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FISHING REPORTS FOR MAY 2002

Angler Name : Mike Lewis
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/31/2002
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 4 1/2 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 75 Ft.
Water Temp.: 62 Degrees
Information : The Mike Lewis charter was on board the Bounty Hunter today and we headed right back to the wrecks and hangs southeast of Manasquan Inlet. It only took 2 stops for the charter to put a limit catch of large Seabass together. All the fish were caught in 75 Ft. of water using clam baits. Along with the Seabass 5 Blackfish were boated and another half dozen were released.

Angler Name : Capt. Manny Canales
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 5/31/02
Location: 20 miles south of inlet
Fishing Method: bait
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 1-3lbs
Bait or Lure: clam/squid
Water Depth: 60 - 80
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Wreckfishing was very good today for the Joe Posterino charter. Hit 3 wrecks and had instant action with seabass on each one. Clams or squid were bit immediately. Also picked a good number of Tog off of the last piece up to 6lbs on crab baits. Fish were on all day.

Angler Name : John
E-Mail : ?
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 5/31/2002
Location: Union Beach
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: none
Bait or Lure: bunker and clams
Water Depth: 10 feet
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Got to the beach around noon, 1 hr before high tide. Tried frozen clams and frozen bunker. Stayed 3 hours. No action whatsoever. The other guys there said they caught a sea robin, and one small bluefish.

Angler Name : Joe Lambriello
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 31
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 25 pounds
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 30-50
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Despite reports of the Bass slowing up Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Jay Richardella took the Joe Lambriello charter from Cherry Hill, NJ up to the Shrewsbury Rocks on the Canyon Runner Friday. Fishing the middle grounds with black and green umbrella rigs we had Stripers on immediately and had a very steady pick all morning. We limited out with slots, 28 inch Bass and all bonus fish. In addition we released several bass and had a dozen bluefish.

Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Date Fished: 05/31/2002
Location: MONMOUTH BEACH
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 8-18 LBS
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 60
Information : HEADED OUT IN THE FOG THANX TO THE NEW RADAR AND WENT TO THE ROCKS. RODS WERE IN TEN MINUTES WHEN WE CAUGHT THE FIRST BASS AND WE WERE LIMITED OUT TO INCLUDE SLOTS AND A BONUS FISH BY 0830. PULLED A FEW SEABASS ON THE WAY IN. NICE DAY ON THE WATER.

Angler Name : Joe
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Bass Buster
Date Fished: May 20-30
Location: Delaware Bay / Cape May
Fishing Method: Trolling, live bait, jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 15-35 pounds
Bait or Lure: Rigs, eels, bucktails
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Bass fishing has been very, very good. Don't believe people posting to the contrary, as they either don't know how or where to fish or are trying to keep other people off the water.

Angler Name : bill
E-Mail :
Boat Name: little hawk
Date Fished: 5/30/02
Location: n/a
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28 to39 inches
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : one of the best trips i was ever on. We caught our limit and got back early. The captain (Joe) and the mate (Joe) where outstanding. If your going striper fishing go on the Little Hawk.

Angler Name : Sam, John M., John S., Butch, & Kristen
E-Mail : messisa2000@yahoo.com
Boat Name: All Hooked Up
Date Fished: 05/30/02
Location: 25 Fathoms
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size:
Bait or Lure: Mackeral
Water Depth: 120'-150'
Water Temp.: 66
Information : We tried our hand at first shark trip of the season. We began chumming at around 8:00AM and had our first shark on by 10:30AM. Unfortunately it was not a mako, but a big blue shark. We had another six hook ups on blue sharks all in the 6-8 foot class. In addition, the slammer blues showed up and we had fun with them on lighter tackle. I expect with water temps. in the mid 60's already and bait everywhere, the makos should show up anytime (or should I say any minute)!

Angler Name : Frank
E-Mail : fgeck@optonline.net
Boat Name: Shananigans
Date Fished: 5/30/02
Location: Shrewsberry Rocks
Fishing Method: Troll.live bunker
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28-41"
Bait or Lure: Shad rigs
Water Depth: 25ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Caught 4 bass 28-41" and a lot of slammer blues at the rocks. The fog has horriable all day.

Angler Name : Dave Tolchin
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 30
Location: 15 mile South of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 4 pounds
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 75 feet
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Joe Dalik had the Dave Tolchin charter from Sayreville, NJ out for their turn at Sea Bass on the Canyon Runner Thursday. Setting up in 80 feet of water 15 miles south of Manasquan Inlet we once again had all we wanted. Having to drift the wreck due to an absence of wind we still filled the cooler with a limit and relased anther 200+ Sea Bass. All the ones kept were from 1.5 to 4 pounds with the largest close to 5 pounds.

Angler Name : Don
E-Mail : dbaker4@hotmail.com
Boat Name: 25 Wellcraft
Date Fished: 5/30/02
Location: Manasquan river
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: short
Bait or Lure: squid-killies
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : drifted the river and the beach south of the inlet... a few shorts.. very slow.

Angler Name : Pat McKernan
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/30/2002
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 4 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 70 Ft.
Water Temp.: 60 Degrees
Information : The Bounty Hunter had the Pat McKernan charter on board today. Fishing 3 wrecks in 70 Ft. of water, 18 miles southeast of Manasquan Inlet, the 6 man charter wasted no time filling their legal limit of large Seabass up to 4 Lbs. In addition 5 large Blackfish were boated.

Angler Name : Capt. John Pfeiffer
E-Mail : captbigjohn@yahoo.com
Boat Name: SEA++
Date Fished: 5/30/02
Location: Flynns
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 23lbs
Bait or Lure: Live Bunker
Water Depth: 15 to 20ft
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Left the dock at 6:30 with owner Doug Andersen, two buddies and Mate Darren Berry. Had very good action live lining bunker at the Knoll. All big fish, no slots. Fishing was as good as it gets. The fog was very heavy.

Angler Name : Capt Scott
E-Mail : marlin1131@home.com
Boat Name: Kathy's Diamond
Date Fished: 5/29/02
Location: Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: Wire Line Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27" to 34"
Bait or Lure: Shads and Spoons
Water Depth: 25'
Water Temp.:
Information : Started trolling accross Knoll around 2:00, no boats around, hooked first bass just short of Swash channel, hooked a couple more around 7S, lost a real nice Bass on a spoon in the same area.

Angler Name : capt.chris behrman
E-Mail : beergut72@msn.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/29/02
Location: inshore wreck
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: mostly between 16 &22 inches
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 65ft.
Water Temp.: ????????????
Information : got a real late start,left dock at 3:30pm.fished with capt.bobby quinn & funny man rudy buchar.only fished till 6:00pm.fishing was great,as soon as the bait hit the bottom,you were hooked up.we caught about 15-20 each,but we kept just enough for alittle fish fry. life is good !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Angler Name : Tony C
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5-29-02
Location: TI
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 17-23
Bait or Lure: Sluggo
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 66
Information : Nice night - caught several weakies & guy next to me caught a 28 inch striper on a bucktail.

Angler Name : Tom Headley
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/29/2002
Location: Inshore wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 3Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 70 Ft.
Water Temp.: 60 Degrees
Information : The Bounty Hunter had the Tom Headley charter on board and started the day in Raritan Bay. With no Striper action in the AM and no sign of Striped Bass on the Shrewsbury Rocks we switched to Seabass fishing. Working 4 inshore wrecks the charter put together a cooler full of Seabass up to 3 Lbs.

Angler Name : Ernie &Bryan
E-Mail : pulcinim@aiov.com
Boat Name: smoker
Date Fished: 5-28-02
Location: Raritan bay
Fishing Method: clams $bunker
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 20 to 50
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Fished the reach and only caught blues,lots of them.Tried for fluke and caught 2 keepers and lots of shorts.On the way to Atlantic highlands ramp we ran into more blues.Took home 5 of the smallest.

Angler Name : Steve Silbaugh
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 28
Location: 15 mile South of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 4 pounds
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 75 feet
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Jay Richardella continue to beat up on the Sea Bass every trip we make down south. This time it was the Steve Silbaugh charter from North Jersey on Tuesday that had non-stop action all day in less than ideal anchoring conditions. Fishing 20 miles south of Manasquan Inlet in 75 feet of water we easily limited out on 1 to 4 pound Sea Bass and released just as many as we kept for the dinner table.

Angler Name : kevin kovach
E-Mail : wjkov@aol.com
Boat Name: its time
Date Fished: 5/28/02
Location: manasquan inlet/river
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 1/2 to 23 inches
Bait or Lure: killies
Water Depth: 10 to 40 feet
Water Temp.: ?
Information : drifted on the right side of the inlet and in the river and caught some nice fish. my dad boated a nice 23 incher. all day we caught 4 keepers and about 20 shorts and 1 weakfish. greatest day i have ever had in the river.

Angler Name : Capt. Manny Canales
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 5/28/02
Location: Sea Bright
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 10-18lbs
Bait or Lure: tubes
Water Depth: 20
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Did a half day troll with Pat Mcaneny's party and found conditions similar to yesterday without the heavy fog. Not having the time to run up in the bay we worked the readings and picked our way to a limit of +28" stripers up to 18lb. In addition, we boated 14 blues up to 16lbs.

Angler Name : Mark Lukenda
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/28/2002
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 4 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 70 Ft.
Water Temp.: 59 Degrees
Information : The Bounty Hunter fished 20 miles south of Manasquan Inlet with the Mark Lukenda charter. Working 3 wrecks in 70 Ft. of water the charter had no problem taking the legal limit by 12 Noon. Only large bass were kept and most were in the 1 1/2 to 4 Lb. range. In addition 6 Blackfish were boated and several were released.

Angler Name : Roger L. Miller
E-Mail : Rm09@aol.com
Boat Name: Cobia 174cc
Date Fished: May 27, 2002
Location: Raritain Bay channel area
Fishing Method: Trolling/Clams
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 27-40"
Bait or Lure: Stretch 25s-Clams
Water Depth: 22-23'
Water Temp.:
Information : The Shab and I went out at about 5PM after work. We found the strippers within the hour and hooked up on the Shab's bigggest stripper ever for him. 40"-22lbs. Caught a nice blue and a few other nice strippers. The bay was like glass.

Angler Name : Brian K
E-Mail : bjkfshrmn@aol.com
Boat Name: main line 19
Date Fished: May 27 2002
Location: cape may
Fishing Method: light spinning
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 1lb to 3.5lb
Bait or Lure: lures
Water Depth: 10-15
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished with Steve B. and Bill Kocis from Cape May Marine. Fished the top of the tide from @10am to change @ 1pm. Caught LOADS of weakfish ( approx. 60)on Billy's secret lures and custom rod. Kept a couple for grille. Seas were a little rough but worth the ride!!! Look forward to next trip. Also chased small bluefish under the birds and landed a couple of shad. Thanks Steve and Bill. Tight lines to all! Brian K.

Angler Name : capt. chris behrman
E-Mail : beergut72@msn.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/27/02
Location: shrewsbury rocks
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 31lbs,25,lbs,20lbs,and 4@ 15lbs
Bait or Lure: chartuse shad on umbrella rigs
Water Depth: about 20 feet of water
Water Temp.: ??????
Information : chad parker and i had a great day trolling for bass. a total of seven fish,our biggest for the day was 31 pounds.it had a whole bunker and a mackerel in it's belly.read lots of bait in the water.not bad for half a day.

Angler Name : Steve Lessel
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 5/27/02
Location: 15 miles SE manasquan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 3.5lbs
Bait or Lure: clams/squid
Water Depth: 80'
Water Temp.: 55
Information : The Steve Lessel party was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Sea Bass fishing. Stoping on one close inshore wreck due the thick fog we had a slow pick of Sea Bass. We decided to venture out to the South East about 15miles and put a great catch together only having to stop on one wreck. The fish averaged 2lbs and the largest was a 3.5lb.

Angler Name : Steve Hershey
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/27/2002
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 41"
Bait or Lure: Spoons & Shads
Water Depth: 30 Ft.
Water Temp.: 57 Degrees
Information : The Bounty Hunter headed straight back to Raritan Bay with the Steve Hershey charter. Trolling in a dense fog with 150 Ft. visibility, the charter wasted no time putting 4 large bass in the boat within the first hour. At mid morning the Bass turned on and we put together a limit catch of 10 large bass including 4 bonus fish. The largest Striper measured 41" and weighed 22 Lbs. White Spoons and White Shads did the catching.

Angler Name : Capt. Manny Canales
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 5/27/02
Location: sea bright
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18lbs
Bait or Lure: shad bars
Water Depth: 30
Water Temp.: 57
Information : A half day troll trip today was tough for Jack Singh's party. Although we read a ton of fish on the scope, they were reluctant to bite. Boated an 18lbr. right after the tide change, but we left after that to get everyone back in time for barbecues.One quick drift on a piece close to the inlet added half dozen seabass and a blackfish to the box.

Angler Name : Joe, Dave, Jhon
E-Mail : j973a@aol.com
Boat Name: Eagle
Date Fished: 5/27/02
Location: out of Manasquan
Fishing Method: live line
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 11 to 15 lbs.
Bait or Lure: herring
Water Depth: 16 ft.
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Lots of fog early. When the sun finally broke the bass were turned on. Caught 4 lost one big one. All in the matter of one hour. When the sun hid the fish turned off. Back at the dock by noon it was a great day!

Angler Name : Jeff
E-Mail : netdeal@erols.com
Boat Name: Get Reel
Date Fished: 5/26/02
Location: Ammo Pier
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: keeper
Bait or Lure: sand worms
Water Depth: 35
Water Temp.: 62
Information : caught a bunch of shorts

Angler Name : Capt John, Ron, Lisa ,Dave
E-Mail : chumslickdaddy@YAHOO.COM
Boat Name: Crack O' Noon
Date Fished: 5/26/02
Location: mantaloking bridge
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16.5
Bait or Lure: rubber worm , live bait
Water Depth: 6-20 ft
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Hell of a Day at sea Sir!!! Awesome weather and good fishing brought for a fun day on the Barnaget Bay!! Few shorts and two keeper fluke and three blues small!!!

Angler Name : Tom Change
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/26/2002
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 41"
Bait or Lure: Spoons & Shads
Water Depth: 30 Ft.
Water Temp.: 57 Degrees
Information : The Bounty Hunter was back in the Striper mode after 2 days of wreck fishing. Today it was the Tom Change charter's opportunity to get in on some great Striped Bass action up in Raritan Bay. Trolling White & Green Spoons along with White Shads we had our limit catch of large Bass plus 3 Bonus fish by 10AM. The largest Bass going 41" and weighing in at 22 Lbs. A couple of Bluefish were also caught, however no Slot Bass could be found.

Angler Name : TIM
E-Mail : OUTLAW321@HOTMAIL.COM
Boat Name: Explorer
Date Fished: 5-25-2002 5-26-2002
Location: between the BI & BB markers
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 3 lbs to 8 lbs
Bait or Lure: fin-s
Water Depth: 5 ft to 9 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Boated many fish over the weekend, the key seems to be stay away from all the other boats and the traffic.

Angler Name : Joe D.
E-Mail : monandjoe@aol.com
Boat Name: Think Positive
Date Fished: 5/25/02
Location: Raritan Bay Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Chum & Chunk
Specie: Bluefish
Size: up to 36"
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 20 feet
Water Temp.: 57 F
Information : Launched Think Positive at Atlantic Highlands in the AM. For hours, just hooked skates and sea robins - lots of wind and swells. We finally got into blues in the evening. It was non-stop action for an hour or so. I held Monica's first blue of the season in front of her for a quick photo. I swayed to close due to a swell. The thing turned its body and bit her jacket - just over her left...(chest). The parents laughed it up while I played tug-of-war with the fish and her jacket - wouldn't let go for a minute or two! Monica was later rewarded with the biggest blue of the day (about 3-feet)! It must have took over 100' of line. She fought and landed it perfectly - nice work Monica! Mom had a few, and Jim broke his line, not once, but twice, on huge fish hooked up on bunker heads - probably stripers. The girls saw the second big fish break water, just then, Jim fell backwards into the bow as the line snapped. A great day on the bay!

Angler Name : spiro
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5-25-02
Location: 17 fathoms
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Bluefish
Size: to 12 lbs.
Bait or Lure: chunking
Water Depth: ??
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Went out for bluefish, chummed then chunked for hours and hours of a non stop slaughter. Chunked mackerel, bunker.

Angler Name : Capt. Manny Canales
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 5/25/02
Location: wrecks east of inlet
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 1-4 lbs
Bait or Lure: clam/squid
Water Depth: 80'
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Todays fishing party consisted of 5 to 10 year old boys and girls, who had a good time catching seabass on a wreck close to home. Steady action for 2 hours filled half the box and that was enough for this trip.

Angler Name : Rich
E-Mail : rgesum@aol.com
Boat Name: Norma K III
Date Fished: 5/25/02
Location: Ocean side
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: short - 6lbs
Bait or Lure: spearing and squid
Water Depth: 50ft approx.
Water Temp.: N/A
Information : Went out with 11 of my closest friends. Between all of us we caught 6 keepers with a bunch of shorts, a blue, and a dog fish. I had 3, one was 6, 4 1/2, and 2 1/2. Overall it was a pretty good day but very crowded on the boat.

Angler Name : Jay bixler
E-Mail : tailchaser123@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Tailchaser
Date Fished: 5/24-5/25 2002
Location: 25 Fathom line
Fishing Method: chumming
Specie: Blue Shark
Size: 60-150 lbs
Bait or Lure: bluefish fillets
Water Depth: 150-160
Water Temp.: 54.8
Information : Water clearity was about 15 feet, lots of bluefish out on the 25 fathom line around the lumps. Night started out slow had first shark at 4am, after first light sharks started to show. Went five for six on blue sharks all the bluefish you wanted, but no makoes around.

Angler Name : Don Yowell
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/25/02
Location: Local Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 4 1/2 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 80 Ft.
Water Temp.: 57 Degrees
Information : The Bounty Hunter headed back to the wrecks southeast of Manasquan Inlet with the Don Yowell charter. It turned out to be a repeat of yesterday's fast paced action with the large Seabass. Dropping on 4 wrecks in 80 Ft. of water produced a limit catch of Seabass up to 4 1/2 Lbs. Six Blackfish, the largest weighing 8 Lbs. were also boated.

Angler Name : Matt Troncone
E-Mail : captreelaction@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Action
Date Fished: May 24,2002
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30" to 34"
Bait or Lure: Shads and Spoons
Water Depth: 35'
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Had the Matt Troncone aboard for a day of striped bass fishing. Trolling white shads and spoons, we put 3 striped bassup to 34" and 5 blues in the boat. Friday was a slow day for everyone.

Angler Name : dan embon
E-Mail : dembon@paychex.com
Boat Name: Blue Water
Date Fished: 5-24-02
Location: Lindenkohl
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 8 foot
Bait or Lure: mackeral
Water Depth: 500 ft
Water Temp.: 57-58
Information : The water temp was not what the satelites called for. Members of the Jersey Coast Shark Annglers tournament committee went out to test the grounds for the upcoming Mako-Fever Catch-It tournament. There were no signs of Mako, as was the case with another boat out there that caught two blue dogs. We ended the trip with one blue dog. There were a lot of purpoises. Get them this week. To check-out our tournament go to www.jcsa.org.

Angler Name : Gregory Schmidt
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/24/02
Location: Rush Chattin Bridge/Corsons Inlet
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 15 in,17in,18 1/2in,19 in 18 in, 22 in.
Bait or Lure: White Fin-S
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Started at 5:30 and had three weakfish within fifteen minutes. Caught keepers till around eight o' clock. everybody was catching. Bluefish kept snapping our lines. All in all a great day.

Angler Name : Jon Murray
E-Mail : jmurray@qdpusa.com
Boat Name: K-Kat
Date Fished: 05/24/02
Location: Raritat Bay
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 25 lbs.??
Bait or Lure: Bunker, Clam
Water Depth: 10-30
Water Temp.: ?
Information : The boss gave me & the guys from QDP Inc. the day off to go fishing. Mike"Homie"Torres, Jimmy"The Slitter" Scipione, Bill"Beele"Breeding, and Stew McHelone joined myself along with Bob Simon for what started out as a tough day of fishing. Cap'n Ken took a chance and made a move that really paid off. We ended up with 11 stripers, 7 of which were over 15 lbs. Great captian & mate!(sorry Jim!) Special thanks to Dave for the day off!!We all had a great time on the K-Kat!!

Angler Name : Earl
E-Mail : anderson6@msn.com
Boat Name: Rusty 1
Date Fished: 05/24/02
Location: Verrazano Bridge Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 42 Inches 23 1/2 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 27 feet
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Fished 1/4 milse south of the bridge first and only striper caught almost as soon as we arrived. Those boats live lining Bunker slaughtered them! All big fish too! Moved down to Flynn's Knoll where bluefish are plentiful just to get some action. Boats chumming with clams also scored some Stripers but nothing real big that we could see.

Angler Name : Drew
E-Mail : dshubeck@optonline.net
Boat Name: Mako25
Date Fished: 2002/05/24
Location: Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: Anchored
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 24
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Anchored up on Flynns Knoll for a relaxing day of fishing. Within 15 minutes I hooked a 28" striper on frozen clam on a circle hook. After that I had a beer and head home so the wife would let me out again soon!

Angler Name : Vito D
E-Mail : vdeg@aol.com
Boat Name: charter (Pete)
Date Fished: 5/24/02
Location: Raritan, near Brown light House
Fishing Method: Live Bunker
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26lbs-41"
Bait or Lure: Live Bunker
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.: 60
Information : First we snagged some live bunker , then headed out, we were hitting them good all morning sizes ranged from 13-26lbs. What a great day, Thanks Frank!

Angler Name : Keith Toboada
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/24/2002
Location: Local Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 4 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 80 Ft.
Water Temp.: 56 Degrees
Information : The Keith Taboada charter was aboard the Bounty Hunter today and enjoyed the great weather along with the non stop Seabass action. Stopping on 3 wrecks in 80 Ft. of water 15 miles southeast of Manasquan Inlet the charter did not waste any time filling the fish box with a limit catch of large Seabass up to 4 Lbs. Several Blackfish and Ling were also boated.

Angler Name : Peter Boyle
E-Mail : Peter_boyle@hotmail.com
Boat Name: NA
Date Fished: 5/24
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Bait & trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5 to 10 pounds
Bait or Lure: fresh clams and bunker
Water Depth: 20 feet
Water Temp.: 59 degrees
Information : Caught about 12 blues over near Old Orchard between 10AM and Noon. We trolled the reach on the way in and marked fish (but no takers).

Angler Name : Harry
E-Mail : Peirmqn234@aol
Boat Name: fishing pier
Date Fished: 5/24/02
Location: Seaside hgts fishing pier
Fishing Method: bottom fishing
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 1/2 to whatever
Bait or Lure: spearing and strip mackrel
Water Depth: 10 ft
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Got at the pier at 630am and got fishing at 7am. There are blues all over the place. Don't matter what bait you use you got them. I was talking to ray and some other men when I pull my rod to move it and I got such a hit a 3 1/2 pound Fluke nice. Didn't catch another for a few hours. Got a 4 Lb fluke later that day great fishing.

Angler Name : Bill Marchioni
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 24
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 25 pounds
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 30-50
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Jay Richardella had the Bill Marchioni charter from North Bergen, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Friday and put together a solid catch of Stripers off Monmouth Beach. Trolling green/black umbrella rigs we had no need to head all the way up to the Hook as we picked fish all day ending with a limit in all catagoies including 6 bonus fish. Most of the bass were between 27 and 34 inches however we did have two 39 inch and 23 pounders.

Angler Name : Allen Steinberger
E-Mail : Astirlin@us.ibm.com
Boat Name: AlanaRae
Date Fished: 05/24/2002
Location: Manasquan Ridge
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 25.5" 5.2 lbs
Bait or Lure: Squid/killie
Water Depth: 55'
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Headed out to the ridge for a great day on the water. Ocean was more like a lake than an ocean. Medium drift produced some decent hits. Largest weighing over 5 lbs,and never knew I had it till started reeling. Largest fluke I have ever caught..what a meal

Angler Name : Greg, Bob & Scott
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Lizzie-B
Date Fished: 5/24
Location: Sandy Hook & Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Jigging, Trolling, Bottom
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27"
Bait or Lure: Bucktail Jig
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished the Rips off Sandy Hook jigged 27" Bass on 1st Cast around 7:00am then jigged two small Blues. Action died. Tried trolling the bay near Romer Shoals marked no fish on finder. Gave up and went about 50 yards offshore with the rest of the fluke fleet caught 7 fluke with 4 keepers, one at 22".

Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Date Fished: 05/23/2002
Location: LONG BRANCH/MONMOUTH BEACH
Fishing Method: TROLLING/BOTTOM
Specie: Tautog
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : HEADED TO THE ROCKS EARLY FOR BASS AND DROPPED NICE FISH AT THE SIDE OF THE BOAT, THEN LOST A SHAD RIG ON A POT. SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THE DAY WOULD GET WORSE. LEFT THE ROCKS AND DECIDED TO BOTTOM FISH OFF LONG BRANCH. WENT TO MAKE A MOVE AND FOUND BOTH BATTERIES DEAD. ANCHORED UP TO GET HELP AND ENDED UP OVER A NICE PIECE OF BOTTOM CAUGHT FIRST KEEPER FLUKE OF THE SEASON AS WELL AS ENOUGH SEABASS & BLACKFISH TO SALVAGE THE DAY. A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE SKIPPER OF THE "ROOSTER LU" WHO WAS KIND ENOUGH TO STOP, ASSIST AND GET ME GOING AGAIN. I OWE YOU BIG TIME. THANK YOU

Angler Name : Pat Ryan
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 23
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 37"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 30-50
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Jay Richardella had the Pat Ryan charter from Cherry Hill, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Thursday and put together a catch of Bass on the Shrewsbury Rocks. Fishing virtually by our selves we made several passes on the Rocks putting 26-33 inch Bass in the boat on everyone until the tide started running. A move a few miles north produced another half dozen Stripers over open bottom and we ended the day with a limit in both catagories but no slots.

Angler Name : Ray
E-Mail : Finnila.com@att.net
Boat Name: Mo' Money Too
Date Fished: 5/23/02
Location: Raritan Bay off Staten Island
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30 1/2" to37"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella rigs, spoons & lures
Water Depth: 17' to22'
Water Temp.: 52 to56 degrees
Information : Starting trolling at buoy 20, Raritan Reach, at 1530 hours using a bunker spoon & yellow shad rig. Headed toward Old Orchard Light and had a couple of bluefish. Headed back and changed to green tubes on the umbrella rig, since the bluefish were tearing up the shads. Caught a 30 1/2" striper on the umbrella with green tubes. Added a Stretch 25 to the mix and caught a 37" bass on it. Caught another bass, 34", on the green tubes. Didn't have the time to post a report earlier, but I had to get some sleep and go to work. Tight lines, Ray.

Angler Name : craig
E-Mail :
Boat Name: carolina skiff
Date Fished: may 23
Location: mansquan river
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Weakfish
Size: spike-tiderunner
Bait or Lure: rattle trap
Water Depth: 5-15
Water Temp.:
Information : got ot there aroun 8PM trolled about 10 and a bunker hit the rattle trap howd tat happen??? lost an estimated 15 pound bass boatside not enough tension

Angler Name : Frank Lukenda
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/23/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 24 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Spoons & Shads
Water Depth: 30 Ft.
Water Temp.: 55 Degrees
Information : The Bounty Hunter had the Frank Lukenda charter on board and headed back to Raritan Bay.The great Striper fishing is showing no signs of easing up. No sooner were our Spoons in the water and we had our first Striper on. The fish went 40" and tipped the scales at 24 Lbs. The early morning bite continued non stop and we had our limit of large Bass plus bonus fish in the boat by 8:30AM. No Slot fish were to be found. A brief stop on the Shrewsbury Rocks on the way home yielded a couple of small Bluefish bites with no sign of any Stripers. Green & White Spoons along with Bunker Shad did the trick.

Angler Name : Mike Copeman
E-Mail :
Boat Name: RENEGADE
Date Fished: 5/22/2
Location: The Rocks
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Upto 20 lbs
Bait or Lure: Shads
Water Depth: 20-60
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Renegade was back at the rocks early for a limit of stripers. Nice size fish and a great day. All fish were caught in a very small area. The catch was possible with low boat traffic.

Angler Name : Jason
E-Mail : strykerjay@aol.com
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 5-22-02
Location: Sandy Hook Surf
Fishing Method: bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25 in
Bait or Lure: fresh clam
Water Depth: surf
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Got up at 3:30 this morning to catch the sunrise and fish the surf. I was rewarded with a 25 inch striper which I caught on fresh clam. The surf was full of sea robbins which made the bait fishing tough.

Angler Name : Capt. John Pfeiffer
E-Mail : captbigjohn@yahoo.com
Boat Name: SEA ++
Date Fished: 5/22/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Live Line Bunkers
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 25lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunkers
Water Depth: 19 to 24ft
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Left the dock at Atlantic Highlands at 6am with owner Doug Andersen and Mate Darren Berry. Loaded up on live bunker and put the first one in the water at 6:45. Had the first hook up in 5 minutes chasing the bunkers right to the surface. Limited out and released several fish in the 20 to 25lb range plus smaller fish in the 15lb range. Back at the dock at 9am.

Angler Name : CAPT. KEVIN DELANOY
E-Mail : kdelanoy@hotmail.com
Boat Name: MISS MARGIE
Date Fished: MAY 22
Location: BARNEGAT BAY
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 3LBS
Bait or Lure: FIN S
Water Depth: 9 FT
Water Temp.: 58 DEGREES
Information : CREW. DAD AND ME FISHED THE EVENING FROM 5:30 TO 7:30. A STRONG SW WIND MADE FOR A FAST DRIFT AND PRODUCED FEW BITES AND BOATED ONLY ON E FISH. SOME DAYS YOU GET THEM ,SOME DAYS YOU DON'T.

Angler Name : Ogie Josephs
E-Mail : tjos0822
Boat Name: COP BOAT
Date Fished: 5/22/02
Location: Reach
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20---45lbs?
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Got to the reach at 8:30 pm fished the last part of the tide...my guest was Johnny (2 case)Maher,it was real slow for the first 1/2 hour than the BIG ONE HIT...I had no idea that a bass could get so big ,Johnny hooked up the fish and i watched with anticipation ..i thought a big skate....sand shark.... boot......cable, the pole was bent to the water ready to snap ...Johnny could not even gain on him. A 1/2 hour later the fish was at the boat and I missed him with the net...some captain i am and we watched the mighty cow spit the hook..the fish winked and was gone ...i could only estimate a 40 some odd pounder.....im going to need a bigger net!!!!!!!!!!!!!!tight lines

Angler Name : Tony
E-Mail : tcava1@hotmail.com
Boat Name: FreddyC
Date Fished: 05/21/2002
Location: Romer, Flynn's
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 6 to 10 lbs
Bait or Lure: Clam Snots
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Bass Gods smiled on me again. Boated 5 fish on a very slow night- maybe 15 to 20 fish total boated between maybe 18 anglers. Captain and crew worked hard to chum clams and shells to keep the bite on in a ripping outgoing tide. only a slow pick materialized. Fish shut down at about 9:30pm

Angler Name : Hal Hall
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/21/2002
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 25 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Spoons & Shads
Water Depth: 25 Ft.
Water Temp.: 54 Degrees
Information : The Bounty Hunter was back in Raritan Bay with the Hal Hall charter. Trolling Spoons & Shads the day started off slowly with only two Bass being boated in the first 2 hours. With the tide change the action picked up and we managed to finish the day with a limit catch of big Stripers. The largest Bass weighing 25 Lbs. The bonus category was also filled along with a dozen Blues. Green Spoons & White Shads got the most attention.

Angler Name : Bill Shillingford
E-Mail : bucktail8@aol.com
Boat Name: Bucktail willie
Date Fished: 5/21/02
Location: Behind Sea Isle City
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15-21"
Bait or Lure: 3/8's white bucktails with squid strips
Water Depth: 6-12
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Excellent morning with outgoing tide 17 fluke with 9 keepers. Keepers were all well over the legal limit with 5 over 19" and one 21" Pretty cold when we left dock but fish warmed us up

Angler Name : Tom Becker
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 21
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 25 pounds
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 30-50
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Jay Richardella had the Tom Becker charter from Middletown, NJ into the best Striper fishing of the year on Tuesday. Trolling the Shrewsbury Rocks was as far as we needed to go as we had all the Bass we needed. Green/black umbrella rigs produced 32 Stripers and limits in all three catagories included the release of 14 Bass over 28 inches. In addition a dozen or so bluefish were caught and released.

Angler Name : Nick
E-Mail : NCTackle@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/20/02
Location: Off IBSP
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 23"
Bait or Lure: Squid/Spearing
Water Depth: 60
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Fished Sunday off IBSP. The morning had a good drift. Caught three keepers up to 23". Also caught a few bluefish and several dogfish over 3ft long. By the afternoon the wind slowed down and so did the fishing. Called it a day. They are there- keepers are hard to come by. It was around a 4-1 ratio.

Angler Name : Ed Schwind
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/20/02
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 4 1/2 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 70 Ft.
Water Temp.: 55 Degrees
Information : The Ed Schwind charter was on board the Bounty Hunter today and got in on some great Seabass fishing. Making 2 brief stops on small wrecks in 70 Ft. of water was all that was required for the charter to fill their limit of large Seabass.

Angler Name : Gerard Marini
E-Mail : ryan306@aol.com
Boat Name: Ryan's Express
Date Fished: 5/20/02
Location: Raitan Bay
Fishing Method: live lining
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18-22 lbs
Bait or Lure: live bunker
Water Depth: 17
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Got set up at 7pm My Father Jerry and i had our first fish within 5 min the bite was steady with blue fishb & bass...got one blue 14 lbs and 8 bass up to 22lbs live lining fresh bunker, tight lines.

Angler Name : Mike Silvestry
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 20
Location: 15 mile South of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 5 pounds
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 75 feet
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Jay Richardella had the Mike Silvestry charter from North Bergen, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Monday and had another amazing day of Sea Bass fishing. Setting up on only one wreck in 80 feet of water we pulled as many fish as we wanted and were releasing 12-14 inch Sea Bass by 10am. We filled up the cooler with a limit catch and were back at the dock by Noon. Clams were the bait of choice.

Angler Name : G. Davis
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Slacker
Date Fished: 5/20/02
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 29"
Bait or Lure: sandworms
Water Depth: 20-30
Water Temp.: 58
Information : I come from a long, proud family of slackers. My great-grandfather's favorite saying was that "you should always follow a vacation with a day off". Having just spent 2 weeks chasing fish, I decided to follow Gramps example & ditched work at 3:00pm to catch the early evening ebb tide. Scored 2 matching 29" bass on sandworms(both released, nice & healthy). Angler Name : Tony
E-Mail : tcava1@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Sea Fox
Date Fished: May 20
Location: Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up 12 lbs
Bait or Lure: Clam Snots
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Have to hand it to the Captain of this boat. A great effort was made to find the fish today. It was a slow pick of fish, mostly in the 7 to 14 lb range. The bass Gods smiled on me today, I managed to boat 7 bass 7 to 12 lbs and 2 blues in the 3 lbs range. Brought home beautiful fillets of a slot, a keeper and a bonus bass. Long casts away from the boat and 15 lb flurocarbon leader were the ticket.

Angler Name : Capt. Manny Canales
E-Mail : manuel_canales@fpl.com
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 5/19/02
Location: 12-20 miles SE
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: to 5lbs.
Bait or Lure: clams & squid
Water Depth: 80-120
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Finally got back out after 2 cancellations with John Agins party. Our first stop on an inshore wreck was futile, as very strong south current had 12 Oz. sinkers drifting along out the back. Water was still muddy too. Ran offshore and hit 2 spots in deeper water where conditions were much better. Sea bass bit immediately and the cooler was quickly filled with quality bass up to 5lbs. In addition we also caught smaller numbers of blackfish,winter flounder ,ling,ocean pout, and sea ravens.

Angler Name : CAPT. KEVIN DELANOY
E-Mail : kdelanoy@hotmail.com
Boat Name: MISS MARGIE
Date Fished: MAY 19
Location: SEA GIRT REEF
Fishing Method:
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 2LB/4LB
Bait or Lure: CLAMS/CUT MACKEREL
Water Depth: 60FT
Water Temp.: 55 DEGREES
Information : CREW. DAD AND ME. WE FISHED TWO WRECKS , BOTH PRODUCED PLENTY OF FISH. A STRONG NORTH CURRENT SEEMED TO KEEP THEM BITING ALL DAY.AFTER CATCHING OUR LIMIT WE CHANGED OUR CLAM AND MACKEREL BAITS IN FOR SOFT PLASTIC JIGS, CATCHING EVEN BIGGER FISH. GREAT WEATHER,GREAT DAY.

Angler Name : John Vitale
E-Mail : JVDIVER@aol.com
Boat Name: Cassandra V.
Date Fished: 5/19/2002
Location: Barnegat Reef
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 12 " to 20"
Bait or Lure: Squid and Spearing
Water Depth: 55'
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Windy in the morning then it calmed down and the fishing picked up

Angler Name : Ray
E-Mail : Finnila.com@att.net
Boat Name: Mo' Money Too
Date Fished: 5/19/02
Location: Raritan Bay off Staten Island
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 36 1/2"
Bait or Lure: Wire-line trolling
Water Depth: 18' to 24'
Water Temp.: 52 to 55 degrees
Information : Began trolling at 0700 hours at buoy 20, Raritan Reach, heading towards Old Orchard Light, with by wife at the wheel, so I could handle the rods. Worked back and forth until 1130 hours and caught 8 stripers from 24" to 36.5", as well as 4 blues, using a white bunker spoon and a yellow shad rig. Saw at least fifty boats anchored up chunking. Didn't see a single fish caught, by the bait fishermen. Went back to buoy 11A to try and catch slot stripers, and caught two more blues. Headed home at 1230 hours. Tight lines!!!

Angler Name : Bill Urtman
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 19
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 37"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 30-50
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Joe Dalik had the Bill Urtman charter from Middletown, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Sunday and had to fight through the crowd on the Rocks but ended up with another happy crew. Bill's 12 year son and his 12 year buddy did all the reeling today and their efforts paid off with 8 Bass to 37 inches and a dozen bluefish. All the fish were put in the boat using green/blank tubes.

Angler Name : Abe Coban
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/19/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 25 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Shads & Spoons
Water Depth: 25 Ft.
Water Temp.: 54 Degrees
Information : The Bounty Hunter was back in Raritan Bay with the Abe Coban charter. Arriving for the AM tide change we were into the big Bass immediately. Shad rigs accounted for the first 4 Bass, the largest at 42" and just under 25 Lbs. A switch to Green Spoons proved to be the hit. After 3 hours we had our limit catch of big Bass plus 6 bonus fish. The fish ran from 33" to 42". There were no slot fish to be found. In addition several large Bass were released along with a handful of Blues.

Angler Name : Richie
E-Mail :
Boat Name: SexyLexy
Date Fished: May 19
Location: Great Kills
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker Whole/Chunk
Water Depth: 18 ft
Water Temp.: 57 degrees F.
Information : ...What a day!!! Clobbered the blues and had a bonus 20 lb Striped Bass to boot. The Sea was roaring with bunker. One nets throw and we were set for the day with bait. As soon as the chunks hit the water they were snapped up by the blues. Not little ones mind you. 10 lb torpedos. Full of piss and vinager. The hardest part of the day was trying to get the bait down below the Bluefish to where the Strippers were hiding. Wow!!! My arms are still killing me. Get out there, get out there now...They're waiting!!! Remember catch and release. Take your pictures on the boat and give another guy a chance at fighting that trophy. Good Luck.

Angler Name : MIKE
E-Mail :
Boat Name: C-- HUNTER
Date Fished: 5/19/02
Location: WRECK
Fishing Method: BOTTOM
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 1-3LBS
Bait or Lure: CLAMS
Water Depth: 65FT
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Fished with my son christopher(5yrs old),Grandpa Dennis, Great grandpa Stanly and neighbor Paul. had a GREAT TIME and LOTS OF FISH. Did not have a slow spot all day. Plus a few black fish as a bonus. Cant wait to take him sharkin.

Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Date Fished: 05/19/2002
Location: MONMOUTH BEACH
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 12-22 POUNDS
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 54
Information : HEADED OUT EARLY AND WAS THE FIRST BOAT TROLLING THE ROCKS. HAD TWO VIRGINS ABOARD WHO HAD NEVER CAUGHT A STRIPED BASS. GREAT DAY 6 BASS 12-22 LBS. THE TWO NEW GUYS HAD BOTH BIG FISH - 16 & 22LB. COULDN'T CATCH A SLOT FISH - ALL DAYS SHOULD BE THIS BAD. WAS ON THE WAY BACK IN BY 0930. GOD BLESS AMERICA

Angler Name : Capt Scott
E-Mail : marlin1131@comcast.net
Boat Name: Kathy's Diamond
Date Fished: 5/19/02
Location: Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26" to 32"
Bait or Lure: Julian spoons, unbrella's, shads
Water Depth: 20 to 40
Water Temp.:
Information : The Knoll was the spot today, and swash channel. We limited out with 6 Bass and released a few. The spoons in white and green took most of the bass.

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: Capt John
Date Fished: 5-19-02
Location: Keyport & Keansburg Flats
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 13-16 3/8 inchs
Bait or Lure: Spearing
Water Depth: 5-15 Feet
Water Temp.: 50's
Information : Spent the morning on the Keyport flats were we had a fiar pick of fish 3 shorts for every 1 keeper. My son boated a fluke of 16.25 inchs and myself one of 16 3/8s. I caught 2 others all day both around 13 inchs. Pool winner was a 5 pounder. Maybe 14-16 keepers total for 35+ fares

Angler Name : Frank
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Miss Katie
Date Fished: 5/19/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 29" to 34"
Bait or Lure: Chad rig
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Trolled Swatch channel for three and half hours..ended up limiting out with six Strippers most over 30 inches, threw 1 schoolie back and also three fair sized blue fish.

Angler Name : John Shipley
E-Mail : saintjude@comcast.net
Boat Name: Saint Jude
Date Fished: 5/19/02
Location: south east of Manasquan
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 4 1/2 lbs
Bait or Lure: clam & crabs
Water Depth: 75 - 85 ft
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Had another outstanding day of sea bass fishing with the boys on the wrecks 20 miles southeast of the inlet. There were what seemed to be an endless supply of 2 pounders to the piont where we had to count the fish to comply with the 25 f.p.m. limit... Don D had high hook with the most, Dr. Joe F had the big Bass at approx. 5 lbs , White chin Joe was true to his name with a nice blackfish on a clam gob, and jr. captain Nick slept for the majority of the trip to rest up for his next tour as mate on the Golden Eagle night bluefishing trip... how's that for dedication to the sport.. Waiting for the tuna and pointers - won't be long...

Angler Name : Dave
E-Mail : bluefishbard@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Sugar Mag
Date Fished: 5.19.02
Location: Raritan Reach
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 36", 25 lbs
Bait or Lure: green and black tubes
Water Depth: 26
Water Temp.: 55
Information : My brother, his buddy and I had an early morning run on Sunday. We went straight back to the reach and dropped in one umbrella rig. Before we could set the other line, we already had a fish on. Hardly any boats were out at this point. Got a few blues and then landed a 36", 25 lb bass. Caught a few more blues after the bass. All fish were safely released and swam away strong.

Angler Name : nash
E-Mail : nlyonsxl21@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5-19-2002
Location: Union Beach
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: None
Bait or Lure: Clam/Mackerel
Water Depth: not sure
Water Temp.: 40's-50's
Information : as usual it was a terrible day for me. started off on the rocks down at union beach, no action except for when a duck flew into my line. a guy from europe came by and told me that the hot fishing was on the incoming tide at a spot called pebble beach, so me and the g/f picked it up and went there. stayed for a few hours, and didn't even get so much as a sniff, except for the feeling of seaweed dragging against my weight. birds were feeding, but didn't seem to make a difference. guys with boats around, and other surf fisherman picked up nothing but a cold as well, except one guy who managed to pick up an undersized fluke. at the end of the day i had too much bait, a broken 120 dollar rod, and a screwed up spool from a nosey kid who can't keep his hands off stuff. i dont know why i dont quit this fishing stuff

Angler Name : Michael
E-Mail : HookedUp@aol.com
Boat Name: Grey Goose
Date Fished: 5/19/02
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 42"
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 57
Information : We fished the American Striper Association Tournament and ended up in 12th place with a 23 pound long skinny striper. The first four places were all over 30 pounds. We had a few more bass and about a million bluefish.

Angler Name : Ken Kurek
E-Mail : k-kurek@comcast.net
Boat Name: KERRI - K
Date Fished: 5/19/2002
Location: Sandy Hook Area
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 13 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Spoons and Shads
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fishing was tough on Sunday. We only boated 4 stripers, the biggest being around 13 lbs. I worked all over (Romer, Bug Light, Orchard, even between the channels)looking for fish. Read a lot, but no activity. I guess the bite was off or I missed it. Oh Well, the weather was nice and the crew: John Luchnick, Rich Crowning,Sean and myself enjoyed one anothers company.

Angler Name : Jon Murray
E-Mail : jmurray@qdpusa.com
Boat Name: 4 Reelin'
Date Fished: 05/19/02
Location: B L Reef
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: to 2-1/2lbs.
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 60
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Took the new 28' Scout for the "maiden voyage". Everything worked great except the fish. S-l-o-w pick of sea bass @the reef then trolled along the beach for a little while, zero. This was more a test run than a fishing trip. We will get more serious next time.

Angler Name : RichK, DaveK and Rich de C
E-Mail : davek@worldwideapparel.com
Boat Name: Easy Go
Date Fished: 5/19/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30' to 41"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Choosing Raritan Bay over the Roaring Fork River of Aspen, Colorado, my son Richard joined us again this Sunday in trying to catch the elusive striped bass. After a late start we arrived at the West Bank light and proceeded to troll towards Old Orchard light. Trolling one umbrella with tubes and another with shads, we soon got a doubleheader with fish on each rod. Rich on the rod with the tubes caught a 41? beauty and brother-in-law Rich brought one in about 32?. The good fishing lasted about another half hour in which we caught 3 more stripers, 30?, 34? and 36? and one small bluefish. Trolling Romer Shoals added another small bluefish. We hung around for another hour with out another hit and left for Edgewater about 1:30, so we could get ready to go to the Nets game that evening. The Nets won, capping off a great Sunday Rich was glad that he stayed in the East vs. the Rocky Mountains.

Angler Name : Bob Carlucci
E-Mail : bullet_bob@lycos.com
Boat Name: Dauntless
Date Fished: 5 19 02
Location: Sea Girt Reef Mud hole
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: mixed
Bait or Lure: clams squid
Water Depth: 60-180 ft.
Water Temp.: 50's
Information : Good fishing for all the bottom fishing boats on Sun. Lots of nice sea bass and ling for all on board the Dauntless. Boat was JAM PACKED with people which made for way too many nasty tangles and words.Fishing was good with few dead areas.Good boat and crew but with all the people on board it was tough to get a mate when you needed one. They were a bit over taxed I believe.Never saw a boat so crowded,which says a lot for the capt.Mostly seabass with a few blackfish.Most fares caught plenty of keepers. Capt went out to Mud Hole to top the catch off with some ling. The only thing I didn't like about the trip besides the crowd was the fact that no crabs or squid were supplied. clams only.I think there were a lot more blacks out there but they don't respond as well to clams as they do to crabs. The sea bass seemed to like squid better than clams but only those people who BOUGHT thier own were able to take advantage. I did buy some, but it ran out QUICK!! and my catch rate dropped off a bit. No matter.. still got more than enough. Nice boat to fish on. I'll be going out many more times on the Dauntless ,but will make sure it is less crowded next time... weekdays maybe?

Angler Name : mike yocco
E-Mail : flyguy159@aol.com
Boat Name: MJ's
Date Fished: 5/19/02
Location: in the ocean
Fishing Method: wreck
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 1- 5
Bait or Lure: jig / clam
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : a great wreck fishing weekend off barnegat again...caught our limit good size seabass on two wrecks. fish were not as big as previous catches but there were still some 4 or 5 pounders mixed in. enough of this inshore tomfoolery hopefuly an eddy will move in and soon!

Angler Name : joe
E-Mail :
Boat Name: had2haveit
Date Fished: 5/19
Location: somerspoint
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18
Bait or Lure: killes,squid,macs
Water Depth: 10 - 20
Water Temp.: 60's
Information : first day out in the boat. I thought it was going to be a good day, in 10 min. of fishing hooked up with a 30 in. striper ( on a pice of mac. ) then waited the rest of the day for 1 flounder 18 in. I think it felt bad for us it can only get better from there. tight lines see you on the water

Angler Name : John, John Paul & Foster
E-Mail : johnlaura@comcast.net
Boat Name: TIDE RUNNER
Date Fished: 5/ 18 /02
Location: wreck So of Manasquan Inlet and Manasquan Ridge
Fishing Method: Bottom and Trolling
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: None
Bait or Lure: Clams and Gator Spoons
Water Depth: 48 to 70 Ft
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Well headed south from Manasquan Inlet to one of my favorite wrecks. However, due to the strong North current and wind had a difficult time getting set up over the wreck. Current so strong that my marker bouy weigthing 4 lbs wouldn't hold. But, finally anchored up after an hour. The wreck appeared to be void of fish or they weren't biting. Not much chatter on the raido about any kind of action. So we Headed out to Manasquan Ridge. Set up troll and the 1 st fish to hit was a 15 lb 35 inch Stripper. My Sons very 1 st bass. You talk about luck. We also boated half dozen Blues up to 8 lbs. All and all not too bad of a day.But then any day fishing is a go day.Remember keep a tight Line !

Angler Name : John
E-Mail :
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 5-18-02
Location: sandy hook bayside and union beach
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: clams and bunker
Water Depth: surf
Water Temp.: who knows
Information : Went out with my son Mike to Union Beach with clams and bunker. Nothing at all, not even a bite. So, then we went over to Sandy Hook on the Bay side. Found some rocks. Saw a racoon scampering around under the rocks. Almost fed him the bunker, so it wouldn't go to waste! Same fish story here. Nothing, on clams or bunker. Saw people pulling in a few sea robins, and saw one guy pul in 2 small blues. I now have about 18 Cherrystone clams left over, on ice. I cook them with garlic, oregano, and some red wine. Had a great day out at the ocean with Mike, even though we didn't catch anything. We had lunch at Poor Pete's Pizza and Sandwich Shop near Union Beach. Had a decent Sausage Parmiagiana sandwich.

Angler Name : Matt
E-Mail :
Boat Name: tired feet
Date Fished: 5/17/02
Location: 5 miles or so south of south amboy
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10lbs+
Bait or Lure: bunker and clams
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Hooked up a 32' or so blue. then hooked up another snagged the gut next to me and it broke off. hooked at least 5 more and a comedy of errors with fish biting off missing hits. Was using 2 poles action was too fast. perfect weather-front coming in late tide. Constant action-if I was more prepared easily could have caught 10 fish in 2-3 hours of action.

Angler Name : Capt. Luo
E-Mail : Osprey30@aol.com
Boat Name: Everything's Rosie'sII
Date Fished: 5/17/02
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 29-36"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 36ft.
Water Temp.: 53* F
Information : Took the Rosie to the Rocks and started trolling got there late after 8AM ,but David managed to land 2 nice bass and a small bluefish. Got back to Manasquan Inlet about 1PM. Had a nice day. Tough getting a crew during the week. Forget the weekend too many wackoes.

Angler Name : Jeff
E-Mail : netdeal@erols.com
Boat Name: Get-Reel
Date Fished: 5/17/02
Location: Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: Bunker Chunkin
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 16 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker Chunks
Water Depth: 21'
Water Temp.: 58
Information : ran out for a quick majic hours trip, wind and seas finally laid down. Nice keeper and a short release for an hours trip.outgoing tide.

Angler Name : Dave
E-Mail : LTCBarkey@hotmail.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: Jul - Sep
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Looking for other (relatively) small boaters with twin motors or aux that fish offshore for paring up. Email me if interested.

Angler Name : John Scandalios
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 17
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 20 pounds
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Jay Richardella had the John Scandalious charter from Holmdel, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Friday and had a great day of Bass fishing and did not have to run all the way up to the Hook. Trolling green and black tubes on umbrella rigs at the Shrewsbury Rocks the charter limited out on slot, limit, and bonus fish and released a couple as well. In addition, a few bluefish were mixed into the catch.

Angler Name : D Cioppa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Wicked Hook
Date Fished: 5-16
Location: Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: clams, sandworms and trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 10 lbs
Bait or Lure: spoons and clams,sandworms
Water Depth: 21feet
Water Temp.: 54
Information : we stared out by flynns knoll useing clams and sandworms in about 21 feet of water.We hooked up as soon as we got out there with sandworms.I thought it was going to be a great day as it turn out miss a few and ended up trolling that didn't work for us. marked alot of fish but did not come up with any numbers!

Angler Name : mike c
E-Mail : gcaffrey_2000@yahoo.com
Boat Name: nan - c
Date Fished: 5/16/02 - sun set
Location: corsons Inlet -
Fishing Method: cast
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 21"
Bait or Lure: fin - s
Water Depth: 11
Water Temp.: 61?
Information : All the blues you want in Corson last night. Managed to catch a 21" weakie on light tackle. Mostly blues though, working large Herring that come in from ocean on evening incoming tide. Herring were the 2.0 lb range, and herring by the acre, some small-med size weakies mixed in along the bottom, weakies very picky, taking small white fin-S on slow retrieve. Atlantic/ Grey Dolphin were feasting on all the herring too. Unusual to see dolphin so close to the bridges. The fish do come back when the boat/jet ski traffic abates. Can we get the jet skis out of the NJ state parks? Wouldn't it be great?

Angler Name : Sam, John M., Butch, & Kristen
E-Mail : messisa2000@yahoo.com
Boat Name: All Hooked Up
Date Fished: May 16,2002
Location: GS Reef North
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: 5 lb.
Bait or Lure: Clam & Green Crab
Water Depth: 75"
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Well another day of wreck fishing was successful. We got a very late jump and began fishing very late morning by the time we hooked up to a wreck. Bite was a little slower than normal for wreck fishing. Still managed to put together a good catch of sea bass and tog before the 25-30 blow slowed the bite dramatically. Our new 37' handled the 6-8 ft. seas incredibly, would have stayed if the bite was still going. WARM THAT WATER AND BRING ON THE MAKO'S!!!

Angler Name : JP
E-Mail : chino229@aol.com
Boat Name: SeaFox
Date Fished: May 16, 2002
Location: The Reach
Fishing Method: Anchored
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 35
Bait or Lure: Calm
Water Depth: 20'-25'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Went out with Mark, Paul and Mike aboard the evening trip on the SeaFox. Mark caught a nice 18# using a rod from a guy who felt sorry for him. Mike, Paul and I "GOT SKUNKED",but the rest of the boat did well. There is no doubt, Mike is a jinx. The guys on the bow and starboard side of the boat must have been using some magical clam, they did very, very, very well. The Pool Winner was a 25 and a half pound beauty. The angler did not want the fish,so Mike took it. He will be eating Bass for the next week. The boys and I will try again next week, hopefully without the 15 mph wind this time. Overall...a good night out with the guys !!!!

Angler Name : Fred Hepper
E-Mail : hep@njlenders.com
Boat Name: Branch Office
Date Fished: 5/16/02
Location: Raritan Reach
Fishing Method: Chunk/Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: clam/bunker/shad rigs/bunker spoon
Water Depth: 30
Water Temp.: 58.5
Information : The SW wind was to great on Thursday afternoon for the Branh Office. We were only able to raise large blues. Fished the 14 can (which has been hot) and than moved way west up to Big Bertha light. No stripers and not many solid readings. Large number of boats the were fishing Old Orchard also moved. I suspect nothing was happening there either.

Angler Name : Vinny O
E-Mail : vicjersey@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Instigator
Date Fished: 5/16/02
Location: Hoffman & Swineborne Isl.
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 20#
Bait or Lure: umbrella rigs, stretch 25
Water Depth: 18-28
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Starting trolling just South of the Veranzanno with Tugboat Pete, Kay, Chad & Rich. As soon as we set the rigs out we were on. Doubles started till Rich freespooled the wire rigs. Nice going. Still picked them up on Stretches, red tubes & Spoons. Slowed down with slack tide then picked up again in the afternoon. All fish over 32"..couple of blues mixed in. Great day.

Angler Name : Frank Lukenda
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/16/2002
Location: Local Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 4 1/2 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 70 Ft.
Water Temp.: 54 Degrees
Information : The Bounty Hunter had the Frank Lukenda charter on board today. Working 3 wrecks in 70 Ft. of water 18 miles south of Manasquan Inlet, the charter caught all the Seabass they wanted. The fish that were kept were in the 1 1/2 to 3 lb. range with about a dozen going over 4 Lbs. All the rest were released. Fortunately we had our catch made by the time the 25 knot south wind shut the fish down.

Angler Name : Michael Meehan
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 16
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 20 pounds
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Jay Richardella had the Mike Meehan charter from Tinton Falls, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Thursday. Trolling black and green umbrella rigs we read a ton of fish but could not get them to turn on. We started on the Shrewsbury Rocks and pulled a few but then headed all the way up. Fishing off at Romer Shoals we ended up with a dozen Bass and another dozen bluefish. The Bass were smaller then has been the case as we had 4 slots and the rest were between 28 and 33 inches.

Angler Name : Joe D.
E-Mail :
Boat Name: -
Date Fished: 5/15/02
Location: Great Kills Beach
Fishing Method: Surf, Chunck
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Large
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: Surf
Water Temp.: Felt Okay
Information : I may just be the worst, most unlucky, fisherman in the world. I came up over the berm at Great Kills Beach last evening to see the birds working, and two guys both fighting big fish. Their fish were thrashing & breaking the surface 100 yds out, as the water glistened in the early evening sun. I took a deep breath & a comforting feeling came over me as I said to myself "this is the day you've been waiting for". By the time I rigged up my first rod and got a chunk of bunker out, the guys next to me beached an additional Striper and Blue (both about 10 lbs). Anticipating easy fishing, I chose to cast and retrieve poppers, cranks, spoons and jigs with my other rod as I continuously kept an eye on the bunker rod in the sand spike - nothing. I turned my back on the rod once. I walked down the beach to discuss the conditions with a fellow fisherman when the whole beach ahead of me started screaming at me. I looked behind me to see my pole had dragged through 30 feet of beach and was just entering the water. I sprinted a good distance, then straight into the water, and dove head first just ahead of where I last saw the rod. I landed right on it, grabbed hold of it, and came up out of the water like Rambo, fighting a huge fish. I fought the fish for several minutes in waste-high water only to find out the drag was completely ceased from the sand. When I got the fish near the beach, it took one strong dash and freed himself. Soaking wet head to tow, I proceeded to miss the next five fish that hit my lines. AND the toothless jerk on my right stole my brand new jig that I dropped just before my "Pete Rose dive"! My wallet, cigarettes, and keys are still drying. I have yet to catch my first striper or blue from the beach!

Angler Name : Ed Meyers
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 5/15/2002
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 41 "
Bait or Lure: Spoons & Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 25 Ft.
Water Temp.: 54 Degrees
Information : After a couple of days off due to weather and a couple of days off for engine maintenance the Bounty Hunter was back on the playing field again. Running up to Raritan Bay with the Ed Meyers charter. In spite of the 35 knot northwest winds and difficult trolling conditions the decision not to pull up short was the right move. The Spoons and Shad rigs accounted for a limit catch of big bass plus bonus fish in a couple of hours. All the fish were large going from 33" up to 41". The largest weighing in at 25 lbs.

Angler Name : Dan Miller
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 14
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 25 pounds
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Jay Richardella had the Dan Miller charter from Seally Mattress out on the Canyon Runner Tuesday and put together an excellant catch of Bass in the hard Northwest winds. Never making all the way up to the Hook as the conditions would have been tough in the mouth of the bay and with 4 kids on the boat between the ages of 10-14 we choose to hang around the Shrewsbury Rocks and the decision paid off. Trolling black and green umbrella rigs the kids caught 21 Stripers, releasing 3, and all but one was over 30 inches with the largest at 40 inches and 24 pounds. In addition we caught several bluefish.

Angler Name : Sam, George, Jason, & Charlie
E-Mail :
Boat Name: All Hooked Up
Date Fished: May 12, 2002
Location: North Garden State Reef
Fishing Method: Anchored
Specie: Tautog
Size: Up to 8 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Green Crab/ Clam
Water Depth: 75'
Water Temp.: 55
Information : After we got hooked up to a wreck, the action was non-stop. Sea Bass and Tog bite was continuous. Caught some monster tog and lost several that might have been bigger- drug us back into the wreck and broke us off. Got some great weather as a bonus.

Angler Name : Jeff
E-Mail : netdeal@erols.com
Boat Name: Get-Reel
Date Fished: May, 12 2002
Location: SH Reef
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Blackfish
Size: keepers
Bait or Lure: crab
Water Depth: 50'
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Ran up from Manasqaun, hit the beach off the red Church without a touch. Picked up and headed towards home at SHook and stopped on the way at the SH Reef. Got on some good structure and my guy "White Chin Joe" had an immediate hook-up. WCJ caught several nice Togs and a big hump-back SB. Got real snotty and we headed in.

Angler Name : Matt Meehan
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Reel Action
Date Fished: May 11,2002
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27" to 34"
Bait or Lure: Shads
Water Depth: 20' - 45'
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Capt. Marc and his mate Ralph De Julia had the Matt Meehan party aboard for striped bass. We tried the Rocks to no avail then a move to Raritan Bay proved to be the right move. We trolled 5 bass before the high tide then put 4 in the box 2 hours after the high. We throw back 2 32" and one short. The heaviest fish was 18 lbs.

Angler Name : CAPT. KEVIN DELANOY
E-Mail : kdelanoy@hotmail.com
Boat Name: MISS MARGIE
Date Fished: MAY 11TH 2002
Location: SOUTH/MANASQUAN INLET
Fishing Method:
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 1 TO 4 LBS
Bait or Lure: CLAMS/CUT MACKEREL
Water Depth: 65/75FT
Water Temp.: 55 DEGREES
Information : CREW. DAD AND ME. STARTED FISHING IN A STIFF NORTH WIND AND THE SEAS RUNNING 3 TO 5FT. THIS MAKING WRECK FISHING A LITTLE DIFFICULT. WE MANAGED TO CATCH OUR LIMIT SEA BASS AND ALOT OF MEDIUM SIZED BLACKFISH. ALL BLACKFISH WERE RELEASED. AS THE SEAS LAID DOWN A BIT WE MOVED CLOSER TO THE INLET AND FOUND THE FISHING SLOWER,AS THE WIND SWITCHED TO THE SOUTH.

Angler Name : Bob
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Bunker Dunker
Date Fished: May 11
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling / chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 30 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Spoons / clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Released 42 bass to 30 lbs. on Saturday. Not bad given all the weekend traffic. Striper fishing has been about as hot as it gets if you know where and how to fish.

Angler Name : RichK, DaveK and HaroldG
E-Mail : davek@worldwideapparel.com
Boat Name: Easy Go
Date Fished: May 11, 2002
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30"-32"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella RIgs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : After last weekends 15 bass ,this Saturday was not as good. My son Rich who was visiting from Aspen,Co joined us as we trolled West Bank in the morning and Romer Shoals in the early afternoon using umbrellas with tubes, shads and bunker spoons. Finally got two fish at Flynns Knoll in the early afternoon. One of 28" by Rich and one of 30" by Harold. Decided to head home to Edgewater by trolling the West Bank on the way in. Lost a shad umbrella after a nice hit when the wire line broke, leaving us with one rod with an umbrella of red tubes. Rich got a nice hit and proceeded to try to bring the fish in when he discovered that the drag couldn't be tightened down very much. After a struggle it turned out that he had a double header of bass one of 30" and one 32". It's a good thing he stays in shape snowboarding,biking and playing basketball in Aspen.

Angler Name : Ken Kurek
E-Mail : k-kurek@comcast.net
Boat Name: Kerri - K
Date Fished: May 11, 2002
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks & Between the channels
Fishing Method: Troll & Chunk
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 25 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Shads, bunker spoon, clam
Water Depth: 20 - 30
Water Temp.:
Information : Left the dock at 7:30 and ran up to the Shrewsbury Rocks. Trolled white shads and picked up a slot striper and a 10lb blue. Had to leave because the heavy boat traffic turned the bass off. Ran up to the Hook, near Romer. Dropped the shads in the water and within minutes both poles went off. Boated two nice stripers, one slot and one around 31". I thought we were in for a banner day, but unfortunately no other fish were taken from that area. We must have accidently stopped right on top of 'em. Decided to move out between the channels. We found some fish there and chummed 'em with clams. We picked 6 nice fish on clams and decided to call it a day.

Angler Name : Mitch Poracov
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 11
Location: 20 South of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 4 pounds
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 90
Water Temp.: 55
Information : The Canyon Runner took the day off to take our engineer out for a day of fishing and Mitch Poracov from Jersey Shore Diesel in Pt. Pleasant, NJ had the best day of Sea Bass fishing we have seen in years. Fishing in 90 feet of water 25 miles south of Manasquan Inlet we caught 400 Sea Bass in releasing over 200 and keeping the rest for the dinner table. Double headers were common and most of the Sea Bass were in the 1-3 pound range though a few 4 pounders were mixed in although not as many as the past few trips. We only had to make one stop and we were back at the dock at 12:30pm.

Angler Name : Stan Miszczenski
E-Mail : smiszczenski@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Blue Thunder
Date Fished: 5/11/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Anchored/Bunker
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27" to 40"
Bait or Lure: Fresh Bunker
Water Depth: 28'
Water Temp.: n/a
Information : Found the bunker schools at 9am. My son Stan and I loaded up on fresh bunker and set anchor to take advantage of the out going tide at one of our favorite spots. We had non-stop action from 10:30am till 3pm. In addition to boating our limit, we fought and released over 20 stripers with most fish over 30". Fresh caught bunker is the only way to go, so get out there and catch them for some great bass action.

Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Date Fished: 05/11/2002
Location: SHREWSBURY ROCKS
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 15LB, 12LB, (2) 8-9LB
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 53
Information : GOT OUT EARLY AND HEADED FOR RARITAN BAY ONLY TO BE CRUSHED BY THE "LIGHT WEST WINDS" THAT WERE ACTUALLY BLOWING NORTH/NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 KNOTS(I WANT TO MEET A NOA FORECASTER IN A DARK ALLEY ONE DAY). FISHED THE ROCKS INSTEAD AND WAS LIMITED OUT BY 0740 HRS. ALSO CAUGHT TWO SMALL BLUES. NICE DAY

Angler Name : G. Davis
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Slacker
Date Fished: 5/11/02
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25"
Bait or Lure: Sandworm
Water Depth: 20
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Slow morning for me on the Raritan Bay. Radio "chatter" seemed to indicate that the bite was pretty slow all over. Hit spots at the rip, Flynns Knoll, Chapel Hill north, and Keansburg. Just a single bass (25") for the effort. At least the weather was nice.

Angler Name : Darrin Bradley
E-Mail : darrin.bradley@comcast.net
Boat Name: Equity One
Date Fished: 5/11/2002
Location: Axel Carlson Reef
Fishing Method: Anchor
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 5 lbs
Bait or Lure: Clam and Crabs
Water Depth: 80
Water Temp.: 57
Information :

Angler Name : Michael
E-Mail : HookedUp@aol.com
Boat Name: Grey Goose
Date Fished: 5/11/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 8# and 14#
Bait or Lure: Bunker Spoons
Water Depth: 30'
Water Temp.:
Information : Very slow. Trolled for two hours and had 3 hits. Two stripers and a big blue. One guy with bunker chunks picked up about 5 stripers while I was trolling around him. No one else seemed like they were doing too good.

Angler Name : TONY SPERRUZZIO
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/11/02
Location: SOUTH OF NAVY PIER
Fishing Method: CASTING
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-8 LBS
Bait or Lure: SPOONS
Water Depth: 3-7 FT.
Water Temp.: 58
Information : HAD A GREAT DAY OF FISHING AFTER WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUT IN OUR 16ft. BOAT. WE CAUGHT FISH AFTER FISH FOR HOURS, BOATING AT LEAST 120 FISH WITH THE LARGER FISH IN THE SHALLOWER WATER. WE WERE COVERED WITH BLOOD AND SCALES, YOU KNOW WE HAD FUN. WE'LL BE BACK OUT THERE NEXT WEEKEND.

Angler Name : Capt. Darren
E-Mail : dsv174@optonline.net
Boat Name: Marylou Crew
Date Fished: May 11th, 2001
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Chunked
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28" plus
Bait or Lure: Bunker/Clams
Water Depth: 27 feet
Water Temp.:
Information : Had friends out on the boat for a decent day caught some nice fish! Got a little beat up from the wind, but over all not to bad. Put one nice 25 pounder in the box. Looking forward to next trip.

Angler Name : Jon Murray
E-Mail : murray@quadnet.net
Boat Name: Feet
Date Fished: 5/11/02
Location: IBSP
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28" ,7lb4oz
Bait or Lure: Clam/Mackerel
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Fished with Bob Simon again and we had one bass on clam & 6 blues on mack. Three of the blues were 7-9lbs. & the others were small. My folks decided to move up to a bigger boat this year and we are still awaiting delivery of the "4 Reelin'", a 28'Scout Abaco. Our old boat, "Tunnelvision", a 25' Sea Cat is currently for sale at Surf & Offshore in Pt. Pleasant.

Angler Name : Capt. Manny Canales
E-Mail : manuel_canales@fpl.com
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 5/10/02
Location: deal wrecks
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 1-4lbs
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 70
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Hit the seabass wrecks today, and fishing was very good for Tom Taranova & Jack Singh. Plenty of large 2-4lb fish were caught and we pulled the plug at 1030 having more than enough seabass in the box.A stop on a blackfish spot produced a couple of fish to 5lbs., but the timing was not right and wind was picking up so we left it for another day.

Angler Name : Billy Wrede
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 10
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 43"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 30-50
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Jay Richardella had the Billy Wrede charter from Randolph, NJ out to Shrewsbury Rocks on Friday and got into the Stripers early. Trolling umbrella rigs in 30 feet of water produced 20 Bass from 28 to 40 inches on yellow shad. The action was best early on but we ended up picking Bass throughout the day.

Angler Name : Mark Scott
E-Mail : Bigwuber@aol.com
Boat Name: BIGGIE
Date Fished: 5-10-02
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 42 Inch 31 Pounds
Bait or Lure: Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 26 Feet
Water Temp.:
Information : We fished in 26 feet of water, but this big fish hit on top of the surface 10 feet behind the boat on a reel in.Almost pulled the rod out of my brothers hand. We cought 6 fish in 2 hours with no shorts.

Angler Name : JSpoto
E-Mail : JSpoto6449@aol.com
Boat Name: Eagle
Date Fished: 5/10/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: chumming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28+
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 15'
Water Temp.: n/a
Information : Took the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners on a night Striper Trip aboard Capt. Art Hilliard "Eagle Charter out of the Atlantic Highlands. Conditions were a little windy but fishable. We were able to put 13 bass in the boat and had at least 9 more on that we just couldn't get to the net. One 20" fluke took the clam bait but was quickly released! I want to commend the Captain and his crew, they did a great job and everything in their power to put us on fish. My guys were all well pleased with the boat and crew. They can't wait for the next scheduled trip!!! Thank you, Eagle!

Angler Name : Tony
E-Mail : amp82air11@hotmail.com
Boat Name: morning wood
Date Fished: 10 may 2002
Location: cape may wildwood 2 mile bridge
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 15 to 17''
Bait or Lure: minnow jigs and fin-s
Water Depth: 30
Water Temp.:
Information : fished the 2 mile bride area caught 15 blues in 3 hours.Did catch 1 19'' flatty, which was put backin.

Angler Name : Alan Kenter / Ed Icowski / Ed Gensinger
E-Mail : Captgen33@aol.com
Boat Name: A REEL LADY
Date Fished: 5/10/02
Location: Raritan Reach
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 20 LBS.
Bait or Lure: Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 30 Ft.
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Got out early and got into the fish right away. We limited out in about 2 hours. It was a beautiful morning.

Angler Name : Earl
E-Mail : anderson6@msn.com
Boat Name: Rusty 1
Date Fished: 5/10/02
Location: Bouy 11 Raritan Reach
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 35 inch 32 inch 30inch 29inch
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 25 feet
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Managed just a few hours of A.M. fishing before the wind started to blow, fast bite with big bluefish and big stripers no slot fish. Left them biting!!

Angler Name : G. Davis
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Slacker
Date Fished: 5/10/02
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 36"
Bait or Lure: sandworm
Water Depth: 20-30'
Water Temp.: mid 50's
Information : Drove down to the boat this morning to catch the ebb tide at Raritan Bay. Knowing the morning was to present light west winds, I decided to chunk some bunker. I really hate bunker (hate the way it smells, hate the mess, don't like riding the anchor in one place... I just don't like any part of it --- same goes for clams), but I'm nursing this vision of a 50# bass gliding up over a rise in a mussel bed and inhaling my nice bunker head, so I continue to mess with bunker. But, not being fully committed to the vision, I also picked up my Spring "confidence bait" --- sandworms. Left the dock and headed for the "back of the bay". Hit a couple of favorite spots, but saw no life.., none in the air, on the surface, or on the sounder. Headed for Old Orchard Schoal... place looked like the parking lot at the Cheesequake rest stop; they may have been in bass up to their knees, for all I know, but I refuse to fish in that kind of crowd. Moved out onto Flynns Knoll and fished two nice mussel beds. I was all by myself... no other boats and unfortunately, no fish (except a decent blue, but they weren't the target for today). Took the rest of the bunker and dumped it. Now, here comes the good part. Re-rigged for sandworms. Ran to one of my better sandworm drifting spots and got down to business. First drift... bang, a nice 29" bass. Two drifts later, a nice 28" bass. Next drift (current combined with 15-20 knot westerly... boat is really movin'), I feel a subtle bump and set up on it... line starts peeling off the reel (and the drag was pretty tight... I'm fishing 20# on a Penn 965). About 150-200' of line peels off (I'm starting to get those nervous thoughts about being "spooled"; combined with the "this is the fish of a lifetime" jitters) before I get its' head turned and coming my way. 10 minutes later, I boated my best bass of the season... 36"+ @ 25#. She swam away nice and strong; I hope to see her again in 4-5 years. Moral of the story is now is the time to go get 'em and don't be afraid to leave "the fleet" and do your own thing. Good luck this weekend.

Angler Name : Frank
E-Mail : fishb0y99@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Sea Ox
Date Fished: 5-10
Location: Raritan Reach
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 13 & 14 pounds
Bait or Lure: Shad Rigs
Water Depth: Mid 20s
Water Temp.: Mid 50s
Information : Trolled the Bay 8-10 and caught 2 on Shad Rigs up to 36'.Seas were a little bumpy and it was a bit windy to.

Angler Name : TOM JOSEPHS
E-Mail : tjos102053@aol.com
Boat Name: Q-JOE
Date Fished: 5-10-02
Location: SECRET ROCK PILE/RARITAN BAY
Fishing Method: CHUNKING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22 LBS
Bait or Lure: BUNKER
Water Depth: 16 FEET
Water Temp.: 58
Information : ARRIVED ON THE SECRET ROCK PILE JUST BEFORE DARK WITH CAPT A.J.AND CAPT BOB,ALONG FOR THE RIDE WAS JOHNNY "CHIGGERMAN" MAHER...HAD FISH ON WITHIN MINUTES THE ACTION WAS FAST AND FURIOUS FOR 4 HOURS (NO TIME TO HOOCH)....THEN THE BLUES STARTED TO TAKE THERE TOLL ON OUR TACKLE...ALOT OF BREAKOFFS....ALL IN ALL WAS THE BEST TRIP OF THE SEASON SO FAR....LIMITED OUT ON BASS FROM 15LBS TO 22LBS...LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT TRIP WITH THE CAPTAIN....

Angler Name : Pete Minoti
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 9
Location: Romer Shoals
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 20 pounds
Bait or Lure: Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Jay Richardella fought through tough conditions on Thursday to put a catch together for the Pete Minoti charter from Colts Neck, NJ. Fishing in a hard Northeast wind up at Romer Shoals while we marked Bass all day on the recorder they never really went on the feed. Trolling everything we had we finally product 8 big Stripers from 30 inches to 38 inches all on yellow shad rigs.

Angler Name : G. Davis
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/9/02
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22"
Bait or Lure: Bucktails
Water Depth: 10-20'
Water Temp.: 50's
Information : Took my Dad out for a little surf fishing. Hadn't seen him since deer season; and in his retirement, he's gotten a little too comfortable in the recliner. Classic surf fishing conditions... heavy overcast, northeast wind, breaking waves, and working birds. He scored a 22" blue and a matching striper on a bucktail & Fin S teaser. I get a kick out of watching him fish... even a big sea robin gets him excited. Just a few blues for me, but that's OK, today was more about "quality time" than hard core fishing. If your "old man" is still around, take him fishing.. I'm sure he took you once or twice.

Angler Name : Fred Hepper
E-Mail : hep@njlenders.com
Boat Name: Branch Office
Date Fished: 5/9/02
Location: 16 can south side of the Raritan Reach
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 30 lbs.
Bait or Lure: fresh clams & bunker
Water Depth: 30 ft.
Water Temp.: 58
Information : What a day (again)!! Anchored close to the reach on the jersey side & began chumming with clam bellies. (all you need is a 2lb. frozen bucket of clam bellies, cut some holes in the top, tie it off & drop it in). 10 minutes later we had 3 hours of non-stop striper action using fish finder rigs. Bunker heads attracted the largest fish 20-30 lbs. Clams and bunker chunks produced slightly smaller fish. Very few blue fish. The fish are stacked up in the bay now... get out there ASAP.

Angler Name : phil&will
E-Mail : plagun@home.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/9/02
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27+
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 15?20
Water Temp.: ?
Information : about 6:00 tight lines down the beach many guys with bait the bigger fish caught on plugs.rain and cold front rolled in. my fishing partner was fished out in about an hour so he put his skirt on and asked to go home.Next time I'll bring the wife she wont cry after an hour.tight lines

Angler Name : John Drastal
E-Mail : jdrastal@connectbusiness.com
Boat Name: Bluehen
Date Fished: 05/09/02
Location: Raritan Reach
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 35"
Bait or Lure: Shads
Water Depth: 20 feet
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Went out with Tom Scarrone for a pre-work trip. The Weather was nasty but the fish were everywhere. Hit a massive school of baitfish 2 miles west of the Navy pier and immediately had fish on. Boated at least 15 bass, half over 30" and two dozen bluefish. Tom had three really nice fish over 12 lbs. Not bad for 2 hours....

Angler Name : Michael
E-Mail : HookedUp@aol.com
Boat Name: Grey Goose
Date Fished: 5/8/02
Location: Raritan Reach
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 35" - 38"
Bait or Lure: Bunker Spoons / Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 30- 45
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished the reach near the # 16 bell. Caught a 36" on Shad rig, but the large white bunker spoon was the hot lure today. We started trolling just one rod because as soon as we let it out, we had another fish on. At one point we got into a school of larger stripers and just started casting to them. They were chewing on the bunker right in front of us and we could pick which striper to hook up with. They were all mixed in with big bluefish. Ended up with a bunch of stripers between 15 - 19 pounds and about 10 bluefish. All within 1 1/2 hours. Everyone around us that were fishing the sloppy seas were constantly hooked up too.

Angler Name : Dave Tolchin
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 8
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 20 pounds
Bait or Lure: Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Joe Dalik had the Dave Tolchin charter from Sayreville, NJ up to the Reach Wednesday and did not find the great Bass action that took place the day before. Trolling yellow shad rigs produced only 10 Stripers up to 38". Again though, all ten Bass were decent fish with none smaller than 33 inches.

Angler Name : CAPT. KEVIN DELANOY
E-Mail : kdelanoy@hotmail.com
Boat Name: MISS MARGIE
Date Fished: MAY 8
Location: BARNEGAT BAY
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 3LBS
Bait or Lure: FIN S
Water Depth: 8FT/10FT
Water Temp.: 64
Information : CREW. DAD AND ME. FISHED FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS IN THE EVENING. THE WIND WAS BOWING A GOOD 15 TO 20 FROM THE EAST, MAKING THE MIDDLE OF THE BAY A LITTLE CHOPPY. FISHING WAS SLOW AT BEST WITH A FEW HITS AND ONLY FOUR FISH BOATED.

Angler Name : G. Davis
E-Mail :
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 5/8/02
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: to 25"
Bait or Lure: bucktails & Hopkins
Water Depth: 10-20'
Water Temp.: 50's
Information : With the forecasted NE wind, I decided to leave the boat at the dock and break out the surf rods. Spent an hour casting at a location on the Shrewsbury... caught nothing but weed. Moved to an ocean front view. Proceeded to catch one blue after another for 4 straight hours. For guys that like to keep score, it was 50+ blues to 25". All caught on either 3/4 oz white bucktail or 1 oz Hopkins Shorty.

Angler Name : Tom Headley
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/08/2002
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 23 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Spoons & Shads
Water Depth: 20 Ft.
Water Temp.: 54 Degrees
Information : The Bounty Hunter was back in Raritan Bay with the Tom Headley charter. Yesterday's action was only a memory as we had to work hard for every fish we caught today. We fished the same area where we could not miss yesterday and only managed a slow steady pick. At days end we had 4 Keepers in the box, the largest at 23 lbs. along with 4 bonus fish. In addition we released 4 Slot fish and a handful of Blues.

Angler Name : Westfield Fire Dept.
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Eagle
Date Fished: 5/8/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: clams
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28 " plus to 33 1bs
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Afternoon/early evening trip on the Eagle, Went out at 4:00 pm. , first hour nothing, Then a wild bite where all 19 on board limited out with fish to a high of 33 lbs. filled all limits with slots and started to release fish, some well over 20lbs.Back at the dock by 7:30. also a few bluefish mixed in. Never been on a trip where almost everyone was hooked up at the same time. lots of bunker in the bay too.

Angler Name : Nick
E-Mail : nmh131@netscape.net
Boat Name: Sea Pigeon
Date Fished: 5-8-02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24" to 22lbs.
Bait or Lure: chunking clams
Water Depth: 15'
Water Temp.: 57
Information : fished the middle of the bay from 5:30 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. The fish bit from the minute the anchor line got tight, through slack tide, and until we picked up to go home. High hook caught 20 fish and everyone had their legal limit. We limited out 18 people by 7:30 and released another 75 fish. I myself caught 10 fish, one after another, in 45 min. This trip reminded me of slaghter nite bluefishing. Hope to repeat these results soon.

Angler Name : Gerard Marini
E-Mail : ryan306@aol.com
Boat Name: Ryan's Express
Date Fished: 05/08/2002
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20-32 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 22
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Left the dock @ 6am with the crew of Mike Stipo Mike Braccia Jerry Marini Joey DAWGS Amato,had non stop action till 10AM the fish seemed to only hit the heads,nothing big but there are many days left in the season

Angler Name : Bill & John
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Barking Dog
Date Fished: 5/7/2002
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 35"
Bait or Lure: Spoons & Manns
Water Depth: 26
Water Temp.:
Information : Trolled Flynns Knoll and Romer Shoal area starting at 6pm. Had no problem landing small (3 lbs) bluefish. After a short time we put nice fat 35" + bass into the cooler for the table. Took a Stretch 24 (green).

Angler Name : John & George
E-Mail : jkolias@ix.netcom.com
Boat Name: Reel Fun
Date Fished: 5/7/02
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-6 lbs
Bait or Lure: 007 AVA
Water Depth: 15-19
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Heading out to Flynns, but interrupted by a nice school of Bluefish which we just couldn't pass up. Great fun casting Ava007-117 on 8-12lb mono. Fished 5-7 p.m. at flood tide. Going for Stripers Friday!!! Tight Lines

Angler Name : Michael
E-Mail : HookedUp@aol.com
Boat Name: Grey Goose
Date Fished: 5/7/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Casting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 31" - 35"
Bait or Lure: Bass Assassins
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Casted at rock piles on 8 pound test for two hours and got into some larger fish. Had a great time.

Angler Name : Frank Lukenda
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/07/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 27 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Spoons
Water Depth: 25 Ft.
Water Temp.: 53 Degrees
Information : The Bounty Hunter had the Frank Lukenda charter on board and headed right back to Raritan Bay. In what turned out to be the best Striper trolling day of the Spring season the charter had their limit catch of big Bass plus bonus fish in an hour. Spoons which did not produce over the past 2 days could not be put in the water without an immediate hook up. All the bass were large going from 34" up to 43" the heaviest weighing in at 27 Lbs. We spent the last hour releasing 15 to 20 lb. fish. Once again we could not catch a slot fish.

Angler Name : Sean Mallory
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 7
Location: 15 mile South of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 5 pounds
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 75 feet
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Jay Richardella had the Canyon Runner back south of 15 miles south Manasquan Inlet Tuesday to get back in on some great Sea Bass fishing. The Sean Mallory charter from Holmdel did their second bottom fishing trip in as many weeks and will have Sea Bass to eat for a while. Fishing in 65 feet of water the day started out slow but when the tide turned we had no problem putting a limit catch together with the total catch including released fish added up to easily over 180 Sea Bass. The largest of the day came in at 4.75 pounds.

Angler Name : G. Davis
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Slacker
Date Fished: 5/6/02
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28"
Bait or Lure: sandworms
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Slow morning at Keansburg. Didn't mark any fish... surprising as there was a good body of bass and blues there yesterday afternoon. Ended up fishing at the rip. Caught one bass (28") on a sandworm.

Angler Name : Toby Babeuf
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/06/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 36"
Bait or Lure: Spoons & Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 25 Ft.
Water Temp.: 53 Degrees
Information : The Bounty Hunter got up to Raritan Bay today with the Toby Babeuf charter. Starting at the Knoll the Spoons once again proved to be ineffective. A switch to Shad Rigs quickly put 3 keepers in the box. A short move to the Chapel Hill area was more productive. Trolling Shad Rigs we managed to put 7 more Bass up to 36" in the boat, which included 4 bonus fish. In addition several Bass were released. Could not catch a fish under 30" today.

Angler Name : John Kerwin
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 6
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 25 pounds
Bait or Lure: Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.: 55
Information : The Canyon Runner was back up to Sandy Hook today with the John Kerwin chater from Montclair. Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Jay Richardella put the charter into a limit of Bass over 28 inches including bonus fish. All the fish were caught on Shad Rigs at the beginning of Ambrose Channel. We were back at the dock early today before 1pm as the charter had there fill of again all nice sized bass in the 34-37 inch range.

Angler Name : Tom Fullen
E-Mail : tfu2594868@aol.com
Boat Name: Dixie III
Date Fished: 5/6/02
Location: Deleware River
Fishing Method: Live line
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 37 inches
Bait or Lure: Live herring
Water Depth: 29 feet
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Went to the river with my mate Brian, ran up to Trenton to fill the live well. Slow picking got enough to fish. Had the first run off as soon as we set the anchor. The fish are big and fat with some fish going over 25 pounds. The striper candy is in! I will be on the river as much as possible. The guys in the salt have nothing on us!

Angler Name : Richard Mayer
E-Mail : rmmayer@mindspring.com
Boat Name: IMPETUOUS
Date Fished: 5/5/02
Location: Off Hilton
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: To 10 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs
Water Depth: 30
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Captain Lew on the IMPETUOUS has more spots than a leopard. He put us on the tog on the first drop and we never left all day. As always, the IMPETUOUS had "limit fishing" but this time it was a little different. I have been fishing with my brother Gary (The Belmar Rat) for the better part of 40 years and this is the first time in my life he ever gave me a "beatin"! Well, he sure gave me one today. Gary must have outfished each of us five to one. On May 5th 2002 "The Belmar Rat" was a toggin' machine. Congrats from all aboard but just wait 'til next time.

Angler Name : John D'Andrea
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/05/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 37"
Bait or Lure: Spoons & Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 20 Ft.
Water Temp.: 51 Degrees
Information : The John D' Andrea family charter was on the Bounty Hunter today and we started off trolling the area west of Chapel Hill. The area only produced a slow pick. All the Bass were caught on Shad Rigs. Pulling Spoons was a big zero. It appeared that the big spread of larger fish that were in this area scattered overnight, since the fish caught were in the 29" to 35" size range. We finished up in the area of the Knoll where we managed to catch enough to give us a limit catch of 12 Bass for the day. Another 7 Bass were released.

Angler Name : Don M
E-Mail : donm@accutest.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/5/02
Location: Beach Haven
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 15 lbs
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished the surf at Beach Haven this past weekend. About 3 hours before high tide on Sunday caught 2 bass, 15 & 18 lbs. Lots of Skates in the water but persistence paid off as some other folks fishing near me landed some bass as well .. all action was on clams.

Angler Name : A. Teel
E-Mail : ateel7@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Char-Sea
Date Fished: 5/5/2002
Location: Atlantic City - Cigar
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Blue Shark
Size: 180lbs.
Bait or Lure: Mackerel
Water Depth: 133
Water Temp.: 53-54
Information : We went out to the Cigar area in hopes of a early mako. Best we could find was 54 degree water, but real clear. Had purpoises around the boat! In 53 water! Nothing doing for the first 2 hours until we ran into some big slammer bluefish. We then got a hookup on the closest mackerel...Actually got a glimpse of it in the water....swore it was a mako. Fought it for approx. 20 minutes. Big blue shark. I always thought they were usually skinny, slow and lethargic this time of year...this one was fat and fought hard. Tagged it. Man, thought we had one....oh well..I'm sure the makos will be here real soon. Take care.

Angler Name : Spotted Dog
E-Mail : jsbraga@aol.com
Boat Name: Nu-Meat
Date Fished: 5/5/02
Location: Cape May Reef
Fishing Method: Gigging
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 2#
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 50'
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Fished with Ray the Roofer and we gigged up as many Sea Bass as we wanted. Kept 7 fish and enjoyed a great dinner tonight and have 2 more meals packed in the freezer. Everyone in the area had fish as soon as they drifted over structure. The weather was fully co-operative with calm seas and slightly cloudy skies.

Angler Name : Cynthia & Ed Gensinger
E-Mail : Captgen33@aol.com
Boat Name: A REEL LADY
Date Fished: 5/05/02
Location: North Chappel Hill Channel
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 15 LBS.
Bait or Lure: Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 22 Ft.
Water Temp.: 54
Information : My wife and I just went out for a run and decided to wet a line. We ended up putting 2 fish in the box and released 3 others. A great Day to be on the water. Congratualtions to Cynthia who caught her first Bass.

Angler Name : Richie
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Sexy Lexy
Date Fished: 5/5/02
Location: Sandy Hook/Flynes Knoll
Fishing Method: Anchor/Chum
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Bunker/Clam
Water Depth: 18-40
Water Temp.: 52 degrees
Information : ...I don't know what everybody is talking about but Sunday was a real stinker. The water was great, the skies sunny, but the fishing stunk! Not a bite all day. Fished the outgoing tide early morning without a nibble. It wasn't just us. Not very many fish landed. At the docks only one large Blue. Next time I troll. It seems trollers had the better part of the deal. Good luck. You'll need it.

Angler Name : Jeremy Juffe
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Donzi 35
Date Fished: May 4,5
Location: GE Reef off
Fishing Method: Anchored
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Clams,Crabs,Mackeral
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 58
Information : On both days we fished the GE Reef. The conditions were great on both days with the seas being 1-3 feet. On the first day we decided to go the reef on word of taug being caught,but we didn't have the patience to get on a wreck. So we anchored up by a drop off. We hooked up with tons of sea bass(kept 30), but we were looking for taug. Then today we wanted to stay in the intlet and catch Bluefish. We stayed there for awhile but didn't get any bites. We headed out to the reef, found a wreck and achored up on it. There was one problem we didn't bring any crabs. We hooked up with tons of seabass again(kept 20) and one Taug. There was one problem we didn't get any crabs because we thought we were just going to stay in the inlet for blues. We knew there were tons of taug because a boat told us while we were leaving. It was still a great first time out for the season. YFIS Jeremy

Angler Name : Chris
E-Mail : str8thugn6969@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: may 5
Location: out of mansquan/inlet
Fishing Method: clam baits
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: -
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 35-60
Water Temp.:
Information : got out of hte inlet around 8 first drop one blue rest of the day nothing PLEASE EMAIL IF YOU HAVE INSHORE SEA BASS LOCATIONS

Angler Name : G. Davis
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Slacker
Date Fished: 5/5/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27-32"
Bait or Lure: sandworm
Water Depth: 15
Water Temp.: 55
Information : After a disappointing bunker chunking trip on Saturday (bunch of blues, zero bass, wind blowing the boat to the NW... while the current was running to the east, plus the bonus of a bunker scented boat), went back to drifting sandworms on the flats. 2 hours of early evening fishing scored 3 stripers (27-32"), some blues, and my first, much anticipated sea robins of the season.

Angler Name : CAPT.KEVIN DELANOY
E-Mail : kdelanoy@hotmail.com
Boat Name: MISS MARGIE
Date Fished: MAY 5TH
Location: BARNEGAT BAY
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 2LB/7LB
Bait or Lure: FIN S
Water Depth: 8FT
Water Temp.: 57DEGREES
Information : CREW. DAD AND ME. STARTED FISHING AT 6:00 AM. CAUGHT FIRST FISH RIGHT AWAY WITH ONLY ONE OR TWO OTHER HITS. VERY LITTLE ACTION UNTIL 12:00 WHEN THE TIDE CHANGED. THE NEXT HOUR PRODECED 12 FISH RELEASING MOST OF THEM. GOOD FISHING TOWARDS THE END MAKING FOR A GOOD TRIP.

Angler Name : Alan & Dave Corry
E-Mail : cpasoccer@aol.com
Boat Name: Cookie III
Date Fished: 5/5/02
Location: South of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2 to 6lbs
Bait or Lure: Manns Purple Mackeral
Water Depth: 30' to 60'
Water Temp.: 54
Information : First trip for the Corry team of the year proved super. All the 2 to 6 lb blues you wanted 1 to 2 miles off the beach between Pt Pleasant and Mantoloking. Highlight of day was 15lb striper which was delicious table fare last eveing. Of 18 fish, 14 hit the Manns Stretch 25 Purple Mackeral. Thats a very high percentage considering we were trolling up to five different lures. Go figure! Thats fishin! Can't wait for next weekend. P.S. Somebody please tell everyone not to have weekend family parties during May, June, Sept, and Oct.

Angler Name : Joe Scott
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 5
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass<