Angler Name : nick la sala
E-Mail : highhook4503@yahoo.con
Boat Name: high hook
Date Fished: 5-30 -06
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 21lb
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 31ft
Water Temp.: 62
Information : decent bite in a.m. on flood until dogfish invaded our chumline. went southeast between channels for all the 2-4lb bluefish you could ever want on ava 27 &37 .anchored up again for the last 2 hrs of the flood and caught 12 more bass (3 over 20 lb)between romer & the single tower.

Angler Name : Tom Novak
E-Mail : Thomasnov.03@sunymaritime.edu
Boat Name: S. T. Barb
Date Fished: 5/30/06
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: anchor
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28"-39"
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 28ft
Water Temp.: 60.8F
Information : Fished by myself today. I got out early this morning...had a limit before 9:15. Played catch and release with bass to 39". Ran out of bait and was back in the marina before lunch. What a great day!!!

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 5/30/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Better fishing today. After yesterdays trip around the world, we managed to put a catch together on a few different pieces. 19 pounder for the big one. Had to toss back at least a dozen fish that were 25 to 27 inches!! Lots of bird life to the South, mostly blues and very finnicky. Saw fish finning again in the blues, almost impossible to catch them when there up like that. Lots of Rain fish, not much Bunker on the beach..........capt.ron

Angler Name : Brian McFadden
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/30/2006
Location:
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 50" (45 lbs)
Bait or Lure: Bunker Spoons
Water Depth: 50 Ft.
Water Temp.: 58 Degrees
Information : After Seabass fishing over the past few days Capt. Paul returned back to Striper fishing. The Brian McFadden charter was on board the Bounty Hunter and we spent the first 2 hours looking for reads and birds. Locating big bait reads in 50 ft. of water we put out the Bunker Spoons and were in to the big Bass almost immediately. The big Blues were in the mix but did not pose a serious problem. The charter went on to put 16 big Stripers in the boat which consisted of a limit catch of 10 Bass plus 5 Bonus Fish and 1 fish for the crew. Most of the fish were in the high teens to mid twenties range but the big fish of the day was a 50" Striper weighing in at just under 45 lbs. The big fish was caught by Tom Donnelly.

Angler Name : CHRIS HENSLE
E-Mail :
Boat Name: LOGIC 21'
Date Fished: 5/29/06
Location: RARITAN REACH
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25 LBS.
Bait or Lure: FRESH BUNKER
Water Depth: 15FT.
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Returned to the Reach for another great morning of fishing with Uncle Mike and my brother Rob. Uncle Mike stole the show with 5 bass all over 20lbs., 2 fish over 25lbs. Hard to keep em' biting when a boat cruises thru your slick every five minutes.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 5/29/06
Location: everywhere!
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 59
Information : First drop in the AM had the pool fish in 5 minutes, a few blue fish and bite offs.....then the dogfish took over. Left the area for the east end of the knoll, no good there. Headed back to where we caught them last night...NG. Old Orchard, West bank, a few snags, Romar, the knoll.....HOME!! Worst day of the year....capt.ron

Angler Name :
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: may 29, 2006
Location: Barnegat Reef
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10-16 pounds
Bait or Lure: Bunker Spoons and Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 56-71 ft
Water Temp.: 62-63
Information : Real calm in the morning but rough in the way in. Still no stripers. Lots of Blues though!!!!!

Angler Name : TOM RUSCHER
E-Mail : TGRUSCHER@EARTHLINK.NET
Boat Name: LITTLE MAKO
Date Fished: 5 29 06
Location: HOOK & HIGHLANDS
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: SPOONS
Water Depth: 25 45
Water Temp.:
Information : STARTED TROLLING THE HOOK AT 6:30 ON THE INCOMMING TIDE. THEN THE BEACH TO THE HIGHLANDS. NO STRIPERS AND A FEW BLUES WE DIDN`T SEE ANY ACTION FROM OTHER BOATS WE PASSED WELL MABY NEXT TIME.

Angler Name : Thomas Johnson
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/29/2006
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 4 lbs
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 65 to 85 Ft.
Water Temp.: 60 Degrees
Information : The Tom Johnson charter decided to switch to Seabass fishing and pass on the Stripers. It was a good decision as the Seabass bit very well. Tom and his group had never fished for Seabass before today and we had to go thru a learning process for the first 2 hours. Once they figured it out the Seabass came over the gunnels all day. We fished 4 wrecks in 65 to 85 ft. of water and the charter put 127 Seabass up to 4 lbs. in the fish box plus two 17" Tog. Fresh Clams were the baits of choice.

Angler Name : John Tomalavage, Jim Papaccio, Bill Fedyshyn and Laura Tomalavage
E-Mail : sales@sweetiecharters.com
Boat Name: Sweetie
Date Fished: 05/29/2006
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Chumming Clams
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 10 Lbs
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 25 Feet
Water Temp.: 28 Degrees
Information : The Tomalavage Charter Tomalavage, Jim Papaccio, Bill Fedyshyn and Laura Tomalavage. Had Sweetie off the coast of Sandy Hook chumming clams for Bass and Blues. The water depth was 28 feet with a water temperature of 28 degrees. Laura Tomalavage was the big winner today. The boat was out for a fun trip. Catching 3 keepers and releasing another 10 shorts the largest being 30". She had a good time.

Angler Name : Mark G.
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Dropoff
Date Fished: 5/29, 5/28, 5/27
Location: Seaside, Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: To 24 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Spoons
Water Depth: 58
Water Temp.: 55-59.9
Information : Saturday I made a left out of the inlet hoping to avoid the crowds. Trolling off the Seaside piers produced a lots of bluefish and a one hour bite of nice stripers around the tide change. Sundays trip started at 9:00, we headed right back to the same spot hoping the bluefish would still be there to bend rods for the five kids on board ages 5 to 9. The first bite was a 21 lb. striper and the second a 19lber. The blues kept us busy after that including one around 12 lbs.. Sunday was a different story heading down to the same area I trolled for an hour without marking a fish, left there for the Shrewsbury Rocks hoping to catch the tide change. Aside from the bluefish caught on the fly rod, it was a slow morning.

Angler Name : Capt. Kevin Delanoy
E-Mail : kevin@missmargiefishingcharters.com
Boat Name: MISS MARGIE
Date Fished: 5/29/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 3lbs
Bait or Lure: clams/crabs
Water Depth: 50'
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Wreck fishing for my 1/2 day charter was very productive.We had none stop action as soon as the anchor was tight.They caught more keeper black fish today and plenty of sea bass.It seemed strange to have the south wind come on strong and the bite get better,go figure.A good time was had for all.

Angler Name : Tom Novak
E-Mail : Thomasnov.03@sunymaritime.edu
Boat Name: S. T. Barb
Date Fished: 5/29/06
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: anchor
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32"-36"
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 26ft
Water Temp.: 57.8F
Information : Gave it another try for bass this morning...things were really slow. Had a few run offs, lost 2 fish and got 2 keepers between my dad and I. Not anywhere near good fishing.

Angler Name : jason
E-Mail : jmccormick24@hotmail.com
Boat Name: M T Pockets
Date Fished: 5/29/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method: jigging/clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24-30"
Bait or Lure: diamond jigs and clams
Water Depth: 30'
Water Temp.: 57
Information : jigged all the blue fish you wanted today. from 2-8 pounds just north of asbury. found some stripers holding on a rock pile just south of the hook. caught 8 stripers upto 30 inches. keps one for the plate. tight lines!

Angler Name : John Luchnick
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 5/29/06
Location: South of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 2lbs
Bait or Lure: Clam / Squid
Water Depth: 75
Water Temp.: 59
Information : John Luchnick and crew fished aboard the Megan Beth . Looking for a stiper we fished the spoons for a couple of hours only to find some Blue fish along the beach. Heading off to a couple of wrecks it was slow picking as the tide was against the wind and moving very fast. We wound up with a couple dozen Sea Bass.

Angler Name : CHRIS HENSLE
E-Mail : N/A
Boat Name: N/A
Date Fished: 5/28/06
Location: RARITAN REACH
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: UP TO 26LBS.
Bait or Lure: FRESH BUNKER
Water Depth: 15 FT.
Water Temp.: 60'S
Information : Fished with Uncle Mike and a couple of friends for a great morning of fishing for bass. Caught six fish up to 26lbs. plus all the blues you could keep from slicing off your hook. Pretty good for a couple hours on the water.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 5/28/06
Location: bay/ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Yesterdays afternoon trip ended up very good. Nice big fish with plenty of action. Several limits aboard along with the Blues........Today was a different story! Started out anchored and clamming on the last of the incoming, after the last two days, thought it would be a home run for at least an hour....so much for thinking! Had a shot of Blues, a few short bass and 2 keepers, then the endangered Dog fish took over! Got the hell outta there fast. Went for the jig fish, nothing like the past few days on that either. Some small blues and a couple of short bass, then that died....came back up to the North..lost a very nice fish then back too the small ones again, one last spot looking for a miracle..no such luck.....Tiki Bar here I come!!!!! Capt. Ron

Angler Name : John Light
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/28/2006
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 4 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 60 to 75 Ft.
Water Temp.: 57 Degrees
Information : The John Light charter passed up on the slow Striper bite of the past few days to get in on some early season Seabass fishing. Capt. Paul worked 5 local wrecks in 60 to 75 Ft. and put together a nice catch of Seabass up to 4 lbs. The charter had good action on 3 stops and only picked on the other 2 as the new moon had the current running pretty good. Final tally for the day 119 Seabass plus a bonus 23 Lb. Striper which jumped on a small clam bait on a 2/0 hook.

Angler Name : Zack
E-Mail : darksztar@comcast.net
Boat Name: HighTime II
Date Fished: 05-28-2006
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 30lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker spoons
Water Depth: 15
Water Temp.:
Information : Trolled the area near the triangle. We got 8 bass with two over 40 inches by 9 am. The Tide slacked and so did the fishing, but still we had our first 30 lber of the year.

Angler Name : Michael McGrath
E-Mail : mmcgrath@sandssystems.com
Boat Name: Obsession
Date Fished: 5/28/06
Location: Off of Island Beach
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24 to 38 lbs. 36"to 48"
Bait or Lure: Stretch 25+ Lure
Water Depth: 26 ft.
Water Temp.: 57
Information : 3 Miles north of the Barnegat Inlet 1/4 -1/2 mile off shore chasing the birds at about 4:00 pm after fishing with bait all day tried trolling and immediately got 5,7,and 10 lb Blues finally started with the Striper and ended up with a 38 lb. Great day!! First time Striper fishing this year. Great stuff.

Angler Name : Tom Novak
E-Mail : Thomasnov.03@sunymaritime.edu
Boat Name: S. T. Barb
Date Fished: 5/28/06
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: anchor
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 35"-39"
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 24ft
Water Temp.: 57.8F
Information : Started the morning off fluking...what a waste. Not even a lot of shorts, and no keepers. switched over to clamming for bass. Things were slow until the current began to slow an hour before the tide change and things broke loose. Managed some nice keepers up to a 21lb 39" fish. Fishing might have been better if we didn't have boats running acrossed the slick every 10 min...I guess thats what ya get for fishing holiday weekends.

Angler Name : Ron Mayers
E-Mail : ronald.mayers@att.net
Boat Name: Sarah Allison
Date Fished: May 28
Location: Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17"
Bait or Lure: Killies, Squid
Water Depth: 15'
Water Temp.: 60 F
Information : The fluke are back, started out striper fishing, worked our way north, Sandy Hook then Flynns Knoll almost out to the Ambrose Channel, tried clams, not even a bite. Started back home made one last attempt at Fluke, brought one keeper up in 15 minutes, 100% keeper ratio, can't complain.

Angler Name : James Liquori, Nocholas Billings, Dean Billings, George Giannaros, Mauro Casci, Luis Acosita
E-Mail : sales@sweetiecharters.com
Boat Name: Sweetie
Date Fished: 05/28/2006
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Bait and Jigs
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 1 - 3 Lbs
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 28 Feet
Water Temp.: 58 Degrees
Information : The Acosita Charter consisting of James Liquori, Nocholas Billings, Dean Billings, George Giannaros, Mauro Casci and Luis Acosita had Sweetie off the coast of Sandy Hook Jigging for Bass and Blues with clams as bait. The water depth was 28 feet with a water temperature of 58 degrees. Captain Fred Nirschl with Mate Steve Dallaportas indicate the charter had a very slow day of bass fishing, only keeping 2 fish that just made the limit, lots and lots of small blue fish. They had to move 3 times to get away from the dogfish. The weather was great and every one had a great time despite the lack of fish.

Angler Name : Capt. Kevin Delanoy
E-Mail : kevin@missmargiefishingcharters.com
Boat Name: Miss Margie
Date Fished: 5/28/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 3lbs
Bait or Lure: clams/crabs
Water Depth: 50'-75'
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Today we fished three wrecks east of Barnegat Inlet. All wrecks produced plenty of sea bass and black fish of mixed sizes keeping everyone busy all day.The weather was perfect,light winds frome the NE,good water temp. and lots of sunshine.At the end of the day we had our limit of sea bass and a repectable catch of blackfish.

Angler Name : Jon Murray
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fish Repellent
Date Fished: 5/27 & 5/28
Location: Off of IBSP & Seaside
Fishing Method: Troll/Jig
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 6-14 lbs
Bait or Lure: Stretch 25's
Water Depth: 30-55
Water Temp.: 60
Information : I got a late start fishing with Matt Konow on Saturday. We found birds working a few mile from the inlet and had decent jigging for a while until blockheads started running right through the schools and putting them down. Moved away from the ever-growing crowd and continued to catch blues on the troll most of the afternoon. On Sunday Bob Simon & I got an early start and were off of Seaside by 6am. We put out the plugs and within 10 min hooked a nice 35" bass. We kept working the area but only caught bluefish. By 9 a m we moved away from the crowd that had formed and got into a mad-dog bluefish bite for several hours. There is as much bait around as I have ever seen!

Angler Name : phil pachiolo
E-Mail : patp1059@aol.com
Boat Name: THE fisherman
Date Fished: 5/28/06
Location: RARITAN BAY AREA
Fishing Method: CLAMMING FOR STRIPERS
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 15 LBS
Bait or Lure: CLAMS
Water Depth: 15 FT,
Water Temp.: 60
Information : First i want to thank rocco for looking after my sea sick father-in-law. Then i want to thank the 15lb. striper that won me the pool. Not many stripers caught but the blues filled the void. Overall a nice day as usual on the FISHERMAN. THANKS

Angler Name : cap Jay V
E-Mail : acevpetdic@aol.com
Boat Name: Searay Fisher
Date Fished: 5/24/06
Location: Raritan
Fishing Method: chunking Bunker
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 38
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 20ft
Water Temp.: 60s
Information : Got out Early, Bunker all over the bay. Snagged 30 right away, anchored in the channel, had a fat Cow 38 inch striper within 5 minutes, caught 1 more at 39 inches and a couple of Blues. ran out of Bunker,tide was ready totrun slack, things died out for a hour, as soon as the tide changed bunker started to pour back in. Non-stop action all afternoon. Bunker are so heavy in the bay, unreal. get out there prime time action. I don't know about This upcoming weekend it is going to be a boat show good luck.

Angler Name : mark crescenzo
E-Mail : markoutdoors@hotmail.com
Boat Name: trophy
Date Fished: 5/24/06
Location: Asbury/Long Branch Areas
Fishing Method: trolling and livelining
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 32pounds
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 35-60'
Water Temp.: 57 deg f
Information : After Sundays trip on the Moondog where we boated 15 bass to 27pounds in an hour and a half, I couldn't wait to get back out. Last night was the night and we found bait from Shark River to Long Branch. First snagged bunker netted us a 32pounder caught by John Coger. There was lots of action with Gator size blues and many run offs. Two more bass boated were 30pounds and 20pounds. Nasty conditions with the southeast blow but the bite was on. Watch out for the weekend warriors..it will be bad the next few days. Bobby on the Pipe Dream boated four bass and many blues.

Angler Name : jeffrey kraft jr
E-Mail :
Boat Name: keep it reel
Date Fished: 5/24/06
Location: oyster creek channel
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 23 inches, 3 pounds
Bait or Lure: white storm shad
Water Depth: 10-15 feet
Water Temp.: 63
Information : lots of stripers but no keepers.

Angler Name : Tom Novak
E-Mail : Thomasnov.03@sunymaritime.edu
Boat Name: S. T. Barb
Date Fished: 5/24/06
Location: raritan bay - ocean
Fishing Method: anchor
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 31"-40"
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 15-35ft
Water Temp.: 56.4-58.2F
Information : Started in the bay this morning...nothing. Tried trolling along the reach channel, nothing. Moved east and found fish at the tide change. After the change the current was too strong and we called it a day with some good sized bass in the box. The largest going 40" and 28lbs.

Angler Name : Joey Ruggini, Don Rick, VH Hannisian, Mario Mendoza, Mike Frochlich, Craig Behnke
E-Mail : sales@sweetiecharters.com
Boat Name: Sweetie
Date Fished: 05/24/2006
Location: Coast of Belmar
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20 - 23 Lbs
Bait or Lure: Jigs
Water Depth: 55
Water Temp.: 57
Information : The Behnke Charter consisting of Joey Ruggini, Don Rick, VH Hannisian, Mario Mendoza, Mike Frochlich & Craig Behnke. Had Sweetie off the coast of Belmar Jigging for Bass and Blues with Jigs. Fishing in water depth of 55 feet. The water temperature was 57 degrees. Captain Brian Perry and Mate Steve Dallaportas indicated that the charter had an abundt day of fishing for Blues and Bass today. Keeping 12 small Bluefish for dinner and 6 Bass between 18-23 Lbs, releasing at least another 75 Bluefish. The birds where working the coast of Belmar and so were we.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 5/24/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: large
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Much better fishing today! Had a 28 1/2 and a 24 pounder on the first drift...Current ran so hard it was very tough too anchor and fish a gang of customers. Picked away until we found some life between the channels. Had several nice shots of Bass and Blues. Birds working for over a mile! Drifted until the change of tide, anchored up for the last 1/2 hour of the day, started to catch again on the incoming. Had the first short fish in 4 days! A few limits on quality fish and plenty of Blues. Thank god they weren't as wild as yesterday, it gave us a much better shot at the Bass.Drew Warren, Sayreville, NJ had the big one at 28 1/2 pounds, 44 inches! Great healthy looking fish......capt.ron

Angler Name : Tom Headley
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/24/2006
Location: Asbury Park
Fishing Method: Jigging & Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 39"
Bait or Lure: Ava47's & Bunker Spoons
Water Depth: 20 to 40 Ft.
Water Temp.: 57 Degrees
Information : The Tom Headley charter was on board the Bounty Hunter and for us it turned out to be a very difficult day to catch Stripers. There was no concentration of fish and the few Bass that were around were spread out from Spring Lake up to Sandy Hook. We worked several areas and picked up one or two Bass at a time, some on Jigs and others on Spoons. It was frustrating at times but at the end of a long day we scratched out a limit catch of 10 Bass up to 39" plus catching and releasing over 30 Blues.

Angler Name : Capt. Darren
Boat Name: The Big Boy II
Date Fished: 05/24/06
Location: shrewsbury rocks, asbury
Fishing Method: live bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18 to 32#
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 40ft
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Had to bring the Big Boy II, (Regulator 26) back down to Pt. Pleasant after fishing the ASA tournament out of Bahr's Landing over the weekend and taking 2nd place. Anyway thought we would hit the rocks and work south. Caught six fish at the rocks early and the bite died. Worked our way south and picked at fish off of Deal in 60ft of water and a lot of bluefish. Moved in on the beach off Asbury looking for the bunker, found plenty and the bass too. Caught fish from noon till 4pm. All the bass averaged 25 to low 30lbs. and fought like they were on steroids. Between myself, my brother Max, and good friend and mate, Rudy finally tally was around 30 fish all which were released.

Angler Name : Jay
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Hard Time
Date Fished: 5/23
Location: Mile Marker Outside Manasquan
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20 to 30 lbs
Bait or Lure: Crippled Herrings
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Bass crashing the surface,hitting metal, birds all over the place, not one Blue Fish. Five nice Bass between 20 and 30lbs. Started fishing around 6 am, great fishing until around 8:30 then the fish turned off.

Angler Name : Capt Dave Riback
E-Mail : captriback@comcast.net
Boat Name: PurpleJet
Date Fished: May 23, 2006
Location: Asbury Park
Fishing Method: jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32" - 43"
Bait or Lure: jigs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Today, May 23, 2006 continued the excellent Striped Bass Fishing. Again all the fish were caught on plain 47's and Krocodiles. The wind was still blowing hard, but we managed to have our limit by 9am. The first couple of drifts we had plenty of blues in the mix and by 9am the bite slowed on the bass. Our big fish today was caught by Wayne Slack who boated a 43" 29 pounder on a whole herring spit up by a bluefish. Miguel, Freddy, Carlos and Sean all had there limits plus a few keeper size bass they had to throw back. In all we released over 25 keeper bass and 100+ blues to 12 pounds.

Angler Name : capt.ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 5/23/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Water temp actually cooled off to 55 today! This is almost June, right? Started out to the North, read some fish, thought for sure they would bite. Had a short and a keeper. Hard outgoing tide made it a little tough, but still fishable. Gave it 20 minutes, didn't like what saw so we left. Worked down the Beach, more Blues than Bass the past two days, seems we couldn't get away from them. Managed a few nice bass, nothing to brag about after the past 3 days. So much live stuff around, it's tough to stay with them. Had fish finning on top a few times, couldn't get them to take anything. Thought maybe the change of tide it would get better, only the Blues got Hungrier!! capt.ron

Angler Name : jay
E-Mail : jkalish2@ptd.net
Boat Name: cats ass
Date Fished: 5/ 22 5 23
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: drift' troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: short
Bait or Lure: clams spoons
Water Depth: 17-33
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Started out with out with Bobbi & I lots of birds along the beach but no bass, We had trouble keeping two lne in the water wtih all the blues. some to 12 lbs. Next day went to Romer and cought 1 short,lost two other, blues came back so we went home, Saw some decent f;uke caught by boats next to us. may be tome to try both

Angler Name : John & Laura
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Tide Runner
Date Fished: 5/23/06
Location: From Spring lake to Bay Head
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up tp 25lbs
Bait or Lure: white buck tail
Water Depth: 35 to 60 Ft
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Well we start the day in font of the Mans Inlet Jigging bass. When that petered out we move north off Springlake hotel caught More Bass. When That petered out we head South of the Inlet and caught bass all day. The Bass were boiling at time all Big fish. We had a ball. Kept 3 a 15,18 & 25 Lbs. Great day to be on the water even if it was a cold and windy. And we had planned to run to the rocks. What a nice surprise not burning all the gas made the day even better. Peace!!!

Angler Name : Sid & Ari Gold & John Kovalsky
E-Mail : sidgold@optonline.net
Boat Name: Can Do Too
Date Fished: 5/23/2006
Location: Off the inlet
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32(3),33(2),34(2),36(4),38,(2)40
Bait or Lure: jigs, spoons, asst. lures
Water Depth: 18-36
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Left Brielle Marine Basin at 6:00 AM with Gerd & Jason Beckman.... at 6:30 AM had a double hit.... Gary Katz caught the 40" giant..... His first Striped Bass... ever. John K took the other Rod and got a 36" Ari and Gary had another double, by 9:00 AM we had 9 fish all keepers... and NO blue fish yet. Captain Jim Foy kept on the troll, and by 11:20 we were at the limit 14 Striped bass from 32" to 40" released a few blue fish, small to very large. Back at the dock by 12:00 Noon... Even the Captain got his 2 fish..... A totally great day lots of fish, calm seas and Jim Foy again found the fish....... quickly... Saving the clams for another day.

Angler Name : Mauro Casci, Nicholas Casci, Louie Acosta, Caeser Gongora, George Giannaros, Roberto Vasilescu
E-Mail : sales@sweetiecharters.com
Boat Name: Sweetie
Date Fished: 05/22/2006
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Jiging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 10 to 32 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bucktail and Diamond Jigs
Water Depth: 20 to 55 Feet
Water Temp.: 55 Degrees
Information : 05/22/2006 Jim Papaccio reports: Captain Brian Perry and Mate Steve Dallaportas limited out today on Bass early. Fishing action was strong from the time of arrival to the fishing spot Good bass and lots of blue fish as well. The largest Bass today was 32 lbs caught by Mauro Casci.

Angler Name : Mike Lewis
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/22/2005
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 44" (27 lbs.)
Bait or Lure: Ava 47's
Water Depth: 40 Ft.
Water Temp.: 57 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Mike Lewis charter on board the Bounty Hunter today and we decided to jig the Bass rather then use our Spoons. We located a surface feeding school of Stripers along with the working birds off Monmouth Beach and the charter proceeded to put their limit plus Bonus fish in the boat within an hour. The largest Bass was 44" and weighed in at 27 lbs. Today was by far the best Jigging we have had this season. As the bite slowed the Blues moved in and we Jigged and released over 3 dozen. Since we had our catch in the box we decided to put out the Spoons for an hour and we caught and released 5 more Bass, all over 36". We called it a day at 10AM. with 13 Bass in the box.

Angler Name : Capt. Kevin Delanoy
E-Mail : kevin@missmargiefishingcharters.com
Boat Name: MISS MARGIE
Date Fished: 5-22-06
Location: off Island Beach
Fishing Method: anchor
Specie: Tautog
Size: 4lbs
Bait or Lure: crabs/clams
Water Depth: 50-65
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Wreck fishing today was pretty decent.We had plenty of action all morning with Sea Bass and Blackfish.Most of the Blackfish were released but almost all the Sea Bass made the size limit with some very large one's mixed in.All the Blackfish on crabs and the Sea Bass on soft and hard baits. When the current switched in the early afternoon the fishing slowed up,by this time we had enough of the 20+ NW wind and headed home.It was a good day on the water.

Angler Name : Guy Biondi
E-Mail : info@canyonrunner.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 22
Location: Asbury
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 28 pounds
Bait or Lure: AVA Jigs
Water Depth: 40-60
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Mike Gallo had the Guy Biondi charter from Brooklyn out on the Canyon Runner Monday and immediately got into fast jigging action just off Asbury Park. Working up the beach in the morning they spotted birds about 1.5 miles off Asbury and a fleet began to develop where everyone got into some great jigging action. Our charter ended the day with 27 Stripers and close to 80 bluefish (all released). The four biggest bass went 24, 25, 27, 28 pounds.

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 5/22/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: large
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Big fish again today! 32 1/2 pounder topped the scale for the largest of the day. Not the wild bite we've had, but all keepers....plenty of Blues mixed with them, they actually made it tough to get threw to catch the Bass. Lot of wind from the NW, but it was still very fishable. Lots of bait fish around, Sand eels, Rain fish and Bunkers....would love to see those sand eels make a comback, it' been several years since we have had any abundance of them. Jig fishing was at it's finest when those babies were around. Fished up North in my favorite place! capt.ron

Angler Name : harley
E-Mail :
Boat Name: sea hunter
Date Fished: 5/21/06
Location: off the beach
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : 2 small blues 1 short striper was caught that was it!

Angler Name : Jim
E-Mail : JIM5NJ@optonline.net
Boat Name: sea fox
Date Fished: 5/21/06
Location: highlands
Fishing Method: achored then drifted
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: clam bellies
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : captain worked real hard for us but only 2 or 3 keepers and probably 3 not keepers....1 or 2 blues....unfortunatley a lot of skates and then we moved closer to shore.....what's the saying " a bad day fishin' is still better then being home with my wife!!! " ha ha....will be back this weekend to try again!!!

Angler Name : Mark G.
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Dropoff
Date Fished: 5/21/06
Location: Rocks
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 37", 23lbs
Bait or Lure: Spoons
Water Depth: 45
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Trolled the Rocks this morning while moving the boat to it's summer home at Hoffmans. Boated 6 bass and lots of mixed sized bluefish. Strong bass bite first thing this morning,turning to a pick with more bluefish as the sun got higher.

Angler Name : Chris Cameroni
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/21/2006
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 44" (26 lbs.)
Bait or Lure: Bunker Spoons
Water Depth: 15 to 50 Ft.
Water Temp.: 56 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Chris Cameroni charter on board the Bounty Hunter and started out for Sandy Hook. We never got past the Shrewsbury Rocks as we were called in on a hot Trolling bite which was taking place. Putting out the Bunker Spoons we had our first Bass within minutes. We worked the area and finished up with 11 large Bass. The largest a 44" fish which weighed in at 26 lbs. As the Bass bite slowed the Blues moved in and took over for a few hours. The charter kept 4 and released over a dozen.

Angler Name : capt.ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 5/21/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Started out the morning in our usuall haunts...sure didn't waste to much time waiting for a bite. Never had a fish to the north today...ventured South. Found some very nice keepers, not one short! Blues mixed in also. Just can't sit in one spot hopeing for a miracle!! Capt. Ron

Angler Name : Rich Copeman
E-Mail : cap.copeman@verizon.net
Boat Name: Tricia
Date Fished: 5-21-06
Location: Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25-32 lbs
Bait or Lure: Spoons
Water Depth: 25-60 ft
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Started fishing at 600am and was done by 830am trolled up 6 bass and a bunch of blues, good day lost 2 spoons.

Angler Name : Capt.Kevin Delanoy
E-Mail : kevin@missmargiefishingcharters.com
Boat Name: MISS MARGIE
Date Fished: 5-21-06
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3lbs
Bait or Lure: poppers/plastics
Water Depth: 6'-10'
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Fishing the bay in the morning was perfect,light winds,clear water.I put time in trying for weakfish,sticking with the plastics I caught only bluefish.After loosing to many soft lures and jig heads,I swithed to poppers and had decent action with Bluefish.The winds and a choppy bay chased me in at noon.All fish were caught in the warmer water.

Angler Name : Warren B.
E-Mail : Surf Fisher27@aol.com
Boat Name: Tight Lines
Date Fished: May21
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Bait and lures
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Clams/Bunker
Water Depth: 15-28 Feet
Water Temp.: 58
Information : We left the Dock at 7:00 a.m.in hopes of snagging some bunker on the way out. Found no bunker and the wind was already starting to pick up. Noted some promising readings just south of the Reach Channel and anchored up. Dunked some bunker chunks and clams for about an hour with no results. Started to throw some bucktails just as the tide turned and had non stop bluefish action. We left them biting at 11:00 a.m.The wind got worse and headed in.

Angler Name : dave rago
E-Mail : rapache28@aol.com
Boat Name: Allicat
Date Fished: 5/21/06
Location: tussey slough Del Bay
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Drum
Size: 65 lb scale weight
Bait or Lure: clam bellies
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.:
Information :

Angler Name : Capt. Mike Copeman
E-Mail :
Boat Name: RENEGADE
Date Fished: May 21, 2006
Location: Off Highlands
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 37 lbs
Bait or Lure: Spoon
Water Depth: 60
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Trolled up 7 bass, largest weighed in at Reel Life Bait and Tackle, 46 inches and 37 pounds.

Angler Name : Captain Gennaro Chierchio/Michael Chierchio/Janet Mitarotondo
E-Mail : GChierchio@optonline.net
Boat Name: 222 Trophy
Date Fished: 5/21/06
Location: Raritan Reach
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24
Bait or Lure: Fresh Bunker and Clams
Water Depth: 15-25
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Ran out to the Reach at 8:30 and hits started right away. Mike pulled in the first Striper of the day, actually his first Striper ever. One more Striper and a nice Blue and we headed back at 11:30. Short day but good fishing. Schools of bunker everywhere. We snagged our share for the freezer.

Angler Name : Craig Estelle
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 5/21/06
Location: monmouth beach
Fishing Method: Troll/jig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 15-25lbs
Bait or Lure: spoons/jigs
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.: 58
Information : The Craig Estelle party had excellent striper fishing on sunday morning. Trolling spoons was the most effective method for us and we were into double headers of 20lb stripers within 5 minutes of lines in. The fish were boiling on top chasing bunkers. We had constant action with big stripers all morning on the troll with all big fish averaging 20lbs each. A switch to jigging produced dozens of blues from 4-12lbs and a few more big bass. The boat caught their limit of 16 stripers plus one bonus fish and one release, all between 15 and 26lbs as well as 3 dozen bluefish from 4-12lbs.

Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Date Fished: 05/21/2006
Location: NORTH OF SR INLET
Fishing Method: JIG
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: HIGH TEENS TO 25#
Bait or Lure: VARIOUS METAL
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 53.5
Information : HEADED NORTH WITH 2 GOOD BUDDIES AND OUR 5 KIDS RANGING FROM AGE 3 TO 13. STARTED TROLLING SPOONS AND HAD A DOUBLE-HEADER OF BASS. HAD FISH FROM TOP TO BOTTOM ON THE MACHINE AND STARTED JIGGING. NON-STOP 2-3 FISH AT A TIME FOR NEXT 90 MINUTES. LOST COUNT OF THE BASS BUT WOULD GUESS 30+ BASS FROM HIGH TEENS TO 25#. KEPT 6 BASS AND RELEASED THE REST.BASS STOPPED BITING AND THE BLUES TOOK OVER - BACK TO BARN BY 10;30. GREAT DAY, GREAT TRIP, GREAT COMPANY - GOD BLESS AMERICA AND OUR TROOPS!!!!!!

Angler Name : Dave Hochman, Mike Thomas, Mike Kundla, Tom Collard
E-Mail : sales@sweetiecharters.com
Boat Name: Sweetie
Date Fished: 5/21/2006
Location: Sea Bright
Fishing Method: Trolling and Jigs
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 34 lbs
Bait or Lure: Spoons
Water Depth: 25-55 Feet
Water Temp.: 55 Degrees
Information : 5/21/2006 Jim Papaccio reports: Captain Brian Perry and Mate Steve Dallaportas had an excellent day, limiting out on Bass and releasing another 10 fish. All fish were in the 10 to 30 lbs class. The largest being 34 lbs.

Angler Name : Patrick Lim
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: May21
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Jigging/Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 37"
Bait or Lure: Jigs/Bunker Spoons
Water Depth: 30-50 ft
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Capt Bernie hosted Patrick Lim from Manhattan for a jigging and trolling trip at Shrewsbury Rocks. Starting at 9am the bass bite had slowed and we began jigging blues. Switching to spoons we continued catching blues but the charter did manage to catch 2 Stripers to 37".

Angler Name : Capt. Mike Copeman
E-Mail :
Boat Name: RENEGADE
Date Fished: May 21, 2006
Location: Off Absury Park
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 37 lbs
Bait or Lure: Black Spoons / Live Bunker
Water Depth: 65
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Trolled off Asbury Park and landed 6 bass, largest weighed in at Reel Life Bait and Tackle, 37 lbs.

Angler Name : Joe Posterino
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 5/20/05
Location: seabright
Fishing Method: bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Went on a split trip with the Posterino group looking to chunk bass in the AM. It was a day for the trollers as we watched fish being caught on wire all morning. However we stuck it out with bait and managed two nice bass to 28lbs and a dozen blues, before trying the wrecks. The first wreck produced a few togs and the second spot was loaded with seabass, as soon as the bait hit the wreck they were on. The guys took as many as they needed and we called it a day early.

Angler Name : cap Jay V
E-Mail : acevpetdic@aol.com
Boat Name: Searay Fisher
Date Fished: 5/20/06
Location: Raritan
Fishing Method: livelining
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 39'
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 20ft
Water Temp.: 60s
Information : Started off in the river no Bunker, went by the 440 Bridge, see them poppin snagged about 30 Bunker. went out into the channel schooled 2 39' and a 37 in 15 minutes. 1 big Blue. we were down to 3 bunker. tide shifted wind picked up headed home. Great day on the water. TIME ON WATER = FISH.

Angler Name : Harry Delany
E-Mail : nautiboy@optonline.net
Boat Name: Mimi VI
Date Fished: 5/20
Location: Point Pleasant
Fishing Method: Boat
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: over 30lb
Bait or Lure: Jigs
Water Depth: 65
Water Temp.:
Information : Slammed a pod of big Bass on Saturday afternoon thanks to our host. Great Captain and crew put this charter on the fish. Close to 30 big keepers over the rail...some over 30lbs. Best Jersey Striper trip so far for me...

Angler Name : Joe Kraus and Tom Mahoney
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Trouble
Date Fished: 5/20/06
Location: Shark River Buoy
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 42 1/2 inches 27lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker Spoon
Water Depth: 52 feet
Water Temp.: 56 degrees
Information : Slow day not much action, landed a nice one and lost one after a good run-off and fight.

Angler Name : BUCKTHEFLUKE
E-Mail : BUCKTHEFLUKE@COMCAST.NET
Boat Name: BROWN EYED BABE II
Date Fished: 5-20-06
Location: 2 MI. EAST OF SQUAN INLET
Fishing Method: JIGGING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32-40 "
Bait or Lure: DIAMOND JIGS
Water Depth: 65
Water Temp.: 54
Information : AFTER A VERY SLOW MORNING OF TROLLING SOUTH OF SQUAN INLET WE SPOTTED BIRDS WORKING OFFSHORE.DROPPING JIGS TO THE BOTTOM RESULTED IN MANY BLUES & 17 BASS UP TO 20LBS.LEFT THEM BITING JUST BEFORE DARK.ASHLEY GAYLORD REALLY PUT THE FEAR INTO THE FISH THIS DAY.ANOTHER GLORIOUS DAY AT SEA PEACE!!! JOIN THE R.F.A.

Angler Name : Lou Forinza
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 5/20/06
Location: Deal
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20 lbs
Bait or Lure: Spoons
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Lou Forenzi and Jo Jo were aboard the Megan Beth . Trolling spoons off of deal produced only blue fish in the morning.Heading north off of Long Branch,jigging only produced more bluefish for us. Heading back down south and stopping on some readings we boated 5 nice bass up to 20 lbs before heading home. By days end the cooler was full of blues and bass.

Angler Name : Peterooster
E-Mail : fphsr@optonline.net
Boat Name: Roosters
Date Fished: 5-20-2006
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: shorts to 19½"
Bait or Lure: Killies and strips
Water Depth: 13½' to 45'
Water Temp.:
Information : Tom and I replaced the fuel filter at 7:00 AM this morning, engine refused to idle, filter did the trick. Went out looking for Fluke, tried the Point of Hook, #13 Sandy Hook Channel, the North Beach, and the Nude Beach trying to stay out of the wind. There were only short Fluke and a Clearnose Skate out in the ocean. Headed back in around 11:00 AM stopping just outside the Atlantic Highlands Harbor where Tom came up with three keeper Fluke to 19½". By this time the wind was laying down and the sun began to shine. Headed back to our slip at 12:30 PM. We did notice seven party boats hugging the Earle Ammo pier just outside of Leonardo, don't know if they were getting Fluke or just staying out of the wind. PETE (°_)°)

Angler Name : capt.ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 5/20/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Yesterday afternoon fishing with Capt. Frank was absolutly excellant! Left the dock at 5pm, limited out by 6:30 with all big fish.....Largest of the night 25 3/4 pounds 42 inches. Several others in the 15 to 20 lb. range. Today we had a Charter with Anthony Izzo and Quick Resonce company. Went back to yesterdays Hot spot...only today it wasn't so hot!! Didn't waste too much time there as we were just about to hit slack tide. Went back up to the North and had a nice pick of fish, Largest was caught by the boss, 22.5 pounds. A nice handfull of keepers along with 5 very nice Tog, some blues and short bass. Bounced around the rest of the day after the tide changed and never really found a good bite. Still not too bad for 35 Rod Rentals!! capt.ron

Angler Name : Werner & Wolfgang Sprie
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/20/2006
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 39"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 15 Ft.
Water Temp.: 57 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had release fishermen Werner & Wolfgang Sprie on board the Bounty Hunter today. We ran up to Sandy Hook and anchored in 15 Ft of water. Fishing with fresh clams we picked away at the Bass for 4 hrs. When the bite slowed we had landed and released 32 Bass up to 34". A decision to troll Spoons off Asbury Park on the way home produced 3 Bass the largest a 39" fish.

Angler Name : Capt. Darren
E-Mail : CaptDarren@newjerseycharterboat.com
Boat Name: Mary Lou Crew
Date Fished: 5/20/06
Location: Sandy Hook (Ocean Side)
Fishing Method: clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24-38 inches
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 18 feet
Water Temp.: 57.8
Information : Capt. Darren and first mate Phil Mancini did it again today on the Bass. With the Michael Gates party from Rockaway, NJ they limited out on Bass by 11am. They started out trolling south of Sandy Hook, but had only blue fish. Made one short move and dropped the hook in 18 feet of water and started clamming. The group had all the Bass they could handle and actuallu asked if they could switch over to catching blue fish! By days end the charter had caught 40 bass keeping only there limit and bonus fish. All others were released unharmed since they were caught on circle hooks. They also caught there fill of blue fish. The bass ranged in size from 24 inches up to 38 inches.

Angler Name : Sid. Gold & Jim Varga
E-Mail : sidgold@optonline.net
Boat Name: Can Do Too
Date Fished: May 20,2006
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks & Da' Hook
Fishing Method: Troll then Clammig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28,30,32,34,37,39 kept
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Left Brielle late at 8:45 trolled at the Shrewsbury rocks had 2 hits but lost them and at 9:30 left for Da' Hook. The fish came in droves right into the slick. Double headers, one 32" and a 37”!! Released over 6 stripers and kept 9 Blue fish.... Wind started to blow to 25 knots... a bit windy back in Brielle at 2:30 with the limit…. Captain Jim Foy with his usual skill found the fish and turned a sloppy day into a fun filled event.

Angler Name : Thomas Novak
E-Mail : Thomasnov.03@sunymaritime.edu
Boat Name: S. T. Barb
Date Fished: 5/20/06
Location: raritan bay
Fishing Method: anchor
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27"-38"
Bait or Lure: bunker - clams
Water Depth: 15-28ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Started the morning off bunker chunking under bad conditions. Caught one nice keeper and missed a few run offs due to the wind against tide. Made a move to the east and switched to clams and had a steady pick all morning on keeper bass to 38". Had a limit plus released fish. Would have been a great day if it wasn't so windy and rough...

Angler Name : Bill Schneyer
E-Mail : sales@sweetiecharters.com
Boat Name: SWEETIE
Date Fished: 05/19/06
Location: Seabright
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28 lbs
Bait or Lure: spoons
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Matt Muzslay with mate Steve Dallaportas had a very good day limit bass largest being 28 lbs and all the blues you wanted crew members of James S,Bill Lane,Poz,Bill Beirmiester:see photo's on out web site

Angler Name : Gus Kuhlman
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/19/2006
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling & Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 40"
Bait or Lure: Spoons & Jigs
Water Depth: 20 to 45 Ft.
Water Temp.: 57 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Gus Kuhlman charter on board the Bounty Hunter and worked slowly north along the beach looking for birds and Bass reads. Locating a small read just south of the Rocks the charter put their first 4 Bass in the box while Trolling Bunker Spoons. We spent the rest of the day Jigging on reads and Trolling Spoons in the area from Long Branch up to the Rocks. The bites were considerably slower than the past few days but we did put a limit catch of Bass up to 40" together along with a few dozen Blues which were released.

Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Date Fished: 05/19/2006
Location: NORTH OF SR INLET
Fishing Method: TROLL/JIG
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: HIGH TEENS TO 31#
Bait or Lure: SPOONS/JIGS
Water Depth: 40-60
Water Temp.: 57.5
Information : OUT SOLO IN THE RAIN AND HAD A PHENOMENAL DAY. SPOONED 1 BASS EARLY THEN THE BLUES STARTED TO KILL ME. MADE A MOVE AND SWITCHED TO JIGGING - ENDED UP WITH 8 BASS AND NUMEROUS BLUES WITH THE BIG FISH GOING 31#(RELEASED). KEPT 2 SMALLER FISH THAT WERE DEEP HOOOKED AND LET THE REST GO. GOD BLESS AMERICA.

Angler Name : Tony Glover
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 5/19/06
Location: Rocks
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 17 lbs
Bait or Lure: Spoons
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Tony Glover and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Bass fishing. Stopping on some readings 11 miles north of thr inlet thr first fish was a 17 lb bass. At first we trolled the rigs but the blue fish destroyed them.Switching over to the spoons we had a steady pick of bass and blues and by days end the cooler was full.

Angler Name : Matt Troncone
E-Mail : captreelaction@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Action
Date Fished: 5/19/06
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 39"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Capt Marc took the Matt Troncone 5 man charter up to Sandy Hook for striped bass. We only trolled some blues then we switched to clams to put a limit in the boat. We also had 12 throwbacks that went from 20-27".

Angler Name : Sam DeFeo
E-Mail : info@canyonrunner.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 19
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: over 40 inches
Bait or Lure: jigs
Water Depth: 20
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captains Mark DeBlasio and Phil Dulanie had the Sam DeFeo charter from Rumson, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Friday and were able to keep it relatively close to home all day. Running up the beach in the morning they found bird activity just off Long Branch and started the day jigging. They never had to switch over the clams as AVA 47 and 67 jigs produced a limit of bass plus the release of another 15 bass and tons of bluefish. In addition to the great action all the bass were on the large side with the smallest bass being 34 inches and many bass over 40 inches were boated.

Angler Name : Mark G.
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Dropoff
Date Fished: 5/19/06
Location: Reach/Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling spoons/liveline
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 24 lbs.
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 40'
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Fished all over today stating at the 10 can in the Reach (released a small keeper there) and working all the way back to the Triangle. There was a good concentration of bunker, boats and commercial bait boats there, plus a few fish. We landed three stripers and a few bluefish (including a 14 pounder) before the bite died and I got frustrated with the crowd. Tried a few more spots in the Reach (18 can had fish and bait, no bites) while the weather got worse. When the weather cleared I ran around the hook to the Shrewsbury Rocks. Trolling there was good for the two hours I spent there, boating five more keepers up to 24 pounds. We also lost a nice one on a live bunker next to the boat.

Angler Name : Capt. ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 5/19/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Amazing how yesterday one of the drops only produced 2 fish, today the same spot and it was unbeleavable!! Had fish right from the start, Slots, Shorts, Blues and some 12 to 15 pound fish...slowed for a bit when the tide started to run. A small rain Squal came through and during it the bite was fantastic on all Big fish. Largest of the day 19 pounds! Donnie Nickles and sons along with their pal Fred managed to fill up the cooler with some very impressive keepers...Picked away the rest of the day when the sun finaly came out. One of the top 10 days so far....Chartered Saturday AM trip....capt.ron

Angler Name : Joe Girondo
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: May 18
Location: All over
Fishing Method: Jigging and clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30 "
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 14 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Capt Bernie hosted the Joe Girondo charter from Consohocken Pa looking for some striped bass action. Started the day trolling and jigging at the rocks -nothing but Bluefish. Tried clamming at Romer and caught two Stripersa to 30". Worked down the beach and jigged more blues at the highlands and Elberon. Frustrating day!

Angler Name : Bill Haines
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/18/2006
Location: All Over
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 44"
Bait or Lure: Ava 47's
Water Depth: 25 to 70 Ft.
Water Temp.: 56 Degrees
Information : The Bill Haines charter was on the Bounty Hunter today and Capt. Paul started the day by looking for the big Bass that could be jigged. We landed our first 3 Bass of Elberon then proceeded to chase the birds and Bass readings for the rest of the day. We jigged to many locations to list as the Bass were spread out and you had to chase the reads. However at days end we did have a limit catch of 12 Bass up to 44" (25 lbs.) plus 1 Bonus fish and released 2 more plus 2 dozen Blues.

Angler Name : Joe Miller
E-Mail : info@canyonrunner.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 18
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 40 Inches
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 15
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Capt. Phil Dulanie and Capt. Mark DeBlasio had the Joe Miller charter out on the Canyon Runner Thursday and worked up the beach in the morning search for bird life. They found some just north of the Shrewsbury Rocks but only pulled a few Bass and a bunch of bluefish out from under them on jigs. They worked up to Sandy Hook and anchored in 20 feet of water and started a good pick of bass putting 10 in the boat and releasing 6. Once that bite turned off they worked back down the beach and found solid action off Long Branch finishing up the day with their limit and releasing another 20 including their largest of the day which was over 40 inches and around 30 pounds. All the action off Long Branch was on jigs.

Angler Name : capt.ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 5/18/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 57
Information : After searching most of the day for a bite...the back bay, Romar, you name it, we were there! Had a nice shot of fish inshore on the cedars....all big fish along with some blues. Largest of the day, A 39 inch 26 pound cow, caught by Jason White, Newton, NJ...Several other fish that topped 18 pounds. Today definatly tested my patience trying to find the bite!!! capt. ron

Angler Name : BOB K.
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5-18-06
Location: Sandyhook surf
Fishing Method: Bait-lures
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 1-12lbs.
Bait or Lure: surface plugs-metal-live bunker
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Was trying to catch Stripers to no avail for two h ours.Snappers started moving into surf,followed by large blues.Just about every cast for two hours produced afish or a hit. Severe thunder storm ended the day

Angler Name : Tom Novak
E-Mail : Thomasnov.03@sunymaritime.edu
Boat Name: S. T. Barb
Date Fished: 5/17/06
Location: raritan bay
Fishing Method: anchor
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27"-37"
Bait or Lure: clam bellies - bunker chunks
Water Depth: 16-26ft
Water Temp.: 59.9 F
Information : Started the morning fishing with clams in the back of the bay. Managed 3 shorts ( all 27 1/2") under nasty wind against tide conditions. After 2 unproductive moves, I finally found the bass. All nice sized bass up to 22lbs all on bunker chunks.

Angler Name : Tom Headley
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/17/2006
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling & Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 44" (34 lbs.)
Bait or Lure: Spoons, Ava 47's, Krocodiles.
Water Depth: 30 To 80 Ft.
Water Temp.: 56 Degrees
Information : Tom Headley returned to the Bounty Hunter for his weekly charter and got in on the best Striper fishing of the season. Trolling Spoons on the Rocks in the AM produced 2 large Bass. Moving a bit offshore we found ourselves in the thickest read of Bass that we have seen all season. The Bass lit up the fishfinder from 40 ft. down to the bottom which was 80 ft. away. It was drop & reel fishing for 2 hours. with Ava 47's and Krocodiles. When the bite ended the charter had put 13 large Bass in the box up to 45" including 3 Bonus fish while releasing 26 Bass all over 34". Our largest 3 fish tipped the scale at 24, 25 & 34 lbs.

Angler Name : Capt. Darren
E-Mail : bunker99@comcast.net
Boat Name: Dead Eel
Date Fished: 05/17/06
Location: raritan bay
Fishing Method: live bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 33#
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 18 ft.
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Got an invite from two very good friends of mine Capt. Anthony Azzariti and Capt. Scott Attaway for a day of live lining. After about 50 throws with the net,the wells were full and plenty of tight lines to follow. Fish bit through the incoming tide and died on the slack allowing us to refill with bait. On the out going tide we had multiple drifts with doubles and triple headers. Kept three of the smaller fish for the table and released close to forty. Fun day, good laughs, and tired arms.

Angler Name : John Williamson
E-Mail : info@canyonrunner.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 17
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 42 inches
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 15
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and Captain Mark DeBlasio had the John Williamson group from Philadelphia out. They stopped short of our destination to investigate bird activity and dropped the hook as soon as they read the fish and had immediate action, quickly limiting out. They went on to catch 37 bass with all but one over 34" and were back to the dock by 12:30. The largest for the day went 42". The fished off of Sandy Hook and all of the action was on clams.

Angler Name : Capt. Darren
E-Mail : CaptDarren@newjerseycharterboat.com
Boat Name: Mary Lou Crew
Date Fished: 5/17/06
Location: Ocean
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 36-48
Bait or Lure: Bunker Spoons
Water Depth: 55 Feet
Water Temp.: 57.8
Information : Had the Mary Lou Crew out for another slamming day of stripe bass fishing. We had 5 guys from Eastern Concrete onboard and we trolled all day and had all the Bass they wanted. We started out in the bay and ended in the ocean. The fish ranged from 34 inches to 48inches with the largest fish going 35 pounds. Beautiful day on the water.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 5/17/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Started out the morning with a slow pick on all keeper fish..managed to land 8 nice one's and lost just as many.. bounced around some of the drops we caught them on yesterday...not as much life today. Did have some small fish at Romar...but we wanted bigger fish so we kept looking. Waited for the change of tide hopeing the current would turn them on..again, some short fish....After 6 very good days, I can't complain, it's bound to happen! capt.ron

Angler Name : Thomas Novak
E-Mail : Thomasnov.03@sunymaritime.edu
Boat Name: S. T. Barb
Date Fished: 5/16/06
Location: raritan bay
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: -
Bait or Lure: bunker spoons
Water Depth: 25-30ft
Water Temp.: 59.6 F
Information : Went down to do some maintenance, but decided to take a run out since it was out. Trolled for 2 hours alone. Released 25 blues, no stripers though. Tons of blues... Will be out again tommorrow.

Angler Name : Steve
E-Mail : darksztar@comcast.net
Boat Name: HighTime II
Date Fished: may 16, 2006
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 38 inches
Bait or Lure: Bunker spoons
Water Depth: 15 to 25 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : I ran out for the evening to troll some stripers. we started at the 20 ran trolled back to the 27 can. Sum total 5 hrs 16 stripers and twice as many blues. I'm telling you the bays on fire!

Angler Name : Greg Lewis
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/16/2006
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Weakfish
Size: Up to 38"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 14 Ft.
Water Temp.: 56 Degrees
Information : The Greg Lewis charter was on board the Bounty Hunter and Capt. Paul headed back to Raritan Bay. Anchored in 14 ft. of water the bite did not start for us until the last 1 1/2 hrs. of the incoming tide. Once started they bit thru the entire tide change. The 4 man charter put a limit catch of 8 Bass up to 38" in the box plus two 37" bonus fish. They released another 32 Bass.

Angler Name : Rich Alverado
E-Mail : info@canyonrunner.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 16
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 40 Inches
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 15
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Mark DeBlasio and Captain Phil Dulanie had the Rich Alverado charter from Philadelphia, PA out on the Canyon Runner Tuesday in not the most ideal conditions. Their first stop provided nothing but dogfish but there next stop off of Sandy Hook in 15 feet of water produced non-stop action with stripers on clams. With constant double and triple headers they ended the day with 48 stripers up to 40 inches with most the fish between 32 and 38 inches. The largest of which was right at 25 pounds. They kept there limit and released the rest.

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 5/16/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Started out where we hammered the fish yesterday in all that nasty weather.....had 1 bite!!! Got out of there within 15 minutes. Moved up to Chapel Hill, had fish on right away. Picked away most of the day and ended up with some very nice size keepers...outgoing ran very hard, only a few fish at the change of tide, but they were all nice size. Largest today 36 inch 19 pounds....capt.ron we are chartered for This coming Saturday 5/20/06 in the AM only....thanks

Angler Name : Jeff Getz
E-Mail : striker157@epix.net
Boat Name: Seafox
Date Fished: 5/15/06
Location: Atlantic Highlands
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 40"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 24 feet
Water Temp.:
Information : The DSM Saltwater Fishing Club chartered the Seafox on Monday evening. We fished the bay and the bite started out slow. Captain Donnie moved us once and things really took off. The crew worked there butts off while over 40 keeper Bass were boated and alot of Blues to go with it. Pool winnner had a 40" Bass going around 20lbs. Great evening, calm waters and a good boat. It don't get much better than this. :)

Angler Name : Dave Smith
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/15/2006
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 36"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 20 Ft.
Water Temp.: 55 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Dave Smith charter on board the Bounty Hunter. At 6AM the wind was out of the NE at 25 to 30 Knots along with a pouring rain and the ocean was rolling pretty good. The charter had a lot of heart and we knew we could make our way up to Sandy Hook. Once there we were the only boat on the fishing grounds until we were joined by 3 party boats out of the Highlands. The tough ride out paid off as the charter enjoyed non stop Bass fishing putting a limit catch of 12 Bass up to 35" in the box while releasing another 28. By 9:30AM conditions realy started to deteriorate so we called it a day and made the long 20 mile ride back to Pt. Pleasant. Good Boat, Great Captain and one tough charter.

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 5/15/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 57
Information : NE wind 25 gusts to 30, very rough seas..doesn't get any better than this!! Fish bit there tails off today..nice mix on the size from 18 inch fish to 38 inchers. Didn't think we would last the whole day in the ocean, especially when the tide started to ebb, but the wind layed down a bit at slack and the bite got better...everyone went home with more than enough diner. Ira Kinder had the big one at 38 inches 18 pounds.........capt.ron

Angler Name : Bill C and Kids
E-Mail : hideaway1702@aol.com
Boat Name: K-Kat
Date Fished: 5-15
Location: where everyone else was
Fishing Method: Trolling/ Chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Big uns
Bait or Lure: Bunker spoons, bunker chunks
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Another awesome trip with Capt. Ken and Mate Chris. Those guys know there stuff and we filled the box. Big stripers and big blues to. Snapped off many fish! Will be back again!

Angler Name : Dave @Elsie
E-Mail : jigman90@ptd.net
Boat Name: bookie
Date Fished: 5-14-06
Location: reach
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24"
Bait or Lure: STRECH 25'S
Water Depth: 17-25
Water Temp.:
Information : Started at the reach only blues and 1 short went to old orchard trolled and drifed clams with only blues to account for, went to flynn's and caught another blue. Seems the guys live lining bunker were hitting them! Elsie had the biggest 2nd week in a row.

Angler Name : Capt. Darren
E-Mail : CaptDarren@newjerseycharterboat.com
Boat Name: Mary Lou Crew
Date Fished: 5/14/06
Location: Raritan Reach
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 35-45
Bait or Lure: Bunker Spoons
Water Depth: 18-27 feet
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Today we were Back out with the Jennifer Milan charter from Madison NJ, with a group of five. We trolled for five hours in the reach and limited out plus 5 bonus fish and released another five legal fish.With the largest fish 33 pounds! and one other at 30 pounds. With only a hand full of bluefish. We left at 12:30 and left the fish biting.

Angler Name : Werner & Wolfgang Sprie
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/14/2006
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 37"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 20 Ft.
Water Temp.: 55 degrees
Information : Werner & Wolfgang Sprie did another back to back charter and Capt. Paul headed back to Sandy Hook. Anchored in 20 Ft. today's bite was not as fast as yesterday's but it was steady. We only fished until 10AM due to the Mother's Day commitments but we did manage to land and release 41 Bass up to 37"

Angler Name : jschmitt
E-Mail : jschmitt@windsor-csd.org
Boat Name: Perfect Vision
Date Fished: 5/13-5/14
Location: Bay & South of Hook
Fishing Method: Anchor, Drift & Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18#,23#
Bait or Lure: Live Bunker, Clam, Chunk & Spoons
Water Depth: 25-35
Water Temp.:
Information : Started sat. morning with live bunker down the beach from the hook on some lumps. Had a lot of action with stripers but our hooks were to small to hook up well so we only landed two. Saw many other bass as we brought baits in near the boat. Then the blues started to destroy our live baits so we moved up into the bay to clam with no luck. Sunday couldnt snag any bunker so we trolled for blues in the reach with some luck. Then headed down the beach again and chunked up about 20 blues all around 7 pounds

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 5/14/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Another nice bite this morning...started out the day with a very nice pick of mixed size fish...not the hot bite of yesterday, but more than enough action to keep everyone happy. Fish bit till the start of the outgoing, then we had a lull of 30 minutes. Made a short move and started a 1, 1 pick again. No Rain, No Wind, just a slight swell from the east...largest fish was caught by Rocco Farina, Mahwa, NJ 34 inch 17 1/2 pounds. Yesterday afternoon we had the MC'2 company out with Capt. Frankie, Several very nice fish were boated fishing in the back bay...Kim Patti Mount Bethe, PA. lead the group with a very nice 25 1/2 pounder followed by 12 year old Brian Van Hoogt, Stroudsberg, PA. 22 pounds and Jen Chistman Kresgevill,PA 20lbs. A few of the larger fish were caught on Fresh Bunker Heads....3 solid days of fishing so far, let's hope it continues! Capt.Ron

Angler Name : AL
E-Mail :
Boat Name: ON STRIKE
Date Fished: 5-14
Location: SLAUGHTER BEACH
Fishing Method:
Specie: Black Drum
Size: 20-45LBS
Bait or Lure: FRESH CLAMS
Water Depth: 25 FEET
Water Temp.:
Information : GOT THERE JUST BEFORE DARK. SET UP AND DID NOTHING BUT HOOKED FISH ALL NIGHT LONG UP TO 45 LBS. THE FISH WAS SO PLANTY YOU COULD HEERE THEM UNDER THE BOAT

Angler Name : Wes Parsons
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 5/13/06
Location: SE of SRI
Fishing Method: wreck
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: to 4.3lbs
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 75
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Tried wreckfishing with Wes Parsons group today and found a good tog bite which turned into an excellent seabass bite. The first wreck was slow and yeilded no keepers, but the second one just kept getting better, and after a while you were reeling up seabass as fast as you could drop down. The sizes were mixed from short to 3 and 4lb humpbacks, and the guys fininshed the day with a limit on larger seabass to 4.3lbs as well as a dozen togs to 6lbs.

Angler Name : Mark G.
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Dropoff
Date Fished: 5/13/06
Location: Raritain Reach
Fishing Method: Trolling spoons/Bunker
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27"
Bait or Lure: Spons/bunker
Water Depth: 27 Ft.
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Started trolling spoons at the #10 can on awesome readings, one short. After several passes without a bite I thought fresh bunker would be the answer, steamed over to Great Kills, got some and in the process missed the trolling bite. Fished the bunker during the slack and begining of the outgoing at #18, no drift, two bluefish. Back to #10, great readings, missed a few run offs, broke two fish off, pulled the hook on another before that bite died. Trolled for another hour, one more bluefish. Pulled the plug at 12:00 frustrated.

Angler Name : Steve
E-Mail : darksztar@comcast.net
Boat Name: HighTime II
Date Fished: 05-13-06
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trollling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 34 to 37 inches
Bait or Lure: bunker spoons
Water Depth: varied
Water Temp.:
Information : Started out very early today. I haven't fished for six days so I tried the reach 20 an first. Had one on and lost him. Moved to Old orchard then Great Kills. Got three in close at Great Kills 14 - 15 ft of water Moved to the 12 can got one more and lost another. But the best part only 2 Bluefish all day. The bite seemed to stop at high tide.

Angler Name : Werner & Wolfgang Sprie
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 05/13/2006
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clamming & Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 37"
Bait or Lure: Clams & Spoons
Water Depth: 18 to 35 Ft.
Water Temp.: 55 Degrees
Information : Werner & Wolfgang Sprie returned to the Bounty Hunter and Capt. Paul headed back to Sandy Hook. After anchoring in 18 Ft. of 55 degree water it did not take long to land our first Bass. We kept the Bass under the boat with some heavy clam chumming and by the end of the incomming tide the 2 man charter had landed 54 Bass up to 37" and released them all. A short stop to pull Bunker Spoons produced one 37" Bass and 6 very large Bluefish which were released.

Angler Name : bob
E-Mail : gnarla@optonline.net
Boat Name: big one's lurk
Date Fished: 5/13
Location: raritan bay
Fishing Method: troll/bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 37-46
Bait or Lure: spoons,bunker
Water Depth: 40ft
Water Temp.: 63
Information : first trip of the year cuaght one striper early then trolled up 13 bluefish and then we got into the bunker and cuaght 4 big stripes on the way in

Angler Name : joe
E-Mail : jomarweiss@aol.com
Boat Name: fish&fun
Date Fished: 5/13/06
Location: reach &hook
Fishing Method: Anchored&drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Frozen bunker
Water Depth: 20
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Caught nothing but blues had a good bite but no bass.saw alot of people catching bass because they were using fresh bunker.will invest some extra time in snagging some.Went to the hook for 2 hours for fluke and caught one about 3 pounds.Weather man was so so wrong it was just a beautiful day

Angler Name : Rich
E-Mail : islgirl3@aol.com
Boat Name: Island Girl
Date Fished: 05/13/06
Location: Raritian Reach
Fishing Method: Anchnor
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 36 - 40"
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Great day, had fish steady through the high tide and out going. Fished out just outside the channel in 25 feet of water. 15 bass, 2 dozen blues. Third good trip in the last week...

Angler Name : Capt. Darren
E-Mail : CaptDarren@newjerseycharterboat.com
Boat Name: Mary Lou Crew
Date Fished: 5/13/06
Location: Raritan Reach
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 33-39
Bait or Lure: Bunker Spoons
Water Depth: 25 feet
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Had the boat out for another solid day of striper fishing. With the Bill Bailey charter from West Orange, we caught fish both on the troll and on fresh bunker. We started up in the reach on trolled and chunked on both the red and green side. Today the bite seemed to be on the red side. All nice fish that were spawned out and none were under 32 inches.

Angler Name : Jim Paras
E-Mail : JParas1@msn.com
Boat Name: Double Barrel
Date Fished: 5/13/06
Location: Select structure
Fishing Method: Anchor
Specie: Tautog
Size: to 10lbs
Bait or Lure: crabs
Water Depth: 25'-65'
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Hammered the Tog Saturday afternoon limiting out in about 30 minutes and left the tog biting to play with the bass as we headed home nailing two nice fish (27 & 33lbs)...

Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Date Fished: 05/13/2006
Location: NORTH OF SR INLET
Fishing Method: TROLL
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27#, 22#, 22#, 28"
Bait or Lure: SPOONS
Water Depth: 20-50
Water Temp.: 56
Information : FIRST TRIP OF THE YEAR AND I HOPE IT IS A FORESHADOWING OF THINGS TO COME. OUT WITH 1 OTHER GUY, CAUGHT 4 BASS AND A COUPLE OF YELLOW EYES. KEPT 3 NICE FISH AND LET 1 GROW UP. NICE WEATHER, NICE WATER, GREAT FIRST TRIP. ON THE WAY HOME BY 0930. GOD BLESS AMERICA AND GOD BLESS OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN THE ARMED FORCES.

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 5/13/06
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Another very good day of fishing...Started catching right off the bat, right through slack and into the outgoing. Bite died as the darker runoff from the rain hit us. Tried another drop to the North, no good, 2 fish. Really didn't matter by that time thou....we had ours!!! Capt. Ron

Angler Name : Peterooster
E-Mail : fphsr@optonline.net
Boat Name: Roosters
Date Fished: 5-13-2006
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17½"
Bait or Lure: Killies and strips
Water Depth: 13½' to 45'
Water Temp.:
Information : Tom and I went looking for Fluke in all our favotite spots today. the mouth of the Shrewsbry river, #1 can by the Point of the Hook, # 13 and #10 Sandy Hook Channel, North Beach ( with a bit of a roll ). All toll, ten Fluke with one keeper at 17½". The day was cool with light East winds, sun later in the morning. There were no signs of the Bluefish or Stripers, plenty of Sea Robins to go around. Got to see Cliff ( Tinknocker ) on the Elaine B fishing near us. Hi to everyone in Hopewell. PETE (°_)°)

Angler Name : Jon Murray
E-Mail :
Boat Name: K-Kat
Date Fished: 5/12/06
Location: Bay
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 29-36"
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 18-30
Water Temp.: ??
Information : Another great day on the K-Kat for the annual QDP Inc fishing trip! This years group included Bill Breedig, Jim Scipione, Stew McElhone, Mike Torres, Dean Logan and me. Capt Ken made the final call to go for it at 4am, despite the report for bad weather, and it turned out to be one of the nicest days of the year. After a short stop to get fresh bunker Captain Ken and mate Chris put us right into the fish. We worked through the bluefish for a 6 man limit of stripers to 36". From the lack of boats out there I think Ken and Chris were among the few not to lose a days pay due to the weather forecast. "Thumbs up" to Dean Logan for catching his limit of bass & several large blues with a cast on his left hand.

Angler Name : Jim Paras
E-Mail : JParas1@msn.com
Boat Name: Double Barrel
Date Fished: 5/12/06
Location: Select Spots
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 40lbs
Bait or Lure: artificials
Water Depth: 15'-40'
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Walloped the big boys Friday & Saturday...lines out and fish were on just as quick. Left the fish biting after picking no smaller than 25lb fish for 2 straight hours. Fished the identical spot Saturday and nailed em again. All beautiful healthy big fish.

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 5/12/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Why can't I get a job making a ton of money to be wrong most of the time!!! Weatherman took away a perfect fishing day for those who didn't come because of the report.....Had one of the best days of the season on big fish! Limited out, came in early!! Largest of the day 22 pounds.....Sorry, but I was stupid enough to put in yesterdays report that the next few days looked like we would loose a few trips. After the last, god knows how many times I got burned...will never do that again..unless it's a dam Hurrican!!!!!! capt. Ron Chartered for the Saturday afternoon trip this week 5/13/06

Angler Name : Wulffman
E-Mail : swulff@lucent.com
Boat Name: Tina Marie III
Date Fished: May 11, 2006
Location: Old Orchard
Fishing Method: Anchor
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 42"
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 20-25"
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Caught approx 30 Blues and Stripers of 42", 39" 38", 35" and 35". Started at 6AM caught the incoming and had a hot bite in the Reach -left for Old Orchard as the tide turned and caght our largest Stripers with wind against tide. Went through over 50 bunker by 10:30 and had to head in early - used very light weights and had the bait drift like trout fishing. Largest was 27 pounds on Boga Grip. Things are getting hot!!!!!!!

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 5/11/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Started the morning out with a shot of fish, Shorts and keepers...Once the current ran out into the East wind it started to get nasty. Left the beach, headed for the knoll...picked away on some nicer size fish. Not great fishing, but with the conditions, I'm surprized anything bit! Probably going to loose a few trips the next 2 days with the weather...not too many places to hide and catch fish with East wind and outgoing tide. I'm sure the rain will keep customers home also......Is this April????? capt. ron

Angler Name : Joe Miller
E-Mail : info@canyonrunner.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 11
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clams
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28-38"
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 18
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and Captain Mark DeBlasio had the Joe Miller charter up to Sandy Hook on Thursday to get in on some striper fishing Dropping the hook in 18 feet of water they immediately had plenty of bites buts struggled putting fish in the boat in tough conditions. They worked hard all day to produce about a dozen bass with 8 keepers up to 38 inches All of the action was on clams and they ended up releasing a few bluefish as well.

Angler Name : Sean Mallory
E-Mail : info@canyonrunner.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 9
Location: 20 South Manasquan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 1-3 pounds
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 60-90
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Mike Gallo started off our NJ Charter Season after a busy winter of Sword/Sailfish Charters in Miami, Boat/Sportsman Shows all over the Northeast, and 3 Seminars in NY, NJ and R and are h