Angler Name : Harold Tischler
E-Mail : JoyceTischler@aol.com
Boat Name: Skipper
Date Fished: 1/28/02
Location: 15 miles NE of Manasqan Inlet
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Green Crab
Water Depth: 100
Water Temp.:
Information : A day like this in January is a gift not to be taken for granted. However the Blackfish and Ling were not cooperating. The Captain spent a lot of time in unproductive spots. Great weather, calm seas and the companionship of pals Blind Rob, Joe and Nick (alias Abbott and Costello), made for a glorious day on the water, just what the doctor ordered to hold the winter doldrums at bay.

Angler Name : cap Jay V
E-Mail : Acevpetdic@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 1/26/02
Location: Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Herring
Size: 12 inches
Bait or Lure: katizum
Water Depth: 20FT
Water Temp.: unknown
Information : tried going on the Gambler for some Striper, Only 6 people there. not enough people, cheesy. Headed to Belmar Shark River off the rocks the first hour caught about 20 Herring, Lost over 50. Great bait for the spring right in the freezer. Total herring 26 great day other wise, Stinks that My boat is still waitng for Ron Rescue to finish my lower unit. Hopefully soon. Remeber TIME ON WATER= FISH

Angler Name : Howard
E-Mail : Howardr3@cs.com
Boat Name: Lady Godiver
Date Fished: 1/26
Location: Off Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Spearfish
Specie: Blackfish
Size: up to 9lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 80ft
Water Temp.: 47
Information : I thought I would give it a try with all the good reports and mild weather. I jumped in on a small wreck in 80 ft of water and found lots of Blackfish and several ling. While I took two Blackfish home there were many others up to the 10lb range as well as a large amount of smaller b Tog and Ling. I did not notice any Sea Bass or other species. As I was leaving a party boat went on the spot. There seem to be Tog on all the wrecks I visit and lots of them, so why are we being told there are less then there have been? If you see someone taking fish for the live market TURN THEM IN. I stopped by Point Plesant on the way home and I talked to several guy who got checked when they got off the boat. They told me some Asian guys got fined and had way over thier limit. They also mentioned that some guy had the mates clean their fish on the way in and got in trouble for that also. Be careful check the regs!

Angler Name : C.J.
E-Mail : cjnesti@home.com
Boat Name: The Fisherman
Date Fished: 1/26/02
Location: The new grounds
Fishing Method: Bottem
Specie: Blackfish
Size: Keeper
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 80/100
Water Temp.:
Information : Fishing was slow heavy winds made for tough conditions. Capt Gorge made several attemps to improve our position. We did manage to put together a small catch of Black fish and Ling.

Angler Name : John Krempasky
E-Mail : johnk@dmv.com
Date:1/23/02
Specie: Tautog
Information : It's great to release female tog (particularly in the Spring) but interestingly tog actually grow VERY fast when young (reaching 10 inches in only three years) and they are fertile and spawning at that size. They only slow down growing AFTER three years. And the oldest, largest tog females (16 years and older) are actually LESS productive in terms of eggs than younger females. So you aren't necessarily being a hero releasing an old, large female; you would be taking more future eggs out of circulation keeping a smaller one.

Angler Name : michael yocco
E-Mail : mjy138@psu.edu
Boat Name: MJ's
Date Fished: 1/22/02
Specie: Tautog
Information : I would just like to put my opinion in on the blackfish conservation issue. After reader various reports on nauticalnet I have noticed that alot of you are now realeasing big blackfish. This is some of the best news i have read in a long time. It is good to let this big females go because it takes blackfish around forty years to grow to that size and on top of this blackfish are not fully mature and cannot reproduce until late in life. Because of this blackfish stocks are very fragile and take tens of years to replenish. On the issue that was bought up in toms river recently i feel that the data is correct abd have noticed after years of fishing for blackfish up and down the coast less are caught each year. Personally, i have not kept a blackfish in a very long time and I respect those who make the decision to let the females go even thought they dont have too!

Angler Name : Peter Boyle
E-Mail : Peter_boyle@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Mad Gaffer
Date Fished: January 20
Location: 17 Fathoms
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Tautog
Size: Up to 12 Pounds
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs
Water Depth: 100 to 120
Water Temp.: mid-40's
Information : Went out with Captain Ray Burke and some of his regular "sharpies". I am pretty new to deep water blackfishing and everyone was quite helpful. Although Captain Burke claims that it was slower than it has been, a total of approx. 35 keepers were caught. The sharpies threw back several Blackfish over 10 pounds. If you are looking to catch some real fish at a very affordable price, than this boat is definately worth checking out.

Angler Name : Saltfishn
E-Mail : Saltfishn@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Dauntless
Date Fished: January 20. 2002
Location: 16 miles North of Point Pleasant
Fishing Method: bait & jigging
Specie: Ling (AKA Red Hake)
Size: 1 & 1/2 lbs and under
Bait or Lure: tubes and bottom rigs
Water Depth: 120'
Water Temp.:
Information : I brushed 6" of snow off the truck at 4am, briefly questioned my sanity, then headed for Point Pleasant. Fortunately there were 15 other people who wanted mackerel, and the Dauntless fired up her engines. The weather was cold, but sunny and the seas were pretty calm. I sat out at the stern on the way out, watching the sea gulls ride the air currents behind the boat. 16 miles later, I was into constant mackerel. As soon as my rig hit the bottom I could feel the macs attack. They were assorted sizes. I had about 3/4 of my cooler full, when we moved to a wreck for bottom fishing. I caught Ling, cunners and spiny dogfish. Twice I even had "double headers" of dogfish. Through the tip of a friend, I switched from clams to fresh mackerel, and then I caught mostly Ling. Some HUGE tog and a striper were also landed by others on the boat. I watched sharks and birds try to get angler's fish, and the diving birds were spectacular. The crowd was friendly, the mate was there when you needed him, and the Captain, Bill Egerter III, went all out for 16 people. Many times During the day, I felt thankful that I made the decision to go, despite family and friends saying I was crazy to go, due to the weather and road conditions. I went home with a smile and 108 fish; (79 macs, 10 herring, 15 ling, and 4 cunners). I also took home some aching arms and great memories.

Angler Name : Howard
E-Mail : Howardr3@cs.com
Boat Name: Striper
Date Fished: 1/15/2002
Location: Toms River
Information : I went to the Blackfish Management meeting in Toms River last night and we need to cut back 65% as per our goverment. They said we still have low stocks based on their surveys, etc. No one there beleived that this information was correct and most everyone stated that. We may have one more year of the same regulations but them they say we will have to cut back even more. Our feeling was at least we will have one more year and by then they may get better info and realize the stocks are coming back and we will not need the cuts. Everyone aggreed that their data is flawed. They also mentioned that there are only 58 commerical pot licenses in effect and they only take about 50,000 lbs of fish while the recreational catch is well over 1,000,000 lbs. of fish. Everyone there was also upset about the taking of small live Blackfish for they Asian Resturant trade. I don't think this will stop untill there is some real enforcement.

Angler Name : Rob & Crew
E-Mail : rsulick1@aol.com
Boat Name: Patriot
Date Fished: 1/15/02
Location: Off Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Trolling shad rigs and casting to birds
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 38 inches
Bait or Lure: Shad rigs & Bombers
Water Depth: 60'
Water Temp.: 44 - 45
Information : It was such a nice day we decided to go see if the Stripers were still in town....they are. Limited out in an hour with a fast and furious bite on chartruse shad rigs right out of Squan Inlet. Nice fish for the most part - slots and keepers. Pretty good day all in all. After limiting out towing shad rigs we casted into the birds and caught and released more than 30 fish using Bombers. The fish caught on the Bombers were smaller than what the shad rigs caught. It was non-stop action under the birds. The fish are still out there....and were very hungry. When the tide went slack the bite died to nothing as usual. Since we were limited out, we headed for the barn and beers, burgers and fish stories at Franke's Bar in Pt Pleasant Beach. A good day and warm outside too. Is it another El Nino' year? I believe so....

Angler Name : Rich M
E-Mail : rnb@jersey.net
Boat Name: relentless
Date Fished: 1-14-02
Location: wrecks & p.shoal
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: 12lbs.
Bait or Lure: green crabs
Water Depth: 65
Water Temp.: 44
Information : with weather conditions like this we went out to the wrecks off wildwood and caught many tog up to 12lbs. released all big females. bites were very good but heavy lead was needed about 12 ounces, do to a very strong tide. on the way in a birdplay about a .5 mile square was spotted inside peacock shoal by my son, striper bail. caught are limits quickly and caught and released near 40 fish 32" and slot fish sized fish. I had to remind myself throughout the day it was the 14th of January.

Angler Name : Howard
E-Mail : Howardr3@cs.com
Boat Name: Lady Godiver
Date Fished: 1/12/2002
Location: wreck of the Mohawk
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 80ft
Water Temp.: 40s
Information : Myself and a few other divers went out the Mohawk and did a little diving. There were some Blackfish and a few ling and eel pouts but not a lot of fish life. We did manage to recover several anchors and grapples which will be sold cheap at the Ocean Wreck Divers Flea Market in March. If you fish a particular wreck and want some info on it let me know and I will try and help. Howard

Angler Name : Dr. Andrew Beko
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Colypso
Date Fished: 1/6/02
Location: Inshore wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: 4-7lbs
Bait or Lure: green crabs & clams
Water Depth: 65ft.
Water Temp.: ?
Information : It was an excellent day as Captain Jim put us on some southern inshore wrecks. We were the only boat out there and everyone in our party limited on large blackfish(many 6-7lbs.)and we released many fish as well. A few ling were also caught. Changing winds made anchoring tough, but this captain was able to quickly make adjustments to keep us in the steady action of fish all day. We all went home with piles of meat!!

Angler Name : Fred U.
E-Mail : wwcnj@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Sea Pro
Date Fished: 01-05 & 06-02
Location: Ocean
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20 - 36 inch
Bait or Lure: Surf Clam Bellys
Water Depth: 30 feet
Water Temp.: low 40s
Information : My friend Mike and i have been doing fantastic with the chunking method using surf clam bellys for bait and chunks. On 12-30-01 we had over fifteen stripers behind North Wildwood in Grassy Sound with the largest weighing in at 26 pounds. We anchored on a sod bank with a deep drop off and began chunking with the clam bellys. We had fish around the boat in less than a half hour and we kept them there with s slow feed of the bellys. we have been doing this since the middle of November when the wind kept us and my twenty foot center console from heading to the rips. We never imagined that we could have this much action with big fish this late in the back bays. Back bay waters shut down for stripers on December 31 so on 01-05-02 we decided to test the chunks outside. On Saturday we ran out of the Cape May inlet and moved about a mile off the Wildwood Crest beach. We anchored and began chunking. Forty five minutes later we were both hooked up and within an hour had hooked twenty four stripers of various size. On 01-06-02 we again headed out but made a right turn and moved just outside the yellow can markers off the Coast Guard Base. The water was a little deeper and it took about an hour but just like the day before we were in with a lot of fish. the bellys make a lot of juice when you throw them in and the scent just seems to draw the stripers in like a magnate. We have been using size 9/0 bait hooks that seem to cut down on the deep hooked fish. We gave the circle hook an honest shot but far to many stripers were hooked deep. One note of worry that has us concerned is that the stripers we were catching in the back bay were loaded with baby flounder and some small tog. I understand that baby flounder spend the first year of their life in the protected back bays and don't begin to migrate until their second year. on 32 inch striper we cleaned on 12-22-01 had fifty three baby flounder in it stomach. when we cut it open it looked like a bag of wet potatoe chips had been dumped on the dock. All the fish we cleaned from the back bays had some flounder in them but this one fish was loaded. We have tried chunking with the clam bellys in Delaware Bay at the 60 foot slough and scored incredible numbers which we have on video. we tried middle shoal in the rips by anchoring above the rip and feeding the bellys and our baits into the rip. we had our six keepers in less than an hour. My brother asked me when was I going to take the boat out of the water. I told him February 29.

Angler Name : Redman
E-Mail : reddz1@msn.com
Boat Name: Grady White
Date Fished: 1/02/02
Location: Allantic City/Egg Harbor
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 21 to 37 inches
Bait or Lure: Diamond Jig/ Crippled Herring
Water Depth: 40-55 ft.
Water Temp.: 41
Information : We went out about 9'oclock looking for some birds and some marks on the finder outside of Atlantic City. Nothing happened so we went south toward Egg Harbor. Trolled around there but nothing happened. Started heading back north and we received a call from a boat that had birds all over the place. Skot back down south, a little passed Egg Harbor. We ended getting our limit in a matter of minutes, and had a good old time catching and releasing 30 to 40 nice strippers. Best fishing day of my life yet!!!

Angler Name : Jim H
E-Mail :
Boat Name: beach
Date Fished: 1/1/02
Location: Manasquan
Fishing Method: lure
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 6 lbs.
Bait or Lure: swimmer/teaser
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Decided to ring in the new year with rod in hand,and managed 16 schoolies on Black Dannys with black teasers. Fished from Midnight to 3AM. Lost plenty more. Happy New Year to All!

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