Feathers
Water Depth: 85 to 180 ft
Water Temp.: 72 to 74
Information : Started up Trolling at an area east of the ridge and first caught a skipjack next a yellowfin hit the red and white jet head and was brought to boat 20 miutes latter on 30 lb Tld #20 a nice fight !!! Then we caught so many Allbies 3 and 4 at once !!! it was hecktick they seemed to love clark spoons #3 on a trolling drail 7oz , we caught sevaral skippies and Andy lost a nice Yellowfin !!!! We caught over 25 fish then I went to my Dolphin spot and as soon as we got there we chunked up a nice bunch Kept about a half dozen and released some !! There wasn't any Bulls but they were so hot 1 Mahi took 2 baited hooks !!! A great day and a great CREW !!!! Tight lines Capt Bruce!!!

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Angler Name : Ken P.
E-Mail : kper@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: N/A
Date Fished: 8/24
Location: Sandy Hook, North Beach
Fishing Method: lt.spin/8 lb.test - Fin-S
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15.5
Bait or Lure: Fin-S
Water Depth: 5'
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Fish on every cast for 45 min.until incoming tide brought cooler water. One keeper,one dozen shorts.

Angler Name : Craig Meyer
E-Mail : crm@hotmail.com
Boat Name: none-17ft Mako
Date Fished: 8/24/99
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: throwing metal
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5-10
Bait or Lure: lure-diamond jig lure
Water Depth: 27 feet
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Blues were every where mixed in with bonito and large weakies.They were feeding on peanut bunker and spearing. When a party boat for fluke was in the area of bluefish people with spinners on the boat casted and caught blues on hopkins and anything shiny.Overall it was a great day for all fisherman.

Angler Name : Ed Gillin
E-Mail : edgillin@aol.com
Boat Name: ORCA
Date Fished: 8/24/99
Location: Corson's Inlet
Fishing Method: top & bottom
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 18-20
Bait or Lure: minnie / squid
Water Depth: 10
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Today fishing was really a treat. Anyone who has kids know that their attention span is as varied as the color of the rainbow. Anyway, I took out my friend and his son and we caught over 30 spikes and 5 keeper weakfish. My buddy's son caught 3 double headers and at one point want ed to go in because his arms hurt. G0 Figure. All and all we had a good day and JR. caught 10 fish.

Angler Name : john
E-Mail : jarfarm@aol
Boat Name: ragingbull
Date Fished: 23/24
Location: mudhole/ hudson canyon
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50/80
Bait or Lure: butters/peanutbunker
Water Depth: n/a
Water Temp.: 78
Information : went to mud hole in the morning heard of good chunking at the ledge nothing green water headead out to the elbow loads of yellows nothing on the troll

Angler Name : carlos
E-Mail : bugsy10sea@aol.com
Boat Name: miss lisa
Date Fished: 8/24/99
Location: raritan bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 2lbs to 9 lbs
Bait or Lure: sand worms
Water Depth: 46'
Water Temp.: 77
Information : went out about 1000am tried to fish keyport flats,but no sign of weakees,crossed the bay over to the staten isl. side and fished the channel managed to catch lots of fish had a great time.hoping to do it soon again.....

Angler Name : CAPTS. MARK & JACK
E-Mail : THUMMPRR@AOL.COM
Boat Name: TOO MUCH
Date Fished: TUES 8/24
Location: VARIOUS, LEDGE, OIL WRECK
Fishing Method: CHUNKIN AND TROLLIN
Specie: Big-Eye Tuna
Size: 40-50 LBS
Bait or Lure: BUTTERFISH FEATHERS
Water Depth: 140-180
Water Temp.: 78
Information : LEFT SANDY HOOK ABOUT 9AM, A FEW MILES PAST THE BA HIT SOME NICE BLUE WATER AND STARTED TROLLING. CAME ACROSS A PILING FLOATING ON THE SURFACE AND MADE A FEW PASSES BY IT AND BAM! 3 HOOKUPS 1 DOLPHIN, 2 BIGEYE. MADE OUR WAY TOWARD THE MONSTER LEDGE, ANCHORED AND CHUNKED. WITHIN 5 MINUTES HAD 100 LB MAKO JUMPIN RIGHT NEXT TO BOAT. CAUGHT HIM ON A BUTTERFISH 50#MONO NO LEADER. 2 MINUTES AFTER WE GOT HIM PUT AWAY ANOTHER RUN OFF. AFTER A 25 MINUTE FIGHT LANDED A NICE 50#+ BIGEYE. NO BITES AFTER THAT. AFTER WE CHUNKED THE REST OF THE BUTTERFISHL,TROLLED OUR WAY BACK HOPING TO ADD A YELLOWFIN TO OUR COLLECTION AND PICKED A FEW ALBYS. GREAT WEATHER, GREAT FISHIN AND NO WEEKEND WARRIORS. TIGHT LINES TO ALL!

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Angler Name : Laxman
E-Mail : laxman1972@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Reel-axin'
Date Fished: 8/23/99
Location: 4 FB Buoy
Fishing Method: Top/Bottom - Long rigs
Specie: Fluke
Size: 24"-28"
Bait or Lure: Shedder Crab
Water Depth: 60'
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Have been fishing this area for a week now. Started with squid/minnow and got nothing. Figure that I would switch to shedders and see what happens. Well, I figured right. I have been pulling up a lot of door mats since the switch and my freezer is getting full so I figured I pass along the hot tip. Good luck. You'll know where I'll be.

Angler Name : Kyle Weber
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Boat Name: MY TERN
Date Fished: 8/22-8/23
Location: lindenkol
Fishing Method: chunking/troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-80lb
Bait or Lure: butterfish/big plastics
Water Depth: 300+
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Caught 7 yellowfin during the night should of had 10. On the way in nailed a 50# wahoo. Great first canyon trip for the 28 Bertram me and my partners just bought.

Angler Name : Ed Black
E-Mail : troll@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: NORESPECT
Date Fished: 8/23/99
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Amberjack
Size:
Bait or Lure: Squid/killies/bucktails
Water Depth: 15ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished the bay today, around the different rock piles. I bagged about a dozen fluke, with three being keepers. I also caught one small black sea bass, and 1 weak fish. There was plenty of bait fish in the water and the day was great.

Angler Name : mike,george,dave,joe
E-Mail : towneyfish@aol.com
Boat Name: southern wind
Date Fished: 8/22-23/99
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling/Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-80 Pounds
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 79 degrees
Information : 5 Yellowfins, 3 Longfins, Finally made it.

Angler Name : steve wilpiszeski
E-Mail : swilp@aol.com
Boat Name: tackle box sportfishing
Date Fished: 8/23/99
Location: raritan bay/point of sandy hook
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: schoolies (up to 27")
Bait or Lure: sand worms
Water Depth: sandworms
Water Temp.: 15'
Information : fished pm outgoing tide with my (2) sons tom & mike & of course captn phil. caught between 15-20 schoolies. boy's had a blast on light tackle.

Angler Name : Pat McKernan
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 8-23-99
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 80 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 500 ft.
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Capt. Paul Regula ran his Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina out to the Hudson Canyon with the Pat, Tim and Joe McKernan charter. This was our 3rd trip offshore this week and as on the previous 2 charters the fishing was good. Anchoring in 500 ft. of 78 degree water on the East Wall we picked at the fish thruout the night. By 6 AM we had 8 nice Yellowfin in the fishbox out of the l6 hookups, with 2 small Mako Sharks released.

Angler Name : DAN KOVACH
E-Mail : JDKovach@Compuserve.com
Boat Name: DEEP ADVENTURES III
Date Fished: 8-22-23-99
Location: HUDSON CANYON
Fishing Method: CHUNKING
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 30-110 LBS
Bait or Lure: BUTTERFISH
Water Depth: 420
Water Temp.: 77
Information : ANCHORED AT THE EAST WALL ABOUT 10:30PM WITH A SLOW START. ABOUT AN HOUR LATER, WE HAD ONE ON THE JIG AND THE ACTION STARTED TO HEAT UP. IT WASN'T UNCOMMON TO HAVE 2-3 HOOKUPS AT ONCE. THE AVERAGE FISH WAS AROUND 50 LBS. ONE GUY LANDED A 100 LB FISH AFTER BATTLING FOR AN HOUR WITH A BROKEN POLE!!! THE LARGER FISH WERE HITTING A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNRISE ON THE CHUNK, LONG AFTER I HAD LIMITED OUT WITH 3 FISH. NMFS, HEAR THIS...PAYBACK'S A BITCH!!!!!

Angler Name : Captain Bob Balewicz
E-Mail : bob@cornerelo.com
Boat Name: Carcharodon
Date Fished: 8/22-23
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking & trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: To 60 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : After cancelling a charter Saturday morning, Mate Danny Edmonds and I listened intently to the weather reports steadily improving . . . so we left at Midnight on Saturday! Arriving around 4:00, we opted for the Elbow so as to get bait in the water quickly and catch the bite. We were rewarded with four yellowfin to 60 lbs and then the bite shut off. Picking up to troll, we were NOT rewarded with much (as has been the case lately) except for one lonely longfin. Couldn't raise another one (in 5 hours) even though we had porpoise and bait all over the place. We pounded a couple of pots to catch some small dolphin (to 10 lbs) but . . . chunking is still the ticket!

Angler Name : Al
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Susie-G III
Date Fished: 8/23
Location: Mantoloking-Bay Head
Fishing Method: drift.....bottom
Specie: Atlantic Croaker
Size: 10-16"
Bait or Lure: squid, hi-lo rig
Water Depth: 50-70'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Had intentions of fluking in the deeper waters off of Bay Head and Mantoloking, only to find the best croaker fishing I've ever seen here in NJ.. They were basically everywhere on the open bottom, anywhere from 50-70 ft.. Some were real nice and fat, maybe a pound or two, between 10"-16".. It was a very pleasant surprise to see these fish up this far north.. Real tough scrappers, they fight a lot like blackfish, i.e. bulldogging all the way, and hit with the ferocity of a weakfish.. I must've caught upwards of 40 fish, keeping an even dozen nice ones for dinner.. Also a few short fluke, taylor blues, and robins.. After all that, my arms are sore!! Great day on the water... tight lines..

Angler Name : JIM
E-Mail : insidehook@aol.com
Boat Name: SKIRTCHASER
Date Fished: 8/22- 8/23
Location: tip of the lindenkohl
Fishing Method: troll and chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 35lbs-70lbs
Bait or Lure: squid /chunk with butterfish
Water Depth: 500'
Water Temp.: 77.5 F
Information : we departed on the SKIRTCHASER at 3pm out of barnegate light we arrived at the tip of the lindenkohl around 7pm and trolled for around 45 min picking up 1 45lb tuna, then chunked on the edge and within 45 min the bite started and it lasted till we had our limit of 18 at 2:30 the bite was steady . the capt FRANK and the mate ROB (JUST FILLING IN ) were great. we trolled again out at the 1000 fathom curve in the morning for marlin and big eye but no luck we were back at the dock by 12:00 mon afternoon. JIM FEN

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Aug 23
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40 to 60 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 600'
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Brad Burgess had the Canyon Runner back out to edge with the Frank LaRosa charter and his clients from Soloman Smith Barney in Red Bank, N.J. This was the 20th Canyon Trip this year on the Canyon Runner and proved to be another exciting trip. Setting up to chunk in 600 feet of water produced a couple of fish in the first few hours but not the hot bite we expected. Called over by the crew on the Purple Jet (We can not Thank them enough) and tied off behind them, once we were set up the fish soon arrive. In the course of 1 hour we hooked over 25 yellowfin between 40 and 60 pounds and boated 18. Trolling in the morning for 1 hour produced nothing.

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Angler Name : Steve Howard
E-Mail : showardesqcpa@erols.com
Boat Name: Sea Vette
Date Fished: 08/22/99
Location: Townsends Inlet
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 14 - 16 inch
Bait or Lure: minnow/chartreuse spinner
Water Depth: 40'
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Finshed up the chores around the shore house and got out on the boat late in the p.m. Drifted out past the A bouy down to the Avalon jetty for 90 minutes before pulling up my line to make it back for dinner. Caught 4 nice weakfish and 4 fluke but had to put the fluke back as they were all 13-14 inches. Although I haven't fished as much as I wanted this year the action out front has been slow for weakies and fluke until now. Hopefully this is the beginning of a good late summer season for the weakies. Also, as did the crew of Bulldog on 08/20, I made a run to the Cigar nad trolled to the 28 mile wreck on 08/15. There were a few boats but the action was slow - had one knockdown on a deep running yellow squid but I was on the bridge and my passenger didn't boat the fish. I'll give it another try next time down.

Angler Name : al
E-Mail :
Boat Name: the fish nazi
Date Fished: 8-22-99
Location: raritan bay
Fishing Method: drifting large baits
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 32"
Bait or Lure: sea robin belly/spearing
Water Depth: 25-45'
Water Temp.: 72-75
Information : fished sunday in the bay,kept 8 fluke to 11.83lbs.+3 weaks to 7lbs. funny thing was i thought the big fluke might have weighed about 7lbs! very deceiving until you drop them on a scale!!

Angler Name : megabyte crew
E-Mail : joseph_poye@frontiercorp.com
Boat Name: megabyte
Date Fished: 8/22/99
Location: monster ledge
Fishing Method: jigging
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 2lbs to 15lbs
Bait or Lure: jig
Water Depth: 160
Water Temp.: 71.8
Information : We traveled in hopes of landing an inshore yellowfin, but after we saw the green water, it became time to change our strategy. It paid off! After hearing dismal reports on the radio and after reading Ristori's article in today's paper we felt pretty good about the catch of Mahi that\ we put together. With 4 people fishing, we managed to land 20 Mahi, most of which were in the 2-3lb. class with one bull over 15lbs. It worked out pretty well..... Saved some gas (instead of trolling) and had plenty of Mahi for the table. Captain Jim saved the day!

Angler Name : sam and libby
E-Mail : eavaughn@aol.com
Boat Name: family affair2
Date Fished: 8/15-8/22
Location: raritain bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16-20
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : had a great week of vacation boat finally run after new engine, lower end an prop ha ha , caught some nice fluke not a whole lot about 6 to 7 each time out but they were some nice size see ya next weekend

Angler Name : todd smith
E-Mail : stripers01
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 8-22-99
Location: ibsp north jetty
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 1-4lbs
Bait or Lure: fin-s green
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 74
Information : fished north jetty early evening for weakies. killed them using fin-s green. you just waited for the peanut bunker schools to roll over the rocks and then casted into them. also got a 25inch striper on a bucktail with a mister twister on it. boy if you got time head down there its worth it.

Angler Name : John Stefani
E-Mail : kiwistef@aol.com
Boat Name: 125 Jamaica
Date Fished: 8/22/99
Location: Mud Bouy
Fishing Method: Party Boat Bunker
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8-12
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : 730 AM cast off from the 125 Big Jamaica in Brielle, NJ. The morning was a pick the captian fisrt stop piked only six blues but one beautiful 14lb dophin. Second stop another half dozen blues by 1130 AM and two different locations already under our belt I thought the day was going to be disappointing. Bam Bam Bam the third location at the Mud Bouy was great. The fishing party boats were no less than 20 in one square mile. Bam Bam Bam Bam the party of four I went with all had four each my little sister and girlfriend were complaining of fatigue from there arms hurting. The captain extended the trip a half hour because the action was so good. The final tally for the four in our gruop was 16 blues 8-12Lbs. No where close to the pool winner of 15Lbs. The mates were extremely helpful to us all expecailly to the woman who had never been deep sea fishing before. This was a trip for the great memories in life. Thanks again Capt Brogan and crew.

Angler Name : Tim Swensen
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Last Minute
Date Fished: 8/22/99
Location: 9-12 miles
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 8-14 lbs.
Bait or Lure: lures
Water Depth: 50-90ft.
Water Temp.: 75.6
Information : Had a very interesting day,first in the morning,spun a prop,after fixing it,begone under way.We got out the ocean,to about 3 miles dropped our lures,and began to start fishing, we were getting a little leary,on if there was anything out here,but sure enough,one pole went after another. They fought real good,but not what we expected.But after catching these Albacore one after the other,every five minutes it become an interesting day.14 catch and release,to me even if there not good eating,they gave us a good fight. What a good day....

Angler Name : Rob & Ray
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Mo' Money
Date Fished: 8/22/99
Location: Raritan Reach & Sandy Hook Ch.
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 5 in. to 25 in.
Bait or Lure: Sand worms
Water Depth: 35 to 45 feet
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Started fishing just before noon at low tide, around buoy #4 and #6 in the Raritan Reach. Had a decent amount of weakfish and fluke, but most were under-sized. Saw schools of small bunker near the surface, occasionally. At about 4:30 PM, just before high tide, we moved to the area between the red side of the Sandy Hook Channel and Flynn's Knoll, around buoy 12. The weakfish caught there, were much larger, up to 25 inches. The action was good for about an hour, when tide changed and went opposite the wind. Ended up keeping 8 weakfish, and a couple of fluke.

Angler Name : JUNIOR,ERIC,PETER
E-Mail : CJNESTI@HOME.COM
Boat Name: TAIL CHASER
Date Fished: 8/22/99
Location: BARNEGAT RIDGE
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Dolphin
Size: CHICKEN
Bait or Lure: ZUCKERS & DAISY CHAINS
Water Depth: 60'
Water Temp.: 74DEGREES
Information : STARTED OUT AT LITTLE ITALY. AT MID MORNING DECIDED TO MOVE SOUTH. AT ABOUT 2 MILES BEFOR BARNAGAT'S NORTH RIDGE WE FOUIND BLUE WATER. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WE CAUGHT AND RELEASED ALL OF THE FALSE ALBACORE WE WANTED AS WELL AS 2 CHICKEN DOLPHIN. GREAT DAY GREAT COMPANY . TIGHT LINES C.J.

Angler Name : Capt. Joe Kraus and aggressive demolition charter Gary cali ,Ray Calazzo
E-Mail : www.Mako III @aol.com
Boat Name: Go "n" Bad
Date Fished: 8/22/99
Location: Manasquan Ridge
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 42 inch
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 72 ft
Water Temp.: 72.7
Information : Started trolling ridge about 7.45am landed a large bonita and then hooked up with some dolphin they were all around the boat was able to board a large one and also added 8 False albacore and 2 skip Jacks. Black and purple was the color of the day,cut the day short was loaded up and headed in by 12 noon

Angler Name : c zimmerman
E-Mail : cwzimm@aol.com
Boat Name: rightaway
Date Fished: 8/22/99
Location: elberon .nj.
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: to 6.5lbs
Bait or Lure: strip baits
Water Depth: 40 to 5o ft
Water Temp.: 72
Information : capt tommy celerbrates his birthday by taking us to the big fish areas the larger fluke are in and capt tommy took us where they live all on board caught fish from 2.5 lbs up to the big one of 6.5 lbs i had 5 fluke from 2.5 to 4,5 lbs keepers now out # shorts capt tom also stopped on some readings on the way out where we caught some bluefish.another great day on the rightaway.

Angler Name : Lou Green
E-Mail : louis_green@ml.com
Boat Name: green machine
Date Fished: 8/22/99
Location: Reasor Wreck
Fishing Method:
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 25#
Bait or Lure: purple lures
Water Depth: 100'
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Started our inshore trolling at the slough and found a cold green ocean. Headed south to Ole's and Barneget ridge and had ton's of skippies and big false albecore. Picked up a few more skippies, a dolphin and a yellowfin by the Reasor. Blue 75 degree water really looked good. Wish I found that water a little earlier in the day.

Angler Name : Chris
E-Mail : yankee4214@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 8/22
Location: 5 miles SE manasquan
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Skipjack Tuna
Size: 4-9 lbs
Bait or Lure: purple feathers
Water Depth: 70-80
Water Temp.: 72.5-73
Information : Took the ride out to the Mud Hole area. The Water turned green to blue and by the time we got there it was green again. Trolled for 2 hours without a single knockdown. Heading inshore we saw some nice blue water about 5 miles offshore. Trolled up 20 skippies and false albacore in 3 hours.

Angler Name : Paul C.
E-Mail : splitPJC@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 8/21/99
Location: Island Beach S.p.
Fishing Method: Surf/bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 39" 21lb
Bait or Lure: Fresh clam
Water Depth: 4ft
Water Temp.: 69
Information : Bass have been scarce, but not uncommon for August. When the northeast wind starts kicking i`m there. Find the roughest section of water and start a drift from the left of the white water. allow the bait to bump allong the bottom like it would naturaly. Fish the incoming right through to almost dead low. I take alot of fosh this way. Don`t fish just one hole every time you go out. move around! The fish do! Good luck!

Angler Name : MIchael Caringi
E-Mail : mike@pumps-parts.com
Boat Name: wait-a-minute
Date Fished: 8-21-99
Location: fish haven
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 3-5 lb
Bait or Lure: feathers/aliens
Water Depth: 180
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Trolled from the oilwreck down to Fish Haven, nothing for an hour then a small dolphin and a 4" bonita hit a zucker trolled back to oilwreck but got nothing and headed in. Seas were relatively calm, unfortunately so were the fish

Angler Name : N. DECRESCENZO-M.MEZZARDI
E-Mail : BBMINORS
Boat Name:
Date Fished: AUGUST 21, 1999
Location: KEANSBURG FISHING PIER
Fishing Method: FLUKE RIG
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 - 18
Bait or Lure: SPEARING
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.: 68
Information : IT WAS COLD, DAMP, AND BREEZY BUT THE FISHING WAS PRETTY GOOD. MOST OF FISH WERE KEEPER SIZE AND THE SMALL NUMBER COLD AND WET LUNATIC FISHERMEN WERE HAPPY TO BE THERE CATCHING THEM. SOMEONE BROUGHT UP A DOORMAT AND THERE WERE PLENTY OF BAITFISH AROUND.

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Angler Name : Tom Stattler
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 8-20-99
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 70 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 600 ft.
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Capt Paul Regula sailed his Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina Pt. Pleasant, NJ out to the Hudson Canyon for an overnight Tuna chunking charter with the Tom Stattler group. Anchoring in 600 ft. of 78 degree water on the East Wall at 7:30 PM we chunked for 3 hours before getting our first bite. By ll PM we had 4 Yellowfin in the fishbox. As the moon set over the horizon the ocean came alive. Tons of baitfish, Mackeral & Squid plus several large feeding Porpoise and dozens of feeding Yellowfin slashed thru the water under our lights. The charter was actually throwing their hook baits to the Tuna. By 3 PM we had approx. 37 hookups on Tuna with 24 fish in our fishboxes. At 3:30 AM we called it a night and headed home arm weary. A good time was had by everyone. The past two trips to the Hudson have yielded over 70 hookups on Yellowfin Tuna. If this fishery holds up over the upcoming 2 months it could be a year to remember.

Angler Name : Craig
E-Mail : basspond@aol.com
Boat Name: beach
Date Fished: 8/19-8/20
Location: Navesink River
Fishing Method: livelining baby bunker
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: none
Bait or Lure: bunker (live)
Water Depth: 2-10ft
Water Temp.: 80
Information : The baby bunks are back. I caught bait in my cast net and proceeded to liveline the bunker in the school for any hungry bass or blues around. I saw a large bluefish attack a school of bunker but never caught any...maybe tomorrow.

Angler Name : Albert
E-Mail : fish4evr@aol.com
Boat Name: Weakdaze
Date Fished: 8/20/99
Location: Mantoloking Bridge Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: chum live Grass Shrimp
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 18-24 inches
Bait or Lure: Grass Shrimp 1.0 hook
Water Depth: 7-10 ft
Water Temp.: 83
Information : Started out anchored up on the north side @ 4:30 am and established our chum slick of shrimp. By 5:00 am the bite turned on like a hurricane and continued untill all 4 of us had our limits with the smallest @ 17" and the lunker tide runner @ 23 plus inches. A real blast for two hours work. Nothing tastes better either than fresh weaks.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Aug 20
Location: Litlle Italy
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: White Marlin
Size: 50 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 90'
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Canyon Runner again set up to chunk before sun up with the Al Hague charter from Budd Lake, NJ and had fish on immediately. The first couple fish were baited on 30 pound test and were broke off but eventually a nice 50 pound yellowfin hit the deck along with a nice bull dolphin and a few skip jack. The real excitement came when mate Brad Burgess (have withdrawal from not being in the Canyon in three days) baited a White Marlin on a butterfish. The Marlin was fought on 30 pound stand gear at anchor and was eventually leader for pictures and released after a 20 minute fight including a dozen jumps. That makes the 9th Marlin caught on the Canyon Runner year to date.

Angler Name : Mike Fittipaldi & Parker
E-Mail : ItalStalLa
Boat Name: Bull Dog(The Orginal)
Date Fished: Aug 20, 99
Location: Cigar/28 mile wreck/Patty hole Avalon
Fishing Method: Lines/Hooks
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-70
Bait or Lure: yes
Water Depth: deep
Water Temp.: warm
Information : Headed out to the cigar, on scene @ 0600. Noticed lots of birds not many boats most likely due to weather. We trolled for a while,thought about about going home-glad we stayed. Started getting into them around 0800, the tuna where jumping into the boat! Limit, I got your Limit! We were done there around 1200. Headed towards 28Mile wreck, good thing because a friend of mine was having engine problems and we ran into him. After that adventure, we decided to pick up a few sea bass (for appetizers) at patty's hole. A very good trip, and a very good load!

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Angler Name : Kevin Mc Carthy
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Day Tripper
Date Fished: 8-19-99
Location: Slough
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 25 lb
Bait or Lure: Flat Heads / Green Machines
Water Depth: 120 ft
Water Temp.: 77
Information : Seas were very rough. Trolled from 7am to 12pm. Had two knocked downs before catching a small chicken dolphin, and yellowfin tuna.

Angler Name : Capt. Steve Oravets
E-Mail : tboatsteve@aol.com
Boat Name: Deep Adventure lll
Date Fished: 8/19-19
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-70 lbs
Bait or Lure: butters
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 77
Information : Anchored by 12:30 am. Took an hour and 45 minutes until the first hook-up. Squid and porpoise were around the boat all night. Mixed bag of yellowfins and longfins, plus a Mako. After the last bite at 8 am we pulled the hook and did some sight casting around the pots for dolphin. Put a few in the boat then headed west looking for trolling water. Found some and put another yellowfin in the boat. Headed for home with a nice mix of yellowfins, longfins,mako, and dolphin.

Angler Name : Gary (Mahi ) Vayianos, Bobby, Frank, Capt Bruce (Wavedancer) Hrobak
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Boat Name: Starfish
Date Fished: 8/19
Location: 12 miles southeast or Manasquan
Fishing Method: Trolling jetheads and feathers
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: est 34 inch 25 to 30 lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 78
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Went out on the Starfish for Tuna and Mahi . Cleared the inlet and was pretty snotty and was gonna get worse so we Trolled inshore and were paid off nicely with a quik 2 knockdowns 1 was a Skippie and the other was a BlueFin Tuna caught on a Red and White Jethead !!! We trolled other Skipies 3 rods at once with the seas as they were I set out 2 flatlines with Drails(6 oz) and #3 Squid Spoons they seemed to work the best !!! we also dropped a Spanish Mackral !On the way in 4 miles southeast of Manasquan we saw a huge Scool of Large Rays Litterally hundreds of them It was a nice sight and got a few Pics !!!Also seen Seaturtles and lots of bait !!!! Tight Lines Capt Bruce ,Capt Mahi(gary) and the Starfish!!

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Aug 19
Location: Little Italy
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 35-40 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 90'
Water Temp.: 79
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Canyon Runner out to Little Itlay with the Brad Wilson Charter from Manhattan and were set up to chunk before sun up. They immediately had fish in the slick and boated 2 and broke off others before 8:00 am. With the fish boiling at the back of the boat and 4 of the charters sick in the cabin we decide to let the "fish off the hook" and pulled the hook and headed home very early with a few sick passengers.

Angler Name : jj
E-Mail : jjd102946@aol.com
Boat Name: barniget lite
Date Fished: 8 19 99
Location: south ridge ?
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10 to 17
Bait or Lure: mack chunks
Water Depth: 40 / 50
Water Temp.: ?
Information : every one on boat limited out with 10 fish ,boat came back early and safe. capt.john and mates are the best in the buss.

Angler Name : MARK MEZZARDI
E-Mail : BBMINORS@AOL.COM
Boat Name: NIGHTHAWK
Date Fished: AUGUST 19, 1999
Location: OFF SANDY HOOK
Fishing Method: CUNK BAIT
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5 IL
Bait or Lure: BUNKER BACK, BUTTERFISH
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : THE SEA WAS CHOPPY. A SLOW PICK ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY. LOST TWO FISH WHEN THEY BIT THROUGH LINE. NEXT TIME DON'T FORGET WIRE LEADERS!

Angler Name : kirk davis
E-Mail : kirk_davis@hotmail.com
Boat Name: paramount
Date Fished: 8/19
Location: off asbury park
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 14 keepers from 11'' to 16''
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 60-85 ft
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Was out again on the paramount..had another pick of sea bass..everyone seemed to have at least 6...and high hook was about 16 or 17....a bunch of people e-mailed me this week for info about the paramount..especially bored fluke fisherman sick of shorts....the phone # is (732) 528-8377 it sails out of brielle..it fishes for sea bass...8 am -4pm..every day except weds...when it goes to the mudhole for ling fishing is a pick..but there are keepers to be had a 15-25 lb conventional fluke rod is an ideal set=up just bring plenty of 6 to 8 oz sinkers..and #4- 2/0 hooks I have also had decent luck on the atlantic highlands boats sailing for weakfish...going on afternoon half day trips on the sea fox..and getting 4 to 8 keepers from 18-25'' fishing w/ worms...but drifting like you do for fluke good luck everyone..hopefully spetember will bring more and bigger fluke...better sea bass fishing..etc.

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Angler Name : bern
E-Mail : b.kirkland@mailexcite.com
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 8/18/99
Location: stone harbor free bridge
Fishing Method: jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 1-2 lbs
Bait or Lure: Fin S
Water Depth: NA
Water Temp.: NA
Information : bluefish have been chasing peanut bunker at night by the stone harbor free bridge. water exploding, just like a blitz but no birds. bluefish hitting almost anything. weakfish underneath the blues. you have to keep the lures on the bottom for weakies or blues will get it. weaks or blues on every cast. saw some big, big shadows that were probably stripers.

Angler Name : John the Greek
E-Mail : koliasj@bms.com
Boat Name: Lady Chris @ Cape May
Date Fished: 8/18/99
Location: Delaware Bay-Cape May Point
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 15-21
Bait or Lure: Berkley 6" Sandworm
Water Depth: 35-45
Water Temp.: unknown
Information : On vacation w/family, decided to take my 9 yr. old fishing Capt'n went searching around pt. of Cape May, found ton of birds working...blues on top and weaks below them. Non-stop action using Motor Oil sandworms. My 9 yr old won the pool with 4lb weakie...loads of croakers too. Too many to count. Great boat, crew and captain. Tied into a stingray that never surfaced using Penn 930 and 15lb test outfit...what a 20 battle....had to cut him loose. Berkley sandworms are KILLERS!!!! Tight Lines....

Angler Name : Captain Bob Balewicz
E-Mail : bob@cornerelo.com
Boat Name: Carcharodon
Date Fished: August 18, 1999
Location: Little Italy/ 20 fathom line
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Dolphin
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Inshore Trolling Trip with Florida native Tom Cheblowski (who by the way hadn't fished here since '88 when the Slough was chock full of yellowfin) and guests was spotty at best. The inshore Yellowfin bite that was so prevelant the week before had slacked off, and while we marked and worked bait off the Slough and Little Italy, we were rewarded with only a few dolphin around some pots. Chunking in the canyon is the only way to go right now!

Angler Name : Mike Kolakowski
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 8-l7-l8-99
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: trolling & chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 80 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Butterfish chunks
Water Depth: 600 ft.
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had his Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina, Pt. Pleasant, NJ out to the Hudson Canyon for an overnight Tuna charter with the Mike Kolakowski party. Trolling the West wall from the Elbow down to the 100 square produced a big zero. The entire area was covered with green water. Anchoring for the night in the square in 78 degree water, 600 ft. deep and chunking, we waited until 10:30 PM for our first bite a small Swordfish, which we released. By 11 PM we had our first Yellowfin. The bite got intense and we had 1 to 3 Tuna on at all times for a solid 2 hrs. The persistant 25 to 30 knot Southwest wind made for tough fishing in 6 to 8 ft. seas. By 2 AM we had 36 hook ups on Tuna, 2l our legal limit in the fishboxes and released 2 Sharks. We left at 2:30 AM for the ride home. It was a very good start for our first Canyon venture of l999.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Aug 18
Location: Little Italy
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 35 to 40 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 90'
Water Temp.: 78
Information : With the Canyon Trolling a wash out we the Canyon Runner decide to take its last two schedule one day troll trips inshore to try and cash in one the Yellowfin which have made an appearance on the local lumps. Setting up with the Andy Straton charter by sun up we boated several dolphin, skipjack and had our shot a a few yellowfin, putting a 40 pounder in the boat.

Angler Name : matt krol
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 8/17/1999
Location: pt.pleasant side of manasquan inlet
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 3 fluke "13-16"
Bait or Lure: killies
Water Depth: 6ft-8ft
Water Temp.:
Information : started fishing at 7:00. stopped at 12:00. when I first started fishing it was low tide and there was plenty of action with snapper blues up to 9". fluke started to bite within a hour of fishing and got one keeper. but when the tide started to really move in seaweed followed in it completly ruined the day I couldnt even get my bait down for 10 seconds without completly being covered with seaweed. so I started fishing for herring with zeek lure and got 4. the herring didnt seem to stay for long. I started to fish for snapper blues but all the big ones left and there were only 4"

Angler Name : Ron Ruth
E-Mail : ron@kimcorealty.com
Boat Name: Poppa Boca
Date Fished: 8/17/99
Location: Poorman's
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: White Marlin
Size: approx. 55 pounds
Bait or Lure: bally
Water Depth: 3,000'-4,000'
Water Temp.: 82
Information : Left Cape May at 5am and was trolling by 9am. had a white up to the boat by 9:30am. couldn't hook him up but it wasn't long before we had another up to the boat. the second one took a bally with a skirt and put up a good fight for about a half hour. later that afternoon we picked up a small longfin approx. 35 pounds.

Angler Name : RICH EGNATUK
E-Mail : RIGGY@ADELPHIA.NET
Boat Name: ABAGEE
Date Fished: 8-17-99
Location: CARTERET CANYON
Fishing Method: CHUNKING
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 75 LBS.
Bait or Lure: BUTTERFISH
Water Depth: 600FT
Water Temp.: 78
Information : GOT OUT TO CANYON AROUND 9:00 PM AND CHUNKED NOT ONE HOOK UP ALL NIGHT UNTIL 4:OO AM GOT 75 LBS. TUNA 2 MINUTES LATER HOOKED ANOTHER ONE LOST ON LOBSTER POT LINE . SWITCHED TO TROLL AT DAY BREAK NOT ONE STRIKE ALL DAY PULL UP AND WENT TO GREAT SPOT FOR DOLPHIN AND CAUGHT ALL THE DOLPHIN WE WANTED. GOT A LITTLE SLOPPY ON WAY IN HAD GREAT TIME FIRST TIME OUT TO CANYON CAN'T WAIT TO GO AGAIN

Angler Name : john
E-Mail : jarfarm@aol
Boat Name: ragingbull
Date Fished: 8-17-99
Location: monsterleg
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 40lb
Bait or Lure: zuckers
Water Depth: 150
Water Temp.: 77
Information : caught one bluefin raised a white marlin boat next to us got a 50lb wahoo herd of some yellowfins caught. tight lines

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Aug 17
Location: Toms
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Dolphin
Size: up to 15 pounds
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 80
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie tried the Canyon Trolling one more time before turning his sights to chunking and once again found only Dolphin. Its seems the tuna will not come up through the green and hot water and will only bite at night on the chunck as the boats chunking again caught well. We trolled from the Toms Canyon to the Lindencol and only found a load of dolphin around a few of the pots.

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Angler Name : Tom&Bud
E-Mail : bhickey@goes.net
Boat Name: REAL HICK
Date Fished: 8-16
Location: 1 can at the Hook&7a at Ambrose
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 1 to 6lbs
Bait or Lure: Worms&killies squid
Water Depth: At #120ft At 7a 50 to 60
Water Temp.: 77 to 80
Information : WE started at the #1 can at the tip of the Hook and had a pick ,but alot of small sea bass and robins,we went through 4 dozen worms in about an hour we ended up with 8 nice weakies.Then we switched to fluke at the 7a,and we could not keep them off our lines the keeper ratio was about 1-4 we ran out of bait again,but we had about 20 keepers from 16in to 26in.all around a great day.

Angler Name : Bernie
E-Mail : thebabe@csionline.net
Boat Name: BIG SHOT II
Date Fished: 8/16/99
Location: Barnegat Bay off clam beds
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 18"to20"
Bait or Lure: Shedders
Water Depth: 8'to10'
Water Temp.: 79 Deg.
Information : 5:30am Went fishing today with the famous "Barnegat Bay Bob".We started out slow then the fish started hitting after about an hour caught about 10 weakies wiht 4 keepers.8:15 The fish were hitting good and "BB Bob"siad he HAD to GO home to take his puppy to the Vet.Fishing was good so what! We all hope your doggy is fine.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Aug 16
Location: Toms Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Dolphin
Size: up to 20 pounds
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 80
Information : Once the wind stopped blowing Captain Phil Dulanie took the Dan Black charter from Phil. PA out to the Toms Canyon and again found the tuna uncooperative. Trolling for 8 hours produced only a half dozen large Dolphin up to 20 pounds but no Tuna or Marlin. The green water in the Hudson has worked its way down the shelf and the only tuna we heard boated on the troll was a three bagger of Big-Eyes by a boat in the Mid-Atlantic. The chunking at night however is automatic as boats from the Hudson to Wilmington had fish.

Angler Name : Jack Bennett
E-Mail : emb@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: Let'em Eat Fish
Date Fished: 8/16/99
Location: Barnegat Ridge North
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: to 15lbs
Bait or Lure: feathers, clark spoon, rebels
Water Depth: 64
Water Temp.:
Information : Had first fish on within 5 minutes. Ended the day with 16 skipjack and 4 little tunny. Nothing hit on the plastic lures, just good old reliables like the red&white feather, the Zuker black&purple, Rebel minnow, and clark spoons (4 & 5). Saw an ocean sunfish on the way in (the first in years).

Angler Name : Terry Miner
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 8-l6-99
Location: Mud Bouy
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Bluefish
Size: up to 6 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker chunks
Water Depth: 50 ft.
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had the Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina up to the Mud Buoy with Terry Miner and his Grandson Brandon for a day of Bluefishing. As yesterday the fish bit as soon as we started fishing, however by ll AM the bite turned to a slow pick. But by then over 30 Blues were caught and released. By noon we were inshore chunking Stripers. In two hours 6 nice Stripers were caught and released. Starting tommorow the Bounty Hunter will be fishing the offshore canyons. Hopefully we will have some good reports to pass on.

Angler Name : Al
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Susie-G III
Date Fished: 8/16
Location: Metedeconk Rv, Barnegat Bay... Bay Head
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 14-23"
Bait or Lure: sandworms, Fin-S, kastmasters...
Water Depth: 5-40'
Water Temp.: 67 outside, 75 inside
Information : Got to the Metedeconk bright and early at just before 6 am.. Took awhile to find fish, but got em' going good after about 20 minutes.. Boated a bunch of nice weakies, up to 23" early on.. Hot rig was a chartreuse floating jighead w/ a 36" leader tied to a 1/2 oz. sinker.. Decided to run up to the Manasquan then outside to look for some blues, and wound up finding a few off the Bayhead tower in about 35 feet of water.. Came back inside around 9:30, and tried the North Channel in Barnegat Bay that leads from the canal to the Metedeconk, and again picked away at smaller weaks w/ Fin-S.. Picked up another nice fish of about 20" in the Metedeconk w/ a few others about 10:30, then yet another move to the Gunner's Ditch in the bay yielded a couple of spikes.. Lots of running around, but not a bad morning.. Totals were somewhere between 7-10 weakies to 23", a couple of taylor blues.. tight lines..

Angler Name : kirk davis
E-Mail : kirk_davis@hotmail.com
Boat Name: paramount
Date Fished: 8/16/99
Location: shrewsbury rocks
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 11 sea bass from keeper to 1 1/2 lbs and 1 6 lb fluke
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 45-70ft
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Sea bass fishing was again rewarding on the paramount got 11 nice keepers...and about 15 throwbacks...along with a 6lb flattie....this boat probably catches as many keeper fluke as the half day fluke boats...and gets bigger ones as there are a lot of nice fish on the rocks...sea bassing is up and down... but capt. dave and crew always gets me enough for dinner for four..tight lines

Angler Name : Gally-G
E-Mail :
Boat Name: P-Sportsmen
Date Fished: 8-15-99
Location: Ambrose
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 9 lbs. 28 in.
Bait or Lure: Twister Tail /Sea Robin fillet
Water Depth: 50 ft.
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Best bait I ever tried for fluke. When fish are active action never stops. But keeper ratio is 1 of 10.

Angler Name : Chris
E-Mail : Yankee4214@aol.com
Boat Name: Temptation
Date Fished: 8/15
Location: Monster Ledge area
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Dolphin
Size: up to 35 inches
Bait or Lure: birds and chuggers, feathers
Water Depth: 120-220
Water Temp.: 77
Information : Had a nice cloudy day with light nnw winds and clear blue water. trolled for 4 1/2 hours and caught 5 Mahi with the largest being a 35" 7 pounder. No Sign of any other life besides the dolphin. Where are the tuna!!! Not even skippies or false albacore.

Angler Name : AMK
E-Mail : andrew_kolen@hq.adp.com
Boat Name: beach
Date Fished: 8/15/99
Location: LBI north island
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 27"
Bait or Lure: cut bunker
Water Depth: 6-10ft
Water Temp.:
Information : I went out Sunday morning. I thought it was crabs stealling my big bunker chunks, almost as soon as they hit the water. After three times, I decided to strike on the next crab and up to the wash came a 6 lb weakie. Also saw alot of big bunker jumping, probably chased by more big weakies.

Angler Name : Anthony Yeswita Forked River n.j.
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 8-15-99
Location: coast guard house island beach st. park
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 23 in. 5.5lb.
Bait or Lure: squid and killie
Water Depth: 30 ft.
Water Temp.: 70
Information :

Angler Name : Ken & Judy
E-Mail : imwc3y@aol.com
Boat Name: fishnutz
Date Fished: 15 August 99
Location: Deal
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: Just legal to 20 inches
Bait or Lure: searobin squid and sand lance
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 66
Information : The weather turned out to be a nice day at least we did not get rained on. Did not catch a fish till 9 am I started the day with a 20 incher ... We finished up with 5 keepers.. Cut bait seems to be the best bait for now..We lost a lot of rigs in the mussel beds south of the red church. I think I will try 30 lb test next time and see if i can pull the hooks out of the mussels. That is where we found the keepers..

Angler Name : Capt Bruce Hrobak and Andy
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Tanerz Lurz (wavedancer)
Date Fished: 8/15
Location: Barnaget Bay
Fishing Method: Bucktailing
Specie: Weakfish
Size: up to 5 1/2 lbs est
Bait or Lure: Sandworm on a Tanerz Lurz
Water Depth: to 22 ft
Water Temp.: 79
Information : Caught over 20 Weakfish in 3 hrs fishing all were realeased !!!( I still have some Mahi from Friday) !!some were 3 lbs or so and the topper was a 5 1/2 lber 29 inchs try Chartuse colors thats what was working also noted sevaral taken on rattle traps also but by other boats !! Tight Lines and Good Fishing !! Capt Bruce

Angler Name : CHUCK
E-Mail : CCHMIE3669@AOL.COM
Boat Name: CLAM HUT
Date Fished: 8/15/99
Location: SANDY HOOK
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size: 1 TO 4LBS
Bait or Lure: PEANUT BUNKER & SQUID
Water Depth: 50 FT.
Water Temp.: 76
Information : GEORGE, FRANK [HOOK TIT]& MYSELF STARTED OUT AROUND 7AM FROM THE DOCK AND STARTED OFF BY THE #2 BOUY RIGHT OFF THE BAT GEORGE PICKED UP A 4LB FLUKE. THIS WAS THE BEGINING OF A PRETTY GOOD DAY FOR ME & GEORGE ANYWAY FRANK JUST COULDNT GET A KEEPER TO SAVE HIS LIFE BUT I MUST SAY HE DID A GOOD OF KEEPING THE SEAROBINS AWAY FROM OUR BAITS. IN THE END WE HAD 12 KEEPERS IN THE BOX BY 3:30. TILL THE NEXT TRIP TIGHT LINES TO ALL

Angler Name : chuck@deb
E-Mail :
Boat Name: NEVERENOUGH
Date Fished: 8 15 99
Location: off holgate
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: to25
Bait or Lure: killie squid
Water Depth: 65ft
Water Temp.: 72
Information : kicked butt all day lots of shorts lots of keepers tight lines

Angler Name : al
E-Mail :
Boat Name: the fish nazi
Date Fished: 8-15-99
Location: sandy hook channel
Fishing Method: drifting LARGE baits
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 23 1/2"
Bait or Lure: strip baits,worms
Water Depth: 25-45'
Water Temp.: 77-79
Information : got out in p.m.,nice size fish,kept 8 fluke,released 6. no weaks again but a decent 4 hr. trip

Angler Name : J. Merrill
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Miss. Cindy
Date Fished: Aug. 15
Location: Barneget Inlet
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: just keepers
Bait or Lure: Killies
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Waited until 9:00 A.M. to leave the dock. Got at the light house with bait at 10:30, started drifting alond side the light house and like every one else we caught 20 shorts and just one keeper. Then around 12:30 it started to rain and most of the boats took off. But not us, we went in to pick up some more bait then went back out. Now the wind picked up and made a beautiful drift. Now the ratio was 1 out of 7 was a keeper. We ended up with 8 keepers along with 4 weakfish, we caught the weakfish at about 2:00 P.M. on the begining of the out going tide, that was a nice treat. Still haven't gotten skunked.

Angler Name : John Kiernan
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 8-15-99
Location: Mud Bouy
Fishing Method: chunking & chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: up to 6 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker chunks
Water Depth: 50 ft.
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had the Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina up to the Mud Bouy with the John Kiernan charter for a day of Bluefishing. The fish bit as soon as we started chumming and continued to bite until ll AM. 40 Blues were caught and released and our third Dolphin this week a 35" fish was caught, however, this fish went into the box. A tide change and wind shift deteriorated the conditions so we went inshore to finish the day drifting for Fluke where we boated 6 keepers the largest weighing 4 lbs. and a couple of dozen throwbacks.

Angler Name : G. Brown
E-Mail : gabrown@eclipse.net
Boat Name: Lizzie-B
Date Fished: 8/14/99
Location: Manasquan River- Channel Marker 6-7
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 6" to 16-1/2"
Bait or Lure: Squid
Water Depth: 5-8'
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished 1 hr before to 1 hr after high tide, lots of action with no skkates or sea robins, just fluke and lots of them, many just under legal size but 2 nice keepers.

Angler Name : Greg
E-Mail : none
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: aug 14
Location: Pt. Pleasant beach
Fishing Method: pluging
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 18 - 28 in.
Bait or Lure: plugs
Water Depth: surfk
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Got out there at 4:30 picked up one before the sun came up. As soon as sun came up we started reeling in fish after fish. limited out by about 8:30

Angler Name : Robert Fournier
E-Mail : RFOURNIER@NJAQUARIUM.ORG
Information : The New Jersey State Aquarium is very interested in collecting some small fish that live within mats of Sargassum weed. If any fishermen come across some nice sized mats of weed, could you please e-mail me with the GPS coordinates. Thank you everyone for your help.

Angler Name : Lewis Ostrander
E-Mail : lewieo@gateway.net
Boat Name: Pop Pop
Date Fished: 8/14/99
Location: North Wildwood
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tiger Shark
Size: 8-12 ft
Bait or Lure: Bait
Water Depth: 10-20
Water Temp.: 75
Information : I have never seen more sharks close to the beach in all my life. There is so much bait in the water. I did not catch the shark. It swam right past my motor. Don't swim go swimming!!

Angler Name : Captain Bob Balewicz
E-Mail : bob@cornerelo.com
Boat Name: Carcharodon
Date Fished: August 12-13
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking/Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: Up to 65 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butters/plastics
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 77
Information : With the oncoming blow due for the weekend, I pushed a Hudson Canyon trip through for Thursday night . . . and was rewarded with another great catch! Arriving in the Hudson @ 1:00 a.m., I opted for the East Wall and set-up at the Elbow. Blue sharks put on a show for 10 year old, first time Caynon Tripper John Hamidy, and after getting rid of the Blue Dogs, we settled in for a non-stop bite! Johns dad Tony Hamidy, Kenny Gallop, & Johnny Maynard, Jr. were aboard. My dad, Bob Balewicz, Sr. and Mate Danny Edmonds made up the rest of the crew, trading turns on the screaming reels! We chunked butters, but had our first sign of decent mackerel in the slick. Although the squids were small, when livelined they produced hit after hit. 12 Yellowfins to 65 pounds were boated, along with a lone Dolphin.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Aug 13
Location: Carteret Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 40 pounds
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 80
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Steve Curley charter from Boston, Mass out on the Canyon Runner for a one day troll and found the tuna unresponsive. Trolling from the Toms down to the Carterett produced only a couple of Longfin and a white marlin which jumped off. In addition another Blue Marlin was fought only to break off at the leader.

Angler Name : Roy E. Manning
E-Mail : maningr@injersey.infi.net
Boat Name: Time Out II
Date Fished: 8/13/99
Location: Little Italy
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 32"
Bait or Lure: Green & White Feather
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished Little Italy at day break, first hooked up with Dolphin, then the Yellowfin hit. Boated one yellowfin and 5 dolphin. Not a bad day, back at the dock by 2:30.

Angler Name : DAN MCGIVNEY
E-Mail :
Boat Name: MEGAN BETH
Date Fished: 081399
Location: MUD
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 7.25
Bait or Lure: SQUID
Water Depth: 35'
Water Temp.: 75
Information : ON 08/13/99 CAPT WAYNE BUSHNELL HAD THE MEGAN BETH NORTH OF THE INLET TO HAVE A GOOD CATCH OF FLUKE FOR THE BRAD KOOKER PARTY THE LARGEST FISH WEIGHING IN AT 7.25LBS. ON 08/14/99 CAPT DAN MCGIVNEY HAD THE VINNY ARMETTO PARTY OUT AT THE MUD BOUY TO CATCH BLUEFISH BEFORE CALLING THE DAY SHORT DUE TO THE ROUGH WEATHER. ON SUNDAY 08/15/99 CAPT DAN WAS BACK UP TO THE MUD TO HAVE A GOOD CATCH OF BLUEFISH FOR THE BOB HART PARTY .WHEN CONDITIONS BECAME BAD (WIND AGAINST TIDE )WE SWITCHED OVER TO FLUKE AND MANAGED TO CATCH 18 KEEPERS UP TO 4LBS IN THE ROCK BEDS NORTH OF THE INLET .

Angler Name : DAVE
E-Mail : BKnut10!
Boat Name: T2
Date Fished: 8/12/99 --- 8/13/99
Location: canyon
Fishing Method: chunking + trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50 lb plus
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 600 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : We were on fish with in one hour after starting chunking,we limited out with 18 fish { that 3 yellowfin per person } with in three and ahalf hours. At dawn we started trolling with no action for the first hour, when the eighty started to scream, after an hour and twenty minutes of fight we leader, took pictures, and release a 500lb plus Blue Marlin. good luck to George and the crew of the CERTIFIABLE at the Mid - Alantic

Angler Name : BRIAN SUSCHKE,CAPT. BURKE SINCLAR
E-Mail : BRISS6@AOL.COM
Boat Name: TOOLTIME
Date Fished: 8-12,8-13
Location: HUDSON CANYON
Fishing Method: CHUNK,TROLL
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-65LBS
Bait or Lure: LIVE SQUID,SARDINES
Water Depth: 450FT
Water Temp.: 77.7
Information : WENT TO THE HUDSON FOR AN OVERNIGHTER, STARTED WITH SOME MAHI EARLY THEN SLOW TILL AROUND 4-30AM THE TUNA WERE BOILING AT THE BACK OF THE BOAT HAD MULTIPLE HOOK-UPS. ENDED UP WITH 9 TUNA 5 MAHI AND A 5-1/2FT SWORDFISH ON THE CHUNK. PICKED UP ANOTHER TUNA AND A MAHI ON THE MORNING TROLL, FISHED THE EAST WALL.

Angler Name : Capt. Gene Doebley
E-Mail : gene10846@aol.com
Boat Name: Nevermoor
Date Fished: 8/13/99
Location: AC Ridge -- 28 MI. Wreck
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 25 lb.
Bait or Lure: mixed lures
Water Depth: 90 to 130
Water Temp.: 76
Information : We started at the Triple Lumps with a knockdown then worked our way out toward the AC Ridge since we heard good reports from there on Wed. We got a knockdown at the Ridge that took the black zucker and kept going leaving us with only a shredded leader. Maybe a wahoo. The Ridge was quiet so we turned toward the 28 Mi. wreck and hit a skippie on the way. Reports from there weren't good so we turned back and tooka 25 lb. yellowfin on a little green/yellow chugger on a daisy chain. We trolled there a while then turned toward the GE Bell since the weather was getting dicey. We took 2 more skippies on the way.

Angler Name : Capt Gary Vayianos, John ,Larry,Bobby and Cpt Bruce (wavedancer) Hrobak
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Boat Name: Starfish
Date Fished: 8/13
Location: Slough and south of Reasor and Mudhole
Fishing Method: Trolling and Chunking
Specie: Dolphin
Size: up to Bull Size (not weighed0
Bait or Lure: Baited Killies and Chunks as well and trolling Jetheads
Water Depth: 120 to 185
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Started up our troll at the slough and it seemed slow at first but reports of sopme Yellow Fin had us heading south and futher off then we began to pick up Skippies and some time rods went off more than 3 at a time caught several and lost what seemed to be a nice King Mackral!!!! Tryed some more in hopes of the Yellowfin butdecided to hit our dolphin spot got there and were soon hooked up 5 at one time Bobby got a nice Bull and me Bruce caught a nice one too !!! As we watched Capt Mahi's (Garys) Tacticks there was no way we could go wrong always good to learn something new !!! We had more than enough Mahi in an 1 hr or so , Weather was getting to be Snotty to say te least but the Starfish kept a steady 20 knots home!!! Great day Great guys to fish with !!!!! Tight Lines Capt Bruce!!!!

Angler Name : Pete
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Boat Name: -
Date Fished: 8-12-99
Location: Flynns Knoll, Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 5-10 lbs!!!!
Bait or Lure: Sandworm w/ jelly worm(hot pink)
Water Depth: 10-30 ft
Water Temp.: 70-77
Information : GO AND GET THEM.....the tiderunner weakfish are out at the tip of Sandy Hook. The green can straight off the false hook channel is HOT. Drop a combo of Sandworm and jelly worm and hold on. I almost slit my fingers today when a 10lb + fish ran with my line. Yes, I did net him after a good 10 min battle. You will know you are out of the strike zone when u start catching small fluke, sea robins. Also...fluke are doin horribly....robins are out there by the millions, caught at least 150 today while goin for fluke...Weakfish areas contain no robins however, and dont be fooled...robins are so hugry i caught 10 of them on a large hopkins steal jig!!!

Angler Name : Capt.JimLynch
E-Mail : Finaddict.sportfishing@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: FinAddict
Date Fished: 8/12/99
Location: Chicken Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 35 to 40lbs
Bait or Lure: green achines & tuna clones
Water Depth: 200 to 250
Water Temp.: 75 to 78F
Information : Fished with the Frank Mullicia Party from Piscataway on Thurs.We trolled the area of the Glory Hole to the inshore end of the Chicken Canyon. In the Glory we picked up (2) doldhin about 5 lbs. and lost a large bull around 30. Moving offshore to the Chicken we boated 2 yellow fin between 35 & 40 lbs.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
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Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Aug 12
Location: Carteret Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Blue Marlin
Size: 300+
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and Mate Brad Burgess snuck the Canyon Runner out to the Carteret Canyon with the Steve Reily charter before the wind begins to blow this weekend and were rewarded with an excellent offshore catch. Trolling in the Carteret Canyon on the edge of the Blue and Green bodies of water out on the edge, the charter fought and release 1 White Marlin, boated a few Yellowfin to 50 pounds and dozens of dolphin. The action however did not stop there. The first Blue Marlin of 500+ pounds showed up around 1:00 p.m. and ate a Green Machine behind a bird. The fight lasted only 10 minutes however as the Blue Marlin won by jumping on the main line and broking off. The Second Blue Marlin showed just as we entered the Green Water and were about to pull the lines out ending the day. Burgess spotted the Big Blue rising up to a Sea Witch/Ballyhoo combination, baited the Blue and Dulanie gunned the engines setting the hook. The fight ensued this time for 30 minutes with the Canyon Runner winning as a Blue of about 300+ pounds was leader, pictures taken and released. That makes for the 8th Marlin caught and released by the Canyon Runner this year. Not bad for New Jersey.

Angler Name : tom
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Boat Name: tomkat
Date Fished: 8-12-99
Location: manasquan ridge
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 7lbs
Bait or Lure: jets
Water Depth: 50=-70
Water Temp.: 75
Information : noon to three--3 skips,1 lil tunny,1dolph- had 2 lines out

Angler Name : BRIAN H.
E-Mail : JHUNDERFUN@AOL.COM
Boat Name: DEEP ADVENTURES III
Date Fished: 8/10-8/11
Location: 100 SQUARE
Fishing Method: CHUNK
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: TO 80LBS
Bait or Lure: SQUID/BUTTERFISH
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : OVERNIGHT CUNKING...GOT SET UP AROUND 1:00-2:00 PM, HAD 1ST FISH WITHIN 10 MINUTES..STEADY PICK ALL NIGHT..MULTIPLE FISH ON AT TIMES..ENDED UP WITH 30 YELLOWS, LARGEST AROUND 70-80 LBS, 1 LONGFIN. GREAT MATES, GREAT CAPTAIN,GREAT BOAT..

Angler Name : GARRETT JONES(A.K.A. JUMBO)
E-Mail : GCJ5765@AOL.COM
Boat Name: HYDRA SPORT DUCK I
Date Fished: 8/11/99
Location: MANASQUAN RIVER / INLET
Fishing Method: BOTTOM / BAIT
Specie: Fluke
Size: UP TO 20"
Bait or Lure: SQUID, SPERRING
Water Depth: 4' - 15'
Water Temp.: ^ 70'S
Information : MYSELF AND FELLOW ANGLERS FRANK HALPIN, JIM "YOUR TRYING TO KILL ME" BAILEY & ERIC "RICK - I ALMOST FELL OUT" FISHED THE TOP OF THE INCOMING TIDE SOUTH SIDE OF RIVER @ CLARKS GOOD ACTION UP TO FLOOD TIDE. HIT INLET FOR SOME 6 ' SWELLS REAL GOOD CHOP!! PLENTY OF COCKTAIL BLUES BUBBLING RIGHT OUTSIDE WITH NO OTHER BOATS AROUND? I WONDER WHY? A LOT OF FUN HIT ANY METAL WE THREW!! HOOK'EM HARD JUMBO

Angler Name : Frank Lukenda
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 8-11-99
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 38"
Bait or Lure: Bunker chunks
Water Depth: 29 ft.
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Capt. Paul Regula ran his Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina up to the Shrewsbury Rocks with the Frank Lukenda charter for a day of Striped Bass chunking. With a 20 to 25 knot South wind, seas of 5 to 6 ft. and current into the wind conditions were far from ideal. 4 hours of chunking in the 70 degree water saw 3 Striped Bass boated, the largest a 38" fish. along with the Stripers the large Bluefish added to the action. All the Blues were released. An afternoon attempt at drifting for Fluke saw several throwbacks and only l keeper as conditions deteriorated we called it a day.

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Angler Name : Barbara
E-Mail : tomm@vitinc.com
Boat Name: Glacier Bay 260 Catamaran
Date Fished: 8/10/99
Location: 28-40 Miles SE of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Trolling & Chunking
Specie: Dolphin
Size: to 7 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 150
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Started early in rough seas at the inlet. Day looked like it could have been a bust after 6 hours. One Dolphin on that broke the line. Decided to move east , only excitement was a couple of sea turtles. Spotted some debris and decided to troll by. WHAM! First one out of the water and onto us. All hell broke loose, couldn't keep up with the action. Leaders breaking an getting fish off the hook kept us from doubling a fantastic catch. 30 or more in the boat inside of two hours.Water so clear we could see the Dolphin hitting the baits. They were fighting for the chance to grab a bait. One Bull took two hooks at the same time. Day wearing on and thunderstorms on the horizon. Arms weary and backs aching decisde to head in. Never had Dolphin like this before.......Another SPECTACULAR Day on the GLacier Bay!

Angler Name : john
E-Mail : jarfarm@aol
Boat Name: ragingbull
Date Fished: 8-10-99
Location: mud bouy
Fishing Method: chum/chunk
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10-15lb
Bait or Lure: macks
Water Depth: 47
Water Temp.: 75
Information : great day of fishing took my 8 year old nephew out caught all the blues we wanted only thing was they were line shy had to use mono leaders seemed to like mack better than bunker and some big fluke and sea bass off the bottom to spice things up!!

Angler Name : Eric
E-Mail : yayaginky@aol
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 8/10
Location: little egg art. reef
Fishing Method: floating jig heads
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: fluke belly
Water Depth: 56
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Took a few guys out from work to do some fluking off of little egg inlet. Used fluke bellies from the last trip-- these things work great! Put them on a white floating jig head and caught 5 nice keepers in just a few hours. You can bet I kept those bellies for next time. Also, fish finder was loaded so we trolled up 2 dolphin and 2 bonito on red/white feathers off the red tower before we called it a day.

Angler Name : Harry C
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Boat Name: Angler
Date Fished: 8/10
Location: Manasquan
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14"-17"
Bait or Lure: squid,spearing,bucktail
Water Depth: 50'
Water Temp.:
Information : Caught variety of 2 mackeral,10 fluke-3 keepers,many giant size skates.Great day on the water.Still looking for that 5#-10# fluke that I been reading about.Will keep trying.Might be easier to hit the lottery.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
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Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Aug 10
Location: Toms/Carteret Canyons
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: White Marlin
Size: 50 pounds
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and Mate Brad Burgess had the Canyon Runner back out to the Toms Canyon after waiting out the blow Sunday and Monday by bluefishing inshore. However what they found was that the Longfin they had by the dozens Saturday had moved out of the Toms Canyon and were no where to be found. The Tom O'Brian charter from Holmdel, NJ did have an action packed day however as a couple yellowfin to 50 pounds and dolphin to 20 pounds kept everyone busy. The highlight again however was when Mate Burgess baited a nice White Marlin at the transome and Tom O'Brien enjoyed releasing his first Marlin. Another White was baited but failed to feel the sting of the hook.

Angler Name : kirk davis
E-Mail : kirk_davis@hotmail.com
Boat Name: paramount
Date Fished: 8/10/99
Location: inshore wrecks
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 17 keeper sea bass- 10-16'', 1 16'' fluke, and a ling
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 55-85ft
Water Temp.: 79-82
Information : Sea bass fishing is a steady pick...not spectacular....but enough to provide a few dinners....the capt and crew of the paramount does a great job to get everyone rigged up and on the fish..about 15 nice keeper fluke were also caught..as well as 1 small chicken dolphin and a nice 3 lb spanish mackerel...all and all a good day

Angler Name : Al
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Susie-G III
Date Fished: 8/10
Location: Manasquan River... Sea Girt
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14-16"
Bait or Lure: squid, spearing, fluke bellies... bucktail
Water Depth: 10-55'
Water Temp.: 75-77
Information : Set up in the river in 10-15 ft. of water just East of Clarks and had immediate action with keeper fluke in the 16" range on a fluke belly/chartreuse jighead combo.. This was at slack tide.. When the tide turned, the fishing quickly went downhill w/ robins, shorts, and even a vicious oyster cracker dominating the catch.. Moved outside to a lump off Sea Girt, where we had absolutely no drift.. Power drifted, picking giant skates up off the bottom, but absolutely no fluke.. Called it quits about 12:30, w/ a couple in the box.. Also worked a pod of breaking fish off Bay Head, but didn't get any takers.. Could've been skippies, spanish macks, or albacore.. Did hear some reports of "tuna" being taken along the beach by trollers.. Sounds tempting.. The next few weeks should be very interesting.. tight lines..

Angler Name : matt krol
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Boat Name:
Date Fished: 8/9/99
Location: pt pleasant side of manasquan inlet
Fishing Method: bottom fishing
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 12 fluke 9"-15"
Bait or Lure: killies and zeek lures
Water Depth: 6ft-12ft
Water Temp.:
Information : started fishing at 1:00 and stopped at 5:00. as soon as i dropped my bait in the water the fluke were on my line. I caught 3 of them within 10 min then then bit graudally. caught 6 of my fluke with zeek lures. didn'nt get any herring. the thing that gets me mad is that people think the herring is a worthless fish. even though you can"t really eat them they are really fun to fish for. they are a much better fighter than fluke and when you think about it the ratio of keeper fluke is 1 out of 10 so you really don"t get much fish anyway. fishing is not about getting food it is about caughting fish and having fun. fish

Angler Name : Gary Cook
E-Mail : rivrrunr@hotmail.com
Boat Name: NIKMO
Date Fished: 8/9/99
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 13"
Bait or Lure: shedder/sandworns/killies
Water Depth: 8'-10'
Water Temp.: 77
Information : Drifted Barnegat Bay between buoys BB and 42 with little success, one 13" weakie taken with shedder. No robins, bagalls or any thing. Evencrabs were scarce! South east wind to about 20 mph. Better than working!!

Angler Name : George Emslie
E-Mail : gemslie@home.com
Boat Name: Sea Ya!
Date Fished: 8/9/99
Location: Barneget Inlet
Fishing Method: Drifting Bottom Jigging
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15 13/4 and 16 1/4
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 12-25 ft
Water Temp.: ? warm
Information : Went out early to the Barnegat Inlet with my brother in law Kevin. Tried umrella trolling about two miles out from the inlet but the sea starting getting a little rough for my 19ft bowrider. Drifted the inlet and caught 4 including 2 keepers. Had a great day and weather. Can't wait until next time!!! P.S. Anyone selling a pontoon boat please contact me.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
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Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Aug 9
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: up to 12 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 40'
Water Temp.: 78
Information : With the wind still blowing Captain Phil Dulanie and the Canyon Runner had to turn another one day canyon trip into an inshore trip and the Dr. Dante Implicito charter had a great day chumming on the Shrewsbury Rocks. Non-stop action produced dozens of huge bluefish to 12+ pounds on light tackle chumming chunking butterfish on the high bottom.

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Angler Name : bob
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Boat Name: barb boom
Date Fished: 8-8-99
Location: north ridge
Fishing Method: trolled
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 37''
Bait or Lure: blue,white clones
Water Depth: 75'
Water Temp.: 74.5
Information : started trolling 7 am nothing for 2 hrs. had one 37 in. bluefin around 9:30 had 4 knock downs with in 10 min. after that fish. and that was all she wrote. to much bait in the water fish didn't take the artificials.

Angler Name : Mike Caringi
E-Mail : caringi@monmouth.com
Boat Name: Wait-A-Minute
Date Fished: 08-08-99
Location: Oil Wreck
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 20lb
Bait or Lure: Daisy Chain/ green machine
Water Depth: 123
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Left the Dock 6:00 am for a morning troll. No sooner did we get the rods set up whwn a 20 lb. dolphin hit on a daisy chain 2 feet from a pot. Seas were 3 to 4 ft with heavy rain, departed at 12:00 pm with 4 dolphin from 5- 20 lbs. Finally a good day at the oil Wreck.

Angler Name : Captain Bob Balewicz
E-Mail : bob@cornerelo.com
Boat Name: Carcharodon
Date Fished: August 7-8
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling/chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 100+ lbs
Bait or Lure: Trolling = Plastics, chunking = butterfish
Water Depth: 700
Water Temp.: 77-79
Information : Another killer trip. Left Brielle Saturday with the Ron Antonelli Fishing Team bound for the Hudson Canyon for a chunk & troll. Arrived to find some very green water. Trolled from The Bombs down the West Wall. Following my Offshore Satellite Services temperature charts, I decided to head for The Mouth and 100 Square to look for clearer blue water. We found it and proceeded to work the area hard. The first decent bait I found was around some pots so I just kept cruising them. Little by little the bait came up, and following the bait were some decent marks on the sounder which proceeded to follow. We worked the area for a good 30 minutes when BAM, the two shortest flatlines went off. I kept the boat at trolling speed and BAM, next two closest lines went off, kept the boat moving and BAM, the two short riggers went off! After one fish spit the hook real quick, we went Five for Five, all 100+ pound Yellowfins! The plumpest and hardest fighting Yellowfins Ive ever seen. (and the tastiest, too!) Ive never seen 5 fish of this size hit and all get landed safely! A great charter crew who follows direction aided by a top-notch mate, Danny Edmonds. Kudos to all!. We moved to the flats in the same area for our overnight chunk and pulled in a couple of 80 pounders , a 60 pounder and one 35 pounder. We also caught and released a small Swordfish. Great job guys!

Angler Name : Ben Foti
E-Mail : marc0311@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Action
Date Fished: August 7-8,1999
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 30lb & 60 lb
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 400'+
Water Temp.: 79
Information : We trolled from the Texas Tower down to the deep. We did not getting anything on the troll, so around 7:30 we set up for the night on the West Wall. We had a quick hook-up of 2 fish, losing one. Around midnight we hooked up another fish. The forecast of 5-10 kts lasted until midnight when the wind turned to 20 kts and by 4 am the wind was a strong 25 kts. We returned to Clarks Landing.

Angler Name : Phil Lidlow
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Boat Name: Shark Byte III
Date Fished: 8/7-8/8
Location: Hudson / Toms Canyons
Fishing Method: Troll / Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60#
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 78-80
Information : Trolled from Hudson to Toms Canyons with 2 knockdowns, one clearly being a White Marlin the other suspected Wahoo. Trolled deeper warmer water in search of a Blue Marlin. Set on the chunk in the Toms had 2 Yellow fin and a bunch of Dolphin. Lots of life in the Toms, whales, dolphin, bait. The Hudson showing green at the tip and clearing as you move thru it (never really found blue water there), dead zone void of life signs. Wind kicked we split around 4:30 a.m.

Angler Name : Werner & Wolfgang Sprie
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 8-8-99
Location: Mud Bouy
Fishing Method: chumming & chunking
Specie: Bluefish
Size: up to 6 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker chunks & chum
Water Depth: 50 ft.
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had his Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina up to the Mud Bouy, with Werner & Wolfgang Sprie for a day of Bluefishing. Both men being release fisherman had a banner day despite a strong southwest wind catching and releasing approx. 80-90 Bluefish in the 4 to 6 lb. range. The surprise of the day came when Werner & Wolfgang both hooked up and landed large Dolphin. The fish a bull and cow measured 35" in length. An attempt earlier in the morning to find Striped Bass on the inshore spots was not successful.

Angler Name : michael towney
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Boat Name: southern wind
Date Fished: 8/7-8/99
Location: monster ledge
Fishing Method: chumming/chunking
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: none
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 130/245
Water Temp.: 76
Information : blown out from canyon lost 2 nice mahi-mahi on ultra-lights noteven a pesky blue shark

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
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Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Aug. 8
Location: Little Italy
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Dolphin
Size: up to 10 pounds
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 125
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie on the Canyon Runner had to turn a one day canyon trip into an inshore trip as the winds were screaming and the Frank Cardaci charter got into a nice bite of Dolphin around Little Italy before cutting the trip short due to the weather.

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Angler Name : S Clancy
E-Mail : sclancy@pattonboggs.com
Boat Name: Irish Rogue III
Date Fished: 7-7-99
Location: Baltimore Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling artificials, chunk butterfish
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: O
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 500-1000++
Water Temp.: 78-79.6 degrees
Information : Left Cape May inlet at 5:15 am. Arrived at the tip of the baltimore at 7:30 am. Greeted by blue offhsore water pushing 80 degrees. No signs on life, bait or otherwise. Plenty of boats on site working the tip. Trolled down the west wall, crossed over and worked up the east wall. Not a single knockdown!! Only one other boat reported a small yellowfin caught before sunrise. We worked the tip for several hours without success. Early afternoon, we moved to the lumps south east of the 19 fathom lump to chunk for a few hours. No other fishing boats, but a few commercials were working the area. Again, not a single knockdown. Next weekend, going to the Tom's -- it seems everyone catches fish there!

Angler Name : ART&JOE JUILLET
E-Mail : ATJ45@AOL.COM
Boat Name: GONE FOR BROKE
Date Fished: 8-7-99
Location: 2MILES NORTH MANASQUAN INLET
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 2-4.5LBS
Bait or Lure: SQUID-KILLIE
Water Depth: 45
Water Temp.: 76
Information : MY SON JOE & I FISHED WITH CAPT FRANK GIANCOLLA,HIS SON KENNY AND AL COLIN. WE STARTED DRIFTING ABOUT 830 AM & CAUGHT SOME SMALL FLUKE. AFTER A COUPLE OF DRIFTS KENNY CAUGHT A 16 INCH FLUKE. WE ALL CAUGHT SOME KEEPERS. ABOUT 1030 MY SON JOES AMBASSADOR 5000 WITH 15 LB TEST LINE STARTED TO SCREAM, AT FIRST WE THOUGHT IT WAS A BIG BLUEFISH BUT AFTER 15 MINUTES OF ALMOST GETTING SPOOLED JOE GAVE THE ROD TO HIS DAD. THE FISH MADE SOME LONG RUNS AND WE HAD TO START THE BOAT AND FOLLOW THE FISH. AFTER ANOTHER 20 MINUTES I WAS ABLE TO GET THE FISH UP & TO OUR SUPRISE IT WAS A BLUEFIN TUNA. WHAT A FIGHT MY SON & I SHARED BOATING & RELEASING THIS 33INCH-23LB FISH. WE THOUGHT THAT WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE TRIP BUT AL JOINED IN BY LANDING A 4.5LB FLUKE. WE ALSO CAUGHT SEA BASS & LING. THIS WAS A DAY THAT MY SON & I WILL NOT FORGET. CATCH EM UP--------

Angler Name : John Adamcik
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 8-7-99
Location: Sea Bright
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 3 l/2 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Squid & Spearing
Water Depth: 30 ft.
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had the Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina with the John Adamcik charter for a day of Fluke fishing. Starting off offshore of the Highlands Bridge in 40 ft. of water and working South to the old lifesaving station at Monmouth Beach produced 23 keeper Fluke up to 3 l/2 lbs. and 50-60 throwbacks. Altough the number of keeper Fluke was not high the size and quality of the fish more than made up for it. Squid & Spearing along with bright green grub teasers was the hot bait.

Angler Name : Chris
E-Mail : Yankee4214@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: August 7
Location: 2-4 miles nw of monster ledge
Fishing Method: pot hopping
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 3-12 lbs
Bait or Lure: jiggs
Water Depth: 125-150
Water Temp.: 77-78
Information : Pot hopped in the morning for 2 hours and pick up a few nice dolphin with 1 measuring 39 inches. Lots there just hard to get to bite. Trolled for next few hours and only picked up a few skippies.

Angler Name : Donald Stratton Jr
E-Mail : Oceand29
Boat Name: Magic Moment
Date Fished: 8/7/99 Sat
Location: Barnaget
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18 to 24in
Bait or Lure: Killies and squid
Water Depth: 50 to 70 ft
Water Temp.: 77:8
Information : WHEN to gas dock at 700 am did not open till 730 then then I had to wait for the tanker to fill the dock gas tank didnt get gas till 820 just great Left Holiday Harbor at 830 we went 90 degrees out to tires and tanks Late start but we had 7 fish in 15 Mins Then they just turn OFF All we Got were Skates I went IN and North to the bathing beach fished 50 foot of water got caught 16 more Keepers had 9 throw backs Not a bad day BEETS WORKING

Angler Name : Al
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Susie-G III
Date Fished: 8/7
Location: Sea Girt-Spring Lake
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14-16.5"
Bait or Lure: killies/squid...bucktail
Water Depth: 35-55'
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Joined the fleet drifting off of Spring Lake about a 2 or so miles off, in 35-55 feet of water.. Had immediate action w/ a great drift w/ shorts and a couple of keepers mixed in.. Lots of trash fish as well.. Had two good long drifts, then the drift completely died around 10:30.. Moved offshore of Sea Girt to a local hump, and picked a couple more shorts and garbage, but the action slowed to a standstill.. Powerdrifting picked a few as well.. The hot rig of the day being a black bucktail attached to a terminal fluke rig, as well as a yellow bucktail w/ beads and blades attached to a terminal rig.. Water was absolutely gorgeous, gin clear.. tight lines..

Angler Name : doug
E-Mail : reel1crazy@aol.com
Boat Name: REEL CRAZY
Date Fished: aug 7 1999
Location: Delaware bay
Fishing Method: drift/anchor
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 15-20
Bait or Lure: bucktails/minnows/shedders/squide
Water Depth: 16
Water Temp.:
Information : picked a few ran a lot of the bay from jersey to del lots of croakers .not a great day fishing but it was just a great day

Angler Name : Gary
E-Mail : micco@blast.net
Boat Name: Proline
Date Fished: 8-7-99
Location: Barnegat Inlet
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17"-20"
Bait or Lure: variuos
Water Depth: 50-60
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Drifted various areas north of the inlet. Party boats were north of the coast gaurd station swarmed by 50+ recreation al boats. We ended up directly east of the coast gaurd station in 60+ of water and caught 24, keeping 12 fat ones.

Angler Name : willie & my 2 sons
E-Mail : www.cjnesti@home.com
Boat Name: tail chaser
Date Fished: 8/7/99
Location: fingers
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Wahoo
Size: 25#
Bait or Lure: artifical
Water Depth: 120
Water Temp.: 77
Information : GREAT DAY. STARTED TROLLING AT 7:00AM. THE WIND WAS HAWKING OUT OF THE SW.IN A THREE HOUR PERIOD OF TIME WE PUT TOGETHER A CATCH OF 5 BONITO 3 BLUEFIN TO 45# 1 DOLPHIN & MANAGED A WAHOO OF 25#

Angler Name : FITTPALDI/JUNIOR
E-Mail : JOHNFITTIPALDI@HOME.COM
Boat Name: TAIL CHASER (THE ORIGINAL)
Date Fished: 07AUG99
Location: CIGAR/28 MILE WRECK
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 45-50
Bait or Lure: PLUGS,GREEN MACHINES
Water Depth: 130-145
Water Temp.: 75
Information : We got on scene @ 0600, trolled til 1130. Only one knockdown. We did north-south runs then decided to troll to 28 mile wreck. In transit, we picked up a 48lb yellowfin. Weather was brutle in the AM, but she laid down for her noon-a-clock nap.

Angler Name : mike g.
E-Mail : matemike@msn.com
Boat Name: ten high
Date Fished: 8/7/99
Location: 12 miles s/e shark river inlet
Fishing Method: troll - drift
Specie: Dolphin
Size:
Bait or Lure: feathers-tunaclone-cedar plug-etc.
Water Depth: 200-145
Water Temp.: 76+/-
Information : fished with capt.bill on the ten high, trolled from 0830 to 1130 - not a single hit! 1130 to 1300 drifted and cast small metal towards lobster pots - again, nothing! when returned to port, we heard that 1 mile off spring lake dolphin were hitting fluke rigs, go figure.

Angler Name : Michael Savage
E-Mail : michael.savage@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Wreckless
Date Fished: 8/7/99
Location: 750 Square
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 35 lb
Bait or Lure: green machine
Water Depth: 125
Water Temp.: 80
Information : Started at the 750 square and trolled for hours with just one strike from a dolphin near some pots. Heard someone had a wahoo, tuna, other fish all on trolled ballyhoo. We continued trolling all the way to the tip of the Cigar where we had heard of some catches. Caught one 30lb yellowfin at the northeast tip. Got another a little larger at 19 mi offshore and two 15 lb. bluefish trolling straight back to the LE buoy. Listening to the radio, it did not sound like many fish were being caught.

Angler Name : Verick, Ted, & Mike
E-Mail : Mrulli@solutions.att.com
Boat Name: Blue-Striper
Date Fished: 8/7/99
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 1/2 - 17"
Bait or Lure: Killie & Squid/worm combo
Water Depth: 26ft
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Verick Northrup from Cedar Grove reeled in two nice keeper fluke while Ted Schroeder of Montclair added to the catch with a 4lb Weakfish that slammed his fluke rig. Capt. Mike was almost shut down until a small porgy with a big attitude took his worm with the "gotta bite action". Shifting winds did not help out with the drift and made for a bumpy ride. Bait and tackle were purchased from Jim at "Fishin For'em".

Angler Name : Jon Murray
E-Mail : murray@quadnet.net
Boat Name: Tunnel Vision
Date Fished: 08/07/99
Location: East of Barnegat Ridge
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 5 & 10 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Green Daisy Chain
Water Depth: 100-120
Water Temp.: 76.5-78.2
Information : Caught several skippies, they were EVERYWHERE!! Blue water was the nicest I've seen this year. Both dolphin hit a green daisy chain on the flat line. Great day on the water!

Angler Name : Don Shumski
E-Mail : Donshumsk@aol.com
Boat Name: SeaTiger
Date Fished: 8-7-99
Location: l9 Fathom
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 26.5lb
Bait or Lure: cedar plug
Water Depth: 112-120
Water Temp.: 78%
Information : Departed Mill Creek Marina, Cape May Harbor at 5:oo Am along with the fleet. We were fishing the Breezy-Lee tournament limited to 50 miles of the Cape May 2CM buouy. This was fine as the Sea Tiger is only 23 ft with an ordinary fuel capacity of 115 gallon. We carried 16.5 gallon reserve which we later discovered wasn't necessary. Refueling with 15 knots at sea was an experience that my son Marc and son-in-law Bill will never want to experience again. We ran southj east about 33 miles at an avg of 18 or so knots. The south west wind never materialized to a north west but shifted to north & east as wea approched the lump. At 7:30 we had a hookup on cedar plug about 4 miles west of the lump which was lost. At 8:30 and 9;30 were succesfule in boating the two yellow fin. About an hour later a strkike on another rod literally ripped the rod out of the outrigger and a line jam lost what had to be a nice fish. This was a fun trip for an inexperienced captain & his crew. The day proved fun & we ended up with second place in the tournament with the two heaviest fish. First place went to May Kay with a 39 lb yellowfin. About 15 boats weighed in out of a field of 26 boats, but only two of us reported 2 fish.

Angler Name : Steven
E-Mail : Tunam4086@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: Fri.8/6-Sat.8/7
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling&Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 86lbs.
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoe&Butterfish
Water Depth: 550
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Got to the Hudson found green water, moved a little south found blue water. Fri. caught white marlin & 1 dolphin. Fri. night caught 86lb. yellowfin, 25lb dolphin, & shark. Sat. trolling caught 3 longfins 1 62lbs. & 1 dolphin. Good trip.

Angler Name : Capt. Joe McDonald
E-Mail : captjoemac@aol.com
Boat Name: BIG MAC
Date Fished: 8/6-7/99
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: "chunking"
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 30# to 60#
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 675'
Water Temp.: 79.5
Information : Good overnight action, boated 9 yellows and broke off almost as many in rough sea conditions. There were also some dolphin in the slick. We fished near the mouth on the west side, the water was green with poor visibality. There was a good amount of bait around us, "flying fishes and cutlass fish". We started catching around 10 pm and it continued until the tide change around 4 am.

Angler Name : CAPT. JERRY
E-Mail : JSOUT89962@AOL.COM
Boat Name: HAPPY MOMENTS
Date Fished: 8-6-99
Location: TRUNK
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: SMALL
Bait or Lure: BALLY
Water Depth: 200
Water Temp.: 79
Information : STARTED TROLLING AT 9:00 AM CAUGHT 2 SMALL DOLPHINS,2 SMALL BLUE FINS,AND OUR CO CAPT TIM PUT HIS FIRST WHITE IN THE BOAT ALL BY 12:00 NOON.RICH WAS SO EXCITED HE STUNK WORST THEN THE FISH WE CAUGHT. AFTER ALL IT WAS THE FIRST TIME HE CAUGHT ANYTHING ON HIS BOAT AND THE LAST TIME WE WILL GO WITH HIM.

Angler Name : G. Davis
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Slacker
Date Fished: 8/7/99
Location: Raritan Reach
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure: sandworms
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Went hunting for weakfish... made stops in the reach & south chapel hill... couldn't find 1. Did manage to hook 8 fluke (1 keeper), on a strip of sea robin (one of many who enjoyed my weakfish baits). Bluefish were popping up all over, but no weaks seemed to be under them.

Angler Name : Capt.Jim Lynch
E-Mail : Finaddict.sportfishing@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: FinAddict
Date Fished: 8/7/99
Location: Mud
Fishing Method: Anchor & chum
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3 to 5 lbs
Bait or Lure: butter fish
Water Depth: 56'
Water Temp.: 78 F
Information : Fished with the Fred Nucci party from Riverton, NY.After arriving late at the Mud Bouy we found it a little tough to get the fish bitting, but we managed to slowly put together a decent catch with an added bonus of a 15 lb.