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Angler Name : Brian Zemlanicky
E-Mail : bzemlani@ramapo.edu
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/31 - 11/2
Location: spring lake & LBI
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32" x 17" 11 1/2lbs
Bait or Lure: clams,bunker,sandworms,lures
Water Depth: 3-5'
Water Temp.: 58
Information : On halloween I hooked a blue about 6lbs on a popper 1/2 hour before sunrise, the next cast after let him go a 32" bass jumped all over that tiny popper. watching him take that lure was cooler than the other side of the pillow!! Fished that evening with bait and one fish on and lost him after he ran about fifty feet. Lbi was a bust, the conditions were great for bait but the only fish to show were shorts.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: October 30 - 31
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50 - 100
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 600'
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie was one of the last boats to venture out to the canyon this year and the trip proved eventful. The Dr. John Bednar charter fished the Canyon Runner on an overnighter and had constant action throughout the night and well into the morning. Big blue sharks and two makos keep every busy both fighting on the rod and fight off the attacks on the tuna fish we were catch. Through out the night no less than 6 yellowfin were fought only to be eaten by sharks before we could get them in the boat. However, once the sun rose we were able to boat a number of the yellowfin.

Angler Name : John and Nick
E-Mail : jjgaia@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: Golden Eagle
Date Fished: 10-31-97
Location: Farms?
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Huge
Bait or Lure: Diamond jigs, bunker
Water Depth: 50-60'
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Beautiful Halloween day, sunny, warm and calm. +/-1 hour run from Belmar, fish on right from the start, big beautiful giant bluefish. We haven't seen these fall run giants for a few years now, and it was great, just like the good old days. The 20 or so anglers on board could have sunken the boat with fish, but the mates were able to lip gaff fish for release, and as many as possible were lifted rather than gaffed, for release. Tons of fun, glad we blew off work for this trip.

Angler Name : paul
E-Mail : hibbitt_paul@bns.att.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/31/97
Location: brick beach
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26 inch
Bait or Lure: plugs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: still around 60
Information : hit the beach around 5:15 pm. TONS of bait (rainfish and sandeels) right in the wash. the building surf was pushing them right onto the beach (too bad it wasn't 20 and 30 pound bass). saw a couple beached on clams. right at the high tide, i beached a nice, fat 26 inch bass that hit a bomber. my only hit all night.

Angler Name : john
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/31/97
Location: normandy
Fishing Method: lure
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 34"
Bait or Lure: black bomber w/sand eel teaser
Water Depth: surf
Water Temp.:
Information : A beautiful night for halloween. Fished from 10 - 11:45 pm. No action until the wind picked up at about 11. First hit did not produce a hit, but the second produced a nice fat 34" striper which took the teaser. The fish was tricked, and then treated as it was released. Happy halloween.

Angler Name : Bill Ceravolo
E-Mail : bceravolo@prodigy.net
Boat Name: Wet Willie
Date Fished: 10-30-97
Location: Brigatine Inlet/Atlantic City Side
Fishing Method: Rod and Reel
Specie: Tautog
Size: 22 inches
Bait or Lure: calico crab
Water Depth: 20 ft
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Fished of the rock jetties about halfway through low tide. Caught 4 fish 16 - 22 inches in about 20 minutes. High tide for the day was about 7:30 started fishing about 11:30. There was about 15 people on the jetty I was on and most everyone was catching fish.

Angler Name : JOHN AND STEVE
E-Mail : HOOKS@LITENET.NET
Boat Name: WATER TORTURE
Date Fished: 10/30/97
Location: PT.PLEASANT
Fishing Method: TROLLING/WIRE
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 12TO17LBS.
Bait or Lure: BUNKERSPOONS
Water Depth: 40 FEET
Water Temp.: 57
Information : LEFT MANASQUAN INLET AND HEADED SOUTH TOWARDS DIVING BIRDS SET UP FOR TROLLING AND HOOKED UP RIGHT AWAY.WE WORKED THE AREA UNTIL SUNSET AND BOATED 25 BIG BLUES UP TO 17LBS ALL ON BUNKER SPOONS. BOY ARE ARMS WERE TIRED! WE HAD SEVERAL DOUBLE HEADERS. GLAD TO SEE THE BIG SLAMMERS BACK AGAIN!

Angler Name : John Groel
E-Mail : jgroel@interactive.net
Boat Name: White Magic
Date Fished: 10/30/97
Location: Verrazano Bridge
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 34,28,24
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 60
Water Temp.: 57
Information : Looked for as spot other than than in the Armada in Sandy Hook Channel. Got lucky and hit them at the change of tide.

Angler Name : Jimmy & Garry
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Hook Up
Date Fished: 10/30/97
Location: IBSP & Inlet
Fishing Method: Drift casting & chasing the birds
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2lbs
Bait or Lure: anything
Water Depth: 10-50"
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Great day lots of fun. Drifted the inlet on the outgoing(til too much grass fouled hooks) relased a few stripers, got some huge hits & momentary fish on's. No fluke or weakfish this trip. Odd catch of the day, a sea robin on a rattletrap.

Angler Name : paul
E-Mail : hibbitt_paul@bns.att.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/30/97
Location: braick beach
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: plugs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 60-ish
Information : fished brick beach this morning from 5:30 to 8:00. another nice morning. rainfish again in the wash, but not as heavy as yesterday. just as the sun popped over the horizon, i hooked and landed a nice, big, fat bluefish. easily went 12 pounds. i'm thinking more along the lines of 14 - 15. saw two short bass released and the guy fishing next to me beached a 32 inch bass about 10 minutes after i released my bluefish.

Angler Name : Capt Jim Lynch
E-Mail : Finaddict.sportfishing@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Finaddict
Date Fished: 102997
Location: Shrewsbery Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling wire line
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: Shorts
Bait or Lure: Umbrella rigs & Bunker spoons
Water Depth: 25-45'
Water Temp.: 57F
Information : Trolled from 8am to 2pm in a light west wind. Lots of shorts caught by several boats but very few keepers . Some large bluefish also taken. Best rigs for my boat were green umbrella rigs.Back at the dock heard that there was a good bite just north of Seaside

Angler Name : paul
E-Mail : hibbitt_paul@bns.att.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/29/97
Location: normandy beach
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: plugs with teaser
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 60
Information : fished from 5:30 to 8:00 am. fished plugs with teaser. saw one short release shortly after i got on the beach. i had one good hit just before sun rise. i had no other action. saw one fish that was just barely a keeper on the beach. the surf was LOADED with bait, primarily rainfish. even though no fish, it was a beautiful morning.

Angler Name : denis
E-Mail : dcomfort@ets.org
Boat Name: surf
Date Fished: 10-29-97
Location: seaside heights, casino peir
Fishing Method: metal & sand eels
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-6
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: other side of bar
Water Temp.: 58
Information : the cut by the sand bar is loaded with sand eels, I fished from dead low to mid tide several 5-10 min blitzes came by with alot of birds working outside of casting range. Water was clear and flat with many small clams & crabs as well as the sand eels. This is a spot to try

Angler Name : Rick
E-Mail : REBEL2SOLO@AOL.COM
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10-29-97 3:00PM TILL DARK
Location: SHIP BOTTOM
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25"
Bait or Lure: BUNKER
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : I fished fromm about 3:00pm till dark and had 1 25" bass and a small blue, not much happening, didnt see many birds working any fish offshore. This west wind blows! I here there may be another east blow this weekend. see ya on the beach.

Angler Name : Brian Zemlanicky
E-Mail : bzemlani@ramapo.edu
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/28/97 4:00am - 10:00am
Location: spring lake to deal
Fishing Method: plugs, metal , jigs
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18" - 24"
Bait or Lure: Norman 6" plug
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : I hooked 2and lost 2. one buddy got one at 23" and lost anice one at sunrise. Another buddy got one at 20", it was his first time out. Losing my 2 fish was worth it to watch him get that one... yeah right!!!! The water was very dirty and although the waves weren't bigger than 4' there were a lot of chop waves leftover from the weekend blow. Lots of broken clams and clam pieces in the water, I wish i had some for bait. Looks good for the weekend, I have a date with two fish that i keep missing.

Angler Name : Eugene Russo
E-Mail : ejrsr@csionline.net
Boat Name: Lisa Marie
Date Fished: 10/27&28/97
Location: Sod bank Barnegat Inlet
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: N/A
Bait or Lure: Live eel
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : 8 - 10 boats all drifting 6 to 10 pm. Don't know of anyone hooking up. HELP!! Have Ray Jefferson loran C model L-100 Need copy of operating manual. E-mail please "ejrsr@csionline.net" Thanks everyone

Angler Name : paul
E-Mail : hibbitt_paul@bns.att.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/27/97
Location: island beach state park
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: ava jig with teaser
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 60
Information : fished the island from 6:00 to 8:30 pm. began at area 12 and worked different spots all the way back to gillikens. water was rough and dirty. strong current from south to north. was using an ava 17 with teaser. landed one 25 inch bass just to the south of the first buggy road. fish hit the teaser.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: October 26
Location: Manaquan to Bay Head
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 15 pounds
Bait or Lure: Ava Jigs
Water Depth: 20 to 40'
Water Temp.: 59
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Joe Bisch charter from Pennslyvania out on the Canyon Runner and again got into some great fishing within sight of the Inlet. It was the best fishing of the year as we caught fish all day. The bluefish were chasing bait on the surface and responded to any jig which was lifted off the bottom. However, those jigs which stayed on the bottom were rewarded with 6 nice Striped Bass, 10 weakfish in addition to a dozen Sea Bass.

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: SeaYa
Date Fished: 10-26-97
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 23-37 1/2 inches
Bait or Lure: Eels & Sandworms
Water Depth: 16-47 Feet
Water Temp.: 52.2
Information : This report a week or so late sorry...........Last fished on 10/26/97......started off in the Sandy Hook Rips but a NNE wind with an outgoing tide made for not the best of drift conditions......made a slight move to the north and east and had a pick of schoolie bass from 23-27 inches.......moved off to between the channels to try jigging but gave up after 20 minutes...went back to the area where we picked the shorts and was soon rewarded with a 19.1 pound 37 1/2 inch bass...caught a few more schoolies another 28 incher.a small bluefish and had 3-4 more solid stikes before we ran home....both keepers came on the eels

Angler Name : Joe Pop
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Atlantis
Date Fished: 10-26-97
Location: Along Beach - Pt Pleasant
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 1 - 12 lbs
Bait or Lure: Jigs
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Seas were rough but the blues cooperated. Blues ranged in size from small to large. Between my brother and me we had 40 fish. Fished approx 1 miles off the beach. Made for a short trip out and in. Only 9 people on the boat, it worked out great. Fish running in schools with the fishing very good must of the day. Everyone caught fished, good day in spite of the rough sea.

Angler Name : rich smiecinski
E-Mail : rich s&goes.com
Boat Name: beach walker
Date Fished: 10/23---10/26
Location: brick
Fishing Method: tin& clammies
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 18--24
Bait or Lure: black bomber
Water Depth: surf
Water Temp.: 60"s
Information : great weak fishing thurs. nite. all caught on black bomber.friday mix of blues,bass&fluke.saturday a great catch of bass, out of app. 30 fish saw only two throw backs.brother Mark had a nice 38"20lb.bass on clammies.......goood fishin.

Angler Name : sunrise
E-Mail : sunrise 61
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/26/97
Location: ortly beach
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 32"
Bait or Lure: fin s
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 60
Information : good morning ,lots of fish hooked up last night too now is the time tto fish guys!

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: October 25
Location: Manasquan to Bay Head
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 10 to 20 pounds
Bait or Lure: Ava Jigs
Water Depth: 20 to 40
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Mario Marette charter from Philadelphia out on the Canyon Runner and put together good catch of Stripers and Bluefish. Fishing within site of the Inlet, we jigged numerous bluefish between 2 and 15 pounds, keeping a few and releasing the rest. The action with the bluefish was nonstop. The high point of the trip however were the 4 Striped Bass put in the boat all between 10 and 20 pounds. What was most exciting was the fact that not only did 8 year old Jacob boat his first Striped Bass, he boat 3 of the 4 keepers.

Angler Name : Gene E. Karlson
Date Fished: 10 - 25 - 97
Location: Keyport, N.J.
Fishing Method: Surf fishing
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18 1/2"
Bait or Lure: Sandworms
Water Depth: 8'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Got there at high tide, got cold and breezy but dressed for the occasion. 5 minutes after I set up, another fisherman a little ways down from me pulled in a 20" striper. No hits for another hour until outgoing tide, then I got the 18 1/2". Fish was small but very clean, hopefully soon to see some monsters. Lots of patience!

Angler Name : Art Brasch
E-Mail :
Boat Name: No Name Wellcraft 210 Coastal
Date Fished: 10/24/97
Location: Sandy Hook Rips/Beach Area
Fishing Method: Drift/Troll
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Drifted eels early in the rip and north of the rip- no hits. Trolled plugs along the beach and had numerous hook ups of small blues. Went back to the rip and had eels chomped by bluefish, switched to 2oz white bucktail with yellow grub and caught a 26 inch bass first drift- no other hits.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: October 24
Location: Manasquan to Bay Head
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2 to 12 pounds
Bait or Lure: Ava Jigs
Water Depth: 20 - 60'
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Joe Burt charter out on the Canyon Runner and put the group into solid bluefish action all day. The fish ranged from 2 to 12 pounds and were caught just off the beach. A great day was had by all.

Angler Name : Joe
E-Mail : Do not have one
Boat Name:
Date Fished: October 24
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 17 inches
Bait or Lure: Hopkins Shorty w/white bucktail
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : I arrived at the Hook near sunrise, and fished Area B first. I used clams, while other anglers nearby were using metal and catching what appeared to be small bass or blues. I had no hookups, so I went to Area F to see if anything was happening. Well, something did happen. Only minutes before I arrived, blues blitzed and then headed north. I went to North Beach, and luckily arrived just as the school was coming around the beach. They worked all the way up to the Rips; I caught 4 of them and released them too. All very healthy looking.

Angler Name : Melissa Burt
E-Mail : eagle@spectra.net
Boat Name: canyon runner
Date Fished: oct.24
Location: Point Pleasant
Fishing Method: jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size:
Bait or Lure: jig
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.:
Information : Phil, Just dropping you a note that I really enjoyed the trip. Haven't tasted the bluefish yet but will let you know how they are. A good time had by all! Take care and thanx! And thank you too Chris! Melissa Burt

Angler Name : Bill
E-Mail : wswanekamp@aol.com
Boat Name: Miss Belmar Princess
Date Fished: 10-24-97
Location: 17 fathom
Fishing Method: bait/mackeral
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10-18 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bait
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Fishing was excellent. All big blues. It took about an hour to turn the bite on, but once things got going the action was non-stop. The mates were great. Best bluefishing trip in a long time.

Angler Name : Bruno Giuliari
E-Mail : Giul59@aol.com
Boat Name: Beach Buggy
Date Fished: 10/24/97
Location: IBSP
Fishing Method: Surf Fishing
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2 - 17 lb
Bait or Lure: Black Bomber and Metals Live Bunker
Water Depth: 4
Water Temp.: 60
Information : Started fishing 6am, around 8:30 Blues Blitzed the beach from Area 13 to Area 20 fish ranged 2 to 3 pounds. Some 12+ pounds mixed in. At 2:00 pm all hell broke loose peanut bunker and rainfish all over the surf with bass and blues chasing them. The blues ranged from 10 to 18 lbs. Guy next to me caugth a bass about 25lbs on a popper. Haven't seen this type of bluefishing in years. When I left the beach at 6 pm they were still blitzing. Great day.

Angler Name : paul
E-Mail : hibbitt_paul@bns.att.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/24/97
Location: lavallette, normandy
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: plugs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 60 - ish
Information : fished lavallette and normandy beach plugging for bass. outgoing tide. no bass action at all. found 2 pound bluefish at normandy about 15 minutes after sunrise.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: October 23
Location: Off Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2 to 10 pounds
Bait or Lure: Ava Jigs
Water Depth: 20 - 40'
Water Temp.: 61
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Low Swelter charter out for a morning full of Stripers and Blues, however, the Stipers did not cooperate and the morning was spent jigging bluefish just outside of the Manasquan Inlet. The charter enjoy constant action with bluefish between 2 and 10 pounds and filled the box within an hour.

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Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: October 22
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 10 to 25 pounds
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth: 40'
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Jim Patterson charter from Abbott Labs out on the Canyon Runner to hand a few Striped Bass. The day started slow but at slack tide we started to pick some Bass and ended with a few shorts and 3 keepers up to 42 inches which weighed in at 23 pounds. After the Bass, we worked our way back to the inlet by jigging under the birds and put 7 weekfish between 5 and 7 pounds in the boat and release dozens of bluefish.

Angler Name : H Coleman
E-Mail : hcole36@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/22
Location: Island Beach State Park
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 21"and 22"
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 61
Information :

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Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: October 21
Location: Off Asbury
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 3 to 8 pounds
Bait or Lure: Ava Jigs
Water Depth: 25'
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the David Tolkin charter from Holmdel, NJ out on the Canyon Runner and put together a catch which included a variety of fish. The day started trolling Stripers which proved slow as only 1 short was boated in the first hour. We switched over to chasing the birds and jigging bluefish and weakfish. The day ended with a total of 75 bluefish, most all released and 10 nice weakfish up to 8 pounds.

Angler Name : Justin
E-Mail : white.eagle@mindpulse.com
Boat Name: WaveWarrior
Date Fished: 10/21/97
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3-5 lbs
Bait or Lure: Metal Spoon
Water Depth: 14 feet
Water Temp.: ~60
Information : Went out for a ride and found a school of blues hitting the surface like crazy.. Couldn't resist. Landed and released about 15 blues in about. Went out the next few in the same spot and they were gone. Also, I am looking for a fishing buddy... anyone interested email me white.eagle@mindpulse.com

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Angler Name : Bill Ponzio
E-Mail : OUTBOUND44@aol.com
Boat Name: OUTBOUND
Date Fished: 10-17.....10-18
Location:
Fishing Method: wreck.....bass
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26,28,29,31,33
Bait or Lure: eel
Water Depth: varied
Water Temp.: 55
Information : Fished offshore friday for c bass and 3 of us put together a catch of 224lbs of mixed bass....mostly large and medium with some jumbos thrown in...Then sat night put together a catch of 5 bass all caught on eels...good fishing

Angler Name : Brian Zemlanicky
E-Mail : bzemlani@ramapo.edu
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/18/97
Location: spring lake beach
Fishing Method: plug and metal
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18" - 23"
Bait or Lure: small plugs and ava 17's
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : The water was rough from the ne blow. i have been waiting for a day like this for a while started fishing at 4:30 am and picked up a small weakie on a plug. Just before daybreak in the rain i hooked something and fought it for about 15 mins never saw it and when i finally got it into the wash i lost the fish and the plug because the duolock snap opened up. I was kind of bummed out to say the least. At first light i switched over to an ava 17(because there were lots of sandeels around) and produced a 20"bas on first cast then at about 8:30am the blues blitzed for about 3 hours they were all over the place, at times they were so close in the wash that all you had to do was flick the spoon out about 15' feet and one was on before you could start reeling. great morning, lots of fun big fish will be here soon

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: SeaYa
Date Fished: 10-18-97
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 23-35 inches
Bait or Lure: Sandworms & Eels
Water Depth: 17-47
Water Temp.: 58.8
Information : Bob and I left the dock @ 6:30 AM and made a few drifts under the Highlands Bridge,although I did have one pick up....we didn't hook up and moved out to the Sandy Hook Rips.this produced a 26 inch bass and a 23 incher..we moved to the muscles beds north of the rips to finish the incoming tide.this paid off right away as the first drift produced a 31 incher for me,followed closely by Bob's 35 incher.as the tide died the only other bite was from a bluefish which bit my eel in half......we decide to head for the Reach Channel and weakfish til the tide changed...we put 6 15 inch weakfish in the box near buoy 6...we headed back to the muscle beds as the tide was now outgoing and put another 35 inch bass plus a 30 inch bass in the box within 10 minutes........finished the drift with a 24 incher.then headed for home.....3 keepers came on the eels,1 on sandworms.....all weakies taken on sandworms

Angler Name : D.M & A.M
E-Mail :
Boat Name: MISS BELMAR
Date Fished: 10-18-97
Location: THE FARMS
Fishing Method: BUNKER
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8-12 PDS
Bait or Lure: BUNKER
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : LEFT DOCK, TOOK ABOUT 45 MIN. NON STOP ACTION,PICKED UP 27 BLUES NOT COUNTING THE SMALL ONES THROWN BACK OR THE ONES LOST. THE MATES WERE GREAT. IT WAS A FANTASTIC NIGHT.DEFINATLY TOP CHOICE BOAT, CANT WAIT TO GO AGAIN...

Angler Name : DF
E-Mail :
Boat Name: WIDE AWAKE
Date Fished: 10-18-97
Location: DELAWARE BAY
Fishing Method: ANCHORED
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 34,37,41,43,43,44
Bait or Lure: BUNKER
Water Depth: 27'
Water Temp.: 60.1
Information :

Angler Name : Craig Milnes
E-Mail : JerseySouth@juno.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/18
Location: Bayside Avalon at Townsend's Inlet
Fishing Method: Shore
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 4 weakies 14" to 22" - 4 blues 1 1/2 lbs
Bait or Lure: finger mullet and small bunker from Hatteras
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 65
Information : If you could get past the seaweed there were fish in the bay - water too warm for big blues

Angler Name : John Hlavacek
E-Mail : juggalo803@aol.com
Boat Name: Blue Max
Date Fished: 10/17/97
Location: Barnegat Light Offshore
Fishing Method: Drifting Top Bottom Rigs
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 15 in to 24 in
Bait or Lure: Squid
Water Depth: 30 ft
Water Temp.: 62
Information :

Angler Name : rob
E-Mail : rgold@mcgraw-hill.com
Boat Name: goldfish
Date Fished: 10-17-97
Location: sandy hook bay
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Atlantic Sturgeon
Size: 42"
Bait or Lure: worm
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Surprise catch of the year as Bass action remains slow. Hard to believe eyes as huge sturgeon hoisted over rail. Maybe salmon run yet to come.

Angler Name : Greg Hueth
E-Mail : tomymarlin.com
Boat Name: Miss Belmar Princess
Date Fished: 10/15-10/16, 1997
Location: Hudson, Toms canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-80 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: cold
Information : Had my research been a little more proficient, I would have realized that I really had no chance in the first place to catch anything.The water in the Hudson was 63.5 a bit cold for yellow fins. Thats why they call it fishing and not catching. If I would only learn not to expect to much then I wouldn't be so disappointed all the time.Capt. and crew did every thing possible to find fish. Great bunch of guys.These fellas are true proffsionals,Iwould recommend this boat to any and everyone.

Angler Name : John Mack
E-Mail : diamondmack@monmouth.com
Boat Name: Miss Belmar Princess
Date Fished: 10/15-10/16
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: unknown!
Bait or Lure: Butter Fish
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Trip started out ok, seas did not turn out to be as large as was predicted and not too chopy. Got to the Hudson Wednesday night around 12:30 AM and were all fishing by around 1AM. Caught one yellowfin tuna that night and that was all the action, except the attacks from the blue dawgs, they were on the line constantly! One of the mates managed to land a good size long fin on a jig while chunking, and captain Tom managed to toss a jig on a long fin while walking to the galley after one of his ten hour naps! Luckily there was lots of wildlife to shoot, being an avid photographer I got some good close ups of the gooney birds. I must admit the boat and crew were outstanding, they did everything in their power to try and find the warm water and fish. The mates were all over our tangles and hardware needs, except the one who took up a bench the whole trip in the cabin and kept the heat up to tropical levels. I would highly reccomend taking the Miss Belmar Princess on a long trip, at 115' and capable of traveling almost 100 miles in 5 hours, makes the trip bearable. Especially when you catch donut!!!!

Angler Name : marc
E-Mail :
Boat Name: beach buggy
Date Fished: 10\15\97
Location: seaside park
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 29"
Bait or Lure: yellow bomber
Water Depth: 5'
Water Temp.: 65
Information : caught two bass 29" - 27" & four bluefish good day rough ocean a lot bait

Angler Name : Tim Schultheis & Tom LeBedz
E-Mail : liveradio@aol.com
Boat Name: We are Surf Anglers at HEART !
Date Fished: 10/13-15/97
Location: Keansburg Beach (Monmouth Co. Raritan Bay)
Fishing Method: worms with/without floats.
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 12-19"
Bait or Lure: worms
Water Depth: 5-7 ft
Water Temp.: 61
Information : The bass havn't cut loose yet but we are waiting. Some of the other pier locals like Dwight and Kenny Delucia, Pete Rielly and many other local "clam diggers" that still work the pier with moderate success. We all still value the beach that we grew up at. Last year right around this time we had solid bass, good size for 2 straight weeks. KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED. If you would like to charter a 4X4 bass trip juust e-mail me and you will have the time of your life bass fishing in the footsteps of the Revolution while views of NY City loome in the back-round, TRULY BREATHTAKING ! If it's cold we'll build a nice camp fire!

Angler Name : JOSEPH POLSTON
E-Mail : TAUTOG@webtv,com
Boat Name: DISORDERLY CONDUCT
Date Fished: 10-14-97
Location: HIGHLANDS BRIDGE
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 31# 46 INCHES
Bait or Lure: LIVE EELS
Water Depth: 18 FEET
Water Temp.: 67 DEGREES
Information : CAUGHT NUMEROUS SHORTS AND SEVERAL BLUEFISH AT THE TIDE CHANGE.

Angler Name : capt,bruce miller
E-Mail : cptmarlin1@aol.com
Boat Name: mirage charters
Date Fished: 10/13-10/14
Location: wilmington canyon-
Fishing Method: rod and reel
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 100 plus
Bait or Lure: butters/live squid/sardines
Water Depth: 680
Water Temp.: 67.9
Information : capt.tom walsh and capt.sal guzzo took the boat for the Ted Withick party from Philly,Pa.on a chunk trip.bite was a little slow till about 4 am. at that time they hooked some really big tuna and broke off about 6, boating 2.not alot of mack's that night,but again plauged by the "blue dogs".early in the am a swordfish was hooked and boated,about 100 lbs.

Angler Name : Ed,Ed jr,John
E-Mail : eajanda@ibm.net
Boat Name: Big Orange
Date Fished: 10/13/97
Location: Loveladies
Fishing Method: jigging
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 14"-22"
Bait or Lure: Finness
Water Depth: 15'-22'
Water Temp.: 67degrees
Information : We all though we were into some bluefish. Little did we Know that the fish breaking the water were in fact a large school of weakfish. It turn into the best day fishing we've all had in some time. Nobody around, all looking for the fluke at the horn. Took our limit in about 2hrs. Into fish from about 8-12, just outside the wash. I would say on a Guess too mit, about 150 fish caught. Looking forward for some Striper Action, keep us all posted...

Angler Name : Rob Riggs
E-Mail : rpriggs@att.com
Boat Name: Rosa Doza
Date Fished: 10-13-97
Location: Sandy Hook Rips
Fishing Method: drifting eels
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 34"
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 10-25'
Water Temp.: n/a
Information : The Rips were alive with most boats trolling and picking up a few shorts on spoons and umbrellas. Fishing was slow for the most part, of the few "bites" that we had we picked one nice Bass 34" on an eel. We will try again after the weather breaks during the full moon. Hope the larger Bass are coming soon!!

Angler Name : Phil Raimondo III & Mate Phil IV
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Lookin' for Tuna
Date Fished: 10/13/97
Location: The Tolton
Fishing Method: Trolled, then chunk & Chum
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 7 & 8 lbs
Bait or Lure: Green machine
Water Depth: 82'
Water Temp.: 64.5^
Information : Had my brother in law Scott Berkey from St. Louis and his sister out for some East Coast action. Did not even get the third rod set up and got our first Albie - about eight Lbs. Got # two about five minutes later. Then a small bonita, then lost two Albies? when the line broke - twice! Found the top eye on the rod was worn and was cutting fraying the line and cutting it. (I'll check all parts of my equip. everytime from now on). Trolled for 45 more minutes, no hits. Anchored up and stated a slick and in about fifteen minutes had our first of thirteen bluefish. The blues were thick in the slick and jumping out of the water. They went from 6-12 lbs. Nice day, calm water and good fishing. See ya Saturday.

Angler Name : Jim
E-Mail : jt1207@AOL.com
Boat Name: Hat Trick
Date Fished: 10-13-97
Location: Flour Wreck
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15" to 21"
Bait or Lure: Squid minnow
Water Depth: 68 to 72'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : seas 2 to 3 ft sunny 3 oz sinkers to hold bottom 7 flounder and 1 weak fish 19" all in all a good day

Angler Name : John and Nick
E-Mail : jjgaia@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: Freddy C
Date Fished: 10-13-97
Location: Off Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14-18"
Bait or Lure: Squid, etc.
Water Depth: Varied
Water Temp.: Cool
Information : Had the boys and Grand dad out. Day turned sunny and hot, then cloudy and cool. Tried several different spots, too much current out in the ocean, not enough in the bay. Caught fluke, weeks, sea robins, sea bass, snapper blues. Light crowd, slow action.

Angler Name : Joe Sanzone
E-Mail : JSanzone@Flexi-Van.com
Boat Name: Big Mohawk III
Date Fished: 10/13/97
Location: Rock Piles 5 miles offshore
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: Up to approx 4 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Clams, Squid
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: unknown
Information : Like shooting fish in a barrel. Many good sized fish. My 2.5+ lber was not even close. Over 60 fish kept.

Angler Name : rob
E-Mail :
Boat Name: goldfish
Date Fished: 10/13/97
Location: sandy hook rips
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: o"
Bait or Lure: eels & sand worms
Water Depth: 14' to 25'
Water Temp.: 60's
Information : Beautiful morning. Outstanding drift. Slack lines. No signs of fish, though one angler had what appeared to be a small bonito.

Angler Name : P CHABALLA
E-Mail :
Boat Name: MY FOUR LADIES
Date Fished: 10-12-97
Location: INNER REACH AND CHAPPEL HILL CHANNEL
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15"
Bait or Lure: SQUID SPEERING
Water Depth: 24'
Water Temp.:
Information : FISHED FOR 3 HRS IN THE AFTER NOON 1 FLUKE 15" AND MY DAUGHTER MAURA PICKED UP A 10" HERRING . WIND PICKED UP ALITTLE IN THE LATER AFTERNOON THE LADIES DON'T LIKE TO GET WET.

Angler Name : Mark, Drew & Chuck
E-Mail : ChuckyPete@msn.com
Boat Name: ABC
Date Fished: 10/12/97
Location: Wilmington
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 40-65 pounds
Bait or Lure: green machines and a strip bait
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 66.6
Information : Left the dock at 4am for last offshore trip of the year, had to run in the dark out to the Wilmington, started fishing at 8:15am. Hooked two tuna, one longfin, the other took off so fast it was as if the drag was gone on the 50, after take off half of the line the hook came out. Then went trolling out anlong th east wall. It was quiet until wham all seven rods went down - hooked 5. It was great, 5 fish on with only three anglers. Lost one at the boat but landed 2. Great way to finish the season. Dolphins were all around the boat doing acrobatic move like they were trained. Water kept getting calmer all day. Quit at 12:30 for the long ride home.

Angler Name : Alan Torsiello
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Hot Rod
Date Fished: 10-12-97
Location: Pt. Pleasant, N.J.
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 3-5 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Squid strips, Fin-S-fish
Water Depth: 30-40 Ft.
Water Temp.:
Information : Went about 2 miles south of the inlet and ran into a school of weakies. Caught fish steady for about 2 hours, from about 8 A.M. until 10 A.M. Also caught a false albicor on very light tackle,a bonus.

Angler Name : Rich Buck
E-Mail : rbuck@motown.lmco.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10-12-97
Location: Shrewsbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Porgy
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 45
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Ran into a school of small Blues on the way to the Rocks but couldn't get a hook up with Kastmaster, Ava or Crocodile. Fished the North Edge of the Rocks and Caught two small Porgies. Moved to Deeper Water and caught 30+ Sea Bass. Ten keepers about 12".

Angler Name : Craig Milnes
E-Mail : JerseySouth@juno.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/9-10-11-12
Location: Salvo and Cape Point - Outer Banks
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 1-3 - lots of pompano and sea mullet
Bait or Lure: finger mullet for blues - shrimp for pompano and sea mullet
Water Depth: surf
Water Temp.: 72 to 75
Information : Hard NE winds - netters out at the South beach took all the smaller fish - some puppy drum but nothing with any size to it Definitely worth the drive - brought home lots of finger mullet for the blue run if any occurs here in Jersey

Angler Name : Brian Zemlanicky
E-Mail : bzemlani@ramapo.edu
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/12/97
Location: LBI
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 36" x 22" , 20.1#
Bait or Lure: Bunker Back
Water Depth: 10'
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Lots of guys fishing, but it pays to get out there first! Started fishing at 4:30 a.m. The only bunker I had was a few leftover scraps from the night before.(bait shop didn't open til5:00am) At 5:00 I had the run off just as another beach buggy was pulling so he could watch me beach it. Not a monster but it was the first keeper of the season. saw 6 keepers caught in three days from same beach, all 20# plus, all on bunker except for one guy who was using butterfish on one hook clamm on the other, and a float biggest i saw was 44" 26#.

Angler Name : John Groel
E-Mail : jgroel@interactive.net
Boat Name: White Magic
Date Fished: 10/12/97
Location: Reach Channel and BA Bouy
Fishing Method: Drifting and trolling
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 14 to 18"
Bait or Lure: Sand worms and feathers
Water Depth: 36 and 150
Water Temp.: 64 and 67
Information : Fished Reach Channel with the armada in the morning, weak fishing still good. Headed out to the BA and trolled for Bonita. Trolled red and white and yellow feathers, no action. Talked to someone out there using a Clark spoon and got a run off when I switched. Spoke to a 25' Grady who was getting hits on only the blue and white feathers SE of the bouy. Of course my new blue and white feathers were home on my dresser..oh well they'll be in perfect condition for next year. Water was clear and weather was superb.

Angler Name : capt.bruce miller
E-Mail : cptmarlin1@aol.com
Boat Name: mirage charters
Date Fished: 10/12/97
Location: off mantoloking beach
Fishing Method: rod &reel
Specie: Fluke
Size: 2.5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: killies/squid
Water Depth: 20 to 40
Water Temp.: 66.8
Information : took owner burt greene,kevin miller and his friend chris out for some fluke fishing.got 1 keeper and one throw back. but the surprise of the am was the weakfish we got into.boated 14 keepers and threw back about 5.fish ranged from 3 to 8 lbs.good morning of fishing!

Angler Name : marc
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10\12\97
Location: seaside park
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-3 lb
Bait or Lure: popper
Water Depth: 5'
Water Temp.: 62
Information : caught 10 bluefish 2-3 lb & one striper 25" on popper a lot of fish from day break to 7:30 am everything shut off same thing every morning try on monday

Angler Name : steve duda
E-Mail : sduda@erols.com
Boat Name: shore thing
Date Fished: 10-11-97
Location: 5 fathom bank
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: to 20"
Bait or Lure: squid & minnie
Water Depth: 30
Water Temp.: 64
Information : it was tuff getting there, but as the day went by it calmed down a bit. Caught some shorts but most catches were over min. size. Very few junk fish caught, other than that only fluke.

Angler Name : Mikey G
E-Mail : GForce77@aol.com
Boat Name: GForce
Date Fished: 10-11-97
Location: The Reach Channel
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 2-3 lbs
Bait or Lure: Worms
Water Depth: 30-40ft
Water Temp.: 62
Information : Started off fishing for the weakies. Came into thick schools early in the morning. Many party boats were in the area. Caught 15 keepers all of good size also caught 5 nice fluke.

Angler Name : Ray Wallis
E-Mail : Shoobox57@aol.com
Boat Name: Miss Barnaget Light
Date Fished: 10/10 to10/11
Location: Canyons
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Left dock 6 PM Fri. as the Doris Mae was coming in,They had 74 tuna so we had high hopes of a good night.Got to the canyon about 11 PM but Capt. told us the water temp.dropped 5 degrees hence no fish.after 3 hrs. in same spot we moved to another fishless area,was told by 1 mate this was 9th trip out & they were tired.only 4 fish boated all night,all by the mates.any one looking for a 6000 dollar boat ride I would recomend Miss Barneget Light,If your looking for Tuna I would look for another boat. I will next trip for sure.

Angler Name : Boog and Chuck
E-Mail : ChuckyPete@msn.com
Boat Name: Bitter End
Date Fished: 10/11/97
Location: Channel off Holgate
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18.5 pounds
Bait or Lure: eels
Water Depth: 20 feet
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Started drifting at 7:15, tide was already starting to go out. It was quiet, beautiful night.Had runoff @ 9:30 and landed the fish after about 5-10 minutes. The net broke as I was lifting the fish into the boat - did not lose the fish. Quit @ 10:30. After getting skunked on Friday night, it was nice land at least one fish. Sounded like there were several other fish caught on other boats.

Angler Name : Al
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Dauntless
Date Fished: 10/10
Location: 1-10 miles off IBSP
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: porgies, ling and blacks
Bait or Lure: clams/squid
Water Depth: 25-80
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Started off fishing along the beach off Mantoloking, picked up some nice seabass, then moved to the south off IBSP..Spent rest of day there catching porgies and medium sized seabass along with a few ling, blacks, and triggerfish.fish had alittle lockjaw because of a groundswell...5 lb trigger wonthe pool..Most guys had about 2 dozen fish, high had about 36..

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: October 9-10
Location: Wilmington Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-80 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 600'
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Gary Vianos charter from Bergen County, NJ out on the Canyon Runner for an overnighter to the Wilmington and produces another excellant catch. The bite started at 9:00 p.m. and lasted until the morning even though we stopped chunking at 4:00 am the fish continued to bite. After the dust settled 20 fish were boated and twice as many were lost. All the fish were between 40 and 80 pounds with the majority of the larger version.

Angler Name : Jammal Brown
E-Mail : Jbrown69@aol.com
Boat Name: White Star IV
Date Fished: Oct 10, 1997
Location: Little Egg Reef
Fishing Method: bottom ? sandy
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 7 to 12 INCHES
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 45
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Forty others abord..thought we would be fishing offshore but wound up fishing little egg reef with plenty of other small boats around. Me and some buddies wound up with a combined total of 30 baby sea bass and silver dollar porgies..also we caught some nice trigger fish..Fish bit for 5 minutes and then died on each spot...good thing i brought some beers along...Ray Ettel tried to put us on some meat but all the action was offshore on the wrecks...I figured with over forty abord hed spend the extra money and burn some fuel...I guess he was saving the meat for his charters. Maybe ill go again..but it will have to be when he starts putting people on the fish

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Angler Name : capt.bruce miller
E-Mail : cptmarlin1@aol.com
Boat Name: mirage charters
Date Fished: 10/8-10/9/97
Location: wilmington canyon
Fishing Method: rod &reel
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 70 to 90 lbs.
Bait or Lure: butterfish/live squid/live macks
Water Depth: 670
Water Temp.: 71.9
Information : took owner burt greene down there again!had a real good trip!put 17 in the boat,lost only 3.highlight of the night was a 72lb.12oz. longfincaught by capt.tom wajsh of toms river.fish was only 15lbs.6ozs.off the world record of 88 lbs.had the thimbleeye macks all night but dealt with them.finally figured out how to catch tuna with them--ha!ha!-think i'm going to tell--secret rigging tech.also on the trip were joe h.,bob voytasik,dennis galante,and bob van der meer.lost a nice size sword about 20' from boat,biller the 80 lb.test oabove the leader. only one blue dog that nite.sea's were lovely for this time of year,nice going out,all nite,and the run home--105 miles.

Angler Name : Dave Poedubicky
E-Mail : Davidpoe@earthling.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/9/97
Location: IBSP
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-3 lbs
Bait or Lure: mullet
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Lots of guys plugging, didn't see many caught, strong south wind, switched to mullet, caught 6 blues...had to really heave the bait out, nothing seemed to be in close. Better luck tommorrow.

Angler Name : M. Moscufo
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Carlyn Ann
Date Fished: 10/9/97
Location: Barnegat light, NJ
Fishing Method: Drifting of IBSP
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14.5 - 20"
Bait or Lure: Squid/Spearing/Fluke belly
Water Depth: 25-50'
Water Temp.: 60's
Information : Drifted, on a S-SE wind from Seaside Park to Barnegat Light. Between searobins, most anglers caught between 2 and 6 nice fat fluke. I brought home 5. Largest tiped the scales at about 3lbs. Wind picked up in the late morning which provided a slow bite. Overall a nice day to be on the ocean. Plenty of skippies and albacore boiling on the surface.

Angler Name : Capt. Jim Lynch
E-Mail : Finaddict.sportfishing@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: FinAddict
Date Fished: 10/9/97
Location: Tolton Lump
Fishing Method: Chum & Bait
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2 to 8lbs
Bait or Lure: Butter fish & diamond jigs
Water Depth: 70'
Water Temp.: 65 F
Information : Set up about 8am . Limited out by 1030 am.Constant action on baits and diamond jigs.

Angler Name : Bruce Cummings
E-Mail : cmmh23a@prodigy.com
Boat Name: Bonnie Lee
Date Fished: 10/8/97-10/9/97
Location: Wilmington Canyon
Fishing Method: chunk/troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-75
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 600'
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Started chunking around 8pm had steady action all night, kept 10 tuna 50-70 lb Released 4 more, lost 6, also caught 4 dolphin chunking. Started trolling around 8am caught 2 Wahoo one 50 pounds and one 73 pounds, also caught 15 more dolphin.

Angler Name : jeff petrone
E-Mail : jeffy56@idt.net
Boat Name: daddy's dream
Date Fished: 10/9
Location: monmouth beach
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15"
Bait or Lure: squid,spearing,killies
Water Depth: 20'-30'
Water Temp.: 62
Information : we left from atlantic highlands marina @ 5:15 am and headed to the rip for some stripers. no luck after 90 minutes so we headed down to monmouth beach for some fluke. tried inshore first but nothing was biting. we went out to 50' by the green cans and still no luck. at 11:30 i finally caught our first fluke (15"). we boated three for the day (all keepers) and headed for the nude beach. along the way we had some fun with bluefish. boated over 20 in a 15 minutes. nothing big but it broke up the day. no fluke at the nude beach or the ammo pier. my captain was the one and only FRANK P. BYLINA.

Angler Name : marc martin
E-Mail :
Boat Name: big marie s II
Date Fished: 9 sep 97
Location: off avon and asbury park
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15 in and smaller
Bait or Lure: squid and spearing
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Some small fluke were boated along with sea bass and a whole lot of robins and skates. One person on board also hooked up with a nice size albacore. All in all it was a slow day fishing but a really nice day.

Angler Name : Duck
E-Mail : dcarle&erols.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/9/97
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: fly fish surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3-lbs
Bait or Lure: olive deciever
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Started at 11:00 am and heard I just missed a small bluefish blitz. Waited till 2:00 pm for the next blitz and only got one small blue. It was over in about 5 minutes.On my way to Block Island now, hope I fare better there.

Angler Name : capt.dave merrill/mate kevin miller
E-Mail : cptmarlin1@aol.com
Boat Name: mirage charters
Date Fished: 10/7-10/8/97
Location: wilmington canyon
Fishing Method: rod &reel
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 70 to 90 lbs.
Bait or Lure: butterfish/live squid/live macks
Water Depth: 570
Water Temp.: 75.9
Information : had the john gieger party out on a chunking trip.put 8 out of 13 in the boat.plauged w/thimbleeye mackerel - from the surface to 120 ft.down.the blue dogs also joined the party.finally got rid of both and started catching (blue sharks)they remind me of the ugly doverman pinchers except there blue!.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: October 8
Location: Monster Ledge
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 20 to 40 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 150'
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie took the Mike Matulonis charter to the Monster Ledge on the Canyon Runner and put together a decent catch. However, due to the closure of the schoolie season all fish had to be released. A great day was had by all as 6 bluefin were fought on extremely light tackle 2 were boated and released and number little tuna added to the day.

Angler Name : Keller/Missal
E-Mail : Missal908@aol
Boat Name: N/A
Date Fished: 10/8/97
Location: IBSP
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 1-3lbs
Bait or Lure: mullet
Water Depth: 2-4'
Water Temp.: 69
Information : Low tide at 7 AM saw massive birds a mile out from the SSP pier. 7:30 to 9 non-stop blues at the short road.Pop caught a northern star gazer--talk about primitive lookin'. Nothin but robins after that,left at noon when the wind went east SE.Limit out on blues ate a few for dinner,like Frank Mazzra would say"Ya had a good time on the beach..fish or not didn't ya?" ....sure did.

Angler Name : Howard Bogan
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Jamaica
Date Fished: 10/8/97
Location: Spencer/Wilmington Canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-100lbs
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 600'
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Fishing was very good for 50 to 100lb yellowfin tuna. We averaged two tuna per man. Everyone had several chances at boating fish. Warm water and loads of bait are holding a large body of yellowfin between the Spencer and Wilmington canyons. Fish were caught on bait and jigs. We will be sailing to the canyons leaving every Saturday at 4:30pm and also every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday at 6pm.

Angler Name : John Groel
E-Mail : jgroel@interactive.net
Boat Name: White Magic
Date Fished: 10/8/97
Location: Reach Channel Bouy 8 and 10
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 14 to 20 inches
Bait or Lure: Sand Worms
Water Depth: 35 ft
Water Temp.: 64
Information : Fished the Reach on the recommendation of the folks at the Tackle Box in Hazlet. Great suggestion - we boated about 20 fish released them all. Caught one fluke. Tried Nude Beach area for fluke - nothing doing. Stopped at the rip on the way back, drifted worms with six other boats at the start of the incoming tide, nothing doing, had a great day.

Angler Name : Edward Janda
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: October 8,1997
Location: Long Beach Island NJ
Fishing Method: Minnows,finess (rainbow)
Specie: Fluke
Size: 15 inches - 17 inches
Bait or Lure: Finess rainbow color or minnows
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information :

Angler Name : Vic
E-Mail : highcc@ix.netcom.com
Boat Name: Awesome Bailer
Date Fished: 10/8/97
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 141/2" to16"
Bait or Lure: Squid, Killies,Spearing
Water Depth: 15 to 35
Water Temp.:
Information : Picked up the Fluke in front of the nude beach. Noticed some birds working further out so I chased them for awhile and picked up 3 nice Blues.

Angler Name : Dave
E-Mail : Reelrkl
Boat Name: Open party boat Brooklyn n.y
Date Fished: Sept 08,1997
Location: 17,Mudd bouy,Farms
Fishing Method: Anchor
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10-19lbs
Bait or Lure: Chum,Chunks
Water Depth: 100' PLUS
Water Temp.: 70s
Information : We left the dock at 7a.m.,We headed out to 17,and chumed NOTHING! After 2 hours we rode to to the farms chumed NOTHING! After two hours we rode to the mud bouy started chuming. Caught a few blues not to many!.After two hours returned to 17,Caught a few more There were 30 people onboard with 20fish caught! All on bait and up to 19lbs,THE WEATHER WAS GREAT!!!!

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Angler Name : Dave Poedubicky
E-Mail : Davidpoe@earthling.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/7/97
Location: IBSP
Fishing Method: Pluggin
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 1-4 lbs
Bait or Lure: dark back bombers, hopkins, crippled herring
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : 1 1/2 hour blitz of bluefish at dead low tide, non-stop, weakfish up to 16 inches mixed in.

Angler Name : Jeff
E-Mail : FshHk@aol.com
Boat Name: BONE DOCTOR
Date Fished: 10/07/97
Location: Monster Ledge
Fishing Method: trolled
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 30#
Bait or Lure: Zukers
Water Depth: 220
Water Temp.: 65-66
Information : Released the illegal tuna, boated a 20" dolphin and had numerous other strong run-offs. Seas were perfect; flat, very light wind and plenty of sunshine. Bait was skipping all over the surface most of the day. Only 2 other boats were in sight.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: October 6-7
Location: Wilmington Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 70 to 100 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 600'
Water Temp.: 71'
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie run down to the Wilmington Canyon with the Phil Ludlow charter from Belford, NJ for an overnight canyon trip. The decision to run the 100 miles proved worthwhile as we were fighting fish throughout the night. All the fish were over 70 pounds with many close to 100 and a total of 15 were put in the boat and 10 others were released. In addition, twice as many were lost.

Angler Name : Hexum
E-Mail : vdub-yeti@usa.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/2-10/7
Location: Manasquan River, Pt.Pleasant Canal
Fishing Method: shore/wading...fly-rod, plugging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 16-30"
Bait or Lure: small Bombers, decievers
Water Depth: varies
Water Temp.: low 70s
Information : Fishing in the river last week was spotty, but very hot when the bite was on...top of the tide (night) around bridges has been producing best results for quantity of bass..also look for weakies during outgoing...Still, there is no substitute for TIME ON THE WATER.........keep an eye on the canal in the next couple weeks to start producing some keepers..

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Angler Name : Tom Brys
E-Mail : TBKDxx@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/6/97
Location: Near Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 29" & 31"
Bait or Lure: Live Eel
Water Depth: 20'
Water Temp.: Unknown
Information : Started at 10:30pm Sat. Not a bite until 2:30am Sun. and BANG!!! Double headers & everything. Caught fish until we were tired.(about 3:30) "Catch & release in the grease"

Angler Name : John and Nick
E-Mail : jjgaia@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: Golden Eagle
Date Fished: Oct5/6
Location: South of Lindekohl
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-80
Bait or Lure: Butters, mackeral, squid
Water Depth: Way deep
Water Temp.: Warm
Information : Incredible eight hour run to somewhere south of the Lindekohl, but that's where the warm water has been. Fish came slowly all night. The boat caught 14 YFT's and one beauty white marlin for 25 anglers. Nick got his first tuna in five trips to the canyons. It would have taken the pool, but he had to hand it off to a mate for the coup de gras. Tons of squid and mackeral in the slick, jumping skippies and YFT during the daylight portions of the trip. The weather was unbelievebal for Oct, 80 degrees, no wind, calm seas. Brutally long ride though, for not the kind of action we'd hoped for.

Angler Name : Gary Shell
E-Mail : schetlick@systems.gec.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/06/97
Location: Avon NJ
Fishing Method: Surf/jetty
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Bait, plugs,lead,
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished the Avon side of inlet then hit a few jettys up to Bradley between 7:00P and 12:00A for one hit on a dead sticked eel fillet. Also got a nice gash after slipping on jetty (time for new spikes on the corkers). No-one I saw caught fish but it was warm and flat.

Angler Name : marc
E-Mail :
Boat Name: walk on
Date Fished: 10\6\97
Location: ortley
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-3 lb
Bait or Lure: popper
Water Depth: 5'
Water Temp.: 65
Information : caught 10 bluefish missed about 20 on popper fish feeding on sandels surf 2-4 feet looks good for this week

Angler Name : capt.bruce miller/mate john casey
E-Mail : cptmarlin1(new e mail address)
Boat Name: mirage sportfishing charters
Date Fished: 10-5-97
Location: inshore/on the beach
Fishing Method: trolling/jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-3 lbs
Bait or Lure: nylons/umbrella rigs
Water Depth: 30 to 60
Water Temp.: 64 to 66
Information : had the joe monturo party out from morristown.had a really good catch of blues,some weakfish and 1 fluke on the jig.another nice day with the fish in easy reach.boy do i love these kind of trips.

Angler Name : Capt Jim Lynch
E-Mail : Finaddict.sportfishind@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: FinAddict
Date Fished: 10/5/97
Location: Pt Pleasant Beach-Spring Lake to Beacon Manor to Spring Lake
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14 1/2"to 22"
Bait or Lure: Squid strips & Live Killies
Water Depth: 30 to 35'
Water Temp.: 64 F
Information: Fished from Beacon Manor to The old Light house north of the Sea Girt range. 24 keepers and lots of throw backs in 4 hours.

Angler Name : paul
E-Mail : hibbitt_paul@bns.att.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/5/97
Location: seaside park surf
Fishing Method: plugs and jigs
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: plugs and jigs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: mid to upper 60's
Information : hit the beach for about 1 1/2 hours as the sun was going down. didn't see guys with bait doing anything. jigged and plugged for bass and/or blues/albies. neither myself nor a buddy caught anything. saw no bait either. tight lines ........ paul

Angler Name : JOE MURRAY
E-Mail : JMURRAY.JEM@WORLNET.ATT.NET
Boat Name: Wild Summers
Date Fished: 10-4 10-5
Location: Table top & Avalon shoal
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16"-22"
Bait or Lure: minnows & sea robin
Water Depth: 32-42
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Spent the morning of the 4th at the shoal and picked a few here and there. Heard that the table top was bitting so we made a move mid morning. What a move it was! We filled the box ina little over two hours. The bite stopped after the tide so we moved back to the shaol to fill our limit. On sunday spent the morning at the shaol and caught 26 keepers. What a great day. We filled the cooler and made it back in time to watch the birds play.

Angler Name : Brian Zemlanicky
E-Mail : bzemlani@ramapo.edu
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/5/97
Location: spring lake
Fishing Method: plugging the surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18" - 25"
Bait or Lure: Red fin
Water Depth: 2' - 6'
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished from 2:30 to 8:00 am and hooked 11 stripers, beached 7. Lots of bait ( small mullet, rainfish, small snappers and 3" kingfish) Also caught a 16" fluke at 6:00 am while it was dark. he hit the plug and jumped out of the water twice, I wouldn't make it up and I had a hard time believing it myself. Lots of guys fishing the tips of the jetties from boat and with cleats. They did not do as well as I did i was fishing in the middle of the beach. Where are the keepers? If anyone knows let us in on it!!!

Angler Name : Bob
E-Mail : Auditphl@erols.com
Boat Name: Mar Vic, Cape May
Date Fished: October 4-5, 1997
Location: Wilmington Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-75#
Bait or Lure: Butterfish & Live Mackeral
Water Depth: 85 Fathoms
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Left Cape May at 1:30 PM on saturday. Anchored up in notch on East Wall of Wilmington. Lots of squid, followed by tinker mackeral. Set butterfish and live mackeral down 90-120 feet. Went 8 for about 15 on yellowfin by 1:30 AM. Action all night and lots of fun catching mackeral between tuna bites. Left for home at 1:30 AM. Back at the dock by 8:00 AM. Great trip.

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: SeaYa
Date Fished: 10/05/97
Location: Beaches off Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14 1/2-16 1/2 inches
Bait or Lure: Squid/spearing
Water Depth: 18-28
Water Temp.: 60.2
Information : had a perfext day weather wise to catch the last of the fluke run of '97.Maded my first few drifts just north of the nude beach......put a quick 2 in the box and added another 4 over the next hour ( and 1 short + 1 skate )...then I caught the slack tide and with no drift.,,no fish.......Made a run down south to off the Highlands Bridge after a buddy gave me a call saying we was into fish.....the fish were right up tight to the beach in 18-20 feet of water and maybe 30 yards out....added another 7 to the box before I headed back to my first spot....caught another 3.so between my daughter and myself we put 16 in the box...nothing big just form keeper size to 16 1/2 inches....but they taste mighty fine over the winter

Angler Name : Steve,Lee,chris,rich
E-Mail : spotoch@ix.netcom.com
Boat Name: BWANA-4
Date Fished: 10-4&5
Location: INSHORE OF THE TIP OF THE WILMINGTON
Fishing Method: Chunk/Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-70Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo/Butterfish/Tinkers
Water Depth: 45 FATHOMS
Water Temp.: 72-76
Information : Trolled just short of the tip, lots of bait fish... also great temperature break. Went 1 for 2 on the troll and 16 for 22 on the chunk. Great trip...One of the best of the year!

Angler Name : Garry Koehler
E-Mail : garlind@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Impulse
Date Fished: 10/4-5
Location: Wilmington
Fishing Method: troll & nite-chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-90 lbs.
Bait or Lure: butters & green lures
Water Depth: 450 ' best
Water Temp.: 75
Information : 5 at nite lost 2. 2 more Sunday morning on the troll- green machines & daisy chains. Lots of chub mackerel during the evening-they made great bait. A very nice ocean & fish made for a great late season trip.

Angler Name : JIM FEN
E-Mail : INSIDEHOOK@AOL.COM
Boat Name: MISS CHRIS II
Date Fished: 10/05/97
Location: APPROX 5-6 MILES OFF AVALON
Fishing Method: DRIFT/FLOUNDER BELLY TIPPED WITH SQUID OR MINNOW
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14 1/2" TO 22 "
Bait or Lure: CUT /LIVE BAIT
Water Depth: APPROX 30'-35'
Water Temp.: UNKNOWN
Information : IF YOU HAVE A DAY OFF NOW IS THE TIME TOO GO FISHING FOR FLUKE,EVERYONE CAUGHT THEIR LIMIT !!!! WITH A GREAT RATIO OF KEEPERS,AND SOME REAL NICE FISH IN EVERYONE'S COOLER...

Angler Name : Tim McCoy
E-Mail : Tim9Ball@AOL. com
Boat Name: ROCK-N-REEL
Date Fished: 10-5-97
Location: DE. Bay 5 mi. s. of ship john light
Fishing Method: Bait on bottom
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 9" to 20"
Bait or Lure: Squid and cut spot
Water Depth: 27'
Water Temp.: N/A
Information : 13 keeper weakies 12 keeper croaker to 14" and 8 snapper blues in 2 1/2 hrs. Flat water out going tide had a great day in Oct.

Angler Name : MONGO
E-Mail : willetts@waewick.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/4-10/5
Location: IBSP
Fishing Method: SURF
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 1-3 lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker-mullet
Water Depth: 5-10'
Water Temp.: ?????
Information : Fished sat.5 til 8:30, 7:30 blues blitzed;one every cast for 1/2 hr. Sunday watched the sun come up to a beautiful morning. 7:15 they started again til 7:45. Bait fish jumping right out of the surf onto the beach. Saw others as far as I could see doing same.Bait seemed to work better where I was. Did see some caught on bomber type lures. All fish seen were 1-3 lbs, lots of fun. Wish I had brought a lighter pole!!

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: October 4, 1997
Location: Toms Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50 to 75 pounds
Bait or Lure: Reel Seat Spreader Bars
Water Depth: 600'
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Canyon Runner out to the Toms Canyon on Saturday with the Mark Kaplin charter. The one day troll produced 4 nice yellowfin and one large dolphin. A few other fish were lost and all the fish hit Reel Seat Spreader Bars trolled in 66 degree water.

Angler Name : John Groel, Ken Groel
E-Mail : jgroel@interactive.net
Boat Name: White Magic
Date Fished: 10/4/97
Location: BA Bouy
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Little Tunny
Size:
Bait or Lure: Yellow and Red and White feathers
Water Depth: 90 to 180
Water Temp.: 66
Information : Trolled same area as previous weeks and did not get a hit. Could be due to the colder water temperature.. First week was 72, second week 68 and this week was 66. Moved in toward shore off Seabrite to fish for fluke, should have been there earlier! Weather was spectacular.

Angler Name : Rich Mc Donald
E-Mail : rmcdon9213@aol.com
Boat Name: ALANTIC STAR
Date Fished: 10/4/97
Location: chesapeake point
Fishing Method: trolling & casting
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: all over 50 lbs
Bait or Lure: ballyho on spreader bars w/plastic
Water Depth: deep
Water Temp.: 72 - 77 f
Information : Capt Butch and his asst Irene provided excellent fishing as our party collected 14 yellowfin and longfin tuna and none under 50 lbs and a few as big as 100 lbs. We had numerous multiple hookups including 3 tuna and a 15 lb bull dolphin during the first 15 min. Caught 6 other dolphin as well as a 20 pounder caught on light spinning rod. GREAT DAY!!

Angler Name : Andy Sokol
E-Mail : Skolmann@aol.com
Boat Name: SeaYa
Date Fished: 10-04-97
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Chunking & Drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25 inches
Bait or Lure: Bunker backs................squid/spearing
Water Depth: 15-35
Water Temp.: 60.7
Information : I decide to make an afternoon trip and see if the reports of good chunking action was true.....set up near the range towers off Sandy Hook....In 3 hours all I managed to boat was a 25 inch striper and 2 skates...although i did have 3-4 other run offs with no hook ups.........I spent the last 45 minutes or so drifting for fluke off the beaches and boxed 6 keepers between 15-16 1/2 inches and 2 throw backs........

Angler Name : Larry Rosinski
E-Mail : ROSINSKI16@AOL.COM
Boat Name: Miss Belmar Princess
Date Fished: 10/3-10/4
Location: Delaware Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50 to 90 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Butters, Squid,Mackerel, Jigs
Water Depth: 260
Water Temp.: ???
Information : Set up slick/chunks around 1:00AM, started with a slow pick, until around 3:00AM. Fish very active until around 6:00AM, boated appx.18, then the blue sharks moved in and killed it. Fish also hit live squid, mackerel and jigs. Had another small flurry just prior to sun up, then it died. Overall boated 26 keepers. Good trip, the mates and captain on the Miss Belmar are excellant, the only problem was the 38 fisherman. Even for a big boat that is to many. Tight Lines....Larry

Angler Name : sreve duda
E-Mail : sduda@erols.com
Boat Name: shore thing
Date Fished: 10-4-97
Location: atomic lumpd
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: to 20"
Bait or Lure: squid-minnie
Water Depth: 40-50
Water Temp.: 64
Information : started the day catching shorts. as the day went on the the fish got longer. Found that the larger fish were in the deeper water, when in 50+ to 40 ft. of water we were catching legal fish. When in under 40 ft. were catching shorts. Caught mostlt weakfish, a few fluke and croakers.

Angler Name : Duck
E-Mail : dcarle@erols.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/4/97
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Fly fishing surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5 lbs
Bait or Lure: Olive Deciever
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Caught one fish in the first hour of the outgoing tide. Didn't see anything happening after that, No bait and no blues. Fished till 4:30 and gave up.

Angler Name : capt.bruce miller/mate kevin miller
E-Mail : cptmarlin1 (new e-mail address)
Boat Name: mirage sport fishing charters
Date Fished: 10-4-97
Location: monster ledge & unexploded area
Fishing Method: r and r
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 24 to 30+ inches
Bait or Lure: artificals
Water Depth: 150 to 270
Water Temp.: 62 to 66
Information : had the jeff coney party out for an inshore tuna trolling trip.the group all works for MSNBC Support comm's.Groupcaught and released the school tuna,skipjacks and little tunny.not alot of action but a very nice day.

Angler Name : gsendecki
E-Mail : gsendecki@WORLDNET.ATT.NET
Boat Name: THE HARD WAY
Date Fished: 10/03/97
Location: B1 BOUY BARNEGAT BAY
Fishing Method: BOTTOM
Specie: Weakfish
Size: blowfish average
Bait or Lure: clam or squid
Water Depth: 9 to 10 ft.
Water Temp.: ????
Information : NO WEAKIES many small sea bass if you find them move

Angler Name : Mikey G and Richie P
E-Mail : Gforce77@aol.com
Boat Name: G Force
Date Fished: 10/3/97
Location: Sandy Hook Rips
Fishing Method: Trolling / Drifting
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 4-5 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Hopkins Jig
Water Depth: 20-60 Ft
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Tried to troll some stripers in at Roamer Shoals. No luck. On the way back in we saw hundreds of birds working. Started casting some metal through the schools of cocktail blues. Every cast produced a fish. All the boats in the area did a great job not spooking the schools and giving everyone chances to catch. Great cooperation, all in all great day !!!

Angler Name : Jim Drmheller
E-Mail : drumhel@njcc.com
Boat Name: JamaicaII
Date Fished: 10/3/97
Location: Klondike
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: To 3lb
Bait or Lure: Squid/Spearing
Water Depth: 70'
Water Temp.: high 60s
Information : The Fluke are still here. Fished both half day trips on JamaicaII. 7 keepers topped off with a 3 pounder to win afternoon pool. Morning pool winner 6 lb even.

Angler Name : Earl
E-Mail : LIGHTTACKL@AOL
Boat Name: Rusty 1
Date Fished: 10/03/97
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 6lbs 9oz
Bait or Lure: Killy-Squid strip
Water Depth: 12-30
Water Temp.: 63
Information : Fished the false hook channel for the first 2 hours of the outgoing tide and had fish on every drift. Moved outside off the beach but could not get a good drift.

Angler Name : McDuff
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/3
Location: Island Beach SP
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: Plugging
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : No sign of life with regard to strippers - no matter what BS the local shops tell you. All the snappers you wanted though. Lots of fun on fresh water rods. You Fly Boys should have been there. loads of False albacore at the waters edge, and I mean 10 feet or less. I had three pick up my Crippled herring. But the were not moving fast enough too hook. No splashing. They were only moseying alonge incognito. with a spinning rod.

Angler Name : Vic & Joanne
E-Mail : highcc@ix.netcom.com
Boat Name: Awesome Bailer
Date Fished: 10/3-Fri.
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17"
Bait or Lure: Sand Worms,Squid
Water Depth: 25'
Water Temp.:
Information : Walked the hook on thurs. and whished I had brought my boat and tackle.I could see the birds and the water boiling from 1/2 mile away. Bluefish all over the place. Surf fishermen had a field party.Came back Fri. with boat and gear. Weather started off perfect then turned nasty fast. Managed to boat some nice fluke before we had to run. Keeping my eye on the forecast so I can go back and get in on some of those choppers.

Angler Name : BJB
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Beach Buggy
Date Fished: 10/02/97
Location: Island Beach SP
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 3-5 lb
Bait or Lure: Live Mullet
Water Depth: wash
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Small Blues to Blues up to 5 pounds until dark. Weakies started just at dusk. Only ones there all day. Not much on the North Jetty as fish were in tight to the beach. Kids had a blast.

Angler Name : paul
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 10/2/97
Location: brick beach
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: plugs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: mid 60's
Information : a friend and i hit the beach around 5:30, looking for bass and/or blues. worked our way north toward mantoloking. a lot of bait in the surf - mullet, rainfish, small snappers. again, not many fish chasing them. i had one on for a bit, and my friend landed a cocktail sized blue when we went back through that same hole.

Angler Name : Paul Turner
E-Mail : Paul909@aol.com
Boat Name: -
Date Fished: oct 2nd
Location: Nomeheagen park NJ
Fishing Method: --
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 2-4 lbs
Bait or Lure: worms
Water Depth: 6 feet
Water Temp.: --
Information :

Angler Name : Ray C.
E-Mail : Recabida@aol.com
Boat Name: NA
Date Fished: 10/1/97
Location: Manasquan Jetty
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 12"-20"
Bait or Lure: Mullet
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Fished off of the Jetty on the surf side from around 8AM to 11PM. Lots of baitfish close to the rocks. Caught 3 blues, 2 short ones and 1 around 20". Also caught 1 throwback fluke and a sea robin. It was a good morning. There were a lot of bait stealers though and no hits after the tide left.

Angler Name : Mike W
E-Mail : ike_golf@cyberdude.com
Boat Name: Freddie-C
Date Fished: Oct 1
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 7-20 lbs
Bait or Lure: worms and eels
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Caught one shortie of 25". The mates fished and caught 5 or 6 of about 15 caught. Of course, the paper said about 30 striped bass. Would have been nice if the mates had looked after the 12-15 paying customers. An absolotely miserable night to fish. But if I had caught the 20 pounder in the last 5 minutes like the other guy did, I might feel better. Temperature in the 40's with winds at 25 kts. Damn, the wife was right.

Angler Name : Brigance R
E-Mail :
Boat Name: NA
Date Fished: 10-1-97
Location: Asbury Park
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 37",28", 4X25"
Bait or Lure: Bomber/Teaser
Water Depth: 5-10'
Water Temp.: 64
Information : lost 6 other fish and had numerous other hits

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