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Angler Name : Mirage Sport Fishing Charters
E-Mail : dover@vitinc.com
Boat Name: Mirage
Date Fished: 7/31-8/1
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: chunk/troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 25-60 lbs
Bait or Lure: butterfish live squid
Water Depth: 580
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Capt. Bruce miller and Mirage owner plus friends made a crew trip to the Hudson overnight thursday to friday 7/31. Set up to chunk south of the west wall in 74.5 degree water. Location chosen because of favorable temp chart from offshore sevices. Caught 6 yellowfin tuna to 60 lbs on butterfish and live squid caught in lights. lost 4 more. Trolled for a short time in morning and raised a large white marlin on a reel seat spreader bar but fish quickly threw the hook. Boats to the south and most to the north had poor reports and trolling was slow. Looks like good night chunking is begining. Submitted by Burt Greene

Angler Name : Howard Bogan
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Jamaica
Date Fished: 7/31/97
Location: 20 MILES SE OF BRIELLE
Fishing Method: CHUMMING
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8 - 14LBS
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: 100'
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Night blue fishing was excellent. Limit catches were the norm. Day blue fishing has also been good. We have been jigging 2 to 8 lb blues 13 miles east of the inlet.

Angler Name : Bob
E-Mail : BPercopo@aol.com
Boat Name: Party Boat Miss Barnagat light
Date Fished: July 31
Location: 25 miles east of Barnagat Light
Fishing Method: Bottom fishing
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10# plus
Bait or Lure: herring chunks
Water Depth: 100ft
Water Temp.: 72
Information : took my yourger son and two friends. Their first night blue fishing trip they caught 27 fish between them and none under 10 pounds. All confessed it was the greatest fishing experience and considering that each of the three boys had separately placed first or second in fluke tournaments within the past month that was saying something. Many thanks to captain John Larson for all his efforts.

Angler Name : Jack Spoto
E-Mail : JSpoto6449@aol.com
Boat Name: N/A
Date Fished: 7/31/97
Location: Sandy Hook to Sea Bright
Fishing Method: Surf Fishing
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Bunker and Plugging
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished from 3:30 PM to 10:00 PM from Sandy Hook Point to just below Sea Bright. No one was picking up fish anywhere. We cruised the beaches looking for activity, but it never came that night. Too bad, will try south all next week from Lavallette to Seaside Park.

Angler Name : Alan Kape
E-Mail : kapeagency@aol.com
Boat Name: Jenny Too
Date Fished: 7/31/97
Location: Raritan Bay & Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 16'
Bait or Lure: Sand Worms
Water Depth: 30'
Water Temp.: 70%+
Information : Started Day drifting Chapel Hill Channel & Raritan Reach - Picked up 2 weaks drifting worms on float rigs. Later morning moved to Romer Shoal & drifted 1 striper about 27". Afternoon switched to Fluke off Monmouth Beach. Picked a number of shorts along with 2 nice sized fish over 20" each. - A relatively slow day but great summertime inshore fishing!

Angler Name : Fred D. Iradi
E-Mail : fredi@injersey.com
Boat Name: Teal (Party Boat - Highlands NJ
Date Fished: July 31, 1997
Location: Sandy Hook NJ
Fishing Method: Sinking Sandworms
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure: Sandworms
Water Depth: 30-45 ft.
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Water was muddy from storm this past weekend. Fish were spotty only in a few locations. Six were caught out of 25 fishermen. Not a great night. Please email me if the Weakfish or Stripers get better looking to catch a BIG one.

Angler Name : Russ Whitman
E-Mail : rwhitman@urnerbarry.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 7/31/97
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 12"-14"
Bait or Lure: Sand worms, shedder
Water Depth: 8'-10'
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Beatuful night but few fish. Drifted triangle between Tices Shoal, Buoy 40 and BB. Though sunset might bring action but had little. Strong Southerly breeze through dusk may have affected bite.

Angler Name : marc
E-Mail :
Boat Name: ultimate quest
Date Fished: 7\31\97
Location: glory hole
Fishing Method: trolled
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 40 lb
Bait or Lure: jap feather
Water Depth: 150 ft
Water Temp.: 72
Information : boated one tuna 40 lb 1 blue 1 bonita saw a lot of life

Angler Name : steve duda
E-Mail : sduda@erols.com
Boat Name: shore thing
Date Fished: 7-31-97
Location: fortesque
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 16+
Bait or Lure: shedder
Water Depth: 30
Water Temp.: 78
Information : What a day, what a day. Started out catching shorts, the longer we fished the longer the fish. I caught something that looked like a baby mako, it's teeth were impressive, even at that small size. Hooked some fluke, mostly shorts. I even have the one that got away story, bent my rod in half and broke the line. (15 lb. test).

ngler Name : Pisces Grande
E-Mail : Willie@Sr-tech.com
Boat Name: Steamboat Willie
Date Fished: 7-31-97
Location: Hoffman and Fishburne Islands
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 6-8 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Banjo Minnow coated with Smelly Jelly (Shrimp flavor)
Water Depth: 12-15 ft.
Water Temp.: ????
Information : Didn't start until end of low tide (1pm). Started drift from islands toward the Verazano Bridge. Got 2 6lb-ers right away, then an 8 lb-er as the tide started moving faster (around 3:30pm.

Angler Name : Guillermo Delgado
E-Mail : delgadgu@lanmail.shu.edu
Boat Name: Enterprise
Date Fished: 7-30-97
Location: Lawrence Harbor
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 12 to 15 pounds
Bait or Lure: Bunker, butterfish
Water Depth: 21
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Great day for fishing!!! Plenty of fish for everyone. Guillermo "Falcon" Delgado won the pool with a 15 pounder. Raymond "Tiny" Quintana came in second with a 12lbs fish. Richard "Bald Head" Diaz once again went home empty handed...

Angler Name : marc
E-Mail :
Boat Name: ultimate quest
Date Fished: 7\30\97
Location: mansquan river
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 3 lb
Bait or Lure: fluke belly
Water Depth: 10 ft
Water Temp.: 70
Information : cauhgt 15 fluke 3 keepers up to 3 lb not to good

Angler Name : Mikey G
E-Mail : G Force 77@aol.com
Boat Name: The Instigator
Date Fished: 7/29/97
Location: Sandy Hook. Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 4.5 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker cut into strips (believe it or not)
Water Depth: 15-30
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Caught two big fluke 3.5 and 4.5 lbs. Water was a bit choppy. Also caught 3.5 lbs weakfish with same method.

Angler Name : Al
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Susie-G III
Date Fished: 7/29
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 12"-14"
Bait or Lure: Sandworms/Shad Dart
Water Depth: 7-9 ft.
Water Temp.: 75
Information : First trip for weakfish this year was a good one, lots of action with spikes, all 14" and under..Fast, strong drift from north wind made fishing alittle difficult, but the fish didn't seem to mind..Made 3 drifts just east of buoy 40, and had about 8 or 10 fish between 7-9 am..After the boat traffic picked up, fish disappeared! Later on tried the Gunner's ditch near the Mantoloking Bridge and came up empty...Overall, the weakfishing is going strong in the bay

Angler Name : marc
E-Mail :
Boat Name: ultimate quest
Date Fished: 7\28\97
Location: glory hole
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 20 -40 lb
Bait or Lure: zuckers
Water Depth: 138
Water Temp.: 73
Information : boated 11 tuna 2 in 40 lb class fish hit all day

Angler Name : Troy Greenawald
E-Mail : TSGTAG
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 07/28/97
Location: Flynn's Knoll-Ammo Pier
Fishing Method: Killie/squid
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15"-20"
Bait or Lure: killie/squid
Water Depth: 14'-42'
Water Temp.: 69-73
Information : Fished the outgoing tide on the east side of the pier at sunup. For the first hour needed more people in the boat as we landed five keepers and several shorts. Action slowed substantially after 8:00a.m.. Managed one 3lb. blue near the pier. Moved out to the knoll and fished the remainder of the out and all of the in. One more keeper fluke, several more shorts. Was also treated with a 4lb and 6lb weakie caught on the flounder rigs in the channel . Action sporadic throughout the day but fantastic at times.

Angler Name : Earl
E-Mail : LIGHTTACKL@AOL
Boat Name: RUSTY 1
Date Fished: 07/28/97
Location: Flynn's Knoll
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 10-15lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: 23-27ft
Water Temp.: 69-70
Information : Got two keepers and three shorts fishing the last two hours of yhe outgoing tide early in the morning, also had too many bluefish to count. Moved up the reach to try weakfishing but no luck.

Angler Name : BRANDON
E-Mail : MRMACK1@PRODIGY.NET
Boat Name: NA
Date Fished: 7/28/97
Location: DELE
Fishing Method: SURFCASTING
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15 INCHES
Bait or Lure: SQUID
Water Depth: 1-9 FT
Water Temp.: 65
Information : FISHED FOR THREE HOURS GOING FOR ANYTHING WE COULD CATCH USED SANDWORMS AND SQUID THE CRABS LOVED THEM COULDN'T GO 5 MIN. WITHOUT LOOSEING YOUR BAIT . MY DAD HOOKED ONE KEEPER FLUKE. IF YOU KNOW OF ANY SURFCASTING SPOTS IN JERSEY PLEASE EMAIL ME.THANK YOU, BRANDON

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 27, 1997
Location: Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 15 to 20 pounds
Bait or Lure: Zuckers and Tuna Clones
Water Depth: 200'
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie of the Canyon Runner took the Joe Scatto charter to the Glory Hole and trolled 4 bluefin tuna to 20 pounds. The action was very slow and most boats caught only two or three fish. It is possible that the bite turned off due to the substantial number of boats trolling the same area. Hopefully the large schools that were around all last week before the storm did not move out. Only time will tell.

Angler Name : Henry Yorgey
E-Mail : Bgswing@aol.com
Boat Name: Miss Barneget Light
Date Fished: 7/27
Location: Barneget Ridge
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 13-17 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Herring/Bananas
Water Depth: 60
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Gene Becthel, Brian Tedesco, Peter Yorgey,and Henry Yorgey limited out on Wed. night. Gene had a 17 pounder.

Angler Name : Bob Melloy & T.J. Beinert
E-Mail : Robert.Melloy@csfb.com
Boat Name: Lucky Me III
Date Fished: 7/26/97-7/27/97
Location: Virginia, Glory Hole, Slough, Little Italy
Fishing Method: Chunking & Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: None Caught
Bait or Lure: Green Machine, Feathers, Clones, Butterfish
Water Depth: 150-250
Water Temp.: 64-69
Information : Trolled Saturday evening between Combia and Virginia. Caught nothing. Chunked all night at Virginia. Two runoffs caught nothing. Sunday trolled from Virginia to Glory Hole and in Glory Hole. Sighted Giant Tuna or Large Porpoise could not tell. Caught nothing. Trolled from Glory Hole to Slough and in Slough. Caught nothing. Trolled from Slough to Little Italy and in Little Italy. Caught nothing. Left Mudhole Sunday 4:00pm with no fish in the box and no fuel in the tank.

Angler Name : Chris Hagen & Melissa
E-Mail : hagenspiel@enter.net
Boat Name: S.S.H.P.
Date Fished: 7/27/97
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16"--22"
Bait or Lure: spin-n-glo/killies
Water Depth: 10-30
Water Temp.: H20-?/Air-93
Information : Drifted the Ammo Pier in A.M, last 2 hours of outgoing, the bite was best then! Landed 3 Jumbos and 1 short. Ran out to #1 can for incoming, drift was too fast, picked up 1-2lb. blues. All in all a pleasant day. If anyone believes in FinStrikes Spin-n-Glos( I DO ), chartruese was the color! Our 3 keepers, pound for pound, were heavier than most others we saw-----C'ya Monday!

Angler Name : jeff gold
E-Mail : jgold@nwci.net
Boat Name: goldfish
Date Fished: 7/27
Location: monster ledge, little italy
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Skipjack Tuna
Size: 5 lbs
Bait or Lure: lures & ballyhoo
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 68.5-71.4
Information : many knockdowns and dropped fish. one skipjack boated and some bluefish. serious hit at monster ledge but no pickup. we were searching for the good water as everybody else was but never found it. maybe next week...

Angler Name : Dave Hoffa
E-Mail : dhoffa1@aol.com
Boat Name: Mil-Lea
Date Fished: 7/27/97
Location: 19 Fathom Lump
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 65 lb
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 120'
Water Temp.: 78
Information : anchored up about 10AM-had four pickups-broke one off on the strike(tip rapped ?)-saw man-o-war and several large 10-15 lb dolphin-the bite was from dawn until 11am, no bites from 11 until 2:30pm-got one bluefin 65 lb-many boats were limited out when we arrived-water clear, green-

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: SeaYa
Date Fished: 7-27-97
Location: Sandy Hook Channel & Rips
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 22-27 inches
Bait or Lure: Sandworms
Water Depth: 14-34 feet
Water Temp.: 69.9-73.6
Information : Caught the last of the out going tide in the Sandy Hook Rips..got 5 schoolie striped bass and a bluefish before the tide died......moved over to the Sandy Hook Channel and had imediate ation with 3-4 pound weakfish..boated 5 in total plus 2 fluke...moved back over to the rips once the tide had been coming in for a while and had non-stop action again with schoolie bass...but it was fun stuff on 6 lb test...caught another 13 bass and 2 more bluefish..by the end of the day my arm was sore..first time that happened in a while.....days' total.18 striped bass from 19-25 inches.....5 weakfish from 22-27 inches....3 bluefish 1-2 pounds and 1 keeper and 1 short fluke.....all fish caught on sandworms..God I love light tackle fishing!!!!

Angler Name : Richard Kulkaski
E-Mail : rkulkaski.mectech@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Dragon Lady II
Date Fished: 7/27/97
Location: west wall of the Hudson
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-80 lbs
Bait or Lure: ballyhoo and squid spreader bars
Water Depth: fished the edge
Water Temp.: 72.4
Information : Trolled from fisrt light to 11:30am, skipjack were thick and had 25+ knockdowns, lost 1 big fish, spooled 50tw. Boated 1 large yellowfin after swithing to ballyhoo. Trolled the west wall, then put out 6 small squid spreader bars and slowed boat down, 5 knot troll speed. Boated 4 fish. We would bring the boat to almost a complete stop, let the bars sink then start the troll. On the way up when we would hook-up. On the way out at nite heard great reports from the New York fleet at the 100 square.

Angler Name : Henry Yorgey
E-Mail : Bgswing@AOL.com
Boat Name: Miss Barneget Light
Date Fished: 7/27/97
Location: Barneget Ridge
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 13-17 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Herring and bananas
Water Depth: 50+
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Gene Becthel, Brian Tedesco, Peter Yorgey, and Henry Yorgey caught their limits of Blues on Wed. night. Fishing was none stop with all fisherman catching what they needed to the 10 fish limit. Gene had a 17 lb. 1 oz. Pool winner.

Angler Name : Al Musico
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Linda's Mink
Date Fished: 7/27/97
Location: Manasquan
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure: Feathers
Water Depth: 125
Water Temp.: 71.5
Information : Trolled Little Italy in the morning with no hits. Radio reports from the Mud Hole and Lillian were no better. Stopped at the Mohawk and Manasquan Ridge on the way home and picked up some Bonita on Clark spoons.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 26, 1997
Location: Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 15 to 40 pounds
Bait or Lure: Spreader Bars
Water Depth: 200'
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie of the Canyon Runner took the David Belatanio charter from Manhattan to the Glory Hole and trolled 7 bluefin tuna to 40 pounds. All the fish were caught using Reel Seat Spreader Bars and were all released. The action took place late in morning and into the afternoon in water that was 8 degrees cooler than before Thursday's storm.

Angler Name : Tom
E-Mail : Blazer5071@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: Saturday, July 26, 1997
Location: Ocean City, Maryland
Fishing Method: Bottom fishing
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 18 1/2" about 2 1/2 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bloodworms
Water Depth: 4 feet
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Fishing in surf. A lot of small spot and a few trout. used 2 oz. pyramid sinker with a double rig with a piece of bloodworm threaded on the hook.

Angler Name : Jeff
E-Mail : fshhk@aol.com
Boat Name: BONE DOCTOR
Date Fished: 07/26/97
Location: Monster Ledge
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 8#
Bait or Lure: Zuker
Water Depth: 190'-220'
Water Temp.: 69-73F
Information : Trolled one dolphin, another followed to boatside, no other hits but netted a few triggerfish near a floating bucket

Angler Name : B. Visinski
E-Mail : Visinsb@basf.com
Boat Name: Let It Loose
Date Fished: 7/26/97
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15"
Bait or Lure: Squid/Killie
Water Depth: 10'
Water Temp.:
Information : Drifted Buoy 42/Gulf Point. 1 Keeper fluke; several short fluke and weakfish midday.

Angler Name : RAY BEAUCHEA
E-Mail : naauto@aol.com
Boat Name: AT LAST
Date Fished: 7/26/97
Location: BARNEGAT BAY-BUOY 40
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 19"
Bait or Lure: SANDWORMS
Water Depth: 8 FT.
Water Temp.: 77
Information : FISH WERE BITING VERY SOFT. MOST OF THE ONES CAUGHT WERE HOOKED OUTSIDE OF THE JAW. LITTLE ONES STARTED BITING AROUND 10 A.M.

Angler Name : steve duda
E-Mail : sduda@erols.com
Boat Name: shore thing
Date Fished: 7/26/97
Location: cape may
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: to 20''
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.: 73
Information : fished about 3 1/2 miles out the cape may inlet caught many short weakfish, about 5 king fish and some nice sized flounder, all in a good day .

Angler Name : Howard Bogan
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Jamaica
Date Fished: 7/26/97
Location: 18 MILES SE OF BRIELLE
Fishing Method: CHUMMING
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8-20LBS
Bait or Lure: BUNKER
Water Depth: 100'
Water Temp.: 68
Information : NIGHT bluefishing has been excellent 18 to 20 miles SE of our inlet for 8 to 20lb bluefish. Limit catches have been easily made on the 3/4 night trips. Day bluefishing has also been very good. The best area during the day has been 14 miles east of Brielle along the edge of the Mud Hole. Size and method varies each day. 2 to 10lb Blues on bait and jigs.

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: SeaYa
Date Fished: 7-26-97
Location: Raritan bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 13-17 inches
Bait or Lure: Sandworms
Water Depth: 6-26 feet
Water Temp.: 71.3
Information : Water was horrible...heavily stained.....almost mud color..started off the Keansburg Pier had almost no drift and all i could manage were spike weakies.......moved over to prince's bay and boated first keeper weakie of 1997, a nice 17 incher..too bad that was the only keeper of the day..also boated 4 short fluke all 14 inches and 1 small bluefish

Angler Name : Steve Lapointe
E-Mail : slapoint@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: American Eagle
Date Fished: 26-07-97
Location: Belmar
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5 to 12pounds
Bait or Lure: Jigs at daylight and bait at night
Water Depth: ------
Water Temp.: Around 60F
Information : Night was very calm and the temperature was very mild. I personally landed around 30 bluefish. But the most action happened at daylight with the jigs. Every cast resulted with a bite.

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Angler Name : Capt. Ryan T. Krill
E-Mail : rkrill@earthlink.net
Boat Name: Marlin Darlin
Date Fished: 25 Saturday, 1997
Location: Cape May, NJ
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 16in.
Bait or Lure: 8oz weight/ 3/0 hook/ live minnows and squid
Water Depth: 40ft
Water Temp.: 66-70f
Information : I came out of the inlet intending to head for the Lumps, but about two miles out I found myself in a flock of birds and found it hard to not stop. Soon as I put my line in out came a weakie. I hit a rare school of weakfish and ended up fishing out 16 keepers instead of driving all- the-way out to hope to catch tuna.I would say it was a good day. E-mail for any questions. Thanks.

Angler Name : Keith & Denise
E-Mail : kaw@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: Miss Fortesque
Date Fished: 7/25/97
Location: Delaware Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 14+
Bait or Lure: Squid, shedder, minnow
Water Depth: 16
Water Temp.:
Information : First few drifts were good, everybody catching fish, 1/2 throw backs. As the day got hotter, the fishing got slower. We brought home 2 fluke, 4 weaks and a spike blue. Threw back just as many. Still in all we did better than I expected after Danny moved off the coast. A friend from Hook, Line and Sinker (CVS shopping Center, West Deptford) limited out on fluke, weaks and blues the same day. Just goes to show you, it depends on where you are in the bay. The fish are there, you just gotta find um. For anyone fishing the bay, try using squid & minnow combo, squid & shedder combo, squid & white bucktail top & bottom rig, those were the things that worked on our trip. As always, thanks to Capt. Jim and Arno, the best mate in Fortesque, for a pleasant trip.

Angler Name : Guillermo Delgado
E-Mail : delgadgu@lanmail.shu.edu
Boat Name: Enterprise
Date Fished: 7-25-97
Location: Keansburg
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 46x24
Bait or Lure: eel
Water Depth: 27
Water Temp.: 75
Information :

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Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 23, 1997
Location: The Farms
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5 to 12 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 100'
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Captains Phil Dulanie of the Canyon Runner from Clarks Landing Marina in Pt. Pleasant guided Rich Penter to first place in the two day Builder's Association Bluefish Tournament run out of the Lobster Shanty in Pt. Pleasant Beach with a 14.5 pound bluefish. The Canyon Runner was chartered by Jeff Jebrinski for both days of the tournament and the winning fish was boated the first day. On day two of the tournament Steve Lane nailed a 12.6 pound bluefish which ended up taken second place and was caught amongst 3 to 10 pound bluefish while fishing the Farms area. The action was non-stop as over 100 bluefish were caught, with most released.

Angler Name : RAY BEAUCHEA
E-Mail : naauto@aol.com
Boat Name: AT LAST
Date Fished: 7/23/97
Location: BARNEGAT BAY-BUOY 40
Fishing Method: DRIFT
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 4-5 LBS.
Bait or Lure: SANDWORMS
Water Depth: 77.5
Water Temp.: 8 FT.
Information : Drited through Tices Shoals early. No takers. Moved east of buoy 40, and picked up a couple of nice fish around 11 a.m.

Angler Name : Al
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Susie-G III
Date Fished: 7/23
Location: Manasquan River/Inlet
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14"+
Bait or Lure: sandeels/squid
Water Depth: 4-25 ft.
Water Temp.: 65-70
Information : Despite a steady rain early, fishing was good on the incoming tide.. Caught fish in the skinny water off Treasure Island, and in the deeper sections of the main channel off Gull Island, and in the inlet itself..Only fished 3 hrs, and caught a dozen in the crystal clear water..

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Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 22, 1997
Location: Farms
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3 to 10 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 100'
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Captains Phil Dulanie and Wayne Bushnell fished the first day of the Builder's Association Bluefish Tournament run out of Brielle Yacht Club with the Jeff Jebrinski charter and wieghed in the first place bluefish of 14.5 pounds. The big fish was caught amongst 3 to 10 pound bluefish while fishing the Farms area.

Angler Name : Eddie Black
E-Mail : troll@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: No name
Date Fished: July 21, 1997
Location: Shark river
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14 1/2 & Larger
Bait or Lure: Killies/Spearing/Squid
Water Depth: N/A
Water Temp.: N/a
Information : Fished all day, with only two large keepers. Most were throw backs.

Angler Name : Burt Greene
E-Mail : Burtmirage@aol.com
Boat Name: Mirage
Date Fished: 7/20/97
Location: Little Italy
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: Schoolies
Bait or Lure: Reel seat spreader bars
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 74.5
Information : Burt Greene owner of charter boat Mirage fished on John Novack's Sea Questor on a shakedown trip for the new boat. We caught 3 school bluefin tuna releasing 2 small ones. Also caught 7 13-14 lb.bluefish. Boat fishing with us G Rod, also caught 3 king mackeral 14-15 lb. range on planers.

Angler Name : Steve Granieri
E-Mail : Hairman 1
Boat Name: Half Fast 111
Date Fished: 7/20 7/21
Location: Delaware Bay
Fishing Method: Top And Bottom rigs
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure: Shedder and bloodworms
Water Depth: 18 ft.
Water Temp.: 80
Information : Fished 1 mile southeast of # 1 bouy Limited out two days in a row. Also caught about a dozen croakers and also a few keeper fluke while on the hook.Some nice fish to be had up there

Angler Name : Charlie Haws
E-Mail : charlie@webspan.net
Boat Name: THE ROAD
Date Fished: July,20 1997
Location: Glory Hole North
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 27 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Green/Yellow Zuker with Bird
Water Depth: 200
Water Temp.: 74.5
Information : Ride to Glory Hole at 3:30 AM was wild. Matt, Lou, Mont and Captain Charlie caught one Bluefin 34 inches. Also one "chicken" dolphin, plus several large bluefish on cedar plugs on planners.

Angler Name : Guy Mauriello
E-Mail : bigguy@aol.com
Boat Name: BentHook
Date Fished: 07/20/97
Location: Broad Creek, Absecon
Fishing Method: floatheads 'green'
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12" to 18"
Bait or Lure: shedder crab
Water Depth: 20ft
Water Temp.: 67
Information :

Angler Name : Bob Kurtz
E-Mail : Auditphl@erols.com
Boat Name: MAR-VIC, Cape May, NJ
Date Fished: July 20, 1997
Location: 19 F Lump at Dumpsite
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 45-50#
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 116 Ft
Water Temp.: 77
Information : Went 4 for 8 on yellowfin. Rough ride out, but well worth it. NOAA forecasted 5-10, actual was 20+ most of the morning. Needed 700 feet of line to anchor. Bite seemed to take place most of the day, but got real hot around 3 PM just as the chunk supply was running low. Used 80# flourocarbon leaders, fish didn't seem shy.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 20, 1997
Location: Chicken Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 20 to 60 pounds
Bait or Lure: Reel Seat Spreader Bars
Water Depth: 240'
Water Temp.: 76.6
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had David Wirtenberg from Boca Raton, Florida and Boston, Massachuchetts out trolling bluefin at the Chicken Canyon. Trolling Reel Seat Spreader Bars in 76.6 degree water produced 6 nice bluefin all between 30 and 60 pounds. The day was highlighted when David's sister Shari boated a 61 pound bluefin after a ten minute fight on stand up tackle, not bad considering she only outweighed the fish by 40 pounds.

Angler Name : Joe
E-Mail : Barney0028@aol.com
Boat Name: Knot-A-Wake
Date Fished: 7-20-97
Location: Sandy Hook area
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: Squid, Killies, Spearing, Flike belly, Buck tail
Water Depth: 25 to 40'
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished on both Sat. 7/19 and Sun, 7/20 from 0900 to 1400 at the Shrewsbury Rocks. Sat. the wind was to strong and drifted at 2 knots, was able to boat 10 keeper fluke. Sun. it was much better and we picked up 23 Fluke for the cooler. The rocks took a lot of gear and baby bass took alot of the bait but it was a real good weekend.

Angler Name : Alan Dill
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Cash Cow
Date Fished: 7-20-97
Location: Great Bay--- Holgate Inlet
Fishing Method: Drift---Pluging
Specie: Fluke
Size: 10 TO 16 inches
Bait or Lure: squid &killies
Water Depth: 8 to30 feet
Water Temp.: 72
Information : fluke not jumping in boat. 10 fish caught no keepers. Ran into birds working off holgate inlet. not able to hook up any. over all a great day to be on the water. Lower temps and nice breeze kept greenheads at bay

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: SeaYa
Date Fished: 7-20-97
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Drifr...........casting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14-16 inches
Bait or Lure: Squid/Killie...Squid/Speraing
Water Depth: 10-35
Water Temp.: 73.6
Information : Had a nice drift off the ammo pier,only problem was that it was full of short fish.( all last year's models ,of 14 inches ).......Moved over to the west side of the pier,off Port Mommouth and found pods of bluefish working under the birds..had a great time using light tackle for these 1-2 pound chopper wanna-bes....even saw a few nice weakfish jigged from under them.....moved to the rips for some fluking before heading to the Shrewsbury Rocks to boat a few tasty sea bass

Angler Name : Lee Kenyon
E-Mail : bike@snip.net
Boat Name: Out Of Work
Date Fished: 7/20/97
Location: Under the Long Port Bridge
Fishing Method: Casting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 48 inches
Bait or Lure: Chunk of Mack.....
Water Depth: not sure
Water Temp.: warm
Information : I am not sure how much my fish weighed.I had my own portable scaller but thats not so accurate.It read 25 pds,but thats all my scaller goes up to.I also brought in two throw backs,witch was shy just an inch of keeper material.

Angler Name : MARK ERAZMUS
E-Mail : ERAZMUM@TOWERS.COM
Boat Name: SHAKEY
Date Fished: 07/20/97
Location: GREAT EGG INLET
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15
Bait or Lure: SQUID,MULLET,MINNOW
Water Depth: 5 TO 20
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Drifted 2.5 hrs bofore high tide to 2.5 hrs of the outgoing. Fishing very slow. Only 2 keepers out of 10 fish. I did catch the biggest Sea robbin i ever saw about 3.5 lbs. Also caught a spider crab that was as big as an Alaskan king crab. Very windy morning. lots of boats around including the big boys that wanna fly past you while your drifting. Still gotta love fishing.

Angler Name : BRANDON
E-Mail : MRMACK1@PRODIGY.NET
Boat Name: NA
Date Fished: 7/20/97
Location: LBI
Fishing Method: SURFCASTING
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 10-20 INCHES
Bait or Lure: BLOODWORMS
Water Depth: 1-8FT
Water Temp.: 65-75
Information : JUST STARTED SURF FISHING ,IF YOU KNOW ANY GOOD SPOTS FOR STRIPERS OR GOOD JETTI SPOTS PLEASE EMAIL ME. THANK YOU, BRANDON

Angler Name : Al
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Susie-G III
Date Fished: 7/20/97
Location: Manasquan Mile Marker
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-4 lbs.
Bait or Lure: AVA 17-27
Water Depth: 35-50 ft.
Water Temp.: 65
Information : An all out blitz of blues right outside Manasquan Inlet, from about 1 pm. Blues were chasing rainfish, under the birds, and up and down the entire water column..Fishing was basicly a slaughter, and we had all we wanted in about 10 minutes! Once again it was great sport on light tackle. So if they're around, cash in on this fishery while it lasts, but only keep what you can use, and throw the rest back to fight another day!

Angler Name : Tom Slate
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Squid Marks
Date Fished: 7-20-97
Location: LBI, NJ Offshore
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: small
Bait or Lure: helicopter rig
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.: 66
Information : Can the fishing get any worse off of NJ

Angler Name : Bill
E-Mail : BILLSILB@AOL.COM
Boat Name: SEA FOX
Date Fished: 7/19/97
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14 1/2 " ++
Bait or Lure: Squid/Sperling
Water Depth: 30'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Went with 2 friends on Sat PM trip. Windy and very slow. Needed 8 oz sinkers to hold bottom. 30 people on boat and only 8 keepers. Between the 3 of us we had 1 short. The weather's been beautiful the last few weekends - but where are the fish?? Totally frustrated!

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 19, 1997
Location: Monster Ledge
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 15 to 20 pounds
Bait or Lure: Reel Seat Speader Bars
Water Depth: 180'
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the John Benton charter from Pennslyvania out trolling the bluefin tuna that were caught during the week. As usual, the fishing on the weekend did not compare favorably with what was caught during the week. Only two small bluefin were caught during 8 hours of trolling in 76 degree water around the Lillian wreck. However, the day was not a total loss as a few bonita were caught and the charter chose to finish the day trolling bluefish on the Klondike where in 1 hour 30 8 to 10 pound bluefish were boated.

Angler Name : Dave Lord
E-Mail : dlord@engin.umich.edu
Boat Name: Blackbird
Date Fished: 7/6-7/20
Location: Mudhole
Fishing Method: Chumming, trolling, jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 6-12 lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 110 ft
Water Temp.: 70-74 F
Information : Fished the east and west slopes of the mudhole on several trips during a two-week vacation in the Point Pleasant area. The weather was great and the fishing was fantastic once we found the fish. A large body of blues held in the same area for two weeks, with plenty of big 10+ lbers to keep us busy on ultralight tackle. E-mail me at dlord@engin.umich.edu if you would like more details. -Dave

Angler Name : M. MOSCUFO
E-Mail : MMOSCUFO@PSEG.COM
Boat Name: N/A
Date Fished: JULY 19, 1997
Location: SURF CITY, N.J. ON LBI
Fishing Method: SURF FISHING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24"
Bait or Lure: WHITE CRIPPLED HERRING 3OZ.
Water Depth: SURF
Water Temp.: COLD
Information : FISHED AT THE TOP OF HIGH TIDE AND 1 HOUR ON THE FALLING TIDE BETWEEN 8 SURFISHERMAN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF A SUBMERGED JETTY. CASTING TO THE JETTY AND RETRIEVING VERY SLOW ON THE BOTTOM ENCOUNTERED A 24" STRIPED BASS. SEVERAL FISHERMAN DECIDED TO CHANGE OVER TO LURES BEFORE THEY LOST THE TIDE. ONLY OTHER FISH ON THE BEACH WERE SKATES.

Angler Name : DRABBT/BRIGANCE
E-Mail :
Boat Name: NA
Date Fished: JULY 19,1997;8:30-10;30pm
Location: ASBURY PARK
Fishing Method: SURF/JETTY
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 4X20-24"
Bait or Lure: BLACK BOMBER/TEASER
Water Depth: 1-10'
Water Temp.: 63
Information : WE HAD ALOT OF OTHER HITS ABOUT 1HR AFTER DUSK.ANOTHER FISHERMAN SAID HE WAS CATCHING THEM JUST BEFORE SUNDOWN ON A SMALL BLACK EEL OR WORM.

Angler Name : John & Bob
E-Mail : jkolias@ix.netcom.com
Boat Name: Reel Fun
Date Fished: 7/19/97
Location: Highlnds bridge, Navesink R.,Shrews., R.
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14 1/2
Bait or Lure: killies/squid
Water Depth: various
Water Temp.: not recorded
Information : Started off drifting for stripers at the Highlands Bridge, with all throwbacks. Tried going out (tip of hook) and got blasted by the high winds (weather service said 15-23k winds , yea right. Came back in and tried Navesink without so much as a keeper. Tough day!!

Angler Name : brandon101
E-Mail : na
Boat Name: na
Date Fished: 7/19/97
Location: Harvey Cedars, LBI
Fishing Method: surfcasting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 10-19 inches
Bait or Lure: bloodworms
Water Depth: 1-7 ft.
Water Temp.: 60-75
Information : I STARTED OUT FISHING A LITTLE BEFORE HIGH TIDE AT ABOUT 6:30 OUNCE HIGH TIDE CAME IN EVERYONE WAS CATCHING WEAKFISH AND KINGFISH ON BLOODWORMS I STOPPED AT DARK AND I HAD 8 FISH.

Angler Name : Earl
E-Mail : LIGHTTACKL@AOL
Boat Name: Rusty 1
Date Fished: 07/19/97
Location: Flynn's Kno;;- Raritan Reach
Fishing Method: Chunking Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 12-20lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 26-30ft.
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Started the day off chunking on the Knoll early A.M. Caught 4 bass two shorts and two keepers the largest going 20lbs. Blues also mixed in 5 to 12 lbs. When tides changed moved up to the Reach by buoy 8 and drifted with a rubber worm squid combo to catch weakfish to 7 lbs. An inshore Grand Slam. Great day beautiful weather although wind made for a bumpy day.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 18, 1997
Location: Barnegat Ridge
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8 to 15 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish/Bunker
Water Depth: 90'
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie of the Canyon Runner from Clark's Landing Marina, Pt. Pleasant took the Tom Malafronte and Toni Balzifore charter from Holmdel, NJ to Barnegat Ridge and was back at the dock by 1:00 p.m. with a boat load of bluefish all between 8 and 15 pounds. Captain Dulanie said that the area is loaded with bait and the fishing is as best as could be. All the fish were caught on bait in 90' of 75 degree water.

Angler Name : Jack Spoto
E-Mail : JSpoto6449@aol.com
Boat Name: N/A
Date Fished: 7/18/97
Location: Sandy Hook F-Lot
Fishing Method: Plugging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 8 pounds
Bait or Lure: lure
Water Depth: surf
Water Temp.: 62F
Information : Blues were chasing bait fish right into the beach, Bass were under the bluefish.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 17, 1997
Location: Barnegat Ridge
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10 to 14 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish/Bunker
Water Depth: 90'
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and Wayne Bushnell had the Canyon Runner from Clark's Landing Marina in Pt. Pleasant down to the Barnegat Ridge with the Greg Harris charter to cash in one some hot bluefish action. While only 50 bluefish were caught, everyone weighed better than 10 pounds. All fish were caught chumming in 90 feet of 75 degree water.

Angler Name : Bob Maloney
E-Mail : BMALONEY@SENSAR.COM
Boat Name: Reel Deal
Date Fished: 7-17-97
Location: Ventnor
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15-19
Bait or Lure: Squid / Minnow
Water Depth: 9' - 14'
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Went out with a couple of old fraternity brothers for a day on the water. The weather turned out to be great.Drifted the incoming tide in Lakes Bay and picked up 6 keeper Fluke and 1 Blue. Had 6 throw backs. Tom "Sea weed" Kistler was skunked, but boated more than enough sea weed clumps to supply the average SUSI bar for a year.He'll never here the end of that.

Angler Name : John Sedor
E-Mail : johnsedor@mail.tju.edu
Boat Name: Mudshark
Date Fished: 7/17/97
Location: Barnegat Bay;Oyster Creek Channel
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 13"-18"
Bait or Lure: Killie/Squid
Water Depth: 4'-18'
Water Temp.: 72
Information : 13 Throwbacks, 7 Keepers; Between Bouys 32-38; First 3 hours of outgoing tide.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 16, 1997
Location: Barnegat Ridge
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10 to 15 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 90'
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Captains Phil Dulanie and Wayne Bushnell of the Canyon Runner from Clarks Landing Marina in Pt. Pleasant put the Dave Tilshun charter from Howell, New Jersey into 75 bluefish between 10 and 14 pounds. They had to run 25 miles south to Barnegat Ridge in order to locate the fish but were rewarded with continuous action in 90 feet of 75 degree water.

Angler Name : Chris Hagen & Melissa
E-Mail : hagenspiel@enter.net
Boat Name: The S.S.H.P.
Date Fished: 7/16/97
Location: Off Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Fluke
Size: 1 small, 1 Doormat
Bait or Lure: Killies
Water Depth: 10-30
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Fog hampered our early start. Picked up both fish in the back river, lost the biggie at boat side:(... Nothing doing out at the #1 can yet. Relatively slow all day--storms forced us in around 3 p.m.----plan to return the 23rd, let u know if its improved.

Angler Name : BENCHMARK
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: JULY 16,1997
Location: LONG BRANCH BEACH
Fishing Method: SPINNING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26 INCH
Bait or Lure: RIGGED EEL
Water Depth: 5-7 FEET
Water Temp.: 69'S
Information : SAW SOME ACTION IN THE SURF AFTER SUN SET. LOST ONE, GOT ONE. SHOULD HAVE STAYED LONGER.....

Angler Name : skeeter robeson
E-Mail : wilsoml@algorithms.com
Boat Name: emanon
Date Fished: 7/15
Location: tip of wilmington
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: White Marlin
Size: 40 to 45 lb
Bait or Lure: bally
Water Depth: 100 f
Water Temp.: 76.4
Information : 1 for 2 on whites, 1for 2 on yellowfin 1 dolphin28 blb

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 15, 1997
Location: Slough
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3 to 12 pounds
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 120'
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Captains Phil Dulanie and Wayne Bushnell of the Canyon Runner put the Joe Conley charter into 150 bluefish while chumming at the Slough. In addition to the bluefish, which were all released, 3 bonita were taken for dinner. Captain Dulanie noted that two boats trolling in the area boated numerous bonita and skipjack as well as 2 to 3 tuna each from 20 to 30 pounds.

Angler Name : Lee Kenyon
E-Mail : bike@snip.net
Boat Name: OUTCAST II
Date Fished: July 15
Location: Long Port Inlet
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 13 to 19 inches
Bait or Lure: Minnos and Squid
Water Depth: 5' to 30'
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Along with the fluke we managed to bring in one weakfish ,one king ,and a big o'l skate.We also made a few drifts under the Margate bridge and caught a few nice keepers back through there.

Angler Name : Dan Shields
E-Mail : kenbar@kennysbar.com
Boat Name: Mixed Drinks III
Date Fished: Mon. 14
Location: W. of North Ridge
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Atlantic Bonito
Size: 4-5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: plainer with clarke spoon
Water Depth: any depth
Water Temp.: 68
Information : To all net boats don't surround a fleet of boats. Gee Wizz

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 14, 1997
Location: Texas Tower
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 15 to 60 pounds
Bait or Lure: Real Seat Spreader Bars
Water Depth: 200'
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Phil Rosenbaum charter from California out to enjoy wome of the excellant inshor tuna fishing New Jersey has to offer and the charter was reward for making the long trip. In five hours of trolling four yellowfin tuna of 15, 20 50 & 60 pounds were boat with a few other dropped. In addition, a nice bull dolphin of 18 pounds was also captured. All the fish hit Reel Seat Spreader Bars and the action was primarily located around the Texas Tower.

Angler Name : COS
E-Mail : bcosgrove@intersearchcorp.com
Boat Name: Barbara Ann
Date Fished: 7/14/97
Location: The Cigar [ out of Sea Isle ]
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8-15 lbs.
Bait or Lure: clark & bunker spoons
Water Depth: 120 ft.
Water Temp.: 79
Information : Fast run out on a perfect flat day. Trolled with 6 & 8 oz. drails & large spoons.Only fish for an hour & a half and picked off 9 nice ones before returning to the little woman and her family get togeather. Could have fished forever but you know how it is.

Angler Name : Gene E. Karlson
E-Mail : Raritan Bay
Boat Name: 19' Airflow
Date Fished: 7-14-97
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18" +
Bait or Lure: Killies, Spearring, Sand worms, Metal.
Water Depth: 15' -30'
Water Temp.: 70?
Information : Started out slow in the morning, 95 degrees and humid as hell. Refreshments ice cold. By 1:30 pm my Buddy and I landed 5 Fluke, 3 Blues, and 2 Weakfish, all were keepers and we also had alot of throw backs. Covered alot of water, and got alot of sun.

Angler Name : Rich Siegel
E-Mail : seagull@delanet.com
Boat Name: Becky D
Date Fished: 7/14
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: plugs,bucktails,sandworms
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 15-29 inches
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fantastic number of short bass caught the last 3 days. This morning being the best as the bass were crashing plugs and poppers with abandon before sunrise. Also managed to catch quite a few nice tog and a load of small blues over the past 3 days.

Angler Name : bill Shillingford
E-Mail : Bucktail8
Boat Name: Bucktsil Willie
Date Fished: 6/30---7/14
Location: Corsons Inlet area
Fishing Method: casting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 18"--25"
Bait or Lure: white jig 1/2 oz white worm
Water Depth: 12ft
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Casting white jigs into holes along intercostal waterway on incoming tide from half up produced excellent results

Angler Name : k. Glatzer
E-Mail : glatzer@faxon.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 7/7 - 7/14
Location: Spring Lake, NJ
Fishing Method: Jetty Fishing
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Shorts
Bait or Lure: Jigs
Water Depth: 2' - 10'
Water Temp.: 65 - 70
Information : I have been fishing a jetty in Spring Lake for the last week or so, very consistent after 6pm. Best night was 13 shorts and 1 keeper on 7/7, worst night was 7/10 w/ only 2 shorts. Catching them on a white jig. Water is filled with fish!!! I have also brought in 6 keeper fluke, all over 17" w/ the largest going 5lbs. All of the fluke have have been caught in 2-4 feet of water no more than 25' from the beach. Lots of mellonheads fishing clams with no luck! Give the clams up until we get some waves to churn things up!! Expect the fishing to stay the same unless we get a swell in the next week or so. The water is the cleanest it has been in years. 30' visibility with the snorkel on.

Angler Name : Steve Duda
E-Mail : sduda@erols.com
Boat Name: Shore Thing
Date Fished: 7/13/97
Location: Del Bay Fortescue
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 18"
Bait or Lure: shedder & squid
Water Depth: 25'
Water Temp.: 82
Information : fished between the channel and the wreck. Most of the day was slow, until mid afternoon than there was multiple hits at the same time

Angler Name : brian and fred zemlanicky
E-Mail : bzemlani@ramapo.edu
Boat Name: Tarpo
Date Fished: 7/13
Location: shrewsbury river
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18 - 25"
Bait or Lure: sandworms
Water Depth: 6-15'
Water Temp.:
Information : Drifted for bass by sea bright bridge. boated 13 no keepers. wind shifted and we decided to fish for fluke got 9 keepers (15 - 20") and on our way back to boat ramp we decided to take one drift in south channel well we drifted 15' and we had a four pound weakfish on. it turned out that our one drift turned into about twenty and lasted another three hours but it was ok because we got eleven weakfish ( 15" - 21") and four small bluefish. by far one of the best shallow bay days i've had in recent years. to top it off we used ouyfits with six and eight pound test for all fish caught!!!!

Angler Name : Joe
E-Mail : Barney0028@aol.com
Boat Name: Knot-A-Wake
Date Fished: 7-13-97
Location: Sandy Hook area
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16" to 23"
Bait or Lure: Squid, killie, spearing, Fluke belly
Water Depth: 25' to 35'
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished both Sat. 7/12 and Sun. 7/13 at the Shrewsbury rocks from 0900 to 1400. Both days the morning drift was good and it died at about noon. Sat, picked up 13 keeper Fluke and Sun. 17 keepers, fish were nice and fat with about 10 above 3 lbs., largest was 5 lbs. Lost alot of gear and broke my wifes pole.

Angler Name : Capt. Chris
E-Mail : Cgheysens@dttus.com
Boat Name: Just Fine
Date Fished: July 13, 1997
Location: Elephant Trunk & Baltimore Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: None
Bait or Lure: Artificials
Water Depth: 200 - 700'
Water Temp.: 73.8
Information : Trolled 3 hours in Trunk and 3 hours in Baltimore, didn't see a thing. Water temp a little down and water had no breaks and very little signs of life. Other boats had similar findings for day.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 13, 1997
Location: Texas Tower
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 15 to 80 pounds
Bait or Lure: Spreader Bars
Water Depth: 200'
Water Temp.: 74.5
Information : The crew of the Canyon Runner had the David Wirtenberg charter out on Sunday and trolled up two bull dolphin to 20 pounds and two yellowfin tuna of 15 and 80 pounds each. The action was located around the Texas Tower.

Angler Name : Andrew Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: SeaYa
Date Fished: 7-13-97
Location: Off Sea Bright
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 13-16 inches
Bait or Lure: Squid/Killie....Squid/Spearing
Water Depth: 20-50 feet
Water Temp.: 73.6
Information : Started out right up on the beach and boated to keepers on the first drift...after that the wind died and there was no drift,as a result only caught 2 shorts and a sea robin...moved offshore and boated another keeper and a nice sea bass and one mother of a skate ( thought I had one nice fluke for a moment )...........made one last drift on the way home off the nude beach and decked another keeper and 2 more shorts....

Angler Name : adrian
E-Mail : S1ayer@aol.com
Boat Name: slapshot
Date Fished: 7/13
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 11-18
Bait or Lure: squid,killie, sea robin
Water Depth: 10-30
Water Temp.: ???
Information : started day off at Bug light lot of short fluke and sea robins, went outside hook more short fluke and big sea robins, went back to bug light caught more shorts and 1 keeper(16") went to flynns knoll no action, went to ammo pier caught 5 keepers in hour and a half, and more shorts and sea robins. ended day with almost 30 fluke, 6 keepers . great day

Angler Name : Al
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Susie G-III
Date Fished: 7/13
Location: Klondike
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 1-2 lbs.
Bait or Lure: AVA 17
Water Depth: 45-60 ft.
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Started out the day fluking, finally switched over to the blues around 10:00..Had good jigging all morning, for mostly small fish..Had to move around alot to keep up w/them, but it was fun to battle them on the light stuff..Had at least 40 fish on, kept 10 for the table..a good day to be out there!

Angler Name : PAUL V CHABALLA
E-Mail :
Boat Name: MY 4 LADIES
Date Fished: 7-12&13
Location: SANDY HOOK , FLYNNS KNOLL
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15" TO 20"
Bait or Lure: SQUID , KILLY , SPEARING
Water Depth: 24 '
Water Temp.:
Information : I FISHED IN THE SANDY HOOK ANGLERS FLUKES CONTEST OVER THE WEEKEND AND OVER ALL THE RESULTS WERE VERY GOOD WE HAD 16 KEEPERS BETWEEN 15" AND 20" BOTH DAYS . THE WINNING FISH WAS 11PLUS LBS AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT BOAT HAD ANOTHER FLUKE ALSO AT 11 LBS AND A 7 LB FISH I THINK WE SAW THIS FISH WHEN THEY WERE GOING BACK IN AND IT WAS IMPRESSIVE . MAYBE THE SIZE LIMITS ARE SHOWING SOME RESULTS . WAS NO THE BEACH MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND THERE WAS PLENTY OF BLUE FISH ACTION IN THE SURF OFF SHIP AHOY BEACH CLUB AND SANDS BEACH CLUB INSEA BRIGHT .

Angler Name : Gordon Miller
E-Mail : gimtwo@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Nimrod
Date Fished: 7/12/97
Location: between toms & hudson canyon
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: White Marlin
Size: 65 lbs
Bait or Lure: big pink doorknob
Water Depth: 1000 fathoms
Water Temp.: 73-74
Information : Caught in the deeps. There was no bait around.

Angler Name : Capt. Lindsay Fuller
E-Mail : JuneBug041@aol.com
Boat Name: June Bug
Date Fished: 7/12/97
Location: Carteret Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: To 75 pounds
Bait or Lure: 6" Zukers, Green Machines
Water Depth: 525'
Water Temp.: 73.5
Information : Caught 11 yellowfin in an hour over a huge bait pod. Trolling angle to the sun was critical. We fish out of Beach Haven.

Angler Name : Bill Ronn
E-Mail : BGR1001@aol.com
Boat Name: The Barbless
Date Fished: 7/12/97
Location: Fortesque
Fishing Method: Anchor/Chumming
Specie: Weakfish
Size: Spike to 24"
Bait or Lure: squid, sheds, Minnows
Water Depth: 16-20'
Water Temp.: Mid 70s
Information : Started off the morning in 12' of water, produced 1 keeper and several spikes, went out for the usual search producing 1 fish here and there. Went back to water off the 3 trees, about 17' when we started and 20' when we finished. Had gotten about 18 dead crabs from 1 of the local sellers, broke them up 3 at a time in chum pot, seemed to help our endevors, ended up with 12 keepers, and 2 keeper fluke to 18". also 2 throw backs, all anchoring. No luck drifting for fluke, but they aren't usually in that close.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 12, 1997
Location: Klondike Banks
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-10 pounds
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 60'
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Frank Bahr charter out on Saturday and found the bluefish unresponsive to bait or jigs. After two hours and only two fish it was decided to put out the wire line and umbrella rigs and this proved to be effective. The bluefish were feeding on loads of sandells which the umbrella rigs mimic. In two more hours of fishing 50 bluefish all between 8 and 10 pounds were put in the boat.

Angler Name : Bill Shillingford
E-Mail : Bucktail8
Boat Name: Bucktail willie
Date Fished: 6/30-7/12
Location: Corsons Inlet area
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 7 lb 10oz
Bait or Lure: 1/4 oz chartruse jig/squid
Water Depth: 12ft
Water Temp.: 67
Information : averaged 10 fluke a day with 5 keepers and at least one 4 lpound fish each day --7 lb 10oz largest

Angler Name : Frank Giancola
E-Mail : frgisb@aol
Boat Name: Gone For Broke Once Again
Date Fished: July 12th
Location: Fingers
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Hammerhead Shark
Size: 250 lb+
Bait or Lure: Bluefish filet
Water Depth: 134 ft
Water Temp.: 76%
Information : 10 miles off of Barneget Inlet saw some birds working and quickly trolled up 6 large Blues before heading off to the Fingers. Set up a chum slick with a nice drift due south. Jumbo blues averaging 15lb+ kept us busy all morning. Around 12:15 we had all three lines take off at once. The line out the furthest was hooked by a large Hammerhead measured at over 9 ft long and approximately 250 lb. Initial plans were to tag and release while getting some great action on the video when we noticed a tag already in the shark. The decision to take the shark in for research and the sharks insistance on staying deep ultimately won out as 30lb line gave out. On the way in we witnessed 4 large Humpback whales schooling and dining on small tuna about 12 miles off of Barnegat Inlet.

Angler Name : John Deno
E-Mail : DENOJOHN@SHU.EDU
Boat Name: Silver Bullet
Date Fished: 7/12/97
Location: Leonardo Flats
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15-18
Bait or Lure: Killies
Water Depth: 4-11 ft
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Early on nothing was hitting. Took off the standard fluke rigs and switched to a single #1 hook with a small 1/2 oz split shot about 24" up from the hook--fishing got dramatically better. In remaining 3 hrs me and my buddy boated 15 fluke (only 3 keepers), a 20" striped bass (on a killie), and a cocktail blue. Where are all the weakfish?

Angler Name : LIBBY AND SAM
E-Mail : eavaughn@aol.com
Boat Name: FAMILY AFFAIR
Date Fished: 7/11-12/97
Location: KEYPORT
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Weakfish
Size: AVG 17-27
Bait or Lure: SAND WORMS
Water Depth: 7-13
Water Temp.:
Information : FRIDAY BROUGHT HOME 22 AND SATURDAY-24 KEEPERS WENT OUT SUNDAY ALL WE GOT WAS ONE FLUKE AND ALOT OF SUN

Angler Name : Bill Shillingford
E-Mail : bucktail8
Boat Name: Bucktail willie
Date Fished: 6/30-7/12
Location: Corsons inlet area
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18"--26"
Bait or Lure: Torpedo bucktail /white worm
Water Depth: 15-20ft
Water Temp.: 67
Information : slow trolling along mudbanks early morning produce fine catches of short bass.trolling with light tackle resulted in lots of fun with catches of 8-10 bass each morning.Lure must be on bottom if you aren;t removing paint from lure you are deep enough

Angler Name : Don Shumski
E-Mail : shumskid@algorithm.com
Boat Name: SeaTiger
Date Fished: July 12
Location: Delaware Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17.5 inch
Bait or Lure: Killie, squid combo
Water Depth: 35 to 40 ft
Water Temp.: unknown
Information : Variable light winds at the Bug Light & New Egypt did little for us on Saturday from 10.00 Am to about 1:oo PM We finished at Brandywine Shosl in a sizeable fleet which included most of the headboats. A large number of baby blue shark were hooked on the incoming tide, however only keeper fluke was 17.5 inch in 35 to 40 ft at the top of the tide. Radio traffic indicated fishing somewhat slow. However Maurice River boats indidcated some success.

Angler Name : Tom Muldoon
E-Mail : Mako6950@aol.com
Boat Name: Lauren Marie
Date Fished: 7/12/97
Location: Delaware Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 17 - 19"
Bait or Lure: rigs w/ squid & jigs
Water Depth: 75 (surface)
Water Temp.: 40' - 60'
Information : Fished the 60' foot slough, Brandywine & SW of 14' Light. Picked up a lot of weakies on outgoing tide & had 4 keepers. Lost a big on (24") at the boat on a diamond jig. Nothing on the slack. Once the tide changed, picked up flounder, mostly shorts, but had 2 nice keepers (16 -18"). The Bay was like a lake all day and there must have been at least 200 boats out there.

Angler Name : Andrew Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: SeaYa
Date Fished: 7-12-97
Location: Raritan bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12-19 inches
Bait or Lure: Squid/Spearing...Squid/killies........Sandworms
Water Depth: 17-24 feet
Water Temp.: 72.3
Information : decide to make the run back in the bay over to the Prince's Bay/Mt Loroetta area to see if any weakies were around...on the way over came across some birds working....first cast produced a spunky cocktail blue,but other boats saw the action and came over one smart as decided to run right throught the school putting them down never to appear again.....CAPTAINS USE YOUR HEAD AND DON'T RUN RIGHT INTO A SCHOOL OF FEEDING FISH !!!!!!.......never found any weakfish but did boat 3 keeper fluke to 19 inches and had 8 throw backs........

Angler Name : Scott & John
E-Mail : mirabella@hicom.net
Boat Name: Hot Shot
Date Fished: 7-12
Location: Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32''
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 21
Water Temp.: 73
Information : We fished the incoming tide at 9000 to 1100 pm. All fish hit right after dead low Only one striper( 13 lbs. ) along with some blues.

Angler Name : Hal Scott
E-Mail : Loonsland@aol
Boat Name: Loon II
Date Fished: 7/12/97 AM
Location: Shrewsbury River
Fishing Method: Trolling & Casting
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 13 in to 15in
Bait or Lure: Gator
Water Depth: 4ft
Water Temp.:
Information : The small blues are still in the River. Caught over 50 in 1 hr & 1/2. No birds or other fisherman. Great fishing on light tackel.

Angler Name : CHUCK
E-Mail : ckoller@disc.dla.mil
Boat Name: Mako 1
Date Fished: 7/11/97
Location: Delaware Bay
Fishing Method: Anchor
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 16-22 in.
Bait or Lure: crab
Water Depth: 12-14 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Great day. Had our limit by 2pm. Anchored up about 100 yards from #1 (south of egg island point).

Angler Name : John Gilchrist
E-Mail : JJGilchristAIA@msn.com
Boat Name: Prowler
Date Fished: 7-11-97
Location: Atlantic Highlands
Fishing Method: Chumming, jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 4-6 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker, diamond jigs
Water Depth: 60-90'
Water Temp.: Nice
Information : 3:30 departure, 1.5 hr trip to vicinity of Ambrose Light. Chumming attracted sharks and a large silver eel for my boy Andy. Later we cast the jigs to swirling schools of blues, everyone had a blast. A beautiful afternoon and evening, very nice boat too.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 11, 1997
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks/Klondike
Fishing Method: Trolling/Jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3-15 pounds
Bait or Lure: Bunker Spoons/Diamond Jigs
Water Depth: 40-70
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie just docked the Canyon Runner and reports a catch of huge bluefish made on the Shrewsbury Rocks while trolling striped bass. While only two short bass were trolled, more than a dozen 12 to 15 pound bluefish were boated. Once the tide slacked off, they moved off to the Klondike Banks and jiged 40 bluefish to 5 pounds all on Ava 47 diamond jigs with red tails.

Angler Name : Hal Scott
E-Mail : Loonsland@aol
Boat Name: Loon II
Date Fished: 7/11/97
Location: Shrewsbury River
Fishing Method: Trolling & Bait casting
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 13in to 15in Taylor Blues
Bait or Lure: Rapala minnow
Water Depth: 3 to 4 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : The schools of small blue fish are in the Shrewsbury River. Great action on light tackel 10:00 AM - Tide was low. No birds or action on the surface but lot of fish in large school.

Angler Name : william emery
E-Mail : wilbure@monmouth.com
Boat Name: aquaholic
Date Fished: 7 10 97
Location: meteconk river
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 22 inchs
Bait or Lure: bucktail white
Water Depth: 5ft to 6ft
Water Temp.: 70
Information :

Angler Name : Fishmaster and Fishmaster Jr.
E-Mail : knicker@csionline.com
Boat Name: NO MA'AM
Date Fished: July 8
Location: Barnaget Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 22in, 21in, 20in.
Bait or Lure: Crabs
Water Depth: 7feet
Water Temp.: 70
Information : 3 great weakfish. All on crabs. GOOD EATIN'

Angler Name : Mark Erazmus
E-Mail : erazmum@Towers.Com
Boat Name: Shakey
Date Fished: 07/08/97
Location: Somers Point
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12 - 16
Bait or Lure: Squid,Minnow, Mack.,Mullet
Water Depth: 5-15
Water Temp.: 63
Information : We drifted the bridge leading into Ocean City from 07:30 until 14:00. We caught about 25 flounder on all types of bait. Only 3 were keeper. A good number of other boats were fishing as well. Still a good day of fishing as the weather was good.

Angler Name : Bob Weiler
E-Mail : Seabob1@AOL.Com
Boat Name: SeaBob
Date Fished: 7/8/97
Location: 30F LMPS,Wilmington Tip
Fishing Method: Trolling/Chunking
Specie: Skipjack Tuna
Size: 8 LB
Bait or Lure: Green Machine,Feathers
Water Depth: 180/300
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Started out trolling at 30F Tuna Lumps but had no hook-ups. Trolled the Tip of Wilmington only to land a small skipjack, Headed inshore to the Brian C wreck, set up to Chunk had 2 run-offs. Along day with beautiful weather but nothing to show for it. Those on West Wall of Wilmington were also crying the Blues, Would appreciate any reports of Tuna activity, Fish out of Great Egg.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 8, 1997
Location: Klondike
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3-6 pounds
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 70'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : The Canyon Runner fished only 6 miles from the inlet on the Klondike Banks to catch 75 bluefish all between 3 and 6 pounds for the Dr. Howard Swindle and Dr. James Goodwin from Washington, New Jersey.

Angler Name : Joe
E-Mail : Barney0028@aol.com
Boat Name: Knot-A-Wake
Date Fished: 7-8-97
Location: Sandy Hook area
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17" to 21"
Bait or Lure: Squid, Fluke belly, Spearing, Killies
Water Depth: 25'
Water Temp.:
Information : On Tuesday we fished Flynns Knoll near the single tower in very heavy fog from 0930 to 1300. Picked up five keeper fluke and one blue, all fish caught at change of tide . Move to Old Orchard light to get out of fog but could not locate any more fish.

Angler Name : Kevin Wolf
E-Mail : Gratch 07 @aol
Boat Name: Dream Catcher
Date Fished: 7/7/97
Location: Manasquan River
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 13-14 1/2
Bait or Lure: Killie Squid Combo
Water Depth: 4-15 ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information :

Angler Name : PAUL CHABALLA
E-Mail : CHABAPV@NYTIMES.COM
Boat Name: MY 4 LADIES
Date Fished: 7-7-97
Location: SANDY HOOK BAY AND AMMO PEIR
Fishing Method: DRIFT
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15" TO 17"
Bait or Lure: SQUID SPEERING
Water Depth: 6' TO 15'
Water Temp.: NA
Information : FISHED TODAY AROUND # 3 BOUY GOING INTO THE RIVER AND ACROSS THE ENTRANCE TO THE MUNICIPAL HARBOR 4 KEEPERS BETWEEN 15" AND 17" PLUS A LOT OF THROW BACKS. WEATHER STARTED WITH RAIN IN THE AM AND GOT VERY SUNNY . FISHING OFF THE END OF THE AMMO PIER SAW NO RESULTS . WIND IN THE AFTERNOON MADE FOR TOO FAST OF A DRIFT . THERE WERE 6-8 BUNKER BOATS IN THE OCEAN OFF SOUTH BEACH OF THE PARK. AND 3 MOVED INTO THE BAY IN THE AFTERNOON.

Angler Name : Lee Kenyon
E-Mail : bike@snip.net
Boat Name: Out Of Work
Date Fished: 7/7/97
Location: Ocean City
Fishing Method: Land
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 15 to 26 inches
Bait or Lure: Mackeral
Water Depth: 9-15 feet
Water Temp.: warm
Information : Hooked into one keeper,but lost it all after it pulled my line under the dock.Brought in one 19 inch fluke,and a stingray.The fishing was only good on the in coming tide

Angler Name : Matt Tomlin
E-Mail : amroc@erols.com
Boat Name: Sheryl Lynn
Date Fished: July 7, 1997
Location: Garden State North Reef
Fishing Method: Drift and Wreck anchor
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 2 to 5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: clams and squid
Water Depth: 50-70
Water Temp.: 60-65
Information : First started by anchoring to the Dumont and caught a lot of bergals. Then went to the Penn Reels Reef and drift fished for sea bass and had a blast for several hours. It was was a great day with My Uncle Cooter and cousin Evman.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 6, 1997
Location: Mudhole
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3-8 pounds
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 120
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Jerry Gresser charter from Middletown, New Jersey out on Sunday and put together a decent catch of bluefish while chumming the western edge of the mudhole. The highlight of the day was when a 100 pound blueshark was caught amongst the schools of bluefish.

Angler Name : joe wozniak
E-Mail : harleyman9
Boat Name: not named yet
Date Fished: 7-6-97
Location: Brigintine/Atlantic City
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 5 3lb. each
Bait or Lure: single hook with squid minnow combo
Water Depth: 12ft.
Water Temp.: 75 degrees
Information : Fluke fishing has been consistent through the past few weeks.

Angler Name : F. Pecht
E-Mail : FPecht@AOL.COM
Boat Name: Keeper Seeker
Date Fished: 7/5 -7/6
Location: Double Creek Channel
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15"-24"
Bait or Lure: Killies and Squid
Water Depth: 4'-12'
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Saturday had 7 nice keepers. Two of which weighed in at 1.93 lbs to take 3rd place in the first Barnegat Beach Big Fluke Tournament. Thanks to all the local Waretown Businesses that supported this Fun Day. Sunday we had another 7 keepers. Three of which were in the 3 to 4 lb range. It seems to me that the Fluke are fighting hard this year. Maybe the size limits are helping.

Angler Name : Bob Kurtz
E-Mail : Auditphl@erols.com
Boat Name: Mar-Vic
Date Fished: 7/6/97
Location: Baltimore Canyon West Wall
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-45 Pound
Bait or Lure: Mostly green plastic
Water Depth: 300-500
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Beautiful day trolling. Had a triple hookup at one point, but inexperienced crew could only get one to the boat. Caught a total of three but had to release a small one (26"). Many boats trolling in same areas. some very sucessful, others not. Sounds like most fish landed were in the 40-50 pound range.

Angler Name : Libby
E-Mail : eavaughn@aol.com
Boat Name: Family affair
Date Fished: 7/6/97
Location: bouy 1 keyport
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15-17
Bait or Lure: squid-killies
Water Depth: 15 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : caught 3 keepers 2 shorts and 2 sand sharks -had alot of fun and then the wind kicked up and we came back in will try again this weekend

Angler Name : BOB MISZKIEWICZ
E-Mail : @stolats.aol
Boat Name: sto-lat
Date Fished: 7/6/97
Location: mud hole
Fishing Method: ava jigs
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 4-15lbs
Bait or Lure: lure
Water Depth: 103
Water Temp.: 66
Information : An absolute SLAUGHTER with some nice size Choppers! Fished from 8Am til 1Pm and caught over fifty.

Angler Name : Peter Bossow
E-Mail : pbossow@comcat.com
Boat Name: Two Putt
Date Fished: 07/06/97
Location: Cigar
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10-13 lbs
Bait or Lure: ponytails
Water Depth: 120
Water Temp.: 76
Information : All the bluefish you wanted at the cigar! It was like a lake out there

Angler Name : phil
E-Mail : pmprice@concentric.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 7/6
Location: brigantine
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Fluke
Size: varied
Bait or Lure: squid and minnow
Water Depth: high tide going
Water Temp.: 60's
Information : beautiful day to be doing anything , but especially fishing caght 3 flatties and a decent size kingfish, kath caught an oyster cracker. tide was high and on it's way out. funny thing was that the king hit the flonder lure, and the flatties hit the kingfish rig, oh well, whatener works good fishing to all!!!! phil

Angler Name : Joe Borie
E-Mail : Debbie@magpage.com
Boat Name: Dr Awesome
Date Fished: 07-06-97
Location: 28 mile wreck
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 12 to 14 lb.
Bait or Lure: green machine
Water Depth: 120ft
Water Temp.: 74 degrees
Information :

Angler Name : rick
E-Mail : exployer2
Boat Name: rogers
Date Fished: 7/6/97
Location: 28 mile wreck/cigar
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 14lbs
Bait or Lure: red white feathers
Water Depth: 130ft
Water Temp.: 76
Information : we were looking for blue fin tuna as reports indicated they were in this area

Angler Name : capt.bruce miller
E-Mail : captmarlin@aol.com
Boat Name: mirage
Date Fished: 7/6/97
Location: hudson canyon / texas tower
Fishing Method: rod & reel trolling-lures
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40 to 50 lbs.
Bait or Lure: reel seat spreader bars / green
Water Depth: 250-986 ft.
Water Temp.: 70 to 76.4
Information : trolled the whole hudson,both sides.did'nt find any tuna till on the way to the tower.had a 5 fish knock-down-boated 3-then had a single and boated another.all fish were 40-50 lb.class and caught on "reel seat spreader bars /green.day was nice and a good 27.5 knot ride back to the barn.only problem was the absence of any type of bait balled up.all hits were blind.

Angler Name : Rodney Houghton
E-Mail : houghton@mccarter.com
Boat Name: SANDSEND
Date Fished: 7/6/97
Location: Flynn's Knoll
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 6.5 LBS 25.75"
Bait or Lure: killies
Water Depth: 20 feet
Water Temp.: ?
Information : This doormat was caught by Tom Mullins of Weehawken,NJ.

Angler Name : Joe
E-Mail : Barney0028
Boat Name: Knot-A-Wake
Date Fished: 7-6-97
Location: Sandy Hook area
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: Squid, Fluke belly, Spearing, Killie
Water Depth: 35'
Water Temp.:
Information : On Sunday July 6 0930 to 1300 we fished the tip of the hook at Flynns Knoll near the towers in 35' of water. Picked up six keepers between 1030 and 1130 on start of out going tide. Three were 21" and well over 4 lbs, the squid and spearing bait seemed to be the bait of the day. The wind blew us of the bay in afternoon. P/S wife caught all three big ones, I'll never hear the end of this one.

Angler Name : E Dougherty
E-Mail : edoc@jerseycape.com
Boat Name: Reel Stories
Date Fished: 07/06/97
Location: Cape May Reef
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18-20 inches
Bait or Lure: minnow/squid
Water Depth: 64 ft
Water Temp.: 66 degrees
Information : slow day, possible due to the water temp. caught some nice sea bass. have to what for a little warmer water see ya out there....

Angler Name : scott wilson
E-Mail : wil@bellatlantic.com
Boat Name: SweetP
Date Fished: 7/6/97
Location: barnegat light, double creek channel
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12" shorts
Bait or Lure: squid/killies
Water Depth: 12ft
Water Temp.: 59-73
Information : caught all shorts on outgoing tides, Incomming water to cold, all fishing dies with the incomming water. So fish warm outgoing tide to catch fish.

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: SeaYa
Date Fished: 7-6-97
Location: Belford Flats
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: All shorts
Bait or Lure: Squid/killie...Squid/spearing
Water Depth: 13-15 feet
Water Temp.: 73.6
Information : A brisk SE wind made for choppy conditons..started off out by the TC buoy and came up empty so made the move inshore and my father-inlaw and I could manage only short fluke...although we did catch a pair of cocktail bluefish that were caught on the spearing/squid combo

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: July 5, 1997
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Blue Marlin
Size: 150
Bait or Lure: Moldcraft
Water Depth: 200 Fathoms
Water Temp.: 83
Information : Sorry that the fishing reports from the Canyon Runner have not been coming in lately, however, there is a good reason, I have not been able to locate a computer in Hawaii. I just spent two weeks there and fished off Maui to nail a Blue Marlin of about 150 pounds which I promptly released and also caught an Ono (Wahoo) of 48 pounds and a bunch of Mahi-Mahi. Anyway, the Canyon Runner has run 8 charters in the past two weeks which I will update our reports accordingly. The fishing in Hawaii was great, but it also served well as a good place for my honeymoon. By the way, my wife Shari, landed the Marlin.

Angler Name : John Gilbert
E-Mail : PDGILBERT@PRODIGY.COM
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 7/5/97
Location: Barnegut Light
Fishing Method: Jetty Jock with Eels
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 46" 37.5 LBS
Bait or Lure: Eels
Water Depth: 10 ft
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Caught the out going tide. While watching the fireworks I had two hook-ups. First one lost, second one played a little more careful. Thought I'd die when I saw that big head pop out of the water at the base of the rocks. What a great night.

Angler Name : Kevin Clifton
E-Mail : jmarti2990@aol.com
Boat Name: N/A
Date Fished: July 5, 1997
Location: Cape May Point, NJ Gun Mount
Fishing Method: Surf, bottom rig
Specie: Sheepshead
Size: 20" 6lb 5 oz
Bait or Lure: Bloodworm
Water Depth: 6 feet
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Bottom fishing from the beach at the gun mount in Cape May Point State Park. Hooked into the first sheepshead we ever saw. Actually, took to Budd's Bait Shop to find out what Kevin catch. The most fun was everyone on the beach guessing what the heck he caught.

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: SeaYa
Date Fished: 7-5-97
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 11-15 inches
Bait or Lure: Squid/Killies....Squid/Spearing
Water Depth: 13-15 feet
Water Temp.: 74.5
Information : Had the wife ( Laurie ) and daughter ( Jordanne ) out with me today.we started off in the Shrewsbury River trying for the weakfish that I marked the other day...all spots turned up empty...we then went out into the bay and drifted for fluke.....since i eneded up baiting all the hooks and doing all the other little things i didn't get to fish that much...we managed to boat 5 shorts and 1 keeper of 15 inches......

Angler Name : C . LEEDS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: POCKET ROCKET
Date Fished: 7/5/97
Location: DELAWARE BAY
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 16'' - 20 ''
Bait or Lure: SQUID
Water Depth: 10
Water Temp.:
Information : BETWEEN THE THREE OF US WE CAUGHT 40 FISH WITH 24 KEEPERS . PICKED UP 4 NICE SIZE FLOUNDER TO 20'' 18'' 2@ 16''

Angler Name : Rich Romano
E-Mail : rome@eden.rutgers.edu
Boat Name: Miss Michelle III
Date Fished: 7/5/97
Location: So. Mud Hole of Pt. Pleasant
Fishing Method: bait
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10 - 15 lbs
Bait or Lure: bait
Water Depth: 100 ft
Water Temp.: 62
Information : 65 people out on the boat for the night, only about 25 fish during entire 5 hours.

Angler Name : Earl
E-Mail : LIGHTTACKL@AOL
Boat Name: RUSTY 1
Date Fished: 07/04/97
Location: Flynn's Kholl
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 8-15 lbs.
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: 27 ft.
Water Temp.:
Information : Good bite for the last 2 hours of the incoming tide, boated three keepers and four shorts Boat traffic and a high wind cut the morning short

Angler Name : Dean
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: July 3, 97
Location: Cape May Point, Jetty
Fishing Method: Artificial - White bucktail jig
Specie: Weakfish
Size: All over 15 - 17 in.
Bait or Lure: White Bucktail jig
Water Depth: High tide
Water Temp.: 60 deg.
Information : Fish were biting as fast as you could cast. Some fmen were saying that this was the best that they had seen in over 10 years of fishing those jetty's.

Angler Name : Andrew Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: SeaYa
Date Fished: 7-3-97
Location: Atlantic Highlands Breakwater
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14-17 inches`
Bait or Lure: Squid/Speraing
Water Depth: 15
Water Temp.: 69.2
Information : Didn't plan on fishing the same area for the third day in a row,but due to windy conditins it was impossible to fish where i had intended to in the Shrewsbury River,altough I did mark fish and will try there later in the week........caught 6 fluke with 2 being keepers of 16 and 17 inches

Angler Name : John Deno
E-Mail : DENOJOHN@SHU.EDU
Boat Name: Golden Eagle
Date Fished: 7/3/97
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3-7 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Although there was the possibility of severe weather, the skies turned clear and stayed that way throughout the night. Unfortunately, there were 8-10 ft seas the whole night. Of about the 30 or so people on board, at least 10 got sick and retired to the cabin halfway through the 8 hr trip. Of course, a night that produced only about 20 boated fish didn't help either.

Angler Name :
E-Mail : Omoloney
Boat Name: BABU
Date Fished: 7/3/97
Location: 2 miles off Absecon Island
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: tanned squid
Water Depth: 40'
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Fluke are not out front yet.

Angler Name : Lee Kenyon
E-Mail : bike@snip.net
Boat Name: Out Of Work
Date Fished: 7/3/97
Location: Ocean City
Fishing Method: On land
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22 inch to 31 inch.
Bait or Lure: Mackeral
Water Depth: 9 to 15 feet
Water Temp.: warm
Information : The fishing has slowed down quite a bit.Out of eleven hours of fishing I only pulled in 8 Strippers,1 Fluke,and an eel that measured 2 and a half feet.

Angler Name : Earl
E-Mail : LIGHTTACKL@AOL
Boat Name: RUSTY 1
Date Fished: 07/03/97
Location: Flynn's Knoll
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 8-15lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: 27 feet
Water Temp.: forgot to check
Information : Had a great day on the Knoll chunking with my Dad and my Son. Fished an hour after the high tide till we ran out of bunker. Landed 7 fish 6 of them keeper size. Put three in the box for the barbeque tomorrow's barbeque. Will be back there tomorrow before the crowd gets out. Tightlines!!

Angler Name : George, Shawn & Larry
E-Mail : gcbuild@mhv.net
Boat Name: Jamaica, Brielle, NJ
Date Fished: 7/2, 7/3/97
Location: Some where South of Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Drift/Chum
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 4 to 19 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Great night out aboard the Jamaica, Mates were busy and helpfull all night long. Steady flow of Blues all night long with a minimum of tangles. Weather held except for a brief shower but couldn't stop catching blues to put on rain gear. We will be taking this trip again in about 2 weeks. Time to start the grill for a fish fry.

Angler Name : Fred D. Iradi
E-Mail : fredi@injersey.com Iradic@aol.com
Boat Name: Teal (Atlantic Highlands)
Date Fished: July 2, 1997
Location: Sandy Hook Vicinity
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28-32
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 45-60
Water Temp.: unknown
Information : This was my first trip for Striped Bass. I had a good time and the mates were excellent (Thanks Mike). The boat took in six fish with only two keepers. Lots of sharks hanging around. (Mostly Sandsharks) My excitement was catching a Great White and my Dad caught a Sand. Overall the fishing was very slow, but a great time on the Teal

Angler Name : Woody, Russ & Doug
E-Mail : JWoodward@Bloomberg.Com
Boat Name: "LIL Late Arrival
Date Fished: 7/2/97
Location: North of Trenton, Deleware River
Fishing Method: Anchored and drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 17 inches
Bait or Lure: Worms, Liver, Rapala
Water Depth: very shallow
Water Temp.: not sure but warm
Information : Fished after work and caught 3 very small Stripers and one good sized for the river 17 inches. Also caught a nice smallmouth that jumped clear out of the water several times on light tackle, it was a change from fishing in the ocean. Heading down to the shore on Friday at the crack and staying until 7/9, hopefully "Late Arrival" will manage to catch the Mako we have been after for weeks now.

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: SeaYa
Date Fished: 7-2-97
Location: Atlantic Highland Flats
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12-17 inches
Bait or Lure: Squid/killie............white bucktail
Water Depth: 13-15 feet
Water Temp.: 69.1-71.2
Information : Drift not as good as previous day.........managed 1 keeper of 17 inches and all the rest in the 12-13 inch range....but was fun catching them on a bucktail....

Angler Name : MARK
E-Mail : ERAZMUM@TOWERS.COM
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 07/01/97
Location: SOMER'S POINT PIER
Fishing Method: BAIT
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18.5
Bait or Lure: YOU NAME IT
Water Depth: 8-?
Water Temp.: 68
Information : I had no one to go out on my boat with so I just fished off the pier from 01:00 till 11:00. I figured I'd catch the early tide. I was loaded up with all types of bait to see what woud bite. In 10 hours all I got was a skate on lite tackle and a 19 in fluke. Still beats work anyway. Crabs were destroying all bait. Next time I take the boat out by myself.

Angler Name : Lee Kenyon
E-Mail : bike@snip.net
Boat Name: OUT OF WORK
Date Fished: 7/1/97
Location: Ocean City
Fishing Method: On Land
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18 Throw Backs,5 Keepers
Bait or Lure: Chunks Of Mackeral
Water Depth: 9 To 15
Water Temp.: 61
Information : The 5 keepers measured in length over 30 inches and weighed in over 19 pounds.I also hooked in to a few through back fluke,and two sand sharks.

Angler Name : Andrew Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: SeaYa
Date Fished: 7-1-97
Location: Atlantic Highlands Flats
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12-21 inches
Bait or Lure: Squid/killies-squid/spearing
Water Depth: 6-17 feet
Water Temp.: 68-71.3
Information : Had the outgoing tide couples with a southerly wind which made for a good drift..........boated 20 fluke with 6 being 14 1/2 inches and the biggest being 21 inches.....fish seemed to perfer squid with killies early in the tide then they had a taste for spearing either alone or with squid.....

Angler Name : Bob Weiler
E-Mail : SeaBob1@aol,com
Boat Name: SeaBob
Date Fished: 7-1-97
Location: Cigar
Fishing Method: Trolling/Drifting
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 12/15lb
Bait or Lure: Jap Feathers/Zuckers
Water Depth: 125
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Trolled up huge bluefish prior to setting up for sharking. Heard a few reports of tuna in deeper water,no luck sharking

Angler Name : Joe
E-Mail : Barney0028
Boat Name: Knot-A-Wake
Date Fished: 7-1-97
Location: Sandyhook
Fishing Method: Anchor
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Bunker chunks
Water Depth: 25'
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished the out going tide 0600 to 1200 on Tue. 7/1 at Flynns Knol. Chunked all morning without one run off, boats in the area around me did the same with no fish seen being netted.

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