Angler Name : Gerard Marini
E-Mail : gerard_marini@prusec.com
Boat Name: Rooster
Date Fished: 10/30/02
Location: Raitan Bay
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 10-22 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 17
Water Temp.: 62
Information : another slaying non stop action bass mixed with gator blues.....can't catch them watching tv and eating cookies next to the fire place....get out in the snot and MAN-UP!!!!!!! gerat night rainy and cold but for the most part flat.....tonight,tomorrow-sat & sun.... still looking MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Angler Name : Brian Murphy
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 24-25
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Overnignter
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 175-203
Bait or Lure: Butters
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Randy Matlack and Greg Riback had the Brian Murphy charter out on the Canyon Runner Thursday to Friday in flat calm seas. Arriving at the Hudson Canyon at 2pm the first line in the water was picked up 20 feet from the boat and the action did not stop until dark. That first fish was a yellowfin but then the big bluefins come crusin' and we hooked up a total of 9 all between 150-250 pounds. In that we were only using 50W we only managed to boat 3, just one short of the limit but each of those fish were 175, 190, and 203 pounds. Having enough of the big fish we left and moved from the east wall to the west wall and had fast action with longfin boating 20 before the sun set. We only picked one tuna at night and at 8pm the next morning the yellowfin showed up and we boated 7 before calling it a day with 30 tuna on ice.

Angler Name : Mark Bennett
E-Mail : mbennett@ameritechgrapgics
Boat Name: Miss Michelle III
Date Fished: 10-25-02
Location: SE of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 4lbs.
Bait or Lure: clams, crabs
Water Depth: 75 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Was out with the Murph Construction crew friday for a day of bottom fishing.Headed out the inlet about 7:15 and was into fish by 7:45. The action was non stop until about 1:00 when it slowed to a pick. The main catch were sea bass up to 4lbs. with some some nice porgies mixed in. Had a few TOGS caught but only two made it to the cooler.The pool winner was also the highlight of the day when a hungry fat 28in. striper took a clam bait fished a few feet off the bottom. It was a great time for everyone especially the first timers.

Angler Name : Ed Gensinger, Alan Kenter
E-Mail : Captegen33@aol.com
Boat Name: A REEL LADY
Date Fished: 10/25/02
Location: Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: Trooling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 35"
Bait or Lure: Shads
Water Depth: 25 Ft.
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Limited out about 11 AM. Also seven monster Bluefish one weighed in at 13 Lbs. Great day to be on the water.

Angler Name : joe
E-Mail : joseph.poye@globalcrossing.com
Boat Name: sea devil
Date Fished: 10/24-10/25
Location: west wall hudson
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-75
Bait or Lure: chunks
Water Depth: 550
Water Temp.: 67
Information : TUNA FISHING OVER? No way!!! We loaded up with 40-75 lb longfins and yellow fins all day long. Our crew of 4 people landed 16 fish. We could have caught many more but decided to switch over to light tackle.

Angler Name : wil kresge
E-Mail : wilbur.kresge@verizon.net
Boat Name: jamaica
Date Fished: 10/24-25
Location: hudson canyon
Fishing Method: chum/chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 125#
Bait or Lure: whole squid
Water Depth: 550+
Water Temp.:
Information : did an overnite tuna trip on the jamaica thurs/fri. the conditions were good .we settled back on the anchor at 0030 hrs and only hit 3-4 fish until first light. the fishing really turned on from there. buy the end of the trip we had close to 60 tuna on board , 60-40 longfin to yellowfin.just prior to the trip end i was hooked up with a 125# yellowfin. after an intense battle the mates were able to bring him aboard. the captain and crew did a great job, and i ended my day with 3 fish!!!

Angler Name : Kevin Miles
E-Mail : mbroth@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: Tenacious
Date Fished: Oct 24,25
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-80 lb
Bait or Lure: Butterfish/Sardines
Water Depth: 400 ft
Water Temp.: 62 degrees
Information : Capt Bernie Roth had the Kevin Miles party on board after their 3rd attempt at getting good weather on an overnighter and it was a charm. They put together the best trip of the year. Afternoon chunking started with hooking up four bluefins and landing a 200 lber after 45 minutes and 6 trips around the boat. They picked 6 longfins and 2 yellowfins until dark and we anchored on the west wall where they picked 5 more fish until daylight. During the morning they picked 2 more fish until 9 am when tuna were swirling in the slick and were being hooked right at the transom. At 9:45 we ran out of bait and pulled the lines up to head home. As the northeast wind blew us home, we had 29 tuna on ice, 16longfins, 12 yellowfins and 1 bluefin.

Angler Name : tom & mikey percision glass
E-Mail : t.bartku@att.net
Boat Name: miss barnaget light
Date Fished: 10/24-25
Location: hudson canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-80lbs
Bait or Lure: butters,sardines,live squid,jigs
Water Depth: 500 +
Water Temp.: 63-65?
Information : 4 hours to canyon,set up at 10pm with three fish hooked up on the boat,only landing one.The bite began around 6am,fish were a little line shy, so 50lb and even 40lb flourcarbon were necessary.I landed 3 long fin and Mikey,who didnt hook until the last hour,landed 2 long fin and one nice yellowfin. Captain and crew worked hard for the fish making the trip pleasurable.Capt also opted to stay in extra hour,while the bite was on,after all the other head boats went home. The extra effort I appreciated. Regulars on the boat had their own live wells,and caught squid all night,with small white bird on lite tackle ,it seemed to be the preffered bait.Althoufgh I caught two jigging, and saw many more caught jigging. The seas were kind, only two to threes. Capt kept updating the scope reading,eventaully stating the fish were thick 100 to 220,just keep fishing........ Capt also stated "If your not catching fish try changing something" BINGO A light went off.. I think everone had a good trip,and ended up with fish for dinner. Boat total was around 63, mostly longfin,about a dozen yft,and I heard 1 small bft was boated,also saw one small sword(20lb) caught and released at night with light stick. Supposed to blow this weekend,dont think miss barnaget is going to make it out. Good luck and tight lines. Tom

Angler Name : Tom Miller
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 10/23/02
Location: Deal
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: 3-8.5lbs
Bait or Lure: crab
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Got in another day of togging with Tom Millers group. Bite was good all day and hot around 11:00am. The guys limited out on big Tog to 8.5lbs, a dozen from 5 to 7lbs., and the rest 15" or more. Also mixed in were some big porgies and seabass that hit the crab baits. Still plenty of dates open to get in on the Fall Tog fishing which is looking pretty good.

Angler Name : Artie Gildea
E-Mail : Artfirstshirt@aol.com
Boat Name: Miss Mynookie
Date Fished: 10-23-02
Location: Inside Barnegate Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-4lbs
Bait or Lure: spoons,umbrella with white tubes
Water Depth: surface
Water Temp.:
Information : inside inlet in channel south toward island

Angler Name : Fishin' Finn
E-Mail : Finnila.com@att.net
Boat Name: Dauntless
Date Fished: 10/23/02
Location: Lower Delaware Bay
Fishing Method: Chunking bunker
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 36 to 47"
Bait or Lure: Bunker chunks
Water Depth: 35'
Water Temp.: 61 degrees
Information : Fished the incoming tide, against the wind - rocking and rolling, with waves to 6 or 7 feet. Conditions got much better with the outgoing. We caught 6 bass, and at least 3 runoffs we missed. The 47" was 34# and the 45" was 29#. The 45" bass was the biggest I ever caught. Thanks to my hosts on the Dauntless. Tight lines, Ray.

Angler Name : steve
E-Mail : steve.taylor@cigna.com
Boat Name: Miss Chris
Date Fished: 10/23/02
Location: Cape May rips
Fishing Method: drifting with eels
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 41 inch
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 20 feet
Water Temp.: low 60's
Information : Myself and all around sportsman "Bucktail Bob" jumped on the Miss chris on Wednesday. Grand total of 8 anglers on board. I got 41 inch 25 pound striper. Bob got a 39 inch 22 pounder. I lost a nice one near the boat. Total of 6 stripers landed that day. No hits after 10 am.

Angler Name : Docco
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Doc on the Bay
Date Fished: 10/23/02
Location: Morgan /Cliffwood
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 33" - 37"
Bait or Lure: Clams & eels
Water Depth: 10' to 20'
Water Temp.: n/a
Information : That time we all been waittig for is here. I got out yesterday am. At 7:00 I had non-stop action for about 45 minutes.Both clams & eels produced.Managed to get three bass into the boat,the largest being 22lbs. Also nailed some nice blues. FIND EM & FISH EM !!!!! Later,Docco

Angler Name : Fred B.
E-Mail : fredoft@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10-23-02
Location: Island Beach State Park
Fishing Method: Surf casting
Specie: Bluefish
Size:
Bait or Lure: Finger Mullet / hopkins lure
Water Depth: 2 to 4 foot breakers
Water Temp.: middle 60s
Information : Water was clear as a bell with tons of bait (peanut bunker and mullet) swimming around. Was able to hold with 3oz on out-going tide. Wind kicked up in the afternoon making casting difficult. No fish. Heard of some black fish being caught off of jetty with clams but did not see it myself.

Angler Name : Lloyd Roberts
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 10/23/2002
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 3 1/2 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 70 Ft.
Water Temp.: 65 Degrees
Information : The Lloyd Roberts charter was on board the Bounty Hunter today and Capt. Paul returned to the Seabass action 18 miles south of Manasquan Inlet. As on the previous trips the Seabass were waiting to bite. By Noon we had a limit catch in the box and called it a day. As usual the Porgies and Bluefish added to the entertainment.

Angler Name : B.Moore
E-Mail : vmoore55@comcast.com
Boat Name: CHEERS TWO
Date Fished: 10 23 02
Location: Art Reef Off Highlands
Fishing Method:
Specie: Tautog
Size: 3to 5lbs
Bait or Lure: Green Crab
Water Depth: 30 ft
Water Temp.:
Information :

Angler Name : Jim H
E-Mail :
Boat Name: BEACH
Date Fished: 10/23/02
Location: BAYHEAD
Fishing Method: PLUG
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 39"
Bait or Lure: BOMBER
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : First cast fish crushed silver sided dark green back bomber. 1 other bump. Fished an hour or so 10-11pm.

Angler Name : Frank Lukenda
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 10/22/2002
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 4 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams & Squid
Water Depth: 75 Ft.
Water Temp.: 64 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Frank Lukenda charter aboard the Bounty Hunter and headed down to the wrecks 15 miles south of Manasquan Inlet. It did not take long for the charter to catch their limit of Seabass up to 4 Lbs. Big Porgies and Bluefish added to the action. Clams & Squid accounted for the catch.

Angler Name : Jeff Veith
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 21-22
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Swordfish
Size: 120 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 100 Fathoms
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Jeff Veith charter from Randolph, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Monday-Tuesday to try and squeeze in another canyon run before we switch over to Stripers for the remainder of the year. While the capture of a swordfish pushing 120 pounds was the highlight of the trip the rest of the trip proved frustrating as we need 40 ounces of lead to keep the baits down and just could not get the bites despite reading the tuna heavy behing the squid boats that have set up on the east wall of the Hudson. Those boats are not exactly the most cooperative to fish with and thus we could not anchor on the fish we marked right on the edge but had to short drift moving 15 times during the night to set on the fish and to avoid being run down by the draggers. Not exactly the best way to spend an evening. We did manage a few yellowfin in the 50-60 pound class but left frustrated as we should have put a beating on the fish.

Angler Name : paul
E-Mail : p111061
Boat Name: capt robbins
Date Fished: 10-22-02
Location: 20 mi out-south jersey
Fishing Method: jig
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 15-20lb
Bait or Lure: diamondjig
Water Depth: 90ft
Water Temp.: 65
Information : went out for seabass and did well...ran into large bluefish and had some "reel" fun, me and my partner boated a dozen 15 to 20 pound blues.....nice day

Angler Name : Jeff S
E-Mail : jssutton@comcast.net
Boat Name: Little G
Date Fished: 10/22/02
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 12-19lbs
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 14-29ft
Water Temp.: 60.3
Information : Drifted the swash channel and picked up 4 bass on eels. Had 1 19lb'er and the rest were in the 12-15lb class. Great night weather wise as well....

Angler Name : Eric
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Miss Barnegat Light
Date Fished: 10/21-22
Location: Toms
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 30-65
Bait or Lure: butters, sardines, ling, squid
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Not sure why the Capt. chose the Toms, but we had a SLOW night with only 6 tuna boated for 30 anglers. I didn't help dropping 2 due to a broken leader (#40 flouro) and pulled circle hook. All told we had maybe 20 knockdowns, mostly on live bait-ling, squid and spot. A few hits on sardines, nothing on butters. One hit a jig. Also released 2 small swords and had a large mako jumping in the slick. Boat, crew, weather were great. Just needed more action.

Angler Name : Big Ed
E-Mail : e.praslick@att.net
Boat Name: MIS-FITZ
Date Fished: 10/22/02
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling shads & tubes
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26
Bait or Lure: Shads & Tubes
Water Depth: 20-25ft
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Trolling shads and tubes produced two slot fish and all the blues you wanted. My poor shad rigs!!! Switched to tubes with the same results. When the wind came houling out of the NNW @ 25kts. We deceided to call it quits for the day. A word of caution to boaters around the rocks, A tug is pulling a pipe out from shore with no flags or markings!! Very hard to spot in the choppie waters...

Angler Name : "Mac" MacSherry
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 10/21/2002
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 4 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 80 Ft.
Water Temp.: 65 Degrees
Information : Capt.Paul ran the Bounty Hunter back to the wrecks in 80 Ft. of water with the "Mac" MacSherry charter. We picked up where we left off yesterday with a solid Seabass bite. By days end the charter filled the fish box with Seabass up to 4 Lbs. As was the case over the last few charters large Porgies and Bluefish in the 2 to 4 Lb. range were mixed in with the Seabass.

Angler Name : John Labash
E-Mail : mbroth@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: Tenacious
Date Fished: Oct 20,21
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-90 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish/Sardines
Water Depth: 350
Water Temp.: 64 degrees
Information : Capt Bernie Roth had the John Labash charter on board for a Sunday Monday overnighter. Approaching the east elbow we were all set to drop the lines and troll when we heard that fish were biting on the chunk in daylight. We quickly changed gears and started a drift close to the squid boats and within 10 minutes we had three fish on. We continued drifting and chunking till the following morning when we left for home at 10 am with 17 tuna on ice, 12 longfins and five yellowfins from 60 to 90 lbs. For whatever reason, night chunking this year continues slow. Most of the fish were taken in daylight.

Angler Name : BOB BALIATICO
E-Mail : BALIA160@HOTMAIL.COM
Boat Name: FIRST LIGHT
Date Fished: 10/20 THRU 10/21
Location: EAST OF THE ELBOW
Fishing Method: CHUNK/TROLL
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 80-100 LBS
Bait or Lure: BUTTERS
Water Depth: 415 FEET
Water Temp.: ??? (STILL NO SENSOR) 70 APPROX
Information : Finally, after 3 weeks of wishing, the FIRST LIGHT and crew got a small window to finish up their fall offshore season. Tracking the buoy data we found relatively fishable seas Sunday night into Monday am at the Hudson. We started our drift at 8pm which took us first into the deep water, then as the wind shifted and current slowed, we started to make our way back to the flats just east of the Elbow. Our first bite started around 10pm while still in the 1000 + depths. The first run off was quick, but gone before we touched the rod. That hit got us back to working the lines and chunking more aggressively which brought some huge blue sharks to our stern. It didn't take long for another knockdown which Captain Sean fought nicely to bring the 90 lb YFT to the stern only to see yours truly hit the leader going for the clean head shot. After every apology was given (and excuse made), Captain Sean was given his chance for revenge at my first fish. My 80 lb YFT was brought aboard with a beautiful belly shot by the Captain. Maybe he felt pity for me since I had to work the fish past both a big blue shark and a not so big, but menacing, mako that had now made it's way into our slick. We stayed busy until 4am fighting two nice Blue sharks to the stern before releasing, one for my son Christopher, a 100 pounder, and one for me that should have tipped the scales at Hoffman's close to 200 lbs. There was plenty of YFT action with three others that wreaked havoc with the 60 test fluro and the season old tackle all in 400 feet of water. Sean's brother, Jeff, had two at the stern, both snapping their leader before anyone could get a swipe at them. We went 1 boated for 5 fought to the transom, all in the 80 to 100 class. We also had LFT and large Mahi at the boat, but only for a few minutes and two runoffs. The troll was nonexistent as the huge fleet of trawlers out there drove the fish deep. It was still a great 24 hours, and since our three trip fall 2002 total was 7 YFT and 8 LFT for 20 brought to the boat.

Angler Name : Mike Agesen
E-Mail : magesen@yahoo.com
Boat Name: N/A
Date Fished: October 21, 2002
Location: Sea Girt Pipe
Fishing Method: surfcasting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: small - 15 inches
Bait or Lure: plug
Water Depth: N/A
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished from 7:30pm to 10:30pm incoming tide. One small bass caught in the wash. Plug was almost as big as the fish. Full moon.

Angler Name : Joe Smith
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 20-21
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Overnigter
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 80 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie was finally able to get back out to the Hudson Canyon Sunday with the Joe Smith charter from Camden, NJ. This makes our second trip to the edge since October 2 in what has turned out to be one of the worst years for weather we have seen in the last 2 decades as we have had to cancel a total of 57 canyon trips thus far. Fortunately the tuna are there and while we picked one on the troll as soon as we set-up on the chunk during the day the action started in earnest. We quickly hooked-up to three 200 pound bluefins on light leader and despite the charters best efforts after and hour and a half all three fish broke off. We ended up fighting over 20 tuna but luck was not on our side as only 6 hit the deck. In addition, we added our 10th mako of the year caught while overnighting - this one was around 125 pounds.

Angler Name : Don McDowell
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Golden Eagle
Date Fished: 10/20 - 10/21
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50 lbs
Bait or Lure: butterfish, sasrdines, live squid
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Calm seas, clear skies, all in all great weather conditions. We set up and started chunking about 11:30 .. fast current .. 18 - 24 oz of lead needed to get the baits down. Didnt get out first hookup till 3:30 AM .. a 50lb yellowfin. Then the pickings were slow .. a couple fish here and there (predominately longfin in the 30-40lb range). 2 more yellowinn after daybreak (50-60 lbs). Headed back in at 10:30am. Total for boat: 10 longfin and 4 yellowfin.

Angler Name : Ron Matlack
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 10/20/2002
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 4 1/2 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 80 Ft.
Water Temp.: 65 Degrees
Information : It was back to the wrecks off Barnegat for Capt. Paul and the Ron Matlack charter. Making stops on two wrecks in 80 ft. of water, we found the Seabass eager to bite. The charter caught their limit of Seabass up to 4 1/2 Lbs. and we were on our way home by noon. Along with the Seabass the wrecks are covered with good size Porgies and 1 to 3 Lb. Bluefish. Blackfish are scarce.

Angler Name : Joe Posterino
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 10/20/02
Location: deal
Fishing Method: bait
Specie: Tautog
Size: 2-6.5 lbs
Bait or Lure: crabs
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Had to cancel another canyon trip, but decided to get in a day of togging. Tog started to chew again late morning and we got a good bite going with a lot of bigger fish to 6.5 lbs. Caught the limit of tog and a few seabass by 1:00pm.

Angler Name : Ron Antonelli - RAFT-
E-Mail : karonaraft@cs.com
Boat Name: karona
Date Fished: 10-20
Location: Manasquan surf
Fishing Method: casting metal
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 4-5 lbs
Bait or Lure: metal spoons
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 63 dgs
Information : Picked a beach for late Sunday. Worked a few spots blind casting until 5pm when some bait showed. Not much at first, by 5:30 bluefish started hitting the metal, and we caught fish until we left at 6:30, all bluefish. A few other guys were there but left at 5:15. Why would you leave when the fishing starts ?. Happy trails...

Angler Name : The Czopper
E-Mail : rczop@rombhus.com
Boat Name: Jamaica
Date Fished: 10/19-10/20 Overnighter
Location: Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking/Jigging
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 40-100 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butters, Sardines, Jigs
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Fished on the Jamaica out of Brielle with 4 friends. The boat, captain and crew are all A++. The ocean forecast was for 8-10 footers. They weren't kidding! Pretty rough ride out. Started fishing around midnight in pretty strong wind, light rain and big waves. Manage to catch several fish throughout the early morning on mostly sardines. The bite really got sizzlin' at around 8:30am and continued until about 10:30am when we had to leave. We left the tuna biting. In all 28 tuna were caught with a good mix of 30-40 pound albies and 40-100 pound yellowfin.

Angler Name : Joe Wojcik
E-Mail : Wojcik@turtle.com
Boat Name: Kristin Marie
Date Fished: 10/20/02
Location: Mohawk
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: #4+
Bait or Lure: Squid/Crabs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : The crew of the Kristin Marie headed to the Mohawk wreck for for a day of sea bass fishing. We limited out in about an hour on Sea bass with a couple of tautogs and porgies mixed in. We also threw a couple of Blues in the cooler on the troll back in. We would like to thank the captain of the dive boat Dinna Dee for moving to allow us to get on the wreck. Captain Jeffro and Hank-o-matic again found the fish. Happy Fishing

Angler Name : saltfishn
E-Mail : saltfishn@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Jamaica II
Date Fished: October 20, 02
Location: mudhole
Fishing Method: bait on the bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: short to 3 pounds
Bait or Lure: mackerel, clam, squid
Water Depth: up to about 200'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : It was a pretty full boat when I arrived, for the 12 hour MUDHOLE WRECK trip 5am-5pm. Dropped our lines for the first time close to 7:30am. It was in approx. 200' of water, which nobody knew about, and most people had wee-little sinkers on, line tangles etc...Due to strong currents- full moon?, 20+ oz. were needed, and people who only brought spinning reels and little baymaster's were complaining...(we didn't stay there long). I Picked up 2 ling here, bye-bye mr. wiskers-the rest of the day we went on a SEA BASS MARATHON.

Angler Name : Jon Murray
E-Mail : murray@quadnet.net
Boat Name: Yukon XL
Date Fished: 10/18 & 10/20
Location: IBSP
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-6lbs.
Bait or Lure: Mullet & Metal
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Caught 14 blues to 6 lbs. on mullet Friday. On Sunday Bob Simon & I found them feeding on peanut bunker just north of the pocket at IBSP. Bob had 14 & I had 18 2-4lb. blues, all on metal. Only saw one bass caught, it was 28". Great way to kick off the fall!!

Angler Name : frank & jug
E-Mail : frankko66@yahoo.com
Boat Name: ez-go
Date Fished: 10-20-02
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27 inch
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 10-70
Water Temp.:
Information : fished the outgoing from 9am-3pm at various spots around the hook,many boats out there privite,charter and party boats and did not see one fish come over the rails!!finally at the end of the tide we got a slot fish (27in.) and lost a 7lb. blue at boatside.what a tough day eeling for bass.a few guys at the marina said they didn't have much luck either.still better than working!!!!!

Angler Name : CAPTAIN BILL LLOYD
E-Mail : BECKSWITHICE@AOL.COM
Boat Name: SARAH'S SUN
Date Fished: 10/18&20
Location: SHREWSBURY ROCKS
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30"TO34"
Bait or Lure: SHAD RIGS
Water Depth: 30'TO48'
Water Temp.: 61TO63
Information : TROLLED THE ROCKS ON FRIDAY AND SUNDAY DESPITE THE 4'TO 6'PREDITION. MORE LIKE 4TO6 INCHES. FISHED WITH CAPTAIN TONY NAGEL ,DENNIS GERELLA AND JAMIE LAZARA ALL FROM SILVERTON.KEPT WIRE OUT 150' TO 200'.SMALL BLUES IN THE A/M THEN THE BASS TURNED ON JUST AFTER NOON ON BOTH DAYS. WE ALL LIMITED WITHIN 2 HRS WITH 1 LUNKER DROPPED AT THE BOAT BY DENNIS THAT WAS IN THE 25LB. RANGE.LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE MOVING IN. COULD BE A GREAT YEAR!!

Angler Name : John & Laura
E-Mail : johnlaura@comcast.net
Boat Name: TIDE RUNNER
Date Fished: 10/20/02
Location: Just outside Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Jig and Troll
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 6 to 3 lbs
Bait or Lure: white bucktails
Water Depth: 30 to 50 FT
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Left the inlet and started reading fish within 200 yards of the inlet. So we started jigging tried everything I had on the boat. However the fish were just not feeding.At one point we read fish just of the bottom for a 1/4 mile.We did manage 6 keepers and several spikes.Heard one boat report doing very well with worms that was the one bait I did not have onboard. Later we also trolled up a dozen Blues up to 6 lbs. All in all not a bad day. Weather and sea conditions perfect. Hopefully the bass will be moving into the area shortly. Peace

Angler Name : Jeff
E-Mail : netdeal@erols.com
Boat Name: GetReel
Date Fished: 10/20/02
Location: SH Reef
Fishing Method: anchor
Specie: Blackfish
Size: keepers
Bait or Lure: green crab
Water Depth: 45
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Ran out Sunday afternoon for the first white chin trip. Hooked up right away and then picked a few, not a red hot bite. Great day without any wind.

Angler Name : Mike
E-Mail : md1814@aol.com
Boat Name: Dumb & Dumber
Date Fished: 10/20/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Cut Bunker
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Fished upper Raritan bay and came up empty. Moved down and fished by the Verazzano bridge and got skunked there too. Didn't see many boats out there today, but the water wasn't bad, pretty calm. Where are all the strippers this year?

Angler Name : Steve Evanski
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 10/20/02
Location: 15iles east of manasquan
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 2.5lbs
Bait or Lure: clam/squid
Water Depth: 75
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Steve and crew fished abord the Megan Beth for Sea Bass.Heading down to wrecks 15 miles SE of Manasquan we fished two spots and had a steady pick of sea bass. Both wrecks were loaded with Bluefish and the Sea bas bit on and off all day.We ended up with a limit catch of Sea Bass and a couple of Blackfish.

Angler Name : John Shipley
E-Mail : saintjude@comcast.net
Boat Name: Saint Jude
Date Fished: 10/20/02
Location: Wrecks
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 4 lbs.
Bait or Lure: clam / crab
Water Depth: 75
Water Temp.: 62
Information : After an entire month between the pins, I had the usual boys, Joe Yocco, John Cherry, Don Hallingse, and Paul Heinl out sea bassin'. We worked hard for our limit catch south east of Manasquan, but were pleased with the results which included some big (and tasty) trigger fish, a few nice tog and a smattering of bluefish which turned out to be the reason the fishing was not fast and furious. The water down at the bottom is noticeably warm and the blues were cruising through. You could see the sea bass disapear into the wrecks on the scope when the blues would come through. I was very jealous of the boys I heard heading out to the canyon in this weather window, I refuse to take the offshore equipment off the boat until mid November....Cabin fever came early this year!!

Angler Name : Tuna Joe
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Seafox out of Atlantic Highlands, NJ
Date Fished: Fri. Oct 18th - Sat. Oct. 19th
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 70 to 90lbs.
Bait or Lure: Butterfish/Sardines
Water Depth: 400+
Water Temp.: ?
Information : 3/4 of the fish caught were Yellowfin, & 1/4 were Longfin. Despite the 12 to 16 footers on the way in, all-in-all we had a good trip. The fisherman that were constantly in tangles almost the entire trip did not catch any, but better day's are coming. It is only midway through the Tuna season. Loose lips & tight buns...

Angler Name : mike lawrence
E-Mail : lawremi@churchdwight.com
Boat Name: shot'n'beer
Date Fished: 10/19/02
Location: south of manasquan inlet
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 5lb
Bait or Lure: shad rigs diamond jigs
Water Depth: 40 ft
Water Temp.: ?
Information : trolled down to seaside pier looking for stripers. Caught acouple of blues on shad rigs and a 5lb weakfish. Kept going south, nothing. Went back to where we got the weaky and caught another 7 jigging. would have got more but the drift and ocean got steadly worst. Went to the sea girt reef and anchored in 5 to 7 foot seas,[never again] and caught 8 blackfish and acouple of sea bass. Good day if the weather would have held.

Angler Name : Wade
E-Mail : vance83@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Sea Fox
Date Fished: 10-18/19
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 45 to 85#
Bait or Lure: butterfish, sardines, squid, jigs
Water Depth: 450+
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Had a nice smooth ride on the way out, but no action during the night. The fish did turn on at sunrise, at one time 8 people were hooked up at the same time, I caught one 50# yellowfin, and lost a larger yellowfin at the boat after a nice fight. About 30 fish boated during the morning. A large mako was hooked for a few minutes, but chomped through the cable leader. Had a rough ride on the way in, with seas building to 8 to 12+. The Sea Fox is a great boat with an excellent crew. Remember to respect your fellow anglers when they are fighting a fish on a party boat. Happy fishing!

Angler Name : Werner & Wolfgang Sprie
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 10/19/2002
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 4 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 80 Ft.
Water Temp.: 67 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Bounty Hunter back on the wrecks off Island Beach with Werner & Wolfgang Sprie. Anchored in a southwest wind that got nastier by the hour, the hot Seabass bite continued. By 11 AM we had our legal limit a fish up to 4 Lbs. and started for home.

Angler Name : Capt. Darren
E-Mail : dsv174@optonline.net
Boat Name: Marylou Crew
Date Fished: October 19th, 2002
Location: Shrewsberry Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 23 feet
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Had our first trip out fall striper fishing, but the fish were not ready! Had a few knock downs and caught bluefish and one False Albecore! The weather again was not that great as it blew pretty hard out of the southwest. Nice to get out there after sitting for a while waiting for a break from Mother Nature!

Angler Name : Zack
E-Mail : chinacatz@aol,com
Boat Name: High Time II
Date Fished: 10-18-02
Location: reach channel
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25'
Bait or Lure: Mann's stretch25s
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.:
Information : Trolled the reach channel around sundown on the incoming tide. We Found some birds working and were able to catch a few schoolies.

Angler Name : Scott
E-Mail : landsdusky@earthlink.net
Boat Name: Reel Time
Date Fished: 10-18/10-19
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Eeling and worming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 15 lbs
Bait or Lure: Eels and worms
Water Depth: 13-40
Water Temp.:
Information : Took the boat up to Sandy Hook from Toms River for a night of striper fishing. Hit the rip around 11:30 PM and caught the last of the outgoing. Picked up 4 keepers all around 15lbs. Once the tide changed and the SW wind came on strong against the tide the bite ended. An effort on the knoll before heading in was fruitless.

Angler Name : Jeff S
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Little G
Date Fished: 10/18/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26-34"
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 12-48ft
Water Temp.: n/a
Information : Tough night fishing with only 3 bass ranging from 26-34 inches while drifting eels in every spot from the Sandy Hook rips to the Verrazano bridge.

Angler Name : Brad kooker
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 10/18/02
Location: 15 miles SE Manasquan
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 3lb
Bait or Lure: Clam/Squid
Water Depth: 75
Water Temp.: 65
Information : The Brad Kooker group was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Sea Bass fishing. Stopping at the first wreck 5 miles to the East of the inlet in 20 knot winds we managed only a few Sea Bass. We did boat croakers,eel,and a lobster. Stopping at the second wreck only a few miles to the south we managed a half dozen Sea bass and a 4lb blackfish. The wind dropped off and we headed out 14 miles which proved to be the right move as it was non stop action of Sea Bass limiting out and catching plenty of Porgies and bluefish.

Angler Name : CoolBreeze
E-Mail : bbrazicki@aol.com
Boat Name: Miss Barnegate Light
Date Fished: October 18th
Location: The Canyon
Fishing Method: bait
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-80
Bait or Lure: sardines,squid
Water Depth: 120-210
Water Temp.: NICE
Information : Fished with DUPRA's TUNA SLAYAS a.k.a. The Magnificent Seven. Personally had eight hook-ups and landed 5 Yellowfin. Group walked off with 10 nice Tuna. Boat registered 55 for the night. Best boat out there !!!!George and his crew did a great job for us. Check out the Miss Barnegate Light you won't be disapppointed.

Angler Name : Scott
E-Mail : landsdusky@earthlink.net
Boat Name: Reel Time
Date Fished: 10-18/10-19
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Elling/Worming
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: to 15 lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 13-40'
Water Temp.:
Information : Took the boat up to Sandy Hook from Toms River for a night of striper fishing. Hit the rip around 11:30 PM and caught the last of the outgoing. Picked up 4 keepers all around 15lbs. Once the tide changed and the SW wind came on strong against the tide the bite ended. An effort on the knoll before heading in was fruitless. Came in around 4:30 AM happy to have the four we got. Lots of boats out probably due to the Hi Mar tournament and the good forecast.

Angler Name : Mark Lukenda
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 10/18/2002
Location: Inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 4 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 75 Ft.
Water Temp.: 65 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul returned to the Inshore fishery with the Mark Lukenda charter. Running the Bounty Hunter 15 miles to the southeast of Manasquan Inlet, 3 stops on wrecks in 75 ft. of water produced a limit catch of Seabass up to 4 Lbs.

Angler Name : Pete
E-Mail : Petekeywestal.com
Boat Name: Prowler
Date Fished: 10-18-02
Location: Sandy Hook Reef
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Tautog
Size: 7lbs
Bait or Lure: Green crabs
Water Depth: 50-70ft
Water Temp.: 67dg
Information : Sailed today on the Prowler out of the Atlantic Highlands, on the first and only drop of the day Capt. Scott said that it was a good Blackfish spot, he was not wrong. It was a pick most of the day, the fisherman who do not know how to fish for the white chin had a hard time, but the local sharpies faired well. I went home with 8 good size fish in the box, and a couple of vets. had the limit of 10 fish. I sent about 10 fish back to grow. The Capt. and crew were great, it is alway fun to fish on the boats here in NJ, I fish in Florida lots, and most of the boats suck, but when Im home and go on the NJ boats, its always great. If you can, get in a Tog trip before the snow, try the Prowler in Atlantic Highlands, nice people and a great boat. Tight lines, Pete

Angler Name : John Strozyk
E-Mail : StrozykF@comcast.net
Boat Name: Doormatt
Date Fished: 10/18/02
Location: Rip / Ambrose / Knoll
Fishing Method: eels - troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: eels - shad rigs - stretches
Water Depth: 15-70 ft.
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Something ain't right - many pick-ups - but I think the combination of moontide (outgoing) and wind out of NW - made it too fast - 8-10 Oz. to hold bottom - many short skinning of our eels - many half eels (blues) - only saw a lot of unhappy fisherman - and 1 or 2 fish netted. Probably should have set up on the chunk. You can't clam fish or worm - because there are 2 million porgies and 2 inch seabass. Better days are coming.

Angler Name : Jack Singh
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 10/18/02
Location: deal
Fishing Method: bait
Specie: Tautog
Size: 2-7lbs
Bait or Lure: crabs
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Kicked off tog season with a bang. Jack Singh and co. got into some great early season togging. Bite started slow and turned hot around noon, with 16" and over tog coming up every drop. Limits for everyone and a lot of 4-5lb fish, two 6lbrs. and a 7.

Angler Name : Tom & mickey percision glass
E-Mail : t.bartku@att.net
Boat Name: miss barnaget light
Date Fished: 10/17 - 18
Location: hudson canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50- 90lbs
Bait or Lure: butters & sardines
Water Depth: 500 +
Water Temp.: 69
Information : Left marina at 5pm,fishing by 10, were on the opposite bank away from all the other boats.Hooked up in the first half hour,with steady hook ups, all night until 8am,boat headed in early to make up for the head on seas. I landed 3yft and mikey landed 2,with twice as many missed, due to breakoffs, multiple fish at the same time,and inexperienced anglers. All & all a pretty good day, 50+ fish on the could have easily been alot more. Blue sharks in the water all night chasing hooked fish,also lots of mahi, caught one myself on a surface popper,and a couple more caught on bait. Near the end of the day , mates throwing handfulls of spearing, created surficing tuna to feed behind the boat,quite a site. boat and mates did an A+ job. Catch was 95% yft,only saw 3 longfin.Going again 10/21, will keep updated. good luck ,tight lines,& nothing like the sound of a runoff......

Angler Name : Dave France
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 17
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 38 inches
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 30-50
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and the rest of the Canyon Runner crew have raised the white flag and surrendered to the weather. Today we ran our first inshore trip of the fall and while the fishing was not spectacular the boat actually left the slip and the Dave France charter and the Canyon Runner crew enjoyed a nice day on the water. Obviously the Nor'ester took a toll on the Bass as fishing was picking up last week but today we only saw a few Bass and a handful of bluefish trolling green/black umbrella rigs between the Ambrose Channels. Many of our charters are facing the reality of weather just as we are and are begining to switch there canyon trips to Stripers or Sea Bass so the reports shall be picking up soon.

Angler Name : Ron-Jon heating and cooling
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 10/17/02
Location: Mudhole
Fishing Method: Chum
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10-15lbs
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 110
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Finally got out again on the heels of the latest storm with Todd and the group from Ron-Jon heating and cooling. Capt. Steve Spinelli found big blues biting as soon as the lines went in. The guys caught all the bluefish they wanted and a couple dozen seabass too.

Angler Name : Mike T
E-Mail : Seagold01@msn.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/17/02
Location: Brigantine Beach
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: none
Bait or Lure: everything
Water Depth: 3-6
Water Temp.: 62
Information : In two weeks I saw one fish caught and heard stories of 6-8 fish really bad year so far for stripers. hope their not fished out again.

Angler Name : Gerard Marini
E-Mail : gerard_marini@prusec.com
Boat Name: Ryan's Express
Date Fished: 10/17/02
Location: Raitan Bay
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 15-22 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: 28
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Fished the end of incoming and top of outgoing non stop hook-ups all fish were keepers...still waiting for that cow.

Angler Name : Fishin' Finn
E-Mail : Finnila.com@att.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/17/02
Location: Pier A, Hoboken
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 38"
Bait or Lure: Bunker chunks
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Saw the striper weighing 25# after being caught around noon, off the pier in Hoboken, NJ. Fisherman stated that he caught another striper, as well. See you on the water, the stripers are here!!

Angler Name : PJM
E-Mail : PJDM_2000
Boat Name: M&M
Date Fished: 10/14
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 12" released
Bait or Lure: sandworms & eels
Water Depth: 6-25'
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Water is dirty after the storm and a another storm is on the way. Very slow day, only one report of a bluefish trolled in the bay. Could not get to the knoll in my 19' center consol today just to rough, decided to stick it out inside with no luck. A feww boats were on the Knoll but did not here any reports the radio was very quite. Hopefully things will pick up, tight lines.

Angler Name : Fred Beck
E-Mail : fredoft@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10-13
Location: Island Beach State Park
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Clam / Squid
Water Depth: 10 to 12 foot breakers
Water Temp.: upper 60s
Information : Terrible conditions. High surf. Plenty of debris (organic and man made). Couldn't hold bottom with 10 OZ. No fish. Will try again 10-20-02

Angler Name : frank&jug
E-Mail : frankko66@yahoo.com
Boat Name: ez-go
Date Fished: 10-13
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 12-15lbs.
Bait or Lure: eels,sandworms
Water Depth: 15-60
Water Temp.:
Information : had not been out in a few weeks due to the poor weekend weather .went out by the tip of the hook to drift eels and sandworms,tried the channel,the knoll,rips etc. and wound up with three bass up to 15lbs.also lost a couple of large blues at boatside---most action occured on the incoming and once the tide went slack the fishing died.our first bass of the fall and hopefully more to come--tight lines!!!

Angler Name : ryan scialabba
E-Mail : fish2cool
Boat Name: fish2cool
Date Fished: 10/13/02
Location: union beach
Fishing Method: surface plugs
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 12 ld to 5 ld
Bait or Lure: yozuri popper
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 68
Information : There was some large bass mixed in with the blues .They all started hitting right after the sun started to set.They had peanut bunker in all there stomachs

Angler Name : Steve
E-Mail : splions@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/13
Location: Sea Bright Surf
Fishing Method: Surf Casting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 21" to 28"
Bait or Lure: Clams and Mullet
Water Depth: 5'-9' waves
Water Temp.: High 60's
Information : Yes, you can catch fish in 5-9' seas. Barely held bottom with 8 ounces. Fished from 5:30 am till 9:00 am on Sunday 10/13. Caught 4 stripers in awful conditions on clams and mullet; two keepers. Left them biting...

Angler Name : Stan L.
E-Mail : lyskowski@infi.net
Boat Name: Sea Rose
Date Fished: Sunday 10-13
Location: Manasquan River & the canal
Fishing Method:
Specie: Blackfish
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Due to the bad weather the last 3 weeks and me not able to get out, my cabin fever reached a new high pitch and I just had to wet some lines. Did so SUnday 10-13 after Saturdays big blow. The water was very stained and dark brown. Started off anchored by the route 35 bridge with results being 6 short stripers mostly on clam baits. Then moved to the point pleasant canal and had some fun with blackfish for a few hours before calling it a day at 1PM. Mostly short blackies but did manage a few keepers for the dinner table. Use both green & fidler crabs with the fiddlers producing better.

Angler Name : Bob-O
E-Mail : rdaven323@comcast.net
Boat Name: Fish Magnet
Date Fished: 10/12/02
Location: Corsons Inlet
Fishing Method: Popping Plugs
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 1-5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Polaris Plug, Smack-it Jr.
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Fished Corsons Inlet sod banks at daylight. Hoped to find a striper, but if they were there the bluefish beat 'em to the plug. Still lots of fun, beautiful morning. Got tired of catching 1-5 lbers.

Angler Name : Alan Stewart
E-Mail : ebomanager@aol.com
Boat Name: Helen-H
Date Fished: Oct 10/11
Location: Atlantis Canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 20-80#
Bait or Lure: sardines,butters,live squid
Water Depth: 600 feet
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished Atlantis Canyon on the party boat Helen-H - two hot bites with one coming in the afternoon around 4:00pm and the other around 4:00am - we boated 30 longfin tuna, 6 yellowtail tuna, 30 peanut Mahi's, 10 tile fish (caught on the bottom, lost 2 Mako's, and released a small 3 1/2 foot swordfish. Most fish caught jigging or on the love squid in 80 - 150 feet of water.

Angler Name : Shawn Sovak
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: October 9-10
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Overnigter
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 90 pounds
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 100 Fathoms
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Jay Richardella and Randy Matlack had the Shawn Sovak charter out on the Canyon Runner in rough seas but in weather that has provided the only window of opportunity in a week. Arriving at the Hudson late due to 6 foot head seas on the way out we missed the best trolling bite but immediately had two on, one of which dump the line on a 50W. That fish was fought for over an hour and turned out to be our mostly unusually catch to date - a 250 pound Hammerhead snagged in the dorsil fin. That set the tone for the evening as the excellant chunking the party boats had in the rough seas died that night and we did not have a hit. Up on the trolling the moring we pick an assortment of fish as longfin, big mahi and even a wahoo were put in the boat. While we did not have the number of fish we have be come accustome to on the Canyon Runner we headed home with 5 flags flying and a happy charter.

Angler Name : Joe Croce
E-Mail : mbroth@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: Tenacious
Date Fished: Oct 9,10
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Troll/Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-80 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish/squid
Water Depth: 450 ft
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Capt Bernie Roth had the Joe Croce charter on board for a Wed/Thur overnighter in forecast 3 to 5 ft seas that were 4 to 8. Trolled 3 longfins that hit ballyhoo and artificial ballyhoo. Chunked 4 out of 5 yellowfins and another longfin that hit live squid down 100-125ft. Also hooked two blue sharks and some good sized mahi. Yellowfins were 60-80lbs, longfin were 35-45 lbs. We left at 10am with 8 tuna on ice and enjoyed the smooth ride home with the southeast wind at our backs.

Angler Name : Capt. Ray Burke
E-Mail : SIrwin5162@aol.com
Boat Name: Mad Gaffer
Date Fished: 10/10/02
Location: Belmar
Fishing Method: Bottom Fishing
Specie: Tautog
Size: 11 1/2 lb
Bait or Lure: crabs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Blackfish season is off to a wonderful start. The boat was limited out by 11:30. Fish up to 11 1/2 lb, with many 4-5 lb. Have plenty of openings. Individual reservations available. Call Capt. Ray 732 803-6276.

Angler Name : Jeff S
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Little G
Date Fished: 10/09/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 12-16lbs
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 14-29ft
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Despite the winds and rough water with we had a great night drifting the channel edges around flynn knoll. All-in-all we boated 12 bass with only 2 under 28 inches. Most were in the 12-16lb range.

Angler Name : Capt. Rich
E-Mail : goindeepsea@aol.com
Boat Name: TARA LEE
Date Fished: 10/9/02
Location: Off Barnaget inlet.....going for the ridge
Fishing Method: Trolling - Chunk
Specie: Bluefish
Size:
Bait or Lure: spoons and plugs
Water Depth: 30 ' - 40'
Water Temp.: I had 64 f.
Information : went out early morning past inlet around 7am was meet by approx 4' to 5' waves, decided to stay close to inlet. Trolled around a while , then tried to chum ,just moving to fast to work a slick . Took a beaten ad 1st mate Joe did some chumming of his own. Blamed the early morning porkroll, wink wink ! Still waited for new boat to go in the water will let you know how the Tara Lee II makes out . Tight Lines!!

Angler Name : Jack Smith
E-Mail : tunalover@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Miss Barnegat Light
Date Fished: 10/8 - 10/9
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 80-125lb
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 400
Water Temp.:
Information : Loaded up the boat - 80 fish total - great boat to fish - the best captain and crew...

Angler Name : Bill Holley
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 10/7/02
Location: mudhole
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: 7-12lbs
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 150
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Had a canyon trip scheduled for the Bill Holly charter but once again it was too rough. Since this was the third time rescheduled due to weather we opted to try the mudhole for bluefin the second day. Seas were still very rough in the hole, and bluefin did not show. We released a 50lb mako in the morning, and got in to a bluefish bite later. False albacore showed in the slick and a lot of fun was had catching them on light spinning tackle. In addition a couple dozen seabass were caught on the bottom.

Angler Name : Braden Niper
E-Mail : yo_think_about_it@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Jamaica
Date Fished: 10/6-10/7
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: anchor and chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: mostly 40's and 50's
Bait or Lure: butters and sardines
Water Depth: 460
Water Temp.: ???
Information : Ride out was really really bad...solid 6 to 8 foot seas, a few 10's mixed in. Anchored at 12:30, it was a pick until 3:30 when it just broke wide open. Every live bait put down to 60' to 90' feet was smashed. I personally landed 2, and lost 2 others. Could have hooked up more, but my body just wasn't up to another fight. They kept up the bite until first light when it once again slowed down to a pick. Because of the rough conditions on the ride out, a few guys didn't even make it out of the bunk room until well after the bite was over. The hot bait all night was live sardines or ling, which the captain and mates jigged thoughout the night. Also, there was a school of mahi circling the boat for a good 20 minutes, refused every bait presented to them, oh well. Great trip with a quality captain and crew.

Angler Name : Brian Vogt
E-Mail : bdvogtnj@aol.com
Boat Name: Sea Devil
Date Fished: 10/6 - 10/7
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 20-80lbs
Bait or Lure: Sardines, Butters and Squid
Water Depth: 300 ft
Water Temp.: NA
Information : When out Sunday nite, in forecasted 5-8 footers. Started fishing at 1am. Got into a shark shortly after, then the Yellowfins hit. From 2:30-4am, we were catching YFT in the 25-40lb range, then from 4am till 8am we got into a school of 60-80lbers. We ended up coming in with a total of 31 yellowfin and a handfule of mahi. Tight lines to all.

Angler Name : kevin kovach
E-Mail : wjkov@aol.com
Boat Name: atlantic star
Date Fished: 10/7/02
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 18-27 inches
Bait or Lure: sandworms
Water Depth: dont know
Water Temp.: dont know
Information : had a good day on the atlantic star for weakfish. i caught 8 keeper fish along with a couple shorts, and my biggest fish went 27 inches, missed the pool by 1 ounce. also porgies everywhere in the reach channel.

Angler Name : Hammer
E-Mail : moldcraft@optonline.net
Boat Name: Just Released
Date Fished: 10/07/02
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Troll/Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-70lbs
Bait or Lure: butters
Water Depth: 500
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Good trip to Hudson, night bite was solid on the drift. Landed 12 yellows, released 4. Saw one sword / would not eat. On a side note reports of harvesting 80 tuna is a joke. How many is enough? Anyone heard of conservation? I plan on passing my offshore skills to my grandchildren so they may have as much fun as I have had. I hope there are some fish left for them. There are some first class charter operators who could teach and educate their clients to practice some catch and release (after some fish for the table have been boated) Im getting tired of seeing 50 yellowfin on the docks after some boats return...

Angler Name : Jeff H
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Cap'n pole smoker
Date Fished: 10/7/02
Location: North beach
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Porgy
Size: 1lb
Bait or Lure: stretch-25
Water Depth: 20-25
Water Temp.: 70
Information :

Angler Name : Dale
E-Mail : Saddcd@aol.com
Boat Name: Jamacia
Date Fished: 10-06
Location: hudson canyon
Fishing Method: Chunkin
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-70
Bait or Lure: Sardines
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished on the Jamacia Sunday night and had a good trip, the bite started at 3:30 am and lasted until 6:00am with just a few more boated in the daylight. The trip was a good trip as Howard has given me many. Aside from the rough seas it was well rewarded.

Angler Name : Adam
E-Mail : ibhere5005@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Shore Thing
Date Fished: 10/6/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 4-5lbs.
Bait or Lure: Sandworms
Water Depth: 30-40 ft.
Water Temp.: n/a
Information : Got a late start fro fishing got out there around 9:00. Turned out the tide was going out and proved to be very productive. We got on the first drift and right away we got over a school of weakfish. We right away put 3 in the boat. Would have gotten more if the Sea Hunter hadnt started his drift about 10 feet infront of us. Wasnt worth the damages on the boat. So we moved on we then found another shool of weakfish. We put another 5 in the boat then again the Sea Hunter came 10 feet in front of us we were forced to move. So after that we called it a day very good fishing. Sand worms seem to be the hot bait, blood worms didnt work to well.

Angler Name : Capt. John De Mio
E-Mail : fishformula@aol.com
Boat Name: Fish Formula
Date Fished: 10 /5
Location: Sandy hook
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : On sat. we had out Jack Mc Carthy and Ed Stone for some bass fishing. It was the first bass trip of the fall and we had some nice fat fish up to 36 inches long. The smallest bass was 32 inches. No slot fish were caught.

Angler Name : JS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Little G
Date Fished: 10/02/02
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32"
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 17-38ft
Water Temp.: n/a
Information : Had our first good action of the season drifting eels off the chapel hill and ambrose channels. The largest bass was 32" and had a few 10-12lb blues as well...

Angler Name : john
E-Mail : johnnybigtime@msn.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/2
Location: atlantic highlands
Fishing Method: hopkins
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 1/2-4 lbs
Bait or Lure: hopkins
Water Depth: 1-10ft
Water Temp.: 70's
Information : Casted a hopkins shorty from the jetty. Had non stop action on the flood. I caught enough in 2 hours to be satisfied. The biggest was around 4lbs. Not bad for a poor slob with no boat!!

Angler Name : Lou Ottrando
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 1-2
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Overnigter
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 80 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 100 Fathoms
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Capt. Phil Dulanie and mates Randy Matlack and Greg Rybak had the Lou Ottrando charter from Middletown, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Tuesday to Wednesday. Thinking all the action would be on the troll we were highly disappointed as that bite never materialized. However, the chunking did turn on with some boats doing very well and we ended up with 7 nice yellowfin at night out of 16 bites. We did troll a bunch of mahi and 1 longfin to end up with 8 tuna on ice.

Angler Name : Spotted Dog John
E-Mail : jsbraga@aol.com
Boat Name: Nu-Meat
Date Fished: 10/1-10/2
Location: Baltimore
Fishing Method: Trolling/Chunking/Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 90#
Bait or Lure: Squid
Water Depth: 100 F.
Water Temp.: 72 f.
Information : On the way out to the Baltimore we found a nice weed line and proceeded to throw in peanut bunker we netted. These live treats were just what the Mahi wanted and with #4 circle hooks we bailed the gaffers. After keeping 9 fish we left for the deep and trolled with no results. Setting up on the West side we chunked up 3 Yellowfins and landed 2 and a Mako which we will enjoy this evening. The next mornings troll produced another Yellowfin in 74 meters of water.

Angler Name : john donadeo
E-Mail : donadayglo
Boat Name: wacky jacky
Date Fished: 10/2/02
Location: mud hole ,monster ledge
Fishing Method: butter chunks, chum
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 25" and ?????
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 235 ft
Water Temp.: 70.5
Information : went ot for bft at the mh. trolled for 2 hrs nothing, then started the chunk within 5 minutes scott had 25" bft released him then nothing else till 4 pm had a good run off but spit the hook, 1st tuna on the new boat. little rough but otherwise a beatiful day

Angler Name : Jeff Maritz
E-Mail : jeff51516@cs.com
Boat Name: Kristin Marie
Date Fished: Oct 1/2
Location: Lindencole Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 80lb
Bait or Lure: Squid
Water Depth: 400'
Water Temp.: 74
Information : We left around 3.30 pm with a nice head sea for the 31 bertram which gave us a five hour ride to the fishing grounds. Upon arrival we noticed one head boat and one sport fish boat for 3 boats at the lindy. There was much weed in the water and many squid to be taken. The bit started at 9 pm and we went 10 for 14 on the yellows and 3 nice mahi up to 15 lbs. We had our limit by 11 pm set a sword line out for the evening and went to sleep , at sunrise we headed for the inlet, home at 10.30 am great trip.Thanks for the crew animal terry and BF and panama red who did a great job.

Angler Name : Don B
E-Mail : dbaker@hotmail.com
Boat Name: 25 Wellcraft
Date Fished: 10/2/02
Location: Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: OOOOO
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 20-30
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Drifted near Manasquan inlet for two hours.... one sand shark ..... and a sun tan.... I watched the gill netters empty their nets....