Angler Name : Tony C.
E-Mail : tcava1@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Big Jamaica
Date Fished: January 18, 2004
Location: Off Shore wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 3+ lbs
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: 250 Ft.
Water Temp.:
Information : A bit of a late report; Out on the Big Jamaica this past Sunday. Rained the entire time. Capt. made a great effort to get us on the fish hitting 4 or 5 spots and readjusting. Morning was a bit slow but after the first move things improved. I ended the day with 13 decent SeaBass and 3 good ling in the cooler. Also landed some very nice porgys but had to toss them back as their season is closed. Caught 1 doggie and 1 Silver eel as well. Most anglers were short of the 25 bass limit but I am sure there were those who did limit. Pools went to a pollock of about 14 lbs and a white hake of about 10 lbs. A wet and raw day, perhaps we would have been better off with the snow but I would have complained about that as well. Going again on Feb 6.

Angler Name : BIG TOM
E-Mail : fyshlbi
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 1/16/03
Location: sandy hook beach
Fishing Method: clams dead stick
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 49lds
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: freezing
Information : just of the first beach at the hook dead low tide took a clam only person on the beach alittle cold awesome fish

Angler Name : Herring
E-Mail : howardr.3@cs.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 1-4-04
Location: Shark River & Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Herring
Size: small
Bait or Lure: 5 hook rig
Water Depth: 30 max
Water Temp.: low 40s
Information : My son and I went down to the inlet and were able to catch quite a few small herring. We had many double and a few triple headers.

Angler Name : Bill
E-Mail : higgins@monmouth.com
Boat Name: Calypso
Date Fished: Jan. 3, 2004
Location: Barnegat
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Blackfish
Size: Up to 11 pounds
Bait or Lure: green crab
Water Depth: 60
Water Temp.:
Information : On Saturday (1/3/04), we had what has to be one of the most remarkable days of black fishing ever. We were out with Captains Ken Dubman (K-Kat) and Jim Rivelli aboard Capt. Jim’s Calypso out of Brielle. These guys love the black fish. We proceeded down to Barnegat where we had an absolute all out Tog slaughter. Every guy on the boat landed about 30 tog including one 11 pounder landed by Ralph Marra. Needless to say we limited out quickly and did a lot of catch and release. It was John Kipping’s first black fishing trip. He must think we were yanking his chain when we told him that black fishing was hard. Oh, and the weather was not bad for January. What a day.

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: Fins On Feathers
Date Fished: 1/3/04
Location: Scotland
Fishing Method: Anchor
Specie: Tautog
Size: 10-19"s
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs & Clam Strips
Water Depth: 70'
Water Temp.:
Information : What a way to start a new year with balmy early January weather, light winds (which did make anchoring somewhat of difficult)& biting fish. This boat is amazing fishing platform with plenty of room for a 6 man charter. Super fast, little to no rock, simply a great fishing boat. We anchored up on a sticky piece of bottom east of Scotland Light and with the exception of making a few minor anchor adjustments we stayed there all day. Throughout the day we had a steady pick of both tog & ling. There was a high number of tog in the 13.5-13.99 inch class but if you were presistent enough you caught some keepers. 15 keeper tog were put on ice, most were quality fish in the 17-19 inch range as well as an equal number of nice sized ling. I caught my abbreviated NJ limit of 4 keeper tog out of the 15 blackfish I hooked. There was one other limit besides mine.

Angler Name : Bruce, Ben and Chris
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Dautless
Date Fished: 1-3-04
Location: East of BA buoy
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size: 12-18"
Bait or Lure: teasers (red,yellow,green)
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Took the Dautless out with my two sons after hearing the reports (here and Ristori)about the macks at the BA. First time mack fishing for both teenagers. The boat was loaded with anglers and Capt.Willie Egeter did a fantastic job of keeping us on the schools, which were constantly moving. He was very fair about switching sides (port/starboard) alternating with each new drift. Everyone on board caught a "cooler" full of macks, with a few herring mixed in. Dogfish were sometimes on the bottom, causing the Capt. to move on to a new spot. Started with 10 oz. of lead in a.m., then down to 5 oz. in afternoon, By the way he stayed out another hour even tho everybody loaded up w/macks. I was told by a friend who fishes the Dautless regularly that the Capt. is a gem...he sure is very courteous and patient not to mention helpful. The mates were also the best .....If I'm not fishing on my 23 foot Robalo (1981) this year (the Sonny II) I can be found on the Dautless. Happy New Year to All our fellow N/net fishing friends. Tight Lines BD

Angler Name : Jon Murray
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Nighthawk
Date Fished: 01/02/04
Location:
Fishing Method: jigging
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size:
Bait or Lure: mac rig
Water Depth: 80-100
Water Temp.: ??
Information : Fantastic weather for January! Captain worked REALLY hard to keep us on the scattered schools of macs. Mates were very helpful as well. Put 125 macs in the freezer for bait for next year. Great way to start the year!

Angler Name : Milazzo
E-Mail : u1039924@Warwick.net
Boat Name: Atlantic Star
Date Fished: 1/2/04
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method:
Specie: Tautog
Size: 3-5lbs
Bait or Lure: Crabs
Water Depth: 40-50ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Capt.Tom and his crew did a great job putting us over the fish.The tide change and current made it difficult to hold the anchor.In all appox. 20 anglers on boat.Some nice 4-5 Tautog early getting quieter as day went on. Few nice cod pulled up also.