Angler Name : Nigel Fairbank
E-Mail : nfairbank@aol.com
Boat Name: Jamaica II
Date Fished: 1/15/2003
Location: East of the Mudhole
Fishing Method: Anchored
Specie: Cod
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: 150 - 200
Water Temp.: 42
Information : Left the dock at 05:00 and steamed NE for 3 hours. Anchored up next to a wreck that the mate said was the Alex Christian. The water depth was about 150 and it felt like a sand bottom. Saw a buoy about a mile east of the anchoring point. I believe it was the HA buoy. The captain was trying to find Cod. Apart from a number of bergalls, there was not any edible life caught. Moved further west, anchored along side another wreck. I caught 1 small ling. Some guys were actually on the wreck and they caught a few ling and conger eels (not pout). One guy had a conger about 4.5 feet long that weighed about 30lbs. Moved closer inshore and anchored in the mudhole. Again nothing. All in all only about 25 ling caught all day. The biggest of which was about 2lbs and won the pool. In reading other reports I read that the Captain Al also went cod fishing but did not catch anything. I think that it is best to focus on the ling and forget that all elusive cod. Good luck... Nigel........So Many Fish, So Little Time ><))))*>

Angler Name : saltfishn
E-Mail : saltfishn@yahoo.com
Boat Name: DAUNTLESS
Date Fished: January 15, 03
Location: out of Point Pleasant
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size: Large
Bait or Lure: mackerel tree w/ tubes
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : The Weather was good, the other fishermen on the boat were all friendly to me, the mates were great, and the Capt. was excellent. We caught all the large size macs we wanted, only 5 miles out from Sea Bright. It was my best mac fishing experience to date.

Angler Name : Phil Nichols
E-Mail : philjam@enter.net
Boat Name: Big Jamaica
Date Fished: 1-13-2003
Location: 7 hours south
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: big
Bait or Lure: mackrel jig (4 hooks) baited with clam
Water Depth: offshore wreck
Water Temp.: ~54
Information : A great Bassbarn.com charter trip. Slept like a baby in cradle on the way out. Capt. H tooted the horn and fun began. Took a couple of hours to fill the cooler with jumbo sea bass. All 30 fares limited out. Other things caught - a few doggies, a few conger eels, I caught a small silver eel, and I saw one big sea robin. Did I mention this was a great trip?

Angler Name : jack glassen
E-Mail : happyjax710@yahoo.com
Boat Name: jamaica ii
Date Fished: jan 11th 2003
Location: about 10 miles offshore of the atlantic highlands
Fishing Method: bottom fishing
Specie: Ling (AKA Red Hake)
Size: mixed
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 70 to 110 ft
Water Temp.: 44
Information : well my good buddy frank and i made our first wreck trip of the season aboard joe bogans jamaicaii.the weather elements were against us though and we should have just stayed home.cabin fever overcame us though and off we went.the wind was howling out of the west and it was frigid.we didn't head off to the mudhole wrecks due to the wind so capt eric stayed within 10 miles of the beach all day hitting wrecks and rough spots in about 100 feet of water.there was life on all the spots but they weren't biting hot and heavy and only had a slow pick on mixed size ling and blackfish.a lone striper was also caught.the mates were great as usual and the captain did great job putting us over the spots,wasn't his fault the fish had lock jawwill be back again in feb to try again

Angler Name : Mark Bennett
E-Mail : mbennett@ameritechgrapgics
Boat Name: Norma K III
Date Fished: 1/11/03
Location: just N of Man. inlet
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Blackfish
Size: mostly shorts
Bait or Lure: crabs
Water Depth: 80-100
Water Temp.: n/a
Information : needed a fishing fix, so I headed south and went out on the Norma K III. Left the inlet and it was flat as glass. Wind kicked up a little but really wasn't that bad for a mid January. Fishing was a little slow with mostly shorts being boated.There were some keepers for the guys who worked for them but don't think anyone got their limit. Pool winner was probably only about 6-7 lbs. Capt. moved around a few times looking for fish,and the mates did an excellent job. I would definately recommend this boat if your looking to get out. Dress warm and tight lines...

Angler Name : Chris Ozempco/John Maiers
E-Mail : captpete@hyperstripercharters.com
Boat Name: hyper striper
Date Fished: 1/5 1/6
Location: 80-100ft
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: to 10lbs
Bait or Lure: crab
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 42
Information : Finally got out Sunday with the Chris Ozempco party after the three day blow.Togs did not bite on Sunday to the North,they were pretty beat up.The few we did catch were washed out and cold. Monday things started to get back to normal with the John Mairs party.We picked away putting 35 keepers up to 10lbs in the box on one drop.Fish bit in a few other places as well.Hopefully this weather will relax and we should catch togs all month.

Angler Name : WIL KRESGE
E-Mail : WILBUR.KRESGE@VERIZON.NET
Boat Name: JAMAICA
Date Fished: 1-5-03
Location: OFFSHORE WRECKS
Fishing Method: BOTTOM
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 3-6 LBS
Bait or Lure: CLAMS/SQUID/MACS
Water Depth: 180-220
Water Temp.: 54
Information : well the weekend didnt start out so well, we were supposed to go to rhode island on sat, but that trip was blown out. decided to look at the jersey marine forcast and it looked okay. we hopped on the jamaica for a offshore seabass trip.It turned out to be a great trip, the captain and crew were great, and just about everyone on board caught their limit on seabass. the highlight of my day was a 6lb/24inch seabass that one the pool

Angler Name : REELTIGHT79
E-Mail : mriccardo@nac.net
Boat Name: prowler
Date Fished: 1/5
Location: 17 fatoms/wrecks
Fishing Method:
Specie: Tautog
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 100
Water Temp.: cold
Information : boat was packed! shoulder to shoulder. the whole boat only had about 10 blacks and maybe 5 ling plus one 8lb cod. the capt tried hard but the fish had lockjaw.we did manage to catch all the eeeeeeeeeel's that you wanted!

Angler Name : Adony Sosa
E-Mail : 2973 briggs Avenue
Boat Name: capt lou
Date Fished: january 5 2003
Location: Long Island Freeport
Fishing Method: let it hit the bottom and jig
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 4-7 lb class
Bait or Lure: Artificial squid mixed with clams
Water Depth: 190-235
Water Temp.: about 48-52
Information : Well this was a heck of a day everyone fishing on this boat got to feel the pride of whats doing a great job. Everyone filled there coolers to the top. My day went great i caught 38 Sea bass most of them 4-7 lbs, 10 jumbo porgies, My father caught a 32 pound pollack and we also caught some lings. i can't wait for another day like this and i bet this day is around the corner.