FISHING REPORTS FOR DECEMBER 2002
Angler Name : Bob
E-Mail : Bobfish4fun@aol.com
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: Dec 31 New years eve
Location: Povery beach Cape May NJ.
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Slot fish
Bait or Lure: Salted Clam
Water Depth: N/A
Water Temp.: 42 - 47 degrees
Information : Well me and My father fish the last days of the year. Saw many Stripers caught on Salted Clam. All on the High tides icoming or outgoing.. Well he beg me to head out around 4pm new years eve. I went set up first to rods before I tied up the third had a fish on. A nice 26 incher... Caught 3 more fish and released them it was a great way to go out with a bang ! Enjoyed the festivities later Happy New Year everyone! Tight Lines
Angler Name : Bob, Pat and Tom
E-Mail : bbrazicki@aol.com
Boat Name: The RightAway
Date Fished: December 31,2002
Location: Inshore Rough Bottom
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: Up to 14 lbs
Bait or Lure: crabs
Water Depth: 45feet
Water Temp.: Just Right
Information : Springlike conditions on New Years Eve and Captain Tommy Joseph sat us on some nice fish. Although anchoring was a little tricky in the easterly heave and northerly current, the charter had a nice pick of Tog all mornning including an 11.5, a 12 and a massive 14 pounder. These fish were truly impressive. To our surprize the 11.5 fish was hooked by another member of the charter and lost earlier in the day. The hook was swalllowed and remained in the throat with the leader. Another great day on The Rightaway !!!! Looking forward to returning to Togland on Sunday.
Angler Name : Kevin
E-Mail : orcuttk1@aol.com
Boat Name: Capt. Robbins
Date Fished: Sunday 12/29
Location: ?
Fishing Method: Wreck
Specie: Tautog
Size: up to 8 lbs
Bait or Lure: crabsicols
Water Depth: 90' - 100'
Water Temp.: 45 ish
Information : Well it is official - the fat lady has sung! Went down for the final trip of the year on Capt. Robbins. Took a long ride to about 90 feet of water in an attempt to jerk some tog. Tough day with the wind against the tide situation along with 47 other knuckleheads trying to squeeze one more day in. Total for the day was 10 good bites (you know it was bad when you are counting bites) with 2 shorts to show for it. Of course had the potential pool winner on only to have it spit the hook as the net was being grabbed. Oh well - total for the boat was probably 40 keepers with a few sharpies getting a couple each. Tried the spiderwire and if not for the crowd and the conditions worked well! Happy new year! How long until Easter? Go Eagles!
PS - Hey Neil keep the boat in the Water you cheapskate atleast fish up until the new Year
Angler Name : Frank S
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Dauntless
Date Fished: 12/28/02
Location: 1 mile off of beach
Fishing Method: boat, drifting
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size: 14 - 18"
Bait or Lure: Mackerel tubes
Water Depth: 60 feet
Water Temp.:
Information : Non stop action on the macks. Fish were flying over the rails at an unbelievable pace. It was catch as many as you want to keep, fish were hitting before you could get the rig to the bottom. During afternoon, boat switched over to togs. No luck, not a single blackfish landed on the boat. There were quite a few ling however, so all was not lost. Only problem experienced was with a rude mate. Note to captain: Please hire folks more interested helping customers and not in fishing themselves !!! I also could have done without his putdowns on customers when tangles took place. Otherwise, it was a great day.
Angler Name : Rich N
E-Mail : islgirl3@aol.com
Boat Name: Teal
Date Fished: 12/28/2002
Location: 17 Fathoms
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Blackfish
Size: 3 - 9 lbs
Bait or Lure: crabs
Water Depth: 70 -80
Water Temp.: unknow
Information : My brothers and I had a pretty good day fishing aboard the Teal out of Atlantic Highlands. The forecast was for 10 - 15 but it was more like 20 - 25. The pick was slow except for the last of 3 drops captain Steve made. Over all good trip, mates where excellent, boat was clean and a solid effort by the captain. We wound up with 5 keepers 5 shorts and won the poll with a 9 lber
Angler Name : Tom B
E-Mail : scullytac@comcast.net
Boat Name: wet spot
Date Fished: 12/22,24,26
Location: vacinity of mile bouy off Pt. Pleasant
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30-34"
Bait or Lure: white shad umbrellas, white squid umbrellas
Water Depth: 60-75'
Water Temp.: 47-50
Information : Trolled deep and slow off of Manasquan Inlet on Sunday, Christmas Eve, and the day after Christmas. Had three bass Sunday, Two on Tuesday, and Three on Thursday. All the fish were caught right on the bottom during turns. All fish were caught on either of two GPS marks. Jigged and clam fished over the same spots with no results. The fish were full of small squid. Happy Holidays.
Angler Name : Jose and Marco
E-Mail :
Boat Name: None
Date Fished: December 22, 2002
Location: Sea Girt
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Zippo
Bait or Lure: Poppers and metal jigs
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : We caught the incoming tide at Sea Girt but had no luck what so ever. We were the only two on the beach (Mikey was sick and Big Al in the warm caribbean) and we gave it our best. It was very difficult getting over the breakers. After about two hours we called it a night with not even a nibble. It still beats work. This could have very well been our last trip of the year.!?
Angler Name : capt . Jacoby
E-Mail : oggie123@msn.com
Boat Name: fat-boy
Date Fished: 12/22/02
Location: Shark river to Shrewsberry rocks
Fishing Method: variety
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 00000000000
Bait or Lure: numerous
Water Depth: give or take 30 ft.
Water Temp.: 46.9
Information : We trolled umbrella rigs, various colors, eel*s, sand worms, clams and jigged for bass. To no avail. In my opinion, the STRIPED BASS have gone till the spring of 2003, hopefully. My last report for 2002. Have a nice,happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year.
Angler Name : Tom Headley
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/18/2002
Location: Sea Girt Reef
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Blackfish
Size: Up to 7 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs
Water Depth: 70 Ft.
Water Temp.: 45 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul closed the 2002 Fishing Season today with the Tom Headley charter. Returning to the Sea Girt Reef, conditions were vastly improved from yesterday's wind & heave. The charter picked away at the Blackfish putting just short of the 3 man limit in the box. The fish ranged in size from 2 to 7 lbs. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who fished on the Bounty Hunter in 2002 and wish all of You & Your families a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We look forward to seeing you during 2003.
Angler Name : jb
E-Mail : gewirtma@umdnj.edu
Boat Name: nighthawk
Date Fished: 12/18
Location: 17 fathoms/ambrose light
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size: up to 3 lbs
Bait or Lure: teasers
Water Depth: 110 ft
Water Temp.: upper 40's
Information : the mackerel are in!!! the fish have been caught between ambrose light and 17 fathoms. the nighthawk (out of belmar) will be sailing this saturday and sunday for mackerel, 7:30 am-2:30 pm. looks like we are going to get some rain thursday and friday, but that should not affect the fishing. so come on down this weekend and catch some macks!!!
Angler Name : 'Mac" MacSherry
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/17/2002
Location: Sea Girt Reef
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Blackfish
Size: Up to 13 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs
Water Depth: 70 Ft.
Water Temp.: 45 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul made it out with the "Mac" MacSherry charter and headed off to the Sea Girt Reef. Anchoring in 70 Ft. of water with a brisk North wind giving us a 4 to 5 Ft. roll the conditions were less than perfect The charter toughed it out and put together a good catch of Tog the largest of which was 25" long and tipped the scale at 13 Lbs. Several of the other fish were in the 4 to 7 Lb. class.
Angler Name : Bert
E-Mail : jflan782@aol.com
Boat Name: BENCHMARK
Date Fished: 12/14
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Trolled Shad Rigs-had a large Bass immediately. After 1 hour we had a limit catch of Slot, Keeper & Bonus fish up to 33" inches for everyone. The BENCHMARK did a great job. Nice new boat and good captain.
Angler Name : Jim Cawthern
E-Mail : jimcawthern@comcast.net
Boat Name: Porgy III
Date Fished: 12/13/02
Location: Cape May, NJ
Fishing Method: Drifting Clams
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 34 inches / 13.5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 25 - 35 '
Water Temp.: lower 40's ... did not confirm
Information : Headed down to Cape May with Johnny C. & Al intending to fish for stripers aboard the Miss Chris. However, upon arrival,it was evident that The Miss Chris was going to be "railed". We quickly crossed the street and jumped on the Porgy III to fish with Capt. Paul & mate, John.
NOAA & the local weathermen were all claiming that it would be a decent day before the foul weather arrived that evening. THEY WERE BOTH WRONG AGAIN !!! Temps were 10 degrees below what they predicted, and the skies were an ugly grey with a heavy haze right out of the inlet that morning. It got steadily worse throughout the day with rain by mid afternoon. Fortunately, the winds were fairly mild, or it could have been pretty miserable conditions.
We worked through a slow pick of keeper and slot fish with each drift producing a few scattered fish. All fish were caught on clams, as the few eelers on board switched over to clams after a lack of success on the first few drifts. Most of the anglers on board were good fishermen with a few old pros aptly described as "trained assasins" by the captain.
The bow of the boat enjoyed some good light hearted banter pitting some younger "North Jersey anglers" from Sandy Hook Bay against their older South Jersey Delaware Bay brethren in a light hearted battle of wits and fishing abilities. The comic relief certainly helped to pass the time in between the occasional strikes and catches.
By the end of the day, the high hook on the boat had about 6-7 fish, but he was the exception rather than the rule. In fact, his son was fishing on board as well, and he didn't catch any. Most anglers averaged 1 - 2 fish each.
Final tally for our "crew" was: 1 for Johnny, 3 for Al, and 3 for me. My largest was 33.5 inches and 12.7 lbs. Al's largest was 34 inches and 13.1 lbs ... It ended up placing 2nd or 3rd and missed the pool winner by a few ounces.
Hats off to Captain Paul and Mate, John whom provided excellent personable service all day long. Capt. Paul even hung around late to assist with boat & fish cleaning back at the dock. It may not be the newest, cleanest, fastest boat in the fleet, but they ran a first class party boat operation on Friday, and I would recommend them any time.
... Oh yeah, it was close, but I think those young "North Jersey" boys spanked "the old salts from the south" when the fat lady came to sing. I suppose a re-match is in order soon!
Angler Name : Capt. Manny Canales
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 12/13/02
Location: Off manasquan
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Tautog
Size: to 9.6lbs
Bait or Lure: crabs
Water Depth: 65
Water Temp.: 44
Information : Ran the Double Diamond up the manasquan river today for winter storage. Made a stop on a wreck 3 miles from the inlet to use up the last of our green crabs. Had a good pick of tog as 2 of us pulled 18 keepers in 2 hrs fishing. Had some nice size fish including a 9.2 & 9.6lbr. Happy Holidays, see you in the spring.
Angler Name : Frank Lukenda
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/13/2002
Location: Rattlesnake & Reef
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Blackfish
Size: Up to 6 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs
Water Depth: 55 To 70 Ft.
Water Temp.: 45 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Frank Lukenda charter on board the Bounty Hunter and headed up to the Rattlesnake. A strong current was running with the outgoing tide and conditions were difficult. The bite could only be described as a slow pick. After 3 hours we had 21 tog up to 4 Lbs. in the boat Running up to the Sea Girt Reef later in the AM we made a drop in 70 Ft. of water, lost the current and toughed it out for the balance of the day to complete a limit catch of Tog up to 6 Lbs. for the 4 Man charter. Today was not easy. We worked for every fish. Green Crabs were the Bait.
Angler Name : Richard
E-Mail : rasalomon@comcast.net
Boat Name: Island Girl
Date Fished: 12/13/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Live eels
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 44F
Information : Fished the Rip, Ambrose Channel, Sandy Hook Channel and Flynns Knoll. Nothing. This could be my last trip of the year. The weather has made this a miserable late season. Today was cold but nice (low winds) and I thought I had a good shot. Oh well.
Angler Name : Ron Matlack
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/10/2002
Location: Off Long Branch
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 35"
Bait or Lure: Shads & Tubes
Water Depth: 45 Ft.
Water Temp.: 47 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Ron Matlack charter on board the Bounty Hunter and headed up to the rough bottom off Long Branch. Ready to go with Plugs, Eels & Crocodiles The Bait and Jig fishing was not happening for most of the boats. All we seen were small Bass with an occasional Slot fish being taken. We decided to troll our Shad Rigs and we had the larger Bass on immediately. After 2 1/2 hours we had a limit catch of Slot, Keeper & Bonus fish up to 35" for the charter plus a Slot & Keeper for both of the crew. Yellow & Blue Shads along with Black & Red tubes worked very well today.
Angler Name : John Nesti
E-Mail : trapperjohnawrs@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Jamiaca
Date Fished: 12/09/02
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunck
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure: Live Ling
Water Depth: 580
Water Temp.:
Information : Total of eight longfin hooked up our party of 6 had 3 of them All 3 spit hook. after 15 years, I finally caught a swordfish. Fish was undersized and released in good health.
Angler Name : Tony C.
E-Mail : tcava1@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Mad Gaffer
Date Fished: 12/9/02
Location: Ocean
Fishing Method: Jig, Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: up to 6 lbs
Bait or Lure: Jig, green crabs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : It was a day of limits! On the way north out of Shark River for some togg'en we encountered a large school of feeding bass and the 3 fares aboard limited out in about 30 minutes. I was able to boat 7 or 8 and take home a bonus fish as well. The bass, 6 to 16 lbs, were gorging themselves on large bunker & peanut bunker. Spearing were also in their bellies. The tog also cooperated and by 2:00pm all aboard had limits of black fish as well up to 6+ lbs. What a great day!
Angler Name : Frank Lukenda
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/09/2002
Location: Off Long Branch
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Blackfish
Size: Up to 5 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs
Water Depth: 65 Ft.
Water Temp.: 49 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Frank Lukenda charter on board the Bounty Hunter and had one of those rare perfect days. While heading up to the rough bottom off Long Branch to put in a day of Blackfishing we took note of the intense bird play from Spring Lake up to Long Branch. After limiting out with 50 Tog up to 5 Lbs. in one of the best Tog bites of the season we decided to run into the beach and get into the birds. Immediately we had big Bass on the Shad Rigs. and within an hour a Limit catch of Slot and keeper fish up to 37". Yellow Shads and Black & Red tubes caught the Bass. Green Crabs for the Tog.
Angler Name : Rich
E-Mail : rnb@jersey.net
Boat Name: Reelentless
Date Fished: 12-08-2002
Location: Hereford Inlet
Fishing Method: drift & grapple
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 34" & 41" & Tog up to 9lbs.
Bait or Lure: eels & green crabs
Water Depth: 40'
Water Temp.: 44
Information : sea conditions were fairly calm, our eels were frozen and thawed out...worked just fine. Had our stripers in about 1 hour, couldn't find slot sized fish so kept 1 a piece. grappled a piece of structure inshore, and Fish ON! bailed tog up to 9lbs. kept 4 for dinner.hope the water holds it's temp.
Angler Name : Jim Coffey
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 12/8/02
Location: Sea Bright
Fishing Method: Troll / Bottom
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 32"
Bait or Lure: shad bars
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 45
Information : Out with the Jim Coffey charter for a split trip 1/2bass-1/2tog. Stripers bit much better today and the guys caught 12 bass from 28 to 32" plus 3 slot fish. At 1100, switched over to tog, which got good after a little warming up. Once they started chewing guys caught well putting 44 keepers to 6lbs. in the boat.
Angler Name : Mark Bennett
E-Mail : mbennett@ameritechgrapgics
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 12/8/02
Location: Bay Head
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18-33
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: incoming tide
Water Temp.:
Information : Wet the first line about 7:45. I was the only one on the beach at the time but knew that wouldn't last on such a beautiful day. By 9:45 had two shorts 18 and 21.Then at 10:30 top of the tide my small rod started screaming. I had a 7 1/2 ft baitcaster with an ambassaduer 6500 rigged with a three way swivel, two oz. pyramid, and a hi-low porgy rig (w/#4 hooks) with clam scrapings on it. This was out for the hopes of some kind of live bait. Just my luck a 33inch 14lb.10oz. striper decides to dine on clam scraps. After a nice little battle she was beached and will be dinner tomorrow.
Angler Name : Jeff
E-Mail : netdeal@erols.com
Boat Name: GetReel
Date Fished: 12/08/02
Location: SH Reef
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: keepers
Bait or Lure: green crab
Water Depth: 55
Water Temp.: 45
Information : Ran out to the SH Rip for stripers expecting to find them but managed just one short after trolling in snotty conditions. As luck would have it, we had brought the crabs leftover from last trip and headed to the Reef for some whitechins and better conditions. First drop was no good and moved to a reliable spot. Pulled a few shorts then Scott got the "fever" and pulled 5 big slobs, including the pool winner which was a monster slob. Ran in to have her hauled out and ready for the winter. Can't wait for spring.
Angler Name : Bill Mulliniks
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/08/2002
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Eeling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 34"
Bait or Lure: Drifting Eels
Water Depth: 55 Ft.
Water Temp.: 48 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Bill Mulliniks charter on the Bounty Hunter and headed up to the Shrewsbury Rocks. A few of the boats were catching Bass and we thought we would give it a try. It soon became obvious that we were not going to do it trolling today. Getting a call that the Bass were biting pretty good on Eels we ran up to Ambrose Channel where we boated 6 Keeper Bass up to 34" on Eels while drifting in 55 Ft. of water.
Angler Name : Jack Singh
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 12/7/02
Location: Sea Bright
Fishing Method: Troll/bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 20 lbs
Bait or Lure: shad rigs
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 45
Information : Fished for stripers in the AM with Jack Singh and co. Looking for jig fish but saw no birds along the beach.Trolled off monmouth beach for 3 nice bass 30-34" but it was slow. Switched over to tog and action was very good. 5 anglers caught 39 tog to 7lbs in about 2 hrs.
Angler Name : Ron Antonelli - RAFT-
E-Mail : karonaraft@cs.com
Boat Name: karona
Date Fished: 12 - 7 - 02 Saturday
Location: off Thunderbird
Fishing Method: trollling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: slots - 39"
Bait or Lure: shad rigs + spoon rigs
Water Depth: 60 - 65 ft
Water Temp.: 46.5 dgs
Information : After shoveling a ft. of snow off the boat, and having to break ice from the marina to the river, I did not hesitate to head south knowing a stiffer south west would be on us by early afternoon. Did not see or read much until S.Bay Head. Saw a few boats anchored tight to the beach, and a few trolling. Drove to the 60 ft. mark and began marking small pods of bait and some bass, all sizes. I began at 9:30 and caught a slot 27" on a spoon umbrella rig. Dragged a bunker spoon 2 hrs. with no hits. The water was discolored and a bit cold. At 12 noon, made some changes to shad rigs and it payed-off. Caught a short at 1pm, and at 2pm caught the fish I was looking for, a 39 incher. Did not have any other hits after 2pm, and stayed till 3pm. I did mark a substantial amount of fish in that area that day, with very few feeders, and I doubt if the water will get any warmer. Happy trails.........
Angler Name : Werner & Wolfgang Sprie
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/07/2002
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 28"
Bait or Lure: Shads & Tubes
Water Depth: 20 To 40 Ft.
Water Temp.: 49 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had his release customers Werner & Wolfgang Sprie on the Bounty Hunter today and what a difference a week made. Last Saturday they released 50+ Stripers and today we had to work our butts off to catch 9. The water is still brown from Manasquan to Sandy Hook. No bird activity, no bait. no Stripers. Made stops in several of our regular "Hot" spots and came up empty. Finally we located some Bass along Chapel Hill channel and managed to land 9 fish. All were Shorts except for 2 Slot fish. It appeared that the eel fishermen fared better than we did. We will see what tomorrow brings.
Angler Name : Steve Fabiyan
E-Mail : reelappeal@comcast.net
Boat Name: reel appeal
Date Fished: 12/07/02
Location: South of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: jigged and trolled
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32"
Bait or Lure: shads
Water Depth: 68'
Water Temp.: 49 degrees
Information : After breaking through the ice at the marina, ran south down the beach looking for bird or bait action, non to be found. Stopped off of Ortley where head boats were clamming, although plenty of marks, no fish!
Proceeded down to Seaside and contrary to weather reports, the wind began to howl so turned north and began to troll the shads. Read plenty of fish and bait with nothing until we were just south of the Thunderbird and saved the day with 3 fish ranging from 32" to 29". These were the only hits but were also the ones in the box! Would love to try another trip or two but this weather may freeze me in! Will have to see how the week goes, the fish are there...just not cooperating like they should.
Angler Name : Mark Lukenda
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/06/2002
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 32"
Bait or Lure: Shads & Tubes
Water Depth: 25 to 35 Ft.
Water Temp.: 49 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Mark Lukenda charter on board the Bounty Hunter today. Coming out of the Inlet we were immediately in a 6 to 8 Ft. heave out of the Northeast. There were no Birds and the water was brown from Manasquan up to Sandy Hook. A few brief stops along the way produced nothing. We finally located some good water off Breezy Point and got our first bites on the tide change. The charter boated 4 Keepers up to 32", released 6 Slot fish plus a couple of shorts. It will take a couple of days before these fish bounce back.
Angler Name : Andy
E-Mail : casperco1@aol.com
Boat Name: Sea or Ski
Date Fished: 12/4/02
Location: Seaside
Fishing Method: jig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: shorts to 35"
Bait or Lure: finnesse with 1/2 oz
Water Depth: 25- 45
Water Temp.: 47
Information : cold start 16F and breaking ice in the lagoon, cleared the inlet about 8:30am and turned north. found the birds working 1/2 mile north of pier.staying short of the flock , hooked up right away. in total about 24 caught from 20" to 35"with two break-offs and ended up releasing keepers after limiting out.Be out again this sat.after the sea lays down. see ya.
Angler Name : Nigel Fairbank
E-Mail : nfairbank@aol.com
Boat Name: Jamaica
Date Fished: 12/4/2002
Location: Mudhole
Fishing Method: Clam
Specie: Ling (AKA Red Hake)
Size: > 4lbs
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: +-200 feet
Water Temp.: 50 +
Information : Fished on the small Jamaica (Not sure why a 95 foot boat is called small) on their 12 hour Mudhole Special (05:00 to 17:00 hours).
It was a great day. About 15 or 18 people on board, so lots of room. Very impressed with the boat. Even though a small crowd, the captain move frequently to keep up on the fish.
I caught 7 seabass and 30 ling, my friend Hurricane John caught 19 seabasss, 10 ling and a nice size American Eel.
Other notable catches included several Bluefish, one guy had four or five, one cod about eight pounds (The guy was not in the pool). Pool fish was a ling a little over four pounds.
Had Ling for Dinner on Thursday and Friday. Really great.
A great trip to keep away the cabin fever.
Angler Name :
E-Mail :
Boat Name: BENCHMARK
Date Fished: 12/4
Location: Sandyhook
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 20lbs
Bait or Lure: shad umbrellas
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : ICE COLD!! By the time we atarted fishing the deck was covered in Ice. Got 6 total trolling-not many birds working. Capt. Nich did a great job on his new 44 Henriques BENCHMARK. We will be Tuna fishing witth him next year...Great boat!!
Angler Name : JOHN DONADEO
E-Mail : DONADAYGLO@YAHOO.COM
Boat Name: WACKY JACK
Date Fished: 12/4/02
Location: SEA GIRT REEF
Fishing Method: ANCORED
Specie: Tautog
Size: TO 5 LBS
Bait or Lure: GREEN CRABS/CLAM
Water Depth: 65 FT
Water Temp.: 43
Information : WENT OUT WITH LARRY ON THIS WINDOW OF OPORTUNITY WEATHER WISE, IT WAS COLD BUT WIND ONLY 10 TO 15 SEAS 2-3
HAD A GREAT DAY 3 KEEPER TOG (FAT ONES) AND 2 SEA BASS BUNCH OF SHORTS OF BOTH SPECIES, ATE EM TONIGHT MM GOOD WILL TRY TO GO OUT SAT FOR THE ???? LAST TRIP OF THE SEASON BEFORE PULLING THE OLD GIRL OUT, CANT WAIT FOR SPRING
Angler Name : Tom Headley
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/04/2002
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 34 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 30 to 45 Ft.
Water Temp.: 49 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Tom Headley charter on the Bounty Hunter and headed back to the Monmouth Beach area. Today turned out to be the day for Trolling "Big" Bass. The charter put a limit catch of Slot fish in the boat early in the day. At 10 AM we located the big boys and the fishing was great. A limit catch of Keepers & Bonus fish was in the boat by Noon. The fish ranged in size from 33" up to the 3 largest one at 43" one at 41" and a third at 39" weighing 34Lbs., 29 Lbs. and 24Lbs. respectively. All 3 fish were taken on Yellow Shads in 45 Ft. of water.
Angler Name : Vinney Gallo
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Dec 4
Location: Off Sea Side
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 34"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 25-40
Water Temp.: 48
Information : Captains Phil Dulanie and Burt had the Dave Tolchin charter from Sayreville, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Tuesday and got into the Stripers once again off of Seaside Park. We found the birds again off the Park and the bass were under them. We limited out with slots and keepers and added a bonus fish. In addition we release another 35 bass. Everything we put in the water produced work well but again yellow and green/white shads worked best.
Angler Name : Tony C
E-Mail : tcava1@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Big Jamaica
Date Fished: 12/4/02
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunck
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: About 50-60 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butter, sardine, live ling, squid
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : A valiant effort was made by the Captain, crew and all aboard as we made our best effort despite the frigid cold and slow bite. A total of 13 longfin tuna were boated. I lost one at the boat and missed another run-off.
Angler Name : Peter Boyle
E-Mail : peter_boyle@hotmail.com
Boat Name: On the Lookout
Date Fished: Dec 4
Location: Barnegat Light
Fishing Method: Boat
Specie: Blackfish
Size: Up to 8 Pounds
Bait or Lure: Green Crab
Water Depth: 55 feet
Water Temp.: 46
Information : Four of us went out yesterday morning. First, we tried some structure within the Barnegat Reef. Over 2 hours caught about 40 Blackfish (10 keepers and 30 throwbacks). We then moved to a nearby wreck and did pretty much the same thing.
We ended the day by chasing the birds along Island Beach State Park (by the Governor's Mansion). We caught several bass (biggest being 29 inches).
Angler Name : John M., Sam, Butch, Eric, and Roy
E-Mail : messisa2000@yahoo.com
Boat Name: All Hooked Up
Date Fished: Dec. 2,3, and 4, 2002
Location: Cape May
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 37"
Bait or Lure: Eel
Water Depth: 20-40'
Water Temp.: 48-50
Information : The All Hooked Up headed south for three days as the fishing in and around Barnegat has been spotty at best this fall for bass. We started Monday as the wind was blowing a solid 20 knots. After about an hour and things weren't looking too good we got into 'em and limited out within 2 hours and began throwing back 30+ inchers. The wind died a little and we enjoyed a pretty nice ride back to the marina. Tues. was the toughest day of fishing as we were only one of the 3 boats that went out of South Jersey Marina on this ugly day. The wind was blowing a solid 30-40 knots creating tight 8 footers in and around the rips. The All Hooked up managed to put 1 short of the limit in the box as we called it quits after about two hours of fishing. Wed. was the calm before the storm as we enjoyed an absolute beautiful day on the water. Again we limited out by 10:00AM after a slow first hour fishing. We had finally found 'em stacked up and left 'em biting to head north to shut things down for the winter. All I can say is that the Cape May striped bass fishery is absolutely incredible, those fish were snappin' in ANY type of weather!!! I will say that Capt. John found a great spot for our three days away from the fleet that produced better catches than most any of the other boats out there. All in all over the three days we kept 28 bass, threw back around 20, and missed a few hook ups here and there fishing no later than 12:00PM any of the three days. Man was it COLD!! Thanks to South Jersey Marina, great facility and hopefully they can squeeze us in for a few weeks next fall. Season just ended for us yesterday and I can't wait till next spring already. The All Hooked enjoyed a great first season as we hooked everything from sea bass to monster blue marlin. Think Spring!!
Angler Name : Stan L
E-Mail : lyskowski@infi.net
Boat Name: Sea Rose
Date Fished: 12-4-02
Location: Lavalette to SeaSide
Fishing Method: Trolling, Jigging and casting plugs
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 42 to 52 feet
Water Temp.: 47
Information : Broke the Manasquan Inlet at 7:30 AM after having to use boat as an Ice Breaker to get out of my slip and the marina. Headed South and found the action off Lavalette and Sea Side. Total stripers caught between me and my brother were 29. Trolling with shad rigs produced the best, but also were successful with jigging and casting plugs. Plenty of bird action for the first few hours, before they disappeared. Also jigged a 15 inch heering unless it was a hickory shad, I am not sure. But I believe that this means that the big bass should not be too far behind chasing these large baits.
Angler Name : Dave Tolchin
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Dec 3
Location: Off Sea Side
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 35"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 25-40
Water Temp.: 48
Information : Captains Phil Dulanie and Joe LaRosa had the Dave Tolchin charter from Sayreville, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Tuesday and got into a hot bite of Stripers off of Seaside Park. Trolling in the morning was slow just off the inlet and we headed south to look for a bigger body of fish. We found them off the Park and limited out with slots, keepers and bonus fish. In addition we release another 20 bass. Everything we put in the water produced work well but yellow and green/white shads worked best.
Angler Name : Mike Copeman
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Renegade
Date Fished: 12/3/2
Location: Rocks to off the Highlands Bridge
Fishing Method: Jig / Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: upto 32 lbs
Bait or Lure: storm shads and shads
Water Depth: 20-60
Water Temp.: 46
Information : Non-stop action among surfacing bass under heavy bird action. By far the biggest bass I have ever seen consistenly boated. Most fish were 32-38". We caught over 60 bass in 4 hours, only could keep 8 all over 34" Largest bass was 42" and 32lbs which was caught as a double header along with a 10 pounder. Water temps have dropped to 46. Great day with no boat traffic. Left the fish biting.
Angler Name : Mark Kacek
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/03/2002
Location: Spring Lake
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 37"
Bait or Lure: Shads & Tubes
Water Depth: 30 to 45 Ft.
Water Temp.: 49 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Mark Kacek charter on the Bounty Hunter and picked up where he left off yesterday. The birds were working patches of Bass off Spring Lake and the charter quickly put 6 Bass in the boat. A move a few miles to the north put us in the main body of fish and the bite was non stop for 2 hours. A limit catch of Slot, Keeper and Bonus fish up to 37" was put in the box and we released fish for an hour before calling it a day. Shad rigs and Tubes worked well. The Bass were not fussy about colors.
Angler Name : rob
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 12/02
Location: manasquan inlet
Fishing Method: herring rig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 12 incs- 23 inchs
Bait or Lure: herring rig
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : went out to play with a few shad. hooked up my katittari rig, threw it out a few times with a 2 ounce sinker, then bam- 23 inch striper next half hour 4 striper between 12 and 23 inches- lost one bigger, a few guys down the wall hit in to them also. crazy stripers on that rig.
Angler Name : Ed Schwind
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/02/2002
Location: Spring Lake
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 35"
Bait or Lure: Shads & Tubes
Water Depth: 25 To 45 Ft.
Water Temp.: 50 Degrees
Information : What a difference a day makes. Yesterday Capt. Paul trolled 40 miles of ocean to catch 4 Stripers. Today as we turned north out of the Inlet the birds filled the sky from Spring Lake to Belmar. Making several passes thru the birds we quickly put together a limit catch of Stripers up to 35" for the Ed Schwind charter. The charter also released another 3 dozen shorts. Then a quick run up to the rough bottom off Monmouth beach and the boys put together a limit catch of Tog up to 6 Lbs. Somedays you can't do any thing wrong. Green crabs for the Tog and any color Shad or Tube for the Bass.
Angler Name : Kennoot
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Noot
Date Fished: 12/02/02
Location: Hereford Inlet
Fishing Method: Clam/Bucktail
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: 30 Feet
Water Temp.:
Information : Out at Dawn/Frigid Cold Have done well at Hereford.
I was only boat in sight/Did I mention Frigid?
Supposed to be less wind on Wednesday.One more Try for Noot. Stay Warm.
Angler Name : Pat McKernan
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/01/2002
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 33"
Bait or Lure: Shads & Tubes
Water Depth: 20 To 65 Ft.
Water Temp.: 50 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul and the Pat McKernan charter made an attempt at trolling Stripers today despite the 40 Knot winds. Working the Highlands Bridge area south to Mantoloking the charter toughed it out in difficult conditions and finished up with 4 Bass up to 33" and a couple of Bluefish.
Angler Name : Jose, Marco, Mike and Al
E-Mail : chino229@aol.com
Boat Name: N/A
Date Fished: Dec 1, 2002
Location: Sea Girt
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Poppers and Clams
Water Depth: 10-15 feet
Water Temp.: cold
Information : The boys decided to try Sea Girt for our Sunday afternoon outing. Despite the sunshine, it was cold and windy! Our lines went in at about 4:10 pm, just in time to catch the incoming tide. By 4:20 pm Marco landed a nice size Striper. At 4:21, I followed with my first ever Striper caught from the surf. A short while later, Mike landed another using his special clam method. By 6:30pm we all decided to call it a day. All in all it was a great afternoon, except for Al who "got skunked" and lost about 60+ yards of line. If anyone is going out on the surf, dress warm, stay dry and bring plenty of chap stick. Have fun !!!!!
Angler Name : Dug Gant and his Lucky Companions
E-Mail : smooch6@verizon.net
Boat Name: "Eagle"
Date Fished: 12-01-02
Location: "The Rip @ Sandy Hook"
Fishing Method: "Bottom fishing w/ eel's" & Jiging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: All legal and then some
Bait or Lure: Eel's & ass. Jig's
Water Depth: 24'/50' feet
Water Temp.: 54 degrees
Information : The annual "Bass or Bust" fishing outing was a huge success. With 23 men we managed to boat over 50 fish. The largest over 20lbs. and many in the 10 to 15lbs. range, with as many throw back's. Again thank's to Capt. Art and his mate Jeff, a job well done. We will be back again same time next year.
Angler Name : MIKE COPEMAN
E-Mail :
Boat Name: RENEGADE
Date Fished: 12/01/02
Location: MANASQUAN
Fishing Method: TROLLING SHADS
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: UPTO 34"
Bait or Lure: SHADS
Water Depth: 15-50
Water Temp.: 51
Information : Despite the 35 knots winds Sunday morning the trip was well worth it. Fished between Manasquan and Sea Girt beach among breaking bass and diving Gannets. With only 6 other boats working the area we had non stop action all morning leaving the fish biting. By far the best Bass trip of the season. The migration has definitely started and should last another week
Angler Name : Todd Januzzi
E-Mail : toddj_us@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Beach
Date Fished: 12/1/02
Location: North Beach
Fishing Method: Plugs
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Boy it was cold this morning,, lots of bass our of reach of the beach.. No boats just 40knt winds. It was a hitchcock movie a mile off the beach
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