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Angler Name : edgillin
E-Mail : edgillin@hotmail.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/31/00
Location: OCbeach
Fishing Method: plugging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27
Bait or Lure: Yozuri Emperor Minnow
Water Depth: 3-4ft.
Water Temp.:
Information : I caught my first keeper this year and it wasn't easy. The Northend of OC has been more miss than hit. The dredge was putting pressure on me to catch a keeper before the Army Corp covers them all up and the bass and bait have no place to gather. I am just glad to see some gannets and the rest will eventually fall into place.

Angler Name : Jason "GonZo" Gonzalez
E-Mail : jgonzalez1@na2.us.ml.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: Halloween Night
Location: South Seaside Park
Fishing Method: Plugging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30" and up
Bait or Lure: 5" Black Bombers
Water Depth: Surf
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Best Striper night ever for GonZo! Just driving by tthe beach and decided to toss a few plugs. Picked up a 30" on my first cast, went back to the car and put on my waders. Never even went down to the inlet, fished behind the Top o'the Mast Restaurant in Seaside Park. Found a hole in the sandbar and landed upwards of 30 fish in 3 1/2 hours. Never had action like that before. Fishing an 8 1/2" surf casting rod with a small conventional i was able to reach just beyond the break, almost every cast resulted in a strike on the backside of the swells. All of the fish were in the 30 - 34" range with the largest from my chin to the second rib in the kneepads on my waders -- maybe 36"? Absolutely awesome. I had to leave because I was exhausted. Hope that it keeps up! I've prayed for a night like that for as long as I've fished for Stripers and finally got one. We're heading out for some late season tuna on Thursday-Friday anyone with any reports, it would be great. Good luck and keep 'em wet! GonZo

Angler Name : JT
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/31/00
Location: Seagirt
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25" - 29"
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Great action off the surf late afternoon. Going back for more this weekend.

Angler Name : Lou
E-Mail : seapro2@aol.com
Boat Name: surf
Date Fished: 10/31/00
Location: lavalette
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24 to 36 inches
Bait or Lure: rattletraps and poppers
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : hi the beach at 1230 in lavalette and the stripers were chasing the peanuts all over the place. cught at least a dozen fish. left them biting tight lines!

Angler Name : Tim
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/30/00
Location: brick beach
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24"&28"
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: unknown
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Started 4pm by 4:30pm had my limit went home.Not bad for a quick dinner..Try again tomorrow,goin for the cow...

Angler Name : Dave
E-Mail : mbent98912@aol.com
Boat Name: Re-Bait
Date Fished: 10/29/00
Location: LBI BH inlet
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : The Beach Haven Marlin+Tuna Club is sponoring a striper contest for this Friday Nov 3(9:00PM) to Saturday(5:00PM) open to all boaters. It's for the heaviest two fish. Prize money for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places. Captain's meeting and registration Friday night 7PM at the club house. Not sure bout the payout, though BHMTC events PAY WELL!!

Angler Name : Ken
E-Mail : kkurek@hometowncomm.com
Boat Name: Kerri - K
Date Fished: 10/27/2000
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26" to 35"
Bait or Lure: Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 25'
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Had a good day trolling shad rigs around the Hook area. We boated nine keepers and released eight. The weather was great and the stripers were very active on the surface as well as down deep. Couple of the boats from my marina tried to get out on Saturday, but the wind was too strong. They came back early.

Angler Name : Fred
E-Mail : fredpacc@aol.com
Boat Name: Lone Ranger
Date Fished: 10/27/2000
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22"
Bait or Lure: Mann's 30 / Tube umbrella
Water Depth: 32'
Water Temp.: 60'
Information : Troll along the Raritan Reach from Bouy 18 through the rips and down past the nude beach. Got a couple of nice size blue fish, but no bass until I trolled back past the Range Towers at Sandy Hook. By that time it was three O'clock and had to throw the 22' fish back. Well it was a great day anyway!

Angler Name : HDS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: NA
Date Fished: 10/27
Location: Union Beach/Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Clams/sand worm/Mullet/Popper/plastic Eel
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Fished Union Beach from 630am-830am. No hits, nothing. Peanut bunker was jumping around but no fish around. Went to Sandy hook ocean side first lot by the toles. No hits, nothing. One guy said he was there all night without a hit. Bay side same area...no hits, nothing. I left at 12pm...tide was going out.

Angler Name : UPS Dave
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Atlantic Star
Date Fished: 10/27
Location: 1hr 15minutes out of A.H. round Hook
Fishing Method: anchored
Specie: Porgy
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Another beautiful day on the Atlantic Star. The morning started out hot. Lots of porgies, fewer seabass, a couple of flounders, and some goooood size blackfish caught by a guy who really knew how to catch blackish. Looked to me like he had 25 porgies to go along with 4 or 5 blackfish. Captain and the mate Donny are the best. Oh yeah, I had a 7 pound bluefish. Tight lines, Dave

Angler Name : Eric Hinds
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 27
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 20 pounds
Bait or Lure: umbrella rigs
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and Jason Neadel had the Eric Hinds charter from Merril Lynch - Holmdel, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Friday and had another box load of Bass at the end of the day. Trolling shad umbrella rigs in 25-40 feet of water off Monmouth Beach and just north of there. The action was constant all day as we had 18 fish over 30 inches, and 13 slot fish boated by noon. They finished the day on the Sea Girt Reef pulling Sea Bass.

Angler Name : Jeff Sutton
E-Mail : jssutton@us.ibm.com
Boat Name: The Little G
Date Fished: 10/26
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drifting Eels
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 31-36"
Bait or Lure: Eels
Water Depth: 12-24ft
Water Temp.: 60.1
Information : A tough night navigating through the fog, but the GPS helped find the spots and fish. Boxed 2 stripers 31" and 36" and had a few more run off's. Also had a few bluefish chomp away on our eels.

Angler Name : john feulner
E-Mail :
Boat Name: GIZMO
Date Fished: 10-26-00
Location: #12 CAN AT THE HOOK
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32 INCHES
Bait or Lure: UMBRELLA WITH SQUID SKIRTS
Water Depth: 35 FT
Water Temp.: 58 F
Information : HEAVY FOG SOCKED ED PINTO AND MYSELF IN TILL ALMOST 11AM. ONLY FISHED A COUPLE HOURS BUT TOOK FISH ON A TUBE RIG WITH SQUID SKIRTS OVER THE TUBES. SLOW DAY DID NOT HAVE TIME TO RUN DOWN THE BEACH WHERE I HEARD THE ACTION WAS HOT. SAW FISH BEING TAKEN ON BAIT IN THE SAME AREA.

Angler Name : Pat Ryan
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 26
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 18 pounds
Bait or Lure: umbrella rigs
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captains Phil Dulanie and Joe Dalik had the Canyon Runner back up to Sandy Hook on Thursdays with the Pat Ryan charter from Philadelphia, PA. Trolling shad umbrella rigs was once again the name of the game and we put together our best catch thus far this fall. Green and white shad accounted for 31 Stripers with 24 of the Bass better than 28 inches up to 20 pounds. In additon 7 slot fish were boated and 20 bluefish were released.

Angler Name : Michael Savage
E-Mail : michael_savage@address.com
Boat Name: Wreckless
Date Fished: 10/26
Location: Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure: Butterfish and Sardines
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Developed some engine problems and had to turn back at the inlet, I probably won't get it fixed in time to get out this year. I have 2 flats of Butterfish and 1 flat of sardines. All still in my freezer. I am in Tuckerton and will sell at a big discount. Send me an email if you are interested.

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Angler Name : Captain Ed Babin
E-Mail : metropolitanfire@ bigplanet.com
Boat Name: Pamela Marie
Date Fished: 10/25/00
Location: Cape May Rips
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 38" - 40"
Bait or Lure: Live eels
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Started at the top of the tide and fished Middle Shoal where we picked a few 30 to 36 inch fish then moved off to Overfalls Shoal by mid tide and slammed numerous fish in the 40 inch range. We caught fish the entire tide, right up to low slack. Good fishing!

Angler Name : COSTA, KANOFF & PERGOLA
E-Mail : GEOBESSAL@AOL.COM
Boat Name: FINTASTIC
Date Fished: 10/25/00
Location: HUDSON CANYON
Fishing Method: CHUNK
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: UPTO 70 LBS
Bait or Lure: BUTTERFISH
Water Depth: 475-550FT
Water Temp.: 62.5
Information : GOT OUT ABOUT 4:30 PM. NOTHING HAPPENING. TRIED EAST & WEST WALL & FLATS. ABOUT 6:30 JIGGED UP 2 LONGFIN 25-30 LBS.ALL HELL BREAKS LOSE 7 YELLOWFIN & 1 HUGE ALBACORE IN THE 70 LB RANGE. BITE STOPS AT 8:30 & NOTHING ELSE. 9:30 PICKUP&BOAT 80LB SWORDFISH.

Angler Name : Alex Munt
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 25
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 23 pounds
Bait or Lure: umbrella rigs
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Alex Munt charter from Philadelphia out on the Canyon Runner Wednesday and had the Stripers all day. The bite never turned on heavy but a steady pick on shad umbrella rigs produced 8 over 18" 7 slot fish and 5 shorts. In addition, 20 bluefish were boated and released.

Angler Name : Capt. Eric
E-Mail : erichecht@home.com
Boat Name: Tailwalker
Date Fished: 10/24
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40 to 60 lbs
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 400 to 1800
Water Temp.: 63.8
Information : Had a great day chunk trip. Except for a small slow swell, it was flat. Had yellowfin boiling behind the boat most of the day. They were finicky and and not feeding aggresively, so we had to drop down to 30# and 40# leaders. put 12 yellowfin and one longfin in the box and broke off many more. great to get such a nice day this time of year!

Angler Name : Lou Green
E-Mail : louis_green@ml.com
Boat Name: Green Machine
Date Fished: 10/24/00
Location: Asbury Park
Fishing Method: Drift/troll
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 2lbs
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Last trip of 2000. Ran up to Asbury looking for those weekfish from the weekend however all we found were Sea Bass. Tried wire line trolling and came up with Blues, no stripers.\ The radio chat said the striper bite was off down south also. Beautiful day with flat seas.

Angler Name : Richard Steer
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 24
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 18 pounds
Bait or Lure: umbrella rigs
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Richard Steer charter from Philadelphia out on the Canyon Runner Tuesday. The bite turned on later in the day after a slow morning north of the Shrewsbury Rocks but a steady pick on shad umbrella rigs produced 15 Bass. In addition, 12 bluefish were boated and released.

Angler Name : Dean Nelson
E-Mail : dnn61@aol.com or deloryer@aol.com
Boat Name: fly finatic
Date Fished: 10/24/00
Location: arundo
Fishing Method: fly
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure: fly
Water Depth: 180
Water Temp.: 60.8
Information : Im getting used to goose eggs on the inshore tuna seen.not a good year to say the least.a couple of more trips before the water temp drops below what is acceptable for the bluefins.on a better note,got into lots of bass and gator blues on the way in to the hook.lots of fun on the fly.anyone with bluefin info,drop me an e-mail.tight lines

Angler Name : Jon Popyk
E-Mail : jppud@aol.com
Boat Name: 4 J's
Date Fished: 10/24/00
Location: Barnegat
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 20" 3.5lbs
Bait or Lure: Clams,Squid,cut Mackerel
Water Depth: 75'
Water Temp.: 60
Information : It was a beautiful fall day out on a calm ocean. Tried jigging just outside Barnegat Inlet while my bait rods just attracted huge sea robins. Moved to the Garden State North reef and imediately started catching porgies and sea bass. Largest porgy was 12" and biggest sea bass was 3.5lbs, 20". Season is almost done and the freezer is full. It's been a good year.

Angler Name : steve jacoby
E-Mail : abbashaya
Boat Name: freddy c
Date Fished: 10/24/00
Location: sandy hook rips
Fishing Method: driffting live eals
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 1=38in 1=31in
Bait or Lure: live eals
Water Depth: 25ft
Water Temp.:
Information : everyone on the boot cought fish,but i think we should, do away with keeping a slot fish.

Angler Name : fred hepper
E-Mail : hep@njlenders.com
Boat Name: branch office
Date Fished: 10/24/00
Location: raritan bay
Fishing Method: swimming plugs/surface plugs
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24-30"
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Last 1 1/2 hours of light were excellent for casting plugs. Birds were working and blues were on top. Used a black sinking plug to get the bass underneath the blues. Limited out w/3 guys casting. Fun late afternoon action!

Angler Name : Ray, Chris & Ken
E-Mail : Finnila.com@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Mo' Money
Date Fished: 10/24/00
Location: Sandy Hook & Flynn's Knoll
Fishing Method: Troll & Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 33.5, 30, 23.5 &22
Bait or Lure: Umbrella rigs & bunker
Water Depth: 25 to 35 feet
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Began fishing at 7:30AM, trolling around the tip of the Hook with shad and tube umbrella rigs, on the incoming tide. Got a doubleheader, a keeper and a short, first pass on the inside rip. Continued to the outside rip and caught the larger fish. Caught the other short a little later. Trolling died shortly thereafter. Began drifting bunker through the rip and caught a windowpane, and some robins. Continued trolling on the knoll with no luck. Started drifting bunker in the incoming tide on the knoll, and caught a fluke, skates and robins. Despite losing two umbrella rigs during the day, it was still a beautiful day on the water. Called it a day at 3:15PM. Tight lines.

Angler Name : Jeff
E-Mail : jssutton@us.ibm.com
Boat Name: The Little G
Date Fished: 10/23/00
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drifting Eels
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 37"
Bait or Lure: Eels
Water Depth: 8-16'
Water Temp.: 59.6
Information : Picked up 5 Stripers up to 25 lbs off the old swash channel while drifting eels. Action picked up on the tail end of the out going tide.

Angler Name : Dave Tolchin
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 23
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 23 pounds
Bait or Lure: umbrella rigs
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Dave Tolchin charter from Sayreville, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Monday and had the Stripers all day. Trolling on the Shrewsbury Rocks, the charter picked Bass on white shad umbrella rigs in 25 feet of water producing 18 Bass and 20 bluefish.

Angler Name : Scott & Russ
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Gray Area
Date Fished: 10/23/00
Location: Manalokin
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10-14 lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker spoons
Water Depth: 40-45
Water Temp.:
Information : Had my brother out from Mass. Looking for bass only had BIG blues. Tons of bait, good conditions..timing was off I guess. Bent rods and good company..I'll call it a WIN.

Angler Name : John Sadowski
E-Mail : johntsadowski@sadowski.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/22/00
Location: 72 Street Harvey Cedars
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 23 pounds
Bait or Lure: baby bunker
Water Depth: 25-30 ft
Water Temp.: 60 degrees
Information : Hits all night from 5:30-7:20 pm. Landed 2 kings ( 14-16 inches) in first 1/2 hour. Landed striper @ 7:05 pm. Hits calmed around 7:20. Clear, cool night. Wind steady 8-10mph from north all night. Looks like its really heating up

Angler Name : Gary
E-Mail : riverrunner@rocketmail.com
Boat Name: N/A
Date Fished: 10/22/00
Location: IBSP
Fishing Method: Bait/PLugs
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 8.5 lbs
Bait or Lure: CLams/Bunker/Eels
Water Depth: 1-4 ft
Water Temp.: 59 degrees
Information : We were to take the boat out Sunday 10/22/00, but with the Smallcraft advisory, we went off the beach. Got to IBSP at 5:00 a.m. and did not get first bite until right before sunrise. Caught three Stripers 29",25",23" and a 14 lb Bluefish. All fish caught on clams and live eels. Lost another huge Bluefish on bunker and lost one bass on a yellow bomber. Hooray for the Northeast wind.

Angler Name : Ron Walker
E-Mail : rwalker@trilogyassoc.com
Boat Name: MegaBite
Date Fished: October 21-22, 2000
Location: Delaware Bay
Fishing Method: Chunking for Stripers
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 23-26"
Bait or Lure: Bunker Heads
Water Depth: 22
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Fishing in the Port Norris Striper tourney, we set out for our 41st and 42nd trips of the year. On Sat, we slugged through 3 fters to reach our spot near 14ft and managed a 23" throwback and a 26" slot keeper. On Sunday, we got slammed again after we returned to the same general area. Unfortunately, the tourney had no price for biggest skate and we had not a single striper bite. Disappointing, but the weekend yielded two georgous fall days that beat couch potatoe'ing watching football. There's still many weeks left this season, and my trophy bass is just waiting for me!

Angler Name : Bob,Rob,Ken,Ed,John & C.J.
E-Mail : cjnesti@home.com
Boat Name: Seaya
Date Fished: 10/21 10/22
Location: Hudson east wall
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40#/60#
Bait or Lure: Butters,skuid
Water Depth: 515
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Left on sat seas were great.By the time we anchored up the wind started to blow." The weather man was right." Long night tough bite. At first light we pulled the anchor and headed in. Boated a couple lost more then I want to admit.On a good note the A.M. radio got reception,GO YANKEES

Angler Name :
E-Mail : makos02@attglobal
Boat Name: Atlantis Princess
Date Fished: 10/21-10/22
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 70-90 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butter Fish/Squid
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: N/A
Information : Sorry for the late report..Fishing started out slow but when the sun came up so did the fish. Boat landed around 30 tuna. Most of the crew was great but seen a very up setting thing. one crew memeber was re-spooling from the night before and dumped 4 reels off right in raritan bay. Nice conservation, and they wonder why they dont get any tips...

Angler Name : RAFT - Ron Antonelli - Scott Serafin
E-Mail : Karonaraft@acs.com
Boat Name: Karona
Date Fished: 10 - 22
Location: Barnegat Inlet
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22 - 30 inches
Bait or Lure: 3 inch megabait jig
Water Depth: 15 - 39 ft.
Water Temp.: 65 dgs.
Information : After spending Saturday north of Manasquan, the trolling and the jigging for bass was not that great, although we did get into some blues and shorts. On sunday with the hard blow, Scott and I decided to take a run to Barnegat Inlet , leaving Manasquan around 11 am., we obviously made the right call. The inlet wall and light house area were very fishable, and we had non stop jigging action for 5 hrs. with short and long bass, blues to 3 lbs., weakfish from 14 - 24 inches and all the herring you could possibly catch. Surf casters on the wall were bailing keeper bass at 3 pm. Barnegat was most definitely the place to be on Sunday afternoon. Inlet water was still warm, which means more fish to come.

Angler Name : CapnChuck
E-Mail : capnchuck@yahoo.com
Boat Name: In Style
Date Fished: 10-22-00
Location: Manisquan River
Fishing Method: Anchor Chumm
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 12"
Bait or Lure: Sand Worms
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: 7'
Information : Fished the river from low to high tide. 3 fish were caught all 12"

Angler Name : Bob Lukowski
E-Mail : blukowski@bloomberg.net
Boat Name: Amy Beth
Date Fished: 10/21 -10/22
Location: East wall Hudson Canyon near the letters
Fishing Method: Troll/Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50- 80lbs
Bait or Lure: Butters
Water Depth: 560
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Fished the east wall of the Hudson Canyon down by the letters. Trolled up 1 albie. The chunk was excellent. Caught 14 yellowfin between 9pm to 1 am. Filled all the coolers and went home. Got our butts kicked on the way home as payment for the excellent fishing.

Angler Name : Brian Moleen
E-Mail : bmoleen@dresdner.com
Boat Name: Canyon Dreamer
Date Fished: 10/21-10/22
Location: Seaside Park/Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: troll/jig/eel
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26-35inches
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 24ft
Water Temp.:
Information : I trolled Island Beach State Park on Saturday and worked my way down to Seaside. Not even a knock down. Found schools of bunker so we live lined then only to get chopped off by bluefish. We just could not pull any bass from under them. On Sunday I fished around SandHook in the evening. Our trolling rigs only produced big blues. As the tide started to run we switched over to eeling. We ended up with 15 bass up to 35 inches. Most fish were slot limit fish.

Angler Name : Willie Z
E-Mail : williez@wilie.cc
Boat Name: Steamboat Willie
Date Fished: 10-22-00
Location: South shore of Staten Island
Fishing Method: lures
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Keepers
Bait or Lure: Rat-l-trap
Water Depth: 30+
Water Temp.:
Information : Chris and I went out at 5 am on Sunday. It was a little rough until we got near Staten Is. We saw birds working, so we approached them and drifted in. Bass all around, bass, bass, and more bass. I think they're finally back.

Angler Name : Ron Loguidice
E-Mail : ronlogui@aol.com
Boat Name: The Judge
Date Fished: 10/22/00
Location: Manasquan to bayhead
Fishing Method: snaging bunker
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 15 to 20 lbs
Bait or Lure: too snag hooks with wireleader
Water Depth: 35 ft
Water Temp.: 65*
Information : had a great day fishing with my friends kenzoni & john we casted into a school of bunker let it sink and hold on 15 bluefish 15 lbs to 20lbs having fun wating for stripers tite lines to next time Ron

Angler Name : John Young
E-Mail : amorris2@home.com
Boat Name: Reel'n
Date Fished: 10/22
Location: Manasquan 3 miles north west
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 12 to 18 lb. choppers
Bait or Lure: buncker
Water Depth: 65
Water Temp.: 55
Information : boated over 20 fish on light takel,epic day little windy

Angler Name : JIM SHIRLEY
E-Mail : JSHIRLEY59@AOL.COM
Boat Name: TUNA GIRL
Date Fished: 10/22
Location: SANDY HOOK
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20#
Bait or Lure: SHAD RIGS
Water Depth: 26
Water Temp.:
Information : Had the Tuna Girl out in the wind sunday, fishing by myself. Never got to round the point of the hook. Birds were all over the bay as fish were chasing peanuts.The edge of earle channel was the hot spot Picked up 30 + bluefish to 8 lbs. and 15 bass, 3 bass over 36" and close to 20lbs. Hope this is the start of a great fall. Tight lines

Angler Name : Tom B
E-Mail : Scully@Monmouth.com
Boat Name: boat/buggy
Date Fished: 10-22-00
Location: off Brick, then IBSP
Fishing Method: troll, then clams/plugs
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30,26
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: surf
Water Temp.: warm
Information : left the Manasquan before dawn to be off Brick at 1st light. Got then worst of the northeast wind Big Mistake. No fish, got soaked by spray. Traded the boat for a jeep and got to IBSP jut in time to miss the morning action. Hung around until the tide came in. The bass and blues came with the deeper water. Clams worked but guys with bunker chunks did better. Also saw a black drum in the 70-80 lb. class hauled in. Turned into a good day. When we headed home at 1pm the fishing looked to be getting even better. Tomorrow might have to be a sick day. Tight lines

Angler Name : Capt Dan McGivney
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 10/21/00
Location: 14 miles wreck
Fishing Method: bottom fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 5.15lbs
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 85
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Capt Dan had the Larry Longo group aboard the Megan Beth to have a good day of Sea bass fishing.The first stop on a wreck 15 miles to the East only produced one Large Sea bass and PLENTY of Porgies.After repositioning on the oppisite side of the wreck we had a steady pick of Sea bass with the largest fish weighing in at 5.15lbs.A half dozen keeper Blackfish were caught and a dozen throw backs.By the end of the day we filled a 171 qt cooler.

Angler Name : Nick C
E-Mail : cuch3@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/21
Location: Off IBSP
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 41"
Bait or Lure: Plugs
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Trolled off IBSP- hooked up with the large Striper at approx 8am. Had one more good runoff a half hour later then they stopped biting. Trolled up off of Seaside Park and caught many 12-16lb Blues for the rest of the day on plugs and tubes. Nice day for October.

Angler Name : Jon
E-Mail : Tomcurren8@aol.com
Boat Name: Hardhead
Date Fished: 10/21/2000
Location: The Reach
Fishing Method: Troll,Drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: Zip
Bait or Lure: Sandworms,Peanut Bunker
Water Depth: 25-50ft
Water Temp.: 50
Information : Went out a little late, tons of boats were out Capt John from Keyport seemed like the only boat catching fish I saw a few decent blues being pulled. No hits no fish we went home skunked, headed over to the blue rock cafe for a few drinks and tell fish stories.

Angler Name : Carolina Joe
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/21/00
Location: Strathmere
Fishing Method: chunking bunker
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: cut bunker
Water Depth: 12-15 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Anchored up on the edge of the sandbar across from Corsons inlet marina. Chunked up 3 bass 23-26-31 inches Started fishing at 3pm back on the trailer at 7pm. Perfect afternoon 2 fish in the cooler in 4 hrs

Angler Name : Werner & Wolfgang Sprie
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: Oct. 21,2000
Location: 25 Mile Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clam & squid
Water Depth: 95 Ft.
Water Temp.: 62 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had his Bounty Hunter out to a couple of wrecks located in 95 Ft. of water,25 Miles southeast of Manasquan Inlet. It did not take long for the Werner & Wolfgang Sprie charter to get into some great Fall Seabass fishing. The Jumbo Seabass were eager to bite and by mid afternoon the fish box was full with fish in the 2 to 5 lb. range. Clam & Squid baits produced the action.

Angler Name : JERRY SOUTHERN
E-Mail : JERRY@INTERCONTRUCK.COM
Boat Name: SOUTHERN
Date Fished: 10-21
Location: BALTIMORE
Fishing Method: CHUNKING
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-60#
Bait or Lure: BUTTER FISH
Water Depth: 384'
Water Temp.: 60.8
Information : STARTED CHUNKING AT 5:00 PM FISH CAME ON APPROX. 8:00 BOATED 4 YELLOW FINS LOST 3 ALL THE ACTION IN 1 1/2 HOURS.LEFT THE BALTIMORE AT 11:00 TO AVOID NEXT MORNING BLOW. SEEMS NO ONE CAUGHT FISH THAT NIGHT IN THE BALTIMORE AT LEAST WHEN WE WERE THERE.NOT MUCH BAIT IN THE WATER AT ALL.WATERS GETTING COOL.STIPER TIME

Angler Name : Dean Nelson
E-Mail : dnn61@aol.com or deloryer@aol.com
Boat Name: Fly Finatic
Date Fished: 10/21/00
Location: monster ledge
Fishing Method: chunk and fly
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure: butterfish/ sardine/ fly
Water Depth: 150
Water Temp.: 59.7
Information : fished a friends boat in 5 ft. seas.chunked from 8.30am. to 4.30pm without any sign of tuna.had good readings when we first got there.did catch several very large bluefish.bluefin just is not on. anyone with bluefin info,please drop me an e-mail. tight lines

Angler Name : Enviro
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Never Say Never
Date Fished: Oct 21 Afternoon
Location: Off Sandy hook
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: To 26"
Bait or Lure: Top water popers
Water Depth: 20 to 45 Ft
Water Temp.: 62
Information : We decided to fish late after noon on the ocean side of the hook for some stripers and some blues/Albies. At first there was lots of rain fish and birds working but no fish. Around 4 pm some small schools of stripers and blues came to the surface for a early dinner. We cought 5 stripers and a 3 blue fish on surface popers. Weather was great, warm and Flat seas.

Angler Name : Steve Perna
E-Mail : sperna@optonline.net
Boat Name: No Name Yet
Date Fished: 10/21/00
Location: Long Branch & Shrewsbury
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 14"-20"
Bait or Lure: Fin-S & bait
Water Depth: 35 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : My Dad and I headed out of Shark River up to Shrewsbury looking to troll up some stripers. We gave up after a few hours and headed down to Long Branch to pick at some weakfish. There were lots of weaks in the finder but we were having trouble landing them. We ended up with 3 weaks and blue in the cooler. Beautiful day and the seas were calm. I'd like to get some stripers before winterizing the boat though.

Angler Name : Milo
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10-21
Location: Horseshoe
Fishing Method: Anchored
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 0
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 26
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Didn't have any luck with the weaks , but caught alot of croakers Saw some nice 30lb. Stripers coming in at Port Norris Marina. Looks like it's time to try for stripers next weekend. Tight-lines all.

Angler Name : Capt Ken
E-Mail : Hwystar@aol,com
Boat Name: Tin Can
Date Fished: 10/21/2000
Location: Shark River
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 14-24"
Bait or Lure: Ava 17
Water Depth: 40 ft
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Fished off of Asbury Park today and HAMMERED the Weakies.Also caught Blues,Sea Bass and Porgy's all on Ava 17's with a white teaser fished above it.The fishing was so hot that we even caught double headers.The action was none stop all day.It doesnt get much better than this.I cant wait till the Stripers start to migrate down the beach.Best of luck to you and tight lines.

Angler Name : Mike Lasko
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 20-21
Location: Lindencolh Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-80
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and Capt. Joe Dalik had the Canyon Runner back offshore to the Lindencohl Canyon on Friday for our 49th and probably last canyon run of the year. Wanting to finish with a box load of tuna the Mike Lasko charter from Red Bank, NJ did just that. Hearing of a slow pick at the Hudson we turned to the south and were set up before dark. The first yellowfin was in the boat within minutes and we had a steady pull until 10:30 p.m. when the bite turned off.

Angler Name : CapnChuck
E-Mail : capnchuck@yahoo.com
Boat Name: In Style
Date Fished: 10-21-00
Location: Manisquan River
Fishing Method: Anchor Chumm
Specie: Winter Flounder
Size: 12"-15"
Bait or Lure: Sand worms
Water Depth: 7'
Water Temp.:
Information :

Angler Name : Tom Fullen
E-Mail : Tfu2594868@aol.com
Boat Name: Dixie III
Date Fished: 10/20/00
Location: Barnegate
Fishing Method: Troll/Chunk
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: NA
Bait or Lure: Clam/wire
Water Depth: 20 to 60 feet
Water Temp.: 61
Information : We went out on Eric's boat to see if the Striper had turned on yet. Tried drifting with clam and all we coud get were spikes and robins. Pulled up and towed the wire, nothing doing. Went to the Garden State reef to save the day with sea bass up to 5 lbs. I guess it was to nice of a day for the Stripers. The nasty weather is coming, they should turn on then.

Angler Name :
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Nan
Date Fished: 10 /20/00
Location: Ocean City Inshore
Fishing Method: Jig
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 4lb
Bait or Lure: bucktail
Water Depth: 28
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Productive day under blue skies and light winds - perfect. 1 9lb Albie near Corsons, 12 Weakies, 1 Shark, 3 Sm. Blues. 9 throwback weakies, 3 keepers, incl. one beauty at 24".

Angler Name : Capt. Eric
E-Mail : erichecht@home.com
Boat Name: Tailwalker
Date Fished: 10/20
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Big-Eye Tuna
Size: 125 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 450-650
Water Temp.: 63
Information : First day chunking trip of the year was a success. Got to west wall at 9:30am and marked fish right away (deep). Drifted all day nice and slow down the edge and had a steady pick of yellowfin and longfin all day. Highlight was a 125 lb big eye--my first on Tailwalker and first of the season.

Angler Name : UPS Dave
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Atlantic Star
Date Fished: 10/20/00
Location: Scotland
Fishing Method: anchored and drift
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: to 3 pounds
Bait or Lure: clams and PEANUT BUNKER
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : The weather was absolutely perfect today. This fishing however was fair to good. I had five sea bass and 5 porgies. One sea bass we estimated at 3 pounds (18 to 19 inches). It was by far the largest one on the boat. I found that peanut bunker cut in half was an excellent attractor of fish. I caught a very large porgy using a whole bunker. I tried whole peanut bunker at first but although I had a lot of hits I was missing most ofthe fish. The mate suggested that I cut the bunker in half at 12:45. I caught four fish in the next 15 minutes. At 1:00 we headed back to A.H. The captain and mate on the Atlantic Star are the best. Tight lines and screaming reels to all.

Angler Name : Mark Dale Mike & Ed T.V.
E-Mail : cjnesti@home.com
Boat Name: Finangler
Date Fished: 10/19/00
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 17#
Bait or Lure: eel's
Water Depth: 15/65 feet
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Good trip not much boat traffic.strong current and 20Kts made drifting tough.The fish we caught were light color and thin which usually means that new fish have arrived. It should only get better from here.

Angler Name : John Kerwin
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 19
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 18 pounds
Bait or Lure: umbrella rigs
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 55
Information : After dozens of canyon trips to the south east Capt. Phil Dulanie finally turned the Canyon Runner north on Thursday coming out of the inlet for the first fall striper charter of the season. Fishing the Shrewsbury Rocks with the John Kerwin charter from Mount Holly, NJ the group enjoyed steady action with both Bass and Bluefish - ending the day with 12 Stripers on ice.

Angler Name : Garrett "Jumbo" Jones
E-Mail : GCJ5765aAOL.COM
Boat Name: HYDRA SPORT DUCK
Date Fished: 10/18 & 10/19
Location: SOUTH OF MANASQUAN INLET
Fishing Method: LIVE BAIT
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 15 LBS
Bait or Lure: BUNKER
Water Depth: 25 - 60 FT
Water Temp.: 62
Information : FISHED ONE OF THE MANY PODS OF BUNKER CAUGHT 15 LBS STRIPER AND BLUEFISH. WEE BIT PUFFY TODAY THANK GOD IT WAS NORTHWEST. GREAT CREW - DAD AND PUDGY! HOOK EM'HARD

Angler Name : Mike P
E-Mail : bigboding@aol.com
Boat Name: Kelsey Linn
Date Fished: 10/18/2000
Location: Absecon inlet
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 34
Bait or Lure: eel
Water Depth: 30-
Water Temp.: 60
Information : caught at high tide 1:00pm 1st one of the season there on there way my favorite time of the year good luck to all

Angler Name : Charlie Haws
E-Mail : charlie@webspan.net
Boat Name: Big Jamaica
Date Fished: Oct. 15-16
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Weakfish
Size: up to 80 pounds
Bait or Lure: Jig, Sardines, dead squid
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : I was skeptical about fishing on a "headboat". I have a 28' Bertram and am used to doing things "my way". Thirty guys all trying to get a shot at tuna sounds like a great big cluster you know what.. Well Captain Bogan and the crew were just fabulous. After a very slow start with only three fish comming over the rail in the dark. We did move several times. I did managed to jig a very nice Longfin at day light. We moved again around 10:00AM to within a 1/2 mile of were we started. Well the action was nonstop until we pulled anchor around 2:00PM. The crew directed traffic sometimes with four fish hooked up on one side and several on the other side and maybe one or two at the stern!. I saw only one major tangle and the crew got the fish. I broke off seven fish at the boat; but I was using 50# florocarbon. The fish that got away were big yellowfins in the 80# range. I did manage to bring one to gaff plus three longfins to 50#. If you are like me and don't know if you like the party boat thing just give it try. Captain Howard Bogan strayed on the fish long after the trip was supposed to end and the crew was excellent. I found some new fishing buddies who want to chase strippers in the comming weeks; and am booked for my next trip. Bring your food, raingear, boots as the decks are constantly washed, and plenty of muscle power. Oh yes bring some tip money as the crew works their butts off for you.

Angler Name : Greg Heminway
E-Mail : rgheminway@aol.com
Boat Name: Top Shelf
Date Fished: 10/14&10/15
Location: Wreck Inlet
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: up to 24"
Bait or Lure: small jigs
Water Depth: 10' to 26'
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Best weakfishing of the year. Tons of baitfish, birds and weakies!! The average fish seemed to be around 13.5". About one out of 10 was a keeper. Most of our keepers were in the 16" to 17" range but we did manage to put many 22" and over in the box. The action on both days died around 10AM so get out there early!

Angler Name : Mark Meyers
E-Mail : markquality@1stconnect.com
Boat Name: Cat Fish Hunter
Date Fished: 10/14-10/15
Location: Hudson East wall
Fishing Method: Troll/chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 80 lb
Bait or Lure: Blue Zucker
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Had John P.,John B.,Frank and Arnie on the boat we started trolling around 4:00 P.M. on the west wall did nothing, then heard some reports of good action on the east wall so we picked up and ran 10 miles started trolling outside the fleet and picked up 4 long fins up to 40 lb. Started chunking at dark and picked 1 Long fin at 9:00 then nothing till 1:00 a.m. when we boated 2 Yellow fins, that was it till 5:00 a.m when we got 6 Long fins 30' off boat within 45 Min. Decided we had plenty of fish so we skiped the morning troll and headed in. Thanks to the Captin who shared the info about East wall.

Angler Name : Derek Dodds
E-Mail : dtdodds@home.com
Boat Name: The Blind Squirrel
Date Fished: 10/15
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 20 Lbs
Bait or Lure: Cedar plugs, feathers
Water Depth: 210 ft
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Started trolling at 8 am went 4 for five by noon when we had to get back. First tuna i ever caught ....what a thrill!!!

Angler Name : Steve Wizorek
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: Oct. 14-15,2000
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 60 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 850 ft.
Water Temp.: 61 degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had the Steve Wizorek charter out to the Hudson Canyon. Stopping in 850 ft. of 61 degree water our first 4 fish were Longfin Albacore. Much of the bait that we saw on our previous trip had moved out and obviously so did most of the Yellowfin. At 4AM we landed our first and only Yellowfin, a 50 lb. fish. At 5AM we had a good bite and landed 6 more Albacore while breaking off another 4. We finished the night with 11 fish.

Angler Name : Mad Max
E-Mail : verastegui@netzero.net
Boat Name: Meals on Reels
Date Fished: 10/14 10/15
Location: Raritan Bay, Sandy Hook & Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: bait / troll
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: squid bergall fillet
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Report: 10-14 Started out early from Seawaren. Hit spots from Perth Amboy to South SI beaches. Loaded with bait (UNMOLESTED). Cast net a bucket of peanut bunker. Livelined sand worms and bunker at Terminal channel for 2 spike weeks. Hit the rip for ZILCH. Trolled the SH Beaches to the Rocks for a trophy sea robin. Finally at the rocks hit on nonstop sea bass action. 2 short Tautog, One large Porgie and a 17" fluke. Kept 6 of the larger sea bass, the fluke and porgie. 10-15 Got a late start. Couldn't find the bunker. Big spearing school @ Old Orchard. Caught a sea gull on a popper. Soaked a couple of eels at the rip. Chunked sea robin @ Flynn's Knoll. 2 short sea bass at the terminal channel. Skunked for the first time in a long while. What's up with raritan bay?

Angler Name : Jeff Fleming
E-Mail : fishnlines@aol.com
Boat Name: Pegasus
Date Fished: 10/15/00
Location: 2 miles off Ocean city
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 26 inches
Bait or Lure: margate hoagie
Water Depth: 50 feet
Water Temp.:
Information : Another memorable day with Capt. Jim on the Pegasus. We took two of the wives out to keep them happy as Stripper season is approaching. After some trouble getting the ol girl started, we dropped lines about 2 miles off OC. We avoided the fleet that was sitting of Margate and it paid off. Non stop action all day long. Put about 10 in the cooler with Toms wife Suzzanne netting the big 26 incher. No weaks for us, just those flatties. I myself was commited to using ultra light tackle hoping for a good fight. What I got was almost nothing. Fished all day without any luck and 5 minutes before we left for home I had a huge fight with Mr Sea Robin. I did manage to also catch a squid. Even my better half Elisa put a 20 incher in the box. The weather couldnt have been better, with little wind and flat seas. Lets hope the Pegasus keeps running, so we can catch the fat strippers when they arrive. Thanks to Don at Giffords for the advice on where to fish. TIGHT LINES EVERYONE.

Angler Name : Willie Z.
E-Mail : williez@willie.cc
Boat Name: Steamboat Willie
Date Fished: Sunday 10-15
Location: Reef/the rocks
Fishing Method: trolling and bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: keepers
Bait or Lure: 20+
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 58?
Information : Mike and I left Keyport at 5am and started trolling from just outside the rips going towards the reef. Got a striper just as the sun was breaking the horizon. One mile before the reef I hooked into a bluefish that I thought would run out the line, but wound up making a bloody mess of the boat. Fished the reef for Sea Bass for about 1 hour, but nothing decent. Moved down to just north of the Shrewsbury Rocks and started cathing Sea Bass. Chunked some bergalls, and got bigger fish. Also caught a porgy and a 17 inch Fluke. Was a great dya for being on the water and fishing.

Angler Name : JOHN FEULNER
E-Mail :
Boat Name: GIZMO
Date Fished: 10-15-00
Location: HIGHLANDS BRIDGE
Fishing Method: TROLL & JIG
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32 INCHES
Bait or Lure: SHAD RIG & PLUG
Water Depth: 25-50 FT
Water Temp.: 62 F
Information : FISHED OFF THE BRIDGE, CAUGHT A KEEPER AND DROPPED A FEW. TRIED THE SHREWSBURY ROCKS. TOO MANY BOATS. SAW FISH BEING TAKEN. LOST A SPOON AND WENT BACK TO THE BRIDGE AND JIGGED SOME SMALL WEAKS. TRIED UP BETWEEN THE CHANNELS AND NAILED ANOTHER NICE BASS. FISHED WITH DAN HUYLER, TONY LAURO AND ED PINTO. FLAT OCEAN AND A WARM SUNNY DAY

Angler Name : Ray
E-Mail : KSUSA3@aol.com
Boat Name: Katie D.
Date Fished: 10/15/00
Location: Thunderbird
Fishing Method: Live Lining - Chunking Bunker
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 40"
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 50-60 ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information : After a long day Tuna fishing Saturday, took a leisurely ride south of the inlet trolling for stripers. One samll blue on the troll. Bunker were everywhere. Started snagging and live lining bunker only to have them chopped in half. Anchored upwind of a large pod of bunker and started chunking. About 15 minutes later, both rods went at the same time. Since I was by myself, I set the hook on both, and stayed with what felt like the larger fish. Got it boat side, grabbed it by the jaw, and hauled it onto the boat. After measuring, released it. Grabbed the other rod and brought its twin boat-side. Released that one too. Plenty of tuna in the fridge from Saturday.

Angler Name : Scott Mc
E-Mail : scottm@zippak.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/15/00
Location: pt pleasant inlet
Fishing Method: try like hell
Specie: Blackfish
Size: just the limit
Bait or Lure: fiddlers
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Got there late but managed to fish the outgoing tide and were rewarded with several blacks. Lots of them were just close to legal size and did manage to put a few into the cooler. Could not help but notice the hundreds of boats just off the beach on north side of the inlet, anybody now what they are going for? "stripers????" later.

Angler Name : Jason Perry
E-Mail : jwperry@dellnet.com
Boat Name: R Toy
Date Fished: 10/14& 10/15
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll/ Chunk
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 30-65
Bait or Lure: reel seat bars, butters,sardines,squid
Water Depth: 550ft
Water Temp.: 65.1
Information : dropped lines at 3:30 on the west wall trolled for 45 minutes no run offs and no life, water was cold. Picked up and ran to the east elbow dropped lines in and in 15 minutes had our first run off, there was alot more life and water temp was rising from 62 to 65. Boated two longfin on the troll then set up for the night. Had first longfin on chunk as soon as the lines went in. Had a steady pick of fish till 2:00a.m. then it went dead. Finished the night with 17 longfin to 60lbs. and two yellowfin at 65lbs. Hope the weather holds so we can get a few more trips in.

Angler Name : Scott Secor
E-Mail : scottsecor@home.com
Boat Name: KimberlyRyan
Date Fished: 10/14-10/15
Location: west wall of Hudson
Fishing Method: troll/chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-110lbs
Bait or Lure: spreader,sardines
Water Depth: 570
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Arrived at the flats around 6:00 pm trolled for about fifteen minutes. Got a knockdown on new spreader bar ended up being a 110lb yellowfin (our largest ever). Started chunking an hour later hooked three, landed two both around 9:00 pm on sardines, each about 60lbs. Nothing rest of night, but overall pleased with trip and pleasant weather.

Angler Name : Tony Perovich
E-Mail : tonyp008@aol.com
Boat Name: SEVU
Date Fished: 10/15/00
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 31"
Bait or Lure: live eels
Water Depth: 40 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : First fish boated on new boat was caught by my son's friend Scott. 31" stripped bass is a good way to start. Those eels sure are slimey. Many more to come. Only fish caught in 6 hours from 7 am. Watched birds start to work at Keansburg peer only to have 10 boats speed to spot only to break up schoooling fish.

Angler Name : Capt Bernie Roth
E-Mail : mbroth@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: Tenacious
Date Fished: Oct 14=15
Location: Hudson canyon
Fishing Method: Troll/chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-70 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish/squid
Water Depth: 800 feet
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Took the Ron Antonelli fishing team to the Hudson Canyon for an overnighter. Started trolling 4 miles short of the west elbow and picked three longfins before setting up to chunk at 5:30 pm. We had constant action till 3am on dead and live squid, butterfish and sardines. When we pulled the anchor at 7:30 am we had 5 longfins and 12 yellowfins on ice ranging from 50 to 70lbs. Contrary to the previous night the moon did not seem to affect the bite. The charter and mate Bob Billerman worked hard all night trying different baits, depths and line sizes and their efforts paid off. One of the great trips this year!!

Angler Name : Captain Ed
E-Mail : metropolitanfire@bigplanet.com
Boat Name: Pamela Marie
Date Fished: 10-14/10-15
Location: Baltimore Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50#
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 360'
Water Temp.: 66
Information : Arrived at the canyon saturday night at dark, set up the chunk on the west wall and waited, moved four times through the night but no fish. At sun up heard on the radio that the east wall was producing fish but decided to stay on the west wall, glad we did because at 8:30 a.m. the rods lit up and we slaughtered 50 pounders, ran out of chunk bait by 9:00. Might be the last tuna trip for me. Good fishing.

Angler Name : Brian
E-Mail : bmoleen@dresdner.com
Boat Name: Canyon Dreamer
Date Fished: 10/14-10/15
Location: Seaside/Barn. Ridge
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 50lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : On Saturday morning we left Barnegat Inlet and ran north until we got into massive schools of bunker. We live lined and chunked some with no luck. There were too many boats to compete with so we loaded up with bunkers and ran to the ridge to try some chunking. I figured the water was cool enough for a mako. Within a few minutes we had our first run off. We lost it. Then I had a spinning rod out with a live bunker on and it just took off. A 50lb mako was on and put on a real nice show for us. We landed and released the mako. Sunday we found more schools of bunker and this time all we could pull out from under them was bluefish. I did hear of some bass being caught but all we could find was the large choppers. I will be doing some night trips this week lets hope the bass start hitting.

Angler Name : Ritch
E-Mail : justreelin@home.com
Boat Name: Justreelin
Date Fished: 10/14 - 10/15/2000
Location: The Rocks
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 34"
Bait or Lure: Green black backed shads
Water Depth: 44-48
Water Temp.: 61
Information : We killed them on Saturday and were releasing many keeper bass. Sunday nothing but bluefish. Picked some nice sea bass at the mud bouy. Maybe things are changing.

Angler Name : Captain Bob Balewicz
E-Mail : bob@cornerelo.com
Boat Name: Carcharodon
Date Fished: Saturday-Sunday, October 14-15
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: to 90 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish/Squid
Water Depth: 570'
Water Temp.: 62.5
Information : We finally got to fish with Karl Lens & friends after a few weather blowouts...we enjoyed the opportunity! After a pristine, calm ride out we tried some trolling to no avail & set-up on the East Side to chunk 'em up. I must complement the crew for hanging in there as we never had 'em steady but it wasn't for a lack of effort. The blue dogs were pulling hook after hook on us but we managed a nice catch for the boys. Thanks Carlo, you're the best!

Angler Name : JOE MILO
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Allison Marie
Date Fished: 10-15
Location: Delaware Bay-Old Horseshoe
Fishing Method: Anchored
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 18"
Bait or Lure: Chicken in shedder oil
Water Depth: 30'
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Caught 3 nice weaks 18, 17, and 16 inchers. Also had 4 blues at 18" But spent most of the day pulling 20-15" croakers off the rods.

Angler Name : Tom
E-Mail :
Boat Name: TomKat
Date Fished: 10/14-15
Location: asbury-manasquan
Fishing Method: A17-007 jigs
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 13-20
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 35-55
Water Temp.: 61
Information : super fishing on light tackle in what seemed like a big lake both days.Felt like one of "the good old boys"just catching pan fish and enjoying two of the best days on the water.The wife really liked catching fish for a change. So did I. Hope there's more days left like these past two.

Angler Name : Ken Fortino, Capt Bruce Hrobak
E-Mail : Captwave @aol.com
Boat Name: Wavedancer
Date Fished: 10/ 15 /00
Location: Shrewsbury Rock and North of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Trolling and Live Bunker
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 34 inchs
Bait or Lure: Sahd Bars Bunker Spoons and Live Bunker !!!!
Water Depth: 35 to 65 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Headed North toward The Rocks arrived early caught a few on Shad bars and Bunker Spoons then got Hammerd by Blues Lots of boats so we moved and found live Bunker unforunatly more blues wreaking the perfect baits Had 1 nice Bass Thoughhopefully The temps will cool a bit Improving the Fishing !! Tight Lines Capt Bruce

Angler Name : Bob & Corey
E-Mail : Rgspr@aol.com
Boat Name: O' Yeah !
Date Fished: 10/15/00
Location: LE inlet and off Brigentine
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure: Squid
Water Depth: 20-35'
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Arrived at LE inlet at about 930 this morning. Made a few unproductive drifts and decided to go outside. Headed south aboard the "O' Yeah! " to 1/2 mi off wreck inlet. Marked some fish and my 9 year old son Corey and I caught a weakfish every time we dropped our squidded line in! The action was so hot I had to reel in a third rod we had out because two rods had fish on at all times for about 30 mins. or so. We had a ton of 13" - 14" fish and 3 between 16" & 18." Then we drifted further out to where a fleet of boats were nailing weaks under the birds. had several more and I had a big one get away. Just as I lost my big fish the boat next to me caught a 7-8# false albacore. We then returned to the LE inlet and had a couple of run offs on the out going tide using live eel. But ended the day with 6 weakfish between 16 & 22." Threw everything under that back. Great day...Bob

Angler Name : National Fishing Association Phil Kozak
E-Mail : NFAQ5441@aol.com
Boat Name: Pocket Rocket
Date Fished: 10/15/2000
Location: Manasquan to deal
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 14 to 17 inches
Bait or Lure: A-17 A-27 1/2oz jig head and white finS
Water Depth: 20 to 35 ft
Water Temp.: 63.7
Information : Took my better half for a day on the water. Looking for weakfish and found them just as I turned the corner. The weaks were schooling just off sea girt and were easy to find. Requested some information on how the guys were catching and used tht information to score over 20 weakfish to 17 inches. Kept 7 for dinner which I had tonight. My wife used the A-17 and was high hook for the day and caught the biggest fish. I stayed with the jig and white fin-s on 8 pound test with a micro light rod and reel. Tried for some seabass at the deal area but no drift at 1 pm. The small bluefish were the key to getting the larger weakfish as they were right under those surfacing bluefish. I will try for bass again next weekend if the weather allows. Saw lots of small schools of bunker. I didn't care for those netters working the schools of weakfish and I didn't see them throw any shorts back. We should to keep them off the rec fleets. Phil

Angler Name : Capt. Fred Hepper
E-Mail : hep@njlenders.com
Boat Name: branch office
Date Fished: 10/15/00
Location: shrewsbury rcks/mud bouey
Fishing Method: see below
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 40 inches
Bait or Lure: white bunker spoon
Water Depth: 30
Water Temp.:
Information : Trolled up one cow @ shrewsbury rocks this am w/white bunker sppon on wire. A super fat cow! Ran to Mud-hole no action. Moved to Mud bouey, lots of blues, but lots of sea bass and 2 large fluke. Great day, lots of action - tite lines!

Angler Name : Harold Edsell
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: October 14-15
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 90 pounds
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie went right back offshore for the 3rd overnighter in as many nights Saturday-Sunday with the Harold Edsell charter from High Point, NJ. However, on this one, the fishing was not up to par. With boats on our numbers from the last two nights we were forced to set up a mile away and thought we were in for a great night when we put 4 yellowfin in the boat before dark. However, once the sun disappeared so did the fish and we only had 2 bluesharks throughtout the rest of the night. This was going to be, most likely, the last of 48 canyon trips for the year but after such a great year we can not stand ending our canyon season on a low note. I guess we will have to do one more, but then again why stop at 49 when 50 is so close.

Angler Name : Frank
E-Mail : Frankfas1@aol.com
Boat Name: 28 Rampage
Date Fished: 10/15/00
Location: Barnaget inlet, north jetty, tires, north of the jetty
Fishing Method: everything in the book
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: everything, eels, squid and minnows ,lures, bombers, and gigs lu
Water Depth: various
Water Temp.:
Information : Tried everything in the book and in the box. Ended up with 3 Black sea bass,1 throw back fluke, and 4 sea robins. Oh, and one nuked deformed skate?? Plenty of bait fish in the water, but no fish. Anyone have better luck?

Angler Name : John the Greek
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Tackle Box Sportfishing
Date Fished: 10/14/00
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Limited out
Bait or Lure: Eels/Wormin'
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Capt. Phil took us out to his spot and had fish on within 10 minutes....unreal. Also had a few slammer size blues too. His 24' True World CC is a great rock solid boat Thanks Phil and Phillipe for a great morning.

Angler Name : Capt. Lou Green,Tony,Rich H.,Jazz
E-Mail : louis_green@ml.com
Boat Name: Green Machine
Date Fished: 10/13-10/14
Location: Hudson West wall & mouth
Fishing Method: Chunck/troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-70#
Bait or Lure: Butters
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: 60 - 63
Information : Nice weekend and lots of fish. We chunked on the west side and had a steady pick of Yellows until a huge shark took our Sword bait and tied us up for 40 minutes. Never had a shark fight so hard and could'nt get a good Id on him. The 100 lb leader gave way when he was only 5 feet from the boat. The Yellows returned later about 3am and continued until daybreak. 11 Yelowfins chunked and 4 Longfin trolled out by the mouth. We found the Yellows preferred baits with light sticks on them. The fleet was mixed with some boats limiting and others with a fish or two. I saw 5 headboats out by mouth by a 2 degree temp. break. Last canyon trip of 2000.

Angler Name : Pete &Tom
E-Mail : fphsr@aol.com
Boat Name: Rooster
Date Fished: 10/14/00
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: small
Bait or Lure: sandworms
Water Depth: 10-50
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Tom & I fished #4 Ammo Pier & #16 Sandy Hook-no keepers We did see Big Jim of the Tarbaby land a large Weakfish.

Angler Name : PFB
E-Mail : pfb10@compuserve.com
Boat Name: Rock & Roll
Date Fished: 10/14/00
Location: Romer Shoal Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18 - 21
Bait or Lure: Shad rigs
Water Depth: 16 - 30 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Trolled for 5 hours all over the place. Hits were far and few between. We caught 2 Striped Bass (both shorts) and a few Bluefish (5 to 8 pounds). It was not as good as I had expected. A lot of boats were out off the Highlands Bridge. If anyone was out there please drop me an E-mail on what was biting out there. I heard reports of Keeper Bass being caught but don't know where or how. Any info would be helpful.

Angler Name : Captain Bob Mancini
E-Mail : genesee@systec.com
Boat Name: GENESEE III
Date Fished: 10/14/00
Location: Barnegat Light
Fishing Method: Chumming/Drifting
Specie: Bluefish
Size: N/A
Bait or Lure: Sguid, mackerel, bunker
Water Depth: 55 ft
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Left barnegat inlet for North Barnegat ridge in search of bluefish and bonito. Had a great crew of Barry, Mark, Steve and Brian but found nothing but a clean ocean and clean fish finder screen. Chummed a few locations on the north ridge, no action. headed inshore to search for seabass and bottom fish at the reef and north jetty. Only one keeper fluke and seabass. All other catches of skates and sea robins, and a dead clam by Barry, returned to the sea. A wonderful day and crew but not what the Captain had ordered. Will try another day.

Angler Name : Ken
E-Mail : pigpenken@aol.com
Boat Name: fishnutz
Date Fished: saturday 14 october
Location: Long Branch
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16
Bait or Lure: spearing
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 62
Information : This fluke season is over for me. We caught 3 summer flounder today and kept 1 legal fluke. I hope to be back next year. bye bye

Angler Name : Billy Rowan
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: October 13-14
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 90 pounds
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie went right back offshore Friday-Saturday with the Billy Rowan charter from Middletown, NJ and had another good pick at the yellowfin. Setting up on the West Wall of the Hudson Canyon the Canyon Runner had to wait until 8:30 p.m. before the yellowfin showed up. However, solid action ensued thoughtout the night and the boxes were loaded by 3:00a.m. They were back at the dock by 8:00 a.m. with 22 yellowfin up to 90 pounds.

Angler Name : Mike
E-Mail : MTM134@AOL.COM
Boat Name: Amrosia
Date Fished: 13/14
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60 lbs
Bait or Lure: butters & squid
Water Depth: 500
Water Temp.: 61 - 62
Information : We anchored at the east wall just at sunset and even before the anchor set our first long fin was hooked. In the matter of 45 min. we had 3 long fin in the boat. Then the entire night was dead except for a shark that took all four lines. Needless to say he bit through all of them. We then moved to the west wall at 3:00 am. Finally at 7:30 am after all the boats were gone we hooked into a yellow fin. Not many boats (around 200) catching tuna at the Hudson according to radio reports. Seems the water was to cold.

Angler Name : Paul & Emilio Pinho
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: Oct. 13/14,2000
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 80 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 1000 ft.
Water Temp.: 65 degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula ran the Bounty Hunter back to the Hudson Canyon with the Paul & Emilio Pinho charter. Stopping in 1000 ft. of 65 degree water, we had Tuna on within the first hour landing 6 Yellowfin up to 80 lbs. and loosing another 4 to the rudders. The action slowed as the moon got higher in the sky. At 3AM the Tuna came on again and we went 8 for 15 on Yellowfin, also adding 3 Longfin.

Angler Name : Michael Savage
E-Mail : michael_savage@address.com
Boat Name: Wreckless
Date Fished: 10/14-10/13
Location: Tom's Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: Any
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 1000 fathoms
Water Temp.: 72
Information : From Little Egg Inlet we ran straight out on a 120 to the 1000 fathom curve about 20 miles east of the Toms Canyon. Found the warm water and set up chunkin and chumming at 6 pm. We had sharks almost immediately and they were essentially non stop until we got fed up and moved to the deep part of the Tom's about 9 mi. from the tip. Not a single tuna the whole night. One Mako, one dusky and one dolphin and more big blue sharks than I ever saw before. Lost at least 20 rigs to sharks.From the radio it was easy to tell that the best action was the Hudson. Sounded like most boats everywhere did at least a few tuna except for us. We were drifting.

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skomann@aol.com
Boat Name: Teal
Date Fished: 10-14-00
Location: Outside Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20-28"
Bait or Lure: Sandworms & Eels
Water Depth: 20-40 Feet
Water Temp.: ?
Information : took my daughter Jordanne with me for her first night fishing trip--WHAT A BUSTA.A full boat of people and only 5 stripers caught( 1 over 28",2 slots and 2 under 24"s )I co-caught a 15 inch fluke-I say co-caught as both it swallowed by my hook and the guy's next to me

Angler Name : Fred
E-Mail : fredpacc@aol.com
Boat Name: Lone Ranger
Date Fished: 10/13/2000-10/14/2000
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40lbs-90lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 400'
Water Temp.: 63'
Information : Trolled from the Texas tower to the tip of the Hudson and got one right at the tip- 90lb Yellow Fin. Droped anchor at the East wall and started hitting them right away! There was only two of us on the boat so we lost at least 12 fis. But we managed to boat 8, most around 50lbs. Weather was incredible! never saw the Canyon so calm! Most boats on the radio were doing OK. I didn't see any dolphin and not that much squid in the water but the Tuna was There.

Angler Name : The Gregs, Wade, Brad, Craig
E-Mail : captnzeroo@aol.com
Boat Name: Sugar Dad
Date Fished: Oct 13&14
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Big-Eye Tuna
Size: 300#
Bait or Lure: Butters & Squid
Water Depth: 650
Water Temp.: 62.4
Information : Great boat & great crew had a great trip to the Hud. Fish count was 1 300# Big Eye, 1 200# Big Eye, 4 YFT between 50-70#, 1 40# Longfin Tuna, 1 10' Blue Dog.

Angler Name : Al
E-Mail : asica@worldlynx.net
Boat Name: Octafish
Date Fished: 10/14/00
Location: Wildwood Reef
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 11 to 14 "
Bait or Lure: Minnow + Clam
Water Depth: 55 ft
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Flat Seas, Lite wind , perfect air temp. Fished the Wildwood reef with the kids , caught 20+ keeper sea bass on minnows.

Angler Name : Dvae
E-Mail : desgf@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Miss LBI
Date Fished: 10/14/00
Location: Off of LBI
Fishing Method:
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 4 lbs
Bait or Lure: Clam & Crab
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Had A great Day on the Miss LBI...Caught 12 Keeper seabass and a bunch of throw backs( I only ues one hook on my rig....Boat was crowded and many people had two and three Hooks on there rigs and filled there coolers. Too nice of a day not to be out on the water..Heading offshore tuesday night would like to hear some reports E-mail me please

Angler Name : Ray & Ed
E-Mail : KSUSA3@aol.com
Boat Name: Katie D.
Date Fished: 10/14/00
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Drift Chunking
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 70 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 180
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Arrived at the Monster Ledge about 7:30 am. Lots of boats anchoring up. We decided to troll around for a while and make our way to the Mud Hole. Absolutely no one was within 5 miles of us. We started chunking on the drift. About noon - wham! Restarted the drift up wind and about 3:00 pm had one more hit - no hook-up.

Angler Name : J SHIRLEY
E-Mail : JSHIRLEY59@AOL.COM
Boat Name: TUNA GIRL
Date Fished: OCT.14
Location: SANDY HOOK
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30"
Bait or Lure: SHAD RIGS
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Started fishing at sun up at shrewsbury rocks and got a dozen bluefish to 14lbs, moved up to sandy hook and caught more blues before getting a 30" striper between the range towers. Hope cooler weather will start these fish biting. Tight lines.

Angler Name : Frank Casale
E-Mail : fcasale@earthlink.net
Boat Name: ANASTASIA
Date Fished: 10/13 & 10/14
Location: Hudson Canyon - West Elbow
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 55 to 80LB
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 485'
Water Temp.: 63.5
Information : Frank, Chris & Craig Casale with Ron & Rich Kocheran anchored at the west elbow about 6:30PM and got right to it. This is the second time that I found this spot productive. Nothing in the way of water temp breaks, but didn't seem to bother the fish. Heavy chunk brought in the fish at between 100' to 150' deep. Kept 12 fish, I think all yellowfin, although some reports were of alot of longfin. When we slowed down the chunk, the fish went away; increase the chunk and they'd come back. I heard some chatter about the east elbow being dead & some guys moved to the west side. Also, fish are not leader shy, we used 6' of 80# Fluorocarbon with 4oz barrel sinker and it was fine. Got a visit from a 12' shark for about 5 minutes (I know this is accurate as it was almost as wide as the stern on my 43' Egg) I couldn't tell what type it was, just knew it was big. The second shark later on was a 4'-5' Blue. Just a note that I saw the supermarket price for tuna today at $15.99/lb! Email me if you want to compare some numbers.

Angler Name : Mike Pelligra
E-Mail : Mikepell@home.com
Boat Name: Lady Elizabeth
Date Fished: Oct. 13/14
Location: west wall Hudson
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50 -80
Bait or Lure: butters/ live squid
Water Depth: the deep
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Had another great trip on the lady elizabeth. Captain Richie and crew Ron and Paul had a great night chunking on the west wall. Had our first fish in the boat 15 minutes after the first chunks hit the water. Had a steady pick all night with a great bite at 1:30 put 12 yellows and 1 longfin on ice and released fish until 6:00 a.m. maybe 25 -30 fish to the boat in total. With tired arms we hit the docks at 11:00 a.m. ready for the next trip. Thanks Guys

Angler Name : JIM
E-Mail : JIMBOWB@AOL.COM
Boat Name: MY SHOES----SOLD MY MAKO
Date Fished: 10-14-00
Location: DEAL JETTY
Fishing Method: POPPERS,CHUNKS
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: POPPRES
Water Depth: 10-20
Water Temp.: 59
Information : NOTHING HAPPINING NO HITS FISHED TILL 8 PM

Angler Name : Brian & Dave
E-Mail : davek@worldwideapparel.com
Boat Name: EasyGo
Date Fished: Oct 14
Location: Mud Buoy
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3 to 12 lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: UNK
Water Temp.: UNK
Information : Report: Oct 14,2000 With a committment to chum & chunk we headed down the beach from Sandy Hook towards Shrewsbury Rocks and stopped to chase some small schools of false albacore without any luck. We then headed to the Mud Buoy which was our original destination. Anchoring up we proceeded to chum and chunk. Brian started us off with a blue about 3 to 4 lbs and after that we had blues up to about 12 lbs , with the action being steady for the next couple of hours, using our light tackle with 12lb test we managed about two dozen blues between us.we throw everything back so that's an unofficial count. Our goal is to have a good day fishing while enjoying the beautiful Oct weather. It was truly a beautiful day and the fishing was pretty good so I would say we were successful.

Angler Name : Mike Chrysanthopoulos
E-Mail : NCTAR1
Boat Name: TARHEEL
Date Fished: 10/13-10/14
Location: West Wall Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: On the Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-80lb
Bait or Lure: Buttterfish and Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 450ft
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Another nite of good fishing, boated 11 lost 7 including huge fish we fought for about 1/2 hour.

Angler Name : chris
E-Mail : boarder291@aol.com
Boat Name: 25' proline
Date Fished: oct 12 and 14
Location: sandy hook rip
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32 inches
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 24, 92 in the channel
Water Temp.: NEEDS TO GET COLDER
Information : fished from 2:00-7:00pm and got one striper, did not see any other boat with fish . . not even shorts! We got a 45 inch 29 pound Striper thurday night.

Angler Name : Capt Bernie Roth
E-Mail : mbroth@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: Tenacious
Date Fished: Oct12-13
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll/Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-70 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish/squid
Water Depth: 800 ft
Water Temp.: 63 degrees
Information : Had the Kevin Miles party on board for an overnighter to the Hudson Canyon. Started trolling 4 miles short of the hundred square on the east wall and had one longfin and one yellowfin on ice before setting up for the chunk. By 9:30 pm we had two longfins, three yellowfins and a 145 lb bigeye on ice. When the moon came up our action died and we only caught blue dogs the rest of the night. At daybreak we trolled up the east wall till 9:00 am and headed for home.

Angler Name : Hank Hrycak
E-Mail : marc0311@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Action
Date Fished: October 13,2000
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 29", 30", 43" (32.5 lbs)
Bait or Lure: Sassy Shads
Water Depth: 35'
Water Temp.: 61
Information : We trolled the can, pulled the 29" and made a return run to put the 32.5 lber in the boat.

Angler Name : LOU
E-Mail :
Boat Name: ANOTHER TOY
Date Fished: 10/12- 10/13
Location: HUDSON/ELBOW
Fishing Method: CHUNCK
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50TO70
Bait or Lure: BUTTER
Water Depth: 820
Water Temp.: 61.5
Information : ANOTHER TOY LEFT THE DOCK AT 1:30 GOT TO THE ELBOW AND SET UP FOR THE CHUNCK BY 6. LOTS OF BOATS AROUND. FIGURED THERE WOULD BE WITH THE NICE WEATHER. GOT OFF TO A SLOW START BUT AFTER LOWERING THE BAITS TO 120FT. THINGS HEATED UP. BOATED 6 NICE YELLOWS LOOSING 7 OR SO TO AN INEXPERIENCED ANGLER. ALL IN ALL WE HAD A GREAT NIGHT IN THE HUDSON. GOOD FOOD, GOOD PEOPLE, GOOD WEATHER AND SOME GOOD ACTION. HEARD OF A COUPLE NICE SWORDS BEING CAUGHT. ON THE WAY IN WE RAN INTO SOME FUEL PROBLEMS. 9 HOURS LATER WE PULLED INTO THE DOCK. AT LEAST THE WEATHER WAS GOOD. I THINK I WILL TAKE MY BROTHER IN LAWS ADVICE, TO CARRY AN EXTRA FUEL FILTER. CATCH EM UP!!

Angler Name : Ray
E-Mail : Finnila.com@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Mo' Money
Date Fished: 10/13/00
Location: Sandy Hook to Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: N/A
Bait or Lure: Shad rigs and tubes
Water Depth: 15' to 40'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Went fishing with my dad, hoping to catch stripers. Started trolling at 8:30 AM, at the bug light, worked my way around the tip of the Hook. Saw birds working many places, all the way down to the Rocks. Couldn't hook anything. Heard that the fish surfacing were false albacore. Trolled the Rocks with no success. Decided to do some bottom fishing at the Sandy Hook Reef, so we wouldn't get skunked. The bergalls were hungry, but we managed to catch seven keeper seabass. A beautiful day. P.S. All is not lost, my wife gave me permission to buy a new boat !!!! <*)))><

Angler Name : Paul Czaya
E-Mail : pczaya@amergenenergy.com
Boat Name: Bird-of-Prey
Date Fished: 10/12-13/00
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: chunk/troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 45-80 lbs.
Bait or Lure: butterfish, squid, Green Machines
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 62.4
Information : Ron Bryan, Stan Dylag and I arrived at the 100 square about 5:30 PM on Thursday and set up immediately to chunk. We had our first yellowfin on in short order and had two in the boat before everything shut off at 9 PM. After daybreak we put two more in the boat and then began to troll up the east wall. The water temperature dropped two degrees between the 100 square and east elbow where it once again increased to 62.2-62.4 and remained in that range all the way to the tip. At the east elbow we picked up one longfin and one YFT and lost a third as we trolled through. All fish trolled hit Green Machines. No hits from the east elbow to the tip. There seemed to be less bait in the 100 square but the fish there are bigger on average.

Angler Name : Capt Joe Hahn and Rich Danek
E-Mail : jhahn@infi.net
Boat Name: Smokey Joe
Date Fished: 10/13/00
Location: Monster Ledge
Fishing Method: Chunking/Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure: Buttter Fish/Bunker Chum/Tuna Clone
Water Depth: 134/300 feet
Water Temp.: 62
Information : We hit the Ledge at dawn. Sea's were a little choppy with that NW wind. Finally it calmed down. We put out Bunker chum with lots of Butter's. No even any sing of fish. We hit a couple of drop offs and started chunking again. Nothing to report. A buch of guys were out there sharking and there was no action at all. PS watch out for theri slicks. They are real tempromental about them. Even when you are quite a distance away. Get my drift? Trolled for a while, with a number of artificials not even a false albacore or little tunny. If anybody has had some good luck inshore, up to 40 miles out, drop me a line, PLEASE, at jhahn@infi.net

Angler Name : Todd Irving
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: October 12-13
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 90 pounds
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie was back offshore Thursday-Friday with the Todd Irving charter and had a good pick at the yellowfin. Setting up on the West Wall of the Hudson Canyon the Canyon Runner had yellowfin in the slick as soon as it got dark. Picking fish thoughtout the night the charter had the boxes loaded by 1:00 a.m. and were back at the dock with 18 yellowfin up to 90 pounds at 6:30 a.m.

Angler Name : George
E-Mail : louisgeo1@aol.com
Boat Name: Just One More
Date Fished: 10/13
Location: East of sandy hook rip
Fishing Method: drifting eels
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27-45"
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 50ft
Water Temp.: NA
Information : Fished friday aboard the charter boat just one more from 5pm - 9pm caught 3 keeper striped bass between the 3 of us that fished we caught a 27" and 33" by 6:30pm and then 1 nailed a 45" cow that weighed 27lbs around 7:15pm then it died and no other fish were taken. It should start to turn on with some cooler water temps. Tight lines

Angler Name : buck
E-Mail :
Boat Name: fin tastic
Date Fished: 10-13-00
Location: south of rocks
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30-52 inches
Bait or Lure: spoons
Water Depth: 40-60
Water Temp.: 62.4
Information : it was a great day...we end up w/ on fish that went52 inches and then another that was 39lbs....great day...a lot of fun and to many boats.

Angler Name : Dave doebley
E-Mail : david167@webtv.net
Boat Name: Nevermoor
Date Fished: 10/12-10/13
Location: Lindy
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 35-60
Bait or Lure: butters/frozen+live squid
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Started out on inshore lump for BFT nothing there moved out to carteret 1 longfin, not much hapening so we moved to the lindy on a good report from the Vicson picked at YFT and dolphn all nite total catch 6 YFT 4 nice mahi and 1 longfin. Weather man wrong again ,hard ride home. Also released 1 8-9 foot blue shark and lost a few fish. Can not wait until next weekend to try it again. Has anyone heard any reports from the Wilmington?

Angler Name : Gary Cook
E-Mail : riverrunner@rocketmail.com
Boat Name: IBSP
Date Fished: 10/13/00
Location: Area 18
Fishing Method: Bait/PLugs
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: None
Bait or Lure: Clams/Bunker
Water Depth: 6-10'
Water Temp.: 62
Information : My brother in-law Frank and I fished the surf at IBSP from 4:00 p.m. until 10:00p.m., not an decent fish was caught. Crabs stole your bait and the only hits we got were from Skates.Guess I'll have to take the boat outside for any thing edible. Any one with recent boat report, please e-mail me. Gary

Angler Name : Capt. Eric
E-Mail : erichecht@home.com
Boat Name: Tailwalker
Date Fished: 10/12 - 10/13
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50 to 80
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 650
Water Temp.: 62.5
Information : Set up at 6pm and had fish on right away. By 11pm had 22 of 30 fish in the boat. We then switched from 50# gear to 30# and 20# gear and only one rod for the next 2 hours. We released 18 out of 30 and seized the drags on 2 shimano calcuttas. Also roke off a small mako on mono. Each trip i say "can't get better than this" and then it does! Total of 40 fish!

Angler Name : jim s
E-Mail : jcs2156@home.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/13 4-5 pm
Location: pt pleasant canal
Fishing Method:
Specie: Blackfish
Size: 10-16"
Bait or Lure: green crab
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : took a dozen greenies to the canal fri afternoon.Out of 45 pieces of bait wound up with 2 keepers and threw back another dozen. Not bad to kill an hour or two.Gotta know your tides and fish the slack water.

Angler Name : Mike
E-Mail : msquirts@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Squid Row
Date Fished: 10/12/2000
Location: Keyport Harbor
Fishing Method: Drifting Live Herring
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30"
Bait or Lure: Live Herring
Water Depth: 3' to 10'
Water Temp.: ???
Information : Drifted live herring from 3:15pm to 5:30pm on the incoming tide. I cought a 30" striper on a live hering with a circle hook through its lips between the channel and the point in Keyport Harbor. There were small schools of peanut bunker being blitzed by schoolie stripers between the channel and the sod banks.

Angler Name : Dean Nelson
E-Mail : dnn61@aol.com or deloryer@aol.com
Boat Name: fly finatic
Date Fished: 10/12/00
Location: monster ledge
Fishing Method: fly fishing
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 25lb.
Bait or Lure: flies
Water Depth: 155
Water Temp.: 62.5
Information : Started chunking at 11am,and chunked until 330pm.took one bluefin on the fly around 2pm.never had fish in the slick,nor did i see any sign of life other then the one fish I caught.Fish took a flashy clouser minnow tied on 3/0 gamakatso.No other boats on the ledge seemed to do anything.water was flat,drift was ok.anybody doing anything with the bluefin drop me an e-mail,I would appreciate it.tight lines.

Angler Name : Tom Crann
E-Mail : Stripersamgateway.net
Boat Name: FinestKind
Date Fished: 12 Oct 00
Location: Garden State South Reef
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 12 to 19 inch
Bait or Lure: skimmer clam and mullet
Water Depth: 60 Ft
Water Temp.: 62
Information : arrived at reef at 800am and started catching right away.fished until about 100pm and headed back because we had plenty of filleting to do.The weather and fishing were perfect ,the only thing that ruined the day was as we approached Beach Haven Inlet we saw a fleet of marine police and coast gaurd vessels and found out later at the dock that there had been a terrible accident just outside the inlet . Please be careful guys.

Angler Name : Bill Gray
E-Mail : bgray80@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10-12-00
Location: Point Pleasant Canal
Fishing Method: Plugging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 31 inches
Bait or Lure: Black Bomber
Water Depth: unknown
Water Temp.: unknown
Information : Hit the canal at 8:30 PM, the tide was rushing in like Niagara Falls. Casted plug down current and retrieved it against the tide. Caught the fish and battled both the current and the fish with light tackle alot of fun. The Canal is hot for both Bass and Blackfish. Give it a try!

Angler Name : MARK SCHILLING
E-Mail : Markz2222aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/12
Location: Out of Barnegat Light
Fishing Method: Boat
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: trolling/squid
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Trolled beach in a.m. with no luck. Few birds but nothing good. Bottom fished reef around 9 a.m. with no luck. Fished beach in afternoon and caught tons of sea robins. Where are all of the fish?

Angler Name : frank,eric vinny
E-Mail : frankko66@aol.com
Boat Name: easygo
Date Fished: 10-12
Location: sh reef
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 3lbs
Bait or Lure: squid,fiddlers,bergalls
Water Depth: 45ft
Water Temp.:
Information : went out to the reef bottom fishing. targeted blacks but the porgies were thick-you couldnt keep crab on your hook . we caught a few small blacks and a bunch of sea bass&porgies.chunks of bergalls was the best bait for sea bass the pogies couldnt steal it that quickly.a decent day fishing-beautiful weather wise

Angler Name : Howard Simons
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/11/00
Location: Sea Bright Surf
Fishing Method: Plugging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 39.7
Bait or Lure: danny plug
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished about 10:30 p.m around a jetty in sea bright and within a few cast had a huge striper yanking at my drag. It made a few good runs until I finally beached it. I wouldn't keep a fish like that. I released it to fight another day. Tight lines!

Angler Name : Ron Matlack
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 10/11/00
Location: 15 Mile Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 4 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 80 ft.
Water Temp.: 62 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had the Bounty Hunter out for a day of wreckfishing with the Ron Matlack charter. With the 25 to 30 knot west winds persisting, going to the Canyon was out of the picture. Deciding instead to give the inshore wrecks a try proved to be a good decision. Stopping on 3 wrecks in 80 ft. of water the Seabass and Porgies provided a full day of action. The wind blew 25+ knots along the beach throughout the day and did not show any signs of dropping out until mid-afternoon. By that time we had a cooler full of fish and headed home.

Angler Name : John M
E-Mail : Bearstalker2@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Gambler
Date Fished: 10/10/00-10/11/00
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chucking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-90 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish-Squid
Water Depth: 600+
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Capt Bob took us to the hudson arrived 130am fish startined to bite within 20 min 20 guys on the boat 26 yellowfin taken Even the first timers got fish.Dont miss out on this great fishing email me for more info tight lines

Angler Name : Scott & Joe
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Gray Area
Date Fished: 10/11/00
Location: Asbury Park-Deal
Fishing Method: Troll/Plugs
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24-31
Bait or Lure: shads/poppers
Water Depth: 45-50
Water Temp.: unkn
Information : Got up past asbury found bait everywhere! Pick a few keepers trolling switched to poppers and had a blast with schoolies. not a bad afternoon....

Angler Name : B A Lewis
E-Mail : gizmorab@aol.com
Boat Name: no name
Date Fished: 10/11/00
Location: Avon,Bradley Beach
Fishing Method: jigging
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 1 to 5 lbs.
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 25 to 40 ft.
Water Temp.:
Information : Been fishin north of shark river inlet for the past couple of weeks. The weakfish have been small but their gettin bigger.Just can't wait for the big slob STRIPERS to come on strong.

Angler Name : jeff
E-Mail : jem23@psu.edu
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/7-10/10
Location: LBI
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14"
Bait or Lure: Hopkins
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 65?
Information : Fished the LBI surf the past few days. Snapper blues abundant Sat/Sun in Spray Beach. Birds were working for a while off Holgate Monday at dead low--saw three stripers taken and kept, despite being small. I picked up a flounder accidentally in the Holgate wash Tuesday (yes, I let it go). Saw a good size blackfish caught on fiddlers at the base of Barnegat Light.

Angler Name : Brian Moleen
E-Mail : bmoleen@dresdner.com
Boat Name: Tail Chaser
Date Fished: 10/8-10/9
Location: S.R. Rocks
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24-30inches
Bait or Lure: shads rigs
Water Depth: 30-40
Water Temp.:
Information : I fished with Kevin Ardente on his Tail Chaser Sunday and Monday. Sunday we trolled in the morning to pick a few small 24 inch bass then decided to switch over to bottom fishing. The Sandy Hook reef produced a nice catch of finally decent size sea bass and porgies. Monday we got a late start as we headed for the Highlands Bridge. There was a lot of bird activity but we could not manage a fish. As we made out way to the rocks the bird activity increased. There was only us and anther boat trolling that area. We bothed picked up some more fish. As the weather kicked up around 5:00 we made our way back towards the hook. About 2 miles out we spotted some more birds that had bass and bluefish under them. There were more bass than bluefish which kept us busy for another hour and a half.

Angler Name : Capt Bruce Hrobak, Pete Sardina
E-Mail : Captwave @aol
Boat Name: Surf
Date Fished: 10 /9 /00
Location: Brick beach
Fishing Method: casting Plugs and Clam baits
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 35 inchs
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: na
Water Temp.: na
Information : Caught a few small bass and at dusk I caught a 34 incher !!! It was on Clams in a short time the fish was realeased !!! Sundays Trip on the boat was poor only a few Blues were landed I plan to fish live baits and Troll this weekend and fish The JCSA Striper Tourny we"ll see how the WAVEDANCER does Tight Lines Capt Bruce !!!

Angler Name : MARK SCHILLING
E-Mail : Markz2222aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/9
Location: Barnegat Inlet
Fishing Method: Boat
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16-17 inches
Bait or Lure: Squid
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Too rough to go outside. Fished inside and caught 5 fluke, 2 keepers. Caught 1st winter flounder in bay. Not as much fluke around as there used to be.

Angler Name : Michael March
E-Mail : mmarchis@summithq.com
Boat Name: Jamaica
Date Fished: 10/8-10/9
Location: Hudson canyon
Fishing Method: Bait/Jigs
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-80lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish, Squid
Water Depth: 450ft
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Went on the Oct.8/9 trip on the Jamaica out of Brielle. Got to the grounds at 12:30am. the bite started within 30 minutes. I had my limit of YFT by 5am (lost a few too). Topped this off with a nice Longfin at 7am. the trip was cut short due to the gale (seas were nasty to 10ft++). Most of the 30 people on board had their limit. Live squid, if you were lucky enough to catch them, outfished Butterfish in a big way!!!! Most fish 60-80lbs, Longfin went 30-50lbs.

Angler Name : Ken Kurek
E-Mail : kkurek@hometowncomm.com
Boat Name: Kerri - K
Date Fished: 10/8/2000
Location: Shreswbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27"
Bait or Lure: Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.:
Information : Since we had good day fishing for Stripers on Saturday on the Shrewsbury Rocks, we decided to do it again on Sunday. What a difference a day makes. The stripers were far and few between. We only managed to catch one keeper. We switched over to wreck fishing and did real good catching sea bass, porgies and fluke. All in all, it was a good day.

Angler Name : Dave
E-Mail : mbent98912@aol.com
Boat Name: Miss Beach Haven
Date Fished: 10/7-10/8
Location: Carteret
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-55
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 600+
Water Temp.:
Information : Had another great run over night on BH's new head boat!(Only 9 anglers) We had 8 fish, lost way more than I care to reveal, then loaded up on dolphin. Boat drifted into deep and tuna stopped but dolphin kept going all night upto 30 pounds. First and biggest dolphin of night caught by fly rod fisherman!

Angler Name : National Fishing Association Phil Kozak
E-Mail : NFA5441@aol.com
Boat Name: Pocket Rocket
Date Fished: 10/08/2000
Location: Manasquan to Deal
Fishing Method: live bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 42 inches 26 pounds
Bait or Lure: Live bunker
Water Depth: 30 ft
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Got lucky Sunday. I went to Asbury Park on a report of weakfish being caught. I didn't do anything, as I moved north I ran into a school of bunker. I made on cast into the school and snagged a bunker. The next 10 minutes I fought that large bunker which tunred out to be a 42 inch striper which inhaled the bunker right after I snagged it. I then proceeded to continue north and fished off of Deal I fished for seabass which were quite plentifull. I didn't want to troll shad rigs, but maybe next weekend I will try that. I would have like to released that Bass, but the trible hooks were deep in the gullet and I didn't think she would survive. Phil

Angler Name : Jim S
E-Mail : jcs2156@home.com
Boat Name: Norma K III
Date Fished: 10/6 & 10/8
Location: out of manasquan inlet
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15 1/2 - 17
Bait or Lure: fluke belly squid spearing
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Took a half day off from work to fish on the Norma K. Beautiful weather , probably the last time I'll wear shorts and a t shirt. Ended up with 3 fluke and a few sea bass. Went back on Sunday morning. Damn what a difference, Five sweatshirts did the trick not many fluke but Sea bass kept it fun. Still better than staying home. Just heard it might get in the 70's by the end of the week. Good job once again by the crew.

Angler Name : fishyman
E-Mail : debpete@bestweb.net
Boat Name: lauren v
Date Fished: oct 7/8
Location: west wall hudson canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-90 lbs.
Bait or Lure: butters,sqid
Water Depth: 550
Water Temp.: ?
Information : the night started out slowly with 1 yf & 1blue dog .around 1230 2 more yf at50# then at 430 am all hell broke loose &we filled the box with yf to90#. also lost a couple of larger fish to breakoffs.hats off to captn lou vozza and his trusty mate mike rosenburg for keeping the slick going and the lines straight in the nasty 6-10 footers on sat. nite.AHOY

Angler Name : CapnChuck
E-Mail : capnchuck@yahoo.com
Boat Name: In Style
Date Fished: 10-8-2000
Location: Manasquan Inlet- North
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16"
Bait or Lure: Sperring ,Squid, Killie, Fluke bellie
Water Depth: 15-35
Water Temp.: 65deg
Information : Caught many good drifts right off the beach,We worked are way north to the Hotel. We only managed one keeper all day. We must have caught 100 Sea Robins. I guess the fluke season has ended on a low note: Better luck next year, Going to start working on WINTER FLOUNDER and STRIPERS

Angler Name : Joe and Chud
E-Mail : joeage97@webtv.net
Boat Name: Sea Horse
Date Fished: Oct 8
Location: couple miles off Sandy Hook
Fishing Method:
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 10"-15"
Bait or Lure: squid,clams & worms
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Excellent day caught sea bass,porgies,blackfish, and 1 fluke (pool winner) nonstop action. Only problem was alot of bergalls. THANKS AGAIN ED.

Angler Name : JOHN FEULNER
E-Mail :
Boat Name: DANIELLE
Date Fished: 10-8-00
Location: SANDY HOOK TO SHRES. ROCKS
Fishing Method: WIRE LINE TROLLING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28 INCHES
Bait or Lure: SHAD RIGS
Water Depth: 25-40FT
Water Temp.: 63 F
Information : FISHED WITH CAPT ED ON HIS RAMPAGE. HARD NNW BLOW ALL DAY. SAW BIRDS WORKING 4 MILES SOUTH OF THE HOOK, BASS WERE BREAKING ON TOP BUT WOULD NOT HIT ANYTHING WE THREW AT THEM. WE TRIED THE BRIDGE,BETWEEN THE CHANNELS, ZIP. WENT BACK TO WHERE WE SAW THE BIRDS WORKING SOUTH OF THE HOOK AT 2:30 AND THEY WERE THERE AGAIN. PICKED A STRIPER AND THAT WAS IT. AFTER CLEANING THE BASS I CONFIRMED WHAT I THOUHGT TO BE THE PROBLEM... THEY WERE FEEDING ON RAIN FISH AN INCH LONG

Angler Name : Ken Kurek
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Reel Quick
Date Fished: 10/7/2000
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28"
Bait or Lure: Shad rigs
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.:
Information : I fished with Ed Talbot and Larry Sowa on John Broda's boat "Reel Quick". Left the marina at 6:30am and headed to the Shrewsbury Rocks to cacth some stripers. We boated 8 and kept 6. We could have caught more but the boat traffic drove the fish down and turned them off. This was out first striper trip of the Fall season. It's just gonna get better.

Angler Name : Capt. Manny Canales
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 10/7/00
Location: Long branch
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 15lbs
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 60-80
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Made the decision to cancel Jack Singh's Canyon trip because of the wind from the large cold front coming in, and fish inshore instead. We stayed within 7 miles of the inlet hitting several spots and put together a nice mixed bag including 2 stripers to 15lbs, 5 blues, and a tote full of reef fish ,mostly seabass with a few blackfish and porgies mixed in. Everyone had a good time and were glad to be home when the wind picked up and the temperature plummeted.

Angler Name : Dan Mcgivney
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 10/07/00
Location: Mud Bouy
Fishing Method: chum
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5lb
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 50'
Water Temp.: 64
Information : On Saturday 10/07/00 Capt Dan had the Steve Lightner group aboard to have a good catch of bluefish in the 5lb class.Fishing started out slow but when the tide started to move the fish started biting.Also spiceing the catch was two 5 gallon buckets full of Sea Bass.

Angler Name : Chris Abruzzo
E-Mail : Abruzzc@war.wyeth.com
Boat Name: Charluzza
Date Fished: 10/7
Location: South of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 9.8 lbs 31 inches
Bait or Lure: Ava -27 with red tail
Water Depth: 50-60 feet
Water Temp.: 62.5 degree
Information : The first legal striper Chris caught in his 32 year of life. The day started off slow - we were bottom fishing until Chris seen bird working to the south. The move the paid off. Every cast produced blues in the 2 to 3 pound class until Chris landed the striper. The initial hit was no different,until Chris realized that he had something bigger that the 2 -3 blues. To his surprise it was striper. I was a great day of fishing.

Angler Name : Jason "GonZo" Gonzalez
E-Mail : jgonzalez1@na2.us.ml.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/07/2000
Location: Island Beach State Park (Gelkins)
Fishing Method: Surf with live and cut bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32 inches - 14lbs
Bait or Lure: Clam and Peanut Bunker
Water Depth: Just beyond the 1st Sandbar
Water Temp.: 64 degrees
Information : Surf was knocked down by a pretty stiff East wind. We got to IBSP around 5:30 am, a lot of guys were out, but little action. As the tide started coming in there were visible "meatballs" of tightly packed bunker and whitebait (pilchards) being pushed to shore by small blues. A lot of birds were working, but there was little action outside. With fresh sea clam strips on the bottom we sat without action. A guy with a cast net hit the outside edge of a meatball and gave us a dozen semi-live 3 inch bunker. After adding the bunks to the clam we started getting some hits. Three hours produced to bass - one 28 1/2 inches the other 32 inches but skinny (14lbs) and a 6 lb fluke. I'm glad the Fluke came today, only a week left in season, I would have been very sad sending him back to sea... Water and weather conditions continue to be ideal for bass, hopefully the yield will increase. Early bass seem to be the best indication of how Nov-Dec will be. Keep 'em wet! GonZo

Angler Name : Jason
E-Mail : Jayman63@aol.com
Boat Name: Lindsay Marie
Date Fished: october 6,7
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 70-90
Bait or Lure: butterfish, squid
Water Depth: 800
Water Temp.: 68
Information : We drove out in very heavy fog and arrived around 7. Within 15 minutes we boated a nice size mahi. Shortly after we had our 1st yellowfins in the boat. From then on it was non-stop action and we went 10-14 on larger size yellowfin and too larger mahi. There were large sharks swimming by the boat also. Excellent trip except for the 5 hour ride home. Need a ride to the canyon next weekend, anyone who is going and needs 2 extra men who are willing to split the expenses, please email me. Tight lines

Angler Name : Paul Czaya
E-Mail : pczaya@amergenenergy.com
Boat Name: Bird-of-Prey
Date Fished: 10/7/00
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling/chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27-34"
Bait or Lure: Bunker spoon, Stretch 30, Shad spreader bar
Water Depth: 20-35'
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Stan Dylag and Peter Longo joined me for a pleasant day on the water up at the Rocks. We joined the massive flotilla at 8:30 AM and by noon had four stripers in the box all taken on the shad rig (black). The white bunker spoon and Stretch 30 did nothing but bump the bottom. Looking around the fleet it seems chartreuse is the hot shad color that the pros were using. After losing one spoon and the shad rig to the rocks, I decided to clean out the bait locker and chunk bunker. After only two runoffs and no further action we headed home. We did get to clear some debris off the rocks when the Stretch 30 picked up some old 60lb mono and the shad rig caught about 50 yards of 40lb wire with a parachute jig on the end. I guess it was a net loss to the rocks (hardware wise) in the end.

Angler Name : Jason "GonZo" Gonzalez
E-Mail : jgonzalez1@na2.us.ml.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/07/2000
Location: Island Beach State Park (Gelkins)
Fishing Method: Surf with live and cut bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32 inches - 14lbs
Bait or Lure: Clam and Peanut Bunker
Water Depth: Just beyond the 1st Sandbar
Water Temp.: 64 degrees
Information : Surf was knocked down by a pretty stiff East wind. We got to IBSP around 5:30 am, a lot of guys were out, but little action. As the tide started coming in there were visible "meatballs" of tightly packed bunker and whitebait (pilchards) being pushed to shore by small blues. A lot of birds were working, but there was little action outside. With fresh sea clam strips on the bottom we sat without action. A guy with a cast net hit the outside edge of a meatball and gave us a dozen semi-live 3 inch bunker. After adding the bunks to the clam we started getting some hits. Three hours produced to bass - one 28 1/2 inches the other 32 inches but skinny (14lbs) and a 6 lb fluke. I'm glad the Fluke came today, only a week left in season, I would have been very sad sending him back to sea... Water and weather conditions continue to be ideal for bass, hopefully the yield will increase. Early bass seem to be the best indication of how Nov-Dec will be. Keep 'em wet! GonZo

Angler Name : Tim Crann
E-Mail : Finestkind25@aol.com
Boat Name: Finest Kind
Date Fished: 10/7/00
Location: Ocean - Off Holgate Wildlife Refuge
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 14-19"
Bait or Lure: Hopkins
Water Depth: 8-15 feet
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Weakfish Weakfish Weakfish everywhere....brought home 32 total, threw back 2x that number in shorts. The fish were only hitting Hopkins lures jigging on the bottom and just off the bottom. Many boats were around, all using bait and catching one or two, here and there. These fish had stomachs FULL of herring which is why I think they were only hitting the hopkins and not drifted bait such as squid, killie, etc. We marked fish all day along with the bait fish. Also to note....as these weakfish were brought to the surface, there were sometimes a half dozen small blues right on their tails. We had non-stop action from 8am-1pm when we called it a day (a very good day) ....

Angler Name : Steve Perna
E-Mail : sperna@optonline.net
Boat Name: No Name Yet
Date Fished: 10/7/00
Location: Long Branch
Fishing Method: Troll & Bottom
Specie: Weakfish
Size: up to 5 lb
Bait or Lure: Fin-S
Water Depth: 35
Water Temp.: 66
Information : Kevin, Mike, and I headed out of Shark river around 8:00am and up to Shrewsbury to troll up some stripers. We trolled for a few hours and only picked up a few blues. So we headed south and stopped around Long Branch and picked at Weakies for couple hours. It was non-stop action with 40+ weakies landed. We kept a dozen for the table. I topped it off with a 5lb fluke in the cooler. All fish were taken on Fin-S and metal. The seas were calm and weather was nice. A perfect day.

Angler Name : john ,bob
E-Mail : huck2000@peoplepc.com
Boat Name: tile wave
Date Fished: oct 6,7
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28"
Bait or Lure: bombers
Water Depth: channel
Water Temp.:
Information : trolled the shipping channel out of sandy hooktried shad rigs,but they liked the dive bombers.boated 2 keepers,tried drifting with eels with only 1 fish who didnt make it to the boat,. it was beautiful out there friday night. tried trolling & chunking for bluefin at monster ledge on saturday no action at all,anybody catching tuna please report.

Angler Name : PETE AND PAUL
E-Mail : GAMEFISH@WEBTV.NET
Boat Name: COCK ROBIN
Date Fished: OCT. 7
Location: MUD BOUY
Fishing Method: JIGGING
Specie: Bluefish
Size: AVG. 5 LBS.
Bait or Lure: DEADLY DICKS
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : IT STARTED OUT REAL SLOW. BLUES AND ALBIES DID NOT SHOW UNTIL NOON. FISH CHASING JIGS RIGHT UP TO THE BOAT. WE PUT 10 FISH INTO THE COOLER AND LEFT THEM BITEING. GOOD CAPTAIN AND GREAT CREW.

Angler Name : HDS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: NA
Date Fished: 10/06/00
Location: Shark River Inlet/Spring Lake
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Clam/Mullet/Top Water Popper
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Fished from 1130am - 230pm. No bites. One bass did chase my popper all the way to my feet and I saw him jump out of the water. That was at spring lake. Nobody around was catching anything.

Angler Name : Capt Bruce Hrobak, Ken Fortino
E-Mail : Captwave@aol
Boat Name: NA ,Surf in Brick
Date Fished: 10/6 /00
Location: Brick Beach
Fishing Method: Casting Plugs and Poppers and Clams and Bunker
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 28 inch
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: na
Water Temp.: na
Information : Fished the beach with Ken Fortino its been a long time since this Capt did that but it was nice there was a west wind I got wacked by a Blue on the popper and we used Hi low rigs with clams we only fished a short time in the evening caught a nice Weakfish about 28 inchs Ken caught a few Blues heading south sun and Monday for Bass and maybe some of those Huge Weaks we caught last week , all of the fish caught in the Surf were realeased !!! Tight Lines ,Capt Bruce

Angler Name : Sully
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Golden Eagle
Date Fished: Oct-6-00
Location: Mud Bouy
Fishing Method: Jigging / bait fish
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: 3-10 lbs
Bait or Lure: Deadley Dicks / Spearing
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Quite day at mud bouy boatwise.Started out baitfishing for blues at a slow pick. Albies showed up at 10:30am the fun started. Picked up 6 on light tackle and had a blast. Interested to hear how weekend went for those seeking same.

Angler Name : Dean Nelson
E-Mail : dnn61@aol.com or deloryer@aol.com
Boat Name: fly finatic
Date Fished: 10/05/00
Location: 4 miles west of oil wreck
Fishing Method: fly
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: 8-10 LB.
Bait or Lure: flies
Water Depth: 95
Water Temp.: 65.5
Information : made two attempts to get to the oil wreck for bluefin,but horrible conditions made it impossible.stopped 4 miles short of the wreck and started chumming with fresh spearing.Within 15 minutes,we had a strong albie bite which lasted until we ran out of chum.Blue and white flies worked best.Ride home was one I would like to forget.Reports of bluefin are starting to come in.

Angler Name : Capt. Eric
E-Mail : erichecht@home.com
Boat Name: Tailwalker
Date Fished: 9/4 - 9/5
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60 to 100 pounds
Bait or Lure: butterfish & squid
Water Depth: 650 feet
Water Temp.: 68 degrees
Information : Didn't mark bait or fish on the west wall where we had been fishing for weeks and the water temp was about 66 degrees, so we went to the east side and immediately saw temp jump and marked bait and fish. Set up at 6pm and by 8pm had 6 large yellowfin from 80 to 100 pounds. Action slowed a little and then picked up again with smaller fish from 60 to 80 pounds and remained steady all night. By midnight we had boated 17 and then switched to 20 and 30 pound spinning and baitcasting gear. We lost a lot of fish on the light tackle but released quite a few voluntarily. By 2:30AM we had collared and cleaned up the boat and went to sleep for a few hours before heading home. GREAT TRIP!

Angler Name : Capt Bernie Roth
E-Mail : mbroth@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: Tenacious
Date Fished: Oct4-5
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-90lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish/squid
Water Depth: 625 ft
Water Temp.: 68 degrees
Information : Had the Joel Frey party on board for an overnighter to the east wall of the Hudson. We set up for chunking at 4:15pm and enjoyed non stop action on larger size yellowfins ranging from 70 to 90 lbs. The charter was exhausted by 3am and they fished just one rod till morning doing catch and release. They caught approx 40 plus yellowfins and kept 24. They also caught 2 longfins and some mahi mahi. Great trip!!

Angler Name : JOHN
E-Mail : JPICK47913@AOL.COM
Boat Name: KATIE H
Date Fished: 10-4/10-5
Location: HUDSON
Fishing Method: CHUNK
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-80+
Bait or Lure: BUTTERS/SQUID
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 68
Information : ARRIVING AT DARK ON WEST WALL TO SET UP CHUNK AT 8:00 PM,HAD FIRST YFT OF 80 PLUS IN BOAT AT 8:30. THREE MORE IN 60-80 CLASS IN BOAT BY 10:00 PM. WENT 14 FOR +/-20 REST OF NITE TO 6:30 AM TO HEAD HOME. LOTS OF BAIT OUT THERE !

Angler Name :
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Nan
Date Fished: Oct 5
Location: Near Longport Bridge
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26"
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 5ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Caught my first striper today. OC Bay. Near Longport Bridge. 26". Fish wrapped himself around a piling an