Angler Name : Chris Hempstead
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Nov. 29
Location: Off Sea Side
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 33"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 25-40
Water Temp.: 48
Information : Captains Phil Dulanie and Joe Dalik had the Chris Hempstead Tolchin charter from Middletwon, NJ out on the Canyon Runner the day after Thanksgiving and they got into the Stripers right where we left off on Turkey Day. Trolling black/green tubes in 25-40 feet of water produces alot of slots and smaller fish but we also produces several keepers. We ended teh day with over 20 bass and at least 20 blues.

Angler Name : Capt. Jacoby
E-Mail : oggie123@msn.com
Boat Name: Fat Boy
Date Fished: 11/29/02
Location: Shrewsberry rocks
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: shorts to 37 inches
Bait or Lure: shad white and chartruese
Water Depth: 25 to 35 ft.
Water Temp.: Approx 53*
Information : Father, son and lawyer out for a day on high seas. Went directly to the rocks at 6:30 a.m. Can you beat that threesome? Started out fast, then slowed down. Bass picked up again around 9:45 a.m. Limited out by 11 a.m. Came back under rough seas. Writer had to clean all 9 fish. Cold......

Angler Name : Werner & Wolfgang Sprie
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/29/2002
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 35"
Bait or Lure: Shads & Tubes
Water Depth: 20 to 40 FT.
Water Temp.: 50 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had his release customers Werner & Wolfgang Sprie on board the Bounty Hunter. We started the morning trolling the Shrewsbury Rocks after getting reports that the Bass were there in substantial numbers yesterday. After one hour and 2 short Bass we decided to run the 12 miles up to the north and locate the bigger fish we had earlier in the week. We found the fish along with a 30 knot SW wind. It was rough trolling conditions, however at days end the charter had released over 50 Stripers 16 of them being 28" to 35" plus 9 large Blues. Yellow & Blue Shads along with Black & Red tubes worked best.

Angler Name : Jeff & WC Joe
E-Mail : netdeal@erols.com
Boat Name: GetReel
Date Fished: 11/26/02
Location: SH Rip
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20-25 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: eel
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.:
Information : Ran out to the SH Rip late afternoon to catch the outgoing drift. Hit the the rip at sunset, dead calm, no wind and crystal clear. Hooked up on the second drift and repeated drifts. Went four for six on big fish all 20-25 pounders. back in the slip by 7:00 pm. A great trip-almost time to pull her out.

Angler Name : Tom Miller
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 11/26/02
Location: deal to longbranch
Fishing Method: bait
Specie: Tautog
Size: 11.5lbs
Bait or Lure: crabs
Water Depth: 40-70
Water Temp.: 51
Information : Tom Millers gang came out looking for big Tog and were not disappointed. Experienced anglers made the difference today as the bite was picky at times the 4 anglers were able to get the hooks in the fish that bit all day. Around 10:00 the big ones started to chew hard and they boated 8 fish over 6 lbs including one that weighed 11.5lbs on the digital scale. Wound up the day with a limit catch of 40 tog plus a dozen nice seabass.

Angler Name : "Mac" MacSherry
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/26/2002
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 34"
Bait or Lure: Shad Rigs & Tubes
Water Depth: 25 to 45 Ft.
Water Temp.: 53 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the "Mac" MacSherry charter on the Bounty Hunter for what was to be a Blackfish trip. If you can have a bad day this was one of them. Bad current, Anchors that would not hold, No bites, Etc. Etc. After 2 hours we gave up on the Blackfish and ran 10 miles north and found the Stripers. We were at the top of the tide so the only bites we initially got were "Alligator" Blues. 18 of them to be exact. When the water started to move we did well with the Stripers landing 7 keepers up to 34" and releasing another 30+ fish. The charter did not keep any Slot fish. Yellow Shads & Red & Black tubes caught well today.

Angler Name : Brian
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Dreamer
Date Fished: 11/26/02
Location: IBSP
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 33 inches
Bait or Lure: spoons/rigs
Water Depth: 40-50
Water Temp.: 51.5
Information : On Thanksgiving morning we trolled the area between the old coast guard station and the bathing pavilion. Marked a decent amount of bait and fish but was only able to pull two bass...28" and 33". Fished Sat night at Manasquan Inlet and pulled one small bass on a shad.

Angler Name : greg
E-Mail : gstren@hotmail.com
Boat Name: 204
Date Fished: 11/25
Location: t-bird
Fishing Method: bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 35"
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 20ft
Water Temp.:
Information : caught 15.15 lb bass plus a 28",26", and some throwbacks also lost some nice ones did better drifting away from other boats the bass were loaded with clams

Angler Name : Don Yowell
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/25/2002
Location: Off Long Branch
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Blackfish
Size: Up to 7 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs
Water Depth: 50 to 65 Ft.
Water Temp.: 52 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul returned to the Blackfish grounds off Long Branch with the Don Yowell charter. Making 4 stops in 50 to 65 Ft. of water the Blackfishing was the best we have seen over the past week. The charter landed 38 keeper Tog up to 7 Lbs. and released another 30+ shorts. The keepers were all quality fish with most going 17" or better. Green Crabs worked well today.

Angler Name : Mike Lewis
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/22/2002
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 39"
Bait or Lure: Shad & Tube Rigs
Water Depth: 10 to 25 FT.
Water Temp.: 53 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Mike Lewis charter on board the Bounty Hunter today and decided to try fishing with clams south of Manasquan Inlet. The morning bite proved to be slow. After an hour of drifting we had 1 Slot Bass and 1 Bluefish. We decided to run the 23 miles up to Raritan Bay and catch the outgoing tide, it proved to be a smart decision. Trolling the Romer Shoal area we quickly put 3 keeper Bass in the boat. The largest a 35"fish. At noon the area around the Shoal came alive and we put a limit catch of 12 Stripers up to 39" in the boat while releasing another 16 fish. We left the Bass biting when we started for home at 2PM. The Bass hit every color we trolled today and quite a few of the Stripers were caught in 10 to 15 Ft of water.

Angler Name : Richard Steer
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Nov. 22
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 30"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Richard Steer charter from Greenwich, CN out on the Canyon Runner Friday and found the bass fishing a little improved but nothing like it should be for this time of year. Trolling umbrella rigs produce slot and throw backs but only a few 28" fish. However we boated dozens of bluefish for the smoker. Some of the blues were in the mid-teens in size.

Angler Name : Jon Murray
E-Mail : murray@quadnet.net
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 11/22/02
Location: IBSP
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-12lbs
Bait or Lure: mackeral
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Caught 6 blues on cut mackeral, 2 big slammers and the rest 2-4lbs. Also caught 11 bass to 26" on clams. Best bite again was in the afternoon, during the rain and wind. Very consistent fishing lately if you put the time in.

Angler Name : Karl
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Anna B
Date Fished: 11/22/02
Location: Scotland Wrecks
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Blackfish
Size: up to 8.5 lbs
Bait or Lure: crabs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 51.6
Information : We caught 49 blackfish with 10 over 5 lbs It was a great day with biting fish and calm conditions.

Angler Name : chris
E-Mail : cwood60@comcast.net
Boat Name: hydrasport
Date Fished: 11/22/2002
Location: Between bug light-Coast Guard Station
Fishing Method: Casting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: all shorts 18" or so
Bait or Lure: Rattle Trap
Water Depth: 10'-20"
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Went out between the channels but the fog was so thick I decided to check out the bay. Found a small group of birds working and a bunch of boils. It was like catching snappers ! The bass were very small but fun to catch. I had at least 15 fish. Not a single keeper.

Angler Name : John Shipley
E-Mail : stjude@comcast.net
Boat Name: MJ's
Date Fished: 11/20/02
Location: SE of Barnegate
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 4 lbs
Bait or Lure: clam/crab
Water Depth: 90 ft
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Joe yocco, John Cherry and I came so close to getting it together to run to the Hudson, but the decision to play hookey came just too late to put the plan into action, so we decided to wreck fish instead. We had a terrific time on 3 wrecks all day with picture perfect weather and lots of life 14 miles outside of barnegate.

Angler Name : chris
E-Mail : cwood60@comcast.net
Boat Name: hydrasport
Date Fished: 11/20/2002
Location: Between the channels
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 36"
Bait or Lure: Chandelier rig/Black shad
Water Depth: 25'-35'
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Awesome two hours of fishing. Went out to the tip of the hook and the water was like a lake. I trolled one rod since I was solo today and had fish on instantly. Between 1:00-3:00pm I had a fish on almost the entire time I had line in the water. Two double headers and about 12 fish in total. Perfect day !

Angler Name : TonyNJ
E-Mail : ajn118@aol.com
Boat Name: CockRobin
Date Fished: 11-20-02
Location: South of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 29"-36"
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 40-60
Water Temp.:
Information : Went out on the Cockrobin and had a great time. All in all I got 7 Stripers from 29"-36" all on clam. The boat limited out with all but 1 fish legal. Mates and Captain did a great job.

Angler Name : Tom Headley
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/20/2002
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 34"
Bait or Lure: Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 20 to 30 Ft.
Water Temp.: 53 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul ran the Bounty Hunter up to Raritan Bay with the Tom Headley charter. We caught the start of the outgoing tide and the charter enjoyed one of the better days of trolling we have seen in a while. We landed 27 Bass up to 43" for the day. We kept a limit catch of 12 fish and released the rest. All the action took place in the channels around Romer Shoal. Shad rigs accounted for the catch and yellow was the hot color.

Angler Name : Randy Sloyer
E-Mail :
Boat Name: K-Kat
Date Fished: 11/20/02
Location: Sandy Hook Reef
Fishing Method: On the Bottom!
Specie: Blackfish
Size: 15-18"
Bait or Lure: Crab
Water Depth: 50'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : A great day on the water with Captains Ken Dubman and Jim. We fished with Chris Orbach and father for the "Fishin' with Kids" cable program. Son Chris showed him how it was done while dad manned the camera. The bite was slow with the full moon and weird tides, but we had 25 keepers in the box by noon. Angler Name : Tuna Joe
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Teal
Date Fished: Wed. 11-20-02
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: eeling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25" to 37"
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 20 to 40
Water Temp.: unknown
Information : Was a beautiful night to be out on the water last night. Had about 30 Bass, most of them were keepers.

Angler Name : Dave Tolchin
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Nov. 20
Location: Long Branch
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Blackfish
Size: up to 5 pounds
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs
Water Depth: 75 feet
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie came off the I.R. list early and was back in action for the Dave Tolchin charter from Sayreville, NJ. Unfortunately Capt. Phil should have stayed in bed as he could not get the Blackfish going only putting a slow pick together for the charter.

Angler Name : Dan Dinkman
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Stinky Dinky
Date Fished: Nvember 20
Location: Bay Head-Mantoloking
Fishing Method: Troll - Shads
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Caught a bunch of 15-18lb blues on the downrigger and a nice 34" bass. Pretty slow day.

Angler Name : Jon Murray
E-Mail : murray@quadnet.net
Boat Name: Sand
Date Fished: 11/20/02
Location: I B S P
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Shorts
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: Low 50's
Information : Fished with Bob Simon at the south end of the park. Started at daybreak and by 3:30pm all we had were 3 2-4lb. blues. At 4 it was like someone threw a switch as from then till dark we could hardly keep our lines in the water. When the dust settled we had 6 short bass and around 15 blues to 6lbs.

Angler Name : Mike Giacone
E-Mail : broker.giacone@verizon.net
Boat Name: POWER BROKER III
Date Fished: 11/20/02
Location: hudson canyon (west wall)
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 40 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish and sardins
Water Depth: 600 feet
Water Temp.: 64.4
Information : We arrived at 4:00am and fished for 6 hours to find only 2 longfin.

Angler Name : Sam, John M., John S., and Kristen
E-Mail : messisa2000@yahoo.com
Boat Name: All Hooked Up
Date Fished: 11/20/2002
Location: Barnegat
Fishing Method: Troll/ Bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Umbrella/ Clam/ Eel/ Bunker
Water Depth: 10-60'
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Well the All Hooked Up was anything but hooked up on this fine day. Fished Barnegat inlet, North (gov. mansion), HC Lump, and the sod banks. Nothing but a few monster blues and dogfish. Fished our hearts out for about 8 hours. Should have headed a little further north or way south. I've been hearing that in and around Barnegat has been spotty at best for bass. Think were gonna head down to Cape May for a few days of fishin' on the All Hooked Up. Usually can't miss down there.

Angler Name : Mac MacSherry
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/19/2002
Location: Off Long Branch
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Blackfish
Size: Up to 6 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs
Water Depth: 50 Ft.
Water Temp.: 53 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul anchored the Bounty Hunter in 50 Ft. of water off Long Branch with the Mac MacSherry charter. After 3 days of non stop wind, today there was a total lack of it. A glassy flat ocean made for tough anchoring conditions, however the charter picked away at the Tog a managed to put 26 fish up to 6 lbs. in the box.

Angler Name : Elliot Braun
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Nov. 19
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Slots
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 55
Information : With Captain Phil Dulanie still out of action Capts. Joe LaRosa and Jason Neader once again had the Canyon Runner out on Tuesday with the Elliot Braun charter from North Jersey. Our hope that the Noreaster blew some Bass into our area was quickly dashed as today's bass fishing was non-existant. We ended up running down the beach to the Sea Girt Reef and picked away as Blackfish all afternoon. In addition, we added some keeper Sea Bass.

Angler Name : Steve
E-Mail :
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: 11/17
Location: Townsend's Inlet
Fishing Method: surf/inlet
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25 lb
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 6-8ft
Water Temp.: 50's
Information : Wind/Rain/Chilly 4hr= 1 Bass (belly full of mullet)

Angler Name : victor v.
E-Mail :
Boat Name: none
Date Fished: 11/16/02
Location: tip or sandy hook
Fishing Method: eels and trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24-30"
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 30'
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Just wanted to post that I was only one of three jerks fishing a heavy east wind against a fast outgoing tide with 5 foot rollers Saturday early morning. But hey I got my surf fishing budddy into some school sized bass, so what does this mean. I am still a idot with some fillets.

Angler Name : JKing
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Kingfisher
Date Fished: 11/14/02
Location: 1-2 miles off IBSP
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3-9lbs
Bait or Lure: Umbrella rig/ Stretch 25
Water Depth: 25-34
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Trolled in the afternoon north of Barnegat. Not much going on a few birds and a few boats. Only managed 3 fish but it was a great sunset and a great fall day.

Angler Name : Jim Cawthern
E-Mail : cawthernam@aol.com
Boat Name: Miss Shelly
Date Fished: 11/14/02
Location: Sandy Hook / Raritan Bays
Fishing Method: Casting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 23 - 36 inches
Bait or Lure: Jigs & Spoons
Water Depth: 25 - 45 feet
Water Temp.: 54 - 56
Information : Fished with Al Romanelli aboard his Miss Shelly from 6:30 am to 1:30 pm. At sunrise we found birds over fish on the west side of the mouth of the Shrewsbury. However, the fish were pinning bait in less than 3 feet of water, so we really couldn't get the boat where we could cast to them without fear of getting grounded. We opted to leave them and look out towards the hook and down the beach for others. When we arrived at the tip of the hook, we immediately saw several fishing boats heading North along the beaches (probably from Manasquan.) Obviously, this meant that they weren't finding much down the beach, so we headed over to The Veranzanno & around Hoffman & Swinburne Islands. Not finding anything there, we ran along the Staten Island shoreline back towards Raritan Reach. Eventually, after logging 15 or so miles without wetting a line, we found birds over fish near buoys 16 & 18 in the Reach. However, they were not bass, they were huge schools of 3 - 8 lb. bluefish. (What the @#$* are they still doing here in mid-November?) The blues were so thick that it was impossible to catch bass because the blues were gobbling up anything that fell in the water. We managed to catch countless numbers of blues on metal spoons, jigs and flies. At times the bird play was fairly heavy, at least until the number of inconsiderate boaters trolling through the schools and other knuckleheads running their outboards full throttle into the middle of the birds to try to be the "first ones in" succeeded (like they always do) in scattering the big schools into smaller pods of fish all across the bay. We decided to move away from the fray and we concentrated on smaller pods of birds without as much company. This move paid off, as Al soon caught a nice bass on a spoon that was about 34 inches and probably close to 15 lbs. I then caught one that was 36 inches and probably between 16 - 18 lbs. Later in the day, Al added another pair of bass to the tally. One was another large bass at 33 inches and probably 12 - 13 lbs, and the other was really skinny 23 incher that he mistook for a small blue until he got it to the boat. My "unusual catch of the day" was a gannet that dove under water at least 10 feet and grabbed my spoon. the bugger managed to get hooked right in the end of his bill. I can assure you that I was not too fond about trying to remove a treble hook from that sword of a beak that he was whipping around at the side of the boat. Luckily, I managed to release the bird quickly. He was scared, but unharmed. However, he must not have been scared enough, because about 5 minutes later, the exact same bird tried to dive down to catch Al's spoon. (Too bad the bass aren't as dumb as the gannets!) The weather was nice and the seas were flat, but it was still tough fishing! I would have never guessed that on Nov. 15th, we would still be catching small bluefish in droves. I also would have never guessed that Al and I would be working our butts off for 7 hours in order to catch 4 bass. In years past, we would expect to catch at least a dozen each on a typical day of fall bassin' in about half as much time. The marinas around Sandy Hook Bay and the Shrewsbury River are still full of peanut bunker, so I suspect that the real big push of bass may still come into the Sandy Hook Bay area in the next few weeks. I just hope that that the bass action heats up before it is too late to save the fall season of 2002. I know that a lot of fishermen are bummed that they have already pulled and winterized their boats before the bass ever showed up.

Angler Name : Gerard Marini
E-Mail : gerard_marini@prusec.com
Boat Name: Rooster
Date Fished: 11/14/02
Location: Raitan Bay
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20-30 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 20
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Why some are having a hard time with the bass,I have had nothing but really great action.Last night on the Rooster(BASS TUBE) CAPT JOE putus on Fish non stopbight from 10-1am.The capt led by examlpe by reeling in a 30 pounder nice fish.Gary Baydel was high hook as usual 10 plus fish,myself i had 8 fish... the fish are getting bigger......where have my BFL boyz been i miss them..........................

Angler Name : Frank Lukenda
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/14/2002
Location: Off Long Branch
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Blackfish
Size: Up to 6 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs
Water Depth: 45 Ft.
Water Temp.: 54 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul decided to give the Stripers a day to regroup and took the Frank Lukenda charter Blackfishing. It was a good decision. The weather was perfect. A calm ocean and the Blackfish were eager to bite. Working the 45 Ft. depths off Long Branch we had a 4 man limit of 40 Tog up to 6 lbs. by Noon. Green Crabs did the trick.

Angler Name : tom olski
E-Mail : bass323@aol.com
Boat Name: miss kim
Date Fished: 11-13-02
Location: reach-flynns knoll
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30"
Bait or Lure: rigs
Water Depth: 20
Water Temp.:
Information : fised the north east wind, thought it woul be a good day. nothiung in the reach by bouy 10, trolled the chapel hill into the knoll and hit shorts and slot fish.

Angler Name : Ken Gorsuch
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Nov. 13
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie gave the Bass another try on Wednesday with the Ken Gorsuch charter and again struggled to find fish. In fact we had almost no action until afternoon. Sandy Hook area was almost lifeless as we did not even read much let alone catch. However, a move down the beach to the Shrewsbury Rocks found birds working on the beach and we manged to save the day with 5 Stripers and 20 Bluefish. Something is very wrong here as usually this time of year we are averaging 50+ Bass a trip. Hopefully this Northeaster they are predicting for the weekend stirs something up.

Angler Name : Tom Headly
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/13/2002
Location: Between the channels
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 30"
Bait or Lure: Tube Rigs
Water Depth: 20 to 30 Ft.
Water Temp.: 55 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Headed back to Raritan Bay with the Tom Headley charter. Finding no bait or Bass on the Knoll, then coming up with a zero at Romer Shoal we ran back between the channels. It was tough fishing. No bait, No Bass. Finally at noon we found some fish along the beach at Sandy Hook We bailed out with 2 Keeper Bass, 2 Slot fish and 5 Bluefish.

Angler Name : JIM,LOU,ERIC
E-Mail :
Boat Name: JAMAICA
Date Fished: 11/12-11/13
Location: CANYON
Fishing Method: CHUNK
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 35#-55#
Bait or Lure: SARDINES-BUTTERFISH
Water Depth: ??
Water Temp.: ??
Information : 8-10 FOOT WAVES AND A 8 HOUR RIDE OUT.STARTED FISHING AT 2.30 AM. NASTIEST WAETHER I HAVE EVER FISHED IN. ACTION WAS SLOW EXCEPT FOR 2 SMALL SWORDS AND A FEW TUNA UNTIL 6AM. THE BITE WAS HOT FROM 6:30 UNTIL 10AM THERE WERE 12-14 FOOTERS AND A STEADY RAIN. USING 60# FLOUROCARBON WITH SARDINES WAS THE TRICK. THE BOAT MANAGED ABOUT 35 FISH WITH ALOT OF TANGLES AND LOST FISH DUE TO THE FACT THAT ABOUT A DOZEN ANGLERS DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. OUT OF THIRTY PEOPLE THE THREE OF US KEPT 10 LONGFIN 35#-50#,A 100#YELLOWFIN AND A 75# SWORD,ABOUT A THIRD OF THE FISH CAUGHT. MATES DID A GREAT JOB AND WE HAD A GREAT TIME DESPITE THE MOST FEROCIOUS WEATHER I HAVE EVER FISHED IN. TOOK ALMOST 7 1/2 HOURS TO GET HOME AND IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE BEEN SEA SICK IN 15 YEARS. I MANAGED 3LONGFIN AND A BIG YELLOWFIN, LOU CAUCHT 4 LONGFIN,AND ERIC THE GREENHORN MANAGED 3 LONGFIN AND A SWORD. MATES DID A GREAT JOB,IF THERE WAS A POOL MY YELLOWFIN WOULD HAVE TAKEN IT. WE'LL BE BACK NAXT YEAR

Angler Name : Ron,Chris
E-Mail : cwood60@comcast.net
Boat Name: tbd/Edgewater
Date Fished: 11/08/2002
Location: Between the Channels
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 36"
Bait or Lure: "chandelier rigs"
Water Depth: 28"-38"
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Once again conditions were snotty. Wind was SW 20-30kt with a good size swell all morning. Started trolling at around 6:30am and immediatley had fish on. We enjoyed a steady pick and left them biting @11:00 or so. For the day we had 15 bass and about 10 "monster" blues...These New England umbrella rigs seem to work great so far... Still waiting for a calm day !

Angler Name : exarkun
E-Mail : exarkun1178@hotmail.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 11/08
Location: seaside hights end of the boardwalk
Fishing Method: metal
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10-16 lbs
Bait or Lure: crippled herring
Water Depth: surf
Water Temp.:
Information : went out at 930- first bite 5 min later- snapped my 20 pound, and took my only good rig with him. next 3 hourswent through 20 peanutbunker, all bites- not a one hooked, just not the right set up. around 1245 I ran out of bait, through on the crippled herring, three casts later- bam 10 pounder. a few more casts another 10lbs. then very nest cast a 16 lbs. there were many people catching with metal when i left. good day

Angler Name : Hal Hall
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/08/2002
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 37"
Bait or Lure: Red & Black Tubes
Water Depth: 20 to 30 Ft.
Water Temp.: 54 Degrees
Information : After returning from a brief vacation, Capt. Paul got back into the action with his first Striper charter of the Fall season. The Hal Hall charter got into a good pick of Stripers boating a few on the Rocks. Then, after moving up to Raritan Bay we caught the tide change which turned the Bass on. Within 2 hours we had a limit catch of Stripers up to 37". While releasing 2 dozen more. All the fish were caught Trolling Red & Black tubes.

Angler Name : Pat Ryan
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Nov 8
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 39"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the second group from the Pat Ryan charter out on Friday on the Canyon Runner and once again found the bass off of Sandy Hook between the channels. However the bite was not as good today as we only had 14 Bass with only 3 over 28inches. Like Thursday the wind made for tough conditions, particularly the ride home as it blew south about 30 on the way home. Also like Thursday green/black tubes produced best and the catch included 10 bluefish. The highlight of the trip was a fat 38inch 25 pound Striper.

Angler Name : Capt. John De Mio
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fish Formula
Date Fished: 11/8
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : The afternoon trip today we had out the Keith Reynolds charter and found the bass fishing to be excellent. With great condtions we were hooked up on every drift. The party of 6 limited out all on eels.

Angler Name : Jeff S
E-Mail : jssutton@comcast.net
Boat Name: The Little G
Date Fished: 11/08/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 10-22lbs
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 12-26ft
Water Temp.: 51.0
Information : Another good night drifting eels out around the swash and ambrose channel edges. Had 10 fish all together with the largest coming in just over 22lbs. Most fish were in the 12-15 class. Beautiful night and the sea's calmed down quite a bit from the afternoon conditions out in the ocean.

Angler Name : John Shipley
E-Mail : saintjude@comcast.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: Thursday 11/7/02
Location: Mantoloking beach
Fishing Method: surf casting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24"
Bait or Lure: Clam gobs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Found 3 clams on the beach and used them.. 2 for 3 on nice stripers in less than 2 hours of fishing. Had to return home at 9:00 to be responsible... I could have stayed all day.

Angler Name : Pat Ryan
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Nov 7
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 35"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and Randy Matlack had the Pat Ryan charter from Philadelphia, PA out on the Canyon Runner Thrusday and got into a decent pick of Bass. However, with the wind blowing hard we only could fish between the channels when the wind laid down after noon but ended up picking all the Bass there. We had 20 with a limit on slots and keepers and threw some back. We had a couple dozen blues as well.

Angler Name : Capt. John De Mio
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fish Formula
Date Fished: 11/7
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Today we had out the Bob Cordy charter for some bass fishing. With N/W winds at 35 it was tough to jig today so we trolled for half the trip and caught some nice bass on shad rig`s. When the wind died we switched back to eeling and caught a few in the channels. The party of 3 kept their limit. Bob`s 11 year old son caught his first bass a 10 lber on a jig.

Angler Name : Dave
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Solty Dog
Date Fished: 11/7/02
Location: Manasquan
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 4 - 12 lbs.
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 57 degrees
Information : Trolled over Sea Girt lumps then trolled south along shore. With sw winds, more comfortable near shore. Trying for striped bass ... nothing there. Picked up 10 bluefish. When will the winds decrease?? Talk on radio ... no bass. Good luck.

Angler Name : Brian
E-Mail : brian.fanelli@mortgagefamily.com
Boat Name: Golden Eagle
Date Fished: 11/5
Location: Farms
Fishing Method: Bait/Jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8-16 lbs.
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 100 feet
Water Temp.:
Information : Beautiful day on the water. Cruised the beach on way to Farms to find no birds working so we anchored up at the Farms and starting chumming for blues. 1/2 hour after start chumming had blues in slick for non-stop fishing all day. Bait or jigs they bit whatever your threw out there. Fish were big and plentiful!!!

Angler Name : Mike Copeman
E-Mail :
Boat Name: RENEGADE
Date Fished: 11/05/02
Location: HUDSON CANYON
Fishing Method: CHUNKING
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 70 LB
Bait or Lure: BUTTERS
Water Depth: 500
Water Temp.: 67-68
Information : Finally getting a decent weather forecast we ran out to the West Wall Sunday morning 11/3, for an over nighter. The ride out was rough in a 4-8 following sea. We went 3 for 7 on the tuna and released 3 swordfish in the 20-60 lb range plus a couple of Mahi. All tuna were lost with in site due to angler error on light leaders. We fished both the West Wall and East Wall with about the same results. We could have done better if the squid would have let us get some baits down. Water is still very warm considering the time of year. Should be able to get in a couple more trips. The Bluefin should be coming down real soon.

Angler Name : Joe Kay
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Nov. 4-5
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Day Chunk
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 50-60
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 69
Information : O.K. we just couldn't help it we had to get one more in. With a great weather forecast, a striper trip that was cancelled by the charter the week before and a charter begging to get them offshore and had already paid in full the canyon was once again beckoning us. Captain Phil Dulanie put the Joe Kay charter from Flemington on the Canyon Runner Sunday night and headed offshore for a day chunk. The ride out was smooth as glass and so was the the conditions on the edge. The party boat boys got into some fish in the dark and some went home early some after we showed up. We guess the tuna feed hard at night as we read them thick all day. While we caught we did not catch the equivalent to what we read on the machine. We did finish off with 7 big longfin and a bunch of (believe it or not) November Mahi-Mahi from 10-15 pounds. So once again - After a tough tough year with weather (63 Canyon Trips Cancelled) we were still able to put 85 days in on the edge (5 one day trolls and 40 2-day overnighters) and 515 tuna in the boat, releasing 3 big Blue Marlin and over 20 White Marlin and can happily say, "Bring on the Stripers, the Tuna can wait until June. We're Done!!!" And we mean it this time as we took all the offshore equipment off the boat just in case we head out the inlet and forget to turn the boat up the beach. I think our boat knows the way to the canyon well enough herself that she would take us there even without the autopilot on.

Angler Name : Sam
E-Mail : messisa2000@yahoo.com
Boat Name: ----------
Date Fished: 11/5/2002
Location: Cape May/Rips
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 36"
Bait or Lure: eel
Water Depth: 10-40'
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Well, decided to keep my boat at the dock and enjoy a day of charter fishing as I always do a couple time per year. The charter I use in Cape May is what I consider the absolute best striper fishermen I have ever had the pleasure to fish with. We NEVER come home skunked, these guys put me on fish when the rest of fleet can barely scare up a few here and there. Today was no exception. We limited out by 9:30AM and were throwing back 35" inch bass for the rest of the day!!!!!!!!!!!! Ended up catching about 25 bass between 5 of us. Catch 'em up.

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Angler Name : Mike Giacone
E-Mail : broker.giacone@verizon.net
Boat Name: POWER BROKER III
Date Fished: 11/04/02
Location: Hudson canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60 pounds
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 600 feet
Water Temp.: 65
Information : We caught 3 longfin up to 50 pounds and 1 yellowfin around 60 pounds and broke off 3 because we had to go down to 20 pound test.The ocean was flat calm.

Angler Name : frank
E-Mail : jfroig@optonline.net
Boat Name: juanago
Date Fished: 11/4
Location: lower raritan bay
Fishing Method: trolling and plugging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27 to32 inch
Bait or Lure: shad umbrellas
Water Depth: 10 to 15 feet
Water Temp.: 50s
Information : fished aboard a friends boat and quickly limited out on the troll with bass to 15lbs, set out originally to work the reach and 11 a but birds working all over cliffwood beach flats had us stop short. bass were chasing schools of peanuts and trollers using shad rigs outfished boaters plugging and trollers using anything other than shad rigs.bass stomachs filled with peanuts and strange looking lobster/shrimp looking creatures about 5 inches long.looks like bass migrating to the back bay rivers as somes guys did well by the parkway bridge.

Angler Name : Jeff S
E-Mail : jssutton@comcast.net
Boat Name: Little G
Date Fished: 11/04/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 12-23 1/2 lbs
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 12-20
Water Temp.: 55
Information : It was kind of rough out there last night but after shorting out the bow lights we found the fish!! Caught approx 15-20 fish ranging from 12 - 23 1/2lbs while drifting eels around the swash channels.

Angler Name : John, Charlie, Jeff
E-Mail : NBIJOHN@aol.com
Boat Name: Hook'm & Cook'm
Date Fished: 11/3 to 11/4
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 40 - 50 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Made 100 mile run from GE Inlet to Hudson Sunday night. Forecast right on, light winds flat seas. Slow pick of fish, 1 lft two others lost. Radio had some big fish caught but slow pick. Return trip was rough into SW winds and seas, 6 1/2 hour return trip. Last trip until next year.

Angler Name : Ernie Kusterer
E-Mail : mbroth@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: Tenacious
Date Fished: 11/3,4
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-70 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish/Live squid
Water Depth: 400-deep
Water Temp.: 64 degrees
Information : Capt Bernie Roth had Ernie Kusterer and his son Mark on board for a Sun/Mon overnighter in the Hudson Canyon. Filled with optimism after last weeks impressive catch and reports of party boats bailing fish on the west wall, we anchored on the same spot that yielded fish on the previous trip. After 12 hours and no tuna bites we moved to the east wall and began drifting. On the third drift and 10 minutes before our scheduled departure the charter hooked a large tuna that eventually broke the 60lb leader. We decided to stay an extra hour and the charter boated a longfin and two yuellowfins that were in the slick. The recorder showed fish stacked up from 100 to 200ft but they would not come up. We left at 12 noon with 3 tuna on ice and very glad we delayed our departure.

Angler Name : Dan Latoof, Darryl Petrosilli and B.J .Pederson
E-Mail : dlatoof@aol.com
Boat Name: Phatt Buoy II
Date Fished: 11-3 to 11-4
Location: hudson canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Big-Eye Tuna
Size: 300 lb 74 inches
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 62.5 to 66.4
Information : we caught a good window in the weather and shot out to the hudson, picked at them thru the night and was 0 for 3 at 5:50 am when the smallest rod went off, and after a tough hour and a half, we boated a 74" 300+ lb Big-Eye on a 30 lb penn

Angler Name : fred from philly
E-Mail :
Boat Name: prowler
Date Fished: monday 11/4/02
Location: atlantic highlands
Fishing Method: drifting eels
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 12.9 -15.9 lbs
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: varied
Water Temp.: ?
Information : went out on the prowler and caught 4 keeper stripers there was no frenzy but the captian made a few moves according to tide cond and we had a steady pick my 15.9 striper won the poll my thanks to capt glenn hilliar and the mate tom both of whom did a great job looking forward to nex week and more beautiful stripers

Angler Name : Tuna Joe
E-Mail :
Boat Name: "Teal" out of Atlantic Highlands
Date Fished: 11-4-02
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Eeling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 10 - 25 lbs.
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 10-40ft.
Water Temp.:
Information : Put approx. 9 fish in the boat & missed others. Kept 2 for myself, & made a couple of happy faces to those that did not get any. Fish are out there guy's, go out there & get them. Left them bitting...

Angler Name : Dan McGivney
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 11/03/02
Location: 15 miles Se Inlet
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 3lbs
Bait or Lure: clam/crab
Water Depth: 70
Water Temp.: 58
Information : It was non stop action on the Megan Beth . Limiting out on Sea Bass up to 3lbs stopping on two wrecks South of Manasquan inlet. About a dozen Blackfish were caught but only four keepers.

Angler Name : Jeff
E-Mail : netdeal@erols.com
Boat Name: GetReel
Date Fished: 11//03/02
Location: SH Reef/Elberon Rocks
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Blackfish
Size: minium
Bait or Lure: green crab
Water Depth: 45-55
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Headed out to work SH reef in the am, very slow and the biggest fleet I've ever seen. Dropped on a spot usually productive, but no bite to speak of just a few shorts, so headed south and then managed just a couple keepers on a patch just off WLB. It laid down as predicted, but cold and we saw very few caught-slowest trip on record for the white chins. I won't try SH Reef again on the weekend, slow bite and small fish, gotta be too much pressure.

Angler Name : Darrin Hasara
E-Mail : captreelaction@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Action
Date Fished: Nov. 3,2002
Location: Asbury Park
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30"
Bait or Lure: Tubes & Spoons
Water Depth: 30'
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Capt Marc had the Darren Hasara pary aboard for striped bass. Returning to where we had them the day before, we found the bluefish have taken over. We trolled all around then moved close to beach to finally score one. We did a little bottom fishing on some snags to catch 20 porgies and a couple sea bass.

Angler Name : Billy Wrede
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Nov. 3
Location: 15 mile South of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 3 pounds
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 75 feet
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Joe Dalik had the Billy Wrede charter from Randolph, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Sunday for a day of Sea Bass fishing with his kids Kyly (10) and Mooggy (8). Anchoring over a wreck in 80 feet of water 20 miles south of Manasquan we had a hot bite of Sea Bass but only had 1 keeper for every 10 Sea Bass caught. However, the kids stilled filled up the cooler for dinner and all had a great time once the wind laid down.

Angler Name : Gary Kohan
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 11/3/02
Location: Sea Bright - Sandy hook
Fishing Method: troll/jig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26-36"
Bait or Lure: tubes/jigs
Water Depth: 20-30
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Had Gary Kohans party out for stripers today, and with flat calm seas for a change, the fishing dropped off. Worked under birds, and at the traditional spots with jigs and trolling, but only picked 5 stripers after the tide change. 6 Blues were also boated. Plenty of fish and bait around though.

Angler Name : GOLDING PARTY
E-Mail : holbe@blast.net
Boat Name: MY BONNIE II
Date Fished: 11-3-02
Location: RARITAN BAY
Fishing Method: TROLL
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: TO 15 LBS.
Bait or Lure: UMBRELLA RIGS
Water Depth: 20-35 FT.
Water Temp.: LOW 60'S
Information : FISHED WITH CAPN'T PETE ON THE MY BONNIE II, A CHARTER OUT OF STATIN ISLAND( GREAT KILLS ).HIT THE BAY AT FIRST LIGHT,IN 15 MINS. INTO BASS+ BLUES UNDER WORKING BIRDS. ONCE THE CROWDS SHOWED UP, THE FISH SHUT DOWN TO A SLOW PICK. THE CAPTAIN WORKED OUTSIDE THE EDGES OF THE CROWDS,AND WE MANAGED A STEADY PICK. WE TOTALED SOME 12 BLUEFISH TO 12/14 LBS., AND AS MANY NICE STRIPERS TO 15 LBS. KEEPING 4....WITH A COOLER FULL OF FISH WE HEADED IN JUST AFTER NOON...GREAT TRIP ! ! ! ! THE CAPTAIN,AS WELL AS THE MATES WERE TOP SHELF...WORKED HARD TO FIND/CATCH FISH FOR US,THE BOAT WAS CLEAN,AND NEAT....HAD A GOOD TIME,WILL BE BACK,HIGHLY RECOMMEND MY BONNIE II...

Angler Name : Tony C
E-Mail : Fishingnino@aol.com
Boat Name: Mad Gaffer
Date Fished: 11/3/02
Location: Bottom
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: Up to 6 lbs
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs
Water Depth: Deeper
Water Temp.:
Information : Another excellent day with the Gaffer. As usual the Captain persisted to find the biting fish and that we did in deeper water. I personally landed 10 keepers up to 5 lbs plus a keeper sea bass. Perhaps my best day Tog fishing-numbers wise. My buddy John, a newbie at togging, landed 5 keeper tog plus a sea bass. Went home to fill the freezer with nice fillets.

Angler Name : CHARLIE THE TUNA
E-Mail : TIGERSHARK58@AOL.COM
Boat Name: DORIS MAE
Date Fished: 11/2-11/3
Location: HUDSON CANYON
Fishing Method: CHUNK
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 150LBS.
Bait or Lure: BUTTERFISH
Water Depth: 600 FT.
Water Temp.: ?
Information : NICE AND BIG FOLLOWING SEA GOING OUT, AND THING'S JUST GOT WORSE FROM THERE, THE CONDITION'S WERE SO BAD THERE WERE MEN ON THIS BOAT THAT DIDN'T GET THERE LINES WET.CONSTANT 35 TO 40 KNT.WINDS AND POUNDING 12 TO 18 FT. SEA'S ALL NIGHT EVEN THE MATES WERE PUKING!ANYWAY ME THE MATES AND 3 OTHER DIE HARD'S FISHED ALL NIGHT WITH ONLY ONE RUN OFF, I PICKED UP A NICE SWORD DOWN AROUND 220 FT. FOUGHT FISH FOR OVER AND HOUR AND THE LINE CHAFFED WOULD HAVE LIKED TO BOAT THAT FISH, THEN AROUND SUNRISE WE STARTED FLAT LINING SOME NICE FISH. ABOUT 40 FISH IN THE BOAT. I PERSONALLY WENT 2 FOR 6 JUST A SHITTY TRIP. I'M BAGGING IT FOR THE YEAR CONSIDERING IT SHOULD TAKE A MONTH TO RECOVER FROM THAT... TIGHT LINES

Angler Name : Capt. og
E-Mail : oggie123@msn.com
Boat Name: Trophy 1
Date Fished: 11/03/02
Location: Shrewsburrys Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0-bass 2 Blues
Bait or Lure: Umbrella rigs 6inch shad
Water Depth: 30 feet
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Trolled shrewsberry rocks hard for stripers. Nothing....Proceeded to Sandy Hook, 1 undersized striper... Returned to Shrewsberry rocks, all the blues you wanted, no bass. Bad day fishing for stripers.

Angler Name : exarkun
E-Mail : exarkun1178@hotmail.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 11/3/02
Location: point pleasent side inlet
Fishing Method: spinning
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: peanut bunker, clams, plugs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : went out sunday from, got there at 8am fished till 3 pm had not a bit, aside from some bunker i faul hooked, i had nothing. i only saw one fish landed, a bass of ok size, the entire time i was there.

Angler Name : Mike lawrence
E-Mail : lawremi@churchdwight.com
Boat Name: shot'n'beer
Date Fished: nov3
Location: rocks
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: shads and spoons
Water Depth: 20 to 60
Water Temp.: 58.5 to 60
Information : ran up to the rocks and wasted alot of fuel trolling for strips and only got gators. Big ones! Lot of bait up and down the beach. What was going on in front of the m inlet? Lt of boats but did'nt hear any reports. Good day out on the water. sAW ACOUPLE OF WEAKS CAUGHT TO.

Angler Name : Jon Murray
E-Mail : murray@quadnet.net
Boat Name: 4 Reelin'
Date Fished: 11/03
Location: off of IBSP & Seaside
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8-18lbs
Bait or Lure: stretch 25's
Water Depth: 30-60
Water Temp.: 55
Information : My Dad & I hoped to troll up our first stripers of the fall and although that didn't happen we had tired arms catching 14 blues to 18lbs. Both green and blue plugs worked well. Also pulled a shad rig down deep without a hit. These blues are a great way to test your tackle!!

Angler Name : Darren Berry
E-Mail : woodyE1sta2@aol.com
Boat Name: Taylor Made
Date Fished: 11-03-02
Location: Between the Channels
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 29#'s
Bait or Lure: spoons
Water Depth: 28ft.
Water Temp.: 54
Information : My brother Max and I got together with fishing buddy Chris Davidson who recently purchased a 26ft.Regulator for a day of spooning. Started the morning off trolling the Reach with lots of birds, bait and loads of bluefish. Made a move to Highlands Bridge where we found more bluefish. With the day growing old we headed up to just north of the Sandy Hook channel. It was there that we found our prize catch of the day along with two smaller bass. From the talk on the radio it sounded like bluefish ruled the day for just about everyone.

Angler Name : Mark
E-Mail : joeyvirus@msn.com
Boat Name: M and Ms
Date Fished: 11/03/02
Location: The Reach
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Sloat fish
Bait or Lure: Clam Bellies Amd a DEADLY DICK
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.: 55
Information : You just have to remember to go back to the basic rules. A little chum and then you will have no problems

Angler Name : Canyon Runner Crew
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Nov 2
Location: Long Branch
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Blackfish
Size: up to 8 pounds
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 59
Information : The Canyon Runner finally got a fun trip this year even though it had to wait until November. Unfortuately the weather would not allow us to get to the canyon (what else is new). However, we did spend the day anchored up on some hard pieces in 40 feet of water off Long Branch and ended up picking 55 Blackfish up to 8 pounds. In addition, we had a bunch of Scup we released and a couple dozen Sea Bass for the frying pan.

Angler Name : Fatlobsterman
E-Mail : gtzovolo@optonline.net
Boat Name: Atlantis
Date Fished: Nov 1/2
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method:
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: YFT 75#/LFT 60
Bait or Lure: Chunk and Jigs
Water Depth: 60-230 ft
Water Temp.: los 60's
Information : Fished a private charter on the Atlantis knowing it was going to be really rough. Had a follow up sea out which wasn't to bad but it was the anchoring that did everybody in. It was so rough that it took like 2 hours to anchor up. Got the first LFT at around 4:30. It was sleeting/Snowing with 25 kt winds all night only to get rougher as the daylight came. The bite was after daylight. I'm sure that we would've had more fish in the boat but 1/2 of the folks were too sick to fish. One fish that we did not boat was very large as this fish could not be turned even when holding and thumbing the line. Total for the boat was 8 LFT and 2 YFT. Captain and the mates were top notch.

Angler Name : Jon Murray
E-Mail : murray@quadnet.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 11/01&02
Location: Lavalette, Brick Beach
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5-12lbs
Bait or Lure: metal & poppers
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Fished the beach Friday but had to leave in the afternoon just before the fish came in. Went back Saturday and found them at daybreak in Brick. Bob Simon & I caught around a dozen blues, 2 on metal and the rest on poppers. The lures were just as effective as snaggin' bunker and doesn't hurt the fish. Must have seen at least 2 dozen treble hooks get bit off, hopefully at least some of those fish will survive.

Angler Name : bayner
E-Mail : bayner333@erols.com
Boat Name: kath II
Date Fished: 11/2/02
Location: raritan reach
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 13to 18
Bait or Lure: shads
Water Depth: 39
Water Temp.: 52
Information : 3 hours nonstop fishing went home with dinner

Angler Name : Gerard Marini
E-Mail : gerard_marini@prusec.com
Boat Name: Ryan's Express
Date Fished: 11/1-11/2
Location: Raitan Bay
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 13-20 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 17
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Fished the high rollers tournment out of Michael's bait and tackle in SI.Fished friday night with that big blow.....its was a mess out there and the fish were no where to be found....4 fish to 18lbs,the crew of Gary free and easy,Joe Rooster,Capt Rod- hid out of the wind in the comfey parker 2520 cabin.Rooster bailed for the Saturday repeat but Gary & I did it again...very slow until 1:30 am then the bite turned on non stop bass and blues until 4:am..all small fish but very good action....the tide was the end of the out going and most of the fish on the top of the incoming...it seems that the lack of bait in the bay has kept the big fish away...wishing for some warmer days.......cockadoodleDO

Angler Name : Frank Foran
E-Mail : captreelaction@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Action
Date Fished: Nov. 2,2002
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 36"
Bait or Lure: Tubes, Shads & Spoons
Water Depth: 45' to 60'
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Capt Marc had the Frank Foran party aboard for striped bass. We found lots of bird action but under the birds were bluefish. A call from Capt. Wayne on Northstar put us into some bass further south.

Angler Name : Scott,Larry&Steve
E-Mail :
Boat Name: We'll Sea
Date Fished: 11/2/02
Location: South of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Troll / jig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 15 lbs
Bait or Lure: spoons and shads
Water Depth: 70'
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Ran south and hit birds/bait off Bayhead. Poppers and jigs produced only small blues and 2 slot fish. A move out to 50-70'w/spoons produced only alligators. A move north to Pt Pleasant paid off, White Shads @ 70' filled the box in 2 passes, with several more released. Thank God October has passed !!

Angler Name : Ed Bresnehan
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Nov. 1
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 38"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Joe Dalik had the Ed Bresnehan chater out on the Canyon Runner Friday and got into hot trolling action. Unfortunately most of the action was on Bluefish as we were averaging 10 Blues to every Bass. However, we did end the day with 9 Stripers over 28 inches in the boat and about 100 bluefish released. The action was all on green/black umbrella rigs.

Angler Name : Ron,Ed,Chris
E-Mail : cwood60@comcast.net
Boat Name: TBD
Date Fished: 11/01/2002
Location: Sandy Hook/Between the Channels
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 30"
Bait or Lure: The "Chandelier Rig"
Water Depth: 28'-38'
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Went out Friday at around 2:00pm in conditions that were close to immpossible. The wind was blowing from the NW @25-35mph. It was like being inside a car wash both on the way out, and on the way in. We fished for about two hours or so wich produced 5 bass and 3 large chopper blues. All but two blues were caught on the "rig". Bunker spoons produced two blues and that was it. This is the first time we've ever used the Chandelier Rig and the rusults were excellent in very tough conditions...Looking forward to trying this rig on a calm day.

Angler Name :
E-Mail :
Boat Name: 25 Wellcraft
Date Fished: 11/1/02
Location: Manasquan river
Fishing Method: anchored/drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: small
Bait or Lure: Clams/Bass assasins
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Tryed the inlet... no luck. anchored/drifted by the 35 bridge and had a few hits and one small bass. Lots of bait in the area...

Angler Name : Stan
E-Mail : lyskowski@infi.net
Boat Name: Sea Rose
Date Fished: 11-01-02
Location: North & South of Manasquan inlet
Fishing Method: trolling & some jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: mann stretches
Water Depth: 30 to 60 feet
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Was looking for the guys in the striped suits, but found none today. Caught alligator sized blues. Heard of a few stripers caught on the VHF but report of striper successes were far & few inbetween. Saw some gannets diving and tried casting there, but came up empty. Seems like the stripers are getting a little late start, as compared to last year. Will get em next trip

Angler Name : tim
E-Mail :
Boat Name: m&m
Date Fished: 11-1
Location: great egg bay
Fishing Method: eeling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25 lbs
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 5-25 ft
Water Temp.: high 50's
Information : Out going tide in some small rips produced lots of school fish, incoming tide on the channel edges produceds a fat 38 incher

Angler Name : Jack Singh
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 11/1/02
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Troll/jig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28-34"
Bait or Lure: jigs/tubes
Water Depth: 25'
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Ran a split trip for stripers & blackfish,with Jack Singh and his regulars. Found bass & bluefish working under birds just off the beach and hooked up right away,with 28"+ bass and big blues. Fishing slowed to a pick as the sun got higher, and we swithched to tog around 11:00 one striper shy of the over 28" limit, and 15-20 bluefish. No shorts and one slot bass. Tog started to chew just as the wind came on and the guys had a tough time feeling bites in the 30kt wind. Kept picking fish to 6lbs for an hour and a half and managed to fill half a tote before calling it quits as the rain came.

Angler Name : Ritch
E-Mail : justreelin@comcast.net
Boat Name: Eagle
Date Fished: 11/1/02
Location: 17
Fishing Method: Bait & jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10-15 lbs.
Bait or Lure: chunks or jigs
Water Depth: 110'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Captain and mate were great on the Eagle. Anchored once and had blues all day. Some guys dropped to the bottom for sea bass and blackfish. Snotty on the run home.

Angler Name : ryan senff
E-Mail : rtsurf01@yahoo.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 11/1/02
Location: island beach state park
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 15 lbs
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: beats me
Water Temp.: 60
Information : fished mullet all day no luck put clam on got a big blue first cast go figure no other fish

Angler Name : Roland, Mike, Tom
E-Mail : rkrumbei@optonline.net
Boat Name: " SORRY CHARLIE "
Date Fished: 11/1/02
Location: Manasquan inlet
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Hmmm
Bait or Lure: Stretch Divers 30'
Water Depth: 35-55
Water Temp.: 54.5
Information : Out for a nice day troll outside the inlet No Stripers but had all the monster blues you felt like reeling in all in all nice day on the water to bad the October weather was such a blow out, Look foward to next season