Angler Name : Tom Headley
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/30/2001
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 4 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 90 Ft.
Water Temp.: 57 Degrees
Information : Making the decision to switch from Striper trolling to wreck fishing for Seabass was the right one for the Tom Headley charter. Stopping on 3 wrecks southeast of Manasquan Inlet the charter quickly put together a limit catch of large Seabass up to 4 lbs.

Angler Name : GonZo
E-Mail : gonzofishes@msn.com
Boat Name: Team White Rhino
Date Fished: 5/30
Location: IBSP
Fishing Method: Plugging/Clamballing
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 2 slots
Bait or Lure: Yellow Makati, Clam
Water Depth: Surf
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Heard some chatter about guys catching stripers on plugs at the beach so I had to try it out - except for being tied to a 100lb tarpon, there are few things more enjoyable to me than bass in the surf on plugs (don't tell my wife...) Anyway, I rolled down to IBSP around 3pm, fished 'til 9pm, no one was doing anything. Stood there in the cold wind for a few hours. Finally hooked up around dusk on a yellow Makati on an 8 1/2 ft plugging rod. Nice fish, only 26 inches but 10 lbs, had already started packing the truck when the clam rod doubled over, another 26 incher, normal sized though about 7 1/2 lbs. Both fish were photographed and released. I stopped at a few guys' sites on the way out, but everyone had about the same luck so I packed it up. Ironically, the fish came around dusk, which is just when the nasty west wind quit... We're hoping for the wind to shift back to easterly before the cows pass us up offshore - caught a lot of fish this year, but no really big ones, I'd hate to wait til September.... We're booked to run from Squan to the Shrewsbury rocks tomorrow if the weather holds, my bros up there are still reporting hot action on Mann's 25s and nice slot fish coming in on umbrellas, we'll see... We're getting the new store up and the photo albums online too, but I wanted to say what's up to Bob Spracklin. He's been working toooo hard and hadn't put in any time in the water this year. Last week, first trip out he put a hook in and landed a 66lb drum from the sod banks at the south end of LBI, nice fish, way to go bro. Get out there soon, tournament season starts NOW! Tight lines everyone - see ya out there - GonZo

Angler Name : Tom Becker
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 30
Location: Shrewbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 26 pounds
Bait or Lure: Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Tom Becker charter out on the Canyon Runner Wednesday and put together a limit catch of Stripers including bonus fish. The action was mostly on yellow Shad Rigs and included Bass up to 40 inches and 26 pounds.

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: Teal
Date Fished: 5-28-01
Location: Sandy Hook-Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drift-Chunk
Specie: Fluke
Size: 8-18.5 Inchs
Bait or Lure: Spearing,Killies,Clam Bellies
Water Depth: 12-45 Ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Did a marathon Monday,fishing all 3 trips aboard the Teal.On the morning fluke trip,we started drifting just inside the hok and worked our way a round the tip to the outside on various drifts-none producing any significant bitye although some keepers and shorts were boated.A few more drifts on the Knoll east of the ammo pier and the Atantic Highlands flats were about the same-never producing much of a bite.I ended this trip with just 2 short fluke.The afternoon trip started pretty much the same with a few more keepers coming over the rail at drifts on the Leonardo Flats and the Earle Channel.We finally got into a very good bite of flatties on the Belford flats and keepers were coming over the rail 4 and 5 at a time.Most of these flukew ere in the 17-18 inch class in addition to alot of 15.75s.Best bait was either a single or double spearing.I ended this trip with four keepers ( 16,16.5,17 and 18.5 )out of 8 fluke boated.To illustrate the difference between the morning and afternoon--there were over 5 buckets of racks on the afternoon trip as opposed to only a half on the morning.The evening striper trip I would also classify as slow.After two drops along the edge of the Swash Channel and only 1 slot bass to show for the effort,we moved off Keansburg where a slow pick of mostly short bass and slot bass were taken.Pool was split between a pair of 28 inchers.Best I could muster up ws a 21.5 inch striper.

Angler Name : willie b
E-Mail : wbabicz@aol.com
Boat Name: patricia m
Date Fished: 5/28/01
Location: point pleasant
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: squid,killies
Water Depth: 45
Water Temp.:
Information : went out before the rain caught two small fluke and 2 cocktail blues on the retrieve. fished inside the inlet-dead

Angler Name : Mike Raimondi
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/28/2001
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 90 Ft.
Water Temp.: 58 Degrees
Information : In what appears to be the best start of any Spring Seabass season in recent years,the Bounty Hunter with the Mike Raimondi charter on board put together another limit catch of Jumbo Seabass. Making 3 drops on wrecks 25 miles southeast of Manasquan Inlet the bite was non stop. The fish jumped all over the Clam baits and they were all large with the heaviest tipping the scale at 5 lbs. With the limit catch in the box we called it a day by noon.

Angler Name : Tom Scarrone
E-Mail : tscarrone10@home.com
Boat Name: The Eagle
Date Fished: 5/28
Location: Flynns Knoll, Keansburg Flats, Between the Channels, Oceanic Bridge
Fishing Method: Trolling, and Chunkin
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26
Bait or Lure: Shad Umbrellas and Bunker Chunks
Water Depth: 14-25 ft.
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Trolled Flynns Knoll at 6:30 AM with my buddy Mike Sheehan. I did not read a lot of fish at all but we managed to pick up a slot fish, and we were bitten off by some bluefish. Trolled Between the channels and again not many readings; seems like the fish are scattered with all the bad weather. Next we went up onto the Keansburg flats to chunk but struck out there. We made a last ditch effort at the Oceanic Bridge bunker chunkin to no avail(I did see some guys catching Fluke). All in all we worked real hard for one stinkin slot fish but we had fun and the weather was nice.

Angler Name : DICK+JUDY JACOBUS
E-Mail : DJJACOBUS@MSN.COM
Boat Name: LONG OVERDUE
Date Fished: 5-28-01
Location: RARITAN BAY,REACH BOUY #16
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27"
Bait or Lure: SPOONS ON WIRE AND STRETCH 25'S
Water Depth: 20-25 FT
Water Temp.: 63 F
Information : GOT OUT AROUND NOON,FOUND WIND AGAINST THE TIDE CONDITIONS.TROLLED UP A 27" BLUE FISH THAT WAS RELEASED.WIND PICKED UP AROUND 3PM WITH THREATENING SKIES,SO WE BOOGIED BACK TO OUR SLIP.THEN THE SUN CAME OUT.WILL TRY AGAIN MID WEEK.HAVE FUN OUT THERE.DJ

Angler Name : Chuck Cumella
E-Mail : ACC@NWL.COM
Boat Name: Stephine Lynn
Date Fished: 5-28-01
Location: Long Branch to Point Pleasant
Fishing Method: Drift/Bottom/Troll/Jig
Specie: Fluke
Size: >16" ????
Bait or Lure: squid/spearing
Water Depth: 17' - 45'
Water Temp.: cold; the rain on Sunday night cooled the ocean water
Information : Fished on Monday (Memorial Day) with Craig and his father on Craig's boat. Got a late start; started to fish by 9:00 AM. Drifted in all depths of water for Fluke, caught only one 6" fish and a small blue; tried trolling for anything and everything without any hits. Moved inside where the river was a nightmare, you would think it was July 4th. Moved to the top of the bay to look for some weakfish, too much traffic. Ended up back at the dock at 1:00 PM. Look forward to getting my boat out there next week, time permitting. I hope to see the water warm up and we can start getting some offshore fishing for shark and tuna. Tight lines to all.....

Angler Name : Jude Ravo
E-Mail : bonedog1313@aol.com
Boat Name: Gino V (5)
Date Fished: 5-28-01
Location: Trolled Manasquan to Shrewsberry
Fishing Method: umbrella rigs, bunker spoons
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: skunked
Bait or Lure: Reel Seat Shad rigs and umbrella rigs
Water Depth: 32 ft- 65ft
Water Temp.: 58.2-61.2
Information : seas were nice with 2-3 foot rollers. Lots of action on the color scope yet couldn't hook anything up. Few reports over vhf of activity to east between the bell and the west edge of the mudhole rain came in before we could make the turn twords the hole. Better Luck Next Time. Remember To Conserve Our Fish

Angler Name : m. copeman
E-Mail :
Boat Name: RENEGADE
Date Fished: 05/28/01
Location: Shrew Rocks, Hook, Knoll
Fishing Method: Trolled
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Shads, Stretches, Spoons
Water Depth: 20-60
Water Temp.: 57-61
Information : Started at the rocks at 6:00am and did nothing but bluefish, headed up to the hook at 9:00am and did the same up there. Returned back to the rocks at 11:30 to 1:00 to catch high tide but again nothing but a few bluefish. Definetly not a memorial day to remember for stripers.

Angler Name : fred hepper
E-Mail : hep@njlenders.com
Boat Name: branch office
Date Fished: 5/28/01
Location: reach/knoll/nudie beach/upper raritan
Fishing Method: troll - drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28
Bait or Lure: bunker spoon
Water Depth: 30
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Started @ 7:00 am on the reach between 19 & 25 can. Lots of bunker, but our usual success of trolling right through them didn't produce. I was surprised to find so much bunker, but no blues or stripers underneath them. We were trolling stretch 25's and bunker spoons. Moved to Flynn's Knoll. Lots of boats chunking, but I saw mostly blue fish being pulled. Continued to troll the bunkler spoon & 25 plug. Picked up one 28" bass. Moved up on the Sandy Hook beach on the on the outside, drifted 4 small fluke & 2 keeper fluke. Both on squid. All in all I think the fish need to re-group after 8 days of rough weather. Keep an eye on the upper bay bunker mass. This could draw some big fish in once things set up. Also.... One fellow in my marina did well @ the triangle in the very upper bay for fluke. 10 keepers!

Angler Name : Ken
E-Mail : kper@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: N/A
Date Fished: 5/28/01
Location: North Beach & near tip of the Hook
Fishing Method: Casting from shore
Specie: Fluke
Size: 13-14"
Bait or Lure: Fin-S with 1/4 oz. jig head
Water Depth: 3 to 8'
Water Temp.: 62?
Information : Caught one 24" bass, plus 6 throwback fluke, sea robbins, sun dials. Wind conditions were not the greatest for this type of fishing. Saw plenty of boats catching nothing.

Angler Name : Joe D, AB, and Dan
E-Mail : surfishjoe@aol.com
Boat Name: Jay Bee
Date Fished: 5/27 and 5/28
Location: behind Margate
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 27 and 29in.
Bait or Lure: shedder and minnows
Water Depth: deep holes
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Caught 2 bomb weakies 7.5lbs and 5lbs and six keeper fluke to 22 inches. Fluke were hitting killies, once we ran out the action died. Be prepared for the gator trout! Some tailor blues mixed in too keep things lively.

Angler Name : Guy/Ritch
E-Mail : gsacco@earthlink.net
Boat Name: Jusr Reelin 2
Date Fished: Monday 5/28/01
Location: Flynn's Knoll
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 21lbs.
Bait or Lure: clam bellies
Water Depth: 19ft
Water Temp.: 60
Information : What started out as a warm sunny morning ended up overcast and windy. We had our friend Alan Ketner (his boat is just not fish ready yet!) out for a morning of chunking bass with clams. Clams are the worst smelling bait there is, but bass love it. The morning started out as a slow pick with shorts and two slot fish. At 10:30 we moved to a favorite spot and after we set the anchor had the baits in the water for no more than 5 minutes, Alan had a run off with a big bass which we boated after a 20 minute fight on light tackle. The bass weighed 21lbs. back at the dock. All in all we caught 13 bass - kept 4 - and that doesn't include the 3 we lost. Not too bad for a morning bite. Tight Lines!

Angler Name : Ron Long
E-Mail : josephlong@att.com
Boat Name: Gambler
Date Fished: 05/28/2001
Location: 3 miles off of Point Pleasant
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 6LBS 3 oz.
Bait or Lure: Squid, Spearing Combo
Water Depth: Aproximately 50 foot
Water Temp.: ?
Information : It was a preety slow day of drifting for Fluke, but I managed to hook 2 Fluke and several Sea Bass with both Fluke being keepers!! The day was almost over when I got a nice Pick-up set the hook and thought I had bottom, but the bottom moved and after I nursed the creature in, it ended up being a 6+ LB Fluke. I had never caught a Fluke much over 2LBs prior to this beast!! I was very pleased!!! Funny how it only takes one really nice fish to turn a bad day to good!!

Angler Name : BONE
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Rowboat
Date Fished: 05/28/01
Location: Shark River
Fishing Method: botton
Specie: Fluke
Size: 7-21
Bait or Lure: Spearing
Water Depth: 6-9
Water Temp.: 64-52
Information : Outgoing tide produced two keepers and two shorts in the first 20 minutes. Steady catching. Tide turned incoming, and water temp dropped 10-12 degrees and fish became slugginsh. Picked three more keepers and some shorts. Would have been great if temp did not drop.

Angler Name : Pat demech
E-Mail : pat@softwareprosolutions.com
Boat Name: Mako
Date Fished: 05/28/01
Location: Barneget Bay
Fishing Method: shrimping
Specie: Weakfish
Size: Good question
Bait or Lure: shrimp, Fin-S
Water Depth: 11 feet
Water Temp.: mid sixties
Information : Was all optimistic, caught our own grass shrimp and went out at high tide (2pm) off Beach Haven....SKUNKED! My cousin caught a lousy Sea Robin...that's it. Can't blame boat traffic because the bay was almost empty and the conditions were perfect....at least we have extra grass shrimp for next time!

Angler Name : Ray
E-Mail : Finnila.com@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Mo' Money II
Date Fished: 5/27/01
Location: Shrewsbury River
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: Up to 19"
Bait or Lure: Squid & killie
Water Depth: 8' - 14'
Water Temp.: 61 - 62 degrees
Information : My wife and I began fishing at 1330 hours, for the last hour of the incoming tide, and continued through the change until 1630 hours. Caught about twelve fluke, of which seven were keepers. Most of the keepers were nice fish between 18" and 19". Glad I went out despite playing hide and seek with the fog. Tight lines!!!

Angler Name : Stephen DeMino
E-Mail : sdemino@earthlink.com
Boat Name: Dreamer
Date Fished: 05/27/01
Location: Shewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24-35"
Bait or Lure: Shad rigs
Water Depth: 20-40'
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Fog was very heavy. Trolled shad rigs from 9am to 2pm. Only three strippers up to 35". No other hits.

Angler Name : Ray and Rob, Old Man Ray
E-Mail : paulas38@home.com
Boat Name: REELUGLY
Date Fished: 5-27
Location: East of bouy 42 in the Baregat Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 28" and 25" REAL BIG FOR BAY
Bait or Lure: Fin-s with squid hooked on it
Water Depth: 8 feet
Water Temp.: ????55??
Information : Three of us went out Sunday morning, not real early, around 8 a.m, drifted off 42 bouy in the fog, we used Fin-S with squid on the hook too get best of both worlds. We caught 28"and 25" weakfish and 21" and 18" flounder, that is a good set up for both fish at the same time. Old Man Ray lost 3 and a BIG WEAKIE broke his old reel! These fish this year in the bay are ocean size fish!!!! Get a bigger cooler and more BEER!!!!! GOOD LUCK

Angler Name : Ken Kurek
E-Mail : k-kurek@home.com
Boat Name: Kerri - K
Date Fished: May 27, 2001
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 18lbs.
Bait or Lure: Shads and Bunker Spoons
Water Depth: 20 - 40'
Water Temp.: 57.7
Information : Keith, Jill and Ty McGowan joined me on the Kerri - K for a day of striper fishing. We left the dock around 6:30am. The fog was real thick. We decided to troll the Shresbury Rocks. Visibility was poor and I had to use the radar to avoid the other boats trolling the same area. We caught 2 slot fish and 4 larger fish ranging in weight from 14 to 18lbs. This was Ty's first striper trip to the Rocks and I was happy to put him on some nice fish.

Angler Name : A. Lojek
E-Mail : alojek@tripower.net
Boat Name: Ajab
Date Fished: 5-27-01
Location: Knoll
Fishing Method: chunkin
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 35"
Bait or Lure: clams, bunker, plugs
Water Depth: 40'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Fished sunday morning at the knoll and picked up 15 bass to 15 lbs. had a couple of bluefish mixed in there too. Clam baits seemed to produce more than the bunker.

Angler Name : Michael Alexander
E-Mail : killieman1@aol
Boat Name: Little Leaks
Date Fished: 5/27
Location: Manilokin Bridge
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 19"
Bait or Lure: Killie/Bucktail
Water Depth: 8-25'
Water Temp.:
Information : Got out between the fog and south wind in the afternoon at around 3 o'clock. Surprisingly my wife caught a 17" fluke on our first drift. Then I caught a 19" on the second drift. Lots of fun with no net. Had two more hits but had to leave after an hour with the wind picking up. Tried again Monday moring with no luck. Water was very dirty from previous nights thunderstorm.

Angler Name : GonZo
E-Mail : gonzofishes@msn.com
Boat Name: White Rhino
Date Fished: 5/27
Location: Harvey Cedars Lump, Barnegat Sod Banks, Barnegat Inlet
Fishing Method: Various
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: see report...
Bait or Lure: various
Water Depth: too deep or too shallow?
Water Temp.: too warm or too cold?
Information : We ran the Rhino hard on Sunday, trying to put together any kind of day at all... Once the fog burned off the weather was at least nice. We started in the soup at the sod banks, several drifts, with clam and plugs - nothing. Stopped next at the tip of the jetty, a short striper and a few misses, snagged a few herring, nothing, hits all came on yellow plugs. Went to Harvey Cedars, a few short fluke and the junkfish grand slam -- sharks, skates, robins, blues, clamshells, boots -- you get the idea. Almost got rammed by some giant private yacht plowing through the fog - left for home. Drifted the inlet again on the way back in, nothing again. Went home with cold bait and cold drinks -- bait and soda was all that was in the box! JJ Hughes rocked - producing virtually all of the fish, despite having nothing to show for it at supper, he was at least on all day... Capt Howie put a few shorts on the board and I failed to contribute even a junk fish -- If there's a good day to not catch 'em, I hope I had mine for the season... I know it's never a wasted day if your lines are wet, but this one came close. Burgers and beers sound good in retrospect. We'll get 'em this week. Very light on bookings this week, so we'll be at the beach looking for a cow before they go splitski! See ya out there - GonZo

Angler Name : Mike Parker
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/27/2001
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 4 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 90 Ft.
Water Temp.: 58 Degrees
Information : The Bounty Hunter put together another limit catch of large Seabass. This time it was the Mike Parker charter getting in on the non stop action. Working 3 wrecks southeast of Manasquan Inlet we had the limit catch made in a few hours and were on our way home by noon.

Angler Name : DaveP
E-Mail : LUCKYDBP74@AOL.COM
Boat Name: SWIPER
Date Fished: 5-27-01
Location: KNOLL
Fishing Method: ANCHOR
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 40"
Bait or Lure: BUNKER CHUNK
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.:
Information : Left ramp at 4:00pm with Capt. Bob Pyatt and Pat Brown on the Swiper(19' Carolina Skiff jet drive)and went out to join other boats out in the fog. Caught 2 small shorts and nice blue till we had to go in because of approaching storm around 8:00pm. Waited at ramp and everything cleared off and calmed down by 10:00pm so we put boat back in water and went back out. Caught a 40" 22 pounder and had to go back in again because of another approaching storm and lightning. This time we went home.

Angler Name : John
E-Mail : jsbraga@aol.com
Boat Name: Nu-Meat
Date Fished: 5/27
Location: Wildwood Reef
Fishing Method: top/bottom rig
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 13"
Bait or Lure: Squid/Minnow
Water Depth: 40'
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Fished 4 hrs with my wife hitting the trifecta of trash fish, sand shark and skate on 1 rig at the same time and multiple hookups of sea robbins (she calls them flying fish). We did bring home 2 bass for dinner and had a great day of fun.

Angler Name : Tom Rasinski, Goergre Skallor, Pete Sardina, Timmy, Capt Bruce Hrobak
E-Mail : Captwave@aol.com
Boat Name: WAVEDANCER
Date Fished: 5/27/01
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 22 lbs
Bait or Lure: Sassy Shads , Bunker Spoons, Bucktails
Water Depth: 22 to 45
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Started out in in all day Fog could'nt see more than 100 ft..... It was the first trip on the New WAVEDANCER a Blackfin 32 combi.... We started out with a few Monster Blus then we began to nail Bass all nice fish..... Hope its the Start to a GREAT SEASON , Tight Lines, Capt Bruce Hrobak , Wavedancer Sportfishing

Angler Name : CAPT. JOHN PFEIFFER
E-Mail : captbigjohn@yahoo.com
Boat Name: SEA ++
Date Fished: 5/27/01
Location: RARITAN BAY
Fishing Method: CHUNKING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 6 TO 14LBS
Bait or Lure: CLAMS
Water Depth: 18FT
Water Temp.: 58
Information : LEFT THE DOCK AT 12 NOON WITH OWNER JOHN GOULETT AND GUESTS. THE OUT GOING TIDE STARTED ABOUT 1:30. WE PICKED A FEW FISH THEN MADE A MOVE TO FIND BETTER WATER. ENDED UP WITH 15 FISH. BACK AT THE DOCK AT 3:00PM

Angler Name : jay bell
E-Mail : jbell@verivon.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/27/01
Location: whale beach
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25 - 30
Bait or Lure: clams top bottom rig
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 59 degrees
Information : high tide around noon , hit the beach at 10:00 very cloudy with peeks of sun . it took about an hour to land the first fish , the 30 inch striper hit the 15 ft power stick . we landed him and put him in the cooler . followed by a 27 inch then a 26 inch and to finish the day a 25 inch . we released the 25 and 26 inch fishes . the tide was running out so we packed up and headed for home . another great day of fishing . water was clear and very little weeds

Angler Name : Ken
E-Mail : pigpenken@aol.com
Boat Name: fishnutz
Date Fished: 27 may 01 Sunday
Location: Belmar NJ
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: short
Bait or Lure: spearing
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 59
Information : The day started off very foggy but i was happy to get the day in before the big thunder storm. We caught 2 short fluke lots of skates and a first for me. My wife caught a great big herring on a frozen spearing I did not know herring ate stuff like that..I am a diehard fluke fisherman but I may have to change over to linesiders someday....

Angler Name : capt vic
E-Mail : coach265@aol.com
Boat Name: miss elisabeth
Date Fished: 5-27-01
Location: manasquan river. manasquan side of canal bay side of canal and manasguan inlet just out side south finaly manasquan river by clarks landing
Fishing Method: bottom weakfish,fluke,
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 13,14 inches
Bait or Lure: squid@killies,sand worms, regular and hi lo rigs
Water Depth: 5,10.20 feet
Water Temp.: not sure
Information : captian vic, joey, kenny chris, and captain ken ventures through the fog relying on the weatherman throught the perfect storm. they were so wrong again as usual,no thunderstorms, no rain but fog so thick you can cut it with a knife. no fish again 2 fish were caught by chris, but once again to small to keep. where are all the BIG KEEPERS??? QUESTION OF THE DAY? maybe we will venture out tomorrow, hopefully the weatherman will be more acuate tomorrow. tight lines till next time.

Angler Name : Ritch
E-Mail : justreelin@home.com
Boat Name: Just Reelin
Date Fished: May 25, 2001
Location: Flynn's
Fishing Method: Anchored
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24" to 32"
Bait or Lure: Clam bellies
Water Depth: 18'
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Got there two hours before high tide and started to pick bass. At high tide we were about to leave and the fish went crazy. 19 bass with the larger fish all at the end. Circle hooks worked great! No sinkers and drop the bellies way back. Caught one tagged fish.

Angler Name : Lou Mulliniks
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/25/2001
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 30 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 30 Ft.
Water Temp.: 58 Degrees
Information : The Bounty Hunter ran the Lou Mulliniks charter up to the Shrewsbury Rocks where we enjoyed another great day with the Stripers. Trolling Shad Rigs in 30 Ft. of water we put together a limit catch of Bass over 28" plus 6 Bonus fish. The largest 3 Bass weighing 22, 24, & 30 lbs. topped of the catch.

Angler Name : PELL
E-Mail : albatross0099@aol
Boat Name: ALBATROSS
Date Fished: 5/25/01
Location: near old orchard
Fishing Method: bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22-29
Bait or Lure: clam squid spearing
Water Depth: 19
Water Temp.: 58.3
Information : Went out to old orchard and had bass within 10 min all small fish ended up with 9 fish could only keep 4 ran out of bait largest fish went 29in, seems like the cows have moved out .Then went fluke fishing at the tip of the hook 12-15 fluke boated just two keepers!Had alot of fun even though it was a dark day .

Angler Name : J Mason
E-Mail : 103470,3032@compuserve.com
Boat Name: Premonitions
Date Fished: 5/25/01
Location: L/E Inlet / Holgate
Fishing Method: Trolling/drifting clams
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 1-3 lbs
Bait or Lure: plugs / clams
Water Depth: 20-70'
Water Temp.: 58
Information : After seeing the weather reports for fog, drizzle, and 15-20kt NE winds,wasn't even going to go. But we all decided at the last minute to try and salvage the day. Had small blues all afternoon and alot of fun. Just watching my buddy Tony try to stay on his feet in the inlet, trolling in a 3 foot confused chop is a riot.

Angler Name : Joe,Matt,James
E-Mail : joesara2@home.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 05/25/01
Location: near Kennedy Park
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17,18 inches
Bait or Lure: Minnow and Squid
Water Depth: 7-13 feet
Water Temp.:
Information : Couldn't get out until about 1. Caught 8 fish all together but only 2 keepers. Only fished 2 hours it was pretty windy and choppy. We'll be back all weekend if the weather gives us a chance.

Angler Name : Dave
E-Mail : fun4me93@aol.com
Boat Name: reelfun
Date Fished: 5/25/01
Location: Bouy 1; Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: stretch 25
Water Depth: 18-20 ft.
Water Temp.: 64 degrees
Information : 4-5 ft. swells, light rain, low visibility...fishing was awful! caught nothing; no action at all out there tonight.

Angler Name : Hal
E-Mail : hal@aol.com
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: 5/25/01
Location: pt. pleasant canal
Fishing Method: livelining
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30-45"
Bait or Lure: live herring
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Despite less than desirable conditions, figured crowds wouldn't be a problem. Hung around for 2 1/2 hours and caught and released 5 bass from 15-27lbs. Get out and fish while it;s hot.

Angler Name : Ron Walker
E-Mail : rwalker@trilogyassoc.com
Boat Name: MegaBite
Date Fished: 5-24-01
Location: Del Bay, Squirell's Nest, Bug Light
Fishing Method: Anchored with bait
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Taylor
Bait or Lure: Mackeral Strips, chicken
Water Depth: 15-20
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Ashamed to admit that I splashed her late this year and it was my first trip. Problems with work. Got to get my priorities set right. But, after battling fog to navigate a new inlet this year, the fog blew off, the sun came out strong, and it was a beautiful day on the bay. Did not even get a bite or mark fish or bait at last year's old reliable honey hole ... the Squirrel's nest so we made the long run down to the Bug Light area on rumor of a weakfish bite. Picked a couple taylor blues there and we fell victim to all the 3ft dogfish you wanted. We were also treated to skates. We were hoping for a sea robin or oyster cracker to round out the Delaware Bay trashfish slam, but it was not to be. All in all, it was a georgeous day, the boat ran great, and it sure beat a day at work!!

Angler Name : coboled
E-Mail : coboled@cs.com
Boat Name: FOUR J's
Date Fished: 5/24/2001
Location: Atlantic City inland waterway
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16.5
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 12 to 16
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Out with cap'n Joe. Not one bite all day! Hooked 16.5 flatie on an untended line @green channel mkr #185 drifting towards Harrahs about 1:30pm. Not at work, I was happy.

Angler Name : tom Gramlich
E-Mail : twgramlich@msn.com
Boat Name: Two Queens
Date Fished: 05-24-01
Location: Lanardo
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 7 fish up to 23"
Bait or Lure: squid and killie
Water Depth: 20 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : We cought thirty fish, only 7 keepers with two fish over twenty inches.My brother cought the 23 incher on a streach 25.

Angler Name :
E-Mail :
Boat Name: NanSea
Date Fished: May 24
Location: Ocean City
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 5.45lbs
Bait or Lure: Bucktail squid
Water Depth: 9
Water Temp.: 61F?
Information : Fished the outgoing tide. Picked up personal record size Fluke on 1st drift. 5.45lbs

Angler Name : Rich
E-Mail : RMahoc98@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5-24-01
Location: Keansburg Pier
Fishing Method:
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-3 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bomber plug
Water Depth: 12 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Started fishing with my friend at 9:30 am and had 2 fish on 3 casts. Then fishing died down with an occasionally blue. Then at about 1:30 or so with the outgoing tide the blues went crazy feeding on schools of bunker. Died down at about 3 pm so I left. Came back at about 5:30 pm and fished til 9 pm. Only had 2 blues and 2 short fluke. Total fish during the day was 19.

Angler Name : Keith Taboada
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/24/2001
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 90 Ft.
Water Temp.: 58 Degrees
Information : After a 4 day blow out of the Northeast & East we decided to give the Seabass another try with the Keith Taboada charter. Working 4 wrecks in 90 ft. of water 25 miles south of Manasquan Inlet we found the large Seabass hungry & eager to bite. The charter limited out with Jumbo Seabass up to 5 lbs. with an additional mix of Ling & Blackfish. This was by far the best showing of Seabass this year. Anyone looking to get in on what promises to be a great Seabass season should contact us as soon as possible. Check our website on Nautical Net for full details.

Angler Name : UPSDave
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Atlantic Star
Date Fished: 5/24/01
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: clam/spearing
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : It wasn't raining in the morning for a change so I decided to take half a vacation day and get a line wet. It was an absolutely terrific day weatherwise and fluke quantity-wise. Size was another matter. I caught 18 fluke with one keeper. Of the remaining 17 probably half were 15 inches give or take a half inch. I caught nothing when I had on a 6 oz sinker although others on the boat did. With 3 and 4 ounce sinkers it was essentially non-stop. I missed as many as I caught. The captain and the mate were the best. Tight lines, Dave

Angler Name : Hepper, Gallo & Neill
E-Mail : hep@njlenders.com
Boat Name: branch office
Date Fished: 5/24/01
Location: raritan reach can 25 toFlynns Knoll
Fishing Method: Troll & Chunk
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: stretch 25's, bunker, spoons
Water Depth: 20-45
Water Temp.: 59-62
Information : Not a very good day. Fished over the low tide (5:00 pm.) From 3 to 7. No stripers and a couple of blues. Tried everything, no other boats (including head boats) seemed to be cathing fish either. Perhaps we'll switch to fluking tomorrow! Tite Lines

Angler Name : Jeff Veith
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 24
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 41.5 Pounds
Bait or Lure: umbrella rigs
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and Joe Dalik had their best trip of the year on Thursday. The Jeff Veith charter from Randolph, NJ decided to give the day a shot despite the rough conditions and the fact that the charter consisted of Jeff, Larry Travaglia who brought along their 12 year old sons Rich Veith and L.J. Travaglia. As it turned out the seas were no problem for this crew. Working off of Monmouth Beach with umbrella rigs, red and black again proving the most productive, it appears that big Bass have been turned on by the constant easterly winds. Within an two hours we were limited out with bass over 30 inches including bonus fish and one slot fish. We ended the day releasing another 17 bass, 15 of which were over 35 inches. The highlights of the trip included the boating of 5 Stripers over 40 inches, including bass of 23, 25, 26, and 28 pounds, the release of 3 Stripers over 40 inches including a 30-pounder and the capture by L.J. Travaglia (age 12) of a beautiful 48 inch 41.5-pound Cow.

Angler Name : Kevin
E-Mail : orcuttk1@aol.com
Boat Name: Capt. Robbins
Date Fished: 5/24
Location: ?
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Med, large & extra large
Bait or Lure: squid and mack
Water Depth: 95 feet
Water Temp.: 58?
Information : Best day of seabass fishing in a long time. Weather was perfect and the fish cooperated. Lots of 3-4 pounders plus a few ling. Ended up with my limmit plus. I never saw so many big fish caught by everyone. One guy had two fish on the same hook! Lots of double header keepers. My legs and arm hurt from all the action. If you like the blak seabass go see Capt. Robbins before it is too late - bring a big cooler!

Angler Name : jay bell
E-Mail : jbell@verizon.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/24/01
Location: whale beach
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 23 to 28
Bait or Lure: top bottom rig and clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 58
Information : hit the beach at 6:00 ,ocean rough 8 ozs to hold bottom . 2 1/2 hours later landed a nice 3 1/2 ft sand shark . then a 23in striper followed by a 25in , another 25in , then the 28in hit the 15ft power stick ,this one went in the cooler . soon after that watched some dolphins swim by , i packed up and called it a good day .

Angler Name : CAPT. JOHN PFEIFFER
E-Mail : captbigjohn@yahoo.com
Boat Name: SEA ++
Date Fished: 5/24/01
Location: RARITAN BAY
Fishing Method: CHUNK
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 7 TO 15 LBS
Bait or Lure: BUNKER AND CLAM
Water Depth: 18FT
Water Temp.: 58
Information : LEFT THE DOCK AT 6:30 WITH OWNER DOUG ANDERSEN, ERNIE FIORE AND THREE OTHER GUESTS. SCOTT VIGAR CAPTAIN OF THE FREESPOOL HAD LEFT AN HOUR EARLIER AND CALLED US OVER. HE WAS STARTING TO PICK FISH AND GENEROUSLY BOUGHT US RIGHT TO THE ACTION. WE HAD FISH ON 10 MINUTES AFTER THE ANCHOR LINE CAME TAUGHT. THIS WAS THE BEST DAY YET THIS YEAR. OVER FIFTY FISH CAME TO THE NET. WE RELEASED ALL BUT 8 FISH. WHEN THE TIDE TURNED, WE CAUGHT ON BUNKER. THESE FISH WERE BIGGER, 10 TO 15 LB RANGE. GREAT LIGHT TAKLE ACTION. THANK YOU CAPT. SCOTT.

Angler Name : Pete Schrear
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 23
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 23 pounds
Bait or Lure: umbrella rigs
Water Depth: 20
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Fed up with sitting at the dock, Captain Phil Dulanie and Joe Dalik took the Pete Schrear charter from Warren, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Wednesday. In addition, the trip represented the last hours of freedom for Petes brother Steve, as he will be getting married on Friday. Fighting through the 4-6 foot seas they had the umbrella rigs in the water on the Shrewsbury Rocks by 8:00 am and the Stripers were home. Getting in 2.5 hours of trolling produced 8 Bass between 34 and 39 and a few bluefish. Black and red tubes seemed to work best and the charter had all they wanted by 10:30 and we were back in the inlet by 11am.

Angler Name : GonZo
E-Mail : gonzofishes@msn.com
Boat Name: Team White Rhino
Date Fished: 5/23
Location: IBSP
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 36"
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Fished Wednesday evening in the fog with the Glenn Kallai party from Arizona, these guys opted for a beach run instead of a boat trip because of the weather - what a great decision it turned out to be. Spring tide and the rain that preceded it had the surf breaking all the way up to the dunes. It was an interesting drive, to say the least. On a tip from our friends at the Dolphin, we fished just south of A-17 - in addition to being one of the few places on the beach that we could park, it turned out to be productive too. We set up in the fog as close to the water as we could get and casted clams on hi-los and fishfinders. Within minutes, all of the rods were on. We were blitzed for almost 2 hours with a striper on every cast. All of the fish were keeper size with the biggest being 36". I logged in 16 fish with only 3 run-offs, not bad for guys from the desert... Because there was no moon and a very thick fog, we had the whole beach to ourselves. It was a fantastic trip with some real die hards. I look forward to them coming back and to many more nights like Wednesday. Tight lines! GonZo

Angler Name : joe
E-Mail : joseph_poye@globalcrossing.com
Boat Name: freddy-c
Date Fished: 5/22
Location: raritan bay
Fishing Method: clams
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28'
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 30
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Striped bass blitz? No way! Now I know that the papers lie. 15 people on the boat, only 7 fish all night long! Very slow. The very next day in the paper....."excellent striper fishing"...BS

Angler Name : Rich
E-Mail : RMahoc98@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5-21-01
Location: Sandy Hook Surf
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24 inch
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Only one striper in the rainy weather.

Angler Name : GonZo
E-Mail : gonzofishes@msn.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/21
Location: IBSP
Fishing Method: fishfinder
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: slots
Bait or Lure: fresh clam
Water Depth: surf
Water Temp.: almost 60
Information : The rain shut down the weakfishing as the salinity instantly left the water. My trip for the night backed out so I stopped at the Dolphin to check in with the fellas. They said that the weather was keeping people off the beach, but the guys who went were catching some fish. I took 1/2 dozen clams and stood out there cold and wet for 2 hrs. All of the action came in a 15 or 20 minute blitz at dead slack tide (nothing makes sense to me anymore...) Caught 2 fish and lost one -- I had three fish on three poles at the same time, and I was alone -- both were 25 or 26 inchers, and both were returned to their home. stayed for another 1/2 hr and packed up rods as they came in without bait. Weather appears as if it will approve for the long weekend. I'm cancelling my trip tonight due to crappola weather, but I hope to be back on the beach tomorrow, we're booked pretty solid this weekend with two fluke trips and a night flats trip on Monday for weaks and stripers. Tight lines - GonZo

Angler Name : Joseph Evans
E-Mail : joesara2@home.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 05/21/01
Location: Behind Ocean City
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 2.5 to 4.5
Bait or Lure: Minnow and squid
Water Depth: 6 to 15 feet
Water Temp.:
Information : Slow grassy start but still picked up 4 very nice fish. Also had 4 throw backs and a couple blues.

Angler Name : peter
E-Mail : captain518@aol.com
Boat Name: millwrights misstress
Date Fished: 5/21/01
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 26
Bait or Lure: squid combo
Water Depth: 50 ft
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Despite the god awful wind i went out alone,my other two companions bagged it.I managed to limit out on fluke in two hours

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: Teal
Date Fished: 5-20-01
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 8-15.75 Inchs
Bait or Lure: Spearing,Squid Strips
Water Depth: 7-45 Feet
Water Temp.:
Information : Once again my son Jason came along with me today.Not the most ideal conditions with overcast skies and a raw ESE wind.Our first few drifts in the area of the #1 can just inside the Hook was the most productive.Most if not all of the keeper fluke came from here in additrion to a good amount of shorts and some small blues.Subsequent drifts off Officers Row,the red side of the Reach,the Port Monmouth Flats and the TC buoy were very unproductive with the exception of a few sea robins.Jason out fished me 4 shorts to my 2 and a sea robin--although he he did get an 'almost' of 15.75 inchs.Pool winner was a shade over 20 inchs.

Angler Name : capt mike
E-Mail : tex 495@aol.com
Boat Name: striper swiper
Date Fished: 5/20/01
Location: raritan reach
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32 inch
Bait or Lure: strech 25
Water Depth: 24 feet
Water Temp.: 59
Information : started bright and early cought limit on stripers before 7am. the weakfish are also starting to make there way in, cought a 5 lb weak on the troll with strech 25. I,m hoping to be able to catch a tan along with these fish soon the weather has been depresing.

Angler Name : pell
E-Mail : albatross0099@aol
Boat Name: Albatross
Date Fished: 5/20
Location: near Orchard light
Fishing Method: bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20-28 in
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 24
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Fished sunday early lowered the hook at 7 am went through 2 1/2 doz clams by 9 am many many run offs ended up with 12 bass 20-28in and one blue .WATCH OUT FOR THE WIND!

Angler Name : Mark Norman
E-Mail : joeyvirus@msn.com
Boat Name: The M and Ns
Date Fished: 5/20/01
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30 inches 10lbs
Bait or Lure: clam bellies
Water Depth: 30ft
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Drifting the Hook with clam bellies we scored about 10 fish in the 8-10lb range,winds were blowing souyh east and didn't let up till around 3pm,there was plenty of action out there,we had about 30 run offs and boated 10fish and we got 1 keeper

Angler Name : Pete
E-Mail : Petekeywest@aol.com
Boat Name: Sea Horse
Date Fished: 5/20/01
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15in
Bait or Lure: Squid&Spering
Water Depth: 5 to 15ft
Water Temp.: mid 50
Information : Fished on the Sea Horse out of the Atlantic Highlands on Sun-5/20/01, was not a good day. The wind was from the South East and it was cold. Only saw about a dozen keeper Fluke caught all day, not even to maney shorts. I hade one short and a couple of sea robbins. Out of four persons in my party, we had one keeper. The new regs are makeing it hard to go home with fish.

Angler Name : Mark
E-Mail : mfizulich@bear.com
Boat Name: Ms Beach Haven
Date Fished: 5/20/01
Location: Atlantic- off LBI
Fishing Method: anchor
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 6lbs
Bait or Lure: clam & crabs
Water Depth: 95
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Great trip!!! Loaded up on Sea Bass and were back at the dock by noon with our limits. Great captain and very good mate.... Sea were very rough and building when we left the wreck.

Angler Name : Ray
E-Mail : Finnila.com@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Mo' Money II
Date Fished: 5/19 - 5/20
Location: Shrewsbury River
Fishing Method: Anchored
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: n/a
Bait or Lure: Bunker chunks & clams
Water Depth: 14' to 17'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : I was champing at the bit to get out fishing with the new, used boat, so between the weather forecast, work and getting the boat seaworthy, I decided it had to be Saturday night. Started fishing at the beginning of the outgoing tide, at about 8:30PM, across from the NJ Marine Police Station. Fish were tailing the surface all around. The best we could do was four sea robins. The tide flow was rather slow, so we went down to the Highlands bridge. No luck there at all. The other boat and the bridge fishermen got nothing. The winds picked up and it got colder, thank god for the new top and curtains. At 3:00AM, my son and I decided to call it quits and head back to the dock. Tight lines and screaming reels (I miss them)!!!

Angler Name : craig Goldberg
E-Mail : csgoldberg@jacksonsd.k12.nj.us
Boat Name: Skipper
Date Fished: 5/20
Location: Rough bottom off Long Branch
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 12-15 in
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 40ft
Water Temp.: lower 50's
Information : went out on the Skipper on Sunday. Wind was howling, and the seas were rough. Lots of people were chumming if you know what I mean. It was a slow pick of seabass and small blackfish. Will start fluking soon. Happy fishing

Angler Name : rob b
E-Mail : robertbarr74@yahoo.com
Boat Name: high roller
Date Fished: 5-20-2001
Location: Raritan Bay/The Rip/Flynn's Knoll
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: n/a
Bait or Lure: shad rigs
Water Depth: 20-40
Water Temp.: n/a
Information : Spent all day trolling between keansburg and ammunition pier. Action was dead for the bass. While trolling hit about 20 Bluefish between 2-12 lbs.

Angler Name : John Mason
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Premonitions
Date Fished: 5/20/01
Location: Little Egg Inlet
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Stretch 25 / Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 30"
Water Temp.: 58
Information : First trip of the year, got off to a late morning start. Weather was chilly and windy. Trolled the inlet for about 2 hrs, picked up a some 2-3 lb blues, and my 10 year old nephew brought in one 10 pounder, out of nowhere. Never seen the kid work so hard. Despite the weather, had a good time, and the boat ran great.

Angler Name : LOU HERNANDEZ
E-Mail : GOAOBOYA@WEBTV.NET
Boat Name: LOST IN THE FLOOD
Date Fished: 5/20/2001
Location: 1 MILE OFF LEONARDO NJ BEACH
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 28 INCHES
Bait or Lure: MEAL, BUNKER
Water Depth: 21FT
Water Temp.: 56
Information : TOTAL CATCH FOR 11/2 HOURS OF FISHING 17

Angler Name : Neil Berkman
E-Mail : berkman@basf.com
Boat Name: Fish Formula
Date Fished: 5/19/01
Location: Keansburg
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24-38 in.
Bait or Lure: bunker,clams
Water Depth: 25 ft.
Water Temp.: high 50's
Information : Fished with my brother and two friends aboard Capt. John DeMio's Fish Formula out of Keansburg at 5 P.M. We had the best springtime bass action I've experienced with striped bass in years. The largest bass was caught by my brother Artie, and weighed 27 lbs. All four aboard limited out in a couple of hours. I was surprised by all the bass over 28" taken on clams. The new boat is awesome!!! Hats off Capt. John DeMio and Mate Nelson for a great bass trip!

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: Capt John
Date Fished: 5-19-01
Location: Keansburg Flats
Fishing Method: Anchor-Chunk
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20-33 Inchs
Bait or Lure: Clam Bellies,Bunker Chunks
Water Depth: 12-15 Feet
Water Temp.:
Information : Finally had the opportuntiy to join in on the hot striper fishing.Had my son Jason along with me-his first bassing trip.Made two drops all night.First drop had a slow pick at first with a couple of slot limit bass and a nice 38 inch bass that turned out to be @ 18.5 pounds.Only fish I was able to muster up was a small bluefish of whch there were a few taken.A better bite developed at the second drop were the action came in spurts.First there was a good bite of bluefish in the 5-7 pound range in additon to several true 'gators' of @15 pounds.As the sun was almost set a good bass bite started.This is when I took my 33 incher.Later Jason hookeed into his first striper which turned out to be a slot limit fish.As the evening progressed smaller bass took over with the vast majority being below 24 inchs,including another bass for myself.In all honesty I really didn't have a good night considering I missed at least 12 runoffs.Most if not all of the bass fel for clam bellies while the blues hit both the clams and bunker chunks.

Angler Name : Ken Kurek
E-Mail : k-kurek@home.com
Boat Name: Kerri - K
Date Fished: 5/19
Location: "Hook"
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 24lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker Spoons
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Went striped bass fishing with my son, Keith, and friends, Ed Talbot, John Broda, and Tom Horinka. We started out at the Shrewsbury Rocks. There was a lot of boat traffic so we decided to move inside the "Hook". As soon as we put our lines in the water we had a double hook up with slot fish. After limiting out on slots we switched over to bunker spoons. The fishing was slower with the spoons, but the fish were much larger. The biggest was 24lbs. We limited out by noon and headed home. The weather and the company was great.

Angler Name : DaveP
E-Mail : LUCKYDBP74@AOL.COM
Boat Name: SWIPER
Date Fished: 5/19/01
Location: Rariton Bay
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 23-41"
Bait or Lure: clams and bunker
Water Depth: 22'
Water Temp.:
Information : Best night ever. Fished with Capt.Bob and Pat Brown of P'BURG,N.J. Started catching bass right after sundown and caught 20+ by 11:30pm. Caught two 25lb. bass 41 & 40 inches within 5 minutes around 11:00pm. Only had a few blues mixed in. Action finally slowed at the bottom of the tide. Hit boat ramp arouind 1:00am and that's when the wind started and the temp. dropped.

Angler Name : Joe & Mac
E-Mail : JOEHEN65@aol.com
Boat Name: had2haveit
Date Fished: 05/19/01
Location: summers point
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: all we could find
Water Depth: 20 to 30
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Started the day with 1 blue in 2 sec. thought that was a good sign. NOT !! spent most of the day getting grass off the bait. We got a couple shorts and a couple of them that were 15 1/2 (to bad we wern't 3 miles out)all in all we had 3 fluke and 1 blue the largest one was 24. best part of the day was the wifes were home & we were fishing...it can only get better!!

Angler Name : Bob
E-Mail : rcrcm@juno.com
Boat Name: 1 more Bob
Date Fished: 5/19/01
Location: Delaware
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16-22
Bait or Lure: squid & minnow
Water Depth: 12-17'
Water Temp.:
Information : fished from eight to about noon caught 7 fish through 2 back the biggest on was 22in had fun going out again saturday see you out their

Angler Name : Dave B
E-Mail : mbent98912@aol.com
Boat Name: Re-Bait
Date Fished: 5/19
Location: LBI
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 23, 32, and 40
Bait or Lure: bait
Water Depth: 5
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Dave Ollivier and I went fishing for stripers Saturday, trying to place in BHMTC spring striper contest. By 9:00AM we had 3 FISH, over 96 POUNDS, in the box! It was a personal record for each of us........and for the Re-Bait. Gotta love it!!

Angler Name : kevin
E-Mail : auykevin@msn.com
Boat Name: spectrum
Date Fished: 5/19/01
Location: Flynn Knoll
Fishing Method: Anchored
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26-32 inches
Bait or Lure: Whole clams and bunker chunks
Water Depth: 24 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished with co-worker, anchored up at Flynn Knoll, fished 3 hours of the outgoing tide. Caught a total of 10 stripers kept 4 legal fish between us and released all others. Also caughted 2 blues and a 20 inch fluke. Good day for 4 hours of fishing.

Angler Name : LOU CAROTHERS
E-Mail : LJC1016@NETCARRIER.COM
Boat Name: LOU-SEA
Date Fished: MAY 19
Location: WILDWOOD CREST
Fishing Method: BOAT DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size: 25 INCHES 6POUNDS
Bait or Lure: BUCKTAIL@MINNOW
Water Depth: 18 FEET
Water Temp.: ?
Information :

Angler Name : Capt. Pell Glentz Crew: Tony Glentz Jr,III
E-Mail : Albatross0099@aol.com
Boat Name: Albatross
Date Fished: 5/19/01
Location: Near Orchard Light
Fishing Method: Clams
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30" to 34 1/2"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 24 ft
Water Temp.: 61.8
Information : started the day late at about 2pm. Trolled to near orchard light picked up 3 cocktail blues. Anchored up at about 4 o`clock. We were marking fish from the bottom to 10 feet below the surface. We hooked up within 15 min. Caught 4 fish up to 32" then the action died. About 6:20 the tide started to move again and we hooked up to some cows instantly!! Had 2 on at the same time and when boated were both 34 1/2 inches and weighed in at 17 lbs.We then had our limit and left the fish gourging on our clam baites!!!What a half of a day fishing!!!!

Angler Name : GonZo
E-Mail : gonzofishes@msn.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/18 - 5/19
Location: IBSP
Fishing Method: clamballing
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26" & 30"?
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: last 2 hrs before low tide
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Tried the outgoing for a change, fished from 10pm till midnight at the IBSP southside bulkhead. We had two rods each, one with clam and one with a fin-s. No action at all on the artificials, each of us had a bass on the clams. JJ's didn't make it all the way up, mine "jumped" out of the net, during the transfer from the water over the bulkhead and Howie's made it up, a fat little slot fish who was returned to the water. We'll stick to the incoming. The weather was lousy this weekend and our trips backed out. Pretty booked up this week, a lot of beach trips on the calendar. We'll be at IBSP this evening to catch the incoming tide. See ya there! Tight lines - GonZo

Angler Name : Capt. Mark
E-Mail : Gdog Gdog Gdog Gdog
Boat Name: CATch-All
Date Fished: 5-19
Location: Sea Isle Ridge
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 7-9 lbs
Bait or Lure: ponytails & stretch 25's
Water Depth: 70 feet
Water Temp.: 58-59
Information : fished SI Ridge Saturday afternoon. Water was flat calm, great running conditions. Trolled a few hours and got some nice fat blues. They only bit on a neon blue & green 9 oz ponytail and a black & silver stretch 25+. The hootchie, yo-zuri, etc. didn't doo squat. Once we put all the lures out real long, the blues started hitting. Capt. Mark CATCH-ALL

Angler Name : Roger L. Miller
E-Mail : rm09 @aol.com
Boat Name: Cobia CC
Date Fished: May 19
Location: Raritain Reach
Fishing Method: Anchor
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24-32 inches
Bait or Lure: Live Clams, Clam Chum
Water Depth: 21-33
Water Temp.:
Information : My pal Dr. Tony and I went out of Keyport at 6pm, and began fishing in the channel area of the south end at the reach. There was alot of boats out there, however, nobody seemed to be killing them. We were catching small blues. After the sun went down we moved southwest and many of the boats left. The bite beagn! We caught 16+ strippers. The bite started at about 10pm and was consistent until 1AM. Lots of fun Dr. Tony is the master stripper man!

Angler Name : Ken
E-Mail : pigpenken@aol.com
Boat Name: fishnutz
Date Fished: 19 may 01 Saturday
Location: Asbury Park
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18
Bait or Lure: spearing
Water Depth: 30
Water Temp.: 56
Information : We caught 6 fluke and just 1 was a keeper.. I think the SE wind made the water just a bit too cold for the summer flounder....but what do I know

Angler Name : Bob
E-Mail : rcrcm@juno.com
Boat Name: One more Bob
Date Fished: 5/19/01
Location: Delaware
Fishing Method: drifted
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16-22''
Bait or Lure: squid & minnow
Water Depth: 12-16'
Water Temp.:
Information : fished from eight to noon caught 7 througe 2 back had fun going again 5/26/01

Angler Name : Dennis Nieradka
E-Mail : Firstarr@aol.com
Boat Name: Teal
Date Fished: May 19 2001
Location: ratain bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Out with the Teal Sat night trip . Boat was crouded but mangable .A lot of bass 26 lbs was caught and won pool .(not by me ) . But got a 10lbs 3 oz blue fish livened up the boat for a while . Tight line Guys & Dolls . Member of the Salt Waters Anglers Of Bergen County

Angler Name : capt. Al
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Wag
Date Fished: 5/19/01
Location: delaware bay buoy 6
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15-22
Bait or Lure: squid and mino
Water Depth: 15ft.
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Fish from 8am to 12pm caught 10 fluke and a bluefish.

Angler Name : Ken
E-Mail : pigpenken@aol.com
Boat Name: fishnutz
Date Fished: 19 may 01 Saturday
Location: Asbury Park
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18
Bait or Lure: spearing
Water Depth: 30
Water Temp.: 56
Information : We caught 6 fluke and just 1 was a keeper.. I think the SE wind made the water just a bit too cold for the summer flounder....but what do I know

Angler Name : Paul Ziajski
E-Mail : pziajski@aol.com
Boat Name: Reelized Gain
Date Fished: 05/19/01
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24" - 38"
Bait or Lure: Shad rigs, stretch 25
Water Depth: 25' - 35'
Water Temp.:
Information : Trolled the first 1 1/2 hours of the outgoing. Caught a 24" on a shad rig almost right away. Then picked up a nice 36" bass on a green stretch 25 and then a fat 21 lb 38" fish on the same lure. No bluefish. Pretty clean water. A lot of boats trolling at the Rocks. Cloudy morning turned into a great day.

Angler Name : Bill Looney
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Barking Dog
Date Fished: 5-19-2001
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 4-6lbs
Bait or Lure: shad rigs, bombers
Water Depth: 20
Water Temp.: 50's
Information : Went out looking for the Stripers and only found bluefish which were shredding our shad rigs. Had many multiple hookups with 4 fish at a time being common. They were hitting metal, shad rigs, bombers, we were ready to hook an empty beer can and see if we could get a hit !

Angler Name : Dennis Nieradka
E-Mail : Firstarr@aol.com
Boat Name: Teal
Date Fished: May 19 2001
Location: ratain bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Beautiful night calm sea good fish .Was a good night slow at first a lot of stripers a few big blues . Member of the salt waters anglers of bergen county . Was a learning experence . Tight lines Guys & Dolls.

Angler Name : Ed Holmes
E-Mail : hookemtocookem@msn.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 05/19/01
Location: Delaware Bay
Fishing Method: Anchored
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 28'
Water Temp.:
Information : Tried for stripers in the morning without any luck. Went back to the marina @ noon and waited for a buddy of mine to arrive. Headed over to Slaughter Beach Del. in the afternoon. Caught a 50 lb. drum @ 6:00 P.M. Headed back to marina (PORT NORRIS) @ 7:30 P.M.

Angler Name : Werner & Wolfgang Sprie
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 5/19/2001
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 39"
Bait or Lure: Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 20 to 30 Ft.
Water Temp.: 60 Degrees
Information : The Bounty Hunter made it's way back to Raritan Bay with regulars Werner & Wolfgang Sprie. After yesterday's poor performance we were anxious to give it another try. Starting the day bait fishing with clams we had 4 Bluefish after 2 hours. Going up on the troll we located and worked a small body of Bass. When it was time to call it a day we had landed 15 Bass, the largest of which was 39" and weighed 26 lbs. All the Bass along with 18 Bluefish were released.

Angler Name : CAPT. JOHN PFEIFFER
E-Mail : captbigjohn@yahoo.com
Boat Name: SEA ++
Date Fished: 5/17/01
Location: RARITAN BAY
Fishing Method: CHUNK
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 10 TO 15LB
Bait or Lure: CLAM
Water Depth: 20 TO 24FT
Water Temp.: 58
Information : LEFT THE DOCK AT 7:30 WITH OWNER JOHN GOULETT AND HIS FATHER DICK. WE WERE LATE IN THE TIDE, SLOW PICK. END UP WITH 12 FISH PLUS SOME BLUES. BACK AT THE DOCK AT 10:00AM.

Angler Name : John Miles
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 17
Location: Sea Girt/Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 26 pounds
Bait or Lure: umbrella rigs
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and the John Miles charter from Valley Forge, PA were back up at the Shrewsbury Rocks today and had another limit catch of Stripers. Trolling both bunker spoons and shad rigs in 25-40 feet of water we limited out on fish over 28 plus bonus fish for each of the charters. In addition we released another 4 bonus fish and put a half dozen slot fish in the boat. We had 5 bass between 39 and 41 and weighing in at 19, 19, 20, 22, 23, pounds, plus the largest Bass of the day was 41 and 26 pounds.

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5-13-01
Location: Port Monmouth Pier
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 1-2 pounds
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 4-8 Feet
Water Temp.:
Information : After inforimg my 6 year old son about teh decent action I had the past two days with bluefish,he talked me into taking him for a few hours today in order to cacth his first bluefish.I'm pround to say that Jason accomplished this feat by hooking,fighting and landing a scrappy 1.5 pounder like a pro. I caught 2 of the same size.Alot of these 'rat' blues were around today and the majority of the time they would just pick up the bait and make a short run before dropping it.

Angler Name : www.bovsbaitboxes.com
E-Mail : bovsbaitboxes@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Barnacle Barge II
Date Fished: 5-13-01
Location: inlet
Fishing Method: drifting bait
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14" to 22"
Bait or Lure: squid spearing combo
Water Depth: 15 to 40 feet
Water Temp.: 59
Information : started drifting through the inlet starting catching fish within two minutes of fishing non stop bite over forty fish caught 9 keepers to 4 pounds in two hours of fishing great day of fishing

Angler Name : Rich
E-Mail : steuss 19 aol.com
Boat Name: little beth
Date Fished: 5/13/01
Location: reach
Fishing Method: troll/chunck
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: slots to 30"
Bait or Lure: shad rigs/strtch25
Water Depth: 18/24'
Water Temp.: 50's
Information : caught 7 bass to 30" alot of blues some large chumpers' weather could have been better,try again friday

Angler Name : M. Copeman
E-Mail :
Boat Name: RENEGADE
Date Fished: May 13
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10 lbs
Bait or Lure: Shads, Spoons, Stretch 25's
Water Depth: 20-50
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Left Manasquan Inlet at 6:15am, started trolling the rocks by 7:00 am for some bass, but no luck only bluefish. Marked a lot of bait. Stiff North to North West wind didn't help matters much.

Angler Name : Ken Kurek
E-Mail : k-kurek@home.com
Boat Name: Kerri-K
Date Fished: May 13
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 15 - 20lbs
Bait or Lure: Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 20
Water Temp.: 55
Information : I slipped out for a couple hours of Bass'n at the Rocks on Sunday morning. My son, Keith, and his friend Whitney had a great time. We boated three 20lb class bass and lost at least four from break offs and pulled hooks. Since there was only two other boats at the Rocks, it was easy to work your trolling sets. It was enjoyable and relaxing fishing. You didn't have to keep looking out and avoiding other boats, which we all know, happens in the fall of the year.

Angler Name : Roger L. Miller
E-Mail : Rm09@aol.com
Boat Name: Cobia CC
Date Fished: May 13, 2001
Location: Keyport Bay
Fishing Method: Troll, Jig metal
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8-12lbs
Bait or Lure: Mans Plugs, Metal etc.
Water Depth: 10-12
Water Temp.:
Information : Got out too late for the early stripper bite because of night shift. However, my wife, daughter, and I began trolling out of keyport for strippers,and I quickly caught a door-mat fluke on the trolling mans plug! No strippers today, just could not get em!. Lots of big blues boated after the wind died. Lots of fun.

Angler Name : Dave Granholm
E-Mail :
Boat Name: rental (Fisherman's Den)
Date Fished: Sunday, 5/13/01
Location: Shark River - Belmar
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12 - 18 inches
Bait or Lure: speering
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Found a fair number of fluke in the Shark River at Belmar. Ratio of about 12 shorts to 1 keeper (16"). Everyone was talking about the guy who caught a 9 lb fluke on opening day in the Shark River. Looked like squid strips were helping the speering pull the flaties in. Mornings were better than afternoons... but it was probably just the right tide.

Angler Name : Tom "fishbuzz" Rabi
E-Mail : Buzzy@fishbuzz.com
Boat Name: Laurie-Jean
Date Fished: 5-13-2001
Location: Ocean South of Manasquan
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17 1/2 "
Bait or Lure: floating jig
Water Depth: 30-35'
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Headed south of Manasquan Inlet about 9am. Stiff NorthWest wind made a northerly ride a little bumpy. Fished with Ron Potts and his Son, Jeff. Best drifts were in front of Martells in 30-35 feet. 8 of the 11 were caught on my favorite rig: large floating jig head on a fishfinder baited with 3 spearing on a baitcaster reel. Nice day, left the fish biting.....Mother's Day, you know.. Fish "em up. Fishbuzz.

Angler Name : Mudshark
E-Mail : jbaranzano@bellmicro.com
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 05-13-01
Location: Ocean City(my dock) next to OCYC
Fishing Method: Spin Cast
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 8lb 4oz
Bait or Lure: Fin-S
Water Depth: 15
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Thought I'd go open up the house this weekend. Windy as heck all Sunday morning and early afternoon, with the wind coming out of the NW right into my face and cast making the fishing tough. Fished the incoming tide in between weed pulling and spring cleaning. caught 2 spikes. About 2PM the wind ched direction and came out of the east, making casting and working the lure a little easier. When the tide turned, nabbed an 8lb 4oz Weakie in about 8 ft of water, then a few more spikes, and a couple of short flatties. Then it was time to go watch the sixers. Looking to be another grweat Weakfish summer!

Angler Name : John Drastal
E-Mail : jdrastal1@home.com
Boat Name: Bluehen
Date Fished: 05/13/01
Location: Flynn's Knoll
Fishing Method: Trolling Shads
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: To 30"
Bait or Lure: Yellow Shads
Water Depth: 20ft
Water Temp.: mid 50s
Information : Headed out in the early afternoon, an hour after high. Boated the first fish 5 minutes after starting the troll. The northwest wind had pushed a mass of fish onto the knoll with only a few boats around. Ended up with 9 stripers, 4 keepers to 30" and the rest slot fish, and 3 blues.

Angler Name : CAPT. JOHN PFEIFFER
E-Mail : captbigjohn@yahoo.com
Boat Name: SEA ++
Date Fished: 5/13/01
Location: RARITAN BAY/ KEYPORT
Fishing Method: CHUNK
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 10 T0 23lbs
Bait or Lure: CLAMS
Water Depth: 19 ft
Water Temp.: 58
Information : LEFT THE DOCK AT ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS MUNICIPAL HARBOR AT ABOUT 11:30am WITH OWNER DOUG ANDERSEN AND FAMILY. HAD THE LAST HOUR AND A HALF OF THE FLOOD TIDE. VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC DUE TO THE EARLY MORNING BRISK WIND. WE HAD FISH ABOUT 15 MINUTES AFTER THE ANCHOR CAME TIGHT, MOSTLY SLOT FISH. AS THE TIDE TURNED, THE BIGGER FISH STARTED. WE HAD THEM SWIRLING BEHING THE BOAT AS WE GOT AN HOUR INTO THE OUTGOING. WE BOATED AND RELEASED 10 FISH IN THE 20 lb RANGE AND HAD ONE TROPHY AT 23.5lbs. ALL IN ALL WE BOATED OVER 35 FISH KEPT 5 FOR THE TABLE.ALL FISH CAUGHT ON LIGHT TACKLE. GREAT FISHING FOR ALL. CAN IT GET ANY BETTER.

Angler Name : Darren & Tracey
E-Mail : Dartster2@aol.com
Boat Name: "Born to Run"
Date Fished: 5/12/01
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: troll, jig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18.5 lbs./35"
Bait or Lure: stretch 25/chartreuse
Water Depth: 25'
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Trolled all over raritan bay and caught over 50 blues, most of about 5-8 lb. class. Started catching early in the trip and continued all day long. At about 1:30 pm. we trolled up a 18.5 pound striper on a stretch 25...hell of a fight on the troll......mananged to land and photograph her and release back for another fight someday!!!!!!! Overall a great day and some sore arms!!!

Angler Name : Bob Susko
E-Mail : rjs270@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Hired Gun II
Date Fished: 5-12-01
Location: 28 Mile Wreck
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size:
Bait or Lure: Mackeral
Water Depth: 120 ft
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Took an early run with my cousin to try an catch some mako. We got to the wreck at 9:00am and by 11:00am the bluefish had taken all of our bait. Landed some nice blues in the 10-15lb range. Water temp is still too cool. Hopefully it will warm up soon.

Angler Name : Jim
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Storyteller II
Date Fished: 5/12/01
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: upto 35"
Bait or Lure: Stretch 25
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.: ???
Information : Trolled in Raritan Bay near Keyport. Got 3 stripers, 4 blues and a 5 lb fluke. Great day on the water and a nice catch too.

Angler Name : Dave K
E-Mail : davek@worldwideapparel.com
Boat Name: Easy Go
Date Fished: 05/12/01
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Clams
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished with the fleet on Saturday , using clams we didn't even get one run off. Must have been there too late 10AM? Trolled for a short while and got one blus on a Stretch 25. A lousy day

Angler Name : Chris
E-Mail : c.mikulicz@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Step-Up
Date Fished: 5-12-01
Location: 70-80'Wrecks
Fishing Method:
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Squid & Live Sperring
Water Depth: 70 - 80'
Water Temp.: 56'
Information : We combined our shakedown cruise with some inshore wreck fishing. Picked away at finicky sea bass at the reef. Caught a dozen seabass, few ling and a small blackfish.The captian and first mate did a dive on the mohawk to find 15' visibility with very few active fish. The bottom temp. was 40 degrees.

Angler Name : Capts. Bruce Miller & Burt Greene
E-Mail : cptmarlin1@aol.com
Boat Name: Charter Boat "Mirage"
Date Fished: 5/12/01
Location: Sandy Hook--The Reach
Fishing Method: Trolling / Clam Baiting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26 to 34 In.
Bait or Lure: Lures--Clams
Water Depth: 18-22 ft.
Water Temp.: 59.9
Information : Burt & I Trolled the Reach with Capts. Tom Walsh & Rich Oroz.Nice catch of Stripers mixed in with an occasional bluefish.Trolling bite turned off at about 9:30 AM and switched to clam baiting.Caught one more short and some blues and then it died around noon.Heard the bite was real good in the early AM but we got there a little too late.Mike on the "Players" called us in on the fish and they were right where he said they were.Thanks, Mikey!--Capt.Bruce

Angler Name : Guy/Ritch
E-Mail : gsacco@earthlink.net
Boat Name: Just Reelin 2
Date Fished: 5/12/01
Location: Raritan Reach
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 33"
Bait or Lure: Bunker Spoons & Shad Umbrellas
Water Depth: 17'-24'
Water Temp.: 63
Information : It was a beautiful morning on the water. Slight breeze warm air temperatures - you couldn't ask for more - except more fish. We had an old friend on board Alan Price who caught the only keeper bass of the day. Started trolling spoons and shad rigs at the south side of the Reach only to find Bluefish in the 4-8lb. class tearing up the shad rigs - kept a bunch for shark bait. Whent over to troll the edge of the channel to get into some good action with short Bass and monster Bluefish - the largest went around 15-17lb. Lost a nice size striper at the transom, next runoff produced the keeper bass at 33". All in all was a good morning, got back to the dock early. Will try again this weekend. Tight Lines!

Angler Name : GonZo
E-Mail : gonzofishes@msn.com
Boat Name: White Rhino
Date Fished: 5/12
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: livelining
Specie: Bluefish
Size: up to 10lbs
Bait or Lure: Herring
Water Depth: various
Water Temp.: 56+
Information : Capt Howie Fried and JJ Hughes fished early Saturday morning. Due to Mother's day weekend obligation, the Rhino's crew opted out of a Barnegat Ridge Fluke run and the fellas picked up some live herring to try and find some stripers. The blues were intercepting anything that hit the water and the Rhino made one on its annual donations to Neptune ($2.50 a herring to feed bluefish?) Blues are fun though, the boys played catch and release with scrappy slammers as big as 10lbs and quit when they'd eaten all of the precious herring. Capt Howie tried numerous spots inside the bay, at the sod banks, a few channel mouths and in and at the tip of the inlet but the blues were everywhere. The bass are still on the beach on clams, we'll fire up the trucks this week for some bassing and plan to chase some flatties this weekend? How was the fluking? Tight lines - GonZo

Angler Name : David Widmeier
E-Mail : DWidmeier@aol.com
Boat Name: #1 Son
Date Fished: 5/12/01
Location: Somers Point NJ
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15-17"
Bait or Lure: Minnow // Top&Bottom
Water Depth: <20ft
Water Temp.: 59 degrees
Information : Approaching the High Tide. Within 30 minute boated 5 fish ranging from 15 to 18 inches. Only kept one. 1st Trip of the year

Angler Name : M. Piosko, B. Myshka, J. Czech
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CABORITA
Date Fished: 5/12/01
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 33 1/2"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs/Stretch 25
Water Depth: 35 ft
Water Temp.: 57 F
Information : Trolled up two monster Blues (one on the Stretch 25 and the other on the Umbrella Rig/J. Czech now hold the Bluefish record on my boat-oh boy) and were able to land one slot Striper and One 33 1/2". We moved South and Fluked for a few hours. We were able to land 3 keepers and had a few throwbacks. We will chunk for the Bass this coming weekend in the bay. The chunk seems to be producing nicely. Hope the weather remains nice.

Angler Name : Kara Zajac & Kim Delaman
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 12
Location: Raritan Reach
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 15 pounds
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 20
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Captain Phil Dulanine had the crew of the Canyon Runner out for a "fun" trip with our wives. Leaving late we set up to chunk in 20 feet of on the West Bank. The bite was almost over but we still managed a few fish up to 15 pounds but lost way too many.

Angler Name : Werner & Wolfgang Sprie
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/12/2001
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Chunking & Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 41"
Bait or Lure: Clams & Spoons
Water Depth: 15 to 25 Ft.
Water Temp.: 60 Degrees
Information : The Bounty Hunter ran back to Raritan Bay with regulars Werner & Wolfgang Sprie. Chunking in the early AM we had an early bite boating and releasing 13 Bass up to 36". By 10PM the chunk bite was over. Going on the troll and pulling Spoons we located and boated another 9 large Stripers, the largest of which measured 41". All the Bass along with several Bluefish were released.

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5-12-01
Location: Spy House Pier
Fishing Method:
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2 pounds
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 6 Feet
Water Temp.:
Information : The action this evening was a far cry from the previous night.Perhaps only 6-8 small blues caught.I ended up with a pair.However,there was also a nice 5 pound weakie caught tonight.

Angler Name : CVB
E-Mail :
Boat Name: MY GIRLS
Date Fished: 5/12
Location: OFF ASBURY PARK
Fishing Method: DRIFT
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12'' 16''
Bait or Lure: STRIP
Water Depth: 18' -30'
Water Temp.: 54-56
Information : THERE ON THERE WAY

Angler Name : Gary Cook
E-Mail : riverrunner@rocketmail.com
Boat Name: NIKMO
Date Fished: 5/12/01
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: Jig/Fly
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 35"
Bait or Lure: Fin-S/Clouser
Water Depth: 10 feet
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Got out early and fished near the BI bouy and had a great day with 20, 2 pound Blues and 10 Big Weakies, 30" to 35" and the biggest Weaky weighed 12 lbs. Only kept 3 Weakies as these are our future catches. One 20" Fluke hit the Fin-S dragged slow on the bottom. Pink Fin-S and Sandworms were the ticket for the Weakies. Blues were scattered and hit anything cranked or trolled fast, they are aggressive and a heck of a lot of fun on ultra-light or fly. Give it a try and go light!! Happy Mother's Day!

Angler Name : Capt. Pell Glentz,crew:Tony Glentz,Tommy Cartalemi
E-Mail : Albatross0099@aol.com
Boat Name: Albatross
Date Fished: 5/12/01
Location: Reach Channel
Fishing Method: troll, chunk
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24-33"
Bait or Lure: Clams,Bunker chunks,trolled bunker spoons,school bus plugs,shad rigs
Water Depth: 12 to 40 ft.
Water Temp.: 60 degrees
Information : We set sail at 5:30 am and headed for the back bay. We started trolling at the west end of the Reach Channel. We hooked up with 3 blues in the first hour. We then move to just se on Staten Island where we were greeted by fish boiling at the surface.We imediately hooked up with big blues while clamming for Bass. we broke off with the first 5 fish. After a while we weeded through the blues and hooked up with 3 Bass.(24,29,33 inches respectively)we also lost two other big bass. At about 12:30 the action died so we headed to the inside of the hook for a little bit of fluke action. We caught 3 fluke, two of which were keepers. Overall not a bad day!!