Angler Name : Mark G.
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Dopoff
Date Fished: 7/31/06
Location: Red Church
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: Spearing/squid
Water Depth: 60
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Drifted the deep areas with good success catching 12 keepers most of which were over 20". Three sea bass rounded out the catch. Bite ended around 11:00.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 7/31/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 73
Information : If you read yesterdays report about today going to be the day they bite because the weekend was over....WRONG! Absolutly worse conditions today..didn't think it could possibly happen, we had no wind against the tide and never had enough current to give us a drift (anywhere). Fished Ambrose channel in the AM, thought for sure without the breeze we would move..waited and waited, movement never came...made a few moves trying to find a drift, power drifted to no avail. Had a handfull of fish, some Sea Bass and ling. To top it off...it was hot as Hell! tommorow doesn't look much better. We do have a Charter anyway, so stay home in the AC and give this weather pattern a few days to clear out....Bluefishing was very good again last night....Went to fish the spot we were at the night before, but unfortunatly it was occupied by a mook trying to bust chops! No problem thou, we just went elsewhere and caught'em....capt.ron

Angler Name : Andy Flint
E-Mail : aflint@earthlink.net
Boat Name: Tail Spin
Date Fished: 7-30 & 7-31
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk & Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 25 - 90lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish & Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 600 ft
Water Temp.: 77
Information : Boated 3 out of 6 Yellowfin on the chunk with the largest about 60 lbs. Trolled another 5 Albacore and 2 Yellowfin up to 90 lbs.

Angler Name : Frank
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Music Man
Date Fished: 7/31/06
Location: Sandyhook
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30"
Bait or Lure: bunker chunks
Water Depth: 26'
Water Temp.: 75
Information : lots of bunker in the bay decided to snag a few and try to catch some lingering stripers fished down the beach cought one 30 inch striper some small blues a few skates and a sand shark headed to the tip of the hook to finished the day fluking. 3 keepers and a bunch of shorts.

Angler Name : Capt. Kevin Delanoy
E-Mail : kevin@missmargiefishingcharters.com
Boat Name: MISS MARGIE
Date Fished: 7-31-06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Atlantic Bonito
Size: 4lbs
Bait or Lure: plastics/feathers/spoons
Water Depth: 60-80
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Today we trolled the ridges SE of Barnegat Inlet and found plenty of action all day.With the bonita feeding on sand eels and small squid we boated 35 fish for a day's trolling. The weather was perfect with a light breeze and no bugs to bite us today

Angler Name : Glenn
E-Mail : medic2382@optonline.net
Boat Name: Knot Working
Date Fished: July 31,2006
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17"- 22"
Bait or Lure: Squid and Killies
Water Depth: 35- 50 ft.
Water Temp.: 80
Information : Good day out. Left Leonardo's around 10am. Stopped north of Earl in channel. First drop 18" caught. Picked up another 18" and 17" then 22". Slack tide. Went out off False Hook and picked up another 18" and a 20" on out going tide. Good weather, ocean flat.

Angler Name : jason
E-Mail : jmccormick24@hotmail.com
Boat Name: m t pockets
Date Fished: 7/30/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method: jigging
Specie: Fluke
Size: short- 19"
Bait or Lure: spearing
Water Depth: 35 ft.
Water Temp.: 74
Information : jigged up and down the coast with no real great success. found some nice sea bass and a few keepers in the ocean. tried the bay in the afternoon and found a few more keepers. tight lines.

Angler Name : Laura & John
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Tide Runner
Date Fished: 7/30/06
Location: East an South on Mans Inlet
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: squid combo and Jigs
Water Depth: 40 to 80
Water Temp.: 73 to79
Information : We Fish our butts off for 6 hours and not 1 fluke. For all Our effort we caught 1 skate and 1 sand shark. We tried all over Mans Ridge, East lump, AC Reef,the pipe and the end rocks.Just not a catching day. Peace

Angler Name : John Light
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 07/30/2006
Location: Mud Buoy
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Up to 8 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 60 Ft.
Water Temp.: 74 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the John Light charter on board the Bounty Hunter and ran up to the Mud Buoy. It took a while to get the Blues started but once we had them under the boat the charter enjoyed great Bluefishing. The 5 man group put 31 Blues up to 8 lbs. in the box then called it a day. We spent the afternoon inshore off Monmouth Beach drifting for Fluke where we landed 8 keepers and a few Seabass. Over 30 short Fluke were released. Want to fish? Days are still available in August. Give me a call at 732-323-8700.

Angler Name : Jack Singh
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 7/30/06
Location: Elberon
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 4lbs
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Went fluke fishing today with Jack Singh, Tom Terranova and their children. Had a nice shoty of keeper fluke off elberon, unitl about 1030 when the drift died out.Working around some wrecks and rockpiles produced a few more fluke and some keeper seabass. Wound up with 15 keeper fluke and half a dozen seabass plus numerous shorts.

Angler Name : ron massari
E-Mail : tunafishing@sprintmail.com
Boat Name: jenny lee
Date Fished: 7/30/06
Location: hudson canyon
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-90 lbs
Bait or Lure: ballyhoo
Water Depth: 450
Water Temp.: 77
Information : capt's jimmy gahm and dave bender took ron massari of branchburg, ronnie jr, gil and mike poon and gearge costa on a day troll to the hudson canyon sunday july 30th, 2006. our first bite was almost immediate and a 35pound yellowfin hit the deck, shortly there after we had non stop action and the fish got larger. all in all we had over 20 bites. we boated 8 fish the largest weighing 90 lbs that george fought for an hour, several other fish were in the 60-70 pound range as well. most of the action came on reel seat jerry garcia bars, and ballyhoo.

Angler Name : Capt. Kevin Delanoy
E-Mail : kevin@missmargiefishingcharters.com
Boat Name: MISS MARGIE
Date Fished: 7-30-06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method: wreck
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 4lbs
Bait or Lure: clams/crabs
Water Depth: 80'-90'
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Wreck fishing for this time of year was better than I expected. We had a very good catch of large sea bass and a dozen nice ling at the end of the day.The conditions for wreck fishing with no wind at all to hold us in one spot made for a challenging day but still a great day on the water except for the black flies that kept us jumping most of the day.

Angler Name : Jim Fanelli
E-Mail : ylwfin@comcast.net
Boat Name: SackReeligeous
Date Fished: 7/30/2006
Location: Off Bay Head
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 4.2 lbs
Bait or Lure: large squid strips
Water Depth: 28-45
Water Temp.: 74
Information : drifted off of the pink house and a new frame going up in Bay head. Caught 70+ fish, only 3 keepers, 18", 3 lb anf the 4 lb.Went in at noon

Angler Name : Bob
E-Mail : bob.scalia@gmail.com
Boat Name: fin-addict
Date Fished: 07-30-06
Location: Ollie's lump/Barnegat Ridge
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure: feathers/daisy chains/spreaders
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Was out to Ollies Lump by 6:00 am as heard BFT over 47" were in area and trolled the entire area all sides and down center and not a hit,same for ollie's hole. Trolled on down to Barnegat Ridge North and picked up 4 Bonito at about 9:30 / 10:00am then went home. Maybe too early yet.

Angler Name : Danny
E-Mail : dpf0225@comcast.net
Boat Name: Glory Days
Date Fished: 7/30/06
Location: Spring Lake to Bay Head
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15-20"
Bait or Lure: killie, squid, spearing
Water Depth: 20-40'
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Sunday 7/30/06 Report: Was out with a friend ­ Capt. Jim, on his boat ‘Glory Days’. Headed out of Manasquan Inlet at 7AM since reports for flukin’ sounded a little better up that way. Headed to the Klondike ­ spent half hour drifting 3 different areas ­ not even a nibble Headed in to Spring Lake Hotel around other boats ­ picked up a couple shorts, and a big sea robin. Moved down to Sea Girt area, and then the Sea Girt Firing range - picked a couple more shorts. Decided to try one more spot before heading in and saw a fleet down by Bay Head, so we headed there… WOW!... that was the place to be yesterday!... We fished from the Beach out to 35’ of water… The bottom had to be carpeted with fluke. You pulled in a fish on every drop, or you needed to re-bait. It was as if the fluke were fighting each other for the bait ­ it was non-stop action with bites for an entire hour and a half. We caught more than 40 fluke in an hour and they were all 15-16”… Ended up with 3 fish in the box between 18-20”… Had we started here, earlier ­ we would have limited out for sure. Ran out of bait at 1:30 PM and headed in!.. If you’re gonna fish over the next couple days ­ this is the place to start ­ a massive amount of fish are there. Head out Manasquan Inlet, hang a right, go down to the 2nd water tower (White) and fish between the beach and out to 40’… Danny

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 7/30/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 73
Information : What a weekend! Thought nothing could be worse than yesterday..wrong!! Perfect, just enough wind against the tide all day. Fished the channels, in-between, down the beach, back up to the North, back to the channels...the real kick to add insult to injury is, we finally got a little drift at 1:15!!! Just in time to come home....Tommorow should be perfect, not many customers, a great drift and I'm sure the fish will bite their A#$#@ off!!! Bluefishing last night was excellant, 3 to 4 gaffs going all the time. Nice group of people, great bite...doesn't get any better than that. We are Chartered Tuesday Morning...capt.ron

Angler Name : mike
E-Mail : msclaf6503@aol.com
Boat Name: seven seize
Date Fished: 7/29-7/30
Location: hudson
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 115lb
Bait or Lure: live squid
Water Depth: 1800
Water Temp.: 78
Information : First chunking trip successful as we found fish in deep. Drifting over 500 fathom with parachute,crew went 3 for 5 on big allisons. Also caught and released small mako and sword and added 7 longfin on troll.

Angler Name : rich copeman
E-Mail : cap.copeman@verizon.net
Boat Name: tricia
Date Fished: 7-30=06
Location: 4-5 miles offshore
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17=22 in
Bait or Lure: squid,killies,sand eels
Water Depth: 55-70ft
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Best fluke fishing this season, nice and fat, as many keepers as throw backs

Angler Name : kevin cole
E-Mail :
Boat Name: fattys and flattys
Date Fished: 7-30
Location: rariran bay
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 1/2 -6 lbs
Bait or Lure: peanuts
Water Depth: 30-50
Water Temp.: warm
Information : fished in the bay sunday never left this one area ended up with 24 keepers for 3 guys we had ten fish over 5lbs outstanding fishing for a change had a three fish total of 16.14 lbs for the tourny not sure if the weight held up never the less good fishing

Angler Name : jeff
E-Mail :
Boat Name: bite back
Date Fished: 7-30
Location: spencer
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 45lbs
Bait or Lure: bars
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 77
Information : fished the 50 line out near the spencer. had several skippies, 1 for 1 on yft, and 2 gaffer dolphin. the skippies liked everything, the yft, a green bar, and the dolphin, skirted bally. heard some other reports of some lft and yft, but not a red hot bite, just ok.

Angler Name : Tom Novak
E-Mail : Thomasnov.03@sunymaritime.edu
Boat Name: S. T. Barb
Date Fished: 7/29/06
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15"-21"
Bait or Lure: strip baits and killies
Water Depth: 25-80ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Started out in the channels, only had shorts and not many of them. Worked all over the ocean, no hot bite. Ran into the bay for a final stop and found fish. Ended up with 10 keepers for 2 people, had 3 fish weighing 3lbs.

Angler Name : Capt.ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 7/29/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 74
Information : You just had to know that, with a good incoming tide until 12:00, the wind would be WEST!!! Terrible conditions for drifting. Stoped on the edge of the channel, right next to a buoy, watched the current run hard and the boat sat still. Tried a few other areas waiting for the change. Finaly started to pick some fish around 12:30...just not enough to save the day....Couldn't get any where near where I wanted to fish in the AM with the Fluke tornament going on...what a mess! capt.ron

Angler Name : MIKE DISEMONE,CARMINE SEMIOLI,NEL SEMIOLI
E-Mail : sales@sweetiecharters.com
Boat Name: Sweetie
Date Fished: 07/29/2006
Location: GLORY HOLE/CHICKEN CANYON
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 125 TO 130
Bait or Lure: LBUE FISH
Water Depth: 180 Feet
Water Temp.: 72 Degrees
Information : The Luppino Charter consisting of Peter Luppino, Mike Disemone, Carmine Semioli, and Nel Semioli. Had Sweetie off the coast of Glory Hole and Chicken Canyon Drifting for Shark. The water depth was 180 feet with a water temperature of 72 degrees. Captains Brian Perry and Steve Dallaportass indicated the crew had a great day, catching 3 Mako Sharks releasing one at around 100 LBS.

Angler Name : kurt
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 7/29/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18'' to 27''
Bait or Lure: spearing & squid & silver sides
Water Depth: 44' to 54'
Water Temp.: 74.5 to 78
Information : Drift was slow, water was stained, put heavy weights on and bounced hard off bottom over small areas big fish slammed baits. limited out on fish over 20" 2 guys on boat, threw back fish 16 1/2 and up to 19" lots of shorts too. Great day of fishing

Angler Name : J Messina
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Black Betty
Date Fished: July 29
Location: Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 100 Lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker, bluefish, ling
Water Depth: 250 ft
Water Temp.: 79 degrees
Information : Fished with Bud McArthur on his boat Splinter today, with Phil Vitello, Rob Gossweiler, and Mark Roy. We had 2 blue sharks, one around 200#, one around 60#. We also released 2 makos, one around 50#, the other around 75#, we kept the third one around 100#. Ocean was rough at first, but the chop settled out. We still had big swells off shore near 10 ft, but they were far apart and no problem. Great day offshore.

Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Date Fished: 07/29/2006
Location: NORTH OF SR INLET
Fishing Method: DRIFT
Specie: Fluke
Size: SHORTS
Bait or Lure: SPEARS
Water Depth: 15-50
Water Temp.: 71
Information : FISHED NUMEROUS SPOTS NORTH OF SR INLET AND COULD NOT GET ANYTHING GOING. A FEW SHORTS, SHARKS AND SKATES. ONE OF THE WORST DAYS OF FLUKING I CAN REMEMBER. GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!

Angler Name : Peterooster
E-Mail : fphsr@optonline.net
Boat Name: Roosters
Date Fished: 7-29-2006
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18½"
Bait or Lure: Killies and strips
Water Depth: 11' to 15'
Water Temp.:
Information : Tom and I fished various spots around Sandy Hook Bay this morning, a couple of keeper Fluke here and there, no real pockets of fish. Areas we fished that didn't produce early on did produce a couple hours later. It would seem that the fish are moving about. No Bluefish to annoy us and the ever-present Sea Robins were everywhere. Still many Blueclaw crabs coming up with the fish baited hooks. Killies did better than anything else, even Tom's Sea Robin belly strips. We had a total of five keeper Fluke up to 18½" and one keeper crab in my crab hotel. I am trying out new bait for the crabs, cow tendons; they are really tough and long lasting. Time will tell if they work. Tom filleted four Fluke for some guys from Pennsylvania, glad to help out, thanks for the two beers guys. PETE

Angler Name : Jim Moore & Daughter Stacey
E-Mail : JIM5NJ@optonline.net
Boat Name: Capt. Ron's FISHERMAN
Date Fished: 7/29/06 night
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Bluefish
Size:
Bait or Lure: bunker chunks
Water Depth: 30-50 feet
Water Temp.:
Information : As usual on the Fisherman we hammered blues all night till the last line came in. All aboard went home with plenty of fish. Frankie and the mates were superb!!!!

Angler Name : Werner & Wolfgang Sprie
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 07/29/2006
Location: Off Long Branch
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Up to 14 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Ava 47's
Water Depth: 70 Ft.
Water Temp.: 72 Degrees
Information : Werner & Wolfgang Sprie were on board the Bounty Hunter for a day of Bluefishing. Capt. Paul started off for the Mud Buoy with the intent to chum for the fish but ran into a massive school of large top feeding Blues off Long Branch. The game plan quickly changed over to Jigging. The Blues were all large fish with most going 8 to 10 lbs. and some reaching 14 lbs. The 2 man charter jigged and released over 50 big Blues on Ava 47's and in the process had over a dozen Jigs bit off. After the bite slowed we moved inshore for a few hours of Fluke fishing where we boxed a half dozen keepers up to 4 lbs. along with a half dozen Seabass. Over 25 short Fluke were released. I still have days available in August. Want to get in on the great fishing? Give me a call at 732-323-8700

Angler Name : Dave
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Solty Dog
Date Fished: 7-29-06
Location: Manasquan
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18" - 19"
Bait or Lure: Squid/Spearing/Peanut bunker
Water Depth: 40 - 70 ft.
Water Temp.: 66 - 70
Information : Started on Sea Girt lumps, nothing. Moved out to Manasquan Ridge, nothing. Even tryed trolling,nothing, not marking bait or fish. Moved toward shore stopping in 70 ft. water. Picked up two keeper fluke. Only caught seven shorts all day. Slow.

Angler Name : Greg Casala
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: July 29
Location: Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Sharking
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 60 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bluefish/Mahi-mahi
Water Depth: 230 ft
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Capt Bernie hosted the Greg Casal charter from Clark NJ for a day of Shark fishing. We made two drifts in the Glory Hole during the day and the first drift was uneventful. Before setting up on the second drift we jigs some pots and caught a Mahi-mahi for bait. The charter caught a Mako about 60 lbs on a bluefish fillet on the second drift which was released.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 7/27/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Fished the ocean again today, had the last of the incoming tide...not much current thou. Had a few fish on each drift, not the start we had the past 3 days. Had to wait for the outgoing...right at slack for the second day in a row..8 pounder! Fish was caught by Jeff Dellapiazza, Summit N.J. Yesterdays 8 pounder was caught by Gregg Fox, North Hampton, PA...Naturally as the current ran harder, the south wind blew just as hard making for tough conditions. Still spend 95% of the day in the ocean...Ended up with a very nice catch of fish....4 nice days in a row, Am I dreaming??? CaptRon

Angler Name : Steve
E-Mail : ghssteve62@aolcom
Boat Name: worldcat
Date Fished: July 26 2006
Location: Manasquan Ridge To Klondike
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: About 3 pounds
Bait or Lure: Silver Mann 25
Water Depth: 20 feet
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Picked up a little false albacore and a couple of larger bluefish trolling about 3 miles north of the Manasquan Ridge on the way to the Klondike. No action at the Ridge or Klondike, but in between you run into the fish.

Angler Name : Brian McFadden
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 07/26/2006
Location: 17 Fathoms
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Up to 10 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 115 Ft.
Water Temp.: 73 Degrees
Information : Brian McFadden and his family were on board the Bounty Hunter for some Bluefish & Fluke action. Capt. Paul checked out the Farms and came up empty. We saw nothing at 17 Fathoms and the Mud Buoy held no life. A call from the party boat Brooklyn that he located some Blues back at 17 saved the day. We made the short ride back from the Mud and had a slow pick on the Blues. The charter kept 8 and released a few more before we switched over to Fluke fishing inshore. We had 2 good drifts putting 8 keepers in the box while releasing over 40 shorts. The largest Fluke weighed in at 4 1/2 lbs. August is Fluke & Blue month. Looking to go? Give me a call at 732-323-8700

Angler Name : Capt. Charles Martino
E-Mail : njtackle@aol.com
Boat Name: Light Tackle
Date Fished: 7/26/06
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 10 lbs.
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : 7/26/06 I fished today with Diane Bade. We had fluke up to ten pounds. 2 in the 7's and numbers of 4 and 5 lbs.- 14 keepers altogether.Big fluke are in.

Angler Name : Larry, Keith, Mark and A.J.
E-Mail : ladyofamerica@comcast.net
Boat Name: Antonia
Date Fished: 7/26/06
Location: Little Italy
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Spreaders, Ballyhoo, ceaders
Water Depth: 140
Water Temp.: 75 to 77
Information : We found a pod of Dolphin at the tip and trolled up 2 Mahi. Heading to the Mud hole along the deeper water we found a ton of pots with Mahi under most pots. We trolled and chunked 9 Mahi, great for dinner. No Tuna in sight.

Angler Name : Matt Cerino
E-Mail : info@canyonrunner.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 25-26
Location: Lindy
Fishing Method: Overnighter
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 20-30 Pounds
Bait or Lure: Canyon Runner Squid Spreader Bars and Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 50-100 Fathoms
Water Temp.: 81
Information : Captains Phil Dulanie and Mark DeCabia along with mate Mike Gallo had the Matt Cerino charter out on the Canyon Runner for a Tuesday/Wednesday overnighter. The ride out right into the teeth of a 20 knot SE wind was not fun and they did not get to the Lindencohl until 8:30pm so they went right to the chunk. They had more squid then they’ve seen in years and ended up filling a cooler with them. In addition they pulled a dozen mahi out of the slick but had no tuna bites. Up on the troll at 5am they quickly went 3 for 3 on 20-30 pound yellowfin at the Lindy and then worked off to the deep where they pulled 3 big longfin in the 50-55 pound class. Unfortunately the third longfin did not make it in the boat as a huge tiger shark got it instead. They worked that area for a while and they moved inshore where they did a couple more singles on yellowfin and then went 7 for 9 again on 20-30 pound yellowfin and missed a white. The tuna ate Canyon Runner 9 Inch Rainbow Bars and Ballyhoo.

Angler Name : Danny
E-Mail : dpf0225@comcast.net
Boat Name: CastAway
Date Fished: 7/26/06
Location: Manasquan Inlet to Barnegat Inlet
Fishing Method: Drifting, Jigging
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12-18"
Bait or Lure: killies, squid
Water Depth: 30-50"
Water Temp.: 64 to 71
Information : I took my brother-in-law Larry, and a couple other friends out flukin' today... Had planned to start at DCC and venture out later, but heard some 2nd hand reports of good catches in 70' of water off Pt. Pleasant yesterday, so started outside Manasquan Inlet at 8AM... Followed some Party boats and they all headed South. I thought they were headed for the Axel Carson Reef, but they all stopped just west of the reef in 50' of water. Water temp on top was 70 degrees and bottom was 50... Picked away at shorts, doggies and skates and then headed closer in off Mantoloking - same thing there. Took a ride to Ortley beach and tried there - same thing... headed to Seaside and was surprised to see the water drop there to 64 degrees. Mostly short fluke there... Around 11:30AM headed for the bathing beach at IBSP and saw some boats out at the 45' mark - temp there was back up to 71 degrees on top... A lot of healthy activity there and put two fluke at 18" in the box... All in all had about 30 short fluke for the day and another 30 mixed junkfish. Came in Barnegat Inlet at 2PM... An absolutely fabulous day on the water - no complaints from anyone - seas were 1- 2 and we had a good drift most of the time. By far the best spot to keep an eye on was the IBSP Bathing beach - if you're going out in the next couple of days - try there. I have to add - there were innumerable pods of bunker popping up with Blues underneath - up and down the entire coast - most of the blues that we saw were 2-3lbs today.

Angler Name : Tom Novak
E-Mail : Thomasnov.03@sunymaritime.edu
Boat Name: S.T. Barb
Date Fished: 7/25/06
Location: raritan bay
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14"- 5lb 2oz
Bait or Lure: strip baits and killies
Water Depth: 14-40ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Started out on by the ammo pier, things were very slow. Couldn't fish the ocean this afternoon so we worked the bay. Slow fishing till the last hour when we finally found some keepers. Ended the day with 8 keepers, the largest going 5lb 2oz.

Angler Name : Joe Borofskio
E-Mail : info@canyonrunner.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 24-25
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Overnighter
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 100 - 120 Pounds
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo & Squid
Water Depth: 1000 Fathoms
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and Captain Mark DeCabia along with mate Mike Zajac took the Joe Borofski charter out to the Hudson Canyon Monday and despite leaving late due to one of the charter being late they still found some fish that evening after putting the lines in the water at 4:30pm. They started on the edge and started trolled to the deep where Offshore Satelite Services had some nice water. Half way there they ran over a couple 100 pound yellowfin and got one and missed one. They ate ballyhoo. They worked that area a little then kept moving east to where they missed another tuna and nailed a nice white marlin on a bonita plug and picked a mahi. They set up on the drift right where they missed the last tuna and a shortly thereafter got their first tuna bite of the night on the chunk. They quickly put a 110 pound yellowfin in the boat, lost a 130 pounder at the boat and boat another 100+ pounder right after. The action took place between 10pm and 11:30pm. They did not have another bite and were up on the troll at 4:30am looking for a shot of longfin or big-eye but nothing came up. They did miss another white right before heading home.

Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Date Fished: 07/25/2006
Location: NORTH OF SR INLET
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: SHORTS
Bait or Lure: spears
Water Depth: ASSORTED
Water Temp.: 67
Information : 1ST TRIP IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. HEADED OUT IN THE AFTERNOON AND GOT POUNDED BY THE SOUTH WIND. CHOSE TO STAY CLOSE AND DRIFTED THE BEACH BETWEEN BRADLEY AND DEAL. DECENT ACTION WITH SHORTS - NO KEEPERS. GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS!!!

Angler Name : JMessina/NZarrra
E-Mail : makomaniac2001@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Black Betty
Date Fished: 7/25
Location: Glory Hole
Fishing Method: chumming
Specie: Thresher Shark
Size: 350-400
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: 250
Water Temp.: 7
Information : this turned out to be a good day in what has been a lousy year for me so far. Hooked a huge thresher in the glory hole, had him at the boat in 1 hour, had him circling there for 15 -20 minutes, but could only get the tip of his tail out of the water. Watched him swim in a circle below the boat before finally making a dash for the rear motors. Just like that he was free. 30 minutes later boated a nice mako. Had to come in early thank glad we did, it was rough out there. A 25 contender is fun, but sometimes it's just not enough.

Angler Name : capt.ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 7/25/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Headed to the ocean first thing today. Caught the last hour of incoming tide. Had fish on 4 nice drifts, more keepers than shorts...for a change! Slack didn't produce too much, moved further up the channel to catch the outgoing..as the tide ran harder the wind from the South blew harder!! Figures...Still, great too see some fish out there, had our first ones of the season in the deep!!! Ended up back on the knoll for the last hour, not much there, a couple shorts. Good thing for the bite in the AM, it's great to get out of the bay. capt.ron

Angler Name : Capt Charles Martino
E-Mail : njtackle@aol.com
Boat Name: Light Tackle
Date Fished: 7/18-7/22-7/25
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 3 to 10 pounds
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : July 18th with the Reel Seat Tackle Shop, Dave, John and Scott. We had 18 keepers, largest was 10lbs.1 oz. Lots of 6 and 7 lbs. fluke. July 22nd, Bad weather- 11 keepers - up to 7 lbs.Mark Habel charter. July 25th. fished with Tom Grant charter; Tim from Tennessee, Alan Gooding, Carl and Tom. 17 keeper fluke- largest 8lb.7 oz. - numbers of 5's and 6's plus a good catch of huge Sea Bass. Tim Grant caught a 24" Sea Bass plus other smaller ones. Now is the time to catch your Doormat Fluke! Getting better every day.

Angler Name : Joe Stallings
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: July 25
Location: Farms
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10-12 lb
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 100 ft
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Capt Bernie hosted the Joe Stallings charter from Pocono, Pa for a combination Bluefish/Fluke trip. Anchoring on the Farms produced solid action with 10-12 lb blues. The charter was in release mode by 9:30 am and decided to go fluking at 11 am. Drifting in the red church area also produced solid action with mostly short fluke but the charter did manage a 4 1/2 lb 23" keeper along with one other and two Sea Bass.

Angler Name : Kevin Jacobsen
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 07/25/2006
Location: The Farms
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Up to 12 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 105 Ft.
Water Temp.: 72 Degrees
Information : The Kevin Jacobsen family from Illinois was on the Bounty Hunter and Capt. Paul ran out to the Farms. The Bluefish bite started off slow but after an hour of heavy chunking we finally gathered the Blues under the boat. Kevin and his family boated 20 Blues up to 12 lbs. and released as many before switching over to Fluke fishing inshore. Drifting off Monmouth Beach we put 2 keepers in the boat while releasing several shorts. When the South wind came on at noon the Fluke fishing was over and we called it a day. Interested in Blues, Fluke or Shark? I am now booking for August. Call me at 732-323-8700

Angler Name : kevin cole
E-Mail :
Boat Name: fattys and flattys
Date Fished: 7-25-06
Location: raritan bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 8.21 lbs
Bait or Lure: live killies
Water Depth: 45 ft
Water Temp.: 75.5
Information : fished close to the dock came up with 3 keepers made a move towards the hook in deep water had outstanding fluking for about 3 hours until wind picked up limet for two , biggest weighing in at 8.21 lbs caught 16 keepers with only 5 throwbacks

Angler Name : joe
E-Mail : jomarweiss@aol.com
Boat Name: fish&fun
Date Fished: 7/25
Location: raritan bay
Fishing Method: drifted
Specie: Fluke
Size: 161/2 to 19
Bait or Lure: spearing squid
Water Depth: 20to40
Water Temp.: 70
Information : fished the triangle and caught 3 keepers

Angler Name : Joey and Frank
E-Mail : josephtryan@comcast.net
Boat Name: Dee's Nutz
Date Fished: 7/24
Location: Barnegat IBSP
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Bluefish
Size:
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 35 to 60 FT
Water Temp.: 69 deg
Information : HUGE Schools of Bunker off the Beaches but Nothing folowing them and nothing underneath. Windy and drift was against the wind. Try again saturday.

Angler Name : Capt. Kevin Delanoy
E-Mail : kevin@missmargiefishingcharters.com
Boat Name: MISS MARGIE
Date Fished: 7-24-06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 4lbs
Bait or Lure: killie/bluefish
Water Depth: 50-60
Water Temp.: 72
Information : A perfect weather day on the water made up for the lack of keeper fluke.It seemed like most of the fish were just short of the legal limit making for much frustration having to let go so many fish and keeping so few,but that's fishing ,maybe tomorrow it will be the other way around.

Angler Name : Frank
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Music man
Date Fished: 7/24/06
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18"
Bait or Lure: Killy\ Squid
Water Depth: 25-30
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished TC bouy and the tip of the hook caught 30 fluke total with seven keepers lots of searobins good drifting conditions until the wind came up out of the south and couldn't hold bottom. Did better then we thought trew lots of 15.5-16" fluke back its a shame

Angler Name : Angelo Melchiori
E-Mail : captpaul@boutyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 07/24/2006
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: Up to 7 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Squid & Spearing
Water Depth: 20 to 40 Ft.
Water Temp.: 71 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had Angelo Melchiori and his son Angelo Jr. on board the Bounty Hunter for a day of Fluke fishing. A few stops in the AM along the beach off Asbury and Deal only produced a handful of shorts. We found the Fluke spread out pretty good off Monmouth Beach and the 2 man charter landed 12 keepers the largest a 7 Lb. Fluke caught by Angelo Jr. They also released over 2 dozen shorts. August is Fluke and Bluefish time. Anyone wanting to get in on the great fishing give me a call at 732-323-8700

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 7/24/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Fished the ocean all day today, finally! Started out with slack water, picked a few fish right away. Still some sharks around, I guess there here forever. Current started to ebb pretty good, so we covered alot of ground. Picked away all day, shorts, keepers and a few nicer fish again. Pool fish would have been 5 pounds, had the customer gone in it. Winner just made 4 pounds...Still not great fishing, but much better than what its been. Water temp finaly back into the 70's, with plenty of bait around. Got a chance to fish myself today, with the lack of customers....now I have to cook!! capt.ron

Angler Name : Mel and Joe
E-Mail : e. Brunswick
Boat Name: Ocean Explorer
Date Fished: 7/24/06
Location: Off Deal - Long Branch
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 10 lb.
Bait or Lure: squid and spearing
Water Depth: 40 ft.
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Mel was the pool winner with the 10 lb. fluke. Joe had two nice fluke in the 3 lb. range. Also caught some nice size sea bass.Pool winner was worth $225 and the largest fish so far on this boat. Captain and crew did a good job getting over the fish.

Angler Name : Vincent
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 7/22/06
Location: Farms
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10lb
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 102
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Vincent and Carmen brothers and family were aboard the Megan Beth. Seopping at the farms it was a slow pick till the tide started moving then it was non stop action on Blues. Filling two coolers we were on our way home as the seas were picking up. Carmen was the high hook with 22 bluefish.

Angler Name : Michael Alejandro
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 07/22/2006
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Up to 12 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 120 Ft.
Water Temp.: 70 Degrees
Information : The Michael Alejandro charter was on board the Bounty Hunter and Capt. Paul made his way to the edge of the Mud Hole. Despite the 20 Knot SW wind the Blues were eager to cooperate. We had our first fish on within a few minutes and they never stopped biting. The charter landed over 70 Blues up to 12 lbs. keeping 32 and releasing the others. A brief stop inshore to drift for Fluke proved futile as the increasing wind along with the rain put an end to the fishing. All we managed was several shorts.

Angler Name : Peterooster
E-Mail : fphsr@optonline.net
Boat Name: Roosters
Date Fished: 7-22-2006
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: shorts to 19½"
Bait or Lure: Killies and strips
Water Depth: 11' to 15'
Water Temp.:
Information : Tom and I did not fish last week due to some work related issues I had. Today with the forecast storms, Tom and I decided to get one day of fishing in by staying close to homeport. We fished the South East corner of Sandy Hook Bay moving from spot to spot trying to find some legal size Fluke. There were plenty of small Blueclaw crabs to annoy us and steal our baits, we have never seen this many in this part of the bay. The calico crabs have all but disappeared from the area. Tom managed to find two keeper Fluke to 19½". I got one. There were very few Sea Robins (Tom likes to use them for strip bait) and no yellow-eyed demons to bother us. The bay was flat with light winds and an occasional rainstorm. After tying up at the slip it poured. Very few boats out today. PETE (°_)°)

Angler Name : Capt. Darren
E-Mail : CaptainDarren@newjerseycharterboat.com
Boat Name: MaryLou Crew
Date Fished: 7/22/06
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17 to 18 inches
Bait or Lure: everything
Water Depth: 22
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Capt. Darren and mate Phil Mancini had a 6 person charter on board from East Hanover, NJ. We drifted all the usual spots in the bay and had several shorts. We made one move just outside the hook and finally found some keepers. We stayed on that drift for the rest of the day right up until the drift changed. All in all not a bad day, but again to many shorts.

Angler Name :
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: July 22,2006
Location: myers hole and double creek channel
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: minnow and scented squid strips
Water Depth: 10-30
Water Temp.: 70-78
Information : Got out by 7 am but double creek was packed to the gills so went over to myers hole and picked up a sea robin. I also saw my friend Dave Degennaro of the Hi Flier shrimping for weakies and we talked to him and he said he was killing the weakies. he was only there for about 20 minutes and he had 5 big fish and about 10 shorts. So anyway we decided to hit the ocean looking for blues and maybe just maybe a striper. Did find bunker schools big ones and trolled for about 20 minutes nothing. So we heard these 2 boats on the radio saying there was a hot fluking bite going on in double creek. So we got there right and it was mobbed it was like the Parkway in rush hour. So we drifted for about 20 minutes had 4 hits but couldn't bring them up. Saw people catching like crazy blues weaks and of course fluke. Saw a whole boat of people like 6 or 7 hooked up on fluke right next to me. Thinking about heading to the ridge next weekend Just wanting to know what is biting out there. TIGHT LINES!!!!

Angler Name : roy
E-Mail : rauert4@msn.com
Boat Name: lions mane
Date Fished: 7/22/06
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: to 16 3/8"
Bait or Lure: fluke ball + spearing
Water Depth: 18-20'
Water Temp.: 74 to 76
Information : With the wind blowing 10 to 20 out of SW stayed close to launch ramp. Got caught in one downpour(11:30am) and went in at 4:30 before the next one. Had a slow pick of shorts all day with the biggest only 1/8 of an inch short of being a keeper.

Angler Name : Capt.Kevin Delanoy
E-Mail : kevin@missmargiefishingcharters.com
Boat Name: MISS MARGIE
Date Fished: 7-21-06
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 3lbs
Bait or Lure: killie/squid
Water Depth: 6-13'
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Today we fished in the bay for fluke thinking it was going to blow hard from the south and it did,much earlier than predicted.It was a good choice as we had a decent catch of fish in the Oyster Creek channel and some other deep cuts. Most fish were caught by power difting against the tide.We ended the day with six keeper fluke and twice as many shorts.

Angler Name : Bob Bartlett
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 7/21/06
Location: Seabright
Fishing Method: chum
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 12lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Ran up to seabright with the Bob Bartlett charter, and found the blues biting immediately before the chum even hit the water. During the bluefish bite we were surprised by a 29lb striper that hit a bunker chunk and was brought in after a lenghty battle. Boated over 60 blues for the morning and headed in early.

Angler Name : JEFF
E-Mail : HOOKEYE7@MSN.COM
Boat Name: HOOKEYE
Date Fished: 7/19/2006
Location: MANASQUAN RIVER
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 1/2-19
Bait or Lure: BUCKTAILS/BLUEFISH STRIPS
Water Depth: 8-15
Water Temp.: 74
Information : FISHED FROM 8-4PM WITH ONLY 4 KEEPERS AND ABOUT 30 THROWBACKS, STARTED TO HEAD IN AND PASSED A GUY FISHING WITH HIS SON IN A LITTLE RED BOAT, IN FRONT OF CLARKS LANDING IN THE MANASQUAN AND ASKED HOW THE FISHING WAS, HE SAID TREMONDOUS, WE STOP AND FISHED FROM 4-7:30PM AND GOT 12 MORE KEEPERS, WITH ABOUT 10 MORE THROWBACKS. GLAD THE GUY TOLD US THE FISHING WAS GREAT. FINALLY LIMITED OUT!!!!! TIGHT LINES

Angler Name : Barry Wiwigac
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 7/19/06
Location: North of Manasquan
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 4lbs
Bait or Lure: Squid Spearing
Water Depth: 40-60 foot
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Barry Wiwigac and family were aboard the Megan beth for a day of Fluke fishing. First stopping on some bunker schools we had plenty of bunker but no bass under them. Fishing numerous spots we managed 8 keeper fluke and about 75 shorts.

Angler Name : Jim Belanger
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 07/19/2006
Location: 17 Fathoms
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Up to 9 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 105 Ft.
Water Temp.: 78 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Jim Belanger charter from RJB Plumbing on board the Bounty Hunter to fish the Annual Jack Meyer Memorial Tournament. We started off up on 17 Fathoms where we had non stop drop & reel fishing for Blues up to 9 lbs. The charter kept 15 fish and released over 75 more. Moving inshore to the Monmouth Beach area we spent a few hours Fluke fishing We had over 4 dozen shorts but put 5 keepers in the box, the largest of which came in at just under 4 1/2 lbs.

Angler Name : Capt Jay
E-Mail :
Boat Name: The Cats Ass
Date Fished: 7/18-7/19
Location: highlands
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15"- 19"
Bait or Lure: killies
Water Depth: 13-50
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Started out the day at the reach. Lots of small fish, caught 50 threw back 51 moved to the beach better fish some keepers, went to deeper water not as much action but bigger fish. lots of small blues mixed in and some sea bass. nice two days had 10 keepsers 4 guys

Angler Name : Capt Mike
E-Mail :
Boat Name: F-Troop
Date Fished: 07/19/06
Location: Atl Highlands
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 14" - 17"
Bait or Lure: Squid/Kelly comb
Water Depth: 19 to 30 feet
Water Temp.: 69.1
Information : Ran down the beach past the Highlands Bridge. Ocean was flat and not much of a drift. We picked up a couple short fluke and some large skates. Our last stop was back inside the bay which produced nothing. Most of the action was down the beach. Our total count was 20 fluke (1 keeper 17"), one Bluefish (4 lbs) and 6 Skates we also had 2 bite offs (probably Bluefish) Overall a nice day on the water.

Angler Name : Mike Walso
E-Mail : info@canyonrunner.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 19
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 20-45
Bait or Lure: Canyon Runner Squid Spreader Bars and Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 50-100 Fathoms
Water Temp.: 81
Information : Captains Phil Dulanie and Mark DeCabia along with Mike Zajac took the Mike Walsh charter out to the Hudson Canyon on Wednesday to look for a better bite of tuna a little closer to home. They left behind the string of thunderstorms that came through Tuesday night and made a slow treck to 3 miles west of the bombs where they put them in the water at 6:30am. They trolled across to the east wall down to the elbow and out to the 100-square without a bite. They decided to give the west wall a look over and crossing over right at the tip of the 500 fathom line they had an 8 bagger of yellowfin putting 6 in the boat between 20 and 45 pounds. They obviously hit everything and 3 were 30-40 pounds 2 were 20 pounds and 1 was released as a short. They did not produce again dispite working that area for an hour and then worked over to the west wall to drift for tiles where the pulled just one. They went back on the troll and right at the west elbow had another shot of half a dozen fish but not one of them stayed on the line. They did see the fish come up on the flat lines during that second shot and they were 40 pound fish.

Angler Name : cap Jay V
E-Mail : acevpetdic@aol.com
Boat Name: Searay Fisher
Date Fished: 7/19/06
Location: Raritan bay
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 20'
Bait or Lure: secret sauce
Water Depth: 40ft
Water Temp.: 70s
Information : Started out snagging bunker in the harbor, all over the place had a couple of Big Blues, decided to go school some fluke, no bites all morning, dead. 2:00pm in the afternoon it turned on big time,my friend and I schooled, had keepers on every drift. total fluke 8 keepers all over 17'and a mess of cocktail blues. water was flat most of the day. around 3:30pm wind against the tide made for a rough ride back. great day all in all.

Angler Name : dan boylan
E-Mail : danboylan1951@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Bay Lady
Date Fished: 7/16/06
Location: raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: short
Bait or Lure: killie/squid
Water Depth: 10/15
Water Temp.:
Information : fished all over south side of Staten Island.the flats between great kills and annadale. Oakward beach and New Dorp beach. we boated quiet a few fluke put all shorts no keepers today.Guess I've gotta go out by Sandy Hook more, there seems to be better reports. If N.Y. had the same regulations as N.J.we would have had 8 keepers.

Angler Name : Abe Coban
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 07/16/06
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Up to 12 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker & Mackeral
Water Depth: 130 Ft.
Water Temp.: 70 Degrees
Information : The Abe Coban charter was on board the Bounty Hunter today and got in on the good Bluefishing which is taking place out in the Mud Hole. Capt. Paul had the Blues going within a few minutes of anchoring and the 4 man charter proceeded to box up a limit catch of Blues up to 12 lbs. If anyone would like to get in on the some great Bluefishing, I still have a few days open in August. You can give me a call at 732-323-8700.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 7/16/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 67-68
Information : Very tough conditions again today with wind against the tide. Just enough to screw us up no matter where we went. Fished off the Highlands again, power drifting to get some movement. Loads of scates along with short fluke. Managed a handfull of keepers by days end, nothing to brag about. After the nice fish yesterday, today was a dissapointment.....Last nights Bluefishing trip was NG either, Maybe a dozen fish for a boatload of customers. Tonight's fishing so far is 100% better, a nice steady pick of 5 to 8 pound fish. Chartered this week Tues, Wends., Friday and Saturday AM Trips...........capt.ron

Angler Name : Jack Singh
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Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 7/16/06
Location: seabright to long branch
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 3lbs
Bait or Lure: clam/squid
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Tried fluking with the Jack Singh group this morning but we could not find anything of keeper size near the beaches. Moving offshore to the rough bottom we found a pick of ling and seabass. The water must still be pretty cold on the bottom for the ling to be present. wound up with a mixed bag of 30 ling and seabass.

Angler Name : Angelo
E-Mail : one24ang@verizon.net
Boat Name: She's A Keeper
Date Fished: 07-16-06
Location: Just north of Spring Lake
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17 -19
Bait or Lure: Killie
Water Depth: 30'
Water Temp.:
Information : Good fishing day! We took home 7 Fluke between 16.5 and 19. All on Killie in 30 feet. We caught a ton shorts 15 - 16 in 20 feet.

Angler Name : daisy dukes
E-Mail : franksoos@comcast.net
Boat Name: last chance
Date Fished: 07162006
Location: farrington lake (carteret/toms)
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 80 lbs
Bait or Lure: hoarsies
Water Depth: 50 fathom line
Water Temp.: 77
Information : Fished out on the lake, 2 nice 40's and a couple mahi. The rats were sitiing right off the pots. Ended the day with an 80 lb yellowfin turned the trip right around. Should have hit an eyeball ,but danny forgot his daisy dukes.

Angler Name : Paul Stevenson
E-Mail : info@canyonrunner.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 16
Location: Wilmington
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 20-50 pounds
Bait or Lure: Canyon Runner Squid Spreader Bars and Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 79
Information : Captains Phil Dulanie and Mark DeCabia and mate Mike Gallo took the Paul Stevenson charter back out to the Spencer Canyon on Sunday and tried to stay away from the crowd while working just inshore of the edge most of the morning. Up on the troll at 4:30am they started to pick fish in around the 50 fathom line and missed a couple and landed a couple before the bite shut off around 9am. It was by no means a hot bite as they only put 4 yellwofin in the boat but half the fish were solid 50 pounders. Most of the fish ate ballyhoo and Canyon Runner Jets. They did not get another bite after 9am.

Angler Name : CAPT. BRUCE MILLER
E-Mail : CPTMARLIN1@AOL.COM
Boat Name: MIRAGE
Date Fished: JULY, 16,2006
Location: OFF MANASQUAN INLET
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15 " TO 19"
Bait or Lure: SQUID,SPERRING
Water Depth: 20 - 30 FT.
Water Temp.: 67 TO 68 DEGREES
Information : DID A FLUKE TRIP SUNDAY, 7/16/06. FISHED FOR ONLY THREE HRS. & HAD OVER 80 FLUKE WITH ONLY 2 KEEPERS IN THE 19 TO 20 INCH RANGE. ACTION WAS GOOD BUT THE SIZES WERE NOT ! JOHN CASEY OF EAST BRUNSWICK,NJ HAD 32 THROWBACKS & THE 2 KEEPERS.HAD A COUPLE OF DOZEN ANNOYING SKATES. ALL THE FISH WERE CAUGHT BETWEEN 20 TO 30 FT OF WATER. THE REST OF THE CREW WAS MADE UP OF MYSELF,DAVE & JARRED POLARA. THE WATER TEMP SEEMS TO BE COMING BACK UP AGAIN..IT WAS 68 DEGREES WHEN WE STOPPED FISHING AT 12 NOON!

Angler Name : Steve Evanski
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Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 7/16/06
Location: 13 Miles East of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Chummimg
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10Lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 105
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Steve Evanski was aborad the Megan Beth for a day of Blue Fishing. Stopping 13 miles East of Manasquan we were able to drift as the Ocean was calm. We picked Bluefish all day. Filling two coolers we were on are way home. Beautiful day on the water.

Angler Name : Capt.Kevin Delanoy
E-Mail : kevin@missmargiefishingcharters.com
Boat Name: MISS MARGIE
Date Fished: 7-16-06
Location: GSN REEF
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 3lbs
Bait or Lure: clams/crabs
Water Depth: 75
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Today was another day of flat calm sea's,a slight breeze early held us over the wreck for about an hour. This was the only good shot at the sea bass and blackfish and we did very well during that time. The rest of the day was just a pick,we found out later that some huge bluefish had invaded the wrecks chasing most of the wreck dwellers into concealment. We realized this after catshing a good number of them on surface poppers while we were still on the anchor.Nice calm day but very hot.

Angler Name : Ernie & Terry
E-Mail : pulcinim@aiov.com
Boat Name: smoker
Date Fished: 7-16
Location: raritan bay
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 20in
Bait or Lure: killie squid and shark strips
Water Depth: 8 to 25
Water Temp.: 69 to 75
Information : Another good,got 10 keepers.Fished around the ammo pier and in the channel in front of trailer park next to sandy hook marina.Dogfish syrips work good,about the only thing they are good for.

Angler Name : patrick collins
E-Mail : patrick6491@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 71606
Location: white bridge port monmouth cove
Fishing Method: just messing with a fluke rig
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: fluke rig
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : i was about to go home when i got 2 bluefish, funny

Angler Name : andrew
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 7/16/06
Location: glory hole to monster ledge
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Dolphin
Size: small
Bait or Lure: variety of trolling lures
Water Depth: 160-280 ft
Water Temp.: 73-75
Information : Only action was one small dolphin landed. Saw 3 turtles, pod of dolphin (mammal), and my friend claims saw a flying fish?

Angler Name : Ted Sislian
E-Mail : 4portia@comcast.net
Boat Name: Eileen S
Date Fished: 7-16-06
Location: Tom's
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 30-50 LBS
Bait or Lure: Green Machine
Water Depth: 420'
Water Temp.: 77
Information : We arrived at 7:15 Trolled until 12:30 and only boated 1 dolphin. At 1:00 we found the fish and boated 15 releasing 5. We hooked a 300+ blue marlin but dropped it. All in all a great day on the water.

Angler Name : Paulie
E-Mail : p_sanford@winebow.com
Boat Name: ON POINT
Date Fished: 7/15-7/16
Location: toms canyon
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 30 -40 lb
Bait or Lure: bars and bally,s
Water Depth: 450
Water Temp.: 76
Information : made the call to go even though the forcast was iffy.left the dock at 11am with Bruce Jay and Lyn had the lines in at 3:30. marking tons of bait, with not a touch. saw some birds and fins in the distance. group of swordfish sunning on top, what a sight. trolled near and had 7 rods go off on the first pass , with only 3 guys in the cockpit.oh boy. made a few more passes and ended with 5 in the box and 2 shorts released. water was like glass . a good start for the season

Angler Name : Jon Murray
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fish Repellent
Date Fished: 7-16-06
Location: Garden State N Reef
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 16"
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 70-75
Water Temp.: 70
Information : I took my Dad and my wife, Linda out for some bottom fishing at the GSN reef. With very little drift we were able to stay over the wrecks but the fish didn't bite well for us. We had 3 keeper seabass and one keeper fluke after 3 hours. On the way back to the inlet we found some monster blues and had a blast catching them on poppers. Weather was perfect and it was really nice to fish with my Dad again!

Angler Name : Jeff
E-Mail : netdeal@erols.com
Boat Name: J2
Date Fished: 7/16/06
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drfit
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16.5 "+
Bait or Lure: squid / spearing
Water Depth: 25-35'
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Fished the incoming Sunday. First drop Ammo pier, hit a big pocket of fish with multiple fish on at once, then died next drift. Then moved all around managing a few keepers in each area to end up with 6 nice fish to 21". It seemed that all fish we kept were in 25-35' feet of water. Nice day on the water.

Angler Name : Papacio, Joe Fratatera, Cj Lotano, Laura Tomalavage
E-Mail : sales@sweetiecharters.com
Boat Name: Sweetie
Date Fished: 07/16/06
Location: Farms
Fishing Method: Farms
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2 to 5 LBS
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 151 Feet
Water Temp.: 68 Degrees
Information : Other Charter Highlights :: Jim Papaccio reports; The Tomalavage Charter consisting of Pete Tomalavage, Joe Fratatera, Cj Lotano, and Laura Tomalavage. Had Sweetie off the coast of New Jersey Chumming at a location called Farms. The water depth was 151 feet with and with a water temperature of 68 degrees. Captain Jim Papaccio indicated the Tomalavage charter limited out early at about 0700 and was back at about 1:00PM. The entire trip was Bluefish madness.

Angler Name : John
E-Mail : jjmelton@meltons.com
Boat Name: MELT-DOWN
Date Fished: 7/16/06
Location: Wilmington
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40lbs.
Bait or Lure: Plastic
Water Depth: 600'
Water Temp.: 81
Information : Went three for three, with a little skipjack and two nice YFT White marlin played with our spread later on in the day but could not hook up. Water was hot from 15 miles out with no temp. breaks, birds, seaweed, nothing out in the canyons. Overall, great day on the water.

Angler Name : Chris
E-Mail : fishtheridge@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: july 16
Location: out of the Barn
Fishing Method: chum troll
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 18 lbs
Bait or Lure: whole bluefish fillet on shark rig
Water Depth: 125
Water Temp.: 76-79
Information : Got bait at the North Ridge. Just a few blues and some bonita The Ridge had sand eels on it. Picked a few fish and headed for the fingers. Saw flying fish 5 miles southeast of the Ridge. Hit the fingers and started sharking. Caught the dolphin in first 20 minutes. He ate a whole bluefish fillet on a shark rig. He hooked himself and started jumping before we relized he had the hook. Had a large school of schoolie mahi under the boat the week before but they would not hit a thing!!! Sharking went bad saw a 6 foot mako circle the boat for 20 minutes and not take a thing. Then a few hours later have a whole bonito hit by a shark, but we failed to get him hooked. NO BLUEFIN SEEN ANYWHERE. Looks like the schoolies are gone. Did mark some large fish on the ridge most likely sharks.

Angler Name : Greg
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Storm Front
Date Fished: 7/16/06
Location: Resor Area
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Dusky Shark
Size: 100lbs
Bait or Lure: Mackeral & Bluefish
Water Depth: 120-160
Water Temp.: 77-80
Information : Tried the same area that has treated us so well the past month. After having a few short bites, we finally got into the sharks. First run off, we simpily missed it, second one we landed & released about 100lb dusky. The next run off was a bigger fish but the line broke at the knot, would of loved to see that one. Our spinning rod set up for bluefish then became the hot rod. We released another 100lb Dusky and the final run off swallowed everything and bit through the mono on the spinning rod. We also had two sharks swim up the slick but did not even look at our offerings and one lonely bluefish. Gorgeous day on the water - calm and a nice breeze and caught some fish. On the way in, we saw school after school of bait on the surface but did not see any bluefin chasing them.

Angler Name : Laura & John
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Tide Runner
Date Fished: 7/16/06
Location: Off Asbury Park
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17.5
Bait or Lure: squid Combo
Water Depth: 15 to 30
Water Temp.: 69
Information : Well the Wife and I caught well Over 100 Short Fluke all just about the same size 15.5 " Only Managed 1 keeper 17.5". all the other were released. Nice day calm seas nice drift and lots of action. And lots of you know whaton the radio! Peace

Angler Name : Danny
E-Mail : dpf0225@comcast.net
Boat Name: CastAway
Date Fished: 7/15/06
Location: off Sea Girt
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15-19"
Bait or Lure: squid, killie
Water Depth: 25-35
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Waited a couple hours for the fog to lift this morning... Left the dock at 9AM and headed out Manasquan Inlet. Had planned to run south to Barnegat Inlet and see what was happening along the beach, but was afraid that the fog would hang around longer in the colder water.. Two friends Bill and John joined me on the trip... Instead, saw a lot of boats up North and the water temp was showing 68 so we decided to try a few drifts between the Inlet and the Sea Girt Rifle Range. While drifting, there were constant scattered bunker pods appearing around the boat with blues feeding, but couldn't scare even one of them up on metal... Everyone was pulling in fluke in 25-35' of water... We had about 15 with only one in the box... Fish are definitely getting bigger - most were 15-16"... Sounded like everyone fishing had 3-6 keepers in the box... With the heat this week - maybe next weekend will be back to normal!... Came back in at 3PM... Danny

Angler Name : Bob Wachtel
E-Mail : geobessal@aol.com
Boat Name: Alkimist
Date Fished: 07/15/2006
Location: monmouth beach
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16"
Bait or Lure: squid/killie
Water Depth: 24 ft
Water Temp.: 66.9
Information : bob wachtel had his wife debbie & bess costa aboard for a day of fluking. they managed 20 fish in a couple of hours but all were shorts.the largest fish was 16 ". All boats around seemed to be having the same luck.

Angler Name : Guy & Rich
E-Mail : gksacco@optonline.net
Boat Name: Just Reelin 3
Date Fished: July 15
Location: Arundo area
Fishing Method: chum
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 60lbs
Bait or Lure: fresh bluefish fillets/bunker
Water Depth: 135
Water Temp.: 70
Information : After running through about 12 miles of fog we were about 4 miles from our fishing site when we started trolling for the heck of it. Nothing but monster bluefish, nice clean water and fog. Well we only managed a 60lb Mako pup that was released as he wasn't hooked but wouldn't give up the bait until I almost picked him out of the water.

Angler Name : Ted Sislian
E-Mail : 4portia@comcast.net
Boat Name: Eileen S
Date Fished: 7-15-06
Location: Tom's
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 30-50 LBS
Bait or Lure: Green Machine
Water Depth: 420'
Water Temp.: 77
Information : We arrived at 7:15 AM by 7:30 we had 5 fish in the boat. Trolled for 2 hours and had 8 fish on. Boated 7 released 2. Trolled for 2 more hours and boated 4 more fish. We ended up with 13 yellowfin and 1 longfin.

Angler Name : Mike Savage
E-Mail : michael1savage@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Wreckless
Date Fished: 7/15/2006
Location: Wilmington Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 35 lb
Bait or Lure: Bally
Water Depth: 300 ft
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Saturday trip to the Wilmington, took a long time to get out with the fog. We didn't come out of it until we were 8 miles off where the water temp went up 8 degrees. Started trolling at the 30 fathom line and picked up our first white marlin, saw some bluefin right afterward but no knockdowns. Trolled out to the Wilmington where we finally got covered up and managed three yellowfins about 35 lbs. and another white marlin in the same place. No other touches. There was talk of a morning bite and a some action on the 50 line between the Wilmington and Spencer. Lot of boats did not have much to report but it seemed most of those that had fish caught them all at once. Saw a few big sharks in the area too.

Angler Name :
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Miss Norma k
Date Fished: Saturday July 15
Location: Monmouth gulch
Fishing Method: Drift and Anchored
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 13 - 15 pounds
Bait or Lure: bunker chunks
Water Depth: 70 - 100 feet
Water Temp.: 65 -67
Information : Left the dock at 7:30 p.m. arrived at the Monmouth gulch at 8:30 and the mates started chumming and got one fish for the guy next to me and we picked and moved about 400 yards and picked up 50 fish but none for me. Lots of life squid, rain fish and bluefish chumping them up but i couldn't get them to bite. I saw a whole bluefish get chumped by something big like shark sized. It was so nice 1 foot or less no wind at all no rain either. The fish were spawning thats why they weren't aggressive.

Angler Name : Jon Murray
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fish Repellent
Date Fished: 7/15/06
Location: Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 52", 80lbs.
Bait or Lure: Green Machine
Water Depth: 140
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Bob Simon and I left the dock just before 5 am in thick fog that we had until we were about 20 miles out. Once at the Glory Hole, we worked the lobster pots for a couple hours and only picked up two small dolphin. We then moved away from the boats there and worked the area until 1:30 pm when one of the lines started screaming! Bob fought the fish for 90 minutes on the 30 lb. test before handing the rod over to me and 15 minutes later he sunk the gaff into the fish. Back on the troll at 3:30 we released a small 30" bluefin and headed in at 4:30. It was awsome to take a fish like this on a 20' boat with light tackle! I can't wait to get out there again.

Angler Name : Tom Novak
E-Mail : Thomasnov.03@sunymaritime.edu
Boat Name: S. T. Barb
Date Fished: 7/15/06
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14"-19"
Bait or Lure: strip baits and killies
Water Depth: 10ft-45ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Started out in the ocean, and tried everywhere out there. All we found were shorts, plenty of fish but no keepers. Went back into the bay and caught 5 keepers close to the marina. I need a break from this...going up the navasink tommorrow to try some crabbing.

Angler Name : Russ Graef
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Reel-Axation
Date Fished: 7/15/06
Location: south part of the fingers
Fishing Method: troll/drift
Specie: Hammerhead Shark
Size: 6 foot
Bait or Lure: mack fillet
Water Depth: 125
Water Temp.: 74-76
Information : lost a small bluefin on the troll in the morning,set up for sharks released 1 brown 1 hammerhead 3 other runoffs. also had a 5 foot wahoo around the boat for 1/2 hour threw everything at him and he wouldn't take anything.

Angler Name : Jeff Bowen
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 7/15/06
Location: SE of Mansquan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 4Lbs
Bait or Lure: squid/clams
Water Depth: 85
Water Temp.: 66
Information : It was a slow pick of Sea Bass to 4 Lbs for the Jeff Bowen party aboard the Megan Beth,Stopping on three different wrecks we picked Sea Bass on all as well as a few ling. Good news no Dog fish.

Angler Name : Andrew Banchi
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: July15
Location: Farms/Red Church
Fishing Method: Chumming/drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: Up to 5 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker/Squid
Water Depth: 30-100ft
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Capt Bernie hosted the Andrew Banchi charter from King of Prussia, PA for a combination Bluefish/Fluke trip. Anchoring on the farms in pea soup fog the charter began picking 10-12 lb bluefish and within an hour there was constant action with 2 to 3 rods bent at a time until 10:30am when the charter cried uncle and we decided to try fluking at the Red Church. For the first time this year the first fluke was a keeper followed by a 5 lber and later followed by a second 5 lber with a total of 8 keepers. Best bluefishing and fluking action this year.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 7/15/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Finally! Some bigger fish....Started off the morning with a nice pick on Shorts and a few keepers. The first nice fish was a 5 pounder, then a 3 1/2. Found plenty of action tight to the beach, but way too many shorts. Moved off into deeper water and found some very good size Flukes. Jong Kim, Palasades Park, N.J. topped the day with an 11 1/2 pound beauty! Some very nice Sea Bass mixed in also.....Action on just about every drift.......capt.ron

Angler Name : Brad Burgess
E-Mail : info@canyonrunner.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 15
Location: Spencer
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 20-80 pounds
Bait or Lure: Canyon Runner Squid Spreader Bars and Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 50-100 Fathoms
Water Temp.: 75
Information : The Canyon Runner Crew consisting of Brad Burgess, Capt. Mark DeCabia, Adam LaRosa, Mike Gallo, Billy Rowan and Capt. Phil Dulanie took guests John Timken and Matt Hannifee out to the Spencer Canyon on Saturday and were greeting with a few more boats than we would like to see but manageable for a weekend. A slow bite did materialize and included some bigger fish. The first fish of the day ended up the biggest at 75 pounds and ate a Canyon Runner 9” Rainbow bar. The rest of the fish were taken on ballyhoo and jets. We ended the day with a 40 pounder and 3 small yellowfin and pulled the hook on another nice one that appeared to be snagged.

Angler Name : Billy G.
E-Mail :
Boat Name: In-2-Deep
Date Fished: 07/15/2006
Location: mud hole
Fishing Method: troll/drift
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 140-230
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Took the boyz from upstate NY out for a day of fishing- "sleepy Gary & "Fish Hard Brockett". Started trolling the west bank heading south at 04:45 and trolled until 07:00 with 3 small Mahi. Switched to Sharking. Did a 60# Mako at 10:00 that went back and a #183 just b-4 we left at 18:00. Missed from jumping into the bow by only inches. It was a beautiful areial ending with a 360 before being gaffed. Great Kabobs on Sun.

Angler Name : BTK
E-Mail : BRENDANTKERWIN@HOTMAIL.COM
Boat Name: SPECIAL K
Date Fished: 7/14/06
Location: MANASQUAN
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: TOO SMALL
Bait or Lure: LIVE PEANUT BUNKER
Water Depth: 20-60
Water Temp.: 63
Information : FISHED OFF OF MANASQUAN TODAY, A FEW SMALL FISH, NOTHING MUCH TO WRITE ABOUT....WENT IN FOR A COCKTAIL AND DINNER AT AN UNNAMED LOCATION WEST OF THE 70 BRIDGE, ONLY TO HAVE A PAIR OF 100 BUCK PLIERS RIPPED OFF ON MY ARRIVAL TO THE BOAT...WORD TO THE WISE, IF YOU'VE GOT A CENTER CONSOLE, WATCH YOUR STUFF....OH WELL, ANOTHER 200 DOLLAR DAY...GOOD LUCK FISHING.

Angler Name : Greg Casala
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: July 14
Location: Chicken Canyon
Fishing Method: Drifting/trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 26 in
Bait or Lure: Sprdr bars/mackerel
Water Depth: 180-250
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Captain Bernie hosted the Greg Casala charter from Lodi NJ for a combination in-shore trolling/shark trip in the Chicken Canyon. Trolling produced 1 Bluefin Tuna which was released and two Mahi-Mahi. Sharking was uneventful except for the show put on by three fin back whales feeding in the deepest part of the canyon.

Angler Name : Rob Kolber
E-Mail : captreelaction@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Action
Date Fished: 7/14/06
Location: Monster Ledge
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size:
Bait or Lure: Mackeral
Water Depth: 150'
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Capt Marc and Ralph DeJulia had a group from SPI on board for a shot at sharks. We tried trolling for bluefin early in the morning to no avail. We setup on the NW side of Monster Ledge and we had a nice mako jump out of the water with the bait. He never came tight on the line but he gave us a nice flip out of water. That was the only hit we had.

Angler Name : Capt.Kevin Delanoy
E-Mail : kevin@missmargiefishingcharters.com
Boat Name: MISS MARGIE
Date Fished: 7-14-06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 4lbs
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 65-75
Water Temp.: 57-62
Information : Today the charter enjoyed the flat calm ocean and cool air temperature along with a decent catch of sea bass,blackfish and ling.The morning was better for wreck fishing with the current and the slight breeze coming from the same direction, the afternoon was more challenging. The highlight of the day was a 12lb bluefish taken on a surface popper by a customer,making it his first bluefish,way to go Jim.

Angler Name : Scott Miller
E-Mail : info@canyonrunner.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 14
Location: Lindy
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 20-25 Pounds
Bait or Lure: Canyon Runner Squid Spreader Bars and Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 50-100 Fathoms
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Captains Phil Dulanie and Mark DeCabia and mate Mike Gallo took the Scott Miller charter out to the Lindencohl Friday to look for a better body of fish and may have found them. Trolling the west wall they had their first shot of yellowfin at 7am and put 3 in the boat. They worked that area for a few hours and then back to the tip where they started picking a couple more yellowfin and added a bunch of mahi including a 25 pounder pulled from under a board. They then moved inshore to 50 fathom line and they got covered up with 8 yellowfin putting 6 in the boat for a total of 11 so far. The tuna were eating Canyon Runner blue/silver mini-mamba bars, ballyhoo, zuchini big-eye tuna clones and Canyon Runner Jets. The rest of the day was spent inshoreand they ended up picking a couple more small yellowfin and finished up with a few more mahi but again it seemed like the bite is best early in the morning and then let's up early.

Angler Name : Caesar Gongora, Louis Acosta, Mauro Carrssi, George Giannaros
E-Mail : sales@sweetiecharters.com
Boat Name: Sweetie
Date Fished: 07/14/06
Location: The Rocks
Fishing Method: Bunker Chunking
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 35 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: Feet 62
Water Temp.: Degrees 68
Information : The Sherry Charter consisting of Marc Sherry Caesar Gongora, Louis Acosta, Mauro Carrssi, and George Giannaros had Sweetie off the coast of New Jersey Bunker Chunking at a location called The Rocks. The water depth was 62 feet and with a water temperature of 68 degrees. Captains Kevin Gerrity and Steve Dallaportas indicated that nice Bass is still around. The Sherry party caught 40 live Bunker, then started Chunking with them and then the action started.

Angler Name : jaimie boreniuos
E-Mail : tunafishing@sprintmail.com
Boat Name: jenny lee
Date Fished: 7/14/06
Location: the dip
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 125lbs
Bait or Lure: ballyhoo
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 80
Information : capt's jimmy gahm and dave bender took jaimie boreniuos and friends to the hudson canyon friday july14th. upon arrival at 8pm we trolled a 35 pound yellowfin and set up on the spot for the night. we had no bites at night and saw no bait as well. we trolled east towards the dip in the morning and finally at noon we found some awesome life. we missed a white, five minutes later we missed a blue and then we saw a huge school of porpoise with friend tred barta catching fish. we trolled into the school and three fish hit, but only one was on. after an hour battle jaimie had 1 125-140lb allison in the boat. after several more attemps to hook up we headed for the barn. all in all it was a great trip.

Angler Name : Tom Novak
E-Mail : Thomasnov.03@sunymaritime.edu
Boat Name: S. T. Barb
Date Fished: 7/14/06
Location: raritan bay
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14"-3lb
Bait or Lure: strip baits and killies
Water Depth: 12ft-40ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Ran out after work looking for some fluke. Started off looking for fish on my own. Had 3 good drifts, lots of 16 1/4 inch shorts, and 3 nice keepers all between 18 and 21". That drift died so I went looking elsewhere...never found a good bite. Will be out again tommorrow

Angler Name : Matt MacSherry
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 07/14/2006
Location: Mid Range Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 3 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 125 Ft.
Water Temp.: 70 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Matt MacSherry charter on board the Bounty Hunter for a late season attempt at Seabass fishing. Dropping on 4 wrecks in 125 ft. of water the Seabass were present but not in any large numbers. The charter boated over 3 dozen up to 3 lbs. but also put together a nice catch of large ling putting over 50 in the fish box.

Angler Name : Captain Kirk
E-Mail : captainkirk@optonline.net
Boat Name: Tuna Teaser
Date Fished: 7/14
Location: north of toms canyon
Fishing Method: troll / drift
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50lbs
Bait or Lure: spreaderbars/ mini green machines
Water Depth: 460
Water Temp.: 75.3
Information : Had capt Jim, Gary and my 9 year old son Shuan out on our first canyon trip of 06 Friday afternoon. Lines in at 3.30. Found schools of hammerheads schooling skippies on the surface. Made first pass and went 3 for 5. Repeated drill relocating sharks and skippies. Ended up with 20 yellowfin 25 to 60lbs releasing 8 and chilling 12. Started sharking at 7.00. One blue dog, One 150lbs mako lost at the boat and one 300lbs tiger released after a good fight. Came in at sunrise on glassy seas. Great trip hope there all this good this year.

Angler Name : Capt. Chas Hoffman, Mike Hickey, Frank Hoffman, Frank Jr., Nick, George Abbott, Rick Cantanzritti
E-Mail : mhickey@us.ibm.com
Boat Name: Baby Hayley II
Date Fished: 7/14/06
Location: Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Thresher Shark
Size: 450 LB
Bait or Lure: Blue Fish
Water Depth: 180
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Trolled into the Glory Hole picking up a few small schoolie Dolphin. Water temp was 70 degrees and the water clean, but not real blue. With hopes of hooking up with a couple more Dolphin and some Blue Finn we continued to troll for another hour. We finally set up a drift over the hole and put out our baits. Almost two hours later we had a major hit on the 60 foot bait. It screamed off like a Mako would and then just ran deep peeling line and running straight down. Two hours later we landed a 450 pound Thresher. It was a real team effort for us not to loose this beauty at the boat. The most exciting thing was we had our junior angler's Nicholas Hoffman 12, and Frank Hoffman Jr. 10 out on their first shark'ing trip. This was quite an experience for these boys, one they will never forget!

Angler Name : Capt.ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 7/13/06
Location: ocean/bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: Too Cold!!!
Information : What can I say..water temp still 65-67 in the Ocean...Only a few fish here and there. Even the dogfish made their return with the cold water. Fished the ocean, knoll, romar, bay, chappel hill, reach and points beyond.... Hell, I don't even want to write this report,it's starting to sound like a broken record..We did have a nice 6 pound fish thou...at least one customer was happy..Didn't make it out last night or tonight with the weather. Hope to get back on a normal schedule starting tommorrow. This is July....right???? capt.ron

Angler Name : Capt. Kevin Delanoy
E-Mail : kevin@missmargiefishingcharters.com
Boat Name: MISS MARGIE
Date Fished: 7-10-06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 3.5lbs
Bait or Lure: clams/crabs/squid
Water Depth: 75
Water Temp.: 66
Information : After a very long 30 minute ride to south in hard SW wind we made it to our spot on the GSN reef.Looking for some larger blackfish we found them cooporating up to 8lbs as well as a good catch of sea bass.The sea bass seem to spawning now so the catch was mostly large males.A nice sunny day on the water,a little calmer would made it perfect.

Angler Name : Dave Bowlb
E-Mail : sales@sweetiecharters.com
Boat Name: Sweetie
Date Fished: 07/10/2006
Location: Chicken Canyon and Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: White Shark
Size: 2 to 5 lbs
Bait or Lure: Blues
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Other Charter Highlights :: Captain Kevin Gerrity Reports; The Bowlby Charter had Sweetie out fishing for Shark at Chicken Canyon and Glory Hole. Captain Kevin Gerrity indicated there was not to much action. The sharks were not able to be found. Still had a good time out at sea.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 7/10/06
Location: ocean/bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 67!!!!
Information : Thank God for my Dad! Today he put on one of his Fluke fishing displays...8 nice fish plus a bunch of shorts....I watch the customers watch him and they still don't do what he does....bounce the baits!!! Maybe everyone is tierd from Bass fishing, but Fluking is probably a hell of a lot more work...Nice bait, the proper rig and BOUNCE the sinkers! Had a few 3 pound fish today and again, lots of shorts. Bluefishing broke open on Saturday afternoon for Capt.Frank...after a two cigarett pack night on Friday, Frankie found the main vein east of farms. Had 3 gaffs going the whole time on 5 to 8 pound fish....personally, I would swing an 8 pound fish...but after catching only a few fish the night before, I'm sure he wanted revenge!! Now sailing Wendsday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday afternoons 5-10:30pm and Sunday afternoon 3:30 till 9:30pm.....Chartered This Friday in the AM..then on 7/18 7/19 7/21 and 7/22 all morning trips...thanks, Capt.Ron

Angler Name : Danny
E-Mail : dpf0225@comcast.net
Boat Name: Glory Days
Date Fished: 7/9/2006
Location: Barnegat Inlet - and North
Fishing Method: Drifting, Jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10-14#
Bait or Lure: metal
Water Depth: 30-40
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Out with my friend Capt. Jim on Glory Days... Cleared BI at 7:40AM and planned to head North and try some flukin around Seaside... Got sidetracked at the Coat Guard Station... Birds, Baitfish, and lotsa boats so followed the pod (not bunker - couldn't tell what they were) all the way way up to BI - pulled in about 30 blues from 10-14#, and missed another 10.. Pod and fish dispersed at the inlet and we headed out to the Barnegat Reef for some fluke... Caught 5 skates and headed in... sore arms but a big smile... Beautiful day on the water... Danny

Angler Name : Tom Terranova
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 7/9/06
Location: Sea Girt Reef
Fishing Method: Wreck
Specie: Tautog
Size: 7lbs
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 70
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Tried fluking in the morning but only came up with a handful of short fluke and seabass. Switching over to wreckfishing we had a better pick of keeper seabass, and couple of big ling and four nice tog to 7lbs.

Angler Name : Chuck Gainey
E-Mail : cgainey@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 7/9/2006
Location: Spring Lake
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 22 to 35 Ft.
Water Temp.: 64.5
Information : Fished South of Shark River, mostly around Spring Lake Hotel. Caught 21 Fluke and one small Blue. No keepers. Wind and sea picked up around 2 Pm. Most of the fish were caught close to the beach 22 to 30 Ft. of water. Most of the head boats were tight to the beach..... Chuck

Angler Name : Capt. Darren
E-Mail : CaptDarren@newjerseycharterboat.com
Boat Name: Mary Lou Crew
Date Fished: 7/9/06
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 1/2 to 19
Bait or Lure: Everything
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Had the boat out again today for another shot at some fluke. We started out way west up in the Reach channel but had no fish. We moved to a piece near by and had a few shorts and 2 keepers. Left and moved to the flats on the West side of the Ammo pier and had several shorts but put a few more keepers in the box. Then found a nice piece near the Reach and fished all alone and had several keeper and a ton of shorts and finshed the day with 10 keepers. Not bad with only 4 guys fishing.

Angler Name : john, pete
E-Mail : mosk2003@aol.com
Boat Name: tile wave
Date Fished: 7/9
Location: monster ledge
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Bluefish
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : trolled mudhole from monster ledge to oil wreck . water was 68 to 70.5 warmer inshore by the oil wreck . the clean & green water only produced bluefish

Angler Name : Paul and Erica Argento
E-Mail : captreelaction@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Action
Date Fished: 7/9/06
Location: Belmar
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 1/2" and 24"
Bait or Lure: Squid, sand eels and spearing
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.: 66-68
Information : Capt. Marc had the Paul, Erica, Kaylan, Patrick and Laurie out for fluke. Returning to the same area we had the same results. Around 120 fish over the rail and only 2 keepers. One keeper was 5.0 lbs.

Angler Name : Lenny Fisher, Mike Fisher, Alex Stroker, Chris Herghelediu , and Joe Greenberg
E-Mail : sales@sweetiecharters.com
Boat Name: Sweetie
Date Fished: 07/09/2006
Location: Rattle Snake
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 2 to 4 lbs
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 65 feet
Water Temp.: 68 degrees
Information : Other Charter Highlights :: Captain Perry reports; The Fisher Charter containing Jack Fisher, Lenny Fisher, Mike Fisher, Alex Stroker, Chris Herghelediu , and Joe Greenberg. Had Sweetie off the coast of New Jersey at a sweet spot called the Rattle Snake. The water depth was 65 feet and with a water temperature of 68 degrees. Captain Perry indicated that the Fluke fishing went good. The crew had a lot of action on the boat. Ending with 18 keepers and throwing back 65 shorts.

Angler Name : danboylan
E-Mail : danboylan1951@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Bay Lady
Date Fished: 7/9/06
Location: raritan bay
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 21 /19
Bait or Lure: killie/squid
Water Depth: 10/15
Water Temp.:
Information : drifted the flats from carmens resturant to great kills channel. had a good drift today and fish on every drift. the shorts still outnumber the keepers 10 to 1. had 2 nice keepers called it a day by 11:30

Angler Name : Jim Fanelli
E-Mail : ylwfin@comcast.net
Boat Name: Sack-Reel-Igious
Date Fished: 7/9/06
Location: Seaside to Barnegat Light
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 12-19 lbs
Bait or Lure: jigs
Water Depth: 29-48 feet
Water Temp.: around 68
Information : chased the birds this morning. Had non stop action from 6am till 9:30. Filled the coolers then came back in.

Angler Name : Jack
E-Mail : netdeal@erols.com
Boat Name: J2
Date Fished: 7/9/06
Location: SH Hook
Fishing Method: Drfit
Specie: Fluke
Size: zippo
Bait or Lure: squid/killie combo
Water Depth: 25-45
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Went out hoping for some more keepers that we had scored on FN from the last trip, but no such luck, just shorts, birds and blues...worked several spots near the hook...really slow.

Angler Name : Mark G.
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Dropoff
Date Fished: 7/9/06
Location: Red Church
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 10-22"
Bait or Lure: Squid,spearing
Water Depth: 30-60'
Water Temp.: 65.5
Information : Tried fluking today,first time in a couple of years. Good fishing untill the drift died around noon with a 1/1 ratio of keepers to throw backs. Ended up with 11 keeper fluke and 6 sea bass. Nine inch squid strips with spearing or whole squid seemed to work the best today.

Angler Name : Laura & John
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Tide Runner
Date Fished: 7/9/06
Location: Off Shore lumps Manasquan Ridge and Off Spring Lake
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16" and Shorter
Bait or Lure: Squid Combo
Water Depth: 70' to 22'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Fished Manasquan ridge only 2 dogs. Headed in, fished off sea grit, Manasquan and spring lake all action at spring lake, Several Skates and about 10 short fluke. Fishing sucked and Catching was even worst. Peace!!!!!

Angler Name : Don
E-Mail : dbaker4@gmail.com
Boat Name: 25 Wellcraft
Date Fished: 7/8/06
Location: Mantoloking
Fishing Method: drift/troll
Specie: Fluke
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Squid/Killies/bucktails
Water Depth: 25-35
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Drifted for 3 hrs.. a few shorts, no dogfish, no keepers. But Monster blues everywhere. Trolled until it wasn't fun anymore.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 7/08/06
Location: ocean/bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 68-71
Information : Can't remember working so hard for so little in 30 years of fishing!! I know if the size limit were a half inch shorter, none of us would feel this way!! Too many 16 inch fish that are going back....The differance between a hero and a bum is a lousy 1/2 inch!! Plenty of action in most areas we fish, way too many shorts, but we need the action to keep the customers happy...Haven't seen any quality 6-8 pounders yet, and we have tried the channels...in the deep, the edges and so on. Water temp the other day went from 72 to 67 degrees!! Can't imagine what the bottom temp is, but the sinkers were Ice cold. Many of the fish we do catch have had plenty of rain fish in them so they are feeding. Bluefish starting to show now, so we will be sailing Wendsday till Saturday afternoons 5-10pm and Sunday 3:30 till 9:00pm. A few Charters coming up PLEASE MAKE A NOTE OF THE DATES!! 7/14 Friday 7/18 & 7/19 7/21 & 7/22 All morning trips..thanks...capt.ron

Angler Name : Wayne Smith
E-Mail : captreelaction@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Action
Date Fished: 7/8/06
Location: Sea Girt and Belmar
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17-19"
Bait or Lure: Spearing and squid
Water Depth: 25'
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Capt. Marc had the Wayne Smith charter out for fluke. We put around 150 fluke over the rail and only had 5 keepers. Most of the fish were between 14-16 inches.

Angler Name : Mike Golden
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 7/8/06
Location: Mantoloking
Fishing Method: Jig
Specie: Bluefish
Size: to 15lbs
Bait or Lure: jigs
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.: 77
Information : Ran South with the MIke Golden Charter and found a big scholl of blues off Mantoloking.Aciton was hot on jigs and the guys boated over 50 big bluefish before we switched over to fluking in the afternoon. Fluking produced steady action and over 40 shorts , but no keepers.

Angler Name : Dave
E-Mail : gto64dr@aol.com
Boat Name: RoseLynne
Date Fished: 7/8/06
Location: Barnegate Inlet to 1 mile out
Fishing Method: Livelining Bunker
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 15lbs.+
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 20-25ft
Water Temp.: 68
Information :

Angler Name : Ryan Scialabba
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: July 7-8
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 70 lbs
Bait or Lure: Sprdr bars/ballyhoo
Water Depth: 300-600
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Capt Bernie hosted his annual Exploratory Canyon charter with his son Roland and customers George Spodak, Ryan Scialabba and Dave Klugle. We headed for the Hudson while the rest of the free world headed for the Toms Canyon and heard a report of Yellowfins at the bombs from the Wave Dancer. We trolled that area for an hour before the charter went 2 for 3 on 40 lb yellowfins. We continued trolling the area from there to the west elbow and the charter boated 2 more yellowfins up to 70 lbs. Night chunking was uneventful and trolling in the morning produced one more yellowfin. We headed for home at 10:30am with 5 tuna and 5 mahi-mahi on ice. Good start for the Canyon season.

Angler Name : Tom Novak
E-Mail : Thomasnov.03@sunymaritime.edu
Boat Name: S. T. Barb
Date Fished: 7/8/06
Location: raritan bay
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15"-22"
Bait or Lure: strip baits and killies
Water Depth: 12-40ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Had a slow day but were saved on the last spot we fished. Had about 20 shorts, and managed 10 keepers for the day.

Angler Name : Capt. Darren
E-Mail : CaptDarren@newjerseycharterboat.com
Boat Name: Mary Lou Crew
Date Fished: 7/8/06
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 1/2 to 19
Bait or Lure: everything
Water Depth: 16 feet
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Had the George Gibson charter on board for a full day of fluke fishing. We had a nice day on the water and caught plenty of flatties. The only problem was there was to many shorts. We ended the day with 12 keepers. Very nice group to fish with and again the young girl onboard out fished everyone! We fished all around the bay and had fish in all spots.

Angler Name : Jesus M. Acevedo, Amaljo Vargas, Jim Finn, and Vega
E-Mail : sales@sweetiecharters.com
Boat Name: Sweetie
Date Fished: 07/08/2006
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 4 to 8 lbs
Bait or Lure: Cham with Bunker Backs
Water Depth: 85 feet
Water Temp.: 68 degrees
Information : Other Charter Highlights :: Jim Papaccio reports; The Farinas Charter consisting of Louis Farinas, Jesus M. Acevedo, Amaljo Vargas, Jim finn, and Vega Had Sweetie off the coast of Mud Hole Chumming for Blues. The water depth was 85 feet and a water temperature of 68 degrees. Captains Kevin Gerrity and Steve Dallaportas indicated that the day went great, ending with the Farinas crew limiting out and releasing another 50.

Angler Name : Steve, Bro, and Pop
E-Mail : Stevej210@msn.com
Boat Name: Sea Toad
Date Fished: 7/8/06
Location: Barnegat reef/ inlet area
Fishing Method: drift / jig
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 50-12'
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Fished Barnegat Reef, tires.. Flat water no wind not much of a drift, no less fish. Doggies and Robins. Heard reports of bunker in near the inlet so we moved inshore. HUGE bunker pods running all along the coast. BIG blues under the bunker. Ended up gettin ourselfs some bait and some blues for the table as well. Ended a beautiful day on the water with some fish.

Angler Name : Sid. Gold & Jim Varga & Tom
E-Mail : sidgold1@verizon.net
Boat Name: Can Do Too
Date Fished: July 8th
Location: 84 miles east of Brielle
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 2 x 40 pounds; mahi mahi 10 & 35lb
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 365
Water Temp.: 71.5
Information : Slow day-left dock 4:15 AM returned 8:15 PM Captain Foy found the Mahi Mahi arojund 11:00 AM then the Yellow Fin around 2:00PM got a total of 3 Mahi Mahi. Any day on the water fishing with Jim is much better than a day on land.

Angler Name : "Mac" MacSherry
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 07/08/2006
Location: Off Spring Lake
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Up to 12 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Ava 47's
Water Depth: 65 Ft.
Water Temp.: 70 Degrees
Information : The "Mac" MacSherry charter was on board the Bounty Hunter today and got in on the best Bluefish jigging that we have seen this season. Capt. Paul located a huge school of surface feeding Blues off Spring Lake and the 5 man charter had drop & reel fishing that was non stop for over 2 hours. All the fish were large some reaching the 12lb. mark. Red, Green and tailless Ava 47's did the catching. Over 100 Blues were jigged with the charter keeping 30 and releasing the rest. We finished the day drifting for Fluke off Elberon but only managed 2 keepers along with a few dozen shorts.

Angler Name : Steve Mazanek
E-Mail : spmazanek@aol.com
Boat Name: Smokin' Irene
Date Fished: 7/8/06
Location: Sandy Hook Reef
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Black Drum
Size: huge
Bait or Lure: shad body jigs
Water Depth: 45
Water Temp.: 68
Information : My brother, Greg and I were bottom fishing about mile and a half off the beach. A boat ran up to us and told us about a huge school of black drum feeding and finning on the surface where they had been fishing a few hundred yards from we were. They said they had their limit with fish up to 100 lbs. Yeah, right. We ran over and found the school. Looked like they were feeding on crabs that were swimming near the surface, but I really don't know what they were doing or if this was common behavior at all. Casting shad bodies on spinning tackle we caught drum until our arms ached and they were "big". Immediate hook ups, almost always both of us were fighting fish at the same time. We fished the school for about two hours and caught 9 and kept a few. I hope they're good eating. We didn't have a scale near heavy enough so I can only estimate, but they all were easily over 60 lbs. Other fisherman at the dock said they were 90. My brother caught one on 15 lb spinning tackle and line and in retrospect, it could have been some kind of record. Weird, but true. Thanks to the guys in the Osprey for the tip to get on what may be a once in a lifetime fishing exerience.

Angler Name : Bob
E-Mail : nseven@optonline.net
Boat Name: fin-addict
Date Fished: 07-08-06
Location: Barnegat Inlet /Island beach
Fishing Method: snagged bunkers
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 14lb's
Bait or Lure: bunker/ lures
Water Depth: 12 feet
Water Temp.: 67.8
Information : Went out with my son Jake (10yrs old)and friend Chris Z. looking for stripers. Found bunkers running off of the coast guard station, but no stripers. Caught 10 huge blue fish( Jake had 5) that were loads of fun catching and releasing. As Jake said " I have a monster". Will check out BFT this weekend at Barnegat Ridge since water is warming up now. Understand season does not open till August. Bummer!

Angler Name : frank and bill
E-Mail :
Boat Name: knot easy
Date Fished: 7-8-06
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14"-10lbs
Bait or Lure: strips and killies
Water Depth: 15-50'
Water Temp.:
Information : headed out at 7am and drifted chapel hill....my buddy told me he knew of a spot he caught big fluke in the past....first fish up a keeper ,next fish up a monster!!! 10.1 lbs on the scale ,beautiful fish!!!! my buddy wasn't lying!!! for the next 3 hours was slow pickings...tried ambrose nada...tried swash channel slow.....after the tide change drifted flynns knoll and found a pocket of fish...caught 5 more keepers and as many shorts..did not catch a single sea robin all day, very strange....really had to work hard to put a decent catch together

Angler Name : dave bender
E-Mail : tunafishing@sprintmail.com
Boat Name: jenny lee
Date Fished: 7/08/06
Location: hudson canyon
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50lbs
Bait or Lure: ballyhoo
Water Depth: 550
Water Temp.: 69.8
Information : capt's jimmy gahm, rick petschauer, jay monteverdi, and dave bender did a shake down crew trip to the hudson canyon friday july 7,2006. arriving at the hudson at 8:30 pm we trolled in the dark for about an hour just to look around. with only a 60' piece of poly rope to show for our efforts we decided it was time to start chunking. the night was fairly uneventful untill about 1am when a mako bit. jimmy fed him and the fight was on, after an arial show we boated a 110lb mako. we had no other bites and the squid were not around. we got up on the troll at 5am and it looked as though we were in the wrong place as we heard of a small bite of smaller yellowfins in the toms. well, at 10:30 am we got a four banger of 50lb yellowfins and boated three. an hour later we had a few more bites and boated one more. the fish hit reel seat green machine bars and swimming mullet in the wash. all in all we had a great day with great friends. we are looking forward to fishing offshore this year and we still have some openings available.

Angler Name : martin Li and Conor Hynes
E-Mail : hynes.crew@verizon.net
Boat Name: Katie Claire
Date Fished: July 8, 2006
Location: Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Dift (not)
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size:
Bait or Lure: mackerel
Water Depth: 260
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Conor and Martin, Matt Papa, Russ Pagana and Ted went out to Glory Hole from Barnegat Inlet, 30 knts, there and back, sounds good right? No wind, very little drift on a beautiful day. Ended up trolling 10 small mahi, using feathers you could use on a fluke rig. Started out using more traditional gear, no takers, smaller better. How does it go? ....100 gallons of fuel, $375.00. Four cans of chum and a flat of mack, $115.00. Extra foul weather gear, just in case its like yesterday, $37.00. 42 miles each way, another slice of heaven. Get this, 140 lb thresher on the way to the barn on a left over chunk of mackerel 1/2 mile off Barnegat Inlet after 13 hours of nada....PRICELESS. Fish took two baits, broke off one and got wrestled to the boat by Martin and Conor. Great day.

Angler Name : Drink
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Silver Bullet Two
Date Fished: 7/8/06
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: just short
Bait or Lure: all
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 68-70
Information : Really nice day on the water, got an early start, lots of life on the way out, and lots of life throughout the mud hole. Trolled some different areas, had one come up on the long center, but missed the hook. A little later, had a double knock and landed and released both. Next time we get the big boys!

Angler Name : Phil D.
E-Mail : Philkri@comcast.net
Boat Name: One More Drift
Date Fished: 07-08-06
Location: NE of 28 mi. Wreck
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 112 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bluefish fillet
Water Depth: 110-140
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Lines in at 7:00am 5 Bluefish until 11:10am when we hooked up with an estimated 250 to 300 Tiger shark, released boatside after 45 minute battle. Lines back in 45 minutes later 112 lb Mako on 50 foot line. Landed after 15 minute battle. And BBQ'd the next day.

Angler Name : Rob
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Goldfish
Date Fished: 7-8-06
Location: HA/GH/Chicken Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Started trolling the HA at 7:00 AM with few of the signs of life we saw a week earlier. Water was still nice, lots of chum around from shark fishers, but no bait, birds or feeding tuna. Trolled to the GH with no hits. Took in the lines and ran to the Chicken Canyon. Caught a nice BFT on the edge that ate a very small tuna clone/bird setup but broke the leader boatside (estimated 35-40 inches), saw some turtles and weeds. Enticed some Mahi from under a large piece of a tree and called it a day. Saw lots of life around the BA on the ride home. Second straight productive trip. Good start to the offshore season.

Angler Name : Greg
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Storm Front
Date Fished: 7/8/06
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Dolphin
Size:
Bait or Lure: Feathers
Water Depth: 120-200
Water Temp.: 71
Information : The offshore forecast was anyones guess, how they can cut the offshore into sections of gale force & wind less than 10 knots is beyond me. SAo instead of going with our intial plans we ran out in serach of bluefin. Trolled for a bout 3 and a half hours. Caught one skipjack and one mahi Saw plenty of bait but it sounded that ther was a lot more action in the chicken canyon with mahi and some bluefin. Came in shore to drift fluke after that. Set up off of spring lake. Caught many shorts and skates but no keepers in about 30 feet of water. Just gotta love NOAA.

Angler Name : Ryan
E-Mail : Milkywey901@yahoo.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: july 8th
Location: keyport pier
Fishing Method: Metal Kastmaster Treble Hooked Lure
Specie: Bluefish
Size: cocktail
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 10-20 feet
Water Temp.:
Information : I went to keyport. to get some bait for when i go out on my boat. go there at 4 no action for bait and blues til 630ish. caught 2 blues lost one right at the side. hooked 2 bunker. bunker were everywhere. it was nice yesterday. not alot of crazies there either. the blues were 19 inches. about

Angler Name : Peterooster
E-Mail : fphsr@optonline.net
Boat Name: Roosters
Date Fished: 7-8-2006
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18½"
Bait or Lure: Killies and strips
Water Depth: 11' to 15'
Water Temp.:
Information : A fish here, a fish there, a fish way over there describes the way our Fluke fishing trip went this morning. Tom managed five keeper Fluke to 18½", I on the other hand found no keepers. As has been common this season the short fish far outnumber the keepers, many, far too many missing the mark by small fractions of an inch. The law was out on the bay today. Be very careful out there. Back at the Atlantic Highlands Harbor the CO's were busy busting the rampers with short fish. The Sandy Hook Bay was as flat as Farrington Lake, clouds overhead and a slight Easterly wind kept things comfortable. Large Bunker is still available in small schools, with the yellow-eyed demons chasing them. Only a few Sea Robins to harass us. There are a large number of small Blue Claw crabs about, looks good for late summer and fall crabbing.

Angler Name : sg
E-Mail : f226f@aol.com
Boat Name: The Shocker
Date Fished: 7/8/2006
Location: shoal & great kills
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: short
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 15-20
Water Temp.: 72
Information : started off at the shoal and had no drift what so ever...picked a couple of shorts and saw a coney island whitefish in the muck slick that was out there...went over to great kills saw birds woking...small blues..we picked at them for a few...then snagged a bunch of bunker for next time out...better luck next time

Angler Name : Charles Meizoso
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 07/03/2006
Location: 17 Fathoms & Off Long Branch
Fishing Method: Chumming & Drifting
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Up to 8 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker, Squid & Spearing
Water Depth: 105 Ft.
Water Temp.: 64 Degrees
Information : The Charles Meizoso charter was on board the Bounty Hunter for our first attempt at the Bluefish this year. Capt. Paul headed out to the Farms and found no signs of the Blues in the area. Moving up to 17 Fathoms there were scattterd readings and after anchoring we had a slow pick on Blues up to 8 lbs. We kept 7 fish and released the rest. After a move inshore to the Long Branch area and setting up several drifts the charter caught over 2 dozen Fluke keeping 3 up to 20" and releasing the shorts.

Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Date Fished: 07/03/2006
Location: NORTH OF SR INLET
Fishing Method: DRIFT/LIVELINE
Specie: Fluke
Size: LITTLE TO 17"
Bait or Lure: SPEARS/LIVE BUNKER
Water Depth: VARIED
Water Temp.: 74-75
Information : HEADED OUT FOR AN AFTERNOON TRIP AND STOPPED OFF DEAL FOR FLATTIES. FIRST FISH WAS A 17" KEEPER AND THAT WAS THE ONLY KEEPER. HAD A STEADY PICK OF FISH BUT NO KEEPERS. RATIO OF ABOUT 30 TO 1 - NOT GOOD. HEADED BACK TO TOWARDS THE INLET AND SPOTTED ACRES OF BUNKER WITH FISH EXPLODING ON THE SCHOOLS. SNAGGED A BUNCH OF BUNKER AND LIVELINED THEM. CAUGHT SEVERAL LARGE BLUES BUT NO BASS. GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!

Angler Name : Ray
E-Mail : rfinnila@optonline.net
Boat Name: Mo' Money Too
Date Fished: 7/3/06
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Chunking bunker and troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 36"
Bait or Lure: Stretch 18 and Polish Shad
Water Depth: 25'
Water Temp.: 58 to 64
Information : Started chunking frozen bunker at about 7:00 AM, and caught nothing but skates and doggies. Saw the Tenacious out there trolling, so I decided to do the same, but I had only a Stretch 18 and a Polish Shad on board. Started nailing bluefish and lost my Stretch. Caught two 36" bass each weighting 20# on the Shad at about 11:00 AM. With the sun shining bright and sweating bullets, it was time to head home!

Angler Name : Captain Cos
E-Mail : Sakeman007@aol.com
Boat Name: Lynguini
Date Fished: 7/3/06
Location: Grory Hole
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 2 5ft 80lbs
Bait or Lure: Bluefish
Water Depth: 200ft
Water Temp.: 69
Information : Lets lay out the story for you we had a personal charter with Ronnie and Robert D along with Tommy Luke. All would have been fine if it wasn’t for the dirty water to 34 some odd miles out of Rockaway Inlet. That put us at the North east corner of the Glory Hole away from anyone else. It wasn’t more than an hour and a 5 ‘ Mako came crashing through the balloons hitting the farthest one out at 20 feet down. He decided he didn’t like that bait and dropped down to the 40 foot deep rig 60 feet closer to the boat. We landed it with no event and took him in to the boat and box HOT. The 2nd Mako was an hour later on a live bluefish.With a massive hit and one jump again in the boat and in the box. The most important thing to remember is fresh live blues will help make the day. Thanks Rob for good eyes while passing monsters ledge we hit a school of blues about a 100 yards around. If it weren’t for them we would have been skunked. Great day with great friends.

Angler Name : Tom Novak
E-Mail : Thomasnov.03@sunymaritime.edu
Boat Name: S. T. Barb
Date Fished: 7/3/06
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 15"-18"
Bait or Lure: strip baits and killies
Water Depth: 12-49ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Only one word sums up today..HORRIBLE!!! Started off on the knoll, ran down the beach all the way to monmouth beach and back. Worked 7 spots ranging from up on the beach to way off. I think we drifted a combined 50ft between all those spots...there was no drift. Only had a handful of shorts. Fished the last hour along the swash channel and finally found a drift. Had 4 keepers and 15 shorts in and hour and decided to call it a day.

Angler Name :
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Easy Credit III
Date Fished: 7/3/06
Location: N. Monster Ledge
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 5ft.
Bait or Lure: Bluefish
Water Depth: 160
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Had a great day at the monster ledge. Starter out slow, then got fish in the slick once we drifted past the north side into shallower water. 5ft Mako, 7 ft Blue Shark and ended the day with an 8ft Thresher. had several other run-offs.

Angler Name : Merik Rogalo
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: July 3
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Troll/Chum
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 14 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 20-50 ft
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Capt Bernie hosted the Merik Rogala charter from Chatham NJ for a combination Bluefish/Fluke trip. Trolling on the Rocks produced some large bluefish so we decided to setup and chum. 6 year old Julian Merik caught two bluefish along with the rest of the party. The largest weighed 14 lbs. Drifting on Monmouth beach produced 2 keeper fluke along with the usual shorts.

Angler Name : Capt. Darren
E-Mail : CaptDarren@newjerseycharterboat.com
Boat Name: Mary Lou Crew
Date Fished: 7/3/06
Location: Ocean
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 19 inches
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Had the boat out for another shot a the flatties with the Christian Swerd charter from Indiana. We fished a few of my favorite drops and had a constant bite all day. We ended the day with 15 nice keepers and to many shorts to count. Not bad considering it was only a half day trip.!

Angler Name : Luara & John
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Tide Runner
Date Fished: 7/2/06
Location: off bay head & Mantalokoing
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 20"
Bait or Lure: Squid Combo
Water Depth: 25 to 65
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Well Thought we give Fluke a try instead of Bass. Well that was a mistake we fished for 4 hours and only managed 1 20" fluke and 1 big Skate. That's the only to bites we had. Today was a Fishing day not a catching Day. Peace

Angler Name : Ray Maronpot
E-Mail : lilray@ptd.net
Boat Name: poolwinner
Date Fished: 7/2/06
Location: Belmar
Fishing Method: drift/troll
Specie: Fluke
Size: short
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 20-40
Water Temp.: 60's
Information : Gambled on the forcast and won. Launched at Belmar today and not even a roll as I ran out the inlet. Drifted off the beach for a bit, only 1 short. My 18' boat was moving too fast even with 8 ounces of lead. I decided to run up to the rocks, trolled some big plugs up to deal, then motored off Sea Bright. There was a crazy east/west line of clean/brown water from the beach out. I guess this was the southern limit of the storm runoff. Lots of birds working the color break so I trolled along it myself and nailed a huge bluefish on a 12" plug. Some big bass and other blues grabbing random bunker also. Swell from the SE made for a rougher ride home. Tight Lines!

Angler Name : DanF
E-Mail : dpf0225@comcast.net
Boat Name: CastAway
Date Fished: 7/2/06
Location: Spring Lake Hotel
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14-21
Bait or Lure: killies, squid
Water Depth: 30-40
Water Temp.: 62.5
Information : Sunday 7/2 - Out this morning with my son and a couple of friends... Decided to head North and exited Manasquan Inlet at 8AM... a lot of birds working the inlet but everyone was just pulling in blues so we headed up to Spring Lake hotel (ocean temp was 62.5 - fished in 30-40' water)... A lot of company there... The wind was blowin at 20kn and we had a 2kn drift - took 9oz to hold bottom. had a lot of activity - about 15 shorts - 14-16"... Put three in the box - 18, 19, 21". Headed back in at 10:30AM.

Angler Name : Mark G.
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Dropoff
Date Fished: 7/1/06,7/2/06
Location: Triple Wrecks
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Thresher Shark
Size: 450+
Bait or Lure: Macks
Water Depth: 240
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Had just one bite on Saturday turned out to be a monster thresher. Fought the fish for three hours had it to the boat four times, finaly got the double on the reel and the fish made a short run. The knot hung in the guides and parted. Striper fished for a few hours Sunday morning without a bite.

Angler Name : Kurt Gaiser
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 07/02/2006
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 3 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 80 to 90 Ft.
Water Temp.: 64 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Kurt Gaiser charter on board the Bounty Hunter and headed south to the area off Barnegat Inlet. On the first drop in 80 Ft. it looked like we were in for a great day. The charter pulled 35 nice Seabass and things were looking good. The forecasted SW wind arrived and suddenly it was blowing 20 to 25 Knots with a strong south current. The fish shut down and we did not get more than a dozen Seabass on our next 3 stops. We finished with just under 50 Seabass for the day.

Angler Name : Greg
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Storm Front
Date Fished: 7/2/06
Location: Asbury Park
Fishing Method: liveline bunker
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: none
Bait or Lure: Live Bunker
Water Depth: 40ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Had all the bunker you wanted but couldn't find a bass. Had a few bluefish bite offs. Fished from dawn til about 9:30.

Angler Name : Capt. Darren
E-Mail : CaptDarren@newjerseycharterboat.com
Boat Name: Mary Lou Crew
Date Fished: 7/2/06
Location: Ocean
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 10 feet
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Had a special trip today with a film crew on board from the Discovery Channel. They are doing a show in the UK called Hooked on Fishing with Paul Allen as the host. Well they filmed a fluke trip aboard the Mary Lou Crew and we put a decent catch together for the viewers. We first tried to get a nice big striper for the show, but the fish were not to be found. So we switched over to the flatties and had a ton of shorts with a few nice keepers mixed in. Paul was a pleasure to fish with and so was the film crew.

Angler Name : dave l.
E-Mail : none
Boat Name: old pro
Date Fished: 7-2-06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method: spoons
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30 lbers
Bait or Lure: sure strike spoons
Water Depth: 40 ft
Water Temp.: 69
Information : i have been trying the new sure strike bunker spoons . they are hot !! out fish all other spoons 5 to 1 . if you like spooning ... a set of these are a must !! dave l. hazlet , n.j.

Angler Name : Tom Novak
E-Mail : Thomasnov.03@sunymaritime.edu
Boat Name: S. T. Barb
Date Fished: 7/1/06
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15"-18"
Bait or Lure: strip baits - killies
Water Depth: 15ft-40ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Got a late start today, had to pick up the boat after a week of repairs. Started off on the knoll. Had 2 keepers and over 20 shorts. Ran down the beach. Same thing, tons of shorts, but we did manage 4 more keepers before the drift became too fast. When we had to use 10oz weights in 25ft of water we decided to call it quits.

Angler Name : Dave & Brian
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Mission Fishin
Date Fished: 7/1/2006
Location: Sandy hook Beach and Bay
Fishing Method: Anchor/Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 1/2 - 22"
Bait or Lure: Squid & Killies
Water Depth: 22 feet
Water Temp.: 62 degrees
Information : Went down the beach to look for some early morning striper action. Had a few shorts and 2 keepers. Bite just shut down around 10:00. Decided to troll up the beach towards the Bay. Had some small blues hit ava jigs and 2 small plugs. All was well until some joker decided to go full throttle right behind me and cut off all the jigs plust stripping all the line off of 2 polls. Ended up Fluke fishing on the east side of the navy pier. Boated 6 keepers after 20 shorts. Great day on the water.

Angler Name : JASON MAHR
E-Mail : MAHRBEEZER@AOL.COM
Boat Name: MY TIME
Date Fished: 07/01/06
Location: 32 MILES OFF BARNEGAT
Fishing Method: CHUM
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 100 LBS
Bait or Lure: MACKERAL
Water Depth: 120
Water Temp.: 72
Information : GREAT DAY OF SHARKING, RELEASED A BROWN SHARK 150 LBS AT 11:30. HOOKED UP WITH MR.MAKO AT 1:30 HAD A TAILROPE ON HIM 20 MIN LATER.HAD ANOTHER HARD RUN OFF AT 4:00, TEETH MARKS IN THE BAIT BELOW THE HOOK(LOOKED LIKE A MAKO) OTHER BOATS HAD LOTS OF ACTION IN THE AREA, LOTS OF MAKOS FROM 100-225LBS. HEARD OF ANOTHER BOAT LANDING A THRESHER AROUND 500LBS. ITS TIME BOYS!!

Angler Name : Captain Gennaro Chierchio/Michael Chierchio/John Oehler
E-Mail : GChierchio@optonline.net
Boat Name: 222 Trophy
Date Fished: 7/1/06
Location: Sandy Hook/Highlands Bridge & The Reef
Fishing Method: Anchor and Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Bunker/Clams
Water Depth: 22-38
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Ran out the the Hook after netting some Bunker in Great Kills dodging the hoords of boats to get to the bridge area. Caught a half dozen sand sharks and two blues. Hit the Outbridge area and the bug light in the reach on the way back. Caught one schoolie Striper and two Blues. Time to sit and wait for Tuna/Mahi season to arrive.

Angler Name : Greg
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Storm Front
Date Fished: 7/1/06
Location: Resor Vicinity
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: Approx 200lb
Bait or Lure: Mackeral
Water Depth: 140
Water Temp.: 70
Information : After having an outstanding sharking trip two weeks ago, we tried the same area. To our shock there weren't many boats in the area. Steady pick of bluefish and no doggies. About 1:30 the short flat line which was set at about 30ft started to scream. Set the hook and out jumped the mako Fought him to the boat when he rolled above the leader. He made a run before we were able to loosen the drag and SNAP! Off swam the mako. Beautiful fish, beautiful jump, beautiful day. Unfortunately the mako won - so close!

Angler Name : kevin cole
E-Mail :
Boat Name: fatties and flatties
Date Fished: 7-1
Location: bay
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: shorts to 25 inch
Bait or Lure: live bait
Water Depth: 40 ft
Water Temp.: 74.8
Information : another day of slow fluke fishing managed a couple of nice fish 21 inch and 25 inch (6lbs) ended up with 7 keepers not the norm for us horrible start for fluke fisherman maybe it will improve

Angler Name : Captain Hook
E-Mail :
Boat Name: The Professor
Date Fished: July 1, 2006
Location: Monster Ledge. Little Italy, HA, Inshore Lumps
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 12-25 lbs
Bait or Lure: Cedar Plugs, Spreader Bars
Water Depth: 80-258 ft
Water Temp.: 64-70
Information : Trolled LI in the early Am. Nothing but huge Bluefish, 15-20 lbs. Finally found some warmer water inshore. Had a large mako attack the spread and destroy a spreader bar. Found a school of bluefin busting on the surface and went 1 for 1 on the first pass. Fish sounded afterward and had no other takers. TOns of life with mako's going aerial all over. Great day on the water in 1 foot seas until the last 5 miles to BI where they quicky built to 4 foot in a nastly chop. Great first offshore trip.

Angler Name : Peterooster
E-Mail : fphsr@optonline.net
Boat Name: Roosters
Date Fished: 7-1-2006
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 20"
Bait or Lure: Killies and strips
Water Depth: 11' to 15'
Water Temp.:
Information : Tom and I stayed close to homeport today trying to put a catch together so we could fish more often. The price of gas is starting to cut into our fun. Working the flats over near the Atlantic Highlands Marina gave up six keeper Fluke to 20½" in shallow water. The bite wasn't steady and we had to work for every fish, but persistence paid off. It being uncommon, but I again got the biggest Fluke and most of the keepers. Tom has been trying harder, just like Hertz. The Sandy Hook Bay was calm, the water fairly clear, in spite of all the rain lately. Had a lot of tree branches floating around us this morning. The air was cool, making the conditions very comfortable. There were a few Sea Robins around and the small yellow-eyed demons pestered us. Short Fluke were in great abundance, many missing the mark by only ¼". Going to try to get back out July 4. PETE (°_)°)

Angler Name : Jan
E-Mail : captreelaction@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Action
Date Fished: 7/1/06
Location: north of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 18"
Bait or Lure: Spearing and squid
Water Depth: 12'-50'
Water Temp.: 68-71
Information : Capt. Marc and mate Ralph DeJulia had a group from NJfishing.com aboard for a fluke. We moved from Asbury Park to the hook and had around 60 shorts and 3 keepers with a few blue fish.

Angler Name : JASON
E-Mail :
Boat Name: MY TIME
Date Fished: 07/01/06
Location: 32 MILES SE OF BARNEGAT
Fishing Method: DRIFT
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 100 LBS
Bait or Lure: MACKERAL
Water Depth: 115-155
Water Temp.: 72
Information : GREAT DAY OF FISHING, RELEASED A BROWN SHARK 125LBS, MAKO ON AT 1:30 STEAKS FOR THE GRILL, PULLING IN BAITS AT 4:00 HAD A HARD RUN OFF AND SPIT THE HOOK. BOATS AROUND US HAD ACTION ALSO (MAKOS). 4:05 HAD A CENTER CONSOLE DONZI WHO HAD NO CLUE WHAT HE WAS DOING RUN 45 FEET(YES,45 FEET) FROM MY BOAT THROUGH THE SLICK AND MADE A MESS OUT OF A 50 WIDE CUTTING THE LINES(???HOLE)

Angler Name : Vince Carini
E-Mail : vcarini@aol.com
Boat Name: Corrective Action
Date Fished: 7/1/06
Location: Sandy hook
Fishing Method: Killies / spearing
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16.5
Bait or Lure: Killies / spearing
Water Depth: 20-30
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Bluefish & short fluke everywhere along the beach from the tip down to Twin Lights. Keeper ratio 1 out of 20. Lots of fun though.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 7/01/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 69
Information : Another day with the small fish..probably had 300 fish with only a handfull of keepers. Boats have been spread from the Reach, to the Rockaways and down the beach in search of keeper Fluke, same story everywhere, only a handfull each day....Hell even the so called EXPERTS can't catch them!!! Water temp is moving up nicely so hopefully things will start to happen on bigger fish....Yesterdays afternoon trip had only a few customers show up with the holiday weekend, We managed to catch Bluefish and 2 nice Stripers fishing off the Highlands.....capt.ron

Angler Name : Paul Gottlick
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 7/01/06
Location: 15 miles to the NE
Fishing Method: Chum
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8 to 10 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish/Squid
Water Depth: 100
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Paul Gottlick and friends fished aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Blue Fishing. Stopping at the Farms we had non stop action on blues to 10lbs. Limiting out by 10:00 AM we switched over to Fluke.Catching around 60 fish but only 5 were keepers . Great day on the water.

Angler Name : Joe
E-Mail : Jomarweiss@aol.com
Boat Name: fish&fun
Date Fished: 6/30&7/1
Location: Triangle to sandy hook
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 161/2 to 6lbs.
Bait or Lure: spearing&killies&squid
Water Depth: 15to50
Water Temp.: 72
Information : 2 days of fishing produced 4 keepers and lots of shorts sea robins and blues &crabs

Angler Name :
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Boat Name: Ohana
Date Fished: 7/1
Location: near the Fingers
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: none
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: up to 165
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Trolled near the Fingers for Bluefins, no luck. Picked up 3 Bonito on the way in.

Angler Name : Steve
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 7-1-06
Location: Ocean
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 19"
Bait or Lure: spearing/squid
Water Depth: 14-25'
Water Temp.: 69
Information : Fished from Asbury Park to SR inlet. Picked up 3 keeper fluke and one 2.5lb seabass. Tons of very aggressive short fluke which seems to be the norm every trip, one of which must have been caught quite a few times this season because it had more holes (then swiss cheese) around its mouth.

Angler Name : Sid Gold & Jim Varga
E-Mail : sidgold1@verizon.net
Boat Name: Can Do Too
Date Fished: 7/01/06
Location: south of brielle
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 48" and 40 POUNDS
Bait or Lure: large white spoon
Water Depth: 34
Water Temp.:
Information : FOIED AGAIN .... CAPTAIN Jim Foy put us on the biggest striped Bass of the last 2 years.... We trolled south of the inlet and in 1/2 hour got 2 large blue fish... released..... Then the monster hit... the rod bent almost in half.... We knew it was a large something... 15 minutes later Phyllis Becker reeled in her 1st and our largest Striped Bass.....