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Angler Name : J Mason
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 7/29/03
Location: Brant Beach
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: freezing
Information : wasnt expecting much, but hit the surf anyway for the odd striper. skates galore. after about 15 or 20 in 2 hours, i packed it up before i started getting abusive on them with the ol pliers...

Angler Name : Capt.Darren
E-Mail : dsv174@optonline.net
Boat Name: Mary Lou Crew
Date Fished: 7/29/03
Location: Elbron
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17-18inch
Bait or Lure: Squid/Spearing
Water Depth: 65
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Had the boat out on a fluke charter with Al and Linda Williams. We less then ideal conditions for fluking, the group managed to put decent catch together, with some real nice seabass mixed in. It was a nice day on the water.

Angler Name : Ron Antonelli - RAFT-
E-Mail : Karonaraft@cs.com
Boat Name: Karona
Date Fished: 7 - 29 - 03
Location: Sea Girt Reef
Fishing Method: Drifting - bait + bucktails
Specie: Fluke
Size: 4 - 5.5 lbs
Bait or Lure: large squid strips + bucktail+strips
Water Depth: 55 - 63 ft
Water Temp.: 68 *
Information : Fished mid-day for 3hrs at 3 different sites at the reef. Caught 9 fluke, keeping 5 of the biggest, and a few big sea bass. Water temp was good and clarity is still super. Fish are there but spread-out. Happy trails.............

Angler Name : Hal Hall
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 07/29/2003
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 3 1/2 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 75 Ft.
Water Temp.: 67 Degrees
Information : It was Kids day on the Bounty Hunter as Hal Hall along with daughter Alexx & son Charlie teamed up with Justin and Taylor Gregory and their Dad Tim to get lessons on how to catch Jumbo Seabass. The youngsters did well putting 38 large Seabass in the fish box in 4hrs. of fishing. Capt. Paul worked 3 Snags in 75 Ft. of water south of Manasquan.

Angler Name : john desilva
E-Mail : jdesilva@aol.com
Boat Name: mind's perfection
Date Fished: 7/29/03
Location: inshore of carteret
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 70 - 125
Bait or Lure: big purple jet
Water Depth: 280
Water Temp.: 76.5
Information : Took advantage of the good weather and ran out to the carteret. We did not even make it to the edge before we were covered up by yellowfin. all nice fish biggest being over 100. All in all a great day boating 8, we headed back to tuckerton early.

Angler Name : paul bambara
E-Mail : drbone75@aol.com
Boat Name: fulfilment
Date Fished: 7-29
Location: glory hole to chicken canyon
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 20 lbs
Bait or Lure: spreader bar
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : trolled all day from glory hole to end of chicken canyon..one small blue fin from each...only one other knock down...both fish on the spreader bar...did have a gaint jump right next to the boat in the chicken canyon, very close gave us a great look

Angler Name : Jim Chivers
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: Tenacious
Date Fished: July 28-29
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 150 lbs
Bait or Lure: Lures/sprdr bars
Water Depth: 260 ft
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Captain Bernie Roth hosted the Jim Chivers charter from Binghamton NY for an overnighter in the Hudson Canyon. We encountered breaking fish inshore of the Canyon and a purple sprdr bar was engulfed by a bluefin tuna that took four anglers one hour to bring to gaff. This was their first tuna charter and they did a great job on the 150 lb fish. We continued trolling in the area and the charter also boated 3 40-50 lb yellowfins before we set up for the night chunk. Jims grandson Pete fought and boated one of the yellowfins for his first tuna. The night chunk produced nothing but 15 lb bluefish. At 4 am the wind began to blow 20+ knots and we decided to head for home at first light.

Angler Name : Cpt. Bobby Dunn
E-Mail : captain1069@msn.com
Boat Name: Moonshadow
Date Fished: 7/29
Location: Spencer Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 65 lbs.
Bait or Lure: skirted ballyhoo
Water Depth: 400-650 ft
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Well it was nice for the first 25 miles than it wasnt. We trolled from 40 fathoms of Spencer out to the tip and back and than we had to call it because it was becoming unbarrable, especialy after we became airborne off of a wave at 6 knots (aka we dropped off the front face of it). We managed one 65 lb. yellowfin and we raised another white and boated a small dolphin. What a nasty rife in until we were 35 miles off when it finaly started to lay down, hope its better this weekend for the BHWMI.

Angler Name : Jim
E-Mail : cbmezz@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Knot Just Tangled
Date Fished: 7/29/03
Location: monster ledge
Fishing Method: chumming
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 80 lbs
Bait or Lure: mackrel
Water Depth: 153
Water Temp.: 71.5
Information : drifted from ledge west in to 150 water, 2.5 hrs marked fish no action. pulled up lines to move, one line tangled(thats how we named boat) while untaggaling it a 80 pound mako hit it & jumped 3 times before becoming dinner, did second drift 3 run offs but lost

Angler Name : Steve
E-Mail : sscharbach@aol.com
Boat Name: World Cat 246
Date Fished: July 29,2003
Location: 2-3 miles SE of Mud Buoy
Fishing Method: Troll Mega Baits
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Over two feet long
Bait or Lure: Mega Baits -- blue and white
Water Depth: 120 feet Blues done 30 feet
Water Temp.: 67 degrees
Information : The party boats were here. I trolled about 1/4 to 1/2 mile away. Every few minutes, I'd get a strong strike and then the fun of reeling in some nice size blues. Caught them between 1pm and 2pm. They're out there and hungry. Good fishing.

Angler Name : Charlie Martion
E-Mail : njtackle@aol.com
Boat Name: Light Tackle
Date Fished: 7/29
Location: off Belmar
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Crew of the "Reel Seat Tackle Store" Dave, John and son limited out on 36 keeper fluke. Largest was 7lb.12 oz. The rest were in the 4,5 and 6 pound bracket. Great Day! email njtackle@aol.com

Angler Name : Jeff
E-Mail : dirty832@msn.com
Boat Name: J-ARE
Date Fished: 7-29-03
Location: Manasquan River
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 20 inch
Bait or Lure: killie
Water Depth: 13 feet
Water Temp.: 70
Information : had some fun with the bass under 35 bridge and the river is loaded with herring that give you a nice fight on ultra light tackle.

Angler Name : Tom Novak
E-Mail :
Boat Name: S.T. Barb
Date Fished: 7/29/03
Location: Sandy Hook channel
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15"-20"
Bait or Lure: fluke belly and killie combo
Water Depth: 40-55 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : We had a pick of keeper fluke along Sandy hook channel on the outgoing tide. We ended up with 10 keepers today.

Angler Name : Tom Bielecki
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 28-29
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Overnigther
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 50 pounds
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Justin Nighan and Mike Zajac took the Tom Bielicki charter from Bergen County out on the Canyon Runner for a Monday-Tuesday overnighter. The crew decided to run a little further today to find some fish that would actual bite as opposed to those big bluefin that only give you a few shots during the entire day while you spend your time watching them on the surface. The choice proved correct as a run to the 100 fathom line northeast of the 100 square of the Hudson put us on yellowfin, longfin and mahi. Trolling from 4-8 pm yesterday afternoon we went 9 for 15 on tuna putting 6 yellowfin in the boat and releasing 1 from 45-60 pounds and 3 nice longfin in addition to several mahis. The night bite still did not materialize as only one blue shark was released for our efforts. With the wind started to pick up at 3am Capt. Phil decided to head back inshore to finish the trip by trying to snag one of those bluefins but instead baited a white marlin. With waves breaking in the cockpit as the winds started to push 25knots it was less than ideal conditions for the charter to fight the white and we did not get the release as she threw the hook. We did add a few more mahi before heading home.

Angler Name : Tom Novak
E-Mail :
Boat Name: S.T. Barb
Date Fished: 7/28/03
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15-22"
Bait or Lure: fluke belly and killie combo
Water Depth: 45-55 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Limited out today in sandy hook channel. Had to use 6-12 oz all day to hold. The outgoing tide was very strong all day.

Angler Name : Adam
E-Mail : ibhere5005@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Shore Thing
Date Fished: 7/28/03
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting the Channels
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14, 16, 25 inches
Bait or Lure: Squid, Killies
Water Depth: 16-44 feet
Water Temp.:
Information : Ran right to the reach channel drifted in and out of the Channels no other boats really out there had hits on all drifts the big fish are there we had one with 4 crabs in the stomach biggest fluke about 4 pounds all others were shorts and a few other keepers all in all a really good day had about 15 in the boat before 12 pm

Angler Name : Rich Spinoso
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 07/27/2003
Location: 17 Fathoms
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Up to 12 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker & Butterfish
Water Depth: 105 Ft.
Water Temp.: 70 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul ran back to 17 Fathoms with the Rich Spinoso charter. The weather reports were wrong as usual and the Ocean and Fishing conditions were perfect. As was the case yesterday the first 4 hours of the day were the most productive. The charter put 46 Bluefish in the box and released another 25 to 30 fish due to bite offs and pulled hooks. Bunker and Butterfish were the baits that produced.

Angler Name : John Vorheeres
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 7/27/03
Location: 14 miles S.E. of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Bottom fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 4 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Squid
Water Depth: 75
Water Temp.: 60
Information : After a bad Fluke report the day prior and a strong South wind forcast, the decision was made to take the John Vorheeres group out for a day of Sea Bass fishing. Stopping on three different wrecks we had a slow pick on all three but by days end, we had a nice cooler full of good size Sea Bass weighing up to 4 lbs. A great day was had by all!

Angler Name : Jack Singh
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 7/27/03
Location: elberon
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: to 4 lbs
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 30
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Went out after Fluke with the Jack Singh group and found decent drifting conditions. Steady pick of Fluke and seabass all day long Keeping about 1 out of every 4 fluke, with some decent fish in the 3-4 lb range. party of 6 wound up with 26 keeper fluke and 19 seabass.

Angler Name : john
E-Mail :
Boat Name: tile wave
Date Fished: 7/27
Location: bay
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure: sandworms
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : drifted sandworms south of mantoloking bridge,got into weakfish for the first time this year. caught a few b/t 12-16" on sunday morning. overcast & not much boat traffic

Angler Name : Mark
E-Mail : mgrogan@comcast.net
Boat Name: Bottomfeeder
Date Fished: 7/27/03
Location: 3 Miles off of Barnegat Inlet (Ocean)
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: Keeper
Bait or Lure: Killies/Squid Combo
Water Depth: 53 feet
Water Temp.: 53 degrees
Information : Fished the outside for a large mix of dogfish/sea robins/fluke throwbacks... Lots of fish, but only managed three keepers.. Did hit the tire reef for some decent Sea Bass, picking up 10 fish to 3lbs..

Angler Name : CAPT.BRUCE
E-Mail : CPTMARLIN1@AOL.COM
Boat Name: MIRAGE
Date Fished: 7/27/03
Location: SEA GIRT REEF, OFF SHARK RIVER INLET
Fishing Method: R&R
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17" TO 26"/SEA BASS-12" TO 15"
Bait or Lure: CLAM,MACKEREL BELLY,KILLIES,SPEARING
Water Depth: 30 TO 55 FT.
Water Temp.: 72.5 TO 73.3 DEGREES
Information : HAD BOTH THE SHELL BUILDERS & O'NEILL EXCAVATING PARTIES OUT. HAD OVER 100 FISH, RELEASED MOST (UNDERSIZED).HAD 14 FLUKE KEEPERS AND ABOUT 2 DOZEN NICE SEA BASS.WIND BLEW 15 TO 25 KNOTS ALL DAY BUT SEA CONDITIONS WERE NOT BAD--ABOUT A 1 TO 2 FOOT CHOP! STARTING THE CANYON DEALS THIS WEEKEND ("IT'S LIKE GOING UP AND DOWN THE GSP"!!LOL!!!THE CREW CALLS IT "COMMUTING TO THE CANYONS"!

Angler Name : The Zark Family
E-Mail : scotz@zarcom-eng.com
Boat Name: Angler
Date Fished: 7/27/03
Location: Sea Girt Reef
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17-18"
Bait or Lure: Squid/Killies/Spearing
Water Depth: 50-65 feet
Water Temp.:
Information : Went 8 for 12 on Fluke with a few nice Black Sea Bass mixed in.

Angler Name : Cpt Bobby Dunn
E-Mail : captain1069@msn.com
Boat Name: Moonshadow
Date Fished: 7/27
Location: Spencer Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: White Marlin
Size: 55 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Ahi Bomb bullets
Water Depth: 750 ft
Water Temp.: 74.8
Information : We started at dawn in the Lindy to no avail, the porpoises in the Lindy and Spencer were unbelievable. We trolled down to the Spencer and watched another Beach Haven boat, the Business do a double header on whites. There were several boats with 75 lb. class yellowfin between the Wilmington and the Spencer. Our white was very brave as he came up and smacked a jet 10 ft behind the boat before he settled for a green ahi bomb type lure which he played with for a while before hook up. We fish again Tuesday before our tournaments so it will be good to see how things held up.

Angler Name : Alec Macionas
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 07/26/2003
Location: 17 Fathoms
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Up to 12 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker & Butterfish
Water Depth: 105 Ft.
Water Temp.: 72 Degrees
Information : With most of the mid season maintenance completed on the Bounty Hunter, Capt. Paul took time out to run up to 17 Fathoms with the Alec Macionas charter. The first 4 hours of fishing provided non stop Bluefish action for the charter with 36 Blues in the 10 to 12 Lb. range going into the box and another 30 to 40 fish released due to bite offs and pulled hooks. Bunker and Butterfish baits worked well today.

Angler Name : JP, Laura & John
E-Mail :
Boat Name: TIDE RUNNER
Date Fished: 7/26/03
Location: Area arounfd the Farms
Fishing Method: chuming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2 to 4 lbs
Bait or Lure: Chum & butterfish
Water Depth: 100 Ft
Water Temp.: 66
Information : We headed back to where the fishing was hot the last time out We were the first Boat to anchor up. Within a hour a fleet had moved in and there were 15 or 20 boats anchored along side us. However, The fish were not will to bite. We coninued to mark huge amounts of fish under the boat for 3 hours but only managed 2 hits a 1 big blue lost at the boat. Yy 11:30 the fleet had broken up so I know it wasn't us doing something wrong the fish were just not willing the bite. Might be the start of the mid summer lull that always occures this time of the year. Or it may have be the sharp drop in the water temp last week it was 72 in that area and today it was 66. He tried trolling on the way in for a mile or so and picked up 3 small fish. We could have troll up alot more I think but we were short on time and needed to head back to port. Try again next week weather permiting. Peace!!!!!!!!!

Angler Name : Bill K
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fin Fun
Date Fished: 7/26/03
Location: Texas Tower/Atlantic Ocean
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: White Marlin
Size: 70-90lbs
Bait or Lure: Braid trolling lures
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 72.5
Information : Water Temperature: 72.5 Water Clarity: Offshore Blue/ Clear Seas: 2' to 4' Weather: Clear skies, 85 degrees, southwest winds 15k Fishing_for: Tuna/Marlin Boat: Fin Fun Shimano rep,(for W.G.K.),Doug Rusch,fishing on his boat, had a great time hosting B.A.S.S. pro., Jordan Paullo (Manchester, Conn.)and Chris Gatley (Sportsmen's Center Bordentown, N.J.) to a fabulous day of bluewater fishing offshore, near the Texas Tower. Along with mate, Brian Klimas, they boated and released two white marlin out of seven hookups. While most boats left the area early, Doug decided to stick it out with the solid bait readings and continued to raise whites with at least two double hookups. All fish were on Braid lures (jigs for the west coast readers). The green and yellow skirt combinations seemed to produce the best as there were many small mahi/dorado in the area. The biggest marlin was about 90 lbs. One larger dorado was also boated. Several schools of tuna were spotted but they sounded when approached. The group left around 11:30 and headed back to Brielle with flags flying and a couple of saltwater "converts".

Angler Name : Bo
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Miss Chris II
Date Fished: 7/26/03
Location: Delaware Bay
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17"
Bait or Lure: squid,dogfish strips
Water Depth: 40'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Had a total of three bites all day, two dog fish & 0ne fluke.My son caught one fluke, wife no bites. Saw less than a dozen keepers caugt on the whole boat.

Angler Name : Joffrey Hill
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 7/26/03
Location: Mudhole
Fishing Method: chum
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8-10lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker/sardines
Water Depth: 120'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : The bluefish bite started out well for the Joffrey Hill charter but the fish stopped feeding as the sun got higher. You could see them swimming through the slick but they were not responding well to bait or jigs The group of 5 picked away 20 and lost as many.

Angler Name : Jay & Crew
E-Mail : makos4us2@aol.com
Boat Name: Mako 4 Us
Date Fished: 7/26/03
Location: 19 miles east
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 18 lbs
Bait or Lure: macks
Water Depth: 100 ft
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Had the "boys" out for a shark trip on Sat. Headed out about 18 miles ans set up with a nice drift. Had a manta ray and shark in the slick immediately, then sat for about 1 hour. After that, it was 3 hours of constant action. Never got that mako we were looking for, but released 5 duskys and had fun with a small hammerhead on a light rod. The highligh of the day was the mahi that decided to hang out in the slick. Managed to put 6 in the cooler, including an 18 pounder that took a whole mackerel on the medium line. Great day, but I'm still in search of that first mako this year.

Angler Name : Tim O'Toole
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 25-26
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Overnighter
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 140
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 400
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Mike Zajac had the coach from Fairfield College Basketball, Tim O’Toole, out on the Canyon Runner for an overnighter Friday to Saturday. After a long week at the dock since Monday afternoon due to the bad weather we were itching to get back out. However, a week at the dock had us scratching our heads as to where to fish but we decided to go back to where we had the longfin laste – just inshore of the Hudson Canyon. The tuna were there but not longfin. Instead the area was loaded with 100-200 pound bluefin that would not eat. Trolling a spread of ballyhoo way way back we manage three shots at these fish, dropping one, breaking one off and landing one bluefin about 140 pounds. In addition, we baited, hooked and released our second white marlin in as many trips. At nigh all we got was one shark bite that broke off on the mono.

Angler Name : Jae Eisenhower
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: Tenacious
Date Fished: July 26
Location: Oil Wreck
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10 - 12 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 150
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Captain Bernie Roth hosted the Jae Eisenhower family charter for a day of bluefishing. Catches were slow to start using chunks of bunker and butterfish. As was the case last time on this spot, when we switched to whole butterfish baits we had triple hookups at a time and all the fish were 10 to 12 lbs. This year Jae's mother and father joined in the action and had a super day with beautiful weather.

Angler Name : JEFF, DAVE,J.K & MEAT
E-Mail : HOOK ANDBONES
Boat Name: BETTY BOOP
Date Fished: 7/26/03
Location: OUT SIDE OF EAST LUMPS
Fishing Method: TROLL
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 40 LB
Bait or Lure: FEATHERS & PLUGS
Water Depth: 210
Water Temp.: 71
Information : WENT OUT TO SEAISLE RIDGE WATER TEMP TO LOW STARTED OVER TO EAST LUMP LOT OF BAIT FISH NO BITE HEADED TO TRUNK ON THE WAT STARTED SEEING TUNA BRAKING PICKED UP ONE & HAD ONE ON THAT BROKE LINE THEN TURNED OFF THAT FAST.

Angler Name : Bob Lewis
E-Mail : tlewis 1167@aol
Boat Name: Top Dog
Date Fished: 7-26-03
Location: Chicken Canyon
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 30lbs
Bait or Lure: everything
Water Depth: 260-290
Water Temp.: 73.5
Information : The Top Dog ran out to the chicken canyon Sat. morning and found tuna busting the surface. We hooked up right away with a small bluefin on a cedar plug. The rest of the day we could not get the fish to bite.They were feeding on small spearing or rainfish.We saw some really big tuna in the 100lbs class jumping clean out of the water but could not get them to take a bait.WE did manage to boat 2 dolphin trolling near the pots,which were loaded up with fish.Hopefully the tuna will turn on soon.

Angler Name : Brian
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Dreamer
Date Fished: 7/26/03
Location: Barnegat Range Buoy
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17.5-23 inches
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 68
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Tried fluking on the Garden State Reef without success. Moved out to the range buoy for a total of 13 keeper fluke ranging from 17.5-23inches.

Angler Name : Mike chrysanthopoulos
E-Mail : nctar1@aol.com
Boat Name: TARHEEL
Date Fished: 7/26
Location: hudson
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Big-Eye Tuna
Size: 150 and 142
Bait or Lure: dink bally-hoo
Water Depth: deep
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Capt Jerry lanzerotti and first mate Tim Egan put the crew of the Tarheel on the meat again. Going 3 for 3 on a triple mahi and 2 for 2 on a pair of "eye-balls". Couldn't ask for a better day than saturday as far as weather and sea conditions are concerned. Angler Jimmy Stavola nailed the Heaviest fish weighing in at 150 lbs.

Angler Name : CAPT.BURT GREENE
E-Mail : BURTMIRAGE@AOL.COM
Boat Name: MIRAGE
Date Fished: 7/26/03
Location: SQUAN RIDGE,SPRING LAKE
Fishing Method: ROD & REEL
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17 TO 20 INCHES
Bait or Lure: KILLIES,SQUID, SEA ROBIN BELLY
Water Depth: 40 TO 60 FT.
Water Temp.: 59-63 DEGREES
Information : NOT A GOOD DAY, ALOT OF THROW BACKS AND ONLY ONE KEEPER. WIND STARTED OUT OF THE SOUTH IN AM AND THAT THREW THE "MOUTH (FISH) CLOSED" SWITCH OFF! HOPEFULLY TOMORROW THE WIND CHANGES AND THE BITE TURNS ON AGAIN.

Angler Name : chuck
E-Mail : tugershark58@aol.com
Boat Name: GOLDEN EAGLE
Date Fished: 7/26
Location: MUDHOLE
Fishing Method: CHUM
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 17LBS.
Bait or Lure: A BLUEFISH FILLET
Water Depth: 138 FT.
Water Temp.: ??
Information : GOT BORED ON THE BOAT AND DECIDED TO TRY FOR A SHARK,ONE OF THE MATES SLICED UP A BLUEFISH FOR ME AND ON THE HOOK IT WENT. I SENT IT OUT AS FAR AS I COULD AND WOULDN'T YOU KNOW BAM!! I CAUGHT THE BIGGEST DAMN BLUEFISH OF MY LIFE USING A BLUEFISH FOR BAIT!!! 17LBS.AT THE DOCK AND ONE THE POOL..WHAT A NIGHT IT WAS....TIGHT LINES FELLAS......!!!

Angler Name : Charles Stadler
E-Mail : captain@tailchasercharters.com
Boat Name: Tailchaser
Date Fished: 7/26/03
Location: Spencer
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: White Marlin
Size: 50#
Bait or Lure: Islander
Water Depth: 600-1500
Water Temp.: 75.4
Information : Capt. George started trolling at the lindy sat. morning only finding mahi, decided to troll south to the spencer. Trolling the deep in 1500ft of water was covered by yellowfins only putting one in the boat as the tuna were biting short. Worked the area with no other knockdowns. Headed into the 100 line trolling around the pots hooked up with a 50# white marlin for the Charles Stadler charter releasing the fish after pictures were takin. Was covered again by yellowfin up on the flats again only hooking one lost fish at boat due to angler error. By days end 18 mahi 1 yellowfin and a white marlin release, not to bad for a tough day at the canyons.

Angler Name : JOHNATHAN & SHAKY KASHUR
E-Mail : T419G@AOL
Boat Name: ALERT
Date Fished: 7-26
Location: HUDSON CANYON
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-60LBS
Bait or Lure: GREEN MACHINE
Water Depth: 280
Water Temp.: 74
Information : WE ARRIVED WEST OF THE BOMBS AND STARTED TROLLING IN.IN 10 MINUTES WE HAD 1 YELLOWFIN. HALF AN HOUR LATER A BIG BLUE MARLIN CAME INTO THE SPREAD AND HIT A GREEN MACHINE TROLLED 50 FT OFF THE STERN ON A FINOR 30.IT TOOK AN HOUR AND A HALF TO CHASE AND REEL THIS FISH TO THE BOAT.HE CAME CLOSE THREE TIMES AND SAW THE BOAT AND LEFT AGAIN. FINALLY THE ANGLER ON FISH GOT TIRED OUT AND HANDED TO SHAKEY KASHUR WHO GOT THE FISH TO STICK HIS HEAD OUT OF THE WATER AND SHAKE WILDLY TO SPIT THE HOOK AT SHAKEY.WE WOULD HAVE RELEASED HIM ANYWAY BUT HAD A GREAT TIME AND GOT PICTURES. DOESN`T SEEM LIKE TUNA WILL HIT ANYTHING NOW BECAUSE THERE WERE GIANT PODS OF FISH FOR 12 MILES BUT NOBODY COULD HOOK UP.

Angler Name : MIKE COPEMAN
E-Mail :
Boat Name: RENEGADE
Date Fished: 07/26/03
Location: TEXAS TOWER TO EAST WALL
Fishing Method: TROLL
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure: HOOS AND ARTIFICIALS
Water Depth: 200-900
Water Temp.: 75
Information : TROLLING THE TEXAS TOWER AREA BY 4:30AM ON 7/26 WE HAD SEVERAL SCHOOLS OF YFT ON THE SURFACE FEEDING BUT NO TAKERS. LEAVING THE AREA DUE TO FRUSTRATION WE TROLLED THE TIP, EAST WALL, WEST ELBOW, BOMBS AND THEN INSHORE WITH NOTHING TO SHOW FOR OUR EFFORTS. WHALES, DOLPHINS AND SOME NON FEEDING MAHI'S WAS ALL THAT WE SAW. TROLLING THE FLATS THE BFT WERE SURAFCE FEEDING BUT AGAIN LIKE THE YFT, WOULD NOT BITE. WILL TRY AGAIN TOMORROW.

Angler Name : Gregg Champlin
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 7/26/03
Location: 15 miles NE of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10-12 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Mackeral/Butterfish
Water Depth: 165
Water Temp.: 67
Information : The Gregg Chaplin group was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Bluefishing. Heading back to the same area the day prior, we started off by catching a Mahi-Mahi as soon as we started. Bluefishing started very slow. With only having a few fish in the cooler by 11 A.M. Thanks for the help by Captain Bernie Roth of the Tanacious which were only a quarter mile away in shallower water called us over as he was leaving and we had non stop action for the next hour and a half. Thank you again Bernie.

Angler Name : Tom Novak
E-Mail :
Boat Name: S.T. Barb
Date Fished: 7/26/03
Location: Ambrose Channel
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: shorts-21"
Bait or Lure: fluke belly and killie combo
Water Depth: 30-55 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished the edges of Ambrose Channel. Had 5 quick fish then the drift became quicker and the fishing slowed down. Called it a day at noon. We ended up with 9 keeper fluke.

Angler Name : Jon Murray
E-Mail :
Boat Name: 4 Reelin'
Date Fished: 07/26/03
Location: Harvey Cedars
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 6Lbs. 2oz.
Bait or Lure: Squid/ spearing
Water Depth: 40-45
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Although we only managed 2 keepers the day was highlighted by Kathe Murray (my mom) catching her largest fluke to date, a nice 6lb 2oz er. Mom did a great job fighting the fish in 45 ft. of water on 12lb. line. Congrats!! Our only other keeper was a 17 incher. We had 8-10 throwbacks, most around 16". Things should improve when the water warms back up.

Angler Name : frank s.
E-Mail :
Boat Name: ez-go
Date Fished: 7-25
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12-22inches
Bait or Lure: fluke belly
Water Depth: 20-60ft
Water Temp.:
Information : went out alone at 3 to try some fluking -- fished around the hook and ammo pier and hit a good drift --had 5 keepers ,three of which were 4 lbs+ within an hour ,limited out and threw back about 30 more fish some legal,along with a 6lb. bluefish and the usual bunch of sea robins---the best action i had in a while--water and weather were beautiful to boot!!!

Angler Name : Lou Green Rich Heerwagen Chris Green
E-Mail : greenbunch@aol.com
Boat Name: Green Machine
Date Fished: 7/25/03
Location: eastern mudhole
Fishing Method: drift/chem
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 300
Bait or Lure: mackeral
Water Depth: 150
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Ran out to the lilian area for a sharking/trolling combo day. Only chumming for 30 minutues when Mr. mako hit the close line. What a show he put on. Had him up to the boat in about 10 minutes and then ran and did a 15 foot backflip. We had a second shot at him but he ran again peeling off 150 yards of mono. 30 minutes into the fight the hook pulled free. A few bluefish and another shark runoff was all we had after that. An hour of trolling produced no knock downs. Herd more reports of BFT that would not bite.

Angler Name : Ernie & Bryan
E-Mail : pulcinim@aiov.com
Boat Name: smoker
Date Fished: 7-25-03
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: to 19in
Bait or Lure: squid & killie
Water Depth: 8 to 30
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Caught 11 keepers no robbins,lots of fish one half inch shortCaught most on the dropoff in front of officers row.

Angler Name : Garry Merritt
E-Mail : realitycheckk@netzero.com
Boat Name: Reel Deal
Date Fished: 7/25/03
Location: Atlantic City Reef
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Atlantic Bonito
Size: small
Bait or Lure: feathers, daisy chains, cedar plugs
Water Depth: 100
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Trailered down to AC to try different waters in search of inshore action. Trolled northern tip of AC reef, Hambone, triple lumps, 15 fathoms and 20 fathom holes. Found numerous color changes but only able to boat about 10 small bonita-- all hit green feathers. Trolled the lobster pots with no luck. Any other inshore tuna/shark wanna be's like me out there looking to share info hit me with an email and maybe we can figure out where they are this year.

Angler Name : Mark, Frank, Rich, Tom
E-Mail : lady.america@verizon.net
Boat Name: Cat Fish Hunter
Date Fished: 7/25/03
Location: Little Italy
Fishing Method: Drift Chum
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 40 lb
Bait or Lure: Mackerel
Water Depth: 120
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Our first bite at 8:00 A.M. produced a 30 lb Mako. Around 9:30 we caught a 40 lb Mako and in the afternoon we caught 2 Sand Bar Sharks? We had no Bluefish in the slick. From what we heard the Bluefish were in the Glory Hole. The only shark of any real mention was the one that jumped 300 yards in front of the drift, probably around 150lb.(No sharks were harmed in the making of this trip).

Angler Name : Jim Hopkins
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 7/25/03
Location: 15 Miles NE of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10Lbs
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 165
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Captain Dan McGivney had the Jim Hopkins family aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Bluefishing.Heading off shore where we fished last week we found that the water was not as clean but had a slight tint of green to it. It took a liitle time to get the fish going but once we did it was non stop action of Blues to 10lbs.One of the highlights was a small Hammerhead shark which was boated,photographed and released.

Angler Name : ryan
E-Mail : fish2cool
Boat Name: 2COOL
Date Fished:7/22/03
Location: north side of myers hole
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 1/2 to 20
Bait or Lure: fresh squid sand eels
Water Depth: 23 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : The drift was tough but the trick was lining up along the edge of the hole

Angler Name : Tom Novak
E-Mail :
Boat Name: S.T. Barb
Date Fished: 7/21/03
Location: flynns knoll
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: shorts-19"
Bait or Lure: killies and fluke belly combo
Water Depth: varied
Water Temp.:
Information : We started off on the knoll and bagged 6 keepers with about 15 shorts mixed in. After the wind picked up we moved to sandy hook channel and worked the edges for a nice catch. We ended up with 14 keeper fluke.

Angler Name : dean rankin
E-Mail : deanmaryramkin@msn.com
Boat Name: good nuff
Date Fished: 7 21 03
Location: gardenstate reef north
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 5 fish 18 to 23
Bait or Lure: squid, killies
Water Depth: 55 to 60
Water Temp.: 71
Information :

Angler Name : Dave Babish
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 20-21
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: White Marlin
Size: 50 pounds
Bait or Lure: Zuckers
Water Depth: 400-450
Water Temp.: 74
Information : The crowd goes home after the weekend and the fish turn-on – although not as good as we would have hoped. On Sunday-Monday the Canyon Runner did its first overnighter of the season with the Dave Babish charter from Allentown, PA. Capt. Phil Dulanie and mates Justin Nighan and Mike Zajac showed up just inshore of the Hudson as the last of the weekend fleet was headed home and working with just one other boat got the fish to bite going 4 for 8 on 40-50 pound longfin before dark. We trolled until 10pm when we set up for the chunk. A hard effort was put in all night as the area was loaded with bait, including squid, but the only bite all night was a 110 pound mako that took a 80-pound fluro-carbon leader and broke-off at the boat. The morning troll was a little more exciting as we again went 4 for 8 on nice longfin, nailed 2 15-20 mahi and baited and released our first white marlin of the year. Believe it or not on this trip the ballyhoo did not work and green/blue little zuckers caught everything. We headed home in 20-25 knot winds with 8 tuna on ice with the knowledge we are going to have a few days off as the weather does not look like it will cooperate this week.

Angler Name : Steve Evanski
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 7/20/03
Location: 15 miles NE of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10-12 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Butterfish and Mackeral
Water Depth: 168
Water Temp.: 71
Information : After a good day fishing the day prior, we headed back with the Steve Evanski party to the same location. The tide was running hard and the Bluefish were slow to start but throwing a lot of chunks, the Bluefish cooperated as we filled 2 coolers with all big Bluefish on light spinning tackle. A highlight was at days end when a large school of Dolphin (Mahi Mahi)came under the boat and was feeding on the chum. The fish were small and did not bite.

Angler Name : Roland, Kirk, Harold
E-Mail : rolandkrumbein@aol.com
Boat Name: Two for Two
Date Fished: 7-19-7/20
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll ,Chunk
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 40# class
Bait or Lure: everything
Water Depth: 250-700
Water Temp.: 71.1-74.4
Information : Roland, Kirk, Harold "out of Hoffman's Marina" Set out for an overnighter to the Hudson Canyon 7/19-7/20 upon arriving just beyond the Texas Tower saw Huge Bluefin and bird action on the surface, tried everything in the book to get a hook up but were unsucessful, continued on toward the tip of the Hudson Just short Had multiple hook up of longfin sucessfully boated one of two, pulled up to a free floating lobster pot and Bailed a dozen chicken Dolphin, No bite on the chunk Fished on the west Elbow, Morning troll Lots of fish busting water but no hook ups, all in all very encouraging with all the life offshore, but Damn I wanted One of those Big one's,.......

Angler Name : Capt. Darren
E-Mail : dsv174@optonline.net
Boat Name: Mary Lou Crew
Date Fished: 7/20/03
Location: Glory Hole/Chicken Canyon
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 50 pounds
Bait or Lure: bluefish/mackeral
Water Depth: 200 ft
Water Temp.: 72.5
Information : Had the boat back out on Sunday for a shark charter. We started at the Glory Hole, as we first arrived we had a large mako go airborn just 60 yards in front of the boat. We thought this would be are fish. We never saw him again! We caught a small mako in the 50-75 pound range, we set him off to grow BIG! The rest of the day was slow with just tuna surfacing around the boat. We tried trolling them but they would go down as fast as them came up. Had several large schools of mahi around the pots , but again they would not hit anything!! Charter had fun!!

Angler Name : Leo Hernandez
E-Mail : Varipro2k@aol.com
Boat Name: Fintastic
Date Fished: 07/20/2003
Location: 15 Miles NE of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10-12 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker and Mackeral
Water Depth: 120'
Water Temp.:
Information : Captains Tom and Bruno took the Leo Hernandez party from Union City, NJ out for a day of Blue fishing on the Fintastic. We were greeted with beautiful weather and the bluefish cooperated. After anchoring in 120' of water it took a bit to get them going but once the bite started we caught all the fish we wanted. We ended the day with 40 fish on ice in the 10-12 lb range.

Angler Name : Danny
E-Mail : danf@att.net
Boat Name: CastAway
Date Fished: 7/20/03
Location: Garden State Reef; Harvey Cedars Lump
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 14"
Bait or Lure: Squid, Killies, Spearing
Water Depth: 50-70'
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Out to Harvey Cedars Lump and Garden Stated Reef North.. Lots of company out there but no drift and pulled nothing but junk fish - looked like foks that found structure were pulling Sea Bass... Came in to finish up at the Barnegat Light Reef but stopped by a marked wreck on the map and tried that... Pulled a bunch of Black Sea Bass in 15 minutes with 4 over 14"... Looks like if we want fluke - need to go north of Manasquan..

Angler Name : Chris Nosher
E-Mail : chris.nosher@troutmansanders.com
Boat Name: Reel Hot Toddy
Date Fished: 7/19, 7-20
Location: Barnegat Ridges, Ollies, Fingers
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished out of Barnegat on Saturday and Sunday. Looking for Bluefin, found beautful 72 degree water but no tuna. Managed 2 chicken dolphin and one skipjack at the Barnegat Ridge. Turns out all the tuna were apparently up at the Mud Hole.

Angler Name : John & Charlie
E-Mail : johnbaumann@nbidigi.com
Boat Name: Hook'm & Cook'm
Date Fished: 7/20/03
Location: Wilmington
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Dolphin
Size: Chicken Dolphin
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Headed to Wilmington to try for Tuna. Trolled West Wall tip through notch and back again. No tuna, couple of Dolphin. Didn't hear or see any tuna. Pots were loaded with Dolphin so we picked them off pots and very light tackle and bait. Weather was great, fish were fun, back to dock at 7 pm

Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: MISS MADELINE
Date Fished: 7/19-7/20
Location: WHERE THE NETTERS DIDN'T
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size: 20"
Bait or Lure: SPEARING, SQUID, BUCKTAILS
Water Depth: VARIED
Water Temp.:
Information : FISHED SAT & SUN AND HAD GREAT ACTION. SAT- 3 GUYS 12 KEEPER FLUKE WITH OVER 100 FISH CAUGHT. SUNDAY 4 GUYS AND 20 KEEPERS WITH CLOSE TO 150 FISH CAUGHT. USED 12 BAGS OF SPEARING IN 2 DAYS. IF THE LIMIT WAS 16" WE WOULD EASILY LIMITED OUT BOTH DAYS.BEATS WORK ANY DAY.

Angler Name : John Strozyk
E-Mail : StrozykF@comcast.net
Boat Name: Doormat
Date Fished: 7/20/03
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 3 1/2 lbs.
Bait or Lure: spearing / killies
Water Depth: 28-15 ft.
Water Temp.: never had a chance to check
Information : took the ride out and around - on some advice from a buddie of mine - fished a piece of bottom he's been scoring on - slayed 'em !!!! didn't even have time to light a cigarette. Our group put 22 keepers in the boat and countless throw backs - then put a limit of seabass in the box. Good eats - Thanx Rich.

Angler Name : Ken
E-Mail : Ohtoro@comcast.net
Boat Name: Tirger-uni
Date Fished: 20 July 2003
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50lb
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 600+
Water Temp.: 75.6
Information : We had a late start to the day so we stopped just past triple wrecks on the way to the Hudson Canyon. There was decent looking water but no signs of life. With no luck we decided to find deeper water. Started out at the edge of the West Wall and worked our way back to the Letters. Found few pods of fish and some promising signs (i.e. dolphins, a Whale or two. First set of knockdowns was at 10:30am, one missed , one broken line and third was a nice 50 pound Yellowfin in the box. Second set of knockdowns produced two longfin (30 pound class). Headed for home by 1:30pm with no other action.

Angler Name : Brad
E-Mail : salvelinusfontinalus@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Baer Necessities
Date Fished: 7-19 to 7-20
Location: Monster Ledge
Fishing Method: Chunking for Shark/Trolling for Tuna
Specie: Atlantic Bonito
Size: 3-4lbs
Bait or Lure: Cedar and Jets
Water Depth: 240
Water Temp.: 72
Information : First Tuna venture of the season found us 40 miles out at the Monster Ledge at the southeastern tip of the Mudhole. We set up for shark at approximately 7:00 PM and had our first knock-downs within minutes; however, we quickly determined that we weren't going to get our baits through the bluefish. Blues were averaging about 7-9lbs and were everywhere. 5:00 AM saw everyone "wide awake" and ready to go up on the troll. We set two cedar plugs on the short lines, and two jets on the long lines. Had Blues hitting them as well, but our high-hook managed to boat this bonita, her first offshore trolling catch. Had a couple other knock-downs on the long lines that were believed to be Tuna, but they didn't hang on for too long. Congrats Alicia!!!! Thanks to Jake and Lenny for an excellent time!!! When are we going again???!!!!

Angler Name : Pete & Lee
E-Mail : Pete.Graber@oit.state.nj.us
Boat Name: Seahorse
Date Fished: 7/20/03
Location: Sea Girt Reef & wreck
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 20"
Bait or Lure: killie, squid, herring
Water Depth: 65'
Water Temp.: 72
Information : First tried the reef. Very slow drift and not a lot of action Some skates, dogfish, sea robins. Throwback fluke of 14" and some keeper sea bass. Went to a wreck and caught some nice sea bass. The drift was very fast. 8 oz was not enough to hold bottom. One sea bass was 20" and fat. Avg was 15". Should have gone there from the beginning. Also picked up 1 keeper fluke there.

Angler Name : Jeff and Jack
E-Mail : netdeal@erols.com
Boat Name: J2
Date Fished: 7/20/03
Location: SHR
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18"
Bait or Lure: squid/fresh spearing
Water Depth: 62'
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Worked the deep side of SHR in very clear water with minimal drift, small fleet present. Picked a few keepers and shorts 50/50 and a nice humpback 3.5lb. Seabass. Decent pick with NO dogfish. So far, last year was a better keeper ratio.

Angler Name : george stellar
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 7/20/03
Location: sea bright
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: to 6 lbs
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 30
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Did a fun trip with Captain George Stellar, trying some rough spots off seabright. Drift conditions were poor but we did find some large fluke to 6 lbs , and seabass to 3.5 lbs. Picked 2 or three fluke every drift but almost all were keepers and most over 18".

Angler Name : Darryl
E-Mail : dgl2@optonline.net
Boat Name: Bluewater Lady
Date Fished: 7/20/03
Location: Texas Tower
Fishing Method: Artificial
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure: Artificial
Water Depth: 200
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Started another Sunday out at the Glory Hole with buddy Joe, his father and friends. Looked for BFT. No bait readings or signs of life like last Sunday. Decided to head to Texas Tower. Longfin surfacing everywhere. Scaled lures down to 3-4 inch jets and jap feathers and imediatly hooked 2 around 40-45#. After trolling another hour or two, headed home. Maybe to many boats in the area.

Angler Name : Rich Neretic/Anthony Castaldo
E-Mail : kfahey7813@aol.com
Boat Name: MUNSON 15
Date Fished: 7/20/03
Location: Oil Wreck
Fishing Method: Anchored up
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 9 to 10 pounds
Bait or Lure: Bunker chum & chunks
Water Depth: 170 feet
Water Temp.: 73.5
Information : Every fish was out of the same mold. Fish were up top for the most part of the day. We put away the 3/0's and broke out the fly rod. Lots of fun! Ran into the "Red Church" area and caught mostly short fluke and sea bass.

Angler Name : Paul Calonis
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FRONT PAIGE
Date Fished: 7-20-03
Location: glory hole
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: tuna baits
Water Depth: 220'
Water Temp.: 71 to 74
Information : Another dayout on a boat ride. Saw 1 school of tuna but couldn't get them to hit anything we trolled. Next weekend we're going to the canyon to try our luck.Any day on the water is a good day and if fish are caught it makes it a GREAT DAY! Always a good time when out with friends! You couldn't ask for better conditions then we had on Sunday. Good fishing Everyone!!!!

Angler Name : Bill Melnicki
E-Mail : Bmelnicki@hudsonenviro.com
Boat Name: Patricia Anne
Date Fished: 7/20/03
Location: SE of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Chum
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 200lb
Bait or Lure: Mackeral
Water Depth: 120
Water Temp.: 70.5
Information : The Patricia Anne hit 2 locations along the 20 fathom curve for 1 150lb blue and 1 200lb mako. Released the Blue and lost the mako at the stern after 4 10-15 foot jumps. May have had more in the slick till several inconsiderate inexperienced boaters cut through our slick. Left the first location we tried specifically for this reason. If you dont know what your doing, you dont belong out there! Stay clear of other boats when they are fishing - it's redicluous - we almost lost sevral lines due to some inexperienced canyon baots running by within feet of us at 30 knots.

Angler Name : Bob Lewis
E-Mail : tlewis1167@aol
Boat Name: Top Dog
Date Fished: 7-20
Location: chicken canyon
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure: everything
Water Depth: 120-250
Water Temp.: 71-73
Information : Trolled ha bouy towards virginia lots of big bluefish but no tuna.moved south through Glory hole still greenish water color no signs of life.Trolled through Chicken and saw alot of birds just floating and a sunfish but no tuna.Inshore fishing is not happening yet.WE will be heading for the hudson next week.

Angler Name : Dennis Gallagher
E-Mail : Varipro2k@aol.com
Boat Name: Fintastic
Date Fished: 07/19/2003
Location: Lumps off Asbury
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: to 4.5 LBs
Bait or Lure: Squiq & Spearing
Water Depth: 70'
Water Temp.:
Information : Captains Joe and Bruno had the Dennis Gallagher party from Pt Pleasant, NJ out on the Fintastic to fish the Pt. Pleasant Elks Fluke Tournament. Fluking was tough on Saturday, the day started with no drift and then the wind blew and we need 15oz to hold bottom. As fast as the wind came up it drop off to nothing again. By the end of the day we managed 10 keepers to 4.5 lbs and about 25-30 Seabass to 4 lbs. We didn't place in the tournament but we had great time fishing with a great bunch of guys.

Angler Name : Bill Cline
E-Mail : cline7mm@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 7-19-03
Location: wildwood
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15 to 30 inches
Bait or Lure: shad darts/minnow
Water Depth: 10-23'
Water Temp.: 69-78
Information : started the day drifting small channels got 8 keepers to 23" the moved to main channel and got 5 more keepers to 30" and 10lb 3oz

Angler Name : Garry Merritt
E-Mail : realitycheckk@netzero.com
Boat Name: Reel Deal
Date Fished: 7/19/03
Location: Mudhole- north of Monster Ledge
Fishing Method: chum
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: none
Bait or Lure: mackeral/blue fish filets
Water Depth: 180-200
Water Temp.: 70.
Information : Chummed the mud hole looking for sharks (any will do) instead got lots of bluefish. Then trolled north to BA bouy with only bluefish tearing up the feathers.

Angler Name : TOM AND MIKE
E-Mail : MONEYPIT46@AOL.COM
Boat Name: HELL RAISER
Date Fished: 7/19
Location: TOM'S CANYON
Fishing Method: TROLL
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 5LBS
Bait or Lure: HOO'S AND PLASTICS
Water Depth: 250-1500
Water Temp.: 73-76
Information : LEFT PORT AROUND 12:30 AND REACHED THE TIP OF THE TOM'S AROUND 4:30 AND IMEEDIATLEY STARTED TROLLING, HAD NOT HITS IN THE EARLY MORNING, HEARD OF ONLY ONE LONG FIN CAUGHT AT FIRST LIGHT. THEN TROLLED ALL OVER THE TOM'S, INTO THE DEEP, FOUND LOTS OF PORPIOUS AND SOME PILOT WHALES. TRAOOLED ALL AROUND THEM, HAD A COUPLE OF SCHOOLS OF PEANUTS COME THRU. THE RADIO WAS DEAD, TOTALY DEAD, HAD TO CHECK TO SEE IF IT WAS ON SEVERAL TIMES.hEARD OF VERY FEW FISH CAUGHT SATURDAY, ITS JUST NOT HAPPENING OUT THERE YET

Angler Name : Scott,Wade ,Joe
E-Mail :
Boat Name: We'll Sea
Date Fished: 7/19
Location: mud hole
Fishing Method: drft/chumming
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 150 & 100
Bait or Lure: mackerel/bluefish
Water Depth: 160
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Setup just south of the Monster Ledge for a nice LONG drift. Had the first Blue Dog within 40 min. Had a couple more run offs then Mrs Mako showed up. Grabbed 2 baits and the three stooges went to work and quickly invited her to dinner. We picked one more blue dog to cap off the morning. Out of chum and chunking up the last of the bait the long rod went off and Joe A settled in for 25 min dance with about a 100 Lber. With 2 makos and 2 blues to our credit we called it Quits. It was just one of those days that make it ALL WORTH IT !

Angler Name : Wayne Smith
E-Mail : captreelaction@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Action
Date Fished: 7/19/03
Location: Reef
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 18"
Bait or Lure: Squid, Spearing, Killies, Herring, Peanut Bunker and Sand Eels
Water Depth: 70'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Capt. Marc ran Wayne Smith and NJ Provisions out to the reef for fluke. Fishing was ok. We put a dozen keepers in the box and same for Sea Bass. Shorts outnumbered keepers 4 to one.

Angler Name : Mike D'antonio
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: Tenacious
Date Fished: 7/19/03
Location: Oil wreck
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10 to 12 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker/sardines
Water Depth: 110 ft
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Captain Bernie Roth hosted the Mike D'antonio charter for a day of bluefishing. Anchoring near the oil wreck the fishing started slowly using bunker and sardine chunks and became a steady pick for the first two hours. Then we tried drifting a whole sardine in the slick and it was immediately engulfed by a bluefish. From then on using whole sardines for bait the charter was into fish non stop and they quickly filled the cooler. Mikes three children and nephew had a ball fighting these larger than usual bluefish. A stop at the sea girt reef on the way home netted one keeper fluke.

Angler Name : Ken
E-Mail : KK285@ATT.net
Boat Name: TOP GUN
Date Fished: 7/19/03
Location: Off Long Branch
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 2 1/2 - 3 lb
Bait or Lure: belly
Water Depth: 55-65
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Caught 8 keepers and a few sea bass. Morning good afternoon no drift rough bottom best

Angler Name : Pete & Lee
E-Mail : Pete.Graber@oit.state.nj.us
Boat Name: Seahorse
Date Fished: 07/19/03
Location: Sea Girt Reef
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 1/2"
Bait or Lure: Killie, squid, herring
Water Depth: 60'
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Went out to fish the reef. Drift & ocean was fine. Only 2 keeper fluke. Many 14"-14.5" throwbacks. Some nice seabass up to 18". Lots of skates & sea robins, some dogfish.

Angler Name : Jim Reinknecht
E-Mail : bender@spacerobots.org
Boat Name: Aggravation Plus
Date Fished: 7/19/03
Location: Flynns Knoll off Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clams/Chumming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 3 bass to 35" /14lbs, porgies, blues, fluke
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 18ft
Water Temp.:
Information : We ran out to the knoll for the 6th weekend in a row. The stripers still have not run for cooler waters, and we had yet another productive morning. The stripers seemed reluctant to bite at first, but in reality it was because we were surrounded by porgies stealing the bait off of our 8/0 circle hooks. We took the weights off of our rigs to get them off the bottom and away from the porgies, and this proved effective towards the ebb tide. While one of us manned the striper rods, 2 of us quickly canged to porgy rigs and tiny strips of clam for the porgies. We boated 3 stripers, kept 2 of them over 28" and released the slotfish, 1 of the stripers would have been released as well, but was gut hooked and a goner anyway. Along with the stripers came about 20 bluefish to 4lbs, a rarity for my boat up until now on the knoll, which were quickly released, and approx 25 porgies to 1.5lbs. Switching to fluke about 9am proved spotty, and 5 fluke were boated in 2 hours in the reach channel to 19.5 inches / 3lbs. We called it a day with a cooler full of fish to clean.

Angler Name : Capt. Rich Arose
E-Mail : CaptRich@temptationfishing.com
Boat Name: Temptation Sportfishing
Date Fished: July 18 / 19
Location: 60 ft. of water off Long Beach Island
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 4.5 lbs
Bait or Lure: squid / sandeel
Water Depth: 60'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Finally getting some cooperation from the flatfish off the beach... not hot, but they are there. Friday July 18 had a couple out in 60 ft of water off LBI. The weather was great and were able to find a couple of fish to put in the box. Saturday July 19 had the same great folks out again in the AM. Back out off LBI and found the fish a little more cooperative. Another good weather day an put five flatties in the box up to 4.5 lbs. Also put a nice seabass in the box about 3 lbs. Saturday afternoon I left the dock at 4pm with a group of college friends who get together each year. Back out to the same place I was in the AM, and found nothing but shorts, robbins, and sharks. Was a beautiful evening nonetheless, and a great time with lots of laughs. A great weekend with great folks and good weather. Catching is improving...

Angler Name : Al Schrader
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 7/19/03
Location: 15 miles NE of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 168
Water Temp.: 71
Information : The Al Schrder party, from Franklin Lakes, was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Bluefishing. Traveling 15 miles to the NE, we anchored on the East side of the Mud Hole. As soon as the chum got working and chunks were thrown in the water, the Bluefish starting biting. Filling the cooler, and the group tired out we headed home for an early day at 12:30.

Angler Name : Capt. Darren
E-Mail : dsv174@optonline.net
Boat Name: Mary Lou Crew
Date Fished: 7/19/03
Location: Farms
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5-10lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker/mackeral
Water Depth: 91 feet
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Had the boat out late Saturday afternoon for a bluefish charter. With 4 on board with put a pretty good catch together. Although the talk was the fish were all over, they were there but must of been loaded up with bait from that days fleet. We had to work at this school of fish.

Angler Name : Craig LaRosa
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 19
Location:
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 35-55
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 400-450
Water Temp.: 72
Information : The Canyon Runner was back out Saturday on a rare weekend canyon trolling trip as fishing in a crowd always kills the fishing. However, this Saturday’s trip was not a charter but our second bachelor party trip of the year - the first for my brother-in-law and this one for my brother Craig LaRosa. This once again provided a little variety for the Canyon Runner crew as the evening’s events at Clark’s Landing were a nice way to celebrate an awesome week of fishing. Unfortunately, as usual, the fishing on the weekend was not up to par. With dozens of schools of longfin popping up all over the edge and way inshore and the fleet smaller than we expected we thought the weekend crowd would not hurt the fishing – we were wrong. The fleet was still big enough that the constant pressure on these schools being run over as everyone tried to get their shot at they turned the tuna off the feed. We worked hard all day but only managed 3 nice longfin and a couple mahi. One mahi weighed in at 18 pounds.

Angler Name : John And Laura
E-Mail : johns08723
Boat Name: TIDE RUNNER
Date Fished: 7/19/03
Location: Inshore Wrecks and Hills
Fishing Method: anchor and drift
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: O
Bait or Lure: Squid Heads and Clams
Water Depth: 70
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Headed out to some of favorite inshore wrecks. Stopping on 2 of them we caught 0 Fish I have never been skunked on either of these 2 pieces of structure that I can remember.Then tried for some Fluke also 0, Not even a short. Either the fish were asleep or I was. Never Had such a slow day of fishing in the last 4 years. Weather was perfect drift a little fast. We didn't even catch a dogfish or two. O'Well That's why they call it fishing and not catching. Peace!!!!

Angler Name : Rob G.
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Goldfish
Date Fished: 7/19/03
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Atlantic Bonito
Size: Bait
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Despite a late arriving mate, was able to set up the troll by 11:00 AM after finding clean warm water about 7 miles from BA. Went all the way to Monster Ledge with nothing but bluefish, which consumed pretty much everything in the spread. Fortunately, we got the spreader bars out of the water before they got shredded. Headed for Little Italy and finally found some sweet water, 76 degrees and blue, with life. Caught several small bonito and saw a school of small bluefins before calling it a day.

Angler Name : John Chopack
E-Mail : jchopackjr@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Captain Jack
Date Fished: 7/19/03
Location: Tip of the Baltimore
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40lb
Bait or Lure: bird/green machine
Water Depth: 50 Fathoms
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Started trolling 3 miles west of the tip just inside the 50 fathom line. Put the bird green machine combo out deep and was setting up the second line in the water when the bird went off. It hit a Penn 50 which ended up freezing up and we had to hand line the fish to the boat. Had three other run offs in which one was hooked up for awhile before dropping the hook. Tons of boats with many fishing just inside the tip.

Angler Name : Mark Bratek
E-Mail : mydolfan@yahoo
Boat Name: Dolfan
Date Fished: 7/19/03
Location: Off Brigantine
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 19 to 25"
Bait or Lure: Cut bait
Water Depth: 60 - 65"
Water Temp.:
Information : We had 5 guys and a steady pick all day on large Fluke and a few Humpback sea bass. We kept 19 fluke by the end of the day ranging from 18" to 25". We threw back alot because we had enough fillets, no reason to be greedy. Key appeared to be squid with shedder crab oil. All fish were caught with this plus other cut bait.

Angler Name : Will Gates,Casey Marshall and crew
E-Mail : billgates54@aol.com
Boat Name: PHANTOM
Date Fished: July 19
Location: Toms and Hudson Canyons
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 50 lbs
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 400 ft
Water Temp.: 75 degrees
Information : Arrived inside north of the Toms at 5 a.m. and had our first fish on by 5:15. Congratulations to Tim Madden for landing his first tuna. Trolled south both shallow and deep for three hours with no action. Picked-up and ran to the inside elbow and then the tip of the Hudson where we worked 40-50 lb yellowfin breaking the surface until 2 pm with not even a knockdown. Headed home a little disappointed considering how the day started, but with well over 100 boats in the area (due to calm seas) there were alot going home empty handed. A mid-week run with fewer boats may be the trick, as the fish are certainly there.

Angler Name : mike
E-Mail : mikenro@optonline.net
Boat Name: sea hunter
Date Fished: 7/19/03
Location: raritan bay
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 3.5 lbs
Bait or Lure: squid/killie combo
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : saturday afternoon party boat trip.stooge just missed pool with 3.5lber. trombone had 3 keepers. enough fillets for dinner.

Angler Name : Joe Girondo
E-Mail : mbroth@comcast.net
Boat Name: Tenacious
Date Fished: 7/18/03
Location: In shore lumps
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 24 inches
Bait or Lure: Squid/spearing
Water Depth: 40- 70ft
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Captain Bernie Roth hosted the Joe Girondo charter for a day of fluke fishing. The fishing was to say the least Terrible. After drifting all the local hills and lumps with only shorts we anchored on the sea girt reef and caught a few sea bass and a 24 inch fluke. It was just one of those days when even the sea bass were not biting!

Angler Name : Richard Steer
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 18
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 50 pounds
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 71
Information : On Friday Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Justin Nighan and Mike Zajac took the Richard Steer charter from Connecticut out on the Canyon Runner and found the yellowfin again inshore of the west wall. Without getting a bite until 7:30 am after starting trolling at 4:30 am we thought the great bite we had all week was over. However, the yellowfin came on strong and we went 8 for 12 in 2 hours of trolling. The bite slowed after 10:00 am but we did manage to pick another couple longfin before calling it a day. Again, it was all ballyhoo. The yellowfin and longfin were all between 35-50 pounds.

Angler Name : chris omalley
E-Mail : comalley@usel.com
Boat Name: shindig
Date Fished: 7/18
Location: hudson
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 50
Bait or Lure: varies
Water Depth: -
Water Temp.: 71
Information : trolled the hudson from inshore of the tip to south of the bombs inshore to the 300 line 5am to 3pm.some boats picked fish mainly in the morning.we did not fare that well-only 2 fish out of 4 hits.fish on top did not respond.

Angler Name : Capt's.Bruce,Burt,Tom
E-Mail : CPTMARLIN1@AOL.COM
Boat Name: MIRAGE
Date Fished: 7/18/03
Location: Hudson Canyon Tip
Fishing Method: R&R Trolling
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 40-60 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Artificials,Ballyhoo,Spreader Bars
Water Depth: 230-280 ft.
Water Temp.: 73.6
Information : Put together a nice catch of Longfin trolling for the crew; Pat,Dave,Dennis,Jarred,Myself (Capt.Bruce),Capt's Burt (owner) & Tom! Jarred Polara,14, boated his Tuna but refused to eat the "heart".Now that the tuna have finally arrived we'll be running the Canyon's quite frequently.

Angler Name : FLUKEIN CRAZY
E-Mail : pmcglynn@prattindustries.com
Boat Name: somewhere
Date Fished: 7/18/03
Location: bay head surf
Fishing Method: plugging
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17.5''
Bait or Lure: hopkins with a white teaser
Water Depth: in the wash
Water Temp.: ?
Information : I caught him on the teaser about 5' off the beach.

Angler Name : Jason V
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Searay
Date Fished: 7/18
Location: Sandy hook point Flynns
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17 to 21
Bait or Lure: seceret sauce
Water Depth: 20 to 50 feet
Water Temp.: 70s
Information : Had a great day got out for first light intense action from the first drift to the last before the tide changed, Had 4 keeper's at 20 inches first drift. also caught a weird fish don't know what it was threw it back. by the afternoon around 2:00pm It was a boat show to many boats, not enough experience on the water. people don't care they just fly right next to your boat running over your lines until they crash, have of them need lessons.

Angler Name : Ray Sheerin
E-Mail : raysheerin@simbatek.com
Boat Name: Miss Catherine
Date Fished: July 18, 2003
Location: 8 nmiles east of belmar
Fishing Method: chum
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10 - 12 lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Had a great time night bluefishing aboard the Miss Catherine out of Belmar. Had nonstop action for the whole night with as many monster blues as as you wanted. Captain and mate were awsesome, took a few teenagers and they had a blast!!!!

Angler Name : chris
E-Mail : xxlettercxx@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 18 of july
Location: squan river
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: short
Bait or Lure: spearing/ killies / plastics
Water Depth: 5-10 feet?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : fished from 6-11 caught alot of shorts...around 7 bluefish blitz fun on light tackle...fluking is horrible with all the shorts

Angler Name : jeff
E-Mail : netdeal@erols.com
Boat Name: J2
Date Fished: 7/18/03
Location: SHR
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 22"
Bait or Lure: squid/killie
Water Depth: 60
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Decent bite, NO skates, No dogfish, clear clean water with about 15 Fluke, about 30% keepers and a 4 lber. Also a nice 3 lb Humpback seabass on a small rock patch.

Angler Name : Tyler Ajamian
E-Mail : jamian@nac.net
Boat Name: From Surf
Date Fished: 7/16/03
Location: Gateway National-Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Bunker Chunks
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 10 ft
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Suprised that this 8 year old angler landed a 24 lb Sting Ray from surf while fishing for Bass & Blues. Ray was charcoal in color on top and hit on a bunker chunk. Way to go Tyler!!!

Angler Name : Tom "FishBuzz" Rabi
E-Mail : buzzy@fishbuzz.com
Boat Name: BragginSize
Date Fished: 7-16-03
Location: Manasquan River and Outside
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17 inchers and 1# Blues
Bait or Lure: Sand EEls//Shedder crab squid
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Thanks to Jay, I was able to get out fishing and went with Team FishBuzz Member Ralph Amato aboard his new 25' Striper. We fished the Manasquan River 100 yds east of the RailRoad bridge and caught loads of short fluke without taking 1 keeper. The magic for all that action was floating jigheads rigs baited with 2 spearing on a fishfinder rigs...Broke the inlet about 8 am and fished in 60 foot water off the Spring Lake Hotel. Action was a bit slow, boating and releasing 15 shorts, numerous skates, dogs and keeping 1 - 18" fluke. On the ride back to the inlet, spotted bait being chased and as I suspected, (sand eels ot tinker macs) we used 007 Ava jigs with flo-red tails and bailed tailor blues. We watched the blues chase the sand eels right into and on the Beach at the pocket of the Manasquan Beach...Left the fish biting. So whether you're on the beach on in the boat, keep your eyes open for baitfish...."Fish 'Em Up !!!....Buzzy

Angler Name : Jeff Schindler
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 16
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 100+ Pounds
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 72
Information : On Wednesday it was the Jeff Schindler charters turn to get in on the great yellowfin and longfin bite in the Hudson Canyon and the fish once again cooperated. Captain Dulanie and mates Mike Zajac and Justin Nighan had lines in the water at 5:30 am and had two 15-pound mahi on before the 5th line was out. Putting those fish in the boat they worked the west wall and found the yellowfin again feeding on the surface. By 8am 6 yellowfin were in the boat and by 11am the number for the day total 15 out of 20+ bites. Most of the yellowfin today were 40-50 pounds but we did boat one yellowfin that was easily over 100 pounds. With the wind pushing 25 knots all day and a load of yellowfin in the boat the charter once again called it a day early and we were headed home before noon. Ballyhoo were the only thing the yellowfin wanted to eat.

Angler Name : scott,ray,mike,jeff
E-Mail : scaraquel@aol.com
Boat Name: ALMOST FAMOUS
Date Fished: 7-15-03
Location: GLORY HOLE
Fishing Method: CHUNK
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 115#
Bait or Lure: BLUEFISH
Water Depth: 235
Water Temp.: 72
Information : STTARTED OUR DRIFT BY 7:30 NOTHING TILL 11:45 SCREAMING RUN OFF THE FISH LAUNCHED 13 FEET INTO A FULL CART WHEEL FAUGHT IT FOR 25 MINUTES TILL THE GAFF GREAT DAY

Angler Name : frank barreca &bob dawson
E-Mail : fbarecca@yahoo.com
Boat Name: cimmeron
Date Fished: 7-15
Location: sea bright rocks
Fishing Method: frifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: limit out to 7lbs 12 oz
Bait or Lure: bucktails tipped with squid and reg fluke rigs
Water Depth: 49 ft
Water Temp.: 69
Information : very good day flat ocean and fish cooperated nice slow drift perfect for small bucktails

Angler Name : Bill Erdman
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 15, 2003
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-80 pounds
Bait or Lure: Green Machines/Ballys
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Mike Zajac and Justin Nighan strung to together back-to-back-to-back solid canyon trips this week with today’s being the tops as we limited out on yellowfin from 40-80 pounds. The Bill Erdman charter from Wall that included Dr. Pat Donnelly from Brielle put 21 tuna in the boat keeping their limit and releasing the rest trolling the east and west walls of the Hudson Canyon. Arriving at 5:30am the first fish were in the boat in 10 minutes and we never went more than 15 minutes without a bite. Most of the shots were single and some doubles with no big barrages all morning. By 10am we had 15 yellowfin on ice and released one short. The charter called it a day at noon and just as we were pulling in the lines we spotted the schools on top again, made one pass, and went 4 for 4 on 70 pound fish. Today the green machine was hot but once again ballyhoo were the meal of choice.

Angler Name : damon
E-Mail : Mammymammy@aol.com
Boat Name: mammyjammy
Date Fished: July 15
Location: Sandy Hook,Verazano bridge
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18-20 inches
Bait or Lure: chartus buck tail,bunker strips
Water Depth: 50-60
Water Temp.: 64
Information : drifted Sandy Hook for most of incoming and out going tide,with constant fluke, 2 shorts, to many Dogfish and Robins(one nice Blue! thank god for circle hooks!!).moved to just out front of Verzano bridge for finall few drifts of outgoing , and biggest fluke of the day in 80 foot of water fish seem to be in the deep wholes ! great day all around!

Angler Name : CAPT'S BRUCE / BURT
E-Mail : CPTMARLIN1@AOL.COM
Boat Name: MIRAGE
Date Fished: 6/15/03
Location: SE OF TRIPLE WRECKS
Fishing Method: R&R
Specie: Blue Shark
Size: 75 TO 125 LBS
Bait or Lure: SQUID,MACKS,BLUEFISH,ETC.
Water Depth: 100 TO 185
Water Temp.: 63TO 66
Information : FISHED WITH OUR REGULAR CREW (CAPT'S AND MATES), CAUGHT,TAGGED AND RELEASED 11 BLUE DOGS!WHERE THE HECK ARE THE MAKO'S?WILL TRY IT AGAIN NEXT WEEK FOR THE JERSEY COAST TOURNY AND HOPEFULLY CATCH A "REAL" SHARK(MAKO)!

Angler Name : Capt. Mike Yocco
E-Mail : mjy138@psu.edu
Boat Name: MJ's
Date Fished: 7/15/03
Location: hudson canyon
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 30 - 60
Bait or Lure: jets
Water Depth: 400
Water Temp.: 69
Information : Ran out to the hudson monday afternoon and got a few hours of trolling in before dark. At 10 pm in the rain we boated a pair of longfin slept during the night as the chunk is non exsistant. Got an early start in the morning to put together a formidable catch of yellowfin and longfin along with some nice mahi. Left them biting in the middle of the afternoon and had a smooth ride home.

Angler Name : CAPTS.BRUCE MILLER/BURT GREEN
E-Mail : CPTMARLIN12AOL.COM
Boat Name: MIRAGE
Date Fished: 6/14/03
Location: OFFSHORE OF TRIPLE WRECKS
Fishing Method: ROD & REEL
Specie: Blue Shark
Size: 50 TO 175 LBS
Bait or Lure: MACKS, SQUID,BLUEFISH,ETC
Water Depth: 120 TO 240
Water Temp.: 63-66
Information : FISHED THE MAKO MANIA WITH TODD VITELLO PARTY OF NORTH JERSEY DIDN'T SEE A MAKO BUT TAGGED AND RELEASED 8 BLUE DOGS!ALSO HAD A FEW "BARAGES" OF YELLOW EYES (BLUEFISH).

Angler Name :
E-Mail : captbob@aluresportfishing.com
Boat Name: A-LURE
Date Fished: July 14
Location: triple wrecks
Fishing Method: chuming
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: small
Bait or Lure: bluefish
Water Depth: 240
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Capt Bob Konz and Capt Joe Patsco had the Peter Germinarial party out. After a rough trip to the triple wreck in four foot head seas we drifted for over five hours with out a touch. We moved to the glory hole and after an hour had a small Mako thake three baits. We released the 60 pounder and then spent another 3 hours with out a bite.

Angler Name : paul calonis
E-Mail : wwwccpabl@aol.com
Boat Name: FRONT PAIGE
Date Fished: 7-14-03
Location: LITTLE ITALY
Fishing Method: BAIT
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size:
Bait or Lure: BLUES
Water Depth: 120"
Water Temp.: 70
Information : SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WAS IN EFFECT BUT WENT OUT TO LITTLE ITALY ANYWAY.WATER WAS CLEAR AND CHOPPY AND SETTLED DOWN AROUND NOON. TRIED HARD TO CATCH A SHARK OR WHATEVER WOULD HIT. HAD 1 RUN OFF WE THINK WAS A MAKO BUT OTHER THEN THAT ALL WE CAUGHT WERE BIG BLUEFISH.CANYON TRIP THIS WEEKEND. HAPPY FISHING ALL!

Angler Name : Joe Valente
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 14
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-80 Pounds
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Justin Nighan and Mike Zajac had to work a little harder today but again put another great catch of tuna in the boat for the Joe Valente charter from Bayonne, NJ. Having to drive through rainstorms all night with limited visibility was only the beginning as the rain never let up all morning. As such, finding the fish on the surface was near impossible. We looked over the west wall first and found plenty of mahi to 15 pounds putting easily a dozen in the boat but no tuna. Working the east wall finally put us on tuna as we went 2 for 3 and 3 for 4 and had 5 40-60 pound yellowfin in the boat by 9am. Unfortunately those fish did not come up again and we had to work way inshore where we finally found the tuna up top and in 30 minutes put 6 more yellowfin and longfin in the boat up to 60 pounds. We ended up the day with 11 40-60 pound tuna (8 yellowfin and 3 longfin) on ice and 20 mahi-mahi on top of that. Again, the large majority of the fish ate ballyhoo.

Angler Name : Mike Copeman
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Renegade
Date Fished: July 14, 2003
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 45 lbs
Bait or Lure: Everything
Water Depth: 500
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Trolled from 5:00am to 11:00am, East Wall, West Wall to The Tip. Went 2/3 on longfin and 1/2 dozen Mahi. Did see some schools of tuna but they would not hit. Ballyhoo did nothing and green machines/zukers got the action. Rain cut down the visibility, so any surface action could not be spotted easily.

Angler Name : Dave P.
E-Mail : luckydbp74@aol.com
Boat Name: Fishfinder
Date Fished: 7/13
Location: Flynn's Knoll
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26-32"
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 20
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Got out at first light to catch incoming tide and there was already a large fleet out there. We had our limit and 1 bonus fish by 8:30 and then quit. Some great action.

Angler Name : Capt. Lou Green
E-Mail : greenbunch@aol.com
Boat Name: Green Machine
Date Fished: 7/13/03
Location: South of manasquan inlet
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 14"
Bait or Lure: spearing/squid
Water Depth: 40-50
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Herd all the poor reports from flukers on the lumps so I decided to head south. Started off Seaside in 30 foot and caught lots of Sea robins and dog fish. Moved out to 50 foot and started catchin fluke but no keepers. Nice looking water. Moved a little north into 40 foot and we had some Sea Bass. Nice day, but I have caught more blue sharks this year than fluke !

Angler Name : Joe
E-Mail : JoePleva@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: July 12 & 13
Location: SandyHook area
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: squid, spearing, killies,
Water Depth: 10' to 60'
Water Temp.:
Information : I was part of a four person team who lost the SandyHook Bay Anglers Fluke Tourney. We tried hard for seven hours per day and fished the edges of the channels of Ambros, SandyHook, Swash and the Reach. Each day resulted in two keepers, 12 shorts and lots of Robins, skates and dogfish. If someone wanted to take a survey of the fish size and count in the area the boat Capt's of these tournements could be polled. The Jersey Coast, Raritan Bay groups etc. have the home addresses. It might be interesting to see just how well everyone is doing with the netting v/s sport fishing limits.

Angler Name : Howard Brietiwich
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 7/13/03
Location: 30 miles East of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 6 ft.
Bait or Lure: Mackerel
Water Depth: 160 ft.
Water Temp.: 70
Information : The Howard Brietiwich party was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of shark fishing. Traveling 28 miles to the East, there was a lot of life including Tinker Mackerel, Blue fin Tuna as well as Shearwaters were working on schools of fish. After setting up, not even having the chum bucket in the water, we immediately had a run off in which we boated a 6 ft. Mako Late morning we had another run off and fought for over a half an hour without seeing the fish. We had to back down over a mile as we could not stop him before he fraid the line either with the tail or wrapped up in the mono. It was a beautiful day on the water with plenty of life and fishing was good!

Angler Name : Mike Wilczewski
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 07/13/2003
Location: Edge of Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Up to 10 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker & Butterfish
Water Depth: 150 Ft.
Water Temp.: 70 Degrees
Information : The Mike Wilczewski charter was on the Bounty Hunter today and for the second day in a row the Bluefishing was hot. Working along the edge of the Mud Hole 16 miles NE of Manasquan the day started a little slow however, once the bite started you could not keep a bait in the water. The charter put 50 Blues in the fish box and released another 50+ fish. The largest Blues weighed in at 10 Lbs.

Angler Name : Zak
E-Mail : Tyzak@aol
Boat Name: Princes Nicole
Date Fished: 7/13/03
Location: Keansburg
Fishing Method: Drifding
Specie: Fluke
Size: Up 2 17 inches
Bait or Lure: spearing and squid
Water Depth: 18-19 feet
Water Temp.: ????????????????
Information : Great Trip!!! 2 Fluke, 2 Sea Robin, and 1 dog fish. U should've been their.

Angler Name : frank &donna barreca
E-Mail : fbarecca@yahoo.com
Boat Name: cimmeron
Date Fished: 7-13-03rocks off sea bright
Location:
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 7lb 7oz
Bait or Lure: bucktailtipped wit squid and spearing
Water Depth: 45 ft
Water Temp.: 69
Information : won belmar elk fishing tournament with this fish

Angler Name : Cpt. Bob Dunn
E-Mail : captain1069@msn.com
Boat Name: Moonshadow
Date Fished: 7/13
Location: Lindencohl
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 45 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Green Machines
Water Depth: 50-120 fathoms
Water Temp.: 73
Information : We fished the Lindencohl Sunday with the Scott Hall, Kevin Truesdell, Larry Martin, and Chris Delavera party and did well considering the reports from earlier in the week. We started out up on the flats in the 40 fathom fingers and managed only one large knock down and a couple little dolphins. Upon reaching 70 fathoms we hooked up on the green machine way down the center. That resulted in a 42 lb yellowfin. We than hit 100 fathoms on the same course and hooked and boated a Real nice 30 lb. bull dolphin. We reversed our course and hooked up again on another green machine and we boated another 40 lb. yellowfin. Since we got into 40 fathoms late (as a result of the 4-8 foot forward quarter tight and very steep swell that we ran through from 20 fathoms) we did not start getting into the fish until late. However we did manage to got 1 for 2 once more and boated another 40 pounder in 50 fathoms. All the yellowfin wanted was green machines and they refused to hit ballyhoo or anything else. We were also the only boat in the Lindy, the water was 73 all the way from 40 fathoms and it was a clean blue. For their first canyon, well actualy offshore trip the guys did very well.

Angler Name : Jeff
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Tongue&Groove
Date Fished: 7/13/03
Location: Tip of the Hudson
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 70.0
Information : Got to the tip of the Hudson around 10:00am, very few boats. Started catching Mahi's after a 1/2 hour. Then the tuna decided to co-operate. There were schools of yellowfin and longfins breaking water. We could only get them to take green skirted ballyhoo. By the end of the day we boated a dozen mahi's, 2 nice longfin and 2 yellowfins. This was a perfect way to start off the season with a very visual troll.

Angler Name : Bob Genader
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July13
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 80 pounds
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Justin Nighan and Mike Zajac took the Bob Genader charter from Westport, Conn out on the Canyon Runner Sunday and loaded the boxes with big longfin and even bigger yellowfin. Not getting out since Wednesday due to the bad weather we had no idea what to expect as we pulled into the west wall of the Hudson Canyon but it did not take long to find out. With the last rod just put in place we did a double on 4- pound longfin and repeated that just 10 minutes later. With 4 longfin in the boat before 6am we were pretty happy but now wanted more. A move to the east wall provided us with all we wanted. With big schools of yellowfin busting water we quickly went 4 for 4 and 6 for 6 working these schools Only most of the catch was made up of the longfin feeding beneath the yellowfin. We did put 4 yellowfin in the boat from 40-80 pounds but the bulk of the catch was 40-50 pound longfin. We ended the trip very early as we had 19 tuna in the boat by 10:30am and had no more room for more. We were back at the dock before 4pm. In total we were 19 for 24 on these nicer size tuna and by far naked ballyhoo out produced everything.

Angler Name : John And Laura
E-Mail : john08723@comcast.net
Boat Name: TIDE-RUNNER
Date Fished: 7/13/03
Location: lumps and bumps east of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17"
Bait or Lure: Sqiud and Smelt
Water Depth: 58 to 70'
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Well it was a great day to be on the water. Wish the fishing had been as great. We fished ever hill I could find out as far as 10 miles on the east lump and only managed to put 3 keepers Fluke in the box along with 1 4 lbs Seabass. The dragers where ever where you looked. Didn't even stop at the Mansqaun ridge there were more dragers than fisherman. This is only my opinon but this is the worst fluke season in the passed three years if it's not the dragers it the size. O'well we just got to keep trying. I guest that's why they call it fishing and not catching. Peace!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Angler Name : Erick & Bob
E-Mail : robertchankalian@comcast.net
Boat Name: Tail Chaser
Date Fished: 7/13/03
Location: Mud Hole to Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Artificial
Water Depth: 150-270
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Trolled all day. Had to keep picking up to get away from the bluefish. Saw lots of life but no Tuna....

Angler Name : Mike Borris
E-Mail : Moshstein@aol.com
Boat Name: The Gambler
Date Fished: 7/13, 2003
Location: Off of Long Branch
Fishing Method: botttom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 1/2 to 19"
Bait or Lure: sand eels and squid
Water Depth: 65 feet
Water Temp.: U/K
Information : Fished the morning ride. Great clear water, nice wind, not really a drift. Between Kemo and myself we boated 4 keeper fluke, 10 seabass (nice big humpbacks), and only 1 dogfish. No skate though. Not a bad day, but not a great day either. Nice boat, mates are very friendly, but saw one throw a plastic big gulp cup into the ocean. If not for that, a great boat....

Angler Name : Darryl
E-Mail : dgl2@optonline.net
Boat Name: Bluewater Lady
Date Fished: 7-13-03
Location: Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 30-50#
Bait or Lure: Artificial
Water Depth: 240
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Started out in the A.M., with friends, Sean, Shaggy, Danny, and Don at the Monster Ledge, large schools of bluefish everywhere. Decided to pickup and move to the Glory Hole,lots of boats sharking. Heard a report from the Legacy at the Chicken Canyon, lots of fish jumping, but no takers Trolled back through the Glory Hole in the afternoon, BFT breaking the surface for a few miles. After an hour and a half, we filled our limit and headed to the barn. Used Zuker spreader bars, small skirted squid, and green machine with birds.

Angler Name : Keith
E-Mail : keith@habitatvc.com
Boat Name: Blue Eyes
Date Fished: 7/13
Location: Mud Hole/ Monster Ledge
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Everything but the kitchen sink
Water Depth: 150-300
Water Temp.: 68-70
Information : Tons and tons of bluefish. No BFT. Had some good marks. One strong knockddown, but got off after 10 mins. Great day on the water.

Angler Name : Keith Kennedy
E-Mail : Keith@habitatvc.com
Boat Name: Blue Eye's
Date Fished: 7/13
Location: Monster Ledge/Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Everything
Water Depth: 275
Water Temp.: 68-70
Information : Trolled the ledge with no luck. Tons of big bluefish, but no tuna. Had some decent marks with one good knock down. But after a few minutes he spit the hook. There were no BFT, in substatial numbers, in the area. The water may be getting to warm.

Angler Name : CAPT. BILLY BECKS
E-Mail : BECKSWITHICE@AOL.COM
Boat Name: SARAH'S SUN
Date Fished: 7/13/03
Location: TOMS CANYON
Fishing Method: TROOLING
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 40/50LBS.
Bait or Lure: EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK
Water Depth: 400 TO 450 FT.
Water Temp.: 76-78
Information : LEFT OUT OF BARNEGET AT 4:30AM FOR A DAY TRIP TO THE TOMS WITH CAPT. TONY NAGEL AND TY MCGOWAN.70 MILES OUT FOUND BLUEFIN SCHOOLS BREAKING THE SURFACE ALL AROUND THE BOAT. RIGGED UP FOR TROLLING BUT NO TAKERS STOPPED AND JIGGED STILL NO TAKERS JIGGED AND CHUNKED SAME RESULTS. WENT BACK TO THE TROLL AND GOT A KNOCK DOWN ON THE WEST BANK BUT COULD NOT LAND THE TUNA. THE WEATHER GOT ROUGH AND WE TURNED WEST AND TROLLED BACK THROUGH THE SCHOOLS OF BLUEFIN IN AROUND 300FT. BUT AGAIN JUMPING TUNA ARE LIKE BARKING DOGS-THEY DON'T BITE. GREAT EARLY SEASON TRIP ANYWAY.

Angler Name : Charles Martino
E-Mail : njtackle@aol.com
Boat Name: Liaght Tackle
Date Fished: 7/13/03
Location: off Long Branch
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Jay and Randi Feinstein and daughter caught 18 fluke to 8lbs. Randi caught to big one.

Angler Name : Capt. John Pfeiffer
E-Mail : captbigjohn@yahoo.com
Boat Name: SEA ++
Date Fished: 7/13/03
Location: Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: Anchored
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 15lbs
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 20ft
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Took Dave Mahalovic and his father Ron with Lou Toth in the cockpit, out bass fishing today. Left the dock at 7am and anchored at 7:45 after looking around. A large fleet was already at Flynns Knoll so we went to the north side. When the tide changed at 8am we started picking. We limited out by 10am and released many others to 15lbs. We were back at the dock at 11am. Great fishing on light tackle but a real comedy show out there.

Angler Name : Darren Hasara
E-Mail : captreelaction@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Action
Date Fished: 7/12/03
Location: Sea Girt Reef
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Fluke
Size: 2 lbs
Bait or Lure: Spearing, Squid & Killies
Water Depth: 70'
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Capt. Marc took the Darren Hasara out fluking. We hit Manasquan Ridge, inshore and Sea Girt Reef. Fluking was bad, so we hit some of the debris and sudden barges for a decent catch of sea bass. The southern wind hurt fishing today.

Angler Name : Jim Reinknecht
E-Mail : bender@spacerobots.org
Boat Name: Aggravation Plus
Date Fished: 7/12
Location: Flynn's Knoll / Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Chumming / Clams
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 7 bass to 31" 11lbs
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 18ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Set up anchor at the knoll about 4:30am. We were one of the first boats on the knoll. We had fish on by 5am. Once the water started running after the tide change we had action again. We packed it in and made the run back to the highlands about 11:00am, on the water very early and off the water relatively early to avoid the idiots in the fluke tourney. BOY was the radio annoying on saturday. We didn't even bring fluke bait. Tourney weekends are the worst possible time to be in sandy hook! avoid it at all costs!!! We kept 3 slots and 1 fish over 28. Our friends on the gotcha were right near us and only had 1 fish all morning, but they lacked clam bellies for chum. THe bellies in a chum pot are key to keeping fish behind the boat - in my experiences this season, bashing the clams up alone has limited success, clam bellies are essential. We have also found we lose less fish and get less gut hooks if you use 8/0 gamakatsu octopus circle hooks. THey are expensive, but sharp as a razor. PLEASE REVIVE YOUR FISH BEFORE RELEASING- I SEE TOO MANY DEAD BASS FLOATING BY BECAUSE IDIOTS TOSS THEM OVERBOARD LIKE TRASH!

Angler Name :
E-Mail : captbob@aluresportfishing.com
Boat Name: A-LURE
Date Fished: July 12
Location: seagirt reef
Fishing Method: chuming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5-12 pounds
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: 60
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Sat morning Capt Bob and Mate Greg Forfar left a little late around 8 am this morning We had the band Nemo on board and fished for bluefish. We didn`t have to go far as the fish were only 3 1/2 miles from the inlet. Drifting and putting lines in the water the blues were bitting even before we could get the chum started. loading up by 9:30 a.m. the band decided to call it a short day, as they had a long night. and we were back at the dock by 10.

Angler Name : Shawn
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Trophy
Date Fished: 7-12 -03
Location: mud hole
Fishing Method: :)
Specie: Bluefish
Size: up to 18.5lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 65
Information : We set out early morning and started off slow but ounce the bite started we could have sank the boat with blues.Had alot of blues 4 to 10lbs. then we started hooking the jumbos.I should have entered the contest but i think the biggest fish are yet to bite.

Angler Name : Jeff
E-Mail : netdeal@erols.com
Boat Name: J2
Date Fished: 7/12/03
Location: klondike
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17-22"
Bait or Lure: killie/squid
Water Depth: 60+/-
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Ran down to the Klondike area to no avail-totally dead zone. Continued to work back north at a few stops off Asbury and Deal, not a touch. Managed to pick a few off Sea Bright and back inside in front of the Earl. Slow fishing and choppy conditions and my crew Scott was illin. He dropped the biggest fish of the day in mid "hurl".

Angler Name : Jay
E-Mail : Jay24559@yahoo.com
Boat Name: nameless
Date Fished: 7/12/03
Location: North of Barnegat
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18-23"
Bait or Lure: bellies-spearing
Water Depth: 40-60
Water Temp.: 70's
Information : hit some of the lumps north of Barnegat and limited out on fluke by 10am, biggest was 23". Lots of fish and only a handful of throwbacks. Glad I limited out by 10am that stiff south wind made for a wet ride back home.

Angler Name : ALL
E-Mail : HOOKANDBONES
Boat Name: BETTY BOOP
Date Fished: 7/12/03
Location: OFFSHORE LUMPS
Fishing Method: TROLL
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 45 LB
Bait or Lure: FEATHERS & PLUGS
Water Depth: 100 TO 76 FT
Water Temp.: 76.9
Information : START SET UP AROUND 6:30 AM HAD 4 OUT OF 7 OUT WHEN 1ST ONE HIT LOSE 1 ST FISH THEN HAD A 30 LB IN BOAT 10 MIN. LATER WENT 3 FOR 6 45 LB WAS THE BEST FISH ALL BEFORE 7:30 AM THEN THEY STOPED FISHED UNTILL 12:00 NOON & WENT IN WITH 3

Angler Name : Douglas Capra Group
E-Mail : varipro2k@aol.com
Boat Name: Fintastic
Date Fished: 7-12
Location: South
Fishing Method: Anchoring
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: to 2.5 lbs
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 85
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Had the Capra group out for a day on the Fintastic for a good pull of seabass, the group consisted of four adults Douglas,Judy,Glenn and Pat and five great future anglers ages 4-13 Cara, Michael, Joey, Isabella and Douglas. A great trip to see the little guys "outfish the adults". The trip ended with a tranquil cruise up the river into Barnegat Bay. Captains Tom & Bruno love to teach new anglers!

Angler Name : Charles Martino
E-Mail : njtackle@aol.com
Boat Name: Light Tackle
Date Fished: 7/12/03
Location: off Long Branch
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Mark Hable, Russell Tedesco, Matt from MS Fabrication caught 25 keeper fluke to 6.4 lbs.

Angler Name : Larry MacSherry
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 07/12/2003
Location: Off Sea Girt
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Up to 10 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker & Butterfish
Water Depth: 60 Ft.
Water Temp.: 70 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the "Mac" MacSherry charter on the Bounty Hunter and did not have to go far to get in on some of the best Bluefishing of the season. Locating a large body of Blues several miles off Sea Girt the bite was immediate and non stop. The charter had all the Blues they wanted in the boat by 8:30AM then spent an hour releasing fish up to 10 Lbs. A switch over to Fluke fishing was not as productive as stops off Long Branch, Deal, Asbury and Spring Lake only produced 1 Keeper along with 20+ Shorts.

Angler Name : Jim Reinknecht
E-Mail : bender@spacerobots.org
Boat Name: Aggravation Plus
Date Fished: 7/11
Location: Flynn's Knoll / Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Chumming / Clams
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 4 bass to 32" 12lbs
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 18ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Set up anchor at the knoll about 4pm. I wished we could have been out a little earlier to catch the tides a little better, but we had trouble locating fresh clams. We fetched one of the last half bushels in the area from the tackle shop near the highlands - both the tackle box and julians had no fresh clams. We had fish on immediately, but the slack tide showed up and took our action away. Once the water started running we got one more fish. We packed it in and made the run back to the highlands. We kept 2 fish over 28 and left the rest to come back another day.

Angler Name : SAATCHI Advertising
E-Mail : varipro2k@aol.com
Boat Name: Fintastic
Date Fished: 7-11
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8-10lbs
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 80
Water Temp.: 86
Information : Had the SAATCH advert. group out with their clients and caught over 150 blues keeping only 20. Great conservationists!

Angler Name : Capt. John Pfeiffer
E-Mail : captbigjohn@yahoo.com
Boat Name: SEA ++
Date Fished: 7/9/03
Location: Toms
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 10lb
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 400 to 600ft
Water Temp.: 71-73
Information : Well with some action reported by the Canyon runner and hopes that it would bust wide open, and after hooking up 2 blue marlin two weeks ago we were very encouraged. Working with the Canyon Runner we both covered a lot of ground. The water was ok and there was bait and some whales but no tuna. We ended up with 4 mahi for the day and what appeared to be a bill fish bite at 1pm. Probably a white since the hit came on our long rod with a large bally and bird combo. The slashes on the bait were the tell tale sign. I think we will take a week to let some new water enter and go from there. The bass fishing in the Raritan still continues and will fill the void this week until better conditions or reports are available.

Angler Name : Capt. Dick Tuliszewski
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Three-of-Us
Date Fished: 7/09/03
Location: 13 miles NE of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Chunking/Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 4-14 lb
Bait or Lure: Butters
Water Depth: 168
Water Temp.: 70 degrees
Information : Capt. Dick Tuliszewski had the Ron Simbeck charter out for a day of bluefishing the west edge of the Mud Hole. Water was clean and 15 minutes after setting the anchor Ron and his son Tim had none stop bulefish action. All fish were caught on bait, no hits on metal. The party also had several large blue sharks in and out of the slick. The group tossed bulefish fillets out to the guests in the slick but no takers. This bite should hold untill the spawn after the next full moon.

Angler Name : Tom Novak
E-Mail :
Boat Name: S.T.Barb
Date Fished: 7/9/03
Location: Flynn's Knoll
Fishing Method: clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24"-35"
Bait or Lure: clam bellies
Water Depth: 25 ft
Water Temp.: 69
Information : We fished from 4:30 until 7 and ended up with 15 bass. All but 2 bass were all over 32". The largest was 35". Did not see much action on other boats until we were leaving.

Angler Name : Dave Tolchin
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 9
Location: Toms Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: NA
Water Depth: NA
Water Temp.: NA
Information : Well it was bound to happen. With tuna fishing at the early stages of the canyon season always being a challenge we gave it our all yesterday and trolled from inshore of the Toms Canyon out to the 100-fathom line and south all the way to just south of the Lindencolh with only a few small Mahi to show for our efforts. The water at the Toms did not look like the same water we fished Monday and Tuesday and the life was non-existent. We were working with another boat that trolled a parallel course in on the 60-fathom line and also struck out with the tuna. With 10 canyon trips in the books already and 75 tuna in the logs we were hoping a slow but consistent canyon season was going to pick up steam. Yesterday put some dampers on those hopes but once the wind stops blowing we will be right back at it – but probably not until Sunday as we had to cancel today and tomorrow.

Angler Name : Jim Belanger