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Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: Skylarker II
Date Fished: 5-31-99
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks & Vicinity
Fishing Method: Anchor
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 1-3 Pounds
Bait or Lure: Clams-Bergall Strips
Water Depth: 35-50 Feet
Water Temp.: 66
Information : Spent a nice day aboard with Skylarker II with Capt Steve
Spinelli.Had an above average catch of sea bass and ling-actually there were
probably more ling caught than sea bass.Everyone had the bottoms of thier
coolers covered with fish. There were alsom some throw back tautog caught as
well. My total for the day was 4 sea bass,6 ling and 1 keeper fluke & 1 short
blackfish.Highlight of the day was at the first drop,when a big ocean sunfish
jumped about 10 feet off the stern then stayed around the boat for 10 minutes
or so.
Angler Name : Adam
LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 31
Location: North of Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 38"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella rigs
Water Depth: 40'
Water Temp.: 65
Information : The crew of the Canyon Runner took a day for themselves this
Memorial Day holiday before they start running trips everyday and took their
wives, daughters and friends out for a day of Striper fishing. Only fishing
for half the day we boated 10 Stripers up to 38" with 6 over 31" kept for the
dinner table. Captain Phil Dulanie's daughter Melissa (15) boated her first
Striper and the largest of the day, a 38" fat 18 pound Bass. Owner and mate
Adam LaRosa's wife Shari was also in on the action as she boated a 35" Bass.
All of the action was on blue and white and black and white umbrella rigs
fished in 30 to 40 feet of water north of the Shrewsbury Rocks.
Angler Name : T. Young, Marshall Lutkins
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Mysteyann
Date Fished: 5/31/99
Location:6 east Belmar, Mud Hole
Fishing Method: trolling, drifting(south of 'Y BA' )
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8-14 lbs
Bait or Lure: doorknobs, tuna clone, smokers
Water Depth: 58-175
Water Temp.: 65-69
Information : trolled towards the 'Goulandris' and got first fish about 5m
outside the inlet. we were in them for the next 1 1/2 hours. had 18 in the
boat by 9am. 3 people on the boat and 6 triple headers by the end of the day.
Dan was on his first ocean trip and was "hooked" by 8am! by the end of the
day, had 28 fish on the boat, released 5 under 10 pounds, lost 4 at the boat.
great day all around, warm temps, and smooth sea. it was a great way to really
initiate a new boat! the 'Mysteyann' handled great!! already have the
neighbors asking for more bluefish!! happy fishing to all.
Angler Name : jp
E-Mail : jaepea316@aol.com
Boat Name: eagle
Date Fished: 5 30,31
Location: 28 wreck-o.c.
Fishing Method: chum
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 100lbs
Bait or Lure: mack
Water Depth: 135
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Fished 30th got a few slammer blues. 31st had mako jump in slick
several times over an hr period-wouldnt bite. Picked up a few blues and
released a mid size blue shark. Where has our site gone? Reports are all
delayed for days and no offshore/tuna/shark/etc reports. Lets go back to how
it was last year. Ive been reading tog, flounder reports all winter and
spring. Talk some big game stuff! JP
Angler Name : Edward Van Woudenberg
E-Mail : evw@gesonline.com
Boat Name: In The Field
Date Fished: 5/31
Location: West Edge Mud Hole
Fishing Method:
Specie: Bluefish
Size: None
Bait or Lure: Chuming
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 63
Information : No Bluefish, But Tagged and released one 5 ' Blue Shark. Had
two others in the slick. Went back inshore and caught one keeper fluke and
one keeper seabass. Had the kids, sea was flat, great day besides the cookies
in the cabin!
Angler Name : Peter
E-Mail : Hooper69@aol.com
Boat Name: Captain John
Date Fished: 5-31-99
Location: Raritan+Sandy Hook Bays
Fishing Method: "Drifting"
Specie: Fluke
Size: 8inches-20inches
Bait or Lure: killies,squid,spearing,fluke belly
Water Depth: 8-30 feet
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Will there be any good fluking any time soon? Today was just
horrible...Hot with no wind nor drift...we just sat in the same place for long
periods of time...when we got hookups, we never got excited cause all of them
were around 13-14 inches long...there must had been maybe 30 keepers, and that
number I think may be too high...DO YOURSELVES A FAVOR...WAIT A FEW WEEKS FOR
THE LARGER FLUKE TO COME IN MORE...THERE IS JUST NOT GOOD FLUKING NOW DESPITE
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY...WORST TRIP I VE HAD IN 4 YEARS...IN ALL CAUGHT ABOUT
20-25 SHORTS...15.5 INCH REG. IS KILLING THE FISHING...HOPE FOR THE BETTER
Angler Name : c zimmerman
E-Mail : cwzimm@aol
Boat Name: rightaway
Date Fished: 5/31/99
Location: longbranch.nj
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: to 8lbs
Bait or Lure: crabs
Water Depth: 35
Water Temp.: 60
Information : CAPT TOMMY ENDS THE BLACKFISH SEASON WITH ANOTHER GREAT WEEKEND
OF FISHING I FISHED WITH HIM ON SAT AND MON. LIMITS BOTH DAYS ON EACH DAY
EVERYONE HAD BETWEEN 6 AND THE 10 FISH LIMIT THE MAN IS A FISHING GENIUS. WE
LEFT THEM BITING FOR OCT WHEN THE SEASON REOPENS. NEXT WE START FLUKING. IF
YOU WANT TO CATCH FISH E MAIL ME FOR HIS PHONE #.
Angler Name : Ken P.
E-Mail : kper@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: Sea Horse
Date Fished: 5/31/99
Location: Sandy Hook Beach/Ammo Pier
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 8 to 16"
Bait or Lure: squid/spearing
Water Depth: 8 to 32
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Weather and drifts were good but throwbacks far exceeded
keepers. Pool fish 3 1/2 lbs. Tiny fluke were numerous. Sea robins dominated and
kept everyone busy.....take a rest and try next week.
Angler Name : Mary Edwards
E-Mail :
Boat Name: reelaxation
Date Fished: 5/31/99
Location: 2 mi. North of Barnegat inlet
Fishing Method: drifting squid/spearing
Specie: Fluke
Size: 19.5 inches
Bait or Lure: squid/killie
Water Depth: 30 - 35 ft
Water Temp.: 62.7
Information : First keeper on our 24' Rampage. Caught many shorts,
doggies,birds and skates. Also caught a 12" squid.
Cool, they're translucent when first caught and later turn
white.
Angler Name : Frank B
E-Mail : frankb@gateway.com
Boat Name: My Way
Date Fished: May 31, 1999
Location: Great Egg Harbor Bay, Ocean City
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: All short
Bait or Lure: minnows and squid
Water Depth: 4 - 24 ft
Water Temp.: 60 degrees
Information : Fished all weekend from the Parkway Bridge to the inlet. Twelve
fluke, all ranged from 13 to 15 inches - no keepers. Talked to someone who
made the trip to Table Top - 2 keepers after fishing for 7 hours. It's got to
get better.
Angler Name : tom
E-Mail : tulmer@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/28&5/31
Location: fortescue
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 18-24
Bait or Lure: minnows&chicken
Water Depth: 15ft
Water Temp.:
Information : caught 40 flounder friday (7keepers) We went back sunday and
caught another 40 flounder(5keepers) On the way back in we hit a school of
weakies and caught 8 in 5 minutes
Angler Name : Tom Berger
E-Mail : tomcat@monmouth.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/31/99
Location: Sandy Hook Rip
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 2 - 3.5 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bucktail w/sperring
Water Depth: 20 - 35 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Got on the water at 8:00 am. Steady pick all day, a lot of
shorts and sea robins. Boat traffic got heavy as the day progressed. Called
it quits at 2:30. Good day of fishing for the first trip of the year.
Angler Name : Ray
E-Mail : ray79@aol.com
Boat Name: so kool
Date Fished: 5-30-99
Location: off the tip of Sandy hook
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22-29" 3-5lb blues
Bait or Lure: bunker chunks
Water Depth: 25'
Water Temp.: 62-68
Information : tip of the hat to captain andy once again chunked a spot off the
tip of the hook took a while but then it was non stop action with bass from
22-29" and blues in the 3-5lb class also Andy boated a greedy 16" fluke that
decided to inhale a 7/0 hook and bunker chunk final tally was about 20 blues 7
bass 3 keepers. many fish lost
Angler Name : Mike H
E-Mail : mhoffman@ato.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/30/99
Location: Ocean LBI
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 15-50
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Tried fluking all over - ocean/bay deep, shallow
- nothing but skates and sea robins
The blues are all over the place until boat traffic drives
them away.
Angler Name : laura mclaughlin
E-Mail : toolady.666
Boat Name: local hooker
Date Fished: 5/30/99
Location: monmouth beach
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15 and a half
Bait or Lure: killie and squid
Water Depth: 20 to 30
Water Temp.: 63
Information : took a while but it panned out very slow moving
alot of shorts but it paid out brought home dinner
not to bad.
Angler Name : UPS DAVE
E-Mail : dfigtree@aol.com
Boat Name: Atlantic Star
Date Fished: 5/30/99
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: mostly shorts (<15.5 inches)
Bait or Lure: spearing squid
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Sunday was a perfect day to be out on the water. Lots of fluke
were caught ... and thrown back. I had one keeper, just made the size limit
of 15.5 inches, and probably 10 to 15 throw backs in a half day. The pool
winner was around 19 inches. No jumbos but plenty of action. The captain and
crew of the Atlantic Star were great. Tight lines to all.
Angler Name : Harry
E-Mail : bigtuna59
Boat Name: Brother's Boat
Date Fished: 5/30/99
Location: Poorman's Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 30 - 35 lbs
Bait or Lure: Green machines
Water Depth: 150 fathoms
Water Temp.: 65 - 69.5 Degrees
Information : My brother and I made a run on Sunday out of Cape May to test
the offshore waters for an early run of tuna. To our surprise, we found
what we were looking for. The water was so full of life and had such a
high quality look that only an offshore fisherman could appreciate. We
started the day with a double on small big eye tuna trolling through a temp
break that went from 57 to 66 degrees in approximately 2 miles within the
first 15 minutes. Working the break between 63 and 66 degrees, we then
caught a 12 lb female mahi with a nice gaffer bull throwing the hook.
Working this same area, we then doubled up on Yellowfin to our amazement.
Between another 5 big eyes we had a second double on yellowfins. While the
two of us were each fighting the yellowfins, a white marlin crashed the
port flatline but swung and missed! All toll, we had 7 bigeyes, 4
yellowfin and 1 Mahi with 5 tuna releases. As mentioned, life was
everywhere, we witnessed porpoises balling and crashing squid, severall
pods of whales, three sunfish as well as flying fish. On the long journey
home, we encountered a 15 foot Mako and a 400 - 500 lb thresher shark at
the 30 fathom line but they weren't interested in our baits. To top the
day, the ocean glassed over for the entire 79 mile trip home allowing us to
see too many sharks to count between the 30 and 20 fathom lines as well as
other sea creatures. This will be a tough one to duplicate but it sure
looks encouraging for an excellent offshore season. Tight lines.
Angler
Name : TOM RABI
E-Mail : RABOOO@MONMOUTH.COM
Boat Name: BRAGG'SIZE
Date Fished: 5-30-99
Location: HARVEY CEDARS LUMP
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: SAND EELS
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 62
Information : All we needed was a drift.Without a drift we only caught
dogfish. Power drifted for 2 hours and caught 4 keeper fluke to 19" and 4
black sea bass.Beautiful day on the water but you really knew the summer
season has started with all the boat traffic in the Inlet and Bay.
Fish "em up !!!
Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 30
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 38"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 40'
Water Temp.: 60
Information : The Canyon Runner was back out again for Stripers and Captain
Phil Dulanie put the Alan Funk charter from Livingston, NJ into Striped Bass
action as soon as the lines hit the water. Fishing north of the Shrewsbury
Rocks we boated 9 Stripers between 27" and 38", releasing 3 shorts and keeping
the rest for the dinner table. The action was all on umbrella rigs and
included a couple dozen bluefish. As the tide slacked off and the action died
down we spotted birds working offshore and trolling and jigging under them
produce constant action for the last hour of the trip as we couple barely get
the lines in the water before we were hooked-up.
Angler Name : Michael Doebley
E-Mail : mdoebley@faulkner.com
Boat Name: Nevermoore
Date Fished: 05/30/99
Location: Dog Lump/Triple Lump
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8 to 13 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Plastic Squid/Ponytails/Spoons
Water Depth: 65'
Water Temp.: 62
Information : FANTASTIC DAY!! Fished with my Dad and brother David. Ocean was
like a lake. 8 beautiful fish in the boat, 3 lost. Largest was 13.03lbs - 34"
long, 18" circumference around the gills. Used downriggers, trolling weights
and planers to get lures down to 30-45' where all of these fish were taken.
All were taken going into sun, west-to-east over lumps except for 1. Action
was best between 7:30 and 10:30am.
It helps to get the lures at least 50' away from the boat. 3.5 - 4.5 mph
troll.
Angler Name : david tootchen
E-Mail : kirby1266@aol.com
Boat Name: bonanza
Date Fished: may30
Location: delaware bay
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 15inches to 21inches
Bait or Lure: fin-s with shedder crab
Water Depth: 15 ft to 25 ft
Water Temp.: 58
Information : started out at mahi-maul light without any hits ,made various
drifts around the the light house but had to takers. moved out to the channel
and got 2 short fluke. moved to 14 ft. lighthouseand started getting banged by
nice weakies. nothing real big but alot of fun with light equiptment fin-s
color didn't matter green blue with silver orange , they all worked!!!!! i
ended up with 6 and my friend dan had 8. most people didn't do that good
because they were top and bottom fishing . when the weakies are relucant to
bite you must WORK to catch-em
Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: So-Kool
Date Fished: 5-30-99
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Anchor
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24-29 Inchs
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 25 Feet
Water Temp.: 61-68.3
Information : Ray & I left the dock at 9:30 AM and headed for the same lump
that produced fish for me on Friday.Since we had the same tidal condtions I
was confident that we would get into fish. As on Friday,it took a while for
the bite to develop-but once it did we had very consistent action with
bluefish in the 3-5 pound calss. I limited out on bass,plus 2 shorts.Ray got 1
keeper striper & 3 shorts. Combined we had 15 bluefish ( not including those
lost at boatside ).I also added a 16 inch fluke.
Angler Name : Will H
E-Mail : NJDorado@aol.com
Boat Name: Smuttynose
Date Fished: May 30, 1999
Location: Officers Row, Coast Guard Station
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: shorts
Bait or Lure: spearing and squid or fluke belly
Water Depth: 10' to 20'
Water Temp.:
Information : Fluke fishing was okay but we had fun on sea robins for the 6
onboard. The
Bug Light was like New York City, so we went to Officers Row and Coast Guard
Station to find 3 Fluke and tons of Sea Robins. The sea robins were fun on the
light tackle and for the 6 onboard. We had a triple header on once and lots of
double headers. Spearing was hot on the sea robins but some took bunker
strips. Squid and Fluke belly were used as strip baits.
Angler Name : Brian Biondi
E-Mail : bbiondi667@aol.com
Boat Name: Bar Vic
Date Fished: 5/30/99
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5-8 lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker chunks
Water Depth: 30-70ft
Water Temp.: 55 F
Information : It was very spotty fishing. We saw many fish breaking the
surface but few took the bait. Best method: drift and slowly release bait for
a few hundred feet. Total hook-ups in a group of 15 was 12.
Angler Name : Mike Kirkup
E-Mail : kirkups@ix.netcom.com
Boat Name: Shamu II
Date Fished: 5/30/99
Location: Raritan
Fishing Method: mooching
Specie: Spotted Seatrout
Size: 5 1/2 lbs
Bait or Lure: frozen herring
Water Depth: 21'
Water Temp.: low 60's
Information : At around 2 O'clock i quit fluking since I was't catching any
and decided to us a 5" dead herring with jus enough weight to get it down to a
depth of about 10-15'. and just drifted. ther was a gentle breeze from the
west and it was near the end of the ebb tide. I had three rigs out, none were
in a pole holder. All of a sudden I got a strike on one of the poles. It hit
really hard and the pole went flying through the air. I lunged towards it as
it was passing over my engine and grabbed it in midair. Unfortunately, that
time the fish got away but the next time, I was ready and that one wasn't so
lucky. I had 5 or 6 similar strikes within 1/2 hour and by that time it was
out of bullets so I went home
Angler Name : Charlie
E-Mail : lawncar@ptd.net
Boat Name: Madrugader
Date Fished: May 30
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17.5-20
Bait or Lure: Squid/Spearing/wowrms
Water Depth: 30
Water Temp.: 68????
Information : Maiden voyage for the new power head. Did not need to use the
Phrase "Sea Tow, Sea Tow, Sea Tow" That is always a plus. First drop must
have hit the 20 " on the head. It slowed down after that. I got one more
keeper and Chris finally got a nice one after a medley of shorts, star fish,
sea robins and crabs with a snail thrown in. She is using much better
equipment this year and big things are expected of her for the rest of the
season. It was nice to be back out on the water in my own boat again.
Highlands Minicipal Ramp is a joke. Hopefully the Killie shortage will come
to an end this week. Easy does it.
Angler Name : Mike
E-Mail : MCAbatiell@aol.com
Boat Name: Bay Breeze
Date Fished: May 30, 1999
Location: Raritan and Sandy Hook bays
Fishing Method: DRifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 27 Inch
Bait or Lure: Sandworms
Water Depth: 13ft.
Water Temp.:
Information : Started ot of Keyport cought 2 17 inch Fluke. Moved to
Keansberg Caught 27 Inch Weakfish. Went to the tip of the hook and caught a
19 inch fluke. Caught 2 24 inch Stripers in Sandy Hook channel. It was a fun
morning.
Angler Name : Jim DiIEnno
E-Mail : Baby Jim 3@AOL.COM
Boat Name: Baby JIm
Date Fished: 5/30/99
Location: Cape May inlet
Fishing Method: Spinning
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 5 to 8lb
Bait or Lure: Finn-s l on bucktail
Water Depth: 15ft
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Fished from my dock. 3 of us fishing caught 12 weakies between 5
and 8 lbs. Some of the best fishing of big weaks in years. Did not keep any of
the fish.
Angler Name : Ray Ciafre
E-Mail :
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: 5/29 , 5/30
Location: Avalon bridge
Fishing Method: Fin S Fish
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27, 25 inchs
Bait or Lure: Fin S Fish Pink
Water Depth: 6 ft
Water Temp.: n/a
Information : Caught bluefish in morning had 4 lost just as many . Went
out that night caught 27 in at first bridge. Next morning
caught 16 in fluke on first cast nothing the rest of the
day. Knats were brutal. That night had another bass at the
secound bridge 25in nice fight on 8 Lb test. Saw four Weaks caught .
Angler Name : Bill
E-Mail : ontherun@jersey.net
Boat Name: Sea Hunt
Date Fished: 5/30/99
Location: Cape May, NJ
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: no size
Bait or Lure: bait
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Well the gang from the Lil Guy decided to go out on a party boat
this week. We were a camping down in good ol' Cape May and looked up Captain
Bob and the Sea Hunt out of the Miss Chris Dock. Figured we would take a
leasurely 6 hour trip and catch some dinner. Water was a dead calm, about a 5
mile an hour wind. Capt. Bob informed us that the Fluke hot spot would be
later in the trip as he felt we would have any drift til tide turned. He
headed out where the Marlin play(bout 9 miles out best as we could figure).
We drifted slowly along with a fleet, in search of the devious seabass. Our
group managed 4 keeper bass and 2 throwbacks. pretty dead and too many boats
to manuver, so Capt. Bob headed for the "hotspot". He ran about 80 mintues
out to get to this spot then starts back in, 15 minutes go by and boom back to
neutral, "Boys we ran over a school, lets check em out." Notta, must have
scattered, but school or not they weren't fluke. Back on course to the "Hot
Spot". Another 20 minutes and we were there. First drift produced about 22
throw backs on the boat and 2 keepers. remaining 3 drifts for the day
produced even less. Our group of 6 ended the day with 3 keeper fluke, 12
throw backs and 4 seabass. Our 1st mate Chris won the pool with a monster
Fluke, that went a good 17 inches. I had suggested to Capt. Bob that he may
want to try drifting the inlet next trip out. You can at least get the boat
to move when you drift an inlet. I don't think capt. Bob likes me anymore.
Oh well. Good luck to all and tight lines til next time.
Angler Name : Mike George
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Jersey Bounce
Date Fished: 5/29/99
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Chunked
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 37,31,31,30,30
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 24 feet
Water Temp.: 54 degrees
Information : Started fishing at Perth Amboy using fresh bunker. After about
20 minutes, we caught our biggest striper of the day, a 37 inch bass. We then
went to the tip of the hook and started chunking again. We had a steady pick
of bass and after returning 2 shorts called it a day at 1:00. It was a great
day with loads of bass on the out-going tide.
Angler Name : Slick Willy
E-Mail : Weavster@MSN.com
Boat Name: Canyon Cat
Date Fished: 5/29/99
Location: Sea Isle Ridge
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10lbs
Bait or Lure: Blacky's bluefish killers
Water Depth: 55ft
Water Temp.: 63
Information : We arrived out there late in the morning,and had no bites for
over an hour until we ran into the North East tip. In an hour and a half of
time we had caught and released a dozen bluefish, including three doubles! As
quick as the action had started, it totally shut down forcing us to head
home. The hot Lure colors were Hot pink and Bright yellow.
Angler Name : John the Greek
E-Mail : koliasj@bms.com
Boat Name: ReelFun
Date Fished: 5/29/99
Location: Shrewsbury River
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: Shorts
Bait or Lure: Killie/Spearing/Squid
Water Depth: 12-13'
Water Temp.: not rec.
Information : The river was DEAD-Don't bother this weekend. Heading over
to the Oceanic bridge, and then Bug Light/Coast Guard area
Angler Name : c zimmerman
E-Mail : cwzimm@aol.com
Boat Name: rightaway
Date Fished: 5/29/99
Location: longbranch
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: to 6lbs
Bait or Lure: crabs
Water Depth: 35
Water Temp.: 55
Information : capt tom joesph continues to show why he is the best fisherman
on the coast 6 people fishing all caught at least 6 keepers i had 8 lots of
shorts plenty of action capt tommy works hard for you all the time he catches
fish. will go with him on mon to finsh up the blackfish season then on to the
fluke. if you want to fish with him email me for his phone #.
Angler Name : FRANK THE DENTIST LAMANA
E-Mail : NA
Boat Name: JENNY R
Date Fished: 5/29/99
Location: BARNAGAT BAY @ THE INLET
Fishing Method: LIVE HERRING
Specie: Fluke
Size: 7.5 LBS
Bait or Lure: LIVE HERRING
Water Depth: 16'
Water Temp.: na
Information : tried for bass but had one big surpise when the big fluke
inhaled my 7" herring!
Angler Name : Ed Black
E-Mail : troll@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: NoRespect
Date Fished: May 29th 1999
Location: Raratin Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: Spering/ squid
Water Depth: 20ft
Water Temp.:
Information : I left woodbridge at the top of the tide and fished raratin bay
, winds were out of the west and the drifts were quite fast.
I still managed to catch 5 fluke, with two being 19 and 20 1/2 inches. The
rest were trown back, all being short. I was a great day to be on the water
even with the wind which died down later in the afternoon.
Angler Name : Manny
E-Mail : crdtman911@aol.com
Boat Name: Destin
Date Fished: 05-29-99
Location: Raritan Bay - Keyport
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 1-17" & 1- 2-2.5 blue
Bait or Lure: herring & squid
Water Depth: 14-20'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Started out at bouy 1 off Keyport. Drifted and within 15 minutes
I was getting hits. Lost one nice fighter, then the blue was boated. Action
died, so I moved back towards shore, dropped line and up came the fluke
followed by a big ugly sea robin. Had other plans had to call it a day.
Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 29
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 22 lbs
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 40'
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Charles Hurty charter from Darian,
Conn out on the Canyon Runner for a day of trolling Striped Bass. Fishing in
30 to 40 feet of water we boated 10 Stripers with three of 19, 21 and 22
pounds. In addition we had three other keepers between 28 and 32 inches.
Once the tide slacked off we headed south to fish some off our favorite Sea
Bass wrecks and quickly boated a couple dozen Sea Bass to add to the
catch.
Angler Name : Captain Bob Balewicz, Jr.
E-Mail : bob@cornerelo.com
Boat Name: Carcharodon
Date Fished: 5/28-29
Location: Hudson Canyon/Texas Tower
Fishing Method: Tuna Troll/Shark Chum
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: Are you kidding?
Water Temp.: 57-61
Information : Along with Bob Sr. and Bob Wald, I had a great group of guys
from Woodbridge out for a Hudson Canyon trip. Kenny Gallop, Danny Edmonds,his
brother Brian Mcabe & cousin Mark Kot are all experienced canyon fisherman.
Since we knew there wasn't much in the way of warm water, we brought mackerel
and chum along to set up for sharking. Leaving the dock @ 11:30 pm, we had a
beautiful moonlit ride out to the Hudson, arriving at the West Wall @ 4:10.
We trolled our hearts out to no avail, not marking any bait holding from the
50-100 fathom lines on either side, and set up for fruitless sharking near the
Texas Tower. Best fishing opportunity came for jigging pollock on the 'Tower
(oh well, better than nothing). We did see quite a few Bluefin Tuna break
water, and even more "pushing", so the Giants are still coming through.
Porpoises were abundant, and we had two Mahi dart from under the boat after
engorging on our chum. If we get any warm water mass hanging around for 3-4
days, it might hold enough bait to keep the bigger Bluefins in the area. There
was Bluefins hooked and Yellowfins caught at the Wilmington, so things are
looking up!
Angler Name : Alan T
E-Mail : AJTorsiello@CVS.com
Boat Name: HOT ROD
Date Fished: 5/28 & 5/29
Location: Tices Shoal
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2 - 3 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Yellow Bombers
Water Depth: 8-11'
Water Temp.: 60 - 62
Information : Trolled all around the B-I and B-B bouys in the morning and each
day caught about 10 -12 blues and 2 large weakies. It was the first time I
ever trolled up weakfish. I didn't know you could, I always thought the boat
noise scared them off. Anyone have any comments about this?
Angler Name : capt kush
E-Mail :
Boat Name: kush 2
Date Fished: 05/29/99
Location: sea bright beach
Fishing Method: livelining
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24 and 31
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: 12 ft
Water Temp.: 62
Information : A School of bunker was being harassed around 0600 Hrs just off
the beach. I snagged and live lined the bunker in the school and nailed a 24
and 31 pound striper. The school sounded around 0715 Hrs and I headed to the
strewsbury rocks were I finished up the morning trolling adding 5 more short
bass.
Angler Name : Fred Strobel
E-Mail : fstrobel@monmouth.com
Boat Name: Sea Fire III
Date Fished: 5/29/99
Location: Reach-Earle-Towers
Fishing Method: Troll-Bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16-17
Bait or Lure: Spoon-Killies
Water Depth: 20-60
Water Temp.: cool man
Information : Nice-hot-day with good friends Capt Ron Banach, Frank Pinto
and his lovely fiance Ann - by the way - the best fisherman
on board. Some short fluke, a couple keepers and one blue.
We decided that this was a practice day - we practiced trolling
Ron's new boat rod - we practiced dunking killies to see if
they would drown - we certainly practiced eating & drinking -
all to get ready for another day..... We didn't see other
boats doing anything, including the party boats so it will
be interesting to see other reports for this date & location!
Angler Name : t ulmer
E-Mail : tulmer9626@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/28/99
Location: fortescue
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14 to 18
Bait or Lure: minnow &blood worms
Water Depth: 20 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : caught 40 flounder in 3 hours one drift of 2 miles went fishing
for weakfish but did not have the right bait it seems so we tried for
flounder and were catching them on just about every cast starting using dead
minnows and still caught them till they ran out
Angler Name : Pell Glentz
E-Mail : Albatross0099@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Teal
Date Fished: 5/28
Location: SandyHook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26-27 1/2
Bait or Lure: worms
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : 2 shorts 26 27 1/2
Angler Name : CHUCK CULLEN
E-Mail : C2H7UCK@AOL.COM
Boat Name: CULLEN-ARY DELIGHT
Date Fished: 0/28/99
Location: BARNEGAT BAY
Fishing Method: BUCTAILS
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 2 TO 6 LBS
Bait or Lure: BUCKTAIL WITH SQUID
Water Depth: 9 TO 11 FT
Water Temp.: 61
Information : FISHED BETWEEN BB AND BI BOUY'S LIMITED OUT IN 2 HRS
Angler Name : Capt. Nick
E-Mail : CaptNick00
Boat Name: St. Jude
Date Fished: 5-28-99
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 4-10#
Bait or Lure: bunker, bluefish, ling
Water Depth: 170 ft.
Water Temp.: 59.9-60.0
Information : Ran to the Mud Hole around 7 pm. Set up by a couple lobster pots
on the outside edge of the Hole and were into bluefish within 3 minutes. From
then on the fishing was a sporadic pick, catching a double here and a triple
there. Then around 10:30 pm the fishing just shut down. There were definitely
plenty of fish in the area because you could see them right inside the lights
schooling on the surface but they just weren't eating. The fishing are just
about to spawn and I'm sure this is the reason they're being quite finnicky.
In all we caught about 30 bluefish to ten pounds.
Angler Name : BRANDON
E-Mail : MRMACK1@BELLATLANTIC.NET
Boat Name: NIGHTHAWK
Date Fished: 5/28/99
Location: OUT OF BELMAR
Fishing Method: DRIFT
Specie: Fluke
Size: 8-18 INCHES
Bait or Lure: SQUID ,SPEARING
Water Depth: NA
Water Temp.: NA
Information : WENT OUT AT ABOUT 1:00 PM FISH HERE AND THERE . CAUGHT TWO
KEEPERS. HAD FUN WITH DAD.
Angler Name : John D.
E-Mail : pom59@aol.com
Boat Name: Miss Fortescue
Date Fished: 5/28/99
Location: Delaware Bay
Fishing Method: Top and bottom rigs buck tailing
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 22 " and better
Bait or Lure: Chicken breast,squid,buck tails, spec rigs
Water Depth: 15
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Great weakie fishing! Went out on the evening trip 4 to 10 PM.
Everyoun caught there limit. Nice fish 22inch and better. Chicken and blood
worms worked best untill dark then buck tails and speck rigs worked good in
the lights. Good boat,great crew.
Angler Name : Will H
E-Mail : NJDorado@aol.com
Boat Name: Atlantis
Date Fished: 5/28/99
Location: Navesink River
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 15 1/2"
Bait or Lure: rubber worm/sandworm
Water Depth: 22'
Water Temp.:
Information : Had 1 Weakfish and 1 Oyster Toadfish on worms. Lost one fish on
the way to the boat. It was a nice day to be on the water and a break from the
west winds.
Angler Name : Jim Meyer
E-Mail : inmemfrank@aol.com
Boat Name: Debra Ann
Date Fished: 5/28
Location: Cape May Rips
Fishing Method: drifting eels
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Went out with my 3.5 year old first mate Patrick and caught only
sharks and junkfish. I caught the outgoing tide and The water was dirty from
the week long blow. I bet the the tide today was the best. There was a nice
fish (27lbs) back at the dock that was caught at the Prissy Wick. Cant wait
for the tuna bite.
Angler Name : Ken Gerecke
E-Mail : jstp21a@prodigy.com
Boat Name: Freebird
Date Fished: May 28
Location: Barnegat Inlet
Fishing Method: Casting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30"
Bait or Lure: AVA and Yozuri
Water Depth: 20
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Wandered up to the inlet around 9:00 AM and saw some birds
working between the lighthouse and IBSP, caught 3 18" bluefish on a 3" AVA
(green tube); water was crystal clear, and noticed a few fish following the
AVA but not biting - slowed down the retrieve and noticed a big shawdow, flick
of white as the tail swung around, and off to the races - gave more line then
I got for 5-10 min. with 12 lb test (topshot of fluoro), and ended up with a
32" stiper (12lb). Moved 100 yards to where the birds were, switched to a
sinking 3" yozuri, and picked up a 30" bass. Had my ten blues by 11:15AM.
Saw a couple of schools of stripers near the surface, about 15' of water.
Angler Name : ken
E-Mail : imwc3y@aol.com
Boat Name: fishnutz
Date Fished: may 28 Friday
Location: asbury Park
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17 inches
Bait or Lure: sand eels , spearing , cut bait
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 60
Information : sand eels worked the best today but i ran out . I only had 1
frozen pack. cutup searobin and sundial worked real good. i caught 51 fluke
and had 3 keepers. The three keepers were 45 feet deep .. good luck
Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: So0Kool
Date Fished: 5-28-99
Location: Sandy Hook Area
Fishing Method: Drift,Troll,Anchor
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 15-32 Inchs
Bait or Lure: Sandworms,Bunker Spoons,Bunker
Water Depth: 14-24 Feet
Water Temp.: 58.4
Information : Anthony,Casey and I left the dock @5:30 AM with high hopes-thes
were qucikly put in check when when reached the rips and found a wind against
tide situation.We tried to fish,but without a drift to move the baits there
was no action.Next we decided to troll bunker atop the Knoll until the tide
turned-here again we went fisheless.Once the tide started to run out-we went
back to the rips. Anthony was the hot man has he put 2 schoolie bass in the
boat in addition to a short fluke-I in the meanwhile managed a 15 inch bass
and a few sea robins-while Casey could only scratch out 1 sea robin.Our next
plan of attack was to anchor along the edge of the Swash Channel.Here again
Anthony was the hot man-unfortunately he missed his first 13 run-offs in a
row.I added another schoolie bass to our total,but the action was slow.Once
the tide really started to crank,the action picked up and in short order we
each had a keeper bass in the box.Bluefish in the 3-5 pound class spiced up
the action.Casey & Anthony each added another keeper bass while I got another
2 just shorts.On the last piece of bait aboard I hooked with a a good
fish-which turned out to be a 11.5 pound bluefish----
Angler Name : Jim Meyer
E-Mail : inmemfrank@aol.com
Boat Name: Debra Ann
Date Fished: 5/28
Location: Cape May Rips
Fishing Method: drifting eels
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Went out with my 3.5 year old first mate Patrick and caught only
sharks and junkfish. I caught the outgoing tide and The water was dirty from
the week long blow. I bet the the tide today was the best. There was a nice
fish (27lbs) back at the dock that was caught at the Prissy Wick. Cant wait
for the tuna bite.
Angler Name : Capt. Mike D.
E-Mail : wishnfish@webtv.net
Boat Name: LUCKY KIDS
Date Fished: 5 27
Location: Forked River
Fishing Method: drifting fin s
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 2-5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: fin s gigs
Water Depth: 11 ft
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Heavy NW winds, Capt. Mike was having a tough time
while brother KD. was steady picking! Better luck
next time Mike!
Angler Name : tim coulson aka "the Brother"
E-Mail : tcoulson@madge.com
Boat Name: "Dances with Clams"
Date Fished: 5-27-99
Location: sandy hook bay
Fishing Method: chunkin
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 39 inch 25 pounds
Bait or Lure: chunks
Water Depth: 18ft
Water Temp.: 62
Information : fished for about six hours at the end of the night we had 2
keepers nice fish
tight lines---fresh chunks
Angler Name : JSpoto
E-Mail : JSpoto6449@aol.com
Boat Name: N/A
Date Fished: 5/27/99
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Surf with bunker chunks
Specie: Bluefish
Size: up to 7 pounds
Bait or Lure: Bunker Chunks
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : My buddies fished the night before and landed 12 bluefish one
over 10 pounds. So I went out last night and landed 7 blues. The largest was 7
pounds. Plenty of action all night, should be a good weekend for catching.
Happy Memorial Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Angler Name : kirk davis
E-Mail : kirk_davis@hotmail.com
Boat Name: dauntless
Date Fished: may 26th
Location: 2-3 miles off point pleasant
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 8"-17"
Bait or Lure: clam and squid
Water Depth: 50-75ft
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Fishing again was pretty good for sea bass....I had about
20...w/ 6 fat ling
there is a tremendous concentration of fish on the wrecks
...but the water temps keep dropping making the bite light and spotty
captain and crew did everything to fill the pails w/ tasty filets...but this
fishery will
really bust open in a week or two when the water temps rise
Angler Name : Greg
E-Mail : VONGAS@aol.com
Boat Name: Tough Stuff
Date Fished: 5/26/99
Location: Reach Channel, Flynn's Knoll
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 35" (16lb)
Bait or Lure: deep diver plug, bunker spoon
Water Depth: 17-60'
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished in the evening. Caught mostly small blues. Got the
striper at the Knoll. Nice way to commission my buddy's new boat.
Angler Name : Captain KD.
E-Mail : wishnfish@webtv.net
Boat Name: WISHNFISH II
Date Fished: 5-26
Location: Forked River
Fishing Method: Buck Tailing
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 2 to 10 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Sqid
Water Depth: 11 ft.
Water Temp.: 58 dg.
Information : Aborad was a couple nonfishing fools!
Easy on the fish boys, With Tom Ramsin steady picking, Joe
Mantuano was gifted with a wopping 30 inch weighing in
about 9 lbs. Boated was 22 weaks,1 Blue and
a 18 inch
Fluke. GREAT FISHING
BOYS!
Offshore, There is No Substitute for Integrity...
BERTRAM -
POST MARINE -
HENRIQUES
YACHTS
Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: So-Kool
Date Fished: 5-25-99
Location: Sandy Hook Area
Fishing Method: Drift-Cast
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 14-25 Inchs
Bait or Lure: Sandworms
Water Depth: 15-35 Feet
Water Temp.: 59.5
Information : Despite a very brisk SW wind that produced white caps on the
bay-ray and I made it to the tip of the hook. First pass,Ray boated a fiesty
25 inch bass--subsequent drifts produced bluefish in the 1-3 pound class asll
as a 14 inch bass for me and a 16.25 inch fluke for myself. We got tired of
being bounced around and decided to drift for some more fluke in the back of
Sandy Hook Bay-this was unproductive.Next stop was the Oceanic Bridge in the
Navesink River-ray got both a keeper & short fluke,while I lost a fish on a
Fin-S jig. We picked up Bob at the dock at 4:30 and headed for the Knoll with
hopes of chunking up some stripers.Just west of the Bug Light we came across
pods of diving birds-quickly tying on AVA 017s we were back into bluefish
again for the next hour-We released most,but saved some for the table Had
numerous double & triple headers.Did try and chunk but a wind against tide
situation made for poor conditions so we headed home.
Angler Name : Hector M. Robles
E-Mail : hectormr@monmouth.com
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: 05/25/99
Location: Keansburg fishing pier
Fishing Method: Pier fishing
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15 3/4 - 18 1/2
Bait or Lure: Killies/squid/Bunker
Water Depth: 8ft
Water Temp.: 55% ?
Information : Went fishing at the Keansburg fishing pier with my friend
George Cruz, i tried fishing for Stipe Bass, Bluefish,
Weakfish, and Fluke, i had about 3 hits on the Bunker
rod, and finally hooked up with a small Blue, but lost
it. At 08:10 a.m. I managed to hook and land an 18 1/2
inch Fluke on a Squid and Killie combo. The fish weighed
about 2 1/2 lbs. My friend George caught 3 Fluke between
15 3/4 and 16 1/2 inches all on the same bait. I also
caught a Bluefish about 1 lb on the same squid and killie
combo at 11:15 a.m. The day was partly sunny, but very
very windy, it seems i cannot catch a break this year
with the wind, it's been windy every time i go out this
year. No Weakfish. If you would like to try fishing
this pier you can call the Manager Kathy Smock at
877-495-8842, tell her Hector sent you. By the way
if any one knows of any Stripe Bass hot spots from
the Surf please e-mail me i would apreciate it a lot,
even if you fish from a boat e-mail me if you think
you can put me on to some good Striper spots from the
surf. Tnx. Hector
Angler Name : Ray
E-Mail : Ray79@aol.com
Boat Name: so-kool
Date Fished: 5-25-99
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: drifting jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 1-3lb blues 20-26"bass 13-17"fluke
Bait or Lure: jigs sand eels sandworms spearing/squid
Water Depth: 10-25ft
Water Temp.: 59-60
Information : me and andy hit the rips early drifting worms got two bass right
away then 1-3lb blues came in hitting sandworms and sandeels andy got a 17"
fluke a move insdie the bay produced no fluke just a bird then we went up the
navesink i boated two fluke one keeper andy lost a nice fish on a fin-s we
picked up bob then went to chunk on the way birds were working we jigged up
chunky blues gorged with spearing we tried chunkin but wind against the tide
was crappy had one nice run off that was it great day even though wind was
howling
Angler Name : Mike George
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Jersey Bounce
Date Fished: 5/24/99
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolled & Chunked
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 29,26, & 30 inches
Bait or Lure: Fresh Bunker
Water Depth: 20 feet
Water Temp.: 52 degrees
Information : Started fishing around 6:00 AM off of Perth Amboy. There were
plenty of bunker around and we got plenty of hookups but most were bluefish.
Finally we started to chunk and caught 2 bass. When slack tide came in we
trolled the reach picking up another bass. Finally we got out to the Knoll
and chunked again. The blues were the only thing hitting and then the wind
picked up and even the blues stopped. Good day if the wind would die
down.
Angler Name : Jim Balicki
E-Mail : emcjim@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 5/24/99
Location: Sandy Hook, North Beach
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 16 in. to 21 in.
Bait or Lure: AVA 007 w/ green tail
Water Depth: 0 to 6 ft.
Water Temp.: ???
Information : 9 bluefish and 1 striper, 18 in,, tagged, all released.
Fished early AM in brisk E wind, but before the T-storms
rolled in. Another good day for the lure fishermen in
the surf.
Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 24
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 40"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs/Bunker Spoons
Water Depth: 25'
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Canyon Runner out for the third day
in a row since the weather finally broke on Friday and put the George Sarusas
party from Millville, NJ into a catch of Striped Bass and Sea Bass. Starting
the day off trolling the rigs and spoons we quickly boated 3 bass of 18, 19
and 20 pounds and a handful of bluefish. Once the tide dropped off we moved
off shore and finished the day bottom fishing catching Sea Bass.
Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: So-Kool
Date Fished: 5-23-99
Location: Flynn's Knoll
Fishing Method: Anchor-then casting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26 inchs
Bait or Lure: Bunker--Fin-S Jigs-AVA 017 &027s
Water Depth: 15-20 Feet
Water Temp.: 59.5
Information : Wanted to worm/eel for bass early but weather delayed our start.
Anthony & I decide to just chunk on the Knoll in hopes of bass.Once we got the
anchor set,we started having almost immediate action.For the next several
hours we had good action with bluefish in the 3-7 pound class but no
stripers.With 90 minutes left in the tide,we noticed birds working to our
north-we pulled anchor & headed in that direction. We had constant action for
the next hour with bluefish on Fin-S jigs,AVA 017s and 027s.Anthony did manage
to jig up a 26 inch striper
Angler Name : Gene E. Karlson
E-Mail : Matawan, NJ
Boat Name: "Shooting Star"
Date Fished: 5/22-23/99
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: Up to 22"
Bait or Lure: Spearing, Squid
Water Depth: 10'-20'
Water Temp.: 50's
Information : Tom took me out on his boat again this weekend but we didn't do
as well with the keepers as we did the following weekend. Only 1 keeper 22"
Tom caught, but between the both of us we must of had at least 15-20 shorts,
also alot of crabs were around. Labor day weekend I hope we'll knock 'em dead.
Good Luck Everyone!
Angler Name : pmcgee
E-Mail : pmcgee1951@aol.com
Boat Name: rental
Date Fished: 5-23-99
Location: Fortesque
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure: chicken
Water Depth: 14'
Water Temp.: na
Information : all fish caught in the early morning,plenty of good size
weaks,chicken is the bait to use.No throw backs in the weakie dept. caught 2
flounder one 18" the other was a throw back 15". Nothing was caught on the
incoming tide.
Angler Name : Michael Doebley
E-Mail : mdoebley@faulkner.com
Boat Name: Bass Tub
Date Fished: 05/23/99
Location: Lakes Bay
Fishing Method: Casting
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-4lb Blues
Bait or Lure: 1oz bucktail head with white or green Surgical Tube
Water Depth: 16'
Water Temp.: 51
Information : Went out after weather cleared up around 2pm for the first time
on my buddy Mark Rudisill's boat. Mark is a pro with stripers/weakies/blues.
Fished many banks between margate causeway and lakes bay with plugs/bombers&
bucktails looking for weakies and stripers with no luck. While stripers near
inlet and surf have been good, Mark say they have not been in lakes bay yet
this year even though by this time last year they were.
Caught the blues behind bayport 1. All were taken on east edge of channel
casting the tubes. Caught 6 in 2-1/2 hours. It took lots of cast but were
great fights.
Angler Name : Kevin Mitchell
E-Mail : ehtmgr@aol.com
Boat Name: Shell Fish
Date Fished: 05/23/99
Location: Barnegat Bay Oyster Creek to Forked River
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Bluefish
Size: NONE
Bait or Lure: Jigs, surge tube lures, squid
Water Depth: 8-10'
Water Temp.:
Information : Lots of red sea weed drifting. Wind picked up out of the South
East. Not even a bite. Hopefully better luck next time.
Angler Name : Ron Walker
E-Mail : rwalker@trilogyassoc.com
Boat Name: MegaBite
Date Fished: 5-23-99
Location: Del Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting with various baits
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure: Bunker, squid, killies, chicken
Water Depth: 10-35
Water Temp.: 67
Information : First trip of the new season out of a new dock. Weather
was absolutely terrific. Like a lake on the bay. Fishing
was not so good. Got various skates and other junk, but
did manage 1 small weakfish and a few throwback flounder.
Water dirty after blowing a gale for last month.
Hope to do better next time out. By the way, how come 98%
of reports on this site are from North Jersey?
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Angler Name : Captain Bob Balewicz
E-Mail : bob@cornerelo.com
Boat Name: Carcharodon
Date Fished: 5/22/99
Location: Sea Girt Reef/Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 45-85
Water Temp.: 61
Information : What a great day on Saturday! Calm seas made it quite easy to
pick a cooler full of sea bass & blackfish. Heard from my buddies that the
good fluke action is still at the 'Hook, but since we didn't want to run that
far, we started at the Shrewsbury Rocks with squid & killies. Finding a
killer bite with seabass, we switched to salted fresh clams (nice n'tough) and
pulled too many bass to count, returning those under 14". We moved to 17
fathoms into bluefish bite that didn't seem worth it, dropped baits and still
killed the seabass in deeper water, even with a steady bergal nuisance. Oh
well, bergal strips make great bait, no? Try 'em if you haven't, everything
eats them.
By the way, those of you calling about the warm water at the Hudson . . . it
doesn't look "that good". Sit tight and wait a bit for Canyon runs unless you
want to pull Blue sharks all day! I was thinking about running out to the
Texas Tower and Triple Wrecks this weekend if the water clears up, so I'll
update you guys next week if so.
Angler Name : Alan
E-Mail : AJTorsiello@CVS.com
Boat Name: HOT ROD
Date Fished: 5/22/99
Location: Barnagate Bay
Fishing Method: Troll and casting
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2 - 3 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Yellow bombers and Fin-S Fish
Water Depth: 10'
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Trolled around Tices Shoal for about an hour and a half and
caught 2 blues. Then decided to cast for a while and caught 2 more. I
wouldn't call it a blitz, but it was my firt day on the water this year so I'm
happy. Also later that evening I ran over to the Seaside bridge for an hour
and caught a short stripper.
Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 22
Location: 25 miles south of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Wreck Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 4 pounds
Bait or Lure: Clams/Squid
Water Depth: 85'
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Ron Romic charter from Cherry Hill,
NJ out on the Canyon Runner Saturday and enjoyed excellant Sea Bass action on
wrecks in 85 and 75 feet of water. The first wreck in 85' produced a steady
pick of 1 to 2 pound Sea Bass. A move inshore prove wise, however, as double
headers of 2 to 3 pound Sea Bass were common during the first hour on the
piece and steady action continue through-out the rest of the day. In total
175+ Sea Bass and Blackfish were boated with 131 Sea Bass brought back to the
dock.
Angler Name : Yolanta and Irina
E-Mail : NJshore694
Boat Name: FISH FACE
Date Fished: 5/22/99
Location: Sandy Hook Area
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16"-20"
Bait or Lure: sqiud/killie
Water Depth: 15-25
Water Temp.:
Information : A pretty slow pick of Fluke, didn't see the nets moving
on the headboats either.
The girls out fished their captain. I was the "KING of
SEA ROBINS" according to my mates.
Angler Name : Anthony and Friends
E-Mail : Simply1301@aol.com
Boat Name: Three's a Charm!!
Date Fished: 5/22/99
Location: Off Keansburg fishing Pier
Fishing Method: Drifting (fluke)
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18 to 20 inch ( up to 3 pounds)
Bait or Lure: squid and spearing on white bucktail rigs
Water Depth: 8 to 12 feet
Water Temp.: ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Information : I've found this location to be holding nice size Fluke, with out
a lot of fishing pressure. I have picked up alot of fish drifting everywhere
around this pier.
Good luck
Anthony
Angler Name : rfrank
E-Mail : rfrank12@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: CAPT MIKES RENTAL
Date Fished: 5-22-99
Location: GREATBAY
Fishing Method: DOUBLE HOOK SINKER IN MIDDLE
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12-15 INCHES
Bait or Lure: KELLIES SQUID
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : WE CAUGHT OBOUT 20 FLUKE NO KEEPERS MORE THAN HALF WERE 15
INCHES WE CAUGHT TWO SCATES AND 1 SEA ROBIN BUT HAD A GOOD TIME THE WEATHER
WAS BEAUTIFUL
Angler Name : Curt Knott
E-Mail : curtk@fast.net
Boat Name: Knumbknotts
Date Fished: 5/22/99
Location: Great Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: to 18"
Bait or Lure: squid-minnie combo
Water Depth: 3.5-6 ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Slime and vegetation covered most of the bottom covering the
baits within seconds. I don't know how the fish found the baits through all of
the vegetation unless they were vegetarians and actually wanted the salad. A
very frustating day but it still beat what I did Monday through Friday.
Angler Name : Mike
E-Mail : MBerger422@aol.com
Boat Name: Rebecca Joy
Date Fished: 5/22/99
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Anchored/Flat-lining Bunker
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 6-9 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 18ft
Water Temp.: About 58
Information : Fished the incoming and outgoin tide. A little slow at first,
but then we had two 6 pounders on at the same time. Great excitement! We had
lunch at slack high tide. When I was done I decided to give it a try at slack
high tide and surely enough I caught a 9lbs blue at DEAD slack tide! Great
day on the bay!
Angler Name : Ray Keller
E-Mail : SK1225@BELatlanticnet.com
Boat Name: Striper Sniper
Date Fished: 5/22/99
Location: Del Bay
Fishing Method: Anchored
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 33,40,41,41
Bait or Lure: Bunker Chunks
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.: 64
Information : The wind finally layed down.Got an early start to our SPOT and
on the out going tide picked up 3.After fighting through about 50 sharks we
caught the last one on the incoming tide.The winds started picking up in the
afternoon but still a beautiful day.Might go for the weakies next week.
Angler Name : robert mceneaney jr
E-Mail : macgator99
Boat Name: doris mae
Date Fished: 5/22/99
Location: barnagate light nj
Fishing Method: chumming nite blues
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5lbs to 15lbs
Bait or Lure: herring
Water Depth: 100 ft
Water Temp.: 65
Information :
Angler Name : Jerry
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Jeanie Too
Date Fished: 5/22/99
Location: Bay Ridge Flats
Fishing Method: rod/reel
Specie: Weakfish
Size: to 9lbs.
Bait or Lure: Fin-S/squid
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Fished on the Jeanie Too for weakies and fluke on saturday. Had
a great day with Capt. Manny. Five of us caught Weaks to 9lbs, avg. fish
about 7 lbs., 20 fluke to 5lbs, 1 blue and 1 Stiper which was a short. Fin-s
worked great on the weakies with 2oz. jig heads.
Angler Name : Michael Doebley
E-Mail : mdoebley@faulkner.com
Boat Name: Nevermoore
Date Fished: 05/22/99
Location: Ship Channel
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14-181/2"
Bait or Lure: Minnows/mackerel
Water Depth: 4-15'
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Beautiful Day! Fished incoming tide, got 8 fluke, 4 keepers.
All caught on south-side of channel in front of Kennedy Park. All fish taken
coming out of deep water to shallow on edge of channel. GUys who got out early
were coming back with nice weakies. You have to go early for them though.
Heard reports of 10-12 lb. blues being taken at table top, but did not hear
what was being used.
Angler Name : G. Davis
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Slacker
Date Fished: 5/22/99
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 20"
Bait or Lure: sea robin strips
Water Depth: 45'
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Nice sunny Spring day with SE winds @ 5-10mph. Party and
private boats created a mob scene along the beach from bug light to the rip.
To avoid the crowd, we chose to fish along the "terminal channel" leading to
the ammo pier. Caught a nice 20" fluke in 45' of water... also caught a short
and a passing bluefish. Also tried flats west of the ammo pier... no luck
there.
Angler Name : Bill
E-Mail : ontherun@jersey.net
Boat Name: Lil Guy
Date Fished: 5/22/99
Location: Delaware Bay
Fishing Method: Anchored / Drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 18 to 24 inches
Bait or Lure: Chicken!
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Well once again the team of Bill, Chris, and Keith hit the salt.
Bay was
a flat calm, could have done a hundred miles an hour if Lil Guy had it
in it. We ran out near Mia maul and tried a dropoff I knew off....
Notta, ran to the light where all the party boats were drifting on top
of each other... Notta. Went back to the faithful spot out front of
Fortesque... BINGO! Weakfish, nice steady pick of 18 to 24" trout.
Slowed down around lunchtime. Went exploring Found a nice drift further
north. Produced several flounders, we managed 4 keepers, about 15
throwbacks. I was drifting eels, but the stripers wouldn't take the
whole bait, kept biting them in half. Had 1 sad note saw a 24" linesider
float by the boat evidently had been gut hooked by someone, struggling
on the surface. I considered netting it, but the fine isn't worth the
fish... Just a pity to see that go to waste. Total for the day..... 21
weakfish, 4 fluke and 4 Blues. Once again the Lil Guy finds the fish.
Tight lines to all, and is anyone giving out netting lessons, cause
second mate Keith is in need of a teacher.........
Angler Name : Ritch Charles
E-Mail : ritch@atoncomputing.com
Boat Name: Just Reelin
Date Fished: 5/22/99
Location: Flynn's Knoll
Fishing Method: Chucking
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3 to 15 lbs.
Bait or Lure: bunker chunks
Water Depth: 18 to 24 feet
Water Temp.: 58.7
Information : Got fresh bunker and thought the end of the tide would produce
stripers. Got loads of bluefish. When the tide was over, we trolled more
blues going over to the towers where we got more big blues on the chunk and
incoming tide. The skates were also large and plentiful. NO BASS.
Angler Name : Tont Dee
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Beach Jeep
Date Fished: 5/22
Location: Absecon Inlet Jetty
Fishing Method:
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5 to 7 pounds
Bait or Lure: hopkins mackrel strips
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished the end of out going tide,and caught fish on and off all
day. Most were caught on hopkins but some were taken on mackrel,lots of
people were getting them.Some herring,and flounder,seen caught also,it was a
great day to be out in spite of the minor sunburn.WE caught 12 all in all,I
can only hope that all trips out will be as produtive.Looking forward to
more.GOOD FISHING!!
Angler Name : chuck
E-Mail : indiantimes@att.worldnet
Boat Name: NEVERENOUGH
Date Fished: 52299
Location: littel egg inlet
Fishing Method: jig
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2/3lb
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished for fluke in the middel grounds not a nib went to the
inlet and got into the blues
Angler Name : ED AND BARRY
E-Mail : BUSCAVAGEE@MAIL.MONTCLAIR.EDU
Boat Name: FAT-BOY
Date Fished: 5/22/99
Location: RARITAN BAY
Fishing Method: CHUNK/DRIFT WORMS
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22-25 INCHES
Bait or Lure: BUNKER/WORMS
Water Depth: 17-30 FT
Water Temp.: 63
Information : HAD A GOOD DAY GOT 8 SHORTS AND ALL THE BLUES WE WANTED,
BUT RELEASED THEM ALL.HEAVY BOAT TRAFFIC ALL DAY.
THE FISH WERE THERE,HEARD VERY FEW KEEPERS,STILL NICE TO BE ON THE WATER.
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Angler Name : CaptNick
E-Mail : CaptNick00@aol.com
Boat Name: Miss Belmar Princess
Date Fished: 5-21-99
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5#-12#
Bait or Lure: bunker, mackerel, and ling
Water Depth: 110 ft
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Ran to the Mud Hole and really racked up on the bluefish. The
fishing got better and better as the night went on. If you dropped down to the
bottom you could scratch out some ling, small ones were good bait for the
bigger blues. All in all a great trip, caught about 20 bluefish up to
12#.
Angler Name : pell glentz
E-Mail : Albbatross0099@yahoo
Boat Name: sea fox
Date Fished: 5/21
Location: sandyhook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 8- 17 1/2
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : 5 keepers 3 throw backs
Angler Name : Ray
E-Mail : Ray79@aol.com
Boat Name: atlantis princess
Date Fished: 5-21-99
Location: raritan bay
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: keepers to 30lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: 15-35
Water Temp.: 50s
Information : hit the reach cbannel with chunks from 7pm-midnight steady pick
of bass and blues ended up with 2 6lb blues my brother an 18lb striper pops
got squat pool winner was around 25lbs one weakie was also caught good crew
nice night
Angler Name : CJ Walsh
E-Mail : cjw12@acpub.duke.edu
Boat Name: Miss Avalon - Wreck Fishing
Date Fished: May 20, 21
Location: Avalon, NJ
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 5 lbs
Bait or Lure: White Bucktail
Water Depth: Waist Deep
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Fished Thursday night from the beach on the Avalon side of the
Townsends Inlet bridge, whacked a five pound weakfish on a 3/4 oz. white
bucktail with a white twister tail trailer... Tim "The Rookie" Davis, my
fishing companion and co-worker, nailed two four pounders in the middle of
"the old guys." The College Kids are back and we're fishing again. Got up
the next morning and jumped on the Miss Avalon II for a six hour wreck trip
and after I whaled a nice mess of hunch-head sea bass up to three pounds I
nailed a sweet five pound tog and snapped my graphite Fenwick triggerstick
trying to pull Mr. Slippery out of his home in a pile of old net and rope ...
Not a bad start to a great weekend of fishing.
Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 21
Location: 20 miles south of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Wreck Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 3 pounds
Bait or Lure: Clams/Squid
Water Depth: 75
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Eric Lau and James Wu charter from
Manhattan out on the Canyon Runner Friday and put together a good catch of Sea
Bass. Fishing 3 different wrecks in 65 to 75 feet of water the charter boated
over 150+ Sea Bass releaseing 30+ shorts and keeping the rest for the dinner
table. It was a steady pick all day as the swells from the week of Northeast
winds finally laid down.
Angler Name : Nick
E-Mail : cuch3@aol.com
Boat Name: Cooch
Date Fished: 5/21/99
Location: 4 miles inside of Barnegat ridge
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5-12 lbs
Bait or Lure: Plugs and Tubes
Water Depth: 65-90
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Started at South Ridge- picked 5 Blues in about 5 hrs. Moved
inshore around 3pm- caught around 20 blues in 2 hrs all 9-12 lbs!
Angler
Name : jim perry
E-Mail : auntspam99@webtv.net
Boat Name: miss fortescue
Date Fished: 5/21/99
Location: elbow at crossledge
Fishing Method: drift and anchor
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 1lb-7lbs
Bait or Lure: chicken and ANY lure
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : this was the first night trip for the miss fortescue and what a
night it was! boat left at 4pm and went strait to the elbow. started drifting
and caught 6 weaks between me and my dad. anchored up near light around 8pm
and still had slim pickin"s but the bigger weaks started hitting. had 3 more
betweem 4 and 7lbs! around 9pm boat lights went on and all hell broke loose!!!
the bait moved to the top and whatever you tossed(bucktail-rubber worm-speck
rig) worked!!! we had fish on every cast! not as big as the 4 to 7pounders ,
but keeper fish 19 out of 20 times!!! in the end i think everyone had their
limits(at least 30 people). hats off to the captain and crew of this
boat!!!!!!!!
Angler Name : mike pandiscia
E-Mail : odiemd@garden.net
Boat Name: Debbie's Dilemma
Date Fished: 05/21/99
Location: the hook/bay
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28"
Bait or Lure: worms/bunker
Water Depth: 26-35'
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Hi Brothers, great day friday, went to the #10-14- 20A bouy.
COULD NOT GET PAST THE BLUE FISH FOR THE STRIPERS.
HEARD GOOD REPORTS ON THE RADIO WHILE FISHING. AFTER ONE YEAR WE GOT THE GPS
WORKING RIGHT. MIGHT PASS UP THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND FISHING DUE TO TRAFFIC NEXT
WEEKEND. ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS MUNICIPAL MARINA IS GETTING CROWDED AS THGEY ARE
DOING SOME REPAIR WORK AND HAVE HALF OF THE LAUNCH AREA BLOCKED. HOPE THEY
CLEAN UP SOON OR WE WILL BE WAITING A LONG WHILE TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE
WATER. WELL GOOD LOCK FISHING AND TALK TO YOU SOON. HAPPY TRAILS, MIKE
Angler Name : Bob&Vinny
E-Mail :
Boat Name: 17ft Silverline
Date Fished: May 21
Location: Ludlam Bay - Sea Isle City
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: Up to 18-1/2
Bait or Lure: Squid - Minnow Combo
Water Depth: 3' to 20'
Water Temp.: ???
Information : Started out at 8:00am. Caught a 16-1/2" fluke on the first
drift. Lots of throw backs but also kept a 15-1/2 and an 18-1/2. All the other
boats were catching lots of fish, some as big as 22". Stopped at noon. Best
fishing in Ludlam Bay that I've seen in the past ten years.
Angler Name : Jim Balicki
E-Mail : emcjim@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: None
Date Fished: 5/21/99
Location: Sandy Hook, North Beach
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 16 in. to 20 in.
Bait or Lure: Ava 007 w/ green tail
Water Depth: 0 to 6 ft.
Water Temp.: Cool
Information : 5 bluefish on the outgoing tide. Not a great catch
but most surf reports are bass on clams. This one is
for the lure fishermen. The area is a sizable walk north
from the North Beach parking lot. Last year the Park
Rangers roped this area, making it illegal for June, July and most of August.
Hope this does not happen again this year. A thousand fishermen should have
priority over a
few nesting birds.
Angler Name : Will H
E-Mail : NJDorado@aol.com
Boat Name: Atlantis
Date Fished: May 21, 1999
Location: Oceanic Bridge, Navesink River
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 3 up to 19"
Bait or Lure: bucktail, squid/killi
Water Depth: shallow
Water Temp.: warm
Information : Had 2 Weakfish and 3 Fluke while fishing at the Bridge today.
Squid/killi combo worked good with 1 Fluke caught on bucktail and squid. Had a
19" Fluke, 2 18" Weakfish, and 2 short Fluke. Plan to fish the Bay tommorrow.
Other anglers were catching Fluke and Weakfish but not big ones like my friend
and I had.
Angler Name : Brian Towler
E-Mail : BNMTOWLER@AOL.COM
Boat Name: N/A
Date Fished: 5-21-99
Location: Strathmere
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: Squid and minnows
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Fished Sat morning around 8am, low tide. Did not see anybody
catching any fish, boats or shore. It seems like winter wasn't very kind to
the beach. The point seems to be washed over and the sand bar in the middle
got bigger.
I did manage to catch a skate and snag a horseshoe crab. So much for the day
did not fish long, maybe two hours. Hope nextweekend will bring better
luck!!!
Angler Name :
Dan Leston
E-Mail : danleston@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Obsession
Date Fished: 5/21/99
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 20 " 5-6lbs
Bait or Lure: Yozuri
Water Depth: 10.5'
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Trolled by Tyces Shoal and got into blues. Water was choppy
from a SE wind.
Angler Name : ken
E-Mail : imwc3y2AOL.COM
Boat Name: fishnutz
Date Fished: 21 may 99 Friday
Location: asbury park
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15 inches
Bait or Lure: frozen spearing
Water Depth: 35
Water Temp.: 56
Information : caught 9 short fluke and some skates. i hope things get
better
Angler Name : DHenderson
E-Mail : KingStriperHead@webtv.net
Boat Name: Buckeye 2
Date Fished: 5-21
Location: Great Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12-17 in.
Bait or Lure: sqid minnow and herring
Water Depth: 10 ft.
Water Temp.: warm
Information : Fished for about 4 hours and came away with 9 flounder. Only 2
keepers. Obviously still a little slow, but getting out there ealier would
probably help allot more.Saw tons of birds working over small blue fish in
grassy channel if that`s your thing. I don`t really care for blues
myself.Cousin Bill just called from the beach(sunday night) he said that they
have caught a few shorts so far with the biggest one at 27 1/2 in.(Stripers) I
shall wait and see what tomorrow will bring. Hopefully fish. Keep a tight
line.
Angler Name : UPS Dave
E-Mail : df1gtree@aolcom
Boat Name: Atlantic Star
Date Fished: 05.20.1999
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16.5 "
Bait or Lure: herring, killies, spearing with squid
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Fluking along the bayside of Sandy Hook was pretty good for the
head boat. We fished the A.M. only. I had brought along some herring and
some killies. Unfortunately, the free spearing and squid seemed to be the
meal of choice for the fluke. I think the boat averaged two keepers per
fisherman. I got one, 16.5 inches, 3 shorts, a ray, a sea robin and a horshoe
crab. Most people did better. We tried the ammo pier. It was dead.
Angler Name : kirk davis
E-Mail : kirk_davis@hotmail.com
Boat Name: dauntless
Date Fished: may 20th
Location: inshore wrecks
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 2 1/4 lbs
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 40-70ft
Water Temp.: mid 50s
Information : Sea Bass fishing was hot...most poeple had 20 keepers...others
like myself
were in the low 30s...size is mixed from 8'' to 17''...it's nice to see these
fish starting to concentrate so early...captain really
got us on some good spots today...
Angler Name : SCOTTO-D
E-Mail : SCOTTOD172aol.com
Boat Name: flounder pounder
Date Fished: 5-20-99
Location: out of fortescue-nj
Fishing Method: ancored-bottom fishing
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 30+inches
Bait or Lure: perdue peeler
Water Depth: 12-19ft
Water Temp.: 54*
Information : TOOK A CHANCE WITH THE WIND BLOWING 10 TO 20 NW HEADED OUT
HIGBIES AT 6:30 LOOKED GOOD BEFORE WE PUT THE BOAT IN LITTLE BIT OF A CHOP BUT
KNEW IT WASN'T GOONA GET BETTER AS HARD AS IT WAS BLOWING 2 TO 4 FT SEAS MOST
OF THE MORNIN AS SOON AS WE ANCORED UP MY PARTNER NAILED A 20IN WEAK HAD ARE
LIMIT IN 4 1/2 HRSNO THROW BACKS ALL DAY
SMALLEST WEAK WAS 18IN 4 WERE 25IN 28 IN 30IN 31 IN 9POUNDER BIGGEST WEAKIES
I'VE SEEN IN 10YRS WOW!!BEST TRIP I HAD IN A LONG TIME ONLY THING THO JUST 4
OTHER BOATS FISHIN. LOST WITHOUT EXAGERATING 25 TO 30 MORE JUST SEEM TO BE
SPITTING THE HOOKS SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR UNBELIEVABLE TRIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ONLY COST US $4.00$ IN BAIT.SEE YOU GUYS THERE NEXT FRIDAY STILL HOPE THE
BENDERS ARE STILL THERE GOOD LUCK FISHIN.GOOTA HOOK UM TO COOK UM.
Angler Name : Duane Henderson
E-Mail : KingStriperHead@webtv.net
Boat Name: Buckeye 2
Date Fished: 5-20
Location: IBSP
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18-28 in.
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Normally when the sun shines bright and it`s a nice day you
don`t catch very many fish on the beach. Not today. We caught 19 stripers.
1 keeper just over 28 in. 8 lbs. Looks like another nice day, but I won`t
press my luck. Today I`m going flounder fishing. Until next time, keep a
tight line.
Angler Name : pat
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/19
Location: Long Port jetty
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 13-16
Bait or Lure: mackerel strips
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : fished the top of the tide for about 3 hours caught all kinds of
junk fish and 3 fluke, one keeper but I threw it back I also picked up a 26
inch striper.
Angler Name : DadBassPro
E-Mail : DADBASSPRO@AOL.COM
Boat Name: MISS BELMAR
Date Fished: MAY 18
Location: 10 MILES OFFSHORE
Fishing Method: ANCHORED
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 7 LB AVG.
Bait or Lure: BUNKER
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : DAY WAS CLOUDY BUT WE ALL MAXED OUT ON THE LIMIT,THE CAPTAIN PUT
US RIGHT ON TOP OF THE FISH, FOR EARLY MAY I COULDN'T BELIEVE THE ACTION.
GREAT BOAT AND GREAT CREW, THEY WERE THERE BEFORE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO CALL FOR
THE GAFF
Angler Name : Duane Henderson
E-Mail : KingStriperHead@webtv.net
Boat Name: Buckeye 2
Date Fished: 5-17,18,19
Location: Great bay
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 12-18 in
Bait or Lure: minnow and herring
Water Depth: 6 ft
Water Temp.: warm
Information : It`s a tough life when you have time to go fishing and no play
on the computer. Went to the beach late Sunday night and only caught 2 short
stripers. I did see 2 keepers cauht and about 5 other shorts.Monday I decided
to get my first flounder dinner of the year.I had no partner, and only fished
for 1 hour. Caught 5 flounder, 3 were keepers.They were very good I might add.
Got 2 partners to go with me yesterday. Caught 5 flounders. 2 sea robbins,1
skate and 1 bluefsh in 4 hours.NO keeper flounders.Glad I went out by myself
the day before.Keep a tight line!
Angler Name : Jimmy
E-Mail : jara264@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/17/99
Location: Highlands
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: Killes
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished around amo pire 6 under 2lb Not to good today but a nice
day out. Going out this week end on are new boat. A 19ft bayliner.
Angler Name : Tee-Big-T-& Jackie
E-Mail : tee324@earthlink.com
Boat Name: TEE-RIFIC II
Date Fished: 5-16-99---5-17-99
Location: Coast Guard base
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 to 25 in
Bait or Lure: killies-squid-sand eels
Water Depth: 15-45
Water Temp.: 54-55
Information : I,m up here on vacatin from Florida. My dad Thomas My uncle Jack
and myself Tee caught 9 keepers and 15 throw backs Sun. & 5 keepers and 7
throw backs Mon. Windy both days. Hope we have better days Thurs. &
Fri.Fluke action is not this hot in Jax. Fl.Good fishing to all....
Angler Name : ED
E-Mail : EMCSHE@COAIR.COM
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5-17
Location: SANDY HOOK
Fishing Method: BOAT
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18 INCH
Bait or Lure: SQID SPEARING COMBO
Water Depth: 30
Water Temp.: 62
Information : PLENTY OF PARTY BOATS TO MARK THE AREA WONDER HOW THEY COULD OF
LEFT SOME FISH BEHIND PLENTY OF THROW BACKS EARLY THEN BITE WAS OFF WEATHER
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Angler Name : Mike George
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Jersey Bounce
Date Fished: 5/16/99
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolled
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26 inches
Bait or Lure: Spoons & Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 35 feet
Water Temp.: 50 degrees
Information : Started trolling and got 2 hits off of Perth Amboy at about 6:00
am. Then started trolling the Raritan Reach and worked my way to Flynn's
Knoll. Caught a 26 inch bass which weighed about 12 lbs. the fish was
released and that was the only fish caught for the day. The wind really
picked up and it was cool all day. I did not see anyone else pulling in fish
so we packed up and went home around 2:15 pm. Hope the fishing improves.
Angler Name : F. Smith
E-Mail : Porgyman@Yahoo.com
Boat Name: N/A
Date Fished: 5/15 - 5/16/99
Location: Sandy Hook - Bay
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: Mack Strips and Squid
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Beautiful weather and the opening of fluke season brought me out
on both 5/16 and 5/17. Started off with mack strips, no bites. Switched to
calamari. No bites. Wind was steady from the east, no one around me was having
any luck either. Finally, after 5 hours on both days, called it quits.
Angler Name : Dan Leston
E-Mail : danleston@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Obsession
Date Fished: 5/16/98
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: Fin-S
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 21"
Bait or Lure: Fin-S
Water Depth: 10.5'
Water Temp.: 61.5
Information : Headed to bouy BB and BI to troll for blues, caught (1) blue and
then started to work for Weakfish, got on on Fin-S. Conditions were really
bad with an easterly wind and 3' waves in the bay.
Angler Name : Gene E. Karlson
E-Mail : Matawan, NJ
Boat Name: Shooting Star
Date Fished: 5-16-99
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 1/2"- 23"
Bait or Lure: Killies, Squid, Spearing
Water Depth: 8'-25'
Water Temp.: 50's
Information : After such a good day Fluking yesterday, Tom invited me again
today. Hit the same holes as yesterday and were blessed by King Neptune with
just about the same length as yesterday but twice as fat, 10 Fluke, 8 Keepers,
Tom got the 23" but I had high hook (Nice Fillets). When we got back to the
dock everyone of his neighbors were impressed with the sizes as we lined them
up on the dock for a picture. At this rate we might end up with a 10lb'er yet,
very early yet for this size fish that I'm used to. Hoping for good weather
next weekend. Good Luck Everybody!
Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 16
Location: 20 miles south of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Wreck Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 3 pounds
Bait or Lure: Clams/Squid
Water Depth: 80'
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Phil Dulane had the Canyon Runner out again for the
fourth day in a row and put the Joe McClary charter from Chester, PA into Sea
Bass and Blackfish. Unfortunately, the Northeast/East winds which seem to
have been blowing for a month built the seas to 8-10 foot swells which are
begining to hurt the bottom fishing. Fishing the same wrecks where we boated
over 200 the week before we only managed 50+ for the day. However we did get
a couple nice size Sea Bass to 3+ pounds and Blackfish to 8 pounds. In
addition, for the second day in a row we boated another Striper and lost
another one at the boat. We have been fishing these wrecks for 20+ years and
this is the first year we ever caught Stripers off them, and the Striper today
made it the fourth of the year. In case anyone is wondering, we are only
fishing 2 - 3 miles from the beach.
Angler Name : Rus
E-Mail : Risban@aol.com
Boat Name: `Porgy 3
Date Fished: 5/16/99
Location: cape may
Fishing Method: wreck fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: short - 15"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 70'
Water Temp.: 51*F
Information : Rough Day on the water we caught a few fish high hook up was 5
or 6 keepers. Pool was taken by a nice fluke. We also picked up a few Tautog.
On rough days I recomend rubber boots on this boat. Nice boat though will ride
again when wet feet are not a factor.
Angler Name : Ken P.
E-Mail : kper@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: Sea Horse
Date Fished: 5/16/99
Location: Raritan Bay/Ammo Pier/CG Sta.
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 10-20"
Bait or Lure: squid/spearing/Fin-S fish
Water Depth: 12-52'
Water Temp.: 51-55
Information : Lotsaboats,lotsathrowbacks with ESE 20 kt wind by noon,had 1
keeper out 10
returns.Capt Bunting is the best, power drifting,seeking better grounds,+ Ed
Jr.is back. Had a great day. A 4 lb. fluke won pool.
Angler Name : Glenn Voshell
E-Mail : Fishfin@AOL
Boat Name: Cynthia Marie
Date Fished: 5/16/99
Location: Barneget Inlet
Fishing Method: jiggin
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 40", 24lbs
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 11'
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Caught 9 Stripers between 6AM and 9AM, fished incoming tide, 2
keepers with the biggest 40" 24lbs,
Angler Name : Rick Sheetz
E-Mail : RickSheetz@AOL.Com
Boat Name: Land Shark
Date Fished: 5-16-99
Location: Main Marsh-Inland Waterway
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 20 -24"
Bait or Lure: Top and bottom bucktail with Minnie
Water Depth: 5 to 23 ft
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Tough dritft with the wind..Caught a 24" 4 lb fluke on first
drift.Boated two other Fuke both over 20" the next drift. Called it quits as
it was tough keeping the boat over the hole I had targeted.
Angler Name : JUMBO JONES
E-Mail :
Boat Name: HYDRA SPORT DUCK
Date Fished: 5-16-99
Location: MANASQUAN R. , P.P. CANAL
Fishing Method: BAIT - WORMING, JIGGING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28 INCH
Bait or Lure: SAND WORMS, FIN-S
Water Depth: 10-15'
Water Temp.: ^50'S
Information : FISHED TOP OF THE FLOOD WITH CHUBE, ROGER AND DREW(6 Y/O).
CAUGHT 3 BASS UNDER 1/2 HOUR, LOST A BIGGIE IN THE CANAL.
2 KEEPERS BOTH 28 INCHES. HAD A GREAT DAY DESPITE ^EAST
WINDS, BOAT TRAFFIC AND OFFSHORE BOAT RACING.
DREW IS GOING TO BE A GREAT ANGLER SOMEDAY AND HE CAN GO
FISHING WITH HIS UNCLE ANY TIME - DO YOUSELF A FAVOR,
TAKE A KID FISHING! TIGHT LINES - HAVE A GREAT SEASON!
Angler Name : Michael Doebley
E-Mail : mdoebley@faulkner.com
Boat Name: nevermoore
Date Fished: 5-16-99
Location: rainbow channel southside of 9th st. bridge
Fishing Method: Top/Bottom Rig
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 16.5"
Bait or Lure: minnows/mackerel
Water Depth: 3-16 feet
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Total of 5 in a little over an hour but only one keeper. The
other 4 were
just short. Very windy and the sea anchor was helpful. All were caught right
on edge of channel where bottom drops.
Angler Name : Captain mark
E-Mail : my268@aol.com
Boat Name: Sea Spaniel
Date Fished: 5-16-99
Location: Manasquan
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15 1/2"
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 15 ft
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Did nothing but dodge the race boats all day, could not get a
good drift marine police had us staying on 1 side of the channel.. Oh well try
again next weekend...
Angler Name : Andy Flint
E-Mail : aflint@ptc.com
Boat Name: I Wear The Pants
Date Fished: 5-16-99
Location: Barneget Inlet
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22-26"
Bait or Lure: Sandworms
Water Depth: 10-20 ft
Water Temp.: 54-55
Information : Caught 8 Stripers and one flounder, no keepers.
Angler Name : Steve Oravets
E-Mail : tboatsteve@aol.com
Boat Name: Atlantus
Date Fished: 5/16/99
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16" to 20"
Bait or Lure: Squid/Spearing
Water Depth: 15'
Water Temp.: 56 to 58
Information : Departed the slip around 1 pm. Looking for a Fluke dinner.The
fish were cooperative. After 2 hours fishing we boated 8 fluke, 4 were keeper
size, and 1 sea robin.
Tasty little buggers.
Good Luck.
Capt. Steve
Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: So-Kool
Date Fished: 5-15-99
Location: Flynn's Knoll & Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Anchor & Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28 & 31 inchs
Bait or Lure: Bunker backs & chunkc,spearing,killies
Water Depth: 10-25 Fet
Water Temp.: 54.7-57.8
Information : Was just my daughter Jordanne and myself today. We left the dock
@ 6:45 AM and was soon anchored on the west side of the Knoll.With only 90
minutes before the tide died we didn't have much time.I took the starboard rod
and Jordanne was assigned the port rod.First hit ws to me-which yielded a 28
inch striper.Soon followed by Jordanne's3 pound bluefish--It was my turn again
with a 31 inch bass.--As the tide went slack Jordanne got a sea robin and
skate.With tide slack we packed up the chunking tackle and decided to try
fluking.We joined the aramada at the Bug Light-where jordanne quickly released
2 12 inch fluke--Next stop Officer's Row where again in short time Jordanne
released a 14 incher--Off to the Atlantic Highlands Breakwater where dad got
back in the game with a 18 inch fluke.Hoping to complete the super grand slam
we moved to the Oceanic Bridge in Navesink with hopes of weakfish,but a wind
against tide situation amde for poor fishing.
Angler Name : Robert E McEneaney Jr
E-Mail : macgator99@aol.com
Boat Name: DORIS MAE IV
Date Fished: 5/15/99
Location: LONG BEACH ISLAND
Fishing Method: CHUMMING
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2LBS TO 5LBS
Bait or Lure: HERRING
Water Depth: 200 FT
Water Temp.: 55
Information :
Angler Name :
E-Mail : IMeyers@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/15/99
Location: atlantic highlands
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: squid &live killies
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : 1/2 fishing 30 people; 18 keepers caught.weather good.
fishing fair; for first dayof fluke season.
Angler Name : Greg
E-Mail : Vongas@aol.com
Boat Name: Wahoo
Date Fished: 5/15/99
Location: Shrewsbury River
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 26"
Bait or Lure: Fin-S, Sandworm
Water Depth: 6
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Fished the river in the morning for a few hours. Got a 26",6lb
(on a scale) weakfish and a 22'', 3LB Fluke. Also got some throwback fluke.
Nice size fish for the river.
Angler Name : Gene E. Karlson
E-Mail : Matawan, NJ
Boat Name: Shooting Star
Date Fished: 5-15-99
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16"-22"
Bait or Lure: Killies, Spearing, Squid
Water Depth: 8'-20'
Water Temp.: 50's
Information : Had a good day with my buddy Tom on his boat as we drifted all
of our old spots from last year.Started getting choppy in the afternoon and it
seemed like the fish got turned off. 12 Fluke, 6 Keepers to 22", we both ate
fish dinners tonight.
Angler Name : sam &libby
E-Mail : eavaughn@aol.com
Boat Name: family affair 2
Date Fished: 5/15/99
Location: raitain bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : first time out this season had one short fluke and a 23 inch
bass started to be a nice day but broke down and had to be towed in .Thanks to
all that helped its feels great knowing how many came to help out.
Angler Name : MIKE
E-Mail : COULTER_MIKE@HOTMAIL.COM
Boat Name: OLD SALTY TWO
Date Fished: 5/15/99
Location: CAPEMAY COAST GUARD HARBOR AREA
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18" AND UP
Bait or Lure: BUCKTAIL TIPPED WITH SQUID AND BUNKER OIL
Water Depth: 24' HOLE
Water Temp.: 57
Information : WIND STILL HUFFIN, CAN'T GO ANYWHERE, NOT EVEN BACK BAYS WITH MY
SIZE BOAT BUT THE HOLE IN FRONT OF THE COAST GUARD PIER STILL PRODUCES
FISH!!!EVEN HAD A RUN OFF..
Angler Name : CaptNick
E-Mail : captnick00@aol.com
Boat Name: St. Jude
Date Fished: 5-15-99
Location: offshore wrecks
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 2+ pounds
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 70-125 ft.
Water Temp.: 51-54
Information : Ran 30 miles offshore to hit some wrecks. Caught some sea bass
and ling but we were looking for cod, big cod. Unfortunately, through all the
wrecks we hit, no cod, no reports of any cod being taken. Hit some more wrecks
on the way in, caught a bunch of nice two plus pound sea bass. Bent rods and
screaming reels to all!
Angler Name : Hector M. Robles
E-Mail : hectormr@monmouth.com
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: 05/15/99
Location: Keansburg fishing pier NJ
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 23 1/2 inches
Bait or Lure: Sandworms/Bunker/Mackeral
Water Depth: 10ft -15ft
Water Temp.: 50?
Information : Went fishing at the Keansburg fishing pier with
my friends George Cruz and Raul V, it was pretty windy
and a bit chilly fished from 3:00 p.m. till 9:00 p.m.
it was dead today except for a couple of bluefish some-
one caught and i caught a 23 1/2 inch Weakfish about
7lbs on a Mackeral chunck at about 7:45 p.m., but the
kicker was that the rod did not belong to me, some guy
named Rick left his rods there and went to go to get a
bit to eat, no sooner then he left he got a hit on one of
his rods and if i did not get it, it was going over the
pier, at least i got to fight the fish and land it, but
the guy didn't even give me a thank you. well that's
the way fishing goes some times, you catch fish even when
it is not your tackle. We also saw some birds come in
and some Bluefish under them, but they would not hit
the lures', i guess it was, because it was too dark, and
they could not see them.
Hector
Angler Name : John & Scott
E-Mail : roiratnj@aol.com
Boat Name: ROI-RAT
Date Fished: 05/15/99
Location: Barnegat Bay - Buoy 40
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 16" - 31"
Bait or Lure: Sandworms/Fin-S
Water Depth: 6'-11'
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Left the dock at 6:00pm on on an unplanned fishing trip. Forgot
a net, had little bait and not much fuel. But it was the most productive &
fun Weakie trip I've ever had. In 2 hours we boated 10 Weakies from
16"-31"(7.5lbs) and had NO throwbacks. Sandworms on a floater got many of
them and the Fin-S got the rest. We didn't loose a single fish due to no net,
but almost lost my buddy Scott over the side trying to grab the 7.5 pounder-
what a riot that was. By the way has anyone ever caught red/black drum in
Barnegat Bay? Just curious. If You have or know any info please E-mail me.
Also My boat is up for sale. 22' Mako w/twin 88hp o/b's, outriggers,
downrigger, FF, DF, Loran, VHF, runs well, no trailer, in the water at Lanoka
Harbor, askinng $5,500 obo- If interested Email me at the above or
jcastrati@aol.com. ......... Later
Angler Name : Pat D
E-Mail : pdemech@infotechnologiesinc.com
Boat Name: Miss Belmar
Date Fished: 5/15/99
Location: 17 fathoms
Fishing Method: Jig, then chum
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-5 pounds
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 50 feet
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Went out with five of my buddies on the Miss Belmar Saturday
morning and ended up with as many guys puking (3)as fish caught in 4-6 foot
seas. The boat only managed about ten fish with a five pounder being the pool
winner. Still a little early to be catching bluefish. Weather was decent and
it was still a good time watching three of my boys add a little extra chum to
the water. Will try again in mid June.
Angler Name : Bill
E-Mail : ontherun@jersey.net
Boat Name: Lil Guy
Date Fished: 5/15/99
Location: Delaware Bay
Fishing Method: anchored/drifted
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Well it started out ok, We had a brisk wind from the east about
15 to 20
knots. Chris didn't have the line in the water 10 minutes and boom....
3.25 pound weakfish. But that was it..... not another bite.... Wind was
tough so we started to drift different areas. Picked 5 or 6 fluke, all
throwbacks, and I found a nice 1 pound Blowfish which cooked up tender
and tasty that evening. Looking forward to a day without the wind to
find some more tasty seafood. Tight lines.
Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 15
Location: 12 miles south of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 4 pounds
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 65'
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Susan Stein charter from Manhattan,
NY out on the Canyon Runner and put together a good catch of Sea Bass,
Blackfish and Striped Bass. Fishing in 65 feet of water we had Sea Bass up to
4 pounds and Blackfish to 7 pounds. In addition we boated another Striped
Bass off the bottom for the second time in a row off this particular wreck.
The Striper was 35 inches and was Susan's first ever.
Angler Name : Captain Mark
E-Mail : my268@aol.com
Boat Name: Sea Spaniel
Date Fished: 5-15-99
Location: Manasquan river/Inlet
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: shorts
Bait or Lure: squid/keelies
Water Depth: 17 to 3 ft
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Well opening day was not reel well only 3 shorty's boated,did
not see to many keepers.It was a fun day and as always better then work... We
will try again tomorrow..
Sea you out their....
Angler Name : Dick Tuliszewski
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Three of Us
Date Fished: 5/15/99
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24"-26"
Bait or Lure: Umbrellas with yellow bomber trailer
Water Depth: 20-35 feet
Water Temp.:
Information : Worked the hook early and fishing was slow. Pick was no
existant till the tide turned to outgoing and than boated 6 blues and two
bass. Marked tons of bait right on the edge of the channel and thats where we
picked up our fish. Nice morning to be out even though fishing was slow.
Angler Name : Justin
E-Mail : jmrapp@yahoo.com
Boat Name: White Eagle
Date Fished: 5/15/99
Location: Raritan Bay/Lower NY Bay/Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Hook/Line and Sinker
Specie: Fluke
Size: to 18
Bait or Lure: Live Killie and Squid
Water Depth: 10-70 Feet
Water Temp.: Surface ~60 F
Information : Fished of Staten Island - Not one fish to be had, switch over to
the raritan reach
and my buddy picked up an 18 inch fluke. Tried Old Orchard next
and got nothing but a crab. Then moved off sandy hook
and picked up one short and a big fat searobin. It was
a slow day but worth the effort. Next weekend is strippers!
Angler Name : Eric B.
E-Mail : NA
Boat Name: NA
Date Fished: 5/15/99
Location: Northern-most Jetty in Asbury Park
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20-29 in
Bait or Lure: clams ans blood worms
Water Depth: NA
Water Temp.: NA
Information : Lots of people on the Jetty and lots of bass being caught. I
lost a big one it broke my 5/0 hook!
Angler Name : Captain Bob Balewicz
E-Mail : bob@cornerelo.com
Boat Name: Carcharodon
Date Fished: 5/15/99
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Gave the Carcharodon a rest and fished on the "Carolina Lady"
out of the Channel Club Marina in Monmouth Beach for opening day of Fluke
season. Bob Wald owns the boat, and we had the Ar/Land Realty party out. It
was gunnel to gunnel at the Bug Light & Coast Guard Station, drifting from 6'
out over the channel inside Sandy Hook.
It's amazing how when they set a size limit you catch a whole slew "just
under" . . . isn't it? Well, we had a decent catch of fish from 15.5 - 20"
with the heaviest being 3 lbs. Considering the time of year, the fish were
biting pretty well, but the whole area could be fished out daily with the
amount of boats there.
Re: Canyon Fishing. I have plenty of choice dates open on the Carcharodon &
have been getting calls for Saturday into Sunday canyon trips. Id like to
offer this advice: people should think about Thursday into Friday & Friday
into Saturday in order to get a days rest & back to work on Monday! Worst
case scenario, & if I have good water/current/weather reports, allow for
Sunday into Monday trips, too. The key is this: we look to minimize downtime
because of tricky weekend weather. We cant always be as lucky as the last
couple of years with beautiful, sunny and not-too-windy weekends. Its just
good for you folks to be prepared, and keep your options open so we can get
you to and from the fish safely.
Angler Name : Braden Niper
E-Mail : slbniper@goes.com
Boat Name: Madd Gaffer
Date Fished: May 15, 1999
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Chunk/Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27-31 inches
Bait or Lure: bunker chunks, bunker spoons
Water Depth: 20-35
Water Temp.: ???
Information : Slow morning to start. Chunked up a small blue and a 27 and 3/4
inch striper at arround 7:50. Started trolling and pick up a bigger blue at
9:00. Chaptain spotted a large school of bunker and blues on the fish finder
and we once again started chunking. The action started arround 9:30 and
didn't stop until 12:00. All toll, 4 keeper stripers up to 13 pounds. About
25 blues from 2-15 pounds. Just as we were about to pull up the anchor one
final strike, a 5 pound weakie. Good day to be on the water. Any time is a
good time for fishing.
Angler Name : Skip Slaymaker
E-Mail : njfish@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: Doris Mae 4
Date Fished: 5/15/99
Location: barnegat ridge
Fishing Method:
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Varied
Bait or Lure: Herring
Water Depth: 70 ft
Water Temp.: low 50's
Information : Swells coming out of inlet 8-10 ft. Waves at the ridge 3-6 ft.
scattered pickins. Mostly sub-surface. Doggies on the bottom.
Angler Name : David Kalinowski
E-Mail : ddkalinowski@yahoo.com
Boat Name: "The Rightaway"
Date Fished: May 15,1999
Location: Long Branch nooks and crannies
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Tautog
Size: 2-5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs and Squid
Water Depth: 40-60ft.
Water Temp.: ?
Information : It's May 15th and the long awaited Fluke season was upon us. So
what was the sensible thing to do.... That's right, Go Blackfishing!!! Once
again Tommy Joseph proved why he is, without a doubt, the Best Blackfishing
Captain on the New Jersey coast. It was limit catches for all by 10:30 AM. We
then decided to give the Inaugural Opening Day of Fluke in NJ history a shot,
but quickly ventured to a more productive pick of Ling, Sea Bass, and even
added a farewell 3lb.+ flounder. There's no better pleasure than the lugging
of a cooler full of fish to your car at the end of a great day of fishing,and
for that I once again, thank Capt. Tommy for another great day on the inshore
grounds.
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Angler Name : DAVE ROWLAND
E-Mail : DDJROW@AOL.COM
Boat Name: JENNY R
Date Fished: 5/14/99
Location: BARNEGAT BAY SEDGE ISLANDS
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 29 TO 30"
Bait or Lure: LIVE HERRING
Water Depth: 16'
Water Temp.: NA
Information : LANDED TWO BUT LOST AT LEAST FIVE MORE WHEN THE HOOKS PULLED
AFTER LONG FIGHTS.
Angler Name : Duane Henderson
E-Mail : KingStriperHead@webtv.net
Boat Name: Buckeye 2
Date Fished: 5-14
Location: Delaware rriver
Fishing Method: jigging
Specie: Herring
Size: 6-12
Bait or Lure: gold hook
Water Depth: 15 ft.
Water Temp.:
Information : Didn`t have to much luck landing the stripers today. Only boated
1 of 3 livelining.Won`t mention how huge the one I boated was.The herring are
still there, but if you need bait you better do it now. The run will be over
very shortly now.Didn`t make it out the other night. Forgot it was my sons
birthday.The frying pan did come out. I won`t do that again!!!Haven`t decided
to go to the beach tomorrow or go for flounder.Either way keep a tight
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Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail : NJCharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 13, 1999
Location: 20 miles south of Manaquan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 4 pounds
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 90
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Dave Tolkin charter from Sea
Bright, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Thursday and put together a decent catch
of Sea Bass. The conditions were tough as a heave was forcing the use of 12
ounces of lead to hold bottom in 70 feet of water. However, while the catch
was not as numerous as last trip where we boated 180 Sea Bass, this trip
provide the charter with an exceptional amount of 3+ pound Sea Bass for the
dinner table. The Canyon Runner was fishing in 75 feet of water about 20
miles out of Manasquan on a couple of different wrecks. Visit our web-site at
www.canyonrunner.com for more information.
Angler Name : DJ
E-Mail : BONEFISHDJ@AOL.COM
Boat Name: VICSTER
Date Fished: 5/12/99
Location: DELAWARE BAY
Fishing Method: EELS
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 39"
Bait or Lure: EELS
Water Depth: 35 FT
Water Temp.: 59
Information : FISHED BROWN SHOAL FROM 8 AM TO NOON WITH 2 SHARKS, 2 STRIPERS
(39" AND 35") AND 4 MORE HOOKUPS. SAW ABOUT 30 BOATS AND NEARLY 12 FISH BEING
BROUGHT ONBOARD DURING 4 HRS OF FISHING. CHOPPY GOING BACK TO CAPE MAY CANAL
BUT STAYED DRY IN THE GRADY.
Angler Name : Tom V.
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Corsair
Date Fished: 5/12
Location: Near Forked River
Fishing Method: dirfting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 5 3/4 lbs
Bait or Lure: finn s
Water Depth: 11
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Started trolling for blues. Gave up after one hit in 2 hours.
Started casting finn s lures and promptly landed an 18" fluke which was
painfully returned. Total catch was 4 weakfish (2 almost 6 lbs) and 2 small
blues. Blues did a number on the lures.
Angler Name : Ray Ciafre
E-Mail :
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: 5/12/99
Location: Corson's Inlet
Fishing Method: Bridge
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 25 and 26 inches
Bait or Lure: fin-s-fish
Water Depth: 20ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Caught end of high tide, beginning of outgoing tide,
Saw two other weakfish caught and two blues. Stopped at
another bridge in Avalon and caught 2 blues. Then headed
home.
Angler Name : Ken Gerecke
E-Mail : jstp21a@prodigy.com
Boat Name: Explorer
Date Fished: 5/12/99
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 21"
Bait or Lure: ponytails
Water Depth: 10'
Water Temp.:
Information : Started at the BI buoy with a ponytail and AVA with white tube,
and had a double hookup within 10 minutes, bluefish about 21". The second one
must have hung on until I got the first one in, just so he could see what my
new boat looked like. Another single in 10 minutes on the ponytail, and four
more hits in the next 45 minutes, but things slowed down by 11AM, so I tried
some Fin S for the weakfish, over by the generating station, and then over by
BB buoy, but no luck. By noon there were whitecaps across the bay, so I
called it quits.
Angler Name : Eddie Black
E-Mail : troll@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: NoRespect
Date Fished: May 12,1999
Location: Raratin Bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Bluefish
Size:
Bait or Lure: Bunker/chunks/Lures
Water Depth: 40ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished this evening from 5pm till about 9pm, we hit on Blue fish
and had a good evening of fishing.
Blues were hitting Bunker and we were using bunker chunks and also lures and
steek. had a great night.
Angler Name : JEFF
E-Mail :
Boat Name: HOOKEYE
Date Fished: 5/12/99
Location: POINT PLEASANT CANAL
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32 INCHES
Bait or Lure: LIVE HERRING
Water Depth: 10-20 FT
Water Temp.: 59-62 DEGREES
Information : CAUGHT SOME DELWARE RIVER HERRING, THEN CAME DOWN TO THE CANAL
AND FISHED FOR 2 HOURS, HAD ABOUT TEN HITS, ONLY ABLE TO LAND ONE FISH
Angler Name : Gary W
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/12/99
Location: LBI
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: clams, bloodworms, mackeral
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Very foggy, but the beach was great! Everything but the fish!
They wouldn't hit or weren't there! Always tomorrow!!!
Angler Name : Docco,Brandon,Tony Saracco
E-Mail : dock@cmsonline.com
Boat Name: Dock On The Bay
Date Fished: 5-12-99
Location: Raritan Bay the reach
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 40"
Bait or Lure: Bunker spoons & Plugs
Water Depth: 10 to 30 ft.
Water Temp.:
Information : Got lines in about 6:30 pm. Tony picked up first fish 6:45 on a
bunker spoon, nice blue about 9lbs.My son,Brandon, hooked up immediately using
a rapala tiger plug.We had steady bluefish action till 7:45 when something
inhaled Tony's plug. After an enjoyable fight it turned out to be a
33"striper. From then on, till we left @ 9:15 , had steady action.My son
Brandon & Spumone(Tony)were planning the next trip on the way in. I GUESS FISH
ARE NOT THE ONLY THING THAT GOT HOOKED TO-NITE.
SEE YOU ON THE BAY,
DOCCO
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Angler Name : Duane Henderson
E-Mail : KingStriperHead@webtv.net
Boat Name: Buckeye 2
Date Fished: 5-11
Location: Delaware River
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Herring
Size: 8-12 in.
Bait or Lure: Gold Hook
Water Depth: 15 ft.
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Fished for 5 hrs before my friend and I limited out at 70
herring.We had one short run off on a liveline, but he dropped it after about
10-15 ft.Going to try some night fishing down on the Delaware tonight with
herring chunks and livelining. My wife took the whole week off to spend some
time with me before I go back to work.Boy did that put a damper on my fishing
this week.Oh well. I see that the weakfish are starting to come in by all the
reports. Good news.Keep in mind that flounder season opens on Saturday.Keep a
tight line.
Angler Name : Will H
E-Mail : NJDorado@aol.com
Boat Name: Atlantis
Date Fished: 5/11/99
Location: Navesink River
Fishing Method: Casting, Drifting, Anchored
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18-26"
Bait or Lure: plugs, worms
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: warm
Information : Atlantis had 3 different species, Bass, Bluefish, and Fluke. I
was anchored casting plugs and droppping a worm which produced a short Fluke.
I had 2 Bluefish that hit on plugs. Very fun on light tackle. With nothing
doing after all of those I decided to drift in hope of a Striper or Weak.
Within minutes I had another Fluke and also on the drift I had 1 short Bass. I
moved back again and I dropped it down and had some hits but it turned out to
be quite a battle for light tackle as I landed a 26" short Bass. I had another
schoolie before going home. I had 3 Bass, 2 Blues, and 2 Fluke. I saw other
people catch Bluefish.
Angler Name : Hector M. Robles
E-Mail : hectormr@monmouth.com
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: 05/11/99
Location: Keansburg fishing pier NJ
Fishing Method: surf/pier
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 23 1/2 inch
Bait or Lure: Sandworms/bunker/kastmaster lure
Water Depth: 10ft - 15ft
Water Temp.: 50%
Information : Went fishing at the Keansburg fishing pier today,
started fishing at 2:00 p.m. fished from 2:00 p.m
to 6:00 p.m. I had my first line in the water with a
bunker chunk and had a hit in the 1st 10 minutes, but
missed the fish, 15 minutes later had a 5 to 6 1lb
Bluefish that broke off, at 3:30 caught a 23 1/2 inch
Weakfish on a Sandworm on a float rig i made. I used
a small red float. The weak fish weighed 5lbs, not bad
for my first weakfish of the year beautiful fish.
I caught 10 bluefish about 2 to 2 1/2 lbs on a
Kastmaster lure flat with a red tube. Had a total of
10 bluefish and lost about 7, all between 2:00 p.m.
to 6:00 p.m. the day was sunny, but windy. Not a bad
fishing day at all for 4 hours.
Angler Name : ROB EGER
E-Mail : EEGER1@JUNO.COM
Boat Name: FLAT SPELL
Date Fished: 5/11/99
Location: MARGATE
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 4-8.5 POUNDS
Bait or Lure: B-TAIL AND WORM
Water Depth: 15-25 FT.
Water Temp.: 55
Information : GOT OUT @ 5:00 IN THE EVENING. HOOKED UP THE 1ST 4 POUNDER RIGHT
AWAY ALONG WITH A MESS OF GOOD BLUES. BEFORE I NEW IT, 4 HOURS HAD PASSED. THE
COOLER WAS FULL AND MYSELF, MY BEST FRIEND JIM BERGMAN, AND GARY BOUNDONO WERE
WIPED OUT. JIM AND I HAD BOTH GOTTEN A GRAND SLAM JERSEY STYLE. JUST AS WE
WERE ABOUT TO LEAVE GARY LATCHED ON TO A MUTANT 8.5LB MONSTER THAT WAS 31'
INCHES LONG. ONE OF THE BEST DAYS ON THE BAY I HAVE EVER HAD.
Angler Name : Steve Oravets
E-Mail : tboatsteve@aol.com
Boat Name: Atlantus
Date Fished: 5/11/99
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32"
Bait or Lure: White Spoon
Water Depth: 25'
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Got out in the morning. Started trolling off the ammo pier
heading west. A bluefish jumped on the spoon almost immediately. Trolled
another hour until the next hit. It was a fat bass, 31" long. Released him.
That turned out to be the only bass. It was all bluefish after that, could not
get below them to the bass I was reading on the sonar. Tied up at the marina
by 1130.
Good Luck!
Capt.Steve
Angler Name : Charlie
E-Mail : lawncar@ptd.net
Boat Name: Freddy C
Date Fished: May 11
Location: Roamer Shoals Sandy Hook Rips
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Barely legal but portly
Bait or Lure: worm
Water Depth: ?????
Water Temp.: 55
Information : "Steady fishing on the Freddy C" Brrrrrrrrr. Two bass caught
on the boat all night. One short and my keeper. Interesting mix on board.
Some paid the fare to nap all night long. I am glad my buddy Ed had the idea
to try for bass on the "C" as my boat has not yet completed its "heart"
transplant. Arghhhhhhhh!
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Angler Name : Gene Karlson
E-Mail : Matawan, NJ
Boat Name: "Shooting Star"
Date Fished: 5-10-99
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3-10lbs
Bait or Lure: Metal, Tubes
Water Depth: 30'
Water Temp.: 50's
Information : My buddy Tom and I had a day off from work and went out on his
new 22'SeaRay. Got out in the bay about 7:30am started out fishing for
Stripers but couldn't seem to find any. I decided to try a new lure that I
bought and low and behold on the 1st cast I landed a 10lb Bluefish. Once Tom
saw that he decided to switch over to Blues as well, non-stop action all day.
We had a hell of a time cleaning the boat after that fishing frenzy.
Stripers-0 Bluefish-24, released all but 4 (Crab traps). When we got back to
the dock a gorgeous 25 1/2lb Striper was being weighed in, caught on Bunker
chunk.
Angler Name : Joe Krivenko
E-Mail : krivenko@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Elaine B II
Date Fished: 5/10/99
Location: Highlands
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Blackfish
Size:
Bait or Lure: crabs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Capt. Stan steamed our boat 1 hour 20 min to the fishing grounds
not too far from the shoreline. Bright sunny day. A bit cool. Northwest wind
at 15 knots. The first drop on Haggly Shallow Bottom produces 1 keeper and a
few short blacks for the light crowd of 12. Saw Freddy C nearby and The Pilot
from NY. We moved to another drop not far. After the announcement to "let em
go", fish began to pound away all around the boat. This kept up until we
pulled anchor. It was a perfect chew. Stan Jr. started cleaning fish before
11am. Most of the fish were close to the size limit. I kept a limit with 4
fish in the 3-4 lb. range and just missed the pool. Threw back 20 or more
shorts. The boat had a limit out of about 300 blacks caught. The Elaine B is
switching over to fluke Saturday. I asked Capt Stan Jr. if they were going to
extend the blackfish season, but he said no. I can only look forward to next
season in the fall for more action.
Angler Name : David Tootchen
E-Mail : kirby1266@aol.com
Boat Name: bonanza
Date Fished: may 10
Location: fortescue
Fishing Method: anchored&drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: up to 23inches
Bait or Lure: chicken
Water Depth: N/A
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Went out of delaware bay for the first time this season and you
really had to work to get these relucant fish to bite. First we anchored up
about a mile out of fortesue and didn't get a bite for around an hour,finally
i had a pick up and nailed a 19 incher. Not a bad start,caught my 23 incher
around a half hour later. A real nice fight with light tackle. It slowed up
and then we went out to the elbow where a caught 3 short fluke and 2 14inch
weakies. Not a bad start for the season. Captain Joe really tried to put us on
the fish but they were very picky. Like I said you had to work your lines to
entice these fish.
Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: So-Kool
Date Fished: 5-9-99
Location: Shrewsbury & Navesink Rivers
Fishing Method: Drift,Casting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26 inch bass,2-4 pound bluefish, 3.5 & 6.1 pound weakie
Bait or Lure: Sandworms,AVA 007,1/4 Ounce Fin-S
Water Depth: 10-20 Feet
Water Temp.: 55-61
Information : Letf dock @ 6:30 AM with the idea of worming the rips then
chunking the Knoll for stripers. that idea was put to rest once I was in sandy
Hook Bay- Fog was very dense,made it as far as the Coast Guard Station before
turning back. Took little over an hour to get back into the Shrewsbury River.
made a few drifts south of the Sea Bright Bridge-first pass produced a 26 inch
striper but nothing after.Moved to the Navesink River & fished the northeast
corener of the Oceanic Bridge. began by casting an AVA 007 which quickly
caught 2 bluefish-switched over to a 1/4 ounce lead head with a 4 inch Fin-S
tail ( bubblegum or yellow/green hot colors ).First fish on the leadhead was a
21 inch 3.5 pound weakie.On a whim I deadsticked some sandworms which paid off
fast by enticing a 27 inch 6.1 pound weakie to bite. I continued to deadstick
sandworms with no more bites,while casting the leadhead and having a blast
with bluefish all in the 2-4 pound class. Total for the day--1 26 inch
striper,14 bluefish and 2 weakies for the first Sandy Hook grand slam of
'99
Angler Name : Paul Nazzaro
E-Mail : pvnazzaro@ticona.com
Boat Name: bulkhead
Date Fished: 5/9/99
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Weakfish
Size: up to 8 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Fin S
Water Depth: 15 ft.
Water Temp.:
Information : Caught about 10 weakfish from 2lbs. to one which was 8 lbs.
Great night!
Angler Name :Capt. John Larsen
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Deep Adventures III
Date Fished: 5/9/99
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: bunker
Specie: SeaBass
Size: 4 to 5 1/2
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : The Deep Adventure III sailed a wreck trip and found some
nice Seabass along with Ling and Blackfish. The big Seabass was 5 1/2 lbs.
We also went diving on some of the wrecks and found them filling in with
Seabass and Blackfish. Book your 99 charters with us asap.
Angler Name : Curt Knott
E-Mail : curtk@fast.net
Boat Name: knumbknotts
Date Fished: 5/9/99
Location: Great Bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-4lbs
Bait or Lure: poppers
Water Depth: 5-7ft
Water Temp.: 50
Information : The bay was almost dead calm until the blues found my popper. We
caught about one fish for every ten hits. I don't know how they can miss the
hooks when they hit so hard. At times they were coming a foot out of the water
when they hit. We left when the gnats started biting more than the fish.
Angler Name : c zimmerman
E-Mail : cwzimm@aol
Boat Name: rightaway
Date Fished: 5/9/99
Location: shark river nj
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: to 10 lbs
Bait or Lure: green crabs
Water Depth: 35
Water Temp.: 55
Information : iam writing this on tues 5/11 but i fished on sun 5/9 with capt
tom j0seph who continues to catch blackfish when no one else seems to be able
to wehad 7 men fishing 5 had limit catches i guy had 8 i guy had 7 the fish
were all nice size with many in the 4 and 5 lb class capt tom had one that
went 10lbs capt tom has so many spots that the fish can run but they cant hide
from him he also is a great fluke man i am looking forward to many limits
catches with him when the black fish season ends. he runs a 6 man charter boat
out of shark river im you want to fish with him call him at 732 8405993 and
tell him cory sent you .
Angler Name : robalo
E-Mail : robalo@worldnet.net
Boat Name: beach
Date Fished: 05/09/99
Location: Sandy Hook/spit
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Fluke
Size: 4lb
Bait or Lure: jigs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : pluggin' along Sandy Hok spitt - tail of outgoing tide -
found the last of the winter flounder (5fish to 16") one fluke (4lb , too bad
seasons still closed) - no stripers or blues seen
Angler Name : Ritch Charles
E-Mail : ritch@atoncomputing.com
Boat Name: Just Reelin
Date Fished: May 9, 1999
Location: The Reach
Fishing Method: Trolling bunker spoons
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 21 lbs.
Bait or Lure: bunker spoons
Water Depth: 25 to 27 feet
Water Temp.: 58.7
Information : Started the day slow in the fog. Started hitting blues from 8
to 12 lbs., then the bass started, all were keepers. Kept three and released
the others. On was cut by a net badly but healing. Great day, back in the
slip by noon.
Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 9, 1999
Location: 20 miles out of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 4 pounds
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 70'
Water Temp.: 52.5
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Dr. John Bednar charter from Cherry
Hill, NJ out on the Canyon Runner on Sunday and put together the best catch of
the year to date on Sea Bass and Blackfish. Fishing in 70 feet of water we
filled a 172 quart Gott cooler with 180 Sea Bass, Blackfish, and Ling. The
largest Sea Bass pushed 4 pounds and the largest Blackfish 7 pounds. In
addition we realsed at least another 40+ shorts. Anyone interested in this
type of fishing should take advantage of what seems to be a great spring for
inshore bottom fishing. Visit our web-site at www.canyonrunner.com for
additional information.
Angler Name : umar abdul-alim
E-Mail : najjar@aol.com
Boat Name: miss belmar
Date Fished: may 9 99
Location: point pleasent
Fishing Method: top water plug
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 9in to 14in
Bait or Lure: top water plug
Water Depth: top
Water Temp.:
Information : This day was good for fishing and i mean just that the day was
great but the fish had other ideas.On the Miss Belmar i have fished for the
last 10yrs. I had the hardiest time ever,we couldn't land a fish but when i
was told the first fish landed'gets a free trip i put my top water plug on and
my next cast this fish came up and slammed my plug.Needles to say my next trip
is in my pocket.It's still early in the year and fishing was hard for evryone
on the water this day.It was nice just being on the water.Thanks Alan i had a
great day.See you soon.STAY HOOKED
Angler Name : Al
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Dauntless
Date Fished: 5/9
Location: off Monmouth County
Fishing Method: bottom.... Anchor/Drift
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 10" +
Bait or Lure: clams, squid, herring, mackerel
Water Depth: 70-90'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Slight change of plans as I got to Belmar, when we decided to
make a run back to Pt. to jump on the Dauntless.. The change paid off!
We ran off about 6-10 miles NE to the Sea Girt Reef, and picked away at
various wrecks/rocks/broken bottom.. Fishing was picky, but still very good..
99% of the catch was keeper seabass, with a husky 3+ pound humpback winning
the pool, and many others right around the same size.. Only a pair of ling
caught, a few bergalls, doggies, pout, and ravens..
Everyone went home with a nice bag of fillets.. My total which was high hook
was 2 dozen keeper bass, a short tog, and a hungry 4 lb. blue that decided to
munch on a short seabass.. All in all an excellent day.. Can't wait to get the
boat in the water next week!!
Angler Name : Mike George
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Jersey Bounce
Date Fished: May 9, 1999
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Bunker & Worms
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Chunked Bunker & Worms
Water Depth: 20 ft
Water Temp.: 50 degrees
Information : I started fishing at 5:30 am off of Staten Island near Perth
Amboy with no results. I then went to Buoy 1 near Keyport and just caught
bluefish and fluke. I then went to Romer, tip of the hook, and the bug light
with the same results...blues and fluke but still no bass. On the way home I
fished the reach near buoy # 18. Still no bass. I hope to go again next week
and this time I will try trolling spoons and umbrella rigs. It was a nice day
but with a bass or two it would have been a great day.
Angler Name : Mike Nordaby
E-Mail : caterina@snip.net
Boat Name: Sec-Sea
Date Fished: 5-9-99
Location: Cape May,Jetties
Fishing Method: Drifting,Casting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 26-28inch
Bait or Lure: Bucktail w/purple worm
Water Depth: 11-14 ft.
Water Temp.: 53
Information : I`ve got the greatest wife in the world she let my son and I go
fishing on mothers day. Left Cape May inlet at 4PM birds right outside inlet
caught 20 plus blues. Started drifting south side of jetties on outgoing tide
caught 8lb weakie and a 9.5lb weakie about 10Ft. off jetties. We owe her an
extra mothers day gift!
Angler Name : Dan Leston
E-Mail : danleston@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Obsession
Date Fished: 05-09-99
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling.
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 20"
Bait or Lure: Yozurri
Water Depth: 10'
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Fished bouy BI & BB by trolling lures. Got into (3) nice blues
withing 10 minutes.
Angler Name : Captain Bob Balewicz, Jr.
E-Mail : bob@cornerelo.com
Boat Name: Carcharodon
Date Fished: 5/9/99
Location: Manasquan to Shark River
Fishing Method: Boat
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 20-75'
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Got cancelled on Saturday for fog. Shame since it lifted by
11:00 and we didn't get rain until 6pm . . .
Since we had to close up early on Sunday for Mother's Day dinner, I had my dad
out for a short day of bottom fishing at Sea Girt Reef and a couple of
wrecks. Picked Sea Bass, released some Fluke and then trolled the beaches
from Shark River to Manasquan. Release small Stripers, but marked tons of
Weakies in 20-25 feet of water. Big schools.
I'm booked for Saturday's opening of Fluke fishery but available Sunday.
Angler Name : Jimmy
E-Mail : jara264@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/9/99
Location: Union Beach
Fishing Method: bunker
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5 to 7
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fish on the beach and pulled in 11 lost a lot more. Nice day
Angler Name : Steve Oravets
E-Mail : tboatsteve@aol.com
Boat Name: Atlantus
Date Fished: 5/9/99
Location: E.Reach, Raritan Bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25" to 31''
Bait or Lure: Spoons
Water Depth: 26' to 21"
Water Temp.: 55 to 56
Information : Outstanding Striper fishing.Sailed from Atlantic Highlands
marina at 0635. Foggy morning.Started trolling at 0700, by 0715, the first
Bass was in the boat. By the time I returned at 1130, I had managed 9
Stripers, caught and released, and 2 bluefish caught and released.
Catch'em up.
Capt. Steve
Angler Name : CAPT.JOHN
E-Mail : JVDIVER@aol.com
Boat Name: CASSANDRA V.
Date Fished: MAY 9, 1999
Location: OCEAN OFF ISL.BEACH
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-3LBS.
Bait or Lure: SILVERS,TUBES
Water Depth: 20-30ft.
Water Temp.: ?
Information : trolled slow got a few blues and lots of knock downs
Angler Name : Bill
E-Mail : BGR1001@aol.com
Boat Name: Lil Guy
Date Fished: 5/8/99
Location: Delaware Bay, NJ
Fishing Method: Anchored
Specie: Weakfish
Size: assorted
Bait or Lure: Squid
Water Depth: 18 to 26 feet
Water Temp.: mid 50s
Information : Well my crew and I launched out of Fortescue from Higbees
Marina. We got out the GPS and headed for that 26 foot dropoff. After
setting the Anchor we proceeded to try our luck. An hour of no action passed
so we came back in closer to shore..... about 18 foot deep 2 miles off the
beach. Couple nibbles, and then action started. Second mate Keith boated 2
wonderful Weakies both big enough that no tape measure was needed. I was
doing some chunking to see if a rouge Striper was in our area. Bang... bites
started to be more frequent. 2 pound blues found my slick, and Weakies were
running with em. bites were tough but we hooked a few.... WHAM! Big fish on
my bass rod. 17 pound test screamin of the reel....Faught this monster for 15
minutes, figured it was a big Linesider, to my dismay it was a Slammer blue,
running with the small fry. 11.5 pounds at 38 inches, still was a nice
experience and would feed us well. My first mate Chris had a tough day,
although she only hooked 1 fish, it was a 5 pound weakie which was a pleasant
ending to the day. With the party boats crowding us out and the waves getting
higher, we decided to call it quits early, ending the day with 6 weakies and 8
blues we did much better than 1 of the party boats who came in early with only
3 fish for the whole boat. After the passing of another week or so, fish
should become more active and then its just a matter of being in the right
place at the right time....... Or just being on my boat cause we always catch
the fish....Tight lines to all.
Angler Name : Dave
E-Mail : D2121mart@aol.com
Boat Name: N/A
Date Fished: 5-8-99
Location: fishing beach at sandy hook
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32"
Bait or Lure: Clam and squid
Water Depth: surf
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Started day at 8:00AM. Took a while to hook up with first fish (
blue fish) on squid, got all blues on squid. After a few hours went to clams
and within 15 min, hooked up with 32" striper. That was the only one I got for
the day but it was worth it. (The fisherman next to me landed 13 fish in the
two hours he was there. Most were stripers, only one was keeper size but he
released it.) From about 10:30 till noon the fishing was dead so we left. My
5 year old and I had a blast, Except, "Whe I was getting my bite from the
striper I started running for the pole and yelling in excitement, it pulled my
rod over so I was in a hurry! well my son thought I was yelling at him {he was
between two of the poles) when he seen me coming and yelling he dashed in
front of me and got run over." he was OK and after words we had a good laugh,
but at first I was a bit woried "I am 240lbs, and he was not moving much at
first" (Just knocked the wind out of him) we look forward to next weekend.
Thanks New Jersey, From a couple of Pa, guys. Dave and Aaron.
Angler Name : Steve Oravets
E-Mail : tboatsteve@aol.com
Boat Name: Atlantus
Date Fished: 5-8-99
Location: E.Reach, Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 31" & 24"
Bait or Lure: Spoons
Water Depth: 25'
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Got a quick afternoon trip in. Got underway at 1545. Trolled 2
bass, one off the #4 buoy, and the other a half mile East of the Ammo pier.
Returned to the marina at 1745.
Catch'em up.
Capt. Steve
Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail : NJCharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 8
Location: 30 miles off of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 4 pounds
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 180'
Water Temp.: 51
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Canyon Runner from Clark's Landing
in Pt. Pleasant 30+ miles offshore with the Joe Adams and Wayne Ferris charter
from Brick, NJ. The fishing offshore has proven a disappointment this year as
we boated only a handfull of ling and released a few short cod with 1 keeper.
Having enough of the slow fishing we ran inshore 20 miles and in two hours of
fishing caugth 100 Sea Bass to 4 pounds. We were fishing inshore in 70' of
water and the action was non-stop unitl the wind came up out of the south.
Angler Name : Fred Dintino
E-Mail : fred.m.dintino@lmco.com
Boat Name: Magic Motion
Date Fished: May 8, 1999
Location: Delaware River
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 16 - 18"
Bait or Lure: Blood Worms
Water Depth: 6'
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Four of us got 6 or 7 nice size stripers. It was a fun catch and
release day. Also one huge catfish. Another boat got a 10 pound striper. We
fish dead on the bottom with blood worms off Tinicum Island in 5 or 6' of
water. Best fishing was at dead low tide. We only have sucess with blood
worms. Tried everything else (squid, clam, earth worm, chicken liver and even
lox). Does anyone have a "secret" Del River striper bait? We can't always buy
blood worms.
Angler Name : Jim Minyon
E-Mail : jminyon@erols.com
Boat Name: Surf Fishing
Date Fished: 5/8/99
Location: IBSP
Fishing Method: Casting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22"
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Seweral shorts caught today but no keepers in our box. Fished
the incoming tide with heavy fog all day. This was our first day out glad to
finaly get started had fun.Tryed for some blues wiht mullet did not even get a
nibbel.
Angler Name : Ray Keller
E-Mail : sk1225@belatlantic.net
Boat Name: Striper Sniper
Date Fished: 5/8/99
Location: Del Bay
Fishing Method: Anchored
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30,34,35,38,42,44
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 18'
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Alex,Tony and Ray(me) went to our favorite spot sat and fought
the winds and lack of current for 3hours before things started happening.On
the incoming tide they finnaly got hungry.The biggest was 35lbs.The last
30yards Tony had to pull him in with his bare hands because we had 3 run offs
at the same time and all of our lines gat tangled so bad we had to hand
line.What a mess,but it turned out great.All this on frozen bunker!Well see
you next time.
Angler Name : jim perry
E-Mail : auntspam99@webtv.net
Boat Name: bonanza II
Date Fished: 5/8/99
Location: delaware bay
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 6 1/2 lbs.
Bait or Lure: chicken
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : found birds working near the maul. got 7 blues to 2lbs. only
lasted 10 mins. then drifted back and forth past the maul. picked up 1 nice
weak (6 1/2 lbs). lots of throw back fluke.
Angler Name : todd smith
E-Mail : striperso1
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/8
Location: ibsp
Fishing Method: clams
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 26"
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 49
Information : fished ibsp sat, caught 7 stripers,.all on clams. you defiently
had to be in a hole. not bad conditions at all,sw wind
Angler Name : Will H
E-Mail : NJDorado@aol.com
Boat Name: Atlantis
Date Fished: 5/8/99
Location: Oceanic Bridge, Navesink River
Fishing Method: Casting, Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 1-2 pounds but had 1 Blue that was 5-6 pounds
Bait or Lure: Plugs and diamond jigs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Atlantis had 8 Bluefish one of 5-6 pounds and 1 Striped Bass of
22" which was released. The Blues were mostly 1-2 pound fish but very fun on
light tackle. I kept one Bluefish which was tasty for lunch today.
Angler Name : Jim Balicki
E-Mail : emcjim@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 5/8/99
Location: Union Beach
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Up to 26 inches
Bait or Lure: Bunker and spoons
Water Depth: 6 ft.
Water Temp.: cold
Information : 5 bluefish from the beach at Union Beach during and after
the thunderstorm. The smallest, 16 inches, on a Kastmaster
spoon, the rest on cut bunker.
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Angler Name : Duane Henderson
E-Mail : KingStriperHead@webtv.net
Boat Name: Buckeye 2
Date Fished: 5-7
Location: IBSP
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18-24 in.
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished for 5 hours trying to find the fish. I had a hard time
locating them. I caught 3 shorts, but did see about 8 keepers caught. It was
just one of those days. Without a doubt the fish are still there, you just
have to find them. Yesterday I could`nt.There`s always tommorrow. Keep a tight
line.
Angler Name : Will H
E-Mail : NJDorado@aol.com
Boat Name: Atlantis
Date Fished: 5/7/99
Location: Oceanic Bridge and Buoy 17, Navesink River
Fishing Method: Casting, Jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 16 to 17"
Bait or Lure: jigs and crippled herrings
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Had 18 Bluefish on jigs and crippled herrings. I had 1 at Buoy
17. Light tackle was fun for these fish which I kept only 1 for the pan
tonight.
Angler Name : Ken Gerecke
E-Mail : jstp21a@prodigy.com
Boat Name: Explorer
Date Fished: 5/7/99
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 21"
Bait or Lure: Tube lures
Water Depth: 8'
Water Temp.:
Information : Started trolling around BI buoy at 8:30AM and got a hit in 10
minutes - then 2 at once, ended up with 9 bluefish in 1.5 hours - the tenth
took my favorite lure so I called it quits.
Angler Name : Ed Holmes
E-Mail :
Boat Name: N/A
Date Fished: 05/06/99
Location: Delaware Bay
Fishing Method: Bucktail
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure: Chicken Breast
Water Depth: 15 Ft.
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Fished incoming tide. Used pink bucktails with a peice of
marinaded chicken breast. Had to work to make the fish bite. Picked up 14
nice weakies and 6 bluefish. 13 of the weakies were bucks.
Angler Name : G. Davis
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Teal
Date Fished: 5/6/99
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: sandworm
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 50's
Information : Party boat trip on the Teal. Slow night. 10 anglers... 2
shorts, 1-28" keeper... couple of bluefish,fluke, and 1 nice 4lb weakie.
Fished the rip, Romer Schoal, and Flynns Knoll.
Angler Name : Steve Oravets
E-Mail : tboatsteve@aol.com
Boat Name: Atlantus
Date Fished: 5/6/99
Location: Raritan Bay, E.Reach
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24" to 29"
Bait or Lure: Spoons
Water Depth: 25'
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Departed Atlantic Highlands Marina at 1535. Trolled spoons out
by the number 8 and 10 bouy, up on the flats. Caught and released 3 blues and
3 bass, one of which was a keeper at 29".
Catch'em up.
Capt. Steve
Angler Name : RGK
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Pegasus
Date Fished: 5/6/99
Location: Barnegat Inlet
Fishing Method:
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3-4 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Yellow Bombers
Water Depth: variable
Water Temp.: around 50
Information : Schools of taylor blues moving thru the inlet on the rising
tide. Almost steady action with blues, an occasional weak mixed in. Bay
should be in great shape next week.
Angler Name : The Markocki Crew
E-Mail : lfmark@nni.com
Boat Name: Ed's Boat Rentals
Date Fished: 5/6/99
Location: Barnegat Light
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing with heavy chum
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 11"-16" 1lb-2 1/4lbs.
Bait or Lure: bloodworms
Water Depth: 15ft.
Water Temp.: n/a
Information : Me and my brothers started out at about 7:30am and headed
out to meyers hole for most of the day.We got nothing all
day until we hit the main channel leading to the inlet.
This was right next to the Coast Guard station.There was
a total of 3 boats there and everybody was nailing them.We
pulled up with nothing in our cooler and in less than 2hours
we pulled in 33 keepers and left for home.Thanks go out to
Ed Kenney owner of Ed's Boats and the 3 kind older men in
another boat who showed us this spot at the end of the day.
Angler Name : Steve Oravets
E-Mail : tboatsteve@aol.com
Boat Name: Atlantus
Date Fished: 5/6/99
Location: East Reach, Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 29", 27", 25"
Bait or Lure: Bunker Spoons
Water Depth: 26'
Water Temp.: 57.5
Information : Started trolling by the #10 buoy about1615. Hooked a small Blue
a half hour later. About a halh hour after that got the first Bass. By 1930 I
caught and released 3 blues and 3 bass.
Catch'em up.
Capt. Steve
Angler Name : Ralph
E-Mail : fishnut257@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/6/99
Location: barnegat bay
Fishing Method: jigging
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 30 1/2" 8 1/2 lbs....
Bait or Lure: fin-s-fish
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Weighed in fish at Bruce and Pats.....Surf City
Angler Name : Duane Henderson
E-Mail : KingStriperHead@webtv.net
Boat Name: Buckeye 2
Date Fished: 5-6
Location: Delaware river
Fishing Method: live line
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26 in.
Bait or Lure: herring
Water Depth: 2-6
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Went up to Burligton today for a couple of hours.Got there just
in time to see Ed lose a big Musky.Not his fault, he was livelining for
stripers,like everybody else. The toothy critter bit threw the leader line
after about 2 minutes.I saw 2 stripers caught. One was just at 28 and the
other was about 26.Small fish for such a big bait. There was about 20 herring
caught in the time I was there.
Angler Name : Hector M Robles
E-Mail : hectormr@monmouth.com
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: 05/06/99
Location: Keansburg Fishing Pier
Fishing Method: Pier
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2lbs
Bait or Lure: Kastmaster/red tubing
Water Depth: 10ft - 15ft
Water Temp.: 50?
Information : Went fishing at the Keansburg fishing pier with my
friend R.V., we fished from 10:45 a.m. till 03:00 p.m.
I caught 10 Bluefish and R.V. caught 7 all on metal.
Angler Name : Will H
E-Mail : NJDorado@aol.com
Boat Name: Atlantis
Date Fished: 5/6/99
Location: Oceanic bridge, Navesink River
Fishing Method: Casting
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 16"
Bait or Lure: Diamond Jigs and Crippled Herring
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Had 5 Bluefish at the Bridge on jigs and herrings. Plugs,
spoons, and Bucktails were also taking fish for other boats.
Angler Name : Andy Fabbo
E-Mail : ajsudz@hotmail.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 06 May 99
Location: Cape May Point
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: surf
Water Temp.: 52 F
Information : Fished live eel on midnight high tide. No takers. Nice night
though. Hoping the bite picks up. Love standing in the suds.
Angler Name : Steve Oravets
E-Mail : tboatsteve@aol.com
Boat Name: Atlantus
Date Fished: 5/5/99
Location: Sandy Hook Channel
Fishing Method: Anchor/Chunk
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 24"
Bait or Lure: Cut Bunker
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.: 55.3
Information : Left the dock to find some bass. Got there at high water slack.
Fished 4 hours and managed 1 blue and 3 skates. Think I'll use clam next trip.
Catch'em up. Capt. Steve
Angler Name : CAPT TOM B.
E-Mail : BARTON5@HOME
Boat Name: MONROE ROVER
Date Fished: 5/4 & 5/5
Location: RARITAN BAY
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 271\2 IN
Bait or Lure: BOMBERS
Water Depth: 8 FT
Water Temp.: 55.9
Information : LEFT DOCK @ 4:30 P.M TUES OUT OF MORGAN CREEK TROLLING FOR STRIPERS
IMMED. HOOKED INTO LARGE BLUES KEPT 5 RELEASED MANY MORE.
WED LEFT DOCK SAME TIME ON WED. IMEDD.HOOKED INTO SMALL BLUES BIG CHANGE IN SIZE
IN THE 24 HR.PERIOD ?
Angler Name : carolina joe
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5-5-99
Location: ludlam bay -- Sea Isle City
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 5 1/2 lbs
Bait or Lure: mackeral strips
Water Depth: 10-12ft
Water Temp.: 53
Information : killed 2-3 lb blues on incomimg tide limited out -- caught 1-5lb
weakie and 3 short stripers
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WATER
Angler Name : Bern
E-Mail : b.kirkland@mailexcite.com
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 5/5/99
Location: Corsen's Inlet
Fishing Method: Jiggin
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 19in.-2.5 lbs
Bait or Lure: Fin S-Alewife color
Water Depth: NA
Water Temp.: NA
Information : Caught my first weakfish of the year. Caught 2 blues and 2 large
alewife herring(both around 16 in.). Lost a nice fish, didn't see it. It took
lots of line then snapped me off. Possibly a big weak or striper.
Angler Name : Ed Black
E-Mail : troll@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: NoRespect
Date Fished: 5/5/99
Location: Raratin Bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Bunker/Bunkers chunks
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished the in coming tide, using bunker and chunking bunker to
no avail.
e had several bumps but no catches. Oh well tomorrow is another day to go
fishing.Still better then going to work
Angler Name : tom c
E-Mail : lofi@webtv.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5-5-99
Location: point pleasant beach
Fishing Method: surf and inlet
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24"
Bait or Lure: clamskis
Water Depth: 1-5'
Water Temp.: 50
Information : caught dead low tide in the morning and had a striper on right
away. lost two others, guessing they were real small ones. also caught my
first stargazer....yuck! glad the ugly bastard fell off the hook! only stayed
about 45 mins due to that four letter work....WORK! later in the day there was
a blitz of 1-2 lbs blues in the inlet. caught like 5 or 6. lotsa fun..
Angler Name : Will
E-Mail : NJDorado@aol.com
Boat Name: Atlantis
Date Fished: 5/5/99
Location: Oceanic Bridge, Navesink River
Fishing Method: Drifting, Casting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 0"
Bait or Lure: Sandworms, and plugs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Had gone to try some Weakfishing or Bass fishing with a few
drifts producing a short Fluke my first of the year. Nothing afterwards except
a Bass that followed my plug to the boat. Saw another angler lose a Bass at
boatside casting plugs.
Angler Name : Scott
E-Mail : Loonsland@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: May 5
Location: Shrewsbury River
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 15 in to 20 in.
Bait or Lure: Rapala minow spoon
Water Depth: 5 ft
Water Temp.: 60 o
Information : First Blue Fish of the season are in the Shrewsbury River
Trolling west of main channel near B-34, caught 5 fish nice size for this time
of year.
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Angler Name : Gene E. Karlson
E-Mail : Matawan,N.J.
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5-4-99
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 15 1/2" - 24 1/2"
Bait or Lure: Clams, Bloods, Sands
Water Depth: 0 - 15'
Water Temp.: 50's
Information : Water calm, drizzle to moderate rain, winds out of N - NE.
Fished 1 hour before high tide to 2 hours after. Caught 15 1/2", 18", 21",
22", 24 1/2", no keepers but had fun anyway! Crabs are in early this year so
bring extra bait, their hungry too.
Angler Name : G. Davis
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/4/99
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 12"- 20"
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished the ebb tide at North Beach on Sandy Hook. Caught 4
short bass. Also, saw 4 or 5 other fish caught.
Angler Name : Duane Henderson
E-Mail : KingStriperHead@webtv.net
Boat Name: Buckeye 2
Date Fished: 5-4
Location: IBSP
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 16-32in.
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Not quite the same today, but rewarding.Had 10 shorts and one
keeper at 32 in. 11lbs. 6 oz.Bill and Chuck reported about 20 more shorts
after I left yesterday with one keeper at 28 in. I still have to get a freezer
full of herring, so I`ll have my bait for the year.I won`t even bother with
the weather channel.I`ll look out the window in the morning. Keep a tight
line.
Angler Name : Bob Erickson
E-Mail : fishukd@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: Free Bee
Date Fished: 5/04/99
Location: Oyster creek discharge channel
Fishing Method: Fin-s aand metal
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 1to 2 lbs
Bait or Lure: any color fin-s hopkins
Water Depth: 3to8ft
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Well i caught the first bluefish of the season for me anyway. I
heard there was weaks being caught at the power plant discharge channel so i
went to try it. I had alot of marks on depth finder but couldn't hook up. I
also saw swirls of fish on top near the old bulk head when i moved over there
i was hit hard and dropped the fish near the boat . I never saw the fish but
it was staying down deep and screaming line i'm pretty sure it was a weak
becuse the fins was not ripped. that happend to me three times they just
wouldnt stay on then the blues moved in and i was bit off imeaditly so i
switched to meatal and caught 15 befor they disapeared. I did try trolling but
nothing from power plant to BI marker . I did try sod banks for a little but
nothing doin saw some guys swimming herring but not catching. only fish i did
see caught was on a sandworm in double creek by the dike. water temp on high
tide was 55. Any way guys the blues are here i dont think it will be to long
befor we see the blitzs. tight lines till next time!!!
Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: May 3
Location: 12 miles south of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Wreck
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 1 - 4 pounds
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 80'
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Canyon Runner from Clark's Landing
out for a day of wreck fishing with the Frank Atkinson and Ken Fisher charter
from Rochester, New York. Fishing in tough conditions we put together an
excellant catch of Sea Bass, Blackfish and Ling fishing wrecks in 80 feet of
water. We finished up with 70 Sea Bass to 4 pounds and 15 Blackfish to 6
pounds. In addition we released 30+ undersized blackfish and sea bass.
Angler Name : Tabitha Raylay
E-Mail : tabitha__1@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Midnight
Date Fished: 5/3/99
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Hook/line/sinker
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 47 inchs
Bait or Lure: sand worms
Water Depth: 8 to 30 feet
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Started out off keyport at 7am - caught 2 shorts -
then drifted from south amboy to laurence harbor and
the bite got hot about 10am. 3 fisherwoman caught
43 stripers, 8 over 28 inches, one at 47 inches. Tagged
all and released
Angler Name : Dan Leston
E-Mail : danleston@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Obsession
Date Fished: 05/03/99
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: Jigging/Worms/Fin-s
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 10'
Water Temp.: 50s
Information : Myself and my friends Mike and Dave fished Barnegat Bay for a
couple hours. Conditions were very windy and we actually were fishing from
the cabin of Mike's boat. Dave had a few hits and a couple of breakoffs. We
believe it may have been bluefish.. Any how we'll try again next
weekend.
Angler Name : ahab
E-Mail : mako02@ibm.net
Boat Name: osprey
Date Fished: 5/3/99
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Blood Worms/Trolling
Specie: Weakfish
Size: Up to 25 Lbs
Bait or Lure: Bait
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.: n/a
Information : Ahab went out on the worst day of the season and managed
to land 10 stripes. Bay was in a froth with 6 foot swells
Largest bass 36" inches on worms with 4 other keepers.
Angler Name : Duane Hendrson
E-Mail : KingStriperHead@webtv.net
Boat Name: Buckeye 2
Date Fished: 5-3
Location: IBSP
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18-26
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Good thing I beleive in what I see and not the weather man.
Northeast wind and rain.Forget Trenton and the herring.IBSP. I was there for 3
1/2 hrs. Winds blowing 35 miles an hour and pouring down rain.We caught 21
stripers and I left Bill and Chuck there. I had other obligations or I would
have met with the frying pan.I will be back there tomorrow morning!!! I
haven`t heard from them yet, but I will include them in tomorrows report.I
guess that I should also add that I saw at least 20 other fish caught while I
was there.2 keepers.Keep moving and keep a tight line.
Angler Name : Paul C
E-Mail :
Boat Name: My 4 Ladies
Date Fished: 5/2 and 5/3
Location: Oceanic Bridge, Navesink River
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 16" and smaller
Bait or Lure: sandworms
Water Depth: 10-15'
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished the river at the oceanic bridge on sunday after noon and
had 2 nice fish in an hr. Daughter Cara had the biggest 16" nice and fat dad
got one slightly smaller,also nice thickness . Went out again today same spot
at the bridge miserable weather no fish . The fish are still around if you put
some time into it . I'll be out again on thursday.
Angler Name : National Fishing Association
E-Mail : NFA5441@aol.com
Boat Name: Pocket Rocket
Date Fished: 5/1-5/2
Location: Hudson River
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 12" to 40"
Bait or Lure: sand and blood worms herring
Water Depth: 11' to 22'
Water Temp.: 55.2
Information : National Fishing Association started it's 5th year of tagging
striped bass on the Hudson River. Using ALS taggs for Fish and wildlife also
reporting to NY DEC with their effort survey, NFA has set up operations in
Kingston, NY. We are berthed at the Round Out Creek Yatch Basin. Sat. May 1
was our first trip. Charlie Mormile and his friend Bernie were our 1st
Volunteers to fish this year. We tagged 15 bass from 12 to 27 inches using
blood and sand worms. We had one fish to 40 inches and 35 pounds a female,
which was released. Total for Sat was 31 bass. Phil Kozak, President of NFA
guided these anglers north of round out creek to the Rinecliff bridge. They
fished from 8:30AM to 4:30PM. Most prductive time was the out going tide due
to the wind and tide in the same direction. Sunday Phil fished with his
daughter, son-in law and two grand daughters ages 7 and 8. They caught and
released 13 bass to 28 inches with 5 bass being tagged. NFA does not target
large spawning bass because to the stress caused by the fight. These fish are
released as quickly as possible. Smaller fish are much hardier and can take
the time it takes to tag.
The next trip will be Sat.May 8 and then NFA will fish every for the next 9
days. Look for the NFA updates. If you can bring your own boat the fishing is
terrific.
Angler Name : Ray
E-Mail : Ray79@aol.com
Boat Name: So-Kool
Date Fished: 5-2-99
Location: highlands bridge/sandy hook
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20-26"
Bait or Lure: sandworms
Water Depth: 15-30ft
Water Temp.: 49
Information : Fished the highlands bridge with the Captain Skolmann early
landed the first bass at 23" a move to the rips put Andy into three fish
between 20 and 26" i managed to break my only hook up off winds really picked
up packed it in early
Angler Name : Phil D
E-Mail :
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: 5/2
Location: Cape May(near the point)
Fishing Method: mostly bloodworms
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: bucktail,bomber
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 45-50
Information : fished 11:30PM to 2:30PM VERY, VERY windy. Fished along the
beach and on the jetty, high tide around 12:00 person next to us caught nice
size bluefish, me and my dad nothing. My uncle one horseshoe crab. No bites
for us I think. Better luck next time
Angler Name : Eric Bunz
E-Mail : NA
Boat Name: NA
Date Fished: 5/2
Location: Asbury Park nothern most jetty
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20 BL 40 in
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: NA
Water Temp.: NA
Information : It was very windy and the water was dirty but I got one keeper
and four shorts in two hours. I didn't see any one else fishing.
Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: So-Kool
Date Fished: 5-2-99
Location: Shrewsbury River & Tip of Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 23-26 inchs
Bait or Lure: Sandworms
Water Depth: 13-25 Feet
Water Temp.: 49
Information : Ray and I left the dock alittle after 6AM and dedided to fish
the Highlands Bridge for an hour.We made 5 drifts and on the second ray boated
a spunky 23 inch schoolie. We later moved out off the tip of Sandy Hook to
fish the last 3 hours of the flood tide despite a 15 mph NE wind. I ended up
boating 3 schoolies from 23-26 inchs,while Ray broke off a nice fish.The wind
swung around to the ESE and increased to 20-25-Which promptes us to head back
in to the rive past the Sea Bright Bridge.Here we made 2 more drifts but
failed to connect.
Sport Fishing Charters
(732) 842-6825
48' Viking Yacht Sport Fisherman
Angler Name : Captain Bob Balewicz, Jr.
E-Mail : bob@cornerelo.com
Boat Name: Carcharodon
Date Fished: 5/2/99
Location: Raritan Bay/Roamer Shoals
Fishing Method:
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 12-17"
Bait or Lure: Blood & Sand Worms, mussels
Water Depth: 16'
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Captain Bob Balewicz had the "Royal Sun Alliance" party out to
Roamer Shoals for a day of winter flounder fishing on his "Carcharodon". Bobby
Dowe was high hook with 17 flatties. After catching a cooler full, the
charter agreed to start keeping only 15" or larger fish, making the pool a bit
more sporting, and may fish were had over 15". Quite a few short stripers
were had also.
Angler Name : Hector M Robles
E-Mail : hectormr@monmouth.com
Boat Name: ???
Date Fished: 05/01/99
Location: Brielle
Fishing Method: Boat
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 15 1/2 inch - 16 1/2 inches
Bait or Lure: Sanworms
Water Depth: 10ft - 20ft
Water Temp.: 50???
Information : Went fishing with co-workers Kevin and Ed on Ed's
boat, we tried to fish the ocean side, but it was
very windy and choppy out there today, headed back
to the river (Manasquan inlet) and Ed the captain of
the boat managed to put two nice size flatties in
the cooler. The 16 1/2 inch fish weighed about 2lbs-
9 onces not a bad fish at all nice and fat.
Thanks again Ed for taking me on your boat it was
a nice boat and even though i did not catch any fish
i still enjoyed myself.
Hector M Robles.
Angler Name : Paul Nazzaro
E-Mail : pvnazzaro@ticona.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/1/99
Location: Barnegat bay
Fishing Method: jigging
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 18"-20"
Bait or Lure: FinS
Water Depth: 15'
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished after dark and pulled in about 8. Kept 4 in all. Used 3/8
oz. jig head with bubblegum FinS.
Angler Name :
E-Mail : IMeyers920@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 5/1/99
Location: atlantic highlands
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size:
Bait or Lure: blood worms & clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : 6 fish caught on party boat;party boat with 30
people;morning.ather good,but fishing poor
Angler Name :
E-Mail : Gassy66@aol
Boat Name: tide one on
Date Fished: 5/1/99
Location: manasquan river
Fishing Method: worms
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 6-14 feet
Water Temp.: 53
Information : we got nothing. But it was the first trip of the year.I can only
hope for better things.
Angler Name : The Captain
E-Mail : bigfishnj@aol.com
Boat Name: Fluke Assassin
Date Fished: 5/1
Location: Shark River
Fishing Method: Bottom with heavy chum and sand worms
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: up to 16" mostly like 13 or 14
Bait or Lure: Sand Worms with heavy chum
Water Depth: 8-15 ft.
Water Temp.: ???
Information : We got like 4 on an incoming tide and like 6 total. I was ok
but kind slow. We fished all day and only got 6. It is still pretty cold but
they are starting to pick up a few.
Angler Name : mel coombs,mark couch SR and JR,and Dan Rempfer
E-Mail : mark82585@aol.com
Boat Name: NO name ask for mel
Date Fished: 5-1-99
Location: Deleware Bay---Clubhouse
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 20 weaky's all in 3-6 pound range
Bait or Lure: chicken---in sheddar oil,,,let soak over night
Water Depth: 13.4 on low tide and 18.4 on high
Water Temp.: 58.4
Information : IT WASS A REAL GOOD TRIP!!!!!WE MONITOR CHANNEL 78
Angler Name : Andy Flint
E-Mail : aflint@ptc.com
Boat Name: I Wear The Pants
Date Fished: 5-1-99
Location: Sod Banks
Fishing Method: Sand Worms
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22"-26"
Bait or Lure: Sand Worms
Water Depth: 10-20'
Water Temp.: 50
Information :
Angler Name : Steve Oravets
E-Mail : tboatsteve@aol.com
Boat Name: Atlantus
Date Fished: 5-1-99
Location: Sandy Hook Channel
Fishing Method: Anchor/chunk
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 23" & 29"
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 25'
Water Temp.: 52-55
Information : Departed the harbor at 1300. Headed for Sandy Hook Channel. 3
hours of fishing yielded 2 stripers, one was a keeper, a couple skates, and a
surprise Fluke. Lucky for him the season was not open yet. See you on the 15th
Mr. Fluke.
Good fishing, Capt. Steve
Angler Name : SCOTTO DECKER
E-Mail : SCOTTO D17@AOL.COM
Boat Name: INVADER
Date Fished: 5/1/99
Location: CHERRY FLATS N.J
Fishing Method: BOTTOM FISHING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18 -25 IN.
Bait or Lure: BLOODWORMS
Water Depth: 10 -15 FT
Water Temp.: 53 DEG
Information : LOTS OF FISH IN THE AREA USED 7 DOZEN BLOODWORMS IN 5 HOURS.
BEST TO CATCH TOP OF HIGH TIDE THEN THE OUTGOING IS WHEN WE REALLY STARTED
GETTING INTO THEM REPORTS OF 20 LBS/ERS BEING CAUGHT ARE COMMON.
Angler Name : Duane Henderson
E-Mail : KingStriperHead@webtv.net
Boat Name: Buckeye 2
Date Fished: 5-1
Location: IBSP
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 16-26 in.
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Well I know I wasn`t supposed to go fishing this weekend, but,
my wife said if I really want to go...Need I say more...Hit the beach and
fished for 4-5 hrs and landed 9 shorts.Here comes the fish story.Definately
had a keeper on. I saw the fish in the surf, when all of a sudden a seagull
decided he was going to start diving at my fish.He obviously must have been
feeding on what the fish was throwing up, trying to throw the hook.After about
the 3rd or 4th dive, he got tangled in my line and it broke off.Sounds
stupid,but true.Can`t keep a tight line that way.Going for herring on monday
again.Time to start making some chum.Untill next time, keep a tight line.
Angler Name : E Buzz miller
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Buzz Bomb
Date Fished: 5/1/99
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18 - 32 inch
Bait or Lure: Bombers
Water Depth: 10 -18 ft
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Picked up all of our Stripers just of the Keansburg pier.
One keeper at 32" ; 3 others at 26-27".
Also picked up two Blues.
Get ready for a great season....
Angler Name : Ray Keller
E-Mail : SK1225@BELATLANTICNET
Boat Name: Striper Sniper
Date Fished: 5/1/99
Location: Del Bay
Fishing Method: Anchored
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 40,42,32,41
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 21
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Weather called for 1' to 2'ers so we went to our secret striper
spot and started hitting them right away.Well the 2'ers turned into 6'ers and
afer catching 4 nice ones we headed back.What a day.
Sport Fishing Charters
43' EGG HARBOR SPORT FISHERMAN
Captain Bruce Miller 732-295-4554
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