Angler Name : Frank Schimel
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 30
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 130-185
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and Joe LaRosa and mate Justin Nighan took the Frank Schimel charter from Western P.A. out on the Canyon Runner Thursday for an overnighter to the Hudson Canyon and found the big bluefin had not moved. Within 5 minutes we had the first fish on and kept 2-3 big bluefin hooked up at all times. From 3pm until 6 pm the charter fought 7 of these fish and put their limit of 6 in the boat during the 3 hour battle. The action is all on the east wall of the canyon and we drifted the entire time. After packing out our limit we looked around for some signs of yellowfin but found nothing. We headed home at midnight with bluefin of 130, 135, 145, 165, 180 and 185 pounds.

Angler Name : Davis
E-Mail : retirerich@optonline.net
Boat Name: Notorious
Date Fished: 10/30/2003
Location: Flynns Knoll
Fishing Method: eeling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30 - 36"
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 35
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Banged out 3 really nice bass in a couple of hours in somewhat tough conditions, had some shorts & bluefish. was worried w/ all the bad reports, but had fish w/ in 1st 10 min on incoming tide, while drifting against it w/ the west wind.

Angler Name : Bob
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Perpetraitor
Date Fished: 10/30
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 175-350 lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Wow! What a day! Fished the east elbow on a day trip. Fairly rough. Arrived at 6:30 and had first fish on in 10 minutes. Proceeded to go 17 for 22 on 175-350 lb bluefins. Fishing was absolutely spectacular

Angler Name : Howard Talbot
E-Mail : jdella222@aol.com
Boat Name: Shake N' Move
Date Fished: October 292003
Location: The rocks
Fishing Method: Troll and jig
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up t 37"
Bait or Lure: Shad
Water Depth: 21-40
Water Temp.: 60
Information : FIshed the rocks for a solid rod bending day limited out on stripers up to 37" and trolled and jigged Blues up to 15 pounds Back atthe dock 3:00pm left at 8:00am

Angler Name : FRANKIE R
E-Mail : RANDAZZOI@AOL.COM
Boat Name: 1-ON
Date Fished: 10/28/03
Location: SO. OF MANASQUAN
Fishing Method: TROLL
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 15 LBS +
Bait or Lure: SPOONS
Water Depth: 55+
Water Temp.: 58
Information : WEATHER WAS PERFECT TROLLED THE HI TIDE OUT GOING COULD NOT STOP CONGA BLUES. STILL NO BASS.

Angler Name : Ray Maronpot
E-Mail : poolman@noln.com
Boat Name: weasel
Date Fished: 10/28/03
Location: S.R. inlet north to Asbury
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5#-10#
Bait or Lure: Stretch 25's, blue/chrome
Water Depth: 30'-45'
Water Temp.: mid 50's?
Information : fished from about 9am to until around 12:30pm, non-stop bluefish action, no bass though

Angler Name : Scott
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 10/26/03
Location: South of Manasquan
Fishing Method: jig
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5lbs
Bait or Lure: Ava 27
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Scott and crew from Wycoff NJ fished aboard the Megan Beth for Bluefish. Heading South of Manasquan we found plenty of bird life as there was tons of bait. The wind was blowing hard out of the South as the Seas were building all day.We did manage a few fish on jigs before switching over to Sea Bass as we had a good catch ,as well as a few porgies. It was non stop action with many short Sea Bass.

Angler Name : John & laura
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Tide Runner
Date Fished: 10/26/03
Location: Manasquan south 5 mile
Fishing Method: Jigging & trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Jigs, Tubes, umbralla rigs
Water Depth: 15 to 50 ft
Water Temp.: 60
Information : We fished hard for 4 hour until it got too sloopy, Read bait everywhere we fished. Brids all over the ocean. From the bird action the fish were on the move. It not have one knock down or hit. Very frustating seeing that much bait and not one fish. radio was dead not mush talk of anyone doing much. O"well try it again a nother day. Peace. PS: A friend of mine was out on Fri 10/24/03 and said you could walk across the backs of the blue there were so many.

Angler Name : Jeff Hardiman
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 25-26
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Overnigther
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 100-250
Bait or Lure: Squid
Water Depth: 600 Feet
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and Joseph LaRosa and mate Justin Nighan had the Jeff Hardiman charter out on the Canyon Runner Saturday to Sunday and the big bluefins were again on the feed in the Hudson Canyon. We had only 2 guys on the charter and limited with a 160 pound and a 210 pounder within a couple hours of fishing. We also released one about 170 pounds and came home early as there were no yellowfin or longfin to be found and the charter did not want to fight another bluefin again. They did nail a nice mako though. All the action was on the east wall between the tip and th elbow. All the boats out there seemed to get there shot at the bluefins but no yellowfins or albacore were mixed in. FYI - One of our buddies put a bluefin in the boat Saturday night in the Hudson that weighed 325 pound dressed so there are some giants out there.

Angler Name : capt len
E-Mail : noconcrete@si.rr.com
Boat Name: worth the wake
Date Fished: 10/26/03
Location: shrewsbury wrecks/the hook rip
Fishing Method: anchor /troll
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 2lbs
Bait or Lure: clams/ jigs
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 55
Information : another good day at the wrecks.dispite the heavy winds from the south.3men caught there limit.on the way home stopped at the birds by the rip, very well in bass and blues. good sizes all in the high teens.an extra after a full day out.

Angler Name : al fred drew glen
E-Mail : captahab
Boat Name: freespool
Date Fished: 10-26-03
Location: in and around sandy hook
Fishing Method: eels trolling clams
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25in.to 32in.
Bait or Lure: eels clams trolling
Water Depth: 10ft. to 60ft.
Water Temp.: 58
Information : chartered the freespool with capt. scott and jack the mate on board. As usual they did a great job of getting us into fish. started of eeling and it was a slow pick at bass while the blues were nipping off the backend of the eels. Switched to trolling with much better results, we finished off the day with a limit of stripers plus four blues.

Angler Name : Captain Tom
E-Mail : varipro2k@aol.com
Boat Name: Fintastic
Date Fished: 10-26-03
Location: Pt Pleasant to Seaside
Fishing Method: jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: up to 10.5 lbs
Bait or Lure: ava jigs
Water Depth: 65
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Captain Tom Savastano and mate Tom kelly had the Ross Gelman party of 12 from the leep Care Center out for a mad dog bite on blues to 105 lbs a limit of blues were caught in 4 hours as well as a 5lb fluke, which was released to fight another day. Jigging time is here so email us for availble dates.

Angler Name : Dr. Golding Party
E-Mail : Holborow@earthlink.com
Boat Name: My Bonnie II
Date Fished: 10/26/03
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32"
Bait or Lure: Stretch, Shad rig
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.: 56
Information : Had the Dr. G. party out for a day of Stripper fishing. Lots of bait and birds in the area of buoy 14 unfortunately more blue up to 14# than strippers, managed one stripper and many blues. Finally left the area but did not find bass else where.

Angler Name : Bill, Brian, Nick
E-Mail : nvlachos@aol.com
Boat Name: MARYKATE
Date Fished: 10/25/03 - 10/26/03
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll/Chunk
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 45 lb
Bait or Lure: ballyhoo, lures, butterfish
Water Depth: 450 ft
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Hooked up to three longfins on the troll at the same time about 5:00pm on the West Wall around the Letters; got all on board and decided to anchor up in the area for the night and must have been close to the only ones on the West Wall.Nothing on the chunk but a few runoffs until about 10:00pm when we hooked up and landed a 145 lb. Allison Tuna; that was it for the rest of the night; packed up early Sunday am and headed back with four nice tuna fish.

Angler Name : Ed
E-Mail : efk61@aol.com
Boat Name: No Name
Date Fished: 10/26
Location: East of the Knoll
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 33 inches
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 36
Water Temp.:
Information : Drifted in close to the Rip, but too many boats and too many poeple tearing through at high speeds. Moved out to the flats just east of the Knoll and had some nice fish. My nephew caught his first striper....33 inches. Not bad. Slammer blues moved in under birds around 1 p.m. Hard blow and chop sent us packing.

Angler Name : JOHN FEULNER
E-Mail :
Boat Name: GIZMO
Date Fished: 10-26-03
Location: SANDY HOOK 11-12 BUOYS
Fishing Method: DRIFTING EELS
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25 LBS
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 65 FT
Water Temp.: 55 F
Information : FISHED WITH DAN HUYLER AND FRANK LOPEZ IN VERY BAD CONDITIONS IN 5-8 FT CHOP. HAD NUMEROUS RUN OFFS AND BOATED 3 NICE BASS IN 1 HOUR BEFORE CONDITIONS BECAME UNSAFE. LEFT THEM BITING WITH NO ONE AROUND BY 12:15PM

Angler Name : Mark Lukenda
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 10/24/2003
Location: Rocks to Manasquan
Fishing Method: Trolling & Jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Up to 10 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Various Jigs & Rigs
Water Depth: 20 to 45 Ft.
Water Temp.: 58 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Mark Lukenda charter on the Bounty Hunter today. What started out to be a Striper charter quickly turned into a Bluefish charter when we found the ocean loaded with Bluefish. Working several areas of intense bird play from Sandy Hook south to Manasquan all we could put into the boat were Bluefish. From Sandy Hook south to Long Branch all the Blues were large up to 10 lbs. Jigging, Trolling it did not matter, everything you put in the water was hit immediately. From Long Branch south to Manasquan it was Cocktail Blues. You could Jig all you wanted. The charter kept 2 Dozen Blues and released the rest. www.bountyhuntercharters.com

Angler Name : Brian & Dave K
E-Mail : davek@worldwideapparel.com
Boat Name: Easy Go
Date Fished: Oc t 24
Location: Sandy Hook area
Fishing Method: Jigging & trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: shorts
Bait or Lure: Ava 27
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished Friday Oct 24, wind blowing hard from the Northwest Arrived at the Sandy Hook rip to see the beach packed with surf fisherman Jigged and trolled six blues over ten lbs and a short striper.Amazed to see blues working along the beach at the feet of the surf fisherman, but too close to the beach to get any of them

Angler Name : Hal Hall
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 10/23/2003
Location: Sea Bright
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Up to 31"
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 20 to40 Ft.
Water Temp.: 58 Degrees
Information : After a 12 day layoff due to weather and the replacing of an engine Capt. Paul got back out with the Hal Hall charter. Trolling umbrella rigs in 20 to 40 Ft. of water off Sea Bright the charter went 10 for 14 on Striped Bass up to 32". Along with the Bass there was an endless pick of large Bluefish up to 10 Lbs. 25+ were landed and all were released. Red, Black & White tubes got all the action.

Angler Name : frank barreca
E-Mail : fbarecca@yahoo.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/23/03
Location: brick beach
Fishing Method: pluging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 28 in
Bait or Lure: green and white poppers
Water Depth: beach
Water Temp.:
Information : went to brick beach at 8 am blues and bait all over caught 15 blues to 10 lbs also 1 striper 28 in through the blues back kept the striper for supper

Angler Name : frank and mike
E-Mail :
Boat Name: fish n chips
Date Fished: 10-20-03
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25 inches
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 6-65
Water Temp.:
Information : fished various areas around the hook jigging and eeling -- caught some school bass and blues early on including a double header on freshwater spinning tackle -- tried eeling with no luck ,it got pretty windy around noon which didn't help the drift too much --with wind against tide--a decent day nonetheless

Angler Name : Fritz Ratcliff
E-Mail : fratcliff@kraft.com
Boat Name: Miss Barnegat Light
Date Fished: 10/19-10/20
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-60 lb.
Bait or Lure: Squid
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Another great trip on the Miss Barnegat Light with app. 50 fish boated. Mostly yellowfin and albacore 40-60lbs. One 125lb. Bluefin and several Mahi's. Mackerel on the surface all night and squid at 210ft. Crew was as always excellent.

Angler Name : Dave
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Solty Dog
Date Fished: 10/20/03
Location: Manasquan to Barnegat
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: none
Bait or Lure: umbrella & spoons
Water Depth: 30 - 45 ft.
Water Temp.: 61
Information : What a nice day .. no stripers. Trolled along beach from Manasquan Inlet south to Seaside Park. Picked up afew bluefish, no stripers. Did mark some fish and large pockets of bait. Also caught several weakfish bottom fishing in front of Barnegat Inlet .. 12" - 14" .. not worth keeping. Good luck.

Angler Name : Jon Muray
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Skipper
Date Fished: 10/20/03
Location: Belmar
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: up to 2-1/2lbs
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 30-70
Water Temp.: 63
Information : This was the last day of my 4-days-in-a-row fishing marathon. My friend Matt Konow and I headed to Belmar and decided to give the Skipper a try. We made a good choice! The trip was mostly seabass with a few drops made for porgies. The last stop was awsome with 2 of us putting 11 keepers in the cooler in 15-20 minutes. Total keepers: 24 seabass,11 porgies and 1 triggerfish. The capt. moved every time the action slowed down. The mates were good as well. Not a bad way to end the long weekend, although I could've gone for more of those big blues! Back to work now. :-(

Angler Name : greg
E-Mail :
Boat Name: ANNIE-H
Date Fished: 10/20/03
Location: flynns knoll
Fishing Method: jigging/trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10/12lbs
Bait or Lure: stretch 25
Water Depth: 30 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : great day on the water, a lot of bird action, many schools of blues. 3 stripers also caught, good fall fishing.

Angler Name : Dr Airy
E-Mail : varipro2k@aol.com
Boat Name: Fintastic
Date Fished: 10/19-20
Location: Canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 75-175lbs
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 400
Water Temp.: 66
Information : Captains Joe Patsco, Bruno Giulari and Richie Andrews had the Dr. Airy party out to the canyon for a terriffic overnighter. The Fintastic limited out on bluefins in the 75-175lb range and relased twenty more to fight another day. The fish were under the boat from 3am to dawn and the charter caught them at will during that period. If this sounds interesting, contact us on our website to get into the action.

Angler Name : Dr. Mark & crew
E-Mail : drmarkb@juno.com
Boat Name: The Benchmark
Date Fished: 10/19-10/20/03
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-80lbs
Bait or Lure: butter fish, sardine, squid
Water Depth: 200+
Water Temp.: 65 degrees
Information : we started fishing aroud 4:00 p.m., within 45 minute Paul hooked-up with something huge, most likly a bluefin 250+, with fought the fish for aroud an hour and a half when the line got caught on the prop and snapped the line. After that we hooked up with five yellowfin in the 40-80lb class immediately. The conditions were very rough. Seas were 12 foot plus. Thanks to the Captain Nick Neuberg of the Benchmark out of Point Pleasent it was a safe and successfull trip. We landed a sordfish in the 70lb class which was released. We ended up with a total of 13 yellowfin. Great canyon trip, Tommy, Paul, Dave, Jamie, and Dante. Great mating job by Greg keeping the chunk going while we rested. I highly recommend fishing with Captain Nick of the Benchmak.

Angler Name : Ralph DeJulia
E-Mail : captreelaction@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Action
Date Fished: 10/19/03
Location: South of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 34"
Bait or Lure: Shads and Umbrellas
Water Depth: 50'-60'
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Capt Marc had the Ralph DeJulia charter south of inlet for non stop action on mostly blues with a good mix of striped bass. A stop on Sea Girt Reef on the way back put a dozen porgies in the box.

Angler Name : Tony Chiccarine
E-Mail : ACHICCARINE@FLUITRON.COM
Boat Name: DONNA
Date Fished: 10/19/03
Location: SHREWSBERRY ROCKS/MANASQUAN INLET
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Bluefish
Size: TO 13#
Bait or Lure: MANN STRETCH 30 BLACK/SILVER
Water Depth: 50-55 FT
Water Temp.:
Information : GEORGE AND I LEFT THE INLET AT 800 AM. THERE WERE BIRDS AT THE INLET BUOY AND WE PICKED UP 2 FISH ABOUT 5 OR 6 #'S. AT 900 AM THE ACTION STOPPED AS THE TIDE CHANGED SO WE LEFT FOR THE FARMS. THE WIND HAD PICKED UP AND WAS BLOWING HARD OUT OF TH SW. WE DECIDED TO HEAD INSHORE AS THE WIND WAS SHIFTING TO THE W & NW. AT THE SHREWSBERRY ROCKS WE HAD CONTINUOUS ACTION IN 50 TO 55' OF WATER WITH 13# BLUES.ON THE WAY HOME WE SAW BIRDS AT THE MANASQUAN BEACH & WE PICKED UP A 3# BLUE. IT WAS A LITTLE ROUGH FOR A WHILE BUT A GREAT DAY.

Angler Name : Fred
E-Mail : fredoft@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10-19-03
Location: AVON / Shark River Jetty
Fishing Method: Surf casting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: live eels / clams
Water Depth: 5 / 15 feet
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Fished the jetty and beach near Shark River inlet. Fished live eels and clams for 3 hours on incoming tide. No bait in the water. Got skunked.

Angler Name : MIKE ROMANO
E-Mail :
Boat Name: NO NAME
Date Fished: 10/19/03
Location: EAST RIVER N.Y
Fishing Method: DRIFTING LIVE BAIT
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 15-20 LBS
Bait or Lure: LIVE EELS
Water Depth: 40 FT.
Water Temp.: 58
Information : FISHED THE MORNING LOTS OF BASS JUST HAD TO GET THROUGH THE ALIGATORS WITHOUT LOOSING YOUR EEL.

Angler Name : John & laura
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Tide Runner
Date Fished: 10/19/03
Location:
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size:
Bait or Lure: white bucktails and Ava's
Water Depth: 20 to 65 ft
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Headed South from Manasquan Inlet in search of bird action. Boy it was not a very nice day to be on the water cold and windy. Hunting for birds with the rest of the fleet manged a nice catch of 2 to 4 lb blues and several short strippes.Fished for only 3 hours lots of fun on light tackle. Peace

Angler Name : Todd Kingsbury
E-Mail : jdella222aol.com
Boat Name: Shake n' Move
Date Fished: October 19th
Location: MOnster ledge
Fishing Method: rod & reel
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: #40 lbs
Bait or Lure: sardine
Water Depth: 180
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Fishing on the Shake N'Move proved to be good even though the seas were bad. Our party went 2 for 3 on 40lb

Angler Name : Jon Murray
E-Mail :
Boat Name: 4 Reelin'
Date Fished: 10/19/03
Location: off IBSP
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 6-12lbs.
Bait or Lure: Stretch 25's & Rapala CD18
Water Depth: 30-50
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Trolled the beach for a dozen or so blues to 12lbs and 2 Albies. Marked TONS of bait on the FF. Blues had mostly small butterfish in their bellies. Fun day with Dad.

Angler Name : Rob Connelly
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 18-19
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Overnigther
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 100-250
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 400-450
Water Temp.: 68
Information : October 18-19 Captain Phil Dulanie, Adam LaRosa and Phil Lidlow took the Joe and Rob Connelly charter from Freeport, LI out on the Canyon Runner Saturday to Sunday and perhaps put together the best trip of the year – tough to really compare as after 620 tuna we had some other decent trips. However, this trip has to rank right near the top. Starting on the East Wall of the Hudson near the tip at 4pm we had a double of yellowfin on almost before the anchor line came tight. By 7pm we had 8 40-60 pound yellowfin in the boat and by 11pm we had our limit of 15. Then, as if the fish knew we were done with yellowfin, the Bluefins show up greeting us with a double of 200 pound fish. We fought both for over an hour when the first broke off near the boat 20 minutes later the second was put in the boat. Thereafter we did not go more than 15 minutes without a big bluefin on and put 3 more in the boat by 3am. These fish were a little smaller and weigh from 125 to 145 pounds. We also fought and released several 200-300 pound blue sharks and jumped off a mako before heading home early at 5am.

Angler Name : Luigi
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Norma K
Date Fished: 10/19/03
Location: Off Sea Girt
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 10 - 15 inch
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: 60 - 70 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Steady action with mixed sizes of sea bass for a large crowd on the Sunday afternoon trip on the Norma K. I caught around 30, with 8 keepers in the range of 13-15". There weren't many porgies around, but the whole boat was into sea bass on most every stop. No real giants, I'd guess the pool fish was about 2.5 lbs., but no complaints with the amount of action we had.

Angler Name : Capt. Darren
E-Mail : dsv174@optonline.net
Boat Name: Mary Lou Crew
Date Fished: 10/18/03
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30 inches
Bait or Lure: Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 40 Feet
Water Temp.:
Information : Had the Mary Lou Crew out for a striper charter for a half a day. The day of fishing started out good with two nice 30 inch fish and a couple shorts. Then the crowd of boats showed up and the fish went down and stopped feeding. Decent trip but to many boats!

Angler Name : Tony C
E-Mail : tcava1@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Big Jamaica
Date Fished: 10/17 & 18
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk Sardinos!
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: Up to 90 lbs
Bait or Lure: Sardinians
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Wow! What a day. Wind, waves, rain and many, many tuna. I boated a limit and had action almost constantly from 11:00pm to 10:00am. Just bait with a sardine, drop to 100 ft and hold on.The boat of 32 anglers virtually limited out. My best canyon trip ever, perhaps the best NJ party boat trip so far this year. Excellent Captain & crew. Thanks for great experience! My biggest was 90 lbs and a 130 lber was also boated. Most fish in the 45 to 60 lb range.

Angler Name : Jim Coffey
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 10/18/03
Location: Mudhole
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 16lbs
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 180
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Went out with the Jim Coffey group for mudhole bluefins after a bad canyon forecast and good bluefin catches yesterday. Found bait and fish readings right away east of monsters. Although we had plenty of action from monster bluefish,false albacore, and skipjacks, the bluefin did not bite.

Angler Name : Jon Murray
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Feet
Date Fished: 10/17 & 10/18
Location: Sea Bright- Sandy hook
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-4lbs
Bait or Lure: crippled herring
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Fished Friday & Saturday afternoon, had small blues on Friday before the boats chased them out. Got skunked on Saturday afternoon, wrong place/ wrong time.

Angler Name : rick
E-Mail : richard@prootconstruction.com
Boat Name: jjgilchristaia
Date Fished: 101803
Location: da hook
Fishing Method: dead,live,metal,troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: all
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: between 48-54
Information : we went fishing the fish went golfing! erie dead sea conditions

Angler Name : steve dominick
E-Mail : debbtide@comcast.net
Boat Name: debbtide
Date Fished: 10-17-10-18
Location: hudson
Fishing Method: trolling-chunking
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 325
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 68.8
Information : steve dominick, larry borio, carl feldman and nick broke the inlet at 4:00am on the debbtide. to find the waters and the journey to hudson a nice one. set up for at 8:00 am and trolled for 7 hours and nothing. set up for chunk about 4:00 pm , and as soon as we threw out the first handful of chunk the party began a 69" 300lb bluefin on carls rod great... 1hr and 15m fight on 50lb line and 50 reel.then boated some nice yellowfin, at one time the fish were so heavy under the boat the wedth finder was reading nothing fish it was a great trip rough drive home but when you do great cares. and to steve my friend come next time. good luck to all, god bless america.

Angler Name : Greg R
E-Mail : gsr135@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Mom's Kitchen
Date Fished: 10/18/03
Location: Off Asbury and Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 34"
Bait or Lure: Diamond Jigs
Water Depth: 50-60ft
Water Temp.: 60
Information : What a great day!! Worked the birds and had not stop slammer blues all day long, the biggest weighing around 15 lbs. So much fun on light tackle. About an hour before we headed in, we made a great day an outstanding day when we nailed 2 34" Stripers!!! Hope it is like this next time!!

Angler Name : John
E-Mail : jbigtime@optonline.net
Boat Name: rebecca lynn
Date Fished: 10/16/03
Location: Mountauk Point, L.I. NY
Fishing Method: Parachute Troll & Bucktail casting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 10-20 lbs
Bait or Lure: Chartruse parachute & bucktail
Water Depth: 40-60ft
Water Temp.: mid 60's
Information : All 6 guys limmited & we released another dozen or so. Had a bunch of blues too. I thought we had a good day, till I saw all the 30 - 50 pounders back at the dock! Definately my best day for bass!!!

Angler Name : Ryan S
E-Mail : fish2cool@ol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 0ct15
Location: sandy hook fishermans beach
Fishing Method: dead sticking
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 42 inches
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : I was only able to cast out about 10 yards with the wind but in turned out to be a good mevening.Omly bass on the beach about 30ld

Angler Name : Russ Beton
E-Mail : varipro2k@aol.com
Boat Name: FINTASTIC
Date Fished: 10/13-14
Location: Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-80
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 500
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Capts Joe Patsco and Rich Andrews and mate Tom Kelley had the Russ Beton party of 8 out on the Fintastic for the best overnignter of the 2003 season. They limited out on yellowfin tuna and Russ Jr boated a 125 lb swordfish. The team also releasing several large blue sharks. The highlight of the morning was a 2.5 hour battle with a 300 plus lb bluefin the chaffed off at boatside to fight another day. We still have some weekday opening thru mid nov.

Angler Name : Kevin Miles
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: Oct 13,14
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Overnighter
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40 to 60 lbs
Bait or Lure: Sardines/butterfish/squid
Water Depth: 340 to 700
Water Temp.: 69
Information : Capt Bernie Roth hosted the Kevin Miles charter for an overnighter in the Hudson Canyon. Anchored on the east wall until 3 am and the charter boated 2 longfin and 2 yellowfins, some chicken mahi and released a small sword. Went on the drift and picked 3 more yellowfins. At 8 am decided to troll and the charter boated a 30 lb mahi. Headed for home at 9am with 7 tuna and the mahi on ice.

Angler Name : jmcdevitt
E-Mail : john@schafermgt.com
Boat Name: Fat Cat
Date Fished: 10/13/ - 10/14
Location: hudson canyon
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 45 - 80 lbs
Bait or Lure: sardines, butter fish
Water Depth: 100 -150ft
Water Temp.:
Information : had the pleasure of chartering the "fat Cat" mon&tues with larry, Jim and Bob. We set up around 5:30pm with high wind and rough seas.Bob got us started with anice 50lb. yellowfin. From there it was non stop til 12:30am. This was an awsome trip which we limitted out by 1:00am. pulled the hook and headed home, 5 hours early. Thank you capt. steve, mates billy & steve.

Angler Name : Lee Brancaccio
E-Mail : lbrancaccio@adsutton.com
Boat Name: Sante'
Date Fished: 10/14/03
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 36
Bait or Lure: Chartruse Shad Rig
Water Depth: 38'
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Trolled around the cans and caught 3 Stippers and two blues. It wasn't consistent but was fun.

Angler Name : jack
E-Mail :
Boat Name: bushwacker
Date Fished: 10/14
Location: Mudhole
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 40
Bait or Lure: Feathers
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Trolled three bluefin (20-40-40) on red/white and blue/white feathers, and a bunch of BIG false albies and skippies

Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA 2
Date Fished: 10/14/2003
Location: NORTH OF SR INLET
Fishing Method: TROLL
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 31", 32"
Bait or Lure: SHAD RIGS
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : HEADED OUT TODAY BEFORE THE BIG BLOW AND CAUGHT TWO NICE BASS, 1 SHORT BASS,COUPLE OF BLUES, ALBACORE, ETC. NICE DAY ON THE WATER - GOD BLESS AMERICA.

Angler Name : Brian Garevello
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 13-14
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Overnighter
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-80
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 69
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Justin Nighan were able to get offshore in between storms yesterday and put the Brian Garivello charter from Middletown, NY into yellowfin in the Hudson Canyon. Arriving in rough seas on the east wall we threw the hook and waited, and waited but only put 1 yellowfin in the boat by 1am. With the wind laying down and the seas with it, we pulled the hook as we were called in by the Fat Cat out of the Atlantic Highlands and now own them dinner. As soon as they pulled their anchor we drifted right past them and pulled hundreds of tuna into our slick. We read ‘em from 50 to 150 feet down and had them visual behind the boat. From 2am to 4:30am the charter fought 30 yellowfin putting a total of 20 in the boat. At no point during that time did we not have a fish on and most of the time we were fighting 3 at once. Obviously the fish bit whatever we threw at them but squid seemed to work best. We were back at the dock by 9am.

Angler Name : Bob
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Perpetraitor
Date Fished: 10/13-14
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-75 lbs.
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 500 feet
Water Temp.: 71 degrees
Information : Took advantage of the last weather window we will have for a few days. It was pretty rough to start, but laid down around midnight. After chunking for over 2 hours without a touch, a huge hoard of yellowfin invaded our slick and were busting behind the boat the remainder of the night. Fishing was spectacular. We went 37 for 46 and heard that a couple of charter boats in our general area also did quite well.

Angler Name : RJ Cummins
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Normka-K III
Date Fished: 10-13-03
Location: Pt Pleasant
Fishing Method: Anchored
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to 4lbs
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : A great day on the water. Fished the first half day trip from 8:00-12:30. Constant action on sea bass. Had a hit almost everytime my bait hit the bottom, Lots of shorts though, probably threw back 50, but managed 14 Keepers up to 4lbs and a nice 3lb porgy.

Angler Name : Jeff & Jack
E-Mail : netdeal@erols.com
Boat Name: J2
Date Fished: 10/13/03
Location: Rock patch
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 14"
Bait or Lure: sand worms
Water Depth: 45
Water Temp.:
Information : Stopped on a small rock patch off Monmouth Beach for a steady pick of Sea Bass and Porgy. What a great day on the water!

Angler Name : Steve
E-Mail : sscharbach@aol.com
Boat Name: World Cat
Date Fished: October 13, 2003
Location: Mud Buoy Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: None
Bait or Lure: Mega Lures, Bunker Spoon, Umbrella Rig
Water Depth: 70
Water Temp.: 58
Information : Blues didn't like me Monday. Tried the Mud Buoy, the Rocks and off Long Branch. No luck. If anyone has been having luck with blues, albies or stripers in these areas, would appreciate some helpful hints.

Angler Name : MIKE COPEMAN
E-Mail :
Boat Name: RENEGADE
Date Fished: 10/12/03
Location: 1/2 MILE OFF BAY HEAD
Fishing Method: CASTING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: UPTO 20 LBS
Bait or Lure: CRIPPLED HERRING
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.: 63
Information : SPOTTED BIRDS WORKING FROM THE BEACH WITH FISH BREAKING AND DECIDED TO GIVE IT A SHOT AS THE WIND HAD SHIFTED AND THE SEAS WERE STARTING TO LAY DOWN. WISE CHOICE, LIMITED OUT ON BASS UP TO 20 LBS IN LESS THEN AN HOUR UNDER BLUE SKIES AND FINALLY A NW WIND. THE HUGE SCHOOLS OF BASS WERE CHASING PEANUT BUNKER AND RAINFISH WITH SOME BASS JUMPING CLEAR OUT OF THE WATER. AT TIMES THE BAIT WAS SO THICK THE JIGS WOULD BE FOUL HOOKED WITH THE PEANUTS, ONCE YOU GOT THRU THEM THE BASS WERE RIGHT UNDER THEM. SOME BLUES MIXED IN BUT MOSTLY LARGE BASS. WITH NO ONE ELSE AROUND THE FISH COOPERATED ALL AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. JIGGING WAS BETTER THEN TROLLING, ALTHOUGH A FEW FISH WERE CAUGHT ON SHAD RIGS.

Angler Name : Tom Novak
E-Mail :
Boat Name: S.T. Barb
Date Fished: 10/12/03
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 27"-36"
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 20-33ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished from 9PM until 1:45AM. Did not see a fish until the tide change around 11. From then on, it was non-stop fishing. We caught atleast a bass a drift from 11 until we left.

Angler Name : George Policastro
E-Mail : mriccardo@nac.net
Boat Name: CASTAWAY
Date Fished: 10/12
Location: Raritan bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 30"
Bait or Lure: Sassy Shads
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Capt. Mike Riccardo had the George Policastro charter out on sunday. Fishing the Staten Island side of the bay, trying to seek shelter from the 20 knot north wind we managed a limit of bass up to 30" jigging under the working birds.

Angler Name : Jeff Veith
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 9-10
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 80
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Captain Joe LaRosa and Justin Nighan had the Jeff Veith charter from Randolph, NJ out on the Canyon Runner for our fourth overnighter in a row. That’s back-to-back-to-back-to-back trips starting Monday and finishing up on the Friday in what turned out to be a great stretch of October weather. Heading offshore late Thursday afternoon put us on the West Wall of the Hudson at 7pm. One drift and by 10pm we had 10 50-80 pound yellowfin in the boat. A move over to the East Wall and one more drift put another 4 yellowfin and 1 longfin and some mahi. In total we landed 15 tuna and dropped another 6 due to pulled hooks and broken leaders.

Angler Name : Brian Fanelli
E-Mail : bfanelli@royalbankpa.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/10/2003
Location: Ship Bottom
Fishing Method: Surf Fishing
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 10 pounds
Bait or Lure: Claim, mullet
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished the surf in Ship Bottom LBI on Friday. A bit windy, but the fishing was good. Caught about a dozen sea robin, but did manage 3 blues to 10 pounds. No Stipers though! All fish caught on first 2 hours of the outgoing tide.

Angler Name : Michael Murphy
E-Mail : mriccardo@nac.net
Boat Name: CASTAWAY
Date Fished: 10/10
Location: Raritan bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 32"
Bait or Lure: Shad Rig
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Captain Mike Riccardo had the Michael Murphy charter out today for stripers. Trolling shad rigs in the bay accounted for four bass up to 32". Switching over to porgie fishing in the afternoon the charter had non stop action landing over 100 keeper porgies.

Angler Name : Jeremy B. Johnson
E-Mail : cpjbjfrog@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Celine
Date Fished: Oct 10, 2003
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 18 -20 pounds
Bait or Lure: artificial lures and ballyhoo
Water Depth: 230
Water Temp.: 65.8
Information : Trolled a combo spread as the seas increased from 2 feet to 4 to 7 feet. Caught 8 fish in 3.5 hours of trolling. Kept 2 bft and released another. We also caught some albacore.

Angler Name : Jeff S.
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Steady Pick
Date Fished: 10/9-10/10
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-80 lbs.
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Anchored up on west wall in 475 feet. Had first fish on within 5 minutes. Went 26 for 31 for the night. Got up on the troll just before first light. Trolled for 20 minutes when we got hit by a triple of bigeyes. We boated two (127 lbs and 178 lbs.) and lost one. Headed in after we boated the bigeyes as no one on board had enough energy left to reel in another fish.

Angler Name : Bob
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Perpetraitor
Date Fished: 10/9-10/10
Location: Texas Tower and Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling and chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Left early on 10/9 figuring we'd troll the Texas Tower area for a while given reports of bluefin and it paid off big time. We caught and released 5 BFT from 150-200 lbs. trolling spreaders. We then headed to the the Hudson. Got there too late to troll, but spent a while looking around and anchored up on some readings in 73 degree water. Went 23 for 27 on YFT, with one big blast of fish from 9 to 11 pm and a second blast from 3 to 5 am. Left at 5:30. Fishing out there is nothing short of fantastic!

Angler Name : Tom, Pete, Dennis
E-Mail : fphsr@optonline.net
Boat Name: Roosters
Date Fished: 10-9-2003
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17 1/2"
Bait or Lure: Killies, Squid,Sea Robin belly
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.: 64°
Information : The Fluke are still here! Tom and I had Dennis Hughes with us today.This is the first day we have been able to get out in the ocean in a long time. The first stop at Shrewsbury Channel only produced a Sun Dial. Tom picked up our first keeper Fluke at #1 Can at the hook With a move to #13 Sandy Hook Channel, I picked up a keeper Fluke. When we went over to North Beach, as Dennis suggested, we picked up more Fluke. Moving south to the Nude Beach produced many more Fluke, although there were many shorts.Total keepers for the day was six with plenty of Clear Nose Skates, Sea Robins and Sand Sharks. We still have until Monday, lets go get them. PETE

Angler Name : Joel Frey
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: Oct 8,9
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Overnight
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-80
Bait or Lure: Squid/sardines/butterfish
Water Depth: 600 FT
Water Temp.: 70 DEGREES
Information : Capt Bernie Roth hosted the Joel Frey charter for an overnighter in the Hudson Canyon. Trolling the east elbow produced two hookups and one yellowfin boated. Setting up for the night below the east elbow we had the first yellowfin by 7:30 pm. It was a consistent pick of yellowfins and one longfin all night with enough time to collar each fish and relax before the next one hit. At daybreak we had the fish at the transom but they would only take chunks on light leaders and by the time we rigged up they were gone.We trolled for an hour in the morning with no success and left for home with 11 tuna on ice.

Angler Name : Bob Megesly
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: oct 8-9
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Overnigther
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-60
Bait or Lure: Squid
Water Depth: 700
Water Temp.: 70
Information : It was just like the saying goes, “you can’t win ‘em all” and last night the tuna got the best of the Canyon Runner. I guess once out of 50 trips ain’t bad. We had a few difficulties leaving at dead low tide and had to wait an hour so we missed out on any troll bite but that should not have been a problem as we were chunking by 6:30pm. Unfortunately despite several moves and all our efforts we only had one bite all night long. The Bob Megesly charter saw Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Justin Nighan and Billy Rowan pull out all the tricks but nothing transpired at night beyond the one yellowfin. We had a little time to get up on the troll in the morning and added another yellowfin and a longfin but had to head home with only 3 tuna in the boat. This was by far our worst trip since July 9th. We were fishing the east wall of the Hudson Canyon.

Angler Name :
E-Mail : captbob@aluresportfishing.com
Boat Name: A-LURE
Date Fished: Oct 8 - 9
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method:
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Capt Bob Konz and mate Scott Forfar had our only open trip out on Wed and Thur. After trolling with no success we set up on the east wall for a night of chunking. the first three fish to come in were dolphin It started to look like a long night the around 11:30 three rods go off and we were into them. By morning the total was 13 yellowfins and 10 dolphin. We would normaly head home at day break, but with the forcast for the weekend being bad and dot having to come right back out we decided to drift for the bigger fish to the north of us. Capt Brian Orio gave me a call and we set up by him. Ten minutes later we had the first big fish on. after a twenty five minute fight we landed him and 125 tuna. We then lost a real big fish and were on our third bite. This fish we fought for one hour and 67 inch medium tuna. Back at the dock it weighed 175 pounds. The guys did a great job fighting this fish on 50 stand up gear and 80 pound leaders. The trip was made up of Homer Tye, Joe Tremel, Philip P.Maress, Justin Starr, William Nunes Papedes, and Harry Keleshian. All first timers to the canyon.

Angler Name : VITO CAPURSO
E-Mail : VSCAPURSO@OPTONLINE.NET
Boat Name: ROCKSTEADY
Date Fished: 10-09-03
Location: SANDY HOOK
Fishing Method: CASTING WITH PLUGS
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 33"
Bait or Lure: PLUG
Water Depth: 15'
Water Temp.: 62
Information : All conditions were perfect. With my two buddies, Homer (Spud )and Ted, we fished in the midst of bird action almost the entire morning. We hooked false albacore and large blues. The highlight of the morning, was a 33" striper which was caught by Homer on a plug, while we were hammering blues. When the action slowed down, we ventured to The Shrewsbury Rocks where we caught a few black sea bass on clams. A great time was had on a beautiful day.

Angler Name : Frank
E-Mail : nfd270@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10-9-03
Location: Lavalette
Fishing Method: Surf Fishing
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30" 15 lbs
Bait or Lure: Fresh Clams
Water Depth: 15 ft
Water Temp.: 66
Information : Went up to the beach a few hours before high tide. On my first cast and 10 minutes into fishing a 24" striper was released,20 minutes later a 30" striper was beached after a short fightand went into the cooler.Had a few more hits before darkness fell and ran out of clams.Looks like the fall striper run might be getting started.

Angler Name : Andy Flint
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Tail Spin
Date Fished: 10/8 - 10/9
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-80lbs
Bait or Lure: butterfish/ sardines
Water Depth: 560 ft
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Tied up at 10:30 PM and had first fish at around midnight. Steady action until 4:30 AM. 17 yellowfin and 6 mahi boated. Bait of choice was the live squid. Most of the action was between 60-80 ft depths. Many thanks to Capt. Hutchinson.

Angler Name : Rob B.
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Producer
Date Fished: 10/8 - 10/9
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling and chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-90 lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Got to the Hudson and started trolling at around 3 pm on the east wall. Got covered up by longfin several times, going 11 for 16. Anchored up for the night in 500 ft and had steady bite for most of the night, going 20 for 23. Trolled a couple hours in the morning for 6 LFT and 2 YFT Total for trip: 17 LFT and 22 YFT. Doesn't get much better!

Angler Name : Bill Merkler
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 10/9/03
Location: Off asbury park
Fishing Method: chum
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 15lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth: 80
Water Temp.: 67
Information : The Bill Merkler party from "down to earth landscaping" had a great day of bluefishing off Asbury Park. Had fish on right away from 8 - 15lbs 3 or for at a time. Filled two boxes and headed in early.

Angler Name : Ed
E-Mail : efk61@aol.com
Boat Name: No Name
Date Fished: 10/9
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Shad Rig
Water Depth: 20 - 27 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Got out about 4:30 pm. Trolled north and south along the beached at Sandy Hook. No luck on the Bass. Several very large Blues.

Angler Name : Nathan Kearns
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 10/6 and 10/7
Location: SE of Mansquan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 2 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clam/Squid
Water Depth: 75
Water Temp.: 65
Information : The Nathan Kearns group from Ohio was in to fish the Megan Beth for a two day Sea Bass marathon. Limit catches on both days of Sea Bass were had as well as a good number of Porgies. Spicing the catch on the first day were some large Trigger Fish as well as a couple small Bluefish. On the second day stopping on some local wrecks, we managed a few Croakers, Weakfish, and Bluefish.

Angler Name : Todd Palumbo
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 6-7
Location: Lindenkohl
Fishing Method: overnighter
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-70
Bait or Lure: butters
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Justin Nighan and Bert Rothenberg had the Todd Polumbo charter from Southport, CT out on the Canyon Runner for a Monday/Tuesday overnighter and decided to make a trip down to the Lindenkolh Canyon. Trolling in the afternoon produced a couple bites on ballyhoo and we had 2 longfin and several mahi in the boat when we set up on the chunk. Anchoring in 550 feet of water we picked tuna all night and ended the trip with 14. However, that was not the story. With a slow pick going on the tuna we were able to get a swordfish rod out and this rod was going off all night. We ended up breaking off one big sword when the 150 pound leader busted and dropped another after a short battle. In addition, however, we boated 4 other swordfish between 44 and 46 inches releasing everyone.

Angler Name : Anthony Giacone
E-Mail : mike.giacone@morganstanley.com
Boat Name: POWER BROKER III
Date Fished: OCT 6-7
Location: Lindenkohl canyom
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: 75 pounds
Bait or Lure: sardines
Water Depth: 380 feet
Water Temp.: 68.5
Information : we went 6 for 10 on 75 pound yellowfin and also caught five dophin.

Angler Name : Joe Croce
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: Oct 6,7
Location: Lindenkohl Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll/chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40 to 70lbs
Bait or Lure: Squid, butterfish, sardines
Water Depth: 350 ft
Water Temp.: 71.5
Information : Capt Bernie Roth hosted the Joe Croce charter for an overnight trip to the Lindenkohl Canyon Monday and Tuesday. The evening troll produced 5 LARGE longfins that were pushing 70 lbs. The night chunk was very consistent and averaged one fish per hour starting as soon as we anchored. The charter boated 2 more longfins and 9 yellowfins between bouts with three swordfish. The first two swordfish came to the surface quickly and pulled the hook as they approached the boat. The third sword surfaced quickly also but then dove for the depths as 5 anglers took turns developing back spasms. 35 minutes later this sword was gaffed and weighed in at 150 lbs. The charter passed on a morning troll and we left for home with 7 longfins 9 yellowfins a swordfish and several mahi on ice.

Angler Name : Ron Antonelli - RAFT-
E-Mail : karonaraft@cs.com
Boat Name: karona
Date Fished: 10 - 7 - 03
Location: SG Reef + other spots 4-5 mi. offshore
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 3 lb fish
Bait or Lure: squid - bucktail
Water Depth: 50 - 70 ft
Water Temp.: 67 - 70 *
Information : Spent a very nice fall day coastal fishing. It does appear, in spite of the decent water temps., that bottom species are on the move, and were not there as was 2 weeks ago. I did catch some decent sea bass, but no fluke. Both Monday and Tuesday were super days, weather wise, and NOAA's forecast was perfect, which brings me to another subject of reporting. As I report and have read over the years on this site, I continually read inaccuracies about the NOAA marine reports, on a weekly basis, by inaccurate and unknowledgeable fishermen and some charter Captains, ie; NOAA BLEW IT AGAIN !!!!!!!!! It's very frustrating for me to understand that grown adults CAN'T properly absorb the detailed information it gives us on an hourly basis, 7 days a week. Years back, weather reporting was a bit different. Today, it has become very precise, and as boaters and fishermen, we must always draw a line where LAND meets WATER. NOAA gives us a genreal idea, but we as Humans and computers, are not flawless. The complainers, should be well satisfied with spending the day out, or maybe they would rather do a stretch of 4 months in a cancer hospital fighting for their LIFE !!!!!!!!!! WISE-UP guys!!!!! Happy trails, RAFT

Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA II
Date Fished: 10/07/03
Location: NORTH OF SHARK RIVER
Fishing Method: ASSORTED
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 36" - 17 LBS
Bait or Lure: SHAD RIGS
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 61-63
Information : OUT WITH A BUDDY WHO I HAVEN'T FISHED WITH IN A COUPLE OF YEARS AND HE BROUGHT GOOD LUCK. PICKED UP 2 BASS - 28" & 36" ON THE TROLL AS WELL AS HALF DOZEN BLUES. ALSO CAUGHT ALBACORE, FLUKE, & SEABASS. SAW A LARGE SEA TURTLE LESS THAN A MILE OFF THE BEACH - GREAT DAY ON THE WATER.

Angler Name : Stan
E-Mail : lyskowski@earthlink.net
Boat Name: Sea Rose
Date Fished: Sun 10-5
Location: Shrewsbury rocks
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: shad rigs
Water Depth: 25 to 40 feet
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Arrived at the "rocks" approx 7:15 AM. Within the 1st half hour landed 29 " striper on white ahd rig in 31' of water on wire line. Thought that it was going to be a good day. That first striper was our last striper. Few Blue fish after that. The chatter on the radio and what we saw was that no one else did much better. Did some bottom fishing for a while with just some small seabass and porgies. Did hear on the radio of some false albacore being hooked up here and there. Marked a ton of bait all day but not much to show for it. The water temp was 68 degrees.

Angler Name : Dimitry
E-Mail : dimitryd@att.net
Boat Name: Dutchess
Date Fished: 10/5
Location: Cape May Reef
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16"
Bait or Lure: Squid/Fluke Belly Combo
Water Depth: 40-60 ft
Water Temp.: 66
Information : Went out to the Cape May Reef Sunday morning and saw slim pickings for most of the day. Only managed two throwback fluke and one croaker until we started our way back around 1:00pm in some rough seas. We stopped by Somers on the way in and managed a handful of croakers before calling it a day around 3:00. Rough riding, but still had some for the freezer!

Angler Name : Luigi
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/5/2003
Location: PPB
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2 lb
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: Low 60's
Information : Fished the incoming tide in the afternoon, and there were surprisingly few other fishermen for such a nice fall afternoon with calm surf and westerly winds. There were tight schools of baitfish moving through all afternoon, unmolested by any predators. After a few casts with metal went untouched, I switched over to clams to pass the time and caught a bunch of robins, two small sharks, and a big kingfish. Then switched over to bunker chunks and managed a single bluefish, and a few other hits. The bait is here, the big boys should be on their tails pretty soon.

Angler Name : Mike Lindsey
E-Mail : varipro2k@aol.com
Boat Name: Fintastic
Date Fished: 10-5-03
Location: Mud
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8-10
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 65
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Capts Joe Patsco and Bruno Giulari had the Mike Lindsey party out on the Fintasitic for some bluefish and albe action. Fishing was great with several kept for the table with numerous released to fight another day!

Angler Name : John And Laura
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Tide Runner
Date Fished: 10/5/03
Location: inshore Wrecks
Fishing Method: anchored and drifting
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 2lbs
Bait or Lure: squid and clams
Water Depth: 25 to 70 Ft
Water Temp.: 66
Information : We headed out to one of our faviorte wrecks. Found the fish to be really active. We caught about 150 Sea Bass. However most were under size many of the fish were just 1/2 to a 1/4 inch below the limit. Lots of porgies but again many to short.After 4 hours of bailing fish one afer an other we only had 6 SB and 6 keeper progies but, it was a ball!. Then we headed in to the beach and drifted ftrom 20 ft out at 60 ft we ran into the croakes and weakfish and again we had a blast. Weakies up to 16 inches and croakers up to 3 pounds. We ended up with a 1/2 of box full of good eating fish. This was a great day of catching and a wonderful day to be on the water. Peace

Angler Name : Jeff Bowen
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 10/05/03
Location: SE of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 2lbs
Bait or Lure: Clam/Squid
Water Depth: 75
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Jeff Bowen and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of bottom fishing. Stopping on four different wrecks we picked Sea Bass on all spots along with some Porgies. Many of the fish were small but we did manage to catch a good number of Sea Bass and Porgies. Jeff Bowen won the pool with a 8 pound Bluefish.

Angler Name : Ron Racioppi
E-Mail :
Boat Name: double diamond
Date Fished: 10/5/03
Location: Sandy hook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 15lbs
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 20
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Mechanical problems prevented us from going to the canyon with the Ron Racioppi party, but we were able to salvage an evening inshore trip. Drifting eels off sandy hook produced 4 stripers to 16lbs, and 7 bluefish to 10 lbs. Strong currents made conditions tough but the fish were there

Angler Name : Walt
E-Mail : waltf591@aol.com
Boat Name: Sea Challenger
Date Fished: 10/05/2003
Location: North of Shrewsbury rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32'
Bait or Lure: Shad Rigs
Water Depth: 22'
Water Temp.: 63
Information : NOAA blew another forecast. Sunday the forecast around the Manasquan area was 3 to 5 foot sea, on 10/05/2003. It turned out to be more like 1 foot at 9am. We gassed up, pulled out of the Manasquan, and headed for the "Nude Beach" just south of the Sandy Hook Point. The trip was about 20 miles but it was well worth it. Just passed the Shrewsbury rocks, we started trolling 2 shad rigs. We trolled north at 3.6 MPH in about 22 feet of water. I figure we were about 4 miles north of the Shrewsbury rocks when both 4.0's started clicking out line. We trolled the area for 2 hours and landed 3 Striped bass to 32" and 10 blues. The blues were in the 8 to 10 pound range. The bass were hitting the dark shads with the pearl bellies and the blues were hitting everything. When I said that we landed 10 blues I meant we kept 10 and tossed back another 10. The day before we went out, we heard that the Bass were hitting Pearl colored shad. When we got back on Sunday, someone told us that the bass were hitting Yellow shads. Who knows? Cary a variety of colors and if one doesn't work, try another. For my money, the black shads with the pearl bellies work just fine. Super day on the water.

Angler Name : Ralph DeJulia
E-Mail : captreelaction@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Action
Date Fished: 10/4/03
Location: Reef
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Porgy
Size: up to 12"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth: 50'
Water Temp.: 66
Information : Capt Marc had a crew trip for Sea Bass and Porgies. The ratio of throwbacks to keepers was 10 to 1. We had 15 keeper porgies and 2 keeper Sea Bass in about 3 hours of fishing. The conditions got really bad by 12:30, so we headed home.

Angler Name : Brad Fletcher
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 10/3-10/4
Location: Lindenkohl Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: Up to 70 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Sardines
Water Depth: 500 Ft.
Water Temp.: 73 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Brad Fletcher charter down to the Lindenkohl Canyon for a night of chunking. Anchoring in 500 Ft. of 73 Degree water, the first time Tuna fishermen lost their first few fish while getting down their technique. However, as the night went on the fish box slowly filled with Yellowfin. For the night the charter went 7 for 12 on Yellowfin up to 70 Lbs. and added a couple of Mahi.

Angler Name :
E-Mail : captbob@aluresportfishing.com
Boat Name: A-LURE
Date Fished: oct 3-4
Location: Lindenkohl Canyon
Fishing Method:
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Capt Bob Konz and mate Scott Forfar took the Brian Pieros party to the Lindendohl Canyon Fri and Sat for a troll chunk trip. Upon arriving at the tip we got three lines in the water and had a 70 pound yellowfin on . We then trolled in the same area for a while catching two dolphin. trolling south we caught a few more dolphin and the had four yellowfins attack our spread. Two hooked on lures with birds and two hit our spreadedr bars but hit the suids with no hooks tearing them off the bars. We landed two of the four. Setting up for the chunk in 530 feet of water produced four more yellowfin,two larger dolphin, and a small swordfish. The party consisted of Brian.Doug Bry,Robert peck. david Stirrs,George Folk,and Neil Petragla.

Angler Name : John McCormick
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 10/04
Location: Rocks
Fishing Method: Chum
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10lb
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 30
Water Temp.: 65
Information : The John McCormick group was aboard the Megan Beth which was suppose to be a inshore Tuna trip. By late Friday night small craft warnings were up so we decided to go Blue fishing inshore instead.We were on our way to the Farms but the seas were building up and 8 foot in the stong SE wind. We ended up at the Rocks with a very slow pick of Bluefish, as there was no tide at all.

Angler Name : Dr. Brian Griffith
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Oct 3-4
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: chunk/troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-80
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Justin Nighan and Phil Lidlow put the Dr. Brian Griffith charter from Milford, NJ into another excellent catch of yellowfin and longfin in the Hudson Canyon Friday night. Get there early they were able to troll the east wall and put 7 tuna in the boat as well as several mahi to 15 pounds prior to setting up on the chunk. The night bite was a slow pick but by 6am we had 14 in the boat and had a nice bite going when the wind started to come on and was pushing 30 knots by the time we got the anchor in the boat.

Angler Name : Chris Brown
E-Mail : varipro2k@aol.com
Boat Name: Fintastic
Date Fished: 10-3-4
Location: Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll and chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-70
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 400
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Had the Chris Brown charter out for an overnighter to the Lindy. It was a steady bite all night with 15 tuna boated. In addition sharks and maihi spiced the action.

Angler Name : Jack Singh
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 10/4/03
Location: Seabright
Fishing Method: troll/bait
Specie: Porgy
Size: 1-2lbs
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 30
Water Temp.: 66
Information : Trolled for stripers in the morning near the scene near monmouth beach, which only produced a couple of blues. A switch to porgy fishing provided fast action with porgies and seabass for the remainder of the morning.

Angler Name : Matthew Wade
E-Mail : slcbaseballer03@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Lucky Strike
Date Fished: 10/3-10/4
Location: Wilmington
Fishing Method: troll/chunk
Specie: Blue Marlin
Size: 400-450
Bait or Lure: illander black hole
Water Depth: the flat
Water Temp.: 74.6-75
Information : Trolled in the afternoon, and hooked up with the lucky strikes first blue marlin a beaute to about 400 to 450pounds 1 and a half hours also boated a 65 pound longfin and 1 yellowfin missing another 4, (cut us off on the trim tabs under the boat) 1 more mahi about 20 pounds and pulled the hook on a wahoo, good trip though and nice weed line in the wilmington.

Angler Name : Garry Merritt
E-Mail : realitycheckk@netzero.com
Boat Name: Reel Deal
Date Fished: 10/3/03
Location: Hudson River
Fishing Method: bucktails/eels
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 35 inches
Bait or Lure: bucktails/eels
Water Depth: 50 ft
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Fished the Hudson River due to the rough seas. Caught numerous bluefish (more biteoffs than fish landed) and several stripers. Spotty action.

Angler Name : Matt Christensen
E-Mail : chinstensen12@comcast.net
Boat Name: Jennifer Anne
Date Fished: Oct 3
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Eel
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.:
Information : While fishing the rips for fluke and stripers, picked up a few fluke but also caught a 50 pound sturgeon, which was photographed and immediately released with the help of crew members Eric Hockman and Matt Spann Not many keepers, but an interesting day in all.

Angler Name : Tom Novak
E-Mail :
Boat Name: S.T. Barb
Date Fished: 10/3/03
Location: sandy hook channel
Fishing Method: drfit
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 33"-37"
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: varied
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished the edges of the channel at night. Kept 3 bass which were all around 12-15lbs. Marked fish all night along the edges.

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Angler Name : Joel Frey
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: Sep30-Oct1
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Overnight Troll/Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-60 lbs
Bait or Lure: Squid/Sardines
Water Depth: 480 ft
Water Temp.: 70 degrees
Information : Capt Bernie Roth hosted the Joel Frey charter for an overnighter in the Hudson Canyon Tuesday and Wednesday. The afternoon troll on the east wall produced 3 yellowfins and a 24 lb Mahi. We set up for the night chunk near the elbow where we trolled the yellowfins and were inundated with Mahi. After boating 24 chicken mahi the charter began chunking for tuna and by 8:30 pm they boated another yellowfin and a longfin. Nothing but blue sharks till 4:30 am when the tuna really turned on and the charter boated 10 more yellowfins and 1 more longfin. Brief trolling in the morning produced no bites and we headed home at 9am with 16 tuna and 25 Mahi on ice.

Angler Name : Dr. Pat Donnelly
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept 30-Oct1
Location: hudson
Fishing Method: overnight
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-80
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Justin Nighan and Capt. Burt Rothenberg had the Dr. Pat Donnelly charter from Brielle out on the Canyon Runner Tuesday to Wednesday for an overnighter in the Hudson Canyon. Trolling for a short time Tuesday afternoon put 2 longfin and a couple mahi in the boat. A drift in the deep on the east wall produce another 6 yellowfin and longfin plus an 80 pound sword and more mahi. Called into a good bite on the elbow we started picking yellowfin again and from 7am to 10am went 4 for 6 all on the chuck to end the trip with an even dozen tuna, a sword, some blue sharks and 10 mahi.

Angler Name : CAPT'S BURT,BRUCE,MARK,RICH,JIM
E-Mail : CPTMARLIN1@AOL.COM
Boat Name: "MIRAGE"
Date Fished: 9/30/03 TO 10/1/03
Location: LINDENKOHL CANYON
Fishing Method: TROLLING---CHUNKING
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 70 TO 90 LBS
Bait or Lure: ARTIFICIALS, BUTTERS, SQUID,SARDINES
Water Depth: 340 TO 480 FT.
Water Temp.: 70 TO 73.5
Information : Slipped off to the Lindenkohl for a fun trip with the crew! Crew consisted of Captain/ Owner Burt Greene, Captain Mark Ptashinski Joe Ptashinski, Captain Jim Linell, Mike Bontempo, Bob Azurak, Captain Rich Oris Hooked a couple Mahi on troll in afternoon. Hooked up a Blue marlin in the 300-400 range on a 50 standup, had us almost spooled, fought 3/4 of line back on but he spit the hook. Trolled one 60-70 yellow fin before tying up Anchored at tip of Lindenkohl, bite was steady 60-70 Lb. Yellow fins, caught 10 more, lost about same number. Troll in AM didn't produce. During the nite a very large school (pod?) of porpoise were all around the boat chasing small Mahi Mahi and other bait fish. They were so close to the boat some times they actually splashed us. There were literally hundreds of them. Water temps at tip around 71, a little further south and on one side of a weed line temp was 73+. Trip finished up with 11 Yellow fins, three Mahi Mahi, three Skipjacks, a great look at a Blue Marlin, and a great crew trip. Weather report from Len Belcaro's Offshore Satellite Service was right on the mark again, as was the satellite temperature charts. Nice weather --nice fish once again!

Angler Name : Adam
E-Mail : FISHMAN749@AOL.COM
Boat Name: sushi fest
Date Fished: 9/30-10/1
Location: LINDENKOHL
Fishing Method: TROLLING, CHUNKING
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: up to 100
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 69
Information : WE WERE OUT FOR SOME TUNA AFTER HEARIN ALL THE REPORTS AND WE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN HAPPIER WITH THE FISHING. WE HAD 1 60 LB TUNA ON THE TROLL RITE AWAY THEN SET UP ON THE CHUNK. CHUNKIN WAS SLOW ALL NITE, ALL WE SAW WAS A 12 FT BLUE SHARK THAT KEPT GOIN FOR OUR CHUM BAG. IN THE AM WE HEADED BACK OUT ON THE TROLL. NO LUCK THIS TIME SO WE STARTED HEADING IN AND STOPPED AT A PLANK OF WOOD WE SAW. WE HAD 3 MAHI ON THE BOAT RITE AWAY AND HOOKED UP WITH A 100 LB YELLOWFIN ON A LIGHTACTION SPINNER. IT BROKE THE LINE AFTER COMING TO THE SURFACE 3 TIMES AND DIVING BACK DOWN. AFTER FIGHTIN THAT FOR ABOUT AN HOUR WE KEPT ABOUT 10 MORE MAHI, A FEW TRIGGERFISH, A 30 LB YELLOWFIN, AND 1 SMALL AMBERJACK. GREAT TRIP, ONLY DOWNSIDE WAS WE HAD TO LIMP BACK INTO PORT WITH ONLY 1 ENGINE WITH THE COAST GUARD BECAUSE THE OTHER 1 BLEW THE FUSE. THANKS AGAIN TOM.

Angler Name : Dean Yoder
E-Mail :
Boat Name: BLUE THUNDER
Date Fished: 9/29-10/01
Location: Lindenkohl
Fishing Method: Troll/Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 70-90
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 650
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Another bang up trip to the "Lindy" boxes full with yellowfins and a sword. The bite was at the tip and boats less than a half mile away could not get a bite. The total for the trip was 18 yellowfins and 20 dolphin,two swords.

Angler Name : mike
E-Mail : shooe@peoplepc.com
Boat Name: Donna Carol
Date Fished: 9/30-10/01
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-70 lbs
Bait or Lure: sqiud butterfish
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Trolled just before dark, picked up one longfin. Set up on the chunk, drifting, east wall. Picked up two yellowfin. About 3 AM moved to 100 square, went 1 for 3. 4 fish total. Sounded like the 100 square was the place to be, tied up not drifting. Beautiful flat ocean.