Angler Name : Scott
E-Mail : smartindell@verizon.net
Boat Name: Miss Denise (Sea-Ox)
Date Fished: 11-29-2006
Location: Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 2@30"
Bait or Lure: Julians Spoon and Maroon Unbrella
Water Depth: 20' - 30'
Water Temp.:
Information : Picked up one keeper at the southwest corner of the knoll and another keeper at the eastern end of swash channel.

Angler Name : Tom Headley
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/29/2006
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 36"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 25 Ft.
Water Temp.: 53 Degrees
Information : The Tom Headley charter was on board the Bounty Hunter today and Capt. Paul headed back to the Sandy Hook area. We started off with a slow pick on small Bass and thought we were in for a repeat of the past few days. However to our surprise the larger fish started to move in. Our short Bass were not off by much from being legal and in the mix we landed 6 keepers up to 36 while releasing over 40 shorts.. Today was a vast improvement over the past days when all we had were undersize fish. Maybe this is the start of the long overdue Striper bite. An hour of Trolling Spoons off Manasquan on our way home produced 3 Alligator blues but no Bass.

Angler Name : Captain Ray Burke
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Mad Gaffer II
Date Fished: 11/29/2006
Location: Sea Bright
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: up to 10 Lbs
Bait or Lure: green crabs
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Fishing was better today with a lot of large tog up to 10 Lbs Karl Zimmerman caught his limit and released 12 other nice fish. Big Mike had his limit and let many other fish go and Charlie had a limit catch of fish to 10 Lbs and released others. Great late fall blackfishing!!

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 11/29/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 51-53
Information : Finally!!! After 2 weeks of catch and release on small fish, some bigger fish showed up today. Started out with an hour and a half of nothing waiting for the end of the outgoing and start of the incoming. Once the current started to run, the bite turned on. A whole new body of fish from 12 to 16 pounds for the keepers and plenty of 24-27's going back. Had action right till the end of the day. Ended up with 36 keepers and lots of throw backs........Feel like a new man!!! Just hope it wasn't a tease. 2 weeks ago we had the same thing, went back the next day and only caught 8 midgets and 4 keepers.......capt.ron

Angler Name : CHRIS H
E-Mail :
Boat Name: LOGIC 210CC
Date Fished: 11/28/06
Location: SANDY HOOK REEF
Fishing Method:
Specie: Tautog
Size: TO 6LBS.
Bait or Lure: GREEN CRABS
Water Depth: 52 FT.
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished with my brother today at the Sandy Hook Reef. No wind and flat seas made for a great day of fishing. Total catch of over 40 fish with 11 keepers up to 6lbs. Finished the day in Sandy Hook Bay casting to numerous pods of short bass. After today we will wait a few more weeks before packing it in for the year.

Angler Name : Captain Ray Burke
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Mad Gaffer II
Date Fished: 11/28/2006
Location: Sea Bright
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: up to 12 LBS
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.: 50
Information : We had pretty good fishing today picking at some larger fish. Richie Wang had 15 keepers, releasing all but his limit of 8 fish up to 10 Lbs. Bob Destefano had limit of fish to 8 Lbs and Jay Rosen had his limit up to 12 Lbs

Angler Name : Bill Anthony
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/28/2006
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 28"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 25 Ft.
Water Temp.: 52 Degrees
Information : I had the Bill Anthony charter on board the Bounty Hunter today and headed back to Sandy Hook. Today was a repeat of the past few trips, all the short Bass you would want with a shortage of keepers. We anchored in 25 Ft. and had the Bass on immediately. They bit thru the entire tide change and the 4 man charter got arm weary catching and releasing over 80 short Bass while putting 1 keeper in the fish box.

Angler Name : capt.ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 11/28/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Just about the same fishing as yesterday. Lots of action with the small ones and again, only a handfull of keepers...Plenty of fish around so the future looks great when they grow up! Amazing the differance in the fishing from last year this time, if you go back to the old reports you'll see from Nov.1st on, we never had to carry bait, we jigged everyday. Bird life from Sandy Hook to Elberon, in between the channels and over to NY. This year, plenty of fish, mostly small, and no life with the exception of an odd patch of tiny fish in the AM working in the bay. Water temp is still 50 degrees...who knows? After 30 years, I still haven't figured it out! capt.ron

Angler Name : Dave Kirk
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/27/2006
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 27"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 20 Ft.
Water Temp.: 53 Degrees
Information : The Dave Kirk charter was on board the Bounty Hunter and Capt Paul made his way up to Raritan Bay. If we were destined to have a slow day of Bass fishing today was the day. A morning stop in Raritan Bay only netted us several shorts and then the bite died. A move back to the ocean side produced a slow pick of Bass but all were undersize. We finished the clamming with just over 25 shorts. A brief stop on the rocks got us 2 short Stripers and one large Bluefish while pulling Shad rigs. A very slow day to say the least.

Angler Name : capt.ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 11/27/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 51
Information : Had a nice bite again in the am. Plenty of shorts and a handfull of keepers till 11am. Left the area in search of some more action. Had an afternoon bite with the smaller fish on the drift....Did see some bird life in the morning going out. Didn't stop though, small fish and I didn't want to miss the tide in the ocean, good thing because they were all midgets! capt.ron

Angler Name : pete mehalik
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 11-26-06
Location: romer schoal and beyond
Fishing Method: mostly drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 28
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 15-45
Water Temp.:
Information : short,short,short caught25 stripers to find two 28s gorgeous day on the water.we are thankful.

Angler Name : Michael Alejandro
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/26/2006
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 36"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 15 Ft.
Water Temp.: 52 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Michael Alejandro charter on board the Bounty Hunter. Anchoring in 15 Ft. up in Raritan Bay the charter had no problem beating up on the short Stripers. The Bass bit thru the incomming tide but the charter had to fish thru over 45 shorts before they had 4 keepers up to 36" in the fish box.

Angler Name : Brendan Lynch
E-Mail : blynch1045@aol.com
Boat Name: Nildalyn
Date Fished: 11/26/06
Location: flynns knoll
Fishing Method: clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 29"
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 22ft
Water Temp.:
Information : after having my heart broken by the irish last night i talked my wife into one more fishing trip.started the afternoon out at roamer,after a hour and a half of nothing moved to the knoll and had 3hours of steady fishing.24 bass 2keepers 1 blue fish 13lbs,4 skate.Todays lesson was to change your leader because if you catch enough little bass they will wear leader down,and the leader will break while your trying to boat that 20+lbs fish! tight lines

Angler Name : George Neuberger
E-Mail : G_Neuberger@comcast.net
Boat Name: Max-Bid
Date Fished: 11-26-06
Location: Delaware Bay - 60' Slough
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 39"
Bait or Lure: clams, bunker & eels
Water Depth: 24'
Water Temp.:
Information : Fresh clams was the ticket for the bass. Blues ate up the bunker, but the largest bass fell for an eel. 3 bass up to 39", 3 slammer blues. Hard to believe it was short sleeve weather this late in the season.

Angler Name : cap.ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 11/26/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : A handfull of nicer fish in the AM today, along with the shorts. Pool fish 14 pounds....Water could still be a bit cleaner though and the swell is just about gone...Weather looks ok till Thursday..then who knows?? capt.ron

Angler Name : Tyler
E-Mail :
Boat Name: STALKER of Cape May
Date Fished: 11/25/06
Location: Cape May Rips
Fishing Method: Drift in Rips
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 33 inches
Bait or Lure: Eels, Spots, Bucktails
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 50 to 52
Information : it was a slow day the water was dirty. But we still managed to keep two Striped bass with the help of captian Skipp and jeremy. We managed to catch about 15 striped bass. It was a good day.

Angler Name : Brendan Lynch
E-Mail : blynch1045@aol.com
Boat Name: Nildalyn
Date Fished: 11/25/06
Location: flynns knoll
Fishing Method: clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26"
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 22ft
Water Temp.:
Information : fished with john lynch, roamer was a little rough moved to the knoll for a steady pick of small fish.we had 20+,great center console wheather

Angler Name : Werner & Wolfgang Sprie
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/25/2006
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 35"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 15 Ft.
Water Temp.: 53 Degrees
Information : Release Fishermen Werner & Wolfgang Sprie were on board the Bounty Hunter and Capt. Paul made the run up to Raritan Bay. After anchoring in 15 Ft. we had what appeared to be all the undersized Stripers in the bay under our boat. The 2 man charter had a 5 hour non stop bite of short Stripers catching and releasing over 90 shorts. Mixed in with the short Bass were 3 fish that made the legal size. Great fishing but the wrong size. That has been the story for over a week. All the Bass were released.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 11/25/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : much better fishing today in the AM. Still had a terrible swell and nasty brown water. Small fish but the action was good while it lasted....at least we didn't have to pull a winner for the pool out of the hat! capt.ron

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 11/24/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Nasty day, huge swell from the past 3 days of NE wind, water completly brown...need I say more? Caught 17 fish, all shorts. The closest to the pool was a 27 1/4 incher that had to go back..Water temp is still 52-53 degrees. Hopefully tommorow the water will clear up a bit, the heave will lay down and the suckers will be hungry! capt.ron

Angler Name : Tom Headley
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/21/2006
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 34"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 18 Ft.
Water Temp.: 56 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Tom Headley charter on board the Bounty Hunter and headed up to Raritan Bay. We caught the morning tide change and the charter enjoyed good fishing for 2 hours. 5 Bass up to 34"were put in the fish box and another 35+ shorts were released. A late morning move to the ocean side produced 2 more keepers and another 16 shorts.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 11/21/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Not a good bite today....the fish we did catch were small again, with only a handfull of keepers. Didn't have any current first thing in the AM, waited for the change..the bite didn't happen. Caught some fish on the drift a few on the Anchor...not very impressive!! Capt.Ron

Angler Name : Tom B
E-Mail : scullycat@verizon.net
Boat Name: surf
Date Fished: 11-20-2006
Location: Dover Twsp.
Fishing Method: bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: shorts to 33"
Bait or Lure: Clam on single hook rig
Water Depth: 25 ft. out in a rip
Water Temp.: 50's
Information : Tried a new tactic that is used on boats. Chopped up 5 Quahogs in the blender for chum. Fished the outgoing at a rip in the sandbar. Tossed a spoon full of minced clam about every 5 minutes. First fish was on before the second rod was set-up. Kept chumming the rip. Caught 12-15 fish right on top of each other. All lip hooked. The 2 "keepers" came in the full dark. All released. Hardly anyone fishing after 5PM. Folks should try it and use chum. TB

Angler Name : Mick Pirolli
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/20/2006
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 31"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 25 Ft.
Water Temp.: 56 Degrees
Information : The Mick Pirolli charter was on board the Bounty Hunter and Capt. Paul made his way back to Raritan Bay. The early morning bite on the tide change only lasted an hour for us. The charter put 3 keepers up to 31" in the fish box then spent the rest of the morning catching and releasing over 30 shorts. A short move to another area only produced more Shorts, Skates & Dogfish.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 11/20/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information :Good fishing over the weekend and today. Only problem, not enough keepers. Plenty of action on smaller fish and way to many 27 inchers going back. We still manage a few nicer fish each day...Scott Hashizaki, Mahwah had a very nice 38 inch 22 pounder on Saturday along with Ryan Silverman a 14 pounder on Sunday. Today (Monday) was nice fishing after the change of tide. Still plenty of small fish though. Had what looked like the start of the jig fishing in the AM...got one shot at them, that was it!! Just a tease, then back to clamming. Keeping an eye on the weather for Thursday, I guess they can't figure out if it's going to blow or not.....if the trees are bent over...stay home! Capt.ron

Angler Name : Ray, Chris & Chris
E-Mail : rfinnila@optonline.net
Boat Name: Even Keel
Date Fished: 11/19/06
Location: Romer Shoal
Fishing Method: Anchored, clams
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24" to 37.5"
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 19'
Water Temp.:
Information : Caught the outgoing tide at about 8:30 AM. Fished until about 1:30, and caught 8 stripers, with the biggest at 37.5" at 21#. Caught a total of 8 bass, with 6 keepers; a slow pick but the stripers are getting bigger.

Angler Name : Capt. Kevin Delanoy
E-Mail : kevin@missmargiefishingcharters.com
Boat Name: MISS MARGIE
Date Fished: 11/19/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method: wreck
Specie: Tautog
Size: 4lbs
Bait or Lure: crabs
Water Depth: 75-80
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Today we fished SE of Barnegat Inlet in 75' of water and had a good blackfish bite for most of the day.With the boat rocking in the 3-5'seas it was very challenging to feel the soft bite the fish provided us with and some very large fish were dropped during the trip.We did have a decent catch by the end of the day as well as some nice sea bass.We fished only with green crabs today,perhaps if we tried clams we would have caught more sea bass and probably attracted some doggies.I will stick with blackfishing for the remainder of my season.

Angler Name : Tony C.
E-Mail : achiccarine@fluitron.com
Boat Name: Donna
Date Fished: 11/19/06
Location: Shrewsberry rocks to Manasquan
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10 to 12 pounds
Bait or Lure: Mann stretch 25 & 30
Water Depth: 40 to 60
Water Temp.: 54.5
Information : Trolled Asbury park area and 17 fathom with no luck. Caught a short and a 33" Striper at the Shrewsberry Rocks. Moved to the Mud Buoy in the afternoon where there was a slow pick of blues to 12 pounds.

Angler Name : Jim, Robert, Matt, Christian Palmisano and Capt. Russ
E-Mail : rpalmisano@stgeorgetitle.com
Boat Name: MarLynn
Date Fished: 11/19/06
Location: Ocean
Fishing Method: jigged, clammed, eeled
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: shorts, shorts and more shorts
Bait or Lure: jigs, clams and eels
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: too warm
Information : Shorts, shorts and more shorts (with some skates mixed in and a monster bluefish). Great day on the water with my brother, kids and family friend. A bunch of fish, unfortunately all shorts, and a few good laughs First sign of bird life in a few weeks, so perhaps things are gettig ready to break open. Water still a bit warm. Looking forward to few more trips out on the water during the next few wweks.

Angler Name : Mike Fuschetti
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/19/2006
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 36"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 25 Ft.
Water Temp.: 56 Degrees
Information : The Mike Fuschetti charter was on board the Bounty Hunter and Capt. Paul ran back to Raritan Bay. The Striper bite slowed considerably from what we had over the past few days. The charter fished hard but we only managed 4 keepers up to 36". The smaller fish kept the charter busy as they caught and released over 40 shorts. Hopefully the fishing will improve as we come of this new moon.

Angler Name :
E-Mail : jfishman01@aol.com
Boat Name: nansea j
Date Fished: 11-19-2006
Location: reef
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: up to 6lbs
Bait or Lure: crabs
Water Depth: 60ft
Water Temp.: 56
Information : one stop shopping today on the nansea j from belmar,nj.had 67 keeper tautog up to 5lbs and over 120 shorts[released] for our 10 man charter. capt. tom put us on the meat today for sure!!!!

Angler Name : Brian McFadden
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/18/2006
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 38"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 20 Ft.
Water Temp.: 56 Degrees
Information : The Brian McFadden charter was on board the Bounty Hunter and put together a nice catch of Stripers. Capt. Paul had the Bounty Hunter up in Raritan Bay and caught the early morning tide change. The Stripers bit well for 2 hours and the charter put a catch of 7 nice Bass up to 38" in the boat while releasing over 25 short fish. As the New Moon current picked up the bite slowed down and only a handful of short fish were caught. We called it a day at noon and headed for home.

Angler Name : Captain Ray Burke
E-Mail : jrlong35@optonline.net
Boat Name: Mad Gaffer II
Date Fished: 11/16/2006
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 25 Lbs
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.:
Information : One man charter Dick Skinder of West Orange on the Mad Gaffer II scores and releases over 30 Bass up to 25 Lbs. Mad Gaffer II is sailing open boat for blackfish/stripers all next week, but please call Captain Ray for reservations. 732-803-6276

Angler Name : KKJ
E-Mail : KKJ@Usa.Net
Boat Name: Capt. Jigs (Shark River)
Date Fished: 11/15/2006
Location: Long Branch Rocks Piles
Fishing Method: Boat/Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: to 16"
Bait or Lure: Crab, Clam
Water Depth: 40 -50'
Water Temp.: 57-58
Information : Caught 9 keepers (2 Fisherman)nothing real big. Caught 12+ at 13". Had search around for rock pile that was holding some fish. Big Mohawk and Ocean Explorer fished LB Rocks and it looked slow when I was there.

Angler Name : Tom Headley
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/15/2006
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 33"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 35 Ft.
Water Temp.: 55 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had Tom Headley and his charter on board the Bounty Hunter and ran up to Raritan Bay. We worked a few spots that we had not visited this season and the strategy paid off. We picked a few keepers at each stop and by the time we started for home we had a limit catch of 12 Stripers up to 33" in our fish box and had released over 30 short Bass.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 11/15/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Very nice fishing today on the clams. Action all day with more keepers than we have had in a while. Several fish over 15 pounds with a pool fish at 23 pounds caught by Dave Barrett, Teaneck, N.J. Plenty of dog fish around, but it didn't matter as long as the Bass bit! Looks like a new body of fish has moved into the area..... Capt.Ron

Angler Name : Captain Ray Burke
E-Mail : jrlong35@optonline.net
Boat Name: Mad Gaffer II
Date Fished: 11/15/2006
Location:
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: Up to 10 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Despite poor conditions, Mad Gaffer II fared well on opening day of Blackfishing season. Limit catches plus by Richie Wang, Dave Henn and a few others.

Angler Name : Earthquake
E-Mail : captaincalbelmar@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Captain Cal
Date Fished: 11/15/06
Location: North of Shark River Inlet
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: to 6lbs
Bait or Lure: green crab
Water Depth: 50ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished Captain Cal from Belmar. Went north of Shark River Inlet and anchored with the fleet. Started with a slow pick. Moved and found some action - mostly shorts - but you had a bump on every drop. Sticky bottom, so we donated a lot to help build the reef there - but worth it to feel the tug on the line. I broke off a rig and used the backup zebco noodle rod I had set up for my son and hooked up on a 5lb-er. Runner up pool fish. Moved again with slow pick and last stop was dead. Few doggies and eel. No limits on the boat - high hook had 5 - some guys had donuts. It was a nice day on the water, warm, bit of a heave still and water was a little cloudy, so fishing was decent considering the conditions. Waiting for the bite to really turn on after this deluge.

Angler Name : Bob Hager
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: Nov 14
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 24 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Capt Bernie and mate Ron Brian hosted the H&R Welding Group from Brick NJ for a day of Striper fishing.We returned to where we fished Saturday short of Sandy Hook and the charter boated a striper on clams while we were still anchoring. The charter continued to enjoy plenty of action landing 45 shorts and 4 keepers to 32". The weather forecast had obviously deterred other fishermen as there was only one other boat in the area and we enjoyed fishing with a light northwest wind and lines straight off the transom.

Angler Name : Kevin Corradino
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/14/2006
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 30"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 30 Ft.
Water Temp.: 57 Degrees
Information : The Kevin Corradino charter was on board the Bounty Hunter on Tuesday and Capt. Paul made his way back to Sandy Hook. For the second time this week the weatherman was off as the forecasted wind and rain never materialized. There were only 2 boats on the fishing grounds and we had a lot of Bass all to ourselves. Our charter had 5 hours of good fishing but had to get thru over 100 shorts to put 5 keepers in the fish box. All my days for the balance of the year are booked. I want to thank everyone who called. I am now booking 2007 dates. Give me a call at 732-323-8700.

Angler Name : dan boylan
E-Mail : danbaylan1951@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Teal
Date Fished: 11/14
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: anchor
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 33
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : props to the capt. of the Teal.No boats were sailing today because of lack of customers. The capt.went out with only 8 or 9 of us. We had a pretty good day of short action with only 3 keepers but he made a good effort and gained some new costomers.tight lines

Angler Name : Ed Stanchi
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/12/2006
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 29"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 24 Ft.
Water Temp.: 56 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Ed Stanchi charter on board the Bounty Hunter and ran back to the Sandy Hook area. With the weather men again forcasting wind and rain we were surprised to find a calm ocean with a dense fog and no rain. Ed and his two young sons had a blast catching and releasing 40 short Stripers while putting four 29" keepers in the fish box. It was the same as yesterday an over abundance of short Bass and a shortage of keepers The forecasted rain finally came as we were heading home.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 11/12/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Only 2 boats out of Atlantic Highlands today...heavy fog all morning and a lousy weather report didn't do anyone any good. Fished the ocean and had a very nice pick on the Bass. Mostly small fish, we did manage some keepers and a 21 pound pool fish. Found a nice pile of Blackfish to finish out the day....Rain didn't start till we were on our way home....capt.ron

Angler Name : Joe Girondo
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: Nov 11
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 37 " 22 lbs
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 25 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Capts Bernie Roth and Mike Copeman hosted the Joe Girondo charter from Conshohoken Pa for a day of striper fishing. We joined the fleet short of Sandy Hook and the charter began clamming. There was a flurry of shorts initially and then a slow pick developed with the first keeper measuring 37 " weighing 22 lbs. The second keeper measured 29 " and the action died till after the change. We fished for one hour into the outgoing but only caught more shorts and we headed for home.

Angler Name : Capt Gennaro Chierchio/Michael Chierchio
E-Mail : GChierchio@optonline.net
Boat Name: 222 Trophy
Date Fished: 11/11/06
Location: Romer Shoal
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: 23
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Ran out in less than good conditions to the Lighthouse. Decided not to achor so I setup two rods with the clam within a few minutes I had a nice fight on my hands. After 2 minutes of the fish fight and it tangling both my lines up. It was a 22 inch schoolie. It was rolling pretty bad so that it was not fun to be out there after untangling everthing and the anchor was out of the question. Ran back to Keyport but proved to myself that they were there two days in a row.

Angler Name : Sergio Eliguir
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/11/2006
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 32"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 28 Ft.
Water Temp.: 56 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul headed up to the Sandy Hook area with the Sergio Eliguir charter. Setting up in 28 Ft. the short stripers were all over the clam baits. There was no lack of bites for us as the charter caught and released over 35 short Bass. We finished the day with two 32" keepers in the box. We certainly had the quantity today but came up short on the quality.

Angler Name : Jeff
E-Mail :
Boat Name: J2
Date Fished: 11/11/06
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20 lbs.
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 35
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Ran out to drift some eels in hopes of finding them. Picked a few fish in lumpy conditions out towards the sticks.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 11/11/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Started the day out drifting with the clams. Had a few fish on each one, mainly shorts with a keeper mixed in. Waited till just about slack water and anchored up, had much better fishing for the rest of the day. Still way more smaller fish than large, but the action was very good. Tom Krakow and Rocco Farrina combined for close to 25 fish with 6 being keepers...Pool fish 14 pounds caught by, Red Dog Carmine.....capt.ron

Angler Name : Capt. Vince Carini
E-Mail : vcarini@aol.com
Boat Name: Corrective Action
Date Fished: 11/11/06
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Claming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28 inches min
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 20 feet
Water Temp.: 54 deg F.
Information : Incoming tide worked wonders. Landed 18 fish. Came home with 6. Largest 32 inches. Nice!

Angler Name : Capt Gennaro Chierchio/ Michael Chierchio
E-Mail : GChierchio@optonline.net
Boat Name: 222 Trophy
Date Fished: 11/10/06
Location: Sandy Hook Rip to Romer Shoal
Fishing Method: Troll and Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: 12 to 22
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Out the door in Keyport the water was chocolate milk So we headed to the Hook in search of some cleaner water and found it three quarters the way. We setup the troll and hit the rip with Mike hitting the first Striper of the day at 22 inches. That was it for the trolling as we dragged lines for about another hour with no results. I asked Mike to head the boat over to the Romer Shoal Lighthouse and we found a few guys anchored about a mile off. I ran the boat on the slack side with the tide going out it was running fast. With the boat anchored it looked like we were still moving. We hit the clams and the Stripers were hungry. We got so many hits and at times four poles were going at one time. We brought in three keepers and threw a whole bunch back. Mike snapped a Monster off right at the boat. It was outstanding fishing for the last hour before sunset. Think like a fish!

Angler Name : Ron Horwath
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/10/2006
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 35"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 30 Ft.
Water Temp.: 59 Degrees
Information : The good Striper fishing continued and the Ron Horwath charter got in on the action. Capt. Paul ran the Bounty Hunter up to the Sandy Hook area and set up in 30ft. As was the case yesterday the bite was fast with the 24" to 27" Bass supplying most of the action. The charter caught Stripers on the incoming and out going tides and at the end of the day had put 11 keepers in the box up to 35" and released over 50 shorts. I am now booking Spring Striper charters for May & June, 2007. Call Capt. Paul at 732-323-8700

Angler Name : Capt.ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 11/10/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Horrible conditions to start the day..NW wind with incoming tide. We swung like a barn door and the chum ran to the bow! Still managed to pick some fish. The first 3 were keepers then all shorts after that. Left the area at slack tide and took a little ride. Put the boat on a drift and banged away at short to medium size fish...Day turned out beautifull as the wind diminished. Lots of action, had we still had a slot fish, today would have been a home run! Rob Winkler Rhinebeck, N.Y. had the pool fish on close to the last one caught. 14 pounds........ Capt.ron

Angler Name : Ray
E-Mail : rfinnila@optonline.net
Boat Name: Even Keel
Date Fished: 11/10/06
Location: Sandy Hook & Flynn's Knoll
Fishing Method: Trolling and Chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22" to 29 1/2"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 20"
Water Temp.: 53 degrees
Information : Forecast looked terrible, and couldn't get a crew together, so I went alone. Started fishing around 10:00 AM, trolling in Sandy Hook Bay and the Rips: Got the snot knocked out of me, and no fish. The water was full of debris. Caught the beginning of the outgoing tide, anchored up, and started clamming. Started catching fish almost immediately, and caught 12 stripers in two hours, including 5 keepers. The afternoon turned beautiful. Quite a fishing day, for November. Tight lines!

Angler Name : Randy
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 11?10/06
Location: NJ Sandy hook surf
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size:
Bait or Lure: Jigs
Water Depth: Surf
Water Temp.:
Information : Did not have a hook up all morning large swells surf to rough

Angler Name : Vince Carini
E-Mail : vcarini@aol.com
Boat Name: Corrective Action
Date Fished: 11/6/06
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clams
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28 inches min
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 25 feet
Water Temp.: 55 f
Information : Fished 11/6 for Stripers using clams. Total 7 landed with 4 keepers. Largest 30 inches. Caught some in the rips, Romer Shoal and Flynn's Knoll.

Angler Name : Jim Paras
E-Mail : JParas1@msn.com
Boat Name: Double Barrel
Date Fished: 11/6/06
Location: North of Shark River
Fishing Method: Anchor
Specie: Tautog
Size: To 12lbs
Bait or Lure: Crustaceans
Water Depth: 25'-28'
Water Temp.: 54.3
Information : Anchored up over some soft bottom after getting good readings and hammered the tog. Had 18 fish in little over an hour, taking home 1 fish which weighed in at 12.3lbs. Had two other fish in the 10-12lb class and several others about 6lbs. South wind picked up a bit in the mid-afternoon and following the tide change, the bite diminished and began catching huge porgies - that signaled it was time to head in.

Angler Name : Ken Steiner
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/6/2006
Location: Off Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 34"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 38 Ft.
Water Temp.: 59 Degrees
Information : The Ken Steiner charter got in on the great Striper fishing today. Capt. Paul ran up to the Sandy Hook area and initially was disappointed with the lack of Striper reads in areas that have produced over the last 3 days.. Moving on we found the Bass in 38 ft. of water and proceeded to drift our clam baits. The bite was good for us as the charter put a limit catch of 10 Stripers up to 34" in the boat while releasing over 20 more shorts. Nov. 13, 14, 21 & 30 are still open for charter. Get in on the great Striper fishing now. Give me a call at 732-323-8700.

Angler Name : Capt. Kevin Delanoy
E-Mail : kevin@missmargiefishingcharters.com
Boat Name: MISS MARGIE
Date Fished: 11-6-06
Location: IBSP/SSPiers
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker spoons
Water Depth: 55'
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Trolling for bass today did not work out as I hoped it would with only bluefish coming in the boat,although we had plenty of action the bass were just not biting. I stayed in 55 to 60' of water and had bait under the boat most of the time hoping for big one to come along, maybe next trip.

Angler Name : Capt.ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 11/6/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Second drop of the day thought was going to be a home run...anchored on a piece of bottom that was loaded with fish. Got there just at the change of tide, started chumming, three rods went off! The first fish 32 pounds, the second 18 then a 12 pounder. Only wanted a good half hour of that and we would have been in...naturally, the current ran like a bat outta hell with the moon tide, and that was the excitment for the morning. Spent the rest of the day running all over the ocean, however there is a happy ending..ran 40 minutes to the NY side late in the day looking for a miracle and we got it. Had 5 very good drifts on fish to 24 pounds, some mediums and shorts! Everyone ended up limiting out and the scotch stayes in the cupboard today!!! Capt.ron

Angler Name : Sam and Joe
E-Mail : messisa2000@yahoo.com
Boat Name: All Hooked up
Date Fished: 11/5/2006
Location: Delaware Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 36"
Bait or Lure: live bait
Water Depth: 30-40'
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Got away from the fleet late in the day on our own spot with nobody near us and fought some BEAUTIFUL bass to 36". Bass were all clones at around 36" and fought like hell. Now that's what I'm talkin' about!!! Be back out at the end of the week.

Angler Name : Werner & Wolfgang Sprie
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/5/2006
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 32"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 30 Ft.
Water Temp.: 58 Degrees
Information : Release Fishermen Werner & Wolgang Sprie were on board the Bounty Hunter and Capt. Paul headed up to the Sandy Hook area. Anchoring in 30 ft. we had a good morning bite on fresh clam baits. By 10:30AM we had caught and released 26 Stripers up to 32". On the tide change the current picked up and the bite ended. We then went up on the Troll for a few hours pulling Shad rigs in between the Channels. We never got a touch. At 1PM we called it a day and started for home.

Angler Name : Capt. Kevin Delanoy
E-Mail : kevin@missmargiefishingcharters.com
Boat Name: MISS MARGIE
Date Fished: 11-5-06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method: wreck
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 3lbs
Bait or Lure: clams/crabs
Water Depth: 70'
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Today's bottom fishing trip SE of Barnegat Inlet on some rough bottom was very good with plenty of keeper sea bass and blackfish to 8lbs As the porgies seemed to have moved on the blackfishing gets better every week,today the conditions were perfect for holding on the structure allowing the anglers none stop action all day.Tomorrow we will troll for bass.

Angler Name : Ray and Chris
E-Mail : rfinnila@optonline.net
Boat Name: Even Keel
Date Fished: 11/5/06
Location: Raritan Bay and the ocean
Fishing Method: Drifting clams & trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 23, 24, 25, and 27
Bait or Lure: Clams, shad rig and bunker spoon
Water Depth: 20 to 65'
Water Temp.: 52
Information : Starting by trolling the tip of the Hook at the beginning of the morning outgoing tide. Immediately got two short stripers, one on a bunker spoon and the other on a shad rig. Got crowded, so we headed for the Shrewsbury Rocks, where we had no drift and no fish. Went to Ambrose Channel and Between the Channels, and caught two more short stripers, and several bluefish.

Angler Name : Cliff
E-Mail : jidigill@aol.com
Boat Name: Lucky Clam
Date Fished: 11/5/06
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: eels & clams
Water Depth: 20-40
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Started out by the bug light, charted fish but no bite. Moved out to the ambrose, drifted for about 3 hrs. with only 4 hits / no fish. Headed out, tried the "Rocks", came back and tried the rips, still nothing. Saw one blue boated. Tough day fishing, nice day and water conditions though. Beats work!

Angler Name : Captain Ron Tucci
E-Mail : tuccinet@optonline.net
Boat Name: pile driver
Date Fished: 11/5/2006
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24 to 32
Bait or Lure: umbrella rigs
Water Depth: 25 to 30
Water Temp.:
Information : Trolling anywhere from 1 to 2 miles off of the hook. Caught 15 bass on the out going tide boated three keepers. When I went back to the Highlands ramp the guard said the day before large bass were brought in. I did notice discarded bass in the water by the fish cleaning station, some of them were easerly in the 30 pound range

Angler Name : joe nelly
E-Mail :
Boat Name: striper diaper
Date Fished: 11/05/06
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: troll/drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: none
Bait or Lure: spoons/eels
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : fished sunday, nothing. tried all the usual spots, only a few small blues. where are the fish?

Angler Name : Greg
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Storm Front
Date Fished: 11/5/06
Location: All over
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 200
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Started the day by running out to the Monster Ledge. Most boats were chunking. Heard of a few fish being taken on the chunk down deep and only heard 1 being taken on the troll. We never had a touch. With trolling slow and almost no drift, we stopped at the shark river reef to bottom fish. Tons of fish but they were all small sea bass & bergalls. Gave that up and headed inshore to the sea girt reef to bottom fish. We couldn;t get away from the doggies. On the way in, we saw the head boat fleet. We stopped to jig, caught about a half dozen blues, some more doggies, a squid and a sea robin. Gorgeous day to be on the water, just wish fishing could be better

Angler Name : Dave @ Elsie
E-Mail : jigman90@ptd.net
Boat Name: Bookie II
Date Fished: 11-5-06
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 38"
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 40ft
Water Temp.: 54
Information : got a late start today after a big fat zero yesterday and we started out where we marked fish yesterday and those fish were still there so we decided to troll strech 25's and umbrella rigs with no luck so we went up to the hook and drifted a spot my friend Tom gave me earlier in the year in about 40 ft of water and hooked up with a nice keeper on a clam sure did save the weekend where are all the fish and bunker? what a Beautiful sunset!!

Angler Name : Jim Fanelli
E-Mail : ylwfin@comcast.net
Boat Name: SackReeligous
Date Fished: Nov. 5
Location: Manasquan to Seaside
Fishing Method: Troll and bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: NONE!!!!!!
Bait or Lure: bunker spoons, shad rigs, clams
Water Depth: 25 to 60 feet
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Anyone know where all the fish are??? I couldn't even get a bluefish to bite today!!! Lots of baitfish, just no fish.

Angler Name : Mike DiRosa
E-Mail : salty26@comcast.net
Boat Name: Regulator
Date Fished: thurs,fri,sunday
Location: lavellette to sandy hook
Fishing Method: troll &jig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: shorts
Bait or Lure: shads,strech&metal
Water Depth: 20 to 50'
Water Temp.: 55?
Information : I had the opportunity to get out before work Thursday & Friday for a couple of hours out of Manasquan, plenty of bait with not alot on them. I fished a little to the south both days and had a pick of slammer size blues and a couple of short bass. Sunday I went north and found less bait that way, went almost to the hook and turned around with no good reports coming that way either. I dont know when this bass run is going to start but watching all this bait go by with nothing on them is depressing, pulling the boat soon and hope it blows-up before December!!! If your having the same luck as me right now, dont waste your gas running, my best fishing the last 3 trips has been within a half mile of the inlet, out going tide is a plus!!! Anybody fish way south over the weekend, please email me or post a report, I haven't heard anything past seaside. Thanks !!!!!

Angler Name : capt.ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 11/05/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams/jigs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Let's see..was it the Moon, the current, the bait was moving too fast, too many boats?? I have a million excuses for today anyway....Fished out to the east, clamming, a couple short fish. Had bird life again like yesterday and like a dumbass, went after it. Hoped today they would bite, fish moving way to fast chasing the bait, with the exception of 3 drifts late in the day where we found some blues that wanted to bite. Big fish, only that's not what we wanted. Kept going from Anchor to drifting, the bait fishing never took hold. Sounds like a few fish were caught on eels today, but with that moon tide it would have been a nightmare even to attempt that. Perfect Weather, good gang of customers..not many fish....definatly 3 Scotches after this weekend!!!! capt.ron

Angler Name : Tony C.
E-Mail : achiccarine@fluitron.com
Boat Name: Donna
Date Fished: 11/5
Location: Shrewsberry rocks to Manasquan
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefish
Size:
Bait or Lure: Shad rigs, plugs, spoons
Water Depth: 25 to 105 ft
Water Temp.: 53
Information : Covered everywhere from Manasquan to Sandy Hook and couldn't put a fish in the box. The Rocks, 17 Fathom, Farms, Red church etc. We tried everywhere. There were birds working the Red Church area.We did have a few on but couldn't get them in the boat. First skunk trip in 15 years.

Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Date Fished: 11/05/2006
Location: EAST OF SR INLET
Fishing Method: ANCHOR/CHUNK/JIG
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 40-45#
Bait or Lure: SARDINES/BUTTERS/JIGS
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 57
Information : HEADED OUT EARLY WITH A CREW OF 3 FRIENDS TO TRY AND GET SOME MORE BLUEFINS. VERY SLOW FISHING WITH ONLY 1 FISH HOOKED ON A JIG. THE FISH WAS BROUGHT TO THE SIDE OF THE BOAT AND BROKE THE ROD AND THEN CUT THE LINE ON THE SHARP END. THE ROD WAS A CABELA'S SALT STRIKER STAND UP ROD AND IT IS THE 2ND ONE I'VE BROKEN ON A FISH IN 2 TRIPS (10 LBS OF DRAG). LOTS OF PORPOISES AROUND. FLAT CALM SEAS AND GOOD FRIENDS ABOARD - BEATS WORKING. GOD BLESS AMERICA AND OUR TROOPS.

Angler Name : Capt Gennaro Chierchio/John Oehler
E-Mail : GChierchio@optonline.net
Boat Name: 222 Trophy
Date Fished: 11/5/06
Location: Raritan Bay to Sandy Hook and Back
Fishing Method: Troll/Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20
Bait or Lure: Shads and Clams
Water Depth: 12 to 45
Water Temp.: 55 to 57
Information : Started the day with intentions of heading straight to the Hook from Keyport but we we stopped by some birds working off Union Beach. We setup the troll and pasted them twice without a hit. Noticed the birds were scooping up the bait but there were no fish chasing them. Back to the original plan and hit the rip and setup the troll again. John was on within minutes with a schoolie 20 inch Striper. We trolled from the Hook to the Highlands Bridge and back without another hit. Setup the clams in the Rip and through the channels with nothing. Ran to Romer Lighthouse and found a nice spot (it looked nice) Anchored and started to clam. Could not get rid of the clam! John did catch a skate while we were there while I caught a good tan. We decided to head home but we trolled from the Lighthouse all the way back to Keyport not another hit the rest of the day. Be back out this week.

Angler Name : Dave
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Solty Dog
Date Fished: 11-4-06
Location: north of Barnegat Inlet
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 29 "
Bait or Lure: white shad umbrella
Water Depth: 40'
Water Temp.: 55
Information : caught one striper and three bluefish. Just a pick. Trolled a wide spread of lures, but, every fish was caught on the umbrella, trolled straight out the back on 200 feet of wire.

Angler Name : Chris Cameroni
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/4/2006
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 36"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 28 Ft.
Water Temp.: 57 Degrees
Information : Capt Paul had the Chris Cameroni charter on board the Bounty Hunter and ran up to Sandy Hook. Anchoring in 28 Ft. it did not take long before we had our first Bass in the box. The early morning bite only lasted just over an hour however it was long enough for the charter to put 8 Keeper bass up to 36" in the boat while releasing over 25 shorts. A switch over to Trolling Shad rigs produced 2 more keepers and several shorts. As we went into slack water we switched back to the Clamming and put two additional Bass in the box. For the day we had a limit catch of 12 Stripers and over 40 shorts released. STRIPERS ARE BITING! Available days are; NOV. 13, 14, 21 & 30 In Dec.3, 4, 11 & 12 Give me a call at 732-323-8700.

Angler Name : Capt.ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 11/04/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Tough fishing today, with the exception of a few customers...Picked a couple of fish on the first drop in the AM...Saw a whole bunch of life out further to the east, put the boat on a drift with birds chasing bait. Caught a few big blues and an odd bass, couldn't stay with the life...moving too fast so we went back to chumming. Had a pick going on medium and smaller fish...just seemed the same guys kept catching them. Ryan Silverman, age 9 landed 4 bass and 2 big blues, while his dad, Stu, caught the pool fish.....would have liked to had a better day fishing on my birthday!! captron

Angler Name : eddie.g
E-Mail : etgambarella4@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Doobie Dolly II
Date Fished: november 4, 2006
Location: shrewsbury rocks
Fishing Method: drifted with clams, and bunker heads. casted metal lures, and shad lures
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams, bunker, metal lures, and plastic shad
Water Depth: 40-20 ft
Water Temp.: 56 degrees
Information : fished from 7am-1pm at shrewbury rocks. we fishing on and off the rocks. close and about a mile from shore. No strippers, no blues, not much of anything. alot of birds doing nothing and alot of fish on the finder. ended up catching about 15 porgy. WHERE ARE THE FISH!!!!

Angler Name : zack
E-Mail : darksztar@comcast.net
Boat Name: HighTimes II
Date Fished: Nov 04,2006
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: None
Bait or Lure: Bunker spoons / stretch 25's
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Ran out for 3 hours of the outgoing tide this morning. I caught a couple of blues, but couldn't find any bass. I didn't fell to bad thought, I never saw another boat even fighting a fish.

Angler Name : joefishy
E-Mail : stormc1000@yahoo.com
Boat Name: surf
Date Fished: 11/3/2006
Location: Sandy Hook North Beach
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5
Bait or Lure: you name it
Water Depth: 0-15'
Water Temp.: still warm
Information : The Annual Lodi H.S. Fishing club trip on a cold blustery day.. 70 high school students surf fishing on the North beach of Sandy Hook. With that many poles in the water it was "Fish On!!" Numerous skates were landed as well as a bluefish. Though we saw many stripers swim by, somehow our novice casters went the opposite direction and missed the fish. Great day on the beach.

Angler Name : Dominick
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Antonette
Date Fished: 11\3
Location: hudson canyon
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 58
Information : no hits all night and the same at day break

Angler Name : Jeff
E-Mail :
Boat Name: J2
Date Fished: 11/03/06
Location: SH Channel area
Fishing Method: Drfit
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 25-55
Water Temp.: 55?
Information : Wind against tide proved to be a waste of time. Some boats chasing what turned out to be Herring mixed in with some small blues...no striper bite that I could locate unless on the troll...hate trolling wire.

Angler Name : Beach Bum
E-Mail : thomas.bolcar@verizon.net
Boat Name: Surf
Date Fished: Fridat nov. 3, AM
Location: Brick, Dover, Lavalette
Fishing Method: Jeep
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: shots-forner slot fish
Bait or Lure: Snagged Peanut Bunker
Water Depth: 0-5'
Water Temp.: 56 according to the gps
Information : Hit the beach at 6AM expecting to just have a nice drive. Ran into my own private blitz of short bass and blues right at the Brick Beach entrance. Its been 5 years since my last private blitz and that was in a Nor'easter. Fish were driving peanuts right onto the beach but absolutely refused to take an atrificial anything. Why eat crackers when you have Filet Mignon. Switched to snagging and dropoping peanuts under the school. Caught 12 bass and three large bluefish. Reason my blitz was private was because there was even better action in Lavalette and Dover. Hugh schools of fish in the area were keeping most boats 1/2 mile out. Excellent surf morning. Can't wait for the PM. Tom

Angler Name : capt.ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 11/03/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clams
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Information : Had a nice shot of fish first thing in the AM on bait. A couple of times had 2 to 3 on but it didn't last long....got maybe an hour and a half out of it. Saw a half mile of birds working down the beach about 2 1/2 miles away so we blasted off. Thought the fall run was about to kick in..once we got there, read a ton of bait, had 6 fish on at one shot and lost everyone! We did manage 1 big bluefish out of it....got the hell outta there fast, so much for the fall jigging...ran 40 minutes to the next drop, thinking, If I don't catch them here "I'm a Dead Man"!! Anchored the boat...10 rods went off, thought I would jump off the top deck...until I saw they were Horn Dogs!!! Caught a bass right away, then another, then a pick. Busted some heads on the dogs to get rid of them..Oh, sorry..aren't they endangered?? Tide started to run in nice, bite got better and we pulled that rabbit outta you know where.....capt.ron

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Boat Name: ANNIE-H
Date Fished: 11/01/06
Location: sandy hook bay
Fishing Method: jig/troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26-29 inches
Bait or Lure: crocodile spoon/shad umbrella
Water Depth: 20 ft
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Information : Last rip of the year, found bird life at the south east corner of the bay. stopped on good readings of fish, caught several shorts by jigging a crocodile spoon. I then put out a shad rig and immediately got into double headers with one keeper at 29 inches. Would have limited out, but did not have enough time. This is a great site, keep up the good work.

Angler Name : Jim Paras
E-Mail : JParas1@msn.com
Boat Name: Double Barrel
Date Fished: November 1, 2006
Location: Rock Piles/Structure
Fishing Method: Anchor
Specie: Tautog
Size: Up to 6lbs
Bait or Lure: Crabs
Water Depth: 30-40'
Water Temp.: 56.8
Information : First structure which traditionally holds fish was not productive...moved to another spot and hammered the tog. Had non-stop action for about 2 hours with fish to 6lbs...and a few accidental porgies mixed in which were taken on crabs. Can't wait for the season to open...

Angler Name : Tom Headley
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 11/01/2006
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Clamming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 36"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 30 Ft.
Water Temp.: 56 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had his first Striper charter of the Fall season with the Tom Headley group. Getting on good reads in 30 ft. of water up at Sandy Hook we had the fish under the boat within ten minutes. The bite was steady for the last half of the outgoing tide and the charter put 6 keepers up to 36" in the boat while releasing over 30 shorts. On the tide change the bite resumed and another four keepers up to 35" were boated. For the day we had 10 keepers and over 35 short Bass released. The STRIPERS are biting. Days still open are Nov.7,13,14,30. Dec. 4,5,11&12. Give me a call at 732-323-8700.

Angler Name : Craig Hartigan
E-Mail : craigchartigan@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Limerick
Date Fished: 11/01/2006
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 37", 18lb
Bait or Lure: Eel
Water Depth: 28ft
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Information : Drifting thru Flyns Noll, thru Sandy Hook channell (Total off 3 bass caught in 5 hours. Two shorts on clams and this one on an eel)

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
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Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 11/01/06
Location: ocean
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Specie: Striped Bass
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Bait or Lure: calms
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Information : Nothing like yesterday!! Headed to were I fished yesterday, figured we would catch them threw the tide and into the incoming. We did have a little pick on smaller fish...Slack tide they stopped, waited for the incoming like yesterday figured they would turn on again...no such luck. Spent the last half of the day trying to pull a rabbit out of my #@$....A couple smaller fish and one nice one to end the day..Just when you think you got it figured out!!!!! capt.ron

Angler Name : earthquake
E-Mail : captaincalbelmar@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Captain Cal
Date Fished: 11/1/06
Location: Belmar
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: to 5lbs
Bait or Lure: green crabs
Water Depth: 60-90 ft
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Information : Fished on Captain Cal out of Belmar Today. Nice mixed bag. Day started out a few miles off in about 90 feet of water - fast and furious with big seabass biting. After the bite slowed, we moved in and found blackfish. It was a slow and steady pick with a few nice size keepers (including mine - the pool fish). Then we moved in close to the beach and found big porgies. Chris from Bayonne was high hook with about 20 fish. Most guys strung together a decent catch of about 10 keepers with at least that many shorts.