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Angler Name : Joe Sensale
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/27/2003
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 31"
Bait or Lure: Shads &Tubes
Water Depth: 35 Ft.
Water Temp.: 52 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Joe Sensale charter on board the Bounty Hunter this Thanksgiving and headed up to Raritan Bay. The action was not as fast as the previous 2 days but we did manage to boat 4 keeper Bass up to 31" along with a couple of Blues. Most of the bites were short Bass and the charter released over 30.

Angler Name : bigh john
E-Mail :
Boat Name: the stalker
Date Fished: 11-27
Location: cape may rips
Fishing Method: drifting eels
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: slots to 20 pounds
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : fished on the charter boat stalker out of cape may what a trip capt skip is first class had us on fish every drift 6 guys 18 bass what a turkey day

Angler Name : Pat M
E-Mail :
Boat Name: M & M
Date Fished: Nov 27
Location: The ROCKS
Fishing Method: Troll / Jig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Schoolies
Bait or Lure: Shads
Water Depth: 25'- 40'
Water Temp.: 46
Information : Started out at first light, only one other boat at the rocks. Terns were eveywhere, feeding on rainfish. Caught 15 scoolies and one keeper 34", also one ten pound blue. Trolling was slow after ten am. so switched to jigging which didn't produce much. It was a morning of gunning and running. Some of the captain could have been more curtious. The fly cuckers which normally pride themselves on being curtious were the worst running over the shcools from behind, immediately puuting the schools down, instead of running ahead of the schools and letting the fish come to them. Other than that a beautiful day on the water.

Angler Name : Tom
E-Mail : tomdawg76@aol.com
Boat Name: christy j- III
Date Fished: 11/27/03
Location: Island beach state park
Fishing Method: trolling/casting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 36"
Bait or Lure: pearl shad
Water Depth: 20-30
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Perfect day, flat calm, warm. Started out trolling 6:30 by Harvey Cedars lump, nothing but a couple of blues. Made my way north up by bathng beach/coast guard station. Marked alot of bait, but very slow, using umbrella rigs and tubes picked up one short and a couple of blues in 40-50 feet. Everyone left early for Thanksgiving. Hung in till 2 when the bass went on the feed big time. Right in front of the governer's mansion. Bass thick, actively feeding on the surface under birds, on clouds of small peanut bunker, right outside the surf to 1/3 mile out. It was beutiful, only two or three other boats there, flat calm, hungry bass, and NO blues! Casting pearl storm shads worked very well. Caught around fifteen by myself ranging from shorts to the largest going 36". Not a bad way to close out the year

Angler Name : john feulner
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Boat Name: GIZMO
Date Fished: 11-27-03
Location: AMBROSE
Fishing Method: DRIFT EELS
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 34"
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 35FT
Water Temp.: 50 F
Information : WENT OUT ON TURKEY DAY WITH MY REGULAR DANNY AND GUEST FROM OHIO MIKE PEAVELY. HAD 2 NICE FISH BEFORE 9:00AM ON EELS ON THE SIDE OF AMBROSE CHANNEL. BEAUTIFUL DAY, WAS IN EARLY DUE TO FAMILY STUFF.

Angler Name : BOB V
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Boat Name: FUN & SUN
Date Fished: 11/27/03
Location: MANTOLOKING
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: TO 31''
Bait or Lure: GREEN / BLUE WHITE SHAD RIG
Water Depth: 60 TO 70'
Water Temp.:
Information : GREAT MORNING WITH THE BASS COOPERATING.NOW LET SEE TURKEY OR BASS FRANCAISE

Angler Name : "Mac" MacSherry
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/25/2003
Location: Off Highlands
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 35"
Bait or Lure: Shad Rigs & Tubes
Water Depth: 35 Ft.
Water Temp.: 52 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul finally turned it around with the "Mac" MacSherry charter. After a week of slow Bass fishing today we located the Bass off the Highlands under a big bird play. With very difficult trolling conditions in a brisk 25 Knot NW wind the Bass were all over our Shad & Tube rigs. After a few hours the count was 17 Bass in the boat. 6 Keepers up to 35", 6 Bonus fish up to 35" and 5 Slot fish along with 7 keeper Blues. Another 27 Bass were released. Yellow Shads along with Red & Neutral Tubes were hot today.

Angler Name : Jim H
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 11/25/03
Location: Bayhead to Manasquan
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 34"
Bait or Lure: black bomber
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Decent pick, 8 shorts and 1 keeper to 34", black bomber, Bayhead to Manasquan.

Angler Name : Capt. Jerry Lake, Dave & Mike
E-Mail : macrone@optonline.net
Boat Name: Jeric Sea
Date Fished: 11/23/2003
Location: Bay Head
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 31" & 32"
Bait or Lure: Chartreuse Bunker Spoon
Water Depth: 55' - 65'
Water Temp.: 51 degrees
Information : We broke the Manasquan Inlet at 6:45am and headed south. We proceeded to setup bunker spoons and shad rigs and started trolling when we reached the old Thunderbird Motel. The Ocean was flat with just a ripple on top. The day was clear, the sun was strong, and there was a slight easterly breeze. Unlike the previous 2 weekends, the squalls of birds and fish were not around. The first was caught within the first 45 - 60 minutes. The second was caught around 12:00 noon. We fished a combo of wire line outfits w/drails and a downrigger. The downrigger was the only effective method to put the baits into productive waters. Generally speaking, it was a slow pick and many anglers went home empty, but it was a beautiful day on the water.

Angler Name : Dave
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Boat Name: Solty Dog
Date Fished: 11-23-03
Location: Manasquan - Barnegat
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: none
Bait or Lure: umbrella & spoons
Water Depth: 30 - 55
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Trolled the "loop", out Manasquan, in Barnegat Inlet. Slow day, we had one bluefish and one short bass. Had afew hits. Some nice fish marks near the bottom but no action. I know my stuff was near bottom as we foul hooked two skates. Not marking as much bait as when I was out two weeks before. My boat comes out of water this week. Guess my bass fishing will be from the surf. It was a great day to be out even though the fish did not cooperate. Good luck.

Angler Name : mike lawrence
E-Mail : mike.lawrence@churchdwight.com
Boat Name: shot n beer
Date Fished: nov23-03
Location: 5 mile wreaks
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Tautog
Size: to 9 lbs
Bait or Lure: green crab
Water Depth: 70
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Went to a new spot that I never fished. Great move. Started out alittle slow, but we stuck to it and started hitting some real good fish Alot of throw backs but did bring home 15 fish in the 5 to 9 lb range. Great day on the water. Tried trolling back for stripers. not even a knock down. Word to the wise, hit the wreak before you striper fish. If you don't, when you get to your favorite spot everyone and their mother is already there. First come first served.

Angler Name : Tom Headley
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/23/2003
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 30"
Bait or Lure: Shads & Tube Rigs
Water Depth: 30 to 65 Ft.
Water Temp.: 54 Degrees
Information : The tough Striped Bass fishing continued today for Capt. Paul and the Tom Headley charter. Working our way up to Breezy Point and then to the east the total catch for the day was one 30" Striper and a couple of big Bluefish. We had good bait readings along the way however the Stripers never made a showing. Shad and Tube Rigs did not do the trick today.

Angler Name : mike walsh
E-Mail : mike-rowalsh@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: freddyc
Date Fished: 11-23-03
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Tautog
Size: 9+lbs
Bait or Lure: greenies
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : party boat fishing. nailed a 9lb. togosaurus to take the pool only 4 keepers on boat.

Angler Name : Jerry Lake
E-Mail : jerrylake@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Jeric-Sea
Date Fished: 11/23/03
Location: Bay Head
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32-34"
Bait or Lure: Bunker Spoon
Water Depth: 55-65
Water Temp.: 51
Information : The downrigger was the only thing that worked, wire line & surface lures produced no strikes.

Angler Name : Mike Copeman
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Renegade
Date Fished: 11/23/03 & 11/22/03
Location: Spring Lake to Ortley Beach
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: upto 15 lbs
Bait or Lure: shads/spoons
Water Depth: 40-70
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Fished Saturday morning, 2 bass and some blues, no bait anywhere. Fished Sunday afternoon till Dark, it was dead, no bass and again no bait.

Angler Name : Jack Singh
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 11/23/03
Location: Spring lake
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Tautog
Size: 5lbs
Bait or Lure: crabs
Water Depth: 70
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Split the day trolling for bass in the morning with Jacks Singhs group.Trolling was a bust as we did not even get a pull. Switching over to Tog fishing in the afternoon was a lot better all though a lot of shorts were caught. Two drops in two hours had plenty of togs on them and 3 anglers boated 14 keepers to 5lbs and another 20 shorts, before electing to call it a day early.

Angler Name :
E-Mail : captbob@aluresportfishing.com
Boat Name: A-LURE
Date Fished: 11/23/03
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Capt Bob Konz and mate Scott Forfar took Bob Picton,Bob Przewozwik,Greg Forfar, and Coach stirper fishing Sunday Nov 23. Trolling to the south of our inlet we read a lot of bait, but by 10 a.m. we only had one Striper and one Bluefish. WE ran further south and anchored over a small wreck in 50 feet of water. The tog fishing was very good putting 30 blackfish in the boat. The largest was 5 pounds.

Angler Name : Pete Maimone
E-Mail : joe1434@aol.com
Boat Name: Cobbler
Date Fished: 11/23/03
Location: Spring Lake
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 37 inches
Bait or Lure: Stretch 25
Water Depth: 50 ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information :

Angler Name : Brian Jones Party
E-Mail : shadylady.too@verizon.net
Boat Name: Shady Lady Too
Date Fished: 11/22/03
Location: Harvey Ceaders
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 23"-33"
Bait or Lure: Strech 25's and Shad rigs
Water Depth: 25' to 60'
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Had the Brian Jones party out for a day of striper trolling. Caught 9 bass, kept 7 up to 33", released 2, alsocaught 7 bluefish.

Angler Name : Joe F and Mike K
E-Mail : jcjfish@optonline.net
Boat Name: J - Sea - J
Date Fished: 11/22/03
Location: Manasquan Inlet - Brick Beach
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30 - 34
Bait or Lure: Bunker Spoons
Water Depth: 55 - 70
Water Temp.:
Information : Tried to jig sone fish up but they were uncooperative. Trolling white bunker spoons produced two decent bass and 1 monster bluefish.

Angler Name : Tony C
E-Mail : tcava1@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Mad Gaffer
Date Fished: 11/22
Location: In The Water
Fishing Method: Bottom - Togg'en
Specie: Blackfish
Size: Up to 3 lbs
Bait or Lure: Greenies
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Capt Ray, as always, put us on the fish. Took awhile to get 'em chew'in, but chew they did. The Mad Gaffer, out of Belmar, draws some of the best toggers, a tough croud to compete with. I got 6 keepers, boated maybe 15 or so fish altogether. Of the 8 fares aboard, there were maybe 5 or 6 limits, with fish up to 5 lbs. Just not for me. My parents, girlfriend and I are having blackfish for dinner though, not bad for a neophyte. Gorgeous day on the water.

Angler Name : Paul Reyburn
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/22/2003
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 3 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Geen Crabs & Clams
Water Depth: 65 to 85 Ft.
Water Temp.: 55 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Paul Reyburn charter on board the Bounty Hunter and headed south to fish some inshore wrecks. Making 4 stops on pieces in 65 to 85 Ft. of water the charter picked thru the small Seabass and ever present Dogfish to put a decent catch together. At the end of the day we had 3 dozen Seabass up to 3 lbs. Seven nice Tog along with 6 large porgys The ratio of shorts to keepers on the Seabass was around 5 to 1. Green Crabs and Clams were the bait of choice.

Angler Name : Brian and Tim
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Breakaway
Date Fished: 11/22/03
Location: Bayhead to Lavellette
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 36"
Bait or Lure: shad rigs
Water Depth: 50-60ft
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Trolled shad rigs in 50-60ft of water. Caught 10 bass largest was 36in 20lbs. Majority of the fish were caught while heading south.

Angler Name : Capt. Darren
E-Mail : dsv174@optonline.net
Boat Name: Mary Lou Crew
Date Fished: 11/22/03
Location: Sandy Hook Reef
Fishing Method: Anchor
Specie: Blackfish
Size: 5lbs
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs
Water Depth: 50 feet
Water Temp.: 53.2
Information : Had the Mary Lou Crew out for a great day of blackfishing! We made one drop on the Sandy Hook Reef and had 5 anglers on board and caught are limit of 40 blackfish!!!! All the fish were well over the 14 inch size limit with several fish going 4 1/2 to 5 lbs. Great day on the water and full coolers of nice fillets!

Angler Name : Brian Moleen
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Dreamer
Date Fished: 11/22/03
Location: Seaside
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: spoons/shads
Water Depth: 25-60
Water Temp.:
Information : Started off in the bay working spot on the outgoing tide without success. We ran north and started off the bathing beach only to find bluefish and one short bass. Made our way up the the Ferris Wheel where we encountered tons of bluefish on Stretch's, and bunker spoons. One bluefish tipped the scale at 17.5lbs. All bluefish were released. We did find one more short bass. On our way back we found birds just south of the inlet but it was a quick flurry that did not produce for us. Saw one other boat hooked up and brought in a small bass. I heard Sunday was a little more productive with the Bass.

Angler Name : Dan Clayton
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 11/22/03
Location: South of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 10 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Shad rigs
Water Depth: 40-60 ft.
Water Temp.: 54
Information : The Dan Clayton crew was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Striped Bass fishing. Heading South of the Manasquan Inlet we found some bird life 5 miles south. Trolling in 40-60 foot of water we caught 12 Striped Bass, keeping 3 and releasing the rest along with a half a dozen Bluefish

Angler Name : Archie
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Therapy 2
Date Fished: 22NOV03
Location: Sea Isle lump and Avalon shoal
Fishing Method: Trolling, Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27"
Bait or Lure: rapalla diving lure
Water Depth: 30-50
Water Temp.:
Information : Out of Corson's Inlet by 9am. No chop, bright sun, out going tide. Trolled around Sea Isle lump and got a monster bluefish, 30+ inches on a stretch 20. Other smaller blues in the same area. Headed over to the Avalon shoal and got one 27" striped bass. Delicious. Curiously, hundreds of spiny dogfish were schooled up in 30 feet of water northeast of the bell. They were in on tight pocket, and as soon as you drifted throught them, everyone was on. Great fun while it lasted. I hear they call them dog fish because they hunt in packs, and rightfully so.

Angler Name : Mark Bendul
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 11/22/03
Location: Deal to seabright
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: to 7 lbs
Bait or Lure: crabs
Water Depth: 40-60
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Mark Benduls party was out for their first time blackfishing today. Morning started off hot with several nice fish to 7lbs right away but the bite slacked off with the tide. Picked away at shorts for the midday and had another decent shot on the last drop. Wound up with 20 keepers and 32 shorts for the day and a handful of seabass.

Angler Name : Mike Lewis
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/21/2003
Location: Long Branch
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 32"
Bait or Lure: Shads & Tubes
Water Depth: 30 to 60 Ft.
Water Temp.: 54 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul got out today with the Mike Lewis charter. Starting at Spring Lake and working our way up to Long Branch it became evident very quickly that the 2 days of strong winds did little to improve the Striped Bass fishing. We picked a few fish wherever we went but it was not great fishing. For the day we had 3 Keeper Bass 9 Shorts and once again we had the big Blues all over our Rigs. The charter kept 5 and released at least another 2 dozen.

Angler Name : Tony C
E-Mail : tcava1@hotmail.com
Boat Name: The Fisherman
Date Fished: 11/21
Location: NY Bite
Fishing Method: Jigg, Live Eel
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22 to 31 inches
Bait or Lure: Eel
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Atlantic Highlands on the Fisherman, Capt. Ron gave us a great effort to find the bass but the 13 sports aboard were able to put together only 5 bass from 4 to 12 lbs, all taken on eels. I got 3 of 'em, a 22", a 24" and a 31", won the pool and am having fresh bass for dinner. Largest fish around 12 lbs. Early in the day, around the tip and off north beach there was some bird play and a few splashes, rain fish and perhaps finicky bass feeding on them. We jigged but to no avail.

Angler Name : Bob Bartlett
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 11/21/03
Location: Belmar
Fishing Method: Jig,cast, troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 32"
Bait or Lure: jigs, shads
Water Depth: 30
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Had the Bob Bartlett party out for stripers today.Before we even cleared the inlet jetties we had bass breaking around the boat so we stopped there and jigged a few shorts right off the bat. We moved around for a while chasing pods of fish and catching a few shorts each time including Bobs first flyrod caught striper. Wanting to get some keepers we switched to trolling and immeditely got some bigger fish. Could not get two rods out for a while hooked up evey time we let out. By 1030 the bite tapered off and we ended the day with 6 keepers to 32" and 2 dozen shorts, plus 6 or 8 monster bluefish.

Angler Name : Jim H
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 11/21/03
Location: Bay Head
Fishing Method: plug
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Shorts
Bait or Lure: storm/redfin/bomber
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Must have caught 20 or more shorts PM high tide. Chrome redfin, black/mirror bomber, storm shads. Still some huge gators around shredding things up. Peanut bunker schools getting hammered all the way down to Mantoloking.

Angler Name : Frank Lukenda
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharter.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/18/2003
Location: Spring Lake
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 34"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs/Tubes
Water Depth: 45 to 65 Ft.
Water Temp.: 56 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Frank Lukenda charter on board the Bounty Hunter today and it was another tough day in the Striper fishery. Trolling the area from Manasquan to Belmar the charter toughed it out in a brisk NE wind and put 2 Slot and 3 Keeper Bass in the boat. The largest of which was 34". Along with the Bass we landed a couple of dozen Blues, keeping 5 and releasing the rest. A brief stop off Long Branch only produced a handful of Seabass. No Tog were to be found.

Angler Name : Tom Miller
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 11/18/03
Location: Elberon to seabright
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: 3 - 8.5lbs
Bait or Lure: crabs
Water Depth: 60'
Water Temp.: 51
Information : A very good tog trip for the Tom Miller party, the fish were biting much better than Sunday and plenty of bigger fish in the 3 - 6lb class. 6 Anglers caught their limit of 48 togs and released another 10 legal fish in addition. Two biggest fish were 8.0 and 8.5lbs.

Angler Name : John
E-Mail : ramp1159@aol.com
Boat Name: Linda Marie
Date Fished: 11-17-03
Location: Seaside/Barnegat
Fishing Method: Trolling/Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Umbrella's/Mann's
Water Depth: 54'
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Trolled Seaside area with Umbrella's(shads and tubes)nothing but blues. Took out the stretch 30's on mono and nailed a 28" and 39" striper on a red/blue Mann. Caught tons of monster blues the rest of the day. Jigging was very slow. Beautiful flat calm day.

Angler Name : Joe L.
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Melon
Date Fished: 11/17/03
Location: Ship bottom to beach haven
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22" to 36"
Bait or Lure: umbrellas- tubes, shad
Water Depth: 20 -23 feet
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Slow north of barnagat inlet. Headed south to ship bottom inshore 20 feet to serious blitz action. 2 and 3 bass- bluefish at a time on rigs. Boated limit, sent several bass back. Nice tailor blues. Bass 8# to 15#.

Angler Name : John Soughan
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/17/2003
Location: Mantoloking to Asbury Park
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs/Tubes
Water Depth: 30 to 65Ft.
Water Temp.: 54 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had John Soughan on the Bounty Hunter today and experienced one of the slowest days of Striper fishing in quite sometime. Working the area from Asbury Park south to Mantoloking and then back to Spring Lake the best we could do was 1 Striper a 32" fish. There was no shortage of "Alligator" Blues. They kept a bend in the rods for most of the day. We had Double and Triple Blues on our Rigs all day long. We did not hear of any good Striper reports from Sandy Hook down to Barnegat. Hopefully this fishing will bounce back over the next few days.

Angler Name : Mike Copeman
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Boat Name: Renegade
Date Fished: 11/17/03
Location: Spring Lake
Fishing Method: Troll/Jig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Upto 30 inches
Bait or Lure: Braid Jigs
Water Depth: 60
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Limited out on bass off Spring Lake by mid morning. Most fish caught jigging. Many big blues mixed in.

Angler Name : John
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Triple Play
Date Fished: 11/17/03
Location: Important Read Below...
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : There is a hearing on Tuesday November 18th Topic: To open the EEZ for Recreational and Commercial fishing for STRIPED BASS. Please understand that the approval of such a plan would quickly decimate the Striper stocks that have taken half a lifetime to rebuild. Please attend this meeting and bring a friend. 6pm at the Quality Inn in Toms River Understand that this unusual time (6 pm) is intentional. They do not want you to attend or know the truth.

Angler Name :
E-Mail : dschunke@fsi2000.com
Boat Name: 38 fountain
Date Fished: 11/17
Location: rocks down to spring lake
Fishing Method: troll/cast
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 36"
Bait or Lure: manns 25+ / umbrellas
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 52
Information : fished from the rocks down to spring lake hotel. found bass blitzing the surface 30 yards offshore of the rocks caught one 30"er most of the fish were shorts but all were bass. all in all 15 shorts caught. trolled off the hotel in spring lake in 55 feet of water with manns 25+ and nailed two stripers 36" along with a mess of alligator blues.

Angler Name : frank& mike
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Boat Name: fish n chips
Date Fished: 11-17
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: chum
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22inches
Bait or Lure: clam,jigs
Water Depth: 12-70
Water Temp.:
Information : fished flynns knoll and roemer with clams after a few mediocre eeling trips prompted me to try a different approach -- didn't work too well today though--only landed 1 big bluefish with only a few runoffs clamming---we caught a few short stripers jigging and were the only bass we caught today ---still beats working!!!!

Angler Name : Mike Hart
E-Mail : mikey13@patmedia.net
Boat Name: Skylarker II
Date Fished: 11/17/03
Location: inshore
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Blackfish
Size: over 14"
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs
Water Depth: 60-80
Water Temp.: ?
Information : A great day .Ocean was flat.Steady pick of nice Tog with crabs.Some sea bass with clams.Great boat,captain and crew.............

Angler Name : Fillet and Release
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Boat Name: Prowler 5
Date Fished: 11/17/03
Location: Atlantic Highlands, around the hook
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: 2-8 lbs.
Bait or Lure: green crabs and clams
Water Depth: 40-60 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Plenty of porgies, some sea Bass, winter shark, couple nice ling, skates and a couple dozen tautag. Nice day on the water. Flatas a lake Captain worked two holes. Had action most of the day. Good crew, lots of bait.

Angler Name : snappablue
E-Mail : snappablue@yahoo.com
Boat Name: stagger lee
Date Fished: nov16/17
Location: longport, margate beaches
Fishing Method: clam
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25"
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 15'-3'
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Well fished In longport (great egg Inlet) all day saturday. Fishing was slow. I saw one guys eel get whacked and the fish splash around while the dude was asleep in the chilly wind, One of my fellow jetty-rats got one measly 25 incher, and alls i caught was the biggest croaker anyone had ever seen, it was a real monster croaker, 22" and i'd guess around 7 pounds, I thought it was my first Jersey Redfish, spent 10 minutes trying to see a spot on its tail! Both fish on clams. For dusk I went up the beach to margate and saw bass selectivly eating millions of 2inch long silversides, right up in the suds, but the fly rod was back at home! I could see schools of bluefish and maybe some big cows busting within a quarter mile of the beach all day. Sunday the beach in margate was dead, but i only had an hour to spare.

Angler Name : John Shipley
E-Mail : jshipley@summit.k12.nj.us
Boat Name: saint jude
Date Fished: 11/16
Location: south of manasquan
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: 5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: green crabs
Water Depth: 50 - 70 ft
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Donald Hallingse, Matt Tribulski and I had a tough time putting together a good catch, We stopped on 5 wrecks and found mostly sea bass There were blackfish around but they were less than cooperative. I spoke to some buddies of mine who found the Tog more willing up north. At the end of the day we played around with the big blues and stripers at the inlet with some jigs. Great day to be on the water.

Angler Name : John Light
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/16/2003
Location: Manasquan to Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 36"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs/Tubes
Water Depth: 35 to 65 Ft.
Water Temp.: 54 degrees
Information : The John Light charter was on board the Bounty Hunter today and Capt. Paul ran up to the north. Starting at Asbury Park and working up to Monmouth Beach all we could manage was Bluefish and 1 Slot Bass. We found the bigger Bass in 65 Ft. of water later in the afternoon and saved the day by putting 6 Keeper Bass From 30" up to 36" in the boat along with 14 large Bluefish.

Angler Name : Jack Singh
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 11/16/03
Location: SE of inlet
Fishing Method: bait
Specie: Tautog
Size: 6.5lbs
Bait or Lure: crab
Water Depth: 50-70
Water Temp.: 54
Information : First blackfish trip of the season with Jack Singh's group. Fishing could be described as sluggish, we picked a few keeper tog on each of 4 drops. Small seabass and porgies were thick everywhere, as well as a lot of short togs came over the rail. The group of 5 anglers wound up taking home 19 blackfish from 2-6.5lbs and a dozen keeper seabass and porgies.

Angler Name : Brian White
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Breakaway
Date Fished: 11/16/03
Location: Mantoloking to Seaside
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24" to 34"
Bait or Lure: Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 25-50ft
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Trolled from Mantoloking to Seaside with white and green shad rigs. Picked up 4 stripers from 24 to 34" and 6 blues. All stripers were caught along the beach in 25ft of water. Great day on the water.

Angler Name : Kyle
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Purple Jet
Date Fished: 11/16/03
Location:
Fishing Method: jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 15-32 lbs
Bait or Lure: Jigs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Started on the troll late in the day, and hooked up with a monster blue. We then started jigging and hooked into some nice Jersey gators from 12-15 lbs. Right before heading home we got a big hit, and landed a 32 lb COW followed by a 15 pounder! Fish were picky, and only hit certain jigs. Thanks to the capt. and crew aboard the Purple Jet for a great day on the ocean.

Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA 2
Date Fished: 11/16/2003
Location: NORTH OF S.R. INLET
Fishing Method: TROLL
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26-34"
Bait or Lure: SHAD RIGS
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 50
Information : HEADED OUT WITH 2 BUDDIES AND HAD A FANTASTIC DAY COMPARED TO MOST OTHERS I TALKED TO. THE CREW LIMITED OUT ON BASS BY 0900 AND THREW BACK A COUPLE OF EXTRA SLOT FISH TO GROW UP.ONLY HAD 2 BLUES AS THE WATER DROPPED 10 DEGREES SINCE LAST WEEK . GREAT DAY ON THE WATER - HOPING TO DO ONE MORE BEFORE I CONCENTRATE ON THE WHITETAILS.

Angler Name : Jim H
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 11/16/03
Location: Mantoloking
Fishing Method: plug
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: shorts/slots/keepers
Bait or Lure: Storm shad/black bomber
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished finally turned on the peanuts just after everyone left the beach at dark. Total around 6 shorts, 4 slots, and 2 keepers to 35".

Angler Name : mike
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 11/16
Location: spring lake 1to 2 miles
Fishing Method: jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 36"-42"
Bait or Lure: Krocadile jigs
Water Depth: 50 to 60
Water Temp.:
Information : Tons of bait, caught a cow early on a jig, few hrs later the bite turned on landed 3 stripers 36 to 42" 1/2 doz blues 15lb range. Acres of fish, if it weren't for the hundred or so boats rushing all over it would have been epic. Thanks to all the tools who gun through the schools sending them down.

Angler Name : Tony
E-Mail : ACHICCARINE@FLUITRON.COM
Boat Name: DONNA
Date Fished: 11/16/03
Location: SHREWSBERRY ROCKS
Fishing Method: TROLL
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 13 POUNDS
Bait or Lure: MANN STRETCH 30 & UMBRELLA
Water Depth: 50 FT
Water Temp.:
Information : We arrived at the rocks abou 10 am & imediately caught 2 blues at 11 & 13 pounds. It died for the next few hours. We tried the mud buoy & 17 fathom with no luck. We returned to the rocks in the early pm & cauht 2 more blues on plugs and a 30 in striper on a shad, umbrella rig.

Angler Name : Joe, Dave, Joe and Donnie
E-Mail : docksyd1984@aol.com
Boat Name: Norski
Date Fished: 11/16/03
Location: Bay Head, Manasquan
Fishing Method: Troll, Bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 34"
Bait or Lure: clams, shads, spoons
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.: 54 degrees
Information : Fantastic day just to be on the water, did some trolling with large spoons and produced big blues, smaller spoon,(gold) produced large striper about 34", picked away at the blues and switched over to fresh clams when the birds were in a feeding frenzy off of Manasquan beach. Numerous stripers boated on clams, many shorts and a few keepers..everyone went home happy

Angler Name :
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Green Machine
Date Fished: 11/16/2003
Location: Spring Lake/Asbury Park
Fishing Method: Troll/Jig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24"
Bait or Lure: Shad rig
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Started out by Asbury and trolled 3 stripers, two shorts and one slot fish. Caught a mess of blues also jigging by spring lake. Nice and flat in the ocean.

Angler Name : Mr. H.
E-Mail : herskowitzm@pearlriver.org
Boat Name: Miss Cap Tree
Date Fished: 11/16/2003
Location: Outside of Fire Island Inlet
Fishing Method: Anchored with cut bait
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 8" to 13"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 45 feet
Water Temp.: ???
Information : Slow pick of small sea bass. Too many Dog Fish. Will fishing pick up??? Are there any stripers out there?

Angler Name : John
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Triple Play
Date Fished: 11/16/03
Location: North of Barnegat
Fishing Method: Jig and Live Bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26"
Bait or Lure: Jigs and Live Spot
Water Depth: 20-45
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished outside Barnegat Inlet to the North up as far as the Bathing beach. Found a lot of bait in 20-35' range. Had no luck with jigs but caught one 26" and had two other run offs on live spot fished in the with the bait, did the same thing last week and caught three.

Angler Name : Dave R
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Striper
Date Fished: 11/16/03
Location: Ocean So. of Shark River
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: up 12 #
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 45 -55
Water Temp.: 51
Information : Fished outside Shark River with the other 500 boats today chasin' birds. Blues are the main player. Bait was abundant but the fish were not actively feeding (atleast on what anglers were offering). LAnded several big blues and got bit off plenty using 50# mono leader - darn choppers. Saw very few bass boated even by the trollers. We hooked only 1 bass which was a shortie.

Angler Name : Tom "FishBuzz" Rabi
E-Mail : no_saltwater_license@37.com
Boat Name: Laurie-Jean
Date Fished: 11-16-2003
Location: North of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Troll...Jig...
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 14 lbs
Bait or Lure: Shad Bodies,,,Black Tubes
Water Depth: 60-65
Water Temp.: 54.6
Information : Fished aboard the Laurie-Jean with fellow TEAM FISHBUZZ members Capt. Ronnie Potts and Ralph Amato. Broke inlet 8 am headed north and trolled neon, and black and white shad bodied umbrellas. Slow action at first and then all hell broke loose with multiple hookups resulting in GORILLA Blues to 14 lbs. Began jigging. If you could get through the blues your prize will be keeper stripers. Hottest and closest spot to Manasquan was the Essex Hotel in Spring Lake. Boats from the Hook even came down to enjoy the hot bite. Other TEAM FISHBUZZ members Capt. Rich Bindell, Bob Garrison, Pete Hartman, Rich and Garry Kimble fished aboard the Mighty Good and kicked Bass using Parachutes tipped with Uncle Josh red trailers, taking Stripers to 17 lbs. and of course....some GORILLA BLUES...Stipers......The BEST IS YET TO COME.."Fish 'Em Up"......Buzzy FishBuzz

Angler Name : Chuck and Mark
E-Mail : charles.petersen@remltd.com
Boat Name: ABC
Date Fished: 11/16/03
Location: 2-3 miles outside Wreck Inlet
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25-34"
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 42 feet
Water Temp.:
Information : Trolled the little white water avaiable at Wreck Inlet early in the morning. Spotted birds offshore and ran out. Trolled though the pod of fish-birds working and bass breaking water. Fishing go so hot,we had to remove our jackets. We had three fish on at once on 3 different occasions We ran to a pod of fish out farther and found larger fish. In 2 hours of fishing we had 16 bass and 2 large blue fish. This is catching at it's best. CFP

Angler Name : Brian Moleen
E-Mail : brian.moleen@hp.com
Boat Name: Canyon Dreamer
Date Fished: 11/16/03
Location: IBSP
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32"
Bait or Lure: Bunker Spoons
Water Depth: 40-60
Water Temp.:
Information : Started out trolling a few miles Southeast of Barnegat Inlet. Marked tons of bait and fish but only had one brief hookup. Once we headed north off IBSP we encountered all the bluefish your arms could handle. We did manage to pull one bass out of the schools of bluefish. At the end of the day, one of the spoon rods doubled over and we fought the fish for a good 15 minutes until the spoon was tossed about 15ft behind the boat.

Angler Name : Werner & Wolfgang Sprie
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/15/2003
Location: Off Long Branch
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 38"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs/Tubes
Water Depth: 25 To 45 Ft.
Water Temp.: 56 Degrees
Information : With the wind subsiding to 25 to 30 Knots Capt. Paul got out with release Fishermen Werner & Wolfgang Sprie. Heading north to the Long Branch area we did not see the intense bird play that was present 2 days ago, but there were enough birds to indicate that Stripers & Blues were in the area. Locating the reads in 35 to 45 Ft. of water we had a good pick of Bass & Blues Trolling Red, Black & Neutral Tube Rigs. For the day we landed 16 Blues and 27 Bass (5 Keepers, 10 Slots & 12 Shorts) with the largest Bass measuring 38" and weighing 27 Lbs. As usual all the Blues & Stripers were released.

Angler Name : Jim Cunningham
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 11/15/03
Location: 15 Miles N of Maasquan
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 10lbs
Bait or Lure: Shad rigs
Water Depth: 30
Water Temp.: 54
Information : The Jim Cunningham group was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Striped Bass fishing. Brian Cunningham (age 7) was out for his first fishing trip by boat. Brian catching and releasing his first Striped Bass as well as his first Bluefish. Catching and releasing many short Striped Bass we did keep 3 fish that were legal. Also releasing all but 3 bluefish. While jigging off of Deal we also caught a half dozen Sea Bass and Porgies.

Angler Name : Bob Schafer
E-Mail : robert.schafer@mail1.monmouth.army.mil
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 11/13
Location: Monmouth County Coast, up and down
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 16" - 41"
Bait or Lure: Wooden Swimmers
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: upper 50's
Information : Fish all over the past few days. I took some measurements of the one fish I got in hopes to get a replica on the wall. Got pics and measurements. Does anyone know of a good taxidermist that could do this in NJ? Any help would be great

Angler Name : Bill Harcharik
E-Mail : mriccardo@nac.net
Boat Name: CASTAWAY
Date Fished: 11/12
Location: Raritan bay
Fishing Method: jig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 38"
Bait or Lure: Sassy Shads
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Capt. Mike Riccardo had the Bill Harcharik party out on Wednesday for another great day of striped bass fishing. Stoping the boat at the first swirl we saw produced a 38 inch bass on the first cast. The bass were swirling on top almost the whole day. Casting shads into the swirls produced over 40 bass for the 3 man charter with alot of the fish being around 36 inches.

Angler Name : Tom Headley
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/12/2003
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 37"
Bait or Lure: Krocodiles & Ava's
Water Depth: 30 to 60 Ft.
Water Temp.: 56 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Tom Headley charter on board the Bounty Hunter and decided to go back to the north in search of the Striped Bass. In spite of the occasional rain and some morning fog the birds were active over the Blues & Bass from the Rocks north. Jigging Krocodiles and Ava's the 4 man charter had no problem limiting out on Slots & Keepers, the largest of which was a 37" fish. As was the case down south yesterday you could Jig all the Blues you wanted. Today's charter kept 20 and released another 50+.

Angler Name : Ed O'neil
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 11/12/03
Location: monmouthbeach
Fishing Method: jig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32"
Bait or Lure: Diamond jig
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Had the Ed O'neil charter out looking for stripers. Found Lots of bait and fish all over breaking the surface. Altough we could see bass breaking occasionally it was nearly impossible to get a jig through the bluefish.Throughout the day they boated 6 keeper stripers, a half dozen shorts and nearly 100 bluefish from 5 to 15lbs. All the action was on diamond jigs.

Angler Name : Jay V
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Searay Fisher
Date Fished: 11/11/03
Location: highlands
Fishing Method: drifting, trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 31'
Bait or Lure: eel's, shads, worms
Water Depth: 20ft 50ft
Water Temp.: 58
Information : caught 20 striper's 1 nice keeper, 2 monster Blues, great day, flat conditions, looked stormy, held out nice. school's everywhere in the morning, birds dropping alot of big blues mixed in.

Angler Name : Capt. Darren
E-Mail : dsv174@optonline.net
Boat Name: Mary Lou Crew
Date Fished: 11-11-03
Location: Wreck/Seaside`
Fishing Method: Anchor
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 12 inches
Bait or Lure: clams/squid
Water Depth: 80 feet
Water Temp.: 55
Information : had the Mary Lou Crew out for a day on a wreck. We had 25 Seabass all in the 12 to 14 inch range and 100 fish under the size limit. We moved in shore and trolled the seaside area and had two 12 pound stripers and all the blues you wanted.

Angler Name : "Mac" MacSherry
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/11/2003
Location: Off Lavelette
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 33"
Bait or Lure: Krocodiles & Mega Baits
Water Depth: 70 Ft.
Water Temp.: 57 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the"Mac" MacSherry charter on board the Bounty Hunter today and headed south in search of yesterday's great Striper bite off Island Beach. Well, it was not to be. All we found were hundreds of birds working over vast schools of Bluefish. Making a move to the north we trolled 2 Slot Stripers then switched over to Jigging. Mega Baits, Krocodiles & Crippled Herring worked in 70 to 80 Ft. of water got us 5 additional Keeper Bass up to 33" and all the Blues your arms could take. For the day the charter took home 7 Bass and 22 Bluefish.

Angler Name : Jim H
E-Mail :
Boat Name: shore
Date Fished: 11/11/03
Location: bay head
Fishing Method: plug
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22"-26"
Bait or Lure: black bomber
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Top of the tide. 1 blue. 4 slot bass, 2 shorts. All on the bomber right in the wash.

Angler Name : snappablue
E-Mail : snappablue@yahoo.com
Boat Name: 'Albie Fishin
Date Fished: Nov 11
Location: Longport/Great Egg Inlet
Fishing Method: The Mighty Circle
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 35"
Bait or Lure: The Clam
Water Depth: 1-15'
Water Temp.: 55 degrees
Information : Stripers were taken all day, The most fish were caught in the morning and late afternoon. I jigged storms and finesses and bucktails all morning with no takes. Went 1-3 with clam in the afternoon. Saw no bluefish blitzing as they have been here. Most of the fish were taken in deeper water.

Angler Name : AJ
E-Mail : Sk8er7202002@yahoo.com
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: 11/11/03
Location: port monmouth jettis
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: 5 " storm shad
Water Depth: very low tide ( 5 ft??
Water Temp.: 60??
Information : managed 1 striper 25" on dead low tide. Plenty of peanuts around i guess if the bait is there the bass r under them.

Angler Name : Greg, Chris. and Mike
E-Mail : gsr135@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Mom's Kitchen
Date Fished: 11/11/2003
Location: Off Seagirt and Manasquan
Fishing Method: Jigging/Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30"
Bait or Lure: Diamond Jigs, Shad Umbrellas
Water Depth: 45'-70'
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Started out trolling by the bell buoy off Manasquan Inlet, and caught 2 slammer blues, no bass. Began to chase the birds, and had all the blues you wanted, including a few that had to be pushing 18 pounds! Mixed in was one 30" striper. Morning was perfect weather, and by afternoon it got pretty nasty.

Angler Name : Nathan Weinstein
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/10/2003
Location: Off Asbury Park
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 32"
Bait or Lure: Red & BlackTubes
Water Depth: 20 to 45 Ft.
Water Temp.: 57 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Nate Weinstein charter on board the Bounty Hunter today and started up to the area where we left them biting yesterday. A big bird play off Asbury park caught our attention and giving it a try was a wise decision. Once the rigs got under the Blues the Striper bite was good. We limited out on Slot fish in 20 minutes and spent 1 1/2 hours throwing back Slots & Shorts. Trolling the Deal area later in the AM produced 5 keeper Bass up to 32", more shorts and 2 dozen Blues up to 12 Lbs. For the day we had 11 Bass in the box along with the Blues.

Angler Name : Brian J. Christie
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Cachalot
Date Fished: 11/9 & 11/10
Location: Beach Haven/ Holgate
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20-30#
Bait or Lure: Eel
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : The bay is alive with striped bass. Caught 1 on Sunday afternoon and caught 1 on Monday afternoon. Of the few boats out, it seemed as if everyone caught fish.

Angler Name : Michael Moscufo
E-Mail : michael.moscufo@pseg.com
Boat Name: Gallant Lady
Date Fished: November 10, 2003
Location: Cape May Rip's
Fishing Method: Eeling and Bucktailing
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 36.5"
Bait or Lure: eels and bucktails
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Fished the last several hours of the incoming tide and landed several nice striped bass in the 34 - 36" range. Fat fish eating baby bunker and butterfish. Some bluefish mixed in the Rip's. Moved several times and found some bird play chasing bait on the surface with Stripers braking water. The switch to white bucktails put all of our slot fish in the box for the 7 anglers. We ended the day with 21 bass up to 36.5" and 3 medium size bluefish for 7 anglers. Great captain and crew on a beautiful sunny day with calm seas.

Angler Name : Dave Kolsky
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: Nov 9
Location: All over
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8 lbs
Bait or Lure: Sardines/squid/trolling
Water Depth: 50 ft
Water Temp.: 57 degrees
Information : Capt Bernie Roth hosted the Leggett and Platt supervisors for a day of sea bass and bluefishing. We anchored at the mud buoy and after two hours of chumming with no hits we moved to Shrewsbury Rocks and anchored. Again we could not get any bluefish bites but the charter started fishing squid on the bottom and put together a nice catch of sea bass and one big porgy. We decided to try trolling along the beach on the way home and off of Asbury Park the charter picked some bluefish to 8 lbs and a 28 inch striper.

Angler Name : Brian McFadden
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/09/2003
Location: Sea Bright area
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 34 "
Bait or Lure: Shads & Tubes
Water Depth: 20 to 45 Ft.
Water Temp.: 58 Degrees
Information : The Brian McFadden family were on the Bounty Hunter today and Capt. Paul ran north to the Sea Bright area. Starting off in 25 Ft. of water we had a decent Striper bite the first 2 hours of the day. However we could do no better than limit out on Slot fish. Plenty of Slots & Shorts but not a single fish over 28". After the Bass bite the Blues kept the charter busy until we located a good concentration of Bass off Deal. We had more slots but did limit out on fish up to 34". For the day the charter had a limit catch of Stripers plus 18 throwbacks and they kept a dozen Blues.

Angler Name : Jack Singh
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 11/9/03
Location: sea bright
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Atlantic Sturgeon
Size: to 34"
Bait or Lure: tubes, jigs
Water Depth: 35
Water Temp.: 61
Information : The morning started out slow for Jack Singh's group but it got going good after 1030. We trolled a decent pick of blues and bass for about 2 1/2 hours boating a limit of 10 stripers to 34", another 10 shorts, and 8 blues to 16lbs.

Angler Name : John Hobson
E-Mail : jhob2654@comcast.net
Boat Name: Perfect Drift
Date Fished: 11/09/2003
Location: IBSP Bathing Beach
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 54
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Trolled Shad Rigs 5 bass boated Lost 1 bass at the boat Lots of blue fish mixed in with the bass

Angler Name : Mark Bennett
E-Mail : mbennett@ameritechgraphics.com
Boat Name: surf
Date Fished: 11-09-03
Location: Bay Head and Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: lures and bait
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-8 lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker, clams, ava 007
Water Depth: n/a
Water Temp.: n/a
Information : Thought with north winds, cooler weather and current moon phase the stripers were going to be mad hungry. Fished the surf through the high tide to the low with out a touch on the dead stick. Used a high/low rig with a clam and a bunker head for a nice appetizer and main course but no takers. It's a good thing the blues were in and out to provide a bit of angling pleasure.

Angler Name : Jon Murray
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 11/8 & 9/03
Location: Seaside to Brick Beach
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-8 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Poppers & metal
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Major blitzes on Saturday! Fished with Bob Simon & Matt Konow, estimated around 100 blues between us, most on poppers and some on metal. Bob caught one bass, a nice 32" on a pencil popper. We had several occasions with fish on every cast that would last 1/2 hour or more. I even caught 2 fish at the same time (one on the front hook & one on the back hook)TWICE!! Sunday was spotty from Seaside all the way up to Monmouth Beach. I'm sure today (Monday) will be great because I have to work. Get out there!

Angler Name : Lou Green
E-Mail : greenbunch@aol.com
Boat Name: Green Machine
Date Fished: 11/9/2003
Location: Monster Ledge
Fishing Method: chenk
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: butters/sardines
Water Depth: 150
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Rough ride out and very cold. Had lots of bluefish and dogfish. Lost a BFT after a five minute battle. We saw a few boats hookup in the late afternoon but it was really slow out there. Nice ride in.

Angler Name : Tony Smith
E-Mail : mriccardo@nac.net
Boat Name: CASTAWAY
Date Fished: 11/9
Location: Raritan bay
Fishing Method: jig,clam
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 20lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Captain Mike Riccardo had the Tony Smith charter out on Sunday for a great day of striper fishing on the Castaway. At first light the birds popped up in the bay and it was non stop action on storm shads until around 7:30 when the charter was just one bass short of their limit.A switch over to clamming off sandy hook produced a good pull of bass up to 20lbs for the rest of the day.

Angler Name : Brian Moleen
E-Mail : brian.moleen@hp.com
Boat Name: Canyon Dreamer
Date Fished: 11/09/03
Location: Bathing Beach
Fishing Method: Live bait, troll, jig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Upt to 32"
Bait or Lure: Various
Water Depth: 39
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Headed out Sunday morning to work the Sod banks in Barnegat Bay. I thought is was going to be a good start when one of our spot was taken on the first drift. I thought wrong and only had two pick ups for the rest of the tide. I decided to head out Barnegat Inlet and turned north to troll shad rigs and bunker spoons off the Old Coast Guard House which produced 2 32" bass right away. After that we had to weed through the bluefish to catch bass. The boat was limited out by 10am and at times all 4 rods would go off at the same time. After heading a few more miles north we encountered diving birds so we switched to jigs which produced big gator blues and a few more bass. We decided to call it a day by 1:30 and headed back to the Inlet. Once we got in the inlet we and noticed the tide was ripping so we pulled out some spot and sent them down. Each drift along the rocks enticed a bass so we kept catching until we used the rest of our live baits. Guys were also hooking up with bucktails as well.

Angler Name : Capt Dan McGivney
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 11/08/03
Location: Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 10lbs
Bait or Lure: Shad rigs
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.: 57
Information : The Megan Beth was in the JCSA Striped Bass Tournament. We went up in the bay as the Bluefish were so thick along the beach you would not be able to get through them.Cathing over 40 Bass we only kept 6 as there were a lot of small fish . The largest one we kept was 10 lbs. All different color shads worked as no one golor caught the fish. Conditions were tough as the wind was blowing 25 with gust up to 30.

Angler Name : Jose Joao
E-Mail : captreelaction@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Action
Date Fished: 11/8/02
Location: Mantoloking
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: up to 13 lbs
Bait or Lure: tubes
Water Depth: 55'
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Capt Marc had the Jose Joao charter into red hot bluefishing. Starting jigging them and went to trolling. Trolling produced at least 2 on a rig. We found 1 30" striper. The charter had their limit in 4 1/2 hours and went home early.

Angler Name : Don Neary
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 11/8/03
Location: South Seaside Park
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 4-5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Mullet
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Blues blitzed the beach at around 7am and 4pm.

Angler Name : Chris Nosher
E-Mail : chris.nosher@troutmansanders.com
Boat Name: Reel Hot Toddy
Date Fished: 11/07 & 11/08
Location: North of Barnegat Inlet
Fishing Method: Fly, Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 15 lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 45 ft
Water Temp.: 54 degrees
Information : Fished off Seaside Park on Friday and Saturday. Large schools of blues from 5-13 pounds under tons of birds. Bass underneath the blues Friday we caught over 100 blues on the fly and managed 3 nice bass on the fly once we got the lines deep. Saturday found the fish right where we left them- caught a few on the fly but the wind was a problem. Switched to trolling deep and caught three nice bass in the 15lb range and lots of big blues. Great fall fishing.

Angler Name : mike
E-Mail : michael_wahl@hotmail.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: November 8
Location: egg harbour
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 33"
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 20 feet
Water Temp.: 62
Information :

Angler Name : Tony C
E-Mail : tcava1@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Sea Fox
Date Fished: 11/7 + 11/8
Location: Southern Canyons
Fishing Method: Live Bait
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 45 lbs
Bait or Lure: Ling, Tinker Macs, Sardines
Water Depth: 600 ft.
Water Temp.: Cold
Information : A very long, rough, difficult trip. An 8+ hour ride to the southern Canyons aboard the Sea Fox out of Atlantic Highlands yielded ony 2 long fins for the entire boat. The wind picked up and we rode home in 10 foot plus seas. Was on board for 26 hours.
My total catch was;
1) 45 lb long fin, (taken on a live ling down 150+ feet).
1) 3 lb tilefish
1) large silver eel
4) ling used as bait.
Another angler caught 4 - 6lb bluefish, 600 feet down on the bottom while fishing for tiles, go figure.

Angler Name : Werner Sprie
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/08/2003
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 34"
Bait or Lure: Shads & Tubes
Water Depth: 25 To 45 Ft.
Water Temp.: 58 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had release Fisherman Werner Sprie on board the Bounty Hunter and headed back to Raritan Bay. Trolling Shad & Tube rigs we picked a few Bass wherever we stopped. At the end of the day we had landed and released 31 Stripers up to 34" along with 3 dozen Bluefish up to 12 Lbs. Pink Shads and Red & Black tubes were the hot colors today.

Angler Name : Chris Martin
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: Nov 8
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 35 inches
Bait or Lure: Shads
Water Depth: 25 to 40 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Capt Bernie Roth hosted the Chris Martin charter from Philadelphia for a day of fishing for Stripers. The 25 knot north wind was not conducive to clamming so we decided to troll Shrewsbury Rocks. Trolling in those conditions was not nice but seemed to be the best of two evils. After hours of nothing but Bluefish which the charter did not want we finally changed colors to lime green shads and the charter boated a 35 inch 18lb striper and a 28 inch striper which made their day.

Angler Name : Greg Mulligan
E-Mail : Gregory_Mulligan@ml.com
Boat Name: The Mulldogg
Date Fished: Nov 8, 2003
Location: North of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5 - 15lbs
Bait or Lure: jigs
Water Depth: 50 feet
Water Temp.:
Information : Chased the birds again today from sunrise until about 9:30am, lots of fun landing approx 15 blues on light tackle (10 - 12lbs test), two larger ones btw 12 and 15lbs. Broke off or lost at least 5 others. One more weekend?.... ;)

Angler Name : frank barreca and jack glassen
E-Mail : fbarecca@yahoo.com
Boat Name: beach
Date Fished: 11/8
Location: mantoloking
Fishing Method: poppers
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3 to 8lbs
Bait or Lure: poping plugs
Water Depth: surf
Water Temp.:
Information : blitz on the beach stupid fishing great day

Angler Name : Frank Lukenda
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/07/2003
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 33"
Bait or Lure: Shads & Tubes
Water Depth: 20 to 35 Ft.
Water Temp.: 58 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul got back to the Striped Bass fishery with the Frank Lukenda charter. A brief stop on the Rocks only produced small Bluefish. Working our way up into Raritan Bay we found the Stripers along the edge of the channels and managed to put a limit catch together. The largest Bass measured 33". All the action came on Shads and Tubes pulled on umbrella Rigs Red, Black and White colors got all the attention.

Angler Name : JDS
E-Mail : jdswild34@yahoo.com
Boat Name: off pier
Date Fished: 11/07/03
Location: Jersey City Pier
Fishing Method: spinning rod
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 45" & 36"
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: 20-40
Water Temp.: unknown
Information : took a walk; 5 fishermen snagging bunker; they had 2 nice sized bass from the Hudson. Caught @ 10-11 am, probably outgoing tide. Time to get out there!

Angler Name : Roy Schneider
E-Mail : Mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: Nov 7
Location: Romer Shoal
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 31 inches
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 13 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Capt Bernie Roth hosted the Roy Schneider charter from Slatington Pa for a day of striped bass fishing. Anchoring on the west end of Romer shoal we found the fishing slow and the charter only managed 4 stripers during the first 3 hours. We decided to troll between the channels but that was non productive so we anchored on the shoal again for the last of the outgoing. The charter boated 4 more stripers to 31 inches before we headed home with 8 stripers on ice.

Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA 2
Date Fished: 11/07/03
Location: ROCKS
Fishing Method: TROLL
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 11 LBS
Bait or Lure: SHAD RIGS/TUBES
Water Depth: ASSORTED
Water Temp.: 58-59
Information : HEADED OUT EARLY WITH TWO BUDDIES WHO WERE STRIPER VIRGINS. IMMEDIATELY UPON ARRIVING WE WERE MALLED BY THE BLUES - CATCHING 2-3 ON EACH RIG - TWO RODS AT A TIME. MANAGED 4 KEEPER BASS AND 1 SHORT BASS BEFORE HEADING IN. OUTSIDE S.R. INLET WE STOPPED ON THE BIRDS AND CAUGHT BLUES FROM 4-10 POUNDS ON JIGS - ALL U WANTED. GREAT END TO THE DAY. GOD BLESS AMERICA, GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS!!!!

Angler Name : Harry
E-Mail : n/a
Boat Name: good times
Date Fished: 11/7/03
Location: monster ledge
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 40-75 pounds
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 200
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Went out today out of Belmar, starting heading out to the Ledge- little rough- saw one 24 foot boat turn around at 10 miles out-- their loss. Continued out to the ledge and anchored up on the west side of the drop off.-- tuna were everywhere-- birds, tuna jumping... could do no wrong. went 6 for 10 with 2 guys fishing-- with the largest at 100lbs. Numerous run offs.. great day

Angler Name : Lou Forenzi
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 11/02/03
Location: 14 SE of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 2.5 lbs
Bait or Lure: Clam/squid
Water Depth: 75
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Lou Forenzi and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Sea Bass fishing.Having a good catch of Sea Bass there were many small fish you had to pick through. About 60/40 shorts to keepers. Alot of nice size Porgies still around and we also caught a Trigger fish. On the way in we jigged a few blue fish a mile from the inlet.

Angler Name : Joe Girondo
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: Nov 2
Location: Romer Shoal
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22 lbs
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 13 ft
Water Temp.: 60 degrees
Information : Capt Bernie Roth hosted the Joe Girondo charter from Conshohocken, Pa. for a day of Striper fishing. With reports of slow trolling the norm we decided to try clamming where we had good success in the spring. Joes daughters dropped their first baits off the transom after we anchored and they nailed stripers of 22 and 20 lbs. During the end of the outgoing and the beginning of the incomming the charter enjoyed non stop action. By noon the charter was limited out with 21 stripers including bonus tags and we headed home early.. We were using fresh clams and did not chum with clam bellies.

Angler Name : david
E-Mail : dschunke@fsi2000.com
Boat Name: 38 fountain cc
Date Fished: 10/2/03
Location: hudson canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 80lb's
Bait or Lure: butterfish and sardines
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 61
Information : fish the east elbow of the hudson canyon. the bite did not start until 12p.m. went 1 for 3 on bluefin. one fish caught on a ling which was by catch from the squid boats.

Angler Name : Dimitry
E-Mail : dimitryd@att.net
Boat Name: Dutchess
Date Fished: November 1st & 2nds
Location: Cape May Rips
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 37"
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 10-30ft.
Water Temp.: 60s
Information : Fished the Cape May Rips Saturday evening (Prissywick) and Sunday morning (Overfalls). No action on Saturday and only one trophy (37") on Sunday. Beautiful day to be on the water, but lots of company (more boats than I see at the boat shows!) Heard the guys chunking the Del. Bay did a little better. I'm going to try it again this weekend! Tight lines....

Angler Name : Buckthefluke
E-Mail : bill@durstcorp.com
Boat Name: Brown Eyed Babe II
Date Fished: 11/02/03
Location: Manasquan Bell Bouy
Fishing Method: Jig & Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: To 29"
Bait or Lure: Shads
Water Depth: 70'
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Fished by myself so only used 1 rod. Caught 6 bass up to 29" & 20 yellow eyed beasts.Chatter on the radio indicated not many bass were caught. You need to put an 8 oz. drail on 300" of wire to get to the bass. Most of the guys trolling around my were trolling way too fast.Slow it down & you'll Cath the stripes. Peace.

Angler Name : Steve
E-Mail : seatriever@comcast.net
Boat Name: Seatriever
Date Fished: 11/1-11/2
Location: Lindy
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 69 lb
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 550
Water Temp.: 63
Information : We spent the night at the lindy looking for tuna on the chunk Arrived after dark and found squid there that was used to catch the fish Boated two swords around 50 lbs., two small makos up to 50 lbs. with a few blue sharks around during the night. Overall a slow night. Got one of two yellowfins at around 7 AM . Finally hoooked a bluefin arounf 8 AM that we got close enough to the boat to estimate the size to be 300-400 lbs. The 80 lb fluoro leader gave out after 2 1/2 hours on the fish! Impressive fish but we needed it to hit something other than the 50 with the lighter leader. We heard on the radio that inside the Spencer was producing fish in the AM. All of the fish were hooked 150' and deeper. Great weather.

Angler Name : Greg Mulligan
E-Mail : Gregory_Mulligan@ml.com
Boat Name: The Mulldogg
Date Fished: 11/2/2003
Location: South of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5 to 10lbs
Bait or Lure: Jigging
Water Depth: 60 feet
Water Temp.:
Information : Great day on the water for blue fish, got out among the fleet at 9:30 and caught four fish on the first five drops. Dropped a fin-s and got bit off on the second drop, then cleaned off on a crippled herring jigging off the bottom. The fish were a parallel line on the depth finder along the bottom they were so dense. Hopefully the weather holds up for one more weekend.

Angler Name : Dave
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Solty Dog
Date Fished: 11-2-03
Location: Manasquan Inlet - south
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3 - 8 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Spoons & umbrella
Water Depth: 30 - 45 ft.
Water Temp.: 61
Information : hoping for a striper .. nothing there; but did have fun catching bluefish. Fishing slowed by late morning; caught 18 blues; {released some} Great weather for Nov. Enjoy.

Angler Name : Mike Savage
E-Mail : michael1savage@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Wreckless
Date Fished: 11/02/03
Location: South Poorman's
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 100lbs
Bait or Lure: butters
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Ran to the Baltimore on Saturday and found a temperature break far into the deep but only to the upper sixties, got the call to go further south to the lower poorman’s where the water was 73. Chunked all nite No tuna at night but had two makos and other huge sharks and dolphin, while I slept the guys thought they had sword on for awhile too. Kept one mako and released the others. Tuna showed up at dawn chasing a school of mahi Pulled six yellowfin in between the three of us. Air temp had to be 80 on Sunday. Just phenomenal, would have stayed all day but we knew how long a trip it was back. There was a 10 degree temperature difference from the lower poormans to the upper and you could feel it in the air, didn’t even need a gauge to know the water change. Major bite in the upper poorman on the cold side during the day for chunkers. Fish were down 70 feet, I heard, and watched 10 boated while I trolled through on my way home. Talked with one boat that fished the Wilmington that night who did nothing. Looks like the yellowfin are way south.

Angler Name : Jim Quigley
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Barne Cat
Date Fished: 11/1/2003 - 11/2/2003
Location: East Elbow Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 150 lb
Bait or Lure: Sardines/Butterfish/Live Squid
Water Depth: 150 line
Water Temp.: 58-62
Information : Great blue fin bite from about 3 p.m - sunset then it shut off until just before sunrise. Made for a long night. We managed to get our over 47 but missed on several opporunities to land the over 73. Never had so much broken gear on one trip. There are some HUGE fish out there. At least the weather was successful.

Angler Name : bayner
E-Mail : bayner333@erols.com
Boat Name: kath II
Date Fished: 11/2/02
Location: reach
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: schools to 14 lbs
Bait or Lure: shads
Water Depth: 17
Water Temp.: 56
Information :

Angler Name : John &Laura
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Tide Runner
Date Fished: 11/2/03
Location: inshore wrecks
Fishing Method: Anchoeed And Jigging
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 2 LBs
Bait or Lure: Squid and Clams
Water Depth: 70 Ft
Water Temp.: 59
Information : When South to some wrecks 2 1/2 mile off shore. Lots of Sea Bass but not many keepers in 3 hour boated over 200 fish however, only 10 were legal size. Ended the day jigging 15 blues at the bell bouy using Av 27 with green tails. Lots of fun and great weather not to many more days like today left. Peace

Angler Name : Stephen, John, Joe and Carl
E-Mail : yellowfin26@comcast.net
Boat Name: Triple Play
Date Fished: 11/2/03
Location: outside Barnegat
Fishing Method: Troll and Jig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Shad rigs and Jigs
Water Depth: 25 to 65
Water Temp.: 59-60
Information : Fished from Seaside piers to Bathing beach. Marked lots of bait and fish. caught only one small Bluefish. A lot of boats fishing with most experiencing the same thing. The water needs to cool down to get the fish on the feed.

Angler Name : Tom Weber
E-Mail : oggie123@msn.com
Boat Name: Down Deep
Date Fished: Nov. 2, 2003
Location: Cape May Rips
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 42 inches
Bait or Lure: Eels
Water Depth: 25 to 30 ft.
Water Temp.: unknown
Information : Capt. Bob of Down Deep took the Tom Weber group from Riverton N>J> to the rips. Had to work hard, but got 5 nice size bass in the boat. Up to 42 inches. Weight not available. No throw backs. Temp. 72...Least 200 boats on the water. Great day.

Angler Name : Mark Cassabaum
E-Mail : mriccardo@nac.net
Boat Name: CASTAWAY
Date Fished: 11/2
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 45"
Bait or Lure: EELS
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Captain Mike Riccardo had the Mark Cassabaum charter out sunday afternoon on the Castaway for an excellent evening of striped bass fishing. Working the channel edges with eels the charter had no problem limiting out with bass to 45". The 45 incher was extremely skinny, so we estimated her at only 25 to 30lbs.

Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA 2
Date Fished: 11/02/2003
Location: SANDY HOOK
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 13 LBS
Bait or Lure: SHAD RIGS
Water Depth: ASSORTED
Water Temp.:
Information : TOOK THE LONG RIDE UP TO SANDY HOOK UPON A REPORT OF GOOD BASS FISHING ON SATURDAY. WELL, I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE YESTERDAY. ONLY MAANGED 1 BASS AND NEVER EVEN HAD ANOTHER KNOCK DOWN. BEAUTIFUL DAY, GREAT CONDITIONS, LOUSY FISHING.

Angler Name : Craig Conover
E-Mail : ccube1234@aol.com
Boat Name: The Paradise
Date Fished: 11/2/03
Location: Hudson Canyon/Elbow
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 175
Bait or Lure: Butterfish/Sardines
Water Depth: 350 feet/90 feet down
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Unfortunately could only keep one fish due to regulations. Missed by a couple of days. No fish at night. Got the morning bite (9:00 am)

Angler Name : Captain Tom Savastano
E-Mail : varipro2k@aol.com
Boat Name: Fintastic
Date Fished: 11-01-03
Location: CANYON
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 150-200lbs
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Captains Tom and Bruno took the Larsen party from Staten Island NY to the canyon to fish for bluefins. Unfortunately the NMFS decided to reduce the retention rate to one fish per boat right in the middle of a great opportunity to catch these magnificent gamefish. We hook and could have landed four but instead released three and retained one of 175lbs. Sure hope they would go back to one per angler this reduction is killing our business. If you want to battle these magnificent brutes call us ASAP.

Angler Name : Sal L, Alan K., Bob S., Capt Ed G.
E-Mail : Captgen33@aol.com
Boat Name: CYNTHIA ANN
Date Fished: 11/01/03
Location: Sandy hook
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: To 29 inches
Bait or Lure: Sahd Rigs
Water Depth: 25 to 48 Ft.
Water Temp.:
Information : It was a blue fish bonanza, we did manage 10 bass, 3 keepers but most were throw backs. The Blue fish tore up all of the shad rigs. But a beautiful day to be on the water.

Angler Name : Brian K & Dave K
E-Mail : davek@worldwideapparel.com
Boat Name: Easy Go
Date Fished: Nov 1, 2003
Location: Sandy Hook, Highland Bridge Area
Fishing Method: Jigging & Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Short
Bait or Lure: Ava's ega baits
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished Saturday, weather was sensational, but the fishing was poor. Jigged the SH area among many other boats and saw and heard no fish being caught. Radio report of blues and stripers at the highlsnd bridge area brought us there to jig around seven blues about 5 to 6 lbs chasing birds among the head boats. Bird action died and we trolled unbrella rigs on way to SH and home . Had one doubleheader; blue on the umbrella and a short striper on the trailer. A beautiful June day for November, but very few fish.

Angler Name : Todd Nosher & John Nosher
E-Mail : nosher@villanova.edu
Boat Name: Reel Hot Toddy
Date Fished: 11/01/03
Location: North of Barnegat Inlet
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: To 10 lbs
Bait or Lure: Stretch 25's
Water Depth: 35 Feet
Water Temp.: 57 Degrees
Information : Trolled up IBSP from Barnegat to Seaside. Several blues and 2 stripers 10 lbs or so. Not much activity on top, although bait was marked deep throughout the day. The radio chatter seemed to indicate that everyone was having tough day.

Angler Name : P. Kinzel
E-Mail : pjkinz@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Kinship
Date Fished: 11/1/03
Location: 1 1/4 miles outside Manasquan
Fishing Method: Trolling & Jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3 - 7 lbs
Bait or Lure: Swimming Plugs and Diamond Jigs
Water Depth: 40 - 55
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Absolutely gorgeous day! If you missed it, I'm sorry. Trolled and jigged 12 blues up. No bass to be found. As hot as it was with the blues till about 9:30 - 10:00, it shut down just as quickly.

Angler Name : Jon Murray
E-Mail :
Boat Name: 4 Reelin'
Date Fished: 11/01/03
Location: off IBSP
Fishing Method: trolling / jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3-8 lbs
Bait or Lure: stretch 25, diamond jig
Water Depth: 30-65
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Trolled along the beach for a slow pick all morning, a move 3 miles off the beach in the afternoon proved to be a good one as we got into a huge school of blues feeding on tinker mackeral and butterfish. The last 2 hours provided non-stop action on jigs with double & triple headers common. Great day on the water with my dad & brother! As usual the forecast for calm seas & light winds was right on the money...NOT!!

Angler Name : Luigi
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Norma K
Date Fished: 11-1-03
Location: 1.25 hr SE of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Mainly shorts
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: 80 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : The weather was beautiful and the seas were fairly calm, but the fishing was pretty slow for a full boatload on the afternoon trip. We started off with one drop fairly close in, but it was pretty dead with just a few sea bass, small porgies, and some dogfish. Then the Capt. decided to make the long run to another wreck, an hour further offshore. Though there was more consistent action, the vast majority of the sea bass and porgies weren't even close to keeper size. One huge sea bass, probably at least 5 pounds, blew away the competition to take the pool. Overall, kind of disappointing for this time of year when bottom fishing is usually much more productive.

Angler Name : mike
E-Mail :
Boat Name: nancy lee
Date Fished: 11/01/03
Location: mudhole
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 60+
Bait or Lure: sardin-o's
Water Depth: 210
Water Temp.:
Information : Got out a bit late, started fishing around 9am. Lots of action right away... with bluefish and dogfish. Persistance paid off, as we had our first flurry at 2:30pm, going 1 for 3. First mate Joel made an impressive catch, a 60+ pound bluefin on 20lb leader and a 1/0 bonito hook... about a 30min fight before we had the fish boatside. Next flurry was about 3:45pm, just as we started the engines to pick the anchor... going 1 for 2. Bluefin in November... get involved!

Angler Name : JOHN
E-Mail : JOHNSON
Boat Name: TRIANGLE
Date Fished: 11-01-03
Location: FORTESCUE, STAKES
Fishing Method: CHUNKING BUNKER
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 44'' 31 LB
Bait or Lure: 7/0 HOOK, CHUNKED BUNKER
Water Depth: 20
Water Temp.: 57
Information :

Angler Name : Scott,Steve,Larry
E-Mail : grays@wyeth.com
Boat Name: We'll Sea
Date Fished: 11/1/03
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 50-60 lbs
Bait or Lure: butters
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Finding out the NMFS backed off the closure, we made the run out. Setting up in 160' it didnt take long before the blues showed up. At around 9:00 am we had our shot, and for the next hour we fought this fish on 20 lb gear,and brought a nice 50-60 lber to the gaff. The hightlight of the trip came at noon, with only a handful of chunks and 3 butters left, 6 1/2' mako came right up to the transom. We quickly riggged a pitch bait and hooked him up and invited him home!...Just one of those days that makes it all worth it!!

Angler Name : bill drejka
E-Mail : wmsdrejka@aol.com
Boat Name: twister
Date Fished: 11-01-03
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: troll&drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18"
Bait or Lure: shad rigs &eels
Water Depth: 24'
Water Temp.:
Information : started to fish at 1:00 pm outgoing tide/eels&sandworms,nabbed only one trophy 18" rat striper trolled between the channels w/bunker spoons and shad rigs no hits although tons of bait on the screen. drifted eelsatthe crowded rip w/ no hits. saw two bass boated in two hours. maybe next time

Angler Name : Jay V
E-Mail : acevpetdic@aol.com
Boat Name: Searay fisher
Date Fished: 11/1/03
Location: Hackensack, river
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25 lb
Bait or Lure: Shads
Water Depth: 40 ft
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Trolled around the Hacky, hooked up with a nice 25lb striper. still can't believe it. also my buddy hooked up with a couple of shorts at the plant, water is still to warm, had a temp reading of 75. should get heavy in a couple of weeks. Also very hard to get the boat on the trailor on low. Time on water = FISH.

Angler Name : Sean (From Vessel Jeric-Sea)
E-Mail : slhcky@yahoo.net
Boat Name: Enchantress
Date Fished: November 1, 2003
Location: Shrewsburry Rocks to Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: spoons and shads
Water Depth: 20-40Ft.
Water Temp.: 58
Information : All in all a fun day. The target species of the day: Striped Bass. We boated about 12-14 blue fish. We left the dock at around 6:00 am and arrived at the Rocks at about 8:00 am. We had about 6 bluefish within the course of 4 hours and only 1 striped bass. We lost a larger striped bass due to crew related issues. The last half hour of the day we boated around 6 additional bluefish. Yet not much of our target species striped bass. The ocean was as calm as could be, it was absoulutly beutiful.

Angler Name : Bob Lewis
E-Mail : tlewis@aol.com
Boat Name: Top Dog
Date Fished: 11/1/03
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 70-90 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Sardines
Water Depth: 180
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Anchored up south of the monster ledge away from the fleet. Chunked butterfish and sardines,fishing whole sardines. Flat lined bates took all the hits. Action was constant unfortunately, NMFS shut down the season last night. Played catch and release all day. Tuna were in the 70 to 90 lb. class and we had a great time battling them with TLD 25's. NOAA forcasted was wrong again. Seas were calm. The Iron Worker charter had a great day of in-shore Tuna fishing!

Angler Name : Bill Gates and John Stevens
E-Mail : billgates54@aol.com
Boat Name: PHANTOM
Date Fished: Nov. 1
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Day Chunking
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 120-200 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 400-600 ft
Water Temp.: 61 degrees
Information : Arrived at the east wall just north of the elbow at daybreak, and started chunking, with lots of baitfish marks. Within 30 minutes, we had a shark? bite through two lines. At 6:300, with large tuna marks below the bait at 100-150 ft., we had two fish on, and boated both, 120 and 200 lbs. Constant large marks all morning, and another 150 pounder at 8 am and we finished early and had a decent ride home. Its Nov 1st, 70 degrees, and there's easy bluefin out there. God Bless America, what could be better! These fish, I believe, are here for a while.

Angler Name : frank barreca
E-Mail : fbarecca@yahoo.com
Boat Name: cimmeron
Date Fished: 11/1
Location: north of shark river
Fishing Method: jigs live lining
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2lbs to 12
Bait or Lure: avas and live lining porgies
Water Depth: 40 to 50 ft
Water Temp.: 57
Information : made a left out of shark river found readings right away and jigged 2 to 6 lb blues all you wanted tired of that went to a rough spot off deal got porgies and sea bass also live lined some of the porgies and slammer bluefish hit them right away fun fun fun threw the blues back kept 25 sea bass 20 p[orgies between 4 anglers great day

Angler Name : Mike , Mike, & Chris
E-Mail : nyfishboy@aol
Boat Name: 25' Grady
Date Fished: 11/01
Location: Mudhole
Fishing Method: troll/ chunk
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 45lb
Bait or Lure: Green machines, Daisy Chains/ Butterfish
Water Depth: 190'
Water Temp.: 59.5
Information : Our first destination from Great Kills Harbour was the Oil wreck. From there we decided to troll the west side of the Mudhole all the way to the Lilian. Although we spotted nice amounts of bait in the northern tip we pushed on with hopes of a knockdown. However there was no luck on the troll. Around 9:00am we came to a fleet on the west side directly across from the Monster Ledge. Reports were hot on the radio so we decided to anchor up here and start chunking. After an hour of chunking we had our first tuna hit and miss, then a bunch of monster bluefish. Finally around 12:30 we had our Bluefin. Thanks to the guys in the fleet with the reports, and to the guys in the Bertrum who managed to troll through everyones slick, " What goes around comes around!"

Angler Name : Greg Pawlak
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Storm Front
Date Fished: 11/1
Location: 2 Miles of Spring Lake
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28 Inches
Bait or Lure: Diamond Jigs
Water Depth: 60ft
Water Temp.:
Information : First fish of the day was a keeper bass, caught a lot of bluefish & a fluke. Jigging caught almost all of the fish but we did deadstick a mullet. That had action very consistantly. Fishing died off at 11am.