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Angler Name : Ray & Denise Fochesto
E-Mail : Ray.Fochesto@mmh.ahsys.org
Boat Name: King Fisher 2
Date Fished: 7-31-00
Location: Barneget Ridge
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 4lbs.
Bait or Lure: Squid & Speering
Water Depth: 70ft
Water Temp.: 72 degrees
Information : Excellent bite for 2.5 hours. Had 8 fluke and 8 bluefish

Angler Name : Joe Renuad & Dave Babish
E-Mail : njcharter@nol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 30-31
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling & Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 70
Bait or Lure: Jets and Butters
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Brad Burgess and Mike Zajac took the Canyon Runner out for the first overnighter of the year with the Joe Renaud and Dave Babish charter from Allentown, PA. Arriving at the Hudson Sunday afternoon the weekend boat traffic must have pushed the fish down and we did not get a bit on the troll all afternoon. Setting up on the chunk we anchored in 500 feet of water and started tossing the meat. By 10:00 a.m. we were picking at 40-70 pound yellowfin putting 4 in the boat by 1:00 a.m. Then the bite turned on as we proceeded to go 15 for 25 in the next 3 hours. With 19 yellowfin in the box by dawn we pulled the hook and went on the troll. We quickly were covered up with longfin and put 6 in the boat. With 25 fish on ice the charter decided to head for the dock.

Angler Name : Denise Cullari
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 7/31/00
Location: Mud Buoy
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: up to 4 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 60 ft.
Water Temp.: 71 degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula ran the Bounty Hunter with the Denise Cullari charter up to the Mud Buoy. The Bluefish bit well in the A.M. but tappered off to a slow pick by mid morning. Most of the fish were released. We then decided to move into the beach and drift for Fluke. We only managed 2 keepers along with 3 dozen Seabass.

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Angler Name : Frank
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Boat Name: Keeper Seeker
Date Fished: 7/30/00
Location: Barnegat Inlet/Coast Guard Station
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16"-17"
Bait or Lure: Killie, squid, fluke belly
Water Depth: 35'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Fished Barnegat Inlet during incoming tide getting 3 keepers and a couple of cocktail blues. Throw back ratio of 5:1. Went outside around 10:30 up to as far as the bathing beach and caught 4 more keepers, 2 blues, and a nice sea bass. Nice conditions considering weather report!

Angler Name : CJ Walsh
E-Mail : cjw12@acpub.duke.edu
Boat Name: Tiger
Date Fished: July 30th
Location: Hooper
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 125 pounds 62"
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 136'
Water Temp.: 74.3 degrees
Information : What a day! Boated the aforementioned small medium on a 50# stand-up outfit around 10:30 and released another 55" around 12:15. Chick birds, slicks, turtles and even a small whale proved this spot to be the hot lump this weekend. These fish are not affected by the closing of the school bluefin season and new fish seem to be moving through the area everyday. Cape May boats had boated fish in this length class that weighed 20 to 40 pounds more in the last week. Lots of sandeels on the bottom and big diamond jigs picked a few fish in the fleet. Fishing structure seemed to be the key.

Angler Name : Capt's.Bruce Miller & John Draper,Mate Chad
E-Mail : cptmarlin1@aol.com
Boat Name: "MIRAGE"
Date Fished: 7/29-7/30/00
Location: HUDSON CANYON,WEST WALL & FLATS
Fishing Method: TROLLING AND CHUNKING
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50 TO 80 LBS.
Bait or Lure: BALLYHOO,SQUID,BUTTERS(CHUNK)-BALLYHOO,REEL SEAT SPREADER BARS,JETS,CHUGGERS(TROLL)
Water Depth: 290 TO 900 FT.
Water Temp.: 69.4 TO 75.6 DEG'S.
Information : hAD THE JOHN SPRINGSTEAD CHARTER OUT FROM WEST MILFORD,NJ TO THEIR FIRST EVER CANYON TRIP!AND WHAT A TRIP IT WAS.ON 7/29 TROLLING THEY BOATED THREE YELLOWFIN WHILE PULLING HOOKS ON ANOTHER TWO.JUST BEFORE WE WERE READY TO STOP AND GO ON THE CHUNK THE FLAT LINE WENT OFF!TO EVERYONES SURPRISE OUR HOOK-UP WAS TRYING TO DUMP A 50TW!WELL WE FINALLY GOT THE FISH UNDER CONTROL AND BEGAN THE FIGHT.ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER CAPT.JOHN GAFFED A HUGE WAHOO.THE LEADER MAN WAS MATE CHAD WHO DID A GREAT JOB HANDLING THE FISH.CAPT.JOHN RIGGED THE BALLY AND THE WHO FELL FOR IT.THE WHO WAS FOUGHT BY CHUCK SPRINGSTEAD,AND A FINE JOB HE DID CONSIDERING IT WAS A FIRST CANYON TRIP!ONCE ON THE CHUNK IT WAS A PICK THAT STARTED AROUND 1 AM AND DROPPED OFF ABOUT 4 AM.MANAGED TO BOAT SIX YELLOWS AND DROPPED OR BROKE OFF ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT.AT 7 AM WE WENT ON THE TROLL.ABOUT 10 MILES INSHORE OF THE DROP OFF WE HOOKED ANOTHER 50 LB. YELLOW AND BOATED IT.WE STARTED TROLLING AGAIN AND ABOUT TWO MILES FROM THE LAST FISH FOUR RODS WENT OFF--ALL WITH BIG DOLPHIN ON!WE DROPPED TWO AND BOATED TWO.ONE,A BULL, WEIGHED IN AT 25 LBS.,THE OTHER A COW,WEIGHED IN AT 15 LBS.oH,BY THE WAY THE WAHOO WEIGHED IN AT 85 LBS.ALL THE CATCHES WERE WEIGHED AT HOFFMANS MARINA IN BRIELLE.I IMAGINE THESE GUYS ENJOYED THEMSELVES.HANK WURTZBURGER,FROM THE ASBURY PARK PRESS,CAME DOWN TO CRYSTAL POINT AND TOOK SOME NICE PIC'S OF THEIR FISH.THANKS HANK!PICTURE IN THE PRESS TODAY,8/1/00!

Angler Name : Captain Bob Balewicz
E-Mail : bob@cornerelo.com
Boat Name: Carcharodon
Date Fished: July 30
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: To 60 lbs
Bait or Lure: Ballyhood Chugger Chains & Reel Seat Spreaders
Water Depth: 300-500
Water Temp.: 67 (yes!) to 73
Information : Mates Chris & David Seebode worked the cockpit for Dave Piatkowski& first time canyon tripper Andy Rich and party and once again we were not disappointed. However, upon arriving at the numbers from the day before, there must have been 50 boats trolling in the dark @ 4:30 The pressure from all the traffic pushed the bait down, caused "skittish" fish & numerous crashes & knockdowns without hookups. We checked all our hooks (always a good idea), picked a large Yellowfin & decided to go off on our own. Crossing to the East Side over "The Bombs", we started seeing Mahi free-jumping & our first pass of an otherwise ignored set of pots produced dozens of Mahi trying to eat our baitswe kept one, released a score on three trolls & kept heading East. When I spotted sheer water next to our 1' chop I was curious.. good thing, as there was a 5 degree break that produced a venerable smorgasbord of bait. With less than a half-hour of trolling time left, we immediately put three Longfins in the box to cap off a surprisingly pleasant day of weather & fishing. Andy, hope your Dad enjoys the pictures & the fish & we hope to see you again!

Angler Name : JOHN FEULNER
E-Mail : FEULNERJ@HOTMAIL.COM
Boat Name: GIZMO
Date Fished: 7-30-00
Location: RARITAN REACH
Fishing Method: DRIFT
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 16 INCH
Bait or Lure: SAND WORMS
Water Depth: 25-40 FT
Water Temp.: 72
Information : FISHED WITH MY BUDDY BOB BILLERMAN SUNDAY AM. HAD A SLOW PICK OF WEAKS AND A COUPLE FLUKE. LIGHT SE WIND, CALM BAY. ENDED THE DAY AT LEONARDO WITH 10 SMALL BLUES

Angler Name : Barry & Rich
E-Mail : Barryscost@Juno.com
Boat Name: FAT BOY
Date Fished: 7/30/00
Location: East of Flynn's Knoll
Fishing Method: Anchored
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20 to 31 in.
Bait or Lure: Bunker Chunks and Crippled Herring Lures
Water Depth: 25 to 30 ft.
Water Temp.: 68
Information : The day started off real bad.Had a dead battery in boat because of a short circuit.Used the battery from my car.We saw birds working and tried a few casts but no luck! We anchored up and the fun began.We caught a few on crippled herring and switched to chunks. For 2 hours we caught bass and blues(15 lbs)A good day.

Angler Name : John Mason
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Boat Name: Premonitions
Date Fished: 7/30
Location: L/E Reef
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16-18"
Bait or Lure: Squid/Minnow
Water Depth: 55'
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Fished in the vicinity of the reef, picked up 5 keepers and a few sea bass. Caught alot of shorts, sea robins and sting rays also. The snapper blues were all over the place. Beautiful day on the ocean. Had more than enough fish for dinner, and all in all a very good day.

Angler Name : GARY
E-Mail : micco@blast.net
Boat Name: TAMRA II
Date Fished: 7-29/30-00
Location: BARNEGAT REEF
Fishing Method: DRIFT
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16"-20"
Bait or Lure: VARIOUS
Water Depth: 45'-55'
Water Temp.: 60
Information : WENT TO THE REEF AND SURROUNDING AREAS BOTH DAYS, CAUGHT 35, KEPT 20. ALSO HAD OUR FILL OF SEA BASS, TOO MANY TO COUNT. A FEW IN THE 16"-20" RANGE.

Angler Name : Michael Savage
E-Mail : michael_savage@address.com
Boat Name: Wreckless
Date Fished: 7/30/00
Location: Little Egg Reef
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Atlantic Croaker
Size: medium
Bait or Lure: flounder rigs
Water Depth: 53 ft
Water Temp.: 74
Information : My wife, Carol, outcaught me Sunday about 3 to 1 aboard Wreckless out of Tuckerton. We fished the reef for about 3 hours bringing in 6 seabass and 6 croakers. We had lots of throwback flounder and weakies, too. Nice calm day and sunny, too.

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Angler Name : Barry Kaytes
E-Mail : bkaytes@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: Canyon Gang
Date Fished: 7/28&29
Location: hudson canyon
Fishing Method: troll&chunk
Specie: Big-Eye Tuna
Size: 190
Bait or Lure: ballyhoo
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Arrived just inside the tip around 11:30 saturday morning.Fifteen minutes after putting out the spread boated a 40 lb yellowfin.Fifteen minutes later got another about same size.Started trolling down the west wall with no action.Changed course headed for east wall.As soon as we were over the deep landed two dolphin,one weighing 19 lb.Once again heading for the east wall when two 50 class outfits were almost completely spooled by a pair of monster bigeye.The fun had only just begun due to the fact that during the 90 minute battle both of these fish wrapped us up around a lobster pot breaking one off instantly.By some miracle managed to back down on the pot and free the line on the other fish and land it.Later that night managed to go 3 for 5 on the chunk with 40 class yellowfin also getting a long release on a blue shark.Calm seas and good weather made for a great trip.

Angler Name : Dennis Leary
E-Mail : learyd@erols.com
Boat Name: GingerSnap
Date Fished: 7/29
Location: Raritan Reach
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 4-6 lbs
Bait or Lure: Sandworms
Water Depth: 30ft
Water Temp.: ??
Information : Went out of Leonardo on the GingerSnap at about 3:00PM with John and Tony Mignella. Tried Fluking but had no successs. Went to Raritan Reach started drifting over the channel. Then we started getting 4-5 good sized weaks at time. Snapper Blues we also were around an being caught. Repeated the drift about 6-7 times and had a great day. By the end the day we had 25 keepers and we in at 8:00PM. Thanks to the expertise of John and Tony we had a great day.

Angler Name : Brian Moleen
E-Mail : bmoleen@dresdner.com
Boat Name: TAG N BRAG
Date Fished: 7/28-7/29
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60lbs
Bait or Lure: Artificials
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 68-73
Information : Tournament Team TAG N BRAG fished the Beach Haven Tourny once again. We had a lot of fish but no big eyes. We put out the spreader bars and withing the first five minutes of trolling we had four longfins in the box. After that it was a mixture of Longfins and yellowfins all day. Non stop action. There was a bigeye bite going on but we just could not get one hooked up. We also had a White Marlin release and as we were hooked up with the white another white attached a big artificial but could not get it into her mouth. I heard of a blue marlin hooked up but I do not think it was landed. There is some nice 5 degree breaks out there. That is where the yellow fins were hanging. The longfin just seemed to be all over. Right in the elbow. Tight Lines.

Angler Name : Al Torsiello
E-Mail : AJTorsiello@aol.com
Boat Name: HOT ROD
Date Fished: 7/29/00
Location: Range bouys outside Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 to 24 inches
Bait or Lure: squid and killys
Water Depth: 35 to 60 Ft
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Finnaly had a decent day of fishing this year. Went out to the old range bouy area outside the inlet and hooked up right away and had a steady pick for about 4 hours. A couple of friends and I had 4-5 keepers each. Wound up the day with a 50/50 keeper short ratio. By the way be carefull with what size fish you keep I was stopped by the authorities and after me they made the rounds of all the boats in the fleet. Tight lines to all.

Angler Name : art juillet, al colin, tim slutsky
E-Mail : atj45@aol.com
Boat Name: NU-TOY
Date Fished: 7-28 &7-29
Location: HUDSON CANYON
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Big-Eye Tuna
Size: 140-127-119
Bait or Lure: SPREADER BARS
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : FISHED THE BEACH HAVEN WHITE MARLIN TUNA TOURNAMENT ON MY BROTHER CAPT KEN JUILLETS BOAT NU-TOY. THE FIRST DAY WE TROLLED UP 3 BIG EYES AND 4 ALBACORE. THE NEXT DAY WE HAD 2 WHITE MARLIN UP BUT ONLY RELEASED 1 & AFTER THAt we caught 4 albacore & 1 dolphin. we won awards for these fish & had a great trip.

Angler Name : john, erik, and dad
E-Mail : bickunas
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Date Fished: 7/29/00
Location: Barnegat bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: up to 18 inches
Bait or Lure: squid/sand worms
Water Depth: 7' to 11'
Water Temp.: 76 F
Information : Found the weakfish on the north side of the flats, east of the power plant. There was a lot of boats East of the BB marker. We thought those fish would hook shy so we continued south away from the crowd. Had action up to time we left. Lots of shorts, did manage some keepers. Sand bass rigs are working well. Next week going to fish for the elusive fluke.

Angler Name : keith kennedy
E-Mail : keithk@geminidj.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 7/29/00
Location: 18 SE of Man. inlet
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 7-12 lbs
Bait or Lure: jig
Water Depth: 98 lbs
Water Temp.:
Information : not alot of fish to be had. Got two right away, then slowed. Did not see any action around.

Angler Name : Junior Magnum
E-Mail : johnfittipaldi@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Tail_Chaser
Date Fished: 29July00
Location: 28 Mile wreck
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefish
Size:
Bait or Lure: plugs,green machines
Water Depth: various
Water Temp.: 63-68
Information : Very Poor day. Water temps mostly in low 60's. Had alot of bait fish following boat. Not one strike during 6 hours of trolling.

Angler Name : Brian, Rob, Geoff, Hank
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Boat Name: Partners' Choice
Date Fished: Sat. 7/29/00
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Big-Eye Tuna
Size: 172 lb.
Bait or Lure: Green Machine, Ballyhoo
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Fished with Rob Costa, Hank Vonder Linden, and his son Geoff. Left the dock aroun 0445-0500 or so. Set lines at 0830 with a variety of artificials and ballyhoo. Got one longfin about 30 lbs. right away. After another 45 minutes or so, got the second longfin about 50 lbs. Then went outside the fleet and found a big slick with birds working. Trolled that and lost a small Bigeye - about 100 lbs. at the boat. Light leader broke when going for the gaff shot. Then had a double header of Bigeye about 10-15 minutes after that. Lost one at the boat approx. 125-150 lbs. Leader broke again when going for the gaff shot. Landed the second one. Weighed in at 172lbs. Looks like Dad picked the wrong weekend to go to San Francisco

Angler Name : Gary
E-Mail : riverrunner@rocketmail.com
Boat Name: NIKMO
Date Fished: 7/29/00
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: Spikes to 24"
Bait or Lure: Fin-S, Grass Shrimp
Water Depth: 10 ft.
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Took Frank M. for a morning in search of some Weakfish. We caught around 20 fish with only two of them being keepers, one 24" and another 22". The keepers hit the pink Fin-S fish and most of the spikes ere on Grass Shrimp and Berkley Power Sand Worms. Tight lines.

Angler Name : M. Piosko
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Boat Name: CABORITA
Date Fished: 7/29/00
Location: North of Shark River Inlet
Fishing Method: Fishfinder Rig
Specie: Fluke
Size: 21"
Bait or Lure: Mackerel Strips
Water Depth: 65 ft
Water Temp.: 70/71
Information : Fished with Dad, Jeff Shinker and Bill Myshka this past Saturday. Jeff Shinker who fishes with us maybe 3 times a year had the first keeper in the boat within the first 15 minutes. We found a nice area North of Shark River Inlet and began catching jumbo Sea Bass. Jeff then hooked into a beautiful 21", Fluke , I followed with 2 fish over 20", and Bill followed with 2 over 18". My Dad continued to catch Sea Bass. Mackerel strips were the bait of choice. The larger Fluke and jumbo Sea Bass could not resist them. Someone would catch a Frigate Mackerel and I would immediately filet them and start cutting strips. We wound up with 10 keeper Fluke, one Bluefish and 15 nice sized Sea Bass. Many of the 10" Sea Bass were released as were the sub legal Fluke. As much as I hate to admit this, Jeff Shinker took the pool with the 21" Fluke (he may have had the largest Sea Bass as well). Overall a great day fishing.

Angler Name : slick willy
E-Mail : weaves27@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Cat
Date Fished: 7/29
Location: Sea Isle Ridge
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 14lb
Bait or Lure: small feathers and clark spoons
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Decided to fish inshore today to avoid the large crowds fishing for tuna further offshore. We found beautiful blue water located at the sea isle ridge no further than 15 miles off the coast.... Caught and released several 2-5 lb blues and false albacore, but the surprise of the trip was a 14lb dolphin! Ofcourse it hit the smallest rod on the boat spooled with 12lb test, so the fight lasted over 25 minutes! I dont know who bled more, the fish or the angler.

Angler Name : Dan McGivney
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Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 7/28/00 7/29/00
Location:
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Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3to 5 lbs
Bait or Lure: mackeral
Water Depth: 65
Water Temp.: 68
Information : On Friday Capt Dan Mcgivney had the Megan Beth 30 miles east of manasquan Inlet only to catch and release a blue shark about 100lbs.On Saturday Capt Dan had the Dan Mcmullin group aboard to catch their limit of bluefish 20 miles north east of manasquan inlet.The bluefish were in the 3to 5lb class which were a lot of fun on light tackle.

Angler Name : John Adamcik
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 7/29/00
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 7 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Spearing/Squid
Water Depth: 30 ft.
Water Temp.: 70 degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula ran his Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina up to the Monmouth Beach area with the John Adamcik charter. Not having done any Fluke fishing up north this season and hearing stories of how inconsistant the Fluke fishery could be day to day, we were pleasantly surprised when we found a patch of rough bottom in 30 ft. of water which gave up our first keeper of the day within 10 min. of stopping. We had a steady pick for most of the day with 22 keepers going into the box with a minimum of throwbacks. Several of the fish were in the 2 to 3 lb. range with the largest tipping the electronic scale at 7 1/4 lbs. The fish was landed by Angelo D'Allesio from East Hanover. The rough bottom also produced 52 nice size Seabass.

Angler Name : ABRO
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Boat Name: SCALES OF JUSTICE
Date Fished: 7/29/00
Location: flynn's knoll
Fishing Method: anchor, and drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 5 1/2 ponds and smaller
Bait or Lure: cut bunker, cut herring, spearing, and squid
Water Depth: 28 to 32 feet
Water Temp.: 69 degrees
Information : best day to date! 2- 5 1/2 pounders 1- 5 pounder 2-3pounders 15- more keepers, ran 2pounds on down. 4 fisherman could not have been happier! weather was fair, but we always catch more and bigger fish in rainny or overcast days. these fish were hungry, the way they were gobbling up the cut bait in the morning. then we switched to spearing and squid. both worked! good luck fishing doug!

Angler Name : Mike
E-Mail : MTM134@AOL.COM
Boat Name: Ambrosia
Date Fished: 7-29
Location: Barnigate Ridge
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 3 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Killies and squid w/chartreuse teasers
Water Depth: 55'
Water Temp.: 72
Information : The weather didn't look that great so the wife and I got a late start. We got to the Ridge about 12:00 noon. The waves were from the east, but only about 2 to 3 ft. I didn't expect much but the action was non-stop for the two hours that we fished. Chris (my wife)was high hook. She had 4 keepers to 3lbs. and about 4 through-backs plus 4, 1 lb. blue fish. We ended the short trip with 6 keepers and seven blues.

Angler Name : Pete, Charlie, & Ray
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Boat Name: Osprey
Date Fished: 7/29/00
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-50
Bait or Lure: Spreader Bars & Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 350
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Got a late start. Arrived at 10am to beautiful blue water inshore of the tip. Before all the lines were out we hooked up a 57 inch 40 pound wahoo and 2 yellowfins. From there we picked 3 more yellowfins and one longfin. Also had a white up and could not hook it. The entire west wall had very nice water.

Angler Name : fred hepper
E-Mail : hep@njlenders.com
Boat Name: branch office
Date Fished: 7/29/00
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18-22
Bait or Lure: squid/frozen spearing
Water Depth: 45 ft.
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Best fishing was outging tide (too bad wind over tide) in the Sandy Hook Channel in deep water. Took Approx 10 keepers, 2 sharks, 15 sea bass, etc. Not bad. The Leonardo people did a great job in their tournament. Winning fluke I beleive was 10.5 lbs.

Angler Name : Al Gillen
E-Mail : algillen@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Photogenic
Date Fished: July 29
Location: Barnegat Ridge
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Atlantic Bonito
Size: Small
Bait or Lure: Cedar plugs
Water Depth: 100'
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Trolled outside of Barnegat Ridge for possible Bluefins. Given the lack of reports, didn't expect much; got about what I expected. Two little bonito and lots of eel grass. Water was green and cloudy.

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Angler Name : larry stout
E-Mail : stootman22
Boat Name: diamond girl II
Date Fished: 7 28 2000
Location: wilmington
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 30 lbs
Bait or Lure: green machine
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 72.3
Information : calm seas good hits noon catch skipjack caught

Angler Name : Dave Bentley
E-Mail : mbent98912@aol.com
Boat Name: M+M
Date Fished: 7/28
Location: Hudson West Wall
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Blue Marlin
Size: 200+
Bait or Lure: Green Machine + Bird
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Mike Young's M+Mfished 2day BeachHavenMarlinTunaClub 31st white Marlin Contest. On our second day, went to Hudson west wall and caught alot of longfin and a few yellowfin in one area(west wall) and went to east wall. We raised a blue marlin, and lost him after 10 minutes. Back at east wall,SEVERAL big eye were caught, some boats with more than one. 25 big eye weighted in for 2 day contest. Biggest+195 on the RedHead, and Doug Cocarhan second 184, Sun Runner3rd 182, and the most unbelievable exciting weigh in. one boat late w 2 bigeye to 197lb, hooked up at 2:50, missed 8pm deadline! Get out there!!

Angler Name : Tim Hines
E-Mail : Hinesti@OOCL.com
Boat Name: Day Tripper
Date Fished: 7/28/00
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Big-Eye Tuna
Size: 125 lbs
Bait or Lure: Green Machine
Water Depth: 700
Water Temp.: 74-75
Information : Got to the Canyon at 9:30 AM, millions of boats trolling a small area of the West Wall, went to east wall trolling ballyhoo, had some huge dolphin but lost them. Around noon, most of the boats on the west wall took off for home, ( mostly Long Islanders ) so we through out a simple spread of 4 green machines trolling fast, as soon as we hit the west wall we had a knock down, then another quick knock down, then a mosterous splash and an hour and a half later, a nice big-eye came to the boat. First one ever. Made it worth the torture of driving out to the canyon in my 25 Grady. Nice weather and perfect gulf stream water. Sushi time.

Angler Name : Ed Bresnahan
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 28
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 80 pounds
Bait or Lure: Jets
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Brad Burgess and Mike Zajac got back out to the canyon after 3 days sitting at the dock due to bad weather and found the fish right where we left them. Trolling the west wall with the Ed Bresnahan charter from Wilkes Barre, PA the water was alive with life. Reaching the edge at 8:30 a.m. due to the slow ride out in rough seas the fish bit immediately and within the first hour 19 Longfin and 3 yellowfin were put on ice. After that it turned into a good pick as we released another 16 longfin ending the day with 38 tuna between 30-80 pounds. The fish hit bars, ballys and Jets.

Angler Name : Jon Marotta
E-Mail : marotta@polaris.nova.edu
Boat Name: Live Bait
Date Fished: 7/28
Location: Barnegat Bay (40 marker)
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: shorts
Bait or Lure: sandworms and Fin-s fish
Water Depth: 10 feet
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Fished from 5pm to 8pm and caught nothing but spikes, caught about 25 in the three hours but most of the big fish arent there anymore. The weather the past week had a big impact on it I guess. Will try again in the middle of the week. Herd of a good bite for weaks in the metedeconck.

Angler Name : Bassin
E-Mail : Angler32@hotmail.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 07/28/00
Location: IBSP
Fishing Method: Jetty
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 17lbs
Bait or Lure: eel
Water Depth: 25ft
Water Temp.: 68
Information :

Angler Name : frank,chris,rich
E-Mail :
Boat Name: easygo
Date Fished: 7/28/00
Location: flynns&sandy hook channel
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 1- 5lbs
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 20-65
Water Temp.: 73
Information : had a decent day fishing off the hook.we caught about 20-25 fish with7 being keepers.one was over 5lbs & 24inches in lenght another went about 3 lbs. seems to be the time to catch some big fish. i hear of alot of 4-7 lb fish being caught at this time.will try for that 10 pounder next time.

Angler Name : Captain Bob Balewicz
E-Mail : bob@cornerelo.com
Boat Name: Carcharodon
Date Fished: July 28
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: To 60 lbs
Bait or Lure: Assortment
Water Depth: 300-500
Water Temp.: 73
Information : After a weather cancellation for the "Carcharodon" on Friday, Captain Elio ("Four C's) Cettina took advantage of an experienced, ready crew & hosted a Friday Hudson Canyon troll trip. With Billy on the "Lady Lane" in our wake, we again had calm seas & a fast ride to the West Wall of the Hudson Canyon. Dropping a couple of lines in the dark (4:30 a.m.), we immediately hooked up with crossed lines and mayhem in the cockpit! By daylight we had 7 fish in the box & by 8:30 over 20! We stayed 'till 10 & turned around for a nice early return to the dock!

Angler Name : Don Chestnut
E-Mail : dwchestnut@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Pamela Marie
Date Fished: July 28, 2000
Location: Hambone
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 200# 64"
Bait or Lure: Butterfish on bottom
Water Depth: ??
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Captain ED Babin of the Pamela Marie out of Wildwood, NJ hooked us up on the fish of a life time. Hooked the fish at 9:55am on the bottom using whole butterfish and 30# leader on 80# line. Had to pass off the fish between 4 men (Ed, John, Jerry and Don) many times over the 1 hour and 45 minute fight. The fish crossed our anchor no less than 15 times causing us to dance around the deck of the 28 ft. Grady. At the end we gaffed the Bluefin Tuna but were unable to lift the giant over the side of the boat because the gaff was bending. We had manuver the fish throught the stern door. Once onboard the fish measured 64". Thanks Ed for a great trip.

Angler Name : Len & Bill Huttner
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 7/28/00
Location: 18 Mi. S.E. of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Wreck Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 2 l/2 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 60 to 90 ft.
Water Temp.: 71 degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had the Bounty Hunter 18 miles S.E. of Manasquan Inlet with the Len and Bill Huttner charter. We made our first stop on a wreck in 60 ft. of water and picked away at the Seabass. There were plenty of throwbacks but we managed to pull some nice size keepers. With stops on 5 additional wrecks in water up to 90 ft. deep we finished the day with a nice catch of Seabass up to 2 l/2 lbs.

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Angler Name : Dennis Nieradka
E-Mail : Firstarr2AOL.COM
Boat Name: Cock Robin
Date Fished: July 27 2000
Location: 24 MILES OFF SHORE
Fishing Method: DRIFT Jigs
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10- 17 lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Was a good day , Rainning up north but sunny down the shore . Had a lonnnnng ride , but as soon as we got to where Capt Jim was going one after a nother no stopping these brutes . Big Bad AND Nastie . you had to slow them down first and them get them to the boat . Was a great time Thanks Captain Jim & MATES. A Member OF The Bergan County Salt Waters Anglers of New Jersey Club . tight lines Guys & gals ( only on the COCK ROBIN )

Angler Name : Allen
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Class
Date Fished: 7/22 - 7/27
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: drift - jig Fin-S
Specie: Weakfish
Size: weaks up to 22", fluke up to 20"
Bait or Lure: Pink Fin-S, 1/4 oz rat'l'traps
Water Depth: 5-12'
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Lots of good action in the Metedeconk the last week w/ weakies up to 22" on all baits, ANYTHING thrown at them! Slowed considerably today though, mostly due to the drop in water temp, plus the heavy freshwater runoff from the torrential rains, so fluking was the target.. Caught the limit (up to 20")on Fin-S and leadheads, off Dale's Pt. in about 3 hrs worth of fishing.. Very good action, everyone was catching.. Flatties were very aggressive, pounced on plastics! tight lines..

Angler Name : Dan O
E-Mail : dns824@aol.com
Boat Name: Yes Dear
Date Fished: 7/24-00
Location: Sea Girt Reef & lumps
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16'' - 19''
Bait or Lure: Squid /Spearing
Water Depth: 65'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Slow day but steady wound up with 3 keepers of fluke by myself and plenty of throwbacks.When is the weather gonna break for good and let the big fish back inshore some

Angler Name : BOB DONAHUE
E-Mail : just1mor@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: "JUST ONE MORE"
Date Fished: 7/21-7/24
Location: SANDY HOOK BAY
Fishing Method: CHUNKING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 16.5 LBS.
Bait or Lure: BUNKER
Water Depth: 25'
Water Temp.: 73.3 DEGREES
Information : STRIPER BASS CHUNKING IS STILL GOING PRETTY WELL. ONE HIGHLIGHT TRIP WAS THE BOB DONAHUE CHARTER WHO LIMITED OUT WITH STRIPERS TO 16.5 LBS. THIS FISHING HAS SLOWED DOWN BUT IS NOT OVER YET. SWITCHING TO TROLLING IS PRODUCING BASS AND BLUES. WEAKFISH ARE BEGINNING TO PICK UP ALSO. FISH SO FAR UP TO 7LBS. SEABASS ON THE ARTIFICIAL REEF IS REAL GOOD RIGHT NOW. FISH ARE UP TO 15" AND SOME LARGER. CONSTANT ACTION ALL DAY. TIME TO GO IF YOU WANT SOME TASTY FILLETS BEFORE THE WATER WARMS TOO MUCH OUT THERE. HAVE RECENTLY SEEN LARGER FLUKE TO 6 LBS. IN THE DEEP OF THE CHANNELS. PLENTY OF SHORTS EVERYWHERE ELSE. THANKYOU. CAPT. RICH

Angler Name : Fred Paccione
E-Mail : fredpacc@aol.com
Boat Name: Lone Ranger
Date Fished: 7/24/00
Location: Raritan Bay - outside Mogan Creek
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 3lbs
Bait or Lure: Fin-S
Water Depth: 13 feet
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Had a bad day at work so I skipped out about 12 noon to eat lunch on the boat. I got outside in inlet and had some good marks on the fish finder but no bait, so I started bouncing some Fin-S lures off the bottom. I boated six week fish two fluke and three small blues.It wasn't such a bad day after all! I'm still waiting to get some reports of consistent tuna out at the Hudson so I can get in on some of the action. I hope you guys post it if you hit them. I'll post it for sure when I do! - Tight lines!

Angler Name : Bartlett/Lopata
E-Mail : tlopata@lucent.com
Boat Name: Sabatical/28 Ft. Whaler
Date Fished: 7/24
Location: West of Lemke's Canyon
Fishing Method: Chum
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 100 #
Bait or Lure: Whole Bluefish
Water Depth: 106-160 ft.
Water Temp.: 71.5
Information : Ran out of Wreck Inlet from Brigantine. Sea's increased to 6ft. by the time we got to a Lump with a lot of bait fish. Put out the chum and whole Bluefish baits. Had small Mako chew on three of the baits and had hooked, but lost at the boat. 45 minutes later, about 10 am, hooked into 100 lb. Mako which was fought for 15 minutes. Gaffed it and got into boat and was my first Mako Shark. Trolled from Noon on after chum ran out. Trolled two hours back to Brigantine for Tuna but had no hits.

Angler Name : Craig Yarde
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 24
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: up to 50 pounds
Bait or Lure: Jets & Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Brad Burgess and Mike Zajac were back in the Hudson Canyon on Monday and basically had the place all to themselves. Fishing with the Phil Rosenbaum charter from Houston, Texas we quickly put 4 longfin in the boat at first light trolling the east wall. However, the bait, birds and whales disappeared as soon as the 4th fish was in the boat and the longfin went with them. Moving over to the other side we found the life again and boated another 8 Longfin to end the day with a dozen. Jets and Ballyhoo were once again the hot baits and with no crowd we were once again putting a double digit catch of tuna together for our charter.

Angler Name : Eric Maltese,John Todd,Brian Canpolattaro parties
E-Mail : captpete@hyperstripercharters.com
Boat Name: Hyper Striper
Date Fished: 7/22 7/23 7/24
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 18 lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Striper fishing continues to produce,however it's not the easy fishing we had the past few months.We've switched to trolling and the results were very good.Saturday the Eric Maltese party put 8 keepers over 28 inches in the box plus a cooler of bluefish.Sunday the John Todd party had good striper action putting 12 stripers in the box up to 15lbs and added a bunch of blues to 12lbs.Monday the Brian Canpollattaro party managed over 20 bass including 8 slot fish and 4 over 28 inches including an 18lber on umbrellas.We should have bass around for a while and also are starting to see some large weakfish showing up.

Angler Name : UPSDave
E-Mail : D.feigenbaum@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Atlantic star
Date Fished: 07/24/00
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: varied
Bait or Lure: spearing
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fluking started out pretty good on the Atlantic Star as the low tide was finishing about 8AM on the ocean side of Sandy Hook. There was plenty of action between the sea robins and the fluke (of all sizes). Keeper ratio seemed to be 3-4 shorts for every keeper. Around 10:30 things slowed down to a crawl. Most on board (pretty full boat) had 2-3 keepers.

Angler Name : Craig Yarde
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 23
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 45 pounds
Bait or Lure: Jets & Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Brad Burgess and Mike Zajac had their first slow day of the canyon season Sunday after 12 productive trips to the edge. However, as usual, a crowd of boats was the culprit. Fishing where there was a hot bite on Saturday (The East Wall) was at least 75 boats all trolling on top of each other. Needless to say, the fish did not bite on Sunday and we finally had to leave the area and search for a new body of fish. Trolling the west wall we quickly found yellowfin and put 2 in the boat out of 5 hits within a 30 minute time span. However after we put the second fish in the boat we were surrounded again by the crowd and the fish never came up again. I can not stress this enough - take a day off during the week and fish the canyon when there are only a few boats it will improve your catch by 500% (See our report for Monday July 24).

Angler Name : John+Greg Ball
E-Mail : FishAlure2@Aol.com
Boat Name: Fish'in Impossible
Date Fished: 7/23/
Location: 40 line between balt - poor mans
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 35 - 45 #
Bait or Lure: small spreader bars
Water Depth: 200 - 280 ft
Water Temp.: 72.5 - 73.7
Information : Started about 7:30 Had one Dolphin on a weed line then went to the hot dog to chunk. Some bluefin and yellowfin were there but we could not come up with one.Other boats had a few.We then went back on the troll,in 30 fathoms of water we found a trawler working and when we crossed his stern we hooked up a double header. It was nuts because my brother and I were the only ones aboard. He had to hold both rods as they took off line and I had to clear the other six lines plus teasers. Some how we were able to gaff both the fish and went home happy. otherwise it was a slow day. (Point of caution) Out there on the weed line about 5 mi NE of the hot dog I found a 30 - 40 FT TELEPHONE POLE STANDING ON EDGE WITH ONLY ONE FOOT OUT OF THE WATER, IT LOOKED LIKE IT COULD HAVE BEEN 1000 POUNDS. KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN. GOOD FISHING TO ALL.

Angler Name : the rat
E-Mail : nkennedy@ufrsd.k12.us.nj
Boat Name: waterrat
Date Fished: 7/23/00
Location: barnegat light reef
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 10-15''
Bait or Lure: squid/killie
Water Depth: 50'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : dropped the first line at 8am, bam! the 15 incher, couple more that size than it slowed, put 9 in the cooler, and went to 40' off island beach state park, three keeper fluke 15 1/2 - 18, called it a day at 1pm Lots of fun.

Angler Name : Brian Cohen
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Amanda Mila
Date Fished: 07/23/00
Location: raritan bay
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 13''
Bait or Lure: fluke belly and spearing
Water Depth: 10 to 70 ft
Water Temp.: 68
Information : i caught my first ever blue snapper keeper it gave a hard fight

Angler Name : Justin
E-Mail : witeagle@aol.com
Boat Name: White Eagle
Date Fished: 7/23/00
Location: Chicken Canyon to Texas Tower
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Real Seat spreaders, Tuna Clone, Zuckers, Cedar Plug
Water Depth: 30-40 Fathoms
Water Temp.: 70.5 up to 72.8
Information : Started the troll at Chicken canyon and worked are way through the canyon and then east towards the Texas Tower. A few miles shy we talked to some other boats out their and they said nothing was going on and they were gonna start heading to Chicken Canyon. Seem's like the blue water was no where to be found. Heard one report of a boat getting a 100+ bigeye and a decent yellowfin. Other then that, we didn't see much, and neither did many of the other boats. Hopefully August things will imporove. From the sounds of it, everything shut down this weekend - even the amazing bluefish out in the the mudhole have dissapeared. Tight lines

Angler Name : Bruce Cummings
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Bonnie Lee
Date Fished: 07/23/00
Location: Hambone
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 40-100Lb
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 120
Water Temp.:
Information : Arrived at the Hambone at 7:45am Chunked All day With Out a Runoff. Saw a Boat Next to us Catch 2 and lose 1.There Were 125 Boats Around us but the fleet thinned out during the day. Had our first fish at 4:30Pm with only 3 Boats left. From 4:30 to 6:30 Pm we boated 3 Bluefin And released 9 others. It was Hard to find the fish under 48" to Keep. Fishing Got good when everybody Left.

Angler Name : Robert Cucinelli, Ed Cucinelli
E-Mail : rcuc@pipeline.com
Boat Name: Liquid Assets
Date Fished: 7/23/00
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll Artificials
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Headed east to Virginia wreck in search of blue water and found nothing but green water. Headed out to Texas Tower and trolled east to tip of Hudson where there was better water. Heard of one boat (Stalker) land a 100 plus big eye at the tip. We hit the tip and trolled around some lobster balls when we had a hit on a small Schneider lure on the flat line. We lost the fish at the boat, however. It was probably 40-50 #'s. That was it for the day. Not another touch after that. We did see some much better and warmer water about 6-8 miles west of the canyon, and saw a whale but caught nothing there either.

Angler Name : justin
E-Mail : jusswim122@aol.com
Boat Name: Sunny Skies
Date Fished: 7/23/00
Location: hot dog
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 140#
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 120'
Water Temp.: 75
Information : anchored up around 9AM...first fish came in soon after, a nice 140# bluefin...3 other run-offs and lost one close to the boat about the same size. All fish hit baits with 60# leaders and were caught close to the bottom.

Angler Name : John
E-Mail : anjemiv@aol
Boat Name: Triple Trouble
Date Fished: 7/23
Location: Cigar &28 Mile wreck
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: zuckers,green machine,cedar plugs
Water Depth: 95-140
Water Temp.: 72.5 - 73.5
Information : Fished with my friend Marty on his boat. We fished the cigar for a few hours working the edges and lumps and then worked our way over to the 28 mile wreck. Did it as right as we know how and had one knock-down all day. Gotta keep trying.........Good fishing!

Angler Name : Captain Bob Balewicz
E-Mail : bob@cornerelo.com
Boat Name: Carcharodon
Date Fished: July 23
Location: "100 Square" @ Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: to 65 lbs
Bait or Lure: Reel Seat Spreader Bars & Ballyhood Chugger Chains
Water Depth: 300-2000
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Charlie Messano Sr. & Jr. & friends were aboard for an overnite troll trip to the Hudson Canyon. Acting on the previous days reports of better water at the 100 Square, we left the Brielle Yacht Club at Midnight, treated to the calmest of waters and a beautiful moon directly off our bow for the trip out! Arriving to find an armada of boats on the radar, we chose to drop our lines about 6 miles short and were rewarded with a few Mahi-Mahi (surprising any were around considering the water temps we've had in the Hudson), a Skippy and a baby Bigeye, as best we could tell before releasing. One really nice 70 lb.Yellowfin for Charlie Sr. put him to the test, while Charlie Jr. pulled a 45 pounder for his efforts. Reel Seat "Greatful Dead" spreader bars got the nod as usual, although Ballyhood "Tandem Tuna Machines" deserve honorable mention for making the spread distinctive. To say it was a "picky" bite would be putting it mildly, as many Captains were scratching their heads back at the dock. We had abundant life beneath and above with birds, whales and porpoises aboundingwe just couldn't raise the Tuna. Oh well, that's why it's called "fishing".

Angler Name : Michael Savage
E-Mail : michael_savage@address.com
Boat Name: Wreckless
Date Fished: 7/23
Location: 750 Square and Cigar
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50lb
Bait or Lure: Bird and green machine
Water Depth: 130ft
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Out of Tuckerton, we stopped short of the 750 sq. when we hit a temp. break of 78 and trolled up a 50lb yellowfin 3 mi. from the square, had a second runoff 15 min. later but never had the fish on. Trolled all day in the area and headed back trolling to the cigar. At 3:30 we caught a second yellowfin in the tip of the cigar and had another runoff with no cigar, so to speak. Heard of a fish or two caught in the area and talked with a boat that caught a mako and a dusky but it did not seem like much was going on this Sunday.

Angler Name : bayner
E-Mail : bayner333@erols.com
Boat Name: kath II
Date Fished: 7 23 00
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15 to 25 1/2
Bait or Lure: killy&squid
Water Depth: 45 to 65
Water Temp.: 72
Information : The morning was slow 3 keepers moved to false hook different tide bang happy all afternoon toped by 25.5 in. baby

Angler Name : Dan Mcgivney
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 7/22/00 and 7/23/00
Location: 20 east of Manasquan
Fishing Method: chum
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10 lbs
Bait or Lure: butterfish/ mackeral
Water Depth: 68
Water Temp.: 120
Information : On Saturday we had the Art Legins group aboard the Megan Beth to have a good catch of bluefish.Fishing was a steady pick all day and the group went home with plenty of filets. On Sunday it was back out with the Steve Evanalski group from Drums Pa to have a great catch of Blues. After stoping where we finished the day before only to find the fish have moved off to the east another 5 to 6 miles.

Angler Name : Jim, Kathe, Jon & Linda Murray
E-Mail : murray@quadnet.net
Boat Name: Tunnelvision
Date Fished: 07/23/00
Location: West side of B.L. Reef
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16-18"
Bait or Lure: Squid/spearing
Water Depth: 48-52
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Having to deal with choppy seas AGAIN we decided to take the short ride to the reef. Only managed 4 keepers and about 10 throwbacks. I need a nice day to go trolling..SOON!!!!

Angler Name : Dave Carman
E-Mail : huntindrc@aol.com
Boat Name: Eagle
Date Fished: 7/23/00
Location: triple wrecks+chicken canyon
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: daisy chains + cedar plugs+ feathers
Water Depth: 150 - 280
Water Temp.: 72.3
Information : trolled area all day and had only one knockdown, never saw the fish.the water was dirty and green,it did clean up a little in the chicken canyon, but no sign of life.I felt a little better when I spoke to my buddies who fished the hudson and had no more luck then I had.

Angler Name : Steve Wurst
E-Mail : seatriever@aol.com
Boat Name: Seatriever
Date Fished: 7/23/00
Location: Lindenkohl
Fishing Method: troll/artificials
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 69
Information : spent the morning on the troll from 5 am to around 11 am although we saw a few whales and porpoise we didn't have one knockdown. some areas w/ chickens that looked promising, but no fish. too calm!!!

Angler Name : Ken , Ritchie and Mike
E-Mail : ksvcs1@aol.com
Boat Name: alexis-morgan
Date Fished: 7/23/00
Location: 28 mile wreck
Fishing Method: chum
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 6'----150 lbs
Bait or Lure: mackrel
Water Depth: 123'
Water Temp.: 71
Information : started chum at 7:15 am had a hit at 8am. mako came out of the water when hooked,but another bit through the line.hooked the 150 lb. at 10 am .nice fish,did 3 spectacular jumps about 10-15' out of the water.fought it for 45 min.on the 4/0 penn.naturally it hit the smaller reel.it was mikes first mako!a great day of fishing with good friends!

Angler Name : Abe Coban
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 7/23/00
Location: 25 Mi. S.E. of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Chumming/Jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 100 ft.
Water Temp.: 70 degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had his Bounty Hunter out to the Bluefish grounds with the Abe Coban charter. We caught the Blues in the early part of the day on bait and jigs. As the boat traffic increased the fishing slowed to a slow pick. We decided to finish the day wreckfishing for Seabass and finished up with a good catch of Blues along with 4 dozen Seabass.

Angler Name : Tom, brent, Craig
E-Mail : Moneypit46@aol.com
Boat Name: Hell Raiser
Date Fished: 7/23
Location: Wilmington
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40#
Bait or Lure: plastics, cedars, spreaders
Water Depth: 240?
Water Temp.: 71.6
Information : Arrived at the Wilmington around 8 am and picked fist yellow fin in first ten mintues. Signs of things to come, so we thought. First fish on a green/black head cedar plug, very effective this year. 6+ fish alone. Then hour later one yellow fin on green/yellow spreader bar. That was it folks. Tuna lump nothing. Heard better action was in the Spenser. Also heard in the hudson canyon.

Angler Name : Tommy Cohen
E-Mail : Shorty Cohen
Boat Name: Amanda Mila
Date Fished: 07/23/00
Location: raritan bay and sandy hook bay
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15''
Bait or Lure: fluke belly and spering
Water Depth: 10 to 40ft.
Water Temp.: 68
Information : First started in seawaren nuttin there then went to sandy hook got soaked and we were frozen then we get there and we caught 6 sea robins went to raritan bay and my uncle caught a fluke just 15 and a half then i caught a 14 and a halfer.Took a few more drifts same apot had one so close to top we didnt see it but i could feel it was a keeper then i was pulling to hard and pop it came out my dad was about to net it when it got to the top. If we didnt go to sandy hook we would of hit the right tide at the perfect time. But missed it by a little

Angler Name : Nelson Morgan
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Blood Vessel
Date Fished: 7/23
Location: Wilmington Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40 #
Bait or Lure: Naturals - Swimming Mullet & Ballyhoo
Water Depth: +/- 150 fathom
Water Temp.: 72.5
Information : Chased some fish breaking north of the elephant trunk w/o success. followed out to 30 fathom lump which was our original start point. Hit multiple weed lines with very limited life (saw 1 flying and a few pilot fish). Heard of a longfin bite earlier at the Wilmington in 60-80 fathoms so we ventured east. Were 3 miles east of the tip when we had a double header of yellowfin boating one. Subsequent to these fish, a spreader bar got wrapped in a wheel. We pulled in the lines and left the far rigger baits bouncing in and out of the water while we took turns removing the wrapped spreader bar. Imagine our surprise when 25 feet from where we were diving under the boat a 60# yellowfin decided to pick one of the bouncing mullets. It led to a rather chaotic and hilarious scene. We fought the fish for 10 minutes had him on top just beyond our reach and lost him on his second run. At least it's a good memory. Got in late on both engines as we were able to get the spreader removed. It is unfortunate that we lost the afternoon bite as it appeared it was going to be a good one. One final note, the tuna had nothing in it's stomach. For all you lovers of dragging natural baits, 50% of my fish this year have come on swimming mullet.

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Angler Name : Jim Meyer
E-Mail : IMEMFRANK@aol.com
Boat Name: Debra Ann
Date Fished: 7/22/00
Location: Misty Blue
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: Any!
Bait or Lure: Ballys and Spreader Bars
Water Depth: 126'
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Got a late start so I only headed out to the Misty Blue. Original plans were for the Arlene where I believe there was blue water. Trolled all day without a knock down. Plenty of small blues so I had fun on light tackle. My trips are too few and far between so reluctantly the Debra Ann is up for sale. Grady White Sailfish. E Mail me back

Angler Name : Phil Kozak National Fishing Association
E-Mail : NFA5441@AOL.COM
Boat Name: Pocket Rocket
Date Fished: 07/22/00
Location: Ham Bone
Fishing Method:
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 60 inch 130+ponds
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 150
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Left Cape May for the Hambone Head sea slowed us down.As we went over the Chickenbone noted some serious marks, but continued on to are numbers. Started out in 140 and at 1PM had a solid hook up. Frank Crampton fought the Bluefin with a international 50 and 80 pound floural carbon leader. Fish was landed in 30 to 35 min. Used 8ft ugly sticks and they worked great. Fish went under the boat twice and Frank was able to keep the fish away from the engines. Ride home was great made in less the 2hrs. Some yellowfin reported on the south end of the Hambone. Will try again next weekend.

Angler Name : Mike and Joe Pop.
E-Mail :
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: 7/22/00
Location: Island Beach State Park
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Clams, Squid & Sand Eels
Water Depth: Surf
Water Temp.: 69
Information : We spent about 3 hours(2pm-5pm) looking for anything that would bite. I found one crab the was stupid enough to get his legs caught in my line!! That was it. I did get one bite that never got hooked. Talked to a number of surf fisherman on 7/22 and 7/23 and no one caught a single fish. One guy spent the entire day moving south on the beach and on the bay side and didn't get a bite. It was a very slow weekend at Island Beach.

Angler Name : Jeff
E-Mail : jwlw22@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 07/22/00
Location: 28 mile wreck
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 15 lb.
Bait or Lure: Cedar plug
Water Depth: 135
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Trolled all day and picked up one dolphin. Not much happening out there on Saturday.

Angler Name : Ron Walker
E-Mail : rwalker@trilogyassoc.com
Boat Name: MegaBite
Date Fished: July 22, 2000
Location: Del Bay - Ed Holme's Squirrel's Nest
Fishing Method: Anchored
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 14-22"
Bait or Lure: Crab / Squid
Water Depth: 12
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Had my best customer fly in from Hagerstown, MD for a day of fishing. After picking them up at Millville airport, we ran to the spot Ed made famous ... The Squirrel's Nest and we had constant action. Lots of shorts, but we managed a cooler full of weakies. As a bonus, my customer nailed 3 fat flounder including a 22"er. Due to the constant action, I spent the day baiting hooks, taking fish off, and untangling tangles and birdnests. Glad to do it since I would not have this boat without this customer. They even pitched in and cleaned the boat while I did the fish. Thanks again to my fishing buddy Ed Holmes for turning me on to the Squirrel's Nest. That spot NEVER fails.

Angler Name : Captain Bob Balewicz
E-Mail : bob@cornerelo.com
Boat Name: Carcharodon
Date Fished: July 21-22
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Big-Eye Tuna
Size: 150 lbs
Bait or Lure: Ballyhood Chugger Chain
Water Depth: 300
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Ron Reinhardt treated his son Jeff to a rather special 24th birthday present. Leaving Thursday night in a fair heave, we were treated to a beautiful sunrise, nice trolling weather & seas and a half-hour fight with an estimated 150 lb Bigeye Tunaand yes, it was Jeff's turn! He gamely fought the creature for a half-hour on a 50b standup outfit, with the Captain and crew working diligently for a successful landing. The beast "charged" the boat ala' Kamikaze style three times, and came up to the surface twice, swam around like a marlin & then dove for a couple hundred yards. (When finished with the fight, the "track" on my GPS Chartplotter looked like 20 concentric circles over a couple hundred yards of ground that we covered!) Talk about good eating! A Ballyhood "Chugger Chain" gets the nod for enticing the fish to eat. We look forward to seeing Ron, Jeff and friends again in September for a chunk-n-troll! Special thanks to Captain Jeff "Tuna Tango" Dangelmajer & Scott ("His Lady") Lisowski for working the trip. Always a gas, boys!

Angler Name : Capt. Pell Glentz
E-Mail : Albatross0099@aol.com
Boat Name: Albatross
Date Fished: 7/22/00
Location: Sandy Hook Bay, Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 to 24 inches
Bait or Lure: Squid and Killie combo
Water Depth: 15 to 50 ft.
Water Temp.: 71.5
Information : Despite a morning tide going against the wind the Albatross with a crew of two managed to get six keepers.The largest fish was 24" and weighed 5 and 3/4lbs.Lost a 30" Fluke at the side of the boat which was estimated at 8 to 10 lbs.Overall a pretty decent day...

Angler Name : Vince L.
E-Mail : vluci@aol.com
Boat Name: EIREMAR
Date Fished: 7/22/00
Location: Baltimore Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure: Spreader bars & ballyhoo
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Trolled the baltimore hard on Saturday. Arrived at 7:30 am and fished until 3:00 pm. Has some skippies early but nothing after that. Reports on the radio indicated fishing was very slow. Trolled from the Arlene thru Massey's canyon on the way in. Lots of bait on the surface but no fish. Heard one report of a blue marlin caught at the Arlene about 20 minutes after I left the area. Long day!

Angler Name : Gary
E-Mail : riverrunner@rocketmail.com
Boat Name: NIKMO
Date Fished: 7/22/00
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: SPIKES
Bait or Lure: Grass Shrimp,Fin-S,Sandworms
Water Depth: 10 feet
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Me and big Freddy went out to the BB buoy and caught about 25 spikes,all about 13" long and only had one kepper at 21". Also got 5 Fluke on squid/killie and Fin-S, two keepers at 18" each. Tight lines!!

Angler Name : S Clancy
E-Mail : sclancy@pattonboggs.com
Boat Name: Irish Rogue III
Date Fished: 7/22
Location: Baltimore
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: #0
Bait or Lure: ballys,plastics
Water Depth: 300-1000+
Water Temp.: 74-76
Information : Fished the Balto saturday. One knockdown. No fish. Reports in the Wilm and Balto were not good. Few fish taken. One or two blue marlin reportedly tagged. Lots of boats, no bait and no fish. ***If you fish the Wilm, Balto, Lindenkohl, Spencer canyons, PLEASE post reports. thanks

Angler Name : Dave Bentley
E-Mail : mbent98912@aol.com
Boat Name: Re-Bait
Date Fished: 7/22/00
Location: 44 miles nne Beach Haven Inlet
Fishing Method: chum
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 11 pounds
Bait or Lure: Bluefish belly
Water Depth: 100
Water Temp.: 71
Information : My son Michael and I made the 44 mile run to a spot SE of little italy, below mud hole and glory hole, to fish the BeachHaven M&T club's inshore classic. 30+ boats including head boats on spot drifting. It was a mad dog bite. chum heavily, use trace wire, no swivel, onto sharp hook, and hang on (PS..were beat by a bunch of women..AGAIN)

Angler Name : Phil Lidlow
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 7/22/00
Location: Sandy Hook Channel
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Fluke
Size: 4.89 thru 9.50
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Have not reported in quite a while but have a worth while story. We fished a 5-Fish total Tournament this weekend. Assuming weigh in was 5:00 (Ass-u-ming is a bad thing to do. We look around at 3:45 noticing most of our competitors are gone. I know, and enjoy the guys I fish aginst. Seeing this I run over to one guy who is still out, asking weigh in time ? He says get outta here now !! Hehe we run like the wind thinking (according to our watches) we are just gonna make it. Not to happen, shot down for a minute Late ! Our total catch for 5 fish 32.95 pounds. Included were a 9.50 / 7.89 lbs fish. It was a great catch, and I would like to thank Nick Rauco, and Jim Stingle for helping put the catch together. We learned 3 things this weekend #1 Lock the cooler lid big fish will leap to freedom #2 read the rules top to bottom #3 Grown men do cry . I and my crew fish for the sheer thrill of catching big Fluke, watching lesson #3 was very entertaining.

Angler Name : Mike Kurys, Mark ,Nicky Kurys , Nicky SR , and Rob Ahle , Capt Bruce Hrobak and (mate) Rick Carrol
E-Mail : Captwave@aol.com
Boat Name: WAVEDANCER
Date Fished: 7/22/00
Location: SE of Mansquan 25 miles
Fishing Method: Drift and Chum then Troll later
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 125 (est)
Bait or Lure: Mackral Fillet
Water Depth: 85 down to 135
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Got to a No name spot I fish real nice Dropoff water was green though but bait was there and it was a go . We began chumming at 7:00 am all the bait were set out we had a few sharks around NO BLUES finally !!!!! after a shot time we had MR mako show up Nick SR spotted him and he was the 1st angler to be on the rod the Mako grabbed the bait with a bright Yellow Skirt on the close line it was a nice runnoff and he was makin a circle at the boat I set up solid on the Mako and Nick sr was on the mako it was easily subbdued but Green we all took a bath at boatside !!! Gaffed and Tailroped he was ours it was 9;00 so we began to troll the green water with our luck with some Blues but all in all the guys had a great day and caught thier 1 st Mako !!!!! Tight Lines Capt Bruce

Angler Name : Werner Sprie
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 7/22/00
Location: 22 Mi. S.E. of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Chumming/Jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker/Jigs
Water Depth: 105 ft.
Water Temp.: 70 degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula returned to the Bluefish grounds with the Werner Sprie charter. We started the day with a good morning bite having continuous action for the first two hours. As the current picked up we went on the drift and caught fish on baits and jigs. At the end of the day as the fleet thinned out we caught fish on the troll. The 50+ fish we caught during the day were all released.

Angler Name : fred hepper
E-Mail : hep@njlenders.com
Boat Name: branch office
Date Fished: 7/22/00
Location: sandy hook outside
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18-22
Bait or Lure: spearing - squid strips
Water Depth: 20 ft.
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Nice westerly wind on an outgoing tide made drifting the sandy hook beach perfect, saturday afternoon. Lots of nice fish w/a mix of sea robins. See you all @ the Leonardo Fluke Tourney next weekend!

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: Capt John
Date Fished: July 22,2000
Location: Staten Island side Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15-20 Inchs
Bait or Lure: Fluke Belly & Spearing
Water Depth: 8-50 Feet
Water Temp.:
Information : Day started off on a high note for my son & myself as the first drift yielded 3 keepers ( 2 for me & 1 for my son ).A good flow of keepers came over the rail on this drift,but subsequent drifts in the same area were not as productive. A move inshore resulted in Jason & I each catching a short fluke. A move to the deep water of Ambrose Channel only produce another short for myself.A drift along a tide line at the top of the Reach Channel went fishless,but a long drift along the green side of the same channel further back into the bay produced a steady pick of keepers for the boat where Jason & I again put a keeper in the box as well as another short for me.

Angler Name : Todd,dereck&Mike
E-Mail : cjnesti@home.com
Boat Name: Quick Draw
Date Fished: 7/21/00
Location: 20miles E of the hudson
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40/60#
Bait or Lure: red & white suckers
Water Depth: 250
Water Temp.: 71
Information : We had a nice one day troll. we managed 2 yellowfin & 1 long fin. when we cleaned the fish there was nothing in there stomachs. Slow fishing compared to the earlier reports this week.

Angler Name : Dave
E-Mail : ddjrow@aol.com
Boat Name: Jenny R
Date Fished: 7/21/00
Location: Marker 40, Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: Chum grass shrimp
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 3 to 6 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Grass shrimp
Water Depth: 8'
Water Temp.: na
Information : Managed a Barnegat Bay grand slam. i.e. weaks, blues bass & fluke. Have to admit that the fluke and one bass had to be released as to small. Shrimp are the way to go if you can find someone to sell you some. Fish the outgoing.

Angler Name : Tom
E-Mail : tcw30@hotmail.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 7/21/00
Location: Corsons Inlet
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16" & 21"
Bait or Lure: Fin-s
Water Depth: shallow
Water Temp.: warm
Information : Caught two flounder casting fin-s over a mudflat. Also got four weakies from 14"-20" which were all released.

Angler Name : Mike and Joe Pop.
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Jamaica
Date Fished: 7/21/00
Location: 20 miles E of Pt. Pleasant
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8-15 lb's
Bait or Lure: Ava 47's
Water Depth: N/A
Water Temp.: N/A
Information : We took a Friday off hoping for a light crowd on the big Jamaica. There were about 55 - 60 folks on board. The morning proved to be a very slow pick of a few blues. However, during the afternoon beginning at 12:15, we had constant flurries like the good old days. Six to ten fish were on at a time. I had 4 consecutive casts that hooked fish. The blues were big for this time of year. I was lucky enough to catch the poll winner at 15 pounds. The others probably averaged 8-12 pounds. As for totals, brother Joe caught his 10 fish limit while I had 7. He just wouldn't allow me to catch up. We lost 7 - 8 fish in the tangles and with some jumping blues. Everyone caught fish. I'd say the average was 3-5 fish. The experienced guys were near 10 a piece. Capt. Howard stayed out about an extra hours because the bite came late. We did leave them biting. The weather and the fish cooperated for a very good day of bluefishing. Good Fishing!!!!!

Angler Name : Pat Ryan
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 21
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 75 pounds
Bait or Lure: Jets & Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Pat Ryan charter from Philadelphi, PA out on the Canyon Runner Friday and mates Brad Burgess and Mike Zajac helped put the group into 4 yellowfin and 4 longfin. Trolling the east wall of the Hudson the charter ended up 8 for 15 on yellowfin to 75 pounds and smaller longfin that ate both Jets and Ballyhoo.

Angler Name : Bob Kinsella
E-Mail : sneakyweak@aol.com
Boat Name: Sneaky Weaky
Date Fished: July 21
Location: Delaware Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16"-24"
Bait or Lure: spearing,squid combo
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Nice day on the bay, calm winds and flat seas made for perfect drift and fishing conditions,dad and I limited out by noon with the last one being a prize 5 pounder.Went inshore for some weaky and snapper blue action and was not disapointed staying pretty busy for the next couple of hours.Another great day fishing,any day fishing is a great day and the fish are just a plus.Also saw hundreds of sting rays on top of the water every where in the bay and unfortunately hooked one on lite tackle that must be where they get that saying tight lines from. Still looking for Jiffy Rigs!

Angler Name : Joe Hernandez
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 7/21/00
Location: 22 Mi. S.E. of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 105 ft.
Water Temp.: 70 degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had his Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina back out to the Bluefish grounds 22 miles Southeast of Manasquan Inlet. The Joe Hernandez charter had no problem filling the fishbox with 8 to 10 lb. Blues by noon. Most of the fish were caught on bait but a good number were landed while jigging.

Angler Name : frank s
E-Mail :
Boat Name: easygo
Date Fished: 7/21/00
Location: flynns knoll
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 1-5lbs.
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 15-25ft
Water Temp.: 72
Information : fished the knoll today and came up with a decent catch.caught about18 fluke with 8 being keepers and only one sea robin.two of the fish were 5 lbs. and one was about 3lbs.will go out today to the same spot and see if we are as lucky.

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Angler Name : James Hager
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Sea Hag
Date Fished: 07/20/00
Location: ambrose channel
Fishing Method: fluke bellie+KILLIE
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15- 26.5 INCHES
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 45 -70 FEET
Water Temp.:
Information : fished the incoming tide today. caught a nice 6 pounder 5 minutes after arriving at my spot. Did not catch a ton of fish but everything was a keeper or much better. limited out in four hours, must catch the tide right

Angler Name : tony cosmi
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Red Dog Rental
Date Fished: 7-20-00
Location: sea isle bayside
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 21-23"
Bait or Lure: SLUGGO - 6" 1/2 oz jig
Water Depth: 5-15ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Took the niece & nephew out for flounder. Nothing for 2 hrs. Threw on a sluggo & bam. Caught 4 lost a few nice weakies. Aalso snagged a nice snapper blue. If you never used sluggos - try em.

Angler Name : Bill VanDusen
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 7/20/00
Location: 8 Mile Wreck
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 3 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 65 ft.
Water Temp.: 70 degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula ran his Bounty Hunter out to a wreck 8 miles East of Manasquan Inlet with the Bill VanDusen charter. This was as far as we wanted to go since we had 9 year olds on board. The Seabass fishing was good but the ocean motion took it's toll. After 2 hours the winds steadily came on out of the Northeast, we called it a day with 23 fish in the box.

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Angler Name : CApt Lou
E-Mail : Osprey30@aol.com
Boat Name: Everythings Rosie's II
Date Fished: 7/19/00
Location: Klondike/Long Branch
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15 1/2 to 17 "
Bait or Lure: Squid Killie
Water Depth: 58 to 62 ft.
Water Temp.: 71 F
Information : Took Timmy and his Uncle Tommy out to the Klondike and started to drift Immediatly landed our first keeper. After that it was dead. the headboats left the area , some went deeper ,the others scattered. We headed for Long Branch on the southern edge of the Rocks and started to hit seabass. All I heard on the radio were guys Bitchin about the lack of Fluke, noone said a word about the draggers scraping the bottom or pulling bunker.No Bait, No Fish. we staid out untill the rain really started to pound then headed in we ended the day with 4 fluke and a dozen seabass.

Angler Name : Bill O'Neil
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 19
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 80 pounds
Bait or Lure: Jets
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Bill O'Neil charter from Mendham, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Wednesday and were once again trolling the edge of the Hudson Canyon. Today's action was a mixed bag of longfin and yellowfin and did not get going until the fish were found in the deep. Trolling all ballyhoo and jets we went 11 for 18 putting 5 yellowfin from 40-70 pounds and 6 longfin from 30-50 pounds in the boat.

Angler Name : Jim Belanger
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 7/19/00
Location: Yellowfin Lump
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 100 ft.
Water Temp.: 70 degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had the Jim Belanger charter from RJB Plumbing out on his Bounty Hunter. We were fishing in the Annual N.J. Shore Builders Tournament. The Bluefish provided us with an early morning bite. By 10 AM it was a slow pick. Moving to the South, 2 subsequent stops on wrecks in 110 ft. of water yielded a good pick of Seabass and Ling to top off the days catch.

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Angler Name : Allen
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Class
Date Fished: 7/18
Location: Barnegat Bay - Buoy 40
Fishing Method: drift - jig
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 12-22"
Bait or Lure: Fin-S / sandworms
Water Depth: 7-10'
Water Temp.: 77
Information : Not as good as Friday, but fast action as soon as I put the lines over the side... Mostly on sandworms at first, boated a fat 22" er that had a whole semi-live spot still in his mouth!! Wound up picking the rest of the morning, w/ only a few more keepers plus 20 + spikes.. Bigger fish were eating the Fin-S worked slowly across the bottom tight lines..

Angler Name : Steve Barry
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 18
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 30-50 pounds
Bait or Lure: Jets
Water Depth: 400
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Steve Barry charter from Pockepsie, NY out on the Canyon Runner Tuesday for our 10th canyon trip this year. Trolling around the tip of the Hudson produced 7 longfin on what was otherwise a very slow day. The longfin hit jets and ballyhoo and all the action occurred before 10:00 a.m.

Angler Name : Paul Lyons
E-Mail : freedom@monmouth.com
Boat Name: Freedom
Date Fished: 7-18-00
Location: pt pleasant beach
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 15 to 45
Water Temp.: 67.2
Information : Capt Jim of the Freedom reports: weather continues to play havoc with us, last weekend was a blowout for the canyon and yesterdays 20 to 25k SE blow didn't help the Fluke fishing for the Paul Lyons family from Basking Ridge. The drift was fine in tight but once out to 40' it proved to be too much for the young boys, so we called it an early day. From 15' to 40' produced nothing, from 40' and over fishing improved but all shorts, skates and robins. the larger fish must have moved to the offshore lumps !!!

Angler Name : Bob Garrett
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 7/18/00
Location: Yellowfin Lump
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 7 to 10 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 100 ft.
Water Temp.: 70 degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula returned to the Bluefish scene with the Bob Garrett charter. Running out to yellowfin Lump we got into a good bite as soon as we arrived. However, the good fishing was over by 11AM. Rather then start looking for the Blues we ran inshore and fished for Seabass on the local wrecks. To our surprise we caught quite a few nice size Seabass to end a good day.

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Angler Name : Eric
E-Mail : yayaginky@aol
Boat Name: Seas the day
Date Fished: 7/17
Location: AC Ridge
Fishing Method: troll/jig
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 0
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 65-110
Water Temp.: 73-76
Information : Trolled/jigged/cast the lobster hole and AC ridge. No sign of mahi or bft. Lots of bait and scattered bluefish. Beautifull day-turtles, dolphin, sunfish and small swells. Should have gone out farther.

Angler Name : merle
E-Mail : merle12aol.com
Boat Name: North Star
Date Fished: 7/17/00
Location: 2/3 miles off ocean city beach
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Blackfish
Size: 15 " 2 # was the pool winner
Bait or Lure: sqid and mackrel
Water Depth: alot of feet
Water Temp.: warm
Information : got the balck fish instantly first fish on the boat. there were a lot of sea robbins No SEA FLUKE WHERE ARE THEY a couple af sea bass nice fun day and it put some money in my pocket

Angler Name : Jeff
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Instigator
Date Fished: July 17, 2000
Location: Between Toms and Hudson Canyons
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-90
Bait or Lure: Spreader bars
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Trolled temperature break between Hudson and Toms. Found very good fishing. Caught 17 yellowfins between 50 and 90 lbs. and added a bonus bigeye of about 175 lbs.

Angler Name : andy
E-Mail : hladek@insitnet.com
Boat Name: Sea Tiger
Date Fished: 7/17/00
Location: Raritan Bay and Channel off Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: Shorts to 4 lbs
Bait or Lure: Spearing/squid
Water Depth: 10 - 40'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Took the PM trip on the Sea TIger. The action was slow in the usual spots in the Bay. Capt. Hal moved to the channel off the hook around 4:30 and put us into fish. Now we weren't banging 'um but the action did pick up. There were about 35 - 40 folks on board and I'd guess that there were 20 keepers. The Sea Hunter made a move to Keansburg while the rest of the fleet stayed down bay. Anyone with a report from there? Let's hang in there, it has to pick up!

Angler Name : Tony Michellti
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 17
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 30-50 pounds
Bait or Lure: Jets
Water Depth: 300
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Mike Zajac and Brad Burgess had the Tony Micheltti charter from Howell, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Monday. Trolling inshore of the Hudson Canyon in 300 feet of cobalt blue water we boated 2 bluefin, 2 yellowfin and 6 longfin. The tuna ate jets and spreader bars and weighed between 35-60 pounds. In addition, for the second trip in a row, just before lines out we had another blue marlin on only to have the hook fall out.

Angler Name : Steve Colbert party
E-Mail : mbroth@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: July 17
Location: inshore Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 30 to 50 lbs
Bait or Lure: zuckers, jets
Water Depth: 300
Water Temp.: 70-73
Information : Took the Steve Colbert party from Brick to an area 12miles inshore of the Hudson Canyon. The bait and therefore the fish were widely scattered after the weekend storms. The charter boated 3 longfins and 3 yellowfins to 50 lbs. Calm seas, friendly company and a nice catch to boot!

Angler Name : Scott Ammerman
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 7/17/00
Location: Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size:
Bait or Lure: Mackeral
Water Depth: 240 ft.
Water Temp.: 72 degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula ran his Bounty Hunter out to the Glory Hole with the Scott Ammerman charter. Hoping to catch a Mako Shark we started our first drift on the southern edge of the Hole. Encountering nothing but Bluefish, we moved to the northern edge and saw nothing except Bluefish after Bluefish. Our third drift 5 miles south of the Glory Hole resulted in Bluefish plus one Brown Shark which spent 1/2 hour in our slick but never took a bait.

Angler Name : John Mcgill,Charlie Marrow,Chris Ledonne,George Karsos parties
E-Mail : captpete@hyperstripercharters.com
Boat Name: Hyper Striper
Date Fished: 7/14,7/15,7/16,7/17
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 20lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Striper fishing continues in high gear in the Sandy Hook area.John Mcgill had super action on bait on Friday evening as they limited early and released bass for 2 hours.Charlie Marrow fished the rain and wind on Sat.and after 15 bass were caught the wind chased us into the river where we had a good shot of fluke including a 5lber on a bucktail.First time striper fisherman Chris Ledonne and family had a limit on Sun. nite off the hook then added a few nice weakies to the catch.Monday George Karsos and family totalled over 40 stripers on the chunk,keeping 12 and releasing the rest along with some big bluefish.This fishing should continue as there is a large body of bass in the Sandy Hook area.

Angler Name : Paul & Rick McGovern
E-Mail : pmcgovern@dc.com
Boat Name: 3 to Sea
Date Fished: 7/16/00
Location: Absecon Inlet
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16" - 24"
Bait or Lure: Minnows and Squid
Water Depth: 15' - 30'
Water Temp.:
Information : Pulled up a monster 24" flounder on the outgoing tide right across from Harrah's on our last drift of the day. Combined with a 21" and 2 17" fish from earlier, we were in fluke heaven!!

Angler Name : Tom I am 10 years old
E-Mail : Shorty cohen
Boat Name: Amanda Mila
Date Fished: 07/16/00
Location: raritan bay
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: it was 25 and a half inces 5lbs
Bait or Lure: fluke bellies and spearing
Water Depth: 10ft to 59ft
Water Temp.: 70
Information : We started off at seawaren nothing there. So we went to raritan bay. We started to eat a little breakfeast on the boat and bam my dad had one. He brung him in for the first of the day. Then my cousin brung in a short. After that we moved alittle father out near the channel I caught a keeper 15 and a half 2 on board now we move again and my uncle hits got his first 17 and a half.We were happy we caught a couple cause most people were not catching any boom I got a big hit after a boat went by us took me a good half a hour to bring him in.When i saw him I thought i caught it. I thought it was kinda small cause of the fight it gave i thought it was a blue.At our last spot me and my uncle caught one 1 a keeper his 1 not mine. SO IF YOU GO TO RARITAN BAY TELL ME WERE THE HOT SPOTS ARE PLEASE

Angler Name : Gary
E-Mail : micco@blast.net
Boat Name: TAMRA II
Date Fished: 7-16-00
Location: Barnegat Inlet
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16"-21"
Bait or Lure: combinations
Water Depth: 6'-18'
Water Temp.: 63
Information : A little too rough and foggy in the ocean so we gave it a couple of hours in the inlet on the out going tide. Caught 20, kept 10 nice ones.

Angler Name : John the Greek
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Reel Fun
Date Fished: 7/16/00
Location: Bug Light/TC Buoy
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: Legal
Bait or Lure: Squid/Killies/Spearing
Water Depth: 42'
Water Temp.: n/r
Information : Fished the SHBA Tourn. for the second year....lot's of throwbacks, and 4 nice keepers. But not big enough for the contest. Tried the TC early in the fog...no drift. Moved over to the Bug and had nice drift all a.m., then joined by many other boats too. Saw the 11 lber on the Capt Dave...WHAT A FISH!!!!. Too bad it wasn't my fish as I would have knocked out Mr. Lidlow for the $3K. Oh well...maybe next year. Now on to Fluke Masters.... Tight Lines.

Angler Name : Mike Haller
E-Mail : MSTR21@aol.com
Boat Name: Santa Barbra
Date Fished: 7 - 16 - 00
Location: # 13 channel marker .. off the tip of the hook
Fishing Method: Lift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12 - 21 in
Bait or Lure: squid and killie
Water Depth: 10 - 20 ft
Water Temp.: around 65
Information : It was nice to see sunday turned out to be a fairly nice day despite the weather forcast.. We fished the tip of the hook all day and stayed very busy.. between 3 guys we caught 31 fluke.. lots of shorts.. only kept nine keepers to 21in.. maybe fishing fishing is starting to improve finally .. we ll see... tight lines guys

Angler Name : Will Hoffman
E-Mail : NJDoradofishing@aol.com
Boat Name: Smuttynose
Date Fished: 7/16/00
Location: Navesink River
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 2 keepers and spikes
Bait or Lure: sandworms
Water Depth: 8-15'
Water Temp.:
Information : Had a great day of weakfishing though it was limited due to time and boat traffic. The key today was worms and getting out before the boat traffic scares the weaks. We left at around 11 and fished for a few hours and caught several keepers and many throwbacks on sandworms before the fishing slowed because the boats spooked the fish. There are some small schools of Bluefish chasing spearing. One bluefish was caught and others bite through our worms. Snappers are also very numerous around docks.

Angler Name : BOB DONAHUE,OTHERS
E-Mail : just1mor@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: "JUST ONE MORE"
Date Fished: 7/12/00-7/16/00
Location: SANDY HOOK BAY,NJ
Fishing Method: CHUNKING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 21 LBS.-34"
Bait or Lure: BUNKER
Water Depth: 23'
Water Temp.: 73.2
Information : THE LAST 13 TRIPS ABOARD THE "JUST ONE MORE" HAVE SEEN FULL LIMITS OF BASS. FISH HAVE BEEN FROM JUST UNDER 24" TO 34" AND 21LBS. BLUEFISH MIXED IN ALSO. WE HAVE BEEN THROWING BACK KEEPERS EARLY. HAVE BEEN FLUKE FISHING AFTER THAT WITH FAIR RESULTS. UP TO 15 FLUKE LANDED A TRIP, TO A HIGH OF 6 LBS. LANDED THIS FRIDAY AS THE STORMS WERE ROLLING IN. WE HAVE NOTICED A DECREASE LATELY IN THE BASS FISHING. IT IS SLOWING DOWN A LITTLE,BUT STILL PRETTY GOOD. WATER TEMP. IS UP AND DOWN WITH THE WEATHER. HIGH WAS 73.2 DEGREES. THIS WON'T LAST MUCH LONGER AS THE WATER IS WARMING AND YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT FOR FALL STRIPER ACTION. THANKYOU. CAPT. RICH

Angler Name : Nick
E-Mail :
Boat Name: VALERIE ANNE
Date Fished: 7/16/2000
Location: MANTOLOKING
Fishing Method: JIG,DRIFT
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 13''
Bait or Lure: SANDWORMS
Water Depth: 8'
Water Temp.:
Information : STARTED OUT LATE,ABOUT 900 REELED IN NICE 3lb fluke.stayed for 2hours put4 keepers in my cooler.as a bonus a 17" weakfish hit a line with squid on it.Nice fish.Over all a nice relaxing day.

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Angler Name : gregg
E-Mail : schooled77@aol.com
Boat Name: sea fox
Date Fished: 7/15/00
Location: off staten island
Fishing Method: bait, chunks of bunker
Specie: Bluefish
Size: none
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: not sure
Water Temp.: 68
Information : seas were a little big. the fish were not to be found. we stayed in one area the whole night because the ocean was going to be a churning. highlight of the night was when at 1200 a.m. the horn sounded to go back in and the people on board cheered. final score 0 blues, 5 sharks...all real small, 4 eels, 6 small stripers and 3 sea robins. oh yeah dont believe the report that a 25 pound striper was caught on this boat. it was no more than 15 pounds.

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Angler Name : Oggie
E-Mail : oggie1@home.com
Boat Name: Trophy One
Date Fished: 7/14/00
Location: Monster Ledge
Fishing Method: R/R
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 0 #
Bait or Lure: Bluefish/Macks
Water Depth: 130-250
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Went out to the Ledge for a Poss. Mako Nada, caught a 80# Dusky. and a few monster Blues, great bait. Trolled in nada Anyone hear of BFT into the Mudhole yet???????

Angler Name : chuck
E-Mail : indian-times@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: NEVERENOUGH
Date Fished: 7/14/00
Location: 6milesout in front of red tower LBI
Fishing Method: killie/squid
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 to 22"
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 55'
Water Temp.: 72
Information : found lots of fish in this area lots of throw backs lot of keepers had a great day till the storms came tight lines

Angler Name : Al Hague
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 14
Location: Toms Canyon
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 35-65
Bait or Lure: Bars and Baits
Water Depth: 300
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Mike Zajac and Brad Burgess had the Al Hague charter from Marathon, FL out on the Canyon Runner Friday and found the yellowfin right where we left them Thursday afternoon. Trolling 10 miles northwest of the Toms Canyon in flat calm seas amongst numerous whales and porpoises, the charter caught their limit of yellowfin putting a dozen in the boat. The charter went 5 for 7 on yellowfin. The yellowfin were between 35 and 65 pounds. Reel Seat Mini-Mamba bars and naked ballyhoo.

Angler Name : Allen
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Class
Date Fished: 7/12 - 7/14
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: drift - jig
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 10-20"
Bait or Lure: fin-s, sandworms
Water Depth: 5-17'
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Made 2 trips the last few days to both the Mantoloking Bridge area, and the vicinity of Buoy 40 off Cedar Creek.. Both locations are holding an abundance of weakies of mixed sizes.. Today near the triangle, S of buoy 40, myself, my neighbor, and my father boated 50+ weakies up to 20" on Fin-S and sandworms.. Up to the north the fish have been typically smaller.. Lots of bait around, i.e. spearing, small crabs, etc.. Fish are hungry, and eating, lots of spikes around though that are gonna get bigger.. tight lines!

Angler Name : BOB J
E-Mail : bob7740@optonline.com
Boat Name: WEATHER OR KNOT
Date Fished: JULY 13, 2000
Location: RANGE BUOY
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16" TO 22"
Bait or Lure: SQUID/KILLIE COMBO, SPEARING
Water Depth: 65' TO 70'
Water Temp.: 69 DEGREES
Information : STARTED 2-3 MILES EAST OF COAST GUARD SHACK BUT NO LUCK. MOVED TO RANGE BUOY, DRIFTING SOUTH TO NORTH AND PICKED UP 12 NICE SIZE FLUKE. SURPRISINGLY, NO SHORTS AND NO SKATES. THREE SHARKS AND 4 SEA ROBINS ROUNDED OUT THE DAY

Angler Name : Ron Walker
E-Mail : rwalker@trilogyassoc.com
Boat Name: MegaBite
Date Fished: July 13, 2000
Location: East Lump / Cigar Area
Fishing Method: Chunking / Trolling
Specie: Fluke
Size: To small to see
Bait or Lure: Chunks and tuna lures
Water Depth: 125
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Made the long run from Port Norris on the Maurice River out to the East Lump. Seas were dead calm, sky was blue, and we found 75 degree clear bluish water at the lump. Almost like canyon water. With no drift, our chunks and bait went straight down and we saw absolutely no signs of life ... no bait, no birds, no marks. After a few hours, went on the troll but we knew we had no shot. After spending $160 on fuel and bait, the day was saved by a $3.50 pint of minnows when we stopped at the 60ft slew on the way home and picked up 8 nice flounder in an hour.

Angler Name : Bob Davis
E-Mail : rwdhancock
Boat Name: Family Tradition
Date Fished: 7/13/00
Location: Romer Shoal
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 35 inches
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Got out to romer shoal at about 10:00 a.m. with my father and two nephews 6 and 8 yrs. old. Started chunking and it took about a half hour before our first fish. Both my nephews caught bluefish in the 3-5 pound class. We missed a couple bass run offs but did managed to hook into a 35incher. It was fun wathcing a 6 year old wrestle that striper. I think the striper fishing is starting to slow up with the warmer water. Tight Lines

Angler Name : Tom & Steve
E-Mail : drtom@iopener.com
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 7/13/00
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: spreader bars,green machines, ect.
Water Depth: 200-600
Water Temp.: 68.5
Information : Before arriving at the west wall of the Hudson we were greated by acres of porpoise. They accompanied our trolling at different times that day. That was the only sign of life we saw except for a sunfish and a lethargic blue shark. The only knockdowns we had were from large clumps of sargasso weed on the lures.Nice weather though.

Angler Name : Dave Solt
E-Mail : soltydog@adelphia.net
Boat Name: Solty Dog
Date Fished: 7/13/00
Location: Barnegat Ridge
Fishing Method: Troll/Jig/Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 inch
Bait or Lure: squid, lures, diamond jigs
Water Depth: 60 ft.
Water Temp.: 73 F
Information : Trolled for tuna in morning; then jigged; then drifted for fluke. Final score: no tuna - one fluke - one bonita - ten blues {two lb. class}. But what a beautiful day. One ft. seas, and not that bad of a drift ... should have done better. But still smiling. Good luck.

Angler Name : Mike Korengel
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 7/13/00
Location: 20 Miles S.E. of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Chumming/Jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 100 ft.
Water Temp.: 70 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had his Bounty Hunter out to the Bluefish grounds 20 miles southeast of Manasquan Inlet with the Mike Korengel charter. It did not take long to get the fish going on Butterfish baits and the fishbox was quickly filled with Blues in the 7 to 10 lb. range. By 11AM the charter had all the fish they wanted. On the way in we stopped off Ortley Beach and made a few drifts for Fluke but only managed a handfull of short fish.

Angler Name : frank s
E-Mail : frankko66@aol
Boat Name: easygo
Date Fished: 7-13-00
Location: knoll
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22-30in
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: 20
Water Temp.:
Information : anchored up at the knoll at 9am.there we only caught 2 fluke- one about 20 inches.too much boat traffic- we moved 3/4 of a mile nw and had fish on within minutes.wound up with about 30 fish[most about 23-25 inches]between me ,my friend chris and his 5yr old son cj.we also caught 5 blues and double&triple headers of stripers.one striper also had a tag in it.

Angler Name : Dave Tolchin
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 13
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 80 pounds
Bait or Lure: Spreader Bars
Water Depth: 400
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Mike Zajac had the Dave Tolchin charter from Sayreville, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Thursday and were back in the Hudson Canyon. The Hudson was dead however and we trolled south down the 50 fathom line and found the yellowfin right where we had them last week in 300 feet of water 10 miles shy of the Toms. The charter went 5 for 7 on yellowfin between 50 and 70 pounds. Reel Seat Mini-Mamba bars and jets were the favorites.

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Angler Name : Jim Cawthern
E-Mail : cawthernj@capitol-environmental.com
Boat Name: Miss Shelly [21' Mako]
Date Fished: 7/12/00
Location: Sandy Hook Bay / Raritan Reach
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 13 - 21 inches
Bait or Lure: squid & killie combo
Water Depth: 12 - 50 feet
Water Temp.: ~ 70 degrees
Information : Fished with Al Romanelli aboard his Miss Shelly. Started the day fishing with killie/squid combination. Our first drifts were on the edge of the rip, just inside the hook. During the first several drifts, I picked-up five keeper fluke [ smallest was 17" & biggest was 21".] Moved from the hook over into Raritan Reach to try some areas without as much boat traffic. Made several long drifts near the Old Orchard light, and also a drift or two on Flynn's Knoll between the mussel beds. Didn't get a single bite in these areas! Moved back over to the nude beach area of the hook where I managed to get one more 17" keeper fluke. Final tallies for the day were: 6 keepers, at least 6 shorts, and several sea robins for me ... a few shorts and a few sea robins ... and only a few shorts and a few sea robins for Al. That was it. Not exactly dynamite results. Oh well, we are hoping to get back out to redeem ourselves on Saturday afternoon.

Angler Name : Jeff
E-Mail :
Boat Name: 2%
Date Fished: 07/12/2000
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 40-50#
Bait or Lure: Zukers + green machine
Water Depth: 400'
Water Temp.: 67-69
Information : Boated 5 of 6 longfin

Angler Name : Bill(bucktail willie)Shillingford
E-Mail : bucktail8@netscape.net
Boat Name: bucktail willie
Date Fished: 7/1--7/12
Location: Corsons Inlet area
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20-31"
Bait or Lure: bucktails--white
Water Depth: 10-16ft
Water Temp.: varied from 63-72 degrees
Information : 10 day vacation resulted in a total catch of 81 striped bass including 4 over 28" up to 31" --also trolled up 51 weakfish in 18-29" size range,10 Bluefish including one 10pound 5 oz monster.13 FLUKE also got trolled up but I really wasn't fishing for them.Secret white bucktails in 1/2 to 1 oz size trolled slowly coupled with a white or pearl 7" worm.Trolling bends in ICW channels and in mouths of small creeks.Inlet itself produced nicely on top of the top. I want get back until mid-august so go get them without me

Angler Name : jim or dave
E-Mail : shep9999@home.com
Boat Name: amy sue
Date Fished: 7/12/00
Location: knoll,schol,hook
Fishing Method: everything
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: n/a
Bait or Lure: clams,bunker
Water Depth: 20 ft
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Was out there 630am,set up and ready to haul them in. short of it was...zero except 2 small blues.Fished till 1145 and back to dock. Dave took amysue out at 3PM for fluke.Hook and knoll produced 8 keepers to 21 inch,and 3 shorts.Sand worms and squid,spearing did trick.WHAT CAN I TELL YOU!

Angler Name : Brian
E-Mail : bmoleen@dresdner.com
Boat Name: Tail Chaser
Date Fished: 7/12/00
Location: Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 30 Inches
Bait or Lure: bunker/clams
Water Depth: 24ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Cut out of work early to fish with my buddy Kevin on his Tail Chaser out of Port Momouth. The first hour was a bit slow put then the action picked right up for the next couple of hours. We had 20+ plus fish most right around 24 inches but we did have three that hit the 30 inch mark. It was a great night fishing. Tight Lines.

Angler Name : Frank Lukenda
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 7/12/00
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: up to 40 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Lures
Water Depth: 300-500 ft.
Water Temp.: 70 degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula ran the Bounty Hunter out to the Hudson Canyon for the first Tuna trolling day of the Season. We had heard of the great Tuna catches the prior day and although we don't normally fish the Canyons in July, we wanted to give it a try. The Frank Lukenda charter caught a great day weatherwise with perfect trolling conditions. By 10AM we had 11 Longfin up to 40 lbs. in the fishbox, trolling a mix of small Jets, Tuna Clones and Ballyhoo. At 10:30 the ocean went dead and the bite ended for most of the 30+ boats in the area. Overall it was a very nice day. Good weather, nice catch and a charter that went home with Tuna Steaks.

Angler Name : LenG
E-Mail : av8r1@concentric.net
Boat Name: Finest Kind
Date Fished: 7/12/00
Location: Glory Hole
Fishing Method: chumming
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 100 lbs and 60 lbs.
Bait or Lure: bluefish / mackeral
Water Depth: 240-150
Water Temp.: 69-70
Information : Played hooky and fished today with my good buds "Johnny Jetpilot" and "Mako Mike", one of the finest crews to ever fish with me on the Finest Kind. Running out to the Glory Hole was a bit sloppy in 15 to 20 knot winds from the NE...what happened to the "5 to 10 knot light and variable" winds that were forecast? I stopped a few miles short of the waypoint and trolled a bit looking for Bluefin, but all we picked up on the troll were HUGE bluefish that were so aggressive, they hit the tuna lures trolled at 2000 rpm (8 mph). We kept one for bait, released another 4 and pulled in the expensive tuna lures before the hoards of bluefish destroyed them. Set up our chum slick on the NE side of the Glory Hole and drifted down the wall, across the deep and up the opposite wall. The first Mako hit after we had drifted over an hour or so. He put up a terrific fight for me and did a spectacular 8 foot jump right beside the boat... what a beautiful fish! Rather than killing this magnificent animal, I decided to release him to fight another day. Some mighty tasty Mako steaks were allowed to swim away, but since he was only 5-6 feet long and probably weighed around 100 lbs....he's still got A LOT of growing to do. The second Mako hit after another half hour or so, this one was smaller, approx 4 feet long and 60-70 lbs. After a good fight on my light tackle, John expertly brought him to boatside.There was no question about releasing it, but unfortunately, he was hooked deep(although he was not bleeding) so we cut the wire close to his mouth, and released him...hope he makes it. On the way back in we passed through a big school of bluefish breaking water all around us. I broke out the flyrod and the ultralight spinning rods and we really had a blast catching and releasing these 8 to 10 pound blues on fresh water trout sized tackle! All in all a great day...beats the hell outta spending the day at work for sure!

Angler Name : Dan Miller
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 12
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 30-50 pounds
Bait or Lure: Spreader Bars
Water Depth: 400
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Brad Burgess and Mike Zajac had the Dan Miller charter from Seally Mattress out on the Canyon Runner Wednesday and were back in the Hudson Canyon. While not the non-stop action we had Tuesday we worked to put a good catch together. Trolling the west wall of the Hudson in 400 feet of water, the charter went 12 for 15 on LONGFIN and by noon had all the fish they wanted. Reel Seat Mini-Mamba bars were once again the favorites.

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Angler Name : Tony Cavallaro
E-Mail : headsteel@blast.net
Boat Name: Freddy C
Date Fished: July 11
Location: The Knoll
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 28 inches
Bait or Lure: Yak
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Another night on the Knoll. The bite was on as soon as we set anchor at about 7:00pm. Fishing clam bellies, managed to land 8 bass with only 1 reaching the 28 inch size limit. Missed many on picky nibbles. There were maybe 19 keepers on the boat by the end of the night. ( about 15 slots and 4-28+). From 7:30 to 8:30 the bite was hot then it slowed down considerable.

Angler Name : Sam
E-Mail : Private
Boat Name: Super Slam
Date Fished: 7/11
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-115 lbs
Bait or Lure: Green Machine Daisy
Water Depth: 300 to 700
Water Temp.: 72ish
Information : Ran out the the Hudson for an attempt at some Tuna. Took 9 Yellowfin to 115 lbs, and 36 longfin. Between 6 of us we kept the 4 yellowfin over 100lbs and 8 of the largest longfin. Put the rest back in the water to catch another day. (Remember, only keep what you can eat).

Angler Name : Capt. Pell Glentz
E-Mail : Albatross0099
Boat Name: Albatross
Date Fished: July 11
Location: Flynns knoll
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: one slot limit, three around 30 inches
Bait or Lure: Bunker chunks
Water Depth: 20 ft.
Water Temp.: 70 degrees
Information : Arrived at Flynns Knoll at about 8:15 pm and had three fish hook up within about fifteen minutes.One was a slot limit fish and the other two were both about 30".About an hour later caught the fourth bass which was also about 30".Had about 10 hits also but do to soft bunkers could only hook up with the four that were landed.

Angler Name : Dennis Nieradka
E-Mail : Firstarr@aol.com
Boat Name: Cock robin
Date Fished: July 11 2000
Location: Mud hole
Fishing Method: Jjigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: WOW 8 -- 13 LBS
Bait or Lure: Green tailed ave27& no tails
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : A wonderful day as allways , fishing was a little slow but picked right up as you watched others catching blues. All other boats were doing the same as we were. Hit and move . Captain allways does his best for us. Tight lines and again (WOW)

Angler Name : Shawn Mallory
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 11
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 30-50
Bait or Lure: Reel Seat Mini-Mamba Bars
Water Depth: 500
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Just when you thought the canyon could not get any better it does. Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Brad Burgess (Sea Bright) and Mike Zajac (Wall) had the Shawn Mallory charter from Middletown, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Tuesday and loaded the boat with Longfin. The action was non-stop as soon as we arrived and with only 2 anglers we were lucky to have our 2 mates on board. The first hour was spent landing singles and doubles and we had 10 in the boat before 7:30 a.m. (we arrived in the canyon at 6:30 a.m.), then it got very very good. The next 4 hours were spent with 5 to 6 fish on at a time, all the time, with only the two anglers and two mates in the cockpit. However, few fish were lost and we even managed a 7 bagger and an 8 bagger. At the end of the day, we had boated 45 Longfin, releasing a large majority, and taking the rest for the dinner table and/or to be canned for the winter. While almost anything we put in the water worked, Reel Seat Mini-Mamba Bars worked the best.

Angler Name : Capt.Bruce Miller
E-Mail : cptmarlin1@aol.com
Boat Name: "Mirage"
Date Fished: 7/11/00
Location: Glory Hole and Chicken Canyon
Fishing Method: Drift chumming w/ rod & reel
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: #1-50-60 lbs.-#2-80-90 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Fresh bluefish,mackerel,squid
Water Depth: 180 to 270 ft.
Water Temp.: 71.4 to 73.9 degrees
Information : Had the Dave Danko charter out from Brick & Pt.Pleasant on a Shark trip.Caught alot of Bluefish to start and at about 11 AM we had a small Mako jump over the Starboard stern covering boards and back in the water! What a sight-saw her coming down the chum-slick chasing bluefish on top of the water! Next thing I saw was the leap right before she would have hit the boat. Almost landed on the covering board-but made it back into the water safely. The next thing we know is that she took a 30' bait (fresh Blue fillet).Brought to boatside and put a tag into her. That Mako was fought by George Merz of Brick,and weighed an estimated 80 to 90 lbs.Another hit on a 60' bait (mack) and Dave Kennedy of Point brought this one in for a tag- that one was about 50-60 lbs.,estimated.All in all a very good day,except for the sizes of the Mako's. They were both females.

Angler Name : Jason "GonZo" Gonzalez
E-Mail : jason_gonzalez@ml.com
Boat Name: White Rhino
Date Fished: 7/8 and 7/11
Location: Barnegat Ridge
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 5lbs
Bait or Lure: Red Daichi Mutu with White Bucktail
Water Depth: 54-56 ft
Water Temp.: 64 deg
Information : Fishing the northernmost tip of Barnegat Ridge South (the channel between the North and South ridges) we were setting up so we'd drift across the channel. Down the slope from the North side and up the slope on the South side. Action all day and NO JUNK -- no sharks, skates, nothing... all fluke.
Killed 'em on Saturday with 13 fish better than 3lbs and as big as 5. Most in the 18-20 inch range with the big daddy 27". 2 1/2" thick -- nice fillets... Weaks are still in the inlet at night on the incoming tide, but with the fluking so good it's hard to even slow down until we're 17 or 18 miles offshore.
Where are the Stripers????? Keep 'em wet -- GonZo

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Angler Name : RON +KAREN ANTONELLI
E-Mail : KARONARAFT@MSN.COM
Boat Name: KARONA
Date Fished: JULY 10
Location: LONG BRANCH
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16-22"
Bait or Lure: EXTRA LARGE SQUID STRIPS
Water Depth: 40-60 ft.
Water Temp.: 65-67
Information : Had the better half of my RAFT,RON ANTONELLI FISHING TEAM,out for a day of fluke fishing.West/south west was blowin and keeping the surf down to a large swell.Caught quite a few fish,two-thirds being undersize,managing a few keepers. Headed back to Manasquan early,tried the river with no luck...That river just isn't what it used to be!!!

Angler Name : Mark & Paul Allyn
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 7/10/00
Location: 15 Miles S.E. of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 100 ft.
Water Temp.: 68 degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had the Mark and Paul Allyn charter on board for a day of Bluefishing. The Bluefish moved 5 miles to the north from their location the day before. It did not take long to get the Blues going with Bunker and Butterfish baits. The charter put 35 Blues in the box then released another 20+ fish. We were on our way home by noon with another happy charter.

Angler Name : John Farley
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 10
Location: Sandy Hock
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 20 pounds
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 15-20
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the John Farley charter from Nutley, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Monday and loaded up with Stripers. Cancelling a canyon run due to weather the charter enjoyed chunking Bass up on the Knoll. At the end of the day 35 Stripers were boated with limits in all catagoies with the rest released.

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Angler Name : R.L. Miller
E-Mail : Rm09@aol.com
Boat Name: Cop Out
Date Fished: July 9, 2000
Location: Ocean Side Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16-20"
Bait or Lure: killie/spearing/squid combo
Water Depth: 23-51'
Water Temp.:
Information : I fished the crowd of boats the past three days at the tip of the hook and on the Knoll. All I was getting was lots and lots of shorts along with everyone else. I then got lucky or smart! I began drifting from the first beach area around the ocean side of the hook, and BAM! I was catching nothing but keepers,while everyone else was bunched up at the hook tip, including the party boats.I was drifting into the ruff break water at the tip of ocean side of the hook, The fish just kept coming. Great Day. I'm going back July 12th in the AM, and hoping the action is still fresh!

Angler Name : big man
E-Mail : robstoy2000@yahoo.com
Boat Name: wreckin life
Date Fished: 7-9-00
Location: se of little egg inlet
Fishing Method: drift for fluke
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 to 25 inches
Bait or Lure: fluke belly and spearing
Water Depth: 65
Water Temp.: 67.7
Information : we had 16 keepers threw about twenty five back wind blew 20 knots south all morining so we had a fast drift good fishin though tight lines

Angler Name : Alan
E-Mail : ajtorsiello@aol.com
Boat Name: HOT ROD
Date Fished: 7/9/00
Location: Range bouys ans beach north of manasquan inlet
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 20"
Bait or Lure: killys & squid
Water Depth: 20 - 60'
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Only had time to fish for about 2 hours, but I wanted to see if there are any fish out there. There seem to be a lot of shorts. I only had 1 keeper. Hate to spend this expensive gas on these poor fishing conditions. Oh well maybe things will pick up.

Angler Name : ANDY, JOHN & CHRIS
E-Mail : hagenspiel@enter.net
Boat Name: Pete's Rental
Date Fished: 7/9/00
Location: Inside of the Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15"-24"
Bait or Lure: Killies on Rigs
Water Depth: Varied
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Best Fishing day in a long time. Got out early on end of outgoing tide, and we were hooked up within minutes. Many fish in 3-5# range, a few shorts. We had six lines out, and never zeroed on a drift. Many at the docks were saying it was poor, we were wondering if they were fishing same Bay? Just one of those perfect kinda fishin daze!!