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Angler Name : Bruce Wixson
E-Mail : Mou2@aol.com
Boat Name: Erin Express
Date Fished: 6/30/99
Location: Barnegat Inlet
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18" - 22"
Bait or Lure: squid & spearing
Water Depth: 10' -24'
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Well the weather guy blew this one....light and variable was
actually 15-18 out of the north east. Tom & I tried outside in 55' with one
keeper using 5 ounces. Came inside and caught 12 more with 7 of them keepers
up to 22". Water was cold, but fish were active. We had one keeper follow a
bait of the bottom and hit at boatside. Schools of small blues and stripers
also kept us busy with Fin-S and bucktails. Great day with very little boat
traffic.
Angler Name : greg
E-Mail : fish4arush
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: 6-30-99
Location: ship bottom
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 23lbs 10oz
Bait or Lure: salted clam
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : i started fishing around 6:30 am in overcast skies with a hi lo
rig and a 4 oz sinker.on my second cast around6:50 i hooked the bass and had
the 41 incher on the beach 15 minutes later. got picked up once after that but
dropped him.caught nothing but sea robins from 8:30 til 10:00.i left when the
beach tag girl showed up.
Angler Name : Charlie
E-Mail : lawncar@ptd.net
Boat Name: Madrugader
Date Fished: June 30
Location: Sandy Hook/ Bug Light
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: less than 15.5
Bait or Lure: squid/spearing/killies/sand eels
Water Depth: 6'-55'
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Lots of fluke. All like this report. SHORT.
Angler Name : Capt.Jim Lynch
E-Mail : Finaddict.sportfishing@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: FinAddict
Date Fished: 6/30/99
Location: 25 miles S/E Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Drift & Chum
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: T&R
Bait or Lure: Mackrel & Blue fish Fillets
Water Depth: 90'
Water Temp.: 68-70
Information : Fished with a party from the American Littoral Society on a
shark tagging trip.Despite srong N/E winds and 4 to 6 foot seas we were able
to tag (2) makos under the 66" limit and (1)blue shark about 100 lbs.
Angler Name : RAY CZORNIEWY
E-Mail : USER350306@AOL
Boat Name: PATRICIA C
Date Fished: 6-30-99
Location: OFF AMBRO'S CHANNEL
Fishing Method: CHUNKING BUNKER
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28 TO 30 INCHES
Bait or Lure: BUNKER CHUNKS
Water Depth: 24FT
Water Temp.:
Information : STARTED FISHING AROUND 6:45 PM VERY CALM NIGHT NO WINDS CAUGHT
THREE STRIPERS
10 BLUEFISH 2 TO 4 POUND CLASS AND A WHOLE LOT OF DOGFISH WATER TEMP WAS VERY WARM
IDEAL FOR THE DOGGIES.
Angler Name : peter morales
E-Mail : captain518@aol.com
Boat Name: milwrites misstress
Date Fished: 6/30/99
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: drifing
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 30 inches
Bait or Lure: jigs and sandworms
Water Depth: 30
Water Temp.: 78
Information : we started the day searching for the ever elusive fluke we keep
hearing reports that the ocean bottom is filled with them but i could only
find a few shorts.We did manage to run into a large school of weakfish wich
made the day pleasent but not a single keeper fluke
Angler Name : NJDorado
E-Mail : NJDorado@aol.com
Boat Name: ????????
Date Fished: June 30, 1999
Location: Raritan & Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Chunking, Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: None
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 24'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Hit the shallows in Raritan Bay. Moved around but found a nice
pick of keeper and short Fluke over by Staten Island on killies. Also Andy had
a 5 pound Weakfish but the line broke as the fish was near the boat. Tried
some more spots but nothing so we were going Striper Chunking. We were off
Sandy Hook catching Bluefish, Fluke, Sea Robin, Dogfish, and Skate. No Bass
but we had severel good run offs and the baits looked as though Bass were
eating them.
Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 30
Location: Mud Bouy
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Atlantic Bonito
Size: 8 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 50'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Jesse Greenberg charter from
Marboro, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Wednesday and put together a great catch
of Bluefish topped out with 3 Bonita up to 8 pounds. The action was all on
bait as we chummed the Mud Bouy. The water was crystal clear and the Bonita
bite the wire we had in the water for the Blues. In addition, we boated over
125 Bluefish keeping only a few for the table and releasing the rest. The
Blues were between 5 and 12 pounds.
Angler Name : Bob Erickson
E-Mail : fishukd@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: Free Bee
Date Fished: 6/29/99
Location: Barnegat Inlet south side
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12to26" 1.5lbsto5lbs
Bait or Lure: squid@minnow
Water Depth: 10to15ft
Water Temp.: 64f.
Information : Started the day off slow brown water and dead low tide. we tried
mouth of the inlet but nothing really happening. i couldent get outside to the
clean water because of swells at 3to5. We just waited out the tide and it
finally started to come in we drifted from the south side and across the bar
thats in the middle of the inlet. Every time we got to the bar the fish were
there only one keeper out of 7 throw backs. after that we found the fish
laying on the northeast side of the inlet inside, behind island beach near the
bulkhead. there was also bluefish and short bass under the birds. but every
time we drifted there the fluke were constantly picking up the baits. if it
wasent for the wind i know we could of done better. I also pulled a five
pounder from that area . They were all keepers with the 5lber being the
biggest. Even with the wind we had a really good day. Tight Lines!!!
Angler Name : tom c
E-Mail :
Boat Name: the ss sandyfeet
Date Fished: 6-26, 6-27, 6-29
Location: point pleasant beacch
Fishing Method: SURF!
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 16-18"
Bait or Lure: fin-s
Water Depth: 0-12ft
Water Temp.: 57-58
Information : tried for weakies the last few days, but all i have to say is
SHAD, SHAD, SHAD. these guys are thick as fleas! i had to really work for the
4 weakies i caught over the last few days. i caught em' on pink and glitter
fin-s. they sort of look like something david bowie wore in 72'. also rainbow
trout colored ones worked as well. hint>>>use some shredder crab oil on em'! i
didnt get one till i picked some up. 5.99! ouch! well, im switching back to
stripers starting friday. BENT RODS!!!
Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 29
Location: Resor
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: Small
Bait or Lure: Reel Seat Spreader Bars
Water Depth: 125
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Rory Donadio charter from Manhattan
out on the Canyon Runner for a day of inshore Tuna trolling. The
conditions and fishing was tough as rough seas made us change course
as to where we wanted to fish, originally headed for the Chicken
Canyon. Fishing down by the Resor we only raised one school to
the baits and boated 2 out of 4. The 2 Bluefins did not make the
27" minimum and were returned. The 4 fish all hit Reel Seat
Spreader Bars.
Angler Name : Tony C
E-Mail :
Boat Name: NA
Date Fished: 6/28/99
Location: Townsends inlet
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2lb
Bait or Lure: Top water bommer
Water Depth: 12'
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Other fisherman said not much action this weekend but I had fun
watching this blue come up & try to swallow my bommer. First time on a
topwater lure - I'm hooked - will definitely try it some more.
Angler Name : Charlie
E-Mail : lawncar@ptd.net
Boat Name: Queen Mary
Date Fished: June 28
Location: BA Bouy
Fishing Method: bunker
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3-5 pounds
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 30feet
Water Temp.: unknown
Information : Ed and I decided to give my boat and the fluke a rest and
decided to let Captain JB do the work. Monday is usually a slow day on the
boat but toady it was packed with many people who should have spent their time
on the beach or the boardwalk. The wind was blowing hard from the south and
blew harder as the day progressed causing difficult fishing for experienced
fishermen. It was not the day to use my light tackle as the fish needed to be
worked to the corners. Not everybody walked their fish and 100s of yards of
monofilament were sacraficed to their stupididy. Most people who got on board
early enough to get a position on the stern were wise enough in the ways of
the party boats to have a good day. A large number of people reported
immediately to "sick bay" and spent the entire trip wishing they had never
heard the word "fishing." Congratulations and thanks to the mates John and
Brad for their constant help with tangles but especially to their care of the
children who "caught" their first fish with the aid of the mates. The trip
back to port was one for the memory books as the seas forced almost everyone
into the cabin with the sick and the sorry. It still beat work. Wednesday
will be back to my boat and the Sandy Hook area. Easy does it.
Angler Name : ron chiancone
E-Mail : rchiancone
Boat Name: tuna jinx
Date Fished: june 28
Location: oldgrounds
Fishing Method: driffting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 28"
Bait or Lure: minnowos
Water Depth: 78
Water Temp.: 71
Information : fish the oldgrounds in south docks tournment for fluke caught
6.5 pound flounder also caught 4.11 and 3.8 we won the tournment big flounder
out there good fishing
Angler Name : peter morales
E-Mail : captain518@aol.com
Boat Name: milwrites misstress
Date Fished: 6/28/99
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16
Bait or Lure: squid sand eel combo
Water Depth: 35
Water Temp.: 71
Information : we started about 800 we found the drift to be way to fast .then
we picked up a couple of shorts.finally after moving from spot to spot we got
one keerper then the weather whent sour the winds picked up and the seas were
choppy we had to call it a day
Angler Name : Ron Matlack
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 6-27-99
Location: 60-80 mi. offshore wrecks
Fishing Method: jigging & bait
Specie: Pollock
Size: l0-30 lbs.
Bait or Lure: diamond jigs & clams
Water Depth: l80-290 ft.
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Capt. Paul Regula sailing from Clarks Landing Marina, Pt.
Pleasant, NJ had the Ron Matlack charter on board for a day of deep water
wreck fishing. Going in Capt. Paul and Ron knew it would be tough fishing
since we were on a full moon and the ocean currents could be working against
us. No surprise , 20 oz. sinkers barely held bottom and l6 oz. diamond jigs
were horizontal in the water. Capt. Paul read lots of life on the wrecks, but
only managed 5 Pollock. The largest a 25 lb. fish plus a few Ling.
Angler Name : steve
E-Mail : steven.potochney@gte.net
Boat Name: Ida Pearl
Date Fished: 6/26 - 6/27/99
Location: 40 fathom line to the 500 line of the south Wilmington
Fishing Method: troll/chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 30lbs
Bait or Lure: plastics/butterfish and macks
Water Depth: 40-500 fathoms
Water Temp.: 71-74 degrees
Information : Trolled from the 40 fathom line to the 500 of the South
Wilmington without a knock-down. Chunked the 500 line and boated 7 nice mahi
mahi. We started trolling around 6am and boated another bull. Trolling inshore
of the tip we finally pickedup a Yellowfin around 30lbs. Overall we ended up
with 8 dolphin with the two largest weighting 30-35lbs and 1-yellowfin. For
those of you who are looking to run offshore I would recommend fishing inshore
of the tip around 40 fathoms. Most of the yellowfin on saturday came from this
area.
Angler Name : JP
E-Mail : jaepea316@aol.com
Boat Name: EAGLE
Date Fished: june 27
Location: 28 wreck, 750 sq, lemkes
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: nill
Bait or Lure: the entire arsenal
Water Depth: 115-150
Water Temp.: 67-68.5
Information : A tough day had only two skippies and nothing else but a
couple more missed. It was nice on way out and was bad coming in. A long day
cant wait until the "trip saver" 4-5 dolphin arrive with some 70plus degree
water on the inshore grounds. Need a bigger boat to go deep!
Angler Name : Captain Bob Balewicz
E-Mail : bob@cornerelo.com
Boat Name: Carcharodon
Date Fished: 6/25-27
Location: Various
Fishing Method: Trolling/Drifiting
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: Up to 50 lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Friday saw the Royal SunAlliance charter out for a day of
bluefishing & sharking. On the way to the HA wreck, I ran across a large
school of fish, and with a short troll a young man named AJ caught his first
tuna! Thanks to Bobby Dowe for working the cockpit.
Saturday, I had a scheduled trolling trip to the Hudson. Al Kenter, Bob Wald
and Tony Hamidy were the passengers.
Originally I had my GPS set for the West Wall of the Hudson Canyon, but
noticed abundant life a few miles short of the Tip. Setting the lines down,
we were immersed into a Bluefish frenzy, with some of the alligators topping
20 lbs! Obviously the lunch table is still set for Giant Bluefin to eat . .
.I just wonder if they come by that way any more?
We heard a friend on the radio and warned them off the Bluefish schools
circling the area, (unless they were trolling wire leaders) and as they turned
away, we immediately went from Bluefish to Bluefin . . . all you wanted! We
caught our limit of schoolies, measuring 35-40 and weighing up to 50 lbs and
released a dozen more.
However, mixed in with the Bluefin were smallish Yellowfin, of which we boated
two weighing in @ 30 lbs, missing a beauty at the gaff that upon seeing the
boat, swam straight down taking 100 yards in about one minute. That fish was
60 lbs, so the trick was to work different baits (or lures) to get to the
bigger fish, but they were elusive to say the least.
It was a great day considering we only had a 65 mile run home! I have
Sunday/Monday open for the 4th, so give a call.
Angler Name : Ritch
E-Mail : ritch@atoncomputing.com
Boat Name: Just Reelin 2
Date Fished: 6/27/99
Location: Florence wreck
Fishing Method: chumming
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: puppy
Bait or Lure: bluefish fillet
Water Depth: 110
Water Temp.: 69.2
Information : Caught one puppy sized mako around 50 to 60 lbs, which was
released. A 125 lb. blue shark finished up the day. Alot has changed in a
week. Not too much life out there, but saw a great turtle.
Angler Name : Jeff Fleming
E-Mail : fishnlines@aol.com
Boat Name: Pegasus IV
Date Fished: 6/27/99
Location: Table Top
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 23 inches
Bait or Lure: mackeral /squid
Water Depth: 55-65 feet
Water Temp.: 70
Information : First ocean bound trip of the season. The morning fog must of
kept everyone inside because the Table Top was empty.The day started with a
bang and in 3 hours Capt. Jim ,Dave Pressler of Medford, Joe Welch of
Washington Twp. and myself had caught about 50 fish with 15 keepers. Dave
Pressler will have his name appear in Giffords Marina website this week for
boating a 23 inch 4 pound flattie. Almost as remarkable as the action on
Sunday was the huge pod of dolphins that we cruised with. There had to be 100
of them. Needless to say, when they showed up the fishing stopped and we
headed closer to shore at noon but caught nothing but sandsharks the rest of
the day.
Angler Name : Capt.Jim Lynch
E-Mail : Finaddict.sportfishing@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: FinAddict
Date Fished: 6/27/99
Location: Inshore of Reasor
Fishing Method: Chum & Drift
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: None
Bait or Lure: Blue fish & Mackrel
Water Depth: 120'
Water Temp.: 69.
Information : Fished with the Tom Payne party from Phila,PA on Sunday.We did
not catch a Mako but got into a large school of blues for about 2 hours.Fish
were between 8 & 12 lbs.We were forced to make a move because it became
impossible to keep a bait in the water.
Angler Name : CARMINE NESTI
E-Mail : CJNESTI@HOME.COM
Boat Name: 26 MAKO
Date Fished: 6/26/99 6/27/99
Location: GLORY HOLE
Fishing Method:
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: N/A
Bait or Lure: MACKERAL AND BLUEFISH
Water Depth: 130'-180-
Water Temp.: 69 DEG
Information : WE GOT OUT THERE AT DARK. THERE WAS A 3'5' CHOP WITH THE WIND
COMING OUT OF THE SW. WE FISHED TILL 7.00 AM ON SUNDAY. ALL WE CAUGHT WAS ONE
BLUEFISH ,PERFECT CONDITIONS GOOD TEMP, DEPTH, STRUCTURE ,AND CURRENT JUST
COULD NOT PUT IT TOGETHER
Angler Name : ken p
E-Mail : kenp28@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Gyp-Sea IV
Date Fished: 6-27-99
Location: LBI
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 30
Water Temp.: 68
Information : went out the inlet and fished around the "LE" bouy caught a 3
foot sand shark adn some ohter junk fish. It was a HOT day out there.. Had fun
but I'm wondering where all the fluke are?
Angler Name : Lou Green
E-Mail : louis_green@ml.com
Boat Name: Green Machine
Date Fished: 6/27/99
Location: offshore springlake.
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18"
Bait or Lure: mullet
Water Depth: 50-60'
Water Temp.: 68
Information : broke Manasquan inlet about noon and headed for the offshore
fluke grounds. Our first drift was great producing 3 keepers
out of 10 fish. My first I thought was a real doormat however
I the fish was snagged and came in against the current. Tried
2 more drifts without much success. Went in early when
the south wind started blowing. Finally outfished my wife.
Angler Name : Joe Stebila
E-Mail : chillrtec@aol.com
Boat Name: "Be right back"
Date Fished: 6-27-99
Location: barnegat inlet
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: killie-squid
Water Depth: 35'-45'
Water Temp.:
Information : hit ocean side about 8:00 a.m. a few real good hits right away
then nothing! brown tide real bad. heard of many shorts, hope the size
increases.a few weaks in the bay to 30"
Angler Name : David Pressler
E-Mail : DWPBronco@aol.com
Boat Name: pegusis 5
Date Fished: 6/27/99
Location: Table Top
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 22 inch 3.9 lb's
Bait or Lure: minnow & sqid on spining combo
Water Depth: 52
Water Temp.: 69
Information : Arrive at the Table Top 9:30 a.m start catching from the start.
For the first 3 Hour we had boated approx 30 fluke
1/2 we had to throw back. also catch 4 large sand shark
3 feet long that were nothing but trouble! But we had a great day fishing and
on the way in we saw over 50 dolphin
that look like they were having fun. Thanks JB on Pegusis
Angler Name : Rick Sheetz
E-Mail : RickSheetz@AOL.COm
Boat Name: Land Shark
Date Fished: 6-27-99
Location: Triple Lumps
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Atlantic Bonito
Size: 3 to 5 lb
Bait or Lure: Feathers
Water Depth: 65'
Water Temp.: 69
Information : Started trolling just east of GE reek heading Dog Lump.worked
our way to the triple where we started catching Bonito on Green and Orange
feathers.No other lures worked. Total 20 Bonito to 5 lbs and 1 skippy.Not bad
for first trip out.
Special thanks to the idiot in the ProLine walkaround who ran about 20 yards
off my stern and proceeded to cut 4 lines....
Angler Name : CAPT KEN JUILLET-TIM&DENNIS SLUTZKY
E-Mail : ATJ45@AOL.COM
Boat Name: NU-TOY
Date Fished: 6-26&27
Location: HUDSON CANYON
Fishing Method: CHUNKING&TROLLING
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-70LBS
Bait or Lure: GREENMACHINES
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : WE LEFT BARNEGAT INLET AT 1PM ON SATURDAY OFF TO THE HUDSON
CANYON. WE TROLLED TILL DARK WITHOUT A KNOCK DOWN. CHUNKING PRODUCED ONLY ONE
40LB YELLOWFIN. TROLLING STARTED AT DAWN AND TROLLED UP 7 YELLOWFINS &2
DOLPHIN. MOST OF THE FISH WERE CAUGHT AROUND THE TIP.
Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: So-Kool
Date Fished: 6-27-99
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 16-22.5 Inchs
Bait or Lure: Sandworms
Water Depth: 28-32 Ft
Water Temp.: 70.1-75
Information : Made a solo trip today since the rest of my crew bailed out.
Left the dock at 5:45 AM and tried for fluke off the tip off the Hook to begin
the day. But drifts yielded nothing but 3 short fluke,2 sea robins & 1
sundial.Ran mid way back into the Reach Channel but with an almost slack tide
and no wind there was a very poor drift ( even when the tide turned the drift
remained poor ). In 4+ hours I did manage to sratch out 4 weakfish along the
green side of the channel from 16-22.5 inchs.I also missed two solid strikes
while boating another short fluke and breaking off a bluefish at boatside.All
4 weakfish were taken on a 3-way rig but instead of a 2/0 bait holder style
hook a yellow-chartruse floating jig head was employed
Angler Name : Edc
E-Mail : edc413@aol.com
Boat Name: First Catch
Date Fished: 6/27/99
Location: North of Barnegat Inlet
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12-19"
Bait or Lure: Squid/Minnow
Water Depth: 35-55 ft
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Group of 4 caught around 65 fluke, with consistent action
all day. Only 8 keepers in total. Many fish 14-15 inches.
Nice day and alot of fun. Just wish the fish would grow.
Angler Name : czimmerman
E-Mail : cwzimm@aol.com
Boat Name: rightaway
Date Fished: june 27 1999
Location: deal
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: to 4lbs
Bait or Lure: spearing
Water Depth: 65 ft
Water Temp.: 68
Information : capt tommy worked very hard to but together a catch today lots
of shorts but everbody had a nice catch of keepers i had 6. this capt never
quits in tough drifting conditions he managed to to find enough keepers to
make everyone happy. you should call him for a good days fishing e mail me for
his phone #.
Angler Name : Gary
E-Mail : micco@blast.net
Boat Name: Proline
Date Fished: 6-27-99
Location: Harvey Cedars
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 19"
Bait or Lure: various
Water Depth: 35'-75'
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Fished both Sat and Sun. Caught 37 Fluke in 2 days with 9
keepers. Fished a variety of depths. Shallow depths produced the
shorts along with a dozen skates and dogfish. If anyone
has fished north of the Barnegat Inlet over the weekend, please let
me know how you did.
Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 27
Location: Mud Bouy
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: up to 14 pounds
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 125
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Canyon Runner out to the Mud Bouy
on Sunday with Phil & Delecia Wirtenberg from Boca Raton, FL and loaded up on
Bluefish. The bite was started as soon as the lines hit the water and within
2 hours of fishing 100+ Bluefish were boated and released. Fishing with 12lb
tackle the 6 to 14 pound Blues put up a great battle. We were fishing just
east of the Mud Bouy in 125 feet of water. After we had enough Blues we
headed to the Rocks and quickly boated one 15 pound Bass after a few
passes.
Angler Name : Harry
E-Mail : DBallerin
Boat Name: fishing pier
Date Fished: 6/27/99
Location: Sea Side Hgts
Fishing Method: Pier fishing
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18 inches
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 5ft
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Started at 9am and got 3 keepers right from the start cought 8
fluke and 2 stripers one 22inch and the other 32 in . Real good day at the
Casino Fishing pier
Angler Name : Joe T.
E-Mail :
Boat Name: NEW
Date Fished: 6/27/99
Location: Brown Shoal and 10 buoy
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18"
Bait or Lure: Live Minnows & squid
Water Depth: 40'
Water Temp.: 69
Information : Only caught one keeper, the rest were throw backs. Caught too
many skates to count. Nice day no action!!!
Angler Name : Michael Doebley
E-Mail : mdoebley@faulkner.com
Boat Name: nevermoor
Date Fished: 6-27-99
Location: cigar - 750 square
Fishing Method: chumming - trolling
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size:
Bait or Lure: mackerel/ bunker - lures
Water Depth: 130
Water Temp.: 69-70
Information : Did not do any better than the report submitted by Bill Howard.
Chummed for 5 hours. Lost 1 brown shark 6-7' long. A couple more knock downs
and a bluefish and that was it. Saw no fins and had no sharks around the
boat. Heard one report of a Mako caught 3 miles south of 28 mile wreck.
Trolled a couple hours for tuna using spreaders, zukers, birds, teasers, cedar
plugs, etc. and nothing. The boat next to us at smitty's marina had fished the
GE reef Sat. and Sun. and had outstanding catches of flounder but the size was
generally small.
Angler Name : marc
E-Mail : n/a
Boat Name: Dauntless
Date Fished: 6/27/99
Location: pointpleasant
Fishing Method: bottom fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 1/3 lb-3.5lb
Bait or Lure: clams, bunker, cunner strips, squid
Water Depth: 60ft and less
Water Temp.: 70
Information : dauntless has been fishing much ddeeper in the past week but it
had to be forced to fish shallow as there was no wind for anchoring. a steady
pick of seabass and a couple of lings ont he boat. my dad and i combined with
40 fish with majority of them being seabass. i caught the pool which was a
monster ling. just enough money to buy the crabs. interesting enough the boat
refused to give out more clams. WHAT ARE THEY DOING?!!? luckily my dad bought
a coupole packs of squid or we'll be cutting oursleves up for bait.
Angler Name : sam & libby
E-Mail : eavaughn@aol.com
Boat Name: family affair 2
Date Fished: 6/26-6/27
Location: raritain bay
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : finally got the boat back after 5 weeks,went out sat. was a hot
one only got 1 blue and a nice fluke, on sunday only one 18 inch fluke was a
real hot weekend but it was so nice to be back in the water
Angler Name : David T
E-Mail : kirby1266
Boat Name: Miss Chris
Date Fished: 6-27-99
Location: old grounds
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 6lbs 4oz
Bait or Lure: squid& killies
Water Depth: 75ft
Water Temp.: n/a
Information : Went out with Capt. Fred on the Miss Chris for our first cape
may trip of the season after hearing of quality fluke being caught. We went to
the old grounds which usually produces big fluke. I hooked up as soon as I hit
bottomproducing an 18 inch keeper. Soon after my dad caughht a big skate to
his disgust. A couple minutes later he was rewarded with a 26inch doormat. It
weighed 6.31 lbs!!!!!!!!!! The fish must have sensed the front coming in and
instantly turned off. Oh well, what started out as a perfect day ended up as a
slight bummer. Can't blame Fred,he put us on the fish they just turned off.
At least dad got his prize.
Angler Name : dennis blondo 11
E-Mail : pasta35@aol.com
Boat Name: Breakaway 111
Date Fished: 6/27/99
Location: south of the fingers
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 50lb
Bait or Lure: lures
Water Depth: 120 feet
Water Temp.: 68-69
Information : Started fishing at the Star at 7.30am. Trolled south to the
fingers with little sign of life except for a few turtles sunbathing on the
surface. Radio chatter reported no bluefin caught. Headed south toward the 25
fathom hole when the long rigger began to scream. Thirty minutes later a 40
inch 50lb bluefin tuna was a guest on the boat. The fish was caught at 9:45am.
Trolled for 2 more hours with no other knockdowns.
Angler Name : Cliff
E-Mail : Jammin218@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 6/27/99
Location: Manasquan
Fishing Method:
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 11-14 inches
Bait or Lure: Vibrant Plastic Fish
Water Depth: 65 ft
Water Temp.: 64
Information : A very good day for blues off the rocks, as my five parteners
and I together pulled in about 35 keepers. The hottest time was about
10:30-12:00, where it was like an every cast thing. No Fluke were biting at
all, but sea robins were being brought up very frequantly. Bigger lures were
much much more successful then smaller ones, and no bait at all worked.
Smaller type bluefish, no bigger ones were brought in.
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Angler Name : Capt. Bob O'Connell
E-Mail : Bobo6012@aol.com
Boat Name: GO FOR IT
Date Fished: 6/26/99
Location: Resor
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 130 lb & 85 lb released
Bait or Lure: fresh bluefish
Water Depth: 130'
Water Temp.: 68
Information : second week in a row great Mako fishing. Set up at 7 am and had
four sharks hooked up by 11:30. Great day back at the dock by 3:30 pm . Had
alot of life around boat all day and water clarity was excelent.
Angler Name : DICK BERGMAN
E-Mail : GABBILB@NETZERO.NET
Boat Name: GABBI LYNN
Date Fished: 6-26-97
Location: INLAND WATER WAY HOLGATE
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size: 19"- 20"
Bait or Lure: MINNOWS
Water Depth: 24'
Water Temp.: 68
Information : STARTED ABOUT 8:00 AM. AT THE INLAND WATER WAY IN HOLGATE, SOUTH
END OF LBI. 1 ST DRIFT CAUGHT A 18 " WEAKFISH. 2 ND DRIFT MORE SOUTH PICKED UP
A 20 " FLUKE. MOVED DOWN TO THE OLD COAST GUARD STATION, AND PICKED UP A 19 "
FLUKE. NO THROW BACKS, AND 2 SAND SHARKS. FISHED TILL 12:00 , SLACK TIDE WITH
NO WIND.
Angler Name : Werner Sprie
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 6/26
Location: 17 fathoms
Fishing Method: chumming & bait
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8-15 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker & Butterfish
Water Depth: 110 ft.
Water Temp.: 69 degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula took the Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing
Marina, Pt. Pleasant, NJ up to the 17 Fathom area with the Werner Sprie
charter. Werner, who releases all the fish that he catches proceeded to
fight upwards of 90 Bluefish in 2 1/2 hours of non-stop action. All the
fish were released. This does not suprize us since over the years we have
watched him release 40 inch Stripers, 15 lb. Blackfish and 100 lb. Tuna.
Angler Name : Harry
E-Mail : bigtuna59@aol.com
Boat Name: Ugly Mug
Date Fished: 6/26/99
Location: Wilmington Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 25 - 35 lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 240 feet
Water Temp.: 71 degrees
Information : Fished the Wilminton with my brother Captain Tim of the DJ's on
a friends new boat. We had our first hook up (a double header) within five
minutes of setting out the lines at 9:00 am about 7 miles of the tip where
there was a 7 degree break we found too tempting to pass over. Boated one
yellowfin out of the 2 with a pulled hook on one. Continued to troll towards
the tip pulling plastics. Had a nice 15 lb mahi and another yellowfin before
we hit the tip. We left the fish biting inshore in hopes of finding bigger
fish. When will we ever learn? We had great breaks and quality water color
all day as we worked the west wall and bite hard all day but had trouble
keeping the lures free of weed which was every where. We closed the day in
the late afternoon with a double on another yellofin and a white marlin
although the white spit the hook. Saw another white a few minutes later but
lures were covered in weeds again. Seemed fish were abundant with reports of
at least four blue marlins, many gaffer dolfins and lots of 25 lb to 35 lb
yellowfin caught either in the canyon or up to 10 miles inshore. I believe
all the blues and most of the dolfin were caught on bait (ballyhoos) which we
had none. Also heard of a guy who got covered up with 5 bigeyes but boated
only one. Can't wait to get back out again!
Angler Name : Bruce Wixson
E-Mail : Mou2@aol.com
Boat Name: Erin Express
Date Fished: 6/26/99
Location: East of Barnegat Inlet
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14" - 22"
Bait or Lure: Squid & Spearing
Water Depth: 50' - 65'
Water Temp.: 69
Information : Drifted about 3.5 miles east of Barnegat Inlet over high spots.
Lots of life, caught 20 fluke with 3 keepers 19" to 22", nice fish! All of
the keepers were caught on the "dead stick" and were not very active.
Angler Name : TOM KELLER
E-Mail : MONEYPIT46@AOL.COM
Boat Name: RAISIN' HELL
Date Fished: 6-26-99
Location: 40 FATOM FINGERS
Fishing Method: TROLL
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: NONE
Bait or Lure: PLASTICS
Water Depth: 240
Water Temp.: 72.3
Information : MADE IT OUT TO THE FORTY FATHOM FINGERS AND BEGAN TROLLING
PLASTICS. A FEW BOATS WHO WERE OUT EARLIER HAD CAUGHT SOME NICE DOLPHIN.
SCATTERED YELLOW FIN WERE CAUGHT. I PICKED UP A COPUPLE OF TEN POUND DOLPHIN
ON THE WEED LINE JUST INSIDE THE FINGERS. SAW VERY LITTLE LIFE INSHORE. HEARD
OF SOME BLUE MARLIN TAKEN AND OR MISSED AT THE WILMINGTON
Angler Name : Mike Lilonsky
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Deep Sea
Date Fished: June 26,1999
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trollong
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 20 lb
Bait or Lure: Lures
Water Depth: 400'+
Water Temp.: 64-73
Information : We caught 4 yellowfins. Two yellowfins at 20 lb and 2 releases
(26" & 18"). We also caught a 15 lb Mahi Mahi along the deep of the West Wall.
Angler Name :
E-Mail :
Boat Name: carol-e
Date Fished: 6-26-99
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 20 lbs.
Bait or Lure: lure
Water Depth: 600+
Water Temp.: 71deg.
Information : Found a good temp. break and hooked into 4 dolphin, but only
boated 1 that was a bummer.... 71 degree water and blue water !!!...
Angler Name : Dave Solt
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Solty Dog
Date Fished: 6/26/99
Location: Sea Girt lumps
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: Up to 5 lb.
Bait or Lure: Bait - squid,spearing
Water Depth: 40 - 60
Water Temp.: 67
Information : 25 keepers; 50+ throwbacks. Small pockets of keepers; making
same drift again produced even more. Just look for the lumps in deeper water
2 miles off. Good luck
Angler Name : nick w
E-Mail : gnwatt@erols.com
Boat Name: KOKOMO
Date Fished: 6-26-99
Location: wildwood
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 35-40 lbs.
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 74fished
Information : excellent first tuna trip of year. kept 2 yellowfin 35&40
lbs.,2 dolphin one was 20 lbs!!! had a white marlin knock
down but didnt hook up. excellent day,excellent crew.
Angler Name : Bob Kuehne
E-Mail : Nukis@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: Shady Lady
Date Fished: 6/26/99
Location: Deleware Bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 17 to 22
Bait or Lure: Clam & Squid with Minnow
Water Depth: 19 to 35
Water Temp.: 66
Information : Fished the Anchorage by the yellow can, outgoing tide. Around
10AM boated tons of small croakers kept 1 for every 10 caught. 6 flounder to
18 inches, 9 weakies to 22 inches. Weather was great until around 2Pm when the
wind kicked up.
Angler Name : Joe Vandergeest
E-Mail : JVander139@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 6-26-99
Location: 30 Fathom Lump
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 100lb
Bait or Lure: Spreader Bars
Water Depth: 180-240
Water Temp.: 64-69.2
Information : 1-3 On Bluefin-
Angler Name : Brett
E-Mail : regulatr23@aol.com
Boat Name: Bone Shaker
Date Fished: 6-26
Location: Little Italy to Fingers
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 0"
Bait or Lure: Spreader bars and small squidd
Water Depth: 100-130
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Broke Manasquan Inlet at about 5:30 and headed to Little Italy
instead of going directly to the fingers. We started trolling north to
Monster Ledge and found the water getting colder so we pulled up lines and
headed for the Reasor. Trolled about 1 hour around the Reasor and picked up
one Skipjack then headed for the Fingers. Nothing from then on. Many boats
out trolling but even more out for sharks. The water started getting rougher
so we headed in. No good fish but it was nice to be out anyway.
Angler Name : bill yaindl
E-Mail :
Boat Name: No Mistakes
Date Fished: 6/26/99
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: shorts-17"
Bait or Lure: Killies,squid,clams,speering
Water Depth: 10-40'
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Launched @5 AM from the Highlands. Tried everywhere,only 2
keepers,but more than 50 shorts. Sept. should these small ones get bigger. HOT
HOT HOT-- temp. that is.
Angler Name : Jack Jobes
E-Mail : JEJOBES@prodigy. net
Boat Name: Flat Top
Date Fished: 6/26/99
Location: Great Bay area
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 inch
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 12 ft.
Water Temp.: about 65 degrees
Information : My Wife an I fished fir about 6 hours and caught 4 fluke with
only keeper [ 16 inches ] and 1 small sand shark and 3 sting rays. This is
the second week that we fished the Great Bay area and it has been terrible.
Angler Name : Jumbo Jones
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Hydra Sport Duck
Date Fished: 6/26/99
Location: Lumps Between Rocks & Belmar
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Weakfish
Size: Up to 3LBS
Bait or Lure: Squid, Belly, Spearing
Water Depth: 40-60FT
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Fished small lumps with as little as 5ft difference
from other bottom. Make sure you get away from the fleet - far away
Chube's birthday trip also fished with
his son Chunky! Great day with 14 keepers up t 3 lbs.
Tight lines!!
Angler Name : BILLHOWARD
E-Mail : BILL.HOWARD@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: final final
Date Fished: 6 26
Location: 750 square
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: none
Bait or Lure: plastics
Water Depth: 125-160
Water Temp.: 69-71
Information : seas were calm trolled 8 hours not even a strike. i changed my
bait 5 or 6 times.seen alot of boats seen nobody else hook up either.i lost
this round next week i'll try going to the elephant trunk. have a good
week.
Angler Name : Capt.Jim Lynch
E-Mail : Finaddict.sportfishing@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: FinAddict
Date Fished: 6/26/99
Location: Spring Lake
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 151/2 to 19"
Bait or Lure: Killies & Squid
Water Depth: 45'
Water Temp.: 67.2
Information : Fished with the Grampp Party from Dumount on a half day fluke
trip.We fished in 40 to 45' of water off Spring Lake.Had 2 and 3 fish on most
of the day but found it very hard to find keeper fish. Ended up with 6
keepers out of 60 fish.Had atleast 12 fish at 15 ".Around 1PM a strong S/E
wind picked up and made it difficult to hold bottom even with 5 ounces.Good
action all day but the results were not that great.
Angler Name : DAN MACGIVNEY
E-Mail :
Boat Name: MEGAN BETH
Date Fished: 6/21 TO 6/26
Location: 15 MILES
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20LBS
Bait or Lure: UNBRELLA RIGS
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.: 62
Information : ON MONDAY 6/21/99 CAPT WAYNE BUSNELL HAD THE MEGAN BETH NORTH OF
MANASQUAN AND PUT TOGETHER A GOOD CATCH OF STRIPED BASS UP TO 20LBS TROLLING.
CHUNKING ONLY PRODUCED LOADS OF BLUEFISH. ON SATURDAY 6/26 CAPT DAN MCGIVNEY
HAD MIKE MIEANNIO PARTY OUT FOR A GOOD CATCH OF SEA BASS . ALSO CAUGHT ON THE
WRECKS THAT DAY WAS FLUKE,BLACKFISH,TRIGGER FISH,AND TWO 4 FOOT AMERICAN
EELS.
Angler Name : Bill Silberman
E-Mail : BILLSILB@AOL.COM
Boat Name: Hijack
Date Fished: 6/26/99
Location: Little Italy
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 25lb+
Bait or Lure: Artificial Lures
Water Depth: 150'
Water Temp.: 69
Information : Left the dock 4:45am with Captain Dave Popa and his friend Bill
for offshore Bluefin Tuna. Beautiful day but the Tuna weren't biting. We had 7
lines out using outriggers and spreader bars with many artificials. We started
trolling in Little Italy and then headed to the Glory Hole and continued
trolling southwest from there. We did catch a school of Blues at one point
while Captain Dave was napping. The reels were screaming as we hooked 5 and
managed to bring in 4 of them - 15 pounders. But then the excitement ended
and that was it for the day.
Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 26
Location: 17 Fathoms
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: up to 12 pounds
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 100'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Canyon Runner out to 17 Fathoms
with the Alan Funk charter from Dannex Printing in Livingston, NJ and loaded
up with Bluefish. Chumming and chunking produced the bites as 75 Bluefish
were boated to be fileted and giving to Alan's empolyee's who work at Dannex.
The action was not as spectacular as the last three days but provided steady
action for the group. Trolling at the Shrewsbury Rocks to end the day proved
uneventful.
Angler Name : Bill W
E-Mail : bbw@frontiernet.net
Boat Name: Lodz
Date Fished: June 25, 1999
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Bottom fishing
Specie: Fluke
Size: Small to smaller
Bait or Lure: Bucktail and or Bait
Water Depth: 10 to 50 Ft.
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Nice weather but no fish. Tried for Fluke at the hook (E. side)
caught Sea Robins. Moved to W. side caught more Sea Robins and a few shorts.
Waters all tinged reddish brown possible "red tide". If anybody has more info
on a recent red tide in Sandy Hook or Raritan bays please E-Mail me. I would
be very interested in your observations. E-Mail to bbw@frontiernet.net
Angler Name : Charlie Haws
E-Mail : charlie@webspan.net
Boat Name: THE ROAD
Date Fished: 6/25/99
Location: Monster Ledge- Glory Hole
Fishing Method:
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 31"
Bait or Lure: Green/Yellow Zuker with Bird
Water Depth: 200
Water Temp.: 68.7
Information : Lou, Brad, Carl and Charlie broke the inlet around 4:30AM to
look for Bluefin Tuna. We seemed to have the place to ourselves. We got the
lines in around 6:00AM. No hits until 7:00AM when the port long rigger got
hit. The fish run off about 30 yards of line in 2 seconds; but was gone. The
next and final hit came at 8:05AM. Carl brought the fish along side for photos
and the yard stick. We saw very few signs of life. There were a number of guys
trying for sharks. The radio traffic indicated the makos had lockjaw or have
moved on. We will try for Bluefins again in a week. Oh by the way I hope our
Federal Gov't gets the Loran fixed soon.
Angler Name : Ken & Judy
E-Mail : imwc3y@aol.com
Boat Name: fishnutz
Date Fished: Friday 25 June 99
Location: Deal
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16
Bait or Lure: spearing squid
Water Depth: 55
Water Temp.: 62
Information : We had a nice day out on the water, but we caught very few
summer flounder. My wife caught the only keeper.I hope things get better
soon.
Angler Name : Mike Lewis
E-Mail : CaptPaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 6/25/99
Location: 10 miles East of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Rod & Reel
Specie: Sea Bass
Size: 2-4 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 70 ft.
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Captain Paul Regula took the Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing
Pt. Pleasant, NJ out to 4 wrecks East of Manasquan Inlet and proceeded
to put together a catch of several dozen Seabass in the 2-4 lb. range for the
Mike Lewis family from PA. Conditions were perfect and the Seabass didn't
hesitate to bite
in the 70 degree water.
Angler Name : FRANK RESTA
E-Mail : MARTINITYME@EROLS.COM
Boat Name: DONNA R
Date Fished: 6/25/99
Location: BARNAGAT INLET AREA
Fishing Method: CHUMMING WITH SHRIMP
Specie: Weakfish
Size: NONE
Bait or Lure: ABOVE
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : ONE OF THOSE DAYS. SOME BOATS HAD THE FISH IN THEIR SLICK AND
OTHERS DID NOT. WE WERE A DID NOT. DID MANAGE ONE SHORT BASS WHICH WE OF
COURSE RELEASED. BROWN TIDE IS REALLY BAD. THE WATER LOOKS LIKE STAR BUCKS.
HAVE FUN AND TIGHT LINES TO YOU ALL.
Angler Name : Two T's and Mike
E-Mail :
Boat Name: corsair
Date Fished: 6/24
Location: outside Barnegat inlet
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: short
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: about 30'
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Fished mainly off old coast guard station in ocean. One short
,no keepers.Heard or saw only one other short being taken.Weird catch of the
day was about a 2 lb. mackeral whichgave a surprisingly good fight on light
tackle (took squid strip). I thought it was a taylor blue.\
Lesson learned for the day: If you put fish on a stringer to keep fresh,
remember to take them out of the water before you move at 30 mph's.Odd
sighting of the day was a twin masted spanish galleon type vessel heading
north. Thought it might be a ghost ship until I realized it was under engine
power heading no doubt to NY harbor for the 4th.
Angler Name : Paul Boritzer
E-Mail : CaptPaul@bounterhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 6/24/99
Location: 17 Fathom Area
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8-15 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker & Butterfish
Water Depth: 135'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Captain Paul Regula took the Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing
Marina,
Pt. Pleasant, NJ up to the 17 fathoms area for a limit catch of Bluefish for
the Paul Boritzer charter. The fishing was non-stop with 4 & 5 fish on at a
time,
70 degree water 110-135 ft. deep held tons of bait and the fishing
could not be beat. 4 drifts over high bottom on the way home produced 6 keeper
Fluke along with 2-3 dozen shorts.
Angler Name : Ray, Henry & Robert
E-Mail : Finnila.com@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Mo' Money
Date Fished: 6/24/99
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling & Chunking Bunker
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 21 3/4 lbs. & 37 3/4 in.
Bait or Lure: Umbrella rigs, spoons & bunker
Water Depth: 20 to 35 ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Left the dock at 0800. Headed around the Hook bound for the
Shrewsbury Rocks. We saw birds working across the Highlands Bridge, and
started trolling. Caught a small blue, and another on an A-17. Went to the
Rocks and continued to troll, and caught nothing but rocks. Turned to the
back-up plan, and started bunker chunking just north of the Rocks. My sons
were not keen on cutting up bunker, so I had to fish and cut bait,
dead-sticking the whole time. We caught two more blues, at 20 and 22 inches.
At 1230, my pole doubled over. After several runs, I boated a striper that
weighed 21 3/4 pounds. The tide changed, so we were fighting the south wind
and outgoing tide. Decided to go home. Tight lines.
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Angler Name : slick willy
E-Mail : weavster@msn.com
Boat Name: Canyon Cat
Date Fished: June 23
Location: wilmington canyon
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 20-30lbs
Bait or Lure: spreader bars / Zukers
Water Depth: 530+
Water Temp.: 70.2
Information : We started the day at the east flats finding absolutely no life
at all. Our next destination was the west wall which proved to be a better
choice. Upon arrival some skipjacks were spotted, and the sea temp rose from
68 to 70. shortly after our first yellowfin struck a spreader bar on the
right flat line just 60 ft behind the boat. from then on we proceeded to go 4
for 6 on them, with a quite a few skipjacks caught in between. We found that
most of our hits were coming from the flat lines, no more than 90ft behind the
transom. Only one strike came from an outrigger, so keep the lines tight to
the boat! tight lines!
Angler Name : Jack Cieslarchyk
E-Mail : CaptPaul@bounterhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 6/23/99
Location: Klondike & Asbury Lumps
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 2-4 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Squid & Killies
Water Depth: 40 - 60
Water Temp.: 69
Information : Captain Paul Regula took the Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing
Marina,
Pt. Pleasant, NJ had the Jack Cieslarchyk chater out to the Klondike and
the lumps off Asbury Park for a 3/4 day Fluke trip. The 69 degree
water produced 60-70 short Fluke but only several keepers.
While over rough bottom a dozen nice size Seabass were landed as they
attacked the Fluke baits.
Angler Name : Jumbo Jones
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Hydra Sport Duck
Date Fished: 6/26/99
Location: Lumps Between Rocks & Belmar
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Weakfish
Size: Up to 3LBS
Bait or Lure: Squid, Belly, Spearing
Water Depth: 40-60FT
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Fished small lumps with as little as 5ft difference
from other bottom. Make sure you get away from the fleet - far away
Chube's birthday trip also fished with
his son Chunky! Great day with 14 keepers up t 3 lbs.
Tight lines!!
Angler Name : Joe
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Knot-A-Wake
Date Fished: 6-23-99
Location: Sandy Hook area
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: NJ standards
Bait or Lure: Squid, Killies, Spearingl
Water Depth: 25'
Water Temp.: 65 ?
Information : Went out at 0800 to fish the Raritan Reach on an incoming tide.
Tried along the channel at R/R #8 and fish both the red and green sides
according to the tide. Five people fishing and we slowly picked fluke until
1400. We even caught keepers on the slack tide and you do not see that to
much. Total count was one shark, two robins, one very small blue, one skate,
about 25 shorts and 16 in the box with the big one being about 3 1/2 lbs.
Very poor drift all day, all most no wind but it was a real nice day on the
water....one more thing, algae, very bright red bloom and it is starting to
spread...
Angler Name : John the Greek
E-Mail : jkolias@ix.netcom.com
Boat Name: Reel Fun
Date Fished: Wednesday 6/23/99
Location: Sandy Hook (Bug Light, Officers Row)
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: Not big enough
Bait or Lure: Squid/Spearing/SandEel
Water Depth: 25' to 65'
Water Temp.: n/r
Information : Fished from 1:00 till 3:30 then had wind against tide situation
-1 keeper, the rest throwbacks. What a JOKE!!! My brother
George caught a fluke that was so small, it would have fit in
my sons goldfish bowl. Time to go bluefishing...yuk!!!
Hi there SoKool!!
Angler Name : Capt lou
E-Mail : Osprey30@aol.com
Boat Name: everything's Rosie'sII
Date Fished: 6/23/99
Location: Spring Lake to Asbury Pk
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 23 in
Bait or Lure: squid & Killie
Water Depth: 58ft
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Today sucked so bad that I'm embarassed to talk about it. I
didn't hear one boat brag of catching more than 3 keepers.I had 3 guys with me
and between us we cought 9 fluke 1 nice keeper 23 inches. Skates and searobins
made life miserable.we started at Spring Lake at the lump 3 miles off the
beach and the first fish was the 23incher it was also the last keeper. After
the skates moved in I headed north to Asbury Pk and tried the beach ,
nothing.We headed back in and arrived back at the Marina about 2pm. I took the
fluke out of the fishbox and it was still alive. I wook it to the cleaning
table th fillet it and when I took it out of the bucket. it flapped once and
went right into Kettle Creek.It hit the water and took off like a bat out of
hell.i hope that flattie makes it back to the ocean and lives a long time, it
deserves to.
Angler Name : Dom The Cop
E-Mail : Frydaddy01@aol.com
Boat Name: N/A
Date Fished: 06/23/99
Location: Liberty State Park
Fishing Method: drifting worms and ClamS
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 1/2 Inches, One Short
Bait or Lure: Sand Worms
Water Depth: High Tide
Water Temp.: Unk.
Information : We fished for 3 1/2 hours targeting Stripers and Fluke....My
dad caught the only two fish , One 16 1/2 inch fluke and one short fluke...the
legal fish was pretty thick but both were caught and released. No other action
from other species to report.
Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 23
Location: Farms
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: up to 15 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 100'
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Canyon Runner out on Wednesday with
the Frank LaRosa charter for Soloman Smith Barney in Red Bank, NJ and put
together an excellant catch of Bluefish and Striped Bass. Trolling the
Shrewsbury Rocks in the morning proved uneventful so off to the Farms we
went. Anchored up and chumming at the Farms produced constant action with
everyone hooked up simutaneously being the norm. Over 150 bluefish were
boated by just 4 anglers, with most released to fight another day. Arm-weary
by noon, we headed back inshore and boat 3 nice bass of 17, 18 and 21 pounds
in one hour of trolling green Reliable Bunker Spoons.
Angler Name : Steve
E-Mail : wpc41@aol.com
Boat Name: Laura Lynn
Date Fished: 06 23 99
Location: The Farms
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 7- 10 lbs
Bait or Lure: Clarke Spoon
Water Depth: 65-90 feet
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Fished the Farms from 0730 to 1030. Picked up a half dozen
bluefish while trolling Clarke Spoons. We had surface lures on the out
riggers, but just one take down. All the fish caught were on the spoons. We
stopped at the Essex/Sussex Hotel on the way home and picked up a short
fluke.
Angler Name : Andy, Barney
E-Mail : CaptWave@aol.com
Boat Name: Tanerz Lurz < Wavedancer capt Bruce Hrobak
Date Fished: 6/23
Location: Barnaget bay
Fishing Method: Drifting and Casting Tanerz Lurz( Small Chartruse Bucktails
HomeMade!!)
Specie: Weakfish
Size: Fm 20 to 26 inchs Weakfish and Fluke up to 20 inchs !!!
Bait or Lure: Sandworms on Tanerz Lurz!!!
Water Depth: 5 ft to 8 ft
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Caught sevaral Weakfish on the Flats tryed the holes but only
Fluke there Weaks were up on the edges and in the flats I plan to try a flyRod
for these fish with some Shrimp !!! Goin Sharkin on Sat and Tuesday updates
will be given !!!!! Tight Lines to ALL!!!!!!! Capt Bruce!!!
Angler Name : NJDorado
E-Mail : NJDorado@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: June 23, 1999
Location: Sandy Hook Surf
Fishing Method: Casting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 3 shorts
Bait or Lure: Fin s but squid/spearing worked better
Water Depth: shallow
Water Temp.: warm
Information : Hit the first beach at Sandy Hook. At first I caught nothing
until Rocko showed me how to fish. He landed a fin s on the first cast when I
was there and I had 2 Fluke on bait before leaving. Thanks Rock !!!!
He was staying until high tide in hope of a Bass. It was low tide when I was
there before I had to go.
Angler Name : Chris
E-Mail :
Boat Name: red robin
Date Fished: 6/22/99
Location: monster ledge
Fishing Method:
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10-12lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: 200 +
Water Temp.: 68
Information : caught only 9 blues in 4 hours. Trolled for tuna but no luck
Angler Name : TOMMY
E-Mail : TEEJAY71
Boat Name: CAPTAIN JOHN
Date Fished: 06/22/99
Location: RARITAN BAY
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : FISHED THE REACH ALL DAY 4 KEEPERS OUT OF 12 FISH, PLAIN OLD
SPERRING WORKED THE BEST. THREE ON THE BOAT LIMITED OUT. POOL FISH WAS 4
LBS. HI KEN
Angler Name : Wayne Sonday
E-Mail : Wsonday@GPU.com
Boat Name: Helen's Fury
Date Fished: 6/22/99
Location: Sea Girt Reef
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 2-5 Lbs
Bait or Lure: Killie/Fluke
Water Depth: 55-65'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Limited out in Fluke in less than 3 hours, finally only 3 to 1
throwbacks......
Angler Name : Paul
E-Mail : Reelrkl
Boat Name: open party boat Flamingo
Date Fished: Tues 6/22
Location: Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn N.Y.
Fishing Method:
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3-18lbs
Bait or Lure: only jigging
Water Depth: 100' +
Water Temp.: n/a
Information : The boat left the dock at 6:30,A.M. The first stop was at the
round house where we caught blues 2-3lbs, The capt, got a call to go to the
Ambrose Lighthouse area. After and 1 1/2 hour ride. The sky was dark with
birds all over working on the bait below. Well. the good old days were back!!
Blues.Blues all over 10 -18 lbs Non stop fishing> After fulling my bucket my
arms were in pain!! The area the fish was in was about 2 football feilds!! At
11:30 we left to go home> A great day was had, Thanks again capt Bob, and the
mates Bernie and John
Angler Name : killer
E-Mail : warlord69@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 6/22/99
Location: cape may
Fishing Method: rod
Specie: Weakfish
Size: mongo!!!!! jumbo and xtra large
Bait or Lure: banjo,sperring,shedder
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Cape may inlet has mongo sized weaks! limited out with the
smallest being 9lbs---action is great if you have patience and are fishing the
slack tide,either between high or low tide.....and that banjo thing on tv is
for real it works well on weaks......i tried it , a friend had them and they
work super the silver/black the best.....released a few 5-6 pounders and
friend limited too...have to go .....and find a weakfish form for the big one
as i am a taxidermist too ( gonna mount the big one, biggest weak i ever
caught)
Angler Name : Bob Erickson
E-Mail : fishukd@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: Free Bee
Date Fished: 6/22/99
Location: Barnegat light main channel
Fishing Method: Drift@power drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 2to 5lbs
Bait or Lure: minnow@squidsoaked/shrimp/oil
Water Depth: 5to 15 ft
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Started the day at 32 bouy with shorts and one keeper. tide was
outgoing but i should of been there earlier . the brown water came after we
were ther for half hour.So i moved further up the channel to 25buoy right by
the entrance to dbl. creek . the drop off there is perfect we pulled 6 fish
from here but the highlight of the day was watching my 3yr old pull in a
5.4lb fluke with high fives and woo! hoo! to describe the moment. after that
every one made a drift in the same spot. We did pull 3 more from there but
only one more was a keeper.I then went to try over on the backside of islsnd
beach.while powerdrifting there we pulled ten shorts and three more keepers
two of them were 3lbs. Stay near the edges guys and fish dropoffs where you
find them also dont be afraid to power drift when the tide slows down. it
works. We were pulling in fish when no one else was. You may have to work for
them but it paid off for us.The rig i used was a three way swivel and 5ft
leader with 6 " dropper on the sinker. Also soaking squid in shrimp oil
helped too. Oh by the way my son not only kicked my butt; he also beat grandpa
too. He had ten fish to our 6. I hope the tips help tight lines BOB
Angler Name : Ray
E-Mail : ray79@aol.com
Boat Name: Capt. John
Date Fished: 6-22-99
Location: of staten island
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: shorts and keepers
Bait or Lure: killies spearing sand eels
Water Depth: 15-20ft
Water Temp.: 68
Information : went on the capt.john out of keyport fished off staten island
all day between 3 of us 35 fluke 7 keerps 2 weakies 4.5lbs and 5lbs single
bait on light line worked the best
Angler Name : clint
E-Mail :
Boat Name: TUNA JINX
Date Fished: 6/22
Location: 14 ft. light
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: none
Bait or Lure: squid & minnow
Water Depth: 35 ft.
Water Temp.: 66
Information : Went fishing on my buddy's boat this week and all we caught was
a small blue fish. The captain of the boat had no clue.
Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 22
Location: Farms
Fishing Method: Chumming/Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: up to 12 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 100'
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Canyon Runner out to the Farms with
the Dave Tolchin charter from Monmouth Beach and chummed 100+ Bluefish by
noon. Hearing of excellant Striper fishing inshore we pulled the anchor and
trolled 5 nice Stripers in one hours worth of fishing. The largest Bass was
around 20 pounds.
Angler Name : Charlie
E-Mail : lawncar@ptd.net
Boat Name: Madrugader
Date Fished: June 21
Location: Bug Light/Rips/Knoll
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16"
Bait or Lure: squid/spearing/sand eels
Water Depth: 8-50
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Ed and I got out in the afternoon and it was rainy and blowing
but the rain stopped and the wind died making for a nice day. Fishing was
steady but catching was sporadic. Managed three keepers between the two of
us. Ed had more than half of the keepers. Many fish. Few keepers. Easy
does it.
Angler Name : RON CHIANCONE
E-Mail : RCHIANCONE
Boat Name: TUNA JINX
Date Fished: 6-21-99
Location: 14FT LIGHT
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size: 24"
Bait or Lure: MINNOWOS
Water Depth: 48
Water Temp.: 68
Information : GOOD FISHING ALL DAY LONG CAUGHT NICE FLOUNDER SOME 18 TO 20 "
LONG ALSO CAUGHT SOME BLUEFISH STAY IN THE CHANNEL
Angler Name : Captain Willie
E-Mail : willie@superlink.net
Boat Name: Steamboat Willie
Date Fished: 6-21-99
Location: Swineburne Island
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: up to 7 pounds
Bait or Lure: Yellow leadhead
Water Depth: 12 feet
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Started fishing before sunrise bouncing jigs off the bottom.
Nothing until the sky start to lighten up. Wound up with 11 fish in 3 hours.
Released all but the two largest which were 6 1/2 and 7 pounds. (Dinner for
5)
Angler Name : peter morales
E-Mail : captain518@aol.com
Boat Name: milwrites misstress
Date Fished: 06/21/99
Location: highlans bridge
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 35 ft
Water Temp.: 71 f
Information : we were going to fish for fluke but the weather just didnt agree
with us. we setled for chunking by the highlans bridge.we had acouple of run
offs but could not land anything.i hooked into a keeper fluke but realeased
him,i also noticed a few other boats out there but they seemed to be having
the same luck.finally called it a day after 12:00 when the rain got
heavy.maybe we'll try later
Angler Name : UPS Dave
E-Mail : dfigtree@aol.com
Boat Name: Atlantic Star
Date Fished: 6/20/99 6/21/99
Location: Sandy Hook, Atlantic Highlands
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: squid spearing
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : On Saturday, 13:30 - 18:00, lots of illegal fluke, non-stop
action. Sunday afternoon was slower with 6 keepers for about 70 fisherfolks.
My guess at the pool fish weights ... 4 pounds, give or take a half pound.
Lots of fun, though, on the Atlantic Star.
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Angler Name : Captain Bob Balewicz
E-Mail : bob@cornerelo.com
Boat Name: Carcharodon
Date Fished: 6/19-20
Location: 28 Mile Wreck and Elephant's Trunk
Fishing Method: Sharking
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : As promised . . . details of Cape May/Maryland Shark Trip, which
was a resechedule from last weeks blowout.
Had the Ron Antonelli Fishing Team (Ron, Ron Jr., Mike Soriano, Anthony
Emerick, Jack Dos Santos and Mike McCarthy)out for a day and a half of Sharking.
We left Brielle 7:30 a.m. Saturday headed for the 28 Mi wreck. The morning
bite was weak, but we drifted the fingers west of the wreck, producing short
bites & bluefish, which proved to be the most popular bait.
At 4 p.m. we moved down to the Elephants Trunk off Indian River Inlet,
Maryland and worked through two buckets with the same results. (Obviously the
sharks we mixed up by the storms of last weekend or the bait moved)
8:30 PM Saturday night I decided to move the boat back to the 28 Mile Wreck
area for the overnite drift, driving two hours in pitch black cloudy skies. I
figured Id shoot for the closest really good structure versus water
temperature, so I shot for the fingers east of the wreck.
It was worth it.
From 11:00 p.m. to 5 a.m. it was non-stop action. When we didnt have Makos we
had Blue Sharks. When we didnt have either, we had monster-sized Bluefish,
which we livelined and or filleted and that kept us all busy for the entire night!
We kept one Mako in the 125-150 lb class (Mike McCarthy landed it) released a
couple of smaller Makos and released approximately 18 Blue Sharks, with the
largest ones in the 200 lb. class (9 footers).
Mate Danny Edmonds handled baits, wiring and releases like a pro. If you book
a charter with me, request him. Hes the best!
All in all one killer nite!
Angler Name : Charlie Haws
E-Mail : charlie@webspan.net
Boat Name: THE ROAD
Date Fished: 6/20/99
Location: Lumps off Essex
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: T0 20"
Bait or Lure: Killfish/Squidd
Water Depth: 38-60'
Water Temp.: 66.2
Information : Chip Matt and Charlie drifted the lumps about 2 miles off the
Essex Hotel. Started about 8:30 AM after unsuccessful trolling for Stripers
south of Manasquan inlet. Found a lump 38' for the high spot and 60' feet for
the low. Caught about 15 fluke in 2 hrs. with only two keepers. Called it a
day.
Angler Name : Bill
E-Mail : ontherun@jersey.net
Boat Name: Lil Guy
Date Fished: 6/20/99
Location: Delaware Bay
Fishing Method: Anchored, Drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Just 1 more report out of the computer of the Lil Guy crew.
Decided to go out for father's Day and my birthday for some relaxing fishing.
Weather was not going to cooperate. When I went to bed the Weather Channel
was saying partly sunny and 75. When I got up it was cloudy with 60% chance
of a sprinkle or 2. It rained like ALL DAY, 100% chance to me... anyhow we
went figuring it would stop. I guess we were anchored about 6 minutes and the
first 2 weakies were in the boat. 1 Keeper, about 18" and a 13" throwback.
Anchored some Drifted some, got soaked, but ended the day with 12 weakies, 6
keeper fluke, including a 3.4 pounder caught by second mate Keith. Also saw
some fish I didnt want to see, 1 dogfish, and 3 oyster crackers, as well as
about 20 throwback fluke, and 8 croakers. all in all, an excellent day, Tight
lines til next time.
Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 19 & 20
Location: Triple Wrecks and Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Thresher Shark
Size: 400 pounds
Bait or Lure: Bluefish
Water Depth: 240
Water Temp.: 66
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Brad Burgess had the Billy Wrede
charter from Prestige Plumbing in Randolph, NJ out for both days of the Mako
Mania tournment. The first day, fishing the Triple wrecks provided the
charter with a few bluesharks up to 150 pounds but no Makos. The second day
we headed to the Glory Hole and setting up on a drift that lasted 5 miles we
started off by releasing 7 Bluesharks. They disappeared and the first of 2
Thresher sharks was hooked. The first fish we fought for an hour, a fight
which included mate Adam LaRosa taking a shot in the shoulder by the
Thresher's tail on our first attempt to landing it. The next time the fish
came close Adam won, we put it in the boat and it measured 13.5 feet and was
just over 200 pounds. We then quickly fought and boated a 140 pound Mako
which jumped twice. Only a few minutes later came the second Thresher, which
we fought for 2 hours on stand up tackle. Once we got an estimate of its size
we released it. It was at least 16+ feet long and twice as heavy as the one
we had in the boat.
Angler Name : Brian Ratti ,Capt Bruce
E-Mail : Captwave @aol.com/
Boat Name: Tanerz Lurz , Wavedancer
Date Fished: sun 6/20
Location: Barnaget Bay
Fishing Method: Bucktailin Tanerz Lurz tipped with Sandworms and Spin and
glows with Sandworms!!!
Specie: Fluke
Size: Weakfish to 22inch and Fluke up to 23 inch and 5 1/2 lbs
Bait or Lure: See above
Water Depth: 12 ft
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Got out at 5;00 am and got a 22 inch weakfish sevaral other
Fluke were Captured also some were 19 inchs and I lost a nice fish at Boatside
(weakfish) and Brian Ratti Who is a great bait caster caught a 23 inch fluke
5 1/2 lbs on a Tanerz Lure tipped with a Sandworm!!! A Great day on the water
but MAKOS still on my mind !!!!!!
Angler Name : John Adamcik
E-Mail : CaptPaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 6-20-99
Location: Chicken Canyon & Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Drifting & Chummin
Specie: Blue Shark
Size: .
Bait or Lure: Chum, Bluefish & Mackerel
Water Depth: 250
Water Temp.: 66
Information : The John Adamcik party returned to fish day two of the Mako
Mania tournment
aboard the Bounty Hunter sailing out of Clarks Landing Pt. Pleasant, NJ. Capt.
Paul took the boat
right back to the Glory Hole where several Makos were caught the day before.
Two drifts in 66 degree water, 250 feet deep produced
3 Blue sharks and one large Thresher which severed the 400 lb. test mono
leader
after fighting for several minutes. No Makos were caught, however, there's
always next year!
Angler Name : art juillet-joe buccigrossi
E-Mail : ATJ45 aol.com
Boat Name: PRIME TIME
Date Fished: 6-20-99
Location: RARITAN BAY
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15-23 ''
Bait or Lure: SQUID KILLIES
Water Depth: 30-FT
Water Temp.: 67
Information : I FISHED WITH MY FRIEND JOE BUCCIGROSSI FOR FLUKE AND DID VERY
WELL CATCHING 28 FLUKE 15 KEEPERS UP TO 23'' IT WAS A NICE DAY BUT NOT MUCH OF
A DRIFT.
Angler Name : Steve Perna
E-Mail : sperna@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Sweet Pea
Date Fished: 6/20/99
Location: Asbury Park, Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: under 15.5"
Bait or Lure: squid/killie
Water Depth: 30'
Water Temp.: n/a
Information : Fluked off the beach in 20 to 35 feet of water. Lots of action
but only 1 keeper out of 35 fish. Pulled in a nice 5lb tog and 4lb sea bass
however.
Angler Name : Ray, Henry & Robert
E-Mail : Finnila.com@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Mo' Money
Date Fished: 6/20/99
Location: Raritan & Sandy Hook Bays
Fishing Method: Drifting & Trolling
Specie: Fluke
Size: 10 to 18"
Bait or Lure: Squid & killie combo
Water Depth: 12 to 50'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Starting fishing on the incoming tide, at 1300 hrs in
Sandy Hook Bay. Wind against tide, decided to move to tip
of the Hook. Caught a keeper fluke in 50' of water.
Action was slow. Decided to troll umbrella rigs, bunker
spoons and tubes in the Rip, Swash Channel, Romer Shoal
and Flynn's Knoll. Had a few of hook-ups, but only
managed to land one short fluke on the umbrella rig. At
1700, decided to return to Sandy Hook Bay, because the
wind was now with the tide. Caught 10 or 15 fluke in an
hour and a half, with 4 keepers. Headed home in the rain.
Tight lines.
Angler Name : ryan scialabba
E-Mail : fish2cool
Boat Name: 2cool
Date Fished: 6/20/99
Location: NJ mansquan
Fishing Method: driftinh for fluke
Specie: Fluke
Size: 8lds and 6ld
Bait or Lure: squid spearing
Water Depth: 27
Water Temp.: 68
Information : We fished the lefted side of the inlet and drifted in 20 to 30
feet.We caught alot of little ones and then i hooked in to a couple big
ones.The ocean was rough we were in a 22 foot grady .We had a good dinner that
night.I was using a 6.6 ugly stick bait caster with 12 triline.
Angler Name : Capt. Jim Lynch
E-Mail : Finaddict.sportfishing@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: FinAddict
Date Fished: 6/19/99
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Drift/chum
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: T&R
Bait or Lure: Mackrel
Water Depth: 500-250
Water Temp.: 67.4
Information : Fished the Mako Mania tournament on Sat with the Anderson Party
from Shrewsberry,due to the large number of boats fishing and the calm seas,
we decided to make the run to the Hudson Canyon.Ran through nice water and
skippies on the surface near the Chicken, but keep on going. At the elbow
(west wall) we found 67.4F, gin clear water and set up in the deep with a N/E
wind that brought us onto the flats. Conditions were great,we had the area to
ourselves except for 4 boats working a a school of small yellowfrin tuna.We
only got one run off which was hooked and turned out to be a Mako below the
66" limit.Tagged & released.
Angler Name : G. Davis
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Slacker
Date Fished: 6/19/99
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 25"
Bait or Lure: sandworm
Water Depth: 40+
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Fished outgoing tide in Raritan Reach @ #14. Heavy wind against
tide situation. Managed 1 short and 1 nice 25", 5.5lbs weakie. Fished same
spot on 6/20 and managed 1 keeper and 3 shorts. Gotta love them
weakfish!!!
Angler Name : DONALD STRATTON JR
E-Mail : OCEAND29
Boat Name: MAGIC MOMENT
Date Fished: 6/19/99
Location: 8 MILE WRECK OF BARNAGET
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 15 IN TO 24 IN NICE SIZE
Bait or Lure: KILLES SQUID SPERRING
Water Depth: 24 METERS
Water Temp.: 68 DEGREES
Information :
Angler Name : Tom Banks
E-Mail : Kbanks@aol.com
Boat Name: Wild Goose
Date Fished: 6/19/99
Location: Glory Hole/Rezor Wreck
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 70lb
Bait or Lure: Blue Fish
Water Depth: 240
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Entered in Mako Mania on Sat. Glory Hole produced 1 Blue Shark
about 125lb. Next went to Rezor Wreck. Steady action produced 4 Blue Sharks
between 100 - 200 lb. 2 Makos we released on small Mako about 70lb. lost
another nice Mako about 125lb. to the boat next to us. If you wanted to see a
lot of sharks on Sat. the best spot was Hoffman's marina. At last count they
weighed in about 20 makos and 10 threashers on Sat.
Angler Name :
E-Mail : marc0311@aol.com
Boat Name: REEL ACTION
Date Fished: June 19,1999
Location: 25 SE off Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 239 lbs 7' 2"
Bait or Lure: Mackerel
Water Depth: 140 ft
Water Temp.: 66
Information : On June 19, Capt. Marc Hrycak had the charter boat Reel Action,
out of Pt. Pleasant,it turned out to be a successful MakoMania with a 239 lbs
Mako. The battle took approx. 1 hour. The Mako never made a single jump and
didn't know what he was till he was going along side the boat. A cooperative
effort between the crew and charter (Ben, Joe, Ernie, Tommy and Dennis) turned
out to be a 4th place finish and a lot of good eating steaks.
Angler Name : Ken Erickson
E-Mail : fishon@csionline.net
Boat Name: Ocean Runner
Date Fished: 6/19/99
Location: Fingers
Fishing Method: Chumming/Drift
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 174 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Whole Bluefish
Water Depth: 125'
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Fished the JCSA tourney with calm seas(for a change!) and good
success
We hooked the first Mako after a slow start with no drift. The battle ended
when the shark ran under the boat and the line hit the chine. We then
released a 125 lb. Blue an hour or so later. Our next hookup was a first,
a Thresher which would not let us get near the leader for 45 min. kept us
busy up until I saw the Mako swimming in the slick. We tried for 20 min to
get him to eat but he wouldn't commit until I put a whole 4 lb. bluefish
in front of him.We immediately cut the Thresher loose and focused on the
Mako.
After a 25 min. battle the shark was ours as we prepared to head for the inlet.
He weighed in at 174 lbs. A special thanks to my crew - Tom Patri ,Alex Amoroso
and Ryan Garabo for a great day of fishing and team work!!!
Good Luck Guys!!!
Angler Name : Frank Pizza, Rich Eilers < Andy Capt Bruce
E-Mail : Captwave@Aol.com
Boat Name: WAVEDANCER
Date Fished: 6/19
Location: 34 miles south east of masasqaun
Fishing Method: Chuming Sharkin
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 90 lbTagged and over #200 lbs
Bait or Lure: Mackral fillet and Whole live Bluefish
Water Depth: 185
Water Temp.: 66
Information : Fished JCSA MAKO only Tournament on Friday Snotty Seas made for
a slow trip outbut despite seas we went to our first location and decided to
run a little more!!!!! We Started Chumming at 8:15 and not 15 minutes latterI
set the Rod onto a 7 /1/2 ft BlueShark and was brought to boat and Tagged It
was quite with no bluefish and not 1 hr latter i set up onto a Mako It jumped
once on the far line the angler was Frank Pizza and the Fish was subdued after
10 min and was appox 5 ft in length!!! This was Tagged and Realeased (got some
nice photos) Next was Richie with another BlueShark about #175 lbs and 10 ft
also a 2 ft BlueShark was captured the smallest I had ever seen all were
Tagged !!! I decided to LIve line A bluefish seas were improving and only
fished 2 rods about 1:30 The bait was grabbed and this was a wild one I Set up
real good and Frank was on the rod this was it a Mako over #200 lbs after
sevaral runs and line being striped off the Mako was nearing the boat after 25
min A sudden run at the boat but Frank kept up and still somehow the mako got
to the double leader and was gone !!!!!
Angler Name : Stan Hansen
E-Mail : CaptPaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 6-19-99
Location: Chicken Canyon & Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Drifting & Chummin
Specie: Blue Shark
Size: 200 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Chum, Bluefish & Mackerel
Water Depth: 160-260
Water Temp.: 66
Information : The Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing, Pt. Pleasant, NJ
participated
in the annual 2 day Mako tournament. Capt. Paul Regula had
John Adamcik and Stan Hansen aboard. The first drift for Mako's was made
a little west of the Chicken Canyon in 65 degree water 160 feet deep. After
4 hours 3 Blue Sharks up to 200 lbs. were fought and released. A second drift
on the north edge of the Glory Hole in 66 degree water 250 feet deep produced
2 more
large Blue Sharks.
Angler Name : Pell Glentz
E-Mail : Albatross0099@yahoo.com
Boat Name: ANTARES
Date Fished: 6/19/99
Location: 22 m east manasquan
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 70 lb.
Bait or Lure: bluefish
Water Depth: 140-117
Water Temp.: 65.3
Information : 1 70lb. mako we let go. 1 200lb. blue shark 8-10 feet long
150-180lb.mako in slick just around to look at the floats 3 run offs .No blue
fish all day ! Good thing we brought our own the sharks did not go for
mackerel at all.BLUE FIN TUNA!!!!! All over the place 25lb.-60lb. looks good
Angler Name : Roger Gary
E-Mail : ROGER.GARY@NSTARCH.COM
Boat Name: Get The Net
Date Fished: 6/19/99
Location: Outside Barnegat Inlet
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: Squid & Kiilies
Water Depth: 45 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Picked up a couple of keepers. However, I've noticed a
lot of squid around. We did manage to catch one. I
bought a small squid jig to try out but don't know how
to rig or use it. Anyone have any ideas?
Angler Name : Joe
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Knot-A-Wake
Date Fished: 6-19-99
Location: Lower Bay - Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 4 lbs
Bait or Lure: Squid, Spearing, Killies
Water Depth: 25'
Water Temp.: 65 ?
Information : Started fishing along the red side of Raritan Reach #12 to #16
at 0830. Four people fishing and had a slow pick of fluke during the incoming
tide, there was lots of trash floating in the water but still had a nice day.
Total catch for 7 hours was 12 keepers with three close to 4 lbs, about 25
rejects, 2 small blues and 2 robins. The head boats that were nears us seemed
to have a larger number of shorts.
Angler Name : KEN DRELICH
E-Mail : rudedawgkd@aol.com
Boat Name: RUDEDAWG
Date Fished: 6/19/99
Location: BELMAR TO LONG BRANCH
Fishing Method: DRIFT
Specie: Fluke
Size: SHORTS
Bait or Lure: SQUID,KILLIE,SAND EEL
Water Depth: 25 TO 70 FT
Water Temp.: 65
Information : STARTED OFFSHORE AT THE KLONDIKE,THAT PRODUCED ONLY A SAND SHARK
& A FEW SEA BASS.MOVED INSHORE A FEW MILES TO A PIECE OF HIGH BOTTOM WHERE WE
FOUND PLENTY OF FLUKE,BUT STILL NO KEEPERS.MOVED INSHORE TO LONG BRANCH ALSO
NO KEEPERS.
Angler Name : Jay C.
E-Mail : Makos4Us
Boat Name:
Date Fished: June 19, 1999
Location: Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 12 foot--wouldn't believe unless you were there
Bait or Lure: mackerel fillet/squid combo
Water Depth: 180 feet
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Fishe mako mania & Jersy Coast shark tournys. went ot glory
hole and had dead action all day til late. 2 big blue sharks
tagged-released. 4:45 short line takes off and we hook up. fish dumps 1/2
spool. w get fish to boat side in 45 minutes and it is one big bad boy mako.
stuck him with an 8 inch flyer and the fish went nuts. did a bit of tail
thrashing and ripped the gaff right out of it's back. must have kinked the
400 lb wire becuase after it's thrashing it took a run and we popped th wire
10 minutes later. 5 grown men brought to tears!! was a great experience, but
we estinate the fish to be in the 800-1000 lb range as per the shark charts.
big & fat..so close, but so far. scary fish to see right next to the boat,
but this is not a fish story any veteran could make up. hopefully i'll meet
with that fish again in my lifetime,,if i should be so lucky!!
Angler Name : mark&richie
E-Mail : my268@aol.com
Boat Name: SeaSpaniel
Date Fished: 6-19-99
Location: Manasquan river/inlet
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: shorty's
Bait or Lure: keelies
Water Depth: 17ft
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Fished from 7:00 am til about 1:00pm and nothing but shorty's
caught plenty of fish though but just too dam short. Most of them were just
short too. Bummer,HMMMM maybe we will try crabbing instead...
Angler Name : Ritch
E-Mail : ritch@atoncomputing.com
Boat Name: Just Reelin
Date Fished: 6/19/99
Location: wreck 25 ESE of the Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Blue Shark
Size: 100 to 200 LBS.
Bait or Lure: Bluefish fillet, macks & bunker
Water Depth: 92 feet
Water Temp.: 67
Information : First hit was a 300+ Mako that eventually broke the Sampo
swivel. Released 15 more blue sharks between 100 lbs. and 200 lbs. One more
smaller Mako hit. Best sharking day ever; left for home at noon. Saw alot of
boats heading south; they should have gone east.
Angler Name : Dave K
E-Mail : davek@worldwideapparel.com
Boat Name: Easy Go
Date Fished: 6/19/99
Location: !7 Fathoms
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Report:
WOW!! Started out going to the mud buoy, with my son Brian and my brother in
law Richie.We were fishing our usual light tackle
spinning rods with 12lb test. As soon as we got there (about 9:45) we spotted
birds working over breaking blues and from then on
until 2 PM when we left to go home it was non stop action jiggng blues in the
7 to 10 lb range. As the day progressed we kept
moving south into the 17 fathom area. Brian was deadly, getting fish
practically every cast, or at least it seemed that way using a
red AVA 27. Richie and I were using green and yellow jigs but eventually
switched to red. Since we throw all the fish back, our
estimated count was between 35 and 45 fish , with Brian leading the way with
around 20 by his estimate. All in all one of the top
20 days fishing on the Easy Go in the 30 years we have been chasing the
blues.The weather, the calm seas and the fishing
combined to make it a "WOW" day.
Angler Name : Chris
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Chicken of the Sea
Date Fished: 06-19-99
Location: The Farms
Fishing Method: Trolling, Jigging& Topwater Plugs
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 7-12#
Bait or Lure: a-47, chugbugs,zara spooks
Water Depth: 85-95'
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Got out to the Farms and immediately began to catch fish
trolling.Spotted schools of blues chasing bait on top and caught too many to
count on surface poppers.Fishfinder was reading solid fish from surface to
bottom. All of the fish boated on light tackle 12# test and released.
Angler Name : ED SMITH
E-Mail : SMITSPLASH@AOL.COM
Boat Name: SPLASH
Date Fished: 6-19-99
Location: HUDSON CANYON
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 25
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 100 FATHOIM
Water Temp.: 71.2
Information : FOUND 71 DEGREE WATER, WENT 2 FOR 3 ON SMALL YELLOWFINS. THEN
TROLLED INSHORE NEAR THE CHICKEN CANYON IN 63 DEGREE WATER FOR 1 40 LB
BLUEFIN. LOTS OF LIFE AND FISH WITH WHALES AND SWIRLING TUNA ALL OVER.
Angler Name : Brian
E-Mail : brian.r.moleen@db.com
Boat Name: Cavan Girl
Date Fished: 6/19/99
Location: fingers
Fishing Method: chumming
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size:
Bait or Lure: bluefish
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 66
Information : We broke Barnegate Inlet and headed for the Fingers. As soon
as we had our slick going we had bluefish on right away. The bluefishing
died out and I noticed that we had a shark in our slick but Mr. Mako was
still sitting way back in out slick. It took a good hour to get him to
take one of our baits. Ron Manz was on the rod when the shark hit. The
mako was about 75lbs. We also had a big blueshark whick was released.
There was also a ton of baitfish with 15-25lbs bluefins crashing on the
baitfish. I heard of a couple caught that were reported as 25lbs. It was
a real exciting trip.
Tight lines to all.
Angler Name : Dave Muller
E-Mail : dmuller447@aol.com
Boat Name: Electric Brick
Date Fished: 6/19/99
Location: outside barneget inlet
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 to 22
Bait or Lure: whole mullet and spearing and squid
Water Depth: 55ft
Water Temp.: 68
Information : caught 5 keeper fluke 1 out of two was a keeper and also a
couple of 2lb blues and 5 sea bass to 2.5lbs great day and nice weather fish
are on the deeper lumps about 2 to 3 miles out worked the east side of the
fleet by ourselves and my 11 year old son had a 20 inch 3 lb fluke had a great
meal
Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: So-Kool
Date Fished: 6-19-99
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12-17 Inchs
Bait or Lure: Sandworms--Squid/Killie--Squid/Spearing
Water Depth: 12-40 Ft
Water Temp.: 66.3
Information : Left the dock an hour later Anthony,Casey & I planned-due to me
over sleeping-so we misssed the ebst part of the ebbtide at th e rips.However
in 4 drifts we did manage to put a keeper fluke ( Anthony ) and 2 1-2 pound
bluefish in the box ( 1 each for Casey & myself ).We moved across the channel
and had non-stop action with fluke-unfortunately the vast majority were
sublegal size-but once again Anthony came through with 2 keepers,while Casey
aded another small bluefish. We dropped Casey off at the dock and headed back
out to Chapel Hill Channel-first drift yielded another keeperf luke or Anthony
and a short for me. I decided to move mid way back into the Reach Channel
where I heard rumors of a few weakfish taken..First two drifts yield my first
keeper fluke of the day and more shorts.By the third drift Anthony boxed a
nice 3 pound weakie soon followed by a 2 pounder of mine own.I missed 4 good
knock down on the worms-Anthony did manage another keeper weakie and each put
another keeper fluke in the box.--Total for the day 7 keeper fluke out of
over 30 boated--3 bluefish & 3 weakfish
Angler Name : Capt Lou
E-Mail : osprey 30@aol.com
Boat Name: Everything's Rosie's
Date Fished: 6/19/99
Location: Off Spring Lake
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: to 19"
Bait or Lure: Killies & sand eels
Water Depth: 49 to 58
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Beautiful day,light east wind and currents produced a north to
south drift. Even so we did catch quit a few fish, app 20 but only 3 keepers
and a small bluefish that hit my son-in-law Bill's sand eel. There was no
action tight to the beach the fluke were along a small lump about 1 mile
offshore.It can only get better.
Angler Name : NJDorado
E-Mail : NJDorado@aol.com
Boat Name: Smuttynose
Date Fished: June 19, 1999
Location: Rocks and Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Casting, Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 20"
Bait or Lure: Metal
Water Depth: 20-40'
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Was out today Bluefishing at the Rocks. Trolling bunker spoons
was catching big ones. A few were caught on bait. Although we didn't catch any
we ran into Blues and Birds jumping near the Rip. We had 5 of them small ones
but a good battle. This was instead of catching short Fluke.
Angler Name : Frank Rich III & Rob Boyer
E-Mail : Joey147@aol.com
Boat Name: DOTTIE R.
Date Fished: 6/19/99
Location: Lindenkohl canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 20#-35#
Bait or Lure: Bait
Water Depth: 100 fa
Water Temp.: 68.8
Information : Caught 18 Yellowfin and released all but 8 Also caught 1 60#
approx. longfin albacore. All fish were caught on trolled baits. Seas 3-4
wind 10-15kts
Angler Name : Ken & Judy
E-Mail : imwc3y@aol.com
Boat Name: fishnutz
Date Fished: 19 June 99 Saturday
Location: Asbury Park
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16
Bait or Lure: squid spearing
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.: 65
Information : We caught some short summer flounder. Finally Judy caught 3
keepers to my one 16 incher... Had a nice day fishing
Angler Name : Dan McGivney
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: Friday, 6/18-6/19
Location: Outside Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18 pounds
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 35 feet
Water Temp.: 62 degrees
Information : On Friday, 6/18 Captain Dan McGivney had the Megan Beth out for
a good troll of striped bass. Chris Staghouse from Allentown, PA boated the
largest of the bass at 18 pounds. After catching plenty of stripers, we
switched over to bluefish chumming and filled the coolers before returning to
the dock. On Saturday, 6/19 Captain Dan fished the Mako Mania Tournament only
to tag and release a blue shark in the 75 pound class. Despite the great
conditions, including clean water, we spotted plenty of tuna fish, bluefish
and sea turtles 35 miles southeast of the Manasquan Inlet.
Angler Name : Al
E-Mail : ALbfishin@aol.com
Boat Name: NO PROP'LUM
Date Fished: 6/19/99
Location: Inside & Outside the Hook
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: Too Small
Bait or Lure: Squid, Killies & Sand-eeles
Water Depth: 5' to 35'
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Caught between 35 and 40 fluke, not a one was a keeper. Most
were not even close. Had bout 10 seabirds and a sand shark. By the looks of
this, come September, should have alot of doormats heading back out. Good luck
to all.
Angler Name : JSpoto
E-Mail : JSpoto6449@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 6/19/99
Location: Sandy Hook F-Lot
Fishing Method: surf casting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24" & 25"
Bait or Lure: Clams & Bunker
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished with my buddy Al, Davey and Joey. Caught over 6 blues, 2
short stripers, and a short 14 1/2'inch fluke.
Good day for fishing, good weather, good current, no grass, tons of sea
robins, wrong tide. Had fun.
Angler Name : walt g.
E-Mail : bomber16a@webtv.net
Boat Name: jersey mac
Date Fished: 6-19-99
Location: asbury, high rise
Fishing Method: driften
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16''----22''
Bait or Lure: fluke bellie
Water Depth: 62
Water Temp.: 49'apox.
Information : noreast breeze great fishing alot of shorttts., but got two
limits finally this year!!! needed 6oz. in a.m. only 2oz.latter in morning.i
was out mile and a quarter off the high rise.long strips of fluke kept lil
stamps from jumping on.finally!!!!! we are getting bigger fluke!1!!
Angler Name : NJDorado
E-Mail : NJDorado@aol.com
Boat Name: Smuttynose
Date Fished: June 19, 1999
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: shorts
Bait or Lure: squid/spearing
Water Depth: 20-40'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Hit the Pier first with some short Fluke. A move to the Bug
Light produced most of the fish for the day with totals of 16 Fluke but no
keepers. Had one 15" fish.
Angler Name : Michael Doebley
E-Mail : mdoebley@faulkner.com
Boat Name: Nevermoor
Date Fished: 6/19/99
Location: Egg Harbor Bay
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 19"
Bait or Lure: top/bottom rig w/miinows
Water Depth: 11-15'
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Pretty poor day. Fished in-coming tide all over the bay. Rainbow
Channel,in front of Kennedy Park, Ships Channel. Rainbow and Kennedy were a
complete bust. Saw an occasional boat bring in a short. Did a littel better
on north side of ships in front of marina. This spot has been the most
cosistent so far this year. Ended up with 3 shorts and two keepers and saw a
few other boats doing about the same. Top/bottom with a samll green float and
spinner did the best since the water was a littel murky. A friend using
dayglow bucktails had some decent luck too so something with a littel color
and flash seems to help right now. Overall though, disappointing.
Angler Name : RAY CZORNIEWY
E-Mail : USER350603@AOL
Boat Name: PATRICIA C
Date Fished: 6-19-99
Location: BAYRIDGE FLATS
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 17-19 INCHES
Bait or Lure: SANDWORMS WITH RED JELLIES
Water Depth: 25-35 FEET
Water Temp.:
Information : STARTED FISHING AT 8 AM FISHED TO 1130 AM
CAUGHT 3 WEAKFISH 1 FLUKE 18 INCHES
MOVED DOWN TO REACH CHANNEL FISHED BOUY
6 AND 8 NOTHING WENT TO 19 TO 28 NO FISH EITHER TOTAL FOR DAY 3 WEAKFISH 1
FLUKE.
Angler Name : Dave Granholm
E-Mail :
Boat Name: N/A
Date Fished: Saturday 6/19/99
Location: Belmar - Shark River Inlet
Fishing Method: Slow retrieve
Specie: Herring
Size: 1 - 2 lbs
Bait or Lure: Mackerel Rig w/ 4 to 6 hooks
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Having some fun catching Herring on mackerel rigs off
the jetties at Belmar. Had several hookups of 2 and 3
at a time. The Herring seem to be most plentiful just
around sunset and they will hit just about any "extra"
small lure. While I was at it, I put on a 5 inch fin-S
and caught a nice little 3 lb blue. Tight lines.
Angler Name : Al
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Susie-G III
Date Fished: 6/18
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: Drift/jig
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 17"+ ......and fluke to 15"
Bait or Lure: Pink Fin-S
Water Depth: 5-18'
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Hit the North end of Barnegat Bay, from just south of the
Mantoloking Bridge up to the Mouth of the Canal.. Had numerous short fluke
around the bridge.. Finally got into the weaks just outside of the canal in
the channel that leads to the Metedeconk, where the fish were thick right in
the middle.. Boated a few nice ones, but lost a 5 + pounder at boatside..
Heartbreaker!! All fish caught were on Pink Fin-S.. Saw a few nice taylor
sized blues taken, as well as a few short bass.. All in all a good morning on
the water..
Angler Name : Arty D.
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Bottom Line
Date Fished: 6/18/99
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Sharkin
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 150lbs
Bait or Lure: Mackerel
Water Depth: 130/200ft
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Action started at about 10am and lasted all day. We had a
lengthy slick and hooked into 10+ sizable Blue sharks. Some pushing 225+lbs,
7footers. One Blue decided to hang by the boat all day and feed on our chum
bag. We hooked into the Mako in the early afternoon, after a battle and two
spectacular leaps Brian Digocamo(whose skills are unmatched) shot and roped
her. Mmm those steaks were tasty.
Angler Name : Gary Banks
E-Mail : Kbanks@aol.com
Boat Name: Wild Goose
Date Fished: 6/18/99
Location: Farms
Fishing Method: Chum
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: Between 200 - 250lb.
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 150
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Chummed and chunked butterfish at the farms produce 25 10lb.
bluefish. Hooked into a large shark right next to the boat. He started
taking line then jumped about 10' in the air. It was a huge Mako!! I fought
it for a few minutes and it snapped my 30lb test line. I wish that rod had a
longer leader on it!
Angler Name : Mike H
E-Mail : MHOFFMAN@ATO.COM
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 6/18
Location: middle grounds
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16- 19
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Started out at coast guard area, down to bathing beach.
Nothing but a few small shorts. Ran out to the middle grounds
area. Steady pick of 20% keepers.
Angler Name : john tolotta
E-Mail : jft@gateway.net
Boat Name: bouncin bottom
Date Fished: 6/18
Location: delaware bay
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 16'' to 22''
Bait or Lure: wht rrunner,yellow rr/tip w/shedder
Water Depth: 12'
Water Temp.:
Information : took son nic to E/P TOWER caught 6 each on lite tackle
nic's first weakie's,had great time.missed about 5 each
till next report, hook'em hard.
Angler Name : Maurice
E-Mail : jets922@aol.com
Boat Name: annio
Date Fished: 6/17/99
Location: Manasquan Inlet so. to Mantoloking
Fishing Method: trolling umbrella rig "eels" various plugs
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 15-30
Water Temp.: 60's
Information : Trolled along the beach from the inlet so. to
mantoloking,beautiful day, few fished noted on the depth finder no fish...saw
a few flatties (small) boated in the Manasquan between Hoffmans and the
Coastguard Sta.
Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 17
Location: North of Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 15 to 25 pounds
Bait or Lure: Bunker Spoons
Water Depth: 20-40'
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Canyon Runner out with the Mike
Haugh charter from the New York Stock Exchange and put together another
excellent catch of Striped Bass. Fishing in rough conditions the charter was
kept busy with 14 Striped Bass between 15 and 25 pounds. The fish were all
trolled on wire line with green Reliable Bunker Spoons around and just north
of the Shrewsbury Rocks. What made the catch even better is the fact that we
left the Inlet at 8:00 a.m. and the charter limited by 12:00 letting us get
back to the dock before the wind picks up this afternoon. In addition, to the
Bass the charter boated several large bluefish which will be filetted brined
and frozen for this weekends Mako Mania Tournament.
Angler Name : Bryan
E-Mail : BRYKA99@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 6/17/99
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Weakfish
Size: shorts-19 1/2''
Bait or Lure: squid & killies
Water Depth: varied
Water Temp.: ??'
Information : rented a skiff from Schupp's and began fishing about
8:45 am.first fish was a keeper (15 1/2'') tried to
fish with two rods but the action was too hot. i
caught at least 50 or 60 fluke with 5 being keepers.
the biggest one was 19 1/2'', and i caught a tan!
not a bad day,better than work.I'll be out there
again next week...
Angler Name : Joe Krivenko
E-Mail : krivenko@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: The Fisherman
Date Fished: 6/17/99
Location: Atlantic Highlands
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Overcast. Rain. 10 customers.Capt. George fished just outside
the hook. East to south east wind. Incoming tide. Fast dirft. Fluke were
caught on every drift and a few keepers per drift. Later fished inside the
hook. Many shorts. About 20 keepers on the boat. I caught 40+ fluke and NO
keepers. One rental rod caught 4 keepers.
Angler Name : Captain Brad
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Cat
Date Fished: 6/17/99
Location: Canyons
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure: spreader bars
Water Depth: >1,000 ft
Water Temp.: 64
Information : We left at about 4:00 am, and brought a newcomer, my friend
Brent, now he was a bit apprehensive about going 80 miles out to sea because
he gets sea sick. Luckily the surf was able to cooperate and we got a smooth
ride out. Unfortunately we had predicted the water to be much warmer, and at
64 degrees we knew it was too cold for tuna. Realizing we weren't going to
catch any tuna, and knowing we hadn't brought any other lures, it was time to
call it a day. Before we left, we played a little joke on Brent and set him
up with a hotdog as bait and told him that they worked really well. To our
amazement he ended up getting a pretty good size blue, they'll eat anything.
Angler Name : Adam Crouthamel
E-Mail : mako@jerseycape.com
Boat Name: Adam Bomb
Date Fished: 6/16/99
Location: Cape May Harbor
Fishing Method: Bucktailing
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 4lbs.-6lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bucktail With Plastic Worm
Water Depth: 8 Feet
Water Temp.: 68 Degrees
Information : Bucktailing the banks in Cape May Harbor for the first hour of
the incoming produced two weakfish with one weigihing 4lbs. and the other
weighing 6lbs. I also missed another fish. Most anglers wading the shorelines
were also hooking up. The fish were there and they were big! Until next
time...GOOD FISHING!
Angler Name : Matt
E-Mail : Antsmashin@aol.com
Boat Name: surf
Date Fished: 6/16
Location: Bradley
Fishing Method: Hi-Low rig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30"
Bait or Lure: clams-Teaser rig
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Allright, i've been checkin up on the surf action for quite a
bit, and haven't seen much in the past few days... But Striper fishin has been
non-stop on the surf about an 1 hour before high tide, Herring all over the
surf today, Stripers hittin lures... please tell me how you have been doing in
this area, if you fish around Bradley... peace all
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Angler Name : Rachel Gwyn & Ron Bach
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 6/15/99
Location: The Farms 14 miles NE Pt. Pleasant
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8 to 10 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker & Butterfish
Water Depth: 70
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Captain Paul Regula had the Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing,
Pt. Pleasant, NJ out to the Farms area for a day of Bluefish chumming.
The fishing was non stop for Rachel Gwyn and Ron Bach who put 40 Bluefish in
the
box in 4 hours of fishing.
Angler Name : wayne calloway
E-Mail : fishinnj1@aol.com
Boat Name: bonanza
Date Fished: june 15,1999
Location: delaware bay
Fishing Method: bottom, float rigs
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 14 - 28 inches
Bait or Lure: sheddar,fin-s,spec rigs
Water Depth: unk
Water Temp.: unk
Information : fished the evening trip, full boat. fished miah maull light.
had last hour of outgoing and the ebb along with first 2 hours of incoming.
tide was ripping for the first 1 and a half hours. raised weakies the last
forty-five minutes of the trip. caught six, threw back 5, lost three at the
boat. non-stop action once we got them up. 4lber won the pool. nice night,
nice trip.
Angler Name : Charlie Stamp
E-Mail : cstamp@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Shore
Date Fished: 6/15/99
Location: Jersey City
Fishing Method: Bunker on the bottom
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32"
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 25 ft
Water Temp.: 55%
Information : For the last few days-Stripers have been here on any stage of
the tide.
Really active at sundown.
Angler Name : BOB ERICKSON
E-Mail : FISHUKD@BELLATLANTIC.NET
Boat Name: FREE BEE
Date Fished: 6-15-99
Location: BB MARKER
Fishing Method: FIN-S JIGS
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 1 TO 3LB
Bait or Lure: PINK FIN-S SGUID
Water Depth: 8TO5FT
Water Temp.: 78
Information : GOT OUT EARLY WENT TO BB MARKER AND JIGGED UP SOME WEAKS PINK
FIN-S WORKED THE BEST. I DIDENT FIND ANY CONCENTRATIONS OF FISH SO JUST MAKING
LONG DRIFTS WORKED. ALSO ANY OF YOU GUYS THAT SURF FISH ON LONG BEACH ISLAND
THE GOVERMENT IS GOING TO TRY TO CLOSE HOLGATE SO WE WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO
FISH THERE. A MEETING IS BEING HELD ON JULY 8 1999 AT 700PM TO 1000PM AT THE
STAFFORD TOWNSHIP MUNICIBLE BUILDING ON BAY AVE IN MANAHAWKIN. PLEASE COME IF
YOU CAN WE WOULD APPRICIATE THE HELP... PS THIS GUY THATS TRYING TO CLOSE
HOLGATE LAUGHED AND SAID NO ONE WILL CARE ABOUT HOLGATE AT THIS TIME OF YEAR
BECAUSE EVERYONE WILL BE TOO BUSY WITH THIER BOATS AND SUMMER ACTIVITIES. SO
DONT LET THIS HAPPEN IF YOU CAN COME YOUR HELP WILL BE
APPRICIATED........THANKS BOB
Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 15
Location: Farms
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: up to 12 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 100
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Canyon Runner out with the Marty
Shannon charter from Long Island and put together a great catch of Bluefish.
Starting the day trolling on the Shrewsbury Rocks proved uneventful as no
Stripers were boated. The decision was made to run off to the Farms and the
decision proved correct as the charter had constant action chumming Bluefish
up to 12 pounds on light tackle. The charter limited out in no time.
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Angler Name : Cory Mango
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Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 6/14/99
Location: 40 miles SE Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Rod & Reel Wreck Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 2 to 3 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 120
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Captain Paul Regula had the Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing,
Pt. Pleasant, NJ out of
to the wrecks in 120-140 ft. of water Southeast of Manasquan Inlet with the
Cory Mango charter aboard.
Stopping on 5 wrecks produced a good catch of Jumbo Seabass plus 6 Blackfish.
The largest tipping the scales at 11 lbs.
Angler Name : Ed C.
E-Mail : edc413@aol.com
Boat Name: First Catch
Date Fished: 6/14/99
Location: Barnegat Inlet Area
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: All shorts
Bait or Lure: Squid/Minnow
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Drifted Barnegat Inlet and nearby channels.
Caught 10 fluke (all shorts), stargazer and 22" striper.
Very fast drift probably held catch down, but still same
old story, all the fluke are small.
Angler Name : Scott and John
E-Mail : Hotshot623@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Hot Shot
Date Fished: June 13, 1999
Location: Flynn's Knoll and Bug Light
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: shorts and few keepers
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Decided to stay away from the weekend chunking scene which has
been mostly bluefish. Started out north of Sandy Hook Channel at the beginning
of the Knoll looking for school stripers with worms. The screen was packed
with them and we picked 6 or so on 2 drifts before the tide changed around
7:30 - 8:00. Wind against tide and lots of chunkers halted the action. Moved
out north on the knoll and picked 5 fluke with 2 keepers on worms and
spearing. Got tired of getting beat up so we moved to the calm waters of the
bug light and Coast Gaurd Station where we picked around 20 fluke mostly on
worms with 3 more keepers and a bluefish. All in all a decent day.
Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 13
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 33 pounds
Bait or Lure: Bunker Spoons
Water Depth: 25'
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Pete Minotti charter from
Hacketstown, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Sunday and found the big Stripers
right where he left them the day before. Trolling in rough conditions caused
many fish to be droped but Justin Kukera held on to his fish which measured
44" and weigh in at 33 pound back at Clark's Landing. In addition to the huge
bass a couple 18 pounders were boated and dozens of 10 to 15 bluefish were
attacking the bunker spoons all day. The fish were all trolling around just
north and around the Shrewsbury Rocks with most of the action taken place by
the green can.
Angler Name : Andy , Capt Bruce
E-Mail : captwave @aol.com
Boat Name: Tanerz Lurz , Wavedancer
Date Fished: 13 th
Location: Barnaget bay at mantaloaqan
Fishing Method: casting tanerz lurz and drifting worms !!!
Specie: Weakfish
Size: Up to 29 inchs and 5 1/2 lbs also sevaral 3 lb Fluke
Bait or Lure: Sandworms on Tanerz lurz
Water Depth: 12 to 18 ft
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Surprized to see such Large weakfish still around at this point
after spawn !!!!! I guess theres still a few of the better fish still here
!!!! It has onl;y been improving by the day !!!! Blown out on fri shark trip
tourny on friday hope the weather decent had a friend get a nice Mako east of
the 28 mile wreak #200lb mako Oh yea try the chartuse color for the weaks i
works so great !!!!! Tight Lines !!!!!! Capt Bruce Hrobak
Angler Name : DAN MCGIVNEY
E-Mail :
Boat Name: MEGAN BETH
Date Fished: 6/07/99 TO 6/13/99
Location: 15 MILES NE MANASQUAN
Fishing Method: CHUMMING
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 12LBS
Bait or Lure: MACKERAL
Water Depth: 100 FEET
Water Temp.: 62
Information : ON MONDAY 6/7 CAPT. WAYNE BUSHNELL HAD THE MEGAN BETH UP TO
SANDY HOOK HAD HAD A GREAT DAY STRIPED BASS FISHING WITH THE NICK MASSO GROUP
BOATING A GOOD NUMBER OF KEEPERS ALONG WITH RELEASING OVER 50 SHORTS .ON 6/9
CAPT DAN MCGIVNEY HAD THE BOAT OUT 15 MILES NE. OF MANASQUAN TO FILL THE
COOLERS WITH BLUEFISH FOR BOB FLAIR AND FRIENDS BEFORE SWITCHING OVER TO FLUKE
BOATING 7 NICE KEEPERS AND RELEASING ABOUT ANOTHER 20 FISH.6/11 CAPT WAYNE WAS
BACK UP NORTH TO PUT 8 KEEPER STRIPED BASS IN THE BOAT THAT WERE IN 15 TO 20
LB CLASS FOR THE DAN SWEENEY PARTYBEFORE CATCHING AND RELEASING PLENTY OF
BLUEFISH. THE RICK SCHELLMAN PARTY WAS ABOARD THE MEGAN BETH FOR ANOTHER
EXCELLENT DAY OF BLUEFISHINGON SATURDAY 6/13 . DISPITE VERY ROUGH SEAS THE
MANAGED TO CATCH THERE LIMIT AND WERE ON THERE WAY HOME BY 11:30AM.WITH A
LITTLE CALMER SEAS ON SUNDAY 6/13 THE EMILIO VARGAS GROUP CAUGHT THERE LIMIT
OF BLUEFISH IN THE SAME AREA .FISHING HAS BEEN EXCELLENT THIS EARLY SEASON AND
WITH PLENTY OF BAIT AROUND GOOD FISHING SHOULD CONTINUE..
Angler Name : STRESSFREE
E-Mail :
Boat Name: NA
Date Fished: 6/12-6/13
Location: BROADKILL BEACH DEL,DEL STATE PARK SURF.
Fishing Method: SURF
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 24
Bait or Lure: CHICKEN,SQUID.
Water Depth: NA
Water Temp.: NA
Information : FISHED INCOMING HIGH AND OUTGOING ON SAT.WATER MUDDY.GOT ONE
NICE 24 INCH WEAK ON CHICKEN.SAT EVENING HIT DEL STATE PARK.FOGY AND BIG
WAVES.GOT ONE SAND SHARK.SUN HIT BROADKILL SLOW.ONLY SEEN A FEW CAUGHT.NO SUN
ALL WEEKEND.
Angler Name : Bill
E-Mail : ontherun@jersey.net
Boat Name: Lil Guy
Date Fished: 6/12/99
Location: Fortesque, Delaware Bay
Fishing Method: Anchored, drifted
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Here's another report from the gang of the Lil Guy. Today was
special because we had some non regulars on the boat. Had a visit from my
father , George, and my younger brother Mike. Dad doesn't get out on the
water as much as he would like but at 71 he has his limits. Weather wasn't
going to cooperate with a strong east wind at 15 knots, but we had to give it
a try. Got out front to the same place I have been fishing.( got to love that
GPS! ) Didn't take long before I hooked a keeper weakfish and the fun began.
Dad had several hook ups early, but as some of you know a weakie can be
trickie, and after a few tries, Dad also put 1 in the boat. Had a school of
blues come through and cut all 3 of our lines, rerigged and kept on going.
Mike quickly became the high hook leader for today, hooking several fish. He
had the knack for the way they were hitting the chicken. Meanwhile I did
manage a keeper fluke or snapper blue here and there, and Dad was hooking fish
as well. When the tide went dead and started to change, we pulled the hook
and tried a drift. Wind was too much and we were too fast, but still managed
some throw back fluke. Went back to anchoring and had a slow pick the rest of
the day, finishing early cause our bones were tired of the beating the wind
giving us. We totaled out with 12 weakies, 10 blues, 7 keeper fluke, and
about 18 throwbacks. Note to all you fisherman, the weakies are getting
smaller by the week, I expect this won't last much more that 2 or 3 weeks
before we get to the summer time 12" fish. Hopefully I am wrong, but I caught
3 15" fish this trip , no more 24 to 26" fish to be seen. Maybe just cause of
the wind, at any rate, we have gotten plenty and all the neighbors are happy,
probably start catch and release next week, except for a few choice fish for
dinner. Note also that chicken is still working this year, although we did
catch some on shedders. Tight lines to all...
Angler Name : Joe
E-Mail : Barney0028@aol.com
Boat Name: Knot-A-Wake
Date Fished: 6-12-99
Location: Raritan Bay - Lower Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: Squid & Spearing
Water Depth: 12- 25'
Water Temp.: 65 ?
Information : First trip of the season started at 0800 with the first stop at
Keyport bouy #1. Caught four keepers during the first 45 min. and then they
seemed to stop biting. Moved over to R/R bouy 16 and still nothing happened.
Headed closer to the Old Orchard Light. When the tide started to move in our
faver picked up 3 more for the box. Total count was 3 throw back fluke, about
12 small blues, a couple robins, seven keepers with the big one being 5 lbs.
Weather was not that great and the wind during the morning out going tide
worked against us but all in all it was a good day.
Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 12
Location: Shrewsbury Rock
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 38 pounds
Bait or Lure: Bunker Spoons
Water Depth: 25'
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie brought the Canyon Runner back to the dock
with a catch of Striped Bass that will be hard to beat. Fishing with the Dan
Black charter from Philadelphia, PA, around and just north of the Shrewsbury
Rocks, the Canyon Runner boated 13 keeper Stripers from 15 to 38 pounds. The
larger fish weighed in at 22, 24, 25, 28, and a 38 pounds. Fishing in rough
conditions several other large fish were lost. All of the big fish hit green
bunker spoons trolled as slow as possible and the 38 pounder was actually
hooked by mate Brad Burgess as he was retreiving the lure as we were fighting
another Bass.
Angler Name : DENNIS BIEGEL
E-Mail : DENNIS.BIEGEL@WL.COM
Boat Name: CHERYL ANN
Date Fished: 06/12/99
Location: BUG LIGHT AMMO PIER
Fishing Method: DRIFT / TROLL
Specie: Fluke
Size: SQUID KILLIES
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 5 TO 35
Water Temp.: 62
Information : 30 FULKE ONLY ONE KEEPER.TROLLED BOMBERS HOME TO KEYPORT PICKING
UP 3/4 LB BLUES,NO BASS.
Angler Name : Todd
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Lau-ryan
Date Fished: 6-12-99
Location: Rips - Bug Light - Ammo Pier
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 6.5,4.5,3.5 plus 5-17"
Bait or Lure: Fluke Belly and Spearing
Water Depth: 20 - 25
Water Temp.: ????
Information : Tried to go around hook heading south, saw beached center
console and 10ft swells turned right around. Fished buglight caught shorts
and 3 keepers. Moved to Ammo Pier and T/C bouy and caught 6.5 and 4.5 plus a
couple more keepers. We lucked out with more keepers than shorts. Trick was
to fish until more boats came around then moved. Boat traffic slowed
fishing.
Angler Name : Charlie
E-Mail : lawncar@ptd,net
Boat Name: Madrugader
Date Fished: June 12
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 6"-15.5"
Bait or Lure: squid/spearing/killies
Water Depth: 10-60
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Ed came out of retirement and we were out on the water 6 AM and
had the anchor out by 6:15 with a minor motor mishap. Mishap cleared in five
minutes and we wer off again. We started drifting in the rips and only caught
some Sea Robins. We fished hard all around the hook and back up to the Coast
Guard station. We tried the Knoll and the Ammo Pier. Over fify fluke were
boated but only one made the size limit. Many would have been legal last year
but failed to meet the new size limit. Oh well! Better luck next time. Easy
Does It.
Angler Name : ray
E-Mail : finnila.com@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: mo' money
Date Fished: 6/12/99
Location: Shrewsbury River
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15.5 to 16.5 in.
Bait or Lure: Spearing and Squid Combo
Water Depth: 5 to 10 ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Finally, I got my boat in the water, yesterday. I needed to go
fishing, very badly. Caught the beginning of the incoming tide. Fished from
5:00PM to 7:30PM, and it was slow. Only two hits. One was 15.5" and the
other 16.5". Tight lines.
Angler Name : Captain Nick
E-Mail : CaptNick00@aol.com
Boat Name: St. Jude
Date Fished: 6-11 to 6-12-99
Location: Mud Hole to 30 miles SE
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 135#
Bait or Lure: bluefish
Water Depth: 150 ft.
Water Temp.: 63.8
Information : Caught a mess of blues at the edge of the Mud Hole at night. We
also caught 2 blue sharks to 180# at the Mud Hole When the coolers were full
we took it slow and ran offshore in the snotty seas about 15 miles from the
Mud Hole. Fished this spot until 6:30am when the mako hit. Landed it and
brought it back to Hoffman's. Tipped the scales to 135#. Bent rods and
screaming reels to all! ><)))">
Angler Name : NJDorado
E-Mail : NJDorado@aol.com
Boat Name: Smuttynose
Date Fished: June 12, 1999
Location: Ocean, Bug Light, Officers Row, Coast Guard Station
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: shorts
Bait or Lure: squid and spearing
Water Depth: 10-30'
Water Temp.: 66
Information : Had short 8 Fluke and crabs. All of the fleet was moving around
and they weren't catching much. Was going for Blues or Bass off the ocean but
it was rough with a few breakers.
Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: So-Kool
Date Fished: 6-12-99
Location: Flynn's Knoll
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 10-21inchs
Bait or Lure: Killies,Spearing,Squid,Sandworms
Water Depth: 10-35 Ft
Water Temp.: Low 60's
Information : What was supposed to be a trolling trip to the Shrewsbury Rocks
was changed to a fluking trip due to NOAA's forecast of 5-7 Ft seas.Within
minutes of setting up on our first drift,Anthony put the first keeper fluke in
the box-soon flollowed by a short striper.Meantime I was dealing with small
fluke & sea robins.By the second drift,I was in the game with a fat 21 inch
fluke.Nothing much on the next few drifts-so a move to Chapel Hill Channel was
made. Here Anthony put another keeper fluke in the box and again boated a
short bass. Next few spots, TC Buoy,Officer's Row & the Atlantic Highlands
Breakwater yielded nothing but short fluke-expect for a 3 pound bluefish at
the TC for Anthony.Out of 22 fluke caught only 3 were keepers.
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Angler Name : BB
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Boat Name: Waders
Date Fished: 6-11-99
Location: Corsons Da Beds
Fishing Method: Spincast
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 22 to 26"
Bait or Lure: Pink Fin-S
Water Depth: 6-10 ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Started at 2:30 friday morning a bunch of guys at Da Beds no
fish or very few caught at that time some weed in water most guys left by 5:00
I started hitting fish about 5:30 didnt stop till 8:00 wound up with 6 weaks
to 26 " had Da Beds to myself. Wish SON could have been with me.
Angler Name : Mike
E-Mail : 73633.233@Compuserve.com
Boat Name: Trophy
Date Fished: 6/11/99
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure: Bucktailsw/sandworms
Water Depth: 10'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Drifted near the BB buoy for weakfish and pick up a 12 inch
fluke instead. Went to Tices Shoal and hook up a small blue. The bay was
rough with a fast drift. Fished from 10am -1pm. Didn't see anyother boats
getting any fish either. Not like it was on tuesday morning.
Angler Name : Chuck Cumella
E-Mail : ACC@NWL.COM
Boat Name: Deep Adventures
Date Fished: 6-11-99
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Most Keepers
Bait or Lure: Bunker Chunk
Water Depth: 25-35 Ft
Water Temp.: ??
Information : Fished w/ the LaFay charter; The ocean was choppy w/ the wind
blowing from the NE for 3 days earlier. There was a 4 to 1 keeper ratio. Most
keepers were in the high teens and low twenties; the largest fish was 28
lbs. A great night on the ocean; the capt. and mates all did a good job.
There were many large slammer blues; if you could keep the blues off your
line there would have been many more keepers. This was one of the best
Stripper fishing that I have experenced in many years. Normally there are 4
shorts to one keeper; this trip it was 4 keepers for every short. Tight lines
to all.....
Angler Name : Tom
E-Mail : tmass128@aol.com
Boat Name: fisherman
Date Fished: 6/11
Location: atl. highlands
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: squid,spearing
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : lots of fish, not many keepers. I put 2 in the cooler.Would have
had 5 if they didn't change the rules of the game! oh well had a nice day
anyway.
Angler Name : Billy B
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 6/11/99
Location: Corsons The beds
Fishing Method: Spinning casting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 22 to 26 inch
Bait or Lure: Pink Fin-S
Water Depth: # to 10 ft.
Water Temp.:
Information : Picked 6 nice Weaks on incoming tide High was at 6:30 got down
at 2:30 everyone left by 3:30 got first fish at 5:00 non_stop till 7:30 was a
great time Wish Son was with me.
Angler Name : dave rowland
E-Mail : ddjrow@aol.com
Boat Name: jenny r
Date Fished: 11 june 99
Location: barnagat bay, inlet area
Fishing Method: grass shrimping
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 3 to 4.5 lbs
Bait or Lure: grass shrimp
Water Depth: 12'
Water Temp.: 67
Information : very windy and chilly. fished maybe the first half of the
outgoing tide. managed three and lost one. did'nt see much of anything happening.
Angler Name : Mike
E-Mail : MTM134@AOL.COM
Boat Name: MIKE & THE MECHANIC
Date Fished: 6/11/99
Location: Barnagat Bay
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure: Bubble gum fin-s 4" with a piece of blue claw crab
Water Depth: 10'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : NE wind, to rough in the ocean. We went to the 40 buoy. It was
still rough in the bay but we picked up 5 weakfish and lost about the same.
Fishing time was from 6:00 am to 11:00 am. These fish were all about 24" and
we didn't see much action on other boats. The drift was very fast.
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Angler Name : dj
E-Mail : ripcrlgrom@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 6/10/99
Location: ortley ave. lavalette
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30
Bait or Lure: clam and ava A27 yellow
Water Depth: wash
Water Temp.: 66
Information : we fished for 2 hours we had a 24 inch bass and a 30 inch bass.
We also thought we had a blue shark in the 40-50 lbs. range the way it
fought.
Angler Name : Joe Krivenko
E-Mail : krivenko@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Elaine B II
Date Fished: 6/10/99
Location: Highlands
Fishing Method: Bottom - drift
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Cool morning. S.E. wind. We fished inside Sandy Hook with Capt.
Stan. The light crowd of about 12 caught fluke on every drift. Many shorts
and a pick of keepers. The catches ranged from about three to some limits of
eight. The pool fish was about 2 1/2 lbs. I had seven keepers out of 50+
fish.
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Angler Name : Ed Gillin
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 6/9/99
Location: Strathmere
Fishing Method: Flyfishing
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 27-32
Bait or Lure: bunker fly
Water Depth: 3-12
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Well all I can say is that the weakfish are back!!!! I have not
had a chance to fish this much this spring but, last nite it was so hot that I
had to get out of my house and close to the shore. The old saying "when the
Gnats are biting the fish are biting holds true" I fished last nite about
12:00 till 2:00 AM. It was so quiet and still all I could hear was some guys
reel screaming in the distance. At first I thought it was the mosquito that
was buzzing around my head but no I see a guy with 5 weakies all over 25
inches. I managed to catch three and let them go the action was great until
some joker in a boat came barreling through where we were fishing then that
was it. I was glad to see the size of these fish and that netting has let
these fish come back to where they once came and that through proper
management we all can have and enjoy this species of fish. I think that in
the long run it is worth the wait.
Angler Name : Mark Smiecinski
E-Mail : smudge_4@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Exta-Sea
Date Fished: 6/9/99
Location: East River
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 40 inches, 24 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker Filet
Water Depth: 40 feet
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Fished the outgoing tide with my brother Paul and Mike of S&S
Propeller off Rikers Island....after 5 shorts in the low 20's hooked this nice
bass on bunker filets
Angler Name : steven potochney
E-Mail : steven.potochney@gte.net
Boat Name: ida pearl, previously bwana 4
Date Fished: 6-9-99
Location: 35mi SE of Absecon Inlet
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 10 - 25 lbs.
Bait or Lure: clones and feathers
Water Depth: 150 - 165 ft.
Water Temp.: 70 degrees
Information : Started trolling at 9am 35 miles Se of Absecon Inlet. Seas were
calm, lots of bait and birds. After 45 min. had our first hook-up and picked
at fish until noon. In all caught 6 Blue Fin, had 6 other knockdowns. To our
disappointment, all the fish were very small. Hope to make a canyon-run this
weekend to look for bigger fish.
Angler Name : david tootchen
E-Mail : kirby1266@aol.com
Boat Name: bonanza
Date Fished: june9,1999
Location: fortescue
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 15 to 20 inches
Bait or Lure: fin-s/shedderor squid
Water Depth: n/a
Water Temp.: 60
Information : went to the elbow,anchored up used bait til dark got a few then
all hell broke loose when the weakies came to the surface. my father and i
easily limited out. fin-s color didn't matter. oh what a sight,weakies in the
light,my oh my, such a delight!!!!!!
Angler Name : George
E-Mail : warstud@ameri-com.com
Boat Name: seacat
Date Fished: june 9th 99
Location: bouy 32 Barnegat inlet
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 8lbs-12lbs
Bait or Lure: bucktail with sandworm
Water Depth: 12-2 ft
Water Temp.: 63-65
Information : Huge weakfish just at sunset and early morn drifting and
bouncing the bucktail with sand worm on it!! I live down here on Barnegat Bay
and this is the best weakfishing I have seen in years no spikes at all!! Just
big fish feeding hard, had to switch to a heavier pool and line after Monday
as these fish were just slamming and breaking off. Drifting from the channel
into the flats or vice a versa depending on the tides seems out going is
best.thes fish have been there for 5 days now see what this cold front does
now!!
Angler Name : TODD SMITH
E-Mail : stripers01
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 6/8 6/9
Location: ibsp
Fishing Method: surf and jetty
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 201/2- 371/2 lbs
Bait or Lure: clams and plugs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: cold
Information : fished the island tues and wed, tues morning caught a 20 1/2 lb
striper. then fished the north jetty early afternoon killed the weakies on
yozoris. had dinner and went back to the jetty early evening, my buddy slammed
a 371/2 lb striper from the jetty on a bomber. wow what a fish!!! wed morning
we nailed another 14lb bass plus a ton of blues.
Angler Name : TOM RABI
E-Mail : RABOOO@MONMOUTH.COM
Boat Name: BRAGGNSIZE
Date Fished: 6-9-99
Location: OUTSIDE MANASQUAN INLET
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size: SHORTS
Bait or Lure: KILLES/SAND EELS
Water Depth: 18' TO40'
Water Temp.: 63
Information : BROKE INLET 8 AM. NW WEST WIND LESS THAN 15. PLENTY OF BUNKER
BOATS. FISHED THE GUNNING RANGE, HOTEL, SEA GIRT,HEADED SOUTH TO THE T-BIRD,
BEACON MANOR....... ALL ALL ALL SHORTS. PLENTY OF ACTION BUT ALL SHORTS. ALL
IN THE 15" RANGE. A COUPLE A TAILOR BLUES. NICE DAY.
FISH 'EM UP
Angler Name : chris
E-Mail : kschmoop
Boat Name: chicken of the sea
Date Fished: 6/09/99
Location: long branch
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 10-18"
Bait or Lure: spearing,squid,killies
Water Depth: 22-30'
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Beautiful, calm morning on the ocean. Caught first fish right
away and left them biting(ran out of bait). Myself & partner caught upwards of
80 fluke in about 6 hours and ended up with 14 keepers. a lot of fish between
14 & 15". Only 4 sea robins and a couple of skates mixed with some small
blues.
Angler Name : Brian
E-Mail : brian.r.moleen@db.com
Boat Name: Tail Chaser
Date Fished: 6/9/99
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3-5 lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker chunks
Water Depth: 36
Water Temp.:
Information : I fished with my buddy Kevin on his Tail Chaser yesterday
evening. We tried chunking for bass but to no avail. All we had were
bluefish no matter what we did. We even tried lightening up on the chunks but
still no bass. Maybe next time when ther is a little less wind.
Angler Name : john tolotta
E-Mail : jft@gateway.net
Boat Name: bouncin' bottom
Date Fished: 6/9/99
Location: deleware bay
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 16"-24"
Bait or Lure: wht.roadrunner,tip w/shedder
Water Depth: 12'
Water Temp.:
Information : anchored at 8:00am had 10 by 10:00 ran out of shedder
caught on lite tackle what a blast.
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Angler Name : Adam Crouthamel
E-Mail : mako@jerseycape.com
Boat Name: Adam Bomb
Date Fished: 6/8/99
Location: Cape May Rips
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 35lbs.
Bait or Lure: Live Eels
Water Depth: 20FT.
Water Temp.: 63 Degrees
Information : After a two and a half week period of not fishing, the Adam Bomb
finally got out for a couple hours of evening striper fishing. We caught
several VERY large sand sharks and one big, beautiful striper of about 35lbs.
We also had a 17" Flounder which ate a pencil eel. We lost another fish which
we assumed to be a bass by the way it was fighting. Fluking coming up this
weekend! I am looking forward to it!
Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 8
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 36"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 40'
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Brad Burgess had the Canyon Runner
out for the 6th day in a row and put the Dave Tolchin charter from Monmouth
Beach, NJ into another good day of Striped Bass fishing. While the action was
not as good as it had been the last five days the charter was keeped busy
fighting dozens of Bluefish to 12 pounds and in between the Bluefish attacks
boated 15 Bass, keeping 4 up to 36" and 21 pounds. The action was all on
umbrella rigs trolled in 20-40 feet of water just north of the Highlands
bridge. Captain Dulanie noted that it does seem that the vast schools of Bass
we read over the last few trips seem to have moved east. Hopefully a new body
of fish will move in for the Summer.
Angler Name : Andy , Gary ,Capt Bruce Hrobak
E-Mail : CaptWave@aol
Boat Name: Tanerz Lurz 20 ft center console,WAVEDANCER 29 topaz
Date Fished: 6/6,6/7 6/8
Location: Barnaget bay south of bayhead in the deeper holes
Fishing Method: Spin and glows tipped with sandworms also Tanerz lurz tipped
with a Sandworm in flo green and chartruse jigging
Specie: Weakfish
Size: up to 23 inchs (good catchs ) up to 15 a trip!!!!
Bait or Lure: Sandworms on Tanerz Lurz ( homemade jiggs got a 32 inch 8 1/2 lb
weakfish on 5 15
Water Depth: 18 ft also up into the flats at 7 ft to 5 ft
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Been a good year so far caught alot of Bass starting on Yo zuris
than going to EELS caught alot of 35 inch bass but landed a 42 inch 30 lb Bass
on 5/21 !!!! Blues have been killin our Eels so switched to Weaks been on
most of the time but fish early I'm done by 8:00 Gonna take the Topaz out
Sharkin on friday a good fishing partner got a nice Mako on Sunday !!! South
of the Fingers in 165 ft of wter temp was 65!!! Tight lines Capt Bruce
Angler Name : George Emslie
E-Mail : gemslie@home.com
Boat Name: Sea Ya!
Date Fished: June 8th, 1999
Location: Oyster Creek Channel - Barnaget
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16"
Bait or Lure: Squid
Water Depth: 3-14'
Water Temp.: ~58
Information : Went out with my Uncle Bob to learn about fishing. I
concentrated trying not to drift onto any sand bars while he caught two Fluke
(one keeper). Went out in the late afternoon until 8:00PM during the low
tide. Had a great time and learned alot. As always, I had a great time in
the company of Uncle Bob.
George Emslie
Angler Name : Glenn
E-Mail : fishfin@aol
Boat Name: Cynthia Marie
Date Fished: 6/8/99
Location: by Route 37 bridge
Fishing Method: fin-s
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 16-18"
Bait or Lure: fin-s and bucktails
Water Depth: 4-7'
Water Temp.: 80
Information : Fished at dusk, several good hits, 2 small weaks, lost several
larger ones
Angler Name : Ray
E-Mail : Ray79@aol.com
Boat Name: Miss Belmar Princess
Date Fished: 6-8-99
Location: Farms
Fishing Method: chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 6-10lbs
Bait or Lure: sardines and bunker
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: 65
Information : me and my brother limited out with blues at the farms fishing
was good lost many released some also.
Angler Name : SCOTTO D
E-Mail : scotto d17 @aol.com
Boat Name: the chum stain
Date Fished: 6-8-99
Location: fortescue of course
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 17 to 27 inches
Bait or Lure: fishfinder/rigs,jigheads,dr.juice
Water Depth: 15 to 20
Water Temp.: warm
Information : me and my buddy mike g from work
headed out of higbys at 6:00am first dropoff threw anchor in 15 ft of water
outgoing tide perdue peelers on mike had a big 1 on the first 5 min there then
we started banging um one after the other till it got bout 12 ft water so we
moved out 16 ft of water rite away we banged um again till it slacked off then
we headed to the elbow were the tide was running stong anchored up and it was
are turn for everybody around us to watch we were ropeing in the fish left and
right unbelieveable action best year for the weaks ive seen in a long time its
only getting better and better.maybe it was the secret jiuce we were using i
dont no but seemed like we were the only ones limiting out again!!!!gotta hook
um to cook um!!!!
Angler Name : JP
E-Mail : Jaepea316@aol.com
Boat Name: EAGLE
Date Fished: 6 7 99
Location: 28 mi wreck
Fishing Method: chum
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: none
Bait or Lure: mack/blue fillet
Water Depth: 130
Water Temp.: 65-68
Information : All day chum with marauding slammer blues; couldn't get a
shark bait out with 30-50 blues under boat. I watched them eat my baits so
tossed them diamond jigs. Sharking season is over unless I can get to the
Elephants trunk (where there's no blues). Reports of schoolie bluefins got me
pumped so I trolled toward home but got killed by blues again. Got about 20
and had enough. Troll fast to keep away! Tuna fish this wknd if weather is
good enough for my small boat.
Angler Name : Ken Glatzer
E-Mail : GLATZ1869
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 6/7
Location: Avon
Fishing Method: Fly Fishing - Jetty
Specie: Bluefish
Size:
Bait or Lure: Minnow Imitations
Water Depth: Low Tide
Water Temp.: Cold - 60's
Information : My dad and I fished one of the jetties in Avon for Bass
last night and we had an awesome night. We caught in the
area of 50 Hickory Shad and a couple of 3-4 lb. Blues.
There were shad everywhere, and boy can they fight. Flying
out of the water, long 25-35 yard runs. it was some awesome
fishing, if nothing more than a tuneup for October. We
caught them mostly on Clousers, and poppers. We fished from
5:30 - 8:30 and the actions was just about non-stop. It's
a pity that the big bass haven't keyed in on these fish yet,
but I wouldn't wait too long for them to figure that out.
Good Fishing!
Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 7
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 33"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 20-40'
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie was out again for Stripers on the Canyon
Runner with the Guy Biondi charter from Short Hills, NJ on Monday and found
the Bass right where we have been catching them the last four days. Fishing
just north of the Highlands Bridge the charter spent the day fighting 38 Bass
up to 33". In total we boated 9 keepers up to 15 pounds. In fact, they were
all truly legitimate keepers as they were measured by the Coast Guard as we
were boarded for a routine inspection on our way home. Like the days before,
the fish continue to hit umbrella rigs, both red and blach & green trolled in
20-40 feet of water. In addition to the Bass we also released dozens of
Bluefish up to 12 pounds.
Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: So0Kool
Date Fished: 6-6-99
Location: Off Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift-Anchor
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20-33 Inchs
Bait or Lure: Sandworms & Bunker
Water Depth: 14-35 Feet
Water Temp.: 63.4
Information : Left the dock just as the sun was peeking over the horizon with
Anthony,Aline his girlfriend & Casey aboard-Our first fishing area was the
rips. At first we got nothing but big sea robins and a couple of very small
bluefish-I decided to make a slight move and fish the inshore part of the
ripline.On our first pass here,just as we crossed the hump-I mentioned to
Anthony that we just marked some nice fish-and withing 2 minutes aline was
into her first bass ( which turned out to be 1/4 inch under the legal size
limit ) as she was mid way through her fight-I hooked into a nice fish which
turned out to be a fat 33 inch 15.25 pound striper.With a small fleet now in
the rips-it was decided to try for some early summer weakfish in the Chapel
Hill Channel-I made ofr an area of the channel that produced good amounts of
weakies in the past.Although,no weakies were caught-I did manage to catch both
a short bass & fluke and Anthony did boat another keeper bass.Once the tide
tide turned we headed for a spot that produced good chunking last weekend-but
after 2.5 hpurs and only Anthony's 2 pound bluefish to show for our efforts-we
decided to call it a d ay.
Angler Name :
E-Mail : Joey147
Boat Name: Dottie R
Date Fished: 6/6/99
Location: 500 fa N.E of Poormans canyon
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 10# to 18#
Bait or Lure: troll ballyhoo
Water Depth: 500fa
Water Temp.: 68.9--70.3
Information : Found edge of warm water and caught dolphin near trash and
lumber
Angler Name : Marc Hrycak
E-Mail : marc0311@aol.ocom
Boat Name: Reel Action
Date Fished: June 4-6,1999
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 29" & 30"
Bait or Lure: Bunker Spoons
Water Depth: 35'
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Had 15-20 blues each day.
Angler Name : SCOTT
E-Mail : GIF316@AOL.COM
Boat Name: N/A
Date Fished: 6-6-99
Location: POINT PLEASANT INLET
Fishing Method:
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-3 LBS.
Bait or Lure: BUCKTAILS &TEASER
Water Depth: LOW TIDE
Water Temp.: 50-60
Information : MY FRIEND & I SHOWED UP AROUND 7:00PM. & FISHED TILL ABOUT
9:30PM.. WHEN WE FIRST GOT THERE NOTHING WAS RUNNING. 15MIN. LATER AT THE
END OF THE INLET I SAW SOME BIRDS WORKING THE WATER. WE THEN TOOK A WALK TO
THE END & TOSSED A FEW LURES [BUCKTAILS & TEASERS] THATS WHEN THE FUN
STARTED.
Angler Name : CAPT.JOHN &
JOE A.
E-Mail : JVDIVER @ AOL .COM
Boat Name: CASSANDRA V.
Date Fished: 6-6-99
Location: 7 MI OFF BARNEGAT INLET
Fishing Method: DRIFT
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 3/4-2 1/4LBS
Bait or Lure: SQUID \SPEARING
Water Depth: 78'
Water Temp.: 63F
Information : KEPT 11 FISH A FEW SMALL KEEPERS DIDN'T WANT TO CLEAN NICE DAY
GOT SNOTTY IN THE AFTERNOON WENT HOME EARLY FOR COCKTAILS 1 SMALL FLUKE THROWN
BACK. ALL IN ALL A GOOD DAY
Angler Name : Slick Willy
E-Mail : Weavster@MSN.com
Boat Name: Canyon Cat
Date Fished: 6/6/99
Location: Baltimore Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: ?????
Bait or Lure: spreader bars
Water Depth: alot
Water Temp.: 62
Information : We trolled around for countless hours hoping to locate a
temperature break, but our efforts were in vain. All we managed to find was
blue water between 60 and 62 degrees. Despite seeing several dolphin and a
few weed lines, we were totally out of luck. I did however hear some good
reports coming from the Poormans, located just 25 miles south of myself. Go
out there and get some fish!
Angler Name : Michael D
E-Mail : leahcimd@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: Trust Me
Date Fished: 6/06/99
Location: Raritan Bay Bouy 49
Fishing Method: anchor
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 10-30 pounds
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 17-40 feet
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Never fished for salt water stripers before just landlocked
Didnt think you cound catch them in the bay,But Boy was I wrong
Started out at 3:00 in the afternoon with a 5-8 pound bluefish
after that a mixture of blues and stripers I learned a lesson about
striper fishing, MAKE SURE YOU BRING AT LEAST MEDIUM TACKLE
at about 5:30 picked up a striper that cleared my reel down to
the knot Luckly I boated it to find it was almost 45 inches
long and weighed 28 and a half Lbs. Screw the fluke this
was more exciting. Great Day
Angler Name : Tom Fullen
E-Mail : Tfu2594868@Aol.com
Boat Name: Dixie III
Date Fished: 6/6/99
Location: Barnegat Ridge North
Fishing Method: Bottom Bumping
Specie: Fluke
Size: To 4 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Squid and spearing
Water Depth: 58 to 71 feet
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Rode out to the north ridge to see if we could put some keepers
in the box. First fish was a 4 lb. fluke caught by Eric. Had a steady bite all
day with keepers out numbering the throw backs. The sea was like a lake. Saw
School bluefin pushing water and trolled for them with no takers. Later we saw
about 15 giants pushing water about 50 yards off the stearn. what a sight. It
was the right move to go the ridge for fluke, we ended up with 18 keepers. The
guys inside were still complaining about all the shorts. It was a great
day.
Angler Name : David Tootchen
E-Mail : Kirby1266@aol.com
Boat Name: Bonanza
Date Fished: june 6,1999
Location: fortescue
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 15to 21 inches
Bait or Lure: shedder crab
Water Depth: n/a
Water Temp.: 60
Information : my father and I sailed on a perfect sunday with capt. joe jr. we
went right out to the elbow and started drifting around the elbow with
immediate success. we were using 1/2 to 1 and1/2 oz lead-heads with fin-s.we
had 4hours of good fishing and ended up with 17 weakieson a great day with our
favorite captain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Angler Name : Jason Neidhardt
E-Mail : Jayman63@aol.com
Boat Name: Baja
Date Fished: 6\6\99
Location: 28 mile wreck
Fishing Method: chumming
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 100-250
Bait or Lure: wire leader shark rig with squid skirt and mackeral
Water Depth: 128
Water Temp.: 65
Information : When I first got out nothing happened for and hour, then a fin
was noticed in the slick. The fin got closer and it was a mako. It hit the
bait, ran 20 yards and jumped about 8-15 feet out of the water. Then it dived
and spit the hook. Also a 80 pound blue shark was caught and released. After
that no more signs of mako. The mako was a incredible sight, but a
dissapointment when it wasn't boated. I'll get em next weekend.
Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 6
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Trolling/Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26" to 33"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella rigs and Ava jigs
Water Depth: 40'
Water Temp.: 66
Information : The Canyon Runner with Captain Phil Dulanie at the helm got into
some the best fishing to date for the Joe Scott charter from South Orange.
Quite frankly it does not get any better than it was Sunday. On our way up to
the Shrewsbury Rocks we stop under birds working and proceeded to jig 60 to 70
Bluefish in 1 hour. We constantly had four fish on at a time with some fish
close to 10 pounds. Joe's daughter Brianna (8) got in on the action and
boated 5 herself as mate Adam LaRosa would hook 'em and she would boat 'em.
Once the charter needed a break we continued north looking for Striped Bass.
We found them. Fishing north of the Rocks off Sandy Hook we got into the best
Spring Striper fishing we have experienced in years. Trolling umbrella rigs
in 20 to 30 feet of water we had both rods going off every two minutes with
numerous double headers and a few triple headers. In total we boated 51
Stirped Bass with 8 keepers up to 31 inches. Brianna herself boated 10 bass
and Brianna's Mom Kit boated her first keeper Bass.
Angler Name : Charlie
E-Mail : lawncar@ptd.net
Boat Name: Madrugader
Date Fished: June 6
Location: Ammo Pier/Sandy Hook
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16"
Bait or Lure: squid/killies/spearing
Water Depth: 30-50feet
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Ed could not go but Chris was able to go in his place. We got
out on the water by 6:30 and it was beautiful. No action but a steady pick
with not much of a drift. We started at the ammo pier and then ran around
the hook to the beach and continued to pick away at the fish. Came back to
the bug light where there were more boats then there were off Normandy Beach
55 years ago. Most of the Normandy boats were less agressive than those at
the Bug Light. We ended up back at the pier and left the water with four in
the box. Easy oes it.
Angler Name : Darren Marriott
E-Mail : dmarriott@lancompany.com
Boat Name: Fish Witch
Date Fished: 6/6/99
Location: Shewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 12-16 pounds
Bait or Lure: Krockodile
Water Depth: 80-90 feet
Water Temp.: 64
Information : First fish landed 20 min. after we arrived and two more soon
there after. I was thinking of trying some Umbrella rigs for some Striped
Bass however I was forced to end the trip early. Tip of the week: Don't try
to setup friends while fishing with a girl who's never been boating.
Angler Name : Alan T.
E-Mail : AJTorsiello@CVS.com
Boat Name: HOT ROD
Date Fished: 6/5 &6/6
Location: Tices Shoal
Fishing Method: Trolling and casting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 2-3 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Fin-S Fish,Rattle traps&Bombers
Water Depth: 10'
Water Temp.: 70Sat 63Sun
Information : Started off both days trolling for Blues but it looks like most
of them have left the area. So we casted for weakfish and had a slow pick of
much smaller than last weeks catch. Looks like it's time to head out to the
ocean.
Angler Name : Anthony,Brandon,Tony & Doc
E-Mail : DocK@cmsonline.com
Boat Name: Doc on the Bay
Date Fished: 6-6-99
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 18 inches
Bait or Lure: spearing & squid --rubber worms
Water Depth: 6 to 20 ft.
Water Temp.:
Information : Got out of work earlier than expected so you know where I was
off to,you got it FISHING.Started out around 3:30 pm around the morgan
area.Things weren't hapinin there so made a move to a area I know off
keansburg.Fish started coming on board.Fished till 6:30.Wind against the tide
bad situation but made the best of it. Picked up 3 keeper fluke thru back some
shorts & the highlite of the afternoon was to end the day with a 27"
tiderunner hooked by Tony.
SEE YOU ON THE BAY,
DOCCO
Angler Name : Ken Gerecke
E-Mail : jstp21a@prodigy.com
Boat Name: Freebird
Date Fished: June 6, 1999
Location: Barnegat Ridge - North
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14-22"
Bait or Lure: mackerel strip
Water Depth: 60'
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Lots of fluke at the Ridge over the weekend. Caught 12 keepers
in 3 hours on Sunday - about 30 boats in the area, including 3 party boats out
of Barnegat. Biggest were 22" and 21", on bucktails with mackeral strip.
Angler Name : Steve O.
E-Mail : tboatsteve@aol.com
Boat Name: Atlantus
Date Fished: 6/6/99
Location: Romer Shoal
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 37"
Bait or Lure: Spoons
Water Depth: 21'
Water Temp.: 62-63
Information : Had Dave Oravets and his two sons, Dave and Greg, aboard today.
We put the gear in the water by 0800. Bluefish found the lures first. Just off
the 8s buoy a sriper found the port rod. Greg wrestled with the fish and
brought him aboard. A nice 37 and a half incher. After we put the gear back
out another nice fish jumped the starboard rod, Dave got on this one, but the
fish managed a head shake to freedom. Another short 27", came along about 10
minutes later. By 1030 it was all Bluefish.
Tried a couple hours chunking, no takers. Tried another couple hours trolling,
all the way up to the #9 buoy. Quiet up in there. Went back out to Romer,
scored another couple Bluefish strikes. Pulled the gear and headed for the
barn. A nice day on the Bay.
Angler Name : Bill
E-Mail : ontherun@jersey.net
Boat Name: Lil Guy
Date Fished: 6/6/99
Location: Delaware Bay, NJ
Fishing Method: Anchored / drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: Keepers
Bait or Lure: Squid/Chicken
Water Depth: varied
Water Temp.: 60's
Information : Here's another report from the Captain and crew of the Lil Guy.
Got an
early start out of Higbee's Marina, small line to launch, but not too
bad. First stop out front, outside of where all the boats stopped. GPS
took us back to same spot as last trip, but weakfish just weren't there.
Did a slow troll through the fleet, and no one doing a thing...Went down
to the point and did a slow pick there. Guest mate Dotty hooked a nice
trout and I got 2. 3 small fluke also bit while we anchored. Decided to
head for 1 of my secret spots, along the way we stopped to investigate a
200 boat fleet south of Egg Island point. Best bet we could figure is
they were all chasing the fish breaking water all over. Bad point was
they were Bunker, not blues. Headed off shore(further out in the bay) to
my spot. Drifted the bottom and found the fluke. All four of us had fish
at the same time. Problem was they all came out of the same 13" mold
with a few 10" fish mixed. 2nd mate Steven had high hooks on throwbacks
with 11. After catching 20 or 25 fluke with only 4 giving their lives
for the cost of a good meal we decided to head for the Lighthouse to see
what was up out there. Found 1 boat catching weakies on the light, While
others stuggled to set an anchor without hitting each other. Fortunately
I just bought a new anchor that would probably hold the Queen Mary, so
we gave it a try and hooked first time. Got a nice pick of weakies
there, still taking the chicken, or shedder for some of the time. Wind
and waves picked up some and with the crowd of boats still getting
antsy, we decided to call it a day. Totals for the day, 15 weakies, 4
fluke and 2 blues. All the throwback action added in to make it an
enjoyable day. Tight lines til next time.
Angler Name : Steve
E-Mail : Tunam4086@aol.com
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 6/6/99
Location: Bayhead
Fishing Method: Bottom hi-lo rig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 36 in.
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Fished Bayhead ay about 1:00 in the morning. Caught 3 shorts
before the big fish hit at about 2:30. Looking to hook up with someone who
has a boat and needs someone to share expenses. Like to fish inshore and
offshore. E-mail me if you need someone.
Angler Name : c zimmerman
E-Mail : cwzimm@aol
Boat Name: rightaway
Date Fished: 6/6/66
Location: asbury to long branch n.j.
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: to 5lbs
Bait or Lure: sea robin , spearing
Water Depth: 30 t0 45
Water Temp.: 65
Information : capt tommy of the rightaway starts my fluke season with a bang.
lots of fish many shorts which is commen this time of year.all of us managed
to keep between 4 and 7 keepers with" dauntless" dennis nailing a five pounder
as i reported if you want a great day fishing with the hardest working capt on
the coast e mail me for his phone # he runs a 6 man boat so call early to
insure your spot. godd fishing to all.
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Angler Name : RGK
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Pegasus
Date Fished: 6/5/99
Location: The Fingers
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 25"
Bait or Lure: cedar, feathers, clones
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Landed and released 2 young schoolies. Bigger fish pushing
water but no takers. Nows the time.
Angler Name : charles
E-Mail : chrep@snip.net
Boat Name: leslie d
Date Fished: 6 5 99
Location: coastguard jetty cape may
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 4 to 6 lbs
Bait or Lure: buck tail with finess
Water Depth: 10 ft
Water Temp.: 65
Information : fishing on the rocks has been the most consistent fishing
floated bunker chunk in hopes of stripper bite instead hooked 5ft sand tiger
shark and several large sand sharks fluke fishing has been slow in rips and at
artifical reef hope this warm weather turns the fluke on gotta go fish on
Angler Name : Ray Ciafre
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 6/5/99
Location: Avalon
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 23 inches
Bait or Lure: fin-s-fish
Water Depth: 8-10 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Fish night from 2 to 5 lots of fish around had four blues
.and two striped bass one shad and one 19'' fluke. Caught
them on 2 and 4 '' pink and gray finsfish.Good fishing.
Angler Name : john kelley
E-Mail : jkelley@databaseamerica.com
Boat Name: TUNA OR LATER
Date Fished: 6/5/99
Location: SPRING LAKE NJ
Fishing Method: BAIT
Specie: Fluke
Size: UP TO 17.5 INCHES
Bait or Lure: KILLIES/SQUID
Water Depth: 30 FEET
Water Temp.: 60
Information : FISHED OFF OF SPRING LAKE AND DRIFTED FOR FLUKE FOR ABOUT
3 HOURS. ACTION WAS PARTICULARLY GOOD WHEN WE GOT CLOSE TO
THE BEACH.SHORT RATIO WAS APPROXIMATELY 6 TO 1 CATCHING FISH UP TO 17.5 INCHES
ACTION WAS VERY GOOD ALL DAY LONG
I EXPECT IT TO IMPROVE AS THE WATER WARMS UP
Angler Name : Fred Dintino
E-Mail : fred.m.dintino@lmco.com
Boat Name: Magic Motion
Date Fished: 6/5/99
Location: Delaware River
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20'
Bait or Lure: Blood Worms
Water Depth: 6'
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Fishing off Tinicum Island, caught a mix of small stripers,
catfish and silver perch. Continuous action once the tide started coming in.
Biggest striper was 20" and smallest was the size of a sunnie. Lots of little
stuff inhabit the river. Catfish were all a pound or so. Five of us caught 40
to 50 fish which were all released. Would like to hear from other striper
fishermen who fish this area to discuss striper techniques.
Angler Name : Capt Lou
E-Mail : osprey30@aol.com
Boat Name: JimJan
Date Fished: 6/05/99
Location: Sandy Hook to Long Branch
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 2 to 4.7 lbs
Bait or Lure: Sand Eels
Water Depth: 60 ft
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Fished the Tournament with Jim Whittaker started at the Hook.
First drift, first bounce cought a 4.7 pounder. Numerous 15 inchers then
hooked a 3.5 pounder. started to head south at about10.30am and stopped at
Long Branch and started to hook shorts again. Jim go 2 more keepers. up to
about 1pm I thought I had the money fish, but as the afternoon wore on reports
of a 5.5 pounder shot me down. We headed in and weighed my fish in at Clarks
Landing at about 4:15 and was still in the money. Will not know for sure
untill the dinner on Friday. It Was a nice day, But after catching over 35
fish and only 5 keepers, something is wrong. Had the limit been 15 inches, we
would have limited outand at least 10 to 12 fish would not have been hooked or
traumatized.
Angler Name : Pell Glentz
E-Mail : albatross0099@ yahoo.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 6/05
Location: keansburg fishing pier
Fishing Method: pier fishing
Specie: Fluke
Size: 13-17
Bait or Lure: squid spearing fluke belly
Water Depth: 3 ft.
Water Temp.:
Information : 5 shorts, lost 2 keepers lifting them up to the pier 2 were on
leadhead with pink Mr.Twister/squid. My friend Phil Cimino had 1 keeper in a
crab trap (only fish he caught all day 16in) no joke!
Angler Name : Steve Lowe
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 6/5/99
Location: 15 miles N/E Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Chumming and Chunking
Specie: Bluefish
Size: up to 12 pounds
Bait or Lure: Mackeral and butterfish
Water Depth: 100 feet
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Had the Steve Lowe party from Levittown, PA out for plenty of
bluefish, limited out by 10:30 a.m. and tried trolling striped bass at the
Shrewsbury Rocks for the rest of the day but only had bluefish all day. On
Sunday, the Steve Powers party also limited out on bluefish by 11 a.m. and
finished the day off by fluke fishing off of Deal and Elboron. Had 6 keepers
but plenty of shorts.
Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 5
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 38" and 20 pounds
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 40'
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie of the Canyon Runner from Clark's Landing
put the Roger Fordon charter from Middletown, NJ into a day of non-stop
action. We started the day on the Shrewsbury Rocks and boated the largest
Striper of the day on an Umbrella rig. The fish measured 38" and weigh 20
pounds. The action was a slow pick in the morning as we quickly pick up
another keeper Bass and a half dozen huge Bluefish. However, just north of
the Rocks we noticed birds working and proceeded to jig 50 to 60 bluefish in
an 1.5 hours. Once the charter was exhausted we went back to Striper fishing
the bite turned on. In the next 3 hours we boated 30 Stripers with 6 keepers
brought back to the dock. Most of the Bass were 27" however a few pushed
30". The action was over open bottom north of the Shrewsbury Rocks and the
fish bit umbrella rigs with black and green tubes.
Angler Name : Tom Ronan
E-Mail : ronan-tom@aramark.com
Boat Name: Sea Devil
Date Fished: 06/05/99
Location: Point Plesant
Fishing Method: Chumming - Drift Bait
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 6-10 lbs.
Bait or Lure: cut bunker & butterfish
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Day trip out of Point Plesant. Five miles NE of Manasquan
inlet. Drifted all day. Into fish within 15 minutes of
first stop. Fish were 100 yards from the boat so we had
to let the line out for a while, but once you got there
you consistantly got hit. I boated 6 fish all 6-10 lbs.
Boat was very crowded and I lost as many as I caught, but
action was pretty much non-stop all day. If the boat was
not so crowded and I didn't lose so many fish in tangles
with other anglers, I'd have had my limit with no problem.
Mate's on the boat were excellent but over their heads with
lot's of inexperienced fishermen. All in all I had a great
time.
Angler Name : Brant Hauser
E-Mail : hauserde1@erols.com
Boat Name: PorgyIII
Date Fished: 6-5-99
Location: Cape May
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: .5 - 4 lbs.
Bait or Lure: clam, squid, mackeral, bloodworm
Water Depth: 70 - 90
Water Temp.: 60ish
Information : Good day on a great boat with the best of captains. Paul
Thompson took us onto a Delaware reef. The reef had been well picked in
previous weeks but Paul jumped from piece to piece pulling what was left off
them. The quality of fish was great. One in ten was a throwback but the same
amount were over 2 lbs. A lot of nice fish on the boat. Bring clam for the
bass!!! Use the softest parts of the clam even though it's tricky to keep it
on. If you want see bass, go now, cause everyone is switching to flounder
soon. If you're in Cape May and want a headboat, then go with Paul. He's
great at finding fish. Oh yeah; Dan, the mate, has the touch when it comes to
pulling rigs out of the wreck.
Angler Name : RAY CZORNIEWY
E-Mail : USER350603@AOL
Boat Name: PATRICIA C
Date Fished: 6-5-99
Location: BOUY 19 REACH CHANNEL
Fishing Method: CHUNKING BUNKER
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32 TO 37 INCHES
Bait or Lure: BUNKER CHUNKS
Water Depth: 20 FEET
Water Temp.:
Information : ANCHORED UP AT 5:00 PM FISHED TO 10:00 PM
CAUGHT ALL THE BLUEFISH YOU WANT AND 3
STRIPERS 32--33--AND37 INCHES WIND WAS NASTY BLOWING 25+ 5 GUYS FISHING
KEPT ALL
STRIPERS AND 8 BLUES 6 TO 12 POUNDS.
Angler Name : Daniel Kovach
E-Mail : JDKovach@Compuserve.com
Boat Name: Joe's Trophy
Date Fished: 6-5-99
Location: Farms
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8-11 LBS.
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 94
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Muscled our way out of the Highlands ramp at 7:00am-WHAT A ZOO!!
Thought about Fluking around the Hook but stained water, hundreds of boats and
an ocean smooth as glass gave us the green light to the Farms. Trolled up one
on a medium bunker spoon, then dropped anchor and started chumming. Started
off slow, but picked up to a steady pick around 10:30am, often with double
hook-ups. They often would just mouth the bait or even just pick at it. I've
never had Bluefish do this before. Later in the afternoon, we switched to jigs
and plugs as it seemed they were getting boat shy, even though we could see
them in the slick 30-40 feet down. 30-40 fish boated with almost that many
more missed, taking 4 home for the table. Hopefully my arm pump goes away by
next weekend!
Angler Name : Roy E. Manning
E-Mail : manningr@injersey.infi.net
Boat Name: Time Out II
Date Fished: June 5, 1999
Location: Monmouth Beach, NJ
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12" to 18"
Bait or Lure: Squid, Killie
Water Depth: 25-35'
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Fished Monmouth Beach area looking for large Fluke.
Caught many but 9 of 10 where short. Did see
many stripers being pulled in but I was in the Jersey
Coast Fluke tournement and stayed with the game plan.
Laregest Fluke we caught was 18". Good day with alot
of action but mostly small.
Angler Name :
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 6/4/99
Location: Flynn's Knoll
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32 inch
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 60 feet
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Captain Wayne Bushnell had the Megan Beth up to Flynn's Knoll
for a good day of striped bass fishing, plenty of action. Besides the bass,
they caught plenty of bluefish and stopped on the way home for fluke.
Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: June 4
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 29 pounds
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 40'
Water Temp.: 65
Information : The Canyon Runner with Captain Phil Dulanie at the helm put
together its best Striper trip to date as the Tom O'Brien charter from
Holmdel, NJ limited out with 12 Stripers to 29 pounds. The action was fast
and furious early as 6 Bass were in the boat before 9 a.m. Then a steady pick
ensued through-out the rest of the day. The Bass were between 31 -38 inches
and fat, with weights of 29, 28, 25, 24, & 21 pounds making up the larger
fish. The action was all on Umbrella rigs trolled in 20 to 40 feet of water
around Sandy Hook. In addition, several bluefish over 10 pounds were boated
and released as well as 7 short Bass.
Angler Name : Joe
E-Mail : Barney0028@aol.com
Boat Name: Yankee Eagle
Date Fished: 6-4-99
Location: Sandyhook - Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: bunker chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 14 lbs to 20 lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker chunks
Water Depth: 25'
Water Temp.: 62 (?)
Information : Went out of the Morgan Marina in the Yankee Eagle with Capt. Ron
for an over night striper trip. Set anchor on the Knoll at 1900 and started
picking fish at once. Had five in the box within an hour but had to feed lots
of blues to get to them. After sun down the action became slow to poor for
stripers but the blues still wanted to eat all night We caught about 10 blues
for each keeper (one blue was about 15 lbs). At sun rise we began to keep more
stripers until 0700 when the flukers arrived and the traffic or sun seemed to
stop the bite. Five fishermen and we kept 9 stripers 14 to 20 lbs. only two
shorts that were close but under the mark. The last of the out going tide is
when we connected the best.
Angler Name : Ron Ippo
E-Mail : Ippo1964@Hotmail.com
Boat Name: Miss Fortesque
Date Fished: 6-4-99
Location: Delaware Bay
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 2-5 pounds
Bait or Lure: Chicken/Squid/on Bucktail
Water Depth: 15-20ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Decided to give night fishing a try. Boarded the Miss
Fortesque for my first trip aboard this vessel. Sailed out
to the elbow. What an unbelievable fishing experience.
Never caught so many weakies. Started fishing @4;30, had my
limit by 7:00p.m. THe trip became a total fishing frenzy
when the capt. turned on the lights. The fish rised to the
surface and I began catching weakies on every cast. It was
so awesome. Everyone on board had thier limit.
My biggest fish was 5.7 pounds. The pool fish was a 10 toug.
The weather was great and the fish were cooperating.
This is one trip I will remember for a long time.
Great time, knowledgable crew, Capt. Jim was great.
Hope the fish are still there next weekend, because I'm going
again.
Good Fishing,
Angler Name : Al
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Susie-G III
Date Fished: 6/4
Location: N of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Drift... Bottom/Jig
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14-15.5" Also blues up to 9 lbs..
Bait or Lure: Squid/spearing.... AVA027/017
Water Depth: 20-50
Water Temp.: 60ish
Information : Left Manasquan inlet with hopes of getting into some decent
action North of the Inlet on the flatties.. Found the fish willing to
cooperate after a few drifts, and some adjustments between South Belmar and
Sea Girt.. Most of the action was in 23-30'.. Fast drift due to brisk breeze
made holding bottom another story, as it took at least 6 oz of lead to get a
grab.. Still, the action wasn't bad.. Countless shorts, just shy of the limit,
and some monstrous searobins made up the catch early on.. By 1030, birds were
working about a mile off the Hotel in Spring Lake, with some good sized blues
under them.. I was able to pick up four blues, between 5-9 lbs. before I had
to call it a day at 11:15 due to other commitments.. Totals for the day were
countless robins and short fluke, one lone keeper at 15.5", and four nice
blues that made for a great battle on light tackle..
Angler Name : Joseph Morales
E-Mail : Jmorales@snip.net
Boat Name: Rental Boat - Hook, Line and Sinker
Date Fished: 6/4
Location: Delaware Bay - Fortescue, NJ
Fishing Method: Top and Bottom Rigs
Specie: Weakfish
Size: Varying from 16-22 inches
Bait or Lure: Chicken Breast / Shedder Crab
Water Depth: 10-20 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Went out for the fourth weekend in a row. Fortescue continues to
be the WEAKFISH CAPITAL OF THE WORLD !! I have caught over 100 fish in the
past few weeks and all have been great fish. If you haven't been there, get
there. Just leave plenty of fish for me.
"Largest, Fastest Party Boat on the Jersey Coast"
Captain Howard Bogan (732) 528-5014
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Angler Name : John Stefani
E-Mail : kiwistef@aol.com
Boat Name: Doris May
Date Fished: 6/3/99
Location: Barnegat Light
Fishing Method: Anchored chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5-12
Bait or Lure: Cut up Bunker
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Waters a bit choppy for this land lover 3-5 swells. Capt and
mates were very nice and worked hard all night. I estimated 30 fisherman
aboard. I hooked two blues approx 8 Lbs. I aslo hooked two dog sharks approx
3.5 Ft. My best guess is that there were 70 blues boarded. The pool winner
was approx 13Lbs. GLOW STICKS were the key to those who pulled in over three
blues. LAST NOTE we boarded approx 20 Dog Sharks
Angler Name : ken
E-Mail : imwc3y@aol.com
Boat Name: fishnutz
Date Fished: friday june 2
Location: Long Branch
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 19 inches
Bait or Lure: spearing squid
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 62
Information : nice wind on friday but i used the drift anchor. i caught 24
summer flounder and got 4 keepers.. getting better every week
Angler Name : David Tootchen
E-Mail : kirby1266@aol.com
Boat Name: bonanza
Date Fished: june 2,1999
Location: fortescue
Fishing Method: drift and anchor
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 17inches to 26inches
Bait or Lure: fin-s
Water Depth: n/a
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Went out of fortescue on the bonanza for the evening trip which
leaves at 4:30.By 5:00 we were catching nice size weakies at the elbow. We
made numerous drifts all around the lighthouse and i was catching them with
consistancy. They were banging fin-s with1/4 to 3/8ths oz. lead-heads.after
dark we put the lights on and they came to the surface and everyone caught
them on the surface. i easily limited out with 8 of my fish over 20 inches
long.
Angler Name : Steve Perna
E-Mail : sperna@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Sweet Pea
Date Fished: 6/2/99
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 37"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 30-40'
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Kevin & I thought we would take a stab at striper fishing. We've
been wanting to go for a long time. He was up late the night before putting
roller guides on an old rod he had around (the glue was still tacky). We hit
the Shrewsbury rocks around 8:30am and trolled for about an hour or so before
we got our first pickup. It was 29" & 10lbs. The next was a big one; 37" and
20lbs 8oz. Followed by others of; 10, 12, & 16lbs. The 16 pounder was pulled
in on light tackle (10lb test) on a Crocodile. All others were picked up on
the umbrella rigs (purple only). Not a bad day for the first time out. I
learned the hard way to wear a glove when setting the hook on a 20lb fish. My
thumb will be raw for weeks. We kept 4 for the table and released the others.
We're hooked! Beautiful day - 1-2 ft. seas.
Angler Name : Hector M. Robles
E-Mail : hectormr@monmouth.com
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: 06/02/99
Location: keansburg Fishing Pier NJ
Fishing Method: Pier Fishing
Specie: Fluke
Size: 13 inches - 21/12 inches
Bait or Lure: Squid/Killies/Sandworms
Water Depth: 10ft to 15ft
Water Temp.: 55%??
Information : Went fishing at the Keansburg Fishing pier today fished 08:00
a.m. till 1:30 p.m.. Fished with my friend
Luis Cruz. We caught 22 fluke between the two of us.
Luis had 6 keepers out of 12 fluke, he had two nice
fish at 21 inches and 21 1/2 inches, about 3 1/2 lbs.
I had two keepers 16 in and 16 1/2 inches out of 10
Fluke. This is the most Fluke i have ever caught since
i started fishing. It felt like we were on a party boat
today on the pier, we saw another fisherman catch about
30 fluke with about only 5 keepers, but he had a lot of
action and so did we. There are fluke all around the
pier. We used Squid and killies combos, but also caught
fish on Sandworms, the day was sunny and hot and finally
i caught a break with the wind no wind. Good Luck fishing
and please release the shorts!!!
Angler Name : JUMBO JONES
E-Mail :
Boat Name: HYDRA SPORT DUCK
Date Fished: 6/2/99
Location: BAY HEAD
Fishing Method: BOTTOM / BAIT
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15 1/2 " - 18"
Bait or Lure: MACK / SQUID STRIPS
Water Depth: 10'-35'
Water Temp.: ^50'S
Information : 1 TO 3 RATIO OF KEEPERS TO SHORTS. SW WIND TURNED S
IN THE PM THEN IT GOT PUFFY. 6 KEEPERS FOR JUMBO AND
PUDGY NOT BAD FOR FIRST DAY OF FLUKING IN A WHILE.
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Angler Name : DAVID SEARS
E-Mail : gale@mail1.monmouth.army.mil
Boat Name: REEL PROPHET
Date Fished: 6-1-99
Location: BUOY 7S& SANDY HOOK BEACHES
Fishing Method: 1OZ JIGHEADS,W/ CULPRITS AND KILLIE COMBO
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12-23 INCHES
Bait or Lure: WHITE JIGHEADS AND CHARCHEUSE FIN-S
Water Depth: 8-20FT
Water Temp.: 63
Information : ALL AND ALL, MYSELF AND PARTY OF 3, FISHED FROM 7:00AM UNTIL
3:00PM, ALMOST PASSED OUT FROM HEAT EXHAUST, BUT CAUGHT 11 KEEPERS, 40+
SHORTS, UNLIMITED SEA ROBINS, 3SUNDIALS, AND PROBABLY NEVER SAT FOR MORE THAN
10 MINUTES AT A TIME. SLOW DRIFT, BUT PUT TROLLING MOTOR IN GEAR, AND HAD A
NICE PICK. sTAY CLOSE TO JETTIES AND SURF, FLUKE ARE FEEDING EXCESSIVELY ON
SANDEELS AND PURPLE ROCK CRABS, NICER FLUKE ARE JUST PICKING AT BAITS, NEED
SENSITIVE HANDS TO FEEL BITE, BE PATIENT AND GIVE IT ANOTHER 2 WEEKS TILL
SECOND WAVE OF FLUKE BEGIN TO MIGRATE IN FROM DEEPER HOLES, WEAKFISHING IS
BEST JUST SOUTH OF SEA BRIGHT BRIDGE, ALL ON PLATIC AND GRASS SHRIMP!
Angler Name : Ronald Fuhr
E-Mail : fuhrsure@msn.com
Boat Name: My Jule
Date Fished: 6/1/99
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: Up to 24 inches
Bait or Lure: Squid and live killies
Water Depth: 18 to 70 ft
Water Temp.: 62 to 67 degrees
Information : Fished with my dad from 0730 till 1430. Caught around 30 to 35
fish but only three meeting that magic 15 1/2 inches the nicest of which was a
24 inch 4 1/2 lbs Fluke in just about 70 feet of water just inside Sandy Hook.
If this were last year we would have never landed that fish because we would
have both limited out and been home. Three cheers for the new size limit, base
on the number of 15 inch fish I caught I think we'll see better fishing later
this year and years to come.
Angler Name : rod najimian
E-Mail : rodellen@ibm.net
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 6/1/99
Location: Esplanade Ave Jetty, Deal,NJ
Fishing Method: Spearfishing
Specie: Fluke
Size: 24" / 5lbs.
Bait or Lure: none
Water Depth: 13ft
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Speared fluke laying on rock just SE of the Jetty.
Angler Name : Jim S.
E-Mail : STRIPERGYM at aol.com
Boat Name: DAUNTLESS
Date Fished: 6/1/99
Location: inshore wrecks,edge of mudhole
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Ling (AKA Red Hake)
Size: up to 2 lbs.
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 140-170 ft.
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Took a vacation day and went out on the Dauntless.Had an
enjoyable day with Capt.Willie and mate John.Started out for sea bass 1st
wreck was fairly prductive.Tried another wreck after about an hour which was
about the same.Not a whole lot of action.Guess the big weekend crowds fished
out the wrecks.Went offshore and entire boat did well fishing for ling.Tried 1
more wreck on way back in and some people picked up a few more sea bass.My
total for the day was 3 sea bass,12 ling, and 1 bluefish.Not a bad day but I
really wanted to catch more sea bass.Maybe next time.Capt. and mate were
great.
Sport Fishing Charters
43' EGG HARBOR SPORT FISHERMAN
Captain Bruce Miller 732-295-4554
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