FISHING REPORTS FOR JUNE 2001
Angler Name : Brian & David Koma
E-Mail : bkoma@stratageminc.com
Boat Name: Hyrdotherapy
Date Fished: 6/30
Location: 28 Mile Wreck
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: none
Bait or Lure: mackeral
Water Depth: 125
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Got out to 28 mile wreck at about 7:45 with two other boats who were starting to chum at
exactly the same time. Set up a nice slick and saw a few blues thrashing the surface, but left at 11:30
after being skunked along with everyone else. Pounded our way back in to shore in a quartering chop
caused by 20 knot winds. Maybe next time.
Angler Name : Captain Bob Balewicz
E-Mail : captbob@njtuna.com
Boat Name: Carcharodon
Date Fished: June 30th, 2001
Location: 25 miles off Manasquan
Fishing Method: Chumming/chunking
Specie: Bluefish
Size: to 15 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish & bunker chum
Water Depth: 90
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Norman Koslowski threw a pre-batchelor party fishing trip for his brother Mark, Mark's
future father-in-law Howie and friend Kirin. We returned to the scene of Friday's bluefish slaughter &
Mate Carlo Truzzolino got 'em going within minutes! Slammers to 15 lbs were boated on the 20lb Penn
rigs..it couldn't have been better! We limited within an hour & kept only the ones we wanted all day,
releasing for the next few hours. Thanks, Norman, we look forward to seeing you & your friends & family
again soon!
Angler Name : Sam
E-Mail :
Boat Name: SanG
Date Fished: 6/30/2001
Location: Fingers
Fishing Method: Chum
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 40 and 80 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Mackeral
Water Depth: 120"
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Got out to Fingers just before 9:00am and began chumming. Bluefish (big slammers) were
everwhere!! Caught an 18.1 lb. bluefish. Couldn't get any bait in the water to begin sharking. Finally
after a few hours the bluefish bite slowed a little and we were able to wrestle two small makos to the
boat. Good day overall. Fingers continue to produce sharks even with warm temps.
Angler Name : Dan McGivney
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 6/30/01
Location: 20 miles se of Manasquan
Fishing Method:
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 2.5lbs
Bait or Lure: Clam, Squid
Water Depth: 85 feet
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Captain Dan had the Jim Sabo party aboard the Megan Beth on Saturday 6/30/01. After
stopping on Two wrecks 20 miles SE of Manasquan a limit catch of Sea Bass up to 2.5lbs was caught.Also a
few Ling were taken to spice up the catch.
Angler Name : Jerry
E-Mail : gt0256@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Marianne
Date Fished: 6/30/01
Location: Barnegat Inlet
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure: white feather with spearing
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Very windying conditions with fast drift from Waretown to Forked River. No to comfortable,
only fished an hour but caught 4 weakies on the one pole with a white feather shirt.
Angler Name : Tina, Fred, Courtney and Aubree Bahlman
E-Mail : courbeco@home.com
Boat Name: MadJon
Date Fished: 6/30/01
Location: Barnegat Bay BB-B1 Buoy
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: To 3lbs
Bait or Lure: Fresh Spearing/Squid Combo/Bucktail
Water Depth: 12 Ft.
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Fished between the BB and B1 buoys off of Forked River using the Spearing/Squid combo as
well as a single Spearing on a few Skirted Jigheads. Fish responded very well until the change of the
tide. Thanks to Grizz's Bait, Forked River for some great advice! Kept 5 nice flatties and a gorgeous
weakfish to boot!
Angler Name : CAPT'S JIMMY GAHM AND MARK MESSAROS
E-Mail : TUNAFISHING@SPRINTMAIL.COM
Boat Name: JENNY LEE
Date Fished: SATURDAY JUNE 30,2001
Location: HUDSON CANYON
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : A BUSSMAN'S HOLIDAY FOR THREE CAPTAINS ON THE JENNY LEE PRODUCED THREE YELLOWFINS TO 60
LBS. THE JENNY LEE STARTS FISHING REGULARLY OFFSHORE THIS WEEK. THE WATER WAS A DEEP BLUE 73 DEGREES AND
THE PROGNOSIS LOOKS GREAT.
Angler Name : DaveK
E-Mail : davek@worldwideapparel.com
Boat Name: EasyGo
Date Fished: June 30, 2001
Location: BA Buoy , Between the channels
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-4lbs
Bait or Lure: Umbrella with tubes
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Hot day on the water, but the fishing was cool. Trolled the BA
to the Mud Buoy nothing on the scope. Heading home we trolled between the channels to pick up two small
bluefish who must have been lost.
Tight Lines
Angler Name : Kevin
E-Mail : orcuttk1@aol.com
Boat Name: Doris Mae IV
Date Fished: sat-6/30
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Bait & Jig
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5-10 lbs
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 65 '
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Thankfully hit the dock early and grabed the back of the boat for a party of four. Ran
about an hour and almost immedatley started to catch blues on bait. Because of the problems associated
with bluefishing on a head boat (way too many lines with way too many people without a clue) swithched
to jiggin. Caught 3 jiggin and four or five on bait. Overall a good day - not a slaughter but it was
fun. Doris Mae a nice big comfortable boat. Don't take the little ones blue fishing with a crowded
boat - you will only discourage them and the others.
Angler Name : Capt. Manny Canales
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double diamond
Date Fished: 6/30/01
Location: Mudhole
Fishing Method: Chum
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 4 - 12lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: 110
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Made the 25mile run out to the bluefish grounds with the Anna Cicalo charter and had
excellent results. Fish were on within minutes, and never stopped biting all day. Bait & jigs were
effective. Anna's family had a ball catching 120 blues,releasing all but 20, not including all the ones
that threw the hook.
Angler Name : frank,mary,ray,nancy
E-Mail : frankko66@aol.com
Boat Name: easy go
Date Fished: 6-30
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 1-5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: squid/killie
Water Depth: 20-60
Water Temp.:
Information : went out at 4pm for a little fluking.very fast drift,caught about a dozen fluke in 3hrs
fishing with 5 keepers.the bigger fish and the 5 lber. came from the deeper channels.
Angler Name : JOHN AND CHRISTIAN REID
E-Mail : JREID88443@AOL.COM
Boat Name: PLAN B
Date Fished: 6/30/01
Location: SANDY HOOK
Fishing Method: DRIFTING/BAITS
Specie: Fluke
Size: 9 KEEPERS
Bait or Lure: SAND WORMS/ KILLIES
Water Depth: 14 TO 35 FT
Water Temp.:
Information : HAD A GREAT DAY FISHED WITH BOB WALTER AND FRIEND BOB A LITTLE WARM OK REAL HOT .HAD AT
LEAST 60 FLUKE WITH 9 KEEPERS .
Angler Name : Charlie Marrow party
E-Mail : captpete@hyperstripercharters.com
Boat Name: Hyper Striper
Date Fished: June 30
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: to 40lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 72-74
Information : We made our first canyon trip of 2001 on Saturday with Charlie Marrow and party from
Pa.Trolling was good as 7 yellows to 40lbs along with one gaffer Mahi made it to the box.Another 2
yellows were dropped during the days troll.All in all a good trip with good weather.
Angler Name : Capt. Mike Bartlett, Tom Lopata, Mike Lauth
E-Mail : michael_bartlett@merq-int.com
Boat Name: sabbatical II 28 ft. Boston Whaler
Date Fished: Sat., 6/30
Location: 10 miles NE of Cigar
Fishing Method: Chum
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: Skunked
Bait or Lure: Fresh Whole Bluefish, Mackeral, Weakfish
Water Depth: 100 to 150 Ft.
Water Temp.: 77 Deg.
Information : Capt. Mike Bartlett had a couple friends out for a day of shark Fishing. At 5am, ran 35
miles southeast out of Brigantine (Wreck) Inlet to a lump. Set out the chum and baits. No action for a
couple hours except for a few Bluefish biteoff's. Moved a few miles to deeper water with better
structure, and redeployed the chum and baits. After an hour, had a small (3 to 4 ft.) hammerhead in our
slick. Enjoyed watching my fishing mates try to catch him...with no success. Swam in our chum slick
for 1/2 hour filling up on small pieces of chum...then left. Hooked one 8 lb. Bluefish, filleted him in
half, and redeployed him as bait. Very quickly after that, caught and released four blue sharks to 7ft.
and 100 lbs. One was biting the chum bucket. All caught within 1 hour. Put out 4 cedar plugs and
trolled on the way home for an hour, but no bites. Looking forward to the next trip.
Angler Name : JIMBO
E-Mail :
Boat Name: WILDMAN
Date Fished: 6/30/01
Location: EAST LUMP
Fishing Method:
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure: SKIRT BALLY GREEN MACHINE
Water Depth: 60-90
Water Temp.: 76
Information : ON THE TROLL FOR 3 HRS AT 08:00 NO KNOCKDOWNS LAST PASS OVER LUMP PROVED THAT I WAS RIGHT
BLUEFISH. KEPT THE SPEED AT 6 KNOTS TO KEEP THEM OFF. MAYBE THEY'LL BE THERE IN A FEW DAYS
Angler Name : bobo brown
E-Mail : robstoy2000
Boat Name: wreckin life
Date Fished: 6 -30 7-1
Location: cateret
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: plastic
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 74
Information : well we trolled and we trolled and we trolled one yellow belly thats it nothin great water
looked green moved inshore to shark fish on way home lots of blues oh well be backmout on the fourth
Angler Name : Chuck Cumella
E-Mail : xfmrman1@msn.com
Boat Name: Norma K II
Date Fished: 6-30-01
Location: Sea Girt Reef
Fishing Method: Drift; bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: >16 "
Bait or Lure: Killie/Squid combo
Water Depth: 50-60'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Fished on the Norma K II w/ the Dickson Electric charter. Had a great day!!! Fishing was
slow; I ended up w/ 3 keeper fluke and one nice sea bass; the pool winner was a 5 # fish caught by
Robbie Finelli; many sea robins and roller blades (skates). Thanks Jimmy for a nice fishing trip;
everyone had a great time. The ocean was nice and calm. Didn't see any bluefish. Most other boats had
about the same report.
Angler Name : Darren Volker
E-Mail : dsv174@earthlink.com
Boat Name: MaryLou 3
Date Fished: June 30th 2001
Location: Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 100 lbs
Bait or Lure: Blue fish fillet
Water Depth: 230
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Fished in the Leonardo Shark T-ment, and headed out to the
Glory Hole. Had first shark a Mako on at 9:30am which turned out to be a
75lb male. Had a few run offs, but never hooked up unsure if it was
bluefish or sharks! But this was the highlight or should I say the scare
of the day. At 11:30 we hooked up with another small Mako, while fighting
the fish it made a sudden turn for the boat and tailwalked across the
water and landed right in the front of our 25 ft center console!!!!!
Lucky no one was hurt!!! We brought the fish into the scales and it
turned out to be 73 inches long and 98lbs. So although this fish would
have been released, after that stunt myself and crew enjoyed him tonight
on the BBQ.
Angler Name : ED
E-Mail : Monmag31@aol.com
Boat Name: MONSTER MAGNET
Date Fished: 6/30/01
Location: Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: bluefish fillet
Water Depth: 265
Water Temp.: 74.6
Information : After avoiding the 2 small squall's in the early a.m.we
managed to get the lines wet. The water in the Glory hole was clear and
blue and alive with Bluefish.(Lots of BLUEFISH!!)Had a perfect drift and
the perfect slick but no toothy critters were knocking on our door,this
day.Will try again during the week.
Angler Name : ken
E-Mail : pigpenken@aol.com
Boat Name: fishnutz
Date Fished: 30 June saturday
Location: klondike
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: to 20"
Bait or Lure: spearing killie
Water Depth: 55
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Nice weather today..not much drift but that is better than
too much...we caught lotsa fluke but still looking for flukzilla
Angler Name : chris
E-Mail : baLL6k@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 6/30/01
Location: barneget ridge
Fishing Method: troll/jig
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 4-12
Bait or Lure: diamond jig,skirts
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : got to the ridge at 9 trolled till about 11 with 4 in the
box then went and anchored and jigged from 11-2 and caught about 8
jigging while throughing chunks of bunker and butterfish
Angler Name : Luigi
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 6/29-6/30
Location: Delaware Bay
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Weakfish
Size: Short
Bait or Lure: Shedders, bunker, squid
Water Depth: 15 ft
Water Temp.: about 75
Information : Delaware Bay weakfishing seems to be pretty slow right
now. We put in about 2 hours around the change of tides the last two
afternoons, and all we had to show for it was one short weakfish and 8
small sharks in the 5-lb range(not sure what species). I did lose one
decent size striper right at boatside that I jigged on a soft plastic
worm. Anyone else having better success with Delaware Bay weakies?
Angler Name : Capt.Pell Glentz, Crew: Tony Glentz Jr. Tony Glentz III
E-Mail : Albatross0099@aol.com
Boat Name: Albatross
Date Fished: 6/30/01
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 3 pounds
Bait or Lure: squid, killies,sand eels, spearing
Water Depth: 10 to 25 ft
Water Temp.: up to 81.5
Information : Headed out on just a scorching day and left the dock at 6 am. Cought about 60 fluke
between 3 people. Out of those 17 were keepers. All nice fish up to 3 pound! The catch release ratio is
definately inproving! Overall a great day but very, very hot!
Angler Name : Ron Walker
E-Mail : rwalker@trilogyassoc.com
Boat Name: MegaBite
Date Fished: June 30, 2001
Location: Del Bay - Punk Grounds
Fishing Method: Drifting and Dreaming
Specie: Weakfish
Size: Barely Legal
Bait or Lure: Squid, minnows, chicken, shedders
Water Depth: 15-20
Water Temp.:
Information : Switching over to my freshwater bass rods, we managed a nice day catching puny heads and
tails weakfish. They're were plenty of them, but just not very big. Pink proved to be the hot color
today and they ignored anything green, white, red or dark.
We ended up with 2 keepers and a small bluefish for my cats. My last two trips (6-27 and 6-30) both saw
increased weakfish activity reported on the radio. Hopefully, July will bring better weakfishing.
Most boats headed to the North end of the 60ft slew where a good flounder bite was reported.
Angler Name : William and Darrin Bradley
E-Mail : dbrad@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Equity One
Date Fished: June 30th
Location: Shrewsbury rocks
Fishing Method: Rod and Reel
Specie: Fluke
Size: Largest Fluke to 5.05 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Squid, Sandeel, Smelt and Killies
Water Depth: 28 to 60 feet.
Water Temp.: 72
Information : The day started of slow but the bite came on by about 11 and went through 3. Caught the 5
pounder off Deal just in time to make it in to weigh it and come in 5th place in yesterday's fluke
tournament at Sunshine Harbour.
Angler Name : Bob Mack
E-Mail : RMackjr558@aol.com
Boat Name: Sea Ya!
Date Fished: June 30, 2001
Location: Glory Hole - East End
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Bluefish filets/Mackerel
Water Depth: 240 ft
Water Temp.: 74.6
Information : We had several runoffs, but all big Blues. Blues were everywhere. Our drift was great, but
No Luck. Tomorrow is another day.
Angler Name : paul
E-Mail : WWW.PSOLIM7115@AOL.COM
Boat Name: PaPaRaLe
Date Fished: 6/29&6/30
Location: 6/29 V.bridge 6/30 the hhook
Fishing Method: bottom ,drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 20 inches
Bait or Lure: spearing,killie,squid combo
Water Depth: various
Water Temp.:
Information : 6/29 5 fish ,2 keepers 6/30 caught tons of sea robins. most of the fluke were shorts ,kept
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Angler Name : Capt. John Pfeiffer
E-Mail : captbigjohn@yahoo.com
Boat Name: SEA ++
Date Fished: 6/30/01
Location: Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: White Marlin
Size: 60-70lb
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 500 fa
Water Temp.: 74
Information : About 2 weeks ago I posted a catch report from the Hudson
Canyon. One white marlin and a longfin and that we dropped another white.
During the past two weeks my integrity as a person and Captain have been
the talk of the docks south of us, Atlantic Highlands, that this was some
sort of hoax. You know when your one of the fist boats out early in the
season sometimes you get lucky.
Normally I wouldn't respond to this, because the people who know me and
are my freinds would not even ask the guestion. I don't need the
exhaltations or to be patted on the back. I am secure with my ability,
and I'll be the first one to come and wish congradulations with a firm
hand shake. Lets lighten up and call the other guy over when your in the
bite. ANYONE can email me and I'll tell you if and where I caught, no
bull. After 25 years fishing the canyons I have no secrets and believe me
it is not rocket science, it's common sense. I hope this does not get
pulled by this site managers.
Angler Name : Jim Patterson
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 29
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up 35 pounds
Bait or Lure: Spreader Bars
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie put together the first big catch of the year from the canyons on
Friday on the Canyon Runner. Mates Mike Zajac and Brad Burgess put the Jim Patterson charter for New
Brunswick, NJ to work in the cockpit and had fish as soon as the lines hit the water. Trolling the
Hudson Canyon produce a very good bite between 6am and noon as 14 yellowfin for 25-35 pounds were
boated. In addtion 5 Mahi-Mahi including 3 15 pounders were also captured. The lure of choice were
spreader bars and ballyhoo.
Angler Name : Captain Bob Balewicz
E-Mail : captbob@njtuna.com
Boat Name: Carcharodon
Date Fished:6/29/01
Location: 25 miles off Manasquan
Fishing Method: Chumming/chunking
Specie: Bluefish
Size: to 15 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish & bunker chum
Water Depth: 90
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Mate Carlo Truzzolino and I had Freddy Stewart & two of his employees from Four Seasons
Paiting, Carlos and Julio, out for a day of bluefishing. We mauled 'em! We hit the edge of the Tolten
Wreck by 7 and had the Bluefish at the boat for the whole trip, limiting out in less than an hour! We
opted to drift & it paid off as we found pod after pod of 9-15 lb yellow-eyed alligators! Best part? A
75 lb class Mako came up in the slick, and Captain Bob rigged a 30lb Penn Rod with a 45 GLS setup with
an 18" wire leader & a standard bluefish rig, got the Mako to bite, handed the rod off to Julio & he had
a ball! We tagged & released the Mako at boatside & it was the finale to a great day of fishing.
Angler Name : bryan,phil,rob,john
E-Mail : bryka00@aol.com
Boat Name: BRYKARYE
Date Fished: 6/29/01
Location: Shark River Reef& Monsters Ledge
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Blue Shark
Size: +-175lbs.
Bait or Lure: mackerel & blue fish fillets
Water Depth: 120-160
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Had the lines in the water around 8:00am at the Shark
River Reef. No run-offs except for bluefish. The blues
were two feet from the chum pot. Drifted for about three hours then
decided to try Monsters Ledge. On the
ride we were welcomed by a pod of huge porpose swimming
and jumping along side the boat. Towards the end of the
day the blue shark appeared rubbing the chum pot. He was offered a mack.
chunk on 30lb. line (80lb. leader)for bluefish. The reel screamed and he
bit the hook off
in thirty seconds, returning within minutes to eat a blue fillet on a
50sw. He was brought to the boat, photo'd and released unharmed. Anyone
with shark reports within 30 miles of Shark River us smaller boats
are interested. Hope to read some.
Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Date Fished: 06/29/2001
Location: SPRING LAKE
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15-18"
Bait or Lure: SPEARING
Water Depth: 50-63FT
Water Temp.: 74
Information : RAN OUT IN THE AFTERNOON AND ONCE AGAIN THE NOAA FORECAST
WASN'T EVEN CLOSE, THEY SUCK. DECIDED TO TRY SOUTH AND STOPPED AT SPRING
LAKE. CAUGHT 6 KEEPER FLUKE, SOME NICE SEABASS AND ASSORTED JUNKFISH.
RATIO OF SHORTS TO KEEPERS ONLY 3 TO 1.
Angler Name : Chris
E-Mail : baLLa6k@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 6/29/01
Location: mantoloking bridge
Fishing Method: troll/jig
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 12-23
Bait or Lure: rat-l-trap,fin-s
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : fished from 7:30 till about 9:30 caught 15 with 5 keppers i
suggets everytime tries troling with rat-l-traps by the bridge it
seriously works so good luck further info email me
Angler Name : Chris Vogelsong
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 06/29/2001
Location: East of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Up to 10 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 80 Ft.
Water Temp.: 70 Degrees
Information : After hammering the Seabass on monday Chris Vogelsong returned today to try his luck with
Bluefish. Capt. Paul Regula ran the charter off to the Bluefish grounds 25 miles off Manasquan and the
first Bluefish was in the box within 2 minutes of the chum bucket hitting the water. By noon the charter
had boated all the Blues they wanted and had released another 2 dozen. If the blues stay in the area
it's going to be a beautiful July.
Angler Name : Steve
E-Mail : wpc41@aol.com
Boat Name: Strike Force
Date Fished: June 28 2001
Location: Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 128 pounds
Bait or Lure: Bluefish fillets
Water Depth: 240 feet
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Me, Dad, and Dave set up at the east end of the Glory Hole at about 0730. Nothing but
bluefish all morning. Water was green, but very clean. Picked up a 128 pound Mako at about 2pm and then
caught and released a 100 pound blue at about 230pm. Great day on the water.
Angler Name : t.hines
E-Mail : -
Boat Name: Day Tripper
Date Fished: 6/28/01
Location: Chicken Canyon and Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: zilch
Bait or Lure: Everything
Water Depth: 250
Water Temp.: 73-74
Information : We wanted to haul to the Hudson and give it a shot but halfway there we decided to troll
for bluefins because we were getting our brains beat out. Typical NOAA forecast. We trolled from the
Chicken to the Glory. The water could be better. The water in the Glory hole was not too bad. Unable to
hook up with bluefin. Highlight of the day was a huge school of bottlenose dolphin were swimming all
around the boat when we were in the Glory hole. Caught 3 bluefish on our tuna lures. Wind calmed down in
the afternoon and we did 28 knots on the way home. Waiting for that eddy to slam into the shelf but
until then, it's fluking time.
Angler Name : S,K,J&J
E-Mail :
Boat Name: SanG
Date Fished: 06/28/01
Location: Fingers
Fishing Method: Chum drift
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 160+#
Bait or Lure: mackerel
Water Depth: 120'
Water Temp.: 72
Information : On route out ran into schools of blues 5 to 10 lb.
range.Picked up a few then out to Fingers. Chum and
lines in water 8:30 AM started picking blues early on.
Good drift w/10 Kt.SW breeze. Mako on line at noon.
Heading back by 2 PM. Good day off shore.
Angler Name : Scott Hawthorne
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 06/28/2001
Location: Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 100 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bluefish & Mackeral
Water Depth: 250 Ft.
Water Temp.: 68 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula ran the Bounty Hunter out to the Glory Hole with the Scott Hawthorne
charter. Drifting Mackeral & Bluefish baits the charter hooked up and landed 2 Mako sharks. However,
both fish were estimated to be just under 100 Lbs and were released.
Angler Name : Allen
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Class
Date Fished: 6/25-6/28
Location: Elberon - Manasquan Ridge
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14-20"
Bait or Lure: spearing, sandeels, fluke belly, bucktails
Water Depth: 35-65'
Water Temp.: 72
Information : The past few days been fishing between Elberon/Deal to the Manasquan Ridge and to the
South.. Lots of fluke when we've had a drift, in depths anywhere from 35-70' of water.. A few seabass,
and countless garbage fish anywhere from Robins, to skates, to 4 spot flounder, to sundials and doggies
have also been on hand..
Hit em' good today, came home w/ ten nice fish to 20".. Gotta get offshore to fish the deeper water and
humps - LOTS of bait out there!!
tight lines..
Angler Name : Anthony Romondo
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 28
Location: Tower
Fishing Method: Drifting/Trolling
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 100
Bait or Lure: mackrel
Water Depth: 280
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Anthony Romondo charter out on the Canyon Runner Thursday and
put together a decent shark trip. Drifting the area of the Texas Tower produced 2 Makos between 75-100
pounds and 1 Blue Shark.
Angler Name : Bill, Christian & Walt
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Barking Dog
Date Fished: 6/28/2001
Location: 17 fathom & Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: chum & chunk (bunker)
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 39"
Bait or Lure: Bunker Chunk
Water Depth: 28'
Water Temp.: 68.5
Information : After traveling out to 17 fathoms with no sign of sea life at all we motored over to
shrewsbury rocks were we started reading fish almost instantly. We set up our chum slick (frozen 5gal
bucket) and began chunking. We caught numerous Dogfish and temporarly renamed the boat the "barking
dogfish" they were fun to catch and went up to 30+ inches and maybe 12 lbs. Finally Christian landed a
beautiful 39" striper that made numerous jumps clear out of the water. While boating this beauty our
net broke in half ! Regardless of the net Walter was still able to bring the fish aboard for the
measurements and then Christian returned the fish to the ocean. A fantastic night on the water -- we
left the dock at 7pm and returned at 1:30am.
Angler Name : ERNIE &ZACK
E-Mail : pulcini@aiov.com
Boat Name: SMOKER
Date Fished: 6- 27- 01
Location: BOUY #3
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size: 19
Bait or Lure: KILLY &SQUID
Water Depth: 17 FT
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Fished the rivers and caught all small ones. Stopped by bouy #3 on the way back to
atlantic highlands and in one drift caught 3 keepers and 1 20in weak. I had to leave after
that,otherwise it would have been a good day.
Angler Name : Sinkem Jonny
E-Mail : jppud@aol.com
Boat Name: 4 J's
Date Fished: 6-27-01
Location: Red Church, Long Branch
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 15"-20"
Bait or Lure: Squid,spearing,clam,mackarel
Water Depth: 35-50'
Water Temp.: 68-71
Information : Left the ramp at Bry's around 7:15AM and headed out to a calm and flat ocean with Ed "the
Ex-Grand Poobah" and Crash Coop as mates to me, Sinkem Jonny. Ran up to the Red Church and started
drifting in 35' with a gentle 5mph West wind. Coop quickly tangled with my line and cost me a keeper
fluke in the first 5 minutes!!! After that, the Ex-Poobah went wild and quickly had 12 assorted fish on
the board, including a nice fat 20" fluke, as me and Crash scratched our heads. Ed's rod must have tired
and I finally caught him at 13 fish. Coop decided enuf was enuf and after refueling with a cracked
pepper turkey Hogback hoagie, he passed me like I was standing still at 20 fish. He was unconscious to
say the least. All in all, we ended up with 32 seabass up to my 19 incher and 5 fluke in the cooler. Ed
and I may have gotten the biggest fish of each species, but Crash was the "Big Rod" on a great day on
the briny. Watch out Barnegat, we're headin there on Saturday and even with Ken, we'll catch fish.
Angler Name : Dave
E-Mail : david598@hotmail.com
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 27 Jun
Location: Manasquan River and off Point
Fishing Method: drifting killies / squid
Specie: Fluke
Size: 11-15"
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 8-40 ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information : fished the river and off Jenkinsons
river - 4 fish 11-13 inches.. east of RR bridge
caught small weakfish also in river
one almost keeper in about 38 ft water..
where are all the fluke -
new boat coming soon - looking for Seabass / Tog spots - if anybody can offer me tips on where to find
good GPS numbers - I'll take ya fishing... hard to break into it... fluking is getting old..
Angler Name :
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Joint Venture
Date Fished: June 27, 2001
Location: 1 mile off Bradley Beach
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18" to 20"
Bait or Lure: Squid/Sandeels
Water Depth: 52
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Spent a few hours in the afternoon drifting for fluke. Caught 8 fish in 3 hours with
three nice keepers between 18" and 20".
Angler Name : Frank Lukenda & Chris Parody
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 06/27/2001
Location: Offshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Cod
Size: Up to 15 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 150 to 190 Ft.
Water Temp.: 40 Degrees (Bottom)
Information : Deciding to do give something different a try before getting into his Bluefish schedule,
Capt. Paul Regula headed offshore with Frank Lukenda & Chris Parody. Fishing 3 wrecks the charter put 15
Codfish into the box. The size of the fish varied from 24" to fish that weighed up to 16 Lbs. another 8
Cod were released. Along with the Cod there was the usual pick of Ling.
Angler Name : Capt. Tom
E-Mail : tom@debbiessportfishing.com
Boat Name: Debbies Delight
Date Fished: 6-27-01
Location: Lower Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 20"
Bait or Lure: Killie, squid, peanut bunker, spearing
Water Depth: 12-30
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Debbies Delight had out Marco Peralta, Jose Panchi, and the man, Al Nieves. As fate would
have it, Al was once again high hook, as what he described, in your face fishing. He talks to the fish
folks, I don't know, but it seems to work for him. Jose held his own this trip, with Marco proving to
be the weak link! Despite engine troubles, we managed several nice fluke along with some blues. No baby
as of yet, maybe it was my wife who tinkered with my engine, keeping me in close!
Angler Name : Ron Antonelli - RAFT
E-Mail : Karonaraft@cs.com
Boat Name: Karona
Date Fished: 6-26-01
Location: Klondike lumps + Manasquan Ridge
Fishing Method: drifting - bucktailing
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16" plus
Bait or Lure: bucktail hooks + squid
Water Depth: 47 - 50 ft.
Water Temp.: 70 - 72 dgs.
Information : Left Manasquan inlet @ 9am, headed directly for the 5 + 6 mile lumps. Hit the
Klondike first and fished using two poles, the standard method with extra large squid strips, the other,
a white bucktail skirted hook with squid strips, and within minutes began catching. Fished that area for
1 hr. and caught 3 shorts, all around 15", and 2 keepers 16" + 17".
Moved on down to Manasquan Ridge and did exactly the same thing, fished there for 1 hr. and
caught more large shorts and a couple keepers, 17" - 19". Most of the fish nailed the bucktail + squid
combo with a hard jig up + down.
The water was clear and warm, and it seems like there should be many more fish on these spots,
but that's how it was.
Getting itchy to get off-shore, this in-shore stuff is for the birds !!!!
Angler Name : Capt.Manny Canales
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 6/26/01
Location: glory hhole
Fishing Method: bait
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 6-12lbs
Bait or Lure: mackerel
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Switched over to bluefishing with the Mary Barba party, and had very good results. 6-12lb
blues were nailing baits right behind the boat, many of them jumping and shaking their heads like New
Jersey Tarpon. Everyone caught all they wanted by 11:30. Most were released.
Angler Name : mkm
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: June/26/01
Location: Fingers (Star)
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 80lbs
Bait or Lure: Makral/Bluefish
Water Depth: 120ft
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Started fishing after about an hour large blueshark came into slick had him hooked up 2
times never got him to the boat about half hour later a small mako came into the slick an we taged a
released
Angler Name : Mike Implicito
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 26
Location: Toms Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: N/A
Bait or Lure: N/A
Water Depth: 300-1000fathoms
Water Temp.: 70-72
Information : Another day offshore in the Toms Canyon provide no tuna again for the Mike Implicito
charter on the Canyon Runner. We did however work a few small schools of bluefin tuna inshore of the
Toms but only produced a couple knockdowns. The only news on the VHF from Block Canyon to the Baltimore
Canyon was 3 small yellowfin inshore of Block. NOT GOOD!!!
Angler Name : aj
E-Mail : amorris2@home.com
Boat Name: nemo
Date Fished: 6/26
Location: Klondike
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 15" -23" fluke - 16" seabass
Bait or Lure: seabass rigs squid strips and clams
Water Depth: 44 to 70 feet
Water Temp.: surface temp. 71
Information : Depth and temperature seems to be the key, have only been able to fish from 6:00pm to
8:30pm if it has been as good at this time of day all day we would limit out on everything. Wondering
if any one has fished these areas in the day or is the late evening just produceing these bigger
fish?
Angler Name : Brent
E-Mail : bweaves17@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Cat
Date Fished: 6/26
Location: wilmington Canyon
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Skipjack Tuna
Size: 15lbs
Bait or Lure: feathers and spreaders
Water Depth: very
Water Temp.: 73
Information : went to the wilmington with high hopes and in search of some yellowfin, but apparently the
fish have stopped migrating. Hopefully in the next few weeks they will make the voyage up here, but all
we managed were a few skipjack and a small dolphin. Cant say the canyon wasnt loaded with life, but
where are the tuna? Look out in the next few weeks though........theyre coming!
Angler Name : Ron Walker
E-Mail : rwalker@trilogyassoc.com
Boat Name: MegaBite
Date Fished: June 26, 2001
Location: Delaware Bay - Punk Gds area
Fishing Method: anchored and drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: small
Bait or Lure: minnows, shedder, squid
Water Depth: 20
Water Temp.:
Information : Started out fishing in the stakes and did nothing except for small sharks.
We then moved down to the Punk Grounds on a report of some weakfish being caught. While anchored, we
caught a couple shorts and were once again bothered by the dogs. We pulled the hook at slack tide and
managed to catch 2 small keeper weakfish along with 4 throwbacks.
Heard a few reports of decent weakfish catches on the radio.
Angler Name : Dennis Nieradka
E-Mail : Firstarr@aol.com
Boat Name: Norma-k 3
Date Fished: june 26 2001
Location: east monster leadge
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 4-15
Bait or Lure: bunker-butterfish
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Slow to start but got them hungry fast ,4 limet out out of 25 people . Great crew as k for
a gaf amd he there . Great night . Member Salt Water Angler Bergen County . tight lines Guys & dolls
.
Angler Name : Hal Hall
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 06/26/2001
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 3 1/2 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 75 Ft.
Water Temp.: 70 Degrees
Information : As Capt. Paul Regula starts winding down his Spring Seabass schedule the fishing on the
inshore wrecks is as good as it gets. Today the Hal Hall charter working 4 wrecks in 75 Ft. of water
southeast of Manasquan Inlet limited out with Seabass up to 3 1/2 Lbs. Despite a total lack of wind & a
glass smooth ocean the fish box was full by noon and we called it a day.
Angler Name : MIKE LAWRENCE
E-Mail : LAWREMI@CHURCHDWIGHT.COM
Boat Name: SHOT' N BEER
Date Fished: 06/26/01
Location: SEA GIRT REEF
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16" TO 6 LBS
Bait or Lure: FLUKE BELLY SQUID&SPEERING
Water Depth: 52' TO 70'
Water Temp.: 74
Information : GOT THERE AT 8:00, FIRST FISH 10 MIN. 3 GUYS ON BOARD HAD A TOTAL OF 20 TO 6LBS. LOT OF
FISH IN THE 18 TO 20 INCH RANGE FISHED NORTH OF THE FLEET. NICE LITTLE LUMP. SEE YOU GUYS OUT THERE.
Angler Name : Adam Somberg
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 25
Location: Wilmington Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Dolphin
Size: Small
Bait or Lure: everything
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 72
Information : The news from the canyons could not be worse. The Canyon Runner ran its first canyon trip
this year on Monday knowing that the reports from the local canyons have been horrible. We decided to
head south and ran to the Wilmington Canyon only to find the same lack of tuna. No one on the radio had
fish and neither did we the entire day. One small dophin was all she wrote for the Adam Somberg charter
from Manhattan.
Angler Name : KURT GRUBER
E-Mail : CAYGEL@AOL
Boat Name: TRIPLE THREAT
Date Fished: 6/25
Location: TEXAS TOWER
Fishing Method: CHUMMING
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: #175 AND #125
Bait or Lure: BLUEFISH
Water Depth: 190
Water Temp.:
Information : GOT OUT TO THE TOWER AROUND 7PM SET UP SLICK COUPLE OF BLUE DOGS EARLY AROUND 3AM FIRST
MAKO #125 AND 7AM ON THE OTHER #175 ALL IN ALL PERFECT NIGHT ON THE WATER OCEAN WAS FULL OF LIFE ALOT OF
MARKS 70FT DOWN WOULDNT BE SUPRISED IF THE TUNA ARE THERE 72 DEGREE WATER
Angler Name : bobo
E-Mail : robtoy2000@yahoo.com
Boat Name: wreckin life
Date Fished: 6-25
Location: spencer canyon
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40 to 65
Bait or Lure: green machines and purple zuckers
Water Depth: 450 to 600
Water Temp.: 70 to 72
Information : started a troll in the spencer hooked up rite away with a a nice yellowfin trolled for
two more hours not a hit worked my way inshore a little a found a double header we only had three fish
today with 6 knock downs be back out tomorrow my buddy had good fishin south of me so tight lines
Angler Name : Chris Vogelsong
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 06/25/2001
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 4 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 75 Ft.
Water Temp.: 68 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had his Bounty Hunter back to the wrecks east of Manasquan Inlet. The
red hot Seabass bite continued for the Chris Vogelsong charter. Dropping on 4 wrecks in 75 Ft. of water
the charter put together another limit catch of Seabass up to 4 Lbs. During the day 6 Blackfish were
caught ranging in size from 7 to 10 lbs. All were females loaded with eggs. The charter elected to
release all the Blackfish.
Angler Name : mark
E-Mail :
Boat Name: yellowfin
Date Fished: 6/25/01
Location: cigar
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 0"
Bait or Lure: mackeral
Water Depth: 120'
Water Temp.: 68
Information : trolled down length of cigar to get live bait. raised small bonito so we anchored up and
threw out the chum bucket. bonito devoured in moments by large bluefish. no sharks seen at two locations
but steady pick of 12-15 lb choppers on light tackle made for a pleasant day
Angler Name : ken
E-Mail : pigpenken@aol.com
Boat Name: fishnutz
Date Fished: 6 25 01
Location: deal
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: some keepers
Bait or Lure: spearing
Water Depth: 45
Water Temp.: 69
Information : I dont have much to report... I just wanted to know what is a 4 spot flounder....2 weeks
ago I caught a long slender flounder with teeth like a fluke... Just wondering if it was something
strange..I know winter and summer flounder and also sundials..I catch lots of flounder in Va. they might
be southern flounder but they look just like fluke...anybody have anything to add on the subject
Angler Name : aj
E-Mail : amorris2@home.com
Boat Name: nemo
Date Fished: 6/25
Location: Barneget Wrecks 70 feet of water
Fishing Method: Drift sea bass rigs
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 10"-24.5" Fluke / upto 4.75lb. seabass
Bait or Lure: Seabass rigs 3.5oz- fluke rigs green bucktail w/spinner 6" squid trailer w/ clam or crab
meat
Water Depth: 70
Water Temp.: surface 71- atleast 6 degrees colder down below
Information : Slamed the sea bass and fluke into the late evening. We were still getting them as the sun
whent down. Whent out at
forked river fished barnegat ridge and a few wreks. got a 24.5" fluke just
about 6 lbs. over 10 keeper fluke boated over 30. 40 seabass 31 keepers uptp
5 lbs. 1 puffer fish yes a puffer. Bait fish jumping into the boat" no joke. Saw sea turtle the size of
a garbage can. One of those trips you will always remember.
Angler Name : Troy
E-Mail : tsgtag@msn.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 06/25/01
Location: SH Buglight
Fishing Method: drift high low rig
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16.5" -21"
Bait or Lure: killie and squid
Water Depth: 17' -40'
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished the outgoing from noon till 5:00 (had to watch the baby in the am). Managed three
(3) keepers. All keepers came right near the can where the water goes from 17' to 40'. Caught about
twelve shorts. Few junkfish. Fishing was pretty slow. At dock met up with three guys who limited on
Stripers using clam bellies. Can anyone tell me how long through the summer chunking will be productive
on the stripers? Please e-mail. Thanks.
Angler Name : paul
E-Mail : p111061
Boat Name: royal flush
Date Fished: 6/25
Location: capemay point
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17"
Bait or Lure: minow
Water Depth: 20ft
Water Temp.: 67
Information : great weather but tides not good at time we fished, managed to bring home 3 flounder and 2
weakies. all flounder caught were nice size, lookin forward to trying again july!
Angler Name : Rick
E-Mail : sincker@aol.com
Boat Name: Hellcat
Date Fished: june 24
Location: 28 mile wreck /cigar
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: n/a
Bait or Lure: cedar plugs spreader bars
Water Depth: 100ft
Water Temp.: 72
Information : picked up a couple of bluefish- no bluefins to be found
Angler Name : Capt. Manny Canales
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 6/24/01
Location: Mounmouth beach
Fishing Method: troll/bait
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: to 3 lbs.
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 80'
Water Temp.:
Information : Once again tried trolling around monmouth beach, but the bass had shut off again.Read them
real good but lockjaw had set in. Jack Singh and co. decided to go seabassing so we ran southeast and
hit 2 wrecks with very good results. Lots of large seabass, a few tog and ling and a gigantic white eel.
The fish never really stopped biting.
Angler Name : Captain Bob Balewicz
E-Mail : captbob@njtuna.com
Boat Name: Carcharodon
Date Fished:6/24/01
Location: 25 miles off Manasquan
Fishing Method: Chumming/chunking
Specie: Bluefish
Size: to 15 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish & bunker chum
Water Depth: 90
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Pete Ingrassia, Joe Ingrassia, Vic Alvarez, Rich Yi, Camilo Nunes, and Almir Da Silva were
aboard the 'Carcharodon' for a "mixed bag" trip on Saturday. While everyone was complaining about
smallish bluefish, we hit the edge of the Mud Hole & mate Carlo Truzzolino had his special mixture in
the slick and we had 'em on in no time. We fished 20lb Penn 25 GLS's with the new Momoi "Diamond" line
& we would all testify that the line is fantastic, allowing us to have a ball with 15 pounders all day!
Stripers didn't cooperate as we missed the flood tide but we did manage to stop on a wreck & jerk baits
for seabass on the way home. We enjoyed the trip boys, and look forward to your shark trip coming
up!
Angler Name :
E-Mail : StriperKing64@cs.com
Boat Name: julies bit
Date Fished: 6-24-01
Location: 28 mile wreck
Fishing Method: chumming
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 125+
Bait or Lure: mack's
Water Depth: 115/ 135
Water Temp.: 72.4
Information : set up shop around 9 a.m. a little later then we typically due, sea conditions were a
little rough on the trip out. 1st fish was a pup mako,est.30 lbs. 2 blue sharks 150 range. but heres the
kicker ,we raised a keeper mako on a spinning rod ,fought it to the boat, gaffed it .... but we lost it
at the boat with the 2nd gaff!!! estimated 125 lbs on 20 lb test braided line. fish'em up
Angler Name : Jason
E-Mail : Jayman63@aol.com
Boat Name: Lindsay Marie
Date Fished: 6/24/01
Location: 28 Mile Wreck
Fishing Method: Chummin
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 125
Bait or Lure: mackeral, bluefish
Water Depth: 120
Water Temp.: 70.8
Information : After a long ride out in snotty seas we set up at the wreck. The first run off was a small
mako, maybe 30 pounds. He made a few jumps then he was released. About a hour later was the second mako.
After a short fight he was brought to the boat and the harpoon was sunk. A great job by everyone on
board. See ya next weekend.
Angler Name : mike
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: June/24/01
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 17lb 16lb 20lb
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 16-30ft
Water Temp.: 72
Information : went fluke fishing around 12:00 only got shorts then around 5:00 statrted drifting with
eels and around 8:00 we hooked up with a striper and then got two more
Angler Name : Scott
E-Mail : scottsecor@home.com
Boat Name: KimberlyRyan
Date Fished: 6/24/01
Location: Fingers, Star, Resor
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: ?
Bait or Lure: Feathers, spreader bars,etc.
Water Depth: 20 fathoms
Water Temp.: 67-70
Information : Found a few bluefish at the Star. As we trolled North saw nothing on the screen or in the
water. Found cleaner water near the Resor, but still no fish. Perhaps they are out near the Canyons or
still a little south?
Angler Name : Capt Ahab
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 06-24-01
Location: west long branch beach
Fishing Method: surf cast
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17"
Bait or Lure: squid/spearing combo
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Fished the surf from 7AM to 4PM. Between two of us caught 4 sea robins, 2 throwback fluke
and 1 keeper at 17". Very slow, but finally got to enjoy some sun that came out, as well as a few keeper
bikinis....
Angler Name : Fuji
E-Mail : klfujimori
Boat Name: Tiger-Uni
Date Fished: 6/24/2001
Location: south end of Mud Hole, Glory Hole and 70 ft wrecks
Fishing Method: Trolling, clams
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: Zippo
Bait or Lure: feathers, spreader
Water Depth: 130-200
Water Temp.: 70.2-71.0
Information : Went looking for School Bluefin. Not much life out there. There was large school of blues
between Glory Hole and Mud Whole.
Went back inshore to save the day with a 4# Fluke and enough seabass til next trip, by the way just
south and west of Glory Hole had much better looking water.
Angler Name : sam and libby
E-Mail : eavaughn@aol.com
Boat Name: family affair
Date Fished: 6/24
Location: keyport
Fishing Method: jigging
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17 -21
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 13 ft.
Water Temp.:
Information : turned out to be a nice day, no rain. first drift hit all shorts, then finally a keeper,
went home with 5 keepers
Angler Name : Ken
E-Mail : pigpenken@aol.com
Boat Name: fishnutz
Date Fished: 24 June Sunday
Location: Klondike
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: to 20
Bait or Lure: spearing killie squid
Water Depth: 60
Water Temp.: 68
Information : we had a great day fishing..We came home with 10 nice fluke... And to top it off we caught
a monkfish. We just had the anglerfish for late dinner ...Great eating.That was our first goosefish,
what a battle and good eating
Angler Name : Bill Yaindl
E-Mail : WYaindl@Yahoo.com
Boat Name: No Mistakes
Date Fished: 6-24-01
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 10-24.5 inches
Bait or Lure: Squid,Killies,Spearing,Fluke Belly
Water Depth: 48'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Left Atlantic Highlands at 530 am. Ammo Pier slow, moved to nude beach--slow,-- moved to
south edge of channel just off the hook at 1115 am and started to catch lots of shorts. Moved deeper and
keeper action really picked up. 53 fluke,14 keepers with a 22.5 and a 24.5. Moment of the day was a 30+"
bluefish biting off half a fluke at the boat. How cool was that!
Angler Name : craig van brunt
E-Mail : cvbat812@aol
Boat Name: MY GIRLS
Date Fished: 6/24/01
Location: rezar area
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size:
Bait or Lure: MACKS / BLUES
Water Depth: 115' /122'
Water Temp.: 69AM GOT72 PM
Information : GOT OUT THERE BY 9AM MADE ONE LONG DRIFT SAW 1 SMALL BLUE SHARK OFF THE BACK OF THE BOAT A
LOT OF BIG BLUEFISH THE HILIGHT OF THE DAY WAS A NICE SIZE SHARK MALLING A FLOTE ON THE LONG LINE NOT
SHORE WHAT KIND IT WAS ?
Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Date Fished: 06/24/2001
Location: ELBERON
Fishing Method: DRIFT
Specie: Fluke
Size: 24"
Bait or Lure: SPEARING
Water Depth: 50FT
Water Temp.: 68-69
Information : STARTED IN 50 FT WITH ROUGH BOTTOM OFF ELBERON, NEVER LEFT. ENDED UP WITH 9 KEEPER FLUKE,
2 PUSHING 4LBS, AND 6 NICE SEABASS. A LOT OF SHORTS AND SOME ROBINS, NO OTHER BOATS AROUND.
Angler Name : Bill Mulliniks
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 06/24/2001
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 3 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 75 Ft.
Water Temp.: 68 Degrees
Information : With no word of improved Bluefishing, Capt. Paul Regula continues to stick with wreck
fishing for large Seabass and the customers have not been disappointed. Today the Bill Mulliniks charter
worked 5 wrecks in 75 ft. of water southeast of Manasquan Inlet and loaded the fish box with another
limit catch of large Seabass up to 3 Lbs. Along with the Seabass 5 Blackfish up to 8 lbs. topped off the
catch.
Angler Name : steve holly
E-Mail : tannerh@prodigy.net
Boat Name: big kahuna
Date Fished: 6/23
Location: poormans
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 30-40lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 750
Water Temp.: 75
Information :
Angler Name : Jeff Millerschoen
E-Mail : :)
Boat Name: Were Ready
Date Fished: 6/23/01
Location: Upper Barnegate Bay
Fishing Method: Floating Sand Worms
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 26" & 27"
Bait or Lure: Berkley Power Sandworms
Water Depth: 11'
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Very Rough conditions. Windy and lots of chop. Had to anchor up. Hit the weeks just as the
tied turned going out. Floating power worms with bobbers 2-3' off bottom
Angler Name : Dr. Andrew Beko
E-Mail : Drabeko@cs.com
Boat Name: K-Kat
Date Fished: 6/23/01
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Chunking w/clams
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24-36"
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : It was a banner day for us on the K-kat. Capt. Ken Dubman did it again as he put us on
stripers shortly after leaving the dock. 12 yr. old Michael Rosa of Harleysville PA. was worn out after
catching his limit and releasing many fish over 24" and keeping a few 28+". After beating up stripers we
then changed over to fluke and enjoyed a steady pick. Capt. Ken was able to find fishable water even
when the weather was uncooperative. We all went home with a giant pile of meat!
Angler Name : MIKE WILSON
E-Mail : mwilson@itcmed.com
Boat Name: CANDY-LYNN
Date Fished: 6-23-01
Location: RARITAN BAY-ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS
Fishing Method: TROLLING-FLUKING
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15.5"-23"
Bait or Lure: UMBRELLA RIGS-SMELTS
Water Depth: 15FT-50FT
Water Temp.: 72 DEGREES
Information : Left the Higlands about 4:30AM-started trolling just outside the jetty- no blues or
stripers on the unbrella-rig,but we got a very nice three pound fluke on a redhead sassey shad on the
umbrella-far out never done that before!!!!!!!!!!! the rest of the day was picking at them- a few shorts
a few keepers. All in all it was a prety nice day out and came in with a dozen nice fluke. See you on
the water Saturday!!!
Angler Name : ALLAN DELLACRUZ
E-Mail : TUNAFISHING @SPRINTMAIL.COM
Boat Name: JENNY LEE
Date Fished: JUNE 23 2001
Location: FLYNNS KNOLL
Fishing Method: CHUNKING CLAMS
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: SEVEN KEEPERS AND ONE KEEPER FLUKE
Bait or Lure: CLAMS
Water Depth: 27'
Water Temp.:
Information : ALLAN DELLACRUZ AND FRIENDS BATTLED HIGH WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS IN MANAGING 10 TOTAL BASS
AND ONE KEEPER FLUKE.
Angler Name : Mike & Joe P.
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Jamaica
Date Fished: 6/23/01
Location: 12 mi.off Pt. Pleasant
Fishing Method: Bait, jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 6lb.
Bait or Lure: Sardines, Bunker
Water Depth: N/A
Water Temp.: N/A
Information : Since we had not seen any reports on bluefishing recently, we decided to try it for
ourselves. The Jamaica had about 30 fares and there were about 12 blues caught. They ranged from
6-12lbs. Had a south wind against the tide. I caught 1. The high hooks had 2. The weather held out fine
but the fish would not cooperate. What is it with the bluefish this year?
Angler Name : Vinnie Elia
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 06/23/2001
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 3 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 80 Ft.
Water Temp.: 68 Degrees
Information : The good Seabass bite continued as Capt. Paul Regula ran his Bounty Hunter back to 3
wrecks in 80 Ft. of water East of Manasquan Inlet with the Vinnie Elia charter from APA Transport in
North Bergen, NJ. We took 50 Seabass from each wreck and by 11AM we had our limit catch in the fish box
and headed home ahead of the wind & rain moving in from the West.
Angler Name : Reelugly Rob
E-Mail : paulas38@home.com
Boat Name: Reelugly
Date Fished: 6-22-01
Location: Barnagat Bay west of the Oyster Creek Channel
Fishing Method: bottom drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 22.5
Bait or Lure: fin-s with squid strips
Water Depth: 10 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Not alot of bits, the fish must have alot of food with the water turning up from all the
rain storms. But we caught 4 throw backs and one REAL nice keeper flounder of 22.5 inches, there getting
bigger every week. That catch was about 11 am, so keep fishing till noon. CYA NEXT WEEK
Angler Name : Ron Walker
E-Mail : rwalker@trilogyassoc.com
Boat Name: MegaBite
Date Fished: June 22, 2001
Location: Del Bay - Squirrel's Nest,
Fishing Method: Prayers
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Yet another great day on the Del Bay. 2 puny sharks and that was it. Starting to think
about getting the 'For Sale' sign ready for the boat.
Angler Name : Jesse Greenberg
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 22
Location: Tower
Fishing Method: Drifting/Trolling
Specie: Blue Shark
Size: 100-250
Bait or Lure: Bluefish Fillet
Water Depth: 100-300
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie spent one more morning looking for Bluefin to bite but again came up
empty. This time we went on the drift early to provide action for our charter and had 15-20 bluesharks
cirlcing the boat within the hour. We again set up on the Tower and fought and released 7 bluesharks
with 2 over 250 pounds.
Angler Name : Bill VanDusen
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 06/22/2001
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 3 1/2 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 80 Ft.
Water Temp.: 68 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula continued his long string of successful trips for large Seabass. Today
he ran his Bounty Hunter back to some favorite wrecks in 80 Ft. of water with the Bill VanDusen charter.
The Jumbo Seabass bit eagerly on all 3 stops. By noon the charter had boated their limit catch of 150
Seabass and we called it a day. Clam baits provided the action in the 68 degree water.
Angler Name : www.bovsbaitboxes.com
E-Mail : bovsbaitboxes@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Barnacle Barge II
Date Fished: 6-21
Location: off manasquan beach
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14-22 inches
Bait or Lure: spearing squid combo/peanut bunker squid combo
Water Depth: 35 to 45 feet
Water Temp.: 62
Information : 3 foot swells so we decided to stay in manasquan everyone else said goto Belmar started to
catch fish after changing to 8 ounce sinkers 30 fish 13 keepers to 4 pounds Please I need gps numbers of
rough bottom or other good fluke spots near manasquan (just got a new toy) please e-mail
THANKS!!!!
Angler Name : Matt Baichi
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 06/21/2001
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 3 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 70 Ft.
Water Temp.: 65 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had the Bounty Hunter back at the Seabass wrecks east of Manasquan
Inlet. Today was the Matt Baichi charters turn to experience some great Seabass fishing. Working 4
wrecks in 70 Ft. of water the bite was hot all morning. At noon a strong northeast current slowed the
action down to a pick. However, it did not matter the charter already had their catch in the box. Along
with the Seabass we had 6 of the ever present Ling.
Angler Name : Tom Corcoran
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 21
Location: Tower
Fishing Method: Drifting/Trolling
Specie: Blue Shark
Size: 150
Bait or Lure: Bluefish Fillet
Water Depth: 100-300
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Canyon Runner out for inshore tuna on Thursday and again came
back with no tuna. However, we did have them up on top between the tower and bacardi but could not get
them to feed. Our charter, Tom Corcoran had his son out for his birthday and we had to get him a fish.
Stopping on the Tower and setting up to drift produce a Blue Shark within minutes and a release.
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information.
Angler Name : MIKE GIACONE
E-Mail : MIKE.GIACONE@MORGAN STANLEY.COM
Boat Name: POWER BROKER 3
Date Fished: 6/20/01
Location: FINGERS
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 60 POUNDS
Bait or Lure: BLUEFISH
Water Depth: 128
Water Temp.: 69
Information : WE HAD BLUEFISH BY THE BOAT ALL DAY AND MANAGED TO RELEASE ONE SMALL MAKO.
Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Date Fished: 06/20/2001
Location: ELBEON TO MONMOUTH BEACH
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size: UP TO 22"
Bait or Lure: SPEARING & SQUID
Water Depth: 10-50FT
Water Temp.: 63
Information : STARTED AT MONMOUTH BEACH AND PICKED SMALL FLUKE ALONG WITH SEA ROBINS AND SKATES. MOVED
OFF TO 50 FEET WITH ROUGH BOTTOM, NEEDED 6-8 OZ AND SEA ANCHOR TO GET TO THEM BUT PUT TOGETHER A NICE
CATCH OF FLUKE. ENDED UP WITH 9 KEEPERS & 3 FISH OVER 22".CAUGHT ABOUT 80 FLUKE BETWEEN 3 GUYS.
Angler Name : fish head
E-Mail :
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 6/20/01
Location: Sandy Hook North Beach Area
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2 pounds
Bait or Lure: plugs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Tremendous amounts of bait fish in the water. Fished on outgoing tide, caught 4 small
blues.
Angler Name : Joe Kay
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 20
Location: Everywhere
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Atlantic Bonito
Size: 8 pounds
Bait or Lure: everything
Water Depth: 100-300
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie gave the Bluefin tuna fishery a try on Wednesday with the Joe Kay
charter from Flemington. After seeing the tuna on Saturday during hte Mako Mania tournament our
expectations were high. However, the tuna bite was not to be found. Trolling the Glory to the Chicken,
triple wrecks, Resor, Fingers we caught Bluefish everywhere and a few bonita. No Bluefin.
Angler Name : David Stowers
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 06/20/2001
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 3 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 70 Ft.
Water Temp.: 65 Degrees
Information : With the Shark Tournaments out of the way, Bluefish being scarce and Striper fishing slow,
the Bounty Hunter returned to the fishing that has been good to us for the past 5 weeks. Working 3
wrecks with the David Stowers charter the Seabass bit non stop. By noon the charter had boxed a limit
catch of 150 Seabass & 4 Ling. We will stick with the Seabass for the next several days or until the
Blues & Stripers bounce back.
Angler Name : CHRIS POPPER
E-Mail : TUNAFISHING@SPRINTMAIL.COM
Boat Name: JENNY LEE
Date Fished: JUNE 20,2001
Location: FLYNNS KNOLL
Fishing Method: CHUNKING CLAMS
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: SEVEN KEEPERS
Bait or Lure: CLAMS
Water Depth: 27'
Water Temp.:
Information :
Angler Name : bobo brown
E-Mail : robstoy2000@yahoo.com
Boat Name: wreckin life
Date Fished: 6-20
Location: lindenkohl
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 35 to 80
Bait or Lure: zuker
Water Depth: 400 to 1000
Water Temp.: 68 to 72
Information : trolled from day lite till around noon had three yellowfin and two longfin raised a white
but couldnt hook up seen alot of life whales lots of bait and chickens pickin look good for an early
canyon trip may be things are goin to heat up now be back out fri
Angler Name : G.Davis
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Slacker
Date Fished: 6/20/2001
Location: Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27"
Bait or Lure: clam bellies
Water Depth: 22'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Fished outgoing tide from 7:30 am - 11:00 am. Made 2 anchor drops & managed to find 1
bass at the green range tower on east end to the Knoll.
Saw an occasional fish taken, but overall it was pretty slow.
Angler Name : THines
E-Mail : Hinesti@OOCL.com
Boat Name: Day Tripper
Date Fished: June 20
Location: Chicken Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: Zero
Bait or Lure: Spreader/Cedar
Water Depth: 200-260 feet
Water Temp.: 68-69
Information : Figured it was a longshot but we went out to try and find some school bluefin. This time
last year we were into them. No real blue water out there although it got better as we trolled through
the Glory to the Chicken. No fish or any kind of life anywhere. We were the only boat around the entire
day as well. We didn't see a soul until we came back around the hook. If I were anyone, I would sit at
home until things heat up offshore, it's too long a trip for a slight chance of getting a bluefin
trolling. We managed one knockdown and a bluefish that hit a spreader bar. That fish knocked us out of a
serious coma we were in after trolling for hours. By the way, always add a foot or two to the NOAA
forecast, we had some nice chop out there.
Angler Name : Harry
E-Mail : Harrymarlin59@aol.com
Boat Name: Ugly Mug
Date Fished: June 19
Location: Poormans/Washington Canyon
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: Largest 70+ Pounds
Bait or Lure: Mix
Water Depth: 600 ft
Water Temp.: 77 degrees
Information : Had an excellent first offshore trip of the season on the Ugly Mug out of Cape May with
Captain Tim. We left the Cape May Inlet at 4:00 am amd had lines in the water at just inshore of the
tip of the Poorman's by 7:00 am. Within 5 minutes, we had a double of Yellowfins with one boated.
About an hour later, we boated a nice 20 lb Mahi. We saw life everywhere including a tailing white
marlin and countless crashes of sharks with some makos in the 300+ pound range, pods of 50+ whales,
flying fish etc. The action slowed and we made the 28 mile ride to the Washington Canyon where we heard
of a hot tune bite. Our gamble paid off as we pulled a triple followed by a five bagger of yellowfins
with four of the latter boated. We ended the day with a bakers dozen of yellowfin boated or released
(largest 70+ lbs but most on the small side) and five nice Mahi including four in the 15 to 25 lb
range. We also jumped a white which rushed toward the boat and threw the hook. The water was glassy
almost the entire day which made for a memorable day despite the long ride.
Angler Name : clyde
E-Mail : Crzyabtcar@aol.com
Boat Name: WaterWolf
Date Fished: 6/19
Location: Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: Troll-Anchored
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0000
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 16 -40
Water Temp.: didnt even notice
Information : Wow! What a few days of heat will do. Last week in the fog we're slammin and then a nice
day besides a little wind, even wind with tide and nothin doin. Only one small blue in about five hours
fishing.Wow.
Angler Name : Darren
E-Mail : dsv174@earthlink.net
Boat Name: MaryLou 3
Date Fished: 6-19-01
Location: Flynn's Knoll
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28 inch
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 27 Feet
Water Temp.: 69
Information : We anchored up on the outgoing tide just east of the Knoll and had slim pickings a few
small blues and 3 shorts and one 28 inch bass. Switched over to fluking and caught a few keepers along
with some shorts in 40 to 50 feet of water.
Angler Name : aj
E-Mail : amorris2@home.com
Boat Name: nemo
Date Fished: 6/19/01
Location: seagirt to shark river
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 9"- 22"
Bait or Lure: Sqid/spinner/green teaser, 8-10 oz
Water Depth: 35
Water Temp.: 66
Information : 1.5mph drift 15 to 20 mph winds 2-4 ftwind swell should have been a small craft warning,
could not beleive we were boating fish at the speed we were drifting.
Angler Name : sam
E-Mail :
Boat Name: slammin sammy
Date Fished: 6/19/01
Location: hudson canyon
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 30 - 75
Bait or Lure: artificial
Water Depth: -
Water Temp.: 72.5
Information : made first trip to canyon this year. only two other boats out there with us. trolled the
west wall flats and managed to get 3 yellowfins. then moved into deep and picked up a small
longfin. cangrats to john for getting a white
Angler Name : Capt. John Pfeiffer
E-Mail : captbigjohn@yahoo.com
Boat Name: SEA ++
Date Fished: 6.19.01
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: White Marlin
Size: 60 to 70 lb
Bait or Lure: Plastic
Water Depth: 500 fathom
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Weel, we took our first canyon trip this year and it was great. We left the dock Monday
night at 11pm and reached the Tip of the Hudson at 4am. Tons of bait was present . We trolled down the
east wall to the 100 square where we marked large fish, probably big eyes. We then trolled out to 1000
fathoms and reached blue water. We released a White Marlin and had another on breifly.We picked up one
long fin in the mourning.
Angler Name : Jim Gibson
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 18
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 11 pounds
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie was back inshore Tuesday for his last inshore trip of the year until
late October with the Jim Gibson charter. While the Bass fishing had seemed to turn on the day before
on the Shrewsbury Rocks it turned right off again for us. Trolling all day produced only a few fish.
Hopefully the Bluefin we saw in the Glory Hole Saturday will still be around as that is what we will be
doing for the next two weeks until our canyon season begins.
Angler Name : John Pochinski
E-Mail : sandpiper@litenet.net
Boat Name: Sandpiper
Date Fished: 6/18/01
Location: Chicken Canyon
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 201 lb
Bait or Lure: bluefish fillet
Water Depth: 250
Water Temp.: 67.5
Information : Started the morning fishing the Glory Hole. After 2 hours of drifting without any signs of
life, we decided to move to the chicken canyon in search of better water. Found 67.5 degree blue water.
After only ten minutes of fishing, we had our first mako of the season on. landed him with the help of
Jim varga and Mike Tasker. Thanks to a good crew!!!
Angler Name : frank,nick,tony
E-Mail : frankko66@yahoo.com
Boat Name: mako22
Date Fished: 6-18
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12-18 in.
Bait or Lure: squid/killie
Water Depth: 10-60
Water Temp.:
Information : fished the ammo pier,tip of hook and bug light , picked away and wound up with 10 keepers
in the boat out of about 20-25 fluke.also caught about a dozen sea robins.not a bad keeper ratio -deeper
waters produced fewer but larger fish.try 17 fathoms for blues today-as stripers at the knool didn't
look to productive the past few days
Angler Name : Dick Tuliszewski
E-Mail :
Boat Name: 3 - Of - Us
Date Fished: 6-18-01
Location: Sea Girt Reef Area
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12" to 25"
Bait or Lure: squid/killie &squid/spearing
Water Depth: 55 to 65 feet
Water Temp.: 69.0
Information : Drifted the bumps along the Sea Girt Reef Monday. Had eight keeper fluke to 4.5 lbs.
Wind died at 11:00 am and than started to pick up dog fish and skates. All and all nice day.
Angler Name : Ron Walker
E-Mail :
Boat Name: MegaBite
Date Fished: June 18, 2001
Location: Del Bay
Fishing Method: Anchored
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Puny
Bait or Lure: Squid, Chicken, minnows
Water Depth: 10
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Another pitiful day fishing on the bay. I'm close to putting out a For Sale sign on the sled.
I did hear a report from a Coast Guard Auxillery guy who said that they're getting huge weakfish just
south of Delaware Bay off of S Delaware / N Maryland. Maybe these fish will find their way here soon.
Angler Name : John Shipley
E-Mail : captjohn001@earthlink.net
Boat Name: Saint Jude
Date Fished: 6/16 & 17
Location: Fingers then triple wrecks
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Blue Shark
Size: 40 - 250 lbs
Bait or Lure: Macks and bluefish
Water Depth: 240-140
Water Temp.: 70 - 72
Information : another mako mania down... nothing but blue dogs all weekend, but we had lots of them to
keep our blood moving. I released one about 250 lbs that I hooked on a bluefish rig and fought for
45 minutes on 20 lb test...But, the most significant memory of the weekend (or year for that matter) was
definitely the
60 Kt breeze that hit at 2:30 pm out there. There were a few of us that got caught in it, including Paul
Regula
on Bounty Hunter who I must thank for providing moral support to me which helped me make it back home
safely.
That kind of a situation definately makes you rethink the size of you compared to mother nature and the
ocean.
My log book has an interesting entry in it... something about "are you experienced?" "have you ever
been?"
Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: Teal
Date Fished: 6-17-01
Location: Flynn's Knoll
Fishing Method: Anchor-Chunk
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26 Inchs
Bait or Lure: Clam Bellies
Water Depth: 12-20 Feet
Water Temp.: 69
Information : A wet and windy morning turned into a beautiful evening.I sensed that the fishing might be
feast or famine.It turned out to be somewhere in the middle.Seemed as if most of the action occured from
the port side of the stern to around the port corner.Of course I was in the starboard corner. I had two
hits all nigth--the first caught me off gurad as the bass hit while I was lowering my bait-of course I
missed it. I finally decked a nice slot size bass which was close to 26 inchs. Majority of the bass were
either slots or shorts with only 5 bass over 28 inchs. The pool winner was a 30 incher.
Angler Name : John Adamcik
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 06/17/2001
Location: Chicken Canyon
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size:
Bait or Lure: Mackeral & Bluefish
Water Depth: 275 Ft.
Water Temp.: 71 Degrees
Information : The John Adamcik charter returned for the second day to fish the Mako Mania Tournament.
Drifting in the Chicken Canyon the best we could do was a 175 lb.(approx.)Dusky shark & a Blue shark. We
cut our day short when we were hit with violent squall line. The wind came on over 50 Kts. and the ocean
built to 10 to 12Ft. The ride home was not a pretty one. A day everyone would like to forget. The
Tournament was won with a 358 Lb. Mako.
Angler Name : GonZo
E-Mail : gonzofishes@msn.com
Boat Name: White Rhino
Date Fished: Various
Location: see report
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Sorry for no reports in the last 2 weeks. Spent a lot of time travelling and not enough
fishing. White Rhino's tourney team was short for the JCAA Fluke tourney last week with Worm Arliss out
for a while due to surgery and me unable to fish due to.... well, I was unable to fish, nuff said! Capt
Howie Fried and JJ Hughes went out to the Barnegat Ridge without entering the tournament and came back
with monster fluke. A dozen fish over 3 lbs with the biggest just shy of 8. Certainly would have earned
a place on the board, next time. The rhino was out of the water for a while with an oil pump problem so
only beach trips happened for a week or so, we've had a few different parties out but with very limited
success. Only managed a few short bass and some fluke working all of IBSP for the last 3 or 4 trips. If
I have any good news it's that the big Weaks are showing up at night inside of Barnegat inlet. Great for
our friends and customers who like to light tackle and fly fish from the bulkhead and in the flats
behind the sod banks. The bad news though has been that the big blues (8-10lbs) have been showing up to
and a lot of trophy weakies are coming in just head and shoulders. Reminds me of my Florida days,
catching grouper heads, thanks to cudas and blacktips, bummer. The storm has pushed alot of brown foam
and weeds north to our side of Barnegat inlet, both on the inside and for the entire length of IBSP. We
have a few trips, biz and pleasure lined up for this week, but as I sit here on my first father's day
and look at the dreadful weather, I am wondering if we'll be taking them. I'd like to thank FINZ
Publications as they will be sponsoring me on a trip to Florida, Mexico and Bimini to test some light
saltwater tackle on tarpon, sails and hopefully marlin. I'll be writing articles and will be accompanied
by a photographer. I am hoping I'll get published and promise to keep everyone up to speed. ESPN -- are
you watching -- Jersey boys are going prime time!
Angler Name : National Fishing Association/Phil Kozak
E-Mail : NFA5441@aol.com
Boat Name: Pocket Rocket
Date Fished: 6/16/01
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17 to 22 incjes
Bait or Lure: spearing large sand eels and squid strips
Water Depth: 8 to 20 ft
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Left the dock at 8AM in heavy fog vis less than a 1/4 of a mile. Went to the pound nets
made several drift there. several shorts moved around in that area until the fog lifted. Moved to green
can 17 tried drifting with the incoming tide didn't work well. Went to the tip of the hook and started
in 8 ft of water drifting out to the deeper water. Took 8 keepers none under 17 inches. Nice healthy
fish. Needed 5 to 6 oz of lead to keep line right. Caught at least 20 fish some were very small and the
majority were at least 15 inches
Angler Name : Brad Burgess
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 16
Location: Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 180
Bait or Lure: Bluefish Fillet
Water Depth: 190
Water Temp.: 69
Information : The Canyon Runner crew took the day off to fish the Mako Mania tournament on Saturday and
enjoyed surprisingly good weather and great sharking. Captain Phil Dulanie with his daughter Melissa
(Wall) and Adam LaRosa along with his wife Shari (Manhattan) had mates Mike Zajac (Farmingdale), Bill
Rowan (Atlantic Highlands), and Brad Burgess (Sea Bright) spending the day drifting in the Glory Hole.
Our first bite was at 9:30a.m on the close rod down 20 feet and Brad set up on the fish. Within short
order we had a nice Mako at boat side when she decided she had other ideas. Two jumps ensued, one right
next to the boat where her tail hit the gunnel as she fell back in the water, and the fight was on. 10
minutes later, after dumping half the spool she was back along side the boat and we quickly ended the
battle. Back at the scales at Clarks Landing she tipped the scales at 180 pounds, not huge but good
enough for 3rd place in Mako Mania.
Angler Name : Lou Green
E-Mail : Greenbunch@aol.com
Boat Name: Green Machine
Date Fished: 6/16/2001
Location: Fingers/Glory hole
Fishing Method: Chum
Specie: Blue Shark
Size: 125
Bait or Lure: bluefish
Water Depth: 140
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Fished deep into the fingers early in the day for the Mako Mania and only managed a blue
shark and one missed runoff. The afternoon we steamed off to the glory hole and fished a 3 degree temp
break with green water. We only caught big bluefish. A surprise nice day out there but not many
makos.
Angler Name : Luigi
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 6/16/01
Location: Delaware Bay
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 16" to 21"
Bait or Lure: 1/2 oz spoons
Water Depth: 5 ft
Water Temp.: about 70
Information : I managed to get in 1 hr of fishing from shore right before dusk off of a sod bank at the
mouth of a tidal creek in Delaware Bay, as the wind and rain from "Allison" didn't hit here until well
after midnight. I landed 5 schoolies, and had a number of other hits until calling it quits arond 9
PM. Amazingly, also caught a 10" fluke even though I was retrieving the spoon pretty rapidly. Hope
this wind settles down so I can take advantage of the good evening hig tides during the coming week.
Angler Name :
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Keeper Seeker
Date Fished: 6-16-01
Location: Barnegat
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16-22"
Bait or Lure: Killie/squid
Water Depth: 9'
Water Temp.: 73
Information : 12 nice keepers 6 throwbacks. Lost a monster...time for a bigger net!
Angler Name : John Adamcik
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 06/16/2001
Location: Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size:
Bait or Lure: Mackeral & Bluefish
Water Depth: 265 Ft.
Water Temp.: 70 Degrees
Information : The first day of the Mako Mania Tournament turned out to be uneventful. The John Adamcik
charter was aboard the Bounty Hunter and we drifted the northern edge of the Glory Hole. Except for a
few brief visits from a couple of Blue sharks there were no Makos to be found. We will fish the
Tournament again on sunday. With a 186 Lb. Mako holding on to first place expectations are high among
the boats fishing tomorrow. It's not over yet.
Angler Name : Ed
E-Mail : Prtserv@aol.com
Boat Name: Teal
Date Fished: 6/15/01
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17
Bait or Lure: Squid & Spearing
Water Depth: 10
Water Temp.:
Information : Took the morning trip out of Atlantic Highlands.
Heavy Fog the entire time. There was a lot of action for the first couple hours right near the tip of
Sandy Hook. Caught 13 shorts and one keeper along with several sea robins. Several of the shorts were
over 15 inches. We moved away from the tip of the Hook and action slowed dramatically. The boat had
about 20- 25 keepers for about 30 Fishermen.
Good Luck this weekend.
Angler Name : Brian
E-Mail : bmoleen@dresdner.com
Boat Name: Canyon Dreamer
Date Fished: 6/15/01
Location: Fingers
Fishing Method: chum
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size:
Bait or Lure: Mackeral/bluefish
Water Depth: 130
Water Temp.: 70
Information : We went out in the fog on Friday for the JCSA Tournament. We drifted across the fingers
and made a couple of moves to other parts of the fingers only to catch a small brown shark and a blue
shark.
Angler Name : John Bryer
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 15
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Chunk/Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 23 pounds
Bait or Lure: umbrella rigs
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the John Bryer charter from Philadelphia out on the Canyon Runner
Friday. Chumming for Blues in the morning was a wash out. However, trolling the Shrewsbury Rocks proved
productive as in only 2 hours of trolling 7 Stripers were boated all between 32 -40 inches. The largest
Bass of the day weighed in at 22 pounds. All of the bass were boated on yellow and black & white shad
umbrella rigs trolled in 25 40 feet of water.
Angler Name : Dave Corry
E-Mail : cpasoccer@aol.com
Boat Name: DremBoatSandy
Date Fished: 6/15/01
Location: Mantoloking Bridge
Fishing Method: Drift/Cast
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 12" - 17"
Bait or Lure: Pink Fin-S
Water Depth: 3' - 6"
Water Temp.: 75.5
Information : After success last week had to give it another shot. Sure glad I did! Despite thick fog,
scored 19 Weakies between 6:30 and 8:15pm. Not another boat fishing this "secret spot". Go to marker
14 (red), get some pink Fin-S, a light rod and have a blast! The fish taste great too! Tight lines for all.
P.S. Hey Gonzo - How about some BB and B1 fishin reports?
Angler Name : clyde
E-Mail : crzyabtcar@aol.com
Boat Name: Waterwolf
Date Fished: 6-15-01
Location: about1mileofftip
Fishing Method: chumming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22-31inch
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 16
Water Temp.: didnt even notice
Information : Great night!Finally lots of action.Got out about five p.mfished off the tip about a mile
or so.Action in ten mins of being anchored.boated 15 fish and lost about for.three guys on the boat and
five keepers almost limit baby!!!!!!followed the Teal in through the fog..thanks Dannny..Clyde,Kevin and
Rich
Angler Name : Dudeman
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Big Jamaica
Date Fished: JUNE 15, 2001
Location: 30 MILES OUT OF MANASQUAN INLET
Fishing Method: CHUNK
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3 to 5 lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker chunk
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Well the fishing was really bad, I mean stinko!
I got one, maybe 5 lbs, in 4 hours of fishing.
The boat was packed and very few fish were caught. Boat docked at 4:00 am. Long slow night.
Angler Name : Dan Buhler
E-Mail : BWhitetiger510@AOL.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 6/15/01
Location: off some street in Deal
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16"
Bait or Lure: spearing, squid, and kellies
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Arrived at about 1 PM. Nothing doing until about 45 minutes before High Tide. Caught
over 15 Fluke (3 keepers) along w/ a handfull of sea robins, crabs, and stargazers! Striped Bass came
in as the tide started moving out again! We got one at 26" (nice and fat too!). Seen a guy get 6
Stripers (largest 34")! All of them were keepers.
Angler Name : Dave Granholm
E-Mail :
Boat Name: N/A (casting off the rocks)
Date Fished: Friday, June 15th
Location: Shark River Inlet
Fishing Method: drifting speering
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 8 - 15 inches
Bait or Lure: speering
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Yes, "winter flounder" is correct. (No teeth like fluke have) There were a bunch of them
at the mouth of the Shark River inlet. They were easy to catch and, unfortunately, there were fishermen
loading up buckets of these "OUT OF SEASON", and "UNDERSIZED" fish. (Please don't view this as
racist... but I'm seeing mostly Asian-speaking fishermen keep these small flounder.) I mentioned to
those near me that it was not legal to keep these fish, but it didn't appear that they understood me.
Along with the flounder,I also caught a one small fluke, which was promptly returned to the water.
Angler Name : Chris
E-Mail : CMeili120@aol.com
Boat Name: None
Date Fished: None
Location: None
Fishing Method: None
Specie: Weakfish
Size: -
Bait or Lure: -
Water Depth: -
Water Temp.: -
Information : Dave Granholm,
I'll bet my life they weren't winter flounder. You're not going to catch winter flounder this time of
year and you're sure as hell not gonna get them on spearing. I'm sure they were just windowpane flounder
AKA Sun Dials. They are totally legal to keep, but the only problem is they have very little meat on
them.
Angler Name : Capt Bruce Hrobak, Tom Rasinski, Howard Stroger, Bob Mahoney, Ken Fortino, Rich Eilers
E-Mail : Captwave@aol.com
Boat Name: WAVEDANCER
Date Fished: 6/15/01
Location: 45 miles southeast of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Chum and Drift
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 64 inch fork lenght
Bait or Lure: Herring and Mackral
Water Depth: 228
Water Temp.: 65.9
Information : WE started out for a slow day in the Heavey fog in the JCSA Mako Fever Tourney Tournament.
It was a long run in that crap but was well worth it we started Chuming by 9:30 am and had our first
Shark in 1/2 hr and it was awesome fishing after Kennny landed that Mako , Capt Howie was up next on the
Far ror another solid run of then i set up on er ..... I knew it was HUGE so as I hande the Rod to Howie
he fought the fish Stand Up but then wound up in the Chair it was wiping his Butt.... I had Tom Fire the
boat up I spotted the dorsal and it seemed to be a HUGE Mako but after Howard brought her boatside it
was an estamated 12 to 14 ft BlueShark .. What a day all Angler caught Sharks all were over # 150 but
the Mako ... I was sure it was 125 to 140 but it weighed in at over #100 what a day on the new Blackfin
.!!!! Tight LInes Capt Bruce Hrobak
Angler Name : John Ruch
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 06/15/2001
Location: 50 Mi. Offshore
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: Up[ to 200 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Mackeral & Bluefish
Water Depth: 265 Ft.
Water Temp.: 68 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula made his first Shark trip of the season with the John Ruch charter.
Drifting in 265 Ft. of water the first Mako (est. at 200 lbs.) showed up and spent 20 minutes swimming
around & under the boat entertaining the charter. However, the fish never took a bait. An hour later 2
Blue Sharks appeared and 1 was hooked ,fought and released. Tomorrow we will give the Mako Mania
Tournament a try, maybe we will do better
Angler Name : ERNIE & BRYAN
E-Mail : pulcini@aiov.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 6-14-01
Location: naversink river
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 21
Bait or Lure: mackerel &killie
Water Depth: 6 to 30
Water Temp.: 69&71
Information : Wanted to go outside but the fog was too bad ,so we tried the river.Ended up with a 20
in. weak 3 blues and 6 fluke all over 19 in. Not much fun fishing in the fog.
Angler Name : Mike Slyvestry
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June14
Location: south of Manasquan
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 3 pounds
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 50-75
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Mike Slyvestry charter out on the Canyon Runner Thursday and
had a nice pick of Sea Bass. While we had to work 7 wrecks through out the day we put enought Sea Bass
and Ling in the boat to make it all worth while.
Angler Name : Lou Green
E-Mail : greenbunch@aol.com
Boat Name: Green Machine
Date Fished: 6/14/2001
Location: SE Reasor
Fishing Method: Chum
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 120
Bait or Lure: Makeral
Water Depth: 130
Water Temp.: 69
Information : Got a late start with motor problems and lots of Fog. It never got better than 1/8 mile
visibility all day. We caught ou mako at high noon when every one had lunch out; must be good luck.
Also caught a few blue sharks and lots of giant bluefish. Ended up doing about a 5 mile drift and left
them biteing.
Angler Name : Gerard Marini
E-Mail : ryan306@aol.com
Boat Name: Ryan's Express
Date Fished: 06/13/01
Location: Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 150-170 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bluefish
Water Depth: 265
Water Temp.: 67
Information : left Staten Island at 6am three hour ride to south side of the hole,hooked up in the first
10 min small blue dog caught by John Maher (BIG MAN)the small dog kicked his butt, caught 3 more dogs
durning the day seas were calm with a little fog,all in all a great day
give it another shot next Friday.When we got to sandy hook the fog engulfed us we had to go 6knts for 7
miles
thanks to Capt Joe Latona (first Strike)we got back to the dock at 10:30 pm. Tom Weedy Josephs used his
hawk eye vision to keep us off the beach,and i soiled my draws when the big tanker sounder his
horns....i have to say we had a great crew...
Angler Name : Steve Powers
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 6/13/01
Location: 15 miles NE of manasquan
Fishing Method: chum
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10lbs
Bait or Lure: Mackeral /Butterfish
Water Depth: 105
Water Temp.: 63
Information : It was non Stop action for the Steve Powers group filling all the coolers with 10 to 12
pound bluefish. The action started out slow and then developed into non stop action until two of the
crew members caught there limits and all the coolers were full,before heading home in the fog.
Angler Name : Paul Nedwick
E-Mail : pnrosty
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: June 13,2001 afternoon
Location: Ocean City NJ
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Shorts 20-21inches
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 66 F
Information : Fished the incoming tide in the surf on the south end of Ocean City. Managed to hook into
two shorts which were safely returned. Used surf clam on the standard chunk rig. Also managed to land
two large kingfish on the large hooks as well....that was a shock but hey no complaints. Action seems
sporadic but no complaints; stripers in the afternoon is alright with me.
Angler Name : mark
E-Mail :
Boat Name: party of five
Date Fished: 6/13/01
Location: glory hole
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: macks
Water Depth: 252
Water Temp.: 63.5
Information : trip was doomed from the begining!! one of my two fishing parteners bailed out last
minute. so as a replacement I wound up with a sea sick mate. had some nice size blue sharks around the
boat but no makos, then my trip got cut short due to a filet knife stuck in my foot. not a great start
to my season. GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE TOURNAMENT ENTRIES
Angler Name : Chris Parody
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 06/13/2001
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 3 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 75 Ft.
Water Temp.: 63 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had the Chris Parody charter on board and ran the Bounty Hunter back to
the Seabass wrecks south of Manasquan Inlet. With the current & wind in the same direction and the ocean
temperature back up to 63 degrees the Seabass were very cooperative. Fishing 4 wrecks in 75 Ft. of water
the charter had an easy time catching their limit of Seabass. Along with the Bass they had several Ling
and 3 large Blackfish.
Angler Name : JOEY G.
E-Mail :
Boat Name: GONE FISHIN
Date Fished: 6/13/01
Location: CHICKEN CANYON
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 350 +
Bait or Lure: BLUEFISH
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 65
Information : alot of action at the chicken canyon. 3 blue sharks realesed by 8 a.m. lost 2 small
makos around noon. at 2:30 our short line started to scream, after 1 hour we had a 350 + mako at our
boat, but to our surprise he had another hook in his mouth with about 50 feet of dacron line that
somehow got tangled up in our reel. needless to say he is still swimming arond somewhere!!!!
Angler Name : Bill
E-Mail : nyrnyjfan@aol.com
Boat Name: stiff rod
Date Fished: 6/13/01
Location: raritan bay
Fishing Method: trolling and drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16-21in
Bait or Lure: spearing,squid
Water Depth: 15-20ft
Water Temp.: 69
Information : trolled the reach about 1-3pm,only 2 small blues.Moved in towards keansburg pier,dropped
bait in 16 ft water,double-header keepers in 5 minutes.two of us ended up with 5 keepers each ,many
throwbacks but keeper ratio was good.not one other type of fish was caught during fluking,kinda
weird.every bite a fluke. we fished high tide and 3 hours after.
Angler Name : Mike Mason
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 13
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trollign
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 12 pound
Bait or Lure: umbrella rigs
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Mike Mason charter out for a pick of bluefish and bass on the
Rocks on Wednesday. Once again the fishing was no where near as good as it had been all spring. Can't
wait to start heading offshore.
Angler Name : George
E-Mail : gsendecki@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: The Hard Way
Date Fished: 6/13
Location: Navisink river
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Northern Puffer Blowfish
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Squid Clam Spearing
Water Depth: 5 to 17
Water Temp.: 72 to 76
Information : I have read all the stories about the Blowfish are in heavy. I did not see any.
Switched to fluke and all shorts.
I don't think you can buy a good spearing in New Jersey.
I am told they come from Canada. They are stiff as a board frozen or not.....
Angler Name : Brandon Kamienski
E-Mail : brandon@fishkingfisher.com
Boat Name: Kingfisher III
Date Fished: 6/13
Location: Fingers
Fishing Method:
Specie: Dusky Shark
Size: 100 lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 64+
Information : Ran from Sandy Hook down to the fingers, seas 4-6 on the way out, but ran through it. Set
up a drift SSE on the fingers, Perfect day. Landed on Mako weighing about 100lbs. Tough areobatic
fish. We had a bunch of run offs but not sure what it was. Good trip before the tournaments beat up
these sharks. Didn't see another boat all day.
Angler Name : Ron Matlack
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 06/12/2001
Location: Inshore wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 3 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 80 Ft.
Water Temp.: 54 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula experienced tough fishing conditions after the front came through last
night. The ocean temperature dropped 6 degrees in 12 hours and a total lack of wind made for glassy flat
conditions. The Ron Matlack charter had to work hard on 8 wrecks to put together a catch of 100+
Seabass. Several of the fish broke the 3 Lb. mark. The catch also included 15 Ling.
Angler Name : Bill Malthas
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 12
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 15 pounds
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 25-40
Water Temp.: 60
Information : The inshore fishing seems to be getting worse. Captain Phil Dulanie had the Bill Malthas
charter out on Tuesday and experience a slow day of fishing. Trolling umbrella rigs on the Shrewsbury
Rocks and 17 Fathoms produced a pultry 7 Bluefish a 1 Bass.
Angler Name : Capt. Tom
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Debbie's Delight
Date Fished: 6-12-01
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 29"
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Debbie's Delight had out Marco Peralta, Al Nieves, and Jose Panchi. The mission was
striped bass but they apparently had other ideas. We manage one bass and numerous sharks, fishing
between the channels and flynn's. We switched over to fluke near the bug lite and put together a decent
pick along with alot of shorts. Al Nieves gave a lesson to the other two by talking to the fish, as he
was high hook with six keepers.
Angler Name : Ron Walker
E-Mail : rwalker@trilogyassoc.com
Boat Name: MegaBite
Date Fished: June 12, 2001
Location: Del Bay - Squirrel's Nest
Fishing Method: Anchored
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17-18
Bait or Lure: Crabs, Mackeral, Chicken
Water Depth: 10
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Delaware Bay sucks this year. Where the hell are the weakfish? Another trip without a trout.
Ended up with 2 flounder and 2 blues in 5 hours of fishing. It's got to get better.
Angler Name : Tom Johanson
E-Mail : t.johan@rcn.com
Boat Name: North Wind
Date Fished: June 11,
Location: South of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17"+
Bait or Lure: squid/spearing combo
Water Depth: 49-51
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Got out around 9:30 a.m..Tried in 35'. No good. Swung out into 50'. Nothing until the wind
started to kick some 3-4' seas. Then they started to come over the side.Kept one of seven for
dinner.Great Day
Angler Name : bill taylor
E-Mail : captbill003@aol.com
Boat Name: wild bill
Date Fished: 6/11/2001
Location: triple wrecks
Fishing Method: trolling for bluefins
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 50 pounds
Bait or Lure: feathers
Water Depth: 150 - 240
Water Temp.: 68
Information : got out there nice and early but it was worth the trip. trolled till 1 pm but most of the
fish were caught between 7 and 10. ended up trolling 6 nice bluefins and kept one for the table. good
early season trip
Angler Name : Ken Cugnini
E-Mail : digeraro@home.com
Boat Name: SeaSons
Date Fished: 6/11/2001
Location: 750 Square
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Blue Shark
Size: 300+
Bait or Lure: Bluefish
Water Depth: 130-150
Water Temp.: 67-68
Information : Stoped at the Cigar on the way to the 750 sq looking for Bluefin. Found only green water
and Bluefish. Ran over to the 750 and set up a slick. Around noon we hooked up with the big blue dog.
This shark had to be an easy 300 to 350! After we released the shark the drift died. We had Bluefish
around all afternoon but no sharks. Overall a great trip but its bout time to run to the canyon.
Angler Name : Ed & Joe Schwind
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 06/11/2001
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 3 1/2 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 75 Ft.
Water Temp.: 60 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had the Ed & Joe Schwind charter on board his Bounty Hunter and headed
right back to the hot Seabass wrecks south of Manasquan Inlet. Fishing 5 wrecks in 75 ft. of water, we
found good size Seabass up to 3 1/2 lbs. on all of them. An added plus today was the 20 Kt. southwest
wind which made anchoring a pleasure. The charter had no problem putting 90 Seabass in the box by days
end along with 13 Ling.
Angler Name : edgillin
E-Mail : edgillin@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Old Man Winter
Date Fished: 6/11/01
Location: North of Cigar
Fishing Method: Fly Fishing / Chunking
Specie: Blue Shark
Size: 80lbs.
Bait or Lure: Chum Flys
Water Depth: 125
Water Temp.: 68
Information : I went out on my first shark fishing trip in 20 years on Tuesday. This time it was
different, we were fishing with flyrods. We chunked for 4 hour with nothing but the weather could not
have been more perfect. Thunderstorms the previous night had made our trip effortlessly navigated to our
fishing spot. We saw loggerhead turtles and sunfish on the way out. We set up in about 125 ft of water,
it was as still and flat as a mill pond. These conditions lasted for 4 hours!! We set lines with a mix
of bunker,mackeral and a freshly caught bluefish on a senators staggered short, middle and long. Our
plan was to get the sharks close enough to chunk and then place the fly in the chunk mix. We had our
first visitor about 1:30 PM and he was about 6ft. and 80lbs. This blue shark came in and ignored the
baits and was basically being hand fed. It was scratching itself on the boat. I loaded the underwater
videohousing and placed it in the water with a pole attached we had our visitor at the boat for 45
minutes. We threw three flys and he ate all threw and broke off. My buddy was going for a record on fly
so his leader was shorter. We finally lengthend the leader and it was my turn. My first cast after a few
chunks I hooked up. I finally caught my first blueshark but I don't know if it counts catching a shark
that was already at the boat and I touched numerous times with my hand as a catch. It was like catching
a stray dog that you fed and you finally got a leash on it.Anyway I caught a shark on fly and I got the
shark on the underwater video. Dundun..Dundun...Dundundundundundundundundun.dada!!!!!
Angler Name : Ralphie
E-Mail : sikinixx@webtv.net
Boat Name: WyldSyde
Date Fished: 6-11-01
Location: offshore
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 537 pounds!!!!!
Bait or Lure: bluefish
Water Depth: 500?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : fished offshore for shark. was a slow start then picked up with 2 blue in the 100-180#
range. then the big boy... took forever to get him in, but we managed and what a fish!!!! biggest one
ive heard of so far this year... were all going to feel this for a while.... i have photos available if
you would like to see, e-mail me... also will be in star ledger and hopefully fisherman magazine!!!!
cant wait for this weekend!!!!
Angler Name : Capt. Tom
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Debbies Delight
Date Fished: 6-11-01
Location: Perth Amboy Area
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30"
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 29
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Debbies Delight was off for the weekend, although, I had my son Brad out for an hour on
Sat morning with no drift and no fish. I had out Ed Tobin tonite for bass fishing in the Perth
Amboy area. With the weather, we stayed close to home, fishing until 10:30pm, and ended up with
seven nice fish up to 31". We ended the night with a triple header and headed in before the
weather caught us. We were the only boat out and left them biting! There is no need to go for
long boat rides folks, it's happening in our backyard!
Angler Name : Michael Savage
E-Mail : michael1savage@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Wreckless
Date Fished: 6/10/01
Location: Cigar
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10 lb
Bait or Lure: hoochies
Water Depth: 105
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Trolled the Cigar on Sunday and loaded the coolers with large blues. Lots of fun but we
really were hoping to see some early bluefin. Most fish were caught on bright bluefish lures trolled
behind birds. We were near the tip. Very green water.
Angler Name : CJ Wittkop
E-Mail : chnaj@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Fast
Date Fished: 6/10/01
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 30in+
Bait or Lure: Stretch 25, Krokodiles
Water Depth: 35+
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Trolled off Bouy 8 back and forth acrross the channel. 10 throwbacks, 3 keepers over 30in.
Stretch 25s at about 2 knots in 35+ feet of water seem to work everytime.
Angler Name : Capt. Bob Lewis
E-Mail : tlewis1167@AOL.com
Boat Name: Top Dog
Date Fished: 6/10/01
Location: 17 Fathoms
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10 - 15 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Mirro Lure and Rapalla's
Water Depth: 110 ft.
Water Temp.: 66.5
Information : Left the dock on flat calm seas headed for the farms. Trolled with no luck, picked up and
headed to 17 fathoms. Had a double header as soon as the lures hit the water. Loaded the live well and
went to the monster ledge for some sharking. Water was green with no sign of life. All in all a good
day of fishing!
Angler Name : Bryan,Karina,Jose,Mary
E-Mail : bryka00@aol.com
Boat Name: BRYKARYE
Date Fished: 6/10/01
Location: 4-7 mile wrecks off Shark River
Fishing Method: bottom/wreck
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 4.5 lbs
Bait or Lure: clams/squid
Water Depth: 60-80
Water Temp.:
Information : Started our day fluke'n at sea girt reef.Lots of boats
and skates out-numbered the fluke.Not one keeper while
1.5 hrs. of fishing(squid & spearing).Made our move to
two very productive wrecks.Ended the day about 3:00 pm
with our limit of sea bass to clean.At least 25 of
these bass were over 3.0 lbs.I'm begining to think why
bother with fluke! See ya
Angler Name : James
E-Mail : carphawk@aol.com
Boat Name: clamzippy
Date Fished: 6-10-01
Location: canyons
Fishing Method: chunkin
Specie: Tiger Shark
Size: 687 pounds!
Bait or Lure: mackerel
Water Depth: dont know
Water Temp.: dont know
Information : we fished on a charter out of belmar for shark. had a great day with some blues and a
small mako. mid day we had a hook up with a HUGE tiger shark. after what seemed like forever we got a
rope on him and called it a day.
Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: Teal
Date Fished: 6-10-01
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: All shorts
Bait or Lure: Spearing
Water Depth: 8-35 Feet
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished both trips aboard the Teal today.In the AM we fished the 3 channels ( reach,Chapel
Hill & Terminal )-none yielding any steady action. I tallied 3 shortsd while my son Jason decked a big
sea robin.On the PM trip,we fished mainly in the reach alittle further back than the AM and had slightly
more action-although the best I could do was another short and 2 sea robins. A just legal weakie was
taken on the AM and a 4-5 pounder on the PM.
Angler Name : Jude Ravo
E-Mail : bonedog1313@aol.com
Boat Name: Gino V (5)
Date Fished: 6/10/01
Location: Farms, Manasquan Ridge, beach s. of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Trolled
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: SKUNKED!!!!
Bait or Lure: Stretch-25, Rapella CD-18, shad rigs, unbrella rigs
Water Depth: 17-75ft
Water Temp.: 60-63
Information : Try and try and try yet nothing.... Where have the fish gone???? Trolled for 6 hours put
30 miles of water under me and basically washed my lures. Maybe next time. Tight lines everyone and
REMEMBER TO CONSERVE OUR OCEAN'S RESOURCE!!
Angler Name : Emilio Vargas
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 6/09/01
Location: 18 miles NE mamasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Chum
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10lbs
Bait or Lure: mackeral
Water Depth: 100
Water Temp.: 60
Information : It was a slow pick of Blues for the Emilio Vargas party on Saturday 6/09/01 . To spice up
the catch we caught some ling and sea bass to help fill the cooler.The dog fish were unbearable when
bottom fishing.
Angler Name : Dave B
E-Mail : mbent98912@aol.com
Boat Name: ReBait
Date Fished: 6/9+6/10
Location: Beach Haven
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 41+42"
Bait or Lure: Eel
Water Depth: 2-5
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Went trolling in the dark on friday and saturday night.We caught striper on both runs. The
culmination was Dave Ollivier Jr (7yrs old!) a 25.7 pound striper, which took the young angler over 20
minutes to land! His dad was more excited then he was.The next morning the youth said"Mr B was right;
just when your feeling like an idiot for having gone fishing, you catch a big one, and then you feel
like a genius!" I think he's a fisherman for LIFE! This is the best spring striper fishing EVER for
southern LBI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Angler Name : Frank Geck
E-Mail : fgeck@lycos.com
Boat Name: Shenanigans
Date Fished: 6/10/01
Location: North of Asbury
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18"
Bait or Lure: Sand eels and squid
Water Depth: 28ft
Water Temp.: 66
Information : Well I though I did stinky fishing yesterday until I got back to the dock to find I was
the only one in my marina to get any keeps by 2PM. Had about 12 throw backs but had 2 keepers 17,18".
Lots of skates too. I stayed on one hole the entire day as it looked like everyone was hunting and at
least I was getting fish.
Angler Name : Tom Crann
E-Mail : stripersammy@home.com
Boat Name: Finest Kind
Date Fished: 10 June 01
Location: Garden State North Reef
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: to 3lbs
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 80 ft.
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Had some fun today with a limit of seabass up to 3 lbs,also released many more fish
including about a dozen tog. We were fishing by 6:30 a.m. and the lack of any wind kept us over the
wreck we fished without having to anchor,only had to adjust the boat once in a while.We were on the way
back by 10:30 a.m. Hope for more of the same next week.
Angler Name : Dave Corry
E-Mail : cpasoccer@aol.com
Boat Name: DreamBoatSandy
Date Fished: 6/7 - 6/10/01
Location: Mantoloking Bridge
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 13" - 17"
Bait or Lure: Pink Fin-S; Pink B2 Squid
Water Depth: 6' - 22'
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Fished solo on Thurs and Friday nights. First trip to Mantoloking Bridge, Marker #14 was
a success. (Previously fished BB and B1). Caught lots of weaks, mostly small, but some keepers. Caught
a nice taylor bluefish. But highlight of trip was 24" 4 1/2 lb. fluke that hit a killie. Thats a big
fluke for this end of the bay! Absolutely beautiful weather for 4 days. Can't wait to get back out
there! Tight lines for all.
Angler Name : Canyon Runner Crew
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 9-10
Location: 1000 Fathoms
Fishing Method: Drifting and Dreaming
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 100 pounds
Bait or Lure: Mackrel
Water Depth: 1000 Fathoms
Water Temp.: 67
Information : The Canyon Runner decided to race offshore as the inshore fishing took a nose dive this
week and enjoyed a peacful night at the 1000 Fathom line of the Hudson Canyon. Setting up for sharks at
11pm we quickly had Blue Sharks to 250 pounds to the boat with several releases during the night. The
highlight at night included a 100 Mako that while it might have made the minimum size was released to
fight another day. Four hours of trolling in the morning convinced us that the tuna were not home and
we ran to a couple of 50 mile wrecks and enjoyed our first action with big cod in a long time. Jigging
for only and hour over one wreck in 180 feet of water produce 10 cod with 4 between 15-20 pounds.
Angler Name :
Jon Murray
E-Mail : murray@quadnet.net
Boat Name: Tunnelvision
Date Fished: 06/10/01
Location: Barnegat Ridge
Fishing Method: Troll/Jis
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 4-8lbs.
Bait or Lure: Spoons/Pony tail
Water Depth: 75-90
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Went in search of fluke but only dogs. Went on the troll and got immediate
results catching around 14 blues in two hrs.
Angler Name : albie and al
E-Mail : salt119@aol.com
Boat Name: carolina dreaming
