FISHING REPORTS FOR JULY 2002
Angler Name : Archie
E-Mail : AJSirianni@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Triple Play
Date Fished: 31August, 2002
Location: Ocean City Reef and the Table Top
Fishing Method: Bottom/Drift
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 18 inches
Bait or Lure: Minnow
Water Depth: 55-65
Water Temp.: Surface temp: 79 F
Information : Fished from 1100 to 1500 in the ocean. Seas were 1-2 feet and calm
with little wind and slow drifts. Many schools of peanut bunker and small (less than
12 inches) blues chasing them. Bottom fishing was not productive at the north east
corner of the OC reef. Not a bite. The table top was equally abysmal except for two
blue fish, 18" each, to break the sea robin and skate monotomy. Not a single
flounder seen or heard of at the table top on the 31st. If you're going to the table
top in the next day or two, try trolling with smaller lures, you're likely to catch
smaller blues here.
Angler Name : Dennis Nieradka
E-Mail : Firstarr@aol.com
Boat Name: The Prowler
Date Fished: July 31, 2002
Location: 17 phamotm
Fishing Method: chum
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8 - 15
Bait or Lure: peanut bunker
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : unreal night 10 people Perfect night Thank captain put us on fish .
Salt Water Angler Bergan County .
Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Date Fished: 07/31/2002
Location: bradley,asbury,deal
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18"
Bait or Lure: spears/squid
Water Depth: 45-58
Water Temp.: 76
Information : HEADED OUT SOLO AND FOUND THE SEAS FLAT AS A PANCAKE. MANAGED 4 KEEPER
FLATTIES AND 4 SEABASS - NUMEROUS SHORTS, ROBINS AND DOGFISH - NICE DAY ON THE WATER.
WHERE ARE ALL THE FLUKE WE'RE SUPPOSEDLY OVERCATCHING? I HAVEN'T SEEN OR HEARD OF
MANY LIMIT CATCHES SO FAR THIS SEASON.
Angler Name : Mark & Ray
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Mega-Byte
Date Fished: 7/31/02
Location: Off the highrise
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16
Bait or Lure: squid/spearring
Water Depth: 50-60
Water Temp.: 78
Information : 12 fluke at 16". 3 big Sea Bass. All in the late afternoon in about 2
hours.
Angler Name : Joe
E-Mail : wondermut66@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Surf
Date Fished: 7-31
Location: bayhead
Fishing Method: casting
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 1-2
Bait or Lure: hopkins
Water Depth: low tide
Water Temp.: n/a
Information : Decided to leave the boat at the dock and do some surf fishing. My 1st
15 casts had fish on and them every other cast had fish on. My arm was tired from
catching all of these fish. Finally stopped because one of the fish frayed the line
and i broke off casting. Tons of fun!!!!
Angler Name : Dennis Quinley
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 07/31/2002
Location: Mud Buoy
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Up to 10 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker & Butterfish
Water Depth: 55 Ft.
Water Temp.: 78 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Dennis Quinley charter on board the Bounty Hunter
and headed back to the Mud Buoy. As was the case on Monday getting the Blues to bite
early was tough. After a couple of hours of chumming & chunking we finally got the
fish going. The charter put 24 Blues in the box and released another 30+ fish. Bunker
& Butterfish baits worked well.
Angler Name : John, Tom, and Rick
E-Mail : jdrastal@connectbusiness.com
Boat Name: Bluehen
Date Fished: 07/31/02
Location: Mudhole to Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: Skunked
Bait or Lure: Spread bars, plugs
Water Depth: 250
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Trolled from the HA to Mudhole to Glory Hole looking for some schoolie
Bluefin. The water was green with few signs of bait. We had one knockdown but no
fish. Is anyone getting Bluefin inshore???
Angler Name : Richard Steer
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 30-31
Location: Lindencohl
Fishing Method: Overnigter
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40
Bait or Lure: Everything
Water Depth: 100 Fathoms
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Capt. Phil Dulanie and mates Mike Zajac and Jay Richardella had the
Richard Steer charter fom Greenwich, CT out on the Canyon Runner Tuesday to Wednesday
and were hoping that the chunking action they experienced last night would keep
improving. It didn't. When we got to the Lindencohl we found green water and had to
head south finally finding the nice waater and some Mahi in it east of the Spencer.
Setting up on the chunk on the 100 fathom line we had small yellowfin under the boat
all night boating 4 but only keeping 3 tuna barely 25 pounds. Up on the troll in the
morning produced a fee more mahi up to 20 pounds and right before lines out we went 1
for 2 on 40 pound yellowfin. And believe it or not out of the half-dozen boats
within radio range this was high hook. Not good.
Angler Name :
E-Mail : Harry Kirkbride
Boat Name: Moonshadow
Date Fished: 7/30
Location: Lindenkohl
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Big-Eye Tuna
Size: 177 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Skirted Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 600 feet
Water Temp.: 78 degrees
Information : Fished day three of the Beach Haven White Marlin Invitational with the
Harry Kirkbride and Jack Kosier charter. et up on the troll at 8:30 and put out a
white marlin spread due to the abundance of them in the canyon the day before. We
had one 80 wide dwon the center. Of course at 8:50 we spoted big eye of the port bow
and one minute later we had 5 rods go down (all white marlin rigs, not the 80 wide of
course. We lost one right away and a second one a few minutes later. We faught
three of them for an hour when we lost two of them. We than continued to fight the
fifth big eye for another hour and a half when we finally boated it at 11:15. Two
and a half hours on a straight 50. The fish weighed in at 177 lbs and held first
place for an hour, until it was beat out by a 180 lb. big eye. Our fish took second
in the heaviest tuna category, we placed third in the tuna points category. Our
white marlin releases in addition to the tuna points allowd us to take the Grand
Championship in the tournament. Great team effort. The Lindenkohl Canyon is really
going off right now with huge Big Eye tuan and White Marlin as well as a few Blues.
Angler Name : lou
E-Mail : loudsprtfsh
Boat Name: GAIL FORCE
Date Fished: 29-30
Location: hot dog
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 100- 200
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: dont know
Water Temp.: 75-80
Information : went to the hot dog, got right on the chunk. first hour the lines went
off we had 3 bft on lost the 2 boated the 1, it weighed 162 pound .thats all that
went on for the nite and in the morning we trolled and got 6 mahi and 4 yellowfin and
went home
Angler Name : Bob Garrett
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 07/29/2002
Location: Mud Buoy
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Up to 12 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker & Butterfish
Water Depth: 50 Ft.
Water Temp.: 75 Degrees
Information : The Bob Garrett charter was on board the Bounty Hunter today and Capt.
Paul ran up to the Mud Buoy. The fishing started of slow but once we got the Blues
going the charter had a steady pick. The Blues came in all sizes ranging from 2 up to
12 Lbs. After putting 3 dozen fish in the box the charter release fished for the
balance of the day. Bunker and Butterfish did the trick.
Angler Name : Rick Hunt
E-Mail : varipro2k@aol.com
Boat Name: Fintastic
Date Fished: 7/29/02
Location: Wrecks to the south
Fishing Method: Anchored
Specie: Weakfish
Size: Sea Bass up to 4lbs
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 79
Water Temp.: 82
Information : Fished several recks to the south and loaded up on seabass and limit of
blackfish as well as keeper fuke.
Angler Name : capt. og
E-Mail : OGGIE123@MSN.COM
Boat Name: trophy1
Date Fished: 7/29/02
Location: shrewsburry rocks
Fishing Method: ttrolling stretch 25*s
Specie: Bluefish
Size: l5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: mann*s +25
Water Depth: 30 feet
Water Temp.: unknown
Information : trolled shrewsberry rocks for blues only. Just to see if they where
still there. Caught 3 in an hour and a half. in the afternoon. Ocean calm.
over
Angler Name : Chris
E-Mail : ill craig4vr@aol.com
Boat Name: Carolina Skiff
Date Fished: monday the 29th
Location: barneget bay oyster creek channel
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 13-17
Bait or Lure: killie squid spearing chrome ball
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : drifted oyster creek channel from 2-430 with 10 fluke 2 legal and the
rest in the 13-14 inch class with a skate n sea robin the best bait was plain killie
and a sqiud strip added hte chrome ball was not effective at all
Angler Name : Dave Babish
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 28-29
Location: Lindencohl
Fishing Method: Overnigter
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 100 Fathoms
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Capt. Phil Dulanie and mates Mike Zajac and Jay Richardella had the
Canyon Runner right back out to the canyon on Sunday to Monday with the Dave Babish
charter from western Pennslyvania. Up on the troll Sunday afternoon provided action with
mahi and a couple of yellowfin in the 40-60 pound class. We set up on the chunk and
quickly went 1 for 2 on 60 pound yellowfin and read fish all night. However, we did
not pick another yellowfin until just before first light and went 2 for 2 on again 6
0 pound fish. Up on the troll in the morning we found the small yellowfin and went
12-15 which all but one 25 pounder were released. Again another mahi was boated this
one pushing 20 pounds.
Angler Name : Kevin Ardente
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Tailchaser
Date Fished: 7-29
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: squid/killie Sandworms
Water Depth: 50-80
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished mon. am. off monmouth beach caught fluke and seabass mostly
shorts. put four seabass 2-3lbs. in the box. Fished the bay in the afternoon caught
part of outgoing tide put a few weakfish in the box 19-22in. Caught plenty of
cocktail blues as well. All in all not a bad day but fluke fishing was tough!
Angler Name : Jeff S
E-Mail : jssutton@comcast.net
Boat Name: The Little G
Date Fished: 7/29/02
Location: Raritan Reach
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 23" +
Bait or Lure: sand worms
Water Depth: 23-25ft
Water Temp.: n/a
Information : Found plenty of weakfish alone the Staten Island side of the Raritan
Reach 14-16 bouys. All-in-All we caught 7 fish and all were over 23 inches. The were
also some "big" porgy mixed in with cocktail blues.
Angler Name : Harry Kirkbride
E-Mail : captain1069@msn.com
Boat Name: Moonshadow
Date Fished: 7/29
Location: Lindenkohl Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: White Marlin
Size: 67.5 inches (65lbs.)
Bait or Lure: Skirted Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 1,100 feet
Water Temp.: 79 degrees
Information : Fished the first day of the Beach Haven White Marlin Invitational.
Statred trolling at 8:30 and got covered up by 35 lb yellowfin. Trolled deep and
released a white marlin at 2:00 for points, he was really close to quallifying size,
really fat too. Lots of life.
Angler Name : Chuck Hays
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 7/28/02
Location: 13 Mies South of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 3lbs
Bait or Lure: Clam /Squid
Water Depth: 65
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Chuck Hays and crew were aboard the Megan Beth . After stopping on the
first wreck with no wind or tide we caught a couple dozen Sea Bass then the action
dropped off. After re anchoring four times and wind and tide picked up we managed a goo
d catch of Sea Bass by days end . Mixeed in were some porgies and some small
Bluefish.
Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Date Fished: 07/28/2002
Location: LONG BRANCH
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: SMALL TO 1.5 POUNDS
Bait or Lure: SPEARING
Water Depth: 65
Water Temp.: 72
Information : TOOK OUT A BUDDY AND HIS 9 YEAR OLD SON, JOSEPH. DEAD CALM WITH NO
DRIFT SO WE WENT FOR SEABASS - CAUGHT 100 OR SO WITH ONLY A DOZEN KEEPERS. THRILL OF
THE DAY CAME WHEN I HOOKED AND JOSEPH LANDED A THRESHER SHARK ON A BLACKFISH HOOK.
WITH T
HE TAIL THE FISH WAS AROUND 5 FT. FISH WAS LANDED, PHOTOGRAPHED AND RELEASED. PUT ON
A GREAT AERIAL DISPLAY. BEATS WORKING
Angler Name : Ray Balderacchi
E-Mail : FBARDALES@EXCHANGE.ML.COM
Boat Name: Canyon Dreamer
Date Fished: 7/28/2002
Location: Carteret Canyon
Fishing Method: Overnigter
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 75 Pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 600 Feet
Water Temp.: 77
Information : Arrived Saturday at Noon and trolled till 5:00 P.M. with no takers. We
then had a White take a Green Machine spreader, that lasted a whole 60 seconds.
We sent up for chunk with Butters at 8:00 P.M.
This produced two bites one at 10:00 P.M.which put
four 50LB Yellows in the box. The other at day break, this put two 75LB Yellows in
the box.
Angler Name : John & Laura
E-Mail : johnlaura@comcast.net
Boat Name: TIDE RUNNER
Date Fished: 7/28/02
Location: Sea Grit Reef & Mansquan Ridge
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Squid, Smalt, Spearing and Gigs
Water Depth: 50 to 65
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Off to a slow start due to the heavy fog. Took us more then 2 hours to
get to the Sea Girt Reef.We were able to pick up 8 short Fluke and to many to count
Skates and Sea Robins. After several hours of fishing with no drift at all we move to
the Manasquan Ridge, which was a repeat of what we found at the Reef. Really a
lously day of fishing worst day this Seaaon.By the talk on the radio we were not
alone in the lack of fish or drift department.Still beats work any day..
Angler Name : Anthony Romondo
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 27-28
Location: Toms Canyon
Fishing Method: Overnigter
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 80 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 100 Fathoms
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Brad Burgess and Mike Zajac had the
Anthony Romondo charter from Middletown, NJ out to the Toms Canyon on Saturday to
Sunday. Hoping that the week long easterly blow stirred up the fishing was a pipe
dream as
the fishing was slow on the troll and on the chunk. We spent all Day Saturday on the
troll with only one 20 pound mahi to show for it. On the chunk we did not mark a
fish all night but did in fact boat one 80 pound yellowfin and half a dozen 10-20 pound
mahi-mahi. Up on the troll in the moring quickly produced a couple of small
yellowfin that we released and one 25 pounder that went in the box.
Angler Name : michael yocco
E-Mail : flyguy159
Boat Name: MJ's
Date Fished: July 27-28
Location: canyon
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Big-Eye Tuna
Size: 143 - 176
Bait or Lure: ballys
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 79
Information : fished the Beach Haven Marlin and Tuna tournament for the first time
over the weekend. trolling on saturday we had 3 big eyes and 8 yellowfin. Or first
fish wiehged 145.3, about am hour later we then boated a 147 on a 45 gls in 20 min
and then an hour after that we boated a 176 after a 40 min fight on a 30. the only
problem was we didnt have any more cooler sapce for the 176 so we had to lay him on
the deck, which we later realized was a huge mistake and a loss of a few pounds
After the second day we had 1st 2nd and 3rd place with only one other small big eye
caught. even though the last day there was a 180 pounder that beat us we still had
enough tuna points to become grand tuna champion and took first place in the overall
tuna category. all said and done we finished with a total of close to 500 tuna
points which was at least double that of any other boat.
Angler Name : john yenshaw
E-Mail : riverranch1@yahoo.com
Boat Name: nans pride
Date Fished: 7/28/02/
Location: tip of the hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17 to 20 inches
Bait or Lure: squid killies
Water Depth: 2o to 50ft
Water Temp.: 72
Information : it was a slow pick of keeper fluke but the steady catch of sea robins
dogfish skates porgy shortfluke sure kept us busy and capt carl kept us on the fish
great day
Angler Name : mike mallgrave
E-Mail : graves57@email.com
Boat Name: number 4
Date Fished: 7-28-02
Location: tuckerton
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16.5
Bait or Lure: minnows/squid
Water Depth: 6ft -42ft
Water Temp.: 70
Information : spent all day out past the stink house. drifted along the marsh area in
to deeper water.must have caught twenty plus flounder.mostly all of them were under
sized and released.fluke taken on minnows.small black bass biting on the squid.My bro
ther Dan did a great job piloting the boat kept us in the groove all day long.Had a
lot of fun even though only three of them were keepers.just wish we had a bigger boat
I'm sure we would have fared better in the deeper water.I'll be back there in week or
two. tight lines to all, and good luck.
Angler Name : mike
E-Mail : mulethed84@aol.com
Boat Name: the damn boat
Date Fished: 7/28
Location: sea isle
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: shorts thru 19"
Bait or Lure: minnows and belly skins
Water Depth: 5-21"
Water Temp.:
Information : tried to go out sunday to the oc reef but it was to rough so we tried a
few drifts is the bay despite it being a hot afternoon, with a lot of boat traffic we
managed 8 fluke in about an hour and a half though only one keeper at 19" the rest
were between 14and 16"
Angler Name : mike henderson
E-Mail : fender101@earthlink.net
Boat Name: makaira
Date Fished: 7/28
Location: seaside lump
Fishing Method:
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: very small
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 63
Water Temp.: 72
Information : went down south for a day of fluking. managed to put a few decent ones
in the box but nothing too special. Suprise of the day came at around 11 when a
deadstick bent over double. small mako had taken the squid bait and luckily hooked hims
elf in the corner of the mouth (no leader). 20 minutes later and the 30-40 pound
shark was at the boat. we cut him free to live another day. lots of falsies on the
surface with some spanish mixed in.
Angler Name : Mike Lawrence
E-Mail : lawremi@churchdwight.com
Boat Name: shot'n'beer
Date Fished: july 28 02
Location: seaside
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 6lbs
Bait or Lure: strip baits
Water Depth: 58 to 67
Water Temp.: ?
Information : drifted off of seaside lumps. good day started out late got there about
10 am started catching as soon as we put tlines in the water. Was not right on the
lumps but south of them. Had a total of 23 with 2 over 5 and one over 6. fished till 4
and called it aday. SEE YA OUT THERE.
Angler Name : Rich A.
E-Mail : randres1@swarthmore.edu
Boat Name: Sawdust
Date Fished: 7/28/02
Location: OC Reef to Table Top
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18''
Bait or Lure: squid minnow combo
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fought the fog to get out to the OC Reef with little success. Got 2
18'' flounder. Headed over to the Table Top and picked up 2 more similar fluke and 4
snapper blues off the bottom.
Angler Name : Jon Baum
E-Mail : skibaums@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Chelsea Lynne
Date Fished: 7/28/02
Location: Wildwood reef
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 4lbs
Bait or Lure: minnows/squid
Water Depth: 38 ft
Water Temp.: 74
Information : We hooked into quite an assortment. We got a dozen keeper black sea
bass. My son pulled in several blues and a nice 4lb fluke. The bite was best around
3:30 in the afternoon. The ocean was like a lake. All around a good day.
Angler Name : Capt. Darren
E-Mail : dsv174@optonline.net
Boat Name: Marylou Crew
Date Fished: July 28th, 2002
Location: Mud Buoy
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 12-15 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker/Butterfish
Water Depth: 105
Water Temp.: 71.9
Information : Had Mark Hanna from Louisanna out with his son and a friend for a good
day of BIG blues! The guys put 15 of the summer slammmers in the box. The large
schools that were there had lock jaw and were very hard to hook up with. Another nice
surp
rise fish when Marks son Brian hooked up with a 5.1 lb fluke caught on a bunker
chunk!! Great bunch of guys on board and another fun trip onboard the MARY LOU
CREW!!!!
Angler Name : Brad Emery
E-Mail : salvelinusfontinalus@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Xstacy
Date Fished: 7/27/02
Location: Hambone
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 150
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Very, Very slow day. Arrived at the Hambone at 9:00 to schooling
peanut bunker.
Angler Name : Tom B
E-Mail : scullytac@netscape.net
Boat Name: Boke
Date Fished: 7/27/02
Location: Metedeconk River
Fishing Method: sandworms on bobbers
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 15-22 in.
Bait or Lure: as above
Water Depth: 5-10 ft.
Water Temp.: warm
Information : Fished starting at 0500 on the outgoing tide with SE winds using
bobbers and sandworms on small white jig heads. Had a steady pick of fish on the
north side of the river until 0930. TB
Angler Name : Dave Corry
E-Mail : cpasoccer@aol.com
Boat Name: DreamBoatSandy
Date Fished: 7/27/02
Location: Mansquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14" to 18"
Bait or Lure: Killies, Sandworms, Sea Robin Strip
Water Depth: 9' to 18'
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Caught 35 fluke on incoming tide today, little or no wind made for 4
hours of perfect drifting conditions. Many shorts but plenty for table fare.
Also caught a tagged fluke with Littoral Soc. Highlands, NJ on the tag. Anyone no
anything about this??
Angler Name : chris
E-Mail : crenz1@cs.com
Boat Name: PITBULL
Date Fished: 7/27/02
Location: ambrose channel
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18"-27"
Bait or Lure: squid/spearing
Water Depth: 50'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : 10 fluke 18"-27" 1 6lb weak a couple cocktail blues.
not bad for a half day. lots of boats (big ones). had to move out of their way often.
started to get real foggy so we headed to the dock. as soon as we docked, sun came
out!
Angler Name : daveK,Rich DeC HaroldG
E-Mail : davek@worldwideapparel.com
Boat Name: Easy Go
Date Fished: July 27,2002
Location: Romer Shoals , Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Jigs and Umbrella lures
Specie: Bluefish
Size: small
Bait or Lure: tubes
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : A dreary Saturday July 27, we went fishing with low expectations and
the day lived up to the expectations.
Started out looking for some bird action in the Romer shoals area , found a small
group of diving birds and caught a small blue with the first cast. However there was
no further activity so we headed for the shrewsbury rocks where we trolled for a
while w
ith nothing happening. Trolled back to Highland bridge area, again with nary a hit or
any sign of activity.
Finished off trolling between the range bouy and Romer lighthouse where we caught
three additional blue fish in misty rain.
All in all a grey day fishing and weather wise.
Angler Name : scott
E-Mail : ssyr1@aol.com
Boat Name: na
Date Fished: 7/27
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: killies/sqiud
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : fished all day , caught 4 short fluke 5 sea robins. not bad day but no
keepers.
Angler Name : Chris Connolly
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 07/27/2002
Location: Klondike
Fishing Method: Drift Fishing
Specie: Fluke
Size: All Short
Bait or Lure: Squid & Spearing
Water Depth: 55 Ft.
Water Temp.: 74 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Chris Connolly charter on board the Bounty Hunter
for a day of Fluke fishing. Our first stop was out on the Klondike where it became
very apparent that 4 days of a hard east wind did not help the Fluke fishery. All we mana
ged was a couple of shorts and a ton of Skates. Working a couple of lumps up to the
north we had the same results. We saved the day by drifting the rocky bottom off
Asbury Park where we put together a decent catch of Seabass.
Angler Name : Joe Toriello
E-Mail : josephtoriello@aol.com
Boat Name: A Bit Salty
Date Fished: 7/27/02
Location: "Old Grounds"
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: small 15"
Bait or Lure: squid, crab, Minnow's
Water Depth: 100
Water Temp.: 69
Information : It was a little overcast, hard to hold bottom with 16 oz. Caught 1 sea
bass and 1 ling at the "Old Grounds". Headed back to Mcries shoal and caught some
small blues and flukes. Nothing of any size. Hoping next weekend is little
better.
Angler Name : GARY AND JOHN
E-Mail : TRAILPIMP@AOL.COM
Boat Name: MAKO 19
Date Fished: 7-27-02
Location: WILDWOOD REEF/AVALON SCHOAL
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 13"
Bait or Lure: STRIP BAITS
Water Depth: 45-66
Water Temp.: 69
Information : THE REEF HAS BEEN PRODUCING HALF DECENT FISHING FOR US THIS YEAR SO WE
FIGURED WE WOULD TRY IT THERE FIRST. AFTER SEVERAL DRIFTS WITH ONLY SMALL FLUKE AND
ONE KEEPER BASS, WE PICKED UP AND HEADED FOR AVALON SCHOAL WHERE THERE WERE SUPPOSED
TO BE FLUKE (ACCORDING TO THE INACCURATE REPORT GIBSON'S TACKLE GAVE US). ANYWAY WE
SPENT THE REST OF THE DAY WITH ONLY BLUEFISH ACTION ON THE SCHOAL. HEADED TO THE OLD
GROUNDS NEXT WEEK!
Angler Name : William H. Funk
E-Mail : whfunky@prodigy.net
Boat Name: Prowler V
Date Fished: 7/27/02
Location: Highlands- Ambrose Channel
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 19"
Bait or Lure: Squid / Killey
Water Depth: 65 Ft.
Water Temp.: 66
Information : Great Boat and mates. Boat was about 3/4 full, 31 keepers total for
boat,a lot of shorts. I caught the pool fish, 19" and two others keepers about 18".
Stone broke my windshield coming down the N.J. Turn Pike, there goes the pool money. Th
anks again to the mates and all the new people I met today.
Angler Name : George
E-Mail : gsendecki@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: The Hard Way
Date Fished: 07/27
Location: Raatin Reach & Statin Island
Fishing Method: Boat
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17 to 22"
Bait or Lure: Squid and Snappers and Peanut Bunker
Water Depth: 26 to 45'
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Went out of Atlantic Hilands.
3 People on boat. Cought 8 Fluke from 17" to 22".. 1 Weakie in Raratin Reach 23"..
Too many boats to stay went to Statin Island to get away from crowd. Found Cocktail
blues about 1 LB. all you wanted. Found 1 Srtiper about 14" under the Blues under the ve
ry small Peanut Bunker. Put him back to grow up.
Great day even with the drizzel.
Angler Name : Vinny Lombardo
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 7/27/02
Location: Mud Bouy
Fishing Method: Chum
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 12lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 45
Water Temp.: 70
Information : After fishing the rocks the day before Capt. Dan Mcgivney decided to
give the rocks another try.The Vinny Lombardo crew was aboard the Megan Beth and we
read very few fish there. We received a call from Capt. Jason of the (Rooster) as he was
into the Blues heavy at the Mud Bouy.As soon as we got there it was non -stop
action of fish from 3to 12lbs.After filling the coolers we stopped at a few spots on
the way home for some fluke only to catch a couple dozen Sea Bass.
Angler Name : Doug
E-Mail : deadeye01@earthlink.net
Boat Name: PATSEA
Date Fished: 7-27-02
Location: Cigar
Fishing Method: chunk&troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 32" Mahi
Bait or Lure: Butters, ceder plugs& feathers
Water Depth: 126'
Water Temp.: 76.5
Information : Got to the cegar and started the slick we were fishing for
about 15 min. when we hooked the Mahi then we fished for about 2 hrs. nothing so we
trolled for about 3 hrs. nothing so we headed home.
Angler Name : Tom Novak
E-Mail :
Boat Name: S.T.Barb
Date Fished: 7/27/02
Location: Ambrose channel
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17-23"
Bait or Lure: fluke belly/ killie combo
Water Depth: 50-65 ft.
Water Temp.:
Information : We got out early to fish Ambrose, but found that conditoons were not
good, the drift was slow. we held with 5 oz in 645 ft of water, but did not drift.
we managed 3 fluke around 19" there and saw a few large fish boated on the edges. We t
hen went to sandy hook channel to catch 3 more quick fish before goin in, right in
the middle of the channel. One fish was a round 4 1/2 pounds, and the other two in
sandy hook channle were around 2 1/2. It was a slow day, but all the fish we caught wer
e nice and fat!
Angler Name : Capt. Darren
E-Mail : dsv174@optonline.net
Boat Name: Marylou Crew
Date Fished: July 27th, 2002
Location: south lumps
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 3lbs
Bait or Lure: Squid/Spearing
Water Depth: 65
Water Temp.: 72.0
Information : Had the Jeff Baily charter from Cedar Grove out for a day of fluke
fishing. The action was pretty slow but the group managed to put 6 nice size keepers
in the box! They also caught a 5lb seabass!!
Angler Name : Kevin Ardente
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Tailchaser
Date Fished: 7-26
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 19-22in
Bait or Lure: Sandworms
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished friday am. had steady pick of weakfish,fluke and cocktail
blues.six weakfish 19-22in Four fluke up to 22in and plenty of small bluefish to keep
us busy. All in all not a bad day very few boats out.
Angler Name : Lou JO JO
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 7/26/02
Location: Rocks
Fishing Method: Chum
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10lb
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 30
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Lou & Jo Jo and crew from Mikes Nusrey on 7/26/02 were aboard the Megan
Beth. After fighting very rough seas in the morning we went to the Shrewsbury
Rocks.We had about a dozen big bluefish on the Chum in very difficult
conditions.After the
bite died off we traveled 8 miles to East to fish a lump. The only boat there is was
non-stop action of Bluefish in the 3 to 5lb class.As the day went on the seas got
calmer and we left the fish biting after boating two coolers of fish.
Angler Name : ERNIE &ZACK
E-Mail : pulcinim@aiov.com
Boat Name: smoker
Date Fished: 7-26-02
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 2 ,3, and 5lb.
Bait or Lure: squid killie
Water Depth: 8-20
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Fished the mouth of theshewsbury river and caught 3 big fluke and lots
of small blues on hopkins lures.Quite a few shorts.
Angler Name : matt
E-Mail :
Boat Name: teal
Date Fished: 7/26 7pm-11pm
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 2-5lbs
Bait or Lure: sandworm
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : finally caught some fish from a party boat. 6 weaks, 1 26' striper,
threw back three short stripers, a fluke and a couple porgies
Angler Name : Dan
E-Mail : Bmx5mx2@aol.com
Boat Name: seadog
Date Fished: 7/26/02
Location: 28 can
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 18-20
Bait or Lure: sandworms
Water Depth: 28ft
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Went out friday morning to weakfish. It was alittle rough out but put 3
nice weakfish between 18-20in. and a nice 18in. Fluke. Hope to do better
Saturday.
Angler Name : Greg
E-Mail : greg@bnngroupinc.com
Boat Name: G-Force
Date Fished: 07/22/02
Location: Barnegat Inlet to Manasqaun Inlet
Fishing Method: Casting
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-5 lbs
Bait or Lure: plugs/metal
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.: 72
Information :
Was looking for anything that moved and found large school of small blues off Bay
Head and right in front of Manasquan Inlet. Catch all you want on every cast once
you find 'em.
Angler Name : Ken & Jane
E-Mail : kdumsha@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: High Risk
Date Fished: 7/22/2002
Location: Outside Barnegate Inlet
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: to 24 inches
Bait or Lure: various
Water Depth: 50 to 80
Water Temp.: unknown
Information : Good day of fishing, the fluke are in small pockets. Take many baits
and see what they want. We had six different kinds. The drifts were fast 8-10 oz
needed to hold bottom. We had 8 fluke between 20 and 24 inches.
Angler Name : Capt. Darren
E-Mail : dsv174@optonline.net
Boat Name: Marylou Crew
Date Fished: July 22nd, 2002
Location: southeast of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 4lbs
Bait or Lure: Striped baits
Water Depth: 65
Water Temp.: 76.6
Information : Had the guys from Eastern Concrete out for a great day of fluke
fishing. We had 20 keepers up to 4lbs and would of had much more then that and
probably bigger fish also had the wind not kicked up. We were fishing with 10 oz
sinkers and were unable to hold bottom due to the hard southeast blow. We ended up
with a 5 gallon bucket full of BIG fillets and a very happy bunch of guys!!!
Angler Name : Frank Sicarli
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 7/22/02
Location: 15 miles N of Manasquan
Fishing Method: chum
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3 to 12lba
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 70
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Frank Sacarli and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of
Bluefishing. After stopping 15 miles north of Manasquan Inlet it was a slow start
with no tide moving we managed to cathch 8 fish in the 10lb class before the action
died. Making a move 8 miles to the SE it was non stop action on blues in the 3lb
class.After filling the coolers we were on our way home.
Angler Name : John Andaloro
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 21-22
Location: Lindencohl
Fishing Method: Overnigter
Specie: White Marlin
Size: 60 pounds
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 100 Fathoms
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Capt. Phil Dulanie and mates Mike Zajac and Jay Richardello took the
John Andaloro charter from Westchester, NY out on the Canyon Runner for an
overnighter Sunday to Monday and put together a solid catch. Pulling into the
Lindencohl Canyon Sunday afternoon the action was slow for most of the day but as
soon as the last boat left we quickly put 1 longfin and 2 yellowfin in the boat up to
40 pounds which included one yellowfin release as it was small. Setting up on the
chunck we boated 2 yellowfin including one of 80 pounds and one small one and drifted
almost to the Carteret. We were quick to get up on the troll Monday morning working
our way back south and that decision proved correct as we quickly raised a White
Marlin to the pattern and Brad Andaloro (12) got his first release of a billfish. We
were then covered up by yellowfin over the next few hours and went 6 for 6, 5 for 6,
7 for 8, and 5 for 7 of yellowfin. Out of those we put 8 in the box between 25 and
35 pounds and released the rest. In between we raised another White Marlin to the
spreader bars and Jay Richardella baited him with a ballyhoo in front of a blue/white
moldcraft hooker and we had our second White Marlin release of the trip.
Unfortunately, with the fishing looking better the weather looks like it is going to
blow us out for the rest of the week.
Angler Name : T. Johanson
E-Mail : t.johan@rcn.com
Boat Name: North Wind
Date Fished: July 21, 2002
Location: South of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18"-24"
Bait or Lure: large squid/ killie combo
Water Depth: 70 '
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Started at 10:30 A:M, it was fast and furious for the first hour,nice
and windy equals a great drift. Drifted right down the 70 ft. line and finished up by
1:30 P:M. with dinner in the ice chest.Another great day!
Angler Name : Mark, Damon, Brian, Jeff
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Laura D
Date Fished: 7/21/02
Location: Lindy / Toms
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: rats
Bait or Lure: ballyhoo/spreaders
Water Depth: variable
Water Temp.: 76-78
Information : Started at the Toms and worked our way south to the Lindy. Had one
White Marlin approx 40lbs. Boated 2 rat yellowfin and caught one Mahi. One of our
slower trips, we did not hear much of anything happening from ohter boats out there
but it was still nice to get out to the deep blue.
Angler Name : Dean
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Wicked Hook
Date Fished: 7-21-02
Location: Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15'' to 21''
Bait or Lure: combo of killies and squid
Water Depth: 20 feet to 45 feet
Water Temp.: 72
Information : my friend Tim and I fished sunday morning for fluke as soon as we
droped our line we hooked up we had about 5 keepers in 1 hour thew back a bunch. we
only fished for two and half hours and was very busy in that time frame.It was a good
morning to be out!
Angler Name : JOHN FEULNER
E-Mail :
Boat Name: GIZMO
Date Fished: 7-21-02
Location: RARITAN REACH #10-20 CANS
Fishing Method: DRIFT
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 16-20 INCH
Bait or Lure: SANDWORMS PEANUTBUNKER
Water Depth: 25-30 FT
Water Temp.: 72 F
Information : WENT UP THE REACH AND FISHED THE RED SIDE BANK. HAD
10 NICE WEAKS BEFORE IT SLOWED AT 9:OO AM. TRIED FOR FLUKE LATER BUT A STRONG SOUTH
WIND RUINED THE REST OF THE DAY. nICE EARLY START FOR THE WEAKIE RUN. EVERY FISH HAD
GRASS SHRIMP AND CRABS IN ITS GUT.
Angler Name : Zack
E-Mail : chinacatz@aol.com
Boat Name: High Time II
Date Fished: 7/21/02
Location: shrewsbury rocks
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8-12lbs
Bait or Lure: rapala slivers
Water Depth: 40 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Went out to see the sunrise at the shrewsbury rocks. I wasn't
disappointed. We saw some birds working and cught fish till are arms were tired. They
wanted smaller lures today than usual. We down sized to soe small rapala slivers and
had doubles and triples all morning. Stopped fishing at eleven am to make it home for
a bar-b-que and left the fish still biting.
Angler Name : Tom Novak
E-Mail :
Boat Name: S.T. Barb
Date Fished: 7/21/02
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15-20"
Bait or Lure: killie and fluke belly combo
Water Depth: 20-40 ft.
Water Temp.:
Information : We started off with 4 quick keepers at the tip of the hook. Then the
wind picked up, and the fishing was over. We tried many spots along the channel
without success. The wind killed the fishery for the day. We also threw back about
40 shorts and 20 sea robins.
Angler Name : Josh Olivo
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 07/21/2002
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Up to 14 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker & Butterfish
Water Depth: 25 To 65 Ft.
Water Temp.: 74 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Josh Olivo charter on board the Bounty Hunter today.
Starting at the Shrewsbury Rocks all we had to show after 2 hours of fishing was 1
Bluefish. It was a large Blue weighing in at 14 Lbs. Moving 5 miles to the east we
got into the smaller 1 1/2 to 3 Lb. Blues. The charter kept 24 fish and released
another couple of dozen. Bunker & Butterfish chunks worked best.
Angler Name : chris
E-Mail : yankee4214@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 7/21/02
Location: north ridge and the fingers
Fishing Method: troll and chum
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: everything
Water Depth: 60-120
Water Temp.: 74-75
Information : Started fishing the ridge at 7:30. Trolled for 1 1/2 hours only baby
blues and very dirty yellow green water. Picked up and headed to the Fingers to find
better water. Same water and temp. Trolled feathers for 1 1/2 hours and only a few
big blues. Weather got calmer so we decided to stay. Set up an oil slick for about
2 hours, nothing not even a blue. Pray for strong NW wind to blow all this ugly water
out. Saw blue water in the fingers last week, so there is hope. TightLines
Angler Name : Bob Schniers
E-Mail : rdschniers@yahoo.com
Boat Name: NO FEAR
Date Fished: 7-20-02
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 3 Lbs
Bait or Lure: squid and killies
Water Depth: 50 ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Had a great day on the water lots of boats but the fish were hungry we
had six keepers all over 20" with lots of throw backs and a few sea robins.
Angler Name : AB, JAY, JB, Butchie, Andy
E-Mail : Aaronb@office-tech.com
Boat Name: Sea Rambler
Date Fished: 7/20/02
Location: Claw
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 100 Lb Class
Bait or Lure: The Tuna Mix
Water Depth: 160
Water Temp.: 76
Information : It wasn't but 10 minutes after we were on the hook when Mr. 100 Lb
Bluefin decided to make a meal out of a butter laced with a razor sharp circle hook.
ALL HOOKED UP! At that point to me it is all bonus sushi. We had a steady pick of
lama tuna landing two more big dogs. Good fishing and tight lines!
Angler Name : ERNIE,MIKE &JOHN
E-Mail : pulcinim@aiov.com
Boat Name: smoker
Date Fished: 7-20-02
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17
Bait or Lure: squid,bunker,killies
Water Depth: 5-25
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished all the good spots in the bay where we previously had good
luck.Wegot 1 keeper and 15 shorts plus 2blues.Itcant get much worse,but we will try
again thursday.
Angler Name : Capt. Darren
E-Mail : dsv174@optonline.net
Boat Name: Marylou Crew
Date Fished: July 20th, 2002
Location: Mud Buoy
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 55ft
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Had the Mitch Titan charter out for some bluefishing/fluking, but
things were just not all that great! We only were able to put a few small blues in
the box and some seabass and fluke. The fishing was not what we had hoped for, but
the guys on the charter were all great sportsman! Maybe better luck next time!
Angler Name : John & Laura
E-Mail : johnlaura@comcast.net
Boat Name: TIDE RUNNER
Date Fished: 7/20/02
Location: Manasquan Ridge
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17" to 21"
Bait or Lure: Squid and Smelt
Water Depth: 48 to 65 '
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Fished the ridge from 700am to 1100 am very slow pick. What fish are
left on the hill after the draggers get done seemed to be in little pockets. Spots
that the dragger missed. Not a lot of life on the bottom. Some small Blues no
Sea-robins, Skated or Dod-fish anywhere the area is scarped clean,. Still managed to
put 4 in the box.Another great day to be fishing.
Angler Name : AL Romanelli
E-Mail : ajrjlg@aol.com
Boat Name: miss shelly
Date Fished: 7/20
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished the Flukemasters tourney this weekend, great tournament only one
I know of that is based on total weight of 5 fish. Not 1 lucky fish. Our boat
placed 4th with 22.5 lbs, within onces of the 3rd place boat.
Ended the day with 15 keeper fluke, only 2 sea robbins and 4-5 short fluke were
caught. The five fish weighed in for the tourney measured respectively at 27', 25,
22',22',21'. The other 10 fish caught measured 19'-20'. Good effort on the water
Jim,C, Jim T., and Johnny C. Wish more SANDY HOOK/RARITAN BAY Fluke tournaments were
based on the weight of 5 fish. Unfortunately the turnout of 73 boats was not as good
as expected which resulted in smaller prize money. Would have been happy to win $10
bucks to know where we stood with 73 other boats on a Saturday of Fluking.
Angler Name : Bill Johnson
E-Mail : varipro2k@aol.com
Boat Name: Fintastic
Date Fished: 7-20-02
Location: Deal
Fishing Method: driftring
Specie: Fluke
Size: 30 keeper up to 5.5 lbs
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : We had the Bill Johnson party of 10 anglers out participating in the
Elks fluke tournament. The crew had 30 keeper with 3 fish over 5lbs as well as two
dozen seabass.
Angler Name : Jon Murray
E-Mail : murray@quadnet.net
Boat Name: 4 Reelin"
Date Fished: 07/20/02
Location: Barnegat Ridge
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 18-1/2"
Bait or Lure: Peanut Bunker
Water Depth: 60
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Picked up 3 keepers and released many nice size eating fish that didn't
make the size limit. These regs SUCK! What size DEAD fluke do the draggers have to
release?!!
Angler Name : Paul Daley
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 7/20/02
Location: Deal
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 3lb
Bait or Lure: squid/spearing
Water Depth: 55
Water Temp.: 74
Information : It was a slow pick of keepers for the Paul Daley fishing aboard the
Megan Beth.Catching 12 keepers releasing over 48 fish that were just 16 inches.A few
Sea bass were caught as well as some small Bluefish.
Angler Name : Mike Attanasio
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 07/20/2002
Location: Various Lumps
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: Up to 3 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Squid & Spearing
Water Depth: 50 To 80 Ft.
Water Temp.: 73 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Mike Attanasio charter on board the Bounty Hunter to
fish the Pt. Pleasant Elks Annual Fluke Tournament. Starting on the East Lump We
fished the Seaside, Tolten, Klondike & Ammo Grounds. The best we could do was 5 Fluke
up to 3 Lbs. A couple of dozen shorts and to many Skates to count. Squid, Spearing,
Sand Eels and Fluke Strips were the baits that did not catch.
Angler Name : Rich A.
E-Mail : randres1@swarthmore.edu
Boat Name: Sawdust
Date Fished: 7/20/02
Location: GE Reef to the Ham
Fishing Method: bottom then trolling
Specie: Atlantic Bonito
Size:
Bait or Lure: squid minnow combo on the bottom- artificials on the troll
Water Depth: 60 feet both locations
Water Temp.: 75-78
Information : Went to the GE Reef for some bottom fishing and got nothing. I mean
not even a shark or sea robin. No one out there was doing anything. Heard a report
at the Ham about bonita, bluefish, and dolphi; so we went 5 miles further out and
trolled the Ham for two hours. Had one bonita knockdown on a pink artificial
squid/bird combo but he spit the hook. Only two other boats in the area each with
one or two fish. Went back to the reef with little success. First trip we have been
skunked all year.
Angler Name : Frank DeBlasio
E-Mail : nutleysigns2000@aol.com
Boat Name: Atlantic Star
Date Fished: July 19, 2002
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 26 inches 8 LBS.
Bait or Lure: HERRING
Water Depth: 60 FT
Water Temp.:
Information : Caught 14 Fluke, only 3 keepers BUT one weighed 8 lbs
Angler Name : ReeluglyRob
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Reelugly
Date Fished: 7-19-02
Location: Barnget Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14"-19"
Bait or Lure: squid and minnows
Water Depth: 5'-10'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Hot muggy day on the bay, we went out 1 hour before low tide and hooked
into a stink'in sea robin at first. Then Traci, my buddies wife was showing us all up
with a hole bunch of shorties. Sluggun Ray caught a few shorts but he was too busy
baiting his wifes hook to fish hard. Scotty kid hooked into a couple and ReeluglyRob
had a good time bringing in quite a few shorts and one keeper at 19"...... We needed
more then one keeper to bring home so we dug up about 150 clams so it was a very good
day!
Angler Name : Les Skinner
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 07/19/2002
Location: The Klondike
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: Up to 4 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Squid & Spearing
Water Depth: 60 Ft.
Water Temp.: 74 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Les Skinner charter on the Bounty Hunter for a day
of Fluke fishing. We started fishing on the Klondike and never left. The charter had
plenty of action on every drift. By days end the charter had 14 Fluke in the boat up
to 4 Lbs. and threw back another 30+ fish. Squid, Spearing and Fluke strips accounted
for all the bites.
Angler Name : Steve Gress
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 19
Location: Lindencohl
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 25 pounds
Bait or Lure: Bars/Baits/Jets
Water Depth: 800
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Jay Richardella and Mike Zajac took the
Steven Gress charter from Washington, D.C. out to the Lindencohl Canyon on Friday and
found plenty of action. However, once again, while we went 14 for 18 on yellowfin
and longfin the 12 yellowfin we put in the boat were small and we released 10 keeping
2 that were barely 25 pounds. The longfin were decent fish weighing 50 pounds each.
For the first trip in a while we did not have any Mahi.
Angler Name : Bob
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Instigator
Date Fished: 7/15-7/18
Location: Hot Dog and Massey's
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 75-200 lbs.
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Ran down south for a three day tuna fishing marathon. Fishing for both
bluefin and yellowfin was excellent at the hot dog and masseys. We'll be running
right back after the weekend.
Angler Name : Steve O'Neill
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 07/18/2002
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Up to 14 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker & Butterfish
Water Depth: 100 Ft.
Water Temp.: 72 Degrees
Information : The Steve O'Neill charter was on board the Bounty Hunter and Capt. Paul
headed north to the Shrewsbury Rocks. The Blues had abandoned the Farms and we found
them inshore. The charter had 50+ hook ups, landing 32 fish. All the fish were large
ranging in size from 8 up to 14 lbs. Bunker & Butterfish baits made the catch. The
charter topped off the catch with 5 keeper Fluke taken in 55 Ft. of water off Asbury
Park.
Angler Name : Sam, John M., John S., Butch, Jason, and Rus
E-Mail : messisa2000@yahoo.com
Boat Name: All Hooked Up
Date Fished: July 17/18
Location: Toms Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll/ Chunk
Specie: White Marlin
Size: 100 lb.
Bait or Lure: spreader/ butters
Water Depth: 600-3000 ft.
Water Temp.: 75.l5
Information : Started the troll late afternoon, afer an hour we hooked what appeared
to be a White Marlin (and a nice one). After she was hooked, she did several head
shakes and was able to throw the hook after a minute or so. Saw a couple of big Blue
Marlin free jumping as well with no hook up. No tuna on the evening troll. Started
the chunk around 9:00PM and it was non existant- FIRST TIME IN HISTORY WE HAD NOTHING
ON THE CHUNK. After 1:00AM lines began to go straight up to the bow. Started the
troll in the morning and picked up a couple of Yellows. Tough trip, but O.K., better
than working!!!!! We'll get 'em next time
Angler Name : ERNIE &MIKE
E-Mail : pulcinim@aiov.com
Boat Name: american eagle
Date Fished: 7-18-02
Location: shewsbury rocks
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: to 5 lb
Bait or Lure: peanut bunker &squid
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.:
Information : Very hot day with no drift,but we still got 11 keepers and allwere
big,plus 12 nice sea bass.TheAmerican Eagle and crew were terific.
Angler Name : Bill Erdman
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 18
Location: Toms Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Blue Marlin
Size: 500-600 pounds
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Capt. Phil Dulanie and mates Jay Richardella and Mike Zajac had the
Bill Erdman charter out on the Canyon Runner Thursday for a day of canyon trolling.
While the tuna did not cooperate the billfish did. On our way trolling south from
the Toms Canyon our first fish of the day attached the flat line at 6:30am. The big
Blue Marlin inhaled a ballyhoo trolled behind and blue/white Ilander and the fight
was on. After 2 hours on a Penn International 50W on matching standup tackle Jay
leadered the 120 inch Blue estimated at 500-600 pounds and Mike billed it, unhooked
it, revived it and she swam away. The rest of the day was much less eventful as we
picked 4 mahi with 2 over 20 pounds and released only one small yellowfin.
Angler Name : Tom and Greg R.
E-Mail : gsr135@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Reel Kitchen
Date Fished: 07/18/2002
Location: Just SE of Shrewsberry Rocks
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: Fluke up to 24"
Bait or Lure: Spearing and Squid
Water Depth: 40-45ft
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Found it hard to drift in the AM, so we wound up catching a ton of Sea
Bass (About 15 keepers up to 3 pounds). Wind and tide changed in late AM, and we got
about 10 keeper Fluke to 24"! Only 3 Sea Robins and 2 Skates all day! Hot, but still
a great day on the water!!
Angler Name : Capt Al Greenhalgh
E-Mail : alancg@ispwest.com
Boat Name: Nauti Buoy
Date Fished: 7/17.02
Location: Lidy
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50lb
Bait or Lure: mix
Water Depth: 300
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Got to the lindenkohl at 0900, put in at the temp break and the cobalt
blue water had our first fish on in 15 min. Most fish small but 2 50lb fish in the
box along with 3 others. All caught (13) on a mix of plastics.
Al
Angler Name : John & Laura
E-Mail : johnlaura@comcast.net
Boat Name: TIDE RUNNER
Date Fished: 7/17/02
Location: Manasquan Ridge
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 1/2 to 21 1/2
Bait or Lure: squid and smelt
Water Depth: 50 to 65 '
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Fish the Ridge from 700 am to 11am there was a show pick. Able to put 7
Fluke up to 21 1/2" and 1 Blue in the box. Not a single skate, dog fish or sea robin.
Only 3 shorts. The draggers were having a field day there were 5 of them working the
area.Great Drift and another wonderful day on the water!Rember keep a tight line!
Angler Name : Jim Belanger
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 07/17/2002
Location: The Farms
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Up to 10 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker & Butterfish
Water Depth: 100 Ft.
Water Temp.: 73 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Had the Jim Belanger charter from RJB Plumbing on board the
Bounty Hunter and fished the NJ Builders Assoc. Annual Tournament. Starting at the
Farms the charter had a steady pick on Blues up to 10 Lbs. At midday we headed for
the lumps off Asbury Park and again had a good pick on Fluke landing a dozen, the
largest tipping the scale at 4 1/4 lbs. Bunker & Butterfish chunks caught the Blues.
Squid, Spearing & Fluke Strips caught the Fluke.
Angler Name : Tony Michelliti
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 17
Location: Toms Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 40 pounds
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 100 Fathoms
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Mike Zajac and Jay Richardella took the
Tony Michelliti charter from Middletown, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Wednesday. The
day was spent with plenty of action as the charter went 14 for 20 on yellowfin.
However, yet again most of the tuna were small and released and only a couple up to
40 pounds were kept. The action was located a few miles inshore of the Carteret
Canyon and ballyhoo were the bait of choice. A blue/white moldcraft little hooker
over the ballyhoo produced best. In addition the chartered boated 3 mahi.
Angler Name : Archie
E-Mail : AJSirianni@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Triple Play
Date Fished: 17JUL02
Location: Ocean City reef, Cuma lumps, and Great Egg inlet
Fishing Method: Bottom and trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 16"
Bait or Lure: silver metal spoon
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Beautiful weather and great seas, but flounder fishing in the ocean off
of Ocean City, NJ was not productive on this day. I fished all day, thirty to fifty
feet of water along the north end of the island, the Great Egg inlet, on and around
the three northern Cuma lumps, and the northwest corner of the Ocean City reef.
Bottom fishing with minnows was not productive, not even one short, however the bay
was active with flounder. Heading back into the GE inlet, by the GE bell buoy, a
huge group of birds, and thank you Lord, a school of blues, 16", but fun and tasty.
At least the blues are starting to school closer to the shore. Good Luck.
Angler Name : Capt. John Pfeiffer
E-Mail : captbigjohn@yahoo.com
Boat Name: SEA ++
Date Fished: 7/17/02
Location: Toms Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Blue Marlin
Size: 500lb
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 450
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Left the dock at midnight with guests John Goulett and Peter Glover.
Owner Doug Andersen was not on this trip.
We tried chunking at 3;30am with no takers. Went up on the troll and hit the first
fish about 9am. It was a tough day for tuna. Had one other tuna and 2 dolphin then
Mate Darren Berry sighted the big blue marlin tailing. We turned the boat around and
the marlin made a move to the inside rigger then took the outside the fight was on.
With Peter Glover on the rod the fish was bought along side with Darren on the leader
after an hour and ten minute fight on a 50lb outfit.A conservative estimate of 450 to
500lbs.
Angler Name : Bob and Andrew
E-Mail : Godwinlne@aol.com
Boat Name: Bobbies boat rental
Date Fished: 7/16/02
Location: barneget bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 16-20
Bait or Lure: grass shrimp/fins
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished myers hole and around the dike. caught weaks on fin s in the
hole and on grass shrimp around the dike. Then drifted inside the inlet and caught
30-40 fluke only three keepers. great day of fishing with my son. Thanks Bobbie
Angler Name : MIKE
E-Mail : berty28@aol.com
Boat Name: GENESIS
Date Fished: 7/16/02
Location: MASSEY'S CANYON
Fishing Method: CHUNKIN BUTTERS
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 125-150
Bait or Lure: 8/0 MUSTAD ON 50lb FLUROCARBON
Water Depth: 120
Water Temp.: 72.5
Information : Went out and the wind was blowing. Was originally supposed to go on
7/17 but the forecast was looking bad. But once again they were wrong. Anyway, got to
Massey at 7:45am and got on the hook. I stayed away from the fleet and looked for my
own structure. Within 45 minutes we had two on. Mine got off but my friend was on. In
25 minutes the fish was in the boat. I rigged that line back up and put it back out.
Then went into the cabin to get a hook and I hear FISH ON! This fish was brutal it
took over an hour. It wrapped around the anchor, we were physically exhausted and
finally got it in. My partner and I said we had enough, and were done fishing by
10:40 am. Great day dispite rough seas. By the way all hits were just off the bottom.
4oz egg sinker with 6 foot 50lb fluorocarbon did the trick.
Angler Name : mohammed
E-Mail : spydercliff09@hotmail.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 7-16-02
Location: sandyhook
Fishing Method: surf cast off of rocks
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 1-4 lb
Bait or Lure: metal/ killie and squid
Water Depth: 20-30 ft aprox.
Water Temp.: warm
Information : fished yesterday on the rocks in sandyhook bay and landed 2 blues and
lost about 4 right in front of me........ better luck next time and some fluke in the
area tearing up teh bait tight lines to everone and good luck as always
Angler Name : john
E-Mail : johnnybigtime@msn.com
Boat Name: I'd rather not say....
Date Fished: 7/16
Location: off asbury park
Fishing Method: fluke rig
Specie: Fluke
Size: shorts.........
Bait or Lure: squid/spearing
Water Depth: 40-60ft
Water Temp.: 67
Information : I fished on a party boat. Only 2 or 3 keepers on the boat. In th
morning there was no wind. The drift picked up toward the end. Their were lots of
skates. A few keeper sea bass came up. The fish weren't too helpful. I caught a
lot more a few days earlier closer to the beach.
Angler Name : MIKE PANDISCIA
E-Mail : ODIEMD@TRISTARSYSTEMS.COM
Boat Name: DEBBIE'S DILEMMA
Date Fished: 07/15/2002
Location: SANDY HOOK/ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS
Fishing Method: BOTTOM/DRIFT
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 1/2"
Bait or Lure: SQUID/KILLIES/HERRING
Water Depth: 20-35'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : HI, BEEN FISHING ALL YEAR TWO-THREE TIMES A WEEK BUT, THIS IS MY FIRST
REPORT. MONDAY, 07/15/2002. TWO KEEPER FLUKE,20 BACH INTO THE WATER,SHORTS. GOING TO
TRY CRABBING ON WEDNESDAY 07/17/2002 UP THE RIVER. WHILE I,M THERE I WILL ALSO TRY
SOME RIVER FLOUNDER. GOOD LUCK TO ALL YOU GUYS. MIKE THE PIPE
Angler Name : Ed Stanchi
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 07/15/2002
Location: The Farms
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Up to 12 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker & Butterfish
Water Depth: 100 Ft.
Water Temp.: 72 Degrees
Information : The Ed Stanchi charter was on board the Bounty Hunter today and Capt.
Paul headed of to the Mud Hole to check out yesterday's hot spot. As usual and to no
one's surprise the fish had moved off to another location. We received a call and
headed up to the Farms where we found the Blues on the feed. The charter boated 35
Blues up to 12 Lbs. and released another 20+ fish. Once again Bunker and Butterfish
baits produced all the action.
Angler Name : M. Moscufo
E-Mail : michael.moscufo@pseg.com
Boat Name: Mary M III
Date Fished: 7/15/02
Location: Barnegat Ridge
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3 -6 lbs
Bait or Lure: jigging and baits
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Calm day with light breeze until late in the day. Started on top of the
Ridge with several other charter and party boats at anchor. A slow/steady pick for
several hours, then a move to the edge of the Ridge and back on anchor. The move paid
off plenty with a steady pick of bluefish, mostly hitting jigs. These nice eating
size fish provided everyone on the boat with plenty of action, including the young
boys Kyle, Casey and Bobby. A trip most will remember for a long time. Thanks to
Captain Sam and Mate Fred (who put up with some flying jigs and hooks) for an
enjoyable day.
Angler Name : Capt. Kevin Delanoy
E-Mail : kdelanoy@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Miss Margie
Date Fished: 7/15/02
Location: Deal to Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 1/2 to 20''
Bait or Lure: Killie/Squid and Spearing
Water Depth: 20 to 60 '
Water Temp.: 68
Information : The five anglers from Doylestown PA had a productive day with the fluke
and sea bass, and a 15lb bass for a bonus. We had to move around alot on the rocky
bottom to find the keeper fish but the sea bass kept everyone busy all day. With
almost no drift for most of the day the group managed a nice catch at the days
end.
Angler Name : John & Laura
E-Mail : johnlaura@comcast.net
Boat Name: TIDE RUNNER
Date Fished: 7/15/02
Location: aournd some structure so of the mans inlet and manasquan Ridge
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14 to 19 "
Bait or Lure: squid and smelt
Water Depth: 75 to 50 '
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Started the day 6 miles So.of manasquan inlet drifting around some
wrecks. Pick up 2 fluke 17" and a dozen shorts. Them we headed out ot the Manasquan
Ridge. We pick-up 5 really nice fluke between 18 & 20 " great weather and a great
drift. We left them bitting and 12:00 had to work yuk.
Angler Name : C. J. Tartaglia
E-Mail : taggteam@comcast.net
Boat Name: TAGGTEAM
Date Fished: 7/14/02
Location: Massey's Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 100#
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: various
Water Temp.: 74-75F
Information : Overnighted on the 20 line not far from Masseys Canyon aboard
"TAGGTEAM". Bite was fast and hard mid morning. Ended up boating only one of four
hookups. More importantly, had a safe, fun trip with nice action. Tight lines.....
Angler Name : Bobby Gers & Crew
E-Mail : jgers@db.com
Boat Name: JJ Express II
Date Fished: 07/14/02
Location: Lindenkol
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 45
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 1000
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Went out after a great day that we had on friday,decided to head for
the Lindy this time instead of the Toms.After about 45 minutes of trolling at the tip
of the Lindy we trolled a 50 lb yft caught on bally.Trolled the canyon all day then
at 2 pm the bite was on.A white marlin 4 ft or better hit and missed the spreader
bar.Then he went for the bally and thats when i hooked em.He then jumped three times
before he tangled with the spreader bar and snapped the line.The fleet left before
the bite we were one of the only boats out there.Looking foward to the Beach Haven
and Marlin Tournament.
Angler Name : James
E-Mail : JamesGrasmeder
Boat Name: Last Call
Date Fished: 7/14
Location: Wilmington Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Big-Eye Tuna
Size: 150 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Green Machine / Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 600 ft.
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Somehow we convinced our wives to let us go fishing after spending the
weekend in Ocean City, MD. Good thing we did! Hooked 2 Big-eyes in the Wilmington
after trolling a half hour. The captain snapped one off when he tried to give em too
much heat. However We boated mine after a 2 and a half hour fight without a fighting
chair. Great fish and very sore muscles. Seeing the catches ant the O.C. tuna
tourney was cool. The fishiing is gooiing off out there!
Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Date Fished: 07/14/2002
Location: NORHT OF S.R. INLET
Fishing Method: DRIFT
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 2LBS
Bait or Lure: SPEARS
Water Depth: 65-70
Water Temp.: 70
Information : HEADED OUT FOR FLATTIES AND HAD NO DRIFT - GOT ON SOME ROUGH BOTTOM AND
KILLED THE SEA BASS - 2 GUYS ABOUT 75 FISH WITH 15 BIG KEEPERS AND 4 KEEPER FLUKE.
NICE DAY ON THE WATER.
Angler Name : Capt. Kevin Delanoy
E-Mail : kdelanoy@hotmail .com
Boat Name: Miss Margie
Date Fished: 7/14/02
Location: Deal
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 3 to 6lbs
Bait or Lure: Mackerel/Killie. Bunker/Killie
Water Depth: 60'
Water Temp.: 67
Information : The conditions changed a bit from our previous trip.
Leaving the inlet we had 61 degrees and a glass calm ocean that lasted all day. With
no wind we managed a
decent drift with the current and the water was a little warmer to the north. Fishing
in the deeper water was the right move. Ending the day with 10 larger fluke and a
doz. nice sea bass for two anglers.
Angler Name : Joe Toriello
E-Mail : josephtoriello@aol.com
Boat Name: A Bit Salty
Date Fished: 7/14
Location: Mussel Grounds
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18"
Bait or Lure: Minos & squid
Water Depth: 91
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Long boat ride only caught one keeper. Nice day on the ocean. Will try
again next weekend.
Angler Name : Harold Tischler
E-Mail : JoyceTischler@aol.com
Boat Name: Then There Were Three
Date Fished: 7/14/02
Location: Manasquan Ridge
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: To 5 Lbs
Bait or Lure: usual
Water Depth: 62 Ft.
Water Temp.:
Information : I had the Harris family( Rob, Lauri and Tyler) of Harris Custom Rods
out for the day. We boated 10 keepers, several big ones, 8 of which were boated by
Rob.Lauri and I had one keeper each and their son Tyler caught his first fluke ever.
We also caught 15 - 20 shorts, 1 ling, a few Sea Robins and Dogfish, and at least
twenty thousand skates. A good time was had by all.
Angler Name : Jeff Hymowitz
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 13-14
Location: Toms Canyon
Fishing Method: Overnigter
Specie: Big-Eye Tuna
Size: 174 Pounds
Bait or Lure: Squid Bar
Water Depth: 100 Fathoms
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Mike Zajac and Brad Burgess of the
Canyon Runner took the Jeff Hymowitz charter from Manhattan out on The Rooster for a
Saturday-Sunday overnighter. Trolling for a couple of hours Saturday produced
nothing until a double of Big-Eyes attacked the spread. One dropped off immediately
and one stayed on a high-speed squid spreader bar and the charter battled it out for
over an hour before the 174 pound big-eye was on ice. However, we missed the best
yellowfin bite while fighting the big-eye and went on the chunk with only a couple
more small yellowfin to our credit. A couple of big Mahi up to 20 pounds were boated
at night and up on the troll in the morning a couple more yellowfin up to 40 pounds
were boated with all but the largest released.
Angler Name : bayner
E-Mail : bayner333@erols.com
Boat Name: kath II
Date Fished: 7/14/02
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: killie
Specie: Fluke
Size: 7 keepers
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 47
Water Temp.:
Information : great day on the water. one short of a complete day. tight lines
Angler Name : Surf Cowboy
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Two Bare Feet
Date Fished: 7/14/02
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: surf casting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 13-15
Bait or Lure: White bucktail jig with plastic grub/sandeel
Water Depth: 1-5 feet
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Picked up 5 fluke no keepers but had fun with about 15 to 20 Sea
Robins.I fished the incoming tide...left before hihg tide.
Angler Name : Steve Ferraro
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 07/14/2002
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Up to 12 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker & Butterfish
Water Depth: 200 Ft.
Water Temp.: 68 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the boat builders from Henriques Yachts on board the
Bounty Hunter for their 3rd Bluefish charter of the season. Finding fishing a bit
slow while anchored we set up a drift in the Mud Hole and found Blues that were eager
to bite. The charter put 40 fish in the box and released at least twice as many.
Conditions for drift fishing were perfect. Bunker and Butterfish chunks were the bait
of choice.
Angler Name : CAPT BERNIE ROTH
E-Mail : MBROTH@BELLATLANTIC.NET
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: 7/13,14
Location: TOMS CANYON
Fishing Method: TROLL/CHUNK/TROLL
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-60LBS
Bait or Lure: BALLYHOO/SPRDR BARS
Water Depth: 411-700FT
Water Temp.: 73-75
Information : Had the Ron Antonelli fishing team on board for a Toms Canyon overnighter.
Started the afternoon troll off brisky with a tripleheader of 50-60 lb yellowfins. In
the same area we raised a blue marlin that slashed a ballyhoo several times before
being hooked and immediately pulled the hook.
On the chunk boated a 40 lb yellowfin on a 120ft lightstick after a couple of missed
runoffs. Then hooked up a 125lb mako that jumped several times before being gaffed
and iced.
On the morning troll we boated 7 more yellowfins and released 5 to grow larger. An
exciting trip with action for everyone. Also enjoyed the forecast 1 to 2 ft seas with
an occasional 8 footer!
Angler Name : Steve Evanski
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 7/14/02
Location: 18 miles East of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Chum
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 12lb
Bait or Lure: buttrfish
Water Depth: 140
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Stave Evanski was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Blue fishing.
Stopping 18 miles east of Mansquan it was a slow pick and as we got there boats were
pulling anchor and moving, we had to move around and find some fish a we decided to
drift.After filling one cooler 3/4 of the way the action stopped.Jim Stanford on the
boat the Xanadu was sharkfishing 6 miles to the East,but was being bothered by so
many bluefish he told us to come on out. Within in one hour we finished filling the
one cooler and filled the second and were on are way home. Thank you Jim for the
call.
Angler Name : john yenshaw
E-Mail : river ranch 1@yahoo.com
Boat Name: blue bobber
Date Fished: 7/14/02
Location: lower raritan bay
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15 shorts 2keepers
Bait or Lure: squid killies
Water Depth: 5 to40 ft
Water Temp.: 71
Information : slow pick of fluke had more action away from other boats keep it simple
plain hook with bait no fancy stuff
Angler Name : MIKE LAWRENCE
E-Mail : LAWREMI@CHURCHDWIGHT.COM
Boat Name: SHOT'N'BEER
Date Fished: 7/14/02
Location: GLORY, & CHICKEN CANYON
Fishing Method: TROLL&DRIFT
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: TROLLED ASSORTED DRIFTED MACKERAL
Water Depth: 135 TO 250
Water Temp.: 74.5
Information : WENT TO THE GLORY TO TRY ALITTLE BFT ON THE TROLL. WATER WAS UGLY GREEN
TROLLING 7 TO 10 KNOTS AND WAS CATCHING BLUE FISH, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT. sTOPPED
TROLLING TO TRY FOR MR MAKO. BLUEFISH WAS THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN. DID NOT EVEN SEE A
BLUE DOG. BEUTIFUL DAY ON THE WATER 1 TO 2. bETTER THEN WORK. SEE YA OUT THERE.
THE WATER STARTED TO CLEAN UP THE FARTHER YOU WENT OUT GOT HALF WAY INTO THE CHICKEN
AND DECIDED TO GO.
Angler Name : Jeff
E-Mail : netdeal@erols.com
Boat Name: Get Reel
Date Fished: 7/14/02
Location: Ambrose Channel
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17"-22"
Bait or Lure: squid/killie/squirt
Water Depth: 50-70'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Finally bailed the flatties-caught 20 or so and had 12 keepers, bigger
fish caught were in the deep.
Angler Name : Jim Cawthern
E-Mail : cawthernj@capitol-environmental.com
Boat Name: Iso Kala
Date Fished: 7/13 & 7/14/02
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting Fluke Rigs
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14 - 24 inches
Bait or Lure: squid, spearing, sea robin, bluefish, bunker, mackerel, the kitchen
sink
Water Depth: 12 - 40 feet
Water Temp.: ~ 72
Information : Fished aboard my 16' Boston Whaler on Saturday with my friend, Johnny
C. Went back out again Sunday on my other boat to fish in the Sandy Hook Bay
Anglers' tourney with my dad and my brother. Saturday, I kept 4 keeper fluke: 17.5,
18.5, 19 and 22.5 inches. I released 2 other keepers between 16.5 and 17 inches with
at least 20 shorts going back over the side. Johnny kept 2 fluke at 17.5 and 19
inches, and he released another pair between 16.5 and 17 inches. Of course, Johnny
also released the usual mess of 20 or so shorts. Most of our fish were caught
between the rip and the beach near buoy # 13. However, we moved around frequently
trying to find a body of larger fish. We were using every type of bait available
including strip baits of fresh caught sea robins, bluefish, macherel and bunker along
with the typical squid/spearing combo. Best bite was the morning incoming tide which
accounted for 75% of our biggest fish. We caught an unbelievable number of large sea
robins and a few bluefish, but the majority of the day was spent catching and
releasing respectable fluke in the 15 - 16 inch size range. Got knocked around
pretty bad in the wind in the afternoon, so we moved inshore along officer's row
where we found lots of shorts between the pound nets and the coast guard station.
On Sunday, we started with a slow pick of fluke out near Sandy Hook Channel buoys # 3
and # 4. Started off with a couple of keepers 17 - 22 inches, a couple of sand
sharks, and a pair of 24 - 26 inch stripers. All of our fish were caught on mackerel
strips and fresh bluefish strips fished on fluke rigs with chartreuse or white/red
bucktail teasers. Later in the day, we moved over near the terminus of the Chapel
Hill Channel where we found a lot of fluke in the 16 - 18 inch size range. In fact,
at one point, I managed 5 successive keepers in five drops. We ended the day with no
tourney contenders, but we did end up keeping 12 fish between 17 and 24.5 inches. I
managed to hang the 24.5 incher on our last drift of the day. What a way to end a
great weekend of fishing with friends and family! Can't wait to get back out again
in the Flukemasters tourney this weekend ... Hopefully we will be ablle to find the
"Flukasaurus" that has been avoiding us so far this year.
Angler Name : chris
E-Mail : yankee4214@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: july 14
Location: lilian
Fishing Method: sharking
Specie: Blue Shark
Size: 7 foot
Bait or Lure: bonita filet
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Troller for bluefin had no luck so decided to shark the lilian. Set a
slick and 30 minutes later hooked a blue shark
Angler Name : Capt. Dan
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Marylou Crew
Date Fished: July 14th, 2002
Location: North of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 4lbs
Bait or Lure: Killies/Spearing
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Had the Steve Lynch charter out on for a fluke charter. Although there
was little or no drift the Mary Lou was able to put a decent catch together of fluke
and seabass up to 4lbs. Another great day on the water for the Crew of the Mary
Lou!!!
Angler Name : DaveK,BrianK and HaroldG
E-Mail : davek@worldwideapparel.com
Boat Name: Easy Go
Date Fished: July 13,2002
Location: Shrewsbury, Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 6lbs
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Saturday July 13 we started out for Shrewsbury Rocks after passing
throught the Knoll area with hundreds of birds sitting calmly in the water.
Started trolling a mile or two before the rocks with umbrella rigs and caught one
Bluefish about eight lbs. We then hooked something that gave Harold a real fight. I
thought that he had at least three large blues on an umbrella rig, but it turned out
to be a large skate or other ray type fish that was foul hooked in the end of its
wing . I would guess about 20 lbs . Harold gave it his all and as we attempted to cut
it free the hook bent and pulled out. After that we didn't catch anything until we
passed the Knoll on the way in and this time the birds were active and we caught a
small striper and a small bluefish before heading in to the dock
All in all a poor fishing day except for the tussle with the skate.
Angler Name : Capn John
E-Mail : jfhowell84@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Crack o Noon
Date Fished: 7/13/02
Location: Inside Barnegat Light
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15'- 19 1/2"
Bait or Lure: Spearing, Squid, Killies
Water Depth: 7'-13'
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Managed to bag 7 keepers while culling 40+ shorts. The shorts were in
all in the 15 1/2 - 16 inch range. It was my nephew's first fluke trip, and he did
admirably, landing twelve including one keeper, all on light tackle (8#). I bet he's
still smiling. Nephew #2 came along for the ride and decided to be a deck hand
instead of fishing. It was a great day to be on the water and catching fish.
Angler Name : Brian
E-Mail : bphoebus@chubb.com
Boat Name: Recovery Room
Date Fished: 7/12- 7/13
Location: Hudson/Toms
Fishing Method:
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-70lbs
Bait or Lure: ballyhoo
Water Depth: 400-800
Water Temp.: 73-76
Information : arrived Friday late afternoon into Hudson 150/050. water clarity was
bad, immediately boated a 40lb yellowfin. trolled south and found a 3 degree break
around 43000 line. trolled two 60-70lb yellowfin before dark. drifted the night
which was beautiful, no tuna, only 150-175lb mako. Trolled the next morning with
several knockdowns and fought 100-125 yellowfin for twenty minutes before pulling the
hook boatside. Plenty of action, 3 for 5 on yellowfin plus a nice mako, beautiful
weather.
Angler Name : Same', Kame', Ray, Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: MegaByte
Date Fished: 713/02
Location: England Banks
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 19"
Bait or Lure: Squid/Spearing
Water Depth: 65
Water Temp.: 73
Information : This will be the last time I follow any reports from a certain
columnist that I will keep to myself. Anyway. had some shorts one keeper that we
through back at the end of the day just because! Shot up tyowards the rocks to try
trolling some bluefish and that was a waste of time also. Enough of this inshore
garbage and time to start doing some fishing!!
Angler Name : Bart & Robert Bakelaar, David Honigstock, Gerard Debernardis
E-Mail : Bakes28@aol.com
Boat Name: Bakes
Date Fished: 07/13
Location: Hudson and Toms Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 70lbs
Bait or Lure: Feather Bar
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 75
Information : We set up for the troll at 7am at the Hudson and could find no water
above 72.5 so we headed south toward the Toms. In between we found porpoises and
water above 75 so we decided to drop lines again. Several minutes later we had our
first yellowfin of the season. We had 2 other knock downs on the day. Calm seas,
good company, and crystal clear water made the trip a success. With all the reports
of Marlin, Mako, and Mahi on the radio this early, we are looking forward to a great
season.
Angler Name : John, Charlie & Bill
E-Mail : johnbaumann@nbidigi.com
Boat Name: Hook'm & Cook'm
Date Fished: 7/12 - 7/13
Location: Carteret
Fishing Method: Troll & Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60 lb
Bait or Lure: Troll Plastic
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 77
Information : Started troll about 7 miles inside Carteret hooked 60 lb yellowfin and
nice Mahi, released to small yft. Chunked overnight, 1 Mako released. Morning
trolled down to Lindenkohl, 1 yft, 1 mahi. Headed home.
Angler Name : Capt Henry Roth
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fur-Reel
Date Fished: 7/13/02
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : A good trip trolled two yft 40 lbs. First longfin 35 lb. Trolled 100 lb
bluefin near tower on way in. Bluefin hit green machine David caught and Chaim wired
fish.
Angler Name : GARY, JON AND JOHN
E-Mail : TRAILPIMP@AOL.COM
Boat Name: MAKO19
Date Fished: 7-13-02
Location: WILDWOOD REEF
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16.5-18
Bait or Lure: SQUID, FRESH CLAM
Water Depth: 63'
Water Temp.: 68-70
Information : WE SET OUT TO THE WILDWOOD REEF AT 8:00 AM AND ARRIVED WITH PLENTY OF
BOATS THERE. SEAS WERE PRETTY MUCH FLAT AND THE FISH WERE BITTING. LOTS OF BASS AND
FLOUNDER WITH SOME WEAKFISH MIXED IN, THOUGH MANY WERE THROW BACKS WE MANAGED 3
FLOUNDER, 4 BASS, AND 2 CROAKER.
Angler Name : John Duesing
E-Mail : jduesing@netzero.net
Boat Name: Big Jamaica
Date Fished: 7/13/02
Location: 19 miles south of Brielle
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 11 lb
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: 125'
Water Temp.:
Information : 7am trip on the big jamaica. Fishing was slow at first when anchored.
After starting to drift we boated 35 fish b/t 5 and 11lbs.
Great Day!!! Great Fishing!!!
Angler Name : Tim
E-Mail :
Boat Name: eileen
Date Fished: july 13
Location: baltimore canyon
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40lb.
Bait or Lure: skirted ballyhoo
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Fished the 40 line to the Baltimore canyon had action all day long
raising three white marlin hooking and losing one of them. One for two on tuna losing
a nice one at the boat.Also had three mahi- mahi in the twenty pd.range.Flat and calm
seas
Angler Name : Jeff
E-Mail : netdeal@erols.com
Boat Name: Get Reel
Date Fished: 7/13/02
Location: off the beach-w.long branch
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17"+
Bait or Lure: killie/squid
Water Depth: 60
Water Temp.: 70
Information : caught 5 keepers and several big hump-back sea bass.
Angler Name : frank,dan and jeff
E-Mail : frankko66@yahoo.com
Boat Name: ez go
Date Fished: 7-13-02
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12-19 inches
Bait or Lure: squid-fluke belly
Water Depth: 10-55 ft.
Water Temp.:
Information : went down the beach at about 10 am--picked away at fluke ,mostly
shorts---hardly any drift due to wind against current ,would have done much better
if there was a drift--sea got nasty at about 2 pm and headed into the bay by the ammo
pier where we added a couple more keepers---decent fishing but not spectacular
Angler Name : john
E-Mail : jsbraga@aol.com
Boat Name: nu-meat
Date Fished: 7/13/02
Location: hot dog
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50#
Bait or Lure: naked ballyhoo
Water Depth: 50 fathoms
Water Temp.: 77 f.
Information : left the dock at 1am for the sunrise chunk at the hot dog. we had no
fish but they were hooking up around us. at 10 we broke it up and headed for the deep
where we caught a yellowfin on the troll at the baltimore. our target was mr. white
since we had a full spread of bally both naked and skirted with some plastic.
Angler Name : Mike Pizzico
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 07/13/2002
Location: The Slough
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Up to 10 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker & Butterfish
Water Depth: 125 Ft.
Water Temp.: 68 Degrees
Information : The Mike Pizzico charter was on board the Bounty Hunter today and Capt.
Paul was off to the Slough. Anchoring in 125 Ft. of water the day started off very
slow. Conditions were poor with the current running up into the wind. All we had to
show for our effort was 4 Blues after 4 hours of fishing. At 1 in the afternoon the
ocean came alive and we caught all the Blues the charter needed in the last 1 1/2
hours. Bunker and Bluefish chunks accounted for the catch.
Angler Name : Capt. Darren
E-Mail : dsv174@optonline.net
Boat Name: Marylou Crew
Date Fished: July 13th, 2002
Location: Off of Deal
Fishing Method: Dritfing
Specie: Fluke
Size: 3lbs
Bait or Lure: Squid/Spearing
Water Depth: 35 feet
Water Temp.: 70.2
Information : Captain Darren reports that he had a full boat of females from
Whippany, NJ out for a fluke charter! The day was pretty good putting 15 keepers in
the box up to 3lbs and 5 seabass up to 3lbs. They all enjoyed the day and had some
nice fillets for the dinner table!!!
Angler Name : Al Schrader
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 7/13/02
Location: 5 miles SE of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 3.5lbs
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 75
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Capt. Dan McGivney : Reports that the Al Schrader was aboard the Megan
Beth for A Sea Bas trip. While stopping on two local wrecks we had a slow pick of Sea
Bass.Al Caught the largest 3.5lbs Victoria (8) caught the biggest Fluke a 3Lb fish.
Fluking fishing was tuff as the SE wind picked up and you needed 8 to 10oz to hold
bottom.
Angler Name : John Steve Pete John
E-Mail : trapperjohnawrs@yahoo.com
Boat Name: 320 Luhrs
Date Fished: July 12-13
Location: Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Blue Fish
Water Depth: 250ft
Water Temp.: 70F
Information : Water was dirty disgusting nasty ugh. From Arundo to east side of
Glory hole. trolling on the way out produced blue fish up to 10.5 knots. Weather was
also worse then forcasted. 20knots out of south west seas 3-5. Very close no backs to
them In 8 hours of drifting we covered just short of 12 miles If there was
something positive to say about the trip no body puked.
Angler Name : John
E-Mail : qman@comcast.net
Boat Name: Hammmer and Tails
Date Fished: 7/13
Location: Toms Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Blue Marlin
Size: 8 feet
Bait or Lure: Tuna clones and Billy Baits
Water Depth: 400 to 800 feet
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Went back to the Toms this weekend and caught our first Blue Marlin. We
started trolling just short of the tip and then along the 100 fathom curve.
First fish was a 40lb yellowfin caught within the first hour. Then we had
nothing for an hour or two. Then all of a sudden there was a blue in our
spread within a minute or so we had her hooked on a 30w Tiagra! Fought her
for an hour and a half or more. Saw the leader just out of reach about 7 times.
Finally the hook pulled next to the boat, but not before she wore out
all four of us on board and gave us and every boat within sight one hell
of a show. What a fish!!!!! Still working on how much she weighed, estimated length
was 8 feet not counting the bill.
Angler Name : rich
E-Mail : richierich74@hotmail.com
Boat Name: the fisherman
Date Fished: 07/13/02
Location: rartitan bay east reach,flynns knoll
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: sand worms for weakie,clams for stripers
Water Depth: 20'-14'
Water Temp.: 70's
Information : started for weakies no bites.when the tide changed we switched to
clams.two 26" stripers on the boat of 20 guys.the end!!
Angler Name : G. du Bois
E-Mail : ijd82@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Debait
Date Fished: July 13, 2002
Location: Barnegate
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: squid, sandworm, killies
Water Depth: 15' to 70'
Water Temp.: 65
Information : July 13th, Barnegat inlet north along the beach to the Coast Guard
House from 15 out to 45 feet of water - a few 1-3 lbs blues, all fluke were shorts,
plenty of Skates, Sea Robbins sand sharks. The drift was poor more than usual
eelgrass floating patches yielded nothing. Squid, killies, Spearing, #7 diamond
jigs, sandworms and bucktail with squid didnt improve chances. Worked the Barnegat
Reef with a better drift over 45 to 70 feet with very little action.
Angler Name : alex
E-Mail :
Boat Name: friends boat
Date Fished: 7-13-02
Location: massy canyon
Fishing Method: chunk - troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60lb
Bait or Lure: butter and plastic
Water Depth: 120
Water Temp.: 73
Information : caught 1 tuna at first light then it turned into big blue fish.they
were still picking tuna through the blues but we went on the troll about 9:00 to the
wilmington.had 2 little mako,s on the troll nothing else.heard of some whites on the
500 in the wilmington.hook em up everyone.
Angler Name : Tom Novak
E-Mail :
Boat Name: S.T.Barb
Date Fished: 7/13/02
Location: sandy hook and flynn's knoll
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 16-22"
Bait or Lure: fluke bellie and killie combo
Water Depth: 18-25 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : We started out late, weren't oput till 9:30. Started at tip of the
hook where we picked at fluke, some shorts, but keepers were all around 2lb. We then
went to the knoll where we caught many fish, but a lot of shorts. We then fished
furthur out on sandy hook channel to produce more shorts. wE ended up at the tip
where we started. We managed 11 fluke, but most were between 18" and 20".
Angler Name : CAPT. OGGIE
E-Mail : OGGIE123@MSN.COM
Boat Name: TROPHY 1
Date Fished: 7/12/02
Location: SHREWSBERRY ROCKS
Fishing Method: ROD AND REEL
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 34 TO 36 INCHES
Bait or Lure: EELS AND BLOODWORMS
Water Depth: 25 TO 35 FT.
Water Temp.: 74
Information : I COULD NOT BELIEVE STRIPERS WERE STILL AROUND THE ROCKS IN ALL THIS
HOT WEATHER. 50 % STRIPERS//////50%BLUES. tHEN THE GOOD PADRES ABOARD WANTED TO GO
FLOUNDER FISHING WHICH WE ACCOMODATED. BEAUTIFUL WEATHER OVER AND OUT
Angler Name : Mark, Rich, Frank, Tom, Rob
E-Mail : qualitycable@comcast.net
Boat Name: Cat Fish Hunter
Date Fished: 7/12/02
Location: Tom's Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Blue Marlin
Size: 225
Bait or Lure: Skirted Ballyhoo/ Spreader Bars
Water Depth: 400
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Lots of Blue water at the Tom's. We hooked a nice Yellow fin early, but
broke a sampo swivel. Trolled without a touch until 12:30, then we hooked a, just
legal Yellow fin. At 1:30 we hooked a Blue Marlin at the Bombs. Estimated weight was
225. This was our first Blue it was great.
Angler Name : Bobby Gers & crew
E-Mail : jgers@db.com
Boat Name: JJ Express II
Date Fished: 07/12/02
Location: Toms Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Blue Marlin
Size: 400+
Bait or Lure: Spinning Head Lure
Water Depth: 100 Line
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Headed to the Toms with Jeff Warnock & crew.Started off trolling when
we spotted some porpoises just short of Tom`s.Immediately hooked up with a 35 lb
yft.Around 11:00 a blue marlin crashed the spreader bar and missed,not even a minute
later he went for the long spinning head and we hooked em.Fought it for around 5
minutes before the line snapped,what a fish.Then continued to troll into the
afternoon when four rods went off at once.going 3 for 4 on 30-40 lb yft.
Angler Name : Frank Lukenda
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 07/12/2002
Location: Toms Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: Up to 70 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 400 to 1000Ft.
Water Temp.: 76 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Frank Lukenda charter on board the Bounty Hunter and
made his first Canyon trip of the Season. Trolling the tip of Toms Canyon and
spending some time in the deep we landed 9 Yellowfin, keeping 6 that weighed in from
45 up to 70 lbs. The other 3 were released. All the fish were caught on Ballyhoo
rigged with Skirts.
Angler Name : STEVE WESTERKON
E-Mail : TUNAFISHING@SPRINTMAIL.COM
Boat Name: JENNY LEE
Date Fished: FRIDAY JULY 12,2002
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE TWICE, CAPTS DAVE BENDER AND RICK PETSCHAUER TOOK
STEVE WESTERKON AND FRIENDS TO THE TOMS CANYON FRIDAY JULY 12 FOR A DAY TROLL. THEY
BOATED SEVEN YELLOWFINS TO 60 LBS AND FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW THE MAN IN THE
BLUE SUIT CAME KNOCKING. LAST YEAR A 450LB BLUE MARLIN WAS RELEASE, UNFORTUNATLET
THIS YEARS FISH WAS ALSO RELEASED HOWVER MUCH TOO EARLY, THE LINE BROKE EARLY INTO
THE FIGHT.
I'M SURE THE GUYS WILL BE BACK AGAIN NEXT YEAR AS THE FISHING WAS GREAT AND THE SEAS
WERE FLAT.
Angler Name : Chas Hoffman, Frank Hoffman, Mike Hickey, Kenny S
E-Mail : hickeyelectric@hotmail.com
Boat Name: baby Hayley
Date Fished: 7/12/2002
Location: Tom's
Fishing Method: Troll and Chunk
Specie: Swordfish
Size: 190
Bait or Lure: Giant Squid
Water Depth: 497
Water Temp.: 73.9
Information : We started trolling the flats around 7:30 Friday night
and quickley landed a small Yellow using Bally. We
had a couple other hits, but didn't connect. We headed
for the deeper water and set up a drift about 9 PM.
Kenny sent down a Giant Squid to about 180 feet and
before we were able to get the rest of our baits in the
water the rod with the squid exploded. 5 1/2 hours
later we had a beautiful Swordfish in the boat!
Angler Name : Capt. Kevin Delanoy
E-Mail : kdelanoy@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Miss Margie
Date Fished: 7/12/02
Location: Long Branch
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 1/2 to 20''
Bait or Lure: Mackerel/Killie.Squid/Spearing
Water Depth: 20 to 40'
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Fishing the rough bottom off Long Branch produced a good catch of fluke
and sea bass. A light NE wind made for a perfect drift and the fish were on the feed.
With three anglers on board we managed 14 keeper fluke and a doz. nices sea bass,
releasing about 50 shorts.
Angler Name : Bob
E-Mail : ice653a@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 7-11-02
Location: Surf - IBSP
Fishing Method: Surf casting
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10-13"
Bait or Lure: Hopkins
Water Depth: 4-6 feet
Water Temp.: 70 (?)
Information : Very rough and windy with a fierce undertoe -- no other fishermen in
sight by the utility shack at 5:30am -- blitz of small 10-13 inch blues for about 3
hours -- great fighting and a lot of jumping -- landed about 20 and lost as many
Angler Name : Zack
E-Mail : chinacatz@aol.com
Boat Name: High Time II
Date Fished: 7-11-02
Location: mud buoy
Fishing Method: bait
Specie: Blackfish
Size:
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Ran out to the mud bouy and fished bottom. Everything we dropped down
got hit but we could get any up to the boat. The bottom was very active but we were
rigged for large fish and had a hard time hooking them. It was very rough for are
small boat so we didn't stay out long. Did manage one nice blackfish.
Angler Name : Tom Novak
E-Mail :
Boat Name: S.T.Barb
Date Fished: 7/11/02
Location: Sandy hook channel and along the beach
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15"-20"
Bait or Lure: fluke bellie/ killies
Water Depth: 18-50 ft.
Water Temp.:
Information : We started along sandy hook channel where all the fish were keepers,
but fishing was slow. We then left and went along the beach where the fishing was
nonstop. the only problem was most of the fluke were shorts. We caught around 35
shorts. We ended the day early with 10 keepers. Almost all were caught on long
strips of fluke bellie.
Angler Name : Ryan
E-Mail : rydawg80@hotmail.com
Boat Name: "Still Floating"
Date Fished:7/10/02
Location: barnegat bay
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 4lbs
Bait or Lure: killie
Water Depth: 20ft-4ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Fished barnegat wednesday from 3 pm to 7:30. We fished where no one
would expect to catch fluke...we drifted all around the 40 bouy. no one was
around..they were all at double creek... the first keeper was a 4lb fluke... after
that 2 16 3/4 were brought in and alot more shorts..also had a big weakie...fishing
where you think no fish are is sometimes the best.
Angler Name : Ken Kalinowski
E-Mail : KK285@Attworldnet.com
Boat Name: Top Gun
Date Fished: 7/10/02
Location: Barnegat Bay Bouy 19
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 7 1/2
Bait or Lure: killie/squid
Water Depth: 15-20
Water Temp.:
Information : Me,wayne,paul,john and andrew trailered to Barnegat and fished the 19
buoy. Got 10 keepers including a 7 1/2 pounder. Tide was swift but best fishin on
outgoing tide.
Angler Name : Tony J
E-Mail : tonyj@fast.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 7-10-02
Location: Casino Fishing Pier
Fishing Method: Surf Fishing
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 1-3 lbs
Bait or Lure: mullet
Water Depth: Shallow
Water Temp.: 64 Degrees
Information : Wednesday morning started off slow after the cold front moved in but
after awhile i ended up catching a few small blues and a couple of sea robins a few
small skates and a small sand shark.Not too bad for about 3 days of fishing while i
was on vacation.We will see you net year.Good Luck Fishing To All!!!!!!!!!!!!
Angler Name : Same', Kame', Nute
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megabyte
Date Fished: 7/10/02
Location: Long Branch
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Cocktail
Bait or Lure: plugs
Water Depth: 40-20
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Trolled with continous action with the small bluefish. Towards sunset
looked and found some bunker schools. Snagged a few for the livewell. Live lined
bunker on rocks and schools but no big fish took them.
Angler Name : Garry
E-Mail : gmanngmann@earthlink.net
Boat Name: Reel Deal
Date Fished: 7/10/02
Location: Ledge, Shark Reef, Lillian
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Dolphin
Size: n/a
Bait or Lure: feathers, tins, chuggers....
Water Depth: 150-225
Water Temp.: 72-74.5
Information : Started out chumming for sharks at the Ledge. Got some bluefish.
Bagged that and trolled everywhere for Dolphin, albacore, tunny, anything. Saw 5
large sea turtles but no other signs of life. Must have trolled for 40 miles with out
a hit. Is anyone do anything inshore (less than 35 out) yet?
Angler Name : Tony J
E-Mail : tonyj@fast.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 7-9-02
Location: Casino Fishing Pier
Fishing Method: Surf Fishing
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-5lbs
Bait or Lure: mullet
Water Depth: Shallow
Water Temp.: 65 degrees
Information : Tuesday night was sea robin heaven many were bruoght up on the pier
with a few big ones that were about 4 to 5 lbs.There were also some small bluefish
and a small skate.
Angler Name : Dean
E-Mail : fishinnyanks@aol.com
Boat Name: Tweety
Date Fished: 7/09/02
Location: sandy hook/in and out
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17"-22"
Bait or Lure: squid-killie combo
Water Depth: 12-35ft
Water Temp.: 65
Information : drifted outside the hook in the afternoon,picked up lots of robins.was
able to get the bait under them and get 3 keeper fluke and about 6 15 incher's headed
back to keyport about 4pm and seen the birds working by the reach,tons of one pound
blues,fished with the birds untill me wrists started to hurt,,,good day on th
water
Angler Name : Capt.Kevin Delanoy
E-Mail : kdelanoy@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Miss Margie
Date Fished: 7-8-02
Location: Elberon/Longbranch
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 3 to 6lbs
Bait or Lure: killie/bunker strips
Water Depth: 20 to 50'
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Having only two anglers on board(Dad and me) didn"t seem hurt the
amount of fish we caught or put in the box. Another great weather day and the fish
bit well. First drift on the 600 line to 50 ' produced 5 keepers.We tried it again
with only shorts and some nine seabass. Moving north to Longbranch worked out well
with two fish back to back in the six pound class. Ended the day with 12 keepers and
alot of shorts for action.
Angler Name : Lou Green
E-Mail : greenbunch@aol.com
Boat Name: Green Machine
Date Fished: 7/8/2002
Location: SE Mudhole
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8lbs
Bait or Lure: Plugs
Water Depth: 120
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Trolled the se part of the mudhole with a few bluefish hitting our
spread. Boats chumming seemed to be doing pretty well. bottom fished the inlet and
caught more blues and short fluke.
Angler Name : Tony J
E-Mail : tonyj@fast.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 7-8-02
Location: Surf at Seaside Hights Beach
Fishing Method: Surf Fishing
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 1-3 lbs
Bait or Lure: Mullet
Water Depth: Shallow
Water Temp.: 64 Degrees
Information : Fished early morning for fish and ended up with 3 small bluefish within
about 1 1/2 hours.
Angler Name : Tom Novak
E-Mail :
Boat Name: S.T.Barb
Date Fished: 7/8/02
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 13"-20"
Bait or Lure: killies and fluke bellie combo
Water Depth: 18 ft.
Water Temp.:
Information : Got out late but got right into fish along the beach. Caught well over
100 fish, but most were shorts. We did manage to limit, 16 fish for 2 guys. Many
double headers were even caught. They hit anything.
Angler Name : Roger L. MIller
E-Mail : Rm09@aol.com
Boat Name: Cobia174cc
Date Fished: 7/8/2002
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14-17.5"
Bait or Lure: sqid/spearing
Water Depth: 7-42'
Water Temp.:
Information : Brought the family out, its hard to find keepers, fish are there.
Caught small blues on the way in to Keyport. It was hard to get a drift going because
the sea was glass, however, the girls enjoyed the calm sea. Lots of Fun.
Angler Name : Capt. Darren
E-Mail : dsv174@optonline.net
Boat Name: Marylou Crew
Date Fished: July 8th, 2002
Location: Off of Chadwick Beach
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 4lbs
Bait or Lure: Killies/Spearing
Water Depth: 60 feet
Water Temp.: 72.0
Information : Had a small group of guys out for some fluke fishing aboard the Mary
Lou Crew, the action was a little spotty, but managed to pick away at some nice fish.
Had several 3lb seabass and also had a great surprise while drifting along when one
of the guys onboard hooked into and landed a 25lb striper. Had great weather and as
always alot of fun!!!
Angler Name : Howard
E-Mail : Howardr3@cs.com
Boat Name: Striper
Date Fished: July 8
Location: Klondike
Fishing Method: Fluking
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18"
Bait or Lure: Squid / Killie
Water Depth: 60ft
Water Temp.:
Information : The Fluke fishing on the Klondike really turned off. I think Chris from
Chicken of the Sea was right about the commerical guys cleaning out the fish. Last
Sunday I had 17 keepers between 4 guys and over 80 throw backs and this week we got 3
fluke and one keeper. We moved in and out and still did not find the fish. Join the
RFA, JCAA or one of the recreational fishing organizations so we will have a voice.
Next year I hear we may have a 17 1/2 inch min. size. We make all the sacrifices and
still get beat up!!!
Angler Name : Nick
E-Mail : NCTackle@aol.com
Boat Name: OI-YO
Date Fished: 7/7/02
Location: Tom's Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 45lb
Bait or Lure: Jets, Cedar Plugs, Feathers
Water Depth: 300-600
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Fished the Toms Sunday. Blue water started about 62mi out of BI. Caught
one 20lb dolphin and a 45lb albacore. Highlight of the day was watching a 6-8ft
Marlin crash our spread. Hooked up but quickly lost the fish. Area looks lively. Next
time will have ballyhoo.
Angler Name : Tom
E-Mail : moneypit46@aol.com
Boat Name: Hellraiser
Date Fished: 7/702/
Location: ocean
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40
Bait or Lure: magic marlin
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 77
Information : I was fishing the shelf waters with no luck. Went deep to find 2
yellowfin. Submitted my report and find the delay in it appearing on the board
annoying, and the board lacks vale you because it no longer current. Any one else
have this problem?
Angler Name : Tony J
E-Mail : tonyj@fast.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 7-7-02
Location: Casino Fishing Pier
Fishing Method: Surf Fishing
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 1-3 lbs
Bait or Lure: Mullet
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 68 degrees
Information : Sunday night about 8:00pm ending up catching about 6 to 8 small
bluefish on a mullet rig.Was fun for about 2 hours.
Angler Name : Zack
E-Mail : chinacatz@aol.com
Boat Name: Hightime II
Date Fished: 7/07/02
Location: Shrewsbury rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 15 lbs
Bait or Lure: plugs
Water Depth: 30-40 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Trolled the rocks again today. Got 7 large blues and a striper. The
fish were just north of the sr1 bouy. Stretch 25's where the ticket with the chrome
one out fishing all the others combined.
Angler Name : Tom C.
E-Mail : drtom@comcast.net
Boat Name: FAT CAT
Date Fished: 7/6-7/7
Location: Tom's Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: White Marlin
Size: 40 - 50 lbs.
Bait or Lure: daisy chain
Water Depth: 600 ft.
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Released a white marlin about 5:30 pm. Also caught some nice bull
dolphin and a few small to medium size yellowfin tuna. The night chunk was not too
productive: put one dolphin in the boat.
Angler Name : capt rod and the 5 horsemen
E-Mail : jjmrack@aol.com
Boat Name: ryans express
Date Fished: 7-7-02
Location: mud bouy
Fishing Method: too numerous to list
Specie: Weakfish
Size: mostly throw backs
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 56
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Fished with capt rod and the horsemen at the mud bouy. hit them hard
all day lots of throw backs managed 20 keepers. left them biting and we ran out of
beer had to head in cant fish without a couple of cold ones. great day great trip see
you soon capt rod
Angler Name : John Q.
E-Mail : qman@comcast.net
Boat Name: Hammer and Tails
Date Fished: 7/7
Location: Toms
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40lbs
Bait or Lure: spreader bars
Water Depth: 300 to 600
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Trolled the toms on sunday in less then ideal condtions.
Landed 4 Yellowfin released 1. 2 of them were in the 40lb class.
All an all not a bad day except for the first 40 miles of the trip
home was straight into a stiff wind. But at least we got fish.
Angler Name : Luigi
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Big Marie S II
Date Fished: 7/7/2002
Location: 1-2 miles off Long Branch
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 2 1/2 lbs
Bait or Lure: Spearing - Squid Combo
Water Depth: 50 ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information : An almost total lack of drift led to a slow afternoon's fishing. Most
of the time the ocean was like a lake and the lines were going straight down. There
weren't too many fluke caught, but a few drifts over rough bottom produced some
action with sea bass. My lone fluke of the trip just barely missed out on the pool
money. Thanks to Capt. Hank and mates for staying out the extra half hour to make up
for the slow bridge opening.
Angler Name : vince spiezio
E-Mail : tunachief@aol.com
Boat Name: ellen o'
Date Fished: 7/7/02
Location: 8 miles east of barneget inlet
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 1 to 2.5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 70'
Water Temp.: unknown
Information : i took my son mark,his wife chris and their 5 yr. old son m.j.out to do
some bottom fishing.the wind seemed to be coming from every direction at once and the
water seemed to be always going just the oppsite,making anchoring impossible.so we
drifted over the bottom structure,several times,each time picking up a couple of bass
and as a bonus two nice flounder making my wife very happy.m.j. is turning out to be
another generation of salty fisherman in the family.i had more fun watching him than
fishing.
Angler Name : Eric C
E-Mail :
Boat Name: alibies and lies
Date Fished: 7/7
Location: cigar/28 mile wreck
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 25 inch
Bait or Lure: cedars
Water Depth: 120
Water Temp.:
Information : Trolled the cigar a released 2 bluefin, one on a cedar plug and one on
a squid spreader bar. Many boats hooked up with short bluefins.
Did a drift at the 28 mile wreck in the afternoon and had a few short strikes from
blue sharks. Nothing solid. Beautifull yet smokey once the wind slowed.
Angler Name : GReg Chaplin
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 7/07/02
Location: 14 miles Se of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Bottom fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 2lbs
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 75
Water Temp.: 70
Information : It was a steady pick of Sea Bass for Greg Chaplin and family.Brent
caught the largest fish a 3.5lb Black fish while Grand Pa caught a Flounder that went
2.5lbs. Shane and Kelly Chaplin caught most of the Sea Bass that went 2lbs . Ratio of
keepers to throw backs were about 50/50.
Angler Name : Tom & Tim
E-Mail : scullytac@comcast.net
Boat Name: Boke
Date Fished: 7-7-02
Location: B.H. , Squan Rv., Inlet, Bouy, Beacon
Fishing Method: jig & bait
Specie: Fluke
Size: 11-15"
Bait or Lure: Sq.,Kill,Bucktail, Balls
Water Depth: 5-50'
Water Temp.: warm-bay,riv, 65-ocean
Information : Started at 0500 and fished hard for the flatones. Tried every method
and water. Caught 22 fluke. No keepers. The most action was right in the inlet at
the end of the ebb tide. Saw no keepers caught. It can't be said enough, the size
limit is destroying the inshore fishery. p.s. early morning,upper bay weakfishing is
showing some signs of life. One 15" keeper and two spikes were landed early.
Angler Name : Chuck English
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 07/07/2002
Location: The Slough
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Up to 10 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker & Butterfish
Water Depth: 125 Ft.
Water Temp.: 70 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Henriqu
