Angler Name : nick ferrara
E-Mail : jetyjockk@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 122504
Location: LBI-Barnegatlight south jetty-18Th st
Fishing Method: jig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 4 rats to 20 in. 1 23incher
Bait or Lure: kastmasters,AVA 27's
Water Depth: 20 feet off the beach
Water Temp.: ???
Information : Got to the beach at daybreak it was a magnificent sight,,, The sun coming over the horizon; sea smoke off the water and lots of birds working. It had to be Christmas. Caught 3 rats to 20 inches tagged and released. drove down to the 18th strret beach in the pocket caught a fat 20 incher tagged and released. Drove down to Harvey Cedars and the U-turned. Headed back up to the S jetty but no more hits. Had the beach all to myself. The fish are here. Happy holidays and tight lines....

Angler Name : Mike Copeman
E-Mail :
Boat Name: RENEGADE
Date Fished: 12/24/04
Location: Casino Pier
Fishing Method: Jig / Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Upto 10lbs.
Bait or Lure: Shads / Spoons
Water Depth: 40-70
Water Temp.: 46
Information : Jigged a lot of small fish off Ortley. Trolling off Casino Pier in 70 ft yielded a few slots. Plenty of small bass still around. Couldn't miss the schools on the fishfinder, every drop produced double and triple headers. Forecast for NW winds was way off, blew NE all morning.

Angler Name : squan man
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Four Beers
Date Fished: 12-19-04
Location: Boat off Bayhead
Fishing Method: Casting and jigging plastic
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20" - 28"
Bait or Lure: 6" white & bunker storms
Water Depth: 15' - 50'
Water Temp.:
Information : Left the manasquan inlet at noon and fished under tons of birds off bayhead from the suds to a half mile out. Nothing big but alot of fish and bait. It looked like all the surfcasters on the beach were also nailing them. Keep fishing there still swirling.

Angler Name : Bruce (Cuz) Vitale
E-Mail : bvcuz@prodigy.net
Boat Name: Capt. Cal-Belmar, N.J.
Date Fished: 12/19/04
Location: Elberon (2 miles off)
Fishing Method: Double anchor
Specie: Blackfish
Size: 3-11 lbs.
Bait or Lure: green crabs
Water Depth: 50 ft.
Water Temp.: 47 degrees
Information : This was the day that you always hear about the day after. Forty anglers caught over 150 "togs" up to 11 lbs. One angler caught and released 25. It was a make up day for all the other so-so days you fish so hard for a couple of keepers. Capt. Brock Dalton was on his numbers twice and held both spots quite well. I got a lickin' all morning with just two fish watching everyone else hammering blackfish. It started out in the usual blackfish sort of way. But in the afternoon, I caught eight in a row filling my quota. They had me talking to myself all morning. Ten ounce sinkers, 40 lb flurocarbon leader tied onto a size 4 Virginia hook turned things around.

Angler Name : mike copeman
E-Mail :
Boat Name: RENEGADE
Date Fished: 12/16/04
Location: Bay Head to Casino Pier
Fishing Method: Jig/troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 25 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Spoons, Stretchs, Shads, Braids
Water Depth: 10-80
Water Temp.: 47
Information : Jigged a lot of small fish 20-26" off Mantaloking. Trolled off Seaside and had bass up to 25lbs. Schools of bass and birds as far as you could see. Some herring were also boated upto 3lbs.

Angler Name : Bruce (Cuz) Vitale
E-Mail : bvcuz@prodigy.net
Boat Name: Skipper-Belmar, N.J.
Date Fished: 12/16/04
Location: 2 miles off Long Branch, N.J.
Fishing Method: Double anchor
Specie: Blackfish
Size: 2-9 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Green crabs
Water Depth: 45-60 ft.
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Captain Mark anchored at four different rock bottom spots off Long Branch. Fish were picky, but everyone managed some fish. Not my best day or my worst. Still, we did better than the other headboats, again. I like the way this captain moves around till he finds a bite.

Angler Name : Mike DiRosa
E-Mail : 26reg@comcast.net
Boat Name: INSOMNIAC
Date Fished: 12/13
Location: Seaside
Fishing Method: Jig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20" to 32"
Bait or Lure: Mega Baits & teasers
Water Depth: 20' to 30'
Water Temp.: 51Degs
Information : Got off work early, and with sky's clearing and west wind I decided to take a last shot at some stripers. We headed south and things did not look promising at first, no bait, no birds, no boats and it started raining with hail mixed in. I almost turned around and bagged it, But the sky looked clear south so we keep going. We got about to Lavellette and it was going off! Stopped on the first flock of birds and had a mix of bass and blues with none stop action for about an hour. We moved south to the piers and had nothing but bass for the rest of the trip,I'm sorry I can't keep the boat in the water a little longer but I had a great end of the season run, catch you guy's in the spring.

Angler Name : Dave
E-Mail : davidtanya@att.net
Boat Name: Special T
Date Fished: 12 Dec (Sun)
Location: Lavallette to Seaside
Fishing Method: Jig slow realling Crocodiles nd live herring
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 14 lbs
Bait or Lure: crocodiles and herring..
Water Depth: 40 ft
Water Temp.: 48
Information : Couple small Bass and two blues on Crocodiles. Snagging herring on readings was absolutely deadly. Every herring we dropped in had a fish - max time was about 3 mins for one dead herring... trollers off Seaside looked like had a tough day... we ended up with about 12 fish keeping four A one point the bait readings off T bird wer 30 feet thick. Snagged a small BOSTON Mackerel. Nice year end trip maybe time for one more... Tolman Skiffs Rock

Angler Name : John Light
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/12/2004
Location: Off Barnegat
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 35"
Bait or Lure: Shad & Eel Rigs
Water Depth: 30 To 50 Ft.
Water Temp.: 49 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the John Light charter on board the Bounty Hunter and with no positive reports coming down from the north decided to look for the Bass to the south. We found the Stripers south of Manasquan Inlet and there were plenty of them. Trolling Shad & Tube rigs the 6 man charter quickly limited out on Slot and Bonus fish. Trolling over the next 4 hours the charter added 1 Bass of 35" to the catch and released another 45+ Bass along with half a dozen Bluefish.

Angler Name : squan man
E-Mail :
Boat Name: leaking
Date Fished: 12-12-04
Location: manasquan
Fishing Method: casting rubber
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20" - 27"
Bait or Lure: storm
Water Depth: 14' - 40'
Water Temp.: 51
Information : We landed 20 stripers 1/4 to 1 mile off beach. Marked alot of bait and stripers everywhere. Also landed 4 nice blues.

Angler Name : Buckthefluke
E-Mail : bill@durstcorp.com
Boat Name: Brown Eyed Babe II
Date Fished: 12/12/04
Location: Seaside Piers & South
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25"-39"
Bait or Lure: Shads & Spoons
Water Depth: 55'
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Last trip of the year for me.Started at Spring Lake Hotel .After 7 Blues & 1 Slot I went straight done to Seaside. It was none stop Bass for 3 hrs. Most were Slots but 6 were over 30" up to a .39" 25 lbr. that I released.Great way to end the season.Happy Holidays & great fishing to all .Another Glorious Day At Sea. Join the R.F.A. & fight to get our fair quotas!!!.

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolman@aol.com
Boat Name: Gambler
Date Fished: 12/12/04
Location: Manasquan Inlet-Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Jig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25"s
Bait or Lure: Krocodile Spoons
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Today was a prime example of the old cliche, you should have been here yesterday. Yesterday 15 fares had 50 bass, majority over 30"s. Today 23 fares accounted for 1 slot bass (taken on the first drop), 3 twinkies (taken on the the last 2 drifts) & 1 bluefish (taken sometime during the middle of the trip). Niether Jason or I had so much as a bump all day. Only bird life we saw was at the beginning of Sandy Hook. That's right, I said Sandy Hook we steamed north (making a drops on bait readings as we went) from Manasquan Inlet until we were 1/4 north of the Highlands Bridge. Made a few more drops on our way back south, then moved offshore in the area of the Klondike before ending the day with a few drifts tight to the beach about 2 miles north of the inlet.

Angler Name : Cesar A. Jovine
E-Mail : cjovine@perthamboynj.gov
Boat Name: sea pigeon-perth amboy
Date Fished: 12/12/04
Location: 1-3 miles offshore
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Blackfish
Size: 2-5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: clams/green crabs
Water Depth: 20-60 feet
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Spent the day fishing on the sea-pigeon out of Perth Amboy. The Blackfish trip quickly turned out to be a ling trip. Few blackfish were caught but most anglers managed 10-15 ling apiece. Strong winds, but cpt. Marty still managed to put us on fish. Good job captain..

Angler Name : Capt. Ken
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Tikki Tembo
Date Fished: 12/09
Location: Spring Lake
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 35"
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 49
Information : Trolled along the beach for several hours in pm. Good amount of bait and caught 7 bass from shorts to one at 35". Also caught 2 bluefish Spoons were most productive. Don't quit for the season just yet.

Angler Name : Hal Hall
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/09/2004
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Blackfish
Size: Up to 11 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs
Water Depth: 70 Ft.
Water Temp.: 49 Degrees
Information : It was one drop fishing for the Hal Hall charter as Capt. Paul anchored the Bounty Hunter on one of his favorite drops and the charter went on to have the seasons best day of Blackfishing thus far. The changing wind direction forced us to change the 2 anchor position 3 times but the Tog just kept biting. At days end the charter had a limit catch of 48 Blackfish in the box with the larger fish ranging in size from 5 Lbs.up to 11 Lbs they also released another 25 shorts.

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 12/09/04
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Finally got out today after 3 days of lousy weather. Fish were very spooky in the AM. Had a few patches working, when we got there they would break up. Stop and pick on readings, that's pretty much the case for the whole day. Smaller fish thou, only a few slots, the rest Rats!. STill an odd Bluefish around, not many.....looks like Friday will be a washout again. Capt. Ron

Angler Name : Ken Juillet
E-Mail : Ken@uhe.com
Boat Name: Joe Blow V
Date Fished: 12-8-04
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Rapala
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Capt Robin Ricca and my good friend of the Insurance world, Dave Kusel trolled the Joe Blow V all day at the shrewsbury Rocks. Capt Robin lost one fish near the boat. Recorded many fish all day long but they had lock jaw. Even the birds were not cooperating as they mainly remained inactive throuhout this windy day. Better luck bext year!

Angler Name : Tom Headley
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/08/2004
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 33"
Bait or Lure: Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 25 to 45 Ft.
Water Temp.: 49 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Tom Headley charter on board the Bounty Hunter today and ran up to the Monmouth Beach area. We found the Stripers stacked up in 40 Ft. of water and they were on the Shad rigs immediately. We had good bird play for about an hour then the birds broke up and it was strictly Trolling on reads. The charter limited out on Slot and Bonus fish Up to 33" then went on to release another 30+ Bass.

Angler Name : Tony C
E-Mail : tcava1@earthlink.net
Boat Name: The Fisherman
Date Fished: 12/5/04
Location: Ocean
Fishing Method: Jig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to - 6 lbs
Bait or Lure: Jig
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : No one can say that this captain takes the easy way out and does not give you 100 percent! Down the beach as far as the eye could see there was life. Birds diving on peanuts, large ocean herring and bass, bass and more bass with a fair number of blues mixed in is the report from this angler. Captain Ron adjusted constantly to keep us on the action even when the fish got boat shy and finicky. The day ended as it began with consistent action. Personally landed around 20 fish mostly skipping a 27 on the bottom, a 4oz crippled herring worked in the same manner. Fish were mostly shorts and slots; the biggest on the boat was perhaps 14 lbs. A great day in December and beautiful weather to boot!

Angler Name : Kurt Gaiser
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/05/2004
Location: Local Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Blackfish
Size: Up to 8 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs
Water Depth: 75 Ft.
Water Temp.: 50 Degrees
Information : The Kurt Gaiser charter was on board the Bounty Hunter for a day of Blackfishing. Capt. Paul made two drops on local wrecks in 75 ft.of water and that was sufficient for the charter to put 41 Blackfish up to 8 Lbs. in the fish box. Green Crabs accounted for all the bites.

Angler Name : Mike Copeman
E-Mail :
Boat Name: RENEGADE
Date Fished: 12/05/04
Location: Red Church
Fishing Method: Jig/Trioll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20 lbs
Bait or Lure: Everything
Water Depth: 10-60
Water Temp.: 51
Information : Fished Sunday afternoon into the dark and had great action from about 3:00 on. The bass out numbered the blues 10 to 1, finally!

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: Gambler
Date Fished: 12-05-04
Location: Asbury Park-Long Branch
Fishing Method: Jig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 12-35.5"
Bait or Lure: 5 & 7 Ounce Krocodile Spoons
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Once we broke Manasquan Inlet we made a beeline north and didn't stop until we were slightly north of Asbury Park. Fished between here & the Red Church in Long Branch anywhere from 3/4 mile to 2 miles off the beach. Birds were up & working all day. From small patchs to about an acre. Fares had bass right right from go on the first drop. Took Jason & I a few minutes to figure out the speed of the retrieve they wanted but once we did we were into bass as well. At first all you had to do was drop to the bottom and reel back. Later they semed to like a little jigging action off the bottom before the retrieve. 5 and 7 ounce Krocodile spoons were the jig of choice today. Some bass were taken on AVA 047s. I felt the 7 ounce spoon was better as it got down quicker in the fast drift. Most of the bass were either under 24"s or in the 24-28" class. there were several bonus tag bass (28-34") as well as several 34"+ bass. My biggest taped out at 35.5"s and weighed 16.25 pounds on my hand held scale. This was beat out in the pool by a #17. I'd estimate that there were 150-175 bass caught in total for the 30 fares. There were about 40-50 bluefish from 5-12 pounds caught as well. I totaled 9 bass, 1 bluefish, 1 skate and 1 dogfish. Jason jigged up 6 bass and 2 bluefish

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 12/4/04
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Finally!!! Very good jigging today. Started out at Ambrose, caught a few smaller fish on jigs and one nice one on eels. Had no drift with the wind against the tide. Took a chance and headed down the beach, good thing, Bird life and fish from North Beach to Monmouth Beach, just like it should be. Plenty of bait around with pods of fish inshore and off. Slots and Shorts, some bigger blues also. We did manage 3 fish over 15 pounds. Can't wait till tommorrow! Capt. Ron

Angler Name : Werner & Wolfgang Sprie
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/04/2004
Location: South of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 35"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 40 Ft.
Water Temp.: 49 Degrees
Information : Release fishermen Werner & Wolfgang Sprie were on board the Bounty Hunter Saturday. Over the past several years they have had some great days of Bass fishing but none of those days could top yesterday. The Bass were on our Eel rigs as soon as they hit the water and they never stopped biting for the next 4 hours. Fish ranging from Slot size up to 35" Keepers were landed and released repeatedly thru the morning. Let's just say number of fish returned to the water was far greater than any of their previous trips.

Angler Name : Steve
E-Mail : sfabiyan@comcast.net
Boat Name: Reel Appeal
Date Fished: 12/4/04
Location: IBSP
Fishing Method: troll and jig
Specie: Sheepshead
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : With reports all week about the fish down south, ran the bay and out of Barnegat Inlet instead of Manasquan, makes for a real nice ride! Started trolling just north of the inlet and marked plenty....caught double headers moving up toward the pavilion and had more of the same. Stopped with plenty of bird action and hit them on the jig. Nice thing was no bluefish. Looks like the fishing is really just beginning!

Angler Name : Greg
E-Mail : gpavs92@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Storm Front
Date Fished: 12/4/04
Location: Mantolking to Seaside
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 20lbs
Bait or Lure: Metal w/ feather teaser
Water Depth: 40 ft
Water Temp.: 51
Information : Ran south out of Manasquan, saw birds working off of Mantoloking. Started jigging, had a constant pick of bass & blues all day long. Worked schools & readings al the way to Seaside before working the same thing back northward. We easily caught our limits and started releasing the rest. All in all, we caught 50+ bass, plus blues, herring, dog sharks & sun dials. We spoke to several people who were about 4 miles farther south and they had all the bass you wanted.We ended our day & season with a double header of 30 inc plus bass - great day to be on the water!

Angler Name : brendan lynch
E-Mail : blynch1045@aol.com
Boat Name: nildalynn
Date Fished: 12-04-04
Location: sandy hook channel
Fishing Method: troll,jig,bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 15'-35
Bait or Lure: eels,shad rigs&buck tails
Water Depth: 50'
Water Temp.: 49
Information : could not do anything wrong today 40+bass,10 blues,and 8 dogfish,hate to say it quit from being tierd of reeling in fish!!!

Angler Name : "Mac" MacSherry
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/03/2004
Location: South of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 37"
Bait or Lure: Shad & Eel Rigs
Water Depth: 25 to 45 Ft.
Water Temp.: 50 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the "Mac" MacSherry charter on board the Bounty Hunter and found the Bass south of Manasquan Inlet. Trolling umbrella rigs in 25 Ft. of water the charter had a steady pick of Stripers up to 37" along with big Bluefish. With a brisk NW wind coming on we called it a day at noon, but not before the 6 man charter had limited out on Slot and Bonus fish. In addition a Bass of 37" along with 18 Blues was in the box. Another 40+ Bass were released

Angler Name : Mike & Rich Copeman
E-Mail : cap.copeman@verizon.net
Boat Name: renegade
Date Fished: 12-3-04
Location: Rocks
Fishing Method: trolling and jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: shads
Water Depth: 25-60-
Water Temp.: 53-53
Information : Trolled the rocks for 2 hours no luck ,headed back south found birds 2-3 miles off the beech between shark river and shooting range.Caught some nice size bass. Was home by 12 noon