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Angler Name : LEE
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 3-31-00
Location: SHARK RIVER
Fishing Method: BOTTOM/boat
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 10.75/ 12 / 14 /
Bait or Lure: worms
Water Depth: 12-16
Water Temp.: ?
Information : I caught 3 all day. incoming water seems to be a complete waste of time.I suggest anybody that is considering using the belmar marina ramp to forget it.the infamous token machine wouldnt work, and it took an hour to get someone with a key! Furthermore there is no parking to speak of because practically the whole marina is under reconstruction. On the weekend you probably wont find a place to park. Does anybody know any good alternatives for shark river access?

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Angler Name : LEE
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 3-30-00
Location: MERCER GENERATING STATION
Fishing Method: Bottom/from boat
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: herring chunks
Water Depth: 22'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : no shortage of fisherman. I counted 27 shore based anglers and 5 or six boats. Some herring are being caught, some gizzard shad, one boater said they caught some american shad earlier in the week. However I saw none caught and no stripers

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Angler Name : Bill & Turq
E-Mail : dirtflung@yahoo.com
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 032900
Location: Ocean City / Longport Blvd. Bridge
Fishing Method: Rod & Reel
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30+"
Bait or Lure: Live Herring
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.: 46
Information : We hit a good run of Stipers on the outgoing tide at approximately 11:PM, using the live Herring that some nice guys gave me (thanks again!). Even when the bait expired, strikes occured when jerked around. Gonna go again tonight to get some more!

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Angler Name : highhook269
E-Mail : fastfishn@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 032700
Location: STRATHMERE
Fishing Method: NJ
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: bloodworms/clam
Water Depth: 20ft
Water Temp.: 48
Information : Took the boat out Monday afternoon.I figured the fluke or bass might be biting.When launched it was nice but soon turned cloudy and cold.Fished about 4 hours from 12noon till 4. no luck this time.

Angler Name : Gene Karlson
E-Mail : Matawan, N.J.
Boat Name: Surf Fishing
Date Fished: 3-27-00
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Surf Fishing
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0"
Bait or Lure: Sand & blood worms
Water Depth: 0-15'
Water Temp.: 40's
Information : Fished with my buddy Tom. Fished incoming-high-outgoing tides, thought we had a nibble and that was it, even dropped down to smaller hooks hoping to catch a short at least. No fish but a nice day on the beach, just putting in my time. Can't wait for next day out, it's been a long 3 months. Good Luck everyone!

Angler Name : Howie
E-Mail : harry35@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: SEA TIGER
Date Fished: March 27,2000
Location: Shrewsberry River
Fishing Method: Anchor
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: Nice ones
Bait or Lure: clam and worm
Water Depth: 15'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Took first trip of the year 5 people on board and to my surprise on the very first stop there was a feeding frenzy. I caught three keepers and one throwback. Everyone on board was catching fish,even Captain Hal was getting in on the action. Great day on the river going back for more on thursday. Good Fishing and high hooks.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron Robinson
E-Mail : Rondo_25@yahoo.com
Boat Name: "Dolores Ann"
Date Fished: 3/27/00
Location: Mantoloking area
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure: Sandworms
Water Depth: 6Ft.
Water Temp.: 50deg.
Information : Before another blow screws things up, fished for 2 hours on the incoming tide. Pulled 14 nice fish before it got weedy on the bottom. Missed the best part of the incoming because the motor tilt took a crap on me. Water temp is steadly increasing and the fish are there. If you want to catch you have to chum. The more chum, the more fish!

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Angler Name : Hector M. Robles
E-Mail : hectormr@monmouth.com
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: 03/26/00
Location: keyport/William Ralph Pier
Fishing Method: Pier fishing/hook/line/sinker
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: none
Bait or Lure: Sandworms/Bloodworms
Water Depth: 2ft to 5ft
Water Temp.: 43????
Information : Went fishing at the William Ralph Municpal pier in Keyport New Jersey, the day was very windy, fished from 09:30 a.m. till 11:45 a.m., fished for flounders and stripedBass. Did not get any bites at all and did not see any of the other 4 fisherman that were there catch anything either. First trip out of the year for me, will try again next week. Hope the fishing picks up soon!!!!

Angler Name : jim
E-Mail : btguy@mailcity.com
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 3-26-00
Location: delanco nj
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20+
Bait or Lure: bloodworm
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : fished high tide going out frist 2 hrs. very windy hit hard nice fish may have been legal thats all. it was slow compared to last year still great day for the small effort

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: Capt John
Date Fished: 3-26-00
Location: Raritan Bay ( Round Shoal,Princes Bay & Belford Flats )
Fishing Method: Anchor-Chum
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 10-14 inchs
Bait or Lure: Sandworms,Clam Strips,Mussels
Water Depth: 6-16 Ft
Water Temp.: 43
Information : After having a very poor trip last week,I had anticipated doing better this week.WRONG!!!--Even though conditions were somewhat improved,the fishing wasn't.With about 22-25 heads onboard only 2 keeper flounder & 1 short were boated ( none by yours truely ).The bay water needs to at least rise another 4 degrees before any bite might develop.Sinkers were coming up ice cold.

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Angler Name : Captain Bob Balewicz
E-Mail : bob@cornerelo.com
Boat Name: Carcharodon
Date Fished: March 25, 2000
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: To 1 lb
Bait or Lure: Sand & Blood Worms
Water Depth: 8-15'
Water Temp.: 45
Information : Yes! The first trip. Not overly exciting, but we were happy to be standing in the fresh air, on the water...know what I mean? Bob Sr., Rich Lenches & his cousin Tommy and I took out a few chum logs and a couple dozen worms for a 1/2 day. We only managed four keepers on the NY side and didn't see many more pulled up by the 20 or so boats surrounding us, but once that wind turned south we were in t-shirt weather...Heaven! Still early for the 'Bay, though the water warmed up 5 degrees since last week. It'll start crankin' soon.

Angler Name : Kevin
E-Mail : orcuttk1@aol.com
Boat Name: North Star
Date Fished: 3/25/00
Location: off wildwood wrecks
Fishing Method: Wreck/bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: 14 inch plus
Bait or Lure: crab and clam
Water Depth: 75 foot plus
Water Temp.: 45 - tto cold
Information : made first trip of year and came up smaal - only one black about 16 inches. Very slow day! Capt went south to Wildwood but water was still only 45 degrees. Others did o.k. - back of boat had some nice fish but the poor souls who didn't get to the dock by 4:00 a.m. and were up towards the front basically got shut out. Caught my fish with about 15 minutes left in the day. oh well atleast I didn't get skunked. Pool fish 12lbs plus. I love catching the big blacks! Fish on.

Angler Name : Perry A
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Boat Name: SS Buzz Bomb
Date Fished: 3/25/2000
Location: Navesink
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 10.5 - 14
Bait or Lure: Sand and Blood Worms
Water Depth: 7ft
Water Temp.: 44-46
Information : Had a great day fishing. Three anglers boated 18 flounder. Fifteen fish were caught during the outgoing tide change.

Angler Name : Bill
E-Mail : bgr1001@aol.com
Boat Name: Barely Awake
Date Fished: 3/25/00
Location: GE inlet and Beasleys point
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Wanted to drop you a line about this year. You may remember me from the captain and crew of the Lil Guy in last year's reports on some of the fishing sites. Well we upgraded boats this year to a walk around cuddy and it gives us a new name. The Barely Awake crew. We went out Saturday in the wind to fish the inlet and Beasleys point. We did manage 2 brief runoffs on eels, but no hookups. there were about 8 boats around throughout the day trying but we only saw white perch caught. We went up the GE river further to look for less wind and we managed a few catfish and 2 white perch ourselves on worms. The new boat ran fine and the 5 of us enjoyed the change from the cabin fever routine. I'll keep you abreast of our adventures as much as I can and hopefully we will have good news to report. Tight lines for now.

Angler Name : sailor
E-Mail : vdeg@aol.com
Boat Name: surf
Date Fished: 3/25
Location: Shrewsbury @ sandy hook
Fishing Method: cast
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 0"
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 6'
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Started at 11am , had a hard time findind a spot, lots of anglers. Got windy and cool. no action seen by anyone. Got too cold and left by 12:30 -hope it gets better soon. All the party boats were in the river just inside the sandy hook bridge.

Angler Name : Bill Winans
E-Mail : bbw@frontiernet.net
Boat Name: Lodz (means small Polish boat)
Date Fished: 3/25/00
Location: Navesink River
Fishing Method: Baits
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: all keepers
Bait or Lure: Sandworms, Mussel, and Clam
Water Depth: 10 to 20 ft.
Water Temp.: 46
Information : Tried the Navesink today. Nice day but only a few fish, those that were caught all bit at almost the bottom of the falling tide in 10 ft. of water and all took clam strip baits.

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Angler Name : mike mcl
E-Mail : mmcl43@cs.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 3/24/00
Location: GE inlet -Somers point
Fishing Method: on land
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30in - 10lbs
Bait or Lure: bucktail
Water Depth: between 10-20 (?)
Water Temp.: 45
Information : Drove down from outside Philly and arrived at 6:45AM. It was a little cooler at shore than at home(ocean breeze). Went to Corson's inlet(finally paved the parking lot,HURRAH!!!!!) and tide was incoming and no action there(or people). Decided to come out of o.c. and went towards Somers Point over 9th street and decided to stop and fish some of the bridges. Was only there 10 minutes or so and I got one close to the bridge. Luckily two guys had stopped to fish the other side and the one guy came over to help me land the fish because I don't use a net.It was a little tricky with the bridge abuttments and some telephone poles with barnicles in the way,but I got it! March 24th guys , GET YOUR GEAR OUT!! STRIPERS ARE HERE. (I KNOW, DON'T BE SINGING THIS EARLY!) Any way, a good fish for a short fishing trip. 2 1/2 hours of driving and was home at 10:45!

Angler Name : Rich
E-Mail : rlk42@aol.com
Boat Name: Jenny Dee
Date Fished: 3-24-00
Location: Shark River
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 12 to 14
Bait or Lure: Sand, blood worms and clam
Water Depth: 6 to 10 ft
Water Temp.: unk. but cold
Information : Worked like dogs for four fish. Lots of boats out but very few fish caught. Most boats were in front of the remains of the Belmar Marina, no action by tennis courts at all. Maybe next week with warmer water.

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Angler Name : Len
E-Mail : Len322@yahoo.com
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Angler Name : joe
E-Mail : brushii@cs.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 3/23/00
Location: shark river
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: skunked
Bait or Lure: sands&bloods&clam
Water Depth: 6'-11'
Water Temp.: 41 too cold
Information : fished near tennis courts,gas dock,northchannel.Packed it in by 11am went golfing.WAter was cold lot of junk in water near courts about 6 other boats around everybody kicking back with their poles down feet up.Heading out tomm.lil further south i'll keep ya posted

Angler Name : John Ginzburg
E-Mail : N/A
Boat Name: Hang Hopper
Date Fished: 3-22-00
Location: wreck about 65mi off Margate
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Pollock
Size: 8-39lbs.
Bait or Lure: jigs and clam
Water Depth: 240
Water Temp.: 49
Information : We left Blue Water Marina about 5a.m. and headed out to one of my favorite wrecks. I hit this spot on the way home from one of our tuna trips in October and picked a good number of giant seabass and pollock. I have'nt been back since and was not surprised by the non-stop action we experienced today. It took a little time to set up, but by 9:30 we had two spread and double header 4 & 5lb. seabass were the rule for about 2 hours with the pollack hitting periodically on jigs. We stayed at the spot for almost 4 hours and totaled 200 giant seabass to 5 3/4lbs. and 13 pollack to 39lbs. respectively. This wreck was very alive with fish anf I hope to get out there again soon. I have a few spots in close range of this one and hope to try them as well.

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Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: Capt John
Date Fished: 3/19/00
Location: Raritan Bay-Round Shoal
Fishing Method: Anchor-Chum
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 8"-16"
Bait or Lure: Sandworms,clam strips----mussel chum
Water Depth: 8-12'
Water Temp.: Low 40's
Information : First trip of the new millenium and with the recent rains,cold water temperatures and poorly stained water I didn't expect much action. 25-30 people aboard boatd a total 5 flounder with 4 of those being keepers. I had the honor of catching the lone short flounder.Non the less,it felt good to be fishing again.

Angler Name : Andrew
E-Mail : Pienfresh99@aol.com
Boat Name: Geronimo
Date Fished: 3-19-00
Location: Barnegat Inlet
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size:
Bait or Lure: bucktail, bloodworms
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: COLD!
Information : Slow day with a few boated but no keepers, Lack of fish probably due to choppy seas, high wind and freezing waters.

Angler Name : DAVE D.
E-Mail : FUN4ME93@AOL.COM
Boat Name: NOT NAMED YET, ANY SUGGESTIONS?
Date Fished: NOT YET
Location: LOOKING FOR HELP HERE
Fishing Method:
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : NEED HELP... JUST GOT A NEW BOAT. I'M FROM THE SAYREVILLE AREA AND NEVER LAUCHED BEFORE (FIRST TIME BOAT OWNER)WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE TO LAUNCH AND WHERE TO GO IN MY AREA TO CATCH SOME WINTER FLOUNDER..HOPE TO GET SOME FEEDBACK.. THANKS

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Angler Name : CJK
E-Mail : Fishwiz316@cs.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 3/18
Location: Island Heights(End of West End Ave.)
Fishing Method: sandworms
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: ?
Bait or Lure: sandworms
Water Depth: 7ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Me and another guy there and thats it!!! I think we need another wind change along with some warmer weather!!! I heard next week the temps are going up so get out there everybody!!!

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Angler Name : Capt.Ron Robinson
E-Mail : Rondo_25@yahoo.com
Boat Name: "Dolores Ann"
Date Fished: Mar.16.2000
Location: Mantoloking area
Fishing Method:
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size:
Bait or Lure: Sandworms
Water Depth: 6Ft.
Water Temp.: 46deg
Information : The forcasted Southwest blow didn't show so I fished in the area of the bridge. Fished for 2 hours and pulled 12 nice keepers. Fish seem to be getting a little more aggresive, caught about 5 on a dead stick. Anybody hear of any striper action?

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Angler Name : MJF
E-Mail : mjfox@home.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 3/15/00
Location: Shrewbury
Fishing Method: chumming
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size:
Bait or Lure: sand worms and clams
Water Depth: 10-25
Water Temp.: 45.0
Information : Very windy day. Fished the flood with no luck. Where are the flounder!!!!!

Angler Name : CAPT. MIKE O'NEILLS
E-Mail : STRAYCATFISHING
Boat Name: STRAY CAT
Date Fished: 3/15/00
Location: OIL WRECK A.C.
Fishing Method: BLACKFISH RIGS ROD&REEL
Specie: Tautog
Size: 12-13 INCH FISH
Bait or Lure: CLAM GREENCRAB
Water Depth: 56 FEET
Water Temp.: 42-44 SLOW
Information : SLOW PICK ON BLACKFISH-NOTHING ELSE CAUGHT MOST FISH AROUND 12-13 INCHES 7 KEEPERS THE OIL WRECK WAS THE MOST PRODUCTIVE GREAT EGG REEF,HENLOPEN,OFFSHOREOIL PRODUCED LITTLE12-13

Angler Name : Duane
E-Mail : Kingstriperhead@webtv.net
Boat Name: Buckeye 2
Date Fished: 3-14&15
Location: delaware river
Fishing Method: bank fishing
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18-20 in.
Bait or Lure: bloodworms
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : STARTED FISHING LAST WEEKEND DOWN AT NATIONAL PARK. I DIDN`T DO ANYTHING, BUT I DID SEE MY FIRST STRIPER OF THE YEAR CAUGHT BY THE GUY NEXT TO ME. 29 1/2 IN. IN THE PAST 2 DAYS I HAVE BEEN BACK FOR MORE AND CAUGHT MY FIRST 4 FISH OF THE YEAR. NOTHING TO REALLY BRAG ABOUT,18-20 IN.AND ONCE AGAIN THE GUY NEXT TO ME CAUGHT A 30 IN. I`M LEARNING A LESSON, WHEN I PICK A SPOT, MOVE 10 FEET TO THE RIGHT OR 20 FEET TO THE LEFT. UNTILL NEXT TIME, KEEP A TIGHT LINE!

Angler Name : Capt.Ron Robinson
E-Mail : rondo_25@yahoo.com
Boat Name: "Dolores Ann"
Date Fished: 3-13-00
Location: Mantoloking area
Fishing Method:
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size:
Bait or Lure: Sandworms
Water Depth: 6Ft.
Water Temp.: 43
Information : First trip of the year. Fished the incoming tide and the bite is on. Pulled 19 in 2 hours, no shorts. Had a couple of other boats in the area but they just dead sticked and didn't score well. Fish were nice and clean and full of chum.

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Angler Name : mike rigg
E-Mail : fisherman1007927@aol.com
Boat Name: starkraft
Date Fished: 03\12\00
Location: longbeach island
Fishing Method: chum
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 13-19 in'
Bait or Lure: bloodworms
Water Depth: 5-8'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : The day started out sunny but very windy'the temp was about 50 but shot down during the day .We boated 5 fish in two hours and called it quits.

Angler Name : bill m.
E-Mail : billbbop@aol
Boat Name: three witches
Date Fished: 03-12-00
Location: barnegate
Fishing Method: boat anchored
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 12
Bait or Lure: bloodworms
Water Depth: 11ft
Water Temp.: 42
Information : fished behind coast guard station, 9 fish all at the ebb nothing after that

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Angler Name : Howard
E-Mail : Howardr3@cs.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 3/11/2000
Location: Shark River Rt. 35 Bridge
Fishing Method: Scuba
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 12to13 inches
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 20 ft. Maximum
Water Temp.:
Information : Two other divers and I went in Shark River By the 35 Bridge this morning at slack high tide. We only saw two flounder and one diver took one with a knife. There were quite a few fisherman out there but I didn't see anyone get anything. The water was pretty clear, I was able to see about 5 feet. Mostly I saw a lot of crabs (no blueclaws). The bottom between the bridges seemed pretty clean with not a lot of structure to hold bait. I hope to see more fish soon, Howard

Angler Name : Debbie
E-Mail : Debbiemoyer@excite.com
Boat Name: Paramount
Date Fished: March 11, 2000
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Ling (AKA Red Hake)
Size: small
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: up to 170'
Water Temp.: unknown
Information : This was my 1st trip on this boat. There was a crowd of 36 people, despite the awful weather approaching. I boarded this boat, not expecting to do that great in the fishing end, but my 10 year old Niece really wanted to go. We went approx. 20 miles NE out of Brielle. We road out on the bow most of the way to the mud hole, and had a GREAT boat ride, and a few "splashes" of saltwater on our rainsuits. The first drop we caught 1 Ling and 3 nice size Cunners' 12-14", (and chunky). Not many fish were brought over the rail by others, just 2 other ling, and the mate caught 3. We fished a 2nd drop, but didn't stay long. It was hard to keep the boat anchored over the structure due to rough seas and wind. With 1/3 of the people sick on the boat, bad "thunder" weather, and no fish being caught, the Capt. called it quits. We were given $12.00 discounts on our next Paramount trip. My Niece took the $95.00 pool, with a little Ling. I still had a great trip because I enjoy being out on the ocean, and rough seas are fun and beautiful, when you are in a boat you feel safe in. My Niece had quite an adventure. I think the Capt. did his best, and the mate; Paul, was really nice. I will go out on this boat again, once the weather warms, and the wrecks gather more fish around them.

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Boat Name: TANERZ LURZ
Date Fished: 3 /10 /00
Location: Barnaget Bay
Fishing Method: Ancor and Chum
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: to 15 inchs
Bait or Lure: Sanwoms and Bloodworms
Water Depth: to 15 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Started up early caught em up good tahn it slowed at the turn of the tide and on incoming we began to catch but TREMENDOUS downpours made us head in !!!! I heard of good Flounder from The Canal to Harvey ceadars south!! Tight Lines Capt Bruce!!

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Angler Name : Mike A.
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Boat Name: Little leaks
Date Fished: 3/9
Location: N. Barn. Bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: Medium
Bait or Lure: Worms
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Manalokin Bridge. Slow pick all day. Boated 19 nice size. No giants. No throwbacks. Also catching fish at Pelican Island and Island Hieghts. Much better than last year in the cold. Hope the fish dont move out to quick with the mini summer.

Angler Name : tom
E-Mail : tmas128@aol.com
Boat Name: MUD HOLE DUMPING
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Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
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Angler Name : R. Jasina
E-Mail : jbs921@cs.com
Boat Name: Tin Can
Date Fished: March 9, 2000
Location: Navesink River
Fishing Method: Anchored/Heavy Chum
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 3/4 pound
Bait or Lure: Blood Worm
Water Depth: 5-9 Feet
Water Temp.: Too cold
Information : Hits on slack tide, real soft...Need a couple of days of sun and no rain. Maybe Sat. or Sun.

Angler Name : Bill W
E-Mail : bbw@frontiernet.net
Boat Name: Lodz (means small Polish boat)
Date Fished: 3/8/00
Location: Shark River
Fishing Method: typical worm drowning
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 11 to 12 inches
Bait or Lure: bloodworm, clam strip
Water Depth: 6 to 12 ft.
Water Temp.: very cold
Information : Tried the Shark River for the first time and the first trip of the season. Fished the last of the flood and a good part of the ebb. Caught 3 smallish fish. Plenty of company out there nobody did much better. Will try again another day. Had a good time but no freezer felets. Better luck next time (maybe)

Angler Name : FRANK &CHET
E-Mail : CJNESTI@HOME.COM
Boat Name: LICKETY SPLIT
Date Fished: 3/8/00
Location: BAYHEAD
Fishing Method: ANCHOR
Specie: White Hake
Size: 3 KEEPERS
Bait or Lure: CHUM & WORMS
Water Depth: 15'
Water Temp.: LOW 40
Information : FIRST TRIP OF THE SEASON.BOAT RAN WELL FISHING WAS SLOW I CAN NOT WAIT FOR THE STATE TO FIX THE CHANNEL MARKERS THAT ARE BROKEN FROM THE WINTER

Angler Name : JK
E-Mail : jk837@juno.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 3/7/00
Location: Surf City
Fishing Method: Chum
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 1lb
Bait or Lure: sands
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : loaded up today with 27 nice flat ones. My advice to all is, find your own fish! The bay is big and you don't need to anchor up right next to someone elses boat to catch some fish. Also, drifting through someone elses chum slick doesn't seem to work either, as the two guys in the aluminum boat know. Don't be cheap and buy some chum! you will catch fish.

Angler Name : carl
E-Mail : crupp@snip.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 3-7-00
Location: beesleys point powerplant rt.9
Fishing Method: bottom fishing from pier
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 10-up
Bait or Lure: clam,bloods n/a at local shops
Water Depth: 6-15 feet
Water Temp.: wwarm due to outflow from cooling tower
Information : fished high tide on down, not a bite,could be due to unavailability of bloodworms at this time

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Angler Name : Capt Bruce Hrobak , Rick and Ricci Carrol < Bob
E-Mail : Captwave @aol
Boat Name: Tanerz Lurz (WAVEDANCER)
Date Fished: 3/6
Location: Mantaloaqan Bridge and Dales
Fishing Method: Ancor and Chum
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: to 19 inchs
Bait or Lure: Sands and Bloodworms
Water Depth: 10 to 15 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Started up at 6:30 and caught a few right away but I think its early ,Caught a few nice ones but a few were kinda thin and just out of the mud the next few weeks should be great a nice Start at Flounder !!! Tight lines Capt Bruce

Angler Name : sqiudman
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: march 05 2000
Location: drag island in somers point
Fishing Method: jig fishing
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 31 to 39 inches
Bait or Lure: half oz. bucktail w/ white worm
Water Depth: flats 3 to 5 feet
Water Temp.: 48 degrees
Information :

Angler Name : Jason
E-Mail : Strykerjay@aol.com
Boat Name: Pursuit
Date Fished: 3-5-2000
Location: Barnegat Bay...by Causeway
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 13 inches or so
Bait or Lure: bloodworms
Water Depth: 9 feet
Water Temp.: 44
Information : Went on the boat for the first time of the year...kind of windy, but fishable. Fished from 10-2 and we wound up with seven flounder, probably thanks to heavy chumming. About a dozen boats around us, everyone caught a few fish.

Angler Name : Bob Beatty
E-Mail :
Boat Name: suck my wake
Date Fished: 3/5/2000
Location: shark river
Fishing Method: secret
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 12-15
Bait or Lure: secret
Water Depth: 4-25
Water Temp.: don't know
Information : Fishing was good again and we picked up a few starfish on are lines. We had are best fishing towards the towards the end of the day. We ended up with about 18 from 12 to dark. Another thing, this ones pointed towards the driver of the dog house my boats named "Suck my wake" because thats what people do. So this is another top notch fishing report from captain Bar Barty. "nick name of course"

Angler Name : Howard
E-Mail : howardr3@cs.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 3-5-2000
Location: Highlands 1/4 mile N of Bridge
Fishing Method: Scuba
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 15ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Well I dove in about 1/4 mile North of the Highlands Bridge on the west side of the river. The water was the color of tea and I lost most of the light in the first 5 ft. I did not see one flounder although I have to admit that may be due in part to the poor visibility. Other than a few clams I did not see any sea life. I was in the water at high tide in the AM and I was thinking about going fishing at low tide but since I did not see any fish it didn't seem worthwhile. I hope some of you went out and got some fish. Howard

Angler Name : jon
E-Mail : hilfig27@aol.com
Boat Name: after hours
Date Fished: 3/5/00
Location: ttoms river
Fishing Method: bottom fishing
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 12 1/2 inches
Bait or Lure: blood worm
Water Depth: 5 feet
Water Temp.: 48
Information : fished all day only cought one early in the moring.

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Angler Name : Rick
E-Mail : Rebel2solo@aol.com
Boat Name: aluminator
Date Fished: 3-4-00
Location: shark river
Fishing Method:
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 12"
Bait or Lure: bloods/sands
Water Depth: 5'
Water Temp.:
Information : fished all day only 1 fish boated, 2 starfish, should have stayed home and took down xmas lights......not!maybe tomorow............not!

Angler Name : Jim Perry
E-Mail : auntspam99@webtv.net
Boat Name: Doris Mae IV
Date Fished: 3/4/00
Location: Off shore
Fishing Method: Wreck
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 1 to 3lbs
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: Around 200ft
Water Temp.: ???
Information : Went out on the offshore trip with a friend with high expectations.We were let down. Caught 14 bass and 7 ling between us. High hook might have been 20 fish. Water was chopy but not unfishable. Pool might have been 4lbs. No cod or pollak at all. Oh well, better luck next time! Later.

Angler Name : Jason
E-Mail : strykerjay@aol.com
Boat Name: off a bulkhead
Date Fished: 3-4-2000
Location: Long Beach Island
Fishing Method: not sure
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: one-12 inches
Bait or Lure: bloodworms
Water Depth: no clue
Water Temp.: cold
Information : It was a preety nice day...I fished for like two hours today...just relaxing...nothing serious...a lot of boats by the Causeway bridge...Some diehard fisherman who sat the flouder out all day got five or six. I heard that the boats did better...One guy was rumored to get 20...but my guess is a few less...trying the boat tommorrow...hope i get some.

Angler Name : chucky layer
E-Mail : sporty1 @webspan .net
Boat Name: the dog house
Date Fished: 3-3-00
Location: forked river
Fishing Method: rod and reel
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 11 to 16
Bait or Lure: blood worms
Water Depth: 12 foot
Water Temp.: 50
Information : we went out for the first trip of the year after putting our mako in the water. we started fishing around 10:00am my 4 year old son caught 10 fish and the rest of the boat caught all we could want thought we we did not keep all them. joe Von Schmit 81 years old got 20 fish pretty good for an old timer, hope i can do the same we all had a good time and we will be fishing sunday. and by the way tell BOB BEATTY TO SUCK!! OUR WAVES. THE DOG HOUSE

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Angler Name : Bob Beatty
E-Mail :
Boat Name: suck my wake
Date Fished: 3/2/00
Location: Shark River
Fishing Method: secret
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 10-15
Bait or Lure: secret
Water Depth: 16-25
Water Temp.: dont know
Information : We picked up about 25 and thats a pretty good number to start off the new year with. I like to give out are exact location where we caught these fish but that would kind of ruin the fun of finding the fish.So this is the Bob Beatty fishing report fishing off of suck my wake.

Angler Name : Flo Fish
E-Mail : BoFo 414
Boat Name: Banks of Gravelling Point
Date Fished: 03/01/2000
Location: Gravelling Point
Fishing Method: surf casting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: any ,mainly 28" or better
Bait or Lure: top bottom rig : blood worms
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: mid 40
Information : Fished at Gravelling Point from 3:35 until 6:35 for stripers,not one bite. Oh well,did anyone else besides me fish Gravelling Point? if so,how did you do?

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