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FISHING REPORTS FOR DECEMBER 2001

Angler Name : Tom B
E-Mail : scullytac@comcast.net
Boat Name: wet and wild
Date Fished: 12/31
Location: Manasquan Mi. Marker/ch. birds
Fishing Method: troll wire/jig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24-30 in.
Bait or Lure: shads/avas
Water Depth: 25-65'
Water Temp.: 43
Information : Action was slow due to the full moon but we managed two fish. One on the troll, one jigging. There were good readings on the fish finder in several locations. Had to pull the boat after we got back due to icing in our lagoon. A friend is having luck at dusk and dawn on the beachs from Bayhead to Ortley. Can't stop yet, to many fish still around. Happy New Year to All.

Angler Name : Matt
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Gambler
Date Fished: 12/29
Location: First went to shrewsbury rocks, then tryed in front of shark river inlet, still nothing then we went back south to manasquan inlet, nothing yet , we then went to the avon pipeline
Fishing Method: jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 4 - 12lbs
Bait or Lure: krocidile
Water Depth: about 50 -65
Water Temp.: 48
Information : The fishing was slow as usaull around the full moon phase. These fish arent in the feeding mood because of the moons brightness they eat heavily at night. I managed to catch 2 out of about 11 fish caught. the capt worked really hard to try and put us on fish. this isnt the captains fault it mother nature and theres no way to predict it. the gamblers gonna be sailing through january as long as the fish stay. get out there while you still can. good luck and "tight lines!

Angler Name : Neil Berkman
E-Mail : berkman@basf.com
Boat Name: Porgy III
Date Fished: 12/28/01
Location: Cape May
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: slot to 36"
Bait or Lure: clams/Ava 47's,crippled herring
Water Depth: 35 ft.
Water Temp.: 48 deg. F
Information : Drifted the shoals off Avalon and had excellent action with stripers. Capt. Paul Thompson kept us on fish the entire day. We caught a few on jigs before the wind started up, and then switched to clams. The water was loaded with sandeels. The bass were very agressive with the clams. Limited out (trophy fish taken) early in the morning, and played catch and release for the remainder of the day. Great captain and crew!!! A great way to end the year!

Angler Name : DANTE SORIENTE
E-Mail : HCORE2513
Boat Name: GAMBLER
Date Fished: 12/27
Location: SHREWSBURY ROCKS , THEN MOVED UP TOWARDS SANDY HOOK
Fishing Method: JIGGING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 5-20 LBS
Bait or Lure: AVA, CROCKIDILES
Water Depth: 25-40
Water Temp.:
Information : WENT OUT WITH A PARTY OF 5 NIOCE DAY NO SEAS BUT VERY COLD, IN THE MORNING WAS SLOW I LANDED MY 40 INCHER THEN, IN THE AFTERNOON IT PICKED UP A LITTLE, I CAUGHT 4 MORE, MY PARTY ENDED UP WITH 8. STILL FISH OUT THERE I WOULD GO WHILE YOU COULD

Angler Name : Phil Nichols
E-Mail : philjam@enter.net
Boat Name: Gambler
Date Fished: 12/26/01
Location: 1 hour north of the Manesquan
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: slot to 20 lbs.
Bait or Lure: AVA & Crokodile
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Capt. chased birds until the whole boat of around 20 had limits. Some really nice fish. Mates were very good. But it was cold, so cold I cut my finger and didn't know it - didn't feel a thing. Thought it was fish blood for awhile. All in all an awesome trip. How long can it last?

Angler Name : mike lawrence
E-Mail :
Boat Name: SHOT'N'BEER
Date Fished: DEC23&24,01
Location: MANASQUAN mile marker
Fishing Method: troll & jig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 35 inches
Bait or Lure: shads and jigs
Water Depth: 50 to 70 ft.
Water Temp.: 46.5
Information : strippers still there. caught 4 to 35 in. on sun. went out and goofed around for 2 hours on mon. caught 5 to 33 inch. one other boat out there. when I was leaving he was hooked up. Try to get out there one more time. gas is the problem. anybody know if there are going to be any open this weekend let us all know. thanks

Angler Name : John P.
E-Mail : Rockysdad@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Freddy C
Date Fished: 12/22/01
Location: Sandy Hook Reef
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Blackfish
Size: up to 8lbs
Bait or Lure: crab
Water Depth: 50'
Water Temp.:
Information : Took the Freedy C out for bootom fishing for blackfish. The day started out good with a steady pick small to medium sized fish. There was only 13 people on the boat and all had fish. I caught my limit and won the pool with a fish around 8lbs. All of the regulars had limits and Freddy kept us on fish all day.

Angler Name : Mike
E-Mail : mas942@home.com
Boat Name: Incentive
Date Fished: 12/22
Location: outside barnegat inlet
Fishing Method: site casting/jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24-31"
Bait or Lure: ava w tail/cruppled herring
Water Depth: 15-65 '
Water Temp.: 49-54
Information : Great morning with my 2 boys,ran north tight to the beach,found birds north of ibsp in 20' of water,cast avas, two bass there 1 31' on 8lb test was a blast..followed birds off into 65' put one more slot in the box hit a school on the way home my 16yr old caught the smallest bass we've ever boated...Thanks for all the honest input from you capts out there over the season...Have a Great Holiday & New Year

Angler Name : Pat Munz
E-Mail :
Boat Name: M&M
Date Fished: Dec 22
Location: Romer
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 30"
Bait or Lure: yellow shads
Water Depth: up to 25'
Water Temp.: 49
Information : Started out at Flynns but no action. Saw birds diving towards Staten Island made a quick run, dropped down rigs and hooked up immeditly. Fish stayed in that area all morning. Only 6 or 7 other boats out there. The boats were all working north beach and never saw us hooking up until 10:30. When they finally did we left that activity behind us and headed for home. Fifteen STIPERS not bad for this late in the year. The fish are still out there if your willing to brave the cold, the rewards can be worth it.

Angler Name : Capt. Tom
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Debbie's Delight
Date Fished: 12-22-01
Location: 17 Fathoms
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Blackfish
Size: up to 10lbs.
Bait or Lure: green crabs
Water Depth: 92-100
Water Temp.: 51
Information : Debbie's Delight had out Capt. Sal, Al, and Chris for some togging at 17 Fathoms. It was a steady pick all day, as it never turned on. When all was said and done, we ended up with 35 blackfish up to 10lbs. On the way in were were treated to top-water bass action at Flynn's Knoll, as birds were working everywhere, a nice way to end a trip. Hope everyone has a healthy and Merry Christmas!

Angler Name : Enviro Guy
E-Mail : enviro@optonline.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 12/22/01
Location: Off sandy hook
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 2 to 18 lbs
Bait or Lure: Dimond jig and popers
Water Depth: 20 to 45 feet
Water Temp.: 47 to 49
Information : We caught 60 Stripers fron 12:30 to 4:30 for two guys. We kept out 2 fish limit each and let all the rest back. No blue fish today like wendsday and the fish were smaller. The bigest fish was around 18 lbs 36" and the smallest was about 16". Most of the fish we caught on dimond jigs and a few on plugs. We fished off sandy hook this time and there was only a few boats for such great fishing conditions. I might even go back out tomorrow morning because the ocean was like a lake when we came back in. Have a happy holiday.. Enviro Guy

Angler Name : Bud
E-Mail : alburyt@aol.com
Boat Name: Gambler
Date Fished: 12/22/01
Location: off Belmar
Fishing Method: jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 6-20lb
Bait or Lure: krocodile, Ava 47, vi-ke, Crippled Herring
Water Depth: 40-65 ft
Water Temp.: 51?
Information : Great day on the Gambler out of Point Pleasant Beach. Everyone limited out and we were back at the dock at 12:30. Fish are feeding on big herring and birds were everywhere. Pool fish was around 20#. Fewer than 20 guys on the boat.

Angler Name : Jim
E-Mail :
Boat Name: AhabII
Date Fished: 12-21-01
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 5-18lb.s
Bait or Lure: crocodile ,suface cruiser
Water Depth: 18-50'
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Best day of bass fishing in my life. We jigged bass following birds in the morning to 17 lbs. It slowed down for about an hour, but we still jigged some smaller ones in rip. As the head boats were coming in we saw some birds working around the highlands bridge and had 2 hours of incredible surface action. At one point 5 casts caught four fish 10-17lbs. At the end of the day the two of us landed 60 to 70 fish with only ten that were slot or smaller. The larger fish averaged in the 12-15lb. range.

Angler Name : MARK BENNETT
E-Mail : mbennett@ameritechgraphic.com
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 12/19/01
Location: BAYHEAD
Fishing Method: SURF
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18" TO 22"
Bait or Lure: CLAMS AND AVA JIG
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: LOW TO MID 50'S
Information : What a great way to use up vacation days. The weather was superb. Got to the beach at 7am and setup with a clam. My other stick had a red 007 ava jig. Third cast had my first fish, ten minutes later had number two. Once the sun came came up higher things slowed down. The next couple hours produced two more shorts and some skates all on clams. No keepers but you still can't ask for a better day.Happy Holidays and good luck to all.

Angler Name : Enviro Guy
E-Mail : enviro@optonline.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 12/19/01
Location: New Jersey
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 16" - 42"
Bait or Lure: Popers,Dimond jigs and Shads
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 52-53
Information : I just want to say I got my christmas gift yesterday and the two of us had the best day in a life time of fishing for STRIPED BASS. I decided to take advantage of the nice weather and try to catch a FEW striped bass with a friend on my boat that is still not put away for the winter. The weather report was not that nice but turned out to be like a lake on the water after 12 pm. Air temp was around 45 to 50 and the water temp was 50 to 53. We got out on the warter at 10 Am and had non stop action with large Bass and a few large Bule fish untill we headed in at 4:30 pm. Most of the fish were large fat bass 30" to 42" up to 30 lbs that we cought. We cought 3/4's of the fish on top water plugs and the rest on dimond jigs and shad's. .I have never seen so many large bass in one area at one time in my life and my friend also that has been fishing for over 10 years. We estimated we cought 80 stripers and 10 bluefish. We kept our 4 fish limit and I should of sent in for the trophy tags last month. The best part of the entire day was we were the only ones out there. It was like the ocean was reserved for us for a day and not one idiot running over the birds and scaring the fish away. The spot we cought the bass is off the New Jersey shore, and that is all the info I will give. Sorry we will be going back out saturday after our arms/backs rest for a few days. I hope every one has a safe and happy holiday.

Angler Name : CJ Walsh
E-Mail : cj.walsh@duke.edu
Boat Name: Porgy
Date Fished: 12-17-01
Location: Wildwood Lump
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 2# - 22#
Bait or Lure: Clams and Jigs
Water Depth: 20'-50'
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Had a fantastic day with Capt. Paul and John on the Porgy. Three hour bird play in the morning for almost full limits and we all tossed back a couple of shorts too. Drifting clams off the Ferris Wheel brought a few more big fish in the boat but nothing beat the epic battle between the lucky guy next to me and his 22# bass on his bucktailing rod! Porgy is a class act, check 'em out for some late season bass.

Angler Name : Tom Headley
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/16/2001
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 35"
Bait or Lure: Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 20 to 35 Ft.
Water Temp.: 51 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had the Tom Headley charter on board the Bounty Hunter and headed back up to Raritan Bay. The Striped Bass provided the charter with steady action for most of the outgoing tide. Trolling Yellow Shad rigs in 20 to 35 Ft. of water we filled the Slot & Keeper catagories plus 2 Bonus fish, another 18 Bass were released. Today was our last day of fishing for the 2001 season and we would like to thank all the Charters that fished on board the Bounty Hunter. We look forward to fishing with all of you again in 2002.

Angler Name : Cap Jay V
E-Mail : Acevpetdic@aol.com
Boat Name: Glory days
Date Fished: 12/16/01
Location: Sandyhook rips, Flynns knoll, Ambrose channel
Fishing Method: Trolling, Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 23" to 30"
Bait or Lure: Sassy shads, Worms, Clams
Water Depth: 15 ft to 50 ft
Water Temp.: 54 degrees
Information : Started out Trolling From Tip of Sandyhook, to the Ambrose, Hooked up with a nice 30" Bass within the first hour. Trolling slowed down changed to Drifting worms, within the first 15 Minutes hooked-up with 2 Bass, Intense action threw the Rips. Boated 5 Nice Bass and released some shorts, Hit a Bluefish school in the Knoll, Blues were picky, plenty of Bait fish boiling in the area, Great day, To Bad Winterized the Boat when we got home, Looks like I have to hit the surf for a couple of more weeks. remember the saying Time On Water = FISH ...... All in All Great season.

Angler Name : Bruce /Chris D./Jeff T.
E-Mail : am.derites@rcn.com
Boat Name: Sonny II
Date Fished: 12-16-01
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling/Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22" to 28"
Bait or Lure: shad umbrellas
Water Depth: 22' to 45'
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Started at Hook at 8am and tried jigging Ava27's no hits. Decided to run down to the Rocks and trolled shads (white/yellow)inshore of bouys for 4 hrs. Caught 2 shorts and one keeper....slow pick! Saw several boats picking away also...mostly shorts. Left Rocks and tried trolling SH channel area @ 2pm (outgoing)...nothing. At ramp I heard a guy say the stripers were it tight at Keyport that day..Oh well! Happy Holidays to all And keeping reporting next year!

Angler Name : john
E-Mail :
Boat Name: jamaica
Date Fished: 12/16/01s
Location: some canyon
Fishing Method: chunk/bottom
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 35lb to 45lb
Bait or Lure: jig/bait
Water Depth: 605
Water Temp.: 62
Information : boat was half full a total of 11 tuna mix of yft and long fin all in the 35lb to 45lb a few of us brought bottom fishing outfits 20lb braided line with 20 oz sinker and caught a total of 30 tile fish yours truly caught 9 the tuna fish are still around we fished 4 spots catching tuna at tree of them. the fish where off the feed. may try to do a trip in january. the water is still warm based on the 10lb dolphen that was also taken. Angler Name : Brad
E-Mail : fishbho@aol.com
Boat Name: no boat
Date Fished: 12-16-01
Location: Ocean City, South End
Fishing Method: Plugging off the surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22 inches
Bait or Lure: yellow jointed bomber
Water Depth: 5 to 15 feet
Water Temp.: 55
Information : waded along the surf for the incoming and outgoing from 2 pm to 5 30 pm. Caught 1 fish in 5 hours.

Angler Name : Dick Tuliszewski
E-Mail :
Boat Name: 3-Of-Us
Date Fished: 12/16/01
Location: Manasquan Bell
Fishing Method: Trolled
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25" to 37"
Bait or Lure: Bunker spoons & shad tails
Water Depth: 65 to 75 ft
Water Temp.: 54.6
Information : Made our last trip for the year befor pulling the boat. Decided to to fish North and East of the Manasquan Bell. The largest bass came on a bunler spoon, while all the other fish werr on green shad tails with a parachute trailer and a piece of pork rind. Limitted out by 10:30 am with the fish still biting. Great way to end the year, 9 bass all told up to 22 lb. Tight lines, Merry Christmas and Happy Nnew Year to all.

Angler Name : Andy Lojek
E-Mail : lojfisher@aol.com
Boat Name: Ajab II
Date Fished: 12/16
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Live Bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 17lbs
Bait or Lure: Herring
Water Depth: 60'
Water Temp.: 48 degrees
Information : Great day in the bay landing at least 40 bass and losing just as many. 12" long herring was the key here. Even caught some 12 lb bluefish.

Angler Name : DAve
E-Mail : DAvid598@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Special-T
Date Fished: 12-16-01
Location: Sea Girt Reef
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Blackfish
Size: to 6 lbs
Bait or Lure: green crab
Water Depth: 60'
Water Temp.: 52.8
Information : norht wind less than 10, nice day 16 fish to 6 lbs. 7 boat fished reef including the Norma K III which fished many spots

Angler Name : BILL FISHER
E-Mail : BILLF947@HOTMAIL.COM
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 12/16/01
Location: SEASIDE HTS NJ
Fishing Method: FLY
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24"
Bait or Lure: GREEN AND WHITE JIGGY HEAD FLY
Water Depth: 4 TO 6 FEET
Water Temp.:
Information : 7:40 AM BETWEEN PIERS AT SEASIDE HTS

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: Sea Hunter
Date Fished: 12-16-01
Location: sandy Hook Area
Fishing Method: Drift/Jig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18-30 Inchs
Bait or Lure: Eels,AVA 027
Water Depth: 10-60 Ft
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Started off along the edge of the Swash Channel in an attempt to jig some bass from scattered patches--this proved to be fishless.We next moved over to Ambrose Channel and tried eeling,but all this produced were spiny dogfish.A run back over to Sandy Hook Channel yielded a few more doggies in addition to a brief battle I had with what I'm almost certain was a keeper bass until the knot failed.To this poin in the trip-not a single bass of any size was taken..A couple of drifts on the Knoll was also fishless.We then ran down the beach and came upon some more birds working--we finally put some fish on the deck-although most were schoolies--there was 1 slot taken.I was fortunate to get one of those schoolies. We went back again to Ambrose,and the bass were waiting-- we short drifted a small hump mid channel and put @12 bass ( 1 slot & 11 28+ inchers ).My son and I took turns fighting an eventual 30 incher 11 pound bass.On the way in,we came across some more birds in Chapel Hill Channel, an addtional keeper and a few slots plus a fw more schoolies were jigged.I accounted for 2 of the schoolies and 1 of the slots.Capt rob stayed an extra 2 hours in order to put a catch together--thats what makes a good captain.

Angler Name : Mike L awrence
E-Mail :
Boat Name: SHOT'N'BEER
Date Fished: DEC. 16 01
Location: MANASQUAN INLET TO SEASIDE
Fishing Method: TROLL AND JIG
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: UP TO 36"
Bait or Lure: SHADS AND TUBES
Water Depth: 30 TO 70
Water Temp.: 55.3
Information : Ran down to the pier, allot of bait and reading only 2 one about 35". Allot of stops on the way back to the inlet jigging. The fish are all up and down the beach. Got to the inlet headed out to the fleet in 70 foot. caught 3 in about an hour. the fishing still pretty good. Will be in the water till the 1st of the year hopfully .

Angler Name : Danny Buhler
E-Mail : BWhitetiger510@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 12/16/01
Location: Deal, NJ
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: Rock Jetti
Water Temp.: 50 - something
Information : No fish until about 3:00 when tide started to change from low to high. Caught 4 Stripers between 3:00 and 4:00. All shorts up to 22". Lots of fun! Cold too. Had a big one but lost him in the rocks. Would have been a keeper. Maybe next time:)

Angler Name : Pat McKernan
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/14/2001
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: White Shark
Size: Up to 33"
Bait or Lure: Green & Red Tubes
Water Depth: 20 to 50 Ft.
Water Temp.: 51 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula made his way up to Raritan Bay with the Pat McKernan charter. Trolling over the various spots that produced well over the past week the charter only managed to put a half dozen keepers in the boat. The Knoll was loaded with shorts and we could only find the bigger fish out on the edge of Ambrose channel. The thick fog and non stop rain did not help with the comfort level.

Angler Name : Mike Tortorello party
E-Mail : captpete@hyperstripercharters.com
Boat Name: Hyper Striper
Date Fished: 12/13
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: troll and jig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 18lbs
Bait or Lure: shads and diamond jigs
Water Depth: 20-50
Water Temp.: 52
Information : The striped bass fishing continued today with the six man party from Lyndhurst enjoying the extended bass fishing.After a slow start on the knoll we found the bass down the beach feeding on herring and swirling on top,while reading them thick as could be.We quickly limited out both keepers and slots then added all bonus fish along with some slob bluefish. The striped bass fishing and blackfishing both have been very good this December and should continue into January.We will continue to sail for both species as long as possible.

Angler Name : Greg
E-Mail : Vongas@aol.com
Boat Name: Freddy-C
Date Fished: 12/13.01
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 36",18 lbs
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Fished the Freddy-C for my last striper trip of the season. The boat limited out with only eight anglers. My biggest fish was 36", 18 lb. Beautiful weather and flat seas. They are sailing at night for stripers until Sunday. I highly reccomend the trip.

Angler Name : Pete
E-Mail : Petekeywest@aol
Boat Name: Prowler
Date Fished: 12/12/01
Location: Sandy Hook Reef
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: 4lbs
Bait or Lure: Crab
Water Depth: 50ft
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Took the only bottom boat out of the Highlands for some Tog fishing. It was a bad day to fish, but it still beat working. The seas were at least 6ft. and a few of the fisherman were sick, I thing I saw one guy chuck a whole jelly donut, the fishing was real slow and only about 12 fish were keepers on the boat with about 20 customers, I think that was my last trip of the year. Ill be going south to Florida to fish the Keys next month, and will give a report when I get back. Tight lines and Happy Holidays to all fisherman

Angler Name : Frank Lukenda
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/10/2001
Location: Sea Girt Reef
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: Up to 7 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs
Water Depth: 80 Ft.
Water Temp.: 52 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had the Frank Lukenda charter on board the Bounty Hunter. Making 2 stops on the Sea Girt Reef the charter managed to put together a good catch of Blackfish despite a large heave left over from yesterdays blow. The bite was very slow in the AM but improved later in the day. Green Crabs were effective in 80 Ft. of water.

Angler Name : Art Juillet
E-Mail : JUILLET047@AOL.COM
Boat Name: JAMACIA
Date Fished: 12-9-01
Location: WESTWALL-HUDSON CANYON
Fishing Method: CHUNKING
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-80LBS
Bait or Lure: BUTTERFISH-JIG
Water Depth: 550
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Art Juillet,Joe Buccigrossi,Bob Waite & Jake the snake fished on the jamacia on monday and caught 8 yellowfins & we also caught some tilefish the ocean was flat and it was a good trip-goin again next week-

Angler Name : John Shipley
E-Mail : captjohn001@home.com
Boat Name: St. Jude (but it's on blocks)
Date Fished: 12/09/01
Location: Mantoloking beach
Fishing Method: Surf fishin'
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28"
Bait or Lure: Clam Gobbing
Water Depth: breakers
Water Temp.: mid 50's
Information : I couldn't resist buying some live clams on a day I was to winterize the boat, so I did the clam gob thing with 6 clams and caught 6 stripers in one hour from 7-8 AM . 5 were shorts, one surprised me with it's 28 inches and fighting prowess (I released it too since I have consumed my share of mercury for the year). I was pleasantly surprised...

Angler Name : Tim T
E-Mail :
Boat Name: m&m
Date Fished: 12-8
Location: Off corsons inlet
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20-33"
Bait or Lure: AVA'S, Bucktails
Water Depth: 30-50
Water Temp.: Mid 50's
Information : Left GE INLET AT 7 AM AND FOUND BIRD WORKING AROUND THE MIDDLE OF O.C. ISLAND BY 34TH STREET. THE SCHOOL WAS MOVING SOUTH ALL DAY AND WE ENDED UP QUITTING WHEN IT STARTED POURING RAIN. Great catch of fish before the boat had to come out.

Angler Name : Curious
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 12/8/01
Location: Towsends Inlet
Fishing Method: Drifting Eels
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 35", 34", 33"
Bait or Lure: Eels
Water Depth: 40 - 15
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Drifted the inlet for 2 hours on raising tide Boat coming out this week. Great way to end the season

Angler Name : MIKE
E-Mail : berty28@aol.com
Boat Name: GENESIS
Date Fished: 12/08/01
Location: Cape May Rips
Fishing Method: Eels
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28-44 inches
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 20-40
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Caught some real nice fish on the up coming tide. Had 6 fish on Prissy Wicks. Moved out to Middle Shoal and caught some huge fish. We had 7 more fish all 40- 44 inches. Biggest weighed 37 pounds. I pulled the boat and called it a season. Great way to end 2001.

Angler Name : john yenshaw
E-Mail : river ranch 1
Boat Name: nans pride
Date Fished: 12 o8
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: drifting trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22_32
Bait or Lure: clams shad umbrella
Water Depth: 20-60
Water Temp.: 52
Information : fished aboard nans pride saturday. slack tide produced two 32 inch+ slot fish on clams on knoll + channel.later trolled for numerous shorts on shad rigs and other hard body lures on and around flynns knoll

Angler Name : Bill K
E-Mail : Gkorosec@home.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 12/8
Location: Flynns Knoll/Bug Light
Fishing Method: Jigging/Flyfishing
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 16-32"
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : I started in the Flynn's Knoll area. Picked up a couple of stripers,28&32", and a couple of slob bluefish. The birds were working but scattered. I ran over to the area near the bug light and picked up a dozen or more shorts. Plenty of birds and shorts were there for the taking and I left them biting around 1:00.

Angler Name : Werner & Wolfgang Sprie
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/8/2001
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 37"
Bait or Lure: Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 20 To 50 Ft.
Water Temp.: 52 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula ran the Bounty Hunter right back where he left off the action yesterday with Werner & Wolfgang Sprie. Trolling Shad Rigs in 20 to 50 Ft. of water (Any color worked today) we trolled over 4 dozen Bass ranging in size from 23" to 37". 16 of the fish were over the 31" mark weighing up to 23 Lbs. All the Stripers were released.

Angler Name : M.G.
E-Mail :
Boat Name: DROPOFF
Date Fished: 12/7
Location: MANASQUAN
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: UP TO 27"
Bait or Lure: WHTE SHADS
Water Depth: 70-80'
Water Temp.:
Information : TROLLED FROM 9AM TO 3 PM PUTTING TOGEATHER A NICE CATCH OF 20 OR SO SLOT FISH,MOST RIGHT AROUND THE 27" MAXIMUM.CLAMMERS DID VERY LITTLE EXCEPT DOGFISH AND JIGGING WAS SLOW.

Angler Name : Jeff/Gino
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fortuna
Date Fished: 12/07/01
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 12-15lbs
Bait or Lure: Eels
Water Depth: 25-70'
Water Temp.: n/a
Information : After reading "Al Fishstori's" article on Friday we set out to give it one last try. Much to our belief the fish are still here and in fair numbers. We picked up the first one drifting the Ambrose channel and then 3 more at Flynns Knoll. All the fish were in the 12-15lb range. All in all it was a good night with plenty of run offs.

Angler Name : Ron Walker
E-Mail : rwalker@trilogyassoc.com
Boat Name: Jesse James
Date Fished: Dec 7, 2001 (A date of infamy)
Location: AC Inlet / off the beach
Fishing Method: jigging, clams and eels
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Shorts to about 38"
Bait or Lure: Clams and eels
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Fishing on my old charter capt's private boat, we left the dock at 5:30 as planned and found a perfect Striper day. Dead calm wind with overcase skies. Our first stop in AC Inlet yielded a 30"er in the first 10 minutes that got the trip off to a good start. Once it got light, we headed off the beach to look for bird action. After searching for a while, we found some activity and jigged up a couple small keepers. When we started jigging horn dogs, we bugged out of there and back to the inlet. After waiting a while for the tide to run, we picked up a couple of medium keepers and then hell broke lose. Three rods went over with nice sized fish (34" +) and then a couple more quality fish in quick order. It was a 'net your own fish I'm busy situation' but we managed to get all the fish in the box. We enjoyed constant action for over an hour and the three of us quickly limited out while throwing back some for tomorrow. It was supposed to be 60+ degrees, and I had threatened my fishing buddies with the sight of me fishing in my bright orange bathing suit and nothing else, but it was too cold for that. I'm sure that they were grateful. For the last trip of the year, I could not have asked for more. We were nearing the end of our allotted time, and we all know how tough it is to 'leave em' biting', especially when it's your last trip of the year, so we ran through a series of 5 or 6 "One more drifts" before calling it a day.

Angler Name : Mark Lukenda
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/7/2001
Location: Between the Channels
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 36"
Bait or Lure: Green & Red Tube Rigs
Water Depth: 35 Ft.
Water Temp.: 52 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula ran the Bounty Hunter up between the Channels and the Mark Lukenda charter did not take long to start putting together a limit catch of Stripers. Most fish ranged from 30" to 36" and it took a while to fill the Slot limit, since there were not many fish under 28" around today.

Angler Name : Larry
E-Mail : rosinski16@aol.com
Boat Name: CHAOS
Date Fished: December 7, 2001
Location: Bug Light to Earle Pier
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 30 inches
Bait or Lure: Gummy Shad
Water Depth: 25 to 40 feet
Water Temp.: 52.5 to 53.8
Information : Picked the right day to go. NOAA was finally correct, the winds were fair and temps "warm". My fishin bud "McNugget" and I left Keyport an 7:30 and found the birds between the Bug light and Earle. The Mullett must have been commin out of the river, because we had steady action for 4 hours. Left em' bighting with over 60 fish boated, mostly "rats" but I did find 2 slots and 1 30incher. And McNugget landed a big Blufish, initally thought it was 20 bass, cause it stayed down! All the fish were caught on 6 inch rainbow "Gummy Shad" and white teasers. These Gummy Shad have been the ticket in Raritain Bay... Thight Lines!

Angler Name : Kevin
E-Mail : orcuttk1@aol.com
Boat Name: Capt. Robbins
Date Fished: 12/7
Location: Wreck
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 9-16"
Bait or Lure: Clam and squid
Water Depth: 90+
Water Temp.: 55ish
Information : Took a vacation day and went down looking to go blackfishing but Capt Mike said the seabass fishing was too good to pass up. He was right - 50 of us bailed seabass all day. Not too many huge fish but the keeper ratio was about 4:1 Easilly had our limmit by days end. My brother caught two 5 lb. trigger fish! Is this august or December? about a dozen blues caught with a 10 LB taking the pool. Several anglers pulled up seabass heads only! Great day on the water! Someone tell my wife that I have atleast one more trip (Got to get a few tog!)left in me before New Years! Happy Holiday - SEABASS for XMASS Dinner?

Angler Name : G. Davis
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Prowler
Date Fished: 12/7/01
Location: sandy hook reef
Fishing Method:
Specie: Blackfish
Size: up to 20"
Bait or Lure: green crabs
Water Depth: 30'
Water Temp.: mid 50's
Information : Fished on the Prowler at Sandy Hook Reef. Caught 8-9 blackfish with 3 keepers. Most on the boat did about the same... couple of guys with "the touch" limited out. All in all a good day for early December & a nice change after chasing bass for 3 months.

Angler Name : Bob Rose
E-Mail : rrrose@home.com
Boat Name: Dolly T
Date Fished: Thursday, Dec. 6
Location: Flynn's Knoll area
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: slot to 33"
Bait or Lure: Shad (better) & red,Green tubes rigs
Water Depth: 20 to 35'
Water Temp.: 53 degrees
Information : Today was a gift from God. Some fish hit while we were letting the rigs out. For a while it seemed that the fish were following the boat. Action only lasted a couple of hours, but it was great. Many thanks to Todd & Pete at Barnacle Bill's Marina for letting us keep our boats in this long. I,for one, have had my best fall ever.

Angler Name : Dick J.
E-Mail : DJJacobus@msn.com
Boat Name: Cock Robin
Date Fished: 12-06-01
Location: Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24-33"
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 60-70- FT
Water Temp.: 53 deg
Information : followed the clammers about 1 to 2 miles out the inlet and the 16 anglers on board each caught at least 1 slot fish each.I had a 24 and 25 incher.kept 1 released the other.pool fish was 33".great day,65 degs in December.have fun out there.DJ

Angler Name : paul
E-Mail : p111060
Boat Name: fiesta
Date Fished: 12-06-01
Location: off cape may beach
Fishing Method: bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30"
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 30'
Water Temp.: 55
Information : fished in front of cape may beach...boat limited out on slot fish in no time(30 on board),most also managed to get at least one over 28"...40" striper took pool...boat usualy only runs weekends this time of year, but weather and fishing still remains good and most boats running.....nice day fishing and weather sure didnt feel like december!

Angler Name : Pete
E-Mail : Petekeywest@aol
Boat Name: Sea Horse
Date Fished: 12-06-01
Location: Off Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: 12lbs
Bait or Lure: Green Crab
Water Depth: 70ft
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Fished on the last trip of the year on the Sea Horse with Capt. Ed, the boat is going to the barn for the winter. I sure picked the right day, we started out with some ling on clams,but the Blacks turned on and all started to use crabs and the fish were comming over rail. I came home with six nice fish, the largest being 7lbs, On angler who won the pool had a Tog that was so large it looked like be had a dog on the line. Lots of short fish to keep you putting bait on the hook. It was a great day to be on the water, I felt like I was down in Florida with the weather so warm and the fish biteing so good. Thank you Capt. Ed. for such a good day in Dec. and it was so good catching fish right here at home in the Great State of New Jersey. Tight Lines

Angler Name : Dave
E-Mail : David598@hotmail.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 12-6-01
Location: SeaGirt Reef snags
Fishing Method: green crabs
Specie: Blackfish
Size: to 6 lbs.
Bait or Lure: green crab
Water Depth: 60 ft
Water Temp.: 53
Information : caught 12 keeper Blackfish to 6 lbs in about a hour and a half.. fished a small pile of rocks (??) next to other boats anchored on the bigger spots all on crabs.. What fun!

Angler Name : PAT MUNZ
E-Mail :
Boat Name: M&M
Date Fished: THUR 12/6
Location: Sandy Hook- bug light
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: slots
Bait or Lure: 6" yellow shads
Water Depth: 20'-24'
Water Temp.: 49
Information : Played hookie from work because, there are not many 70 degrees in December. Started out towards the Knoll, never made it, birds were everywhere. Never got the first rod down and had first fish on. Basically went that way for two and half hours. After catching and releaseing 67 fish, headed back to the dock with tired arms. This is the way to end the season.

Angler Name : Chris Uncangco
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/6/2001
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 36"
Bait or Lure: Green & Red Tubes
Water Depth: 20 to 30 Ft.
Water Temp.: 52 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had the Chris Uncangco charter on board the Bounty Hunter and passed up the Striper action off Manasquan Inlet to give the Raritan Bay area a try. It turned out to be a good decision. We got into a non stop morning bite while trolling Green & Red tubes in 20 to 30 Ft. of water. We finished up the day with a box full of Stripers up to 36" including 5 Bonus Fish.

Angler Name : Bruce D.
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Sea Horse
Date Fished: 12-5-01
Location: 17 Fathoms
Fishing Method: bottom w/green crabs or clams
Specie: Tautog
Size: 2 - 5lbs
Bait or Lure: green crabs/clam
Water Depth: 120'
Water Temp.: 50-ish
Information : Took the Sea Horse out w/Capt.Bunting (Atl. Highlands).Fished various spots @ 17F for most of day and caught mixed bag: tog,sea bass,ling,blues ans a few large blues(on clam). Capt. Ed and Mate John did a great job of putting us into fish. Pool fish was 7 lb. caught on a clam, lots of dogfish too. Capt. stayed out an EXTRA HOUR....thanks Ed. See you nxt year for sure, even tho I have a 23' Robalo I'll still join Ed/John for a trip for tog. Have a nice Holiday boys.

Angler Name : J Mason
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 12/5/01
Location: South end of LBI
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20-22"
Bait or Lure: clams / plugs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished from noon til 6:00pm. Shorts all over the place from 12:00 til 3:00pm on the outgoing. Then it tapered off quite a bit, to nothing at dead low. Alot of run offs, and many caught. It was actually getting chaotic running from pole to pole, trying to hook up after hits, so I started only using one rod. No keepers, but what a day. Tried some plugs after i ran out of clams, but didnt get a strike. Great day.

Angler Name : George K
E-Mail : geoshow@home.com
Boat Name: Homeward Bound
Date Fished: 12-5
Location: Manasquan
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28"-31"
Bait or Lure: Shad Rigs - Green
Water Depth: 65'
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Fished south of the mile marker in 65' and caught a bunch of bass in the 28"-31" size on green shads. Did best by trolling away from the large fleet. Had a few cut-offs from blues...go figure.

Angler Name : Tom Headley
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/5/2001
Location: Off Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 33"
Bait or Lure: Green & Red Tubes
Water Depth: 70 Ft.
Water Temp.: 53 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula returned to the Striper action off Manasquan Inlet with the Tom Headley charter. The fishing although good was not as intense as yesterday. Trolling Green & Red tubes in 70 ft. of water the charter put 5 Slot fish & 5 Keeper Bass plus 1 bonus fish in the box and released another 2 dozen shorts.

Angler Name : butch /frank
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 12/4/2001
Location: seaside park
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25 / 31 in
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: surf
Water Temp.: 54 give or take
Information : fished from about 7;45am till 1pm. had 3 good hits,caught 3 good fish, 25 to 31''.high tide was 10 am.it was like paradise. springlike day, no wind.

Angler Name : John Maucher
E-Mail : jmau6213@aol.com
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: 12/4/01
Location: LBI beach
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: none
Bait or Lure: clams, plugs, jigs
Water Depth: surf
Water Temp.: 54
Information : We had 2 rods w/ clams on hi/lo rigs, and a 3rd rod bucktailing, jigging, etc. on Tuesday night 12/4 from 7pm to 9:30pm w/o a bite. The tide was half-way up when we started and it was a beautiful night. This experience repeats about 4 other attempts where I fished along the LBI beaches from the surf, as well as the rocks up by Barnegat Light, all w/o a strike. Can anybody send me to a better spot, w/ a better plan? Any help or advice is appreciated so I can join in on the supposed "best striper fishing in ages."

Angler Name : Greg
E-Mail :
Boat Name: 22 wac
Date Fished: 12/4/01
Location: knoll
Fishing Method: live eels
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 8-14lbs
Bait or Lure: live eels
Water Depth: 17-25ft
Water Temp.: 53
Information : live lined eels(no weight} while drifting.also casting deadly dicks. one caught on lure and one on eel.the bite was around one thirty PM. bluefish were around also but only brought 4 eels. when examining stomach contents both fih were completely empty, I found that unusual.

Angler Name : Ron Antonelli - RAFT- Fishing Team
E-Mail : karonaraft@cs.com
Boat Name: karona
Date Fished: 12 - 4 - 01
Location: Manasquan
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: slot - 29 ins.
Bait or Lure: shad rigs + krocodile rigs
Water Depth: 60 - 70 ft.
Water Temp.: 55 dgs.
Information : This report is a first for me. Started out at 4 am, and reported to my hunting club property at 5 am. Got together with a few friends to determine the day's strategy, was in my tree and ready to go by 6:15 am. Did not hear many early gun shots, as the valley below was fog covered. By 8am I had not seen a deer, male or female, and at 8:30 a year and a half old 4 ptr. made his appearance, and the day for me was over. Joining up with a few others at 10 am , I decided to head for the shore, jump in my boat and do some bass fishing, as the fish were 1 mile off Manasquan, and trolling from 1 pm - 4 pm made this a TREE - SEA day , as the weather was SUPER.....

Angler Name : Mike c
E-Mail : Corona732@aol.com
Boat Name: Bimini Gal
Date Fished:12/4
Location: manasquan inlet
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 44 inches
Bait or Lure: tube rig
Water Depth: 45
Water Temp.: 58
Information :

Angler Name : Bill Mullinicks
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/4/2001
Location: Off Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 35"
Bait or Lure: Shad Rigs & Tubes
Water Depth: 70 Ft.
Water Temp.: 53 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had the Bill Mullinicks charter on the Bounty Hunter and got into the Striper action off Manasquan Inlet. Trolling Shad Rigs along with Tubes the charter filled the slot and keeper catagories and called it a day. Most of the fish were in the 26" to 31" range with the largest going 35".

Angler Name : DANTE SORIENTE
E-Mail : HCORE2513@AOL.COM
Boat Name: TEAL
Date Fished: 12/3/01
Location: HIGHLANDS TO NEW YORK
Fishing Method: LIVE EELS
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32-36
Bait or Lure: EELS
Water Depth: 20FT
Water Temp.: 54
Information : WENT OUT LAST NIGHT, NICE NIGHT NO WIND FLAT SEAS USED LIVE EELS THERE WAS NO DRIFT SO I HAD TO CAST AND DRAG CAUGHT 3 NICE STRIPERS AND MISSED A FEW. THE BOAT CAUGHT 25 KEEPERS AND 1 SHORT, NOT A GREAT DAY BUT NOT BAD FOR DECEMBER

Angler Name : Rob, Carlos
E-Mail : rsulick1@aol.com
Boat Name: Patriot
Date Fished: Monday, 12/3
Location: 2 miles off Sqwuan in 70 feet
Fishing Method: Trolled shad rigs
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 42'
Bait or Lure: Shad rigs with Alewive in middle
Water Depth: 65 - 70
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Went out around 10AM alone and caught 4 nice bass in about 10-minutes right out of the inlet in a small fleet of boats Monday. Came back in (arms tired !!) and picked up fishing pal Carlos and the went back out. Limited out in no time at all with one 42' fish. There was a red hulled clam boat working in the area and I fished down-current of the clammer about 1/4 to 1/2 mile from the clam boat with shad rigs and 300 feet of wire with 8-OZ drail (down maybe 35-40 feet?). I think the clam boat brought in the big fish, cause when we cleaned the fish the big ones were full of clams. From what I heard on the radio, everyone in the fleet off Squan was catching fish pretty much all day. It was a quick pick of nice fish on a sunny 65 degree day. I'll take it.....

Angler Name : Ed & Joe Schwind
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/3/2001
Location: Sea Girt Reef
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: Up to 9 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs
Water Depth: 60 Ft.
Water Temp.: 53 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula ran the Bounty Hunter out to the Sea Girt Reef this morning with the Ed & Joe Schwind charter. Only 4 boats fished the reef today so it was a good day to try the various piles for Tog. The 5 man charter put together a limit catch of Blackfish up to 9 Lbs. and called it quits by mid day. Green Crabs again accounted for the catch.

Angler Name : Marty S.
E-Mail : lojfisher@aol.com
Boat Name: Jack and Jill
Date Fished: 12/2,3
Location: Wrecks off of Barnegate
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: to 8lbs
Bait or Lure: green crabs
Water Depth: 60'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Excellent blackfishing off of Barnegate easily limiting out the last two days. Biggist fish each day went around 8lbs. Hooked well over 40 fish for 2 guys each day.

Angler Name : Mike and Joe P.
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Queen Mary
Date Fished: 12/2/01
Location: Pt. Pleasant to Barneget
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Avas, Crocks & Bucktails
Water Depth: N/A
Water Temp.: Too Warm
Information : There were about 20 fares on board. Capt. started at the inlet and we fished off and on to Barneget and back again. The total caught on board was 4 bass to 30" and one blue plus quite a few dogfish. Not a good day. Capt. claimed the water warmed up too much recently. I was lucky enough to get 2 of the dogs! That's it for my fishing season.

Angler Name : John Drastal
E-Mail : jdrastal@connectbusiness.com
Boat Name: Bluehen
Date Fished: 12/02/01
Location: Flynn's Knoll
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30-40"
Bait or Lure: Yellow shads
Water Depth: 18-24'
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Went out Sunday morning at dead high. Started trolling and had fish on within a minute. Turned out to be the best day of the season, boating 20 fish in an hour and a half. Just about all of the fish were over 30 in, with a half dozen over 35in. Tons of big fish and 60 degress in December. NICE!

Angler Name : Tom B
E-Mail : scullytac@home.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 12/2/01
Location: Pt. Beach Surf
Fishing Method: clams
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: none
Bait or Lure: fresh clams
Water Depth: morning high tide
Water Temp.: ?
Information : No runoffs, no hits, 1 error (gettting out of bed)

Angler Name : J Mason
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 12/1, 12/2
Location: Brant Beach / Beach Haven
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20-22"
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished the evening incoming tide both days, 2 shorts yesterday, zip today. One run off after dark today. No bait in the water, but the surf had that promising look to it. Tough to find fresh bait, bought some fresh clams at the ACME seafood dept, on the small side, but not too bad, and cheap..great weather both days...

Angler Name : JIm Woods
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/02/2001
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: Up to 9 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs
Water Depth: 70 to 80 Ft.
Water Temp.: 53 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula returned to the Blackfish action with the Jim Woods charter. Fishing on inshore wrecks & rubble the charter put together a limit catch of Blackfish up to 9 Lbs. The Tog bit well in the AM then stopped for 3 hours then came on strong in the afternoon. Green Crabs again produced the catch on structure in 70 to 80 Ft. of water.

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: Sea Hunter
Date Fished: 12-02-01
Location: Sandy Hook Channel/Flynn's Knoll
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30-36 Inchs
Bait or Lure: Eels
Water Depth: 8-60 Ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Was one of the few times that I thought the entire boat might take the skunk.No fish or strikes after the first 6 drifts.We moved from SHC to the Knoll and back several times.1 bass was taken in the channel and 1 on the Knoll.Finally around 12:15PM the slight breeze there was died off and he had a better drift down the channel as opposed to across. An additional 11 stripers were boated.All 13 bass were over 28 inchs. I took 2 of these measuring 30 inchs ( 9.4 pounds ) and one of 36 inchs ( 14.9 pounds ).Pool winner was 16.25.

Angler Name : Tom Schweppenheiser
E-Mail : tschwepp@home.com
Boat Name: Sea Star 3
Date Fished: 12-02-2001
Location: Cape May
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 33" 29" 28"
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Capt.Bob and his mate Carl did a tremendous job everyone on the boat caught at least one fish.

Angler Name : G.Davis
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 12/2/01
Location: Sandy Hook --- North Beach
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: bucktails, Fin-S, metals
Water Depth: 0-15'
Water Temp.: 55F
Information : North beach was totally dead during the AM. No bait, no bass.

Angler Name : Ed G.
Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 12-01-01
Location: Shark River
Fishing Method: Cast
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 3-10 Inchs
Bait or Lure: Sandworms
Water Depth: 8-10 Feet
Water Temp.:
Information : My son Jason fished the last of the flood and most of the ebb from the bulkhead.All of the action that I saw occured on the ebb.Jason and I each caught 1 short.Saw another 15-18 shorts caught along with 8 keepers.Also saw 1 lone herring brought in.

Angler Name : Capt. Manny Canales
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 12/1/01
Location: west end
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: 2-6 lbs
Bait or Lure: crab
Water Depth: 55
Water Temp.: 54
Information : This was not a traditional day of December Togging as we were all in T shirts by 9:30, seasurface temp is still 54. However fishing was good and Jack Singh's party limited out with 50 Tog to 6lbs in two stops on local wrecks. A lot of quality fish caught in the 3-6lb range.

E-Mail : Captgen33@aol.com
Boat Name: A REEL LADY
Date Fished: 12/01/01
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 33"
Bait or Lure: Green / Red Tubes
Water Depth: 23'
Water Temp.: 52
Information : It was another beautiful day, how long can this last? We boated 13 Stripers and had 7 Keepers. It was a great way to end the year. Alan K, Bob S, Tom L. Great Job!!!!!!!

Angler Name : Werner Sprie
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/01/2001
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: Up to 8 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs
Water Depth: 80 FT.
Water Temp.: 54 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had the Werner Sprie charter on board and passed on the Striper fishing. Deciding instead to give the Blackfish a try. It turned out to be a good decision. Three anglers on the boat limited out on Tog in a couple of hours and spent the rest of the day release fishing. Green Crabs produced the catch on wrecks in 80 Ft. of water.

Angler Name : john yenshaw
E-Mail : river ranch 1
Boat Name: nans pride
Date Fished: 12\ 1
Location: tip sandy hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22 32
Bait or Lure: eels sandworms
Water Depth: 30-70
Water Temp.: 52
Information : got out early on friends boat nans pride got2stripersat slack tide then fished outgoing tide slow pick of stripers in sandy hook channel among the fleet eels + sand worms did the trick

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