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Angler Name : larry peseski
E-Mail : freedom@monmouth.com
Boat Name: freedom
Date Fished: 5-31-98
Location: oil wreck
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5 to 14 blues
Bait or Lure: green & yellow ponies
Water Depth: 70'
Water Temp.: 59
Information : once the fog lifted and it was safe to run we ran out to the oil wreck and marked a small but productive school of blues and contined to work the area for about 2 hours and picked up about 20 blues kept 10 and released the rest. the water was clean and about 6 degrees warmer than on the beach which in the coming weeks and continual warming should give us excellent shark fishing visit our web site for more info on freedom charters

Angler Name : Darren Stiles
E-Mail : krisdean@erols.com
Boat Name: Tuna Tales
Date Fished: may 31, 1998
Location: East side of Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10 to 12 pounds
Bait or Lure: mackerel
Water Depth: 110 feet
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Fished in the Mako/Grady White bluefish tournament and placed fith with a combined weight of 33pounds. The three biggest fish were weighed. Had dogfish at first then the blues turned on and it was all you wanted. A small blue shark payed a visit but was not interested in eating. Water was flat calm.

Angler Name : Matt
E-Mail : Antsmashin
Boat Name: Big Mohawk
Date Fished: May 31
Location:
Fishing Method: Bottom fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 3-5 pounds
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Bottom fishin still alive and well..... Sea Bass are really tearin up the place.... also close to a 5 pound Porgy was caught... HUGE!!! if you get the chance.. go out on the Big Mohawk 3 out of Belmar... great mates, captain, and fishing... sea ya alls lata...

Angler Name : Dom DiMento
E-Mail : Physchjam@aol.com
Boat Name: MARIA (formerly ALERT)
Date Fished: 5/31/98
Location: Delaware Bay
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing on the drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14-17 inches
Bait or Lure: squid +minnow
Water Depth: 32-35 ft.
Water Temp.: 63*
Information : Started late, stopped early due to increasing winds, (about 25kts.) Had a rough ride back. But finished with 3 keepers, from 8 fish total, in about 2 hours of fishing. Seeing how this was my first trip this year, I wish it would have been better, at least we didn't get skunked.

Angler Name : Ray
E-Mail : finnila.com@worldnet.att.net.
Boat Name: Mo' Money
Date Fished: 5/31/98
Location: Raritan & Sandy Hook Bays
Fishing Method: Trolling & Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15" to 17"
Bait or Lure: Squid & Killie Combo
Water Depth: 6' to 40'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Got to the Ammo Pier at about 9:30AM, and was surprised to see the aircraft carrier. Decided to try wire-line trolling for the first time, using umbrella rigs, along the Raritan Reach. Hooked a 22" striped bass. Continued west and the FOG rolled in. I could see the sun, but no further than a couple of hundred yards, on the water. Headed towards the Hook. Got out of the fog at the Ammo Pier. Continued trolling along the Terminal Channel and caught a 17" fluke on an umbrella rig!!! No, it wasn't foul hooked. Started drifting at Flynn's Knoll, and the bug light, but the wind picked up. Sought a wind-break at the tip of the Hook, and then between buoys 2 and 4. Caught fluke at the last two locations, along with Sea Robins, at the former. Came home with six 17 inchers, and threw back the rest. Tight lines.

Angler Name : Jason
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Carolyn Anne
Date Fished: 5/31
Location: Off Barnegat Shore
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Fluke
Size: 8''-14''
Bait or Lure: Spearing/squid strips
Water Depth: 40ft?
Water Temp.: in the 50's
Information : The fluke fishing was moderate with only a few keepers on the boat. At least a hundred skates were caught. I caught a short winter flounder as well. Sand sharks were caught in high numbers, dissapointing fluke day.

Angler Name : Mikey G
E-Mail : G Force 77@AOL.COM
Boat Name: G FORCE
Date Fished: 5/31/98
Location: Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: Drift/Troll
Specie: Fluke
Size: 2-3 Lbs
Bait or Lure: Squid
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Thank God for GPS. We started out for fluke but couldn't see more than 100 feet. Had to navigate with GPS and Sounder the entire morning. Stopped by nude beach and picked up 3 nice fluke. Came back around to Flynns Knoll around 11:00 and the fog just vanished. Fished the knoll and parts of the Reach Channel and picked up 9 more good sized fluke. On the way back in we saw birds working in the bay. Trolled up 15 2-5 Lbs Bluefish and threw many back. What a great finish to such a bad morning.

Angler Name : Kevin King
E-Mail : kking98303@aol.com
Boat Name: Carol Ann
Date Fished: 5/31/98
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolled
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2 - 5 lbs
Bait or Lure: lures
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Trolled two on top and two on plainers. Didn't get out till 10:30 because of fog. By 12:00 we were all fished out. Towards the end every time the boat was in gear the polls would bend. Trolled two medals, one feather and one plug. Fish hit on everything and on the top lines as well as the plainers. They were some hungry fish. I think you could have used just about anything. Going sharkeing 6/13/98. Anyone know of any hot spots (thinking about the fingers) You can email me at kking98303@aol.com

Angler Name : Charlie
E-Mail : lawncar@ptd.net
Boat Name: Madrugada (Maya Dawn)
Date Fished: May 31
Location: Sandy Hook Bug Light Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16-22"
Bait or Lure: killie/squid
Water Depth: 26 feet
Water Temp.: 67?
Information : Got out early at sun up to beat the predicted afternoon winds. The first drop I must have hit the fish ion the head with the sinker as he was on it immediately. One in the box after one drop. Needless to say it slowed down after that. Fog hindered early fishing with many idiots running without lights. Moved beteen the Knoll, the Ammo Pier and the Bug Light catching fish in all locations. A good day on the water. My friend Ed was a Sea Robin magnet but he managed to catch his share of flatties.

Angler Name : patrick cambria
E-Mail : patrick@monmouth.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/31/1998
Location: portmonmouth new jersey
Fishing Method: bottom, and dimond jigs
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 40"
Bait or Lure: fresh bunker and dimond jigs
Water Depth: 8 ft.
Water Temp.: їїїїїїї
Information : Follow the birds..Were there are birds there are bait fish. there there are bait fish, there are big fish.were there are big fish there are fishermen.

Angler Name : Andy
E-Mail : hladek@instinet.com
Boat Name: Sea Tiger
Date Fished: 5/30/98
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: shorts - 5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Spearing/Killie/Squid
Water Depth: 20 - 35'?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : The boat was not packed considering the beautiful day. I had 3 keeper fluke about 2lbs. each (3 shorts), a short stripped bass and some birds. The crew was great. You didn't have to call for a net, they were running as soon as your pole bent. The pool winner was about 5 lbs. Another great trip by Capt. Hal Hagerman.

Angler Name : John &Dan
E-Mail : john.mikorski@roche.com
Boat Name: Special-K
Date Fished: 5/30/98
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift-Chunk-Worm
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16-22"
Bait or Lure: squid/killie Bunker Worms
Water Depth: 3-25'
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Drifted the in front of the old Coastguard housing for 15 fluke 10 keepers lots of Sea robins. Wormed and chunked the Knoll for 3 Bass 1 keeper, some small Blues

Angler Name : TWO T'S
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CORSAIR
Date Fished: 5/30
Location: BARNEGAT BAY
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2.5 - 3LBS
Bait or Lure: ava 27
Water Depth: 10
Water Temp.: LOW 70'S AT SURFACE
Information : CAUGHT 7 BLUES AND LOST JUST AS MANY TROLLING BETWEEN CEDAR CREEK TO PAST FORKED RIVER. LATER TRIED FOR FLUKE AT OYSTER CREEK. ONE OR TWO BITES , NO FISH.

Angler Name : Glenn Kovach
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Grey Squirrel
Date Fished: 5-30-98
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15" - 18"
Bait or Lure: Spearing
Water Depth: 24'
Water Temp.:
Information : Plenty of Fluke and Blues for everyone. Blues up to 4lbs on the Knoll all morning. Great Fluke bite all day long. The water cleared up nicely compared to last weekend. Traveled south as far as Sea Bright. Mostly shorts farther south, mostly keepers farther north. Both Blues and Fluke feeding heavly on spearing. A few of our fluke spit up 4" Porgeys. Same type of fluke and blue bite we had last year on the very same weekend with a persistant rain that kept most boats off the water.

Angler Name : Dave Stucy
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Dixie
Date Fished: 5-30-98
Location: around BB
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 1-3 pounds
Bait or Lure: Silver spinner and Bomb lure
Water Depth: 10ft
Water Temp.: 70-74 degress
Information : Went out about 7:30am trolled from BB to Bouy 40 caught 3 nice blues. Then trolled across the bay going west caught 3 more nice blues til 6ft of water. Then the waves started picking up then time to go in. Until then keep the fishing up.

Angler Name : Greg & Paul
E-Mail :
Boat Name: MV
Date Fished: 5/30/98
Location: Srewsbury River
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15 - 21
Bait or Lure: killies & squid
Water Depth: 6-12
Water Temp.: 69
Information : Drifted from bouy 34 to Cove Marina. Slow pick, mostly keepers. Best at end of outging tide. 9 keepers in 4 hours for 2 people.

Angler Name : Flip & Matt Rutledge
E-Mail : flip.rutledge@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/30/98
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: Short - 25in
Bait or Lure: Killies & Squid
Water Depth: 20 - 40
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Great day. Didn't hit the water 'til 9:00 First drop off the ammo pier got the 25 incher. Went home with 11 most in the 17 - 20 inch range. Only 1 fish all day would have been short last year.

Angler Name : Al
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Susie-G III
Date Fished: 5/30/98
Location: Ocean
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12-15"
Bait or Lure: killies/bucktail
Water Depth: 25-60
Water Temp.: 55
Information : The water was real cold, which made fluking kinda slow.. Did manage to catch a bunch of shorts, with some borderline fish.. The skates were pretty thick everywhere we went, Manasquan Mile marker, Sea Girt gunwall, Spring Lake, off Shark River, and Bradley Beach.. Everybody seemed to be doing the same thing.. We need a good few days of non-south winds that will warm the water up, then the fishing should break open.. The only interesting development of the day was a pair of strange flatties that came over the rail, kind of a cross between a sundial and a summer flounder.. If anybody knows what it was, or even caught another, let me know via email!!

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: So-Kool
Date Fished: 5/30/98
Location: Sandy Hook Area
Fishing Method: Drift & Anchor
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25-30 inches
Bait or Lure: Sandworms,eels & bunker
Water Depth: 15-37 Feet
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Took the shot gun approach today.....Began drifting sandworms & eels in the rips......worms produced 2 schoolie bass while the eels drew bluefish..Once the tide tide,I moved to deeper water and anchored up. I chunked most of the flood tide,this produced 1 30 inch bass 2 more schoolies and some bluefish.....I ended the day drifitng for fluke and boxing 4 keepers.....Box score for the day 1 keeper bass,4 schoolie bass,3 bluefish,4 keeper fluke,1 short fluke,4 sea-robins and 1 skate

Angler Name : sam and libby
E-Mail : eavaughn@aol
Boat Name: family affair
Date Fished: may 30 th
Location: keyport
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16-22 1/2
Bait or Lure: keelies
Water Depth: 8ft
Water Temp.:
Information : first one was the 22 1/2 weighed 3.9 ozs. had 6 keeper ,weather was hot boat finally ran good was a nice day

Angler Name : A. Torsirello
E-Mail : AJTorsiello@CVS.com
Boat Name: HOT ROD
Date Fished: 5/30/98
Location: Bouy BB
Fishing Method: Casting, Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-4 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Hopkins ,Bombers
Water Depth: 8
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Started the day looking for weakfish, didn't find any. Switched over to casting for Blues and hit the jackpot. after casting turned off we trolled and did even better. The fish were 2-4 lbs. but a lot of fun on ligfht tackle. Wound up with about 14 in the box. It was a great day. Keep on fishing.

Angler Name : Lee Schwocho
E-Mail : Lee.Schwocho@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Skipjack
Date Fished: 5/30/98
Location: 17 Fathoms
Fishing Method: Chum & Troll
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5-10 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker Chunks & Plugs
Water Depth: 100 +
Water Temp.: 58-62
Information : My partner and I anchored up at 17 Fathoms with approximately a dozen other boats. All boats were producing bluefish on the chum. Most fish averaged 5-6 lbs with an occasional 10-12 pounder thrown in. We personally boated 10 blues along with as many spiny dogfish before we decided to troll between 17 Fathoms and the BA Buoy. The seas were so calm we noted scads of bluefish lolling on the surface sunning themselves. In a little over 21/2 hours trolling plugs we boated another 20 blues. I'll leave it to you to figure out what the hot plug pattern was. By the way, noted a healthy abundance of bait on the Sci-Tek. Hopefully, it bodes well for the summer!

Angler Name : Bob Jones
E-Mail : mrcj@erols.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/30/98
Location: Point Pleasant Beach
Fishing Method: Surf casting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20 inches
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: 5-10 ft
Water Temp.: unknown
Information : Hit the beach at about 7:00p.m., with dad and a friend. Picked up four school sized stripers and a sea robin on clams. All fish were released to grow up to keeper size. The action died off and we left by 9:00.

Angler Name : Paul
E-Mail : Blue mak @AOL
Boat Name: Osprey
Date Fished: 5/29(812pm),5/30(4-8am),(11-2pm)
Location: Barnegat sedges,inlet,dike
Fishing Method: eels/killies squid
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: drift with eels, killies&squid
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Bum 10 hrs. of hard fishing no fish- couple of hits on the eels probably bluefish. Only saw four fluke caught at 6:00 am at 28 bouy. Bummer

Angler Name : Troy Greenawald
E-Mail : TSGTAG@MSN.COM
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 05/29/98
Location: Bug Light-Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15-18"
Bait or Lure: Killie/squid
Water Depth: 32-14'
Water Temp.: UNK
Information : Got 'em good today, both incoming and outgoing tide. Two persons, two limits; lots of shorts. Found keeper fish moving onto the 14' flat at slack tide near the rocks. During the moving tides, keeper fish were holding right at the steep drop from 14-32' with most fish holding on the deep water edge. FISHERMEN!!!!! PLEASE respect the charter boat captains----this is their livelihood!!!! Twice saw recreational fisherman interfering with the movement/fishing of the head boats. Please be respectful and allow them some room.

Angler Name : Earl
E-Mail : LIGHTTACKL@AOL
Boat Name: RUSTY 1
Date Fished: May 29
Location: Flynn's Knoll
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 6 - 16 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 25ft.
Water Temp.: 61
Information : First two fish where tagged stripers! Enede up with 4 keepers two throw backs plus to many blues to count. Finished the day drifting for Fluke off of North Beach, all keepers.

Angler Name : jim
E-Mail : emjimb@aol.com
Boat Name: my monkey
Date Fished: 5/29/30
Location: #19,m.m.llightand horseshoe
Fishing Method: BTTM.
Specie: Fluke
Size: I AT 16 INCHES
Bait or Lure: MINNOWS AND SQUID
Water Depth: 16......40 FT
Water Temp.: 68
Information : HAD NO LUCK .....IS IT BOTTOM RIG OR WHAT!!

E-Mail : plid@aol.com
Boat Name: Disarray
Date Fished: 5/29-5/30
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Chunking-Worming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 12"-40"
Bait or Lure: Bunker / Sandworms
Water Depth: 7'-45'
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Fished Berkley Striper Club Tourney this weekend, Team consisted of Jim Stingle / Phil Lidlow / Rob McCarter. Congradulations to Rob for boating a 36 lb. cow on a chunk !! Action was pretty steady throughout both nights with hot bites at slack tides. I would assume placement with the 36lb. fish.

Angler Name : Jim Balicki
E-Mail : emcjim@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: N/A
Date Fished: May 29, 1998
Location: Sandy Hook, N. Beach, surf
Fishing Method: Cast and retrieve
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 16" to 20"
Bait or Lure: Ava 007 -- green tail
Water Depth: 0 - 4 ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Fished during "banker's hours" and caught 8 Blues chasing rainfish right into the beach. Heard early AM was much better.

Angler Name : Ken
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5-29
Location: Barnagat Bay
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: up to 9 lbs.
Bait or Lure: weakfish rig w/ bucktail on bottom,sandworms & softshell crabs
Water Depth: 6-9 feet
Water Temp.:
Information : cold water and boat traffic chased weakies into shallower water. Caught a 9 pounder drifting near Tice's Shoals among 10 fish in the boat. Weakies are bigger than I have ever seen them in the bay. Happy fishing!!!!

Angler Name : Scotty
E-Mail : Loonsland@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: May 29,1998
Location: Shrewsbury River
Fishing Method: Jiging
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 13in to 24in
Bait or Lure: Fin- S
Water Depth: 4 to 5 ft
Water Temp.: 72 F
Information : There are some nice weekfish in Little Silver creek. Fished for 1 hr. and caught 3 fish up to 24 in. On way home trolling caught a nice blue fish about 18in. Fished the incoming tide.

Angler Name : Michael Borris
E-Mail : Moshduke@aol.com
Boat Name: Opposum
Date Fished: 5/28/98
Location: Shark River
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 4 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bucktail with squid
Water Depth: 8ft. to 15 ft.
Water Temp.: u/k
Information : Started out drifting the tennis courts at sun-up. A couple of throwbacks. One keeper in the bunch. Then switched to the inlet. That turned out to be the right move, as soon my bucktail hit bottom, a 4 pounder nailed it. Alot of fish in the inlet Mostly nice size fish. Fished until 12, my dad and I both limited out. Great day for fishing and sunburn......Tight lines to all.!

Angler Name : Greg & Paul
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/28/98
Location: Shrewsbury River
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 4 LB
Bait or Lure: sandworms
Water Depth: 6-30
Water Temp.: 65-69
Information : Drifted by Rumson bridge for bass, no fish. Tried by bouy 34. 1 weakfish. All in incoming tide at night.

Angler Name : Greg Simpson
E-Mail : simpsong@abc.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/28/98
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24"
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Caught 1 fish on clams at dawn - Area E beach.

Angler Name : Tristan
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Tristan's yaght (14 ft. Grumman)
Date Fished: May 25-28, 1998
Location: Between Oyster Creek channel and start of Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Between 3 and 4 pounds
Bait or Lure: A 27,17,and 7, or any other types of metals
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Try trolling between each set of markers at about 5 knots. Fishing's better when the waters calm. Use A 27, 17, 7, or any other types of metals. The fish aren't that big. Maybe up to 5 or 6 pounds, but it's fun if you take a kid out or with a light rod with about 8 to 10 pound line. On a nice day you're garanteed to hook up with about 6 fish.

Angler Name : Harry Tanghare
E-Mail : @erols.tanghare.com
Boat Name: DJ's
Date Fished: 5/25 & 5/27
Location: Cape May Rips
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 35" to 47"
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 20 ft
Water Temp.: 58.5
Information : We fished 2 hours on the Ebb tide on Saturday evening and 3 hours on Memorial Day. In total we boated 12 stripers with 11 out of the 12 being 40 inches or greater. The one "small" striper was 35 inches! The heaviest fish was 36lbs with many of the others weighing in close to 30lbs. All fish put up great fights. The striper action doesn't much better than this. My bother, Captain Tim, informed me that a mutual friend of ours enjoyed the same kind of fishing we did on Tuesday at our numbers with the highlights being a 47lber and 43lber.

Angler Name : Phil
E-Mail : plid@aol.com
Boat Name: Disarray
Date Fished: 5/27/98
Location: Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 16"-34"
Bait or Lure: Sands
Water Depth: 16'-45'
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Good bite end of incoming. 12 fish 5 over 28" 12lbs 16lbs 18lbs top 3

Angler Name : Larry
E-Mail : rosinski16@aol.com
Boat Name: Renny's Ride
Date Fished: May 27
Location: Raritan Bay/Keyport
Fishing Method: Chase
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3 to 9 lbs
Bait or Lure: TIN
Water Depth: 4 to 15 feet
Water Temp.: ???
Information : Went out for a shake down. Brough only 1 rod and a Hopkins...Just in case. I hit the sail boats and the birds were all over the place. Picked up around a dozen befor I was cut off. All in all the boat ran fine, and it was a great shake down.

Angler Name : Phil
E-Mail : plid@aol.com
Boat Name: Disarray
Date Fished: 5/26
Location: Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 14"-32"
Bait or Lure: Sand Worms
Water Depth: 15'-45'
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Good Bass fishing end of incoming begining of outgoing 20 -Shorts 3-Over 28". Had some big fish (do not know what they were ?) free jumping on Roamer Shoal. These fish were very large by the sounds of splashes, jumping very frequently. Anyone with info on what these fish may be please respond. Friend told me possibly sturgeon ?? Could not get a look due to new moon.

Angler Name : Uncle Lar
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/26/98
Location: Sandy Hook bay
Fishing Method: Pier
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20-26"
Bait or Lure: Sand Worms/Bunker
Water Depth: 12-20'
Water Temp.: Unknown
Information : My Partner and I picked up 25 shorts in 2 1/2 hrs. all on sand worms. Nothing at all on the bunker chunks. Picked up one 25 incher with a Littoral Society tag in it! Sorry to say ther were no keepers.

Angler Name : ED-JOHN-BARRY
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FATBOY
Date Fished: 5-26-98
Location: SANDY HOOK
Fishing Method: BAIT/JIG
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-4 LBS
Bait or Lure: ANYTHING
Water Depth: 35 FT
Water Temp.:
Information : FISHED THE KNOLL IN AM SAW A FEW FISH CAUGHT, BUT HAD NO LUCK, SO DECIDED TO MOVE DOWN THE BEACH.NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO THE PARK SAW BIRDS WORKING,AND WHAT A FIND HAD FISH WORKING AND JUST JUMPING OUT OF THE WATER AND NOBODY ELSE AROUND.FISHED FOR ABOUT 3 HRS NONSTOP UNTIL WE GOT TIRED OF CATCHING BLUES.WHAT A DAY.RELEASED ALL FISH TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY.OCEAN WAS LIKE A LAKE ALL DAY.

Angler Name : Joe Baskinger
E-Mail : Fluke97
Boat Name: Billy-jo
Date Fished: 5/26/98
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 to 26 inches
Bait or Lure: Killies/squid combo
Water Depth: 8 to 45 feet
Water Temp.: 64 Deg.
Information : Started at the Bug light at 8 am and did very well until party boats came in force. Three of us had 15 large Fluke by 9 am. Moved to slope of the channel in front of ammo pier & caught a 4.5 lb Fluke. 5 minutes later we caught another beauty, 5.5 lbs. These fish wre hanging out at the bottom of the slope of the channel in 45 ft. of water. Also fished the beach on the ocean side & caught Fluke & loads of Blues that we released. Got our limit of Fluke by 11 am, so we headed for the barn.

Angler Name : Al
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Susie-G III
Date Fished: 5/26/98
Location: Manasquan Rv.
Fishing Method: Bottom/Jigging
Specie: Fluke
Size: Blues 2-4 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Spearing/squid, AVA, Kroc spoon
Water Depth: 10-20
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Good day today on the river, as the fluke responded well on the outgoing tide.. I didn't get there until the tide started running strong, but the fishing was still good, got two nice fish.. Later in the day small blues invaded the river, and were breaking under birds between the Texaco gas dock at the mouth of Glimmer glass and the train bridge.. They were tons of fun on light tackle, Caught my limit in a half hour.. Not a bad day for a shakedown!!

Angler Name : Michael Borris
E-Mail : Moshduke@aol.com
Boat Name: Opposum
Date Fished: May 26, 1998
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: Drift and Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 4 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Ava w/ green tail & Bucktail
Water Depth: 8 ft.
Water Temp.: warm
Information : Started out drifting for weaks, but to know avail. Picked up 1 little fluke on the drift. Switched over to Troll. Landed 3 blues to 4 lbs. Then the wind picked up, and the rain started to fall. Very choppy and windy conditions made it hard to fish bay. Will try again Thursday. Tight lines to all

Angler Name : Darren Zatuchney
E-Mail : darrenz@eden.rutgers.edu
Boat Name: bona 4 tuna
Date Fished: 5/25
Location: shrewsbury rocks
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 35 inches
Bait or Lure: umbrella jigs
Water Depth: 35 feet
Water Temp.: 66
Information : Went out for stripped bass. Unfortunatly, thunder storms rolled in and we had to go back. However, we did locate a lot of bass and landed one 35 incher. Too bad we were forced inland or we would have had our hands full with bass.

Angler Name : Dave
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Dixie
Date Fished: 5-25-98
Location: BB-BI
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 1-2pounds
Bait or Lure: Mark Sousin White&Red Bomb
Water Depth: 8ft
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Went out about 4'oclock trolled passed some seaweed caught 3 nice blues in an hour. They must of liked 68 degree water because went into 66 degree water and did not have any more hits, until later good luck fishing.

Angler Name : Springs
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Southern Comfort
Date Fished: 05-25-98
Location: Shrewsbury River
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16-21.5
Bait or Lure: Killies
Water Depth: 8-14
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Biggest fish 21.5 inches 3.8 lbs, weigh on two scales. Slow day, three fisherman only 8 keepers. They where either 16 inches or more or 13 and less, no guess work needed. We where the only idiots that stayed out in the downpour,and lighting. The majority where caught on the falling tide after the storm. I got soaked to the bone, but PLAN TO BE THERE THIS WEEKEND ALSO. GOOD FISHING EVERY BODY.

Angler Name : Phil
E-Mail : plid@aol.com
Boat Name: Disarray
Date Fished: 5/23-24-25
Location: Sandy Hook Area
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12"-21"
Bait or Lure: Bucktail Squid
Water Depth: 6'-50'
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Limits all 3 days good fluking. Keep working productive area's. Persistance is the key.

Angler Name : Capt Fred Ascoli
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Miss Chris
Date Fished: May 25, 1998
Location: Cape May
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8 to 13 pounds
Bait or Lure: Mackerel
Water Depth: 65
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Saturday night was the first night since the blow any amount of fish were caught. Sunday and Monday nights have produced many limit catches. The fish are now slightly bigger, in the 8 to 12 pound class and a few even bigger. Looks like things are back to normal, come and get-em.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 25
Location: Sea Girt Range Bouys
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28" to 36"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 60'
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Captain Joe LaRosa and Phil Dulanie had the Canyon Runner out and loaded up on Striped Bass within 1.5 miles of Manasquan Inlet. Dave Pascrell and his charter from Patterson, NJ boated 16 Stripers, 12 of which were between 33" and 36" along with 4 shorts which were released. The action was all on umbrella rigs however we only caught when we moved away from the substantial Memorial Day boat traffic. Some of the best early season Striper fishing in years is going on right now and all should take advantage of it before it ends.

Angler Name : Lee Kenyon
E-Mail : bike@snip.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/25
Location: Ocean City
Fishing Method: Private Dock
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 12' to 33'
Bait or Lure: Mackeral
Water Depth: 10 to 25ft.
Water Temp.: 50's
Information : Dispite the new moon,with the tides rippen in and out.Over all I had a great day.No blues came through but that was not a problem,since i had my hands full with the strippers.Good kuck to you all...........

Angler Name : Al Musico
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Linda's Mink
Date Fished: 5/25/98
Location: Barnegat
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 18"
Bait or Lure: Metal
Water Depth: 25'
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Chose the worst of the 3 days to go out. Trolled umbrella rigs and plugs all morning for bass with no results. Hit a school of small blues working bait in the inlet on the way home, so the day wasn't a complete washout.

Angler Name : Joe Y.
E-Mail : yfam3@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/25
Location: Cold Spring Bridge
Fishing Method: Jigs
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 15-30
Bait or Lure: Plastics
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Action picked up as tide started to rip out. Caught 15-20 striper in a one hour period.

Angler Name : CJ Walsh
E-Mail : shotput42o@aol.com
Boat Name: Chuckwagon
Date Fished: 5-25
Location: Sea Isle Ridge
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Cut Mackerel
Water Depth: 50'-70'
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Drifted around the Barret wreck at the south end of the Sea Isle Ridge to cap off a funfilled Memorial Day weekend and although the short chop prevented us from making the run down to the East Lump, where the night boats have been fishing, we stopped on some old numbers from the log and caught a handfull of suprisingly fat spring bluefish while chumming

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: So-Kool
Date Fished: 5/25/98
Location: Sandy Hook Rips
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26 inches
Bait or Lure: Sandworms
Water Depth: 14-22
Water Temp.: 56.7
Information : Decided to spend the morning drowning a few sandworms in the rips.Arrived @ 6AM and there wwas a few boats already there. Soon had a pair of 26 inchers caught and released. the bite seemed to die some.Just as I was thinking of making a move ,I had a solid strike with a nice sized fish that took off 50 feet of drag,I applied some thumb pressure to the spool which helped stop him for the moment.I gained some line but he made another strong run and took off all I gained + some. After a few minutes he spit the hook. That was the last hit I had and was back at the dock @ 8:30AM..........

Angler Name : Pony X and Tall Paul
E-Mail : flex88@aol.com
Boat Name: The FishBitch
Date Fished: 5/25/98
Location: 1/2 mile off Mantaloking
Fishing Method: casting off the boat
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 1-3 lb cocktails
Bait or Lure: tin
Water Depth: 30'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Found 'em working under birds if ya can believe it Manasquan Inlet fans. Catch two and give chase! Lasted about an hour before high tide and shut off like a light at 8:08 am, dead high tide. Lotza fun- git out thar and git 'em while thar hot!

Angler Name : COS
E-Mail : bigcos@bellatlantic.com
Boat Name: Barbara Ann
Date Fished: 5/25/98
Location: 28 mile wreck out of Sea Isle
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: 2 lb
Bait or Lure: clams/squid
Water Depth: 135'
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Lots of action w/ sea bass- pollock-cod-ling.Caught about 30 [mixed bag] in an hour or so w/ 4 guys and had a great grilled fish dinner.All in all, thats what it's all about.

Angler Name : andy
E-Mail : thestillfamily@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: May 25 1998
Location: Bay Head Surf
Fishing Method: Surf-fish finder rig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: bunker,herring,eels
Water Depth: 5-8ft.
Water Temp.: 50's
Information : Fished the crystal clear waters of Bay Head Mon. night. Used bunker chunk and fresh herring chunk and eels, and only caught skate and sand sharks. The kids on the jetty were having a ball catching herring and the herring were loaded with small sand eels. The beach was a mob scene before it got dark and the minute it got dark everyone left, leaving me with miles and miles of empty sandy beach.

Angler Name : Pops Weasel
E-Mail : n880ep@aol.com
Boat Name: Bip N Bop
Date Fished: 5/24
Location: Flounder's Graveyard, near Big Jim Lump
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 5-10 lbs
Bait or Lure: live bait
Water Depth: 40 feet
Water Temp.: 50's
Information : These weaks were caught using a home made umbrella rig and a pancake sinker I've found that braided line works the best in the spring and that weaks love Big Jim ridge

Angler Name : ED BATEMAN CAPT BOB WALKER
E-Mail : SEACLOUDV@aol.com
Boat Name: IRISH JIG
Date Fished: MAY 24th
Location: DEL BAY BETWEEN 9 BOUY AND EEP TOWER
Fishing Method: ANCHORED
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 18in to 28in.
Bait or Lure: shedder crab
Water Depth: 14 ft.
Water Temp.: 61
Information : four of us started fishing at 8.30am we quit at 12.30 pm caught 56 fish 3 to 7lbs.. great fishinggggg like the 70ss. fish full of roe. delaware bay out of maurice river, port norris great fishing. boat is for charter. good fishing to all.

Angler Name : Rich
E-Mail : littlegang@snip.net
Boat Name: littlegang
Date Fished: 5-24-98
Location: Cape May reef
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Avg. 12 to 18 in.
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: 65ft
Water Temp.: 54 deg.
Information : Fish mid-morning til 4PM. Caught Sea Bass, Tog, & 24" Cod. Kept 28 Sea Bass. Weather was great and so was the catch!!

Angler Name : Tom and Dave
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Top Hook
Date Fished: 5-24-98
Location: Cape May Rips
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 35"-45"
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 5'-10'
Water Temp.: 58
Information : We hammered the bigger fish in the afternoon. Our biggest fish was 45". They are really starting to come in thick. If you are a serious striper fisherman, get down there.

Angler Name : A Torsiello
E-Mail : AJTorsiello@CVS.com
Boat Name: HOT ROD
Date Fished: 5/24/98
Location: Outside Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Trolling,drifting
Specie: Bluefish
Size:
Bait or Lure: Metals, yellow bombers
Water Depth: 30-60 ft.
Water Temp.: 51
Information : Started the day trolling for bluefish for about two hours with only one hit and no fish boated. Decided to join the fleet drifting for fluke about 1 mile off the beach about 1 mile south of the inlet. Caught about 8 fluke,a few skates and a few sea robins. Only 1 of the fluke was a keeper at 16 inches.

Angler Name : Drew R.McCarsky
E-Mail : kb2seo@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: - - - - - -
Date Fished: Monday, May 25 1998
Location: Northern End,Pt.Pleas,Canal
Fishing Method: Spinning along the wall
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30 inches
Bait or Lure: Fin-S 5/8 oz Jighead
Water Depth: Abt 2-3 Feet
Water Temp.: Appx60
Information : FULL OUTGOING TIDE- WORKED SLOWLY ALONG WALL!!!! , About 1 1/2 Hours after Change.....

Angler Name : Randy
E-Mail : NJBLUEFISH@MSN.COM
Boat Name: THE BIG E
Date Fished: 5/24/98
Location: MANASQUAN RIDGE
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3-4 POUNDS
Bait or Lure: BOMBER/AVA 47
Water Depth: 45-80 FEET
Water Temp.: 56-58
Information : Started drifting for Fluke just south of the Manasquan Inlet, to many boats, not enough dift, Headed for Manaquan Ridge in search for Bluefish. We found them! Trolled them using 12inch bomber and a Yellow Ava 47. Can't wait to start serious CHUNKING!!! Has anyone started SHARKIN Yet????? Please E mail with info. Thanks!

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: So-Kool
Date Fished: 5/24/98
Location: Sandy Hook Area
Fishing Method: Drift/chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25 inches
Bait or Lure: Sandworms.bunker backs
Water Depth: 13-22
Water Temp.: 59.8
Information : Started the day off in the rips and wormed up a schoolie bass of 25 inches. Once the tide died I moved over to the edge of the Swash Channel where i did well the day prior,but in 2 hours all I had for my efforts were 2 skates.......Went back to the dock and picked the wife and kids and we fluked for a bit catching 1 keeper,1 short and 1 sun-dial.

Angler Name : Jeff & Kim
E-Mail : FshHk@aol.com
Boat Name: BONE DOCTOR
Date Fished: 5/24/98
Location: Barn. Inlet to SSP
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5-7#
Bait or Lure: A27
Water Depth: 46'
Water Temp.: 58.6 F
Information : Calm conditions, warmed up nicely, started out slow then found birds working overa school, nobody else around...just how it should be...had to turn my VHF off because of all the idiots on the air

Angler Name : CAPT.BRUCE MILLER
E-Mail : CPTMARLIN1AOL.COM
Boat Name: MIRAGE
Date Fished: 5/24/98
Location: 2 MI'S.OFF MANASQUAN INLET
Fishing Method: TOLL/WIRE LINE
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 8 TO 30 LBS.
Bait or Lure: UMBRELLA RIGS
Water Depth: 50-65 FT.
Water Temp.: 61.2
Information : Good day for charters Rich and crew from Associated Brakes & Mufflers of Toms River,NJ and joing them Vince Keller,Sr. from Phoenix,Arizona. Even though it was a late start from dock we faired very well! Put in the boat first thing a 28 1/2" Striper and then added a real good catch of blues in the 6 to 12 lb. range ! But the fish of the day was caught when Capt. Bruce made the turn towards the Inlet with about 5 mins. of fishing time left at 2:55 pm--off goes the Port rod and Bill pulls in the biggest striper he has ever caught--a 37 1/2 " cow--real "girthy"--34lbs.(so he claims) !Mate Kevin did the honors with the net ! To top that off the weather and seas were just dandy ! Hope we can have some more of this good fishing before the stripers leave !!!!!

Angler Name : Ray
E-Mail : finnila.com@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Mo' Money
Date Fished: 5/24/98
Location: Sandy Hook & Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 13 to 20 inches
Bait or Lure: squid & killie combo
Water Depth: 12 to 40 feet
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Fished on the incoming tide, from 2:30 PM to 6:30 PM, beginning at the No. 1 can; then the tip of the Hook; and on the way home between buoys 2 & 4. Picked fluke at each location, with 50/50 ratio of keepers to throwbacks, along with a few sea robins. Keeper fluke were 17, 19 and 20 inches. Wasn't too crowded for a holiday weekend. Water showed signs of brown algae and some sea lettuce. Tight lines.

Angler Name : Rick
E-Mail : KeahI@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/24
Location: Cape May Point
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 26"
Bait or Lure: 2 oz. diamond jig
Water Depth: 1-20ft
Water Temp.: cool
Information : Caught in calm part part of an eddy at low tide.

Angler Name : nick doldan
E-Mail : doldann@jnlk.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/24/98
Location: Delaware Bay- 34 Bouy
Fishing Method: anchored-top and btm.
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 1-5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: chicken & bloods
Water Depth: 21-24
Water Temp.:
Information : Picked up 24 nice weaky's in 3 hrs. caught the turn of the tide. We used chicken bait with a small piece of Bloodworm Should pick up more when shedders become more available !!!

Angler Name : Martin J. Dintino
E-Mail : mdintino@hotmail.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: May 24, 1998
Location: Delaware River
Fishing Method: bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 1 foot and less
Bait or Lure: bloodworms
Water Depth: 8 feet
Water Temp.: 66
Information : We did okay fishing on the Delaware River around the Ridley Park area. We caught some pearch, stripers, and a catfish using bloodworms as bait. As far as stripers are concerned, does anybody know where the big ones are? I want to catch one 28 inches or more, so I can take it home and fillet it!

Angler Name : Chris
E-Mail : CSeymour@erols.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/24/98
Location: Seaside Park
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 9-10 lbs
Bait or Lure: Mackeral Chunk
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 55
Information : At low tide found a nice trough which started around 3rd ave and ran south for several blocks. I fished the incoming tide with a hi-lo rig without floats baited with mackeral. Several others on the beach were using fresh clam without much luck.

Angler Name : BILL
E-Mail : wkluell@msn.com
Boat Name: Puddle Pirate
Date Fished: 24May98
Location: Sandy Hook/Bug light
Fishing Method: Bottom Rig
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15-23 inches
Bait or Lure: Kellies
Water Depth: 10-20'
Water Temp.: 58
Information :

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 24
Location: Range Bouys
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28" to 38"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 60'
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Canyon Runner out for a day of bottom fishing with the Mike Mazzuco Charter from Mendam, NJ. Conditions were highly unfavorlble for bottom fishing so we decided to troll bass and blues and our decision proved wise. A few dozen bluefish were boated as well as 6 Striped bass and 4 keepers from 28" to 38" were all caught on red umbrella rigs trolling just east of Manasquan Inlet.

Angler Name : Roger Gary
E-Mail : ROGER.GARY@NSTARCH.COM
Boat Name: MY INHERITANCE
Date Fished: 5/23/98
Location: Oyster Creek
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17"
Bait or Lure: Squid and Killie
Water Depth: 18 feet
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Fished for about an hour on the incoming tide. Picked up a few fluke up to about 17-1/2 ". Went out on Sunday and picked up 2 Blue Fish using same method. Saw the striper fisherman out their along the Sedges. They got a keeper or two but the boat traffic was like "New York City" if you know what I mean.

Angler Name : kevin
E-Mail : kevin riegert
Boat Name: jolee marie
Date Fished: 5-23-98
Location: south of barnaget inlet
Fishing Method: bait and plugging
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15"to 19'
Bait or Lure: SQUID AND KILLIE
Water Depth: 50 FEET
Water Temp.: 62
Information : first fish on was a 13+pound false albacore hit like a frieght train i thought it was too early for these guys. it hit on my new loomis rod. was a great fight also fluking was good 6 fish all keepers

Angler Name : JOE R.
E-Mail : MRCONDTR@AOL.COM
Boat Name: ---
Date Fished: 5-23-98
Location: HARVEY CEDARS
Fishing Method: SURF
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: CLAM / MACKEREL CHUNK
Water Depth: 1-8 FT
Water Temp.: 61
Information : out at 5am not a bite till i gave up at 10am. Not discouraged will try again soon. Anybody with any tips for this area or LBI beaches please e-mail need all the help i can get. thanks

Angler Name : Phil
E-Mail : plid@aol.com
Boat Name: Disarray
Date Fished: 5/23/98
Location: SandyHook
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15"-20"
Bait or Lure: Bucktail squid sandeel
Water Depth: 8'-45'
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Bass fishing is definately below average this year we have to stop the netting of bunker !!!! I have yet to hear of a trophy in my area this spring !!! (thats pathetic) Big bass need big bait period.... I bet the perse seines are getting trophy's. Lots of short fish, but nothing to write about. Fluking 8 keepers 4 shorts. Check out where our locally netted bunker are going it will really make you think !!

Angler Name : Capt.JimLynch.
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Finaddict
Date Fished: 5/23/98
Location: Point Pleasant Beach
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15 to 21 inches
Bait or Lure: Killies and squid
Water Depth: 25 to 35 feet
Water Temp.: 56
Information : We fished on Sunday with the Art Zoda party from Wharetown,NJ Had 18 keepers and as many shorts.When the wind picked up in the afternoon in the afternoon the fish bite pretty good.Lots of skates and sea robins around also.

Angler Name : tom c
E-Mail : lofi@webtv.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5-23-98
Location: point pleasant beach
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0"-0"
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 6-7 t
Water Temp.: mid 50's
Information : started fising at 5 am (high tide was 6:18) till 9 am. nothing at all! its seems to be feast or famine for me this year! tried plugs,jigs and bucktails with my other rod. saw about 10 other guys fishing and the only results i saw was 1 bluefish and a few sea rats err robbins. of course for this outing i bought extra bait! but thats fishing!

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: So-Kool
Date Fished: 5/23/98
Location: Sandy Hook Area
Fishing Method: Mainly chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26-29 1/4 inches
Bait or Lure: Bunker chunks
Water Depth: 20 Feet
Water Temp.: 59.7
Information : By the time I got out it was lsack tide at the tip of the Hook,so I decided to drift a few sandworms in the rips til the tide started to move. Much to my surprise within 5 minutes i was into a nice sized fish..after 10 minutes I had the fish boatside and it was a nice striper that looked at least 35 inches,but at the last moment the hook pulled. Following that i anchored along the edge of the Swash Channel and chunked for a few hours.Nothing hot and heavy just a slow bite. Here I boated a bass of 29.25 inches along with a short bass and 3 bluefish in the 2-4 pound class. I finished off the day drifting for fluke off the nude beach and boxed 2 keepers while throwing back 1 short.All in all not a bad day and did get my first grand-slam of '98.

Angler Name : sonya m. benton
E-Mail : sonya_benton@phmc.state.pa.us
Boat Name: skipper
Date Fished: may 23, 1998
Location: belmar, new jersey
Fishing Method: bottom fishing
Specie: Ling (AKA Red Hake)
Size: 14 inches
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: unknown
Water Temp.: 50's
Information : this particular trip was a little disappointing, however it still was nice because the fish were biting everytime I had my rod in the water, but I just could not hook anything. Should've went out for the all mighty "blues"

Angler Name : RICK
E-Mail :
Boat Name: N/A
Date Fished: 5-23-98
Location: BRICK TWS
Fishing Method: SURF
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 31'
Bait or Lure: CLAMS
Water Depth: 5-15
Water Temp.: ?
Information : IN COMEING 4:30

Angler Name : andy
E-Mail : thestillfamily@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: May 23
Location: Bay Head Surf
Fishing Method: Surf, fish finder rig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 15lb. 34in
Bait or Lure: fresh clam
Water Depth: 5ft.
Water Temp.: 50s
Information : fished Bay Head Surf 1am till 3am and got 3 hits but landed a 15lb. 34in striper. Used fresh clam on a fish finder rig and 3oz. weight. As usual, no boats and nobody to be seen for miles and miles around, just me and the fish and the pristine clear water on a plain sandy beach- no jetties nothing, where's my fly rod? andy

Angler Name : Andrew Barbara
E-Mail : Pinefrsh99@aol.com
Boat Name: King Crab
Date Fished: 5/23/98
Location: 5 mi. off Barnegat Inlet
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size:
Bait or Lure: Jigs and butterfish
Water Depth: 90-100 ft.
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Followed the charter fleet out and went south near Antlatic City. Nothing was biting so we went back north to the inlet but found no one was having any luck.

Angler Name : Anthony,Jimmy,Balls
E-Mail : Crunch33a@Aol.com
Boat Name: Double Haul
Date Fished: SAt MAy 23
Location: Manasquan
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 4-6Lbs
Bait or Lure: Umbrella rigs,Clark Spoons
Water Depth: 25-70'
Water Temp.: UKn
Information : From off the beach of Spring Lake to the Sea girt reef the trolling was fine using both wire and 10oz drails on mono

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Angler Name : Phil
E-Mail : plid@aol.com
Boat Name: Disarray
Date Fished: 5/22/98
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12"-20"
Bait or Lure: Bucktail squid sandeels
Water Depth: 12'-45'
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Bucked the bay for 6 keepers 3 shorts put in a lot of time, fishing was average at best !!

Angler Name : kosta
E-Mail : gza899@aol.com
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: may 22 night at 730
Location: eigth ave in asbury
Fishing Method: surf and jetty
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: none
Bait or Lure: bunker and clams
Water Depth: 5'
Water Temp.: 50's or 60's
Information : got to the beach at 730 and saw bunker all over but this didnt help no hits or anything on clams or bunker chunks and the jetty was the same except that i caught a double horse shoe crab on my hi low rig. still a great night even though i didnt catch anything some guys said some shorts were caught earlier no blues in site where are they?????????

Angler Name : Lee Kenyon
E-Mail : bike@snip.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/21
Location: ocean city
Fishing Method: private dock
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 21' to 51.5'
Bait or Lure: chunks of mackeral
Water Depth: 10 to 20
Water Temp.: 50's
Information : Along with the Strippers,there were many blues thrown in to,that ranged from 5 to 12 pds.Heres a little tip for this area.Fish the docks for strippers on the tide changes.

Angler Name : Ron
E-Mail : Drmjm5
Boat Name: PropGrinder
Date Fished: 5/21/98
Location: Sandy hook Rip
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24"- 33"
Bait or Lure: sandworms
Water Depth: 26'
Water Temp.:
Information :

Angler Name : E Dougherty
E-Mail : edoc@jerseycape.com
Boat Name: Reel Stories
Date Fished: 05/21/98
Location: Cape May rips
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28 - 20 lbs (limited out)
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 24
Water Temp.: 58
Information : three anglers fished for 4 hours limited out on the stripers using a bonus tag and kept 7 fish,,,released 2 other fish very good day left the dock at 6am and back by 10am

Angler Name : Joe Baskinger
E-Mail : Fluke 97
Boat Name: Billy-jo
Date Fished: 5/21/98
Location: Sandy Hook--Bug Light
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 TO 22 In.
Bait or Lure: Killies / Squid Combo.
Water Depth: 6 to 28 Ft.
Water Temp.: 64 Deg.
Information : Three of us fished the Bug light & finished the day with our limit of 24 fluke. Also caght Bluefish, Skates, Searobins,Stargazers, & 1 Blackfish. Heaviest Fluke was 4.5 lbs.

Angler Name : Jeff Petrone
E-Mail : jeffy56-2@idt.net
Boat Name: Daddy's Dream
Date Fished: 5/21
Location: Sandy Hook-Bug Light,Rip
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12"-23"
Bait or Lure: Squid,killies,spearing
Water Depth: 15'-40'
Water Temp.:
Information : This was my first trip out for fluke this year and had a great time. Prior to going for fluke we hit the rip for some striper action and I hooked 3(2 Keepers 28" & 29", 1- 24"). The captian, Frank Bylina, hooked a 24" that was also thrown back. Fished by the Bug Light along with every other boat that was in the water and when they left the area and went by the ammo pier we bagged all our fluke. We had 16 keepers and another 8 shorts. I also hooked 8 sea robin and Frank had a few sundials.

Angler Name : E Dougherty
E-Mail : edoc@jerseycape.com
Boat Name: Reel Stories
Date Fished: 05/20/98
Location: Cape May rips
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28-18lbs (limited out on fish)
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 24
Water Temp.: 58
Information : limited out on stripers,using a bonus tag to keep extra fish,,two anglers

Angler Name : Capt. george
E-Mail : G88FISH88
Boat Name: Striper 17
Date Fished: 5/20/98
Location: Shrewsbury River
Fishing Method: Drifting worms
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 3 to 5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Sand worms
Water Depth: 12 ft.
Water Temp.: 56
Information : tried four spots and nothing, last stop picked up four weaks 3 to 5 lbs. drifting worms about a foot of the bottem. also had two hits on white mister twister tails

Angler Name : tom c
E-Mail : lofi@webtv.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5-20-98
Location: point pleasant beach
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 29"
Bait or Lure: clams and worms
Water Depth: 6-7 ft
Water Temp.: 50's
Information : started fishing at the top of the tide in the afternoon. i had my first fish on before i baited the second rod. all in all i had at least 10 stripers in 1 1/2 hours. then the blues showed up. i caught one on clams and the striper bite stopped. stuck around a little longer and managed 2 more small stripers. lots of people were having fun with the small 1-3 lb blues. but i split

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 20
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27" to 41"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 40'
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had another good day trolling Striped Bass and Bluefish up around Sandy Hook. The Jeff and Travis Turner charter from Valley Forge, PA filled the boxes with 8 to 14 pound bluefish and add 6 Striped Bass. 3 Stripers were 27" and returned, however, 3 others of 32" 36" and 41" were put in the boat.

Angler Name : Ken
E-Mail : kenford88@Prodigy.net
Boat Name: Tru-Blue
Date Fished: 5-20-98
Location: Delaware Bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size: up to 6lbs
Bait or Lure: teasers w/chicken
Water Depth: 12ft
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Left Fortescue 0700 and traveled 1/2 mi off beach where the water drops off about 2'. fished for 2hrs and caught 6 nice fish with the biggest just being over 6lbs.

Angler Name : Nick Smith
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Queen Mary
Date Fished: may 20
Location: ocean
Fishing Method: bait, chum, some jig
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5 lbs
Bait or Lure: chopped fish
Water Depth: ???
Water Temp.: ???
Information : Went out to where the blues were biting fot the last 3 days, but only caught about 6 there after about 2 hrs, so went to some other spots. Not much luck anywhere. only about 12 fish caught all day, by about 20 guys. I caught 0, but had 2 good strikes. from what I heard, the other party boats werent catching many blues either, so it wasnt just us.

Angler Name : CAPT. RICH EDELMAN
E-Mail :
Boat Name: TRIPLE NICKEL
Date Fished: 5/20/98
Location: RARITAN BAY
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32 INCHES
Bait or Lure: UMBRELLA RIG
Water Depth: 27'
Water Temp.:
Information : ANOTHER GOOD DAY ON THE BAY..LARGE STRIPERS..AND MANY BLUEFISH NONE KEPT UNDER EIGHT POUNDS AND STILL MANAGED TO FILL THE BOX...OUTGOING TIDE SEEMS TO BE THE FASTEST ACTION...

Angler Name : Jeff Godlewski
E-Mail : joisey66@hotmail.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/20/98
Location: Asbury/Point Pleasant RR bridge
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Red algae all over the surf..fished for 1 hr with no hits..went to RR bridge in Point, had 2 shorts

Angler Name : Scott
E-Mail : snorris@bellatlantic.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/20/98
Location: Cape May Point
Fishing Method: Plugging
Specie: Weakfish
Size: Spikes to 6 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bucktails
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : There are alot of fish around all the jettys at the point . Some of the fish are Nice size. I caught 1 around 6 lbs on a white bucktail with a purple and green tail.Make sure you let your bucktail sink all the way down and reel extremely slow. Good Luck

Angler Name : Pops Weasel
E-Mail : n880ep@aol.com
Boat Name: Bip and Bop
Date Fished: 5/20
Location: Flounder's Graveyard
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 3lbs, 8 oz
Bait or Lure: Killie
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : I caught this doormat using a live killie, while trolling today.

Angler Name : Reid
E-Mail : Reelrkl
Boat Name: Party Boat Flamingo
Date Fished: Tues. May 20
Location: Sheepshead Bay
Fishing Method: Drift Jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 4-16
Bait or Lure: Only Jigging
Water Depth: 15-80
Water Temp.: 50s
Information : Statred fishing as we left the dock,Fish in the 4-6 range we rode across to the new jersy side by the naval peir, The birds were working and so were we, Caught Blues up to 8 lbs. From there we rode to a light house and caught blues up to 16 lbs, As they say monster blues, After the tide changed, so did the fishing! NOTHING ..Only a nice cool boat ride, After all was done had a good day of fishing.Capt Bob really does try! See you next week

Angler Name : R. EDELMAN
E-Mail :
Boat Name: TRIPLE-NICKEL
Date Fished: 5-19-98
Location: RARITAN BAY
Fishing Method: TROLL
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32 INCH
Bait or Lure: UMBRELLA
Water Depth: 26
Water Temp.:
Information : CAUGHT STRIPER, BLUEFISH ,AND 23 INCH WEAKFISH..YESTERDAY CAUGHT 18 POUND BLUEFISH..SAME PLACE..BAY FULL OF BLUEFISH

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 19
Location: 6 miles East of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 1-3 lbs.
Bait or Lure: clams & Squid
Water Depth: 60'
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Pete Monatee charter from Bergen County out on the Canyon Runner and put together a decent catch of Sea Bass and Blackfish up to 7 pounds. All of the fish were caught on the first and only wreck fished.

Angler Name : Gene E. Karlson
E-Mail :
Boat Name: 19' Airflow
Date Fished: 5-19-98
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 13" to 23 1/2"
Bait or Lure: Killies, Spearing, Squid
Water Depth: 8' to 18'
Water Temp.:
Information : Went out on my buddy Tom's boat, Tom, Jerry, and I fished for 3 hours, nothing. Seemed like we hit a nice hole and the fun began, 14 fish, 9 keeper fluke, the biggest was 23 1/2". Jerry started the action with the 1st keeper, then Tom, and me last. Won't forget where that spot is! Nice day with friends and fish. Fish that size are in awfully early, but I'm definitly not complaining, just need the big Stripers now. Fish ON!

Angler Name : Capt. TC Thompson
E-Mail : tc174@prodigy.net
Boat Name: Catherine S.
Date Fished: 05/19/98
Location: Mantoloking Beach
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30>34---- 17# - 15#
Bait or Lure: Green tube / Jaw Breaker
Water Depth: 45>55
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Called my brother inlaw and his uncle who were already on the troll off Mantoloking beach as to the ocean conditions and their responce was,they had a keeper striper already, so get packing and get out side. I started trolling about a mile north of there location and had alot of bait marks within the top 15 feet with larger marks closer to the bottom. I changed over to a green banana tube, on a virgin Christmas rig, and within 10 minutes I had my first striper ( 34"*17#'s ) of the season. After about 30 more minutes I had a 10# blue and another striper ( 30"*15#'s ) which was caught on a blue and silver jaw breaker. For the first time out, I hope this is just a taste of whats to come for this season. My brother inlaw and I have a standing bet, Fist fish $ 5.00, so he wins this time.

Angler Name : Al
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/19/98
Location: Seaside Park
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 31"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 5-10
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Fished the surf in SSP, 5th avenue, from 7-8:30 pm, picked up one nice 31" keeper, 13.2 lbs.. Difference seemed to be a hi-lo rig versus a float rig.. I missed a few others, and I eventually ran out of bait.. Back at the bait shop two other guys came in w/ nice fish.. The fish are there, go get em'!!!

Angler Name : BOB ERICKSON
E-Mail : Farmerbob@compuserve.com
Boat Name: Free Bee
Date Fished: 5/19/98
Location: Barnegat bay #42 Marker
Fishing Method: Trolling pony Tails
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2to 3lbs Also weakfish @3lbs
Bait or Lure: Greenwith yellow pony tails
Water Depth: 7 Ft
Water Temp.: 69-70
Information : Started the day early with intention to catch Stripers but we forgot to take the eels with us. So we opted to try for weakfish by jigging fin s but couldent locate any. We did manage to find one fluke in Double creek channel by marker 18. Afetr that we took a ride to the inlet to see if there was any activity . But to our dismay we only found one sundial; 1 blue; 2 sea robins . we then went back to the 42 marker where we trolled blue fish and weakfish . I was very sur prised we picked up three weaks trolling. I think the reason we caught them was when i made a turn sharp which let the ponytail sink a little. It dident matter with the blue fish they would hit even trolling at 5.5to 6mph. the best area i fond was alittle north of 42 by the crab pots thats where we had most of our fish. so give it a try guys it saved our day I think we had atoatal of 35 blues but we only kept one that was hooked deep. give it atry guys and look for my brothers report from the Ocean Runner good luck and tight lines.

Angler Name : JEFF Z.
E-Mail :
Boat Name: HOOK EYE
Date Fished: MAY 18, 1998
Location: MANASQUAN RIVER
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size: 151/2 INCHES
Bait or Lure: LOND SKINNY SQUID STRIPS
Water Depth: 10-20 FEET
Water Temp.: 61-62 DEGREES
Information : MONDAY WAS GREAT, FISHING WAS EXCELLENT, SUN WAS OUT, FELT SORRY FOR EVERYONE THAT HAD TO WORK. WE CAUGHT OUT GOING TIDE HAD 3 FLUKE IN THE BOX FIRST HALF HOUR. THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOOD YEAR FOR FLUKE. PS THERE IS ALSO WORLD RECORD DIRTY BIRD IN THE MANASQUAN.

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: So-Kool
Date Fished: 5/18/98
Location: Sandy Hook Bug Light
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15-19 inches
Bait or Lure: Squid/Spearing
Water Depth: 9-27 Feet
Water Temp.: 60.7
Information : Played hookey from the office and took the wife Laurie and my 3 year old son Jason out with me today...This was Jason's first offical fishing trip......We began on the Atlantic Highlands flats and after several drifts we had 2 fluke in the box..and yes Jason did catch his first fish ever a nice 19 inch fluke....1 tailor bluefish while returning a short fluke...we then moved over to the Bug Light to enjoy a slow pick.We added an additional 4 keeper fluke and returned 2 shorts,2 sea-robins and 1 sun-dial

Angler Name : JimmyD
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5-18-98
Location: Cape May
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30"
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Strippers and Blues in and out every hour or two. caught 2-3lb. Blues also on Bunker. Fish were caught off ocean side jettys.

Angler Name : Joe Nicoletti
E-Mail : joen@admin.vitinc.com
Boat Name: FAREBEAT
Date Fished: 5-18-98
Location: Normandy Beach-Spring Lake
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 20-40'
Water Temp.: 61
Information : I tried north, I tried south. Not even a hit. One sea robin. Many boats were inside the inlet, but I didn't see any fish coming up.

Angler Name : "jd" Lancaster
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Rainmaker
Date Fished: May 18
Location: Great Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17"+
Bait or Lure: Squid killie
Water Depth: 5 16 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : caught 4 fluke on last 2 hrs of out going tide

Angler Name : Justin
E-Mail : white.eagle@mindpulse.com
Boat Name: White Eagle
Date Fished: 5/18/98
Location: Sandy Hook, Raritan Bay & Lower NY Bay
Fishing Method: Drift, then troll
Specie: Fluke
Size: Fluke 15-19 inch, 33 inch blue (11lbs
Bait or Lure: Squid/live killies, trolling diamond jigs
Water Depth: 15-40 feet
Water Temp.: ~61
Information : First tried off Staten Island, accross from Keyport, didn't even get a bite.... Then off to Sandy Hook to pick up 5 keepers, 0 shorts, and 1 scat between two fishermen and one onlooker (my GF didn't want to fish, just get a tan :) ) On the way back to port we trolled diamond jigs and picked up a nice 11 lb bluefish off leonardo. Gonna try again later this week.. just going for cruise later today...

Angler Name : Mark Drew and Chuck
E-Mail : ChuckyPete@msn.com
Boat Name: ABC
Date Fished: 5/18/98
Location: Holgate-Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 16-18 lbs.
Bait or Lure: live herring
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Left dock at 7:20 PM, weather beautiful, tide perfect, bugs awful. Caught three large and fiesty striped bass. Mark caught two on a twelve pound spinning rod, fought each one for at least fifteen minutes. Drew caught one near the end. Packed up at 10:10. Great fishing and thank God for the monster net.

Angler Name : Joe R.
E-Mail : mrconductr@aol
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 5/18/98
Location: harvey cedars
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 33 in
Bait or Lure: mackerel chunk
Water Depth: 10-15 ft
Water Temp.: low 60's
Information : started at 1:30 fished till 5:00 water was soooo dirty couldn't keep the sea weed off my line. Even so still managed to land a 15 lber with about 20 lbs of sea weed. All in all got some sun , some fish , and got OUTTA WORK.

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: So-Kool
Date Fished: 5/17/98
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15-18.5 inches
Bait or Lure: Squid/spearing
Water Depth: 17-21 feet
Water Temp.: 59.3
Information : Anthony,Trish and myself left the dock @10AM and headed for the area we caught them in the day prior.In no time we had 2 nice fluke in the box and over the course of the next 2 hours we added 6 more keeper fluke,1 small bluefish @ 2 pounds and 2 short fluke. We next moved over to join the fleet amassed between the Coast Guard Station and the Bug Light,where we could only manage 2 short fluke and 2 sea-robins both coming on our last drift.

Angler Name : Dan McGivney
E-Mail : Danmcgi
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 5/17/98
Location: Local Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 1to 2.5 lbs
Bait or Lure: clams squid crabs
Water Depth: 75
Water Temp.: 57
Information : fished two local wrecks and managed a slow pick of sea bass blackfish and ling. Conditions were poor wind and tide not cooperating .

Angler Name : carolina joe
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/17/98
Location: sea isle city -- ludlam bay
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: bucktails -- spearing
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : after the cold front went through,we hooked up 15 fluke keepers the largest 4lbs. had 10 throwbacks haven't seen fishing this good in years. Still looking for the weakfish to start. Saw large blues still being caught in the bay on metal and pork rind.

Angler Name : john
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 05/17/98
Location: bayhead
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20-25inch
Bait or Lure: sand worms/fresh clams
Water Depth: 3-4
Water Temp.: n/a
Information : Fished the surf in Bayhead,low tide 7-9am, wrong tide but did manage 5 shorts and one sand dial. All one worms despite fresh clams on one rod. Small blues came in as I was leaving.

Angler Name : Andrew Walter
E-Mail : fishbays1@aol.com
Boat Name: Hangover
Date Fished: 5/17/98
Location: Great Bay - Grassy Channel
Fishing Method: Bucktail w/ squid & minnie
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 6 lbs 2 oz
Bait or Lure: green and purple bucktail
Water Depth: 11 ft
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Weakie hit me like a frieght train! By the end of the day we had 9 keeper fluke, 2 throw backs, 1 bluefish and that really nice weakie in about 4 hours of fishing! Tight lines!

Angler Name : Alex
E-Mail : shaqattack@altavista.net
Boat Name: Tide Ruinner III
Date Fished: 5/17/98
Location: Pt. Pleasant
Fishing Method: Trolling/ on the surface
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 4-8 lbs
Bait or Lure: Blue and Green Bucktails tiped with squid and spearing
Water Depth: 90 feet
Water Temp.: ???
Information : It was a very slow day. The bluefish were scattered. We had only 4 fish. When we went into the manasquan river to fish for fluke we got nothing. Hope you have better luck

Angler Name : Capt.Scott
E-Mail : marlin1
Boat Name: Charterboat First Light II
Date Fished: 5-17-98
Location: Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 1@36" 1@30" 3@27"
Bait or Lure: Bunker spoon & Unbrella rigs
Water Depth: 20'-39'
Water Temp.: 56*
Information : Trolled a bunch of blues on the edge at 14 & 16 bouy, the bass where scattered from this area to swash channel. I couldnt troll around swash or 7s because of the large amount of chunkers.The air was cold but the fishing was excellent!

Angler Name : Phil
E-Mail : plid@aol.com
Boat Name: Disarray
Date Fished: 5/17/98
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12"-19"
Bait or Lure: Bucktails Sqiud
Water Depth: 12'-40'
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Bucktailed all over the bay. Best area's seem to be bug Light and flats between the rip and the tip. Ton of boats clustering in that area. Had some real nice Fluke to 19" about 3 pounds total of 9 keepers.

Angler Name : jim johnson
E-Mail : jjohn81602@aol.com
Boat Name: satans toy
Date Fished: 5/17/98
Location: san jose wreck
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 3 lbs
Bait or Lure: clam and green crab
Water Depth: 105ft
Water Temp.: 56
Information : fished san jose wreck near lobster hole north of atlantic city. caught 18 sea bass 10 ling and tog. water conditions were perfect!!!

Angler Name : Tim
E-Mail : t_lisk@hotmail.com
Boat Name: SEA HUNTER
Date Fished: 5/17
Location: Sandy Hook / Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 7.2 lbs
Bait or Lure: White Bucktail with trailing hook
Water Depth: 15
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Fished aboard the Atlantic Highlands partyboat the SEA HUNTER and took my pick from 14 keepers and a pool winning 7lb fish. Fishing was good. Most people averaged 4 or 5 fish with sharpies easily catching limits.

Angler Name : Al Musico
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Linda's Mink
Date Fished: 5/17/98
Location: Barnegat Inlet
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 15 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished the last 2 hours of the outgoing tide with 2 shorts and 1 keeper. Fresh clams did the trick, but the bite died as soon as the tide turned.

Angler Name : Randy Fisher
E-Mail : NJBLUEFISH@MSN.COM
Boat Name: THE BIG E
Date Fished: 5/17/98
Location: Manasquan Inlet to Asbury Tower
Fishing Method: Drift and Jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-3 pounds
Bait or Lure: Diamond Jigs
Water Depth: 0-40
Water Temp.: 62
Information : We started out drifting for fluke in the inlet to the railroad. The current was so bad I felt like we were trolling for fluke. 8oz couldn't hold bottom! No bites, anglers around me were pulling up far and few between. There are still winter flounder around! Some Sea Robins. The ocean was about 2-3 12knot winds from the NW. No luck. Better next time, it's early.

Angler Name : rdwrkr15
E-Mail : rdwrkr15@aol.com
Boat Name: CScaper
Date Fished: 5-16 & 5-17
Location: Cape May Inlet
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Tautog
Size: 18"
Bait or Lure: green crab
Water Depth: 15-20
Water Temp.: 57
Information :

Angler Name : WOG
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Cock Robbing
Date Fished: May 17
Location: Pt. Pleasant
Fishing Method: chum/chunking
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5+
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 200'
Water Temp.:
Information : caught fair amount of blues on chunks-1 lucky angler caught a 43" stripper mixed in with the blues

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Angler Name : Sonya M. Benton
E-Mail : Sonya Benton @ PHMC.State.pa.us
Boat Name: Golden Eagle
Date Fished: May 16, 1998
Location: Belmar, New Jersey
Fishing Method: bait
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 12 lbs
Bait or Lure: bait
Water Depth: 80 ft
Water Temp.: 58 degrees
Information : I must admit this one was of the most exciting experiences I've ever had. I caught the biggest fish on the boat and what makes this experience so funny is that this was only my second time fishing my first was just about one month ago, out of Cape May, I didn't catch one thing but that's ok. It was really rough out there that day. We had a charter of 9 people including my 8 year old daughter, this would have been her first time also and the only time our stomaches churned was due to being hungry not because of the roughness of the ocean or the way the boat rocked like it was going to tilt over. The only thing it was a little chilly that day, and I mean to tell you it was rough but not too rough for me. On Saturday the ocean was calm and sparkling . The temperatures was in the 80s and it made for a perfect day to go fishing. It seemed like my instinct told me that I was going to catch something that day. Holy macro I didn't know I was going to catch that catch of the day. My bluefish was mean but I slammed him! Well I had little help from my old man and the boat's mait hooked him for me. I told my old man that I was going to get a whale of a fish and I did. I won the pool of $156.00. What a day to remember!

Angler Name : cos
E-Mail : bigcos@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: barbara ann
Date Fished: 5/15-16/98
Location: ludlem bay sea isle
Fishing Method: cast & retrive
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 23"&24"
Bait or Lure: 1 oz. crippled herring
Water Depth: 12'
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Used ultra lite w/ 6lb.test from 7-8pm both nights. This size fish on this light tackle is a blast. Try it , you'll love it.

Angler Name : Uncle Lar
E-Mail : fpcsoup@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/16/98
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Hook & Line in Water
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28"-32"
Bait or Lure: Sand Worms/Fresh Bunker
Water Depth: 12-20'
Water Temp.: Unknown
Information : Fished incoming tide from 1900 to 2400 hrs. No action till after dark. Two keeper bass (29" & 32") plus eight shorts caught and one nice 3 1/2# weakie! All action from the navy pier.

Angler Name : mike mercer
E-Mail : mikemercer@hotmail.com
Boat Name: beach fishing
Date Fished: 5/16/98
Location: point pleasant beach
Fishing Method: surf casting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32"
Bait or Lure: chunked herring
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: dont care
Information : good bite dead high tide, slowed down 2 hours out. blue fish and a lot of shorts made for a great day with the family.brother jim you better watch my video tapes again.

Angler Name : Howard Rothweiler
E-Mail : howardr2@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: Striper
Date Fished: 5/16/98
Location: Inside Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Bottom/ Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 8 fish up to 17"
Bait or Lure: Killie and squid
Water Depth: 20ft.
Water Temp.: unknown
Information :

Angler Name : Ed Alvarez
E-Mail : Edward_Alvarez@ml.com
Boat Name: NJ-Enterprise (proposed)
Date Fished: 5/16/98
Location: Between West Bank Horn & New Dorp Beach S.I.
Fishing Method:
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 36 "
Bait or Lure: Troll Diamond Jigs- Green tubes
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Took my son Daniel (10) out for fluke out to the Hook but stopped West of the West Bank Horn after noticing bunker-madness. Tried to chuk to no avail, then decided to troll on the way to the Hook. Pleasantly surpised within 5 minutes. I'll never forget my son's face as he hooked his first fish. He was actually a little afraid, But now he cant wait to do it again! Caught 6 before they quit (@1/2 hr.). Headed to Bug Light for Fluke... Skunked! But in all a MARVELOUS day in the bay !!

Angler Name : WOG
E-Mail : pwog@aol.com
Boat Name: cock robbing
Date Fished: 5-16
Location: pt. plesant
Fishing Method: chum
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5+
Bait or Lure: mackarel, uncle charlie
Water Depth: 200'
Water Temp.:
Information : Caught some other strange fish...someone said it was a J-fish? Does anyone know what that was? It had big lips, spots next to the eyes and was wider at the backend.

Angler Name : Keith
E-Mail : kaw@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: Miss Fortesque
Date Fished: 5/16/98
Location: Delaware Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: >15
Bait or Lure: Killies/squid/chicken/etc
Water Depth: 30-40'
Water Temp.: current
Information : Saturday was a fair day. First time out and got 7 keepers between 3 of us. Fast water early then slack and little wind made irregular drifting conditions causing more tangles than usual. Mates Don and Arno did a good job as usual trying to keep everybody happy. Capt. Jim did as well as anyone trying to keep the boat straight. Saw quite a few fluke come on board with not as many throw backs as last year (we only had 2). Lots of skates and a few sharks but no blues or weaks. My only bad comment is that I wish people would learn a little about fishing in groups before getting on a party boat, but I guess after spending $25.00 and spending most of the day untying knots and retying lines teaches some people a lesson. Tight lines to all.

Angler Name : Greg Heminway
E-Mail : hrsilky@aol.com
Boat Name: Heminway
Date Fished: 5/16/98
Location: Great Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17" to 18"
Bait or Lure: squid/mackerel
Water Depth: 7' to 20'
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Slow pick all day. Had about 6 throw backs and 8 keepers. Spent the morning at 139 then went to grassy then to 132 and it didn't make much difference where we were. The fishing stayed the same allday (slow). Feel free to e-mail me with any suggestions!!

Angler Name : Dick T
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Three of Us
Date Fished: 5/16/98
Location: Manasquan Ridge
Fishing Method: Trolling/Jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 6 to 8 lbs.
Bait or Lure: A-27's & Parachute lures
Water Depth: 65 to 80 ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Ocean was dead flat. Marked a lot of fish early. First time out with my nephew and he had a blast. Lot of fish swimming on surface finning very slowly and reluctant to bite. Picked up enough "strays" to make the day interesting. Looks like the ridge is ready to open up.

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: So-Kool
Date Fished: 5/16/98
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14-19 inches
Bait or Lure: Squid/spearing.....squid/killie
Water Depth: 6-28 feet
Water Temp.: 59.7
Information : Started the day off drifting off the Bug Light since I knew this area has been producing a decent fluke bite the past 2 weeks. By the second drift 2 keepers were in the box. After a few more drifts and a total of 7 fluke in the box and the release of 1 short fluke,we moved over to the edge of the Swash Channel to chunk for awhile since the fluke bite died and the fleet had grown. in 3 hours of chunking we landed 3 bluefish from 4-7.5 pounds had numerous run offs and pulled the hook and 2 nice sized fish. On the way in we stopped that produced excelalnt early season fluking last year and in short order put an additional 5 keeper fluke in the box and released another short.The spearing/squid combination held a slight edge over the squid/kille combination.

Angler Name : Tony Dee
E-Mail :
Boat Name: None
Date Fished: 5-16-98
Location: North Brigantine Beach
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26&30"
Bait or Lure: Mackrel
Water Depth: 6 to 10 '
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Got on the beach with friends about 8:30am. Fish started to bite about 1 hour before high tide and continued well after tide change,caught two Stripers,eight Bluefish,two Flounders, all on Mackerl. Great day to be on the beach, seen many Bluefish and Stripers caught on both sides of us.Hope the whole season can be like today.
Good Fishing!!

Angler Name : Ray
E-Mail :
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: 5-16-98
Location: deal surf and raritan bay
Fishing Method: live bait
Specie: Fluke
Size: 13-20" and 22" bass
Bait or Lure: killies squid and plug
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: 55-60
Information : hit rosevelt ave jetty early landed 22" bass then hit a pier in the bay and got 4 fluke 2 keepers 18" and 20" veyr fat on live killies and squid

Angler Name : dan
E-Mail : donato49@aol.com
Boat Name: nauti lady
Date Fished: 5/16/98
Location: barnegat inlet
Fishing Method: trolling/drifting
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8 1/2 lbs. 32"
Bait or Lure: mullet/butterfish chunks
Water Depth: 28'
Water Temp.: 55
Information : great day not many fish managed to pick up 6 blues,1 trolling a red&white deep diver rebel and the others i got chunking butters and spearing with mullet and butterfish hook baits while drifting south of barnegat inlet off the beach,one was 8 1/2 lbs. and the rest were small,till next time.....good fishin!

Angler Name : Antsmashin
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/16/98
Location: Spring Lake beach
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25 inches
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 6-7 ft.
Water Temp.: ?
Information : me and pal fished off spring lake beach.... 7-9 pm.... had bout 10 hits off clams... only managed 2 shorties though.... catch you later dudes....

Angler Name : joe
E-Mail : chixboy@aol
Boat Name: chicken of the sea
Date Fished: 5-16
Location: rip
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22"-40"
Bait or Lure: chunks
Water Depth: 14
Water Temp.: 52.3
Information : lots of fish at the rip. blues everywhere in the 6-12lb class. many stripers and a few BIG ones!!!

Angler Name : Pat McGee
E-Mail : pat_mcgee@mobil.com
Boat Name: Super Sport
Date Fished: 5/16/98
Location: out of Fortesque
Fishing Method:
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 18 1/2"
Bait or Lure: Diamond Jig with Squid
Water Depth: 14'
Water Temp.:
Information : Beautiful day, water was flat expectations high. Few flounder caught in the a.m.with out going tide.(water still somewhat dirty from last weeks storm). More throw backs than keepers. 2-15" 1-16" 1-17". One small Weak fish all day. Most boats sat and waited for incoming tide. The incoming tides brought the schools of Blues. This action saved our day. Diving birds kept us abreast of where the blues were. 3-4 lb. range.

Angler Name : Dennis Stiers
E-Mail : R.Stiers@att.net.com
Boat Name: suzy q
Date Fished: 5 -16 -98
Location: off the power plant
Fishing Method: jiging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 1\2 oz
Bait or Lure: bucktail
Water Depth: 10 ft
Water Temp.: 50
Information : fished for half hour caught two blues

Angler Name : Fred Dintino
E-Mail : fred.m.dintino@lmco.com
Boat Name: Magic Motion
Date Fished: 05/16/1998
Location: Delaware River
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: shorts
Bait or Lure: Blood Worms
Water Depth: 8 - 10'
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Four people fishing off Tinicum Island. Started fishing as the tide started to come come in. Got two twenty incher Stripers right away. Then a good run off that was lost. As the tide picked up, the fishing dropped off. Could only "pick" the rest of the day. Got several very small stripers. Lots of good size silver perch and as few catfish. This mix of fish is usual for this party. Would like to hear from anyone who can tell me how to raise stripers in the river without using blood worms. This guy tried everything and nothing works nearly as good as ($5.00) dozen bloods. Stripers are spawning now so release them quickly and gently. Happy Fishing...

Angler Name : tom c
E-Mail : lofi@webtv.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5-16-98
Location: point pleasant beach
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22"
Bait or Lure: sand worms and clams
Water Depth: 6-7 ft
Water Temp.: 50's
Information : fished the outgoing tide in the afternoon. the one fish i got showed up after 2 hours of waiting! not a good day! it took the clams by the way

Angler Name : Chatlie
E-Mail : lawncar@ptd.net
Boat Name: Madrugader (Maya Dawn)
Date Fished: May 16
Location: Earle Naval Pier
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18" - 22"
Bait or Lure: killey/squid
Water Depth: 30'
Water Temp.: ??
Information : I finally got around to getting the boat down to the water. Left late in the morning to avoid the madness at the launch area. Succeeded in finding the madness on the roads and in the water. Fished the outgoing tide and my partner was dragged around the boat by a four pound bluefish. She was using ultra light tackle. Fishing was slow with well fed fluke merely sucking in the bait. As usual the first fish waited for me to have a sandwich in one hand, Captains of all boats insist on racing through the drifting fleet. It sure beats work. Returned to the boat yard to find someone parked in my spot. Yard shall remain nameless unless it happens again.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 16
Location: 20 Miles South of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 4lbs
Bait or Lure: Clams and Squid
Water Depth: 75'
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie took the Joe Scott charter out on the Canyon Runner for a day of bottom fishing and put together a good catch of Sea Bass, Ling, Blackfish and Cod. Most of the action was on the first wreck we stopped on in 75' of water but once the current shifted the bottom tempurature dropped out and the bite shut off. However, we did manage to put a decent chatch of Sea Bass in the boat with a few over 4 pounds.

Angler Name : Frank Rella
E-Mail : fluke you
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/16/98
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15-16''
Bait or Lure: squid & killies
Water Depth: 15-40'
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Went back to the bug light where i caught 4 big fluke the week before the reports came out.I caught 3 shorts,a couple of robins and 2 small blues.Iwent to the ammo pier caught 4 keepers (just barely),but it was better than fishing with the PACK. Fish are there had no drift!! TRY AGAIN NEXT WEEK.

Angler Name : mike
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/16/98
Location: island beach/seaside
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16"-20"
Bait or Lure: fluke belly/spearing
Water Depth: 15-30
Water Temp.: 50's
Information : Pick up 7 keepers drifting of island beach. Also pick up one weakfish. Seen some birds working, Quickly change to metals, caught 6 blues 5-8 lbs range,until all the boats scared them away. Great day for so early in season.

Angler Name : A. Torsiello
E-Mail : AJTorsiello@CVS.com
Boat Name: HOT ROD
Date Fished: 5/16/98
Location: Outside manasquan inlet
Fishing Method: trolling, drifting
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-4-Lbs.
Bait or Lure: metals
Water Depth: 20-35 ft.
Water Temp.: 51
Information : Trolled the beach north of the inlet for a while and caught 2 bluefish. We heard all the reports of fluke being caugh so we decided to try but we didn't get any and we didn't see or hear of any. The water was filty. I guess all that rain. Well hopefully next week will pick up a bit.

Angler Name : andy
E-Mail : thestillfamily@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: May 16 1998
Location: Bay Head
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22"
Bait or Lure: Very fresh clam
Water Depth: 5-10ft
Water Temp.: 50's
Information : Fished Bay Head Sat. night and got 3 22" stripers and my friend got 1 22" striper. Used a fish finder rig and some awesome fresh clam from Fisherman's Supply. Nobody for miles and miles, just us and the fish.

Angler Name : CFP
E-Mail : cfp111@enter.net
Boat Name: Glory Bound (my boat)
Date Fished: 5-15
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15-18
Bait or Lure: Squid & Killies
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Slow day fishing, covered the bay from ammo pier to the hook, 4 out of the 5 fish were keepers. I took my 5 yr. old son out for his 1st time along with my 2 other sons . Had a great day of fishing even tho we didn't get a lot. Good Fishing And God Bless

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 15
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27" - 38"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 40'
Water Temp.: 48
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Canyon Runner out for a day of trolling Striped Bass and Bluefish with the Doug Commette charter from Bay Head, NJ. A great day was had by all as 40 bluefish to 16 pounds were caught and released. In addition we boated 6 Striped Bass with 3 keepers from 32" to 38"

Angler Name : Coyate
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Mellisa-Ann
Date Fished: 5-15
Location: Del Bay , Slaughter Beach
Fishing Method: anchord
Specie: Black Drum
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 18
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished hard all night, nothing but skates. flat calm seas.Lots of boats but very few caught, drum must be moving up towards bug light. Stripers seemed to be the hot bight that night.

Angler Name : Fish watch
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Freddy=C
Date Fished: may 15, 1998
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 2-4 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Fluke Belly
Water Depth: 6-25 ft
Water Temp.: 49-52
Information : Had a tremendous flurry early on, then slowed way down as near the end of the incoming tide. All of the fixh that I caught were well above minimum, and there were severa on board over the 4 lb. size. In addition, almost all of the fish caught after 11:00 were 3 lb'ers. Way too early for this kind of fishing, we'll see how ling it holds up.

Angler Name : Joe
E-Mail : JPasqu1017@aol.com
Boat Name: Jean Marie
Date Fished: 5/15/98
Location: Mid Raritan
Fishing Method: Jigging / Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 4 to 6 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Rebel - Plug
Water Depth: 13 -15 '
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Followed the birds from 9:00 to 10:00am. Landed 7 Blues. Ran over to the hook for the rest of the day with little luck on Fluke, landed 1 flounder at 13 inches (skin and bone).

Angler Name : Al
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Prowler
Date Fished: 5/15/98
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting/Power Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 20"
Bait or Lure: killies/squid
Water Depth: 15-20
Water Temp.: 55 (?)
Information : Fishing today was real slow, despite some of the phenomenal reports that have been spread around Monmouth County.. Cold water, poor drifting conditions, didn't help the effort.. We had one good shot of fish from about 8:00- roughly 9:30, but after that it sputtered..Capt. Scott did his best to keep us on fish, and create a drift, but the flatties wouldn't cooperate..For 29 guys, there were 34 keeper fluke caught, but there was no lack of effort..The only one I lucked into was at about 8:30 off Bug Light, a plump 2 lber.. A beautiful day weather wise, but the fishing stunk!!

Angler Name : marc
E-Mail :
Boat Name: beach buggy
Date Fished: 5\15\98
Location: IBSP.
Fishing Method: SURF
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 10 LB
Bait or Lure: CLAMS
Water Depth: 6"
Water Temp.: 53
Information : ALOT OF SMALL FISH LAND SIX UP TO TEN POUNDS SO MANY FISH THERE COULD HARDLY KEEP BAIT ON.

Angler Name : Andy
E-Mail : Loj78@aol.com
Boat Name: rental
Date Fished: 5-15-98
Location: highlands bridge
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 31"
Bait or Lure: bunker chunks
Water Depth: 30
Water Temp.: unk
Information : Fished incoming tide and halfway through we picked up one and lost two others. Many boats around there but didn't see anything else happening.

Angler Name : Joe Baskinger
E-Mail : Fluke97
Boat Name: Billy-Jo
Date Fished: 5/14/98
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16--23 "
Bait or Lure: Killies, Spearing, & Squid
Water Depth: 5 to 35 Feet
Water Temp.: 59 Deg.
Information : We were the only boat fishing the Buglight near the tip of the Hook at 7 am, but by 8 am you you couldn't drift your favorite drop off. The Fluke are there in numbers & they are big. 4 guys 31 fish up to 4.5 lbs. You will limit out if you get there early.

Angler Name : ED,JOHN,BARRY
E-Mail : BUSCAVAGE@MONTCLAIR.EDU
Boat Name: FAT-BOY
Date Fished: 5-14-98
Location: SANDY HOOK
Fishing Method: DRIFT/ANCHOR
Specie: Fluke
Size: SMALL
Bait or Lure: WORMS/BUNKER
Water Depth: 23 FT
Water Temp.:
Information : TOOK THE BOAT FAT-BOY OUT FOR ITS FIRST RUN.WENT TO BUG LIGHT, BUT IT WAS LIKE A PARKING LOT,YOU COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW MANY BOATS WERE THERE.DRIFTED ONE SHORT FLUKE.WENT TO THE KNOLL SAW A FEW BLUES CAUGHT BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY LUCK.HAD SOME BOAT PROBLEMS SO CALLED CALLED IT A DAY EARLY.STILL A NICE DAY ON THE WATER.I DON'T KNOW WHERE ALL THE GOOD FISHING REPORTS ARE COMING FROM,BUT EVERYONE WE TALKED TO JUST HAD A SLOW PICK.

Angler Name : greg
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/14/98
Location: we fished off of atlantic highlands from the shore
Fishing Method: flyfishing
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: there were so little one that were like 32 in, but i got some really big ones that were like 40-50in
Bait or Lure: i was useing a clouser minniow and then switched to a bunker fly and really started to kill them
Water Depth: 5-10
Water Temp.: not sure
Information : i started early and but didnt started to get them till it was almost dark, they started to blits then the whole rocks were catching everything. i cant wait till tonight it will be really good and i think that there will be a lot of people so i will use a spinning rod, there were a few blackfish caught too they were small and the weaks are in pretty good too (they are the perfect size)

Angler Name : Joseph g Loverde
E-Mail : icculus401@aol.com
Boat Name: VALDEZ
Date Fished: 5/13/98
Location: barnegat lighthouse to tices shoal
Fishing Method: drifting bait
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3-5lbs
Bait or Lure: mullet,bloodworm
Water Depth: 7-10
Water Temp.: chilly
Information : caught em on the mullet just driftin thru 3 to 12 foot water.

Angler Name : Ed & Mike Mercer
E-Mail : sandramerc@email.com
Boat Name: Sea Pigeon
Date Fished: 5/13/98
Location: Sandy Hook Bug Light
Fishing Method: killies &squid
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : GreatDay, Lots of FISH Thanks Marty, for all your hospitality!!! 7lb. Pool Winner Sorry I did not get a name.

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Angler Name : hook
E-Mail : hook@aol.com
Boat Name: bengardner
Date Fished: 5/12/98
Location: old sea bay park /normandy
Fishing Method: surf casting
Specie: Bluefish
Size: monsters
Bait or Lure: lure
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Oh Man! Did we have a day!! Myself and pal Marty had another killing. Can't believe what's happening this year. Hooked at least a 12 pounder while Marty had all the action with small ones. FLUKE are in the surf!!!! El Nino, it must be. Get out and git some!!!

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Angler Name : hook
E-Mail : hook@aol.com
Boat Name: bengardner
Date Fished: 5/09/98
Location: sand bar /Jenkinson's
Fishing Method: surf casting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30 lbs
Bait or Lure: teaser
Water Depth: ankle deep
Water Temp.:
Information : Had a whopper of a day. Slaughtered stripped bass, blues every other cast with some flounder in between. Will be eating good for a couple of weeks. Storm didn't scare us/ The fish are there-get out and enjoy

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Angler Name : Team Torture
E-Mail : hooks@litenet.net
Boat Name: Water Torture
Date Fished: May 8, 1998
Location: Manasquan River
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: shorts to 17 lbs.
Bait or Lure: live
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Team torture has been scoring consistantly with bass up to 17 lbs. on live bait and plugs in the river and inlet

Angler Name : Joe Baskinger
E-Mail : Fluke97
Boat Name: Billyjo
Date Fished: 5/8/98
Location: Sandy Hook Bug Light
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 to 22 Inches
Bait or Lure: Spearing & Squid
Water Depth: 5 to 20 Feet
Water Temp.: 57 Deg.
Information : Fished the Bug Light at 7:30 AM & all 4 of us hooked up right away. Surprised to see such large fish so early. We had 11 big Fluke by 9:30. Boats were so thick it was tough drifting. I saw boats that I never saw before. Went around the Hook & drifted along the beach & we still were into Fluke. Birds were working & the Blues got pesty so we went back to the Bug Light & got more Fluke. Went home early with fat Fluke. They seem to be in thick for this time of year. Last year we didn't them in numbers till the end of May & they weren't so BIG!

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Angler Name : tom c
E-Mail : rotti@webtv.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5-7-98
Location: point pleasant beach
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18"-25"
Bait or Lure: sandies
Water Depth: 4-5 ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information : got out early 5:30am. high tide. fished for an hour and a half. had 2 nice shorts in very heavy surf. not bad for the conditions!! shoud be a good year!!

Angler Name : Dennis
E-Mail : dcusanel@webcraft.com
Boat Name: LISA C
Date Fished: 5/7
Location: Sandy hook rip
Fishing Method: worming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: shorts
Bait or Lure: worms
Water Depth: 15-20
Water Temp.: 54
Information : got 12 shorts on outging tide in morning plus 3 fluke

Angler Name : Ralph
E-Mail : fishnut257@aol.com
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: 5/4 to 5/7
Location: Manahawkin Bay
Fishing Method: jigging
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 4.0lbs/4.75lbs.
Bait or Lure: fin-s lures
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished this week at night after work.Caught approximately 20 fish in 4 nights.Most fish were 12" to 15"fish.Released all the little guys...took home the two bigger ones..Seems like there is alot more smaller fish mixed in for this time of year....

Angler Name : Bob & Frank
E-Mail :
Boat Name: 17' Silverline
Date Fished: 7 May
Location: Ludlum Bay - Sea Isle City
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16-1/2
Bait or Lure: Minnow & Squid combo
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.:
Information : Late start due to fog. Made first drift around 8:30am and caught 1 keeper and 5 throwbacks in first two hours,on in-comming tide, no wind. Boats all around us catching mostly throwbacks also. No action from anyone after 10:30.

Angler Name : jimmy houston
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/7/98
Location: delaware bay
Fishing Method: anchored up chumming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 38 in
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: 15 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : fished from 7 to 4 not a tap last 1/2 hr took a 38 incher almost got shut out

Angler Name : Lou B
E-Mail : Lbevil@aol.com
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: 5-7-98
Location: Brick surf
Fishing Method: Metal and teaser
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18"
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: surf
Water Temp.: ~50
Information : dense fog, high/rough surf conditions Tried just north of IBSP from 4-5pm nothing. Moved north to brick. fished behind old Thunderbird hotel until 7pm. Birds were working, but only got the one short. It was on the teaser.

Angler Name : DUCK
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/7/98
Location: Sandy hook north tip
Fishing Method: fly fishing surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 10"
Bait or Lure: Clouser minnow
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished from 5:00 pm till dark, got one ten inch fish. Should have gone trout fishing with those results!!!!!!

Angler Name : Greg
E-Mail : VONGAS@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/6/98
Location: Shrewesbury River
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: shorts
Bait or Lure: worms
Water Depth: 15-30
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Drifted start of outgoing tide. Steady pick of shorts. One weakfish as a bonus arond 20".

Angler Name : Skip Jastremski Jr.
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/6/98
Location: Cape May Point
Fishing Method: Slow Reel
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 5,5,6,&7lbs.
Bait or Lure: Buck Tails
Water Depth: 5 feet
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Bass are mixed with weakfish. Some keeper bass are being caught. Be patient with the weakfish because they are few and far between.

Angler Name : bob
E-Mail : fastcatch8@aol.com
Boat Name: fastcatch
Date Fished: 5-5-98
Location: rip&knoll
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: big-BIG-BIGGER
Bait or Lure: sandworms
Water Depth: 10 to 20`
Water Temp.: ?
Information : rip was on and off, started there and caught 3 bass and 2 blues, bite stopped, went to knoll, 1 blue. back to rip, 6 drifts no fish, was on last drift when 33` bass hit along with 26`bass, made another couple drifts andcaught 3 more shorts and couple more blues. ran out of bait, back to keyport!

Angler Name : Phil
E-Mail : plid@aol.com
Boat Name: Diasarray
Date Fished: 5/5/98
Location: Knoll / AH Bridge / Oceanic Brige
Fishing Method: Wormin / Jiggin
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 14" - 32"
Bait or Lure: Sands / Bucktail
Water Depth: 12' - 35'
Water Temp.:
Information : Bunch of short bass (over 20) - 3 Keepers - 3 fluke !!! (1=20" OVER 3LBS) - Hit some monster blues on surface poppers in 5 feet of water alot of fun !! the one i weighed was just over 12lbs. 1st Sea Robin of the year (this will be my last searobin report) Really great day of fishing, put in a lot of time but well worth the effort.

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Angler Name : Fred Ascoli
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Miss Chris
Date Fished: May 04, 1998
Location: Cape May
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 6-10 lb
Bait or Lure: Mackerel
Water Depth: 70
Water Temp.: 54
Information : The bluefishing is great, boat limiting out every night. Most fish are still in the 6 to 10 lb class with some reaching 11 lbs. We are sailing every night at 7 pm for blues.

Angler Name : John D. and Mike W.
E-Mail : ?
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 05-04-98
Location: Maurice river
Fishing Method: anchor
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20,22,25,27
Bait or Lure: Herring
Water Depth: 9-14ft.
Water Temp.: 59
Information : We were on the river before sunup, nothing much until J.D. hooked the first and largest around 8:30. The fish made about five strong runs before we could get it boatside. The bite died until noon when we picked up the other three shorts one of which was tagged. J.D also nailed three large catfish. All in all a great day. Thanks J.D.

Angler Name : Ted Wilk
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Gettin Any
Date Fished: 5/1-5/4
Location: Delaware R. Yardly
Fishing Method: drifting live herring
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 29-34in.
Bait or Lure: herring
Water Depth: 3-10 ft.
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Got 6 fish in 3 days drifting herring below Scudders Falls. All keepers between 29 and 34 in. All fish released alive and well to fight another day. Good fishing!

Angler Name : najjar000
E-Mail : najjar000@aol.com
Boat Name: golden eagle
Date Fished: may 4 1998
Location: belmar
Fishing Method: bottom jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: any size would do
Bait or Lure: lure
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : no hits no strikes and more than one was left on. it was a bad day but the captain and the mate made the day.we couldn,t catch a cold not one blue was hooked.we could see them but catching them was another story. some say the blues r here maybe next time i will be able to say yes there here good fishing and stay hooked.

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Angler Name : Andy sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: So-Kool
Date Fished: 5/3/98
Location: Flynn's Knoll
Fishing Method: Anchor-chunking
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 4-9 pounds
Bait or Lure: Bunker chunks
Water Depth: 19 Feet
Water Temp.: 51.7
Information : Started off by drowning a few sandworms in the rips...3 drifts produced 3 short bass...After the party boats the Freddy C & the Elaine B ran through the rips on their way offshore the action completely dies.Nice move fellas!!!!......Anchored up on the Knoll in 23 feet of water and dropped back til the stern was in 19 feet,as this slight rise in bottom had bait stcked on it.Had almost immediate action with chopper sized bluefish.For 3+ hours had a hot bote going.I kept 6 bluefish,released another 5-7 and must have lost at least another 8 due to a variety of reasons ( knot failure,blue biting throught the line and believe it or not a spider crab that became entangled on the fish.with the fish 20 feet astern he cut the line with his claw.)

Angler Name : Peter , Dave (BO)
E-Mail : bosark@injersey.com
Boat Name: Hook Princess
Date Fished: 5-3-98
Location: Little Egg Inlet
Fishing Method: anchored inside outer bar, outgoing tide
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5-10 lbs
Bait or Lure: mackrel strips
Water Depth: 8-9 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Caught about 2 doz. Bluefish. Looking for Bass. Couldn't get below the Bluefish. Fished 1.5 hrs. Great first trip!!! Lots of action!!!!

Angler Name : John Millili
E-Mail : ywyu07a@prodigy.com
Boat Name: Bait Waster
Date Fished: 5-3-98
Location: Sea Isle Ridge
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 12# - 20 #
Bait or Lure: Daisy Chains behind Birds
Water Depth: 45'-75'
Water Temp.: 58.5
Information : We trolled for about an hour before we got a blind strike on a long rigger. Twenty minutes later, the other rigger got hit. Unusual lures for Blues, but you've gotta' use what works.

Angler Name : Cos
E-Mail : bigcos@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: barbara ann
Date Fished: 5/3
Location: wildwood reef
Fishing Method: wreck
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 12"
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 48'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : /got 3 keepers & 5-6 tog

Angler Name : charlie K
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Dreamcatcher
Date Fished: 5/3/98
Location: old fish factory
Fishing Method: bucktail and mackeralk
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17 to 23
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: a
Water Temp.: a
Information : tthe fluke are there we caught five keepers in one hour

Angler Name : carolina joe
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: may 3,1998
Location: flat creek, sea isle city
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 3 fish 19-21-22 inches
Bait or Lure: bucktails+mackeral strips
Water Depth: 6-20 ft
Water Temp.: 58
Information : 3 keepers 2 throwbacks in 3 hours fishing also lost a large (slammer) blue at the boat

Angler Name : Woody
E-Mail : woodie@us.ibm.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/2 & 5/3
Location: IBSP
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18" - 30"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 6-10'
Water Temp.:
Information : one keeper Saturday evening, then the shorts hit every cast Sunday morning, beached five, lost as many. Two fisherman to my north did as well also. Saw some nice fish being landed Saturday afternoon while driving the beach. The mini blitz happened at dead low tide?? The action slowed down when the tide began to move

Angler Name : ren&doug
E-Mail : poconodug@aol.com
Boat Name: ren & stimpy
Date Fished: 5-3-98
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: anchored & chumming
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: lots of keepers
Bait or Lure: bloodworms
Water Depth: 12-20
Water Temp.: ?
Information : flounder are still here, get out there. blues are coming!

Angler Name : Alan Torsiello
E-Mail : AJTorsiello@CVS.com
Boat Name: HOT ROD
Date Fished: 5/3/98
Location: Barnagat Bay bouy BB & BI
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3-6 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Metals
Water Depth: 8-12 Ft.
Water Temp.: 51
Information : Trolled between the two bouys from about 8AM to 10AM and had a slow pick. Put 3 fish in the box and had 1 other hit. It was my first trip of the year and it felt GREAT to just "go fishin".

Angler Name : Lou F.
E-Mail : lfortucci@vnet.ibm.combm.vnet
Boat Name: Lisa-Lin
Date Fished: 05-03-98
Location: Dog Limp
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5-7Ibs
Bait or Lure: Pony Tails
Water Depth: 65
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Bluefish hitting pony tails trolled long.They seemed to slow down aroun 1:00 PM also heard that the triple lumps were hot in the morming

Angler Name : Hal Scott
E-Mail : Loonsland@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/3/98
Location: Shrewsbury River
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 17 in,
Bait or Lure: gold minnow lure
Water Depth: 3 ft.
Water Temp.: 65
Information : First blue of the year - 17 in. outgoing tide off Little Silver Point.

Angler Name : Dennis Cusanelli
E-Mail : dcusanel@webcraft.com
Boat Name: LISA C
Date Fished: 5/3
Location: Sandy Hook rip & knoll
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28"
Bait or Lure: worms
Water Depth: 10-20'
Water Temp.: 52
Information : slow pick in the rip during incoming tide. may have been slow due to as many as 27 boats drifting thru in the morning. Knoll produced zero for all spots I tried.

Angler Name : Tim McCoy
E-Mail : Tim9ball@aol.com
Boat Name: ROCK-N-REEL
Date Fished: May 3, 1998
Location: Reedy Island Range
Fishing Method: Bottom fishing
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32"
Bait or Lure: cut BUNKER
Water Depth: 10.5'
Water Temp.: N/A
Information : Only caught the one it went 14.3 lbs at the scales. Bottom fishing with cut BUNKER on a fish finder rig.

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: So-Kool
Date Fished: 5/2/98
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift/Anchor
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25-30 inches
Bait or Lure: Sandworms...Herring Chunks
Water Depth: 14-19 feet
Water Temp.: 50.7
Information : Drifted sandworms during the last 90 minutes of the ebb at the rips. Landed 7 short bass from 25-27 inches and a 30 incher + a 5 pound class bluefish.As the tide slacked moved over to Flynn's Knoll and anchored up,proceded to chunk herring backs.soon and fish in the slick and landed another short bass and 2 more bluefish in the 6-8 pound class,also had about 5 run-offs.....CAPTAINS WHEN YOU ANOTHER BOAT AT ANCHOR DO NOT RUN ACROSS HIS STERN...HE COULD BE CHUNKING AND BY GOING ACROSS HIS STERN YOU ARE SPOOKING ANY AND ALL FISH IN HIS SLICK.........As soon as 2 boats ran across my stern,my bite died and didn't have another hit until I left 2 hours later.

Angler Name : Jason
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/2
Location: Barnegat Lighthouse
Fishing Method: Bait fishing off jetty
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22'' and 24''
Bait or Lure: Clam and bloodworms
Water Depth: about 15'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : I was using a pompano rig with the clam on the bottom and the blood worms on the top hook.I used a three ounce weight that seemed to hold the line down.

Angler Name : Ron Walker
E-Mail : rwalker@trilogyassoc.com
Boat Name: MegaBite
Date Fished: 5-2-98
Location: Absecon Inlet
Fishing Method: Drifting Bucktails
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Drifted the inlet to little avail. Did manage to pick up a small snapper. Water probably too cold for this location.

Angler Name : Walt Szczerban
E-Mail : uwil1wws@NORTHEAST.universaloutdoor.com
Boat Name: Reel Fun II
Date Fished: May 2, 1998
Location: Cape May Inlet
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: Minnows and Squid
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished the inlet from about 10:00 am to 1:30 pm. Marking fish all over. Not one bite. Moved to Two Mile Bridge and drifted for about a half hour. Made several drifts and on one we were getting into shallow water, began to move across the channel without taking the lines out of the water. Picked up a keeper bass on the sqid/minnow combination. Tried the same thing again for about another 1/2 hour, but no luck. Moved to the Rio Grande Bridge and picked up 4 flounder (21,21,19&17 inches).

Angler Name : Ed La Grua
E-Mail : Ed_Lagrua@ml.com
Boat Name: Brooklyn VI
Date Fished: 5/2/98
Location: FireIsland 30 miles east of the jetty
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Atlantic Mackerel
Size: 1 to 2 pounds
Bait or Lure: lure
Water Depth: 60
Water Temp.: 49
Information : Very Slow pick thru the day i caught around 25 Mack for the day...I will be going Bluefishing next week.

Angler Name : Bill Silberman
E-Mail : BILLSILB@AOL.COM
Boat Name: Captain Cal II
Date Fished: 5/2/98
Location: Belmar, NJ
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Blackfish
Size: 5 lbs
Bait or Lure: crabs and clams
Water Depth: 70 feet
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Went for 3/4 day Bottom Fishing out of Belmar, NJ. The picking was very slow, perhaps because of the previous storm.I only caught 2 fish but they were beauts! Got a 5 pound Blackfish on a green crab and a 2 3/4 pound Flounder on clams. The crew on the Captain Cal II were great epecially Karl.

Angler Name : JASON
E-Mail : JPHUNT0925@aol.com
Boat Name: NONE
Date Fished: 5 - 2 - 98
Location: ISLAND BEACH STATE PARK
Fishing Method: PLUGS AND CUT BAIT
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: NONE
Bait or Lure: PLUGS AND CUT BAIT
Water Depth: 10'
Water Temp.: 54
Information : WE HIT THE SURF AT ABOUT 7:OO IN THE EVENING. THE WIND WAS BLOWING PRETTY STEADY SOUTH AT 15MPH. WHEN WE FIRST PULLED UP ON THE BEACH, MANY PEOPLE WERE INTO A GOOD MESS OF BLUEFISH USING MACKERAL OFF THE BOTTOM. WE THREW METALS INTO THE SURF WITH NO LUCK. WE THEN SWITCHED TO FRESH CLAMS WITH NO LUCK ALSO. WE HAD A FREAT TIME UNFORTUNATELY NO FISH WERE PRODUCED. I THINK FRIDAY'S STORM MESSED THINGS UP. FISHING DURING THE WEEK WAS GREAT WITH MANY STRIPERS MISSING LENGTH BY ONLY A FEW INCHES. MANY BLUEFISH ON MACKERAL AND METALS.

Angler Name : Tim McCoy
E-Mail : Tim9ball @ AOL.com
Boat Name: ROCK-N-REEL
Date Fished: May 2,1998
Location: Reedy Point Range
Fishing Method: Bottom fishing
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 14, 17.5, 18 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Cut Bunker
Water Depth: 12.5'
Water Temp.: N/A
Information : Took the wife fishing and as always she got the big one 17.5 Lbs. and 18 Lbs., me I only got a 14 pounder. Only saw one other fish landed. The Bunker is really HOT!!

Angler Name : Mark, Drew And Chuck
E-Mail : ChuckyPete@msn.com
Boat Name: ABC
Date Fished: 5/2/98
Location: Little Egg Inlet to Brigantine
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Buck Tail
Water Depth: 3-7 feet
Water Temp.:
Information : Left eary for Stripped Bass. Fished every bar from Little Egg to the north end of Brigantine, BLUEFISH, BLUEFISH, BLUEFISH. No strippers were seem. Weather was nice, sea was perfect but could not find the bass. After 4 hours in the boat we called it.

Angler Name : VICTOR MEDINA
E-Mail : MALV1@BELLATLANTIC.NET
Boat Name: JA-RICAN
Date Fished: 5/2/98
Location: KEANSBURG FISHING PIER
Fishing Method: BUNKER CHUNKS
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 4-7LBS.
Bait or Lure: BUNKER AND KROKADILE
Water Depth: 15FT.
Water Temp.: 63
Information : STARTED OFF REAL SLOW. AT 3:30 FISH HIT REAL GOOD TILL AROUND 6:00.THEN IT WAS SPORADIC.ALOT OF SCATES WERE CAUGHT AND A COUPLE OF SEAROBINS.

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Angler Name : DUCK
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 4/30&5/1/98
Location: North tip Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Fly Fishing Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 15"-26"
Bait or Lure: Chartruese Clouser Minnow
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Someone must have flipped on the switch!!!!!!! Fished from 3:00 PM until 7:00 PM. Constant action Thursday from start to finish,with only short intervals of fishless casting. Stripers started first in the outgoing rip,then the big blues came in.After being bitten off twice I switched to a wire tippet.No bass would take the fly after that,so I kept casting for blues. Friday, same time and place,I went with a friend to do the same after saying how great the day before had been.As is always my luck we fished in the rain for 4 hours and he caught a couple of blues while I could only fool a couple of flatties. Thursday's total: 12- bass to 26" 11- blues to 10 lbs 2- flatties and 1-New Jersey Bonefish (Shad or Herring)????

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