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FISHING REPORTS FOR OCTOBER 2001

Angler Name : greg
E-Mail : gstren@hotmail.com
Boat Name: 204
Date Fished: 10/31/01
Location: bay head to sea girt
Fishing Method: jig
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 14 to 21
Bait or Lure: hopkins , ava 27
Water Depth: 40ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information : non stop action on weakfish under the birds off bayhead,looked for bass to the north after our arms were tired only to jig blues and even 2 sea bass one of the best days in awhile where did all these weakfish come from? the blues were full of large sandeels.

Angler Name : john
E-Mail : huck2000@peoplepc.com
Boat Name: tile wave
Date Fished: 10/31/01
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28"
Bait or Lure: green shad umbrellas
Water Depth: 50'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : dropped the line in the water & within minutes got a hook up,got 6 fish 20" -28" within an hour on the troll between the towers & the channel

Angler Name : Dave Tolchin
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: October 31
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 43"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 30-50
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Dave Tolchin charter from Sayreville, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Wednesday and put another good catch of bass together. Trolling black and green tubes on umbrella rigs produced bass off Bay Head in the morning and on the Shrewsbury rocks later in the day. In all, 19 stripers hit the deck with one 43" bass weighing 28 pounds and one weighed in at 22 pounds. We released a total of 5 bass keeping our limit of slot fish and some bonus bass.

Angler Name : Pete
E-Mail : PeteC59@aol.com
Boat Name: Miss Barnaget Light
Date Fished: 10/30 - 10/31
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40 - 120 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butter. and Sard.
Water Depth: 600 ft
Water Temp.: 65 - 70
Information : The trip out to the Hudson took 3 1/2 hrs then a 1/2 hr to set up and we were fishing by 10pm. Was better than a steady pick throught the night and around 4am it turned on till 7am then just died. Boat had about 55 fish and we lost about 50 fish! Some guys were fighting the fish for 30 minutes to an hour and never saw color before breaking off. The sardines worked better then the butterfish and there was no squid to be caught. Bring your heavy gear for the bigs ones. Maybe one more time in November.

Angler Name : Tom
E-Mail : Tfish007@aol.com
Boat Name: Tools and Toys
Date Fished: 10/31/01
Location: Flyn's Knoll
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28"-36"
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Captain Rudy of the Tools and Toys put me and my friend Lou on the fish again. Fished the out going tide, in the morning had three strippers 31" to 36". Trolled around the afternoon picking up some blues. Fish the out going tide and picked up three more keeper stripers. All in all had a great day on the water.

Angler Name : Steve Hale
E-Mail : shale@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: Beach
Date Fished: 10/29pm 10/30am
Location: Belmar / Spring Lake
Fishing Method: Plug / Teaser
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24" - 24"
Bait or Lure: Black Bomber / Teaser
Water Depth: Beach
Water Temp.:
Information : 7 Bass to 29" one double. In coming tide at dusk and dawn.

Angler Name : Vic Matthews
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 30
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 37"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 30-50
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Jay Richardella had the Vic Matthews charter out on the Canyon Runner Tuesday and picked at Stripers all day. Though no hot bite occurred we did put 15 bass in the boat and over 40 bluefish while trolling green and black tube rigs on wire line off Monmouth Beach.

Angler Name : Tom
E-Mail : tomdiancorky@home.com
Boat Name: roosters
Date Fished: 10/30
Location: the rip sandy hook
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24 to 36"
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 15- 30
Water Temp.: 54
Information : My son who's visting from Colorado and I fished the rip for 2 hours from 3 to 5 for 8 bass from 24" to 36" first fish hit about 4 oclock and we had at least one on every drift after that. It made me really happy that my son was able to catch some nice bass before he left for colorado which was today 10/31. he also got the biggest

Angler Name : Capt. Tom Terpanick
E-Mail :
Angler Name : Tim Crann
E-Mail : Finestkind25@aol.com
Boat Name: Finest Kind
Date Fished: 10/30/01
Location: GS South Reef
Fishing Method:
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 11-14"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 60
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Had a not-so-bad day on the reef today. Very disappointed on the size although we did take home 20+- sea bass and a few porgies. Conditions were less than ideal with a stiff north wind and seas 2-4 and building. Saw some stripers boated on the way in behind Holgate.

Angler Name : Neil Berkman
E-Mail : berkman@basf.com
Boat Name: Sea Hunter
Date Fished: Oct. 30th
Location: Reach, Sandy Hook, Ambrose Channels
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 23-32"
Bait or Lure: Ava jigs, Eels
Water Depth: 15 - 60 ft.
Water Temp.: 55 deg. F
Information : Captain Rob found the bass close to home. Jigged several bass in the morning. Drifted eels at the Knoll and picked up a keeper bass and a 20 in. fluke (released) at noon. Returned to jigging near the end of the day for a few more bass. A great day on the water. Hats off to Capt. Rob and Joe for a great day on the water.

Boat Name: Debbie's Delight
Date Fished: 10-30-01
Location: Reach
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 32"
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 44
Water Temp.: 54
Information : Debbie's Delight took Brian Burke out for some bass fishing and had fish throuhout the morning. Jigging was the way to go, it didn't seem to matter what was used, bucktail, shads, crippled herring. Fishing the Reach, near bouy's 10 & 8, the fish stayed in the channel and only two were kept for the table. The new boat is running great, and dates are still available to get in on the Bass while their here.

Angler Name : todd smith
E-Mail : stripers01@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/29 10/30
Location: ibsp
Fishing Method: plugging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24/32
Bait or Lure: any kind of plug
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : fished ibsp mon tues started at 400am fish every cast it didnt matter what kind of plug u used lasted til 700am saw tons of fish caught. hey rob and john seems to me john from betty and nicks were right on the money maybe u should try a little more south good luck

Angler Name : Tom Scarrone
E-Mail : tscarrone10@home.com
Boat Name: The Eagle
Date Fished: 10/30/01
Location: Roamer/Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 33",30",25",21",20",18"
Bait or Lure: 4" white shad jig
Water Depth: 18-25 ft.
Water Temp.: low 50's
Information : Birds going nuts on Roamer schoal and Flynns knoll. All the shoolies were on top. Found a few nice ones on the bottom. Seem to be fish everywhere, great action for about two hours. I had tried trolling b/t the channels with shad umbrellas and came up empty but then I saw the birds.

Angler Name : John Drastal
E-Mail : jdrastal@connectbusiness.com
Boat Name: Bluehen
Date Fished: 10/30/01
Location: Flynn's Knoll
Fishing Method: Troll umbrella rigs (shads)
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28"
Bait or Lure: Yellow shads
Water Depth: 25'
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Was the first boat out in the morning on Flynn's Knoll, right at high tide. Had fish on within a minute with nonstop action all morning. There were masses of baitfish and birds diving on a number of different pods of fish. Rick and I boated 29 fish in a little over 2 hours, one of the best trips of the season. Most of the fish were schoolies and slot fish with 2 or 3 28". Looks like they are back!

Angler Name : Tony Cavallaro
E-Mail : tcava1@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Doris Mae
Date Fished: 10/28, 10/29
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: Up to 100 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butter/sardine/jig
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Had a great day aboard the Doris Mae out of Barnegat Light. I went 6 for 6, landing 1 yellowfin of about 70 lbs and 6 long fins uo to 30 lbs. Boated my first tuna caught on a jig! The boat put about 40 on ice. Mostly longs after daylight. Fished from 10:30 pm till 9:30am

Angler Name : Dan Marchik
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: oct 29
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 35"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 30-50
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Jay Richardella had the Dan Marchik charter out on the Canyon Runner Monday. Trolling first south of Manasquan and then north we picked bass under the birds most of the morning and then finished off on Shrewsbury Rocks. In total we had 12 bass with 6 over 28" and a couple dozen bluefish.

Angler Name : mahatma gloves
E-Mail : mail@mail.com
Boat Name: jamaica
Date Fished: 10/28-10/29
Location: hudson canyon
Fishing Method: butterfish / jigs
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 100lbs
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 500+
Water Temp.: 65.9
Information : fished the sunday-monday jamaica trip - slow but steady pick all night - about 25 fish total - at least 5 over 100 lbs - outside of being mocked by the mate it was a good trip

Angler Name : G. Davis
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Freddy C
Date Fished: 10/29/01
Location: Flynns Knoll & Ambrose Channel
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 35"
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : 20-30 guys on Freddy C Monday night. 2 days before full moon, 10-15 mph West wind, ebb tide... nice drifting conditions --- minimum tangles. 15-20 bass caught... mostly 28" and up, 3-4 slot fish. Obviously, it wasn't a slaughter, but each drift picked up a fish or two. 1-3 drifts at Ambrose Channel about 1.5 miles NE of Romer light. Rest of drifts at Flynns about 1 mile WSW of green range tower.

Angler Name : Neil Berkman
E-Mail : berkman@basf.com
Boat Name: Prowler
Date Fished: Oct.29th Evening
Location: Ambrose Channel
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32",36"
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 60 ft.
Water Temp.: 55 deg. F
Information : Great fast boat, excellent captain and mate. Tight lines and loose drags!

Angler Name : Jon Murray
E-Mail : murray@quadnet.net
Boat Name: sand
Date Fished: 10/28/01
Location: IBSP
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8-10 lbs
Bait or Lure: fresh bunker
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : I caught 2 nice blues & my friend Bob caught 1 & lost 1. My wife Linda came along too which was nice since today's our 6th anniversary! Thanks to John @ Betty & Nicks for putting us on the fish.

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: Sea Hunter
Date Fished: 10-28-01
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Jig & Eeeling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 23 Inchs
Bait or Lure: AVA 027 & 037,Jacky Jigs,eels
Water Depth: 15-5o Ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Had only two brief flurries of action the entire day--once in the morning and again late in the afternoon and both occuring in the same area off the ammo pier.For most of the trip the wind created a fast drift.I was able to jig 1 23 inch bass on a AVA 027 in the morning and another 23 incher on a AVA 037 late in the day-- a pink back Jacky Jig yielded no strikes. The vast majority of the 15 keeper bass ( 13 slots & 2 28 inchers )were taken in the morning with a few more at the end of the day. Jigging and eeling in and around the Sandy Hook,Swash and Ambrose channels went fishless.I also jigged up two big sea robins and my Jason also had 1 robin.

Angler Name : Tim
E-Mail :
Boat Name: M&M
Date Fished: 10-28
Location: GE INLET
Fishing Method: JIGGING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24"-32"
Bait or Lure: Bucktails
Water Depth: 5-15
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Fished sunday evening on the north side of ge inlet by the longport rocks. Had fish on the first drift in the rip. The action was excellent for the 1 hour we had to fish. We landed 10 and lost a few. Great time on the water. Catch um up.

Angler Name : Mike Lawrence
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Shot n Beer
Date Fished: 27-28-01
Location: sh rocks
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: bunker spoons
Water Depth: 30-60 ft.
Water Temp.: 61
Information : heard all the reports during the week went up and tried my luck. Loads of bait, loads of blue fish, but no stripes. Went to the bridge area, loads of bait, loads of blues but again no stripes. Try again this weekend tournament. See you out there. The same was for sun. also

Angler Name : RT / Mark / Richard
E-Mail : rthomp007@aol.com.
Boat Name: SALTSHAKER
Date Fished: October 28th, 2001
Location: Between Ambrose Channel & Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Troll /wire
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 28'
Bait or Lure: Shad rigs
Water Depth: 16' to 40'
Water Temp.: 57 degrees
Information : Got out about 1:30 pm, Sunday afternoon, still blowing NW, however, fishable on the troll, bass appeared scattered, only six (6) throw-back schoolies caught, but a fun afternoon......

Angler Name : Dave DeFranseco
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 28
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 35"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 30-50
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Joe Dalik had the Dave DeFransesco charter from Cherry Hill, NJ out on the Canyon Runner and did not have a bite until 11am. However, we did finally find the bass and picked for the rest of day putting 15 bass in the boat with 8 over 28". The bass once again hit green/black tubes.

Angler Name : mike sahuto
E-Mail :
Boat Name: hookin' lip
Date Fished: 10/28
Location: reef
Fishing Method: bottom fishing
Specie: Blackfish
Size: 19"/ 4lbs
Bait or Lure: green crabs
Water Depth: 50'
Water Temp.: 60 degree
Information : Chartered the Hookin' Lip for a fantastic day of blackfishing. Capt. Keith Kaminskas put us on fish from the very first drop. With 4 guys fishing, and one guy vomitting due to the sloppy conditions, we managed to put 31 blackfish in the cooler up to 19"/4lbs. Great boat, tremendous captain.

Angler Name : Rob & John
E-Mail : rsulick1@aol.com
Boat Name: 25' Parker
Date Fished: 27th and 28th
Location: North and South of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Trolling, Jigging, you name it
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Anything !!
Bait or Lure: Bombers, shad rigs, everything
Water Depth: Out to about 60 feet
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Fished all day Saturday and Sunday too. Caught some junk Sea Robins, etc but that was it. Listening on Ch 65 all day indicated that no one else was catching anything at all. Most boats headed for the barn earlier than usual on both days. I heard of only one Striper caught and that was at The Shrewsbury Rocks. Of course, if you look at Betty And Nicks web sight, there's so many fish being caught, its a miracle. Are they fishing the same ocean as the rest of us??? The fish just aren't here yet. In fact, we heard one guy on the radio saying that this has been the worst year he could remember for Stripers.

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Angler Name : Michael
E-Mail : HookedUp@aol.com
Boat Name: Grey Goose
Date Fished: Oct. 27
Location: Off Keensburg
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 28"
Bait or Lure: Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 18'
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Picked up 8 stripers in sloppy conditions off Keyport and Keensburg. Had one 28" and seven slot fish.

Angler Name : Jim Farrell
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 27
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 35"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 30-50
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Jim Farrell charter from Fairhaven, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Saturday. Looking forward to great fishing as we left them biting on Friday we found the bass early and had 15 bass in the boat by 9:30am. However, we did not get another hit for the next 5 hours and went home with the same number.

Angler Name : Jimmy
E-Mail : captreelaction@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Action
Date Fished: 10/27/01
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 33"
Bait or Lure: Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 20'-40'
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Fishing was slow Saturday. We put a couple stripers in the boat and one blue. The fish returned Sunday have been good since.

Boat Name: Skylarker II
Date Fished: 10-27-01
Location: Bradley Beach-Long Branch
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 1-3 Pounds
Bait or Lure: Clam strips & fiddler crabs
Water Depth: 30-50 Ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Never fished more than 2 miles off the beach.Fishing was awesome.5 drops all day.First two were a mixture of sea bass & tog--second two all sea bass-last drop slab porgies.By the time we left the third spot,Ray,Tim and myself had filled one 48 qt.cooler and were on our way to filling the second.By the time we had for home,we had filled that one as well.We each took out limit of sea bass-even after deciding not to keep any under 13 inchs.I boated 2 keeper tog with Tim adding one.And we each had anywhere from 12-15 slab porgies in the 1.5-2 pound class.

Angler Name : Pat Ryan
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 26
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 37"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 30-50
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Jay Richardella had the Pat Ryan charter from Philadelphia, PA out on the Canyon Runner Friday for their second trip in a row. Today's trip was our best of the year thus far as we had constant action from beginning end putting 40+ bass in the boat releasing many and limiting out in both the slot, 28" and bonus catagories. The action was off the highlands bridge on once again green/black tube umbrella rigs.

Angler Name : allen atheras
E-Mail : aatheras@aol.com
Boat Name: outnumbered
Date Fished: 10/26/01
Location: manasquan
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28 inch
Bait or Lure: chad rig
Water Depth: 60ft
Water Temp.:
Information :

Angler Name : jack sahuto
E-Mail :
Boat Name: nancy lee
Date Fished: 10/25
Location: raritan bay
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 41"/ 28lbs
Bait or Lure: sand worms
Water Depth: 25'
Water Temp.:
Information : took an early afternoon off and drited some worms. fishless 2hrs, until the last drift, when i hooked a sizable fish. of course i was alone, and of course the net was buried in the cabin- but after a 20min fight on 12lb spinning tackle, i slipped the net under a fat 41" striper.

Angler Name : Pat Ryan
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 25
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 43"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 30-50
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Jay Richardella had the Canyon Runner up to Monmouth Beach with the Pat Ryan charter from Philadelphia, PA. Trolling again was the key and today's trip was the best yet. The day started off slow but as the trip dropped the fish came up. Green and red were the colors of the day on the tubes and we again limited out on Bass including bonus fish. In addition we released 10 bass over 28" and put one 43" Bass in the boat that weighed in at 28 pounds.

Angler Name : mike
E-Mail : killieman1@aol
Boat Name: Tom's boat
Date Fished: 10/24
Location: wreck out of Manasquan
Fishing Method:
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: clam & crab
Water Depth: 70'
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Took advantage of the weather and played hookey. Well worth it with limiting out with nice sea bass by 1:00. Also, two tog and 6 slammer blues and a dozen slab porgeys.

Angler Name : Mike Solomon
E-Mail : fishguymike@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Searcher II
Date Fished: 10-23 & 10-24
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking - Jigging
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-120 lBS
Bait or Lure: Butters - Sardines
Water Depth: 120 - 180 Feet
Water Temp.: 64* f
Information : 9 Man, 1 Woman group out of AllenTUNA, PA. (Allentown) Left the barn @ 1600 hrs. arrived at the canyon about 2030. We had fish under the boat and immediately set to chunking. Fish remained in the slick all night! First hookup at 2050 hrs. and we had a steady pick all night. Including one massive blitz with 6 fish on at once! What a scene! The boat limited out at 0600 hrs. and if half of the group hadn't been puking over rail most of the night we probably would have limited out at 0200. Hats of to Capt. Wayne Ebling and 1st Mate Neil. Good job. Final tally was 30 Yellowfin, and 12 Mahi-Mahi boated. Also released a 50 lb. Swordfish. If you want to catch 'em remember, SEARCHER II out of Barnegat. Tight Lines!

Angler Name : Dan Miller
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 24
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 37"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 30-50
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Jay Richardella had the Dan Miller charter from Selly Mattress out on the Canyon Runner Wednesday for a day of fall Striper fishing. Trolling off Monmouth Beach produced early and a move was made later in the morning in the channel. Red and Black tubes produced best today and we ended the day with a limit plus bonus fish with 22 Bass in the boat with 16 over 28" and we release another 11.

Angler Name : Capt Bernie Roth
E-Mail : mbroth@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: Oct18-23
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-100lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish/Sardines
Water Depth: 600-750 ft
Water Temp.: 67-64 degrees
Information : Took advantage of the unusually nice october weather to schedule three consecutive charters. On thursday friday had the H&R welding group on board and fished the east wall near the draggers. They had a nice pick of larger size yellowfins to 100lbs and ended up with 15 yellowfins and 6 mahi on ice. This was their first canyon experience and they did very well handling the yellowfins. On saturday sunday had the Ron Antonelli fishing team on board and we set up on the east wall again. They started by hooking up a triple of yellowfins and broke one off in a tangle. They continued picking fish through the night and left with 11 yellowfins, one longfin and four mahi on ice. On monday tuesday had the John Labash group on board and started on the east wall where they boated two longfins. Action slowed and we moved to the west wall where we drifted with no action. Heard some good reports near the 150/050 and moved to that area and drifted. At 2:30am the fish found our slick and they left at sunrise with 20 yellowfins and 3 longfins on ice.

Angler Name : John G
E-Mail : jjgaia@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: Golden Eagle
Date Fished: 10-23
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk and jig
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-96 lbs
Bait or Lure: squid, butters, anchovies
Water Depth: way deep
Water Temp.: nice
Information : I'm happy to report a good trip on the Golden Eagle. The boat had over 100 fish, my buddy and I got our six fish limit. A mate caught a six foot long wahoo on a diamond jig. Not a mad-dog bite, but a consistent pick from 2am till noon. After the sun came up we had fish swirling and finning in the slick, very cool!

Angler Name : John Kerwin
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 23
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 35"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 30-50
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Jay Richardella had a slow pick of bass in rough conditions on Tuesday with the John Kerwin charter. Trolling green and black tubes began to produce well on the drop of the tide and we got into a good pick when the charter called it a day early. However, we did limit out on the bass as the charter was shorthanded and were releasing fish by 11am. In total 15 bass were boated with many over 30" and 6 slots. In addition several bluefish were also boated and released.

Angler Name : Gary A. Miller
E-Mail : gadmiller@aol.com
Boat Name: Queen Mary
Date Fished: October 23, 2001
Location: One hour from Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: jigging, chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8 - 13 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Mossbunker
Water Depth: 60 - 100 feet
Water Temp.: ~ 65 degrees Fahrenheit
Information : Yesterday, we had a dream trip on Captain John Brackett's Queen Mary. The action was vigorous both jigging and chumming. Blues typically ranged from about 8 to 13 pounds. There were only 15 of us on board so there was a minimum of tangles and lost fish. My buddy and I each took home 5 fish, cleaned and fileted on board. After catching 7 a piece, we decided to enjoy the boat ride. Many on board caught the limit (15 fish) but released most of them. Some had the chance to use light tackle (10 pound test). All this was made possible by the skill of Cptain and crew in finding, instructing, and assisting with boating the fish. I have had many fishing fantasies but this was truly a real memorable fishing outing.

Angler Name : Neil Berkman
E-Mail : berkman@basf.com
Boat Name: Sea Hunter
Date Fished: Oct. 23
Location: Ambrose Channel
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25",29"
Bait or Lure: teaser/popper, Crippled Herring
Water Depth: 50 ft.
Water Temp.: 57 deg. F
Information : Found birds working and stripers/blues feeding on spearing towards noon. As always Captain Rob found them. Took home the pool money. Great boat, captain and crew.

Angler Name : Jim L.
E-Mail : D600es@aol.com
Boat Name: Seahorse
Date Fished: Oct.23
Location: Sandyhookreef
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: 3to5#
Bait or Lure: greencrab
Water Depth: 30ft.
Water Temp.: 52
Information : good day.all good blackfishermen had limits.porgies were available if you wanted.Good crew,good day.will be back next week with hamhead.best of luck to all and God bless America.

Angler Name : jay friedman
E-Mail : mr. fish
Boat Name: forgetta bout it
Date Fished: 10/22&23/01
Location: barnaget inlet
Fishing Method: boat
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: all 20lbs class
Bait or Lure: live eels /plugs
Water Depth: 20/30 ft
Water Temp.: 60
Information : got a good taste of fall bass fishing.tides were in the early am hours but it was well worth it.with fish being caught steady.for those who made the trip caught fish from the 30 can to the north jetty.all fish were caught at night.saw fish being caught from both north &south jettys.good luck fishing!!!!!!!!!!

Angler Name : Jim
E-Mail : edilg57@webtv.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10-22-01
Location: Sandyhook area
Fishing Method: Troll-jig-plugs
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 14lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Started the day late,on the water about noon.Drifted around the channel lots of birds working on bait fish for about an hour.Then the big one worked slow though the bait,started trolling around the knoll and got 18lb+ blue then a nice size bass 14lbs+.Jiged a blue and had several hook ups.Ended day with being towed in.Ohwell better than being at work!

Angler Name : FRANK BASTANTE PAUL LINO AND DAVE
E-Mail :
Boat Name: JERRY-MAC
Date Fished: 10/21 10/22
Location: HUDSON CANYON
Fishing Method: CHUNKING
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50 TO 75
Bait or Lure: BUTTERFISH
Water Depth: 550
Water Temp.: 67
Information : ARRIVED AROUND 1:00 AND CAME APON A SMALL FLEET WORKING SOME BLUEFIN SO WE TRYED FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS WE HOOK ONE BUT LOST IT.WE SET UP ON EASTSIDE NEAR THE MOUTH WITH 8 OTHER BOATS.IT WAS A SLOW NITE WITH ONLY ONE LONGFIN ONE YELLOWFIN.WE HAD SQUID ALL NIGHT AROUND THE BAOT,BY 3:30 ALMOST ALL THE BAOTS WERE GONE BUT WE STAYED AND BY 5:00 ALL HELL BROKE LOSE WE STOP FISHING AFTER WE HAD 15 FISH IN THE BAOT GREAT LAST TRIP.

Angler Name : Troy McHenry
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 22
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 37"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 30-50
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Jay Richardella reluctantly turned the Canyon Runner left after coming out of Manasquan Inlet an instead of heading offshore as we have for the past 5 months we headed up the beach. The Troy McHenry charter enjoyed our first fall Striper trip of the year and the bass cooperated to make it a good one. Trolling green and black tubes produced best as we limited out on Bass as 25 Bass were boated with 15 over 28".

Angler Name : B. Minarchi/F. Bahlman
E-Mail : courbeco@home.com
Boat Name: MadJon
Date Fished: 10/22/01
Location: Barnegat Reef
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: To 4lbs.
Bait or Lure: Squid/Spearing
Water Depth: 55'
Water Temp.: 64 Degrees
Information : Limited out with Seabass on an absolutely gorgeous summer-like day! We also pulled a few dozen slab porgies as well as, a couple of Fluke which were returned. All in all, a Great day! Tight Lines!

Angler Name : TOM
E-Mail :
Boat Name: JAMAICA [ party boat]
Date Fished: 10/21-22
Location: CANYON
Fishing Method: BAIT
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40#-170#
Bait or Lure: BUTTERS
Water Depth: 600 APOX.
Water Temp.:
Information : 8 HR. TRIP OUT.FISH HIT W/I THE HOUR.FIRST TIME OUT FOR TUNA IN 10 YRS. DROPPED DOWN 200 FEET , MY FIRST HIT. 1 HOUR LATER 170# YFT.THE CREW WERE GREAT NOT ONE TANGLE IN 3 TRIPS AROUND THE BOAT.TWO MORE WERE TO FOLLOW,NOT BAD 3 FOR 3.IT WAS A PRETTY EXHAUSTING NITE.TOTAL CATCH FOR BOAT WAS 45,MOSTLY YFT SOME LFT WERE ALSO CAUGHT,ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER LOST.MAHI WERE CIRCLING THE BOAT FOR A TIME DURING THE NITE WITH A FEW CAUGHT AS WELL.CAN'T WAIT TO GIVE IT ANOTHER TRY,THAT IS AS SOON AS MY ARMS STOP HURTING.A LOT BETTER TRIP THAN I WOULD HAVE THAT ON A PARTY BOAT.GIVE IT TRY.

Angler Name : Pete & Lee
E-Mail : Pete.Graber@oit.state.nj.us
Boat Name: Seahorse
Date Fished: 10-21-01
Location: Off Shark River
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 11"-17"
Bait or Lure: squid, clam, killies
Water Depth: 65'
Water Temp.: 65?
Information : Fished from about 10:30-2:00 (high tide) and caught 3 nice seabass with the biggest being 17". Also mixed in a couple small sharks, and lots of sea robins. Held bottom with 4 oz first but northerly drift got very fast and had trouble holding bottom even with 8 oz. When we started, the ocean was flat calm but got much sloppier by 2pm...3'-5' seas with at least 20 knot winds. Still a great time.

Angler Name : Jason,Mike,John,John D.,Brian,George&Don
E-Mail : jwpfish@msn.com
Boat Name: "R" Toy
Date Fished: 10/20-10/21
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-125
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 65-70
Information : We set up on the west side on the cold side of the five degree temperature break that was out there. Caught a few maui and a longfin, had a few run offs and some lost fish and a huge shark that came up to the back of the boat took three baits and kept on going. It was a slow night until Greg from the Triple Threat gave us a call from a mile away and said he was done fishing and we could have his spot. It was non stop fishing from 12:30 to 4:00. It went dead for a couple of hours and when the sun came up so did the tuna. The morning bite was great and all the fish were over 80 pounds. When we decided to leave we had 20 yellow, 1 long, and 7 maui. The best trip all season hope to get out again.

Angler Name : mike lawrence
E-Mail :
Boat Name: shot n beer
Date Fished: oct 20 21
Location: hudson canyon
Fishing Method: chunk on the drift
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure: butter fish
Water Depth: 350-1200
Water Temp.: 66.5-68.2
Information : tryed to go friday. after the 3rd 7 hit the bow, turned and went home 14 miles. left sat at 2 pm. nice ride out in my 26 mako. fished the south to east elbow on the drift. 2 blue sharks and lost 2 tuna due to lack of crew ex. had a beutiful trip going to try again next week. catch um up

Angler Name : Alan
E-Mail : kingofbdock
Boat Name: Four-A
Date Fished: 10/20-21
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-100 poounds
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 350
Water Temp.: 64-66
Information : Arrived at the canyon about 3:3O looking for a pot to tie up to. Went along the west wall looking for fish on the sounder and saw nothing. Moved over to the east wall and anchored in about 450 feet of water and started to chunk. After about a half an hour, it felt like the boat was moving. Those of you who were out there might remember a commercial boat dragging his nets thru the fleet--well, he snagged my anchor line and started to pull the boat! After calling him on the vhf, he pulled in his net and dropped the anchor down in about 350 feet of water. The commercial captain was cool about the whole situation and no 'problems' arose from the situation. Started chunking again and had none stop action until about 11:00 pm. Went 7 out of 12 and one blue shark released. A great trip with Mark, Dennis and Ed.

Angler Name : TONY G.,MILTON&WHEELS
E-Mail : T419G@AOL
Boat Name: ALERT
Date Fished: 10/20-10/21
Location: HUDSON CANYON
Fishing Method: CHUNKING
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-85LBS
Bait or Lure: BUTTERS& SARDINES
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 58-60
Information : ARRIVED ON EAST ELBOW AY 4:45 HAD THE FIRST LONGFIN ON AT 5:15,FIRST YELLOW AT 6:00 . WENT 2 FOR 5 WITH THE LIGHTWEIGHT LOSING A BIG YELLOW ON THE FIRST WAVE. CHUNKED ALLNIGHT WITH NOTHING .AT 6:30A.M.STARTED HEAVING CHUNKS IN THE WATER AND THAT SEEMED TO HIT THE MARK.WENT TWO HOURS SOLID OF LONGFIN AND BIG YELLOWS.NICE BULL DOLPHIN JUMPED IN TO GET A HIS ASS ON THE BOAT TOO.WHEN THE BLOOD STOPPED FLYING WE WERE 9 FOR 14 ON THE TUNA 3 MAHIS AND ALL SMILES.BOAT WAS FULL AND WE WERE GONE.

Angler Name : Jimmy Mac
E-Mail : jfmacks@aol.com
Boat Name: FAT CAT
Date Fished: oct.20-21
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-100
Bait or Lure: butters
Water Depth: 450ft
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Arrived at the east wall around 4pm, found a ball and had mahi around right away....boated a coupleand started chunking and had the first fish on within minutes but the main bite started at around 9pm .....by 12am, we had 12 yellowfin to 100lbs., 3 longfin and 7 mahi....when is was all said and done we finished with 15 yellows and broke off another 10 or so....awesome action again on the FAT CAT....hope to get out another time this year....GOOD FISHIN

Angler Name : jimmie
E-Mail : jimmiezoooo69@AOL.COM
Boat Name: BIDDA-BING3
Date Fished: 10-21-01
Location: SANDY HOOK
Fishing Method:
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 1-3LBS
Bait or Lure: CLAMS
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : SHUDLEY AND JIMMIE HAD A GREAT TIME CATCHING SEABASS .

Angler Name : Ed
E-Mail : edc413@home.com
Boat Name: First Catch
Date Fished: 10/21
Location: Near Seaside
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 14"-20"
Bait or Lure: Crippled Herring
Water Depth: 25'-45'
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished a mile or two south of the ferris wheel. Non-stop action jigging weakfish. Boated limit catch (14) weakfish and then some. Caught some on sand worms, but best technique was to jig a crippled herring right off the bottom. Great day.

Angler Name : Jason, Brian, Dwayne, Dave
E-Mail : Jayman63@aol.com
Boat Name: Lindsay Marie
Date Fished: October 20, 21
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunkin
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-110
Bait or Lure: butterfish, squid
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Arrived at the east wall around 5pm. Within 5 minutes had a 50# yellowfin. Had 2 more breakoffs before sundown. The night chunk was very slow, moving around from wall to wall only produced 1 longfin, 1 yellowfin 2 larger mahi and a small swordfish. Bluesharks were around most of the night. At daybreak we moved to the mouth where most people had luck and limited out on larger yellowfin and released the biggest blueshark i have ever seen (about 13 ft.) by 11. Excellent season ender. Ketch em up Okuma!

Angler Name : Mike
E-Mail : MikDolan54@Aaol.com
Boat Name: Temperance
Date Fished: 0ct 21, 01
Location: Texas Tower
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 50 - 75
Bait or Lure: Butter / Bunker
Water Depth: 180
Water Temp.: 63.5
Information : Arrived at tower at sunrise. Anchored a mile south, up current. Chunked for an hour before getting first fish. Had a good pick all day, left 7 for 12 at 1:30, Luckily the crew didn't throw me back with the six fish we released... Ocean was perfect, except for the last ten miles coming in.

Angler Name : Erick
E-Mail : wondermut66@yahoo.com
Boat Name: The Mullet
Date Fished: 10/21/01
Location: Sea Girt Reef
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 1-6lbs
Bait or Lure: Fiddler Crabs
Water Depth: 90
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Dropped down and had non stop action. Fished for about an hour and caught so many I can not count.

Angler Name : Capt. Manny Canales
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 10/20-21
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : A mediocre chunking trip for Jack Singh and his group. We got out later than usual and had a tough time finding a place to fish with some elbow room in the vast fleet of boats in the Hudson. Working the edges we caught 7 out of 12 tuna hooked, 5 yellowfin and 2 longfin. Also boated a mahi and a 30lb. swordfish that was released.

Angler Name : Damian Cavalli
E-Mail : damiancavalli@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Doris Mae
Date Fished: 10-21-01
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method:
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: to 80
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Boat limited out by 0600 hrs. 7 hrs. of fun and excitment. Lots of action. Great weather. Too many people forgot to tip the mates.

Angler Name : Jeff Sutton
E-Mail : jsutton30@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Fortuna
Date Fished: 10/19-21
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28"-39"
Bait or Lure: Eels
Water Depth: 12-27
Water Temp.: n/a
Information : Caught some nice fish drifting the rips and flats around sandy hook. we ended up with 16 fish ranging from 28" to 39" and placed 4th in the Hi-Mar tourney. Our two top fish were 19 and 21 lbs.

Angler Name : "The Chrysanthopoulos Crew"
E-Mail : NCTAR1@aol.com
Boat Name: TARHEEL
Date Fished: 10/20-10/21
Location: Hudson Canyon-east elbow
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-60lb.
Bait or Lure: sardines and butterfish
Water Depth: 350
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Another pretty day and night with non stop action. Lost a lot more fish than we would like to admit but we put 9 in the box.....gonna try it again this week as long as mother nature cooperates....catch em up.

Angler Name : Nick Cucinello
E-Mail : Nick_cucinello@ml.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/21/01
Location: Off IBSP
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 41" 33lbs
Bait or Lure: Plugs and Umbrella rigs
Water Depth: 40-60
Water Temp.: 64-69
Information : Fished from Barnegat Inlet up to Seaside Heights. Caught the Bass off IBSP. Caught several large Blues up to 38" off of Seaside Park. Excellent weather and fishing!

Angler Name : Luigi
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Norma K III
Date Fished: October 21
Location: Few miles off Bay Head
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 8 to 16"
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: 45 - 55 ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Late October sea bass fishing is in good shape. At the first drop, the fish were biting the instant the sinker hit bottom. That lasted about 45 minutes or so, with about 3 shorts to every keeper. After moving, the action slowed down a bit but I still ended up catching about 30 sea bass and 1 porgy, not bad for a half-day trip. I only saw a few blackfish, caught by guys using green crabs.

Angler Name : Rick
E-Mail :
Boat Name: JAKE TOO
Date Fished: 10-21-01
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27+34in
Bait or Lure: unbrella rigs
Water Depth: 20-30
Water Temp.: ???
Information : we were out early looked like rain till about 10:00- 11:00 but cleared up nice got the two bass while it was looking like rain. Started A new job wish I had some sick time. Theirs allways next week. Those of you that are off let me know how the week goes.... thanks....

Angler Name : Bob Davis
E-Mail : rwdhancock@aol.com
Boat Name: Family Tradition
Date Fished: 10/20
Location: Ocean
Fishing Method: Bottom fishing
Specie: Tautog
Size: 3 to 7.5lbs.
Bait or Lure: crabs
Water Depth: 45ft.
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Great day on the water. Three of us took our limit on blackfish up to 7.5lbs. First two fish were sea bass and the next was about a 8-9 lb. blackfish that I lost at the boat. Made the mistake of having my net in the cabin. Through back many 2-3 lbs looking for the togzilla. Biggest fish was 7.5lbs but broke off two fish that I suspect were in the 8-10lb range. Get out there while the fishing is good.

Angler Name : Dr. John Bednar
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 19-20
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-100
Bait or Lure: Butters
Water Depth: 800
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Jay Richardella made the Canyon Runner's last trip to the canyon for the 2001 season. It was our 60th canyon trip this year. The Dr. John Bednar charter from Cherry Hill, NJ got into the yellowfin as soon as we set up on the drift. However, the bite was not consistant and we had to move several times to put a catch together. While we did not end out canyon season with a limit catch we did put together another double digit catch of yellowfin - putting 11 in the boat. Our 25th double digit catch of tuna this year.

Angler Name : John
E-Mail : Rockysdad@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Freddy C
Date Fished: 10/20/01
Location: Sandy Hook Reef
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: 3lbs to 6.5lbs
Bait or Lure: Green Crabs
Water Depth: 50'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Fish on th Freddy C. on Saturday for some Togs. Fishing was steady with the best action in the morning. Great day on the water, caught 10 fish with only 3 keepers. Pool fish on boat was 6.5lbs. I saw a big striper caught on a small boat next to us. It looked like a 30lb + fish. About 30 anglers caught 60+ togs and lots of porgies caught on clams.

Angler Name : Skwid Werkin
E-Mail : ejaimes1@nyc.rr.com
Boat Name: Explorer
Date Fished: October 19-20
Location: 30 miles east of Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Butterfish / live squid / jig
Specie: Big-Eye Tuna
Size: 180 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 110 feet
Water Temp.: not sure - around 60 degrees
Information : A little rough getting out, 3-4 foot seas with a few minutes of 4-6 foot "rogues." Began fishing around 2am. Bite was quick upon anchoring, with 3 yellowfin landed between 40-60 pounds. Several small swordfish hooked, biggest was around 70-80 lbs. While hooked, swordfish was chased by a large blue shark. A little later on a larger yellowfin around 110 pounds was landed. Just after sunrise, heavy hit on butterfish at 110 feet. 80 pound test with 100 pound flurocarbon, 8.0 hook. 40 minute fight with two anglers landed the 180 pound "big guy." Sashimi mighty tasty. Squid on.

Angler Name : dave
E-Mail : mbent98912@aol.com
Boat Name: Re-Bait
Date Fished: 10/20/01
Location: LBI South
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 33-44"
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 58
Information : We caught 6 of 7 stripers all over 20 pounds Saturday in 3 hours fishing. I thought we had accomplished something.....til the ABC reported in with a 50 pound striper! Way to go Mark+Drew, that's a new club record for the BHM&TC!

Angler Name : Rich
E-Mail : randres1@swwarthmore.edu
Boat Name: Sawdust
Date Fished: 10/20/01
Location: Stone Beds
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: 6-7 lbs
Bait or Lure: anything (artificials)
Water Depth: 71
Water Temp.: 59
Information : We started off striper fishing anchored in the GE Inlet with nothing buts tons of weed on our lines. We then ran out to the GE Reef where we had our limit of black bass last week. Nothing but large flounder; makes me sick the commercial trollers can keep them and we can't. We were going to run to the AC Reef to look for blues, but decided to head south instead and stopped at the Stone Beds off Ocean City. Good choice, we had steady action of 6-7 lb false albacore on light tackle for two hours. Lots of fun and a good thing so we didn't get skunked.

Angler Name : chuck
E-Mail : tigershark58@aol.com
Boat Name: golden eagle
Date Fished: 10/19-10/20
Location: hudson canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 45-105
Bait or Lure: butterfish live squid
Water Depth: very deep
Water Temp.: low 60's
Information : set up away from the fleet fri. night 1st fish on as soon as those chunk's hit the water. we had non stop action all night a few guy's limited out, while other guy's like me struggled i ended up with 1 yellow about 60 lbs.lost 2 fish at the boat. we ended up with about 40 yellow's by night's end the bite compleatly shut down. no fish from 6:00am till we left at 11am.I would like to say that i'm retiring from the party boat fishing as i got hooked up with a wonderful private charter out of belmar called the last lady. capt. ralph once again thanx for an awsome trip in sept..we slamed em... GOOD LUCK FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON..(JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE FISH ON!!!)

Angler Name : Ron Walker
E-Mail : rwalker@trilogyassoc.com
Boat Name: MegaBite
Date Fished: Oct 19-20, 2001
Location: Del Bay - Horseshoe area
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 34" and 40"
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 20
Water Temp.: 57
Information : The weatherman called for 1 footers, but we got pounded by 3 foot chop with an occasional 4 mixed in. But it was worth it. We had two quick run-offs that were missed within 1/2 hour of setting up. When the tide turned, the chop laid down and we were able to catch two nice bass of 34" and 40". It was a georgous, almost 80 degree Indian summer day. On Sunday, I was assurred by the Bailey's Bait shop on 47 that I was getting fresh bunker. Fresh bunker does not fall apart when you cut it. Be suspicous of bait purchased there. We headed back to the same spot as Saturday. We had two run-offs that were missed, and that was it for the day. The kids on this trip had a ball catching croakers so the trip was not a total loss. And my buddy Capt Ed gave us a nice fish, so we had some meat for the dinner table.

Angler Name : John Shipley
E-Mail : captjohn001@home.com
Boat Name: Saint Jude
Date Fished: 10/19 - 20/01
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-90 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Butterfish / Squid
Water Depth: 650 ft
Water Temp.: 65 farenheit
Information : After 2 months on land (due to the birth of my son and the need for parenting and wife support) I finally got the 'ol Saint Jude out to the canyon for some quality male bonding and some pretty good fishing to boot. Once the cobwebs were out, (and Dave Bender of Jenny lee tipped me off) we were able to set up on top of some nice yellowfins and catch 8 for 12 before it got dark. There were also some "long Island Bigeyes" (BFT) around. we hooked into two of these freighttrains only to lose both. I was spooled on a #50 with 80lb. test... straight down! man can those fish fight... By sunrise and after a restful night (barely threw a chunk between 10pm and 4am) we had a dozen big YFT in the boxes and released a blueshark. When I went to fire up the engines, I found out the hard way that the battery charger had stopped working properly.... Hate the dead battery clicking sound 82 miles from the slip. Jenny lee came through again for us (thank you Dave) with a kicker charger (he is in the towing business too) that coupled with jumper cables to my genny's battery gave enough juice to fire them up. NOAA did another bang up job with the forecast 2-3 footers that were more like 4-7 (on the chin) But I was happy to take the beating as long as my engines were running.. Nice to have friends offshore...

Angler Name : Mark, John, Enrique, Frank, Lou
E-Mail : qcable@optonline.net
Boat Name: Cat Fish Hunter
Date Fished: 10/19-10/20
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 30-90 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Butter fish
Water Depth: 650'
Water Temp.: 64
Information : We got to the East Elbow late started chunking with no luck till around 2:00 A.M. but only blue sharks. Around 3:00 we landed our first Yellowfin of the trip, than a couple of Mahi"s. The rest of the night brought a few more Blue Shark. At sunrise we were playing around with more Mahi Mahi then we hooked another Yellowfin around 8:00 A.M., One at 9:00 and our 90 pounder at 9:30 A.M. We were fortunate to turn a bad trip into an ok trip in the morning. Those predicted 1' to 3' sea's sure felt like 6'to 8', but maybe it was just us.

Angler Name : Chuck
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Cheryl Ann
Date Fished: 10/20/01
Location: Cape May Rips
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: EELS
Water Depth: 07-30
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Hundreds of boats at both Prisy Wick and Overfalls Shoal. Saw/heard NO fish caught. Couple of channel #68 calls of a fish caught hear and there. Its just not time yet. After this weekends cold spell things will turn on. Remember when the Bait Shop says they are in, wait at least two weeks.

Angler Name : Capt. Manny Canales
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 10/20/01
Location: long branch
Fishing Method: chum
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10-16lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: 100
Water Temp.: 64
Information : A great day of fall fishing for the Kathy Pellett charter. Started off the day chumming 10-16lb. blues and it didnt take long to fill the box. Seabass were also biting very well and the group topped off the day with a nice catch of seabass to 4lbs.

Angler Name : bill
E-Mail : billp130@home.com
Boat Name: SEA FOX
Date Fished: 10/20
Location: hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: n/a
Bait or Lure: eels clams
Water Depth: n/a
Water Temp.: n/a
Information : left the dock at 630 fished to 1130 and not one fish in the boat. the capt. tryed, we did a lot of moving around.maybe nextweek will be better???

Angler Name : Ralph & Roy DeJulia
E-Mail : captreelaction@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Action
Date Fished: 10/20/01
Location: Hook and Reef
Fishing Method: Trolling and Bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 31"
Bait or Lure: Shads
Water Depth: 40'
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Had my mate,Ralph & and his brother,Roy, aboard for some striped bass and bottom fishing. We trolled the Rocks to no avail. A call from Capt. Jim, Calypso, said he was doing well around the hook. We put 3 fish in the boat in an hour. We then went bottom fishing on the reef and caught around 30 porgies and 2 blackfish in an 1 1/2 hour. Throw back some short sea bass and blackfish. The striped bass are starting to improve, book early. I will be fishing till the end of November.

Angler Name : Ed Z.
E-Mail : monmag31@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Ramona
Date Fished: 10/19-10/20
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-90 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish/ Fresh Squid
Water Depth: 400'
Water Temp.: 64.3
Information : Dropped the hook near the Letters at 8:00pm and the action started around 9:30pm.and continued thru the night.Had a lot of false alarm run-off's from the dolphin(The Mammal)swimming thru the lines.There had to be 50 of them swimming around the boat.They stayed with us all night keeping alert and entertained.We caught our limit of 18 fish by 2:00am.,took a 4 hr breather and then headed for the barn at first light.

Angler Name : John Adamcik
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 10/20/2001
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 3 !/2 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 90 Ft.
Water Temp.: 68 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula ran the Bounty Hunter down to the wrecks 20 miles South of Manasquan Inlet and the John Adamcik charter had an opportunity to get in on some great fall Seabass fishing. Working 5 wrecks in water depths ranging from 65 to 90 ft. the charter picked their way thru a ton of short Seabass and at the end of the day put 100+ keepers up to 3 1/2 lbs. in the fish box.

Angler Name : Frank
E-Mail : FrankMcL@aol.com
Boat Name: Maryanne
Date Fished: 10/20/2001
Location: Cape May Inshore Rips
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30 - 38"
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 15'
Water Temp.: 62 degrees
Information : Boated 10 stripers. We started at Prissywick with sloppy seas in the morning & hooked 3 up early-on in heavy chop in the incoming tide. Picked one during slack tide. Caught a nice bite in the early afternoon as the outgoing tide started up. The wind laid down nicely & it suprisingly turned into a nice day on the water with great action.

Click here for more information. Angler Name : Brian Thomas
E-Mail : Bri76@aol.com
Boat Name: Joann's Choice
Date Fished: 10/19
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 55-80#
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Got to the Hudson at 430pm, anchored in about 450-500 feet of water away from most boats, put the first two rods in the water immediently had the first YFT on, fished for only an hour catching 1 yft 3 Longfin and had 2 breakoffs fish ranged from 50-80# left with boxes full..got home @ 100 am after rough trip home...

Angler Name : Gary Cook
E-Mail : riverrunner@rocketmail.com
Boat Name: NIKMO
Date Fished: 10/19/01
Location: Barnegat Inlet
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32"
Bait or Lure: Eels
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.: 64 degrees
Information : Drifted eels early at the dike and boated a nice 32" Striper and lost another. That was the only fish I saw in the inlet, channels and jetties. Went outside to the Reef and banged away at some nice Sea Bass and Porgies. 11 Sea Bass 12"-20", and 6 slab Porgies. Keeper ratio for Sea Bass was 3 to 1. Great day to be fishing!! Tight lines.

Angler Name : Pete
E-Mail : Petekeywest@aol.com
Boat Name: Sea Horse
Date Fished: 10/19/01
Location: Sandy Hook Reef
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: 20in
Bait or Lure: Green Crab@Clam
Water Depth: 50-60ft
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Fished with Capt. Ed. Jr. and Mate John, had a great day. Only moved the boat once, I won the pool with a 20in. Tog, and also took home 5 other keepers, and lost three large fish on the top of the water. Also filled the cooler with slab Porgies. Lots of life out there, so get in the action while it last. Fish Fast life is Short. Tight lines Pete

Angler Name : Gerard Berrar
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 18-19
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-180 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butters
Water Depth: 800
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Gerard Bearar charter out on the Canyon Runner Thursday-Friday and found the yellowfin right where he left them Tuesday. Setting up on the chunk we were once again surrounded by sharks and had to make a move to get through them to the tuna. The move paid off and we battled yellowfin through out the night. Fighting over 20 tuna we put 14 in the boat with one pushing 125 pounds and another weighing in at 180 pounds.

Angler Name : Bill
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/19
Location: The Farms
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8-14lb
Bait or Lure: Spearing
Water Depth: 120ft
Water Temp.:
Information : I started at the Mud Hole for a slow pick. Went to the farms and left them biting until 2:00. All big fish.

Angler Name : Jumbo Jones
E-Mail : GCJ5765@aol.com
Boat Name: HydraSport Duck
Date Fished: 10/18/01
Location: NE of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: clam bait
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 289- 37 inches
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 40 -60 ft
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Tried fishing from inlet to seaside like everyone else - lots of bait and birds nobody catchin!! Changed game plan when I saw clam boat starting just northeast of bell - droped in behind and we limited out plus some in 1/2 hour - no slot fish at all!! Clam boat moved down off Bayhead and the bite stopped about 25 minutes later.

Angler Name : nicky
E-Mail : chevz71@si.rr.com
Boat Name: sweet lynn
Date Fished: 10/18/2001
Location: brezzy point
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 36 in.
Bait or Lure: live eels
Water Depth: 18 feet
Water Temp.: 59
Information : did five drifts through the rip, at the turn of in coming water

Angler Name : John
E-Mail : johnlaura@home.com
Boat Name: Sea Siren
Date Fished: 10/18/2001
Location: Beach South from Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: ZIP
Bait or Lure: Spoons and Strech lures
Water Depth: 10' to 35'
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Well another waisted day fishing for Bass. Trolled 20 miles not one hit. This as got to be the poorest season for bass and big Blues along the beach I have seen in many years.When you can't even catch a Blue it is telling us something. Guess I have to stay with Botton fishing for the next few weeks. All in all it was still a great day to be on the water. That's why it called fishing and not cathing. Keep A tight Line and Peace.

Angler Name : capt.joe
E-Mail : osobad7@aol.com
Boat Name: seaweed
Date Fished: 10-18
Location: the ripes sandyhook
Fishing Method: driftings worms
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 2/27" 1/29"
Bait or Lure: worms
Water Depth: 20-35ft.
Water Temp.: 60
Information : left morgan creek at 4. tryed the bay, nothing. shot out to the hook,caught the ingoming. first drift we had a double hookup,2-27" took two more short drifs got one more 29" A quick trip home on the seaweed,and i was able to catch the last half hour of suivior

Angler Name : jim,dave,bob
E-Mail : shep9999@home.com
Boat Name: amy sue
Date Fished: 10/17/01
Location: mudbouy?,reef,rocks,
Fishing Method:
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8-12 #
Bait or Lure: butter,spearing
Water Depth: 40-50
Water Temp.: 60?
Information : Inspite af small craft warning went to mudbouy,too rough.Came into reef and in 3 different locations picked up nice bag of sea bass,black bass on crabs.Moved to rocks and set up chumline.After nice catch on bottom,got blues in on spearing and butter fish...a slow pick.Dave live lined a begal and after nice fight on light tackle,got a 36inch,20# striper..boat record so far.DONT TELL YOUR WIFE WHEN YOU GO OUT IN SMALL CRAFT WARNINGS.

Angler Name : rick
E-Mail : userstv578@aol.com
Boat Name: shannon 1#
Date Fished: 10-16-01
Location: at crossledge
Fishing Method: bunker, drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24"& 29.5
Bait or Lure: bunker fresh
Water Depth: 29ft.
Water Temp.: ??
Information : caught 2# bass 1# 8 lb.blue 2#croakers all on drift all in a short time in coming tide

Angler Name : Mike Laske
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 15-16
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-80
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had yet another excellent trip to the canyon on the Canyon Runner Monday-Tuesday with the Mike Laske charter from Middletown, NJ. The horrible fishing of September now a distant memory we are back into the tuna like the way it should be during the fall canyon season. Pulling up to the edge before dark we did not even begin chunking when the first baited line went in the water and we were hooked up. Once we started chunking it got better. With 2 fish on at all times and over 40 fish hooked-up it was not long before the boxes were full. The yellowfin went between 50-80 pounds and we put 23 in the boat plus released another 8 (some of which were mutilated by the numerous sharks around the boat all night).

Angler Name : Not Me
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Invader
Date Fished: 10 - 15 - 01
Location: Pt Pleasant canal
Fishing Method: Drifting Live Eels
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Dont know exactly but it was big
Bait or Lure: Eels
Water Depth: 15-20
Water Temp.: 60's
Information : I was coming through the Pt Pleasant canal and I saw a guy up on the side fishing with live eels between the two Bridges. He had two Huge Bass he said he caught them right when the tide slacked up he tossed the eels in and then set the rod down and the first fish almost took the rod into the water. Was in the ocean and didnt see a thing no fish anywhere, just one huge sunfish. Good Luck Guys

Angler Name : G. Davis
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Slacker
Date Fished: 10/15/01
Location: Sandy Hook Rip
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 32"
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 15-25
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Good day in the rip. 20 mph west wind combined with new moon ebb tide made for a fast drift requiring 6 oz sinkers. Caught 7 stripers in about 10-15 short drifts. 2 bass over 30"; the rest in the 20"s. Fishing still isn't real consistent... struck out the day before and the day after.

Angler Name : Capt Bernie Roth
E-Mail : mbroth@bellatlantic.com
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: Oct 13,14
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-100 lbs
Bait or Lure: sardines/butterfish
Water Depth: 720 ft
Water Temp.: 70 degrees
Information : Had the Kevin Miles party on board for an overnight chunk/troll trip and put together the best catch of the season thus far. Based on input from Dave Bender, Capt of the Jenny Lee, we set up for chunking early on the east wall. From 3pm till dark the charter boated 6 yellowfins and 11 longfins. By 9 pm they limited out on yellowfins and they stopped fishing. They allowed another boat, Primetime, to tie up to our transom and they watched while Capt Bill Madden and his crew also had non stop action limiting out by midnight. After a good nights sleep we headed for home at 6am with 32 tuna on ice, 21 yellowfins and 11 longfins.

Angler Name :
E-Mail :
Boat Name: WishiCouldTellU
Date Fished: 10/13-10/14
Location: LBI South
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22+33 Pounds
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Fished LBI and caught some good stripers over the weekend. I heard some good reports both days. All you Old Barney guys;Are you up to the challenge? Super Striper Conetst out of BHMTC, open to public, from 9:00PM 10/19-till5:00PM 10/20. 2 heaviest fish, $100 to get in, $2,000 purse.

Angler Name : Jeff
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Instigator
Date Fished: October 13-14
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: Up to approx. 100 lbs.
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : With some good reports finally coming from the Hudson, we decided to fish there rather than the Washington where we had been fishing the last few weeks. Made the right decision. Fishing was fantastic.

Angler Name : mike
E-Mail : fjmdce@aol.com
Boat Name: sea devil
Date Fished: 10/14/01
Location: canyon - west wall
Fishing Method: squid,butter,sardines
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 45-50 lbs.
Bait or Lure: bait
Water Depth: 575
Water Temp.: 67
Information : we were obviouly in the wrong spot.only 5 yellow fin 1 long fin. 8-10ft. seas going out. very,very slow and long night.what were we doing wrong? Marked allot of fish at various depths.Going to try a mid-day trip next time. Enjoyed the ride home.That's fish'n

Angler Name : CHUCK
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHERYL ANN
Date Fished: OCTOBER 13, 2001
Location: HORSESHOE DELAWARE BAY
Fishing Method: CHUNKING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: BUNKER
Water Depth: 28'
Water Temp.: 63
Information : BEAUTYFUL DAY, SEAS LESS THAN 1 FT. NOT EVEN A RUN-OFF. DID NOT EVEN SEE A BASS CAUGHT. STILL TO EARLY FOR BASS. ANOTHER WEEK OR TWO MAY MAKE THE DIFFERENCE. A FRIEND FISHING AT THE CAPE MAY RIPS SAW A FEW SLOT FISH CAUGHT, NOT A GREAT DAY THERE EITHER.

Angler Name : Scott H
E-Mail : scotth@mtm.com
Boat Name: The Teal
Date Fished: 10-12 13
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 75 - 125 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butters, Live Squid, Sardines
Water Depth: Deep and Blue
Water Temp.:
Information : Tuna...Tuna...Tuna, Best trip of the year, Drifted East Wall through the night, Bites within an hour of setting slick. Over 50 in the boat mix of Yellow and Long fins, a couple of Swords to round out the trip. Butters, Sardines and Squids all produced hook ups. Tight Lines Scott

Angler Name : mike lawrence
E-Mail :
Boat Name: shot n beer
Date Fished: 10-13-01
Location: chicken bacardi
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure: everything
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 66 to71
Information : Started late for what could have been an unbelievable trip started mid chic at 10 am had three knock downs no fish. exellant day couldnt be better should have went the other 10 to the tip heard they loaded up. see you out there next week. bringing ex fuel.

Angler Name : Rich
E-Mail : randres1@swarthmore.edu
Boat Name: sawdust
Date Fished: 10/13
Location: GE Reef
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 12''-14''
Bait or Lure: minnow
Water Depth: 55
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Started off striper fishing anchored behind Longport to no avail. Lots of weed in the water was making fishing hard. After an hour we went out front in 40 feet of water looking for weakfish. No weakies but did get 2 ling (red hake). Since it was so flat, we ran out to the GE Reef and limited out on sea bass in no time. They would only bite minnows, they could care less about a hook with no minnow on it. We came back in, striper fished a bit more in the Thorofare (again lots of weed) and headed in. Not a bad day. Where are all the stripers?

Angler Name : Robert Gerull
E-Mail : RGerull@aol.com
Boat Name: Jagermiester
Date Fished: 10/13
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Bottom/Chunk
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 4-8 pounds
Bait or Lure: Chunk
Water Depth: 70ft
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Fished 7:00am to 8:30 at the rips for stripers. ALOT of boats. Saw some shorts caught. Went down to the Rocks for Blacks and Sea Bass not much doing there either. Went out to the BA chunked for blues as we fished for Sea bass. Caught 3 3-4 pound sea bass and 17 blues from 4-8 pounds in the last 4 hours of fishing. Saw alot of nice blacks coming up from the surrounding party boats. Not a bad day

Angler Name : Paul
E-Mail : psolim7115@aol
Boat Name: paparale
Date Fished: 10/13/01
Location: flynns knowl sandy hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 32"
Bait or Lure: eel,sand worms
Water Depth: 30 ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information :

Angler Name : Chris Hempstead
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 12-13
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-100
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Chris Hempstead charter from Fairhaven, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Friday-Saturday and enjoyed another great October chunking trip. Arriving at 100 fathoms at 5pm we went immediately on the drift and had fish on with in minutes. By 10:30 pm the charter had had enough but since the weather was perfect we stayed another few hours and making another drift put a few more fish in the boat. We arrived at the dock by 7:30am with the boxes full of 19 Yellowfin and 1 Longfin.

Angler Name : Slammin Sammy
E-Mail : samlepaul@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Backlash
Date Fished: 10/13/2001
Location: Delaware Bay
Fishing Method: chumming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 12-23"
Bait or Lure: bunker strips
Water Depth: 10-30'
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Lots of crocker Fun on light tackle.Caught at least 25 bass Thanks to Capt.Bucko

Angler Name : Patrick D. Vogt
E-Mail : Forry52@aol.com
Boat Name: Katie H.
Date Fished: 10-13-01
Location: East Elbow Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: On the Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 70-120 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 450
Water Temp.: 67
Information : We experienced non-stop action with two and three fish on at a time. On our way out we were told of excellent fishing and the Capt. on the air would let us slide right into his existing slick as his hold was full with some 27 fish and he was heading home early. As we approached the fish were boiling the top of the water, right at the stern of his boat. We had two fish into the fight within five minutes of our arrival. We kept the fish on the bite and within our sight on the top of the water the entire day. In the most exhilarating two and a half hours of fishing I've ever been a part of our hold was full and we were on our way home. We went 13 for 17, landing 9 Yellowfin up to 120 lbs., three Allison Yellowfins to 100 lbs., and one Big Eye Tuna to 85 lbs. What An Excellent Day!

Angler Name : Mike Rao
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 10/12 - 10/13
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: Up to 90 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 1000 Ft.
Water Temp.: 69 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had the Mike Rao charter on board the Bounty Hunter for what turned out to be the most productive trip of this otherwise hit & miss season. Drifting in 1000/2000 Ft. of water on the calmest night of the season the action was fast & intense with multiple hook ups of fish up to 90 lbs. on within minutes of our first chunks hitting the water. By 1AM the charter boated 22 yellowfin out of 34 hooked and we called it a night.

Angler Name : Damian
E-Mail : damiancavalli@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Doris Mae
Date Fished: 10-13-01
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method:
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Limited yellowfin action during the night. Day bite came in the morning and lasted @ 2.5 hours in which @ 40 longfin were caught, mostly on squid. Lucky enough to catch my personel best, a 150 pound bigeye. A few fish over 100 pounds also caught plus two swords with my father catching one of them. Never saw a flatter ocean then Friday night weather could not have been better

Angler Name : Capt. Manny Canales
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 10/12/01
Location: wrecks
Fishing Method: bait
Specie: Tautog
Size: 2-7lbs.
Bait or Lure: crab
Water Depth: 60
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Went out late with a couple of friends for a little fun fishing to celebrate the opening of Tog season. Fishing was very good on the local wrecks and we limited out on Tog from 2-7 lbs in a few hours. Also caught a striper and a couple of blues.

Angler Name : Bryan
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Capt. Cal
Date Fished: 10/12
Location: just south of Shrewsbury
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Clams/Squid
Water Depth: 35-90
Water Temp.: ?
Information : A very poor day bottom fishing. No crabs for Blackfish on board.Out of six different moves and twice as much repositioning, four of the spots were spent fishing on sand! Most anglers managed to boat about 2-4 seabass and a couple of ling. About three keeper blacks were boated(one was mine). weather and sea couldn't of been better.

Angler Name : Edward A.
E-Mail : Sport250@aol.com
Boat Name: Family Tradition II
Date Fished: 10/12/01
Location: Sandy Hook Reef
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Blackfish
Size: Up to 9 Lbs
Bait or Lure: Crabs
Water Depth: 35 ft
Water Temp.: 60 degrees
Information : Unbelievable day of Tog fishing. Four anglers aboard all had limit catches with three hours of fishing. Most fish in the 2 to five pound range. The largest went 9 1/4 pounds. I expect the action to continue as strong for another two weeks as last year.

Angler Name : Jeff
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Instigator
Date Fished: Oct. 11-12
Location: Washington Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: Up to 90 lbs.
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 600 Feet
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Excellent fishing down south. The two owners combined for 35 fish.

Angler Name : John Strozyk
E-Mail : StrozykF@home.com
Boat Name: Doormatt
Date Fished: 10/12/01
Location: Sandy Hook Rip / Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 10-15 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Eels / worms
Water Depth: 15 - 30 Ft.
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Almost could walk from boat to boat - very quick bite that lasted only about 20 minutes mid way through the outgoing tide around 9:30 PM. Many eel pick ups (could have been smaller fish) - that were missed. Fall run appears to be started - as word from boat to boat was that each night recently has been pretty descent. Beautiful night to be on the water - made up for putting only 2 keepers in the box. Hope the weather cooperates for all of us this fall.

Angler Name : Jim Fressela
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 11-12
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-90
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Jim Fressella charter from Trenton, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Thursday-Friday and had another great trip. Setting up on the edge at 6pm we quickly had 4 longfin in the boat. However, we did not have another bite and at 3am we made a move that paid off big. Drifting the deep we had tuna in the slick within ten minutes and had constant action until we headed home. Yellowfin and Longfin were being fought and boated 3 at a time and when the smoke cleared we headed home with 7 yellowfin and 15 longfin on ice. In addition we had a few more mahi-mahi.

Angler Name : e.derudder
E-Mail : edder42@aol
Boat Name: no quarter
Date Fished: 10/11-12
Location: south of 100 square
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-100#
Bait or Lure: butters
Water Depth: 900
Water Temp.: 68.5
Information : had an ok nite.It seemed the guys potted up did better. Fish were holdig about 100 to 120 ft. down.If anyone fished on the hook this nite would like to hear their results.We had a lot current,hard to get baits down.

Angler Name : Jeff Sutton
E-Mail : jsutton30@hotmail.com
Boat Name: The Little G
Date Fished: 10/11/01
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 29-35"
Bait or Lure: Eels
Water Depth: 5-17ft
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Nice drift provided us with 4 stripers ranging from 8-16 1/2 lbs while fishing eels. Had a few good run-offs as well. Looks like this may have been the last trip before the weekend blow?

Angler Name : Mitchel Page
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 10-11
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-100
Bait or Lure: Butters
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Jay Richardella had another good trip to the canyon Wednesday to Thursday with the Mitchel Page charter and the Together Two Fishing Team. Setting up on the drift, due to the current ripping to the bow at anchor, we had fish on within the hour and picked through the night. After three drifts we we headed home with 12 tuna on ice, some mahi, and released a small swordfish.

Angler Name : Capt. John Pfeiffer
E-Mail : captbigjohn@yahoo.com
Boat Name: SEA ++
Date Fished: 10/11/01
Location: Texas Tower
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 50lb+
Bait or Lure: Butters
Water Depth: 180
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Left the dock at 4:15 am with owners John Goullet and Doug Andersen. Had a sloppy ride out, got to the Tower at 8am. Had the first run off at 8:15. Boated a 50lb BFT. Had other runoffs. We marked fish during the day. Left for home at 1pm. Two boats went out on 10/11 at 11pm from our dock at Atlantic Highlands and they both came back today with 4 BFT each. The largest was 90lbs. Early bites.

Angler Name : The Chrysanthopoulos crew
E-Mail : NCTAR1@aol.com
Boat Name: TARHEEL
Date Fished: 10/10/01-10/11/01
Location: HUDSON CANYON
Fishing Method: ON THE CHUNK
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: UP TO 87 LBS.
Bait or Lure: BUTTERFISH AND SARDINES
Water Depth: 450
Water Temp.: 68
Information : THE CREW OF THE TARHEEL WAS AT IT AGAIN SLAMMIN THE FATTIES GOIN' 10 FOR 13 WITH 8 YELLOW FIN 1 LONGFIN AND 1 SWORD. CAPTAIN BILLY NAPERSKI AS USUAL WAS ABLE TO SNIFF EM OUT AND GET US BACK TO THE DOCK EARLY.

Angler Name : Bob and Rob
E-Mail : rmackjr558@aol.com
Boat Name: Sea Ya!
Date Fished: 10/11/01
Location: Farms
Fishing Method: Chum/Chunk
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10 to 18 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butter/Mackeral
Water Depth: 105
Water Temp.: 63.4
Information : Anchored at the Farms and had non stop action for over 5 hours. The wind kicked up around 3pm and the trip home was horrible. WX report said 3ft. They were less then half right. A special thanks to the Head Boat Capt. on the Catherine II. Cut our slick 4 times and then anchored right in the middle of it. Thanks Cap'n. Your a real gentleman!

Angler Name : Larry
E-Mail : larzee58
Boat Name: Sea Wolf
Date Fished: 10/10/01
Location: Delaware Bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 2-6 lbs
Bait or Lure: Shedders
Water Depth: 15
Water Temp.: 60.5
Information : loaded up on the best weakfishing of the year. I couldnt believe how these fish were hitting. It was a race between the weakies and the croakers. The croakers were up to 3 lbs and weakies were having a hard time getting the bait before the croakers did. All in all the best of the year finished up with 4 limits of weakies and 40 or more croakers. threw alot back.

Angler Name : PAUL,EUSEBIO AND DICK J
E-Mail : DJJACOBUS@MSN.COM
Boat Name: LONG OVERDUE
Date Fished: 10-10-01
Location: RARITAN BAY
Fishing Method: DRIFT
Specie: Weakfish
Size: NONE
Bait or Lure: SANDWORMS AND BUNKER CHUNKS
Water Depth: 10-15 FT
Water Temp.: 60-62 F
Information : GOT OUT ABOUT 4:30 PM AND HEADED OUT TO THE KEANSBURG FLATS LOOKING FOR OUR FIRST FALL STRIPER.NICE DRIFT ON OUT-GOING TIDE,BUT NOT MANY SIGNS OF LIFE.SPOTTED ONE SMALL SCHOOL OF BUNKER,BUT NO BIRDS WORKING.CAUGHT A GOOD SIZE SEA ROBIN ON A BUNKER CHUNK RIGHT AS IT GOT DARK.A NICE AFTER WORK TRIP,CAN'T WAIT FOR THE REAL THING TO START.ON VACATION NEXT WEEK HOPING FOR SOME TALL TALES TO TELL.HAVE FUN OUT THERE.DJ

Angler Name : Bill shillingford
E-Mail : bucktail8@netscape.net
Boat Name: Bucktail willie
Date Fished: 10/9-10/01
Location: Behind south end Ocean City
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 23"31"
Bait or Lure: atom poppers
Water Depth: 2-4 ft
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Bass were in shallow water chasing peanut bunker on top..mouth of small creeks seem to be most productive. 11 on monday and 9 on tues Ocean fish as they were very silvery

Angler Name : Pete C
E-Mail : petec59@aol.com
Boat Name: Miss Barneget Light
Date Fished: 10/9 - 10/10
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40 -100
Bait or Lure: squid, butterfish and jigs
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Made it out in less that 4 hours. Bite really didn't start till 4am lasted to 8am. Lots of fish but won't bite consistancely. Had 3 fish all broke my line. One guy had a 80 pounder caught on 25lb test, good for him. Tuna really liked the live squid. Be out there again in 3 weeks.

Angler Name : Steve Benner
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 9-10
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll/Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-100
Bait or Lure: butters
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Jay Richardella had the Steve Benner charter from Philadelphia, PA out on the Canyon Runner Tuesday to Wednesday and had another good trip. Arriving at the 50 Fathom line in the early afternoon we trolled for 5 hours but only produced 30 mahi up to 20 pounds. On the chunk we had a nice pick of yellowfin hooking over a dozen and putting 7 yellowfin between 60-100 pounds.

Angler Name : Michael Peacock
E-Mail : Ken@uhe.com
Boat Name: Nu -Toy
Date Fished: !0/9-10/10
Location: Lindenkohl Canyon
Fishing Method: Cunking
Specie: Swordfish
Size: 100 lbs
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 1000 ft
Water Temp.: 68
Information : After four trips to the Hudson Canyon with poor results, I took the Mike Peacock party of A&E Landscape Design for a charter to the Lindenkohl. Two swordfish, one mako, dolphin and lots of blue sharks. Non stop action but No tuna out of the twenty boat around us. Next trip will be further south

Angler Name : Rob S
E-Mail : rsulick@guardianunderwriters.com
Boat Name: Patriot
Date Fished: 10/9/01
Location: Manasquan Inlet and south 10 miles
Fishing Method: Umbrella Rigs, Trolled
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Size matters?
Bait or Lure: Just about everything
Water Depth: 20 - 70
Water Temp.: 60's
Information : Trolled all day. Nothing. Zip. Went all the way from Manasquan south past Island Beach to the amusement piers and never even had a hit. No one else on the radio was getting anything either. Went to The Mud Hole, also nothing. Saw a dragger awfully close to shore and a bunch of gill netters breaking the law. Whats going on ?????

Angler Name : Jeff Sutton
E-Mail : jsutton30@hotmail.com
Boat Name: The Little G
Date Fished: 10/09/01
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 29"
Bait or Lure: Eels
Water Depth: 12-45ft
Water Temp.: n/a
Information : First off who every put out the weather forecast for 5-10mph winds forgot to look out the window. The wind really kicked up after dark. We drifted eels and picked up 2 - 29" bass around the tip of the hook and in the flats.

Angler Name : Ed Rea
E-Mail : erea5@home.com
Boat Name: Deep Adventures III
Date Fished: 10/9/01
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 60 lbs
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: deep, very deep
Water Temp.: unknown
Information : Fished aboard the Deep Adventures III on Tuesday 10/9 for tuna. We caught 14 tuna (1 yellowfin and 13 longfin) and one small swordfish. There were 18 people aboard and I would say that only 10 guys scored on fish, some caught 2. It wasn't for lack of fish or effort put in by Capt Dave and crew. Fish were under the boat most of the morning but only fed in short spurts. I managed to hook up and land a longfin in the 60lb class.

Angler Name : Lou
E-Mail : osprey30@aol.com
Boat Name: everything's rosi's II
Date Fished: 10/08/01
Location: Seabight So. to Asbury Pk
Fishing Method: Trolling, Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Umbrilla' & clams
Water Depth: 20 to 68 ft.
Water Temp.: 63.8 F
Information : Where the hell are the Strippers? We worked our ass off for 7 hours and wound up with 11 blues and 3 seabass. Gillnetters were working from Asbury Park north to Long Branch within a mile of the beach is that legal?

Angler Name : MARK MEZZARDI
E-Mail : BBMINORS@AOL.COM
Boat Name: BIG MOHAWK III
Date Fished: MONDAY OCTOBER 8
Location: OFF SANDY HOOK
Fishing Method: BOTTOM FISHING
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 1.5 LB +
Bait or Lure: CLAM
Water Depth: 50 FEET
Water Temp.:
Information : A PRETTY GOOD DAY OF FISHING. GOT A BAKER'S DOZEN OF KEEPERS AND AN ASSORTMENT OF SHORTS, RAYS, AND SHARKS. EVERYONE ON THE BOAT DID ABOUT THE SAME. HIGH WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS FOR MOST OF THE DAY.

Angler Name : Tom
E-Mail : plugman48@Monmouth.com
Boat Name: no name
Date Fished: 10/7
Location: Manasquan to SeaSide Pier
Fishing Method: all
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : No fish but plenty of netters working the beach. They were keeping stripers to! They are taking advantage of the law enforcement agencies being buzy with national security tasks. If anyone sees a netter working inside of one mile, he is breaking the law. The New Jersey Department of Fish and Game will take action. Call the Operation Game Thief hotline at 1-800-222-0456. Provide the name and fisheries number of the violator. Also give them your GPS or Loran location from OFFSHORE of the net. You can also photograph the boat with the beach in the background. When you call, the Division will give you a number that you can call in a few weeks to find out what was done about the violation. These netters have ruined entire seasons in recent years. Do your part to push them back out where they belong. Tom

Angler Name : Capt. Manny Canales
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 10/7/01
Location: Elberon
Fishing Method: bait
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 1-2lbs
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.:
Information : Another canyon trip tonight cancelled due to rough seas but the Joe Posterino charter agreed to fish close to the beach instead of cancelling altogether. Tried bluefishing in the morning but it was a slow pick and a screaming northwest wind made it uncomfortable. Ran in tighter to the beach and started a decent pick of seabass and porgies. A lot of shorts but wound up with a good box of keepers by days end.

Angler Name : anthony
E-Mail : littleanthony
Boat Name: ladyannII
Date Fished: 10/7/01
Location: Great Kills Harbor Staten Island
Fishing Method: Chunking Bunker
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5 to 7 lbs
Bait or Lure: cut bunker
Water Depth: 15 to 25 ft
Water Temp.: don't know
Information : Fished the back of Great Kills harbor on Sunday morning. Man was it cold and the wind got worse as the morning went on. Had some frozen bunker, stayed close to home given the weather and drifted around the harbor. Peanut bunker were around and so were some blues. All and all a good morning with plenty of hits. Caught and released 4, lost some more.

Angler Name : Andrew & Group
E-Mail : scrappynbats@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Norma K II
Date Fished: 10/7
Location: Point Pleasant
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Clams/Spearing
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : My group braved the cold morning air on Sunday, 10/7 to head out to Point Pleasant from all over the tri-state area. Among us were 8 kids and 17 adults. Had high hopes of fishing on Tampa VII. When we got to the dock, another boat told us that the Tampa VII had sailed at 4:30 a.m. for tuna. Luckily, the Norma K II took our last minute charter and set us up on the wrecks for loads of sea bass and porgies. Thanks Norma K fleet!!! Two future sharpies reeled in one 5 pounder each. Made my day! All in all, a bad day changed into a good one.

Angler Name : darren
E-Mail : kjdd@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: little mouth
Date Fished: 10-7-01
Location: submerged jetty barnegat inlet
Fishing Method: live linning
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 5-18
Bait or Lure: peanut bunker
Water Depth: 15
Water Temp.: ?
Information : fished the submerged jetty on the incomming tide. got 6 stripers to 18 lbs, fishing live peanuts on the bottom. boat next to me got a real impressive fish on a live snapper. also got 2 fluke in the 2lb range. maybe just maybe fall is comming!!

Angler Name : Bob Carlucci
E-Mail : bullet_bob@lycos.com
Boat Name: NORMA K
Date Fished: 10/6 10/7
Location: point pleasant
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 2 pounds
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 60-70 ft.
Water Temp.: 60's
Information : sat. trip ROUGH,WINDY,RAIN,MISERABLE!!!!..people puking all over the boat!!.fishing not great but not bad considering Horrible conditions... Sun. still windy and choppy but sunny and much more "fishable"... good fishing for sea bass,porgies, a few blackfish... everyone caught plenty of fish ..lots of action on sun. many short sea bass caught and released on all wrecks we fished,but enough "keepers" to keep everyone happy... NORMA K is a fine boat with a terrific,helpful and courteous crew... I can't think of a finer boat in NJ...my kids loved it...

Angler Name : Rob
E-Mail : rpriggs2000@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Freddy C
Date Fished: 10-4, 5, 6-01
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20lbs
Bait or Lure: Eels
Water Depth: 20-60 ft
Water Temp.: ??
Information : Fished the night trip with Capt Jerry and the guys on Thurs, Fri, and Sat night. Although fishing was slow for me the first two nights. I followed up with a limit and a big fish of approx 20lbs on Sat. One note, lots of fisherman on board asking how I was getting the bites. Two things: 1.Flourocarbon leaders and 2.In a wind against tide situation it may be neccessary to create your own movement. Just a little movement when the Capt can't get the boat to drift (due to wind and tide) will sometimes make the difference. I was casting and retrieving my eel while everyone else appeared to be letting it drift with the boat (which was moving very little) Good Luck and Tight Lines

Angler Name : Mike & Joe P.
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Queen Mary
Date Fished: 10/5/01
Location: The Farms
Fishing Method: Bait and Jigs
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5-10lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: N/A
Water Temp.: N/A
Information : We thought that we had picked the perfect day. The fishing was good 10/3 and 10/4. The winds were predicted out of the SW. The strong cold front was due the following day and the day was a warm fall day. What was wrong with this picture? The fish didn't understand the positive signs. There were about 20 people on the Queen Mary. The average catch was 1-2 per man. The high hook was about 5 fish. Brother Joe had 3 and I had one. It was a tough day. Nothing would touch jigs or spearing. They wanted bunker backs and butterfish. Wire leaders did not matter. The fish were just not on. No albies or bonitas were caught. Just the same it was a great day to be out on the water and not at work.

Angler Name : SkipJack
E-Mail :
Boat Name: MegaByte
Date Fished: 10/5/01
Location: 17 Fathoms
Fishing Method: Troll/Jig
Specie: Bluefish
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 100
Water Temp.: 64.5
Information : I read reports of guys getting Bluefish and Albacore @ 17. I was there after 12:00 and read nothing, caught nothing, and saw 1 fish being boated on a small private boat. Amazing!!! All of the fish must have disappeared over night. I saw tons of birds working on bunkers but I didnt see them being attacked by fish. First trip of the year where we came back empty fishboxed.

Angler Name : Bird
E-Mail : jackaroe77@hotmail.com
Boat Name: PegLee
Date Fished: 10/05/01
Location: Rip, Flynn's Knoll
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: 7-10lbs
Bait or Lure: red and gold; silver and blue
Water Depth: surface
Water Temp.: mid 60s
Information : Spent three hours trolling off of Sandy Hook and brought five fat alberts in. Bass are there, maybe tomorrow they take my sandworms. Two nice size fluke at Flynn's--a crime to keep 'em, a crime to throw 'em back. Oh well, maybe I see them next year.

Angler Name : Joe Lambriello
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 4-5
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 70-100
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 70-72
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had his best trip in over a month catching just about everything to be expected on an overnighter. Chunking with the Joe Lambriello charter from Monclair, NJ provide fast action all night. Setting up in 600 feet of water the first bite took no longer than 10 minutes and we had fish on the entire night. In the mix included over 25 yellowfin fought putting 17 in the boat, a small mako which we released, a white marlin over 70 pounds which we also released, and 3 Mahi between 15-20 pounds which are destined for the table. Hopefully this next gale does not blow the fish away.

Angler Name : Capt. Darren
E-Mail : dsv174@optonline.net
Boat Name: Marylou Crew
Date Fished: Oct 4th&5th
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 50lbs
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 550
Water Temp.: 65.5
Information : Started out just inside the letters, but only had one run off we think it was either a blue dog or mako. Moved during the night into some deeper water also was looking for some warmer water(no such luck)set up at the 82 fathom line and ended up have fish under the boat from 2:30am to 4:30am but the fish we very pickey. Another school around day break. All in All good trip!

Angler Name : Tom Headley
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 10 /3 & 10/4
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: Up to 50 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 500 Ft.
Water Temp.: 70 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had the Bounty Hunter out to the 100 fathom area with the Tom Headley charter. Anchoring in 500 ft. of water we only managed a slow pick on the Tuna boating 4 along with a couple of Mahis. The charter also spent time fighting and releasing a couple of large Blue sharks.

Angler Name : Tom Schweppenheiser
E-Mail : Tschwepp@home.com
Boat Name: busted nuckles
Date Fished: 10/04/01
Location: Delaware Baay
Fishing Method: bottom fishing
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: bloodworms and squid soaked in shedder oil28 feet
Water Depth: 28 feet
Water Temp.: 69 degrees
Information : Went fishing for weekies and croakers, caught two croaker off the clubhouse and 6 crabs. I don't know what happened to the bay but it has been bad all season for me. I think next season IO will try another place to fish any suggestions.

Angler Name : Spiro
E-Mail : JJspi18@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10-3 &10-4
Location: Rartan reach & port monmouth
Fishing Method: Sandworms/ Clams
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Wednesday's trip aboard the Misty Morn for weakfish was way off from what's it's been probably because of the weekend's weather. Only one weekfish boated(pool winner) got a few porgy's and fluke. Tried clamming for bass of a jetty, one very short and annoying sand sharks, rays. this weekend's change in weather will change all that

Angler Name : Al Teresa John Nigel
E-Mail : alancg@jboxford.com
Boat Name: NAUTI BUOY
Date Fished: 10/3-4/01
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Troll/chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-100
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 400
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Picked up one yellofin on the troll in the deep then set up on the west wall chunking. Ended up with 8 yellows and one longfin. Had two big run offs that we never saw.

Angler Name : jim,
E-Mail : shep9999@home.com
Boat Name: amy Sue
Date Fished: 10/4/01
Location: mudbouy
Fishing Method: chum
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 6-12#
Bait or Lure: assorted
Water Depth: 55
Water Temp.: 64
Information : On outgoing stopped at rip at 10AM,nothing.Anchored up at Mudbouy,after 15 minutes blues came in,not ablitz.A lot of boats at 17 fathoms.Filled with blues,and not pulling anchor Dave had nice catch of porgies and black sea bass.Frank switched to albies and we got 6. LLoyd tried live lining begal,big blue bit it off,he returned head to bottom and ended up with nice fat stripper 31",14#.What a mixed bag.Help? We fished out going tide with south wwind.Drift was terrible.I know about wind against tide but cant understand it?Thanks. Nice day..all beat, Jim

Angler Name : Bill
E-Mail : higgins@monmouth.com
Boat Name: Just One More
Date Fished: 10/4/01
Location: Mud Buoy
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: 8-10 lbs
Bait or Lure: Spearing
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Three buddies and I fished for false albie with Captain Rich aboard the Just One More (http://www.just1morecharters.com/) yesterday. Had a double header within the first minute of fishing with steady action for the entire trip. We caught numerous false ablies. We also caught a load of blues (8-15lbs), which were a lot of fun on 10lb test with no leader. (Yes, we lost about one hundred hooks.) Also boated 3 nice bonita. Many thanks to Rich. Great boat and captain.

Angler Name : Dave
E-Mail : Judiedavid@AOL.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: Oct., 4, 2001
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Surfcasting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Popper & Clam
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Looked forward to the fall season but it was very quiet in calm surf. Must have been 20-30 lines in the water on fisherman's beach and did not see one fish caught. Tried the bay side for an hour and also quiet.

Angler Name : Gerard Marini
E-Mail : ryan306@aol.com
Boat Name: RYAN'S EXPRESS
Date Fished: OCT 4
Location: FLYNN'S KNOLL
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 33 inch
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: 32
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Met dad at the dock at 6:30 am fishes top of the in coming tide caught 1 blue 10lbs a few small sharks and

Angler Name : Jeff
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Instigator
Date Fished: October 2-4
Location: Washington Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: Up to 100 lbs.
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Ran all over the place looking for the fish (used 1200 gallons of fuel) and finally found them at the Washington. When we located them, the fishing was excellent.

Angler Name : Tim Valente
E-Mail : valente66@cs.com
Boat Name: Mimi VI
Date Fished: 10/3/01 and 10/4/01
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll and Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 600+
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Tunas were very picky. We trolled from 3PM till dark, boating 2 dolphins and a skippy. Anchored up on the east wall and fished from dark till 8AM. 9 anglers boated 21 longfin and 3 yelowfin, with most of the bite coming at 4AM on butterfish. Fish quit at 7:15 AM. With one exception, the tuna did not crash the bates. They would mouth them like a fluke and then slowly get up steam and go. Very rough wind and water on Wednesday night and Thursday AM hampered fishing as we were doing the do-see-do switching from port to starboard every ten minutes as the boat would twist 180 degrees around the anchor. Fun trip and another great performance by Captain Kenny and mates Bill and Chris! These guys are the best!

Angler Name : Chris
E-Mail : Simscr2@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/3/01
Location: IBSP at A23
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20"
Bait or Lure: Bucktails/Yozuri Minnow Plugs
Water Depth: Surf
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Moved along the beach at parking A23. Fished from 1130-6:30pm. Had one small striper hit my blue/white bucktail when it was practically at my feet. The lure hardly fit in its mouth and it popped right out. Most of the day I plugged the surf expecting alot more action. I was suprised I didnt catch more than just one large sea robin. I did see 2 guys catch small striper on clam around 5pm. The surf seemed perfect and I did see some baitfish jumping around within casting distance. I have a feeling that the high bright sun and warm temps yesterday may have had something to do with my poor luck or perhaps the time of day or maybe I'm just looking for excuses? In the past though during October, I've had much more productive days but those days were all overcast instead of bright sun. LOTSA fox all over the place yesterday even trying to get into my backpack on the beach!!

Angler Name : Karl, Glen, Chaney
E-Mail : kang@att.net
Boat Name: Sea Devil
Date Fished: Oct 2-3
Location: Texas Tower
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 50-100lb
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 150-200ft
Water Temp.: 68-72
Information : Arrived around 11pm. Slow chunk all night with a few fish boated. Huge Bluefish kept the action going until morning. Bite picked up late morning. Total of 14 fish for 18 guys, with 6 fish going to us.

Angler Name : J. Sutton
E-Mail : jsutton30@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Little G
Date Fished: 10/03
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 38"
Bait or Lure: eels, worms
Water Depth: 12-28ft
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Wednesday night was a good start to my fall season. We fished the banks of the swash channel and started the night with a 19lb striper on an eel and caught 3 more slot fish on worms. Had quite a few run offs from smaller fish but couldn't set the hook.

Angler Name : Capt Bernie Roth
E-Mail : mbroth@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: Oct 2,3
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll/chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60lb
Bait or Lure: butterfish/sprdr bars
Water Depth: 600ft
Water Temp.: 67 degrees
Information : Had the Joel Frey party on board for a Tues Wed overnighter. Trolled from the Texas Tower area to the Hudson picking up two mahi. Marked some fish on the west wall and set up for chunking at dusk. During the night released a small sword and foul hooked a sunfish. No tuna bites. Set up for trolling at 7:am and hooked two yellowfins on the west wall flats, pulling the hook on one and boating one about 60lbs. Trolled the area for another hour with no bites and headed for home at 8:45 am with 1 tuna and 2 mahi on ice.

Angler Name : Dr Mike
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/03/01
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: none
Bait or Lure: Plugs, Popper, also tried clams and mackeral
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished from sunrise to 11 Am,outgoing tide. No luck. No one seemed to be catching anything; but you couldnt have asked for a more beautiful day.

Angler Name : Dave France
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 2-3
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 70-110
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 70-72
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie was back out to the Hudson Canyon for his 52nd canyon trip of the year with the Dave France charter from Flemington, NJ. Not knowing what to expect after this weekends blow we headed to the east wall and set up on the troll. Trolling produced nothing but a few skipjack. On the chunk we had an eventful night as we had fish in the slick fairly consistently however we only had 4 shots at yellowfin but managed to put all 4 in the boat between 70-110 pounds. In addition, we baited Mahi through-out the night putting at least a couple dozen in the boat. Unfortunately, we the coming of yet another front is does not look like we will get another shot at the canyon until late in the weekend. Oh well, that's October on the edge.

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