Nauticalnet.com NJ Fishing Reports for May 1997

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Sport Fishing Charters
62 Ivy Hill Rd. Red Bank, NJ 07701
(908) 842-6825
48' Viking Yacht Sport Fisherman
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Charters Available For
Bluefish Fluke Striped Bass Sea Bass
Blackfish Cod Pollock Tuna
Shark Inshore Canyon Tournaments


5/26/97
Captain Joe LaRosa and Captain Phil Dulanie report:
Had the Wirtenberg charter out on Memorial Day to enjoy some of the best wreck fishing of the year, we fished 15 miles south of Manasquan. Sea Bass to 5lbs were the order of the day as the over 200 Sea Bass, Blackfish, Ling and School Cod were boated. The Canyon Runner will continue making trips for Sea Bass through June and beyond if this excellent fishing continues.

5/25/97
Captain Joe LaRosa reports:
Took out the Irwin Neadel Charter for a day of Wreckfishing and loaded up on Sea Bass and Blackfish to 4 lbs. Most of the fish were caught on the first stop in 75 feet of water, 15 miles south of Manasquan. On the ride home we notice a significant number of bluefish tailing along the surface and trolled a couple dozen on squid spoons and planers in under an hour. While the fishing was excellent, the wheather refused to cooperated but luckily we were back at the dock loaded up with fish before the heavy stuff started to come down.

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FORKED RIVER BAIT AND TACKLE
232 N. Route 9
FORKED RIVER
693-9298
Capt. Walt Whelan
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(Baits available - Live eels, sandworms, squid, clam and fiddler crabs.)


5/08/97:
Bluefish in the bay being caught on metals and poppers.
Bass being taken at the Sod Banks and Sedges on worms and eels.
Heard reports of some Weakfish in the bay.
White Perch caught at Anderson Park and off Cedar Creek on killies and shrimp.
Some reports of Crabs in the bay.


"Largest, Fastest Party Boat on the Jersey Coast"
Captain Howard Bogan (908) 528-5014
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5/16/97
Captain Howard Bogan Reports:
Mackerel fishing was very good. Winds were WNW 20 to 30 knots. Seas 4' to 7' offshore, 2 to 4' inshore. Bottom fishing second half of the day produced a pick of seabass and a few ling. Lots of mackerel and 10 to 18 seabass each. Caught the mackerel 14 miles east of Brielle jigging with jigs & teasers in 125' of 51 degree water.

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Sport Fishing Charters
38' TOPAZ SPORT FISHERMAN
Captain Bruce Miller 908-929-9103
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Charters Available For
Bluefish Fluke Striped Bass Tuna
Shark InShore Canyon Tournaments


5/17/97
Captain Bruce Miller Reports:
Caught 1/2 to 3 lb. Sea Bass on the Sea Girt Reef using squid & clams in 66' of 52.2 degree water.
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BRUCE & PATS
317 Long Beach Blvd.
Surf City, NJ
609-494-2333
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(Baits available now - Clams and Blood Worms)

5/26/97:
North & South there are Fluke. The South is better due to the warmer water. Small baits - squid, anchovies etc.

Small Blues 2-4lb. on the beach, inlets and back bays. Last couple of hours of the out going tide.

Small Bass still available with a few larger ones mixed in. Larger Bass in the inlets and along the front beach.

Some Blowfish and Weakfish in the back bay.

On the Beach
Ken O'Neal Langhorn, PA 23 lb. Bass L. Herring
Steve Partridge Manahawkin 13 lb. Bass L. Herring
Randy Wintjen Beverly NJ 24.4 lb. Bass L. EEL
Joseph Stevick Cinnaminson 11.6 lb. Bass Clam
In Back Bay
Frank Dvorak Keasbey, NJ 4.8 lb. Weakfish Leadhead & Fin-s Fish
Dan Roxbury Bridgewater, NJ 1.9 lb. Fluke

Dan Roxbury took Jr High Hook in our store for the JCAA Fluke Tournament on Saturday.

Dennis West 2.2 lb. Fluke High Hook overall in our Store for the JCAA Fluke Tournament.

Bass season starts March 1st. Inlets & Bay - 28" Length - 2 a day.

Winter Flounder season starts March 1st. thru May 31st. - 10" Length - No Bag limit.

Thanks to all who attended Team Mullet's Flea Market, about 1200 attended. Team Mullet donated about $1,800.00 to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center. The club will be giving 2 Beach Wheel Chairs to Surf City.


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E-MAIL REPORTS for May 1997

Angler Name : Andrew Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: SeaYa
Date Fished: 5-31-97
Location: Off Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drifting & Chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Also Bluefish
Bait or Lure: bunker chunks,eels,sandworms
Water Depth: less than 20'
Water Temp.: 50's
Information : Had perfect outgoing tide in the early AM at the tip of the Hook.....snagged some bunker on the way out.....first drift produced a 34 inch bass and a cocktail blue,second drift a 28 inche bass...proceding drifts yielded 2 27 inch bass and alligator blue of @ 15 lost at boatside......as died tided out...moved over to Flynn's Knoll and chunked......and numerous run-offs,but blues seemed to be mouthing bait as they dropped bait,but did scratch out another 3 bluefish chunking...ended day by fluking and boated a 16 and 15 incher and 1 short along with sea robins...But did get first SANDY HOOK GRAND SLAM of 1997

Angler Name : Jorge Pacheco
E-Mail : jcp@monmouth.com
Boat Name: Evan-ger
Date Fished: 5/31/97
Location: 17th fathom
Fishing Method: chumming/cut bait
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8-13 pounds
Bait or Lure: cut mackeral
Water Depth: 110 ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information : The day started out really foggy, so we fished the Sandy Hook reef. caught a few Sea bass and Ling. At about 11am we decided to go to 17th for Blues after hearing on the radio that a boat did good there. after arriving there at 11:30 we started chuming and had blues in about 15 minutes caught them untill we left 2:30, total 26 ranging from 8- 13 pounds. We kept about 10 of the smallest. I had a big fish which I fought for about 10 minutes on 20 pound test but busted him of I would have to say it was a big striper. well i will get him next time.

Angler Name : Tim McCoy
E-Mail : tim9ball@aol.com
Boat Name: ROCK-N-REEL
Date Fished: 5-31-97
Location: #6 bouy De. bay
Fishing Method: Bait on Bottom
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 14" to 21"
Bait or Lure: Squid, bloods, bucktails
Water Depth: 15'
Water Temp.: N\A
Information : Bottom of low tide caught the biggest on blood worm had 2 shorts and missed about 5 hits.

Angler Name : Dneary
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Gambler - Point Pleasant
Date Fished: 5/31/97
Location: East of Klondike
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 4 - 13 lb.
Bait or Lure: Butterfish, jigs
Water Depth: Unknown
Water Temp.: 58 degrees
Information : Night boat out of Point Pleasant. One drop - steady action all night. Limited out by 10:30 p.m.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 30, 1997
Location: The Farms
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5-12lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker & Mackeral
Water Depth: 90'
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Chris Ippolito charter out to enjoy non-stop bluefish action 10 miles from the inlet. The charter caught well over a 100 bluefish, releaseing most and taking a few for the dinner table. Arms were tired by 11:00 a.m. so we pulled anchor and finished the day putting a few dozen Sea Bass in the boat.

Angler Name : Marc Martin
E-Mail : mda.martin@msn.com
Boat Name: FT Monmouth rental
Date Fished: 30 may 97
Location: Shrewsbury River
Fishing Method: jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-5lbs
Bait or Lure: Ava 27 green tale
Water Depth: 6-10 feet
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Left shrewsbury river in search of Fluke and spoted birds working off Highlands just north of Highlands bridge. Fish were very cooperative and had my limit of ten in just a few minutes. The run lasted for about 45 minutes and then they were gone without a trace. Tried fluking at the Sandy Hook Bug light to no avail. There were small blues chasing bait all over the bay but were not interested in us.

Angler Name : Earl
E-Mail : LIGHTTACKL@AOL
Boat Name: rusty i
Date Fished: 5/30/97
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: casting/drifting bait
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5-7lbs
Bait or Lure: hopkins
Water Depth: 4-9ft
Water Temp.: 58
Information : nailed the bluefish right as we came out of the river for about 3 hours then switched to fluking out on flynns knoll.not good fluking out there so moved in by officers row and picked up some nice fluke 15-18inches. fluke close to shore , only about 200 feet from shore.

Angler Name : Tom Wisniewski
E-Mail : rssxtw@rohmhaas.com
Boat Name: Shady Lady
Date Fished: 5/29/97
Location: Delaware Bay - Bug Light
Fishing Method: Anchored
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 41 inches - 33 3/4 lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker head
Water Depth: 20 feet
Water Temp.: 62F surface
Information : Only this one fish but it was a good one. Caught 5 skates. Overall the fishing was sporadic with only a few other boats catching, most boats came in empty.

Angler Name : Ken Hohing
E-Mail : khohing@algorithms.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/29
Location: Great Bay
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 16-20"
Bait or Lure: jigs/squid & plugs
Water Depth: 12'
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Caught 7 nice weaks and 5 keeps fluke from 6-7am on bottom of tide in 12' of water. Should have gone home then. Spent rest of day looking for fluke with only couple more in the box. Finally with some incoming tide a pod of nice 2-3lb blues showed on top working bait out of the bay against the tide. Took 7 before they broke up. Stayed 2 more hours with nothing more for the box.

Angler Name : charlie burns
E-Mail : basst@webtv.net
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 5-28-97
Location: deal
Fishing Method: from shore
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22,19
Bait or Lure: live bunker
Water Depth: 12-15 feet
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Caught a 22 and a 19 striper off a jetty in deal nj on live bunker at 4pm on 5-28-97. the fish were all over the place.And would hit anything that you threw at them.Went back the next day at daybreak got 3 more up to 27 lbs on cut bunker.

Angler Name : Peter Plein
E-Mail : petiep@aol.com
Boat Name: ungrounded
Date Fished: 5/28/97
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14.5-17.00
Bait or Lure: squid/spearing
Water Depth: 20 feet
Water Temp.: 57-58
Information : 5 keepers 1 throwback 5 searobins all off nude beach, nothing going on inside

Angler Name : Irwin Israel
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Golden Eagle
Date Fished: May 28th
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: jigs and Bait
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-12lbs
Bait or Lure: AV 27/47's - no tails
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Early morning jigged 2-4 blues(action heavy)- mid afternoon switched to cut bait and were into larger fish(8-12lbs) at the Mud Hole. Golden Eagle excellent party boat out of Belmar NJ crew was exceptional.

Angler Name : Al
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/28/97
Location: Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-3lbs.
Bait or Lure: AVA w/pink tail/teaser
Water Depth: 10 ft.
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Caught fish today on the top of the incoming, rather than slack low...Fish were scattered in the water column, anywhere from the surface to the bottom...Fishing slowed when boat traffic picked up.. Kept half a dozen for the table...good fishing

Angler Name : Ed
E-Mail : CREEPUR@aol.com
Boat Name: "OUT-SICK"
Date Fished: 05/27/97
Location: Ocean City
Fishing Method: Rod & Reel
Specie: Fluke
Size: 19 inches
Bait or Lure: Minnows
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : By the somerspoint circle just sat and waited...after about 45 minutes caught one 19", one 17", one 15" and a whole lot of crabs

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 26
Location: 15 miles south of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Wreck
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 1 to 5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Squid and Clams
Water Depth: 85'
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Joe LaRosa and Captain Phil Dulanie had the Wirtenberg charter out on Memorial Day to enjoy some of the best wreck fishing of the year. Sea Bass to 5lbs were the order of the day as the over 200 Sea Bass, Blackfish, Ling and School Cod were boated. The Canyon Runner will continue making trips for Sea Bass through June and beyond if this excellant fishing continues.

Angler Name : chuck
E-Mail : chumil@aol
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 5-26-97
Location: bayonne
Fishing Method: spin casting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 3to4 lbs
Bait or Lure: sandworms
Water Depth: 40'-50'
Water Temp.: 50
Information : steady pick of schoolies with only one keeper of 32"in the past 2 weeks any tide seems to produce equally well

Angler Name : John Kull
E-Mail : annacarm@webtv.net
Boat Name: Shadow
Date Fished: 5/26/97
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Artificial Bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Schoolies
Bait or Lure: Metal
Water Depth: 5 Ft
Water Temp.: 47-50
Information : Two bass and one bluefish. Plenty of sea robins on bucktails.

Angler Name : Bucktail willie
E-Mail : Bucktail8@aol
Boat Name: Bucktail Willie
Date Fished: 3 days over Memorial Day
Location: Ocean City Intercoastal
Fishing Method: slow troll/or catching
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18"--26"
Bait or Lure: torpedo bucktail /twister tail
Water Depth: 12'---20'
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Trolling mudbanks looking for structure on bottom resulted in 43 bass but no keepers --however on light tackle lots of fun Many times a large school would show up on fishfinder and I would stop boat and cast using 4 lb test and catch 2-3 from school and resume trolling-----Low tide last 2 out first 2 in was working best----white was best color however chatruese was working in high sun

Angler Name : Bucktail willie
E-Mail : Bucktail8@aol
Boat Name: Bucktail willie
Date Fished: Memorial Day weekend
Location: Ocean City Intercoastal
Fishing Method: drifting & Trolling
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18"----24"
Bait or Lure: 1/4 oz white bucktail w/ squid
Water Depth: 10-15ft
Water Temp.: 57
Information : 33 fluke in 3 days 2 hrs before and after high tide along channel drop offs

Angler Name : brian conboy
E-Mail : yobnoc@litenet.net
Boat Name: MISS SARAH
Date Fished: 5/26/97
Location: manasquan inlet
Fishing Method: jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2 to 4
Bait or Lure: metal
Water Depth: 20ft.
Water Temp.: 53
Information :

Angler Name : Paulie Bag O' Donuts
E-Mail : marciano@opencon.com
Boat Name: Happy Hooker
Date Fished: 5-26-97
Location: Outside Great Kills Harbor
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 13 lb
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: 16'
Water Temp.: 51
Information : Outside of Great Kills Harbor had a pelethera of Blues to be caught. We fished for 45 min and caught 3 right away. Will be returning there next week. I just purchased a Magellan GPS so I might have GPS coordinates next week. HAPPY FISHING!

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 25
Location: 15 miles south of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Wreck Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 1 to 3 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams and Squid
Water Depth: 75
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Captain Joe LaRosa took out the Irwin Neadel Charter for a day of Wreckfishing and loaded up on Sea Bass and Blackfish to 4 lbs. Most of the fish were caught on the first stop in 75 feet of water. On the ride home we notice a significant number of bluefish tailing along the surface and trolled a couple dozen on squid spoons and planers in under an hour. While the fishing was excellant, the wheather refused to cooperated but luckily we were back at the dock loaded up with fish before the heavy stuff started to come down.

Angler Name : JACK ZITO
E-Mail : NIKE2680
Boat Name: NONE
Date Fished: 5/25/97
Location: BELMAR NEW JERSEY
Fishing Method: SPIN CASTING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: RANGE FROM 5-10
Bait or Lure: PLUGS RAPALA
Water Depth: 2-3 FEET
Water Temp.: FROM 50-60
Information : IT WAS POORING RAIN ABOUT 6:30 AND IN MY FIRST 5 CASTS I COUGHT 3 BASS IN 30 MINUTES.

Angler Name : Joe Toriello
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Betty's Worry
Date Fished: 5/25/97
Location: Delaware Bay ( Bug Light )
Fishing Method: bottom fishing (blood worms)
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 25ft.
Water Temp.: 55
Information : The bay was choppy and not to many fish where being caught.

Angler Name : Tom
E-Mail : tfish007
Boat Name: Ocean Eagle
Date Fished: 5/25
Location: Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn
Fishing Method: bottom fishing wrecks and rocks
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: fish were 1-3lbs
Bait or Lure: clams, squid and greencrabs
Water Depth: 35'-50'
Water Temp.: 50
Information : We were fishing 20 min from port, the captain had a full boat. Every one on board caught fish,my bucket and my buddies were full with sea bass,and some ling my biggest being 3lbs. The black fish were small only a few keepers were taken. I found the mates great and were very helpful with those parties with younger children. they seemed to know who needed help and were always there with a smile. For whats its worth, I've fish this boat and will continue to, they really work hard at getting fish on board.

Angler Name : Bill Zoda
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Mad Cog
Date Fished: 5/25/97
Location: Great Bay
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Zero
Bait or Lure: mackeral
Water Depth: 8 ft.
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Totally nothing...few people on the radio stated they boated a few fluke...someone at the dock caught a keeper striper at the inle with an eel yesterday morn.

Angler Name : Andrew Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: SeaYa
Date Fished: 5/25/97
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Also fluke
Bait or Lure: AVA 27........squid/killie........squid/spearing
Water Depth: Varied
Water Temp.: 50's
Information : Caught the last few hours of the incoming tide at the tip of the Hook and found cocktail blues right off the bat...casted out AVA 27 with no tubing.....let it settle on bottom and jig a few times..if not hits..did moderate retrieve to boat and was hooked up.....ended up with my limit ( 10 ). from 2-5 pounds although saw bigger ones on other boats.....moved over to the Bug light and had to fight my way through swarms of sea robins to scratch out 3 keeper fluke of 17,16 and 14 1/2 inchs.

Angler Name : D Morrill
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Scoobi Doo
Date Fished: 05-25-97
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Sand Worms
Water Depth: 12'-25'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Fished sandy hook at tip for morning hours, no striped bass although we did hook 2 schoolie blues on bunker. We then changed to fluke and got 2 keepers at 15 inch. 1 throw back. by mid day everything stopped and headed back home.

Angler Name : brian
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Kapt. Karl
Date Fished: 5/25/97
Location: Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2 to 4lbs.
Bait or Lure: metal
Water Depth: 20 ft.
Water Temp.: 51
Information :

Angler Name : Don Shumski
E-Mail : shumskid@algorithms.com
Boat Name: SeaTiger
Date Fished: 05/24/97
Location: Cape May Rips
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 12lb-14lb
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 12-17 ft
Water Temp.: 47F
Information : Light winds in the AM allowed a quick trip from Cape May Harbor. Hit a 24 in. short on the top of the tide and plenty of shark . The stripers were tail picking and the water closed to the point was muddy. The fish hit about 3 to 4 hrs into the outgoing tide. Two other boats het them around the same time about two miles south of Cape May Point. Winds picked up and we had a miserable return trip.

Angler Name : Joe Pleva
E-Mail : Barney0028@aol.com
Boat Name: Knot-A-Wake
Date Fished: May 24, 1997
Location: SandyHook area
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: squid, killie, spearing
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished on Saturday 0800 to 1500, both inside the hook and out. Six keepers, two throw backs and two 18" blues all caught at Great Kills. Twenty sea robins at bug light, skates and robins around nude beach. Spearing and squid combo seemed to be the bait of the day.

Angler Name : robert lawrence
E-Mail :
Boat Name: regina sea
Date Fished: may 24
Location: manasquan ridge
Fishing Method: chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 12-14 pounds
Bait or Lure: cut bunker
Water Depth: 55
Water Temp.:
Information : tried trolling around the ridge but came up empty. we anchored and chummed for two hours picked up to nice size bluefish which we released

Angler Name : D.R. Furmanski, Jr.
E-Mail : 76057.1561@compuserve.com
Boat Name: DRFter
Date Fished: 05-24-97
Location: Deleware Bay- Brown Shoal, Anchorage, CM Pointe
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12 inches
Bait or Lure: Squid and minnows
Water Depth: 25 to 70 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Caught 6 small ling at the anchorage in 70 feet of water. Water was too cold for fluke. Never found the fleet. Heard they were further up the bay, but we got a late start.

Angler Name : RICH, MARK, REBECCA
E-Mail : marks9@ix.netcom.com
Boat Name: JACKASS
Date Fished: 5/24/97
Location: SANDY HOOK
Fishing Method: DRIFT
Specie: Fluke
Size: 22 1/2, 15, 16
Bait or Lure: KILLIES & SQUID
Water Depth: 21'
Water Temp.: 52
Information : HAD A GOOD DRIFT OFF THE NUDE BEACH WITH ABOUT 100 OTHER BOATS, ALSO PICKED UP THREE, 3 LB. BLUES. 1 FLIKE WAS ABOUT 2 1/2 LBS. HAD A GOOD DAY

Angler Name : Irwin Neadel
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 24, 1997
Location: 13 miles south of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Wreck Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 1-3lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams and Squid
Water Depth: 75'
Water Temp.: 53
Information : The Canyon Runner fished on Saturday May 24 with the Irwin Neadel charter and caught 150 Sea Bass and Blackfish along with a few ling on just one stop on a wreck located 13 miles south of Manasquan. Evan Neadel won the pool with a 4lb. Sea Bass. On the way in we trolled a few bluefish along the beach just offshore of Seaside Park and enjoyed one of the nicest days of the year.

Angler Name : capt. bruce miller
E-Mail : captmarlin@aol.com
Boat Name: mirage
Date Fished: 5/24/97
Location: long branch pier area
Fishing Method: rod and reel
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15 to 201/2 "
Bait or Lure: mackerel /squid strips--killies
Water Depth: 18 to 36 ft.
Water Temp.: 52--59 degrees
Information : all i can say i never expected that many fluke with the water temp.so cold/ had 19 keepers and about 15 throw backs---all about 141/2".

Angler Name : adrian fedak
E-Mail : s1ayer@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/24 saturday
Location: sandy hook area
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 2 15 inch and 3 throw backs
Bait or Lure: squid/ killie
Water Depth: 15-25
Water Temp.: ?
Information : slow day but got 5 fluke, 2 keepers. at bug light soon as you put your line at the bottom a sea robin would get on.

Angler Name : capt. Bob
E-Mail : dyrewolf@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: reely ours
Date Fished: 5-24 97
Location: delaware bay
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 inch
Bait or Lure: bottom rig 36 inch leader
Water Depth: 30 feet
Water Temp.: 54'
Information : Great day to fish. Seen lots of boats. We put two in the box,had four throw backs Water was still a little cool.Just felt great to back in the bay.Seen several drum fish being weighed in when we got to longreach in the morning WE cant wait till the fishing gets hot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Angler Name : Cesar Cravo
E-Mail : rexluv@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/24/97
Location: Cliffwood Beach
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 16-20"
Bait or Lure: yellow bomber
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : I started out fishing with sandworms and bunker with zero success. Saw a few people catch some slammer blues. Since I didn't have any metal with me - I used a yellow bomber and was able to catch 6 in about an hour. Water looked quiet on top, but blues were down below.

Angler Name : Ken Hohing
E-Mail : khohing@algorithms.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/24
Location: Great Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting jigs and plugs
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15-18"
Bait or Lure: jig and squid
Water Depth: 6
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Still no real # of blues. Picked 2 after throwing plugs for way tooo long. Went on to pick 9 fluke, 6 in the box, and 1 25 lb. drum while fluke fishing on flat in 4 feet on water. Hundreds of boats at old 20 bouy and also at Grassy but not much happenin'. Spring's comin' late this year.

Angler Name : Fran Barker
E-Mail : frb1@tiger.uofs.edu
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/24/97
Location: Island Beach SP
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Skunked
Bait or Lure: Clams and herring
Water Depth: surf
Water Temp.: low-mid 50's
Information : Area 15 of IBSP. Fished outgoing in the morning and didn't get a thing. So I went to Staten Island and fished sunset on the fly with several friends, and everyone was skunked. Went back out Sunday morning(5/25) for incoming tide on Staten Island (Bogs) with the fly rod in hand. Out of 5 of us we only got 1, 9" bass.

Angler Name : Jorge Pacheco
E-Mail : jcp@monmouth.com
Boat Name: Evan-ger
Date Fished: 5/24/97
Location: Sandy Hook reef
Fishing Method: bottom fishing
Specie: Ling (AKA Red Hake)
Size: 1-4 lbs
Bait or Lure: mackerel strips, squid strips
Water Depth: 50 ft
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Fishing the reef found a good pile of rocks and caught some big ling ( all were filled with roe). we also caught 3 Pollock,, to my surprise all were at about 8 pounds. Also got some Sea Bass at about 1- 2 pounds. then in the way into Highlands we saw a big school of Bunker breaking water in front of the 3th beach on sandy hook and Blues in the 3-7 pound range were eating the bunker, so we casted metal and hooked up right away, well thats what I call a good days out, ling, Sea bass, pollock and some fiesty Blues.

Angler Name : Bob Greene
E-Mail : xfnk18a@prodigy.com
Boat Name: Extreme Fisher
Date Fished: 5-23-97
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Fluke
Size: Also tried the bass
Bait or Lure: Both
Water Depth: 6 to 20
Water Temp.:
Information : The morning was cold and windy and we headed down the Hook to the schrewsbery. Picked up a few short bass and then switched to fluke after the tide was in. Tried the flats out by the ammo pier late morning. The wind died and the weather was great. We'll be there tomorrow. Better to be fishing than working....

Angler Name : Fishman TimC
E-Mail : TCOULSON@madge.com
Boat Name: Dances with Clams
Date Fished: 5/21/97
Location: Sandy Hook Rip
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 36 pounds
Bait or Lure: Sea Monkeys
Water Depth: 40ft
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Fishin was hot with sea monkeys but the bait ran out and we had to use boloney. The action slowed at that point so I got out my fly rod and my tupperware basket and caught some flatties. Then the wind kicked up and we headed home.

Angler Name : marathon man
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/17, 5/18, 5/20
Location: barnegat inlet
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 9.5 lbs, 11lbs, 14lbs, & 10lbs
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 15ft
Water Temp.: mid to upper 50
Information : coming up on the full moon, lot of fish out there. know someone who caught a 30 and 35 pounder. action will pick back up again after the full moon. not going out this week-end, but will try again during the week. hope they are still there!

Angler Name : Ken Hohing
E-Mail : khohing@algorithms.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/19
Location: Great Bay
Fishing Method: drifting squid & jig
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14-19"
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 9
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Looked for blues and weaks in morning before tide turned out. No luck. Saw one blue break water but no hits. Hit a pod of fluke later. Caught 8, 3 for the box. Then the wind howled and hung it up.

Angler Name : MATTHEW ANDRAS
E-Mail : PRODUCESLUT@MONMOUTH.COM
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/19/97
Location: SHREWSBURY RIVER
Fishing Method: BUCKTAILING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 1-26" & 1-18"
Bait or Lure: BUCKTAIL
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : SLOW NIGHT, ONLY 2 HITS IN 3 HOURS ON THE SLACK TIDE GOING INTO THE OUTGOING TIDE.

Angler Name : Don
E-Mail : ribeye@aol.com
Boat Name: Ruby Too
Date Fished: 5-19-97
Location: Sea Girt Reef/Sandy Hook Reef
Fishing Method: Rocky bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: Sea Bass 1-3lbs/Togs 2-4lbs
Bait or Lure: Gerrn Crabs and Squid
Water Depth: 60 ft
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Early am fished Sea Girt Reef with a full bucket of Sea bass wind picked up then headed to Sandy Hook Reef to have a nice pull of blacks. Very good day

Angler Name : "Woody"
E-Mail : Woodward@Bloomberg.Com
Boat Name: "River Rover"
Date Fished: 5/18/97
Location: Yardly - Delaware River
Fishing Method: anchored up in a good spot
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 14-16 inches
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 6 ft.
Water Temp.: didn't notice
Information : Skipped the ocean fishing this week so decided to try the river for the first time this year. Landed three small Stripers, one Catfish, three Eels. We kept the big eels to try in the Cape May Rips this coming weekend. Anyway, it was nice to see some Stripers in the river, looking forward to catching the bigger ones soon. I'll be out this weekend on "Late Arrival" with captain John, going to spend one day fishing for big Stripers and one day looking for some sharks south of Cape May, hopefully the water will warm up a little more by then.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: 5/18/97
Location: 15 miles SE of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Wreck
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 1-3lbs.
Bait or Lure: Squid
Water Depth: 90'
Water Temp.: 52.1
Information : Captain Wayne Bushnell took out the Frank Gomez party and put together a substantial catch of Sea Bass along with a few Blackfish and Ling. Most of the Sea Bass where between 1 and 3 pounds, however, one tipped the scales at 5lbs. The wind started to blow in the afternoon and with more than enough fish in the box the charter decided to take a nice leisurely ride home.

Angler Name : Paul Malecki
E-Mail : pmalecki@btmny.com
Boat Name: The Jersey Devil
Date Fished: Sunday, 5/18/97
Location: Just outside Belmar Inlet
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 20 inches
Bait or Lure: squid/killies
Water Depth: 27 feet
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Fished for two hours on "boat launching day". Had several nice strikes, 1 keeper (20 inches, 2-3 lbs.) and four went back.

Angler Name : Ed Murray
E-Mail : EMURRAY@OMNI.COM
Boat Name: HIGH VOLTAGE 2
Date Fished: 5/18/97
Location: AVALON SHOAL-SEA ISLE LUMP
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Bluefish
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 40-60
Water Temp.: 48-50
Information : ONE HIT NO OTHER ACTION

Angler Name : Mike
E-Mail : mjs8@aol.com
Boat Name: Nauti-Lady
Date Fished: 5/18/97
Location: Mohawk Wreck
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-3lbs
Bait or Lure: Hopkins
Water Depth: ~80 ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Got into one decent school, landed 8 fish in 45 minutes, that was it!

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: SeaYa
Date Fished: 5-18-97
Location: Bug Light....Inside Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: one keeper of 17 inches
Bait or Lure: Squid/Killies
Water Depth: 14-23 feet
Water Temp.: 57.8
Information : Got a late start and there at least 18-20 boats already working the area.......ended up the 3 shorts from 10-13 1/2 inches and one very skinny 17 inch keeper.................saw one other fluke caught and a few sea robins........................alot of bunker were 'flipping' in the area as well

Angler Name : Jack Prudential
E-Mail : Bust Eye@aol.com
Boat Name: Night Hawk
Date Fished: 5/18/97
Location: Klondike
Fishing Method:
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 1-3 lbs
Bait or Lure: mackerel chunks
Water Depth: 60'
Water Temp.: 50
Information : were are all the bluefish?????

Angler Name : "sky high"
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: Sun May18
Location: Island Beach State Park
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30 1/2"
Bait or Lure: Sand Worms
Water Depth: 2-6 ft
Water Temp.: 50 degrees
Information : Finally! After catching 86 striped bass thus far this season the 87th fish was a keeper. Fished 2 hours ahead of and after the evening high tide. Cool southerly breeze all day with some very high cloud cover. Water was clear with lazy rollers hitting the beach. ps: fish was released (it's 100% natural)

Angler Name : Ed and Mike
E-Mail : mumfo@philly.infi.net
Boat Name: Superfishial
Date Fished: 5/18/97
Location: Rips Off Cape May
Fishing Method: Rod and Reel
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: EELs and Bunker
Water Depth: 8 to 40 Ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Not Much Luck

Angler Name : Ron Simon
E-Mail : WB3X@AOL.COM
Boat Name: "STRIKER"
Date Fished: 05-17-97
Location: Cape May NJ S of Cold Spring inlet
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Tautog
Size: 23" / 7Lb 1 oz
Bait or Lure: Surf Clams
Water Depth: 30'
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Seas calm; all three of us had mixed sea bass / 'tog; 23" 7lb'er was on a doubleheader with 21" (5lb?)-- ! Wind kicked up about mid day-- seas grew to 3-4' so we called it quits at lunchtime.

Angler Name : Bill Ponzio
E-Mail : Bponzio461@aol.com
Boat Name: OUTBOUND
Date Fished: 5-17
Location: Offshore
Fishing Method: Wreck
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: mixed sizes
Bait or Lure: Bait
Water Depth: 90
Water Temp.: 53.2
Information : Caught 162 lbs of Mixed Sea bass...Most fish were Mediums and large Had 10 Jumbos and a few tautog to 4 lbs...Good sea bass action on a small piece in 90 ft of water..taking the boat to the Outer Banks this week to do some offshore fishing....Tight Lines

Angler Name : capt.bruce miller
E-Mail : capt@aol.com
Boat Name: Mirage
Date Fished: 5/17/97
Location: Sea Girt Reef
Fishing Method: Rod & Reel
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 1/2 to 3 lbs.
Bait or Lure: squid and clams
Water Depth: 66'
Water Temp.: 52.2
Information : after chasing the elusive mackerel for about two hrs. and 17 miles i gave up and just wanted to get some fish for my party.fished from about 11 am till 1pm and caught about 50 to 60 nice sea bass.so we saved the day.all the fish were taken on the northeast corner on some heavy rubble.at about i pm it started to howl so i pulled the hook and headed for the barn,not a bad day---if we could have stayed we probably could have filled the cooler by 3 pm,it was that good.

Angler Name : Phil Lidlow
E-Mail : plid@aol.com
Boat Name: Disarray
Date Fished: 5/17/97
Location: Sandy Hook Area
Fishing Method: Drift Bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 14"-28"
Bait or Lure: Sandworm
Water Depth: 12'-30'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Drifted Highlands bridge / Shrewsbury River / Flynns Knoll for a total of 11 short fish. Blackfished Sandyhook Reef During afternoon hours (Windy) produced 8-SeaBass 10-Blackfish 1-Ling.

Angler Name : PERRYC
E-Mail :
Boat Name: BUZZBOMB
Date Fished: 5/17/97
Location: RARITAN BAY
Fishing Method: TROLL
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5-8LB
Bait or Lure: BOMBERS AND JIGS
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : TROLLED UP 2 FISH OFF KEYPORT.

Angler Name : SCOTT M. BAUM
E-Mail : SMB@AOL.COM
Boat Name: MISS SMB
Date Fished: 5-17-97
Location: BRIGANTINE BAY
Fishing Method: BOAT
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 21"
Bait or Lure: SQUID-KILLIES
Water Depth: 15'
Water Temp.: COLD
Information :

Angler Name : Chuck,Mark & Drew
E-Mail : ChuckyPete@msn.com
Boat Name: ABC
Date Fished: 5/17/97
Location: Beach Haven and Wreck inlets
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 10 - 14.5 pounds
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Trolled from 6 am through noon on all the shoals. Water was clean, caught two small blue fish and 2 nice striped bass. The larger bass put up a good fight taking out line 3 times. Wind came up and it was time to leave.

Angler Name : Ryan and Robert Krill
E-Mail : rkrill@earthlink.net
Boat Name: Marlin Darlin
Date Fished: Saturday, May 17,1997
Location: Cape May
Fishing Method: Bottom/Wreck Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 4 inches
Bait or Lure: Top & Bottom Rig w/ mackeral + squid
Water Depth: 47 ft.
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Most of the tide runners have left the area. Smaller weakies are begining to move in. Not too much flounder action; but drum are happening in the bay on clams. Sea bass are at any wreck, but mainly at Mcrea Shoals (sp.) Please e-mail me if you have any questions that I might be able to help you with.

Angler Name : Steve
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Ten Percenter
Date Fished: 5-17-97
Location: Deleware Bay- No. 6
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 14 to 17
Bait or Lure: large minnows
Water Depth: 16 ft
Water Temp.: 55
Information : All of the fish had roe. Catchin weaks this time of year this far up the bay is a VERY good sign. Caught 7, kept 6 - outgoing tide

Angler Name : Scott & Lou
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Feeding Frenzy
Date Fished: 5/17/97
Location: Great Bay
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 1 Throwback
Bait or Lure: squid/minnie/mackeral
Water Depth: 5
Water Temp.:
Information : Caught 1 bluefish and 1 small fluke before the wind picked up at 9 am

Angler Name : Howard Bogan
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Jamaica
Date Fished: 5/16/97
Location: 14 miles East of Brielle
Fishing Method: jigging
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size: medium & large
Bait or Lure: jigs & teasers
Water Depth: 125'
Water Temp.: 51
Information : Mackerel fishing was very good. Winds were WNW 20 to 30 knots. Seas 4' to 7' offshore, 2 to 4' inshore. Bottom fishing second half of the day produced a pick of seabass and a few ling. Lots of mackerel and 10 to 18 seabass each.

Angler Name : kevin
E-Mail : mattalou@msn.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/14/97
Location: 1 mile above del. mem. bdg.
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: high twenties
Bait or Lure: blood worm
Water Depth: 6-12ft
Water Temp.: 54
Information :

Angler Name : Mike Czopek
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 05-13-97
Location: Sandy Hook... Bug Light
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 6 to 12 ft
Water Temp.: unknw
Information : 8 fish on killies/ squid

Angler Name : Ed Reilly
E-Mail : Liteamorn@aol.com
Boat Name: Lite"A"Morn
Date Fished: 5/13/97
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: worms and jigs
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 16"- 29"
Bait or Lure: worms,crippled herring
Water Depth: varied
Water Temp.: 51.5
Information : fished 3 hrs incoming tide at rips,17 short bass then trolled out on flynn's knoll until I found birds working,switched to crippled herring and worked under the birds to catch 5 mor bass with one 29" keeper High tide 1403

Angler Name : Al
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Dauntless
Date Fished: May 12
Location: West side of Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size: med-large
Bait or Lure: Mack teasers
Water Depth: NA
Water Temp.: NA
Information : The Bostons are still here!! Fishing was good, but the conditions left something to be desired. 5-7 footers by noon! Made two drifts, caught all you wanted by 10 am. All the fish were med-large, and were about 30 feet down. After 11 seas got real sloppy, and bottom fishing was nearly impossible cause of the wind. Would have been better if the conditions were right.

Angler Name : B Kennedy
E-Mail : BKenn@worldnet,att.net
Boat Name: Money Hole
Date Fished: 5/12/97
Location: Greatbay
Fishing Method: Drifting&plugging
Specie: Bluefish
Size:
Bait or Lure: Squid&poppers
Water Depth: 15-25
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Started off as nice day until I put the boat in the water and the wind picked up to about 40 knots.Could not keep bait on the bottom or plug because of the 50mph drift!I'll try again when it stops blowing.

Angler Name : PAUL AKA MARATHON MAN
E-Mail : N/A
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 05-11
Location: BARNEGAT INLET
Fishing Method: DRIFT
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 10 & 12 LBS
Bait or Lure: EELS
Water Depth: 15 FT
Water Temp.: 58
Information : DRIFTED FOR ABOUT 3 HOURS ON THE OUT GOING TIDE. WIND DIED OFF AT DUSK. HOOKED UP WITH 2 FISH IN ABOUT 1/2 HOUR.

Angler Name : John Boszko
E-Mail : boszko@superlink.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: May 11, 1997
Location: 12th St., Beach Haven, NJ
Fishing Method: Surf Fishing
Specie: Bluefish
Size:
Bait or Lure: Cut Mackeral
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 51
Information : Fished the surf from 9 am until noon. Good conditions but the surf appeared void of life. Not even a hit in three hours of fishing.

Angler Name : Woody & John
E-Mail : Woodward@Bloomberg.Com
Boat Name: "Late Arrival"
Date Fished: 5/11/97
Location: Slughter Beach, Deleware
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Red Drum
Size: 65-70 Lb.
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: 20 Ft.
Water Temp.: Not really sure
Information : Left Cape May New Jersey in our 20 ft. Wellcraft around 6:00pm on Sunday and arrived at Slaughter Beach about an hour later. Caught 6 sand sharks, all which were over 3ft. which was fun, one skate, and one Drum that put up a great fight. Out of 20 or so boats only about five hooked up with Drum and we were one of them.

Angler Name : Tom McFadzean
E-Mail : tmack2@aol.com
Boat Name: Patty's Diamond
Date Fished: 5/11/97
Location: Spruce Run Reservoir
Fishing Method: jig fishing
Specie: Hybrid Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: 3" Power Grub 3/8oz. jighead
Water Depth: 1-3 ft.
Water Temp.: 55-56
Information : wind blew hard, did hook one bass (largemouth not striper) 17" about 2lb 12oz.

Angler Name : John Belfie
E-Mail : don't have one
Boat Name: Surf Fishing
Date Fished: 5/9 - 5/10
Location: North Wildwood Jetties
Fishing Method: Fishfinder rigs and top & bottom Rigs
Specie: Bluefish
Size: nothing yet
Bait or Lure: mackerel & green crab
Water Depth: deep
Water Temp.: to cold
Information : catching tog in the rocks on green crab, but still waiting for the bluefish to show up. Somthing gotta break soon - will report back as soon as I catch something worth talking about,heading to the outer banks next weeek so wish me luck.

Angler Name : MATTHEW ANDRAS
E-Mail : PRODUCESLUT@MONMOUTH.COM
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/10/
Location: HIGLANDS BRIDGE AREA
Fishing Method: BUCKTAILING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 10-30 INCHES
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS OF BUNKER IN THE RIVER, CAUGHT A COUPLE OF SHORTS ON A BUCKTAIL, AND LIVELINED A BUNKER TO BRING HOME A 30" FISH. PS. LOOKING FOR A FISHING PARTNER TO FISH AT NIGHT WITH

Angler Name : slammer836
E-Mail : slammer836@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5-10-97
Location: longport
Fishing Method: bottom fishing
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2lbs
Bait or Lure: squid and butterfish
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 52
Information : blues blitzed when it started to get dark. plenty of skates, dogfish, and blowfish kept us busy all day until the blues arrived.

Angler Name : Michael Campitelli
E-Mail :
Boat Name: None
Date Fished: 5/10/97
Location: Great Egg Bay
Fishing Method: Bridges and Sod banks
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 16-29
Bait or Lure: FinS and Live Butterfish
Water Depth: 4-10ft
Water Temp.: 50
Information : We caught maybe 8 Stripers 2 keepers.There was all kinds of bait we saw lots of Butterfish, tons of anchovies ,and some pods of squid. We also saw some big brown sharks munching on all the bait.

Angler Name : Chuck
E-Mail : ChuckyPete@msn.com
Boat Name: ABC
Date Fished: 5/10/97
Location: Beach Haven & Wreck inlets
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Trolling once in the mornig and then in the afternoon through the shoals, wind was strong and so were the waves. Unfortunately only one fish on and it didn't make it to the boat. Glad we didn't have to spend all day fishing in a tournament.

Angler Name : Andrew Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: SeaYa
Date Fished: 5-10-97
Location: Shrewbury River
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 17-25 inches
Bait or Lure: Sandworms
Water Depth: 13-23 feet
Water Temp.: 52.9
Information : Caught the incoming tide at the Highlands Bridge....win was hard out of the NNW and messed up the drift......drifted across the river instead of with the tide.....but did end up catching-releasing 3 schoolies......

Angler Name : Ed Panick
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5\9\97
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Shore
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27"
Bait or Lure: Pencil Popper
Water Depth: 7-10'
Water Temp.: 56 degrees
Information : I had two strikes tonight missed the first one and caught the second. Nothing I like more than catching them on top!!!! Another guy was watchin' he heard the first fish strike he said what was that it sounded like a bowling ball hitting the water!!!

Angler Name : Chris Johnson
E-Mail : cadets@hicom.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/9/97
Location: inshore wrecks, Asbury area
Fishing Method: Anchored over wrecks
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 12 inches
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 45
Water Temp.: ?
Information : We went out on the Mohawk 3. Within the first hour I had 17 ling and my buddy had 15. It slowed a bit then we hit a few sea bass. A few taugs, fluke and flounder were in the mix to. I also won the pool with about a 3 1/2 lb. ling. We had a great day and the crew of the Mohawk is top notch!

Angler Name : Jorge Pacheco
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Evan-ger
Date Fished: 5/9/97
Location: 4 miles off Asbury Park
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size: 1-3 pounds
Bait or Lure: Mac rig
Water Depth: 80-95 ft
Water Temp.: 50
Information : we caught about 200 pounds between 3 of us and a 33 inch striper, chasing a mac, the striper hooked itself on the mac rig and at first I thought i had four big macs, but then realized it was a striper about 20 feet down. thats when we put out a dead stick with the smallest mackeral we had and live lined it and about 2 hours later caught another striper at about the same size 18 pounds. A good days fishing.

Angler Name : GREGORY INGENITO
E-Mail : COPIERS@MAGICCARPET.COM
Boat Name: SEABIRD
Date Fished: 05-08-97
Location: HUDSON--NEWBURGH
Fishing Method: BAIT
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 14-30 in
Bait or Lure: herring,bloods.eels
Water Depth: 20--40 ft
Water Temp.: APP. 60 F.
Information : SOME BASS WERE CAUGHT IN EARLY AM HOWEVER FISHING WAS ON THE LETHARGIC SIDE. HERRING CHUNCKS SEEMED TO SPARK THE MOST INTEREST HOWEVER THE BIGGER BASS PREFERRED THE EELS. TROOLING WITH DOWNRIGGERS WAS NOT PRODUCTIVE.FISHING SHOULD IMPROVE AS THE WATER WARMS.

Angler Name : Howard Bogan
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Jamaica
Date Fished: 5/7/97
Location: 7 miles ENE of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size: 1 - 3lbs
Bait or Lure: jigs & teasers
Water Depth: 60' - 80'
Water Temp.: 48
Information : Very good fishing for mackerel. NW wind 20 -25+. One 3 1/2 hour drift, caught fish the entire drift. High hooks over 100lbs. Went wreck fishing for one hour. Caught some seabass. Not too many. The mackerel are staying on the west side of the Mud Hole so we should continue to catch them through the weekend, at least, maybe longer.

Angler Name : "sky high"
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: Wed May 7
Location: IBSP
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Shorts 17-21 inches
Bait or Lure: Blood and Sand Worms
Water Depth: 2-6 feet
Water Temp.: 52 degrees
Information : Caught 22 striped bass(all shorts) for a solid 3 hours on the incoming tide. At times as the pole was being placed in the spike the rod was going off. 3 times there were double headers on the hi-lo rigs. Strong northwest wind, very clear water and sky. Lots of fun!

Angler Name : kev Riegert
E-Mail : @AOL.COM
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5-5-97
Location: ISLAND BEACH ST. PARK
Fishing Method: SURF
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 15"TO 30 "
Bait or Lure: CLAM
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: 50+
Information : MY FRIENDS AND I CAUGHT (4)30 BASS AND 1 BLUE ALL ON CLAM HIT A HOT SPOT HAD FISH ALL NITE SPORADICLLY, WAS A FINE GET TOGETHER FOR ONCE GREET TIME HAD BY ALL

Angler Name : Dennis Brenner
E-Mail : dbrenner@dananj.com
Boat Name: Mary B
Date Fished: 5.5.97
Location: Pt. Pleasant
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 2 @ 27"
Bait or Lure: sandworms
Water Depth: 12'- 18'
Water Temp.: 49 degrees
Information : It all starts now. We had windy conditions and the current was pushing, but they're there. You know striper fishing, you got to be in it to win it, and put in alot of time trying. I'll end it with, It's only going to get BETTER !! Good Fish'in

Angler Name : Joe Baskinger
E-Mail : Fluke97@aol.com
Boat Name: Billy-jo
Date Fished: 5/5/97
Location: Mouth of Shrewsberry River
Fishing Method: Chuming
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 1to 3 Pounds
Bait or Lure: Night crawlers/Bank mussels
Water Depth: 18 Ft
Water Temp.: 55 Degrees
Information : Four guys---130 Flounder---We got arm weary---Left them biting.

Angler Name : Jack Prudential
E-Mail : busteye@aol.com
Boat Name: Night Hawk
Date Fished: 5/4/97
Location: Klondike
Fishing Method: mackerel rig
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size: average
Bait or Lure: mackerel rig
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: 51
Information : Outragous action, I filled my cooler(73 fish) in one hour!!

Angler Name : Tom Bowdren
E-Mail : bowdren@allegheny.edu
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/4/97
Location: seaside park nj 5 th ave
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17.5 inch
Bait or Lure: cut mack strips
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : fishing for stripped bass, short taken on either side .fluke hit about 6:30 pm

Angler Name : James Kenney
E-Mail : Engineres@aol.com
Boat Name: Queen Mary
Date Fished: 5/3/97
Location: 5 miles off manasquan inlet
Fishing Method: Mackerel teaser
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size: 1-3lbs
Bait or Lure: lure
Water Depth: 60'-80'
Water Temp.: 48
Information : Outstanding fishing had a garbage can full. My son's first fishing trip he is 6 yrs. old he had a ball. He is looking forward to our next trip together on the Queen Mary with JB.

Angler Name : Tom Fullen
E-Mail : TFULLEN@sprynet.com
Boat Name: Dixie III
Date Fished: 5/3/97
Location: Delaware River (Florence) NJ
Fishing Method: Anchored
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 15 to 37 inches
Bait or Lure: Chunk Herring
Water Depth: 25 to 35 Ft.
Water Temp.: 58 Degrees
Information : Fished the whole incoming tide. caught and released 38 fish. biggest was 37 inches. Lots of big bass in the river now. herring by the boat full. no shortage of bait. Chunked on the bottom with fishfinder rigs. The guys in the salt have nothing on us.

Angler Name : Bill
E-Mail :
Boat Name: HELMAR
Date Fished: 5/2/97
Location: Great Bay
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5-8 lbs
Bait or Lure: mackeral
Water Depth: 6ft
Water Temp.: 54 deg
Information : THE CHOPPERS ARE FINALLY HERE.Caught large blues on mackeral strips. The fish were biting on incoming tide and were typical spring racers with the large heads. These fish are so predictable you could almost set your calender by them.

Angler Name : CHRIS HENNESSY
E-Mail : EAGLES91
Boat Name: HENOFTHESEA
Date Fished: 05/02/97
Location: L.B.I
Fishing Method: SURF
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20.in/31.in
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: 46
Information : Plenty of shorts to go around. Just have to put your time in . Two weeks before killed them on the blood worms. Look out for the white blazer.

Angler Name : cpt app
E-Mail : theresa@jerseycape.com
Boat Name: theresa rpse
Date Fished: 5/2/97
Location: delaware bay,bayshore channel
Fishing Method: rod and reel
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: none
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: 26 feet
Water Temp.: 52 degrees
Information : fished for 3 hours through the fill of the tide did not catch anything but saw a nice one swim by 15 feet from the boat...

Angler Name : edwin smith
E-Mail : dutchmill rd. malaga
Boat Name: marge ll
Date Fished: 5/1/97
Location: delaware bay
Fishing Method: rod and reel
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8 to 12 lbs
Bait or Lure: mackeral
Water Depth: 18 ft.
Water Temp.: 57
Information : south of 14ft. light

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