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FISHING REPORTS FOR JUNE 2004

Angler Name : Captain Charlie Martino
E-Mail : njtackle@aol.com
Boat Name: Light Tackle Sportfish
Date Fished: 6/30/04
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method:
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 20 to 50 lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Garden State Refinishing Charter, John Wester, Zack, Andy and Yvonne limited out on Bluefin Tuna to 50 lbs. three per boat and released another 15 fish. Also, 150 lb. Mako grabbed a 40 lb. Tuna as we were reeling it in and left us a head only. It was a mad bite so we decided to keep fishing for the Tuna instead of trying to pick up the Mako. Great Tuna fishing inshore, you don't have to go to the Canyon. Try and book a trip while they're still here.

Angler Name : John
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Tide Runner
Date Fished: 6/30/04
Location: mud hole
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8lbs
Bait or Lure: green -yellow Nylon
Water Depth: 105
Water Temp.: 69.5
Information : Went to farm area again for bluesfish sunny and clam nice day The fish have either left the area or were off thier feed trolled 4 hour 1 fish caught. Nothing like our last 2 trips to the same area. We caught and released about 100 fish last friday and agaian on Sunday. Peace

Angler Name : Pete Cagle
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 30
Location: Carteret
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 20-40 and 60 Longfin
Bait or Lure: Bars and Green Machines
Water Depth: 600 feet
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie with mates Justin Nighan and Mike Zajac had the Pete Cagle charter from Scranton, PA out on the Canyon Runner Wednesday and finished up the month of June with another double digit catch of tuna. Today’s trip saw 38 tuna boated with 19 kept for the dinner table. The quality of today’s fish was not as good as yesterday as the majority of the keepers were 20-40 pounds. However, there were only 50-60 pound tuna - our first longfin of the year. Among the 19 tuna released were three small bluefins as well. The hot lure of the day was our weighted green machines. Of course the jets and squid spreader bars worked as well. We were once again fishing a little south of the Carteret Canyon (closer to the Lindencole) on the 100-fathom curve and the area is just loaded with squid. We finished out our best June ever in the canyons with 136 tuna boated in just 5 trips to the edge.

Angler Name : Elaine Hinsch
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: 6/30/04
Location: Farms
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 6-10 lb
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 100ft
Water Temp.: 69
Information : Capt Bernie Roth hosted the Elaine Hinsch charter from Montvale for a day of Bluefishing and Fluking. Tried the lumps off Asbury and Red church for fluke and boated two keepers plus 50 skates. Went to the farms and chummed 6-10 lb bluefish till the charter said Uncle. Ended the day on the Sea Girt reef with a 4 lb Sae Bass and three other keepers with hordes of dogfish.

Angler Name : John D'Andrea
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 6/30/2004
Location: Inshore
Fishing Method: Bottom & Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: Up to 3 1/2 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Squid & Spearing
Water Depth: 15 to 35 Ft.
Water Temp.: 66 Degrees
Information : The John D'Andrea charter was on the Bounty Hunter and Capt. Paul made one last attempt at a quickly fading Seabass fishery. After 4 drops on inshore pieces we had under 2 dozen Seabass in the boat. It was obvious the time had come to move on to other things. A switch over to Fluke fishing was more productive as the charter boated 11 Keepers up to 3 1/2 lbs. and released another 20+ shorts.

Angler Name : Mike
E-Mail : mikey13@patmedia.net
Boat Name: Capt.Cal II
Date Fished: 6-30-2004
Location: north of shark river
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 7-8 lbs
Bait or Lure: squid/spearing/belly
Water Depth: 60-80
Water Temp.: getting warmer
Information : Pool fish was near 8lb.Runners up were in the 7lb range.Many NICE fluke came over the rail today.Another great day on the Capt.Cal.............

Angler Name : Rich F
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Lion Hearted
Date Fished: June 29th 2004
Location: Sandy Hook/(Nude Beach)/Ambrose Channel 7a-8
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14''-19''
Bait or Lure: Sand Eels and Squid
Water Depth: 25ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Went fishing buy 7a-8a. There was a tremendous current due to the full moon. Too hard to hold bottom .we had one giant fluke on but got off. Then moved to nude beach many fish few keepers. one keeper 18''.I have never saw so much bunker and bluefish in my life. There was bunker jumping everywhere. One bluefish was 16lb. Where are those Fluke?

Angler Name : Peter Naughton
E-Mail : peter.naughton@verizon.net
Boat Name: Mikey J
Date Fished: 6/29/04
Location: Off Long Branch
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 7-10Lbs
Bait or Lure: Ava 27
Water Depth: 55 Ft
Water Temp.: 69
Information : We where Jigging blues about 2 miles off Long Branch and read a huge solid school of fish under the schools of surface blues. When we were able to get below the blues we where catching 8-10 weakfish on almost every cast. We wound up following the weaks off shore and caught about 35. All the fish where empty so I don't know what they were feeding on. The only jig they would hit was a ava 27 with a white tube. We left them biting.

Angler Name : Capt. Joe Hahn
E-Mail : jhahn61@comcast.net
Boat Name: SmokeyJoe
Date Fished: 6/29/04
Location: Barnage Bay/BB/BI/Inlet
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: None
Bait or Lure: Squid-Speering
Water Depth: Various
Water Temp.:
Information : Where are all the fish. Lot's of nothing

Angler Name : Marvin Teitlebaum
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 6/29/2004
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 3 1/2 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 65 Ft.
Water Temp.: 66 Degrees
Information : The Marvin Teitlebaum charter was on the Bounty Hunter today and Capt. Paul worked the drops on the Sea Girt Reef in an attempt to put together a catch of Seabass. The 4 man charter picked a few Seabass up to 3 1/2 lbs. on each of the 5 stops that we made and at the end of the day they had just over 40 fish in the box.

Angler Name : Anthony Romondo
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 29
Location: Carteret
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-60 Pounds
Bait or Lure: Canyon Runner Custom Squid Bars
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 69
Information : After two miserable days being forced to shark fish and a charter canceling out on us Monday the Canyon Runner crew was back out were they belong – on the edge. Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Mike Zajac and Justin Nighan had the Anthony Romondo and Chris Noel charter from Manhattan and Philadelphia respectively, out to the 100-fathom line for a one day trolling trip. Starting in the area of the Carteret Canyon at 6am they put a 60-pound yellowfin in the boat before the last line was in the water. That was it until a wiggle down the edge produced a great bite from 8am to 10am when the charter boated another 23 yellowfin and one bluefin. Out of the 25 tuna boated 10 were kept and they were all nicer fish then last week averaging 40 pounds with a few closer to 60-pounds and only a couple in the 30-pound range. Out of the 15 released many were over 30 inches but the charter decided to release those as they had enough food for the table – good for them. Canyon Runner Custom squid spreader bars and blue/yellow jets produced best today and we missed at least another 10 tuna to pulled hooks and short strikes.

Angler Name : Capt. ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 5/28
Location: ocean
Fishing Method: rod and reel
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: medium
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 20ft
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Sorry to say but the day Bass bite is getting very thin. Down to a few fish now so we will be switching to Fluke on Saturday.....A much better bite on the bass in the afternoon with mostly slot fish. The big ones normally go 12 to 15 pounds...Thanks to those who fished with us and made this spring a great one. Looking foward to Fluking with you......Capt. Ron

Angler Name : Jim Matias
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 6/28/2004
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 3 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 65 Ft.
Water Temp.: 65 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Jim Matias charter on board the Bounty Hunter and the Seabass fishing continued to show signs of improvement. It was a short day for us and were back at the dock by noon, but after 3 hours of fishing we had just under 3 dozen Seabass in the boat. All the fish were a nice size with quite a few in the 3 Lb. class. Making the day more enjoyable was the fact that there were no Dogfish to be seen.

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Angler Name : Mike Accordino
E-Mail : JMAccordino@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: Sunday, June 27th
Location: Triple Wrecks Area
Fishing Method: chum/drift
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 190#
Bait or Lure: Whole Mack/Whole Squid
Water Depth: 170-225
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Drifted North of the Haskell over a 175' - 225' dropoff without spotting a shark for 5 hours until a good mako and a jumbo blueshark found our slick at about the same time. Hooked the Mako on a "ham and eggs" flatline and after an unbelievable jumping display tied him off to the stern cleat. Saw LOADS of good bluefin cruising through our slick, but they "laughed" at every offering I tried. Also spotted several pieces of debris on the way out with triggerfish and mahi underneath despite the cold 64-66 degree water. Get out there with the cedar plugs the bluefin are there. - JMA Angler Name : Mike Copeman
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Renegade
Date Fished: 06/26-27/04
Location: Fingers / East End Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Chum
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 120 - 125lb
Bait or Lure: Bluefish filet
Water Depth: 112 - 280
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Fished the Fingers on Saturday on a friends boat and hooked a small Mako estimated at 120lbs by 9:00am. Being optimistic and hoping for a larger fish we cut the wire after several passes around the boat and taking some pictures. The drift then died and no other sharks hooked or scene. Pulling a turn around Renegade headed east Sunday morning and after a long day releasing only 3 blue sharks a small Mako weighing 125lbs was finally taken SE side of the Glory.

Angler Name : paul
E-Mail : ccpabl@aol.com
Boat Name: FRONT PAIGE
Date Fished: 6-27-04
Location: fingers
Fishing Method: chumming
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : FRONT PAIGE finally got offshore for the first time this year after dropping in new diesels for the new year.Went to the fingers hoping to get in on the makos we've been hearing about but had no luck.Weather and oceanwas great and as always the company. hope everyone has a GOOD fishing season!!!! TIGHTLINES ALL

Angler Name : Karl
E-Mail : karl.angersbach@unixpros.com
Boat Name: Poppi's Toy
Date Fished: 6/27/04
Location: Spring Lake
Fishing Method: Live Lining
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25-30lb
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 50 ft
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Started fluking around 3:30pm in a strong SW wind with swell from the SE. Needless to say it was Snotty. Managed a few shorts before the Ocean settled down. Up came the bunker and we snagged an live lined. Kept 3 fish.. 25lb, 30lB and 30lb up to 42". Imagine we were the only boat around!

Angler Name : Keith Michalski
E-Mail : kurt @randive.com
Boat Name: THUNDER REEF
Date Fished: 6/27/04
Location: 20 fathom line
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 75-100 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bluefish fillet
Water Depth: 118
Water Temp.: 69.6
Information : Jumped 2 makos, pulled hook on first one which was about 100 lbs. Second mako was tagged and released and was about 75lbs. Had another runoff which was most likely third mako. 100 lb + blue shark was also tagged and released. Bluefish all day, but very fishable

Angler Name : bill
E-Mail : billd@appliedinfogroup.com
Boat Name: dauntless
Date Fished: 6 /27
Location: inshore wrecks
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: small
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 60-70ft
Water Temp.: mid 60's
Information : tried for the Sea bass Sunday what a disaster. Captain tried hard and made several drops but we couldn't get away from the dog fish. I heard where they were thinning out. Not from what I saw sunday. Last two spots near the farms saved the day with some nice ling. won't fish for sebass again until doggies slow down

Angler Name : PAUL
E-Mail : COMPANGMS@AOL.COM
Boat Name: CAMMY'S DAD
Date Fished: 6/27
Location: SOUTH OF FINGERS
Fishing Method: CHUM
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 125
Bait or Lure: BLUEFISH
Water Depth: 110
Water Temp.: 69.9
Information : i WAS UNABLE TO MAKE THE TRIP BUT GAVE MY MATE INSTRUCTIONS ON WHERE TO GO AND HOW TO RUN THE SPREAD. HE LISTENED AND DID WELL. RELEASING A COUPLE AND DECKING A 125LB SPECIMAN WITH NO SKILLED PEOPLE TO HELP. DELIGHTED THAT I WAS ABLE TO TRAIN HIM BUT MORE DELIGHTED THAT HE WAS SUCH A GOOD LEARNER. THIS WAS THE FIRST MAKO HE HAD GUIDED PEOPLE TO WITHOUT MY LOOKING OVER HIS SHOULDER... NICE WORK COLIN YARNELL!

Angler Name : Johm Moran
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: 6/27/04
Location: Oil Wreck
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 6 to 10 lbs
Bait or Lure: Nylons
Water Depth: 150 ft
Water Temp.: 69
Information : Capt Bernie Roth hosted the John Moran charter from Lincroft for a day of Bluefishing. The charter was a fathers day gift from Johns wife and Johns only request was for action. Trolling the oilwreck area with green amd yellow nylons provided John with all the action his tired arms could take. After putting 20 6-10 lbers in the box John and his two buddies went into release mode and continued catching fish till noon when we tried fluking on the klondike with nothing but dogfish bites. Trolling toward the Sea Girt hotel provided more bluefish action with all the fish released.

Angler Name : kirk ferrier
E-Mail : kferrier@ferrierelectric.com
Boat Name: abouttime
Date Fished: 6/27/04
Location: wilmington
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50lb
Bait or Lure: bally,spreaders
Water Depth: 1200
Water Temp.: 70
Information : fished with my father ron,on his boat,ran to the spencer lots of life but no marks,ran down to the wilmington water warmer but green,put 50lb in the boat,then 2 25lbs,ran home at noon got back to barney @ 4pm tightlines kirk

Angler Name : wayne
E-Mail : offduty4@aol.com
Boat Name: offduty
Date Fished: 06-27-04
Location: fingers
Fishing Method: chum
Specie: Blue Shark
Size:
Bait or Lure: mackeral
Water Depth: 125'
Water Temp.: 69.8
Information : set up at 7:15 am near a friend. no bluefish and no sharks for either of us. nothing at the resor either. very nice weather and seas at least.

Angler Name : Joe Sensale
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 6/27/2004
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 3 1/2 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 60 Ft.
Water Temp.: 65 Degrees
Information : The Joe Sensale charter was on board the Bounty Hunter and Capt. Paul headed up to the Highlands area to give the Stripers a try. Snagging live Bunkers and drifting chunks for 2 1/2 hours did not produce a touch Deciding to switch over to the Seabass a brief stop on the Rocks and a stop on a wreck east of Manasquan allowed the charter to put a couple of dozen nice size Seabass up to 3 1/2 lbs. in the box to save the day. The good news is we did not see a Dogfish all day. Maybe the worse is over. (I hope).

Angler Name : DaveK,BrianK HaroldG,RichD
E-Mail : davek@worldwideapparel.com
Boat Name: Easy Go
Date Fished: 6/27/04
Location: Farms
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3 to 10
Bait or Lure: Ava 27
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Sunday: based on reports of Mud Hole Blues we headed out from Edgewater, NJ to the "farms" area where we found a couple of boats including the Tampa VII anchored up with a steady pick of fish. Since we didn't have chum we decided to drift in the area and to jig AVA27's . Turned out to be the right decision. Using very light tackle we had 2 to 3 hours of good fishing with fish from three to ten pounds. We landed and released about fifteen fish , but lost as many hookups . Brian ended the day with a 12 lb fish that we had trouble getting in the net. All the fish were released. We left for home at 1:40 as the winds picked up. All in all a good day.

Angler Name : Danny
E-Mail : danf@att.net
Boat Name: Glory Days
Date Fished: Sunday 6/27/04
Location: Tires; Barnegat Light Reef
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: killies; spearing; squid
Water Depth: 28-65
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Danny and Capt Jim out on the Glory Days... Tried drifting for fluke off the old Coast Guard Station in 28' of water... nothing but junkfish... Moved out to the tires with the rest of the fleet and pulled in more that 30 doggies and skates... one short fluke... Saw a report this morning from Fishermen's Hqtrs - said they were catching fluke at the "tires' yesterday... We were there for 3 hours - didn't see anything other than junkfish pulled up... a LOT of junkfish!... Maybe next week...

Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Date Fished: 06/27/2004
Location: NORTH OF S.R. INLET
Fishing Method: DRIFT
Specie: Fluke
Size: BARELY LEGAL
Bait or Lure: SPEARS
Water Depth: VARIED
Water Temp.: 68
Information : PLANNED AN AFTERNOON RUN UP NORTH TO TRY FOR BASS BUT THANKS TO NOAA BEING WAY OFF AS USUAL DECIDED IT WASN'T WORTH THE BEATING. SNAGGED BUNKER OFF DEAL BUT NO TAKERS. MADE A COUPLE DRIFTS FOR FLUKE AND CAUGHT 7 SHORTS AND 1 BAREL KEEPER THAT I RELEASED. BEATS WORKING.

Angler Name : Bob
E-Mail : Bpercopo@comcast.net
Boat Name: Outer Limits
Date Fished: June 27
Location: Lobster Claw
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 31"
Bait or Lure: Cedar plugs and mini streader bars
Water Depth: 177
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Went 4 for 6 on blue fin. Only 1 legal the rest were in the 10# range. Most hits on yellow and green cedar plug, one on green machine and 2 hits on mini streader bar with green and gold squid. Both hits on the spreader bar were leader hits and frayed the leaders. Great day except for the pounding we took for the last 10 miles into Little Egg.

Angler Name : John & Laura
E-Mail :
Boat Name: TIDE RUNNER
Date Fished: 6/27/04
Location: moud Hole
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 6 to 15 lbs
Bait or Lure: pony tails
Water Depth: 85 to 150
Water Temp.: 68.8
Information : 6/27/04 Fished the mud hole again for Blues had a great day calm going out wet ride coming home. Caught at least 50 blues to 15lbs green and yellow hot again Fish all over the west edge of the hole. Peace

Angler Name : Jim Mason
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 6/26/2004
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 3 1/2 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 50 to 75 Ft.
Water Temp.: 65 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Jim Mason charter on board the Bounty Hunter and we decided to make another attempt to put together a decent catch of Seabass. We made 7 stops on wrecks and hangs which normally give up quality Seabass and we came up empty on most. The Dogfish have thinned out but they did not leave much behind. All we could put in the box for the 4 man charter was a couple of dozen Seabass.

Angler Name : Bernard Mazzocchi
E-Mail : Bmazzocc@aol.com
Boat Name: Carrried away
Date Fished: 6/26/04
Location: double creek
Fishing Method: drift bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 13"-19"
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 3'-15'
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Went out to barnegat ridge becuase somebody said there was some big fluke there but not even a bite. headed back in and made a stop at double and had some action right away.

Angler Name : Rob Breuche
E-Mail : varipro2k@aol.com
Boat Name: Fintastic
Date Fished: 6-26-04
Location: Glory Hole
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 100 lbs
Bait or Lure: live bluefish
Water Depth: 125
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Capts Tom and Bruno had the Breuche bachlor party out on the Fintastic for Kevin, as he is about to take the plung. The relatively quite day became a total success as a hungry mako took the live bluefish and put on a show. Once subdued, the team celebrated with a 100lb mako for the groom to be. Good luck Kevin!!!

Angler Name : Marc Brinster
E-Mail : brinstaar71@yahoo.com
Boat Name: ORION
Date Fished: 6/26/04
Location: 9 miles southwest of Mudhole
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: 6-7 lbs
Bait or Lure: deadly dick
Water Depth: 180-210ft
Water Temp.: 64
Information : After marking a large pod of fish at 80 feet, I trolled up 10 blues up to 15lbs and boated just 1 small 6lb tunny. Seas were flat with little or no wind.

Angler Name : Tom O'Neil
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 25-26
Location: Glory hole
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : June 26 The Tom O’Neil charter gave it another shot but to no avail as Capt. Dulanie and mate Mike Zajac did there best to produce a mako but none showed. We spent the day having a great time with the charter and their descriptive stories and look forward to taking them tuna fishing in years to come. As for this year, that is it for inshore fishing until mid-November as we are off to the canyon. Angler Name : Dave S
E-Mail : david123@dfnow.com
Boat Name: Miss Jennifer
Date Fished: 06-26-04
Location: West Edge of the Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8-13 lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker chunks
Water Depth: 150
Water Temp.: unknown
Information : Myself and 6 others chartered the Miss Jennifer out of Point Pleasant for the day. Ran 1 huur to the Mud hole and started catching Blues almost immediately. The action was steady throughout the day and 33 fish were kept. We lost some good fish to frayed lines and pull outs and also caught and released probably 15-20 Spiny Dogfish sharks. all in all about 70 fish were hooked. A good day!

Angler Name : Spotted Dog Charters
E-Mail : spotteddogfishin@aol.com
Boat Name: Nu-Meat
Date Fished: 6/26/04
Location: Elephant Trunk
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 30"
Bait or Lure: Plastics
Water Depth: 180'
Water Temp.: 74
Information : The John Hellyer posse returned again for a day of sharking. Leaving the dock at 5:30, with the weather forecast a bit iffy, and rain drops falling, we headed out. Glad we did! The sharks were not co-operative, even though we had several run-offs, and had seen the beasts. So the decision was made to pull up the shark gear and head off for the the Tuna's. We ran about 45 minutes and by that time Capt. Joe Hughes had all the rigs changed and we set out our spread. An hour goes by and nothing. We then see some Scallopers and headed for them. After following one of then around for an hour, and the charter wanting to go home, we had our first hook-up. Yep, they said go home and the reel started screaming. Eventually it ended with all 6 guys having their shots and 2 Tuna cherry's being busted. Oh, NOAA had it wrong again. It was fabulous out there.

Angler Name : Huffy& Terry
E-Mail : bleamc@rcn.com
Boat Name: Fluke You II
Date Fished: 6/26/04
Location: ammo pier
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17"-24"
Bait or Lure: spearing & killies
Water Depth: 16-24
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Started at low tide caught a few keepers right on the first drift did same drift caught a lot of sea robins.Incoming tide it was crazy had four rods out couldn't keep up with fish were hitting ever rod.Ended up with 11 keepers and about 30 some throw backs.Couple 3lbs and 1-6lbs Great day in Sandy Hook

Angler Name : Wade R.
E-Mail : countrykidsr@peoplepc.com
Boat Name: Willy R.
Date Fished: 6/25/04
Location: Mudhole
Fishing Method: drift/chum
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 150
Bait or Lure: mackeral/bluefish
Water Depth: 260
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Caught two blue sharks, one of them estimated at over 9' long and easilly over 200 pounds. Mako took the middle bait, jumped two times. About 40 minutes later he was tailroped. Had bluefish in and out of the slick throughout the day. Also had a small blue shark swimming w/bluefish aroud the bought before we were ready to leave. Back at the dock by 4pm.

Angler Name : Lou Green, randy,len,kenny
E-Mail : greenbunch@aol.com
Boat Name: Green Machine
Date Fished: 6/25/2004 friday
Location: glory/reasor
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: rat size
Bait or Lure: mack/blues
Water Depth: 150
Water Temp.: 66 - 70
Information : The Am had us drifting the glory with non stop action. Lots of blue sharks and one screemer that pulled the hook. We made a 10 mile move and gambled with a power drift over the Reasor. Lots of blue fish and a small mako tagged and we called it a day. Real nice day to be on the water. Fished the JCC tournament and no makos weighed in on the first day. Where are all the Makos ? The Cape May tournaments had a 50% sucess rate on Makos just a few weeks ago.

Angler Name : Capt's Bruce,Burt & Tom
E-Mail : cptmarlin1@aol.com
Boat Name: "Mirage" Sportfishing Charters
Date Fished: 6/11,6/12,6/19,6/20 &6/25
Location: "Fingers" area
Fishing Method: Rod & Reel
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 90 to 150 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bluefish,Mackerel,Squid,Bunker
Water Depth: 120 to 190 ft.
Water Temp.: 69 to 73 degrees
Information : A recap on all the Shark Tournaments on above dates: Had a Mako or more on each of the above trips. The best its been in years! Some were keepers and we tagged & released all the mako's under 66 inches.Alos filling in on these trips were, of course, the "Blue Dogs" aka;Blue Sharks. We must have had a least 20 of those from about 60 lbs to 175 lbs. One of the highlights was a "Dusky Shark" of which has been missing from our trips in a number of years. About a 50-60 lb'er which was tagged and released. Now its time to head offshore to the Canyon's,thank God! It's been a long wait for that. I have to say that with all the "blue water" we have been seeing inshore don't be a bit surprised if we have yellowfin close to shore as we did a few years back (Ole's, Mud Hole,etc.)Next reports will be from the Canyon!!!!

Angler Name : Ryan
E-Mail : rydawg80@hotmail.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 6/25/04
Location: Ship Bottom,LBI
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14-17"
Bait or Lure: Buctail/squid
Water Depth: N/A
Water Temp.: cold
Information : Fished the beach from 10:30-5:00. landed 2 fluke, one short and one keeper loosing numerous decent sized ones due to the waves. I was using a bucktail tied high and about 18 inches down another smaller bucktail. I used squid to top it all off. A guy next to me using bunker landed a few fluke and lost many nice ones just like i did. Also many bunker off the beach with fish breaking in them..It was a nice day at the beach! Have a good one!

Angler Name : Ray Walter
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 6/25/2004
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Up to 10 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Spoons
Water Depth: 30 to 45 Ft.
Water Temp.: 65 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Ray Walter charter on board the Bounty Hunter today and ran up to the Sandy Hook area. We spent the first 2 hours drifting Bunker chunks for Stripers, However it soon became apparent the Bass were not going to cooperate. Switching over to trolling Spoons we had an endless bite of Bluefish up to 10 Lbs. The charter kept 2 dozen.

Angler Name : Capt. jim spellman
E-Mail : freedomfishing@optonline.net
Boat Name: Freedom
Date Fished: 6-25-04
Location: Sea Girt reef
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 18-20 fluke
Bait or Lure: shark belly
Water Depth: 60''
Water Temp.: 62.5
Information : Fished the reef with Michael Magnabousco and friends on his wedding day , he was married on the beach at 6pm tonight. Had a great trip with lots of bends in the rods however most were dog fish , we did manage to put a catch together with a ratio of of 2 keepers to one shorts on fluke.. no bunker to be found for us outside mansasquan..best wishes to Michale and his bride..Their off to Cobo

Angler Name : John & Laura
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Tide Runner
Date Fished: 6/25/04
Location: Edge of the mud hole
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 6 tp 10lbs
Bait or Lure: yellow and green ponytails
Water Depth: 85 to 150
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Headed out to the mud hole to try for some blues. Trolling, the lines weren’t in the water 5 min and 2 line were hit. It was like that for the next 5 hour Kept 15 blue between 7 and 10 lbs. Must have caught 50 fish left with tried arms but a good tried. Peace

Angler Name : Steve from Hackensack
E-Mail : sscharbach@aol.com
Boat Name: Worldcat 246
Date Fished: June 24, 2004
Location: Red Church To Shrewsbury
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10 to 20 lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker spoon and mega stretch
Water Depth: 15 to 45 feet
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Lots of bluefish action from Red Church to just south of the Shrewsbury Rocks. Blues went nuts for anything. I caught them one after another on a white bunker spoon and a green/yellow Stretch 25 mega lure. Also, there were a lot of fluke boats in this area. Don't know how they did

Angler Name : Brad Wilson
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 24
Location: Spencer Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 20-50 pounds
Bait or Lure: Custom Canyon Runner Squid Bars
Water Depth: 600 feet
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Justin Nighan and Mike Zajac were back out to the Spencer Thursday with the Brad Wilson charter from Manhattan. The action was a little slower today but great nonetheless as 14 yellowfin were boated. Out of the 14 there were 9 that we kept with 5 around 40-50 pounds and 4 20-25 pounders. We release the rest as they were short Customized Canyon Runner squid bars, weighted green machines and big tuna clones again produces as anything small that hit the water was immediately eaten by a skipjack or rat yellowfin. The action was all right on the 100 fathom line in 71 degree water.

Angler Name : enis
E-Mail : karaoglu
Boat Name: size doesn't matter
Date Fished: 6/24/04
Location: bouy 37
Fishing Method: jigging
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 34"
Bait or Lure: pink fin-s
Water Depth: 4 ft
Water Temp.: approx 75
Information :

Angler Name : Buckthefluke
E-Mail : bill@durstcorp.com
Boat Name: Brown Eyed Babe II
Date Fished: 6/24/04
Location: S. G. Reef
Fishing Method: DRIFT
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18-22"
Bait or Lure: Strip Baits
Water Depth: 60'
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Drifted around the reef in differnt spots, boy fishing was slow. Lots of big blues offshore of the E&S.Found a spot inshore where a slow pick developed. Ended up with 7 keepers & all the 6-10# blues you could catch. Another glorious day at sea. Peace & Fish!!!!!

Angler Name : Marvin Teitlebaum
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 6/24/2004
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Chunking & Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 38" (22lbs.)
Bait or Lure: Bunker Chunks
Water Depth: 25 Ft.
Water Temp.: 65 Degrees
Information : The Marvin Teitlebaum charter was on board the Bounty Hunter and Capt. Paul ran back to the area off Sandy Hook where we had a great day yesterday. What a difference a day makes. It appears the entire Inshore area from Manasquan to Sandy Hook has been overun by big Bluefish. We could not get thru the Blues and were forced to get on the Troll with Spoons. We managed 2 Bass the largest a 22lb. fish along with all the Bluefish you would want. The charter kept 20.

Angler Name : mark crescenzo
E-Mail : markoutdoors@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Ashley Nicole
Date Fished: 6/24/04
Location: Off Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Bunker Chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 25lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker Heads/Chunks
Water Depth: 17-25'
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Had an early morning bite in shallow water. Heads were the ticket with light leader and no weight. Fish even bit through slack then the action died off after 10am when it went to a steady pick. After the wind picked up we went on the troll with Stretch 25's and chutes and picked up big blues. We had a major blitz on top but could not get the baits below the blues before getting chopped. Left the fly rod in the truck of course. Still plenty of bass around but no real cows. Total catch 20 stripers and 8 blues (1 fido).

Angler Name : Don B
E-Mail : dbaker4@hotmail.com
Boat Name: 25 Wellcraft
Date Fished: 6/23/04
Location: Manasquan Ridge
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 20'
Bait or Lure: squid/clams/killies
Water Depth: 65
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Drifted for 2 hrs, one very big dogfish (some one is feeding these things), and one 5lb fluke but one very beautiful day on the water Tight lines to all!!!!!!!!!!!!

Angler Name : Ray Rasa
E-Mail : rarasa@comcast.net
Boat Name: BULLDOG
Date Fished: 6-23-04
Location: Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker chunks
Water Depth: 18-25"
Water Temp.: 63.5 degrees
Information : Slow picking but landed three nice stripers on the outgoing tide around 7am. Also hit big blues and a pretty hungry fluke who took a big bunker chunk on a #10 circle hook. Fought something really big that took a large, whole, fresh but dead bunker. That must of been my 50 pounder that got away!!!

Angler Name : jack
E-Mail :
Boat Name: pair of jacks
Date Fished: 6/23/04
Location: south of squan inlet
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: live bunker
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.: 55
Information : snagged bunker and livelined for 2hrs- nothing under them- water cold 55 degrees- gave up tried fluking-nothing but dogfish- didn't see one fish caught in the whole fleet while bass fishing or fluking- nice weather was about it

Angler Name : Mark Lukenda
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 6/23/2004
Location: Off Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Live Baiting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 48" (41lbs.)
Bait or Lure: Live Bunker & Chunks
Water Depth: 25 Ft.
Water Temp.: 64 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul passed on the Seabass fishing and decided to take the Mark Lukenda charter Striper fishing. After loading the live well with Bunker in the AM we ran up to the north and drifted Live Bunker and Chunks in 25 to 40 Ft. of water. By Noon we had 11 keeper Bass in the boat and pulled the hook on another 6. The 2 largest Bass came in at 48"(41Lbs.) and 44"(32Lbs).

Angler Name : John ,Foster & Laura
E-Mail :
Boat Name: TIDERRUNNER
Date Fished: 6/23/04
Location:
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: squid combo
Water Depth: 50 to 75
Water Temp.: 66
Information : 6/23/04 Foster Laura and John Cloudy in the am water 56 in shore chased bunker for an hour south of the inlet. No Bass caught or did we see any bass caught Then tried seagirt reef water 66. 2 shorts and a million dog fish. Manridge the same. Inshore wrecks the same no fluke only dogfish. Peace

Angler Name : Tom Becker
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 23
Location: Spencer
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 40 pounds
Bait or Lure: Canyon Runner Custom Squid Bars
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 70
Information : The Canyon Runner crew had the Tom Becker charter from Freehold, NJ out to the Spencer Canyon on Wednesday and Capt. Phil Dulanie and mates Mike Zajac and Justin Nighan got into an even better bite then the day before. Reaching the edge a little late around 7am due to a tough ride out they had a slow pick before 8am putting 4 yellowfin in the boat and releasing 1. Thereafter the bite turned on and they had a nice pick all day with a couple of triples and quadruple headers. Trolling bigger Canyon Runner Customize squid spreader bars and big tuna clones and weighted green machines kept the skipjack at bay today. By 11am they had 19 yellowfin in the boat and by 1pm they were limited out and on their way home with 24 in the boat plus 5 released 40-pounders and a dozen releases of yellowfins under the legal limit for a total of 41 yellowfin – not bad for June 23rd.

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 6/22/04
Location: ocean
Fishing Method: rod and reel
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: slots and mediums
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 16 to 20 ft
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Nice fishing today. Had to bounce around a bit in the AM to keep away from the dogfish, but we managed to catch a few fish. Change of tide was the best fishing for about an hour. Had a small group of people so it was easy to work with them during the bite. Largest was 19 pounds caught by a young lady from PA. Also had some Fluke and Blackfish. Sunday afternoons fishing was excellant also for the first 1 1/2 hours then it went to a one, one pick. Still good enough to keep the customers happy. Capt. Ron

Angler Name : John Post
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 21-22
Location: Spencer
Fishing Method: Overnighter
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 30-50 pounds
Bait or Lure: Custom Spreader Bars
Water Depth: 100 fathoms
Water Temp.: 69
Information : And so it begins again. The Canyon Runner made its first run to edge yesterday for an overnighter and just got back to the dock. We kicked-off our 2004 canyon season the way we ended last year – with rods bent most of the trip. Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Justin Nighan and Mike Zajac took the John Post charter from Roseland, NJ down to the Spencer Canyon and were inundated with skipjacks as soon as they started fishing. Trolling Monday afternoon into the night was an effort as they had to fight through dozens and dozens of the skippies but they did managed 6 30-50 pound yellowfin and about a dozen yellowfin released before setting up for the night. The night was no disappointment either as they fought one very large mako for 10 minutes before it broke off and the first bait back in the water was picked up by a smaller mako that the crew made quick work of putting the 130-pound mako in the boat. Back up on the troll in the morning they got into a better bite of smaller yellowfin and put 3 more 30-50 pounders in the boat and released another dozen to finish with a total of 24 yellowfin with 9 from 30-50 pounds plus the mako, the rest of the yellowfin were just under 27 inches. Almost all of the bigger yellowfin and some of the smaller ones were caught on Customized Canyon Runner Squid Spreader Bars. The rest of the smaller yellowfin ate jets and ballyhoo. Not a bad way to start and hopefully it keeps up as we will be back out the rest of this week on one-day trolls, in a shark tournament over the weekend, and then its canyon everyday until November.

Angler Name : Ruocco
E-Mail : lip352@aol.com
Boat Name: On The Roc's
Date Fished: 6-21-04
Location: 28 Mile Wreak
Fishing Method: chum
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: @75 lbs.
Bait or Lure: maceral
Water Depth: 130
Water Temp.: 69.9
Information : Got late start. Putting first bait in water and was setting float, when she hit. Took first bait, dropped a second one and hooked her. Got her to boat and let go. last of the action all day. Wind kicked up and white caops came in.

Angler Name : John, Jeff, Jerry @ Jack
E-Mail : netdeal@erols.com
Boat Name: What-the-Hale
Date Fished: 6/20/04
Location: S Rocks
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32 lbs.
Bait or Lure: live bunker
Water Depth: 25-30
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Three generations out for the trip on the What-the-Hale for a terrific day of striper fishing. Released 12, lost another 6, all 25-32 lbers, great bite.

Angler Name : Anthony
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Darlene M
Date Fished: 6/20/04
Location: Just North of Manasquan
Fishing Method: snagging bunker
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20-30lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 35-55
Water Temp.: 68-70
Information : Headed out Sunday morning scouting for Bunker and came across massive schools just south of Manasquan Inlet. The first one I snagged got bit by a 28lb bass on my boga grip. For the next hour and a half I had these bass consistently up to 30lbs. Whoever said the bass fishing is over because of the water temp hit 70 is way off.

Angler Name : DaveK,BrianK and HaroldG
E-Mail : davek@worldwideapparel.com
Boat Name: Easy Go
Date Fished: June 20, 2004
Location: Sandy Hook, Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Small
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Got to Sandy Hook about 9:30 AM and looked around and saw no action so we headed down to Shrewsbury Rocks to see if there was any action Proceeded past the rocks to a fleet that was fishing for fluke . There was no indication of any life , no birds , nothing happening. Decided to troll back to the rocks . Trolled two umbrella rigs, with the chart showing nothing. We caught a small blue jusr short of the rocks where there were a couple of blues chasing some bait on top. Proceeded to the rocks where the fleet was drifting across the high spots using live bunker for bait, We didn't see a fish being caught and picked up another small blue just to the east of the rocks. Continued all the way up the beach to Sandy Hook channel catching another two small blues and a very short striper. It was a magnificent day on the water, but the fishing was really poor. Got back to the house in time for a great fathers day barbecue, which ended a good day.

Angler Name : Buckthefluke
E-Mail : bill@durstcorp.com
Boat Name: Brown Eyed Babe II
Date Fished: 6/20/04
Location: INSHORE LUMPS
Fishing Method: DRIFT
Specie: Fluke
Size: 19"
Bait or Lure: Strip Baits
Water Depth: 50'
Water Temp.: 65
Information : I wanted to go back to the scene of the crime but my better half gets bored in the river.Against my better judgement we went out to a small inshore lump. The North Tide pushed Us over it at a fast clip. Half a dozen drifts later we had 3 keepers & 20 shorts.Impatience got the better of me & we bounced around from Squan Ridge , S.G. Reef & half a dozen spots in between produced a few shorts due to lack of drift.A move back to the first spot & put 6 more keepers in the B.E.B. NEVER LEAVE FISH TO FIND FISH!!!!! Peace & Fish

Angler Name : John &Laura
E-Mail :
Boat Name: TIDE RUNNER
Date Fished: 6/20/04
Location: off shore lumps
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: up tp 4 lbs
Bait or Lure: squid & smelt combo
Water Depth: 50 to 65 ft
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Headed out of Manasquan Inlet went south along the beach, Found Bunker off Bay Head snagged some and lived lined for 2 hours appeared there where no bass under any of these school. We head off the beach and tried Fluking. Not great. However we managed 4 fish all keepers no short Nice fish a 4, 3, & 2- 2 poundes. Weather was just the best. Peace!!!!!!!!

Angler Name : Steve Lessel
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 6/20/04
Location: Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Chum
Specie: Blue Shark
Size: 150
Bait or Lure: Bluefish
Water Depth: 220
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Steve Lessel and crew were aboard the Megan Beth to fish the GPPCA Mako Mania Tournament.Fishing 38 miles in the Glory Hole with beautiful water all we had was 4 Blue Sharks of up to 150 lbs but no Makos were seen.

Angler Name : PAUL
E-Mail : COMPANGMS@AOL.COM
Boat Name: CAMMY'S DAD
Date Fished: 6/19-6/20
Location: SOUTH OF FINGERS
Fishing Method: CHUM/ DRIFT
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 144
Bait or Lure: BLUEFISH
Water Depth: 120
Water Temp.: 65.1-68.9
Information : SAUTRDAY STARTED OFF WITH A MONSTER THRESHER OF 400+LBS. AS WE WERE FISHING MAKO MANIA WE LET IT GO IN ORDER TO WAIT FOR A KEEPER MAKO. MAKO SLAMMED A SPLIT TAILED DEAD BLUEFISH BEING POWER DRIFTED AS THE WIND HAD DIED OUT. HIT THE SCALES AT 144 WHICH HELD 3RD PLACE FOR THAT DAY. SUNDAY FOUND US IN THE SAME AREA BUT WATER WAS GREEN AND TOO COLD. WE MOVED DOWN NEAR THE 25 FATHOM HOLE AND GOT DEEP INTO SMALL MAKOS. AFTER RELEASING FIVE AND A BLUE SHARK WE KEPT ONE THAT ALTHOUGH LEGAL WAS NO CONTENDER. ALSO SAW BLUEFIN TUNA IN THE AREA.

Angler Name : Sid Gold
E-Mail : sidgold@optonline.net
Boat Name: Can Do Too
Date Fished: June 19 & 20
Location: 57 miles off Brielle
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 80-140 pounds
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 160
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Captain Jim again found the sharks pity the were not big enough for the Mako Mania. We got 11 blue shars each day, and one mako each day John P and Jim V. with John Sr. and Leslie had a lot of fun and it was great fishing even with the 20 knott winds and 8 ft. seas .... the Can Do Too with Jim weathered the slop in excellent shape. Bil the mate on day 2 got in a few good shots and went 4 for 5 !!!!

Angler Name : Buckthefluke
E-Mail : bill@durstcorp.com
Boat Name: Brown Eyed Babe II
Date Fished: 6/19/04
Location: Squan River
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Fluke
Size: 21"
Bait or Lure: Strip Baits
Water Depth: 12'
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Pea soup fog kept me in the inlet.Reverting back to my smaller boat days I put together a limit catch of fluke up to 21" & a 22" striped bass. Caught at least 20 keeper size fluke & as many shorts. First 2 hrs. of out going wrer the best. peace & fish!!!!

Angler Name : Joe Romano
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: 6/19/04
Location: Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Blue Shark
Size: 175 lb
Bait or Lure: Bluefish
Water Depth: 260 ft
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Capt Bernie Roth hosted the Joe Romano charter from Bedminster for a day of fishing in the Mako Rodeo Tournament. Drifting in the Glory hole we had several sharks in the slick early but they seemed more interested in biting off the baloons than the baits. We decided to make a scond drift and as we pulled in the lines a shark took one of the baits and dropped it. Another line was dropped and a blue shark of estimated 175 lbs was fought and released. Subsequent drifts produced no bites as the wind and drift died.

Angler Name : Bob S., Paul W., Sal L., Ed I Sr, Ed I Jr., Ed Genisnger
E-Mail : Captgen33@aol.com
Boat Name: CYNTHIA ANN
Date Fished: 6/19/04
Location: 45 Miles from Manasquan
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 83 LBS.
Bait or Lure: Mackrel, squid , Bunker
Water Depth: 175'
Water Temp.: 67.5
Information : Rough start with pea soup fog but we managed to make it out ok. The water was deep blue and the fishing was non stop. We managed 8 Blue sharks to 180 pounds and one 83 Mako. Great Job by the crew. Great day to be on the water.

Angler Name : Carl Bertam
E-Mail : mriccardo@nac.net
Boat Name: CASTAWAY
Date Fished: 6/19
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 22"
Bait or Lure: squid, spearing
Water Depth: 16'
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Capt. Mike Riccardo had the the Carl Bertram party aboard the Castaway Saturday morning for a day of fluking. The fishing started out on the slow side with wind against tide. As soon as the tide changed the fishing turned on. The four man charter put 26 fluke in the box up to 22 inches Very few shorts were caught, most of the fish were 18 to 19 inches.

Angler Name : Lou Green
E-Mail : greenbunch@aol.com
Boat Name: Green Machine
Date Fished: 6/19/04
Location: chicken canyon
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Blue Shark
Size: 100
Bait or Lure: blues
Water Depth: 180
Water Temp.: 66-70
Information : Mako Mania started out with a 46 mile run in the fog. We wet up a great drift across the chicken that produced 3 blue sharks. Clear blue water but no bait action prompted a move to the Glory where we had all the big blues you want. One more blue dog and a break off and we called it a day. It got really bumpy as we headed in and had to throttle back a bit. Only three Makos on the scoreboard after day 1. Not too good considering over 200 boats and lots of Makos caught last week at the Cape May contests

Angler Name : Billy Wrede
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 19
Location: Fingers
Fishing Method: Bluefish
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 175ish
Bait or Lure: blues
Water Depth: 140
Water Temp.: 70
Information : The first day of Mako Mania was a heartbreaker for the Canyon Runner crew and the Billy Wrede charter but we did not know it until we got back to the dock. We only had one bite Saturday but it was the right one A mako around 175 pounds grab the long bait shortly into our second drift and went nuts. In the 1 minutes we actually had it on it jumped 4 seperate times before it won its freedom. It was a great site and we weren't that upset because we figured with the way the fishing is all six places would be filled with Makos over 200 pounds. However, after the first day a 157 pounder is in first and thus we lost a money fish.

Angler Name : Werner Sprie
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 6/19/2004
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 3 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 50 to 60 Ft.
Water Temp.: 65 Degrees
Information : Werner Sprie was on board the Bounty Hunter today and Capt. Paul headed back to the wrecks south of the Inlet. Although the Dogfish were not as plentiful in the shallower water the Seabass bite was a slow pick at best. After 4 hours of fishing we had 30 Seabass and a couple of Tog in the box. We then decided to call it a day.

Angler Name : Steve and Andy Wurst
E-Mail : Seatriever@comcast.net
Boat Name: Seatriever
Date Fished: 6/18-6/19
Location: Fingers + Lindy
Fishing Method: Chumming + trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 20 #
Bait or Lure: green squid
Water Depth: -
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Set up for chumming at the fingers around dusk. Lots of squid and too many blues around the boat. Fished for about 4 hours and saw no sharks! We then decided to move to the Lindy in search of Mr. Mako and maybe some bluefins. Began chumming there until about 6 AM with only 3 blue sharks caught, all on live squid. We took up the troll for tuna and caught about 10 lil' tunny and one small yellowfin. Lots of mammals in the area, no bait seen or marked.

Angler Name : Wade R.
E-Mail : countrykidsr@peoplepc.com
Boat Name: Willy R.
Date Fished: 6/18/04
Location: Mudhole
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 176#
Bait or Lure: bluefish
Water Depth: 260
Water Temp.: 66-67
Information : Set up drift 8:15AM, no action until 10:00AM. Initially, fought 2 makos in 100-125 lb. range losing one and releasing the other. After that blue sharks all around the boat, largest one around 200 lbs. At about 12:00 fought and boated 176# mako, jumped 3 times. Shark had hook and mono in its mouth, appeared to be from a tuna trolling rig. On our way home at 1:00. Unforgetable day of fishing.

Angler Name : Joe Scott
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 18
Location: Sea Bright
Fishing Method: Bunker Dunk
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 38 pounds
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.:
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Justin Nighan once again found the big stripers under bunker Friday for the Joe Scott charter from Jersey City, NJ. They missed an early morning bite off Long Branch but working north off Sea Bright they had all they could handle as snagged bunker never made it to the boat. The charter which include Joe's 4 children from ages 8-14 caught 18 bass with the smallest being 19 pounds and the two largest weighing 38 pounds each.

Angler Name : Brad Kooker
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 6/18/04
Location: SE Manasquan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 2lb
Bait or Lure: Clam Squid
Water Depth: 70
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Brad Kooker and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of bottom fishing. Stopping on four different wrecks where we had Dog fish on all ,it was a very slow bite of Sea Bass. Also catching ling, and some small Blackfish.I think the Dog fish are so thick that the Sea bass are afraid to bite.

Angler Name : Cris
E-Mail : ccbugga@aol.com
Boat Name: Chaos
Date Fished: June 18
Location: Lillian
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 160
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 160
Water Temp.: 68
Information : After seeing a boat come in with a nice mako last night we decided to give it a try instead of going bassing. He said they were on the bite in the glory hole but we don't have that kind of range. We tried the Lillian instead. We had a bunch of blues close to the wreck but when we drifted away we hooked our mako. We had it tied up and were headed home by 10:30..

Angler Name : Mike Lewis
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 6/18/2004
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 3 1/2 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 50 to 80 Ft.
Water Temp.: 65 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Mike Lewis charter on board the Bounty Hunter and spent another day fighting off the Dogfish. It was the same today as the past several days, Dogfish everywhere we went. We made 7 stops today and had good readings of Seabass. The charter picked a few fish and then we were forced to move. At the end of the day the 3 man charter had put 42 Seabass up to 3 1/2 lbs. in the box.

Angler Name : Mike Copeman
E-Mail :
Boat Name: RENEGADE
Date Fished: 06/18/04
Location: Off Asbury
Fishing Method: Live Lining / Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 15lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker/Spoons
Water Depth: 30-60
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Snagged bunker off Asbury Thursday evening but no takers. Went on the troll and caught one bass of 15 lbs. A couple larger bass were seen chasing bunker. Bass fishing seems to be over south of the Rocks with water temps now aproaching 70!

Angler Name : chris
E-Mail :
Boat Name: chicken of the sea
Date Fished: 6/18/2004
Location: north of s.r. inlet
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: shorts & 1keeper
Bait or Lure: spears
Water Depth: varied
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Out with my 3 year old son Ryan for his first fishing trip on the boat. He handled it like a trooper and caught a couple of fluke. We were treated to an ocean sunfish right off the beach. Not many fish but a memorable trip nonetheless. God Bless America and God Bless Our Troops!!!!!!!!!

Angler Name : JOhn And JP
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Tide Runner
Date Fished: 6/17/04
Location: sea Grit Reef
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 17
Bait or Lure: squid spearing combo
Water Depth: 60
Water Temp.: 67 suface
Information : We headed out Early looking for Bunker. traveling from manasquan inlet up the long branch in a pea soup fog never saw any bait fish at all acourse you couldn't much of anything. So we headed out to the reef and drifted for about 4 hours. 1 keeper and 1 short for all our trouble not a productive day to say the lease. we didn't catch allot of fish but we had a great time. Peace!!!!!

Angler Name : PAUL
E-Mail : COMPANGMS@AOL.COM
Boat Name: C-GULL
Date Fished: 6/16, 17
Location: AC TO GLORY HOLE
Fishing Method: DRIFT, CHUM
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 255
Bait or Lure: MACKEREL
Water Depth: 120-240
Water Temp.: 66.7-70.1
Information : Did a marathon shark trip over the last couple days. Started at A/C ridge where we got a few bluefish bites. Water was clean but no sharks. Worked up toward fingers where we had hoped to find some and where they had been. Water was greenish, dogfish all over. Did a second and third drift with nothing to show for it. Tried running the chicken canyon area but water cooled way down. Glory hole was fishable so we stopped. Inside of ten minutes we had our first mako, a rat. We caught our slob about an hour later. We had two more decent makos over the next couple hours and a couple blue sharks too. We tried a drift on monster ledge on the way in and had something big bust us off after about 20 minutes on 80. Makos definately on the north end of town.

Angler Name : Marvin Teitlebaum
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 6/17/2004
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 4 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 50 to 80Ft.
Water Temp.: 63 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Marvin Teitlebaum charter on board the Bounty Hunter and as been the case over the past few days we were overun by Dogfish. Tha Seabass bite has been sluggish at best as you cannot keep a bait in the water for more than several seconds before the Dogs are on you. We made 7 stops and it was the same everywhere we stopped. At the end of the day the charter had just under 3 dozen fish in the box. If there is any thing encouraging about the situation it is that all the Seabass are large with very few throw backs. We fished wrecks in 50 to 80 ft. of water east & southeast of the Inlet.

Angler Name : Greg
E-Mail : Vongas@aol.com
Boat Name: Stripermania
Date Fished: 6/17/04
Location: Ocean
Fishing Method: Liveline
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 43 Lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 20
Water Temp.: ?
Information : I just got back from a striper charter with Cpt Lou Grazioso of Stripermania out of the Highlands. It was a fantastic charter. We had a 6am start. The first stops were to find bunker for bait. One good cast of the net and we had bait in the livewell for the day. We moved down the beach to the prior day's hotspot and livelined the bunkers. It took a little while for the action to start, but once it started it never stopped. The bass were big, the largest weighing 43# and 41#. A few fish in the 30's were caught including my 34# fish. A lot of fish in the 20's were caught. Fishing was good enough that we were disappointed with 20# fish. Towards the end we fished bunker heads which also produced well. We left the fish biting at 11:30am to come home. All together, our party of four caught about 30 fish of which all but four were released. Both 40's were released. Thanks Cpt Lou for a great trip. I plan on being a repeat customer.

Angler Name : Captain Charlie Martino
E-Mail : njtackle@aol.com
Boat Name: Light Tackle
Date Fished: 6/16/04
Location: off Long Branch
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25 to 35 lbs.
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : The crew from "What's the Scoop" ice cream shop, Gosham, NY, Betty and Joe Gerasalo, daughter Britt Taylor and Rosemarie Gerasolo limited out on striped bass. Rosemarie had the largest one at 35 lbs. All fish were caught live lining and chunking bunker.

Angler Name : Lee Childers
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 6/16/2004
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 3 1/2 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 55 to 80 Ft.
Water Temp.: 62 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Lee and Jeff Childers charter on board the Bounty Hunter today and they experienced one of the tougher days of Seabass fishing this season. A 5 day South wind which dropped the water temperature, Lack of wind today and Dogfish everywhere we went made for difficult fishing. The charter toughed it out and ended the day a few fish short of the 2 man limit. We fished wrecks in 55 to 80 ft. of water south of the Inlet.

Angler Name : Barry & Dave
E-Mail : Bcost3@comcast.net
Boat Name: Polar Experience
Date Fished: 6/16/04
Location: Flynn's Knoll
Fishing Method: Anchored
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20" to 42"
Bait or Lure: Clams&Bunker
Water Depth: 29'
Water Temp.: 68 Degrees
Information : Caught most of the fish (20) on the outgoing tide.Clams produced all the fish.The area was loaded with bunker.We couldn't get a bite on live bunkers we snagged.

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail : captainron@monmouth.com
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 6/16/04
Location: ocean
Fishing Method: rod and reel
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: medium to larger
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 20ft
Water Temp.: 66
Information : Nice morning bite today on the last of the incoming tide. Didn't last long but we managed to catch some nice fish. Largest were 24, 22, and 19 pounds. Just a few slots today also. Didn't see the miles of Bunker today either, small patches here and there. Could have been the south wind with the outgoing tide, who knows? Sorry to say there are no more all day bites, things are getting down to the nitty gritty. I hope to get another week out of this fishing, then we will figure out what we are going to do....Fluke, Weaks, hopefully. Capt. Ron

Angler Name : Eric
E-Mail : mustang2@optonline.net
Boat Name: Stalker
Date Fished: 6/16/04
Location: Sea Girt
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 21''
Bait or Lure: Belly
Water Depth: 43
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Nice day on the water,but a little foggy.Put together a nice catch of 9 keepers,Eric age 7 had the biggest fluke 3.5lb.Should of caught more but the drift died.

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail : captainron@monmouth.com
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 6/15/04
Location: ocean
Fishing Method: rod and reel
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Slots to Mediums
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 20ft
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Very nice fishing today. Hit several snags and wrecks and had fish on all drops but one. A few here and there, by the end of the day we had a nice catch. Slots in the AM with medium fish in the afternoon. Largest was 18 1/2 pounds. Water temp moving up fast but the bottom temp is still cool enough to hold the fish. Tons of bunker so snagging them and sending them out works well also. As long as we have the bait, we should have the fish, at least till the temp gets to be too much....Capt. Ron

Angler Name : Paul
E-Mail : compangms@aol.com
Boat Name: C-Gull
Date Fished: June 14
Location: Shrewsbury river
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 22"
Bait or Lure: spearing /squid
Water Depth: 6-15'
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Too bumpy to try sharking so i went up river. Started slow but at begining of incomming tide they started chewing south of the Sea Bright bridge where it opens up to the wide part was best... A couple fat flatties in the bunch. Grass shrimp halped too...

Angler Name : Ed Skwara
E-Mail : DSkwara@aol.com
Boat Name: Hello Dolly
Date Fished: June 13 - 14, 2004
Location: Cape May
Fishing Method:
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size:
Bait or Lure: Bluefish
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 66
Information : Fished Cape May Shark Tournament - caught 3 Mako's in 2 days of fishing. All fish were between 125-150 lbs. Fish are moving north and our shark season should be outstanding for this summer!!

Angler Name : Ed Meyers
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 6/14/2004
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 4 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 65 Ft.
Water Temp.: 62 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Ed Meyers family on the Bounty Hunter today and the weather made for a short day of fishing. By 11AM the SW wind was coming on at 20+ Knots with gusts to 29 Knots and the conditions quickly deteriorated. We called it a day but not before putting 60 Seabass up to 4 lbs. in the box. We fished the pieces in 65 Ft. of water East of the Inlet.

Angler Name : Tom Mays
E-Mail : mriccardo@nac.net
Boat Name: CASTAWAY
Date Fished: 6/14
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 21"
Bait or Lure: squid, spearing
Water Depth: 19ft
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Capt. Mike Riccardo Had the Tom Mays charter aboard the Castaway for a half day fluke trip. Fishing on the New York side of the bay the party had their limit in a little under 3 hours. We had a 20 knot south west wind with a outgoing tide which gave us an excellent drift.

Angler Name : Conrad Paulos
E-Mail : freedomfishing@optonline.net
Boat Name: freedom
Date Fished: 6-14-04
Location: north of manasquan
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: spoons
Water Depth: 30 t065
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Had a hard day of fishing left the dock a little late we opted to go north heading up to the rocks. On the entire way up we found the ocean to be dead and no signs of bunker the net of the day in less than good conditions was we were able to put a catch together but it did not include any bass

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 6/14/04
Location: ocean
Fishing Method: rod and reel
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: slots/medium
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 20ft
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Water temp moving up, loads of bunker everywhere you look, in the bay, Ocean and back bays. More fish seem to be in them further to the South. Tried snagging a few up this end and using them, but no takers. Bounced around the snags today with a one, one pick here and there. Had a shot at the end of the tide into slack which brightened things up a bit. Mostly slots with a few medium fish mixed in. Largest was 16 pounds. Capt. Ron

Angler Name : BOB
E-Mail :
Boat Name: GLORI J
Date Fished: 6\13\04
Location: SEAGIRT REEF
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size: 19 TO 25 INCHES
Bait or Lure: SQUID \ KILLIES
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 64 DEG.
Information : DRIFTED FOR 3 HOURS GOT 8 FLUKE KEEPERS SAME AMOUNT THROW BACKS . 5 BLACK BASS KEEPERS 4 THROW BACKS . GOOD TIME HAD BY GEORGE,GEORGE JR,BOB

Angler Name : Steve Won
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 6/13/2004
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 4 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 50 to 80 Ft.
Water Temp.: 63 Degrees
Information : The Steve Won charter was on board the Bounty Hunter today. Capt. Paul decided to pass up on the southern wrecks and work the pieces east of Manasquan Inlet. We made 5 stops during the day and picked Seabass up to 4 Lbs. on all the stops. However as we got into deeper water (65 to 80 Ft.) the Dogfish became more intense. At the end of the day the charter had 125 Seabass plus 1/2 dozen Ling in the box.

Angler Name : Will Gates
E-Mail : billgates54@aol.com
Boat Name: PHANTOM
Date Fished: June 13
Location: Lindenkohl Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 50 lb.
Bait or Lure: Combination
Water Depth: 500 ft.
Water Temp.: 66 degrees
Information : Arrive early and trolled the tip out to 500 fathoms. Lots of skipjack - had to be patient. There are bluefin there but they are down deep and scattered. Landed a 50 lb bluefin around noon. Headed to the 30 fathom line to try to hook a shark. After about an hour, we thought we were snagged on the bottom with a long line baited with a skipjack fillet. After about 45 min. we had color on the largest blue shark we had ever caught, approx 300 lbs.

Angler Name : alex fortunato
E-Mail : kferrier@ferrierelectric.com
Boat Name: 42 ocean
Date Fished: 6/13/04
Location: fingers
Fishing Method: chum
Specie: Thresher Shark
Size: 283
Bait or Lure: mackrel
Water Depth: 120
Water Temp.: 64
Information : left barnegat inlet@ 5am ran to fingers capt kirk ferrier mate allen ferrier and angler alex fortunato,released 3 blue sharks hooked up on threasher @ 11am alex fought for 2 hrs toughest fish i,ve ever seen (and we,ve put many bigeyes over 200 in this boat)i finally stuck him with the harpoon @ 1:30 tight lines kirk

Angler Name : RED
E-Mail : harry35@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Freddy-C
Date Fished: 06/13/04
Location: Flynn's Knoll
Fishing Method: Clams
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 18 Lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Saw one really good fish caught, rest of the trp was slow picking and small bass, about 5 keepers on entire boat of 35 people. Winds were houling full tilt too!

Angler Name : Jeff
E-Mail : Jcovert@loadctl.com
Boat Name: My Mary
Date Fished: 6/13/04
Location: Red Church
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 22"
Bait or Lure: Spearing/Squid
Water Depth: 39'
Water Temp.:
Information : Started off day looking to snag some bunker and get some striped bass. No luck. Switch to fluke managed to put 6 in the box and another 6 sea bass then had a rough ride back.

Angler Name : Mike Copeman
E-Mail :
Boat Name: RENEGADE
Date Fished: June 13, 2004
Location: Asbury / South Fingers
Fishing Method: Troll / Drift
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: various
Bait or Lure: Spoons
Water Depth: 110-145
Water Temp.: 65
Information : We tried snagging bunker Saturday morning off Asbury but do to the winds and a lot of boats we decieded to troll. We caught one 38lb striper and then decided to call it quits by 7:30am as the boat traffic made trolling inshore impossible. Sharking in the South Fingers on a friends boat (Jamaica Princess) was entertaining as we released 12 Blue Sharks but no Makos. Boats further south seemed to do better with the Makos then us. Appears from the docks that most of the bunker south of Manasquan were cleaned out by the Bunker Seiners. At least crab bait will be cheap!

Angler Name : Alan & Brandon Kape
E-Mail : akape@kapeinsurance.com
Boat Name: Spunky II
Date Fished: 6/13/2004
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Thresher Shark
Size: 360lbs - 14ft
Bait or Lure: Bluefish
Water Depth: 150'
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Capt Bob Egger & mate Brian took our father/son team for a Sunday am Shark trip. It wasn't a long wait before Brian set the hook & we new it was big! 1 hour later the fish was airborn & we finally knew what we were tangling with. 2 more hours and a couple more jumps the fish was at the boat. 360Lbs and 14+ feet according to Hoffman's scale. Thanks Captn Bob & Brian for a great time!

Angler Name : Captain Charlie Martino
E-Mail : njtackle@aol.com
Boat Name: Light Tackle
Date Fished: 6/13/04
Location: Long Branch
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 3 to 6 lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fluke fishing has turned on. Most are in the 3 to 6lb. range, plus great Sea Bass fishing. There are still some open dates during the week if you want to try for that doormat. Call 732-988-3632- Captain Charlie

Angler Name : chris
E-Mail : fishtheridge@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 6/13
Location: fingers
Fishing Method: driftin and chummin
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 285 lbs
Bait or Lure: bluefish
Water Depth: 131
Water Temp.: 66
Information : Heard about makos in the fingers and decided to try on Sunday Fished the fingers for about 2 hours when we had a doubleheader on mako's Let the first one go and boated the 8' 5" one. Took just over 1 hour. Lots of steaks from this one.

Angler Name : Dave Nolan, Gary Shetlick
E-Mail : davidtanya@att.net
Boat Name: Special-T
Date Fished: 11 June, 13 June
Location: S of the Fingers
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 336lbs - Friday, 137lbs - Sunday
Bait or Lure: Bluefish, bunker
Water Depth: 150
Water Temp.: 64-65
Information : Fished hard two days and was rewarded by big guy Friday and smaller fish Sunday. We saw few other boats sharking and heard little on the radio. Had four blue sharks Friday and a big Thresher that broke off and jumped clear. Both fish weighed at Hoffman's and the guys were great.

Angler Name : Ken, Toni, Ron and Timmy
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: 6/13/04
Location: Belmar/Shrewsbury Rocks/Sea Girt
Fishing Method: Livelining/bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 3lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker/squid/clams
Water Depth: 20-70ft
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Captain Bernie Roth took his nephews and neighbor on a fun trip to try livelining bunker for striped bass. The snagging and livelining was very successful but catching was not. We saw only one fish caught all morning from Sea Girt to the Rocks and heard only a couple others that were caught. Drifting and anchoring on the Sea Girt reef produced two keeper fluke and a decent catch of sea bass to 3 lbs.

Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Date Fished: 6/11 & 6/13
Location: NORTH OF SR INLET
Fishing Method: TROLL/LIVELINE
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25#
Bait or Lure: BUNKER, SHAD RIGS, SPOONS
Water Depth: VARIOUS
Water Temp.: 60-62
Information : OUT ALONE ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND HAD 3 NICE FISH ON LIGHT TACKLE ALL 23-25# - RELEASED ALL 3 TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY. OUT ON SUNDAY AND FOUND THAT THE BOAT TRAFFIC WAS UNBEARABLE. GUYS DRIVING RIGHT INTO AND THROUGH THE SCHOOLS DESTROYED ANY CHANCE OF CATCHING ANY FISH. A LITTLE COURTESY AND COMMON SENSE GOES A LONG WAY.

Angler Name : Bob Lewis
E-Mail : tlewis1167@aol.com
Boat Name: Top Dog
Date Fished: 6/13/04
Location: One mile north of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Live Bunker
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28 & 35 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 30'
Water Temp.: 63.5
Information : Went out Sunday morning, ran into Bunker just north of inlet. Went 2 for 4 on big Stripers. Bite stopped around 8:30 a.m. Headed back to the dock to prepare for Mako Mania.

Angler Name : Laura , JP &John
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Tide Runner
Date Fished: 6/13/04
Location: Out Of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Several
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: to 3 lbs
Bait or Lure: Clams and Squid
Water Depth: 75 ft
Water Temp.: 65
Information : We broke the inlet 645 am and moved along the beach in search of Bunker traveled as far south as the thunderbrid. No Bunker to be found We did run into a big school of small blues off Mantaloking and had a ball on light tackle until the fleet moved in and scattered the fish. Continued south with no luck finding Bunker. So we headed for a favorite inshore wreck. the fishing was not hot but a steady pick of seabass up to 3 lbs caught a dozen or so black fish all under size and everyone was full of Roe.just to let you know how cold the water is at 75 ft we caught 2 small Cod fish. Go Figure! still agreat day to be on the water with family. Peace!!!!!!!!!!

Angler Name : "Mac" MacSherry
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 6/12/2004
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 3 1/2 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 55 to 80 Ft.
Water Temp.: 63 Degrees
Information : The "Mac" MacSherry charter returned to the Bounty Hunter for their first Seabass trip of the season. So, Capt. Paul ran down to some of his favorite snags & hangs south of Manasquan Inlet. Making 5 Stops during the day enabled the charter to put a 6 man limit catch of Seabass up to 3 1/2lbs. in the box. The Dogfish were not as thick as previously experienced and that made for some good fishing. All the Seabass were caught on fresh Clams in depths of 55 Ft. to 80 Ft. of water.

Angler Name : Frank
E-Mail : captreelaction@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Action
Date Fished: 6/12/04
Location: Asbury Park
Fishing Method: Bait & Trolling
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Capt Marc had the GEOD group out for stripers. We snagged bunkers but there were no takers. We ended up going to some wrecks to get a nice pick of sea bass. There was a 3:1 ratio of throwbacks to keepers.

Angler Name : Tony Russo
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 6/12/04
Location: East of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 3lbs
Bait or Lure: Clam /Squid
Water Depth: 75'
Water Temp.: 60
Information : The Tony Russo and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Sea Bass fishing. Stopping on two spots we had a steady pick of Sea Bass all day,by days end we had about 100 nice keeper Sea bass. Also caught and released were some small Blackfish,Pollack,Cod and Ling. The Dog fish were not too bad where we fished today.

Angler Name : Mark
E-Mail : mydolfan@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Dolfan
Date Fished: 6/12/04
Location: Brigantine
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Fluke
Size: 28"
Bait or Lure: Squid
Water Depth: 18'
Water Temp.:
Information : We caugt only 6 keeper out of 25 fish, but the one was close to 7lb at 28". The other keepers were at or over 20". They were either way short or way long.

Angler Name : Capt John
E-Mail : captjohn@reelfunsportfishing.com
Boat Name: Reel Fun
Date Fished: 6/12/04
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 4 lbs.
Bait or Lure: spearing/squid
Water Depth: 30'
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Fished the JCAA tournament with the Mike Thibeault party from Rancocas Woods, NJ. GREAT day of fishing boating 31 fluke at the tip of the hook. Had 16 nice "keepers" to 4 lb's. Although we didn't enter our largest fish (going for 1st prize only)the Thibeault party had a great fishing day. (Great job Dave!!!) Fluke went strickly for spearing/squid combo, turning their noses to other baits. New batch of fish coming in. Tight Lines

Angler Name : Glicker
E-Mail : msclaf6503@aol.com
Boat Name: 7 seize
Date Fished: 6/12/04
Location: glory hole
Fishing Method: chum
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 140
Water Temp.: 66
Information : Releasd 12 blue sharks.Lost 200 lb mako at boatside.Lots of life and clean water.

Angler Name : Dave Kolsky
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: 6/12/04
Location: Mantoloking/Sea girt Reef
Fishing Method: Chunking/bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 3 lbs
Bait or Lure: Squid/clams
Water Depth: 69 ft
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Capt Bernie Roth hosted the Dave Kolsky charter for a day of Striper chunking and bottom fishing. We started chunking bunker heads off Mantoloking but the northeast winds were a little too stiff for realistic chunking and we anchored on the sea girt reef for sea bass. The charter managed to put 50 keeper sea bass in the cooler up to 3lbs on squid and clam baits. A short drift by the bell bouy on the way in produced a 19' fluke.

Angler Name : BUCK THE FLUKE
E-Mail : bill@durstcorp.com
Boat Name: Brown Eyed Babe II
Date Fished: 6/12/04
Location: North of shark River & S. G. Reef
Fishing Method: Troll & Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: Up to 21"
Bait or Lure: Spoons & Bucktails
Water Depth: 30'-65'
Water Temp.: 64
Information : A buddy Caught a few nice bass trolling spoons north of Shark River on Sat. so I said what the heck.Arriving off of Aubury Pk. I put out a white spoon. Trolled for 1/2 hr. before it hit me that no fish in its right mind would hang around all the boats passing at full speed. I had boats passing 30' off my gunwales while i'm trolling. Boy am i inconsiderate for being in their way.A move to the Reef found a dragger working the spot i caught them on sat. Go figure !! This has to stop if you don't belong to the R.F.A then you should join. We need to get back what used to be ours. Any way a move to a lump in shore produced 7 keepers up to 21" before the southerly started huffing. A some-what less glorious day at sea. Peace!!!!

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail : captainron@monmouth.com
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 6/12/04
Location: ocean
Fishing Method: rod and reel
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: mixed
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 20ft
Water Temp.: 64-65
Information : Tough fishing today , (Saturday), Only had a handfull of bass in the A.M. It seemed every boat in New Jersey was out, making things a little overcrowded for were we have been fishing. Bounced around diffent snags and even drifted most of the day. Great weather thou!!! Capt. Ron

Angler Name : Tony
E-Mail : Shorefun99@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 6/12/04
Location: Star, Fingers, Resor
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Blue Shark
Size: 200
Bait or Lure: Macarel
Water Depth: 150
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Tried all day for the Mako, hit a ton of bluefish and dogfish killing our baits. Came up with two good sized blue sharks at the end of the day. Saw lots of turtles.

Angler Name : Steve
E-Mail : spmazanek@aol.com
Boat Name: Smokin' Irene
Date Fished: 6/12/04
Location: Edge of Mud Hole wreck
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Cod
Size: up to 12 lbs.
Bait or Lure: clam w/ pink twister tails
Water Depth: 150-200
Water Temp.:
Information : Beat the crowds on Saturday to run outside a bit to try for some Spring cod on a small wreck. Billy D. and Greg skeptically agreed to give it a try so I had to find some fish or they won't go with me again. Had a good catch of 6 nice cod and some big ling.

Angler Name : Sid Gold
E-Mail : sidgold@optonline.net
Boat Name: Can Do Too
Date Fished: 6/12/2004
Location: fingers
Fishing Method: chumming
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 150 lbs
Bait or Lure: blue fish
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 66
Information : Captain Jim Foy did it again.... last evening 5 large stripers up to 42 poinds, Today 11 blue sharks from 120 to 240 lbs all released AND A MAKO 150 pounds kept John P. jr and his pal Jim with Bill mate.. Lots fun, 3 to 5 in seas in AM quieting to 1-3 in afternoon. Can Do Too handles the seas very well.

Angler Name : Veddie
E-Mail : dgellner@ptd.net
Boat Name: Honey Too's
Date Fished: 6-12-04
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 19.5"
Bait or Lure: killie squid
Water Depth: varies
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Caught like 25 short fluke and 1 keeper with two anglers on board with a late start. Fluking is certainly not worth the cost of putting the boat in the water any more. Cost me $100.00 for one keeper not including cost of the boat. The regulations are out of control.

Angler Name : Sal Fradella
E-Mail : makosal@aol.com
Boat Name: LIVING WATER
Date Fished: 6/12/04
Location: GLORY HOLE
Fishing Method: DRIFT
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 150 LBS
Bait or Lure: BLUEFISH/BUNKER
Water Depth: 185
Water Temp.: 61.4
Information : AWSOME DAY AT THE GLORY HOLE,GOT A LATE START LEFT THE MARINA AT 5:45 INSTEAD OF THE 3:30 AM PLAN (THANKS TO GERAD).GERAD MARINI ,MARK VOLPE AND MYSELF ARRIVED AT THE HOLE ABOUT 9:00am.BY 10:05 am 150 MAKO WAS TIDE TO THE SIDE OF THE BOAT,AFTER THAT WE HAD 4 BLUE DOGS UP TO 250 LBS .THE 250 WAS TAKEN ON A 15/30 CLASSS BLUEFISH ROD AND REEL .EVERYONE DID A FINTASTICK JOB!THANKS GUYS.

Angler Name : BUCK THE FLUKE
E-Mail : bill@durstcorp.com
Boat Name: Brown Eyed Babe II
Date Fished: 6/12/04
Location: Sea Girt Reef
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: Up to 25"
Bait or Lure: Bucktails
Water Depth: 50'-65'
Water Temp.: 64
Information : As Unbelievable as it may seem I needed to do some-thing different than to jockey for position to snag baits for BASS.Drifting the reef produced a limit of fluke up to 5lb. & 9 keeper sea bass. threw back many more. another glorious day at sea.Peace.!!!!

Angler Name : Stephen Gendell
E-Mail : mriccardo@nac.net
Boat Name: CASTAWAY
Date Fished: 6/12 PM
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clam
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 36"
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 30ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Capt. Mike Riccardo had the Stephen Gendell party aboard the Castaway for a great nite of striper fishing. Awaiting the change of tide we started out fluking. After putting several nice keepers in the box we headed out around the hook. As soon as the clams hit the bottom the guys hooked up. The action was non stop for the rest of the night. The two man charter boated over 30 bass up tp 36 inches.

Angler Name : Dave Nolan / Gary Shetlick
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Special T
Date Fished: Fri 11 Jun 04
Location: SE of the Fingers
Fishing Method: bluefish fillet
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 336 lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 120 ft
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Left MAn Inlet in rain and slop midnight for early am set up. Caught four blue sharks 60 miles at 140 degrees and later moved inshore and had a big Thresher jump and break off. 3 pm the big guy hit. Landed him in an hour just two of us onboard. Job and a half to get aboard. Weighed in at Hoffmans first Mako of the year they said. Nobody out therre sharking we could seee or hear. Great Day. Dave Nolan Brick NJ

Angler Name : Mike N.
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Laurie Leilani
Date Fished: 6-11
Location: Off Asbury Park
Fishing Method: live bunker
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 38.5
Bait or Lure: live bunker/ Chunks
Water Depth: 35
Water Temp.: 66
Information : Started day trolling spoons with no results. Bunker all of over the place, but few strippers to be found. ended up with One 28lb. and one 38.5lbs live lining bunker. A few blues and plenty of short fluke.

Angler Name : Jim Schnaidt
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 6/11/2004
Location: Off Elberon
Fishing Method: Drifting Bunker
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 42"
Bait or Lure: Live Bunker
Water Depth: 20 to 40 Ft.
Water Temp.: 63 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Jim Schnaidt charter on the Bounty Hunter and we headed up to the north. Drifting live Bunker we picked up our first Bass off Avon. Moving further up the line to the Elberon area we had solid readings of Bass all day. The charter quickly had their 6 fish limit of Keeper & Bonus Stripers up to 42" then went on to release another half dozen big Bass.

Angler Name : Greg, Mike, and Mike
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Mom's Kitchen
Date Fished: 6/11/04
Location: Asbury Park- Deal
Fishing Method: Live lining
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 42", 30 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 25-45
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Started off south of Manasquan Inlet and did not find anything. Went up to Asbury, and joined the fleet live-lining bunker. We lost four, and boated 4. All four were over 30 pounds! Great day on the water!!

Angler Name : Lou Green
E-Mail : greenbunch@aol.com
Boat Name: Green Machine
Date Fished: 6/11/2004
Location: North Manasquane inlet
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 40"
Bait or Lure: fat backs
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Fished for a few hours live lining fat backs and had a blast with large stripers all over 40". Kept one in the live well and released him back at the Marina. The 25 pounder I kept for the table had a huge whole fat back in his stomach when I cleaned him out. The ocean laid down nice as the afternoon went on. With the high fuel prices this fishing close to home port is great !!!!

Angler Name : BUCK THE FLUKE
E-Mail : bill@durstcorp.com
Boat Name: Brown Eyed Babe II
Date Fished: 6/11/04
Location: Red Church
Fishing Method: Live Fat Backs
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 37,39,43 Lb
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 33'
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Got a late start didn't get on the water till 11:30. Tried Trolling around the squan Bell but threrwas too much crap in the water.Rigs kept snagging bags & other garbage.Radio chatter indicated there were fish up north. snagging bunker was the ticket.got 3 up to 43lbs. lost 2 others.Got the big one despite the moron that threw a cast net over my line while the fish was running with my bait. what a maroon.!!!!! A move off to the rock piles produced 30 sea bass about 15 were keepers. Another glorious day at sea. Peace!!!!

Angler Name : RYAN
E-Mail : FISH2COOLaol.com
Boat Name: 2COOL
Date Fished: 6/11
Location: inshore wreck
Fishing Method: clams drifting
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 16 inches seabass fluke to 23 inches
Bait or Lure: clams and fluke belly
Water Depth: 60 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : picked up about 30 seabass in the morning and switched to fluke in the afternoon and picked up about 15 keepers

Angler Name : Sid Gold
E-Mail : sidgold@optonline.net
Boat Name: Can Do Too
Date Fished: 6/11/2004
Location: off Brielle
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 35 to 40 lbs
Bait or Lure: large spoons and live bunker
Water Depth: 25-35'
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Captain Jim Foy did it again John P. Senior and Sid got the limit in less than 2 hours using very light rods and a lot of fun Left dock 3:00 PM returned 5:30 PM with a limit catch.. wonderful fun

Angler Name : Tom
E-Mail : tinichols@aol.com
Boat Name: Trophy
Date Fished: June 11, 2004
Location: Asbury Park
Fishing Method: Live lining
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30-40 lb.
Bait or Lure: live bunker
Water Depth: 20-30
Water Temp.: 66
Information : Snag live bunker and then held on. We could only land 50% of the fish due to size. Had to chase fish at times with boat so we didn't get spooled. Also caught our bigger fish using a fish finder rig and live bunker. Can't catch a slot fish for two years now. The fish are back just like the 70's.

Angler Name : Hal Hall
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 6/10/2004
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 3 1/2 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 60 to 80 Ft.
Water Temp.: 63 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Hal Hall charter on board the Bounty Hunter and headed south to the Inshore wrecks and hangs. We made 4 stops during the day and as was the case a few days ago we found the Seabass eager to bite on all 4 drops. We had to fish our way through the Dogfish which plagued us all day, however at days end the charter had just over 100 Seabass up to 3 1/2 lbs. in the box.

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail : captainron@monouth.com
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 5/10/04
Location: ocean
Fishing Method: rod and reel
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: medium
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 20ft
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Had the last 1 1/2 hours of the outgoing tide today and the fish were hungry. Had shots of 4 to 5 on at a time. Medium size fish up to 18 pounds with a couple of slots mixed in. Total change from yesterdays fishing where we had to wait 2 hours into the incoming and bounce around on several spots before they bit. Fishing is day to day now, but it's still very good when they do turn on. Tons of Bunker in the ocean, we did manage to snag some and let them swim around, but no takers that way today. Can't wait till tommorrow!! Capt. Ron

Angler Name : Mike Copeman
E-Mail :
Boat Name: RENEGADE
Date Fished: 06/09/04
Location: South of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Live Lining
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Upto 38 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 10-60
Water Temp.: 64
Information : We fished on Wednesday and limited out with no slots. All fish were over 20lbs and largest went 38. There are a lot of larger fish in the 40-60lb class and possibly larger. We were spooled once (260 yards), bass initially jumped when hooked and then sounded and pulled us offshore. We had 6 break offs above the 4 ft 80 lb leader. These fish were breaking 30lb test bass pro line after 15-20 minute fights and backing down for hundreds of yards. Will be using heavy tackle next time.

Angler Name : Jim
E-Mail : JimmyA1Boy@aol.com
Boat Name: Milky Way
Date Fished: 6/9/04
Location: Manasquan Inlet to the Rocks
Fishing Method: Live lined/ chunked bunker, Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 00000000
Bait or Lure: Bunker, shad rigs,spoons
Water Depth: 20-40
Water Temp.: High 60s
Information : We got out of the inlet at 7:45 hoping to find loads of bunker up and down the beach. We found none so headed to the rocks caught 2 blues to 15lbs loosing one. We chunked bunker by the red church with nothing. We did see only one school of bunker about 15'-20' under the boat at the church.

Angler Name : Dave Tolchin
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 9
Location: Manasquan
Fishing Method: Bunker Dunkin
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 39.5 pounds
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: 12-20
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Dave Tolchin charter from Parlin, NJ out on the Canyon Runner charter Wednesday and got back into the hot bass bite on live bunker. With two dozen livies in the well from the night before they went right to bass fishing and had three on before the boat came to a stop. The bite was south of the Inlet Wednesday and lasted until 10am When the dust settle they accounted for 13 stripers with one 25 pounder and the rest all over 30 pounds up to 39.5 pounds.

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail : captainron@monmouth.com
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 6/9/04
Location: ocean
Fishing Method: rod and reel
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: large
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 20ft
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Had to wait for the tide again today. Bounced around several drops in the AM with a handfull of fish. When the current got right, things turned on for a good 45 minutes. Largest fish of the day were 32, 28 and 24 pounds. Only a couple of Slots, loads of Blackfish(that we released), thier just about to spawn. Getting down to spot and tide fishing now. Water temp in the ocean was 63 degrees, say loads of Bunker with not much in them....Capt. Ron

Angler Name : Tom Headley
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 6/9/2004
Location: Off Mantoloking
Fishing Method: Drifting Bunkers
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 46" (34Lbs.)
Bait or Lure: Live Bunker
Water Depth: 20 to 40 Ft.
Water Temp.: 61 Degrees
Information : The Tom Headley charter was on board the Bounty Hunter today for a day of Striper fishing. Capt. Paul stopped on the Bunker schools off Pt. Pleasant and snagged 3 dozen Bunker for starters then ran down to Mantoloking to get in on the morning bite. Drifting live Bunker the charter put 9 large Bass in the boat during a 2 1/2 Hr. bite. The 3 largest were all over 45" and weighed in at 34Lbs, 33Lbs and 31 lbs. The charter also released another 3 large Bass.

Angler Name : John
E-Mail :
Boat Name: TIDE RUNNER
Date Fished: 6/8/04
Location: Manasquan Inlet area
Fishing Method: live Lining
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Live Bunker
Water Depth: 14 to 50
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Hit the Inlet @ about 9am had a late start. You could have walk accrossed the backs of the Bunker. Quickly snag enought bunker to fill my bait well. Fish from 9:15 to 2:oo pm had 2 big fish up to the boat and loss them both. I only saw 1 fish boated the rest of the day. Weather great beats working anyday. Except when you have to buy fuel He he. Peace!!!!

Angler Name : Joe Sensale
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 6/8/2004
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 3 1/2 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 50 To 80 Ft.
Water Temp.: 63 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul switched gears today and took the Joe Sensale charter to the southern wrecks for a day of Seabass fishing. We were all pleasantly surprised when we found Seabass up to 3 1/2 lbs. on the 4 drops that we made. It did not take very long for the charter to put a 5 man limit of Seabass in the fish box. We had about a 1 to 3 ratio of Keepers to Shorts, which was not bad. All the Seabass were caught on Clam baits.

Angler Name : Jay
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Hard Time
Date Fished: 6/8
Location: Off Asbury Park
Fishing Method: snagging bunker/live line
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25,29,32,35,391/2 lbs.
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: 30ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Best day of fishing I ever had. Fished the schools of bunker off Asbury Park, they were so thick under the boat it looked like you could of walked on them. Caught non stop bass from about 5pm till 7:30pm the biggest was 391/2 lbs.

Angler Name : Jim Lawson
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 6/07,6/08
Location: South of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 3 lbs
Bait or Lure: Squid/clams
Water Depth: 75
Water Temp.: 59
Information : The Jim Lawson group from Ohio was aboard the Megan Beth for a two day Sea Bass Trip. On Monday we had a slow pick up sea bass on all four wrecks we fished in 75 ' of water. By days end we had put a good catch together. Mixed in with the Sea Bass were alot of throw back Pollack as wll as some Cod fish.On Tuesday we headed out to the East about 8 miles and the first drop was the best of the day catching a good number of keeper Sea bass. As the wind picked up out of the South the pick droped off,but once again a good catch of Sea Bass was caught.A few small Blackfish as well as Pollack,Cod,ling were caught as well.

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail : captainron@monmouth.com
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 6/8/04
Location: ocean
Fishing Method: rod and reel
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: larger
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 20ft
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Not a lot of life anywhere, but we did manage to find a nice pile of fish on a local snag. Mostly Larger fish with a few slots mixed in. Largest was 18 1/2 pounds. Fish bit 2 hours into the incoming and lasted about an hour. Weather looks good till around Friday(just in time for the weekend) with a possible Northeast blow into Saturday. Looks like last year all over again.

Angler Name : Ty McGowan
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Maria B.
Date Fished: 6/7/04
Location: North Along the Beach
Fishing Method: LiveLining
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 35 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Live Bunker
Water Depth: 30ft
Water Temp.: 60.8
Information : Moved North Along The beach fuond a small pod of bunker around spring Lake loaded with bass. Kept one 35 pounder and released four other fish about the same size. Lots of Action beatiful morning.

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail : captainron@monmouth.com
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 6/7/04
Location: ocean
Fishing Method: rod and reel
Specie: Weakfish
Size: mixed
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 20ft
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Not much of a report today, The nasty weather over the weekend took the edge off me! Huge ground swell yesterday made the shallow water fishing almost impossible. Tried several areas with the same results. Today had a few fish on the Knoll, zip down the beach and a few fish on Romar. Plenty of bluefish action if that's what you are looking for, between the channels. Not looking foward to the hot weather coming up...good for business...bad for Bass! Capt. Ron

Angler Name : Guy Biondi
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 7
Location: l
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Captain Phil Dulane and Justine Nighan had Guy Biondi and the Bronx Boys out on the Canyon Runner Monday and found that the bass had not moved due to the blow over the weekend. Running up the beach in the morning they found enough bunker to quickly fill the live well will 6 dozen. While catching the bunker they busted off a couple bass on the light tackle but that bite never materialized. Moving up the beach they found the bass off Long Branch and as soon as the tide started running the bass turned on. Today the smallest striper was 20 pounds and they had 7 bass over 30 pounds including two 35s, a 37 and a 38-pounder. Most of the bigger bass were released as the charter kept their limit plus bonus fish and released at least 30 other stripers.

Angler Name : Angelo Melthiorri
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 6/7/2004
Location:
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 40"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 55 Ft.
Water Temp.: 63 Degrees
Information : After a 2 day layoff due to the nasty weather, Capt. Paul got back to the Stripers with the Angelo Melthiorri charter. Anchoring in 55ft of water the Bass only bit for a short period on the tide change. We put 8 Keeper Bass in the boat, pulled hooks on 3 and released another 2 Bass. After the 2 hour pick it was nothing but Skates and Dogfish until we called it a day at 11:30AM.

Angler Name : Philo Beddo
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Stroker Ace
Date Fished: 6/06
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Live Lining
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 20
Water Temp.:
Information : Finally finding live bait, Dr.Bill Rhee put us on some nice fish. Total of seven bass, the biggest was 25lbs.

Angler Name : Sasha Neulinger
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: 6/06/04
Location: Manasquan River
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17"
Bait or Lure: squid/killies
Water Depth: 6-15 ft
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Captain Bernie Roth hosted the Sasha Neulinger charter from Allentown for a day of Fluking. Originally a Striper charter which was canceled the teenagers in the party wanted to do something despite miserable conditions and we tried fluke fishing. The bite was very slow and only a few keepers were landed. However the teenagers had a good time with the fluke, oyster crackers and sea Robins. We did try trolling to the bell bouy in 6-7 footers with no bites and quickly returned to the river.

Angler Name : David Stuber
E-Mail : mriccardo@nac.net
Boat Name: CASTAWAY
Date Fished: 6/6
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 20"
Bait or Lure: squid, killies
Water Depth: 15ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Capt. Mike Riccardo had the David Stuber party aboard the Castaway for a decent morning of fluking. Fishing in a 20 knot east wind with a incoming tide gave us a great drift. The charter had a steady pick of keepers in the back of Raritan Bay up to 20 inches.

Angler Name : Manny Gonzalez
E-Mail : mgonzalez78@msn.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 6/05/2004
Location: Point off Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17 to 21 inches
Bait or Lure: Kelly's and Squid
Water Depth: 15 to 30 feet
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Great time on Saturday, Just my second time out fishing for Fluke and my best day. We caught six large FLUKE. We hook some Bunkers but No Blues or Strippers.

Angler Name : Capt Joe
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Three J's
Date Fished: 6/4/2004
Location: Flynn's Knoll
Fishing Method: Trolled
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28"
Bait or Lure: Bunker Spoons
Water Depth: 29'
Water Temp.: 66
Information : Trolled spoons. Caught blues and stripers. Moved to Bug Light and Coast Guard station for fluke. Excellent conditions on Friday. Glad I took the day off.

Angler Name : Todd Moyer
E-Mail : tmoyer@bloomsburgmills.net
Boat Name: FIN-ADDICT
Date Fished: 6-4-04
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 19"
Bait or Lure: Squid/Killies
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished the tip of the "Hook", Coast Guard station and Navy pier. Fished 11 hours with two people on board. Fifty-three fluke caught, only 5 keepers. Equal number of sea robbins and one sundial. Waiting for the bigger fish to show. (Hopefully in a week or two!)

Angler Name : Mike
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 6-4-04
Location: Raritain bay
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3-10 lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Bluefish Bluefish Bluefish action all nite long. Great fun on lite tackle. Landed an estimated 75 fish in under 4 hours. Had lots of fun but no bass, maybe next time.

Angler Name : buck the fluke
E-Mail : bill@durstcorp.com
Boat Name: brown eyed babe II
Date Fished: 6/4/04
Location: squan bell & red church
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20-43 lbs
Bait or Lure: stretch plugs & spoons
Water Depth: 32-65
Water Temp.: 63
Information : trolled a 22 lb bass outside squan inlet right away. 2 more hrs.of trolling produced anothing else. ran in & bought clams.clamed for 1-1/2 hrs caught endless skates & doggies plus 1 20 lb bass. ran up to the red church & nailed them. got 5 bass 28-43 lbs.on spoons. another glorious day at sea. peace!!!!

Angler Name : chris
E-Mail :
Boat Name: chicken of the sea
Date Fished: 06/04/04
Location: north of s.r. inlet
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 37#,32#,25#,24#,22#
Bait or Lure: shad rigs and spoons
Water Depth: 25-50 feet
Water Temp.: 61
Information : WOW!!! Got an early start and had a great day again. Caught 3 good bass and 1 giant blue up north then moved a little south and added 3 more bass including a double hook-up that resulted in a 37# and 32# fish. Was on the way home by 0830. One buddy was a striper virgin and he had 3 fish including the big one. God Bless America - never forget 09/11/2001

Angler Name : PETE
E-Mail : PETEKEYWEST@AOL.COM
Boat Name: SEA HORSE
Date Fished: 6-04-04
Location: SANDY HOOK BAY
Fishing Method: DRIFT
Specie: Fluke
Size: 2LBS
Bait or Lure: SQUID&SPERRING
Water Depth: 20FT
Water Temp.: HIGH50S
Information : FISHED THE BAY BY THE COST GUARD STATION AND ACCROSS THE BAY TO THE NAVY PIER AND OFF OF KEANSBURG, A REAL SLOW PICK, ONLY ABOUT 7 KEEPERS ON THE BOAT WITH A DOZEN FISHERMAN, NONE OF THE BOATS WERE DOING ANYTHING, WATER STILL COLD, HOPE THE FISH START UP SOON.

Angler Name : Bob Genader
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 4
Location: The Rocks
Fishing Method: Bunker Dunkin
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 35 pounds
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie, Adam LaRosa and Justin Nighan took Captain Bob Genadar from Connecticut and the AMBAC/KPMG charter from Manhattan out on the Canyon Runner Friday and experienced the best bass bite of the year. A short stop up the beach put 40 bunker into the live well and we were then called into a hot bass bite off Long Branch. Within seconds of the first bunker hitting the bottom we had a 25-pound bass on. We spent the next 2 hours using up all 40 bunkers as ever one was eaten by a bass. The bunker came up again just inshore and we put another 35 bunker in the boat and they too were all eaten by bass. When the dust cleared we each had boated our limit of bass and release another 8. The smallest bass taken weighed 19 pounds and we only had two under 25 pounds. We ended the day with 25 bass over 25 pounds, a dozen over 40 inches, and four 35-pounders.

Angler Name : Ben Dyl
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 6/4/2004
Location:
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 45"(33lbs)
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 60 Ft.
Water Temp.: 62 Degrees
Information : The Ben Dyl charter was on the Bounty Hunter today and after a slow start and one move we had the Stripers gathered up behind the boat for non stop action. The charter had their 8 fish limit in the boat within 2 hours and went on to release another 11 large Bass. No Slot fish were caught today.

Angler Name : Charlie Martino
E-Mail : njtackle@aol.com
Boat Name: Light Tackle
Date Fished: 6/4/04
Location: Long Branch
Fishing Method: chunk, live line and troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30 to 35 lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : John Huterman charter caught limit of bass and released fish up to 35 lbs. Spent rest of day Sea Bass fishing. Fish were up to 3 lbs. excellant Sea Bass fishing.

Angler Name : Jay
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Hard Time
Date Fished: 6/4
Location: Off Manasquan
Fishing Method: clams /troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25lbs
Bait or Lure: chartruse stretch 30s
Water Depth: 60 to 70
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished Clams for 2 hours from 6am till 8am...nothing but sand sharks,started trolling 2 nice stripers 18 and 25lbs. Oh yeah one more thing, don't any one fish within 100 yds of purple jet he feels the whole ocean is his!

Angler Name : Sid Gold
E-Mail : sidgold@optonline.net
Boat Name: Can Do Too
Date Fished: 06/04/2004
Location: Shrews Burry Rocks
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 34 lbs to 40 lbs