Angler Name : john
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 12/30/06
Location: sandy hook/sea bright
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 14-22 inches
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : fished from about 7:30 till noon. started off in the shrewsburr river because the guys at julians bait and takle told us there were loads of bunker and tons of srtipers in the river over the past week. well, they werent there when we fished. so we went all over trying to find the fish between sandy hook and sea bright and the town below sea bright. we only caught fish at sea bright on clams during th begining of the outgoing tide. fun day hope to be out again soon.

Angler Name : Brendan E Lynch
E-Mail : blynch1045@aol.com
Boat Name: Nildalyn
Date Fished: 12-30-06
Location: between the channels
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22" to34"
Bait or Lure: shad rigs
Water Depth: 28'to65'
Water Temp.: 47f
Information : We started fishing 11am on the red side of sandyhook channel picked up our first fish and only keeper at the last marker.Fished for 4hours finished the day at the 1 can in ambrose getting 22"-25" two at atime.I would like to thank capt ron of "the fisherman" for taking the time to post his reports.

Angler Name : roy
E-Mail : rauert4@msn.com
Boat Name: Elaine B
Date Fished: 12/30/06
Location: schrew rocks,rattlesnake
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: up to 6-7lbs
Bait or Lure: green crabs
Water Depth: 40-70'
Water Temp.: upper 40's
Information : Tough day fishing, Capt worked hard, made about 8 drops,I had the only keeper(15 inches), until about noon, when we started getting a few more. Only had 10 or 12 keepers for the whole boat, pool fish went around 7 lbs, only 2 fish over 4 lbs.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 12/30/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: jigs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Just about the same fishing as the past two days...Stinko! A shot at some shorts in the AM, a few keepers off shore and not much anywhere else. Bait is still around, water temp is fine, maybe they just took a few days off? Hopefully well get another shot this week to finish it out....sounds like I'm a little gready!! Capt.ron

Angler Name : Jim, Pat John
E-Mail : bluewater31@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Out of the Blue
Date Fished: 12/29/2006
Location: Between the Channels
Fishing Method: Jig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: under 28
Bait or Lure: metal and plastic
Water Depth: 30-50
Water Temp.: 50's
Information : Had fun with the shorts but keepers were scarce. Side note..As a private boater I'd like to thank Capt. Ron from the Fisherman for his consistent and HONEST reports day in and day out. I'm sure there are many of us that keep an eye on this page and value his experience and dedication to his profession. Hope to see you here in 2007!

Angler Name : Ted Sislian
E-Mail : 4portia@comcast.net
Boat Name: Bandit IV
Date Fished: 12-29-06 and 12-30-06
Location: Indian River Delaware
Fishing Method:
Specie: Blackfish
Size: 4LBS
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs
Water Depth: 50-85
Water Temp.: 53
Information : I took a trip on the Bandit IV sailing out of Indian River Delaware. The fishing was good but the water was still a little warm. The crew was great made it a very enjoyable trip. I'll be back again for sure.

Angler Name : John & Dave
E-Mail : rockysdad@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Lynda Mae
Date Fished: 12/29/06
Location: Sandy Hook Reef
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: up to 13lbs
Bait or Lure: Green crabs
Water Depth: 45
Water Temp.: 48
Information : I started out striper fishing and it was slow so I decided to go to the reef and try some taug fishing. We found a rusted out something that was holding fish. The first few fish got cut off on the sharp edges of the wreck. We had a steady pick at fish to 5 lbs when a big 13 pounder hit I was happy that I had just changed my leader due to having a few cuts in it. Great fight and another nice fish. If the weather holds, I will be out to get my limit of four fish on my next trip.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 12/29/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: jigs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 46
Information : Well, the crap had to hit the fan sometime..why not today, with a boat load of customers!! Started out with lots of bird life and bait, read piles of fish under the boat, thought we would bail them...picked at the smaller fish....Slack happened early so we headed offshore to look around, read fish and bait again, caught Mackrel! Went further south then into the rocks, picked a few small fish there, including 2 Whiting!! Back up to the channels trying to pull another rabbit out my #**...no such luck. A few more small fish....had all the pleasure everyone could stand..They actually cheered when I blew 3 to come home!! Should have been here yesterday...as the saying goes. Capt.Ron

Angler Name : danboylan
E-Mail : danboylan1951
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 12/28/06
Location: the reef and the hook
Fishing Method: crabs and jigs
Specie: Blackfish
Size: 5lbs
Bait or Lure: crabs/jigs
Water Depth: 25/60
Water Temp.:
Information : had a pretty good day jumping around the reef managed a pretty good pull of blackfish to 5 lbs.Made the afternoon run between the channels for all the short stripers you wanted,1 keeper. It was a great way to end 2006 and from the looks of the young striper population we should have a good 2007. Happy New Year to all tight lines.

Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Date Fished: 12/28/2006
Location: WAY NORTH OF SR INLET
Fishing Method: JIG
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: RATS TO 31"
Bait or Lure: JIGS
Water Depth: 30-60
Water Temp.: 47.5 - 48.5
Information : MADE AN AFTERNOON RUN WITH 3 BUDDIES AND ENDED UP IN THE SHADOW OF NEW YORK CITY. CAUGHT LOTS OF FISH ON THE JIGS BUT ONLY MANAGED 1 KEEPER. NICE FLAT 50 MILE ROUND TRIP. GONNA CALL IT QUITS BEFORE I END UP IN DIVORCE COURT. SEE YOU ALL IN THE SPRING. GOD BLESS AMERICA AND NEVER FORGET 9/11/2001 OR THE 3300+ US SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN SINCE WHO HAVE MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE TO PROTECT OUR FREEDOM.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 12/28/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: jigs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 45
Information : Had a shot of smaller fish in the AM...left to go find the bigger fish of the past few days...No gannets diving, and only some small readings in which we did manage a few shots of nicer fish. Lost a 30 pounder at the boat! Big fish never turned so we headed back to the shallow water. Lots of bird life, smaller fish and the occasional 28 inch fish, Plenty of action...Nice to have had that to come back too or I would have been a dead man!!! capt.ron

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 12/27/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: JIGS
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 43
Information : Excellant fishing again today! Just as good as Sunday, only the bite lasted longer. Two of the first fish in the boat were over 25 pounds! Many limits for the large crowd aboard today. Fished in 55 to 65 ft. of water..the heavier jigs worked a bit better with the NW wind at 30 knots. Had gannets diving on the herring, which is a sight to see itself.......gotta love this time of year! Don't wait, it won't last forever........capt.ron

Angler Name : Matt P
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 11/26
Location: The Rocks
Fishing Method: jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: average 26"
Bait or Lure: jigs
Water Depth: 40- 60
Water Temp.:
Information : went out nice and early with Al Ristory and the crew... found nothing on the way to the rocks... once we scouted the area for a while the birds started working. We caught a few shorts and right as it looked like it was going to break open... it died! We decided to see how it was offshore. Winds kicked up and it was nearly unfishable. We saw a pack of birds and on the way the fuel filter died. It was a long 3 hour ride home on one engine. It was interestingly fun! Thanks Russ!!

Angler Name : capt.ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 12/26/06
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Just a note, we are sailing everyday, as long as the fish hang around and the Weather sounds good...Water temp is still up there and no sign of any major cold fronts yet....Amazing that the Striped Bass may replace Whiting as a winter fishery!!!! capt.ron

Angler Name : Harry
E-Mail : stormc1000@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Beach
Date Fished: 12/24/2006
Location: Seaside Heights beach
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: keeper
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: surf
Water Temp.: warm
Information : We needed fish for a traditional Christmas Eve Dinner. Got to the beach at exactly sunrise and fished the incoming tide. 1 hour, 1 fat striper and a few skates. Dinner was great and we have some left over. Merry Christmas

Angler Name : Captain Ray Burke
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Mad Gaffer II
Date Fished: 12/24
Location: Sea Bright
Fishing Method: Bottom And Jig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 25 Lbs
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs and Avas
Water Depth: 45
Water Temp.: 50
Information : We caught the blackfish pretty good in the morning. Saw birds working and we were the only boat around. We jigged the bass and limited out in an hour on fish up to 25 LBS. Great late December fishing!! We are sailing all this week, so call for a reservation at 703-803-6276. Happy Holidays!!

Angler Name : Tim
E-Mail :
Boat Name: TIMMY
Date Fished: 12/24/06
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 8--- 25 l.b.s
Bait or Lure: Bunker Spoon
Water Depth: 40-- 65'
Water Temp.: 48.5
Information : Started about 8:ooam,out the manasquan inlet,decided to head north.Seen alot of birds,but nothing happening.Kept my north heading,to the north of the rocks,trolled a bit hit, our first fish,at approx.25 lbs. Set them back in and both rods had a strike,Bam,Bam,Fish Onn!!!!!!!!!! Two fish ,one at 8.2lbs,28",the other at 32" 12lbs,and the 25 pounder,was 36" very fat.11:00am came,the wind was blowing,time to go....Birds on the way,but still no action,Not a bad Christmas Eve gift,Thank you..Tight lines

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 12/24/06
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: jigs
Water Depth: 65ft.
Water Temp.:
Information : After the butt kicking we took yesterday, today was a different story. Started out with absolutly no life anywhere..between the channels was dead, the beach was dead as well as the rocks. Had one keeper till 11:30. Wind started cranking again at the change of tide...found gannets going crazy offshore in 65 ft. of water and proceded to kick butt on the Bass...3 of us had the nets going for over an hour and a half on fish to 20 pounds! Limited the boat out with 3 fish per person with bonus tags....total over 60 keepers! Nice XMAS presant for those with us today. Sailing this coming week, although tuesday doesn't sound good right now. Hard SW wind with rain. Wends. sounds a bit better with 20 out of the west...Would like to at least make it till next weekend, then go from there......Happy Holidays!! capt.ron

Angler Name : Capt. Mike Copeman
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Renegade
Date Fished: 12/24
Location: The Rocks
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Upto 20 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Anything
Water Depth: 20-75
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Renegade ran open boat on Sunday, action started at 11:30 am with over 80 bass released in 2 hours of crazy fishing. Renegade will be running for at least another week for striper bass. Large fish still being taken off Montauk so it should hold for another couple of weeks.

Angler Name : CAPT. BRUCE MILLER
E-Mail : NSTAR1216@AOL.COM
Boat Name: NORTHERN STAR
Date Fished: 12/20
Location: SHREWS ROCKS
Fishing Method: CROCS AND TROLLING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20- 32
Bait or Lure: CROCKS AND SHAD RIGS
Water Depth: 35-65
Water Temp.: 48
Information : FUEL AND HIT THE ROCKS BY 8 AM LOTS OF BIRDS ALL OVER SOME BAIT BUT NO MARKS UNDER THEM. AFTER REPORTS THIS IS THE PLACE TO BE, SAW LITTLE OR NO ACTION ON OTHER BOATS. LIFTED 10-15 SHORTS AND 1 KEEPER AT 31" LEFT AT 1130 FOR HAUL OUT AT 130 HI-N-DRI BY 230. FIGHT OR YOUR RIGHT TO KEEP A FEW FISH

E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 12/20/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: jigs/shad/storms
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 45.5
Information : Once again, loads of bird life in our channel to start the day. The bite didn't really happen though until the current came through, then it was very nice fishing. Had 2 good drifts on bigger fish, then the smaller ones took over. Did that for awhile then left the area. Found much bigger fish in 65 ft. of water. Most of the boat limited out and used there bonus tags! Hard to beleave after last year catching only shorts this time...Pool fish 24 pounds with a few others in the low 20's!! Won't last forever and only a few days left till XMAS. Hopefully the week after will still have some decent weather....if anyone has any money left! capt.ron

Angler Name : George
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Northern Star
Date Fished: 12/20/06
Location: Rocks
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Played hooky today and fished a few hours with Capt. Bruce on the Northern Star. Incredible weather, flat seas, large whale off of Asbury and tons of birds off S. Rocks. Lots of fish on light tackle, spoons and shads rigs. Get out and enjoy it while it lasts! ps: Thanks for the horseradish.

Angler Name : capt.bruce miller
E-Mail : nstart 1216@aol.com
Boat Name: northernstar
Date Fished: 12-18-06
Location: lavalet
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 32"
Bait or Lure: shad rigs
Water Depth: 45-55
Water Temp.: 49
Information : left 8am went south to thunderbird no birds or bait like all week but by o/ beach set poles and trolled to ortly found bait----no birds and didn't mark fish picked some shorts a 28' AND LEFT AT 10 30 AM WITH A 31" BASS NOT BAD DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT MUCH HAPPENING BUT COPLAINTS-- WEDNESDAY I COULD GO BEFORE I HAUL FOR THE SEASON. FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO FISH AND GOD BLESS US ALL--MERRY CHRISTMAS AND BETTER NEXT SPRING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 12/18/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: jigs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 46.5
Information : Amazing amount of life again this morning..caught fish right away on the jigs...not as many keepers as yesterday and the action slowed down in the afternoon...way too spoiled after yesterdays fishing! Joe SantosStephano, Bath, PA did it again. His big one today topped out at 26 3/4 pounds! Joe started the 2006 season in the spring with a 39.8 pounder! Told him 2 more bunker in the belly and he would have made the exclusive 40 pound club!!!! Great day on the water once again..... Do you think the Wife will get it, when I tell her I didn't have time to shop for Xmas, with all this great fishing going on??? Could be my last reports!! Capt.ron

Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: LOGIC 210 CC
Date Fished: 12/18/06
Location: OCEAN
Fishing Method: ROD/REEL
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: UP TO 25 LBS.
Bait or Lure: POPPERS
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.:
Information : Started the day blackfishing with one short and numerous bergalls. A short ride to the south to the working birds produced numerous short stripers, plus several keepers up to 24 3/4 lbs. 41 1/2 inches. Large numbers of shorts were also taken in Sandy Hook channel on jigs and poppers. Great day on the water.

Angler Name : Tom Headley
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/17/2006
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 28 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Spoons & Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 25 to 70 Ft.
Water Temp.: 50 Degrees
Information : Tom Headley closed out the Bounty Hunter 2006 season with his 3rd charter this week. Capt. Paul ran the Bounty Hunter up to the Shrewsbury Rocks and started the day pulling Spoons. The SSW wind slowed the bite but the big Bass were there for the taking. The charter boxed 4 Bass while Spooning, the 2 largest a 28 lb fish boated by Tom and a 23 pounder landed by Don Murphy. A switch over to pulling Shad Rigs added another 6 keepers to the catch while an additional 23 shorts were released. THE 2007 SEASON IS BOOKING UP FAST. NOW IS THE TIME TO CALL AND RESERVE YOUR 2007 DATES. DON'T MISS THE BOAT. CALL 732-323-8700.

Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Date Fished: 12/17/06
Location: NORTH OF SR INLET
Fishing Method: TROLL
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20#
Bait or Lure: SHAD RIGS/SPOONS
Water Depth: 40-65
Water Temp.: 48.5
Information : OUT EARLY WITH MY SON, NEPHEW AND A BUDDY FROM WORK - FOUND THE BASS RIGHT AWAY AND WERE ABLE TO PUT A LIMIT OF 8 FISH IN THE BOX TO 20# RELEASED ANOTHER DOZEN OR SO SHORT FISH. LOTS OF BOATS AND NOT SO MUCH COURTESY AND COMMON SENSE MADE FOR DIFFICULT FISHING CONDITIONS. GREAT DAY ON THE WATER - I HOPE IT LASTS ANOTHER COUPLE OF WEEKS. GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS AND THEIR FAMILIES!!!

Angler Name : John
E-Mail : trapperjohnawrs@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Benchmark
Date Fished: 12/15, 12/16, 12/17
Location: Hatteras, North Carolina
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: Up To 40 lbs
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 500 Fathems
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Had 3 excellent days of tuna fishing. Down in NC the fish are within 30 miles and it reminded me of old fashioned mud hole tuna fishing loaded up all three days the marina where capt Nick is keeping his boat has efficiency available at reasonable rates. we are going back down in January by then the giants should of set up residence and the yft is suppose to be even better

Angler Name : john
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 12/17
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: storm shads/ clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Was at the beach and in the water by about 7:30. We did not see any one hooking up. We were at the beach for a few hours without a hit and decided to try bayside. Threw shads and topwaters with not strikes. Where did they go?

Angler Name : pete mehalik
E-Mail : pnej@verizon.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 12-17-06
Location: sandy hook chanel
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 23 inch
Bait or Lure: jig and clam
Water Depth: 30 foot
Water Temp.: 43
Information : Great day on the water.fished with my friend Ken.Caught 9 right off, then decided to look for bigger fish and didn't find any more fish.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 12/17/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Jigs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 46.5
Information : Excellent Jig fishing today..right from the first stop, throughout the day! Big fish, Little fish, Slots, you name it, we caught it...Stew Silverman was the man today, after practicing yesterday on the medium and small fish, today he limited out, won the pool with a very nice 20 1/2 pounder and tossed back his share of last years keepers. Several limits on the boat. Great day on the water...doesn't get any better than this...capt.ron

Angler Name : Brendan E Lynch
E-Mail : blynch1045@aol.com
Boat Name: NILDALYN
Date Fished: 12-17-06
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 34"
Bait or Lure: shad rigs
Water Depth: 42ft
Water Temp.: 51f
Information : Trolled between sandy hook and ambrose channel 25 fish 2keepers,2 big blues .While fighting a fish on a shad rig hooked up a second fish 30#+but lost her.The larger bass spit up 8"ling and the bluefish spit out half a mackeral.Maybe one more week?

Angler Name : Brian Walsh
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Surf fishing
Date Fished: 12/16/06
Location: Sea Bright
Fishing Method: bottom fishing
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 15 inches
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 10 feet
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Started surf fishing at 2:00 at Sea Bright beach. used clams as bait and got a lot of hits. About an hour later We got our first fish. A short striped bass. The rest of the day we got lots of hits but no fish. Couldn't hook up. The guys around us were all getting stripers and skates. They were all short stripers. Left at 4:30 right before dark

Angler Name : Tom Headley
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/16/2006
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling & Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 33 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Spoons, Plugs & Jigs
Water Depth: 30 to 70 Ft.
Water Temp.: 50 Degrees
Information : Tom Headley who can never get his fill of Striper fishing returned to the Bounty Hunter today and had one of this seasons great days. Capt. Paul ran up to the Shrewsbury Rocks and got into the Bass action immediately. Starting off trolling Spoons the charter put 4 Bass in the boat within minutes. We switched over to casting plugs and jigging for a while and added another 4 Bass to the catch. A return to Spooning got us into the bigger Bass and we boxed another 4 keepers the largest a 42" beauty landed by Tom. The fish tipped the scales at 33 lbs. We finished up at Noon with a limit catch plus 4 Bonus fish in the box. Over 30 additional keepers and shorts were released.

Angler Name : Steve Hanstein
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Mary M
Date Fished: Sat.
Location: cape may
Fishing Method: anchor
Specie: Tautog
Size: to seven pounds
Bait or Lure: crabs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Great day down in cape may. The fish started biting on the first drop and never stopped. My first blackfish limit of the year to seven pounds. caught many keepers and shorts. could not ask for a better day in december. a great way to spend my birthday weekend. Steve H

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 12/16/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: jigs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 46.5
Information : Totally different area today, but the same results as yesterday! Very good jig fishing on mixed size fish. Plenty of keepers, with Bob Zumbo, Brick, NJ, taking home the big one at 22 1/2 pounds...Amazing the action we had yesterday, wasn't there today. Weather is incredable for this time of year and looks good for the next few days. Water temp still 45 1/2 degrees and there's plenty of bait around....sailing as long as they bite! capt.ron

Angler Name : CAPT RICH
E-Mail : JUST1MORE@OPTONLINE.NET
Boat Name: JUST ONE MORE
Date Fished: 12/13/06
Location: SANDY HOOK REEF
Fishing Method: BOTTOM
Specie: Tautog
Size: 11 - 13 LBS.
Bait or Lure: GREEN CRABS
Water Depth: 55'
Water Temp.: 48.3
Information : Hello to all the fishermen out there. We are simply catching HUGH blackfish, the last 3 days. Starting Saturday, we had aboad Nick DiSarrio and crew. The first fish brought up by Nick was 6 lbs. ! Not a bad start. We caught some other keepers and then Tommy Birds caught an 11 lb. monster. We thought that was the large fish for the day, but it was not. The last fish of the day and the biggest was a whistle fish. Nick again did it , this time with a 13 lb. slob !! It was Nick's largest blackfish ever. We also had plenty of fish in the 6-8 lb. range and ended the day with over 30 boxed and many shorts released. With that 13 lb. fish that Nick caught, the record for the largest tog caught on the ' Just One More' fell. The old record of 12 lbs., which was caught by yours truely, was blown out of the water with Nick's fish. Congratulations Nick. Sunday, Nick was back but with a different crew. Hugh blackfish were caught again. The largest of the day, was another WHOPPER at 12 lbs. and was caught by Bill Stephens from New Century Transportation. Bill never blackfished before but caught 15 fish total. We had plenty of fish again in the 5-7 lb. range. Monday had the Frank Blanch charter aboard and we had a super catch again. We started off by casting to the birds in the bay and landed about a dozen schoolie stripers. Then we hit the tog grounds. And the fight was on ! The fish were only up to 8 lbs. this time. But Frank's brother in law, Mike, had on and lost two fish that would have given the large fish from the days before a run for their money!! The stiff rod was bent in half both times but the line broke on structure. It has been super blackfishing. I have never seen blackfish this big and so consistant. So I was going to pull the boat out of the water this week. But with the blackfishing sooooo good and the weather going to be in the 60's for the next week or so, I am going to stay in longer. They are calling for 60 PLUS degrees on Thursday ! I am open all week, this weekend, and the beginning of next week. Who wants to catch some slob TOG ? www.just1morecharters.com 908-472-2684

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 12/13/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: jigs/shads
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 46
Information : Finally!!! After the drubbing we took yesterday, the bite came back with avengance today. Huge swell and a slow bite to start. Had the end of the tide, no current what so ever. Found a small patch of birds working and picked at the bass..first 3 were keepers then a few shorts. Finally got some current around 12:30 and all hell broke loose! Limited the boat out with 14 guys, fish up to 22 pounds...biggest fish in 2 weeks. Jigs, Crocs and Shads were the hot set up as the fish were feeding on Herring....Feel like a new man!! Just hope it wasn't a tease.... capt.ron

Angler Name : Mike Lewis
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/12/2006
Location: Off Lavallette
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 33"
Bait or Lure: Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 40 to 70 Ft.
Water Temp.: 49 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Mike Lewis charter on board the Bounty Hunter and headed to the south of Manasquan Inlet. An early morning stiff NE wind had the ocean rolling and drifting conditions were not good. We went to the Shad Rigs and Trolled the area off Lavallette where the birds were active. We had another early pick on the Bass but by 11AM it was over for us. The charter picked thru the short fish and boxed 7 Stripers up to 33" while releasing over 40 shorts. Unless something dramatic changes this may be our last shot at the Bass this year.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 12/12/06
Location: everywhere
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 46
Information : Where do we start?? Terrible roll between the channels, the little bird life that was there, didn't produce a thing. Headed down the beach hoping the roll wouldn't be as bad...WRONG! Rolled our socks off, but managed to find a little patch of fish. Only had a couple shots at them..small fish and a keeper, then they were gone...Headed back up to Ambrose to stroke it some more. A couple fish for a tease then nothing....Went out to the east (way out) with a prayer...that didn't work either....Three whistles, time to come home. Please be advised this report is written after 2 scotches (so far) so I am not responsible for spelling errors!!!! capt.ron

Angler Name : Mick Pirolli
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/11/2006
Location: Off Ortley Beach
Fishing Method: Trolling & Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 34"
Bait or Lure: Ava's & Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 40 to 65 Ft.
Water Temp.: 49 Degrees
Information : The Mick Pirolli charter was on board the Bounty Hunter for their last charter of the "06" season. Capt. Paul headed south and found the birds working schools of Herring & Bass in 60 Ft. off Ortley Beach. An hour of early morning Jigging produced 3 Bass up to 32". Switching over to Trolling Shad Rigs the charter added another 8 Stripers up to 34" to their catch. Beside the 11 Stripers in the fish box over 30 shorts were released.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 12/11/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: jigs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 46
Information : Started out a little slow in the AM. Just caught the change of tide so we had to wait for some current. Bounced around chasing birds and only catching a few fish. Current got to where it should be, the bite turned on! Loads of smaller fish 12 to 24 inches and the occasional keeper...Unbeleavable amount of fish though. Several areas to work in when things are right.......capt.ron

Angler Name : Captain Ray Burke
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Mad Gaffer II
Date Fished: 12/8 through 12/11
Location: Sea Bright
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: up to 14 LBS
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Fishing was excellent all four days and limit catches were the norm. Many quality fish in the 10 LB class were landed and one fish was around 14 LBS!! We have some spots open this week and the weather looks pretty good for December. Please call Capt. Ray at 703-803-6276 to make a reservation.

Angler Name : Werner & Wolfgang Sprie
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/10/2006
Location: Off Seaside Heights
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 35"
Bait or Lure: Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 50 to 70 Ft.
Water Temp.: 50 Degrees
Information : Release Fishermen Werner & Wolfgang Sprie returned to the Bounty Hunter today and wound up their "06" season with Capt. Paul. We made our way to the south and found the birds and Bass in 60 Ft. off Lavelette. The fish were spread out so we went right to the troll. Pulling Shad rigs we got into the fish immediately. The bite was considerably slower than yesterday and the south wind may have been a factor. The 2 man charter caught 36 Stripers for the day along with 7 Blues. With the exception of 7 Bass all were over 28" The largest being 35". That's pretty good fishing by any standard. ALL THE BASS & BLUES WERE RELEASED! I will be ending my "06" season next weekend.I am open Thur, Fri, Sat & Sun If you want to get in on the late season Striper fishing give me a call @ 732-323-8700

Angler Name : john
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 12/10
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: rapala's and swimm shads, and clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : got at sandy hook early and saw alot of guys catching small schlooies. we got set up and after about 10 minutes i caught a bass on the rapala. then two more on clams. after about an hour fishing slowed down. no one was catching anything. so after a few hours of nothing we called it a day. great day to be out though

Angler Name : fishing buds
E-Mail :
Boat Name: maritime skiff
Date Fished: 12/10/2006
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: jig/plugs
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 15"-42"
Bait or Lure: anything
Water Depth: 25-35'
Water Temp.:
Information : BEST DAY OF THE YEAR. Birds were everywhere, did'nt matter what you used. Limited out (8 fish/4 guys) by noon. These are the big boys we've all been waiting for all season; get your boat out of storage and go bang them. Fish were in the bay and ocean; all out of casting range from the beach. Biggest fish were caught 1 mile off sandy hook feeding on herring. Pulled 2 10" whole herring out of the biggest fish which was 30+ lbs. Don't quit yet, we think its just starting.

Angler Name : thynes
E-Mail : hynes.crew@verizon.net
Boat Name: katie claire
Date Fished: 12/10/06
Location: Barnegat Inlet to Bathing Beach
Fishing Method: jigging/trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: slots
Bait or Lure: chartreuse shads
Water Depth: 20'-60'
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished with Russ Pagana Sunday morning for our traditional "last day of the season" run. got out the inlet by 7:30 am and had 10 fat shorts in/out of the boat by 8:30. bouncing shads on the bottom, literally, no retrieve. Drifting in the shallow water just south of the south jetty. birds around but not on any concentration of fish. beautiful morning. went back into the inlet and drifted across several times more shorts and by about 10:30 decided to see if we could find one big enough to bring home. Went out side looking for marks, nothing big, trolled, heard some guys hooking up, one with a 40" fish in 55-60' wtr. Tried for two hours, dragging shad rigs, 2 shorts to show for the effort. Back to the inlet and a few more light tackle encounters, and thats it for the year. 32 fish for the day You just have to love a season that ends on a day like that. I'm grateful for every day on the water. Happy holidays!

Angler Name : mike
E-Mail :
Boat Name: mikes raft
Date Fished: 12 10
Location: asbury to spring lake
Fishing Method: troll and jig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28 inch
Bait or Lure: shads matel
Water Depth: 30
Water Temp.: 50
Information : same story lots of small ones 40 or so 10 around 27 one keeper

Angler Name : brendan e lynch
E-Mail : blynch1045@aol.com
Boat Name: nildalyn
Date Fished: 12-10-06
Location: flynns knoll
Fishing Method: clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 31"
Bait or Lure: clam/shad
Water Depth: 24
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Fished with my brother John for the afternoon,non stop action between us we had 60 fish! But most were under 25 inches. We also found some large skates.The small bass were even chasing jigs under the boat while we were bait fishing.One more weekend?

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 12/10/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: jigs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 47
Information : Amazing amount of bird life today! The Bay, Tin can, in between, down the beach! Jigged all day catching fish from 12 to 30 inches...Just about any lure worked. Still had to move quite a bit to keep up with them, but it was definatly fun. Hard to beleave the amount of fish, especially since everyone was ready to throw in the towel. Sailing everyday as long as we can. Capt.ron

Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Date Fished: 12/10/06
Location: SOUTH OF SR INLET
Fishing Method: JIG/TROLL
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: SLOTS TO 35#+
Bait or Lure: JIGS/SPOONS/SHAD RIGS
Water Depth: 50-70
Water Temp.: 49-50
Information : OUT WITH 2 BUDDIES AND MY 5 YEAR OLD SON FOR ANOTHER SHOT AT THE BASS. HEADED SOUTH AND FOUND THE FISH UNDER THE BIRDS. JIGGED MORE FISH THAN WE COULD COUNT WITH MOSTLY SHORTS AND 2 KEEPERS. WENT ON THE TROLL AND CAUGHT 2 MORE KEEPERS WITH A 35 POUND FISH BEING CAUGHT ON A SPOON. NICE DAY ON THE WATER, LOTS OF ACTION. GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS AND BRING EM HOME SAFE!!

Angler Name : Billy
E-Mail : bgray80@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 12-7-06
Location: Bay Head Surf
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 16 to 22"
Bait or Lure: 4" Rebel silver jointed minnow
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Caught a bunch of small bass at high tide. No bait or birds were observed, fish were just hanging out in the wash looking for meal. I tried a bunch of lures from poppers, metals to rubber shads with no success finally I picked a winner from the tackle bag with a 4" Rebel silver jointed minnow. The fish weren't big but it was constant action.

Angler Name : Hal Hall
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/07/2006
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Blackfish
Size: Up to 5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs
Water Depth: 75 Ft.
Water Temp.: 50 Degrees
Information : The Hal Hall charter was on board the Bounty Hunter for a day of Blackfishing. Capt. Paul fished 4 local wrecks in 75 ft. and never got the bigger fish biting. We had constant action with 13" fish but the larger keepers were scarce. At the end of the day we had just under 20 Tog in the box up to 5 lbs.

Angler Name : Captain Ray Burke
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Mad Gaffer II
Date Fished: 12/7
Location: Sea Bright
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: 10 LBS
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Richie Wang had a great day as usual, catching 20 keeper size fish releasing all but his limit of 8 fish up to 10 Lbs. Cynthia Taylor caught 20 keepers releasing all but her limit. Charlie caught his limit of fish to 10 LBS. Bob Murphy also caught a limit of nice fish. The boat was limited out and we played catch and release for a while. Call for reservatons for the week of 12/11 and beyond 732-803-6276. We will continue to fish for Blackfish as long as possible.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 12/07/06
Location: bay/ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: jigs/clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 45
Information : Loads of bird life in the AM in our bay. Picked at the smaller fish and managed 3 keepers. Decided to take a ride looking for the big ones to break up the day. Switched over to clams and headed east where we have had some very good fishing. First drift..Horn Dogs! Second drift the same Moved to shallower water on good bottom, caught 2 shorts, drift was way to fast. headed back into the bay for the jig fish...Don't you know I had to hear why did we leave in the first place?? Hey, if your happy with catch and release that's fine with me, but I figured I'd go the extra mile to maybe get a few trophy fish...it's not to often that dosen't work out..today it didn't. It cost me $120 in fuel to try and do the right thing...Had we caught a few big suckers, I would have been the best..hey, I do what I think is right, most times it works out, when it doesn't...can't say I didn't give it 110%..........capt.ron

Angler Name : Ron Werner
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/06/2006
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 30"
Bait or Lure: Ava 87's & Krocodiles
Water Depth: 50 Ft.
Water Temp.: 50 Degrees
Information : The Ron Werner charter was on board the Bounty Hunter and we headed up to the area off Monmouth Beach. After getting reports of some good Striper activity in the area yesterday we were hoping that the bite would continue today. We found the birds working on schools of Bass in 50 Ft. and broke out the Jigs. Plenty of shorts and not to many keeper Bass was the story. To make it interesting the Alligator Blues were mixed in with the Bass. We got in 2 hours of Jigging before the South wind came on. The 2 man charter boxed 2 Keeper Bass up to 30" and released over 25 shorts. We also kept 4 large Blues while releasing another 5. By 11AM the wind was up to 25 Knots and by Noon it was over 30 Knots. That ended the day for us as the conditions became unfishable and we headed for home in a very angry ocean.

Angler Name : Captain Ray Burke
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Mad Gaffer II
Date Fished: 12/6
Location: Sea Bright
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: over 10 LBS
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Richie Wang limited out on fish over 10 LBS. Dr. Bill Fromkin caught 20 keepers up to 9 LBS keeping 8 fish and releasing the others. Karl Zimmerman kept his limit and released more keeper size fish. The whole boat had its limit and it seems the fishing will hold out as long as the weather cooperates. We have open spots for the week of 12/11, call Capt. Ray @ 732-803-6276 for more information.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 12/06/06
Location: Bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Jigs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Never had to leave the bay today. Started fishing 10 minutes from the dock and didn't stop catching till it was time to come home! All on Jigs and mostly smaller fish. We did manage a couple of keepers...Storm shads work the best, although we did catch them on jigs also. Fish are anywhere from our bay all the way down the beach to long branch. Water temp was 45 today. Loads of peanut bunker and hearing seem to be what they are feeding on....With the amount of fish around, the last thing I want to hear from the political idiots is there is no Bio-Mass!!! They should be here now.....capt.ron

Angler Name : Tom B
E-Mail : scullycat@verizon.net
Boat Name: surf fishing
Date Fished: 12-4
Location: Brick Beach 1
Fishing Method: plug
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: shorts
Bait or Lure: poppers
Water Depth: 3-7
Water Temp.: low 50's
Information : Shorts, Shorts, and more Shorts from 3PM until 6PM. Loads of birds working. Sand Eels and Peanut Bunker in the wash. Had a great time Bring a smaller rod with 10 lb. test. Set up two with bait in hopes of something larger then just go to town with the little ones. Beautiful day.

Angler Name : Mike DiRosa
E-Mail : salty26@comcast.net
Boat Name: Regulator
Date Fished: Sunday 12/3
Location: Reef
Fishing Method: On the hook
Specie: Tautog
Size: 4 to 6lbs
Bait or Lure: crabs
Water Depth: 65
Water Temp.:
Information : Well today was my first TOG trip of the year and the last trip on my boat for the season, headed out to the reef and had fish as soon as we dropped. The mourning was cold and we had alot of fish just short of keepers, but as the sun came up we got into some bigger fish and the weather was beautiful!!! The ocean was flat, the wind died and the sun was bright, cant ask for more than that in December!!! We ran out of bait by 11:00 and headed back to the barn with 8 fat tog in the box, great end of the season trip!!! Any of you guy's that know me, and need another guy to share cost for a trip, shoot me a email, I would love to get a couple more trips in!! Good luck and happy holiday's to all!!! See you in the spring!!!!

Angler Name : Captain Ray Burke
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Mad Gaffer II
Date Fished: 12/03/2006
Location: Sea Bright
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size:
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Mad Gaffer is now back in Belmar for the remainder of the Blackfishing Season. After 50 Knot winds on Friday and slow fishing on Saturday, the Blackfish put on the feed bags today!!! The boat limited out with many other nice fish released. The upcoming week promises light winds from the West and we have spots available each day. Please call Capt. Ray on his cell at 732-803-6276 to get in on this great fishing.

Angler Name : Kurt Gaiser
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/3/2006
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: Up to 6 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs
Water Depth: 70 Ft.
Water Temp.: 52 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Kurt Gaiser charter on board the Bounty Hunter for the first Blackfish charter of the fall season. Anchoring on structure in 70 Ft. the fishing got off to a slow start but improved by mid morning. The charter picked away at Blackfish up to 6 lbs. and put 29 in the fish box before we lost the wind, current and anchoring conditions.

Angler Name : cap Jay V
E-Mail : acevpetdic@aol.com
Boat Name: Searay Fisher
Date Fished: 12/3/06
Location: Raritan bay
Fishing Method: drifting, trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27
Bait or Lure: kroc's & shads
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.:
Information :

Angler Name : capt.ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 11/03/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information :Very good fishing over the weekend. Mostly short fish, but plenty of action with fish up to 27 inches. Saturday we had 8 nice keepers and Sunday 10 fish up to 17 pounds. Tom Krakow, Atlantic Highlands had the big one for the week at 39 inches 17 pounds. We did see an odd patch of bird life in the morning, but decided not to stop...all 12 inch fish. Still clamming, water temp over the weekend was 51 degress!!! Hard to beleave for this time of year. We'll fish as long as the weather holds up and customers keep coming down. Still bigger fish way in the back bays....they have to come out sooner or later.....capt.ron

Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Date Fished: 12/03/06
Location: NORTH OF SR INLET
Fishing Method: TROLL
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25-30"
Bait or Lure: SPOONS/SHAD RIGS
Water Depth: VARIED
Water Temp.: 52.5-54
Information : OUT BEFORE SUNUP WITH 2 BUDDIES AND MY SON - HEADED NORTH TO TRY FOR BASS. MANAGED 1 KEEPER BASS AND A COUPLE OF BLUES BEFORE BREAKING THE CARDINAL RULE "NEVER LEAVE FISH TO FIND FISH". AFTER WASTING AN HOUR AND SOME FUEL RETURNED AND CAUGHT 5 MORE FISH IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. BEAUTIFUL DAY, FLAT CALM, GOOD COMPNAY. GOD BLESS OUR SOLDIERS, NEVER FORGET 09/11/2001!!!!

Angler Name : Brendan Lynch
E-Mail : blynch1045@aol
Boat Name: nildalyn
Date Fished: 12-3-06
Location: flynns knoll
Fishing Method: clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30"
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 22ft
Water Temp.: 52
Information : fished out going tide for a slow pick,but larger fish.

Angler Name : jim
E-Mail :
Boat Name: sea hunter
Date Fished: 12/03/06
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: shorts
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : odd fish of the day ..3lb fluke on an eel in december l

Angler Name : ed
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CAROL ANNIE II
Date Fished: 12/03/06
Location: BANAGET REEF
Fishing Method: BOTTOM FISH
Specie: Blackfish
Size: 6 TO 9 LBS
Bait or Lure: CRABS
Water Depth: 75 FEET
Water Temp.: SURFACE TEMP 54.5 F~
Information : TURNED OUT TO BE A CALM DAY AFTER THE NASTY WINDS ON SATURDAY WE HAD THREE FISHERMAN ON BOARD DENNIS, ED JR AND MYSELF. AFTER A SLOW START WE STARTED TO CATCH BLACHFISH IN THE 5 TO 9 LBS CLASS. THE FINAL COUNT WAS 16 BLACKFISH . THIS WAS OUR BEST BLACKFISHING TRIP WE EVER HAD. I THOUGHT THE WEEK BEFORE WAS MY BEST TRIP.(10 TOGS @ 3 TO 4 LBS ) I HOPE TO GET IN AT LEAST ONE MORE TRIP WITH THE SAME SUCCESS. DON'T FORGET ITS THE SECOND TAP TAP THAT NAILS MR TOG.

Angler Name : Porgy Boy
E-Mail : Crazysonsx3@AOL.com
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 12/3/06
Location: Point Pleasant
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Herring
Size: 12-18 inches
Bait or Lure: shad dart
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Today my dad and two brothers Ryan And Sean and I went fishing at manasquan inlet for hickory shad. We did pretty good! We fished from 10:30 till 1:30 we had good steady action for the most part. We used shad darts all fish nice sized. My little brother sean even caught a bunker. We ended up with about 20 and we lost quite a few. TIPS UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Angler Name : Werner Sprie
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 12/02/2006
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 30"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 25 Ft.
Water Temp.: 54 Degrees
Information : Release fisherman Werner Sprie was on board and Capt. Paul ran the Bounty Hunter up into Raritan Bay. The 25 knot NW wind did not make for comfortable fishing conditions but it did not keep the Stripers from biting. While anchored in 25 Ft. the Bass bit the entire outgoing tide. Almost all were in the 26" to 27" range with a couple that made keeper size. However there were plenty of Bass to be caught as we finished the day just short of 100 Bass released.