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Angler Name : Steve
E-Mail : Mntiger3@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Paramount
Date Fished: 7/31/99
Location: Point Pleasant
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Ling (AKA Red Hake)
Size: 1-2 pounds
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 80
Water Temp.: 70
Information : We went out for Ling, Sea Bass and Cod in the morning at 7:40am. Pool fish was a cod. The first spot was great. The action died down after lunch. Most people got about 6 or 7 fish. Mostly lings. Very few Sea Bass. Some cods were hooked on board. returned at 4:20pm

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 31
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: White Marlin
Size: 70" app. 60+ pounds
Bait or Lure: Pitch Bait Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 450'
Water Temp.: 80
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had a slow day in the Hudson Canyon with the Jim Patterson charter from Abott Labs boating only 1 Longfin and losing a few others. However, mate Brad Burgess saved the day as he drew a White Marlin off a Real Seat Spreader Bar and had it eat a Ballyhoo which was attached to our pitch-rod which is a 30lb Class outfit. Jim spent the next 15 minutes fighting one of the best fighting White Marlin we have ever caught before Burgess billed the fish for pictures and the release. This was the fifth White Marlin this week and the most important, as we did not see another fish the rest of the day.

Angler Name : Don Stratton
E-Mail : Oceand29
Boat Name: MAGIC MOMENT
Date Fished: SAT 7/31
Location: Bathing Beach Of Barnagat
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: Only 8 keepers 16 to 18
Bait or Lure: Killies and Squid
Water Depth: 60 Ft to 20 Ft
Water Temp.: 77
Information : Left Holiday Harbor at 7 00 am tryed north fished 34 ft a lot of small fish party boats all over i went out to deeper water 60 ft got 8 keepers had about 30 some throw backs WELL NETTERS COME AND GET THEM Were? are all the KEEPERS??

Angler Name : Jim D
E-Mail : BabyJim 3 @AOL.COM
Boat Name: BabyJim
Date Fished: July 31
Location: Delaware Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16" to 22"
Bait or Lure: Squid & Minnow
Water Depth: 18ft
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Fished Brown Shoal for the 2nd weekend and again limited out on fluke. Not too many throwbacks. Had 8 keeper fluke in about 3 hours. If your looking for some good size fish, this is a spot often overlooked. Try it next time in the area.

Angler Name : Michael Savage
E-Mail : michael.savage@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Wreckless
Date Fished: 7/31/99
Location: Lobster hole, 13 mi. off AC
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Atlantic Bonito
Size: 5 lb
Bait or Lure: metal
Water Depth: 95 ft
Water Temp.: 80.2
Information : Started trolling about noon with a spread of feathers, tuna clones, clouts, rebel, clarke spoons, squid and kept changing. After two and half hours caught the first bonita on a metal jig. Switched to all metal and had non stop action for the next two hours. 6 skippies all on clark spoons, fished 10 feet off the transom. 3 Bonita all on flat metal jigs fished from the outriggers and one dolphin who chased one of the bonita in until we could cast to him. All fish except the dophin were on metal. The action was great once I changed over to all metal.

Angler Name : Barbara Mc Carthy
E-Mail : Blue@vitinc.com
Boat Name: Glacier Bay Catmaran 26'
Date Fished: 7/31/99
Location: Ortley Beach-off the water tower
Fishing Method: Bottom fishing
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15.50 to 22"
Bait or Lure: Squid and custom home made rig
Water Depth: 38-47ft
Water Temp.: 71-73 degrees
Information : Great day can't believe we filled the coolers with our limit in less than 2 hours. Couldn't keep up with the great action nor could we believe our eyes. Tom's custom home made rig was a killer for those big guys. Had plenty to feed and freeze for those cold days. Keep your eyes peeled for the water tower and drift between the two water towers-Lavalette and Ortley Beach. But you must be drifting over the shallow and deep part of the sandbar- it drops quickly from 37 feet down to 19 ft.... go for the deeper water.

Angler Name : Werner & Wolfgang Sprie
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 7-31-99
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: chumming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 41 inches
Bait or Lure: Bunker chunks
Water Depth: 29 ft.
Water Temp.: 76.5
Information : Just when you think it might be over the bite goes on: Capt. Paul Regula ran his Bounty Hunter up to the Shrewsbury Rocks area with Werner and Wolfgang Sprie for a day of Striper chunking. Hoping to pick only a few Bass out of the 76.5 degree water suddenly turned into a furious 2 hour bite during which 22 Stripers up to 41" long were caught. Both Werner & his brother Wolfgang being release fishermen returned all 22 Bass along with 16 jumbo Bluefish up to 14 lbs.back to the sea. Closing out the day with a few drifts off Long Branch a handfull of Fluke were caught. This is as good as it gets.

Angler Name : Rich Quirk
E-Mail : Quirk@lucent.com
Boat Name: Sea-Ya
Date Fished: 7/30 & 7/31
Location: mudhole & monster ledge
Fishing Method: chum, whole mackrel & buncker
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 61/2ft 328lbs-5-1/2ft 232lbs
Bait or Lure: whole mackrel & buncker
Water Depth: 280ft
Water Temp.: 79-80
Information : Trolled from the lobster pots by the BA buoy to the mudhole picked up some dolphin. Got to the ledge and set up a nice chum slick friday..very busy with all the hits landed a 6ft mako 328lbs... Saturday was a little slower but mananged to boat another 5ft mako.

Angler Name : Don Brossman
E-Mail : Huggybear814@Netscape.net
Boat Name: Cock Robin
Date Fished: 7/30-7/31
Location: out of Manasquan inlet
Fishing Method: Anchor then drifted
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10 - 17 pounds
Bait or Lure: Bunker Chunks
Water Depth: 120
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished a drift after a slow anchor at the mud buoy, nailed the big blues, I swear not a single one under 10 pounds came over the rail, gaffs were well used last nite!! Capt. Ron and the crew did a great job!!

Angler Name : kid-kal
E-Mail : 91142412@aol.com
Boat Name: rentle
Date Fished: 7-31-99
Location: Margate lakes bay
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16"-21"
Bait or Lure: squid & minnow
Water Depth: 3-5
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Hit Ray Scotts dock at 6:00 am fluke all day over 40 fish 24 keppers big fish over 3 lb. All big fish in 3 to 5 feet of water. low tide go to left of barge. KID-KAL

Angler Name : bill howard
E-Mail : bill.howard@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: final final
Date Fished: 7 31
Location: south of barn. ridge
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 12 lbs
Bait or Lure: pink plastic and boone birds
Water Depth: 90
Water Temp.: 77
Information : going to the barn ridge at 6am seen alot of debri about 5 miles south trolled through picked up 6 dolphin in a half hour. the rest of the day i picked up little blue fin and alot of skipjacks about 20 fish in all. everything hit the pink plastics,except one fish hit on a red cedar plug. had a fun day.

Angler Name : Len and Bobby G.
E-Mail : av8r1@concentric.net
Boat Name: Finest Kind (25 Grady)
Date Fished: 7/31/99
Location: Glory Hole - Resor Wreck
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 35 lbs.
Bait or Lure: tuna clones/ spreader bars/ feathers
Water Depth: 150
Water Temp.: 78 to 79 degrees
Information : My Son Bobby and I left Manasquan Inlet at sunrise (in light fog) and rode to the Glory Hole on flat calm Seas. Luckily, the fog was confined to the beach and out to 1 mile only. Got a double header of Skipjack Tuna as soon as the spread was set up at the Glory Hole. We continued to troll the Glory Hole for another 2 hours and caught 3 more Skippies and a small Bonito. We decided to run over to the Resor Wreck and look for "real" Tuna there. We set up and trolled around for 1 hour with no luck when suddenly I spotted a fin in the distance. as we got closer, we saw a HUGE pod of Dolphin! ...Flipper's not Mahi ;) Never saw such a large "school" of em like that before. There were at least 40 of em, and they were jumping clear out of the water, and swimming right next to our boat, as we continued to troll in the area. Bobby wondered if we should pull in the lures, as he was concerned one might get hooked by accident, I assured him they are WAY too smart to bite onto a piece of plastic. They stayed with us for over 15 mins, and at one point we were both up in the pulpt watching them swim along with us just ahead of the bow. We could practically touch them and they were rolling on their sides as they swam to get a good look at us too. It was an incredible and magical experience, and I'm so glad that my Son was there to share it with me. After the Dolphins left, we continued to troll in the same general area,and as we passed upwind (NOT in his slick) of a ProLine sharking in the area, the port tuna clone line went off...Bobby knew right away this was no skippy as the fish almost spooled my International 12T of the 20 pound test Ande. While I cleared the rest of the lines, Bobby expertly kept pressure on and regained some line. After at least 15 mins. of fighting the fish, Bobby passed off the rod to me since his arms were already sore from over-doing it at the Gym last night. I fought the fish for another 5 minutes. The fish did the usual "tuna circle dance" but Bobby did a great job of handling the boat and goosed the engines in a tight right turn in order to keep the line away from the Evinrudes. We finally "saw color" and Bobby was ready with the "Reliable" brand Gaff, and stuck him it the head as the Yellowfin came boatside....and the Gaff broke apart! (NOT TOO "RELIABLE" Huh?) I backed off on the drag as the fish went mad and dove for the bottom again with renewed strength. After another 5 minutes we finally got him back up again and gaffed him with the spare. He still had the Reliable gaff hook in his head as I lifted him in! The Yellowfin measured 33 inches and weighed 35 pounds on my hand scale, not the biggest fish caught on Finest Kind, but one of the hardest fighters for sure! By the way, we trolled a spread of 2 Reel Seat spreader bars from the outriggers, approx 40 feet behind the boat, and feathers on flat lines in the white water (in front of the spreader bars), and two tuna clones places just behind the spreader bars (these tuna clones mathced the color of the spreader bar squids). A long line with a red/white feather completed our set up. Fresh Tuna "Shasimi" for appetisers and Tuna steaks on the Grill tonite! "IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS" :^)

Angler Name : John the Greek
E-Mail : koliasj@bms.com
Boat Name: Reel Fun
Date Fished: 7/31/99
Location: "TC" Buoy
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 2.5-6.0 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Squid/Sand Eels/Sand Worms
Water Depth: 28'-65'
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Fished the "TC" area from 8:00 till 11:00. 15-20 fish caught with 5 "nice" keepers, largest going 6 lbs. Real fat fish!! Drifting "big" baits catches big fish...works all the time. Fluking improving weekly, weakfish constantly moving... not like last year when they settled in along the Reach. Tight Lines....

Angler Name : capn lou
E-Mail : rekez44@aol.com
Boat Name: bianca II
Date Fished: 7/31/99
Location: hudson canyon east wall
Fishing Method: trolling / chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 125
Bait or Lure: jethead/butterfish
Water Depth: 370
Water Temp.: 77.5
Information : overnighter at the hudson started trolling 3 pm nothing until about 6 pm raised a white marlin in the spread,played with lures for a while and then disappeared. right after that we got our first yellow about 70 lb. trolled around some lobster pots and nailed 2 bull dolphin. set-up for the night about 9pm bite started about 11pm 4 went off boated 2 fish about 125. bite lasted all night and into 1st light left the fish biting, ended with 12 yellows 2 dolphin great night great weather

Angler Name : WIn, Nikky & Yo
E-Mail : WHeger@AOL.com
Boat Name: FISH FACE II
Date Fished: 7/31/99
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16"-21"
Bait or Lure: Squid/spearing
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished on the Knoll for 2 1/2 hrs., had 6 keepers with 3 over 20". Nice fish.

Angler Name : Randy Cintron
E-Mail : westron@mindspring.com
Boat Name: Sea Fox
Date Fished: 7-30
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting Worms
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 3-7 Lbs
Bait or Lure: Sandworms
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Caught my limit plus aboard the sea fox ...... had to start giving them away ... what a great day .... Freddy C eat your heart out

Angler Name : Robert Lay
E-Mail : RLay151939!
Boat Name: Turf N Surf
Date Fished: 7/30/99
Location: Monster Ledge
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 8-10lbs
Bait or Lure: Zuckers,Tuna clones
Water Depth: 150-250
Water Temp.: 78-79
Information : Trolled all day from 8:00 A.M. until 3:00 P.M. Had several skipjack and two dolphin.Long day

Angler Name : CaptNick
E-Mail : captnick00@aol.com
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: 7-30-99
Location: Bradley Beach
Fishing Method: Jetty
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14"
Bait or Lure: spearing/squid
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Fished one of the jetties on Bradley Beach in the afternoon during low tide and caught 7 fluke and a bluefish within an hour or so. Once the tide started rising the action dropped off and sea robins took over. Was hopping for a weakie or two but not today. Bent rods and screaming reels to all!

Angler Name : cwzimmerman
E-Mail : cwzimm@aol.com
Boat Name: rightaway
Date Fished: 7/30/99
Location: long branch n.j.
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: to 4lbs
Bait or Lure: strip baits
Water Depth: 47
Water Temp.: 72
Information : capt tom joseph worked hard to put together a catch for his customers on fri and as usual he did it fishing generally slow in poor drifting conditions lots of shorts.but capt tom by changing depths and types of bottom fished made everybody happy i had 6 keepers dr andy pain had 5 the only sad note was when richard[yu know who yu are] tried to horse against all advice i might add a really big fluke of course he dropped it. to bad it wasn"t on heidi"s line she would have caught it .

Angler Name : ken mesgleski
E-Mail : fletch3d@aol.com
Boat Name: miss elizabeth
Date Fished: 7/30/99
Location: manasquan river & 1mile off deal
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: lot of shorts
Bait or Lure: killies & squid
Water Depth: 5to10&30to40
Water Temp.: ??????????????
Information : we had a lot of shorts it kept the kids busy total for day was 5 keepers 16 to 18 had fun nice day wet lines to next time

Angler Name : Jim Hopkins
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 7-30-99
Location: Mud Bouy
Fishing Method: chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: l5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker chum & chunks
Water Depth: 45 ft.
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Capt. Paul Regula ran his Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina with Jim Hopkins and his four young sons James, Jason, Jarod & Justin up to the Mud Bouy for a day of Bluefishing. Chumming along with 15 Party Boats produced a slow pick of 3-4 lb. Blues. Later in the day coming into 30 ft. of water over rocks bottom the bigger Blues cooperated and the boys put together a catch of 23 jumbo Blues up to 13 lbs. and l Striper which measered 37 inches.

Angler Name : VIC
E-Mail : vicmail@webtv.net
Boat Name: V - MAN
Date Fished: 7-30-99
Location: BARNEGT RIDGE (N/S)
Fishing Method: TROLL
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: TO 20 LBS.
Bait or Lure: CLONES / FEATHERS / CHAINS
Water Depth: 60FT
Water Temp.: 75
Information : TROLLED FROM 6A TO 10:30A WITH CAPT. TOM. 6 BLUEFIN (20 LB MAX.) 3 SKIPPIES AND A MACKEREL SIZED FALSIE ALL RELEASED.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 30
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: up to 45 pounds
Bait or Lure: Jets
Water Depth: 600'
Water Temp.: 80
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Brad Burgess had a great trip to the Hudson Canyon on Saturday with the Dave Tolkin charter from Monmouth Beach, NJ as the fish seemed to be in the pattern all day. The early bite produced 2 Longfin, 1 Yellowfin and 1 White Marlin release. The White was the fourth Marlin this week. The afternoon bite was even better however as it started with 8 rods hooked-up to Longfin and we boated 7. We then went 3 for 4 and 3 for 3 on additional Longfin putting the 16th tuna in the boat before spending 45 minutes fighting an estimated 700+ pound Blue Marlin which we eventually broke off. All of the action was on the East Wall of the Hudson Canyon and most of the fish took single lures as the Spreader Bars for once did not catch.

Angler Name : Tom Nichols
E-Mail : tinichols@aol.com
Boat Name: BIG T
Date Fished: 7/29/99
Location: north of Manasquan inlet
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18"
Bait or Lure: spearing/killie-squid
Water Depth: 30-35
Water Temp.: 70s
Information : The winds were right, the water temp was right so I called in sick and went fishing. Ok it wasn't that great but it was the best so far this year. The ratio was 4 to one and had seven keepers in about four hours. Only caught two sea robins too. Look for that light wind out of the north and the fluking turns on. Water full of bunker and bait fish. Fishing is going to get better.

Angler Name : ken leis
E-Mail : cptken@mindspring
Boat Name: defiant
Date Fished: 7/29/99
Location: ac ridge,28 mi. wreck
Fishing Method: troll, chum
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure: spreaders, green machine, spoones,you name it
Water Depth: 60-125
Water Temp.: 70-78
Information : started trolling the great egg reef ,no hits, trolled out to the a.c.ridge no hits, trolled out to the 28 mi wreck -no hits, put out a bucket of chum, cut up a flat of macks while drifting for a hour and a half- no hits, the water was flat and beautifull but not even a blufish would rise to the baits. somebody will come out here tomarrow and kill them i,m sure.

Angler Name : Mark Parker
E-Mail : mparker@jmsonline.com
Boat Name: Anthracite
Date Fished: 7/29/99
Location: Baltimore Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: White Marlin
Size: 40 lbs
Bait or Lure: Green Machine
Water Depth: 500 fathoms
Water Temp.: 82.5
Information :

Angler Name : tom & kathy
E-Mail : 8888888
Boat Name: tomkat
Date Fished: 7/29/99
Location: deal to manasquan
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14-18
Bait or Lure: belly,spearing
Water Depth: 16-50
Water Temp.: 73
Information : nothing doing 2 keepers, yesterday was a late day went to manasquan ridge small blues on clk spn & feathers are some of these macks thimble eye sure not spanish

Angler Name : Rich Schneeberg
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 7-29-99
Location: Monmouth Beach area
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 38"
Bait or Lure: bunker chunks
Water Depth: 30 ft.
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Capt. Paul Regula sailed his Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina with the Richard Schneeberg charter for a day of Striper fishing. Chunking the 75 degree water off Monmouth Beach once again produced a Striped Bass bonanza. l4 keeper Bass were boated and another 23 were released. Sizes ranged from 31" to 38". A few of the released fish approached 41". Mixed in with the Bass were chopper Blues up to 16 lbs. which continued to bite all day. We don't know how long this action can stay at this pace, but we will continue to go back until it stops.

Angler Name : DAN MCGIVNEY
E-Mail :
Boat Name: MEGAN BETH
Date Fished: 7/29/99
Location: 18 MILES NE MANASQUAN
Fishing Method: CHUM
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 6 TO 8LBS
Bait or Lure: BUTTERFISH
Water Depth: 60FEET
Water Temp.: 75
Information : ON SATURDAY, 7/24 THE MEGAN BETH HAD THE STEVE PIRANO GROUP OUT BLUEFISHING 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE MANASQUAN INLET. WE HAD A SLOW PICK OF BLUEFISH ALL DAY AS THEY WERE STILL IN SPAWNING. ON WEDNESDAY, 7/28 WE HAD THE CHUCK MEYERS PARTY OUT FROM FLANDERS, NJ AND THE BLUEFISH RESPONDED AS WE CAUGHT OUR LIMIT OF BLUEFISH WITH THE LARGEST FISH WEIGHING 10 LBS. ON THURSDAY, 7/29 WE TOOK OUT THE ALAN WELCH GROUP FROM BRIDGEWATER, NJ. AFTER CATCHING OUR LIMIT OF BLUEFISH, WE SWITCHED OVER TO TROLLING IN THE SAME AREA TO CATCH A GOOD NUMBER OF KEEPER STRIPERS AND RELEASING AN ADDITIONAL 12 SHORTS IN 1 1/2 HOURS. FISHING HAS BEEN GREAT THIS WEEK AND WITH ALL THE BAIT AROUND, IT SHOULD CONTINUE.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 29
Location: Mud Bouy
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: up to 12 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 80
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Canyon Runner back up to the Mud Bouy with the Stuart Lazur charter and put together a fine catch of blues and was back at the dock early as the charter could no longer fight any more fish. Chumming the high bottom at the Mud Bouy produce constant action with 2 and 3 fish on at a time.

Angler Name : Joe
E-Mail : Barney0028@aol.com
Boat Name: Knot-A-Wake
Date Fished: 7-28-99
Location: Keyport
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 16 to 27"
Bait or Lure: Sandworms
Water Depth: 14'
Water Temp.: 70 ?
Information : Left the dock at 1600 for an evening weak trip (incoming tide). Weather was very hot with a slow drift and the action was slow. The fish finder was reading lots of fish but they didn't want to eat I guess. We did get 16 weaks in the box with several 27" and fat. Looks like they are there but outgoing tide may be better. While cleaning them their stomachs seemed empty. We fished Keyport #1 bouy and the Ward Point Bend.

Angler Name : Eric & Ryan (age 8)
E-Mail : yayaginky@aol
Boat Name: seamaster
Date Fished: 7/28
Location: Oley's lump/Barnegat Ridge
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Skipjack Tuna
Size: footballs
Bait or Lure: feathers, greenmachine
Water Depth: 55-110
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Fished Oley's lump from 8AM till 12 noon picked up 12 skipjack tuna on red/white feathers and a 7lb dolphin on green machine. Picked up and went the Barn. ridge where we hooked up with another dolphin and a 15lb. blackfin tuna. The water was very calm- did 35 mph out and back. Beautiful day!!!!

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 28
Location: Mud Bouy
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: up to 10 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 40'
Water Temp.: 80
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Canyon Runner up to the Mud Bouy on Wednesday and put together a great catch of Blues with the Marty Shannon charter from Staten Island. Chumming with light tackle provided non-stop action as 75 Blues were boated with most released.

Angler Name : BeN AND ROGER
E-Mail : BEN77@AOL.COM
Boat Name: MINNOW
Date Fished: 7-28-99
Location: TABLE TOP
Fishing Method: CHUMMED
Specie: Bluefish
Size:
Bait or Lure: BUTTERFISH
Water Depth: 55
Water Temp.: 69-74
Information : IT WAS HOT AND BREEZY, COULDN'T FIND THE BLUES. SO WE RIGGED FOR FLOUNDER, WE PICKED UP A FEW KEEPERS CAUGHT MOSTLY SHORTS. WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THE GREAT FISHING? THEN AGAIN I GUESS IT'S STILL EARLY...

Angler Name : da Silva
E-Mail : *****
Boat Name: NA
Date Fished: 7/28/99
Location: Shark River Inlet
Fishing Method: Jetty
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15 1/2
Bait or Lure: Killies/squid
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished about 8:45am til 12:00pm on the Avon side of the inlet. Caught one sea robin, one keeper fluke, and one sundial. Threw back two short fluke. Action was slow for everybody. Sea robins and short fluke was it.

Angler Name : Wayne Kolusky
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 7-28-99
Location: Monmouth Beach area
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 40 inches
Bait or Lure: Bunker chunks
Water Depth: 35 ft.
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Capt Paul Regula had his Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina up to the Monmouth Beach area with the Ron, Keith & Wayne Kolusky charter for a day of Bluefish and Striper chunking. Just when we thought the warm water would end the great Striper fishing we are enjoying we get fooled again. Starting out slowly the bite got more intense as the morning wore on. The 75 degree water was loaded with jumbo Blues up to 16 lbs. along with some really nice Stripers. All of the Blues were released, but by 1 PM the 5 anglers on board had all used their trophy tags, putting l5 keepers up to 40" in the box.

Angler Name : VIC
E-Mail : vicmail@webtv.net
Boat Name: V-MAN
Date Fished: 7-28-99
Location: BARNEGAT RIDGE (NORTH)
Fishing Method: TROLL
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 10 LBS.
Bait or Lure: CHAINS / CLONES / FEATHERS
Water Depth: 60 FT
Water Temp.: 75+
Information : TROLLED THE NORTH RIDGE FOR 3 HRS. 3 BLUEFIN (10 LB) AND 2 SKIPPIES WERE CAUGHT & RELEASED. SEA WAS PRETTY FLAT FOR A CHANGE.

Angler Name : Mike
E-Mail : 73633.233@Compuserve.com
Boat Name: Trophy
Date Fished: 7/28/99
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 14-18 inch
Bait or Lure: bucktail-sandworms
Water Depth: 6-8
Water Temp.: ???
Information : Fished around the 40 Buoy. Begain at 5:30pm til 7:30. It was extremely slow...no one around me saw much action. I only picked up two..the 14 inch and 18 inch. Where are the fish I have been hearing/reading about??

Angler Name : bobby.G
E-Mail : rglemser@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: weekender
Date Fished: 7/28
Location: Holgate Channel
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 21 inches
Bait or Lure: killies and squid
Water Depth: 21 feet
Water Temp.: 69%
Information : I went out at 9:00 am and the fluke were biting. Not many keepers though. I did catch one 21 inch 4lb and a 16 inch 2lb fluke.

Angler Name : TOM RABI
E-Mail : RABOOO@MONMOUTH.COM
Boat Name: BRAGGN'SIZE
Date Fished: 7-27-99
Location: SEA GIRT/SPRING LAKE
Fishing Method: DRIFTING/POWER DRIFT
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12"-17"
Bait or Lure: SPEARING
Water Depth: 30-50'
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Broke the Manasquan Inlet @ 10 am to find a slow to no drift. Power drifted till the wind kicked up. It is almost unbelieveable the amount of action on those short agressive fluke. Bucktailing is a ball, too. Finished the day with only 2 keepers. FISH 'EM UP !!!!!!

Angler Name : Ken Gerecke
E-Mail : jstp21a@prodigy.com
Boat Name: Explorer
Date Fished: July 27, 1999
Location: Barnegat Ridge
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 34"
Bait or Lure: Zukers, Boone Bird, Jap Feathers
Water Depth: 70
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Started trolling at the ridge around 8:30AM, hooked up with a small bluefin right away, and our keeper (34") 30 minutes later. Released two more around 34", and lost one at the boat. Caught 3 skipjacks, lost two, kept a dolphin and albacore. Ended the day with a 33" bluefish, probably hanging around due to the three party boats chumming on the ridge (and not having much luck). Beautiful day.

Angler Name : Jeff, Joe, Glen
E-Mail : fshhk@aol.com
Boat Name: no name yet
Date Fished: 07/26-27/99
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: chunk/troll
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 40-50#
Bait or Lure: green machines/zukers
Water Depth: 600+
Water Temp.: 77
Information : Arrived at the Hudson 10:30 Monday night, nothing on the chunk. Two run-offs at sun up then started trolling. Uneventful until we trolled the east wall. Had 4 longfins on at once boated three lost one, boated another single, then had another 4 on, kept 3 released one, then we released another 3 before heading home. All fish were 40-50# longfins. Broke in a friends new Grady 306, awesome boat!

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 27
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 35 pounds
Bait or Lure: Reel Seat Squid Bars
Water Depth: 600'
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and Mate Brad Burgess had the Canyon Runner back out to the canyons on Tuesday with the Stanly Gola charter from Pt. Pleasant, NJ. However, as the action slowed considerably in the Toms Canyon they headed to the Hudson Canyon. The move did not make a difference as the boats in the Toms all ran up to the Hudson to get in on our early bite of Longfin that turned out to be the only bite. We immediately had 4 Longfin on as soon as we got to the Hudson boating 2, but we never found the tuna again. We did manage numerous large dolphin include a couple Bulls. It seems that the almost 80 degree water has hurt the fishing as the Tuna just would not stay up and bite except for very early in the day and there is little bait on no whales to be found.

Angler Name : Barbara McCarthy
E-Mail : Blue@vitinc.com
Boat Name: Glacier Bay 22'
Date Fished: July 27, 1999
Location: Asbury Park
Fishing Method: Bottom fishing
Specie: Fluke
Size: 19.25"
Bait or Lure: Squid and a shad dart
Water Depth: 40 to 50'
Water Temp.: 71 degrees
Information : Several below size Fluke 14 to 15" in shallower water in 20ft. of water. The bigger guys seem to like the deeper water over 40 feet. Several 16 to 18" caught that day off of the Historic Convention Hall where they are presently dedging. In the deeper water several larger Fluke can be caught in depths of 52 to 47ft of water. Caught afew keepers also off of Elberon near the beach but again in deeper water. They seem to like deep cooler water. Had no luck for keepers off Spring Lake, and Belmar. Many caught---at least 30 but none keeper size on two occasions fishing there. Try Asbury on your next trip. Good Luck

Angler Name : Al
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Susie-G III
Date Fished: 7/27
Location: Manasquan-Spring Lake
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14-19"
Bait or Lure: squid/killie... bucktail
Water Depth: 25-55'
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Went at it alone today, and went back to the shallows between Manasquan and Spring Lake, fished from 8-1:30.. Had immediate action, and it held up all day long.. Most of the action was between 40-55', inside of 40' there were nothing but shorts.. Picked somewhere between 15 and 20 shorts, with 4 keepers to 19".. Lost a real nice fish about half way up, ruined my day!! Also boated some big robins, skates, and the like.. The red hot rig for today was a plain fluke hook skirted with tinsel, and a big blade with some pink flashies right below it.. Really drew a lot of attention with that rig.. Saw some spanish mackerel swirling around the boat, yes spanish mackerel.. Saw a blue or two, and a short bass come up from a neighboring boat throwing into pods of bunker.. It was frustrating dealing with all the shorts, and dropping quite a few fish, but it was a decent day.. Got enough for a family dinner, so I can't complain! tight lines..

Angler Name : NJDorado
E-Mail : NJDorado@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 7/27/99
Location: Navesink River
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: None
Bait or Lure: squid/spearing and worms
Water Depth: 4-26'
Water Temp.:
Information : Had a slow day at Buoy 20 and the Oceanic Bridge as 1 small 6" Weakfish and 4 Sea Robins. No Fluke, and lots of crabs. Some guys were crabbing and doing quite good. Mabey I should of gone crabbing.

Angler Name : Ed Szalus
E-Mail : tojely
Boat Name: ya never know
Date Fished: 7/27/99
Location: manasquan inlet/bayhead
Fishing Method: troll/drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 6-8 lbs
Bait or Lure: fins lure
Water Depth: 25 ft
Water Temp.: 72
Information :

Angler Name : Ed Gillin
E-Mail : edgillin@aol.com
Boat Name: Panacea
Date Fished: 7/27/98
Location: AC Ridge / AC Lobster pots
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Skipjack Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure: clark spoons / feathers
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Flat as a pancake for all morning. The wind didn't come up till 1:00. Saw a small mako cruising the surface and tons of baitfish (bunker)? all over the place saw some large skipjack busting bait but nothing overall pretty quitet ride and very hot.

Angler Name : John Merrill
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Miss. Cindy
Date Fished: 7-26-99
Location: Barneget Inlet
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: just keepers
Bait or Lure: killes and squid
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished with my dad on his 17 foot boat, the boat traffic was horendous. ended up with 5 keepers. first thing in the morning we tryed outside in 30 to 50 foot water, it was a total hack. Ended up with one keeper outside. We then went inside by the lighthouse and cought some of the out going tide, we cought four more keepers alone with a bunch of shorts. Still haven't gotten skunked this year!!!!

Angler Name : Dave R.
E-Mail : dqr98@home.com
Boat Name: Jazzy-one
Date Fished: 7/26/99
Location: Tuckerton-Great Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14-17"
Bait or Lure: Belly Strip
Water Depth: 75-64
Water Temp.: 6-20"
Information : Fished Marshelder Channel area for Weakies using Shedder and Sand worm no luck. Caught a few fluke and ended w/two keepers in deeper water. Outgoing tide temp. was 75; when it switched the temp dropped to 64! Surely would have done better outside, but we planned a short trip. Stories of plentyful weakfish in Tuckerton/ Little Egg Bay are just stories. High hooks to ya.

Angler Name : Al
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Susie-G III
Date Fished: 7/26
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 12-15"
Bait or Lure: sandworms
Water Depth: 7-10
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Tried the always reliable area of the 40 buoy off Cedar Creek to Tices Shoal this morning, reading lots and lots of weakies.. However, the fish had a slight case of lockjaw for the first time in a while.. We had a fast drift, and were hindered by snapper blues, crabs, and seaweed.. We did boat around 15 weakies, only a smattering of keepers, along with a couple of croakers.. The rig we used was a whole sandworm on a hi-lo, w/ rat-l traps and fin-s drawing absolutely no hits.. To say the least, today was disappointing figuring how well we did two weeks ago, and all of those great reports in the papers!! I'll be back out there probably Friday or Monday, with tomorrow being fluke day.. tight lines..

Angler Name : Ron Bach & Rachael Gwynn
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 7-26-99
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 40"
Bait or Lure: Bunker chunks
Water Depth: 30 ft.
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Capt Paul Regula had the Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina, Pt. Pleasant, Nj up to Monmouth Beach with Ron Bach and Rachael Gwynn for a day of Striper chunking. Working the 30 ft. depths in the morning produced 6 keeper Bass and l short the largest measuring 40". The big Bluefish mixed in with the Bass kept everyone busy. The charter boated l0 big keepers releasing another l2. We hope this fishery holds up until we get into our Tuna schedule in early August, however, the 74 degree water temp. may be the first indication that this great Striper fishing may be coming to an end.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 26
Location: Toms Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: White Marlin
Size: 50 to 60 pounds
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Canyon Runner out to the Toms Canyon on Monday with the Guy Biondi charter and got into a nice bite of White Marlin. Trolling the eastern edge of the Toms, Mate Brad Burgess baited the first White within 20 minutes of trolling. The fish came up behind a Reel Seat Spreader Bar and was baited by Burgess on a naked ballyhoo as he pulled the Bar away. Immediately thereafter another White was missed and then the charter spent 15 minutes fighting and boating a 125 pound yellowfin. The action let up until 11:00 when another 120 pound yellowfin crashed a Green Machine Bar. As the boat was taken out of gear to fight the fish, another White Marlin came up behind a Reel Seat Squid Bar and Burgess baited him from the idled boat. The White was quickly released and the fight continued on the yellowfin which was eventual boated.

Angler Name : Joe
E-Mail : Barney0028@aol.com
Boat Name: Little Jipper
Date Fished: 7-24 and 7-25
Location: Hudson Canyon, West Bank
Fishing Method: Trolling - Chunking
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 35 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 500'
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Left the dock Sat. morning with Capt. Krauszer for an over night tuna trip aboard the Little Jipper. Trolled the West bank of the Hudson for several hours and were able to put three long fin tuna in the box (about 35 lbs ea.)and lost a couple at the boat. Then at sun set we began to chunk all night that resulted in one large dolphine and a large blue shark. The weather was hot, hazy, humid, distant lightening with 25 mph wind all night. Trolled all morning and on they way home without a run off. Total catch was 3 long fin tuna and five dolphin.

Angler Name : richie red
E-Mail :
Boat Name: lionhearted
Date Fished: 7/25/99
Location: roamer shoal/ambrose channel
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 2-5lbs.
Bait or Lure: killies spearing squid
Water Depth: 28-70ft.
Water Temp.: n/a
Information :

Angler Name : Mike & Robert
E-Mail : Mrulli@solutions.att.com
Boat Name: Blue-Striper
Date Fished: 7/25/99
Location: Raritan Reach, Raritan bay
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: N/A
Bait or Lure: Sandworms
Water Depth: 12 to 45FT
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Can anyone advise where the weakfish are in Raritan Bay??? in 4 hours we picked up a few short fluke. No Weakies to be found. (Scratching head). Any weakfish updates please email to me. Thanks. Mike

Angler Name : Rich Marko
E-Mail : RMahoc98@aol.com
Boat Name: ------------------------
Date Fished: July 25, 1999
Location: Point Pleasant Beach
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Fluke
Size: Shorts, 12 inches
Bait or Lure: Squid and spearing
Water Depth: --------------
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Fished in the Manasquan Inlet but too much seaweed. Moved to beach at about 6:30 a.m. and caught 2 short fluke on the first two casts. Nothing after that, dolphins swimming in ocean.

Angler Name : FRED
E-Mail :
Boat Name: NECESSITY
Date Fished: 7/25/98
Location: SHREWSBURY ROCKS
Fishing Method: LIVE EELS
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 34''
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 30 FT
Water Temp.: ?
Information :

Started out drifting Roamer Shoal east towards Ambrose. The action was great however most were shorts.As the morning went on we drifted in the deep water in the channel. Had to use 10oz. and buck a strong current. The results were worth it. That is until the party boats came in full force. I guess they have binocs. We called it a day at 12 noon. Limit out 16 fluke 2-5lbs. Boat traffic can be dangerous. Be careful.

Angler Name : RAY CZORNIEWY
E-Mail : USER360603@AOL
Boat Name: PATRICIA C
Date Fished: 7-25-99
Location: BAYRIDGE FLATS CHAPEL HILL CHANNEL
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size: 2 TO 7 LBS
Bait or Lure: KILLIE SQUID COMBO
Water Depth: 25 TO 35 FEET
Water Temp.:
Information : STARTED OUT FISHING BAYRIDGE FLATS FOR WEAKIES FISHED FROM 7:15 AM TO 9:30AM NO FISH MOVED OVER TO CHAPEL HILL CHANNEL TO THE AC GREEN BOUY FISHED THE CHANNEL EDGES 30 TO 35 FEET CAUGHT 21 FLUKE 10 OF WHICH WERE KEEPERS AND TO TOP IT OFF MY FRIEND MARTY CAUGHT A BOAT RECORD 7 LB FLUKE. ALL FISH CAUGHT ON KILLIE SQUID COMBO NO BELLS NO WHISTLES. SEE YOU ON THE WATER.

Angler Name : Bill Mulliniks
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 7-25-99
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 41"
Bait or Lure: Bunker chunks
Water Depth: 40 ft.
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Capt. Paul Regula sailing his Bounty Hunter from Clarks Landing Marina, Pt. Pleasant, NJ had the Bill Mulliniks charter up to the Shrewsbury Rocks area for a day of Striper chunking. Chunking in 35 ft. of water on the outgoing tide we landed 3 nice Striped Bass the largest a 34" fish along with 6 Bluefish up to l2 lbs. Fluke fishing the slack water we landed 6 keeper Fluke along with a dozen shorts. Returning to the chunking in the afternoon Bill caught his largest Striper ever a 42" fish. Another 2 Stripers were caught along with 7 more large Bluefish.

Angler Name : DICK BERGMAN
E-Mail : GABBILB@NETZERO.NET
Boat Name: GABBI LYNN
Date Fished: 7-25-99
Location: GARDEN STATE SOUTH REEF
Fishing Method: DRIFT
Specie: Fluke
Size: UNDER 15 1/2"
Bait or Lure: KILLIES
Water Depth: 61'
Water Temp.: N/A
Information : STARTED IN THE BAY, HOLGATE CAUGHT 3 SHORTS. MOVED OUT SIDE TO THE REEF, PICKED UP 2 MORE SHORTS AND SEA BASS. SLOW DRIFT AND COLD WATER UP-WELLING OFF LBI. MOVED TO A LUMP OFF THE RED TANK IN 30' PICKED UP A SAND SHARK.

Angler Name : Brian Moleen
E-Mail : brian.r.moleen@db.com
Boat Name: Canyon Dreamer
Date Fished: 7/25/99
Location: Barnegat Ridge/Fingers
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure: Purple zucker
Water Depth: 58
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Our first 10 minutes of trolling produced a 15 lb Bluefin at the ridge. We continued to troll the area but we kept getting wolf packed by skippies. After a few hours of constant action with the skippies I headed east to the fingers which we found a ton of surfacing fish in warmer water(75-77). They were just larger skippies. Mixed in with the skippes were some nice dolphin. We had one which was about 15lb and lost another after the second jump. Just when the bluefin fishing is getting somewhat productive they close it down to just one large fish.

Angler Name : Alison Bennett (age 10)
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Let'em Eat Fish
Date Fished: 7/25/99
Location: Ole's Lump
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 30"
Bait or Lure: Rebel minnow w/ treble hooks?!?
Water Depth: 74
Water Temp.:
Information : Also picked up loads of skipjack on pink&white feathers. Skipjack were all over the lump and were jumping out of the water. First strike was a king mackeral on a Clark spoon down on a planer.

Angler Name : Captain Bob Balewicz
E-Mail : bob@cornerelo.com
Boat Name: Carcharodon
Date Fished: 7/25/99
Location: Tom's Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Blue Marlin
Size: 500 lbs
Bait or Lure: Zucchini colored smoker
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : After the great trip on Saturday, I got back in, cleaned the boat, filled the Cats with oil and turned around for a trip to the Toms Canyon. After a stormy, rainy, lightening filled ride out, we got the lures in the water at 4:30 a.m. on Sunday. Highlight of the trip was successful landing, revival and release of an 11' estimated 400-500 pound Blue Marlin. Steve (Tradition) Lisowski and Mark Czaplinski teamed up for the bragging rights, with Scott & Stash (His Lady) Lisowski assisting in the catch and release. Couldn't ask for a better crew. Thanks guys for the first Blue Marlin on the Carcharodon. What a trip!

Angler Name : Capts Mark & J.D.
E-Mail : Thummprr@aol.com
Boat Name: Too 2
Date Fished: 7/25
Location: HA to Monster Ledge
Fishing Method: trolling and chunking
Specie: Skipjack Tuna
Size: footballs
Bait or Lure: cedar plugs, feathers green machine
Water Depth: 120-240
Water Temp.: 82
Information : started trolling Ha buoy about 8am got one knockdown and brought in 1 nice skippy, (was kinda hopin for a yellowfin)worked our way over to the ledge and did some chunking whiched produced zilch. back on went the plastics trolled toward the hook and snagged 2 more skippys

Angler Name : John the Greek
E-Mail : koliasj@bms.com
Boat Name: Reel Fun
Date Fished: 7/25/99
Location: Ammo Pier
Fishing Method: Drifting/Trolling
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15.5-21
Bait or Lure: Squid/Sand Eel
Water Depth: 24'
Water Temp.: n/a
Information : Another good day with my borther George at the ammo pier!!! Tons of boats playing tag around the "TC"...hunting & searching, but not many nets going over. Should have been where I was.... 20-30 caught with 5 nice keepers. Largest was 5.5 lbs. Sand eels did the trick....big baits catch big fish. Tight Lines!!! Hi there So-Kool

Angler Name : Bob
E-Mail : ROBERTCHANKALIAN@HOME.COM
Boat Name: TAIL CHASER
Date Fished: 7/25/99
Location: MUD HOLE (NORTH OF LITTLE ITALY)
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Skipjack Tuna
Size: 20"
Bait or Lure: TUNA CLONES & FEATHERS
Water Depth: 200
Water Temp.: 75
Information : LOADED WITH SKIP JACKS - NO BLUEFIN SEEN

Angler Name : NJDorado
E-Mail : NJDorado@aol.com
Boat Name: Smuttynose
Date Fished: 7/25/99
Location: Raritan & Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: Shorts, Robins, and Dogfish
Bait or Lure: squid and spearing
Water Depth: 7-70'
Water Temp.: near 80's
Information : Didn't catch many due to the drift from late morning to early afternoon. It was hot and I fished from North Beach to Old Orchard and only caught 2 Sea Robin, 3 Shorts, and 1 Dogfish. On the radio it was some keepers, shorts, Weakfish, and Bluefish.

Angler Name : Fittipaldi/Connolly
E-Mail : JOHNFITTIPALDI@HOME.COM
Boat Name: TAIL CHASER ( AVALON,NJ)
Date Fished: JULY 25, 1999
Location: SEA ISLE RIDGE
Fishing Method: CHUNKING/TROLLING
Specie: Bluefish
Size:
Bait or Lure: BUTTERFISH
Water Depth: 80
Water Temp.: 70
Information : NOTHING SEEN,NOTHING CAUGHT -WE STAYED FOR A SOLID 5HRS THEN TROLLED BACK-IN. WEATHER WAS A FACTOR.

Angler Name : Capt, Bob O'Connell
E-Mail : Bobo6012@aol.com
Boat Name: GO FOR IT
Date Fished: 7/25/99
Location: Harvey Cedar lump
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 3 to 5 lb
Bait or Lure: Finger mullet
Water Depth: 70
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Had charter out from Barnegat Bay Boat sales. Returning to same area that I fished day before and did well. Had all big fish only 5 throw backs all day,16 keepers. Mullet was the ticket last 3 trips in deep water. Not fast action like closer to the beach but all nice fish. Filet Mullet in half they last longer.

Angler Name : Capt.JimLynch
E-Mail : Finaddict.sportfishing@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: FinAddict
Date Fished: 7/25/99
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: to19"
Bait or Lure: Killies & Fluke bellies
Water Depth: 25 to 35 '
Water Temp.: 70 F
Information : Fished with the Mike Newmeyer party from Pt Pleasant Beach on Sunday for fluke.We started fishing at Monmouth Beach and worked our way back to the inlet with stops at the Hilton in Long Branch, Deal rocks and the Spring Lake Hotel. We picked fish at each location working in 25 to 35 feet of water.Shorts out numbered keepers 6 to 1,but we did manage to put together a good catch.The biggest fish was caught on a large strip of fluke belly.

Angler Name : rob and charlie
E-Mail : chrep@snip.net
Boat Name: LESLIE D
Date Fished: 7 25
Location: cape may sommer & 20 min shoal
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: mostly 17 to 20 in
Bait or Lure: sea robin and blue fish
Water Depth: 15 ft
Water Temp.: 75
Information : drifted sommer shoal in am caught some flukes and weakies,but the croakers were hitting anything and everything. moved to 20 min slew to finish out the outgoing tide and managed to limit out on some nice fluke without any croakers. went back to the rips to finish out the day on a nice catch of blues weakies and CROAKERS.

Angler Name : Jim
E-Mail : Samson7489@aol.com
Boat Name: Sam Son
Date Fished: July 25, 1999
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Chumin
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 150-250
Water Temp.: 70-73
Information : Capt Jim departed Shark River Inlet at 6 am with Ryan and Sam . We trolled for about 2 hours for some blues and caught about 8 which we then used as bait for sharking we. We had a good slick going we brought 1 to the boat and the rest of the day was slow. All in All a another good day aboared the Sam Son. Tight Lines !!!!!

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Angler Name : Lou Green
E-Mail : louis_green@ml.com
Boat Name: Green Machine
Date Fished: 07/24/99
Location: Ole's lump
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 30
Bait or Lure: Orange tuna clones
Water Depth: 100'
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Fog and choppy sea conditions put a damper on otherwise good day of trolling. We had steady action from 7:30 till 11 with bluefin,skippies and dolphin. The water varied from blue to green. Lost a nice bluefin at the boat and then later boated one. Also found 5 lb dolphin arounf a floating piece of plastic. 5 to 6 ft seas sent and a thunderstorm sent us home early.

Angler Name : John Millili
E-Mail : jjmmd@home.com
Boat Name: BAIT WASTER
Date Fished: 7/24/99
Location: Wilmington Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 3 of them, each about 10#
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 600+
Water Temp.: 77.6
Information : A slow day at the Wilmy. Didn't even see a bill.

Angler Name :
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Last Minute
Date Fished: 7/24/99
Location: 1/2 mile off seagirt
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 2-4 1/2 lb
Bait or Lure: softshell crab
Water Depth: 50 ft.
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Caught 13 keeper fluke,and one 3lb. sea bass.Outstanding day.

Angler Name : Tom Ronan
E-Mail : ronan-tom@aramark.com
Boat Name: Gambler
Date Fished: 07/24/99
Location: Point Plesant
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: Spearing,squid,bucktails
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Took the afternoon trip on the Gambler. We fished about 5 miles south of Manasquan inlet. I personally caught about 20 fluke but they were all shorts. Of the entire boat there were probably over 100 fluke caught and maybe 10 keepers. There were lots of sea robins, sandsharks and a few sea bass and snapper blues(1-2 pounds) caught. I had a lot of fun but since I promised the family a flounder dinner I had to stop at the fish store on the way home. Oh well, by late august-early sept. the shorts should fatten up and grow so I'll give it a whirl then.

Angler Name : S Clancy
E-Mail : sclancy@pattonboggs.com
Boat Name: The Irish Rogue
Date Fished: 7/24/99
Location: Elephant Trunk, 19th Fathom Lump
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: o"
Bait or Lure: artificials
Water Depth: 130-180
Water Temp.: 76-77
Information : Started trolling the tip of the trunk around 9:00 am. only one other boat trolling with us for a reason, great water but no fish. not a single knockdown. moved to the west base of the trunk to fish the temp break, but again not a single knockdown. several boats trolling the base of the trunk did not appear to be doing anything. Commercial draggers were working west of the trunk's base and throwing some bycatch over the side so we trolled with them (along with 3 other boats) but got nothing for our efforts. moved to the 19 fathom lump were 20 boats were on the hook chunking. we trolled the edges of the lump for an hour without a single knockdown. chunkers in the middle of the day werent doing anything either. surprise, surprise. P.S. NWS report misses again. forecast 2-3 ft -- actual nasty 3-4ft chop (with the occasional 5 footer) and a stiff 15 kt S/SW wind!

Angler Name : B.Young
E-Mail : younger5@aol.com
Boat Name: Tom's Team
Date Fished: 7/23, 7/24
Location: 30 Line-Balt. Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: White Marlin
Size: 26"
Bait or Lure: Zuker
Water Depth: 40-100 fath.
Water Temp.: 76.8
Information : Slow! Trolled 2 days from the 30 line to the deep of the Baltimore. Nothing happening. Caught 1 small Yellowfin. No other knockdowns. It is really dead everywhere. The gus south in the poormans and s. poormans did just as bad. Heard of a blue and a couple of whites in 1500 fathoms.

Angler Name : Captain Bob Balewicz
E-Mail : bob@cornerelo.com
Boat Name: Carcharodon
Date Fished: 7/24/99
Location: Resor Wreck & Fingers
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 40 lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Thursday nights trip to the Toms Canyon was cut short about 24 miles off in steep 6-8 seas. But we made up for it on Sunday. (see below) Saturday, an Inshore trolling trip with Rumson residents Brian Kane, his friend Terrance, Joe Davidson, his son Chris & girlfriend Dawn Traynor turned out nice. In a pretty good heave, we trolled the 20 fathom line around the Resor wreck and after catching our limit of Bluefin Tuna, we released a half-dozen more during the morning. Moving south to the Fingers area, we trolled up Little Tunnys and Skipjacks. As the water got worse, I started to move north and happened upon a favorite sharking spot. Chris was putting out a small zucchini Zuker, and 30 yards off the stern a beautiful Mahi-Mahi body surfed across the wake and swallowed the lure! Chris had a great fight and we brought home a 50 dolphin. Thanks guys, for putting up with the rough water and toughing out the day. Kudos to Chris Sebode for a great job working the cockpit.

Angler Name : bern
E-Mail : b.kirkland@mailexcite.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 7/24/99
Location: Cape May Point
Fishing Method: Livelining croakers
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Live croakers
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : We have been livelining croakers this past week. Have runoffs , hook the fish, and get spooled and lose fish every time. Got spooled on 50 lb test...don't know what kind of fish it is. i think it is a shark. lots of sharks in bay now. any ideas PLEASE e-mail me.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 24
Location: Resor Wreck Area
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 33 - 36 inches
Bait or Lure: Reel Seat Mini Mamba Bars
Water Depth: 135
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Pat Ryan charter from Chester, PA out on the Canyon Runner Saturday and put together an excellent catch of Bluefin Tuna. Fishing just South and West of the Resor Wreck we loaded up with skipjack and bonita as soon as the lines went in the water and had over 20 in the first hour. Eventualy the Tuna turned on and we boated 5 up to 35 pounds before Noon, keeping 2 and releasing the rest. The real excitement came 15 minutes before we were to leave as 5 rods went off and all were Bluefin. All the fish were boated and were between 25 and 30 pounds, pictures were taken and they were all released. The action was all on Reel Seat Mini Mambe Bars.

Angler Name : David
E-Mail : kirby1266@aol.com
Boat Name: miss chris
Date Fished: 7/24/99
Location: old grounds
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 23 inches
Bait or Lure: belly,squuid,spearing,killies
Water Depth: 70 to 80ft
Water Temp.: na
Information : took a two hour ride to the old groundsfor some good fluke in serious tough conditions. needed 12 to 16 oz. to hold bottom. caught 5 keepers,4 of them over 20 inches!!!

Angler Name : Jim Meyer
E-Mail : Inmemfrank@aol.com
Boat Name: Debra Ann
Date Fished: 7/24
Location: 19 Fathom, Elephant's Trunk
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 35lb
Bait or Lure: Bally
Water Depth: 121
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Headed offshore expecting 1-2 footers with variable winds courtesey of NOAA but found 3-4 close together and 15 knt winds! Anyway starting trolling about a mile inshore of the lump and boated 1 small (35lb) yellow fin. Had another knockdown and lost it. No action on the lump or the trunk later in the day. Tight lines.

Angler Name : JSpoto
E-Mail : JSpoto6449@aol.com
Boat Name: N/A
Date Fished: 7/24/99
Location: Bayhead, NJ
Fishing Method: Surf Casting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: N/A
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: N/A
Water Temp.: N/A
Information : Call for a report before you go surf fishing this week. 2 days in a row, tons of seaweed, makes it hard to fish. Schools of Dolphins at sunrise was a beautiful sight.

Angler Name : Dan
E-Mail : laninc@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Split Decision
Date Fished: 7/24/99
Location: five fathom bank
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: King Mackerel
Size: 12 lbs
Bait or Lure: small cedar plugs and daisy chains
Water Depth: 30' - 50'
Water Temp.: 72.5
Information : Trolled five fathom bank early morning and had serveral fish hooked up by 9:00 am. Largest fish we boated was a nice 12 pounder but a few much largest fish got away. King mackerel were also mixed with false albacore.

Angler Name : NJDorado
E-Mail : NJDorado@aol.com
Boat Name: Smuttynose
Date Fished: 7/24/99
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 2 keepers, lots of shorts
Bait or Lure: squid and spearing and killies
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : A lot of short Fluke, a few keepers, Sea Robins, and Skates in Sandy Hook Channel. A fast drift but plenty of fish. Was going chunking at the Shrewsbury Rocks but the weather report wasn't great. Going fishing in the Bay tommorrow for Fluke and Weakfish.

Angler Name : Win Heger
E-Mail : WHeger@AOL.com
Boat Name: FOUR A / FISH FACE
Date Fished: 7/23 - 7/24
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16" - 25"
Bait or Lure: squid & spearing
Water Depth: 25"
Water Temp.:
Information : We started out on Fri. for the elusive weakfish, and they were. We were on my friends boat and ran out to the REACH. A few boats no fish. We got into a school of small blues and jigged some for shark bait. I saw 2 weakfish jigged on a party boat. We decided to go fluking, and went to the KNOLL. Only 2 fish but one was 25"/6lb. My personal best. Went out on my boat with my wife on Saturday, back to the Knoll. We fished for 3 hrs., and had 5 keepers and 3 shorts. 15 1/2" - 19". GOOD LUCK!!

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: Rosie R
Date Fished: 7-24-99
Location: Bradley Beach-Long Branch
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12-17 Inchs
Bait or Lure: Squid/Spearing
Water Depth: 40-60
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished with a few online friends abroad the Rosie R. We fished various hills and humps from Bradley Beach to Long Branch.I'd estimate close to 250 fluke were caught with only 30-35 being keepers along with some sea bass and numerous skates. My personal tally was 2 keeper fluke,23 shorts,1 sea bass & 10 skates

Angler Name : ART JUILLET
E-Mail : ATJ45@AOL.COM
Boat Name: PRIMETIME
Date Fished: 7-24-99
Location: SANDY HOOK
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size: 10-16 INCHES
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.: 75
Information : LAUNCHED MY BOAT 5AM FROM ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS AND STARTED DRIFTING AT THE AMMO PIER & CAUGHT 2 14 INCH FLUKE. I FISHED TILL NOON AND CAUGHT 10 FLUKE WITH ONLY ONE LEGAL SIZE. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME

Angler Name : George Needham
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 7-24-99
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 35"
Bait or Lure: bunker chunks
Water Depth: 40 ft.
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Capt. Paul Regula ran the Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina with the George Needham charter for a day of Fluke and Striper fishing. Starting the morning drifts for Fluke in 25 ft. of water we landed 7 keeper Fluke and l4 throwbacks. Conditions deteriorated when the tide turned into the wind. Switching to Striper chunking on the nearby rocks saw 2- 35" Stripers go into the box along with 5 Bluefish.

Angler Name : BILL
E-Mail :
Boat Name: JO'S DREAM
Date Fished: 7-23-99
Location: FIVE FATHOM BANK
Fishing Method: TROLL
Specie: Skipjack Tuna
Size: 7 TO 10 LBS
Bait or Lure: TUNA CLONES
Water Depth: 60 FT
Water Temp.: 73
Information : WE STARTED TROLLING AT 2FB AND STARTED PICKING SKIPJACK RIGHT AWAY.TROLLED DOWN TO 4FB AND MARKED FISH ALL THE WAY.AFTER THE SUN GOT UP A WAYS THE BITE STOPPED.ENDED UP CATCHING 18 SKIPJACK BETWEEN 7 AND 10 LBS.ALL WERE RELEASED.

Angler Name : Craig
E-Mail : Basspond@aol.com
Boat Name: Ken's SeaCraft
Date Fished: 7/23/99
Location: BA Buoy, Oil Wreck
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: Albie: 10lbs, Bonito: 5lbs
Bait or Lure: Zukers, Moldcrafts, Reel Seat spreader bars
Water Depth: 165
Water Temp.: 72.3
Information : Trolled all morning, Heavy swells eventually subsided to calm ocean. Beautiful water, mackerel everywhere, Saw a big mako chasing macks but didnt have any natural bait to offer it. Got both fish next to a pot one on a zuker, the other on a spreader bar.

Angler Name : Jim D.
E-Mail : Baby Jim 3@AOl.COM
Boat Name: BabyJim
Date Fished: July 23, 1999
Location: Delaware Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 2 to 5lbs
Bait or Lure: Squid & Minniows
Water Depth: 40ft
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Fished #10 bouy on the out going tide and than over to Brown shoal on the incoming. Had 12 keepers. 2 were 16" and the remaining fish were all over 20" with the biggest being 24". At this time of the year the bigger ones are in these spots. Seems to me minnows are a must. In addition we had about a dozen shorts. If you are looking for big fluke they are there. Just need to try different areas around #10 and the shoal. You wil finf them. Good luck. Don't give them slack. Tight lines.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 23
Location: Toms Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 115 pounds
Bait or Lure: Reel Seat Squid Bars/Jets
Water Depth: 450
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Rob Becker charter from Stavola Contractors in Middletown, NJ out to the Toms Canyon and put the group into some fish. Unfortunately, due to the weatherman announcing the chance of Severe Thunderstorms with 70 mile an hour winds we, as well as most boats fishing the Canyon, headed home early and only fished 4 hours. Well the weatherman was wrong, as usual, however we did put the group into fish as they boated a Yellowfin of 115 pounds and 2 nice Longfin. The action was on Reel Seat Squid Bars and Jets.

Angler Name : Tim
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Day Tripper - 25 Grady White
Date Fished: 7/23/99
Location: Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Skipjack Tuna
Size: 10-15 lbs
Bait or Lure: Plastics and Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 230
Water Temp.: 75+
Information : Thought we were going to clean up. The water was clear blue and warm. The hard east wind the night before must have blew in some gulfstream water. We only caught a few skipjacks and so did everyone else on the VHF. No real fish. Lost one dolphin due to the shotty ballyhoo rig I made. Tons of baitfish, had a good troll going but could not get a bluefin or any good dolphin hook ups. Next time...

Angler Name : Dave , Bob Andy , < Capt Bruce Hrobak
E-Mail : Captwave @aol.com
Boat Name: WAVEDANCER
Date Fished: 7/21 7/23
Location: 30 miles east of manasquan , and Little Italy
Fishing Method: Troll Ballyhoo and also Zukers and Spreader bars and Tuna clones
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 50 +
Bait or Lure: see attached
Water Depth: 150 to 190
Water Temp.: 73 to 76
Information : Caught Mahi mahi and got sevaral knock downs !!!! Had a friend get spooled on wends on 30 lb !!!! There were sevaral temp breaks and the water was also changing in color we had some clearwater and also some dirty water as well but there was so much life and you had to travel a bit to find the clearer water but there was clean water at the leadge we hit on the way back ( just Blues ) but we also caught Bonito that were 8 lbs but no skippies I think my friend boat the STARFISH get them all plus all the rest !!! lol!!!! Tight lines Capt Bruce !!!!!

Angler Name : Mike
E-Mail : MTM134@AOL.COM
Boat Name: Mike & The Mechanic
Date Fished: 7/23/99
Location: Barnaget
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14" - 16"
Bait or Lure: Spearing, Killies, and Squid
Water Depth: 10'- 40'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Visibility at 7:00 am was only 100 yrds. Started fishing at the 32 buoy of Oyster Creek. There was at least 30 other boats already fishing this early in the morning. From that buoy to the inlet, the channel is loaded with 14" fluke. Caught two keepers out of a dozen. Every boat was catching fish. Went out to Harvey Cedars lump to try for larger fish. Visibility increased to 2 miles. There was no drift in the ocean but I managed to get one 16" fluke, two sand sharks and several skates. I then decided to come back inside of the inlet. I picked up two more just legal fluke. NOTE: Party boats all went north of the inlet.

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Angler Name : Capt. Lou
E-Mail : Osprey30@aol.com
Boat Name: Everythings Rosie's II
Date Fished: 7/22
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks-south to Manasquan
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 10 to15"
Bait or Lure: squid/killie
Water Depth: 55'
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Drifted the Rocks and picked up a dozen or so Seabass, 8 keepers to 15 inches. the wind picked up and the rain started we drifted tight to beach and between Monmouth Beach and Asbury Park cought over 40 fluke, but only 4 keepers.Rained like hell and we loved it .

Angler Name : John
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Atlantic Star
Date Fished: 07/22/99 am
Location: Ammo Pier
Fishing Method: Drift / Power Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 10" - 30"
Bait or Lure: Killies / spearing /squid
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Boat was full for a overcast day. Father-in-law caught 10, all of them short. I caught 3, 1 short, 1 2.5 lbs, 1 - 6 lbs(pool winner) Boat had about 40 keepers. High hook 5 keepers. Many with zero. Capt Tom did his best. We moved, we powerdrifted. Mates were great. Many young kids and old men. Most needed extra help.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 22
Location: Resor
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 40 to 50 pounds
Bait or Lure: Reel Seat Mini Mamba Bars
Water Depth: 135
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Canyon Runner out for another day of Tuna trolling only today we fished inshore around and just south of the Resor. Fishing with the Jim Frank charter from Cherry Hill, NJ we had action all day with Bluefin Tuna, Skipjack, Bonita and Dolphin. The charter boated 3 Bluefin, releasing 1 and keeping 2 in the 40+ pound range. The action with the Bluefins was mostly on Reel Seat Mini Mamba Bars. We also had 20+ Skipjack and Bonita in addition to 1 dolphin.

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Angler Name : Jon Murray
E-Mail : murray@quadnet.net
Boat Name: Tunnel Vision
Date Fished: 07/21/99
Location: Barnegat Ridge
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: Shorts
Bait or Lure: Daisy Chains & Green Mach.
Water Depth: 65-75
Water Temp.: 74-75
Information : Started at North Ridge fluking & having only 2 keepers & 6 shorts in 2 hrs decided to go on the troll. Started trolling at South Ridge at 12:00 & had 2 knock downs & caught 1 skippy in 15 min. After nothing for 1-1/2 hrs trolled east side of the Barn. Ridge towards North Ridge. In 1 hour went 4 for 8 with footballs just under the limit. Still fun on 30#. For anyone CONCERNED, I was just in Giant Food Store in Southampton Pa., my hometown, & they had FRESH BLUE MARLIN in the fish case!! GRRRRR!!!!

Angler Name : Jim Belanger
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 7-21-99
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 39"
Bait or Lure: bunker chunks
Water Depth: 40 ft.
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Capt. Paul Regula took the Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina up to the Monmouth Beach area with the Jim Belanger charter from RJB Plumbing, Toms River to fish in the annual NJ Builders Assoc. Tournament. Starting the day chunking the rocks we landed 6 Stripers all keepers up to 36" and several jumbo Blues up to 13 lbs. At slack water going over to drifting for Fluke produced 8 keeper Fluke along with 20-30 throwbacks. Chunking the afternoon tide change, again saw 7 more keeper Stripers up to 37" go into the box along with 4 more Bluefish.

Angler Name : Dessoye, Jerry
E-Mail : R350m@CS.com
Boat Name: Royal Flush
Date Fished: 21 July 1999
Location: Wildwood Crest
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Atlantic Croaker
Size: medium
Bait or Lure: Squid strips
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
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Angler Name : kush
E-Mail :
Boat Name: deep adventures III
Date Fished: 07/21/1999
Location: TOMS CANYON
Fishing Method: chunking/jigging / trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40 to 80 lbs
Bait or Lure: butterfish/vike jigs/geen machines/zukers
Water Depth: 500 +
Water Temp.: unknown
Information : First canyon trip of the season was non-stop action. The boat started the night chunk around 12:30 am and 1st yellowfin was boated within 1hour on butterfish. Instead of chunking I opted to jig with 8oz Vike jig and boated 8 yellowfins out of 13 hookups. Thanks to our friends at the NMFS who are probably taking kickbacks from the commercial fisherman I had to release 5 tuna due to the 3 yellowfin per man limit. Throughout the night yellowfins could be seen taking chunks as fast as they were thrown out. Once daybreak broke yellowfins could be seen boiling all around the boat so I decided to have some fun and break out the 20lb spinning gear. I threw a pencil popper into the boiling fish and about the 3rd crank I was hooked up and landed a 35lb yellowfin about 25 minutes later. I then took the hooks off the popper and watched yellowfins explode on top chasing the popper all the back to the boat. Once the boat caught the limit on yellowfins Capt.Larson setup to troll longfins around 0700 am with a 11 rod spread. The result 9 hookups at once.Once the fish were boated the mates began setting the lines and only got to the 3rd rod before all were hooked up. Throughout the morning until noon we had double and triple headers of longfins while trolling in the vicinity of whales.On the journey home Capt.Larson stopped at a couple of lobster pots to boat only to add 2 mahi mahi despite seeing schools of dolphin. Overall great day to be in the canyons with a flat calm sea and only 10 other patrons on board.

Angler Name : JSpoto
E-Mail : JSpoto6449@aol.com
Boat Name: Salata Seas
Date Fished: 7/21/99
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15 1/2 to 19" inch
Bait or Lure: Mr. Twister and killies
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.: N/A
Information : My buddies Mike, Davey and I fished the ocean side of the hook, current too strong. Moved into the Ammo Pier, caught 30 shorts and 10 keepers in 5 hours. Great day for fishing!

Angler Name : Tom Rabi
E-Mail : rabooo@monmouth.com
Boat Name: BRAGGN'SIZE
Date Fished: 7-21-99
Location: Upper Barnagat/Bay Head
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16-17"
Bait or Lure: spearing
Water Depth: 6-12'
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Late afternoon delight. Matched the hatch.Tons of spearing. Caught 9 in 45 minutes. 3 keepers. Then got wind against tide. Short fishing session.

Angler Name : Capt.Jim Lynch
E-Mail : Finaddict.sportfishing@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: FinAddict
Date Fished: 7/21/99
Location: So. of Spring Lake Hotel
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: to 18"
Bait or Lure: Killies & Squid
Water Depth: 20 to 30'
Water Temp.: 70 F
Information : Fished with the Ray Franklin party from Edison on Wed.Got into lots of fluke just south of the Sring Lake Hotel in 20 to 30 foot of water. Still catching many more shorts than keepers, but we had plenty of action all day long.After the wind picked up from the s/w later in the day we finished with a few productive drifts in the river.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 21
Location: Toms Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: up to 100+ pound Yellowfin
Bait or Lure: Reel Seat Spreader Bars
Water Depth: 450
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and the Canyon Runner were back out to Toms Canyon for the fifth day in a row on Wednesday and put together another great catch of Tuna. Fishing with the Mike Walsh charter from Allentown, PA, the Canyon Runner picked away at Longfin all day ending with 9 Longfin between 25 and 50 pounds. The highlight of this trip was a 100+ Yellowfin which grabbed a Reel Seat Squid Bar but was quickly subdued by Mike and boated. All of the action occurred south of the Toms Canyon as the bait and whales we have been fishing with are on the move out of Toms Canyon and down the shelf.

Angler Name : Capt. Lou
E-Mail : Osprey30
Boat Name: Everything's Rosie"sII
Date Fished: 7/21
Location: Manasquan- Seagirt
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17"
Bait or Lure: Squid/Killie
Water Depth: 30 to 12'
Water Temp.: 73*
Information : Took the Barbaro Family for some close Fluke. Just north of the inlet in 30' of water with a slow S/E drift first to fish were Keepers ,the next 2 dozen were shorts worked north to Seagirt and started with the skates and searobins. The Fluke were noticably smaller. Small pods of 12" blues chasind bait all over the place. Nice morning with flat water.

Angler Name : Al
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Norma-K III
Date Fished: 7/21
Location: Spring Lake-Bradley Beach
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14"+
Bait or Lure: squid/spearin
Water Depth: 30-55
Water Temp.: 67ish
Information : Took the a.m. trip on the Norma-K with 10 other co-workers in hopes of having some solid fluking.. The boat was completely packed, elbow to elbow with anglers.. It was real tough fishing, with tangles and skates making it a near nightmare.. The mates and captain did a great job keeping the sanity of the anglers, but the fishing was a slow pick at best.. Due to the lack of drift, we were forced to power drift over some pieces of bottom, and that yielded a good portion of the flatties.. There were probably 20-25 keepers boated, with the biggest being upwards of 3 lbs.. Saw some chub mackerel swung aboard as well.. Out of our group, we had about 10 or so fish, w/ four keepers and a load of skates.. Very slow day, and I can't wait to get back out there on MY boat!! tight lines..

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Angler Name : Gary
E-Mail : micco@blast.net
Boat Name: Proline
Date Fished: 7-20-99
Location: Harvey Cedars
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17"-20"
Bait or Lure: various
Water Depth: 70'
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Bounced around the Lump area and beyond until we hit on a spot. Caught 20+, kept 10, smallest was 17" and fat. Good consistent area.

Angler Name : Bob Garrett
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 7-20-99
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 30 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker chunks
Water Depth: 40 ft.
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Capt Paul Regula sailed his Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina with the Bob Garrett charter chunking the rocks off Monmouth Beach produced 2 Stripers up to 36" and a dozen jumbo Bluefish up to 17 lbs. Breaking away at mid morning to drift for Fluke the charter landed 8 nice keepers and released 15 to 20 shorts. Returning to the chunk during the afternoon 2 more Stripers were landed with another 15 large Blues which were all released.

Angler Name : Capt.JimLynch
E-Mail : Finaddict.sportfishing @worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: FinAddict
Date Fished: 7/20/99
Location: Mud
Fishing Method: Anchor & Chum
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2 to 7lbs.
Bait or Lure: butters
Water Depth: 55'
Water Temp.: 68F
Information : Fished with the Louis Chris party from Edison on tue.Had a steady pick of fish all afternoon. Got into a large school of chub mackrel when we first set up.Fish fought pretty good on 12lb tackle.The mackrel took off once the first few blues were caught.

Angler Name : Charlie
E-Mail : lawncar@ptd.net
Boat Name: Madrugader
Date Fished: July 20
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to but not over 15"
Bait or Lure: squid/spearing/sand eels
Water Depth: 7-50'
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Took a Penn. friend who had never fished the "big water" before and we got out in the late afternoon. The wind came up as soon as we started to drift arround the ammo pier so we moved into the lee of the hook. Many many shorts. Tom caught some mega sea robins and spider crabs in addition to some shorts. A nice weakie was also a suprise catch. Motor began to overheat at the wash down. Are there any good mechanics in the Atlantic Highlands area? If so please email with the information. Easy does it.

Angler Name : Tom Rabi
E-Mail : rabooo@monmouth.com
Boat Name: BRAGGN"SIZE
Date Fished: 7-20-99
Location: Manasquan River/ ocean off Bay Head
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: cookie cutter 15" to 18"
Bait or Lure: spearing
Water Depth: river 12"/ocean 30'
Water Temp.: river 66 /ocean 72
Information : Fished the incomming on the Manasquan with a floating jig head on 30" of flourocarbon leader attached to a fish finder with 2 oz.Only used spearing and had fish every cast.No time to even eat or drink. Constant action. Weekdays are great. Less traffic. In the ocean found larger fish in the 35-45' range. Don't forget, to powerdrift if the drift should fail. Bucktails !!!! FISH "EM UP !!!

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 19-20
Location: Toms Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling/Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 100 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish/Reel Seat Spreader Bars
Water Depth: 450'
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Brad Burgess had the Canyon Runner back out to the Toms Canyon for the third trip in a row in as many days for an overnighter with the Joe Renaud charter from Philadelphia, PA and loaded all the boxes with a limit of Yellowfin on the chunck. Starting the day trolling we proceeded to boat three big Longfin around 50 pounds and 1 90 pound Yellowfin. Setting up on the chunck we figured we were in for a slow night until we started trolling. We were wrong. We never bothered trolling in the morning as we more than limited out with big Yellowfin on the chunck. The first fish arrived at 11:00 p.m. and we quickly boated 7 35-50 pound Yellowfin. The bite slowed until 3:00 a.m. when for the next 2 hours we had 2 and 3 fish on at a time, boating 10 60-90 pound Yellowfin and releasing another 12 up to 100 pounds, for a total of 32. (By the way, we voluntarily released the Yellowfin as we could have kept 27 under NFMS rules). At times there were 100 Yellowfin visual in and above the slick, clearing the water chasing bait. Many of the fish we released were caught site fishing to avoid have the smaller 60 pounders bite and allowing the 90 to 100 pounders to take the bait. The action, as with the prior two days, was in the Toms Canyon.

Angler Name : Megabyte Crew
E-Mail : joe_poye@frontiercorp.com
Boat Name: Megabyte
Date Fished: 7/19/99
Location: Little Italy/Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Trolling-Jigging
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: none
Bait or Lure: spreaders,cedars,daisy chains
Water Depth: 100-260
Water Temp.: 73.6
Information : Trolled and trolled and trolled. The water had a green tint to it. We trolled for over 6 hours with no luck at all! There were no signs of life, with the excpetion of a large school (a mile or so wide) of tinker mackrel. Worked the bait fish for over 2 hours with no luck at all. The bait was moving NE. Just a week ago, fishing in the same area, we boated a 42in bluefin on light tackle (17lb test).....We were trying to catch a few dolphin in the slick while shark fishing!

Angler Name : adam
E-Mail : goldenboy55@att.net
Boat Name: Austin Sucks
Date Fished: 7/19/99
Location: Flynn's Knoll
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 5 lbs 4oz 27in
Bait or Lure: sandworms
Water Depth: 22 ft
Water Temp.: unknown
Information : I limited out on my trip in about 3 hours. The weaks were running good and it was fun on light tackle. Good fisherman could have caught a lot because i caught a lot and i stink.

Angler Name : Dave Schiettino
E-Mail : SeaRay5998
Boat Name: Yankee clipper
Date Fished: 7/19/99
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: to 30 in
Bait or Lure: squid-killie
Water Depth: 20-35ft
Water Temp.: unknown
Information : Three of us fished all day Sat with ten keepers-countless shorts and robins mixed in, about midday Kevin reeled in a 5 pounder....ten min later Ed on his birthday reeled in a ten lb 30 in fluke-a-saurus to make it a great Day!!!!!

Angler Name : Brian Winkler
E-Mail : Rapid_fire_87@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Hoodwinked
Date Fished: 7/19/99
Location: Belmar Ocean
Fishing Method: 4ounce weight and a 92 553 mustad hook size 2.0
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16-21 inches 1-31/2 pounders
Bait or Lure: killies,squid and squid heads,spearing,sheddar crab and sand eels
Water Depth: 30-45ft
Water Temp.: 68.0
Information : find them in pods every 100ft. drifting right threw the pod. dead sticking. Also catch dogfish,big sea robins,skates,blufish,sundial,and lots of small fluke.

Angler Name : Al
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Susie-G III
Date Fished: 7/19
Location: Sea Girt/Manasquan
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14-17"
Bait or Lure: squid/killie
Water Depth: 15-40'
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Had limited time to get outside this morning, as I was restricted to fishing locally b/c of "other" commitments for later in the day.. Had immediate action tight to the beach in 15-20 ft. of water on the Manasquan/Sea Girt border, but most of those fish were shorts.. A quick move about a 1/4 mile north to the Range wall, and into a little deeper water (30-40') proved to be very productive.. Picked up four keepers in an hour and a half, with a few shorts mixed in, and other junk fish..(robins, leopard skates, etc..) Totals were countless shorts, with 4 keepers between 15.5" and 17".. Most effective rig for the morning proved to be a black bucktail rig with some tinsel coloring along w/ a squid strip and killie combo.. tight lines..

Angler Name : ED DIVILA
E-Mail : ED@ACEELECTRONICS.COM
Boat Name: CAROL ANNIE
Date Fished: 7/19/99
Location: WILLMINGTON EAST ELBOW
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 30 TO 40 LBS
Bait or Lure: SPREADER BARS & GREEN MACH
Water Depth: 350
Water Temp.: 74.5
Information : TROLLED FROM THE DEEP TO THE FLATS NEAR THE EAST WALL OF THE ELBOW SEEM TO BE A LARGE SCHOOL COCENTRATED IN ONE AREA.

Angler Name : charlie and rich
E-Mail : chrep@snip.net
Boat Name: leslie d
Date Fished: 7-19
Location: fa bouy
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: to 23 in.
Bait or Lure: squid minnow sea robbin belly
Water Depth: 54 ft
Water Temp.: 72.5
Information : fished 1 mi. south of fa bouy drifting squid and minnow combination. caught mostly just keeper size until we got some sea robbins on board, then started catching 19" plus flatties. throw back ratio was one short for every five keepers. had limit catch in three hrs of outgoing tide.

Angler Name : Greg L.
E-Mail : listner@waksman.rutgers.edu
Boat Name: Knock On Wood
Date Fished: 7/18
Location: Pt. Pleasant
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: upto 16 inches
Bait or Lure: squid/killie
Water Depth: 30 ft
Water Temp.: ??
Information : Got out into the ocean by 9:00 am, and started drifting in about 60 feet of water. The only action in the deeper water was from skates and searobins. Moved to shallower water (15-30 ft) and began catching flatties like crazy. Everytime a hook was lowered it was not on the bottom for much longer than two or three minutes. Unfortunately only got two keepers, 15.5 and 16.25 inches. Caught a bunch of 14.75-15 inchers... just think in another month all of those will be ready for the table.

Angler Name : Anthony Mazza
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: July, 18
Location: Liberty State Park, Jersey City
Fishing Method: Pier
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 4 to 7 pounds
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 18 feet
Water Temp.: 77
Information : Caught 7 blues in 4 hours Sunday afternoon drifting bunker. I also saw many other fishermen catching countless ammounts of Fluke, all shorts. Crabbing was also excellent

Angler Name : LANCE HANN
E-Mail :
Boat Name: I THINK I CAN
Date Fished: 7 18 99
Location: THE PIPE
Fishing Method: KILLIES & SQUID ON DRIFT
Specie: Fluke
Size: KEEPERS
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : FISHED 3 OF US ONLY BOAT AROUND 20 KEEPERS TITE LINES TO NEXT TIME

Angler Name : Elizabeth Cummings
E-Mail : cmmh23a
Boat Name: Bonnie Lee
Date Fished: 7/18/99
Location: Spencer Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: White Marlin
Size: 60 LB
Bait or Lure: Bali
Water Depth: 100 fathoms
Water Temp.: 76.3
Information : Released 1 White Marlin 60 LBS, 1 Small Blue Fin Tuna, 1 Small Yellowfin Tuna and boated 1 55 lb Yellowfin Tuna. Forcast called for 15-20 but it was more like 15 or less, Seas were 2-3'. Saw 1 other white marlin 3 miles sout of the tip on the 100 fathom.

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: S0-Kool
Date Fished: 7-18-99
Location: Raritan bay
Fishing Method: Drift-Casting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 13-20 Inchs
Bait or Lure: Sandworms---Fin-S Jigs----Squid/Killies
Water Depth: 20-50 Feet
Water Temp.: 70.7-72.1
Information : Anthony and I pulled out of the marina at 5:45AM and headed to an area west of the ammo pier where I have heard reports of good topwater action early in the morning.We soon noticed a commotion on the surface and we both quickly fired off casts with Fin-S Jigs and were both rewarded with bluefish in 2-3 pound class-which is fantastic sport on light spinning tackle. I managed to fire off another cast and landed another blue before the action stopped.With 3 fish in the first 10 minutes we had hopes of a banner day ahead.We moved half down the reqach Channel in hops of hooking into some weakfish.The action was lslow---the first drift Anthony did put 2 weaks and 1 fluke in the box and by the third I added both a fluke and a weakfish-while releaseing a small weakfish.With very little tide or wind fishing was slow. We worked our way back up the channel and i did add another weakie to the box.A few drifts off the point of the Hook produced numerous short fluke and a keeper for Anthony.Another move and some long drifts off the nude beach yielded once again numerous small fluke and an additional keeper for myself.

Angler Name : Tom Rabi
E-Mail : rabooo@monmouth.com
Boat Name: BRAGGN'SIZE
Date Fished: 7-18-99
Location: Sea Girt / Spring Lake N>J>
Fishing Method: Drifting/Power Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: cookie cutter 15"
Bait or Lure: killie/spearing
Water Depth: 60'
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Talk about cookie cutter fluke. Party of 3 caught 65 fluke with only 7 keepers which were caught while power drifting with big bucktails. Tip to all those in the fleet waiting for the wind to create a drift. TRY POWER DRIFTING. It works. Great day on the water. Keep an eye on the weekend warriors. Be safe and FISH 'EM UP !!!!

Angler Name : chuck @deb
E-Mail : indiantimes@att.com
Boat Name: NEVERENOUGH
Date Fished: 7/18/99
Location: ocean holgate
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: to 24"
Bait or Lure: killie squid combo
Water Depth: 55- 60 feet
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Out by 6.30 started with some shorts and sharks then started picking up better fish had two limits by 1.00 up to 24" tight lines

Angler Name : Ed & Bob
E-Mail : Ironball50
Boat Name: Water Bed
Date Fished: 7/18/99
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16in
Bait or Lure: Squid/spearing
Water Depth: 20ft
Water Temp.: Unk
Information : Fished the incoming tide and caught 4 nice keepers and several shorts. Did'nt stay out to long the drift was getting bad and the heat was unbelievable. In the dock by 1pm

Angler Name : Joe
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Knot-A-Wake
Date Fished: 7/17 and 18
Location: Sandy Hook area
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: Shorts
Bait or Lure: Killie, Squid, Spearing
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished all day Sat. trying to win the Raritan Bay Anglers Tourney.(I didn't win) Both days were hot, hazy and humid with very poor drift. Each day we came home with three keepers but SHORTS were everywhere. I went inside and outside the hook but the shorts followed me. A lot of effort went into a couple fish dinner but it was still better than work.

Angler Name : TOM
E-Mail : TMASS128@AOL.COM
Boat Name: GAMBLER
Date Fished: 7-18
Location: ASBURY/BELMAR
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: SQUID, SPEARING,KILLIES
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : FIVE SHORTS TWO KEEPERS. CAUGHT ONE KEEPER BEFORE WE LEFT THE DOCK. QUITE A FEW SHORTS BUT CAPTAIN AND CREW GAVE IT THIER BEST.

Angler Name : Lou Green
E-Mail : louis_green@ml.com
Boat Name: Green Machine
Date Fished: 7/18/99
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 20"
Bait or Lure: Killies/spearing
Water Depth: 40'
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Tried live baiting for stipers early with bunker and Herring with only a big Blue. Did'nt really see anyone else catching at the rocks so we switched to fluke and had a pretty fair day of of monmouth beach. Tried Elberon on the way in and found lots of shorts with very few keepers. Had 14 keepers to 20" and some sea bass with a great day on the water. Only wish that NOAA would get their forcast right. We could of had a nice day offshore also. Seas were flat in the AM and 2-4 in the afternoon.

Angler Name : Susan Leahy
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 7-l8-99
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 39 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker chunks
Water Depth: 40 ft.
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Capt Paul Regula sailing out of Clarks Landing Marina, Pt. Pleasant headed back to the Monmouth Beach area with the Susan Leahy charter from Bristol-Meyers. After yesterdays great Fluke fishing several moring drifts in 20 ft. of water only produced 10 nice keepers. Giving up on the Fluke at noon and anchoring on a rock pile further offshore and chunking produced approx. 30 large Bluefish in the 12 to 17 lb. range a dozen of which were kept and 5 large Striped Bass ranging from 36 to 40" the largest weighing 32 lbs.

Angler Name : Charlie Haws
E-Mail : charlie@webspan.net
Boat Name: THE ROAD
Date Fished: 7/18/99
Location: Monster Ledge-Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Dragg'in Plastic
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 26.75"
Bait or Lure: Plastic
Water Depth: 240
Water Temp.: 73.4
Information : Lou, Matt, Chip and Charlie broke the Manasquan inlet at 4:00 AM for a trip to the Bluefin Tuna grounds. First knock down came at 5;45AM, a bluefish. Than a couple of Skipppies. 8:00 AM brought the only Bluefin for the day, a short. We managed a couple more Skippies and turned for home at 12:00 noon. Did not sound like much was happening on the morning bite. Maybe it got better in the evening. With School Bluefin closing next weekend we will just have to pray bigger fish move in. Keep those tagging sticks close, after the season closes, as we continue the pursue Bluefins. See you out there.

Angler Name : Ernie Kusterer
E-Mail : wrightstuffcharters@msn.com
Boat Name: The Wright Stuff
Date Fished: 7/18/99
Location: Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 130 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bluefish fillet
Water Depth: 225
Water Temp.: 73
Information : The Wright Stuff out of Clarks Landing Marina had the Ernie Kusterer party out for a day of shark fishing at the Glory Hole. Boated a 130 lb. Mako and had two other runoffs. We were suprized that there weren't any Bluefish around, but did see a school of Bluefin Tuna.

Angler Name : Michael Savage
E-Mail : michael.savage@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Wreckless
Date Fished: 7/17 to 7/18
Location: Lindenkohl Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll and chunk
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 40 lb
Bait or Lure: green machine
Water Depth: 1000 ft
Water Temp.: 78 degree
Information : Got out to the Lindenkohl about 3pm and trolled the tip and a weed line south half way to the Spencer until 9pm. Did not even have a knock down. Saw large schools of porpoises and whales but no fish. Tied up to a ball on the north side of lindey but the upwelling current kept the boat sideways to the waves giving no relief from the 4 foot chop. Chunked one flat of butterfish and picked up a huge blue shark over 200# at 2am. Took some pictures and released. In the morning we picked up one yellowfin about 35# at 7am and then 4 albacore at 8:30 that hit all at once. All but one fish hit on green machines. We were trolling a spreader bar and a teaser and kept changing other lures. Hit a school of skippies at 9:15 but found nothing feeding on them. All of the life we saw was within 2 mi. of the tip. About 10 boats there for the night and there wasn't much radio chatter. Heard some reports of tuna in the Wilmington and someone got a blue marlin there also. Water temps were reading 77 to 78.5 everywhere. Also heard that there was a lot of lumber floating at the 500 fathom line of the lindenkohl.

Angler Name : Brian Moleen
E-Mail : Brian R. Moleen @db.com
Boat Name: Canyon Dreamer
Date Fished: 7/18/99
Location: Fingers
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 130
Water Temp.: 72-74
Information : We ran to the Resor and it was dead just some turtles. I decided to head for the Fingers. As we approached the area the water was boiling with skippies. Everywhere you looked there was fish on the surface. You really had to work through the skippes to get to the bluefin. After a couple of hours with the skippes we finally had a bluefin about 20-25lbs. Then we had one really scream out a lot of line. It was a real nice fish probably about 60 or 70lbs but that fish was lost at boatside. I also saw a couple of Mahi mahi caught. Tight Lines.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 18
Location: Toms Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 60+ pounds
Bait or Lure: Reel Seat Spreader Bars
Water Depth: 400'
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Brad Burgess had the Canyon Runner out to the Toms Canyon for the second day in a row. With the Dan Potenza charter from Middletown, NJ we loaded the boxes with Tuna. The day started in the same place we left them Saturday as the first attack had 5 Yellowfin hooked-up within 30 minutes of trolling, with the charter still half asleep we only boated 3 out of the 5, however, we immediately were loaded up again with 5 more Yellowfin on at once and boated all five. The bite slowed until noon when the fish came up again, however, this time it was 5 Longfin between 30 and 40 pounds and all 5 hit the deck. Just before leaving early we boated one more Longfin and ended the day with 8 Yellowfin all between 30 and 65 pounds and 6 Longfin between 30 and 40 pounds. The bite again was all on Reel Seat Spreader Bars and centered around dozens of Finback Whales feeding on squid in 400 to 600 feet of water. Hopefully these two trips are a good sign of a long and fruitful canyon season as the Canyon Runner will be trolling the edge everyday the weather allows between now and the end of October.

Angler Name : Henry & Ray
E-Mail : Finnila.com@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Mo' Money
Date Fished: 7/18/99
Location: Raritan Reach & Sandy Hook Ch
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15.5 to 17 inches
Bait or Lure: Spearing, killies, squid & sand worms
Water Depth: 20 to 50 feet
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Got a late start, and began fishing in the Raritan Reach at about 9:30 AM, on the incoming tide. Started at Buoy 2 and continued to Buoy 12. Lots of boats fishing. Saw some indications of weakfish on the scope, but caught none. Saw one weakfish caught. Had a slow pick on fluke. The drift was almost non-existent, and it was HOT. Decided to move to the tip of Sandy Hook and caught the cool wind from the South. Caught a few more fluke, and decided to go home. Brought home three fluke. Tight lines.

Angler Name : Capt.Jim Lynch
E-Mail : FinAddict.sportfishing@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: FinAddict
Date Fished: 7/18/99
Location: Long branch
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 22"
Bait or Lure: Killies/Squid/Spearing
Water Depth: 30' to 40'
Water Temp.: 68.1F
Information : Had the Tom Lidden party from Brielle out fluke fishing on Sunday.We started at Monmouth Beach and worked our way south with the best fishing just north of Spring Lake in about 30' of water with about a 15Kt south wind. Good fishing all day long but we did have a lot of shorts in our 70 fish.Best bait was a killie and spearing combo.

Angler Name : Ralph DeJulia
E-Mail : marc0311@aol.com
Boat Name: REEL ACTION
Date Fished: July 18,1999
Location: Asbury Park
Fishing Method: Drfiting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15 1/2" to 18"
Bait or Lure: Squid & Spearing
Water Depth: 20' to 40'
Water Temp.: 71
Information : We drifted to incoming tide to catch 8 keepers and 2 Sea Bass off Asbury Park. We also had about 20 shorts in 2 1/2 hours of fishing.

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Angler Name : Rich Moody
E-Mail : wrightstuffcharters@msn.com
Boat Name: The Wright Stuff
Date Fished: 7/17/99
Location: Schrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling with wireline
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 38" 25 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Umbrella rig with plastics
Water Depth: 20
Water Temp.: 70.5
Information : The Wright Stuff out of Clarks Landing Marina had the Rich Moody party from Sealand Corp. out for a combination trip of bottom fishing and trolling. We got 14 keeper Fluke along with a large number of throw backs and 6 large Seabass. While trolling the Schrewsbury Rocks area we picked up a 38" 25 lb. Striper using umbrella rigs with plastic on wireline.

Angler Name : scott beh and sons
E-Mail :
Boat Name: rental boats
Date Fished: 7/17/99
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: jigging
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 7lbs
Bait or Lure: bucktail squid/minnow combo
Water Depth: 15ft
Water Temp.: 72
Information : it was a great day with my three sons tyler tim and zack. we caught 17 keeper fluke to 7lbs.

Angler Name : Capt. Gene
E-Mail : gene10846@aol.com
Boat Name: Nevermoor
Date Fished: 7/17
Location: Cigar, Elephant Trunk
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 49 lb
Bait or Lure: smoker head on a bird
Water Depth: 138
Water Temp.: 73
Information : We ran to the cigar and put out a spread. Got a hit in minutes and boated a 49 lb bluefin. We put out the lines again and had another on. It hit on a 4/0 and we lost it at the boat. Then the bite stopped so we ran 30 mi to south of the elephant trunk found 75 degree water and got a 28 lb yellowfin on a zucker behind a spreader bar. Breezy day but a nice day.

Angler Name : Joe Mitchell
E-Mail : JJKMITCH@aol.com
Boat Name: Asian Spice
Date Fished: 07-17-99
Location: Olley's Lump
Fishing Method: Trolloing
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 30-40lbs
Bait or Lure: Spreader Bars/Daisy Chains
Water Depth: 85-95
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Got a late start.It was just myself and brother-in-law. Hit the area by 8:00AM.First knock down in 20 minutes. While I was fighting the fish my brother-in-law cleared the lines. As he reeled in one of the daisy chains, another fish struck at the chain 10 feet from the boat! He missed it, but it was great seeing the tuna chase it up to the boat! 2 hours later second fish took the same chain hit by the earlier fish. Back home by 12:00PM.

Angler Name : Ritch
E-Mail : ritch@atoncomputing.com
Boat Name: Just Reelin 2
Date Fished: 7/17 Saturday
Location: Arundo
Fishing Method: Trolling/Chumming
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: None
Bait or Lure: Macks
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Got brat down at the BA buoy, Trolled a 16.5 LBs blue at the Rocks. Went back off shore and got beat up. No run offs, no nothing. The last half hour was in a school of appromimately 250 dolphin; no sharks. Went home with the worst day of the year. Did maintenance on Sunday: we'll be back on Saturday.

Angler Name : DONALD STRATTON JR
E-Mail : OCEAND29
Boat Name: MAGIC MOMENT
Date Fished: JULY 17th
Location: Harvey Ceders Lump Drop Off
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16IN To 28In Very Nice
Bait or Lure: Killies and Squid
Water Depth: 32FT to 48Ft
Water Temp.: 72 Degrees
Information : WE got up to fish at six Oclock Didnt leavd dock till 7:30 Had four women alone LOL Nine of us fished had a nice day but water was a little rough all the women got sick nice drift needed ten ozs to hold bottom caught 31 Keepers and 54 throw backs GREAT DAY

Angler Name : Jackson Bennett
E-Mail : emb@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: Let'em Eat Fish
Date Fished: 07/17/99
Location: Ole's Lump
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 30"
Bait or Lure: Jet head (blue and white)
Water Depth: 85
Water Temp.:
Information : Had one 30" keeper and four throwbacks in the 23-25" size. Also boated a 37" dolphin trolling between Ole's Lump and Barnegat Ridge north. Bluefin hit jetheads and small feathers, and one spreader bar. Got dolphin on a black and purple Zuker feather. Passed two large weed lines on the way in.

Angler Name : Tom Will Jr.
E-Mail : Willzee@aol.com
Boat Name: WILLPOWER
Date Fished: 7-17-99
Location: SE of the Star
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 24 to 36
Bait or Lure: cedar plugs + yellow and green zunkers
Water Depth: 130
Water Temp.: 72
Information :

Angler Name : Michael Doebley
E-Mail : mdoebley@faulkner.com
Boat Name: nevermoor
Date Fished: 7/16 & 7/17
Location: Cigar, elephant trunk, sea isle ridge
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: up to 49lb
Bait or Lure: spreaders w/zucker, cedar plugs
Water Depth: 140
Water Temp.: 74
Information : nice weekend. My brother and father went out Friday for skippies and bonito at the sea isle lump and did well but also had some yellowfin. Did the O.C. marlin & tuna club team tournament on Sat. Had a 49lb bluefin at the cigar that hit the bird with zuker. The yellowfin was south of the elephant trunk and took a spreader with zuker. Action sounded like it was sporadic at best in both of these areas. Mike of the Miss Judy, one of our teammates, had a blue marlin at the baltimore. He says that the tuna and dolphin action has been very good at Haines notch.

Angler Name : Dave
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Solty Dog
Date Fished: 7/17/99
Location: Sea Girt lumps
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 19"
Bait or Lure: Squid/Spearing
Water Depth: 40 - 55
Water Temp.: 67
Information : 15 fish; 7 keepers. Nothing to brag about; but from listening to the VHF radio, our ratio of keepers was better than others fishing in tight to the beach. Read in the paper about the "big fluke", didn't find them. Good Luck.

Angler Name : John Adamcik
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: BountyHunter
Date Fished: 7-17-99
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: squid & spearing
Water Depth: 30 ft.
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Capt. Paul Regula ran the Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina with the John Adamcik charter up to Monmouth Beach for what turned out to be the hottest Fluke fishing day of the season. Drifting in 25 to 30 ft. of water with squid and spearing baits the fish bit immediately and the bite never really slowed down. By early afternoon 40 keeper Fluke the largest at 5 lbs. filled the cooler. At least another 30-40 fish were released when they just missed the legal size by 1/4 to 1/2" Fluke fishing just does not get any better then it was on this day.

Angler Name : Richard F. Ryon
E-Mail : richard@rbryon.com
Boat Name: Anthracite
Date Fished: 7/17/99
Location: Poorman's
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: White Marlin
Size: 3
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 40 fathoms
Water Temp.: 75.2
Information : 2nd day of the Ocean Viking Tournament. We caught 1 Blue Marlin & 3 White Marlin. All fish were further inshore than on Thursday. 40 to 50 Fathoms.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 17
Location: Toms Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 60 pounds
Bait or Lure: Reel Seat Spreader Bars
Water Depth: 400'
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Brad Burgess had the Canyon Runner out to the Toms Canyon on Saturday on the first of many canyon trips to come. Fishing with the Rich Brady charter from Manhattan, NY. , the Canyon Runner started their 1999 canyon season with seven rods going off within 20 minutes of trolling the Toms Canyon. With only 4 guys on the charter we had our hands busy and ended up boating 5 Longfin out of the seven hooked-up. We proceeded to go 1 for 2 and 2 for 3 on Yellowfin between 30 and 60 pounds and ended the day catching dolphin on the inshore lobster pots. Most of the tuna hit Reel Seat Spreader Bars and Jets with the Bars, as always the favorites (we don't leave home without them). We fished the entire day in the same spot as whales, porpoises and the bait did not move more than a quarter mile the entire day.

Angler Name : c.zimmerman
E-Mail : cwzimm@aol.com
Boat Name: rightaway
Date Fished: july 17 1999
Location: elberon n.j.
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: to 6lb 5oz.
Bait or Lure: sand eels
Water Depth: 45 ft
Water Temp.: 68
Information : capt tom joseph of the rightaway will soon be known as capt limit out every body on the boat today limited out the bigger fish are moving in and capt tommy knows were they are capt tom caught the big one a 6.5oz beauty there were a # of 3 to 4 pounders. i keep telling every one if you want to fish with a capt that works hardfor you e mail me for his phone he will only take 6 passengers so you have to reserve early.

Angler Name : JOHN KELLEY
E-Mail : JKELLEY@DATABASEAMERICA.COM
Boat Name: TUNA OR LATER
Date Fished: 7/17/99
Location: SPRING LAKE/MANESQUAN
Fishing Method: DRIFT
Specie: Fluke
Size: UP TO 18 INCHES
Bait or Lure: SQUID/KILLIES
Water Depth: 25 FEET
Water Temp.: 69 DEGREES
Information : FISHED WITH MY FRIEND JIM, GOT ON THE WATER AT ABOUT 8 OCLOCK,STARTED OUT JUST NORTH OF THE HOTEL IN SPRING LAKE AND FROM THE FIRST FEW MINUTES WE DROPPED OUR BAIT DOWN TILL THE MOMENT WE HEADED IN THE ACTION WAS CONSTANT WE CAUGHT A GRAND TOTAL OF 80 FISH IN 6 HOURS,70 OF THEM BEING FLUKE,ONLY 6 KEEPERS,THE MOST UNBELIEVEABLE FLUKE ACTION I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED .

Angler Name : Mike
E-Mail : MTM134@AOL.COM
Boat Name: MIKE AND THE MECHANIC
Date Fished: 7/16/99
Location: BARNEGAT
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: SQUID, SPEARING, MINNOWS
Water Depth: 40 - 58
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Started the morning out at Barnegat Ridge (north). Picked up a few shorts then the wind picked up. We couldn't hold bottom with 8oz. We came inshore to the Sea-Side pier. Picked up a few more shorts, a few skates, and small 10" blue fish tore up our baits. The ocean got ruff so we called it a day. No keeper fluke and there seem to be alot of this going on.

Angler Name : Bill
E-Mail : William.Hirst@gte.net
Boat Name: White Cap
Date Fished: 7/16/99
Location: Resor Wreck
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 15-20#
Bait or Lure: Feathers
Water Depth: 110
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Took the White Cap on it's first real offshore venture, found reported seas of 2-3 to be 4-6+, but the 25 foot Parker was impressive. Trolled resor and quickly hooked a 20# Bull Dolphin on dark purple feathers. Picked up another 15# Dolphin on orange squid. Football tuna also hit the orange. Two more knock downs on same orange rig. Kept one Mahi for the grill.

Angler Name : Bill Van Dusen
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 7-l6-99
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 36"
Bait or Lure: Bunker chunks
Water Depth: 30 ft.
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had the Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina up to the Shrewsbury Rocks with the Bill Van Dusen charter. Chunking in 30 ft. of water produced 4 Stripers in the 34 to 36" range along with 3 dozen large Bluefish in the l5-l7 lb. class all but 5 Blues were released Ending the day with drifts in 25 ft. of water off Monmouth Beach produced a ton of short Fluke but only 3 keepers

Angler Name : Bob
E-Mail :
Boat Name: N/A
Date Fished: 7/16/99
Location: jetty in Avalon
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30 lbs+
Bait or Lure: shallow running swimmers
Water Depth: 10ft
Water Temp.: 68
Information : best day i ever had in the surf!!! landed 5 over 20 lbs, the largest being 38 lbs. Give it a shot, and you'll be surprised!! Special thanks to brad for keying me in on the right spot! tight lines!!!

Angler Name : Mike Henry
E-Mail : mvhsic@aol.com
Boat Name: Little Mickey
Date Fished: 7/16/99
Location: 5 miles SE of 28 mile wreck
Fishing Method: chumming,
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 263lbs
Bait or Lure: mackeral
Water Depth: 122 ft
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Perfect day, SW wind helped set up a nice drift over some great structure. Chum slick was spread out better than I could have hoped. We had fought and released a 7 ft blue shark just before a big mako and a bull shark came cruising into the slick. A double hook up shortly after landed us a beautiful 8 ft , 263 lb mako!!! Several other hookups later in the day, but only released one other small blue. All in all, a great day!

Angler Name : KEN LEIS
E-Mail : CPTKEN@MINDSPRING.COM
Boat Name: DEFIANT
Date Fished: 7/15/99
Location: 28 MI. WRECK,CIGAR
Fishing Method: TROL
Specie: Skipjack Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure: GREEN MACHINE,SPOONS,CEDAR PLUGS KITCHEN SINK
Water Depth: @ 130
Water Temp.: 71.5
Information : WE SPENT 5 HOURS TROLLING FROM THE WRECK TO THE CIGAR AND BACK WITH NO HITS, THE ONLY ACTION WE HEARD OF WAS OUT IN THE CANYONS.WE HIT ONE SKIPJACK 5 MILES INSIDE THE WRECK TROLLING HOME. I WOULD HAVE SLEPT BETTER HAD I STAYED HOME IN BED.

Angler Name : jim perry
E-Mail : auntspam99@webtv.net
Boat Name: bonanza II
Date Fished: 7/15/99
Location: deleware bay
Fishing Method: drift and anchor
Specie: Weakfish
Size: up to 26"
Bait or Lure: shedder,squid,and rubber lures
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : boat left at 4:30pm. started out drifting for croakers and weaks. picked up 49 croakers and 2 weaks between two of us. about 8:30pm anchored at the maul for weaks. picked up 3 weaks in 45 mins.(it was slow pickins). boat turned on lights but most people called it quits. changed over from shedder to fin-s-fish. about 10:00 weaks started to come up and all the quitters came back. ended up with 9 nice weaks up to 5lbs. (note: pool fish was caught before lights came on.)

Angler Name : Brad
E-Mail : roces2@aol.com
Boat Name: NA
Date Fished: 7/15/99
Location: 8th Street Jettie in Avalon
Fishing Method: plugging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 49.8 lbs
Bait or Lure: plugs
Water Depth: 5-15 ft
Water Temp.: 69
Information : Had an unbealievable day, caught 7 over 35 lbs with the largest weighing in at 49.8 lbs, just shy of 50. Tight lines.

Angler Name : Bucktail Willie
E-Mail : Bucktail8@aol.com
Boat Name: Bucktail willie
Date Fished: July 1 thru July 15
Location: Corson Inlet NJ
Fishing Method: bucktailing
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 22-30 "
Bait or Lure: White bucktail
Water Depth: 10-17ft
Water Temp.: 61-76
Information : Weakfish was slower than last year----got 3-5 most mornings early --size was nice--water temp. was flucuating and batches of cold water as result of west winds was shutting fishing down---- I did witness a serious problem --jet skiers were traveling into low water areas chewing up sea grass which was resulting in a small crab kill off----we open up a dozen dead small crabs and found their lungs filled with this chewed up grass ---I also saw same people going up small creeks in low water spitting mud and choking small fish with mud---on out going tide I saw thousands of small weeks,stripers,flounder and kingfish coming out of same creek belly up=---these jet skiers may be a biggger problem than commerical catch. something has to be done or there will be no fish left

Angler Name : Richard F Ryon
E-Mail : richard@rbryon.com
Boat Name: Anthracite
Date Fished: 7/15/99
Location: Poorman's
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: White Marlin
Size: 2
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 74 fathoms
Water Temp.: 73.5
Information : Fished the Ocean Viking Tournament- 4 Blue Marlin & 9 White Marlin were caught in the same general area. We caught 1 Blue & 2 Whites.

Angler Name : Capt.Bob O'Connell
E-Mail : Bobo6012@aol.com
Boat Name: Lady Q III
Date Fished: 7/15/99
Location: Lind Canyon
Fishing Method:
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 30 to 100 Lbs
Bait or Lure: Bally & Realseat Bars
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 71 -74
Information : Arived at 6:30 Am was hooked up at once. Had a great day 9 yellowfin in the boat up to 100 lbs and released a dozon small fish. Also had 3 Blue Marlin w/ one hook up and brought to the boat and released, and 2 wht marlin w/ one to the boat and released. Deep blue water.

Angler Name : ken glatzer
E-Mail : keng@truespectra.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 7/15/99
Location: Avon and Spring Lake
Fishing Method: Fly rod
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: short
Bait or Lure: Clousers
Water Depth: shallow
Water Temp.: warm
Information : I've been having some luck fishing on the jetties and beaches in Spring Lake and Avon. When the bass or shad aren't hitting I've been able to pull a fluke or two out from along the jetties. I don't think that there is a message board on this site, so I want to make a statement without trying to sound like a preacher. I have caught 4 keeper bass this spring and summer, and a whole bunch of shorts but I haven't kept one of them. I haven't even seen that many keeper fish pulled up on the beaches or from under the bridges, but I keep reading about all of these charters catching and keeping what I would presume to be 10-15 lb. 30"-32" fish. Why not let them go? Let them get really big. 4-5 year old fish are the ones that are doing the bulk of the reproduction for the species. If these larger fish are being kept for the table you are missing the boat, the smaller fish are the ones that are tasty. Put the fluke and weaks in the box, and let the big bass go!!!! Hey charter boats - try to convince your clients to let them go too!!!

Angler Name : capt. Whitty
E-Mail : esmith2494@aol
Boat Name: TWO CLEAN
Date Fished: 7/15
Location: ba bouy
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 7lbs-23lbs
Bait or Lure: jap feathers
Water Depth: 160
Water Temp.: 72
Information : capt. whitty pucked his guts out the min. we got there.After 5 min. of setting up, whitty said lets go back,what the hell are you crazy! It just took us 3hrs to get here[only a 21 ft. boat]So i pointed the boat west and headed home,with the poles out.While capt. whitty was on the floor lying in his own puck,I spotted some lobster pots and put the lures righ on them.Bang, Dolphin. The first one 20lbs. Six more on the way in.Nice day too bad capt. whitty didnt move off the floor, his color came back the min. we saw the hook.

Angler Name : Mike
E-Mail : MCAbatiell@aol.com
Boat Name: Bay Breeze
Date Fished: July 15, 1999
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: Killies & Squid
Water Depth: 15' to 50'
Water Temp.:
Information : Started out about 8:00 a.m. fished the north side of the ammo pier, picked up a few shorts. We saw the birds working so we tied on some gators and chased the blues around. We picked up a dozen but threw back most of them. It was a lot of fun, the fish were in the 3 to 4 lb range. We went back to fluking. Brian caught most of the fish. all in all we had about a dozen. All shorts but it kept us interested.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 15
Location: Glory Hole/Triple Wrecks
Fishing Method: Trolling/Jigging
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 17 pounds
Bait or Lure: Reel Seat Spreader Bars
Water Depth: 145
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Leroy Arms charter from Washington, D.C. out on the Canyon Runner Thursday and found that the warm clear blue offshore water we were catching Bluefin Tuna in was replaced by the Northeaster with cold dirty green water with Bluefish. Trolling from the Glory Hole to the Chicken down to the Triple Wrecks produced a dozen Skipjack some Bluefish and one 17 pound Mahi-Mahi. With the trolling action slow at best, the crew decide to jig one of our favorite offshore wrecks and on the first drop pulled a 16 pound pollock. Unfortunatley that was it for the Pollock bite and we went back on the troll until 4:00 am with no more knock-downs.

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Angler Name : Anthony Matarazo
E-Mail : Barbpete@ix.netcom.com
Boat Name: Hyper Striper
Date Fished: 7/14
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Jigging/worming
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 3-6lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : The weakfish action is holding up nicely in Raritan Bay.Anthony Mattarazo of Springfield and party were aboard and had fish to 6lbs.Over 40 weaks were boated and many bluefish were released,with most action on worms but jigging also produced some nice weaks.This fishing has been on for 2 weeks,with many fish over 5lbs,and up to 8lbs taken so far, and should continue through October.

Angler Name : Frank Lukenda & Ed Jennings
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: BountyHunter
Date Fished: 7-14-99
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: l6 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs & Bunker
Water Depth: 30 ft.
Water Temp.: 69
Information : Capt Paul Regula sailing out of Clarks Landing Marina Pt. Pleasant ran the Bounty Hunter up to the Shrewsbury Rocks area with the Frank Lukenda charter for a day of Striper trolling & Bluefish chumming. 6 Stripers were trolled with 3 fish in the 32" range being kept. Chunking for Blues produced a dozen fish up to l6 lbs.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 14
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 35"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 40'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Moyer Charter from Pennsylvania out on the Canyon Runner Wednesday and expierenced one of the slower days of fishing this year, perhaps due to the Northeaster that blew thru on Tuesday. Trolling umbrella rigs on the Shrewsbury rocks produced only 6 Stripers with 3 keepers and a dozen bluefish to 15 pounds. Hearing that the fluke fishing was non-existent we continued trolling all day but could not put together a bigger catch.

Angler Name : Tom B
E-Mail :
Boat Name: N/A
Date Fished: 7/13/99
Location: Two Mile Bridge
Fishing Method: Wading
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 6, 4, 3 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bucktails w/worms
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Good bite of weaks on the incoming tide by the bridge. Was using small (1/4 oz.) bucktails and had three between 5:30 and 7:45. Also saw some small schoolies caught and returned by other anglers. Tight Lines!

Angler Name : Chuck Cumella
E-Mail : ACC@NWL.COM
Boat Name: Norma K III
Date Fished: 7-13-99
Location: Mud Hole area; watching NY
Fishing Method: Chum; anchor; bait
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Small; but nice eating; less than 4 lbs; maybe 5 lbs
Bait or Lure: Spearing worked the best
Water Depth: 70 ft ???
Water Temp.: low 60's ??
Information : Decided to spend a night on the water searching for Blues. Fished w/ my father in law and my friend Tom's son Robbie. The ocean was a little rough when we hit the inlet. The E/NE wind was kicking up a good ground swell. The Capt. and crew were great!!! The Capt. worked to put us on the fish; we were over 30 miles from the inlet (north of Sandy Hook) when we anchored. It started out slow w/ my father in law catching the first fish. After an hour it picked up. To catch the fish we tied the hooks directly to the mono, no leaders!!! Both my father in law and I had our limit of 10 fish each, I had the largest fish and won the pool. Robbie was a little under the weather and finally woke up to catch 2 fish to finish the night. Overall it was a great trip, the capt. and crew were great, the fishing was good. I have been out on the Norma K III in the past and will be back out on her again. It sure beats washing your own boat. It was a nice relaxing night on the ocean. The only down side was getting up today for work. Tight lines.... I hope to be out on the Canyons soon for some Yellowfin action!

Angler Name : Sean Ramsey
E-Mail : Scuby1007
Boat Name: Unknamed
Date Fished: 7/12/99
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting Worms
Specie: Fluke
Size: 25.5in
Bait or Lure: Sand Worms
Water Depth: 15-25 feet
Water Temp.: 65
Information :

Angler Name : UPS Dave
E-Mail : dfigtree@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: 7/12/99
Location: 1 mile off Deal/Seabright
Fishing Method: trolling/ drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 35 inches
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Monday was a perfect weather day, no humidity, some cloud cover, light wind. Captain Phil of the Canyon Runner Point Pleasant put us on a 35 inch and a 34 inch (part of a double header)striped bass plus 2 shorts. We also had 4 blue fish to 10 pounds. To finish off the action, we had about 40 fluke to 17 inches, with 9 keepers.

Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Date Fished: 07/12/99
Location: AVON/BRADLEY BEACH
Fishing Method: DRIFT
Specie: Fluke
Size: 10-17"
Bait or Lure: SPEARING & SQUID STRIP
Water Depth: 20-40 FT
Water Temp.: 68
Information : GOT OUT LATE AND BROUGHT THE WIFE ALONG( NEEDED SOMEONE TO WASH THE BOAT)STARTED FISHING IN 40 FEET AND DRIFTED TOWARDS THE JETTY. ACTION WAS NON-STOP WITH DOUBLES & TRIPLES BEING COMMON. PUT 11 KEEPERS IN THE BOX IN 3HOURS AND RAN OUT OF SPEARING. SHORTS TO KEEPERS RATIO ABOUT 5 TO 1.

Angler Name : Rob, Stu & Ray
E-Mail : Finnila.com@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Mo' Money
Date Fished: 7/12/99
Location: Flynn's Knoll & Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Bunker Chunking/Anchored
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 29"
Bait or Lure: Bunker chunks
Water Depth: 22 to 32'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Started fishing at Flynn's Knoll at 8:00 AM at high tide. By 10:30 we caught one 24" bluefish and a sea robin. Headed for the Shrewsbury Rocks. Fished there until 3:00 PM. Caught a 29" striped bass, four blue fish from 20 to 24 inches, a leopard skate, two fluke 18.5 and 19.5 inches, on bunker; and several fluke on a squid & killie/ bucktail combo. Had a blue fish in the 15 lb. class next to the boat, when it bit the leader and got away. A fellow in a boat drifting by me said that his crew caught a 10+ lb. fluke off of Long Branch. Finally, a day without high winds and/or temperatures. Tight lines.

Angler Name : Dooley
E-Mail : dools702@aol.com
Boat Name: Excalibur
Date Fished: 7/12/99
Location: Double Creek Channel
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16-20"
Bait or Lure: killie/squid
Water Depth: 4-17
Water Temp.: ??
Information :

Angler Name : Kevin Mc Carthy
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Day Tripper
Date Fished: 7/12/99
Location: Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 20 - 30
Bait or Lure: ballyhoo
Water Depth: 140-200
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Decided to fish Glory Hole, because of horrible condition in the morning. Caught one 20lb Bluefin and had fun with the dolphin. Boated 5 8-12 lb dolphin, and lost one large bull dolphin.

Angler Name : Al
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Susie-G III
Date Fished: 7/12
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: drift...
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 12"-19"
Bait or Lure: Sandworms.... Fin-S.....
Water Depth: 8-11
Water Temp.: 76-77
Information : Hit the area between the 40 marker off Cedar Creek and Tices Shoal between 530 and 930 am.. Had steady action all morning with weakies from 12" up to 19", as well as short fluke up to 15".. Most of the fish were on the deeper water along the edge of the shoal, and some of the deeper sections near the marker off Cedar Creek..Two of us landed close to 30 fish, with only five being keepers.. However, we did have a steady pick most of the morning with sandworms on hi-lo rigs.. Fish wouldn't touch Fin-S, or rat-l traps.. All in all, a very good morning..

Angler Name : Tom Rasiniski ,Gary Vayianos, Dave ,Capt Bruce Hrobak
E-Mail : CaptWave@aol.com/
Boat Name: WaveDancer
Date Fished: 7/11
Location: 24 miles east of maasqaun (wreak Areas )
Fishing Method: Chuming as well, as chunking!!
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: est over 200lbs
Bait or Lure: Whole Skipjacks (thanks to Gary !!!!!)Whole Bluefish (live as well as fillets and mackarl
Water Depth: 135 to 225
Water Temp.: 71 to 73
Information : Fished our high rolleres tourny on sunday got a good Start , set up slick on a wreak on a dropoff , not 10 minutes latter we had a hit then a runnoff , i tried to set up on this Mako Felt a hook up seen it start a jump nice fish , the Mako s stratagy was to head toward boat couldnt set up or catch up threw hook !!!!! Was a nice Mako we then had several runnoffs and a few Blues then a mako of about cruised threw our slick after a runnof on a whole skippie !!!!It was about #200lbs !!! never took another bait then after a few blues we tagged a Dusky Shark we began to chunk at 1:30 at about 2:00 we saw a mako again about 125 lbs it took the close bait ran fast before the rod was picked up a bow was in the line he was movin fast a start of a jump and threw the hook never to take another bait (hook got burried in bait )This proves how unpredictable they are and how smart but in all had a nice day with a GREAT CREW!!!! We will get em next time !!! Tight Lines to all !!!!!!!Capt Bruce Oh Yea !!! Alot of Seaturtles seen on the way in and 67 degree water as well !!!!

Angler Name : Jackson Bennett
E-Mail : emb@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: Let'em Eat Fish
Date Fished: 7/11/99
Location: Barnegat Ridge North
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 3 - 6 lbs
Bait or Lure: Rebels
Water Depth: 55ft
Water Temp.:
Information : After trying Ole's Lump all morning with no luck, decided to troll around Barnegat Ridge on the way in at 1:00pm. Immediately got into some skipjack and bonita, and picked up 4 nice grasshoppers for the table. Trolled Rebels and red&white feathers on all hits. Got nothing on the Clark spoon or C&H lil bubbler lures.

Angler Name : Mike
E-Mail : whtdeer@aol.com
Boat Name: S.S. Thor
Date Fished: 7/11/99
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 8-16 inches
Bait or Lure: killies/squid
Water Depth: 6-60 feet
Water Temp.:
Information : Headed out of Highlands about 7am. We first stopped near the Coast Guard Station. Caught numerous shorts and sea robins. Then we went into the ocean for some drifts off the nude beach. Again we caught numerous shorts and sea robins. We ran out of bait so we headed back for more. Our next stop was the ammo pier. More shorts, so we headed back to the Coast Guard station. There we caught some ugly crabs, I think they were spider crabs. All in all we came home with 4 keepers. Despite the fast drift in the morning and no drift in the afternoon it was a good day.

Angler Name : Charlie Haws
E-Mail : charlie@webspan.net
Boat Name: THE ROAD
Date Fished: 7/11/99
Location: Resor-Glory- Mudhole
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 33 inches
Bait or Lure: Plastic
Water Depth: 240
Water Temp.: 75.9
Information : Started the day with a shark trip to the Resor. No sharks. Than we trolled from the Resor to the Glory Hole, nothing. While trolling the Glory to the Ledge we boated a large dolphin, and measured a Bluefin at 33 inches. Oh we did manage to get several expensive baits mauled by the nasty bluefish. We were trolling at 7.5 knots and those big buggers had no problem making a meal of the plastic. Too bad the NMFS has to shut the Bluefin season down just when it is getting started! I paid my $25 bucks for the yellowfin lawsuit; but I will not derive much benefit because my 28' Bertram is not a "big canyon runner". It would be nice if the RFA could do something for the inshore Bluefin guys. See you out there.

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: So-Kool
Date Fished: 7-11-99
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 10-18 Inchs
Bait or Lure: Squid/Killie-----Squid/Spearing-------sandworms
Water Depth: 25-45 Ft
Water Temp.: 70.7
Information : Was a daddy-daughter today.Was just myself and my daughter Jordanne for alittle fluke fishing.Started off drifting the ammo pier channel and had steady action with all short fluke. Moved around the tip of the Hook and drifted the beach for more action with short fluke-but was able to scratch out an 18 incher

Angler Name : DICK BERGMAN
E-Mail : GABBILB@NETZERO.NET
Boat Name: GABBI LYNN
Date Fished: 7-11-99
Location: LBI INLAND WATERWAY HOLGATE
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14" TO 19"
Bait or Lure: KILLIES
Water Depth: 9' TO 21'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : STARTED AT 9:15 AM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CHANNEL LOOKING SOUTH. ALL READY ABOUT 60 BOATS IN THE AREA, FIRST DRIFT PICKED UP 6 SHORTS. SECOND DRIFT SAME SPOT PICKED UP 10 SHORTS AND A 17". LAST DRIFT IN 9' OF WATER CAUGHT A 19". BACK AT THE DOCK AROUND 12:15PM.

Angler Name : KEN DRELICH
E-Mail : rudedawgkd@aol.com
Boat Name: RudeDawg
Date Fished: 07/11/99
Location: Squan Ridge to Asbury Park
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 3 lbs
Bait or Lure: squid/belly/spearing/killie
Water Depth: 45-60
Water Temp.: 67
Information : I found fish on all the offshore lumps,most were shorts, 14-15 inchs, but managed to put 10 in the box.throw back ratio was about 7 to 1

Angler Name : Tom Will Jr.
E-Mail : Willzee@Aol.com
Boat Name: WILLPOWER
Date Fished: 7-11-99
Location: N-Ridge
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: Football
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 56-90
Water Temp.: 71.6
Information : Troplled north ridge around 11:00 due to the seas and picked up two small Mahi-mahi on Zunkers. Trolled to the lightship bouey,then headed SE about 8 miles had two knock-downs and picked up a nice bluefin on a cedarplug and had a smoth rire home.

Angler Name : dan
E-Mail : zombie3117@aol.com
Boat Name: insane
Date Fished:7/11
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15 1/2
Bait or Lure: sandworms-killies-squid
Water Depth: 30 feet
Water Temp.: 71
Information : fishing was great we fished from 12 noon 2 800 we caught bout 30 fluke bout 20 keepers and bunch of huge searobins after 5 minutes we had a 16 inch fluke we had double headers and a couple of triles nonstop action it was a great week 4 fishing and looks like next week will b 2

Angler Name : Harry John Mario Massarelli
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhunter.com
Boat Name: bountyhunter
Date Fished: 7-ll-99
Location: Shewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Bluefish
Size: l0-l5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: 30 ft.
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Capt. Paul Regula sailing out of Clarks Landing Marina Pt. Pleasant, had the Bounty Hunter with Harry, John & Mario Massarelli out for a day of Bluefishing. A stop at the Mud Buoy produced three small Blues . Moving into the Shrewsbury Rocks paid off with l3 Blues up to l5 lbs. & a dozen large Seabass. Finishing the day drifting off Sea Bright in 25 ft. of water added l8 nice Fluke to the catch.

Angler Name : Steve Oravets
E-Mail : tboatsteve@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 7/11/99
Location: Fishing Beach, Sandy Hook Park
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Blue Marlin
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: sandworms, clam
Water Depth: surf
Water Temp.: 70s
Information : Didn't get the Blue Marlin but did manage to feed the Sea Robins. Nice day on the beach surf fishing. Sorry to the boat drifting off the beach, didn't know I could cast that far. Good Fishing, Capt. Steve

Angler Name : Captain Bob Balewicz
E-Mail : bob@cornerelo.com
Boat Name: Carcharodon
Date Fished: July 9-11
Location: Hudson Canyon/Chicken Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: Up to 50 lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : With the oncoming blow due for the weekend, I pushed a Hudson Canyon Trip through for Thursday night instead of Friday. We arrived 4 am, and really didnt mark much life. In speaking with overnighting chunkers on the way in, they reported a dead night of fishing. Trolling from the mouth to the West Wall, back across the Hudson to the East Wall and up the 100 fathom line, the first bites were experienced at the Heel, where lobster pots were holding scores of Mahi-Mahi. We kept two 4 footers, but every pass of certain pots yielded dozens of the little grasshoppers running after our lures. This combined with tons of whales & porpoise made it a great ride for first time canyon tripper John Maynard Jr., who pulled a nice Mahi and two other Tuna. Congratulations John! After trolling to the tip and spending time with five boats pulling ballys and not doing much, I picked up and ran to the Tower, trolled for a few miles to the Baccardi not marking any life. Just on a hunch, I picked up again and ran quickly to the Chicken Canyon, where we were treated to a really good Bluefin bite . . . probably the best of the season! Funny thing is, the longer we stayed the bigger the fish got. We boated our limit and released (some intentionally, others not quite so . . .) about a dozen more, with a couple of real gamers that tested really experienced fishermen on standup 50 two speeds! After the weather broke on Saturday, with Sundays forecast looking brighter, I ran off again to the Chicken Canyon. Well, anyone who was out early on Sunday morning running in the ocean is well aware of how crummy the water was. It was like a washing machine, you could barely pick out the current. Although the bite was not as hot as last weekend, there were two dozen boats spread out and decent catches of Bluefins and Mahi-Mahi. We limited out on Bluefins.

Angler Name : Mike George
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Jersey jBjounce
Date Fished: 07/11/99
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 22-26 inches
Bait or Lure: killy & squid
Water Depth: 15-20 ft
Water Temp.: 68 F
Information : We left the dock at 7:00am and fished until about 3:00pm. The total for the day was about 50 fluke but with only 5 keepers. The fluke were spunky and full of bait. It was a beautiful day, especially in the ocean. The tide was outgoing most of the day which gave us a nice drift along the beach.

Angler Name : CARMINE NESTI
E-Mail : CJNESTI@HOME.COM
Boat Name: 25 MAKO
Date Fished: 7/11/99
Location: RARITAN BAY
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Weakfish
Size: NA
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 15/42'
Water Temp.: 75
Information : FISHED FOR WEAKFISH ON THE TOP END OF THE TIDE. FOUND LOTS OF BAIT BUT COULD NOT PUT IT TOGETHER.WE DID MANAGE TO PUT A COUPLE OF FLUKE IN THE BOAT. THEY LIKE SAND WORMS TOO.

Angler Name : Mr. Fluke Jr.
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Miss. Cindy
Date Fished: 7-11-99
Location: Barneget Inlet
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: killies
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Had a great day fishing with dad. We usally call him Mr. Fluke, but today it was my day. We ended up with ten keepers and about 30 shorts. I cought a 3.5lb and a 5lb fluke. Boat traffic was burtal. I,d call it a good day.

Angler Name : Joe
E-Mail : Barney0028@aol.com
Boat Name: Knot-A-Wake
Date Fished: 7-10-99 7-11-99
Location: Sandy Hook area
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: Squid, Killie, Spearing
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 70 ?
Information : Tried to win the Sandy Hook Bay Anglers Tourney over the weekend. Left the dock each day at 0700, Sat. had a bad time due to very fast drift, wind and light rain. Lots of shorts and not one for the box. Sunday was real nice, tried inside and outside the hook, it was still a slow pick of fish with lots of shorts. Swash Channel was full of shorts and no keepers, after the tide turned to incoming we picked up several fish over 4 lbs near the Old Orchard light. We didn't come close to winning a prize but we had team spirit and a good day. (spearing seems to be the bait in favor)

Angler Name : Bern
E-Mail : b.kirkland@mailexcite.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 7/11/99
Location: Cape May Toll Bridge-Cold Spring Inlet
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 20-23 inches
Bait or Lure: White Fin-S
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished the incoming tide from about 1:00 PM until 3:00 PM. Lots of boat traffic(sea doos, the scourge of the sea) but still managed to catch 7 weakies in the 20 to 23 inch range and all heatlthy around 2 lbs.

Angler Name : John The Greek
E-Mail : jkolias@ix.netcom.com
Boat Name: Reel Fun
Date Fished: 7/11/99
Location: Earle Pier
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15.5-19
Bait or Lure: Killie/Squid, Spearing/Squid
Water Depth: 25-34
Water Temp.: n/r
Information : Well, tried our hand at the SHB Tournament-Bailed out on Sat knowing drift was going to be fast (I like light tackle). Got out Sunday with pretty good results. Fished the pier and boxed 6 keepers-largest 4.8 lbs. Not bad for an area that most people gave up on. There was an armada at the Knoll-fluke like quiet places. This is the second year that winds prevailed on this tournament-to SHBA; how about a tournament in September/October for some really BIG fish? Thanks to SHBA for a well planned contest. See you next year.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 11
Location: Resor Wreck
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 60 pounds
Bait or Lure: Reel Seat Mini Mamba Bars
Water Depth: 125'
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Brad Burgess had the Canyon Runner back out to the Resor on Sunday for a day of inshore Tuna trolling with the Ron Massari charter from Chatham, NJ. Trolling Reel Seat Mini Mamba bars put the charter into fish about 10 miles south of the Resor. Two Bluefins around 60 pounds were hook-up early with one hitting the deck and the other breaking off. The crew proceeded to boat several bonita and skipjack but the highlight of the trip include 4 15-20 Bull Dolphin. All of which attacked the Reel Seat Bars but one was baited and switch on light tackle by Burgess.

Angler Name : DAN MCGIVNEY
E-Mail :
Boat Name: MEGAN BETH
Date Fished: 7/6 TO 7/11
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 135
Bait or Lure: BLUEFISH
Water Depth: 240
Water Temp.: 74
Information : ON TUESDAY 7/6 CAPT WAYNE BUSHNELL HAD THE MEGAN BETH OUT WITH THE GREG HARMS PARTY AFTER MANAGING TO CATCH 5 KEEPER STRIPED BASS AND RELEASING MANY SHORTS THEY DECIDED TO BLUEFISH AT THE MUD BOUY AND CAUGHT THEIR LIMITS BEFORE RETURNING . ON THURSDAY 7/8 CAPT DAN MCGIVNEY HAD THE BOAT 35 MILES EAST OF THE INLET WITH THE KEEVIN KENYON PARTY CATCHING AND RELEASING 2 BLUE SHARKS AND LOSING A MAKO IN THE 150 LB CLASS AT THE BOAT . ON 7/9 CAPT WAYNE WAS BACK OUT IN THE SAME AREA AND CAUGHT A MAKO THAT WEIGHED IN AT 135 LBS FOR THE DAN SWEENEY PARTY THEY ALSO RELEASED A BLUE SHARK AND CAUGHT A COUPLE OF BLUEFISH. CAPT DAN FISHED FOR FLUKE WITH JIM AND JOE SABO TO CATCH A 1/2 DOZEN KEEPERS ALONG WITH MANY MANY SHORTS. THE EMILIO VARGAS GROUP WAS OUT ON SUNDAY 7/11 AFTER NOT CATCHING ANY BLUEFISH AT THE MUDBOUY AND THE ROCKS WE SWITCHED OVER TO FLUKE AND PUT A GOOD CATCH TOGETHER ANLONG WITH MANY THROW BACKS .

Angler Name : Laura D.
E-Mail : laura8284
Boat Name: TICO,TICO
Date Fished: July 10,1999
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: Killies, Bucktail
Water Depth: All Depts
Water Temp.: 83 degrees
Information : Entered Leonardo Fishing Tourniment with three other anglers.Much to our surprise, we placed fourth with the total weight of five fish was 23.22 pounds. All caught in just a few short hours. The raritan bay is jumping with big fish of every kind. I LOVE TO FISH.....

Angler Name : Alan H
E-Mail : Aharlest@earthlink.net
Boat Name: Sea Hunter
Date Fished: 7/10/99
Location: Earl/sandy hook
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Caught the afternoon trip on the sea hunter out of Atlantic Highlands Initial dirfts on the south side of the pier produced a slow pick keeper to throw back ratio was approx. 1/5 next several drifts in general area and out side were even slower. Final we drifted just of the hook and action picked up to a steady pull however, fish run just a bit smaller but the swift action made up for what was missing in size. overall it was a very good half day. Wound up with 4 keepers.

Angler Name : John Dubrowsy
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 7/10/99
Location: Sandy Hook and Sea Bright
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15 1/2
Bait or Lure: Spearing and Squid
Water Depth: 25 -45
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Capt Paul Regula had the Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina Pt. Pleasant NJ with the John Dubrowsy party for a day of Fluke fishing. Several drifts between the tip of Sandy Hook and Sea Bright produced two dozen keepers and quite a few throw backs, a 6 to 10 degree change in water temp. slowed the action down.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 10
Location: South of the Resor
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: up to 60 pounds
Bait or Lure: Reel Seat Mini Mamba Bars
Water Depth: 125'
Water Temp.: 75
Information : The Canyon Runner with Captain Phil Dulanie at the wheel and Brad Burgess in the cockpit got into some excellant inshore Bluefin fishing on Saturday. With NOAA blowing another forecast of 20 to 25 knots winds we fished in calm seas with an occasional swell which provided perfect conditions to troll the Reel Seat Mini Mamba Bars we employ. Dropping the lines in the water just west of the Resor at 9:00 a.m. we immediately had fish up in the spread but dropped the first two before boating a 44 inch 60 pound Bluefin. Trolling the same area and a few miles south we proceeded to boat and release two 35 inch 25 pound Bluefins hoping for another bigger one. We found them as six rods went off which include 3 50 pound Bluefins, one we lost and two we boated with one released, Skipjack and one Dolphin. Most of the Bluefins hit the Reel Seat Bars as well small Melton jets. We were on our way home by 2:00 p.m. with a catch of 3 50-60 pound Bluefin and 2 25 pounders plus Dolphin as well as a dozens Skipjack. A much better catch of tuna then the canyons have been producing and much closer to the beach.

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Angler Name : Capt. Lou
E-Mail : Osprey30@aol.com
Boat Name: Everythings Rosie's
Date Fished: 7/09/99
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Troll/Drift
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 4-15pounders
Bait or Lure: Mann Stretch 25's
Water Depth: 50-60ft
Water Temp.: 73*f
Information : Got to the rocks too late for strippers, but we didget 4 nice blues from 4 to 5 pounds. then Decon BIll hooked a 15 pounder. An Easterly breeze started about 10:30 so we started a drift for fluke and started to hit. we finished the day with 8 nice fluke to 22 inches and 2 sea bass. A fine day with my friends Jimmy whit and his son Dave, Bob Bergen and his brother-in-law Decon Bill and some courtious fishermen and boaters who made the day complete.

Angler Name : Donald Stratton Jr
E-Mail : Oceand29
Boat Name: MAGIC MOMENT
Date Fished: Friday July 9th
Location: Barnegat Light Reef
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 to 20 inch
Bait or Lure: Killies and Squid
Water Depth: 60 ft
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Went out of Hoiday Harbor at 7:00 AM broke Barnegat Inlet at 7:20 Went 92 Degrees out to Reef We fished the Reef No fish one or two shorts We Went to the North Side of the Reef and caught 19 Keepers about 30 throw backs made the drift three times Good Fishing nice half day also caught some sea bass Ocean condions Light Chop Good Drift.

Angler Name : Lou Green
E-Mail : louis_green@ml.com
Boat Name: Green Machine
Date Fished: July 8,9
Location: Northern Monmouth
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 19"
Bait or Lure: Killies
Water Depth: 30-50'
Water Temp.: 69
Information : Had my family out Thurs off of spring lake with non stop action. Lots of shorts but later in the day when the wind slowed to 10 knots we started getting keepers. My wife had 4 to my one. Friday I had another trip with my son and some friends. We tried the Shewsberry Rocks striper thing with no luck, then switched to fluke by the red church. Lots of action once the drift picked up. We also saw dolphin all over the place in the AM. Totaled 10 keepers & a nice sea bass. What a great day.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 9
Location: Red Church
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 5 pounds
Bait or Lure: Squid & Killies
Water Depth: 35'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Alan Funk charter from Dannex Corp. in Livingston, NJ out on the Canyon Runner on Friday and put together a good catch of Fluke. As Striper trolling did not produce in the morning, we turn over to Fluke and with only two anglers boated 45 Fluke with 15 keepers to 5 pounds. Most of the fish were taken off of the Red Church and around the Shrewsbury Rocks on squid and killie combinations.

Angler Name : Ken & Judy
E-Mail : imwc3y@aol.com
Boat Name: fishnutz
Date Fished: 9 July Friday
Location: Red Church Deal
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17
Bait or Lure: killies spearing searobbins
Water Depth: Less than 30
Water Temp.: 71
Information : could not catch a fish deeper than 30 feet. we caught lotza short summer flounder. ended up with 2 keepers.. i saw some big fluke at the fish cleaning table..today the best bait was cut bait searobin

Angler Name : rick kraemer
E-Mail : pojamapeople@yahoo.com
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: july 9
Location: Manasquan Inlet (jetty)
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 15'
Water Temp.: 68
Information : winds turned southeast,fluke fishing was poor. Had alot of searobins 2 guys caught bonita at the same time. They had quite a time getting them on the rocks.

Angler Name : Moose Bradley
E-Mail : Moose609@aol.com
Boat Name: Dani Girl
Date Fished: 7/9/99
Location: Spencer Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 45lbs
Bait or Lure: spreader bars and balyhoo
Water Depth: deep
Water Temp.: 77
Information : Trolled the Spencer all morning with no knockdowns. In the process of pulling in the lines for the day, had a triple knockdown of yellowfin tuna. Boated 1 and released 2. Decided to stick it out for a while, caught and released a white marlin and had another triple knockdown of yellowfin , boated 1, released 1, lost 1. Good Trip!

Angler Name : Stan & Ed
E-Mail : marelars@aol.com
Boat Name: Stan's Boat
Date Fished: 7/5 to 7/9
Location: Hereford's Inlet
Fishing Method: Drifting & jiging
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 22 inchs
Bait or Lure: bucktails & diamond jigs
Water Depth: 10 to 40 ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information : 4 trips on water by 4am off by noon.21 keeper fluke,5 over 20".10 keeper weakies up to 24". Diamonds in the deep water ,bucktails in 20' or less-bait minnows and squid(sheddar oil).150 fish caught.Great trips.Thanks Stan!

Angler Name : maurice
E-Mail : jets922@aol.com
Boat Name: annio
Date Fished: 7/9/99
Location: off of bathing beach, Island Beach
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17"
Bait or Lure: killies and squid
Water Depth: 55'
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Fished from 10:30 am till about 12 noon, off the bathing beach in about 55 feet, not bad fishing including a few double headers myself seven fluke (one keeper), friend had about 12 (two keepers) majority of the throw backs were at 15". Also saw bottlenose dolphins many about thirty of 'em. Awesome sight....two seperate sightings

Angler Name : Len Huttner
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 7-9-99
Location: Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: legal
Bait or Lure: Bluefish & Mackeral
Water Depth: 260 ft.
Water Temp.: 74 f
Information : Capt Paul Regula had the Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina Pt. Pleasant NJ with the Len Huttner charter for a day of Shark fishing. Drifting in 260 ft, of water produced two Blue Sharks for the day. No Mako's were encountered.

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Angler Name : Tim
E-Mail : b2597@erols.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 7/8/99
Location: Cape May Point
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 37"
Bait or Lure: Plain jig with Black plastic worm
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Hit the jetty at 3:00am had a couple of weakies. At around 4:00am cought the first stripper, 37". Caught 7 more before 5:00am. Only one was less than 28" Then around 7:00am big school af weakies came in. Caught around 30 af them. Quite a few of them were over 24",one was 32" my biggest one to date. Could see that the next jetty over they were having the same luck. All this happened right at high tide till low tide then the fish disapeared. I was beat anyhow and ready to go home. This was the best fishing off the rocks that I have ever had in the 15 years that I've fished the Point

Angler Name : Bern
E-Mail : b.kirkland@mailexcite.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 6/8/99
Location: Cape May Point
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 12-20 in.
Bait or Lure: Any color Fin-S
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Jigged up 70 weakies between 3 of us in about 3 hours. Realeased all but 15, only the bigger ones. Saw two nice stripers caught on white bucktails with plastic worms. Stripers were 37 and 32 inches. This weekend I'm going to go there and liveline small croakers for stripers.

Angler Name : Lauren, Jean, Robert & Ray
E-Mail : Finnila.com@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Mo' Money
Date Fished: 7/8/99
Location: Raritan Bay & Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17 & 18.5"
Bait or Lure: Spearing-squid & bucktail-sandworm
Water Depth: 25 to 50'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Started fishing near the "TC" buoy at the beginning of the incoming tide at 10:30AM. Immediately caught the first keeper, and continued with a bunch of shorts. The NW wind was against the tide. Moved to the Rips for faster water and caught more shorts and sea robins. Worked the green side of Sandy Hook Channel and caught the other keeper. A total of at least 40 fluke and two keepers. On the way home, tried Sandy Hook Bay with no avail. Tight lines.

Angler Name : Ritch
E-Mail : ritch@atoncomputing.com
Boat Name: Just Reelin' 2
Date Fished: July 5 thru 8
Location: SE of HA buoy
Fishing Method: trolling/chumming
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 20 -35 lbs
Bait or Lure: Melton Jetheads
Water Depth: various
Water Temp.: 78+
Information : Had the week off. Found blue water SE of the HA everyday. We were the only ones out there. Found Bluefin and yellowfin; with schoolie dolphin. Chummed sharks one day and released a Mako and a blue. The surprise of the day was a 25lbs. mahi that took a bunker chunk. The mako took a whole skippy that we caught the day before. Great week; but I wish there was power, ice and resturants available. JR2 will fish inshore until next week.

Angler Name : Bob Massaro
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: BountyHunter
Date Fished: 7-8-99
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15 1/2 in.
Bait or Lure: squid & live killies
Water Depth: 30-40 ft.
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Capt. Paul Regula out of Clarks Landing Marina pt. Pleasant NJ had the Bob Massaro charter aboard for a day of Fluke fishing. Fishing 30-40 ft. depths off Sandy Hook & Sea Bright produced l4 keeper Fluke with about 3 dozen throw backs. An hour of trolling on the Shrewsbury Rocks earlier in the day produced several Blues along with a 40 in. Striper caught by Bob's father Al Massaro.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 8
Location: Resor
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: up to 25 pounds
Bait or Lure: Reel Seat Mini Mamba Bars
Water Depth: 135'
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Dan Quirk charter from the Red Bank Police Dept. out on the Canyon Runner Thursday for a day of inshore Tuna fishing. Setting up to troll just south of the Resor the crew quickly boated and released a 25" Bluefin. The rest of the morning was unproductive but trolling 10 to 15 miles south of the Resor in the afternoon produced a good bite of Bluefin Tuna with some Skipjack as well. Trolling Reel Seat Mini Mamba Bars produced a hook-up of 3 Bluefins with 1 boated around 25 pounds and a hook-up of 4 Bluefin with 1 boated and 1 released, both around 25 pounds. In addition to the 4 Bluefin captured, several Skipjack kept the charter busy through-out the day.

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Angler Name : bob ransom and tim tanghere
E-Mail : ransom@cyberenet.net
Boat Name: ugly mug
Date Fished: july 7 99
Location: so. of 19 fathom lump
Fishing Method: chunkihg
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 147 lb
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 100ft
Water Temp.: 71.4
Information : tim and i left cape may at 315 am set up by 630am windy 20 so.west first fish at 810 then picked atotal of 5 limit fish 56in 147lb 48in 65lb left at 10am to go to balt.canyon water 73.4 to74.7 everywhere no breaks left at 530pm for home with 1 yellowfin release.....

Angler Name : Dave
E-Mail : dstucy@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Sunbird
Date Fished: 7-7-99
Location: barnegat channel
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 1-2 1/2 pounds
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 9ft
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Well woke up at 5 got there by 6....first drift got 3 fluke one keeper.....went back for another drift got 2 more witch was a 2 1/2 pound fluke that was it...was in by 8....no more fish in the bay....Good Luck fishing until then!!!!

Angler Name : Jim Moretti
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Bone Apart
Date Fished: 7/7/99
Location: Sea Isle Ridge
Fishing Method: Chum & Troll
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 80# Pup
Bait or Lure: Mack & Blue
Water Depth: 70
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Slick out by 5:00 a.m., Big Brown sharks in thick by 5:15. After at least 20 Monster Brown's pulled out for Bonito by troll near 2fb and got into small Bonito. Finished day chumming up more browns and a small Mako.

Angler Name : huffy
E-Mail : arborcare@easy-pages.com
Boat Name: dry dock
Date Fished: 7-7-99
Location: Belmar-north
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14"-17",2@20&22,one blacky
Bait or Lure: killie/squid/s.eel
Water Depth: 30'-8'
Water Temp.: 68
Information : hit larger fish out , including the blackfish alot of junk in , but use that white bait and stay on the bottom their around. chartruese is the color all this year for us, water temp is the thing to watch

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 7
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2 to 12 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 125'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Nancy Frey charter out for a belated Father's day surprise fishing trip for her husband, Bill, and put together a good catch of Bluefish. Fishing just east of the Farms, the group chummed up dozens of Bluefish releasing most and keeping a few for the table. The action was not as good as the last few weeks but considering most of the Blues are spawning, it was a decent trip.

Angler Name : Gary
E-Mail : Garioake
Boat Name: MAKO MY DAY
Date Fished: JULY 7
Location: HA BUOY
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 4 ft
Bait or Lure: macks and bunker
Water Depth: 130
Water Temp.: 72 1/2
Information : Nice day on the water tagged 2 mako pups and 2 blue sharks in the 125 to 150 range and plenty of chopper bluefish,min.10 lbs. GOOD LUCK AND LETS SAVE OUR RESOURCES

Angler Name : Jim Balicki
E-Mail : emcjim@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Partyboat "Cock Robin"
Date Fished: 7/7/99
Location: E. of Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Drifting and chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 31 in to 36 in.
Bait or Lure: A27 jig with red tail
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : A great day for bluefish. The last drift produced very fast action. Most fishermen used bait drifted in the chum slick, but I caught 9 of 10 on a jig. A great job by Capt. Jim and mates Bill and Jerry.

Angler Name : Ray
E-Mail : ray79@aol.com
Boat Name: tampa vii
Date Fished: 7-6-99
Location: monmouth beach
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12-17"
Bait or Lure: killies/squid
Water Depth: 20-60ft
Water Temp.: 71
Information : fished various spots from manasqaun to monmouth beach better concentration of fish aroudn monmouth beach fluke and sea bass action was very good i ended up with 13 fluke 4 keepers 2 sea bass also one guy caught a ling off long branch

Angler Name : Capt.Jim Lynch
E-Mail : Finaddict.sportfishing@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: FinAddict
Date Fished: 7/6/99
Location: Star
Fishing Method: Chum & Drift
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: N/A
Bait or Lure: Mackrel & bluefish
Water Depth: 73 F
Water Temp.: 120'
Information : Had the P.J.Hender party from Manasquan out to the Star for some shark fishing.We slaughtered big blues for most of the day, making it hard to keep the shark baits in the water.On the way in we located a school of spanish mackrel & bonita by the old Barnegate light ship and put (2) in the box.

Angler Name : Al
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Susie-G III
Date Fished: 7/6
Location: Sea Girt
Fishing Method: drift/bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12- 15 1/4"
Bait or Lure: squid/killies
Water Depth: 20-50
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Pressed for time, I decided to give the shallows off the Sea Girt range a shot for a few hours.. Had immediate action tight to the beach with shorts, fish ranging from 12" up to about 15 1/4".. Lots of action in depths anywhere from 22-45 feet, but keepers were few and far between.. Came up with countless shorts, a few robins and other trash fish.. The bite completely shut off when the wind shifted to the SW.. tight lines..

Angler Name : salvie
E-Mail : sjde1998@aol.com
Boat Name: neptune
Date Fished: 7-5-99
Location: G1 Buoy, Del. Bay
Fishing Method: Anchored
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 15"-27"
Bait or Lure: 1/4 oz. bucktail/shedder
Water Depth: 8 FT.
Water Temp.: 72
Information : We got there at dead low tide. There was a large fleet just east of the G1 buoy. We anchored just short of the fleet. It was 8:00A.M. We rigged 2 rods, one with a green hair top/bottom rig with shedder on the high hook and minnow/squid combo on the bottom hook. The other was a 1/4 oz. green bucktail (36") tipped with shedder, with a 3/4 oz. red/white bucktail dropper (8") tipped with squid. We banged them right away. They started as shorts, but as the day progressed, they were all keepers. We kept 25 of the biggest fish. A great day on Delaware Bay.

Angler Name : james p.
E-Mail : mrsteely11@aol.com
Boat Name: stitches
Date Fished: 7/5/99
Location: little egg reef,ac reef
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15 to 25 inches
Bait or Lure: hi-lo
Water Depth: 75-55
Water Temp.: 68??
Information : fished both reefs on with squid, killie, blood worms. Caught 6 keeper fluke biggest was 25 inches!! had 3 sea bass too. Interested in learned how to fish for big game specie. Come out of the little egg inlet. Any suggestions on where and what species???

Angler Name : Al Sica
E-Mail : asica@worldlynx.net
Boat Name: Octafish
Date Fished: 7/5/99
Location: Five Fathom Bank btwn 2FB $ 3FB
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Atlantic Bonito
Size: 3-4 lbs
Bait or Lure: Yellow/Green Black/White feather
Water Depth: 35 ft
Water Temp.: 72 deg.
Information : Started Trolling 2FB at 9 am, Talked to boats at SI ridge, no action, decide to troll for another hour head towards 3FB , hit a noce pocket of Bonita and eventually taylor blues ( 2 lbs ), action lasted 10:30 am to Noon, Fish were right on top of Five Fathom Bank ( 30 - 35 ft ), took only Black and White or Green and Yellow feathers.

Angler Name : NELSON REED
E-Mail : JIGME@AOL.COM
Boat Name: LAURIE C
Date Fished: 7/5/99
Location: 30 fathom lump
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 6lbs
Bait or Lure: lure
Water Depth: 30fathoms
Water Temp.: 72
Information : FISHED AT THE SPENCER RAISED A WHITE WENT TO WILMINGTON CAYON DEAD BUT GOOD WATER RAN TO 30 FATHOM LUMP PICK UP AND RAN HOME GOOD DAY TO BE ON THE WATER.

Angler Name : Eric
E-Mail : yayaginky@aol
Boat Name: Knot a care
Date Fished: 7-5-99
Location: Little Egg Artificial Reef
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17 inch
Bait or Lure: clam, squid
Water Depth: 60
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished the "tanks" at the artifical reef off of Holgate and didn't bring up one black sea bass. This time last year we caught 30 in a few hours, along with a few trigger fish and togs. Caught 5 fluke and 14 dogfish. Traveled up the coast off of LBI looking for fish/birds, no luck. Did a few drifts in the Barnegate inlet, not a bite. Air temp at least 15 degrees warmer in the bay/on land than in the ocean. Will try again this weekend.

Angler Name : Gene Viereck
E-Mail : twonas@snip.net
Boat Name: SeaBreeze
Date Fished: 7/5/99
Location: 750 square
Fishing Method: drift/chum
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 75lbs
Bait or Lure: mackeral/ bunker
Water Depth: 125 ft.
Water Temp.: 71-73
Information : Slow going all day with only short periods of action .Had two short bites 1 probaly tuna 1 bluefish .Caught a 18#bluefish and a small dolphin besides the mako.Not a bite trolling towards home.Time to start some serious yellowfin fishing!

Angler Name : Alan D.
E-Mail : ADMTHOLLY@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: EastCoast
Date Fished: 7/5/99
Location: Resor Wreck
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: up to 35 inches
Bait or Lure: Feathers
Water Depth: 122'
Water Temp.: 69.1
Information : Trolled BA buoy got two small bonita Left shortly after that trolled through Oley's and picked up and headed for Resor.4 other boats out there all Sharking. Got about a dozen Bluefins, a Dozen skipjacks, and one 40 inch Dolphin that made the trip back in our ice cold cooler.threw all tuna back hoping for a 40+ pounder still three weeks left for Bluefin anyway. Sharking must be good too because all the boats seemed to have went through a lot of ammo. Tight lines to everyone

Angler Name : Ritch Charles
E-Mail : ritch@atoncomputing.com
Boat Name: Just Reelin'
Date Fished: July 5, 1999
Location: HA
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: up to 32 inches
Bait or Lure: jet heads
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Had a small bluefin as soon as the lures were in the water. A total of six bluefin tuna were caught. Two skip jacks and a dolphin. Saw the biggest mola ever for you fish face fans.

Angler Name : ed mcsherry
E-Mail : emcshe@coair.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: july-5
Location: sea girt reef to long branch
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 4lb
Bait or Lure: squid soearing combo
Water Depth: 70
Water Temp.: 73
Information : started at south east end of sea girt reef one nice fluke in 70 ft of water action slow good size on the sea bass whent to red church area action slower where are the keepers

Angler Name : Bob
E-Mail : bmaloney@sensar.com
Boat Name: Reel Deal
Date Fished: 7/5/99
Location: AC Reef
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 - 22"
Bait or Lure: Squid / Minnows
Water Depth: 70
Water Temp.: 70.5
Information : One of the best days of the year. Myself and 2 friends boated 14 keeper Fluke and 16 seabass. Had a double header 22" Fluke and a 20" sea bass what a surprise. The ocean was flat and only a couple of boats in sight. Only had 6 throw backs all day. Fished @ 3 hours and went in.

Angler Name : NJDorado
E-Mail : NJDorado@aol.com
Boat Name: Smuttynose
Date Fished: July 5, 1999
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting, Casting
Specie: Fluke
Size: short to 19"
Bait or Lure: spearing
Water Depth: 20-50'
Water Temp.:
Information : First started in the Reach Channel early afternoon at buoy 4 and 6 in the Reach Channel which produced 2 keeper Fluke, 1 knock off from a Bluefish on fin s, and 1 short. Moved over to another spot for 4 keeper Fluke, 1 Bluefish, short Fluke, and Sea Robins. The hot bait was 2 spearing instead of squid/spearing. Was back at the dock filleting 6 keeper Fluke and 1 Bluefish. Not many people were fishing today as it was warm.

Angler Name : UPS Dave
E-Mail : dfigtree@aol.com
Boat Name: Atlantic Star
Date Fished: 7/5
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15 1/2
Bait or Lure: spearing/squid
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : 5 short fluke, one keeper 15 1/2 for me. The half day head boat was nearly full. I would say there were 25 to 30 keepers on board. Lots of shorts. Slightly off the subject ... I tried a new way to get the spearing smell off my hands. Toothpaste! Sounds crazy but it works.

Angler Name : Ken & Judy
E-Mail : imwc3y@aol.com
Boat Name: fishnutz
Date Fished: 5 July Monday
Location: Deal
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: to 17.5
Bait or Lure: Killies
Water Depth: 60
Water Temp.: 69
Information : I am the only one to report the ice cold water on Saturday....Well the water warmed up today...We tried fishing off Deal in 60 feet deep and got very little action at 9 am we came into the beach and caught a lot of short flounder. we ended up with 6 keepers

Angler Name : c zimmerman
E-Mail : cwzimm@aol.com
Boat Name: rightaway
Date Fished: july 5 1999
Location: deal to long branch
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: to 3 lbs
Bait or Lure: sand eels and spearing
Water Depth: 25 ft
Water Temp.: 68
Information : today i took my friend henry and his two kids age 10 and 13 with me it was there first time fishing capt tom joseph not only found fish he helped them learn how to catch fluke he made fisherman out of them. the 4 of us had 26 keepers between us and lots of shorts capt tom not only is a great fisherman but a noce guy to boot i never fail to have a great day fishing with him. you can too e mail me for his phone # good fishing to all.

Angler Name : John
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 7-5-99
Location: elephant trunk & NE
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure: plastic's & B-hoo
Water Depth: 170-190
Water Temp.: 75
Information : slow day, no tuna one dolphin. no tuna bite but plenty of black flies! good day to be offshore temp 15 to 20 degrees cooler then on land.

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Angler Name : KEN DRELICH
E-Mail : RUDEDAWGKD@AOL.COM
Boat Name: RUDEDAWG
Date Fished: 07/04/99
Location: SQUAN RIDGE
Fishing Method: DRIFT
Specie: Fluke
Size: UP TO 4.5 LBS
Bait or Lure: SQUID&SAND EEL
Water Depth: 50-60 FT
Water Temp.: 67 DEGREES
Information : FISHED WITH MY FRIEND GREG,CAUGHT LOTS OF SHORTS,SKATES,& DOGFISH, BUT WE MANAGED TO GET OUR LIMIT OF KEEPERS BY NOON. ALSO FOUND FLUKE ON OTHER OFFSHORE LUMPS

Angler Name : Phil Silva
E-Mail :
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: july 4th
Location: avon jetty
Fishing Method: live bait
Specie: Cunner
Size: up to 6"
Bait or Lure: clam and sandworms
Water Depth: 6-8 feet
Water Temp.: 67
Information : I caught about 12 cunner(bergalls) I think I also caught two small blackfish at least it looked like it. me, my dad, and my uncle used some of the cunner for crabbing the next day in keyport, N.J where we caught about 6 keeper crabs and a whole lot of little ones

Angler Name : Steve O.
E-Mail : tboatsteve@aol.com
Boat Name: Atlantus
Date Fished: 7/4/99
Location: Raritan Reach Channel
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: to 24"
Bait or Lure: Sandworms
Water Depth: 25' to 30'
Water Temp.: 74-75
Information : Started out at the #6 buoy and worked to the west. Some marks on the sonar around the #8 nun. No takers. Searched to the west up to #20, no marks. Headed back east to the #9 buoy. Marked some fish outside the channel. Caught mostly throwbacks. One 16" and another 24" weakie made enough for the pan. Went out to the rips and drifted a few fluke.5 keepers later, headed for the dock. Good Fishing, Capt. Steve

Angler Name : patrick campbell
E-Mail : pat30boat@aol.com
Boat Name: cyclops
Date Fished: 7/4/99
Location: 28 mile wrk.+cigar area
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: none
Bait or Lure: everything
Water Depth: 110-145
Water Temp.:
Information : trolled all day on the boat "break time" used every type of lure made, and no tuna to be had.Will try again next weekend down near the hooper wreck.

Angler Name : Andrew K.
E-Mail : jr655k@hotmail.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 7/3 & 7/4
Location: Bradley Beach to Spring Lake
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20 to 35 1/2
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Had a great weekend of bass fishing. Sunrise is a must for these fish. I fished both sunrise and sunset and all my action was in the morning. Had 18 fish between myself and my buddy Jim. Biggest was 35 1/2 inches and weighed 16 pounds. All the fish were caught on clams. Saw a couple of 25+ pound fish being pulled in. Tight lines!

Angler Name : chris
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: july 4
Location: mud hole
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Atlantic Bonito
Size: 4-8 lbs.
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Trolled for 4 hours looking for bluefin, having no success I trolled a few plugs and picked up 8 bonita and 2 blues in the last 2 hours.

Angler Name : Bruce Z
E-Mail : glassranger@yahoo.com
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 7/4
Location: Lavallette
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28"-43 "
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 5'-8'
Water Temp.: 63
Information : My frend Chris cought a 43" cow ,39"male and I cought a 28"er, about 1 1/2 hour befor hightide

Angler Name : Gary
E-Mail : micco@blast.net
Boat Name: Proline
Date Fished: 7-4-99
Location: Garden State Reef South
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 21"
Bait or Lure: various
Water Depth: 40-65
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Spent 3 hours in various areas around the reef. Caught 15 or so. Kept four decent ones including a nice fat 21". We hit on a hot spot, then the afternoon wind kicked up that was it. We'll give it a crack again next Monday when the boat traffic is minimal. Anyone else fish the Barnegat area, give me an E-mail. Good Luck.

Angler Name : lance hanni
E-Mail :
Boat Name: i think i can
Date Fished: 7/4/99
Location: manasquan ridge
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17 to 18 inches
Bait or Lure: squid & killies
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : two of us had 10 keepers fluke, five dog fish reterned also had about 8 shorts we needed alot of lead ok tite lines to later

Angler Name : Gary Vayinos , Dave and Capt Bruce Hrobak
E-Mail : Captwave@aol
Boat Name: Wavedancer
Date Fished: 7/4
Location: 28 miles east of manasquan some no name wreak areas and the Monster leadge
Fishing Method: Chumin Drifting
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: Realeased
Bait or Lure: Whole Bluefish mackeral and whole bonito
Water Depth: 130 up to 245
Water Temp.: 72 to 74
Information : We left the dock at 4:30 am and wanted to a start on the School Bluefin and do some Sharkin so we hit the leadge at 6:15 and started a troll we gagave it a good shot no fish pushin water not tooo much life but we caught Bonito about 8 lbs and I think the water was lookin clean but warm for the bluefin!!!! We started uf sharkin south of there and put out the bonito and fillets of mackeral and blues Gary was my Bluefish marader he was slaming them at boat side IThere were so many at the boat he was havin a ball !!! But it was sharks we wanted and every so often the blues whould scatter and that was when we had a nice run off and the bonito was just a head . mised it and soon after the whole live Bluefish was severd in half!!! I made a move to some wreaks in the Mud Hole and was happy to see cleaner water and a whole bluefish was taken as i was reelin it in to check we had on that mako which was then Tagged !!!!! We had a nice day and at our 2nd move were not marraded by blues the Makos were there Got some nice baits for the high rollers tourny !!!! Bring lotsa chum the water is so warm its payin out fast or lift your crates or chum bags out of the water higher !!!! Tight Lines ,Capt Bruce

Angler Name : Andy
E-Mail : Sokol
Boat Name: So-Kool
Date Fished: 7-4-99
Location: Ocean Side Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: Up to 19 Inchs
Bait or Lure: Squid/Killie..........Squid/Spearing.......Sandworns....Fin-S Jigs
Water Depth: 12-35 Feet
Water Temp.: 71.7
Information : Anthony and I left the dock slightly before noon.Our first stop was in Chapel Hill Channel to see if any weakfish were on the prowl & also give a chance for the flood tide to swing around to the ebb so we would have ideal drifting conditions off the beach.Although no weakfish were caught,Anthony did box a keeper fluke and I dropped another nice flattie.Once the tide swung we moved off the beach front and began our first drift at the southern end of the nude beach.We found a nice pocket of fluke ( keepers & shorts ) and repeated the same drift 3 times--adding another 5 keepers and easily 3 times as many shorts.We decided to head in for a late lunch of clams on the half shell and a refreshing beverage or two before heading back out in hopes of getting a late afternoon weakfish bite.We went in the back of Raritan Bay to areas that have produced recentally and in the past for us-but other than a few hits on Fin-S Jigs ( most likely from snapper blues ) and 2 short fluke caught by Anthony-no weakfish were found.

Angler Name : KEN&ART JUILLET
E-Mail : ATJ45@AOL.COM
Boat Name: NU-TOY
Date Fished: 7-4-99
Location: REASOR WRECK
Fishing Method: TROLLING-
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 15-25LBS
Bait or Lure: TUNA CLONES
Water Depth: 117FT
Water Temp.: 72
Information : WE STARTED OUT SHARK FISHING AT THE REASOR AND HAD A SMALL MAKO & SOME BIG BLUE FISH ALONG WITH A 15 LB DOLPHIN ON 10LB TEST. WE STARTED TROLLING FOR BLUEFINS AND CAUGHT 4 BLUEFINS & 3 BONITO ALL WERE RELEASED.

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Angler Name : Brian King
E-Mail : marc0311@aol.com
Boat Name: REEL ACTION
Date Fished: July 3
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Chumming & Bait
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 6-12 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker & Mackeral chunks
Water Depth: 170-200
Water Temp.: 68
Information : We tried the inshore but the water temps in the low 60s the bluefish were not there. We made a couple of other stops with no luck. With a tip we headed offshore a bit for just a pick of bluefish.

Angler Name : Ken & Judy
E-Mail : imwc3y@aol.com
Boat Name: fishnutz
Date Fished: Saturday 3 July 99
Location: Deal
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14
Bait or Lure: Killies and spearing
Water Depth: 55
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Believe it or not the temp was 50 inshore and it was 62 off Deal. We caught 2 short fluke and 5 skates... from 6am till noon.....At noon the fog was still so bad the visibility was only 200 feet.....Oh thank heaven for GPS...

Angler Name : NJDorado
E-Mail : NJDorado@aol.com
Boat Name: Smuttynose
Date Fished: July 3, 1999
Location: Sandy Hook Bay & Ocean
Fishing Method: Drifting, Chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: None
Bait or Lure: Bunker & Squid/spearing/killi
Water Depth: 17-48'
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Fished near Ambrose Channel chunking for Bass or Bluefish but only got Fluke (all shorts) and Skate. Went Fluking in the Bay and got 2 with 1 keeper and then moved off to the peaceful ocean. had 2 Dogfish, 1 was 4-5' long, Sea Robins, and 1 short Fluke. Fished the Bay for 10 minutes and got nothing. Drift was too fast and there were too many crabs.

Angler Name : Brian Dwyer
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: BOUNTY HUNTER
Date Fished: 7-3-99
Location: Oil Wreck
Fishing Method: Drifting chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8-l2 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker & Butterfish
Water Depth: l80 ft.
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Capt. Paul had the Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina, Pt. Pleasant, NJ up to the Oil Wreck with Brian Dwyer & his two sons, Brian & Mike for a day of bluefishing. After two days of 30 kt. winds and 8 ft. seas the fish were scattered. A catch of 22 Bluefish was scratched out.

Angler Name : phil flannery
E-Mail : pjf202@aol.com
Boat Name: no name
Date Fished: 7/3/99
Location: pole line north of holgate
Fishing Method: top bottom squid
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16/17 18/
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 20 ft.
Water Temp.: 68
Information : not a bad day on spur of the moment 2 shops had no minnow had 2 other fuke to the boat but spit hook didn t see many fish being caught

Angler Name : T. Young
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Mysteyann
Date Fished: 7/3/99
Location: mudhole
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 6-17lbs
Bait or Lure: green machine, knobbies, bullethead
Water Depth: 140-180'
Water Temp.: 70-72
Information : got under way about 7am, from belmar. got to the inlet and found the fog! waited til 8:15 before following a long line of boats out only to find more fog just outside. decided to move REAL slow and heading east hoping for the burnoff. water temp was in the 59-62 range until reaching the mudhole near the Goulandris and Mudwreck, then right up to 70-72!! didn't mark any fish until the temp picked up. started marking as we crossed the first dropoff and picked up the first one shortly thereafter. all day only caught fish trolling across the face of the swells at between 7-8mph. fish got bigger as the day wore on. great time for my neighbor, phil, on his first real offshore trip. he also caught a small bonito. saw one big shark, but it wasn't interested in the offering. an even dozen in the boat, with 4 fish spitting the hook at the boat, one real big one lost. back into the fog on the way in with 1/4 mile vsby, or less, 3 miles from the buoy.lifted just at the inlet. seas were great all day with 3-4' swells to start, and smaller as the afternoon approached. hope the captain that was at sea girt reef, asking about the water temp , finally got into some fish.

Angler Name : Fred Dintino
E-Mail : fred.m.dintino@lmco.com
Boat Name: Magic Motion
Date Fished: 7/3/99
Location: Delware River
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 16"
Bait or Lure: Blood Worms
Water Depth: 5"
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Fished dead low tide off Tinicum Island which is slightly south of the airport. Fish were jumping as we anchored. Before the boat settled I had four. Mix of stripers and catfish. Many double headers with often one of each. Lots of silver perch to steal bait. Biggest channel cat was 3 or 4 pounds and biggest stripers were 17". Continuous non stop action for over an hour. After, a decent steady pick. Got so hot the four of us deciced to join the fish and cool off. Lost count but we easily got 40 to 50 fish and everyone was released.

Angler Name : Rich
E-Mail :
Boat Name: My Reward
Date Fished: 7-3-99
Location: SandyHook Rip
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16
Bait or Lure: Spearing
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Two hours after high tide My son Shawn and I started catching fish, for about one hour none stop, but just 3 keepers and one bluefish. good day !

Angler Name : peter morales
E-Mail : captain518@aol.com
Boat Name: milwrites misstress
Date Fished: 7/2/99
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: ANCHORED
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: BUNKER
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.: 71
Information : WE STARTED FISHING IN THE AFTERNOON ABOUT 500 PM ON THE JERSEY GIRL WE HAD ACOUPLE OF SHORT BASS BUT NO KEEPERS.WE ALSO LANDED A FEW DOG FISH AND SOME BLUES. THE SEA CONDITION WERE NOT THE BEST 3-5 FT AND A THUNDER STORM THAT WOULD NOT LEAVE US ALONE

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Angler Name : Tom B
E-Mail : Tom_Brys@Merck.com
Boat Name: Triple Play
Date Fished: 7-1-99
Location: Near Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27.5" to 32"
Bait or Lure: Clam,Sandworm & EEl
Water Depth: 24'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Started at about 6pm, caught 2 keepers & 1 short until dusk, at slack tide I placed my rod in the rod holder to wait for drift and bzzzzzzzzz!!! 29" keeper on! Thingd just picked up after that limited out and started sending back keepers. Arms got tired!! Headed in @ about 12am

Angler Name : keng
E-Mail : glatz1869@yahoo.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 7/1/99
Location: Avon Jetty
Fishing Method: Fly rod
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Black Clouser
Water Depth: Shallow
Water Temp.: 68
Information : I fished off of one of the Avon jetties and had some luck this am. One other guy picked up 2 short bass, and I caught 2 keeper fluke along the jetty close to the beach. Both fish were right on the limit, but they were 16" and fat. Missed a bass too, but I think he was just looking at the fly. That was about it. There are always fluke in the jetty pockets in Avon. Haven't been skunked in 4 trips in there.

Sport Fishing Charters
43' EGG HARBOR SPORT FISHERMAN
Captain Bruce Miller 732-295-4554
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