Angler Name : Lou Green
E-Mail : greenbunch@aol.com
Boat Name: Green Machine
Date Fished: 5/30/03
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clams
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 35"
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 10 feet
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Ran up from Pt. Pleasant with Stiper wrestler Chris Green abord. Fished the incoming tide and had fish five minutes after setting the anchor. Fished thru a thunder storm and had our limit within an hour. Most of the fish were in the 31" range but we managed a few slot fish. Flat seas made for a 45 minute ride home. Can't wait to go again.

Angler Name : Jackson
E-Mail : sumrwind@optonline.net
Boat Name: Summer Wind
Date Fished: 5/30/03
Location: Roamer
Fishing Method: Anchor/Clam
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25-39 inches
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.: just right
Information : On water by 3:30, hooked up 3:35. Chummed w/ clam bits all afternoon. Heaviest fish 25lbs, Jackson, Hochman, Billoti all caught their limit and then some......

Angler Name : Jeff
E-Mail : netdeal@erols.com
Boat Name: J2
Date Fished: 5/30/03
Location: Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: NA
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Ran out for the hot striper bite and wiffed. Caught some blues, a few keeper Fluke, some short Fluke and to complete the trip, a three ring binder, thats right a reeled in a three ring binder!

Angler Name : John Light
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/30/2003
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 4 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 70 to 90 Ft.
Water Temp.: 54 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the John Light charter on board the Bounty Hunter and headed back to the wrecks 25 miles south of Manasquan Inlet. As was the case yesterday we dropped on 5 different pieces of structure in 70 to 90 Ft. of water. All held Jumbo Seabass. The bite improved over yesterday and the charter had no problem filling the fish box with the legal limit of quality Seabass. The catch was topped off with 6 Tog between 16" & 18" in length.

Angler Name : Tony C
E-Mail : tcava1@hotmail.com
Boat Name: The Fisherman
Date Fished: 5/30/03
Location: R.S., West Bank, Off N.Beach
Fishing Method: Bottom, Clam
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 22lbs
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: 12 to 15 ft.
Water Temp.: Upper 50's
Information : Once again Captain Ron did his best to get us a good day of fishing. The morning started slow but steady with a pick of larger fish up to 22lbs., with maybe a dozen fish in the 15 lb range. A move south got us into more consistant action , many limits were obtained and the slots were hard to come by. Believe it or not I took home the prize once again with a 22 lb, 40 inch fish. Captain Ron and the Mate, Bob did a fine job once again!

Angler Name : Joe Lambrillo
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 30
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 42inches
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 15
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Justin Nighan had to put in a full day with the Joe Lambrillo charter from Burlington, NJ in order to put a Striper catch together Friday. Claming off Sandy Hook in 15 feet of water produced a slow pick on both the incoming and outgoing tides. However, everyone of the 15 bass we boated was over 30 inches and most were from 36 to 38 inches. The largest of the day was 42 inches and 28 pounds.

Angler Name : Dave P.
E-Mail : LUCKYDBP74@AOL.COM
Boat Name: Hyper Striper
Date Fished: 5/30
Location: Flynn's Knoll
Fishing Method: anchor
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24-34"
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : We fished through the storm and landed 14 stripers from 24"-34". The fish didn't seem that agressive. We missed (lost) a few more.

Angler Name : Joe/Dave
E-Mail : docksyd1984@aol.com
Boat Name: Norski
Date Fished: May30
Location: Shrewbury Rocks/ inside
Fishing Method: livebait/Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 35"
Bait or Lure: live herring, fresh clams
Water Depth: 24 ft.
Water Temp.:
Information : fished inside the shrewbury rocks during the evening hours.. lots of bait readings and bunker on the surface. only caught one bass 35" on a live herring..all the blues you wanted and two dogfish..beautiful fishing night..without a lot of fish..bass seem to be much bigger now then a few weeks ago

Angler Name : Scott Albanese
E-Mail : yankeefn@optonline.net
Boat Name: Golden Lady
Date Fished: 5/29/03
Location: 53 Can Raritan Bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20 lbs. 36''
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Scott Albanese fishing with his father Frank on the Golden Lady had a good night on Thursday. Total of 8 Striped Bass all around 10lbs and 1 20lb 36" all on clams. All fish hit at the turn of the out tide.

Angler Name : Charlie Martino
E-Mail : njtackle@aol.com
Boat Name: LIGHT TACKLE
Date Fished: May 29th
Location: of Belmar
Fishing Method: bait
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 3 to 4 lbs.
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 60 ft
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Light Tackle enjoyed a great day sea bass fishing today, May 29th. Many fish were 3 to 4 lbs. And a few keeper blackfish mixed in.

Angler Name :
E-Mail : captbob@aluresportfishing.com
Boat Name: A-LURE
Date Fished: May 29,2003
Location: Romar Schoals
Fishing Method: chuming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 14`
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Capt Bob Konz had Capt Joe Patsco Of the Fintastic out for a busmans holiday. Capt Joe along with his friends Ed Remlinger and Bill Phillips had a combination trip of stripers and sea bass. the striper fishing was slow today only boating two and bothered by bluefish, dogfish, and skates. The second half of the trip was more productive, landing lots of sea bass. The sea bass fishing right now is out of this world.

Angler Name : John & Manny
E-Mail : john08723@comcast.net
Boat Name: TIDERUNNER
Date Fished: 5/29/03
Location: Inshore -Wreck
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 14 to18 inches
Bait or Lure: Clams & Sqiud
Water Depth: 75 ft
Water Temp.: 53 to 58
Information : Friday the weather was to good to be true so my friend Manny and I headed for an In-Shore wreck I fish a lot. And we bailed fish over the side for 4 hour straigth. We caught betwwen 125 to 150 fish easy. We kept enought for a couple of good meals.We didn't keep a fish under 14". No Black fish! Another boat anchor up next to us had 8 keeper black fish caught on Crabs which we did not have. What a great day!

Angler Name : AJ
E-Mail : Sk8er7202002@yahoo.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/29/03
Location: the tip of sandy hook
Fishing Method: casting
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10"-16"
Bait or Lure: live killies, bluefish chunks, sea robin strips
Water Depth: 6-10 ft???
Water Temp.: 54??
Information : got there about 4:30 wit my brother, my cousin, and my brother's friend. My brother caught 2 sea robins, and 4 blues. his freind caught 2 blues an angel fish thing (not sure wut is was), and 2 sk8's, my cuzin caught 2 blues and a 16" fluke. and i caught 3 blues 3 sea robins and a sk8. All blues were between 2-3 lbs. So it was a good day.

Angler Name : Capt. Darren
E-Mail : dsv174@optonline.net
Boat Name: Mary Lou Crew
Date Fished: 5/29/03
Location: Romar Shoal
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28' - 30'
Bait or Lure: Clams&Bunker
Water Depth: 19 feet
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Had the Chris Richards charter out for a day of striper fishing. With great weather for a change the fish however did not cooperate. Caught several bass in the 24-28 inch range and some bluefish, but the fishing was diffently off. Stopped on the way back at Shrewsburry Rocks with two other boats trolling, and no fish!!! As per the radio talk it was just an off day!!

Angler Name : Sinkem Jonny & Girth Cooper
E-Mail : jppud@aol.com
Boat Name: 4 J's
Date Fished: 5/29/03
Location: Garden State North Reef
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 16"-19"
Bait or Lure: Clams,Squid,Mackarel
Water Depth: 73'-78'
Water Temp.: ???
Information : First trip of the 2003 season on the 4 J's with 2-time Mate-of-the-Year, Chris "Girth" Cooper. Just wanted to run the boat after Dr.Wally's annual spring maintainance on the motor and any fishing on this nice day was to be a bonus. My Johnson was humming as we hit Barnegat Bay and tried the BB, then the BI buoys. Coop got a beautiful 26" 6.3lb weakie on a Pink Fin-S and we added 3 small blues to the cooler before goin by Old Barney on our way to the the GSN reef. The seabass were waiting for us and hungry as we made several drifts thru the flags. We put 23 of those tasty colorful Humpheads in the cooler with Coop's 19" the biggest, but the Captain added an 18" & 16.5" double-header to the catch. A great maiden voyage!!!!

Angler Name : Tom Novak
E-Mail :
Boat Name: S.T. Barb
Date Fished: 5/29/03
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: chum clams
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27"-33"
Bait or Lure: clam bellies
Water Depth: 18ft.
Water Temp.: 58 degrees
Information : Started off at the West bank with no luck. Switched over to the Knoll which started out productively with 4 bass and 4 blues in 25 min. Two of those bass were around 15lbs. The current began to die down around 11:00pm and so did the fishing. We managed 6 bass and 5 blues. Slow day but fish are there if your willing to work for them.

Angler Name : Larry MacSherry
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/29/2003
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 4 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 60 to 90 Ft.
Water Temp.: 54 Degrees
Information : The "Mac" MacSherry charter was on the Bounty Hunter and Capt Paul ran 25 miles south of Manasquan Inlet to fish the inshore wrecks. During the course of the day we made 5 stops on structure in 60 Ft. to 90 Ft. of water. The charter caught fish on every drop, some produced fish better than others but each held large Jumbo Seabass. At the end of the day we had a fish box full of quality fish. It appears that the Seabass are starting to turn on but you have to move around to put together a solid catch.

Angler Name : Sean Mallory
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 29
Location: 20 miles SE of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 4 pounds
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 75
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Captains Phil Dulanie and Joe LaRosa had the Canyon Runner out with the Sean Mallory party from Holmdel, NJ on Thursday and made it an early day on the Sea Bass grounds as a limit was put together before 9am and we released 100+ Sea Bass before calling it a day. The limit catch was made up primarily of 3-4 pound Sea Bass as we were throwing back anything less than 15 inches and most of the fish were over 3 pounds to begin with. Today we fished in 75 feet of water and only needed one drop on one wreck to make the trip.

Angler Name : Mark & Brian
E-Mail :
Boat Name: MegaByte
Date Fished: 5/27/03
Location: Raritan
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 11lbs
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 18
Water Temp.:
Information : If you didn't chum with belly you were not successful. Only had a few fish while my buddies next to me chummed bellies and had fish non stop. Be prepared!

Angler Name : Zack
E-Mail : chinacatz@aol.com
Boat Name: High Time II
Date Fished: 5-27
Location: Roamer shoals
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: stretch 25's / Rapala's
Water Depth: 25'
Water Temp.:
Information : Trolled Roamer shoals on the ebbing tide. We didn't get any stripers and didn't see any getting caught. Tried going around the tip of the hook and found small blues off the nude and fishing beaches. Caught them on the rapala's as fast as we could get them in the water.

Angler Name : Frank Lukenda
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 5/27/2003
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 36"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 25 Ft.
Water Temp.: 54 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Frank Lukenda charter on board the Bounty Hunter and headed up to Raritan Bay. Anticipating a good start after yesterday's wild Striper bite we were greeted with a slow pick. After 2 hours we boxed 5 Slot fish & 1 Keeper Bass. A move off into 25 Ft. got us into the Bass but we had to fish our way through the Dogfish. At days end we had filled all catagories and released another 21 Stripers up to 36".

Angler Name : Timmy V
E-Mail : valente66@cs.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/26/03
Location: Sandy Hook-North Beach
Fishing Method: Surf fishing
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18 inch
Bait or Lure: clams and metal
Water Depth: surf
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished from North Beach all the way to the rips at sunrise. Tried fishing bait and throwing metal. One short striper on fresh clam bait. My buddy got one nice choper blue on metal. Both fish at the ripps. Very hard to cast into the direct east wind. Outgoing tide at sunrise killed the fishing by 9AM. Frustrating weather to fish in but it still beats sitting in the house and watching the rain come down!

Angler Name : Charlie Martino
E-Mail : NJtackle@aol.com
Boat Name: Light Tackle
Date Fished: May 26
Location: off Belmar
Fishing Method: squid and clams
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: fish to 4 lbs.
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 70 ft
Water Temp.: 52
Information : LIGHT TACKLE Great day seabass fishing yesterday May 26th in 70 ft of water. Fish were up to 4 lbs. Limit catches.

Angler Name : Brad Burgess
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 26
Location: 20 miles SE of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 5 pounds
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 70
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Fed up with the horrible weather over Memorial Weekend the crew of the Canyon Runner decided we were going to fish Monday no matter how bad the conditions were. And they were bad. We left Manasquan Inlet at 5:30am in decent sea conditions (2-4 footers) but in pouring rain. The rain never stopped and by the time we were 20 miles southeast the seas were 6-8 – but the Sea Bass were there. Fishing in 70 feet of water we loaded the cooler with a limit of Sea Bass up to 5 pounds with a dozen of 4 pounds. We were headed back by 10am and when we hit the Inlet the wind hit 30+ knots. We wouldn’t think of subjecting a charter to this unwilling and so the crew included a few captains/boat owners from Clark’s Landing, Captain Phil Dulanie, Adam LaRosa, and mates Mike Zajac, Billy Rowan and Brad Burgess.

Angler Name : CAPT. DAVE BENDER
E-Mail : TUNAFISHING@SPRINTMAIL.COM
Boat Name: JENNY LEE
Date Fished: 5/26/03
Location: RARITAN BAY
Fishing Method: CLAMMING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : CAPT,S DAVE BENDER AND JIMMY GAHM TOOK: BOB GAHM, DAVE ROBINSON, JOHN GEIGUS,AND JOHN SKIADAS RARITAN BAY MONDAY, MEMORIAL DAY IN CRUMMY WEATHER. THE WEATHER WAS LOUSY BUT THE FISHING WAS OUTSTANDING, OVER FORTY BASS WERE CAUGHT AND RELEASED WITH THE LARGEST TIPPING THE SCALES AT 27LBS CLAMMING WAS THE PREFERRED BAIT.

Angler Name : Tom Taranova
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 5/26/03
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 11- 28 lbs.
Bait or Lure: spoons
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Went out in less than favorable conditions,pouring rain and Northeast wind, but it turned on the big bass. Steady pick of bass and blues on the troll, all big fish, 4 over 25 lbs the rest 10 - 18lbs. Limited out on keeper bass without seeing a fish under 32".With the NE wind at 25 kts and gusting,pouring rain we decided to go in early rather than try to find slot fish.

Angler Name : John Hershey
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/26/2003
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 36"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 20 Ft.
Water Temp.: 54 Degrees
Information : The John Hershey charter was on the Bounty Hunter today and Capt. Paul made his way back to Raritan Bay. The morning Northeast wind was only gusting to 20 Knots with pouring rain, however after we anchored in 20 Ft. of water the conditions began to deteriorate quickly. As the weather worsened the Striper bite improved. The charter quickly put their limit catch in the box and went on to release another 35 Bass up to 36". It was not a pretty ride back to Manasquan.

Angler Name : Tony C
E-Mail : tcava1@hotmail.com
Boat Name: The Fisherman
Date Fished: 5/26/03
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Bottom, Clam
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 6 to 18 Lbs
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: about 12 feet
Water Temp.: Mid 50's ?
Information : A day for the die-hards! And another fine day on a great boat, The Fisherman. Braving the brisk east wind and driving rain about 30 brave souls contributed to pay for my trip and then some. Hard-to-believe but I took home the biggest fish of the day again. I must be doing something right. Boated 7 fish, 6 to 18 lbs and missed or dropped 10 or more others. High hook may have been 10 or 11 fish. All-in-all, a real striper fisherman’s day, nasty weather and all. Thanks again to Captain Ron and the mates Frank and Rob.

Angler Name : Tom B
E-Mail : scullytac@comcast.net
Boat Name: surf
Date Fished: 5-24
Location: IBSP Pocket/Gillikins
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: surf
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Fished the falling tide Saturday afternoon until full low around 10pm. Tough conditions, rough surf, 8oz. bareley holding, weeds and grass. Saw one bluefish come out of the inlet. DO NOT BELIEVE BETTY and NICK's WEBSITE!!! DON'T BOTHER CALLING THEM EITHER!!! Todays report said that big bass were scored off the tip of the north jetty yesterday. I was there. You couldn't even attempt to go out on the rocks. There was green water washing over them all afternoon. They are reporting fish caught at 2am Thursday morning as being caught yesterday during the day. The shop used to be somewhat accurate in their reporting. How about "fish spread up and down the beach, blues are there but currently out of reach in the wind". That's what John Sr. would have reported. Not anymore. John Jr. should know better.

Angler Name : michael Yocco
E-Mail : mjy138@psu.edu
Boat Name: MJ's
Date Fished: 5/23/03
Location: wrecks
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 5.5 pounds
Bait or Lure: -
Water Depth: -
Water Temp.: -
Information : Fished wed. in flat calm seas and loaded the coolers on the fisrt wreck with some fish going over five pounds. we had our limit by mid day. Hit a couple more wrecks nearby with similar results. On the last wreck we pulled up an 8 pound cod on a jig. also caught a few nice blackfish but let all but 1 go. many boats out for middle of the week due to flat seas.

Angler Name : joe coluccio
E-Mail : steplift20@yahoo.com
Boat Name: joni c
Date Fished: 5/23/03
Location: roamers shoal
Fishing Method: claming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25 lbs
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 18 to 25
Water Temp.:
Information : stripers still dominate the area. slowed up on the incoming tide and change over to fluke fishing but did not cacth and keepers until i went to my secret spot where we caught our limit

Angler Name : Jason V
E-Mail : acevpetdic@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/23
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: fish heads
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18lbs to 30lbs
Bait or Lure: heads
Water Depth: 20ft
Water Temp.: unkown
Information : unstoppable action, My boy Jay B put us on the Big Bass from the beginning. awesome action all day Fish heads fish heads rule. average Bass 30 lBs.

Angler Name : Daina
E-Mail : Perkonss@aol.com
Boat Name: From shore in Manasquan
Date Fished: May 23, 2003
Location: Manasquan, just at the end of the jetty, but not on the jetty.
Fishing Method: Hmmm....Just my ordinary fishing rod with a shad dart and one of those weighted hooks with the bright yellow blob on the end that has an eye. I added a bit of supermarket squid tentacles.
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 20 inches
Bait or Lure: shad dart, yellow weighted hook with eye dot and squid tentacles.
Water Depth: Whatever the river is at that point.
Water Temp.: Probably cold.
Information : It was a "kewl" day of fishing (as my son would say). Everyone around was catching lots of bluefish -- they seemed to come in bunches, with a group of really big ones arriving just as a flock of gulls and cormorants moved past, probably diving for a school of tiny fish which were attracting the big bluefish. Because it was raining, there was no boat traffic on the river and weakfish like that. The guy next to me caught a weakfish -- a beautiful fish. There was a family with kids practicing casting next to him and he let the little girl pull in what he thought was another bluefish but was surprised when it turned out to be a weakfish. He took the rod back and said, delighted, "I'll pull that one in." When I left around 7:30 everyone was still catching bluefish, but it was getting far too cold and wet for me.

Angler Name : Wachtel Family
E-Mail : wachtelr@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Alkimist
Date Fished: May 23, 2003
Location: Roamer's
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 38"
Bait or Lure: Clams & Chum
Water Depth: 17'
Water Temp.: 55 degrees
Information : Left dock around 7:am. On our way out to Roamers, 1st mate Steve Wachtel spotted working birds so we stopped an had fun catching one to two pound blues. Arrived at Roamers around 9:am In coming tide, fishing was a little slow, but we were able to put three in the box. On the out going tide is when the fishing picked up and we landed a 38" Striper, we all got our limit and released quite a few before the clams and chum ran out. Even though we all got soaked from the rain. The afternoon provided only one to two foot seas and good fishing for all.

Angler Name : Keith Toboada
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/23/2003
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 38"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 15 Ft.
Water Temp.: 53 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Keith Toboada charter aboard the Bounty Hunter and made his way back up to Sandy Hook. The brisk NE wind had dropped out making the ride north quite comfortable. Anchoring in 15 Ft. of water the Bass were a bit sluggish getting started but the charter had a nice pick of fish up to 32". The big fish that were present the past 3 days were not around this morning. Stripers 29" to 32" along with an occasional Slot fish was the norm. A few bigger fish some reaching 38" were caught on the outgoing water however with the catch in the box they were all released. In between the Bass the Skates and Dogfish plagued us all day.

Angler Name : Tommy L
E-Mail : TLOTJ@AOL.COM
Boat Name: Hyper Striper
Date Fished: 5-19-03
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: clams
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20 + lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : great day on the Hyper Striper....released many over twenty pounds. Limited out in half an hour (6 guys ). Great Capt. and great mate. Thanks for the laughs Louuuu!!!!!!!!!

Angler Name : John Post
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 19
Location: Romer
Fishing Method: Clam
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 37 inches
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 15
Water Temp.: 51
Information : On Monday Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Justin Nighan took the John Post charter from Summit, NJ out on the Canyon Runner for a shot at the Stripers and found almost all big fish for the charter. Again we started were we left off before the Northeaster and set up in 15 feet of water on Romer Shoal. The Bass have not moved. Again, the action was not a fast and furious but quality fish were the rule today. Almost every Bass was over 31 inches and we had no trouble limiting with keeper and bonus fish. The largest of the day measured 37 inches. We also filled the slot category but that was not as easy.

Angler Name : Joe Girondo
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: Tenacious
Date Fished: may19
Location: Romer Shoal
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20 lbs
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 17 ft
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Capt Bernie Roth hosted the Joe Girondo party for some striped bass chunking in Raritan Bay on Romer Shoal in 17ft of water. The first two fish were caught by the two woman in the party and weighed 20 and 18 lbsBy 12 noon the over 28 and bonus limits were filled and the party spent the last hour releasing 31 to 35 inch fish trying to fill the slot category. At 1 pm the party had only 4 slots boated but decided to call it quits. Great fishing for a group that had never caught a striper before.

Angler Name : Frank Lukenda
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/19/2003
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 36"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 30 Ft.
Water Temp.: 52 Degrees
Information : After running the Bounty Hunter up to Sandy Hook and anchoring in 30Ft. of water the Stripers once again turned on, this time for the Frank Lukenda charter. It was a repeat performance of yesterday's non stop fishing. With a 3 man charter on board the allowable catch was made in 1 hour with fish up to 34" going into the box. Then it was on to release fishing for the next 2 hours where the charter released 40+ fish up to 36".

Angler Name : Tony C
E-Mail : tcava1@hotmail.com
Boat Name: The Fisherman
Date Fished: 5/19/03
Location: NY Bite
Fishing Method: Bottom, Clam
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 3 to 16 Lbs
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: about 12 feet
Water Temp.: Mid 50's ?
Information : If you can believe it the bass fishing has gotten even better Today 50% or more of the fish were in the 12 to 17 lb range. Many many nice fish were caught and released. Since limiting out was no problem it was catch and release most of the day. Fished a fine boat with a fine skipper and mate, The Fisherman out of Atlantic Highlands. Average size-wise, my best day ever. I landed perhaps 15 bass today. Maybe high hook?

Angler Name :
E-Mail : captbob@aluresportfishing.com
Boat Name: A-LURE
Date Fished: May 19
Location: Romar Schoals
Fishing Method: chuming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 11 feet
Water Temp.:
Information : Captains Bob Konz and Wayne Bushnell took the Jim Huchins party to Romar Schoals. The charter consisted of Mark Goudreau, Bob Haffiz, Chris Whittshire, Omar Aly, and Joseph Huh. After anchoring in 11 feet of water around 7:30 a.m. we started to chum clams. We had our first fish on in 15 minutes. It was steady action on the remainder of the in cominmg tide. The difference with this trip from our others was there were a number of larger fish. We had trouble filling the slot size limit while catching and releaseing many larger fish. The majority of stripers were between 31 and 35 inches with Chris Wittshire catching the largest of the day 16 3/4 pounds. We had our limit by 11:30 however we stayed to release many more fish. Pictures of the trip can be seen at www.huhfamily.com along with more pictures of the A-LURE.

Angler Name : Ron Antonelli - RAFT-
E-Mail : karonaraft@cs.com
Boat Name: karona
Date Fished: Mon-5-19
Location: Sandy Hook - Shark River
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 37" & 39"
Bait or Lure: bunker spoons
Water Depth: 55 - 60 ft
Water Temp.: 57 - 59 dgs.
Information : Took a slow ride to the hook, leaving Manasquan at 10am and arriving at the shoal near 11. Some 15-20 boats anchored and clamming. Started trolling bunker spoons, around, up and down, no fish. Two or three others trolling also. Left the shoal at 1 and headed south. Found small pockets of bait and fish, nothing happening. Saw 4 draggers working 3 miles off Shark River, but read more bait and fish inshore of them. It didn't take long, caught 2 nice fish within a 30 min slot and both fish hitting big bunker spoons. My first day out and the weather was super and the fishing was ok! Happy trails...

Angler Name : Zack
E-Mail : Chinacatz@aol.com
Boat Name: Hightime II
Date Fished: 5-18-03
Location: Roamer Shoals
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 31 to 35"
Bait or Lure: Plugs
Water Depth: 15 to 28 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Trolled Roamer shoals with plugs on the flood tide. Caught 4 stripers between 31 and 35 in,We also had 6 blues mixed in.

Angler Name : Lou B.
E-Mail : Lou19145@excite.com
Boat Name: BadaBing
Date Fished: 5/18/03
Location: behind Ventnor to AC High School
Fishing Method: anchor and drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 13" to 21"
Bait or Lure: spearing & mackrel
Water Depth: 14'
Water Temp.: 55 degrees
Information : unfortunately this was the first time out for me this year. wind about 16 kts, but it was better than Saturday. Tried anchoring first up in the shallows of the bay where the water was likeley to be the warmest. Picked up six 3-6 lb. blues plus sandsharks and skates. Switched to short drifts (narrow channels in the back-bay) and had a consistant pick. Boated 4 flounder to 21" - threw back seven shorts, plus another 5 bluefish. Bay seems to have a lot of fish as shown on sonar. Top N Bottom rig was hot and bottom rigs with a shorter than usual leader worked well too. I think the spearing is the secret weapon for bait.

Angler Name : Jack SIngh
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 5/18/03
Location: South of inlet
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: to 4 lbs
Bait or Lure: clam/crab
Water Depth: 70
Water Temp.: 48
Information : Got out wreckfishing after the blow with Jack Singhs party,to find the seabass have turned on. Conditions were not great with 8'swells and strong northerly current but the seabass bite was redhot anyway and many were the larger humpbacks. Loaded up the boxes early with bass to 4 lbs. and a few togs mixed in.

Angler Name : mike rosenburgh
E-Mail :
Boat Name: allison rae
Date Fished: 5/18/03
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: clam ball
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25-44
Bait or Lure: clams/worms
Water Depth: 2o
Water Temp.:
Information : sunday we had 19 passengers on our open boat trip. we got to sandy hook around 830 am every category was filled on bass by 10 30 am. bruce smith caught a 44 inch 28 lb bass on a clam. w released bass untill around 11 am. we then went to 17 fathoms for some seabass and blackfish. we also made a third drop on sea girt reef.

Angler Name : Zac and Ty williams
E-Mail : Tyzak@aol
Boat Name: princess nicole
Date Fished: 5/18/03
Location: Keyport
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 26in
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 17 feet
Water Temp.: 52 degrees
Information : when we found the right spot blues were active.during high tide most fish were caught. At low tide it stoped dead.Over all a great trip.[plenty of blood and guts on board.

Angler Name : Tony C
E-Mail : tcava1@hotmail.com
Boat Name: The Fisherman
Date Fished: 5/18/03
Location: NY Bite
Fishing Method: Bottom, Clam
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 3 to 12 Lbs
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: about 12 feet
Water Temp.: Mid 50's ?
Information : Well the Boys on the Fisherman out of Atlantic Highlands did it again! Numbers-wise, my best day of striper fishing ever. Easily boated approx. 25 bass from 15 inches to 12 lbs. High hook! Missed the pool by ounces. Oh well! That's fishing! Took the 3:30 to 9:30 trip. In before 9:00pm. Will report on the morning trip, 7:30 to 2:30 today 5/19/03. Hats off to Rob the mate for an excellent job.

Angler Name : j mason
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/18/03
Location: LBI
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clam / bunker
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Hit the LBI beach for some stripers, only got one short, appr 22". Bluefish of every size all over the place taking the bunker baits. from 2 pounds to one bighead beast. Thing was huge, pushing 35 inches, but skinny and funny looking. Looked like he'd been around a long time. Let em all go, but kept one 9.2 pound weakie that grabbed a clam. Pretty good day. Wx was chilly, but not too windy. Surf was a little kicked up still, but 6 oz worked.

Angler Name : Bob Charlton
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/18/2003
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 34"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 20 Ft.
Water Temp.: 52 Degrees
Information : After the 2 day blow Capt. Paul got back into the Striper action with the Bob Charlton Charter. Stopping short of Romer we found the Stripers in 20 Ft. of water on open bottom and the charter proceeded to get into the best bite we have had over the last several days. All 3 catagories were filled for the 5 man charter within 1 1/4 hours with fish up to 35". We released 40+ Bass up to 35" for an hour then called it a day. The fishing could be no better but the 8Ft. heave out of the East caused the charter some discomfort.

Angler Name : john FEULNER
E-Mail :
Boat Name: GIZMO
Date Fished: 5-18-03
Location: RARITAN BAY
Fishing Method: CHUM CLAMS
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24-41"
Bait or Lure: bottom rigs and clams
Water Depth: 22 ft
Water Temp.: 54 f
Information : HAD A GREAT DAY WITH OUR REGULAR CREW OF FRANK DANNY AND BOB. HAD 3 BASS ON AT TIME. FISHED 4 DIFFERENT SPOTS IN THE REACH AREA AND HAD BASS AND SOME BLUES ON EVERY DROP. BEST BASS WAS A 30 POUNDER ON A SMALL PIECE OF CLAM BOOGER. HAVE NOTED THAT THE FISH ARE SPREAD OVER A WIDE AREA IN RARITAN BAY AND ITS JUST A MATTER OF CHECKING A FEW SPOTS BEFORE A BITE STARTS.

Angler Name : T SCARRONE
E-Mail : TS@SCARRONECONSULTING.COM
Boat Name: JACKDANIELLE
Date Fished: 5/17
Location: SHREWSBURY RIVER
Fishing Method: CASTING
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3 LBS
Bait or Lure: CROCODILE SPOONS AND PLUGS
Water Depth: 4-6FT.
Water Temp.: 50
Information : BIRDS AND BLUEFISH EVERYWHERE IN THE RIVER ON sUNDAY MORNING. I WANT TO FISH AT NIGHT BECAUSE i THINK THE WEAKS ARE THERE ALSO.

Angler Name : Eric Carr
E-Mail : salmonfly8@yahoo.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/17/2003
Location: North Beach Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 34" 13.9lbs.
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 50?
Information : Me and 2 buddies hit the rough surf,using 8oz's of lead to hold the bait,we hit fish right away,0600,that was the first and biggest 34"13.9lbs.the others we kept were 32"11.2lbs and 2 slots,plus 4 other c&r's,8 fish day in a rough surf not bad...not one bluefish>))>

Angler Name : Jason
E-Mail : strykerjay@aol.com
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 5-17
Location: Ship Bottom Bridge
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8 lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker chunks
Water Depth: don't know
Water Temp.: don't know
Information : Fished around the Causeway bridge around the Ship bottom boat ramp. Threw out chunks of bunker since I heard blues were being caught in the area. Wound up with two eight lb bluefish. Wind was blowing like hell, but the fish were biting.

Angler Name : Pat Ryan
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 15
Location: Romer
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 35inches
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 12
Water Temp.: 50
Information : On Friday Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Burt Rothenberg took the Pat Ryan charter from Philadelphia out on the Canyon Runner for a shot at the Stripers and was not disappointed. Heading right towards Romer Shoal once again put us on the Bass. However the action was not a fast and furious as it has been. Nevertheless, the charter still limited out on big fish including bonus fish but found the slot category hard to fill. Almost all the bass were over 30 inches and up to 35 inches. Chunking clams in 12 feet of water again proved effective.

Angler Name : Glenn
E-Mail : glhughes@dc.com
Boat Name: Triton 269
Date Fished: 5-15-2003
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: troll, chunk
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 42", 25lbs
Bait or Lure: spoons, bunker, clams
Water Depth: 20 - 30 ft
Water Temp.: low fifty's
Information : Took Al Ristori out for a day running up from Manasquan on my Triton. Caught over 50 bluefish in the ocean from long branch up to the hook on poppers which was a blast. Had a steady pick of bass throughout the day boating over 20 stripers. Al got one at 42" and my uncle landed a 25lb'r. Saw nothing south of long branch and nothing around manasquan. Al was a big help and a great guide. Took three home for dinner and threw the rest back.

Angler Name : Greg
E-Mail : vongas@aol.com
Boat Name: Mary Louise
Date Fished: may 15
Location: Shrewsbury River
Fishing Method: Jig
Specie: Weakfish
Size: up to 7 lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: up to 20 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished the evening on the river. Caught weaks up to 7lbs (28in) and a slot striper.

Angler Name : Marc, Dan, Joe & Bob
E-Mail : robertchankalian@comcast.net
Boat Name: Tail Chaser
Date Fished: 5/15/03
Location: Off of Spring Lake
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27 1/2"
Bait or Lure: Gummy Shad
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Trolled south of Manasquan with no luck. Headed north 'till we saw some birds working off of Spring Lake. Caught more blues than we wanted and boated a 27" bass.

Angler Name : Gay Jay
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Ba Shert
Date Fished: 5/15
Location: Margate Bridge
Fishing Method: jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 32inches
Bait or Lure: 1/2 jig w/ chartreuse grub
Water Depth: 40+
Water Temp.: 52.5
Information : Caught some nice linesiders last night with my really close friend AB. AB is a fine angler. He was working a pink zoom and i was fishing a grub down deep. The ratio was around 5 blues to every bass with a final tally of 2 slots to 27inches and one plump 32 incher that AB valiently fought with his strong biceps.

Angler Name : Ed Meyers
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/15/2003
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 37"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 15 Ft.
Water Temp.: 52 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul ran up to Raritan Bay with the Ed Meyers charter. A call from good friend Capt. Pete Wagner of the Hyper Striper advising us that he had a hot bite going on put us on the fish immediately. Anchoring in 25 Ft. of water the 4 man charter limited out on Keeper and Bonus fish up to 37" in an hour while releasing another dozen Bass. We had to make a brief stop at Romer Shoal on the way home to fill out the catch with Slot fish. Although the Bluefish were not as thick as they were yesterday we still caught and released about 40.

Angler Name : mark
E-Mail : mwonderlan@comcast.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/15/03
Location: banks of sheepshead creek
Fishing Method: casting
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-4 ils
Bait or Lure: fins and chicken strips
Water Depth: 6-10 feet
Water Temp.: 53
Information : went out to get some weakies but they had already left..fished for 2 hours on out going tide..had steady bit of blues..kept 8 out of twenty or so

Angler Name : Sam, John M., John S., Eric, Charlie, and Kristen
E-Mail : messisa2000@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Noreaster
Date Fished: May 14, 2003
Location: Delaware Bay
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 37"
Bait or Lure: Clam, Clam, and more Clam
Water Depth: 20-40'
Water Temp.: forgot to ask
Information : Treated ourselves to our annual charter away from the All Hooked Up. The crew on the Noreaster in Cape May manages to outfish most and the guys define the word "expert" when it comes to striped bass fishing. I managed to watch a trick that has outdone any fishing trick I have every seen. That's all I'll say at this point. Beautiful night on the bay as we managed to pick away at 'em all evening and night. Put 11 in the box with the smallest at 29" that looked like a slot fish next to the others. Dropped about a half dozen fish and Eric lost something monstrous (possibly a big drum or sand tiger shark).

Angler Name : Jason
E-Mail : strykerjay@aol.com
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 5/14/03
Location: Sandy Hook surf
Fishing Method: bait and metal
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 1-3 pounds
Bait or Lure: mackeral, clams, and metal
Water Depth: surf
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Got to the Sandy Hook surf at dawn and had constant action until I left. Wound up with ten blues between 1 and 3 pounds. Most of them were caught on bait but a school came through around 9:30. More sea robbins than you knew what to do with. Could not cast a fin-s without getting a sea robbin. Got a few skates and a dogfish as well. No big fish or stripers, but a ton of action.

Angler Name : Alan Kape
E-Mail : akape@kapeinsurance.com
Boat Name: Jenny Too
Date Fished: 05/14/2003
Location: Raritan Bay - Romer Shoal
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3-5 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker & Clams
Water Depth: 15'
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Took my 2 regular buddies & their boys - Nick (age 5) & Kallam (age 7) on their 1st trip. A great day to break in our new partners - Bluefish were everywhere. We lost count but I believe the boys will remember every one. Only 1 bass about 30" - couldn't get past the blues.

Angler Name : John Strozyk & Eddie
E-Mail : StrozykF@comcast.net
Boat Name: Doormat
Date Fished: 05/14/03
Location: Keansburg Flats
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 15 lbs.
Bait or Lure: chartruese stretches
Water Depth: 15-20 ft.
Water Temp.: 55-58 degrees
Information : Caught the end of the incoming - trolled up our limit of bass on stretch 25s and kept a few of the blues for the neighbors. A little slower bite then of recent. Why do blues always need to swallow all three hooks on the trebles? - many are now swimming with a lisp. Not bad - in 3 hrs. after work - better than mowing the lawn.

Angler Name : stwipa
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: may14
Location: ship bottom and north
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : nobass lots of skates nice day anyway

Angler Name : Werner Sprie
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/14/2003
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Clamming & Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 34"
Bait or Lure: Clams & Spoons
Water Depth: 15 to 30 Ft.
Water Temp.: 51 Degrees
Information : After having a week of outstanding Striper fishing things slowed down for the Bounty Hunter. With release fisherman Werner Sprie on board we anticipated the third straight day of fast action. However it turned out to be a very slow pick wherever we went. 8 Bass on Romer Shoal with a ton of Bluefish. 2 Bass on the Keyport Flats with more Bluefish. 2 Bass on the edge of Ambrose Channel with a lot of Bluefish. Total for the day 12 Stripers up to 34" and I lost count of the Bluefish. The Bay is loaded with Blues and there is no way to get away from them.

Angler Name : Shawn Mallory
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: may 14
Location: 20 miles SE of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 3.5 pounds
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 75-90
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Inshore Sea Bass fishing is starting to take shape. Captains Phil Dulanie and Burt Rothenberg had the Shawn Mallory charter from Holmdel, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Wednesday and hit a couple wrecks 20 miles southeast of Manasquan in 75-90 feet of water. With a ripping current due to tomorrow’s full moon conditions where less than favorable and holding on the wreck was a problem all morning – as such only a slow pick was put together by Shawn and his son Kyle (11) and the rest of the crew. However, after noon, once the current let up, the Sea Bass came on strong and the charter was able to put together a limit filling three quarters of a cooler with Sea Bass up to 3.5 pounds. The water temperature was 51.5 degree however the bottom temperature was significantly cooler. Another few degrees on the bottom temp and we should be bailing Sea Bass as both wrecks were stacked up with them according to the fish finder. In addition, several blackfish were caught with 10 kept and many released.

Angler Name : Tom Headley
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/13/2003
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 39"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 20 Ft.
Water Temp.: 51 Degrees
Information : The Tom Headley charter returned to the Bounty Hunter and got in on another banner day of Striper fishing up in Raritan Bay. Anchoring in 20 Ft. of water and using Clam baits it was a repeat performance of yesterday's hot fishing. Within an hour all catagories were filled with Stripers, the 2 largest going 37" & 39". The balance of the outgoing tide was spent releasing more Bass then I cared to count along with 36 Bluefish. The Bass were still biting when we left for home at 11:30AM

Angler Name : geno
E-Mail : brnifly@aol.com
Boat Name: TWO CEAS
Date Fished: 5/13 & 5/10
Location: barnegat inlet
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15-22"
Bait or Lure: squid n killies
Water Depth: 8-25'
Water Temp.: 55
Information :fished on sat. with 2 buddies and one had his son with us.we got out around noon and there were a ton of boats between the bi & bb bouys so we joined the fleet and trolled a bit and cast some metal and bucktails. i saw a few blues being caught and heard alot of talk on the radio(enuff said). i decieded to head thru the channel and over along the beach by the dike.did about a dozen drifts there and picked up about a dozen fluke 4 of which were throw backs also had a few blue bite offs and a few flounder.the we dipped outside in the fog a took a ride to the the reef but didnt anchor just made a few passes over some structure but didnt have a bite. i went out today and it was blowin very hard. started in the smae area by the dike and picked a few fluke and got alot of blues on metal.dipped outside again and trolled and cast in front of the inlet and got a ew more nice blues . there was a huge pod of porpoise feeding and jumping outta the water it was a nice site. the ocean really was flat from the west wind but the current was ripping to say the least. i wanted to try a few wrecks but decided to go in a wait til sat.

Angler Name : Ron Raciosi
E-Mail : njtroller@aol.com
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 5/13/03
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 34"
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 16
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Went striper fishing with the crew from RONJON heating and cooling. Fishing was very good with clam baits and both limits were quickly filled, and dozens more were released as well. Fish ranged from 24-34"

Angler Name : Tony C
E-Mail : tcava1@hotmail.com
Boat Name: The Fisherman
Date Fished: 5/13
Location: Ocean
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 17lbs
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: 20 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Another excellent day of bass fishing. Aboard an excellent boat, The Fisherman, caught many bass, I got somewhere 12 to 15, with the pool fish as well at 16 + lbs. High hook had over 15 fish. Many fish in the 10 lb range. Slots and shorts were hard to come by. Hats off to Bob and Capt. Ron for a job well done

Angler Name : Josh Bennett
E-Mail : Joshlb22gonavy@Yahoo.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: MAY 12
Location: Seaside Island Park #18
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 28"
Bait or Lure: Chum bait and Silver spoons
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information :

Angler Name : Jim Burke
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/12/2003
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 34"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 20 Ft.
Water Temp.: 53 Degrees
Information : The Jim Burke charter on the Bounty Hunter for the first time was treated to a day of Striper fishing they will long remember. With Capt Paul running the Bounty Hunter up to Raritan Bay and anchoring in 20 Ft. of water the bite was on immediately. The charter had 4 1/2 Hrs. of non stop fishing, filling all catagories with Bass up to 34" and releasing another 76 Bass. Mixed in with the Stripers were 40+ Bluefish which were also released. By noon the charter had all the action they could handle and called it a day.

Angler Name :
E-Mail : captbob@aluresportfishing.com
Boat Name: A-LURE
Date Fished: May 12,2003
Location:
Fishing Method: bait
Specie: Blackfish
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams and green crabs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 52.7
Information : Capt Bob Konz had the Dennis O`brien party out today and hit five wrecks 30 miles south on Manasquan Inlet. The catch was made up of sea bass and blackfish. The wind and tide were against us but we managed to have a decent pick of fish. The blackfish went to 6 pounds and the sea bass were mixed with some throw backs and some very large keepers. The crew was made up of Dennis O`Brien,Bernie O`Brien jr., Rich Smith, Alvin Faluk, and Archie ( Stuff ) Perdue.

Angler Name : Joe Scott
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 12
Location: ROMER SHOAL
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 35 inches
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 15
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Joe Dalik took the Joe Scott charter from Jersey City, NJ up to Romer Shoal today and got Joe's four children, Trishten (13) Brianna (12) Naaya (8) and Branden (6) into a hot bite of Stipers. Everyone including the children quickly limited out with slot, keeper and bonus fish by 9:30 am using clams in 15 feet of water on the western end of Romer. Chumming with clam shells and putting down a couple of pots brought the bass right to the back of the boat and the kids once again did a great job. The majority of the bass were in the 28-31 inch class but we did have fish up to 35 inches. Enough can't be said about the great stiper fishing right now and everyone should got in on it before it is over. In addition to the limits we released dozens of bass and dozens of bluefish and were headed home at 11AM reaching the dock just before the wind started howling.

Angler Name : Steve Scharbach
E-Mail : sscharbach@aol.com
Boat Name: World Cat
Date Fished: May 12, 2003
Location: Of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 12-16 inches
Bait or Lure: Green Bomber
Water Depth: 30-40 feet
Water Temp.: 48 degrees
Information : Blues hitting nicely on outgoing tide on May 12 (Monday). The next day, nothing. Trolling does better for me than jigging. Anyone having good luck with jigs on blues or stripers?

Angler Name : Roger L. Miller
E-Mail : Rm09@aol.com
Boat Name: Cobia 174CC
Date Fished: May 12, 2003
Location: Raritain between Keyport/Keansburg
Fishing Method: Troll Shads,Stretch, Clams
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: BIG
Bait or Lure: Clams, & Troll
Water Depth: 23'-36
Water Temp.: -
Information : I brought my buddy "Benks" out after his sick day today. We trolled the NY side of the bay early. All blues BIG, wrecked my umbrella rigs. Lost a stretch on a blue. Moved toward back Keyport, anchored and produced big bass, the fish were alot larger than three weeks ago. Even the blues were all big, robbing my clams. Lost lots of fish, just could not get on my game setting the hook. On the way in, the winds were severe, stayed an hour too long. Good Day!

Angler Name :
E-Mail : Holb@blast.net
Boat Name: My Bonnie II
Date Fished: May 10, 11.12.
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28 - 40"
Bait or Lure: Stretch
Water Depth: 16 -25
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Had three charters Sat, Sun, and Monday, all limited out on bass and released between 50 and 100 blues each day. Largest fish was a 28# spawned out female on Monday by Jeff from Readington. Tried the new stretch 18 with great success.

Angler Name : Pat McKernan
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/11/2003
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 3 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 90 Ft.
Water Temp.: 53 Ft.
Information : Capt. Paul had the Pat McKernan charter on board the Bounty Hunter and fished several small wrecks 25 miles south of Manasquan Inlet. Conditions were less than perfect and we spent all day in a zero visibilty fog. Each drop was loaded with Seabass but the bottom water temps. are still low for this time of the season. The charter had a slow steady pick of Seabass on each stop and at days end had just over 100 Seabass plus 6 Tog in the box.

Angler Name : Jay Bell
E-Mail : jay.bell@verizon.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/11/03
Location: corsens inlet state park
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26 "
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 53 degrees
Information : high tide at 5:00am started fishing then . landed 18 " bluefish on a hopkins lure about 6:00 . slot bass hit the 15 ft power stick about 7:00 . fished till 9:00 no other hits

Angler Name : GonZo
E-Mail : gonzofishes@msn.com
Boat Name: HOW.COM
Date Fished: 5/11/03
Location: 300 yards off Island Beach State Park
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 37" - 23#
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 51
Water Temp.: 51
Information : Boated a nice bass and a bunch of junk, very, very foggy. Got tired of skates and sharks and bluefish. still need the water to warm up. tight lines.

Angler Name : Dr Mike
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/11/03
Location: Sandy Hook, North Beach,walking North
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2 to 4 lbs
Bait or Lure: metal lures -cast master, etc
Water Depth: surf
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished from 7am till 11am, loads of blues, I caught at least 15, relasing about half. A couple were broiled for Mother's Day Dinner and were delicious.

Angler Name : Captain Charles Martino
E-Mail : njtackle@aol.com
Boat Name: Light Tackle
Date Fished: 5/9/03-5/10/03-5/11/03
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Chunk and troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18 to 25 lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker chunk and bunker spoons
Water Depth: 25 ft
Water Temp.: 53 degrees
Information : May 9th I took out the Stankovich group and we limited out on bass. May 10th, John Westover, Marty, Zack and his son. Also, limited out on bass. May 11th, Addison Clark, Jay Rapetsky and Randi Rapetsky. Ransi caught the largest bass 24 lbs.

Angler Name : Dave Nolan
E-Mail : DavidTanya@att,.net
Boat Name: Special T
Date Fished: 10 and 11 May Sat / Sun
Location: Romer Shoal
Fishing Method: clams
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 14 lbs
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 20 ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Saturday went out early 530 and had them good. 10 fish in 2 1/2 hours and we kept 8 to 14 lbs. Sunday - couldn't hardly get a damn bite in all the fog and a lot of blues. Ended up catching one 4 lber bass and a nine lb bass... What a huge difference one day made! Same spot, same conditions, totally different catch.

Angler Name : Dan and crew
E-Mail :
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 5-11-03
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: drift and anchor
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 18 to 26 inches
Bait or Lure: bunker, clams, metal
Water Depth: 15 to 40 feet
Water Temp.: low 50s
Information : We were on the water by 5:30am and went to the knoll and romer shoal to get in on the hot bass action I've been reading about. I didn't mark many fish at all, and didn't see many boats in that area. So we drifted the rips. It was blue fish city. We had fun with the blues till we lost the tide. my buddy did manage to catch 1 slot fish. I don't know where this guys are catching stripers at, but I didn't see anybody catching them at the knoll or romer shoal. Also whats up with all the charter boat reports in with the fisherman reports? If I want to read about the fish that are jumping in the boat I'll go to the charter boat reports!

Angler Name : Manny Canales
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 5/10/03
Location: South of inlet
Fishing Method: bait
Specie: Tautog
Size: to 6lbs
Bait or Lure: clam/crab
Water Depth: 60-80
Water Temp.: 51
Information : Hit some wrecks south of the inlet and found good action with seabass and blackfish to 6lbs. Water is still cold and seabass seem sluggish, but they did bite. Had to cull through alot of short blackfish to get keepers, but they bit steady all day too.

Angler Name : Brian Adelung
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: Tenacious
Date Fished: May 10
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3-4 lbs
Bait or Lure: Diamond Jig
Water Depth: 10 ft
Water Temp.: 57 degrees
Information : Capt Bernie Roth hosted the Brian Adelung party for a cruise in Barnegat bay. One of Brians friends who was quite ill wished he could take a cruise and Brian made it happen. As we passed the BB buoy we noticed fisherman catching bluefish and we set out some diamond jigs for trolling. Before long we were boating 3-4 lb blues which no one expected. We continued to Barnegat inlet and also trolled blues within a half mile of the inlet. All in all a very pleasant cruise and some fishing excitement as well.

Angler Name : Jason
E-Mail : Strykerjay@aol.com
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: May 10th
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Bait and artificials
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 1-4 pounds
Bait or Lure: clams, bunker, and artificials
Water Depth: surf
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Fished Sandy Hook today and the action was good. Got there around 5:45 in the morning and hit the bay, by the bridge and wound up with a ton of blues (1-4) pounds. When things slowed down around 8:00 am we headed over to the surf and got another bunch of blues. The blues ate all of our bunker and even hit the clam nonstop. We ended up keeping a dozen and throwing some more back. I also got 2 baby stripers (12 inches) on a fin-s I didn't see anything really big caught, blues up to 4 pounds, and stripers up to the slot size, but the action was nonstop.

Angler Name : Dr. Ron Massari
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 10
Location: Romer Shoal
Fishing Method: Clam
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 36 inches
Bait or Lure: Calm
Water Depth: 12
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Mike Zajac had the Dr. Ron Massari charter from Sparta, NJ out Saturday on the Canyon Runner for their turn at Bass. The Dr.’s son Ron Jr.(11) and his friend Mike Westoff (12) handled the cockpit like pros helping out with netting, gaffing, baiting hooks, setting hooks and throwing clams. They each totaled 12 Stripers a piece up to 36inches and we headed home with another limit in all categories for the 5 man charter. In addition we released another 12+ Bass. We were inundated with blues and spent most of the day fighting off the Blues to get to the Bass. We were once again limited to a short day and were out of there headed home by 11am as the boys had to get back to a late afternoon little league game where Ron Jr. was the scheduled starting pitcher. After waking up at 4am and putting in a long day in the cockpit I hope Ron Jr. makes it through the first inning. We were once again set up on Romer Shoal in 12 feet of water by 7:30am and chummed very heavy with the clams to fight off the boat traffic.

Angler Name : Werner & Wolfgang Sprie
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/10/2003
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Clamming & Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 35"
Bait or Lure: Clams & Spoons
Water Depth: 25 Ft.
Water Temp.: 53 Degrees
Information : Release fishermen Werner & Wolfgang Sprie were on the Bounty Hunter Saturday and Capt. Paul headed up to Raritan Bay. A brief stop short of Roamer Shoal and a 1 hour stop on the Shoal produced 6 Stripers on Clam baits. Hoping to find a faster pace for the action we headed west into the Bay. We found the Bass & Blues along the edge of Reach Channel and had 2 hours of great fishing pulling Spoons. Another 11 Bass up to 35" were released with over 70 Bluefish.

Angler Name :
E-Mail : captbob@aluresportfishing.com
Boat Name: A-LURE
Date Fished: May 10.2003
Location: Romar Schoals
Fishing Method: chuming
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 11 feet
Water Temp.: 54.6
Information : Capt Bob Konz had the Bob Przewozwik and Greg Forfar party out for the intial run for the A-Lure. We anchored just off the light house on the schoals and within ten minutes had stipers coming over the rail. Bluefish became a problem towards the end of the tide, but by then the party had there limit and had been releasing fish for an hour. We called it a day at 11 a.m. and headed home.

Angler Name : Capt. Jacoby
E-Mail : OGGIE123@MSN.COM
Boat Name: trophy
Date Fished: May 10, 2003
Location: SHREWSBERRY ROCKS
Fishing Method: TROLLING 6 INCH SHAD
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28 inches
Bait or Lure: 6 INCH WHITE AND GREEN SHAD
Water Depth: 25 feet
Water Temp.: 50*s
Information : Trolled the rocks hard and long till the fog chased us home. 1--28 inch striper and all the blues you wanted. They tore my rigs up. At least 2 dozen, at 50 cents each. Going to wait a few days before returning.

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: Misty Morn
Date Fished: 5-10-03
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Anchor
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22"-29.5"
Bait or Lure: Clam, Bunker
Water Depth: 13Ft
Water Temp.: 59.5
Information : My son Jason & I joined 33 other fares aboard the Misty Morn for a magic hour bass trip, which turned more into a bluefish trip. Bluefish bite was hot & heavy almost as soon as we settled on anchor. There were a few bass mixed in with the bluefish, but the bass bite didn't get going until dusk and lasted a good 90 minutes before it slowed way down to a painfully slow pick. I caught 2 bass (22 & 29.5 inchs) and 5-7 bluefish. Jason caught 4 bass (1 slot & 3 shorts) while catching 6-8 bluefish. Pool winner was @ 32".

Angler Name : Dave P.
E-Mail : luckydbp74@aol.com
Boat Name: Hyper Striper
Date Fished: 5/10
Location: Raratin Bay
Fishing Method: anchor
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20-35"
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : We caught our boat limit including bonus tags in the first 45 minutes. First class operation all the way. Going back out in my 16' this week to catch some more.

Angler Name : Dave, Pete & Sr.
E-Mail : dreamboatsandy@aol.com
Boat Name: DreamBoatSandy
Date Fished: 5/10/03
Location: BB Bouy
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2 to 5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Black & Yellow Bombers
Water Depth: 8' to 11'
Water Temp.: 59 to 61
Information : Slammer day with 32 blues in 3 hours. The fish were spread out and travelling quickly in and around the BB Bouy. No weaks or bass though.

Angler Name : Stan
E-Mail : lyskowski@infionline.net
Boat Name: Sea Rose
Date Fished: Sat 5-10-03
Location: out of manasquan inlet
Fishing Method: trolling and some jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: stretch 25s
Water Depth: 20 to 50
Water Temp.: 51
Information : Got out at 7:30 AM and fished till 1 PM. Fished from 1/2 to 2 miles off the beach just few miles north and south of manasquan inlet. Thick fog rolled in around 8:30 AM. Had to navigate with radar and keep a keen look out. Heard of a few boats with poor or no electronics that called out for help and needed to be guided back to the inlet by helpful fisherman on boat with proper electronics. Fog finally broke up around noon. The menu today was blues, blue and more blues. Mostly in the 2 to 3 lb class with an occaisional 5 pounder. Most success was with trolling stretch 25's. Got a few jigging with light rods. Total caught for 3 anglers was 36 fish. Only heard of 2 striper caught all day. Hope they show up soon in "my area". Those guys in Raritan Bay can't have all the fun.

Angler Name : Capt. Darren
E-Mail : dsv174@optonline.net
Boat Name: Mary Lou Crew
Date Fished: 5/10/03
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Anchor
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 12-16 inches
Bait or Lure: Clams and Squid
Water Depth: 80 feet
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Had the Mary Lou Crew out for a day of Sea Bass fishing on some inshore wrecks. We put a decent catch of Sea Bass together although we had to release triple the amount that we kept. The ocean was like a sheet of glass, but the fog was thick! The charter went home happy with a decent bag of nice fillets!

Angler Name : chris behrman
E-Mail :
Boat Name: sweetie
Date Fished: 5/10/03
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 15-25 pounds
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 25 ft.
Water Temp.: 52
Information : fished ob board the sweetie,with capt. quinn,and the "BIGMAN".great day we caught our limit within 3 hours. alittle foggy ,but it is always nice when you catch such quality fish.the bass are bitting so get out there and catch em up.it's been along winter.thank god it's over.

Angler Name : Brad
E-Mail : salvelinusfontinalus@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Missy Shelley
Date Fished: 5/10/03
Location: Somewhere up the reach...
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 15 lbs
Bait or Lure: clams, bunker
Water Depth: approx 26'
Water Temp.:
Information : I've been fishing Sandy Hook and the surrounding areas for about 3 years with my angling friend, Al, and I have never had a better day out there. Some may say it was just so-so, but I really feel that this was incredible. After leaving the dock, we got out into the bay to find working birds. Casted to them for about 2 bluefish, approximately 5-7 lbs. The birds dissipated quickly and we were off to the reach where Al had fished the Friday before. Immediatly got into stripers. No boats in the immediate vacinity allowed for for a mix of stripers and blues on clams. Blues went back, kept a couple striper.

Angler Name : ERIC GLOVENSKI
E-Mail :
Boat Name: POLISH PLUMBERS
Date Fished: 5/10/03
Location: ROMAR SHOULS
Fishing Method: TROLL
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25 TO 38
Bait or Lure: SHAD
Water Depth: 25ft
Water Temp.: 58
Information : lot's of blues bass under blues. total for the day 18 blues and limited on bass. good day fishing. well till next time good luck to every one and keep those lines tight. polish plumbers out.

Angler Name : Danielle
E-Mail : Jewelgirl04@aol.com
Boat Name: The Princess
Date Fished: 5/9/03
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 29- 32", 10-12 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Stretch 18"s in chartreuse, chartreuse mylar, and black mylar
Water Depth: 11-19 feet
Water Temp.: not sure
Information : We fished from buoy 1 to 1/2 mile off of Mt. Loretto and caught 6 blues on umbrella rig and 1 on chartreuse strech 18". We then went from 1/2 mile off of Mt. Loretto to Buoy 20 (rock buoy) and caught 3 stripers (1 on chartreuse mylar strech 18" and 2 on black mylar strech 18") which weight 10.4, 10.7, and 11.5 lbs. The 11.5 pounder ripped the treble hook out of the split ring, but we had it lip hooked and netted already. We repeated the drift again but only caught blues on the black mylar and plain chartreuse 18"s. We trolled east during calm water ans SSW winds.

Angler Name : Eric Carr
E-Mail : salmonfly8@yahoo.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/9/2003
Location: Sandy Hook North Beach
Fishing Method: clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27 3/4" 8.3 lbs.
Bait or Lure: clams and plugs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 48
Information : hit the beach at 100pm by 223pm we were hitting everything 10 stripers and 15 bluefish and several lost,between me and my buddy,all on clams except 4 blues that were caught on plugs,the bite was on till 400pm,great day of fishing!!!!!cant wait till next week >))>

Angler Name : Matt Troncone
E-Mail : captreelaction@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Action
Date Fished: 5/09/03
Location: Sandy Hook Area
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 32"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 12'
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Capt Marc ran the Reel Action up to Sandy Hook for stripers with the Matt Troncone charter aboard. We caught mostly bluefish on outgoing and slack. When incoming started, we had all the stripers we wanted. The charter limited out in a couple of hours and released for an hour.

Angler Name : Mark Lukenda
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/09/2003
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 34"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 25 Ft.
Water Temp.: 52 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul ran the Bounty Hunter back to the Sandy Hook area with the Mark Lukenda charter. Anchoring in 25 Ft. of water the Striper bite remained hot. All the charter needed was the last 2 hours of the outgoing water to fill all catagories with Stripers up to 34". The boys then got arm weary releasing big Bass for 2 hours and called it a day. More Bluefish appear to be moving every day and today we kept 4 while releasing at least 2 dozen.

Angler Name : Tom "FishBuzz" Tabi
E-Mail : Buzzy@fishbuzz.com
Boat Name: BraggnSize
Date Fished: 5-9-03
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: Troll/jig/popping
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 4-6 lbs.
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Trolled the BB with samll squid spoons with immediate results After boating 2 5 lbs.'ers decided to use poppers and then ava 17's. Had a ball. Spring has sprung. "Fish 'Em Up"....Buzzy

Angler Name : Rich Ryan
E-Mail : rryaniii@aol.com
Boat Name: He-Man Woman Hater
Date Fished: May 9, 2003
Location: Barengat Bay
Fishing Method: Anchored
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3lbs. to 5lbs
Bait or Lure: FINS any color
Water Depth: 11 feet
Water Temp.: 62
Information : You can catch as many bluefish as you want to in the Barnegat Bay right now. Tried to fish for weaks but blues were just too aggressive Blues were all over from inlet to BB bouy. Nothing happening outside yesterday.

Angler Name : Sam DeFeo
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 9
Location: Romer Shoal
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 38"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 15 feet
Water Temp.: 52
Information : On Friday the crew of the Canyon Runner was under the gun to put a catch together quickly as the charter needed to make it an early day. Captain Phil Dulanie and Justin Nighan had no problem putting a limit catch including bonus fish together for the Sam DeFeo charter from Greenwich, Conn. Stopping short of Romer Shoal we found only bluefish on the slack tide and picked-up and moved to Romer in 15 feet of water. The Bass were there within minutes and everyone had their limit including bonus fish by 11am We released bass for another 30 minutes and headed home. Interestingly, most of the fish were from 34inches to 38inches and we had a hard time filling the slot limit. Again, circle hooks, fluorocarbon and clams produced. Once the blues showed up the only way to shut them off was to stop throwing clams. It worked and the bass kept biting.

Angler Name : JSpoto
E-Mail : JSpoto6449@aol.com
Boat Name: Eagle Charters
Date Fished: 5/9/03
Location: out of Atlantic Highlands
Fishing Method: Clam bait and chumming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: between 10-17 pounds
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 15'
Water Temp.: n/a
Information : I chartered a boat for 20 guys who work for the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commisioners on Friday Night. We went out on the Eagle out of Atlantic Highland, after a 40 minute ride we anchored up. The fishing was steady all night but got heavy at one point. All 20 guys caught fish and we were back at the dock by 9:00 with our limit. The biggest fish was 17 pounds and everybody had a great time. I'd like to thank Captain Robbie and the mate Derek, who always work their tails off, whenever we charter the Eagle. Thanks Guys!!!

Angler Name : Steve
E-Mail : sscharbach@aol.com
Boat Name: World Cat
Date Fished: May 07
Location: Off Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 16 inches
Bait or Lure: Green Bomber Plugs
Water Depth: 3 to 5 feet
Water Temp.: 48 degrees
Information : Tried jigging with bucktail and diamond jig with green tail. Also casting with same. No luck. Trolling at 1300 rpm (3-5 mph) produced quick results with green bomber, about 6 inches long. Smaller Yozuri crystal lure didn't work. Blue bomber also worked. Good fun.

Angler Name : Dave
E-Mail : DavidTanya@att.net
Boat Name: Special-T
Date Fished: 07 May 03
Location: Romer Shoal and West
Fishing Method: clams on the bottom
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 7 fish to 14 lbs
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 19-22 feet
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Fished Romer Shoal starting about 730. Actually - there are a few Romer Shoals that show up on my chart- but it was the one by the lighthouse. Couple other boats. Four stripers in two spots. Clam belly chum and slow pick. A few bluefish mixed in. Later on we moved and caught a fish at high noon, next to the party boats. Caught three fish on the inshore flat in about 10 minutes around 345 pm and that was it til dark. Many varied reports from zip to fair to limit catches. Didn't read much or see much trolling but I heard they did well. My buddy stopped and talked to two different party boats that docked - and the fishing reports varied considerably. First time fishing the bay and the ramp was neat and clean at Atlantic Highlands Bait and tackle. Clams $25 a bushell which are harder to get down in Pt Pleasant. Good luck, Dave

Angler Name : Chet
E-Mail : rockysdad@netzero.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/7/2003
Location: Leonardo Beach
Fishing Method: lures
Specie: Bluefish
Size: up to 12 lbs
Bait or Lure: Top Water plugs
Water Depth: 6'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : The blitz was on. The blue fish had the bunker running up on the beach. I caught so many blue fish that I thought my arm was going to fall off. I may have burned out another drag on these fresh from the ocean gators. The fish were so thick that you could almost walk to Earl Pier and not get wet. I released all fish to fight another day. I could not get under the blues to look for bass from the beach, but I know they were under the school chowing down on the chunk slick made by the big blues. As soon as my arm is ready, I'll be back for some more fun in the suds.

Angler Name : Billy Wrede
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 7
Location: Romer Shoal
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 34"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 12-20
Water Temp.: 52
Information : On Wednesday Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Justin Nighan took the Billy Wrede charter from Randolph, NJ out on the Canyon Runner and was back up on Romer Shoal to clam the Bass. However, with fresh clams impossible to come by we were stuck using fresh frozen and the bite never turned on too hot – although clams were probably not the culprit for not putting 50+ Bass in the boat. You see on Wednesday’s trip success was not marked with numbers That is, Billy’s 7-year old son Brian Wrede and 10-year old son Kevin Wrede did all the fishing and refused to dead stick any of the bass – each working their own rod back in the slick. They gave it their all and did each limited out on all categories including bonus fish and released another 9 bass and 20 bluefish – not bad for two kids who’s combined age still does not make them eligible to vote. We anchored in 12 feet of water on Romer Shoal and clammed heavy until the blues showed up. The bite could best be described as a slow pick from 7am until 1pm.

Angler Name : GonZo
E-Mail : gonzofishes@msn.com
Boat Name: HOW.COM
Date Fished: 5/3 and 5/7
Location: Sandy Hook and IBSP
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24-33"
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: Surf - 30ft
Water Temp.: 52-54 deg
Information : Sorry for the delayed report - had to travel early Monday Morning... Fished with Captian Rhino on the HOW.COM on Sunday the 3rd and had the best Striper action we've seen in a long time, anchored up 1 mile south of Sandy Hook, 250yds from shore, chummed with a clam/bunker oil log and chunked clam balls. nonstop action from 10:30am until we ran out of bait. Forty Stripers boated and limited for a four man crew in about 15 or 20 mins, catch and release through the rest of the tide cycle including a tagged bass. Only difficulty involved getting slot sized fish, with all but a few being in the 28-30" range. Unbelieveable. For the record, the fleet was a mile north of us and we were in a "private" hole. On Sunday I don't think it mattered though, as long as you had clams, it seems like you had bass.
Did a surf run yesterday with Roger J from the Shark River Bass Club and had a killer day again. A little foggy in the morning and shifting winds that became easterly slowed it down compared to Sunday, but there was considerable action. The surf is holding a lot of Blues, so while clamming is still the only way to go, using a little extra weight to get it down through the blues was a must. Roger and I had a good day with our fill of Bass and Bluefish. We knocked it off at slack tide, out of clams again... Good fishing - try to get out there while this blitz last, if it's like last year we should see the rush improve all the way through Father's day. Tight lines. GonZo

Angler Name : Tom Headley
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/07/2003
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 36"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 25 Ft.
Water Temp.: 50 Degrees
Information : The Tom Headley charter was aboard the Bounty Hunter today and Capt. Paul wasted no time getting back to the grounds at Sandy Hook. Anchoring in 25 Ft. at the start of the incoming water the Bass were all over the clam baits within minutes. It took less than 2 hours to limit out the 5 man charter with slot, keeper and bonus fish up to 36". The rest of the morning was spent releasing another 40+ Bass. Jack Rosol lead the pack with 23 Bass.