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2007 Saltwater Sport Fishing Reports
06/19-20/07
Adam LaRosa reports:
Capt. Phil Dulanie and Capt. Mark DeCabia left for an overnighter at 10am
Monday monring with the Alan Hartman charter, our first canyon trip of the year, and
as of 8:30pm Monday night they boated 14 yellowfin from 40-75 pounds and released 1
smaller bluefin as they had enough meat in the boat already for the charter. Not a
bad start for our 2007 Canyon Season and they are not even half way through the
trip.
They were in 100 fathoms of the Baltimore canyon on a 68 to 75 degree temperature
break. The first yellowfin in the boat spit up 20 9" squid and they immediately
put out five of our 9" rainbow squid bars and spent from 4pm to 8pm doing
doubles, triples, and quads eventually going 15 for 20 on very nice tuna. The
yellowfin were all between 40 and 75 pounds with half over 60 pounds. While 9"
Canyon Runner rainbow squid bars were by far the best lure they are also caught some
on zucchini big-eye clones and ballyhoo that evening.
At night they decided to drift in the warmer 77 degree water in looking for a nice
sword or mako and drifted out to 500 fathoms but did not have a touch all night. The
had sword rods, shark rods and a couple tuna rods out but not a touch.
Up on the troll in the morning they worked their way back into the 100 fathom line
area and picked away at another 4 yellowfin for the crew to take home but hooked and
lost another 10 fish due to a host of issues but mostly they were trying out a few
new techniques. The morning bite again saw the 9inch rainbow bars and ballyhoo
produce all the fish and the ended the trip going 19 for 34 on some nice tuna for
this or any time of year.
06/16/07
Adam LaRosa reports:
Capt. Mark DeBlasio took the Doug Christiansian charter to the Wilmington
Canyon for the Brett Bailey Mako Tournament Friday night into Saturday and nailed an
80 inch mako in 600 fathoms of the Wilmington. Capt. Mark fished right on the 60-73
degree temperature break and had whales and bait all night and day and released a
blue shark but had no other action. The mako ate a mackeral bait on the short rod
down 30 feet and fought quite well for a mako with the battle lasting 15 minutes
before planting the gaff. Back at the dock it weighted in at 186 pounds. Not enought
for first place as Capt. Nick on the Benchmark won it all with a 250 mako -
Congratulations!!
Both the Canyon Runner and Hooked Up II are on their way down south today for
overnighters as we begin our canyon season today so hopefully plenty of reports and
pictures will be forthcoming. Lots of yellowfin were taken in the Baltimore and
boats caught upwords of 15+ nice bluefin inshore of the Toms Canyon so things are
definately looking up.
03/11/07
Adam LaRosa reports:
I just got a call from Capt. Mark DeBlasio of Canyon Runner Sportfishing. He
had an open boat trip on the Hooked Up II running that boat up from Morehead to
Virgina Beach for some work at the yard before bringing it up to Cape May for a
couple Shark Tournaments and then Pt. Pleasant on June 15 for a full canyon season
out of Clark's Landing running the boat there from June 15 to November 1. His report
already has us thinking about the 2007 Canyon Season - however based on his report I
guess we have to say the canyon season already started!!!!
He left Morehead on an overnighter trip to The Point and found the water temp break
right at 100 fathoms at The Point and immediately got into tuna. He ended up
trolling 7 bluefin in the 40-50 pound class and 2 yellowfin. Despite fishing The
Point, an area where almost everyone fishes ballyhoo, he found the tuna responding
best to Canyon Runner Green Machine Spreader Bars (catching 2 bluefin and a
yellowfin on them) and our Squid Spreader Bars (cathcing 2 bluefin on them). In
addition, he caught a couple on purple jets, 1 on a bonita plug and one on a
ballyhoo and missed a few other fish on the bars.
At night is when it really got interesting as he moved off the 500 fathoms (a depth
we fish up north during the early canyon season at night) and ending up chunking 3
more yellowfin (2 on jigs) and nailed a nice swordfish. He also drop a nice fish
hooked deep on a whole mackeral - he never saw the fish but it fought like a good
one.
Perhaps the most intersting thing he saw at night was 2 white marlin that swam right
by the boat right through the lights.
2006 Saltwater Sport Fishing Reports
October 2006
Adam LaRosa reports:
Sorry for being off-line for a while but it has been a real hectic month of October and I got way behind in posting reports. We closed out the 2006 Canyon Season with 16 canyon trips in October between the two boats and some great fishing including limits of yellwfin, swords and big-eyes. Below are some of the October reports and pictures. All our reports and photos can be found at www.canyonrunner.com. There are still some fish out there and maybe some nice weather this week so good luck to anyone still headed out.
Capt Mark DeCabia and Capt Phil Dulanie did a quick turn around and had the Damien Romeo Charter out on Oct 16-17. They went right were they left off at the East Elbow and went straight to the chunk amongst the draggers, as the second rod was being let out it was ripped out of Mark's hands. For the next hour the boys put 6 yellowfin and 5 longfin in the boat. As the weather cooperated tonight, they decided to put it on the drift and put a few more yellowfin and longfin in the boat before midnight with one of the longfin pushing a little over 70 pounds. With plenty of tuna in the boat, the boys then decided to make a drift in the deep for a swordfish and it payed off but, came up short. They caught two swords before unfortunately too short to keep. At first light the bite started again as it has for the past few days and put a few more in the boat to top off the boxes.
Capt Phil Dulanie and Capt Mark DeCabia took the Dave Kirk Charter out on Oct 15-16 and headed right for the draggers up on the east elbow in the Hudson, upon arriving hearing there was a good troll bite they opted to troll around the draggers and put 3 yellows and 3 Longfin in the boat before sun down. The fish ate Bigeye clones, Canyon Runner Green Machine spreader bars and Naked ballyhoo. Due to the crowd, the decided to run 5 miles east of 100 square where they caught them the previous nights. Once the anchor came tight, they had there first shot of fish come through the slick and put 5 longfin in the boat. Over the next hour another shot of yellowfin came though and went 3 for 4 on 60 to 80lbers. At 9pm the tide swung around and lines were screamin to the bow with 24 oz of weight, opting not to fight the conditions they put it on the drift but did not get any more bites for the rest of the night. With a weary crew they headed for the barn at first light.
Capt. Phil Dulanie and Mark DeCabia took the Jeff Yapalater and John Collins charter out on the Canyon Runner Friday to Saturday and looking at the water temperature charters decided to head to the water between the Hudson and Dip. The got there early enought to put out the trolling rods and went 3 for 3 and 2 for 2 on nice longfin that ate Canyon Runner Squid Bars and Melton Cherry Jets and zuchini tuna clones. They decided to set up just on the edge on the hook and they immediately got the fish going on the chunk. They picked all night and put 12 yellowfin and 5 more longfin in the boat and released 2 yellowfin. The fish were eating live squid and fresh dead squid on circle hooks. They left to come home as soon as the sun came up.
Capt. Mark DeBlasio took the Rob Bertag charter out on the Hooked- Up II Monday to Tuesday and ran all the way down to the Wilmington Canyon looking for the water we had been fishing in for the last month. They found it late and anchored in 610 feet of 71 degree water. They very quickly put 7 nice yellowifn in the boat on live squid and 60 flouro shortly after arriving. Then they had the first huge run-off of the night when a big-eye grabbed a squid on 60 flouro. They fought that first big-eye for 30 minutes and put it in the boat it was 160 pounds gutted. The second big-eye came an hour later and quickly was put in the boat as it was tailed wrapped. It weighed 161 pounds gutted. They got one more yellowfin in the morning on the chunk.
Capt. Mark DeCabia took the Jaime Sawashi charter out on the Canyon Runner Monday to Tuesday and ran all the way down to the Wilmington Canyon looking for the water we had been fishing in for the last month. They found it late in the Wilmington. They anchored in 640 feet of 71 degree water after getting called in by Mark on the Hooked Up II. They caught 4 nice yellowfin on live squid and 60 flouro shortly after arriving and then had 2 huge run-offs when big-eyes came into the slick. They fought the first for 30 minutes before it chafed through 10 feet behind the boat, the second one was darted 20 feet under the water to ensure that one did not get away. That fish was 190 pounds and ate a live squid. They did not get anothe bite the rest of the night.
Capt. Mark DeCabia and Capt. Mark DeBlasio took the John Dale charter out on the Canyon Runner Monday to Tuesday and got a late start looking for the wind to lay down so they didn't get to the edge until 4pm. They went right to where they left off in 550 feet of water but found that the water had cooled so they put out a couple bonita plugs to troll fast to the south looking for the water and maybe a wahoo on the way but the weeds proved horrible to fish. They ended up running down south where they set up in 600 feet of water. They found a slow pick lasting all night long putting one fish in the boat an hour and lossing 8 other fish during the night. The fish ate almost exclusively live squid and jigs. The most productive baits were live squid down 120 feet on 60 flouro and jigs down 150 feet. They ended up going 13 for 20.
09/27-28/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Capt. Phil Dulanie and Capt. Mark DeCabia took the Paul Pedretti charter from Lincroft, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Wednesday to Thursday along with Mike Donohue Colts Neck, NJ, Kevin Lynch Warwick, NY, Scott Akin Kinnelon, NJ and went right to the chunk in 550 feet of water. They quickly got the tuna going wiht 4 in the boat before 9pm and a limit of 15 in the boat by Midnight. They continued to fish until 2pm and release another 10 yellowfin for a total of 25 for night and left to come home early at 2am. The fish we eating everything including the sword bait on 250 pound test leader. After midnight they were hand feeding them behind the boat on sardines and 60 pound flouro leader. Jigging again with the Penn 16VSX proved very successful as you usually got hit on the way down as soon as they started to read the fish come thru.
09/26-27/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Capt. Phil Dulanie and Capt. Mark DeCabia took the Joe Kay charter from Flemington, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Tuesday to Wednesday and got there early enough to put it on the troll. They put them in 3 miles inshore of the Toms and worked out to the tip. On that troll they pulled 2 nice yellowfin and a 60 pound wahoo that ate a bonita plug. They found a crowd in the Toms so they made a move several miles south where they set up on the chunk in 550 feet of water. They had a nice sword on immediately that they lost at the boat and starting picking yellowfin. The tuna picked away all night and they fought and lost two other swords. They ended the night with a total of 14 nice yellowfin in the 40-80 pound class and the wahoo.
Capt. Mark DeBlasio and mate Eddie Farrell took the John Delmarco charter from Hillsdale, NJ out on the Hooked-Up II and headed to the Toms Canyon to troll some fish inshore of the tip in 50 Fathoms. They put them in 3 miles short of the tip and began to troll yellowfin. They worked that area all afternoon going 4 for 8 on nice yellowfin in the 50-80 pound class and a nice 60 pound wahoo. The fish ate mostly Canyon Runner Green Machine Bars. They left that area to go off to the edge and worked northeast up the line until they read the fish and bait ending up north of the Toms in 600 feet of water and set up on hook. During the night they went 10 for 12 on nice 60-80 pound yellowfin on jigs and squid and also nailed 3 swords putting 2 nice ones in the boat with one pushing 160 pounds.
09/21-22/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Capt. Phil Dulanie and Capt. Mark DeCabia took the Steve Barry charter from Middletown,NJ out on the Canyon Runner Thursday/Friday and headed right down to the 100-square but found a ton of boats already set up and heard from the party boats that Wednesday night was not a good one at the square. With no place to drop in they headed south a little and found yellowfin on top and bait all over the recorder so they dropped in at 500 feet and immediately had a small sword that they released. They had a ton of bait around the boat all night and by 11pm got the fish going on hammered diamond jigs and squid on 60-flouro down 80-100 feet. The bite was best from 2am to 4:30am when they started to release as they were all boxed up. They finished the night with a 100 pound yellowfin at day break that they put in the boat in the fish bag. When the dust settle they had 19 yellowfin and 2 longfin in the boat and released another 10 tuna for a total of 31 for the evening.
09/18-19/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Capt. Phil Dulanie and Capt. Mark DeCabia took the Todd Polumbo charter from Darien, Conn out on the Canyon Runner Monday/Tuesday and headed right down to the 100-square dropping the hook in 600 feet of water. They did not have much going on until after 10pm when the fish started coming through the slick. They proceeded to get them going and had a nice steady pick putting 12 in the boat by 1am when they hooked a big sword. The battle with the sword lasted close to 2 hours and DeCabia eventually darted the 160-170 pound sword and put it in the boat. They got back on the yellowfin and boated another 7 yellowfin plus a longfin and released 2 others for a total of 21 tuna. The yellowfin ate live and dead squid and sardines. They also pulled a few fish on the 8 oz hammered jig.
Capt. Mark DeBlasio and mate Eddie Ferral took the Chad Lore charter out on the Hooked-Up II Monday/Tuesday and went right to the chunk down at the 100-square dropping the hook in 575 feet of water. They got them going early in the night and were boxed up with 21 yellowfin by 1am and released another 3 for a total of 24 for the night. They stayed the rest of the evening with just sword rods out on 250 leader and Owner Jobu hooks with big squid looking for that big swordie but no bites came. The yellowfin were 50-80 pounds and ate everything - squid, butters, sardines and jigs.
09/17-18/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Capt. Phil Dulanie and Capt. Mark DeCabia took the Elliot Braun charter out on the Canyon Runner Sunday/Monday and left early enough to do a little trolling. They put them in the water just inshore of the bombs where they started to pick a couple fish that turned out to be nicer yellowfin then they caught recently on the troll both pushing 80 pounds. The fish ate ballyhoo and tuna clones. It was not a hot bite so they picked up and headed down to the 100-square dropping the hook in 600 feet of water. They did not have much going on until after 11pm when the fish started coming through the slick. They proceeded to get them going and had a nice steady pick all night on live and dead squid and sardines. They also pulled a few fish on the 8 oz hammered jig. They were boxed up with 18 yellowfin in the 60-80 pound class and release 1 and lost only 2 for a total of 19 for 21 for the best average in a long time.
Capt. Mark DeBlasio and mate Eddie Ferral took the Bill Matyi charter out on the Hooked-Up II Sunday/Monday and left early enough to do a little trolling. They put them in the water just inshore of the bombs where they started to pick a couple fish boating one yellowfin and missing one. It was not a hot bite so they picked up and headed down to the 100-square dropping the hook in 550 feet of water. They did not have much going on until after 11pm when the fish started coming through the slick. They proceeded to get them going real good and had great pick all night on live and dead squid, sardines and butterfish. They also pulled a few fish on the 8 oz hammered jig. They were boxed up with yellowfin in the 60-80 pound class and then went into release mode getting a total of 27 yellowfin for the trip with 6 released.
09/15/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
On Thursday/Friday Captain Mark DeCabia and Captain Phil Dulanie had the Matt Lewis charter from Long Island, New York out to the Hudson Canyon and went right to the chunk down at the 100-square in 600 feet of water. They got their first bit at 8:00pm when the fish came through the slick and they pick until 10pm putting 5 yellowfin in the boat and believe it or not 1 35 pound wahoo on the chunk. They started a good pick around midnight and then it was on fire for the rest of the night. The charter was excellant on the rods and we ending up boating 19 big yellowfin in the 60-80 pound class plus a 120-pound Allison. In the early am by 4am the longfin started showing and they boated 5 longfin releasing another 11. The fish were eating almost anything last night including sardines, live and dead squid, and butterfish. The yellowfin were NOT however eating the jigs but the longfin were. They ended the night 36 for 50 on the tuna and 1 for 2 on wahoo as another one was lost at the boat. They said the night on the hook was not bad and the sun even came out in the morning.
On Thursday/Friday Captain Mark DeBlasio and Eddie Ferrel took the Otto Zeller charter from Long Island, New York out to the Hudson Canyon and got there early enough to troll 10 yellowfin (25-35 pounds) up at the tip and down the east wall. The yellowfin ate Canyon Runner Rainbow and Purple/Black Squid Bars and ballyhoo. They cut that off early and ran down to the 100-square and they sat in 575 feet of water. They got their first bit at 9:00pm when the fish came through the slick and they picked all night. The charter was excellant on the rods and we ending up boating 14 big yellowfin in the 60-80 pound class at night releasing (10 of them) for a total of 24 for the trip. The fish were eating almost anything last night including sardines, live and dead squid, and butterfish and hammered jigs. They said the night on the hook was not bad and the sun even came out in the morning.
09/13-14/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
On Wednesday Sept 13, Captain Mark DeCabia and Captain Phil Dulanie had the Tom Biliencki charter from New York out to the Hudson Canyon and despite a big ground swell found decent weather. They got out early enough to do some trolling up by the tip. They worked pods of bait and birds and pull 3 35-pound yellowfin on the troll on ballyhoo and Canyon Runner 9 inch rainbow squids. Wanting to get on the chunk before dark they only trolled until 6pm and then ran down the east wall to the mouth. They sat at in 600 feet of water. They got their first bit at 8:00pm when the fish came through the slick and they dropped down a jig and nailed one. They started a good pick around 1am and by 4am they had 9 in the boat. And then it really turned on. From 4am to 7am they caught 10 more and missed at least 10 more. The fish were eating almost exclusively sardines on 60 pound flouro down 60-80 feet. But they also started picking some fish on live squid and on butters when they came up behind the boat and they were hand feeding them. They also had a ton on jigs that they started working non-stop from 4am on. The yellowfin were from 40 to 75 pounds. Sea conditions were not bad as they had a ground swell but only a 2-3 foot chop on top. They finished up with 19 yellowfin (releasing 4) and fought a total of 41 yellowfin losing 22 for all shorts of reasons.
09/9-10/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
On Saturday Captain Mark DeCabia and Capt. Phil Dulanie had the Vin Valentino charter from Darien, Conn out to the Hudson Canyon and went right to the chunk right back at the 100-square. They sat in 600 feet of water. They got their first bit at 8:00pm when the fish came through the slick and they dropped down a jig and nailed one. They started a good pick around 11pm and it turned on solid at 2am. They had bites constantly the remainder of the night and ended the trip hooking 30 fish and missing 10 more. Out of the 30 they hooked they only boated 14.5 (one was eaten by a hammerhead). The fish were eating almost exclusively sardines on 60 pound flouro down 60-80 feet. They also had a ton on jigs that they started working non-stop. It may be sounding like a broken record but again the yellowfin favored sardines down 60-80 feet on 60 pound flouro and hammered diamond jigs. With a weary charter, the boys packed it in early and left to come home at 5am.
On Saturday Captain Mark DeBlasio had the Mike Lilanski charter out to the Hudson Canyon and went right to the chunk right back at the 100-square. They sat in 575 feet of 75 degree water. They got their first bit at 10:30pm when the tuna came under the boat and they dropped down a jig. They continued to have the tuna slowly come through the slick and picked all night long putting 10 yellowfin in the boat missing another 5. They had a sword rod down 150 feet all night and it went off 3 times - they boat 2 fish and one was released and one was boated in the 90 pound class. They spent the morning running from pot to pot as the charter wanted to pick mahis all morning and that they did. Again, sardines on 60 flouro and hammered jigs produced all the fish.
09/8-9/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
On Friday Captain Phil Dulanie and Mark DeCabia had the Carl Bloomfield charter (with a special appearance by Joe Scott) out to the Hudson Canyon and went right to the chunk right back at the 100-square. They sat in 650 feet of 75 degree water. They got their first bit at 8:30pm when a longfin nailed a sardine 60 feet down. They then had the sword rod go off and after a short fight put a nice 55 inch 90 pound sword in the boat. They then got into a slow pick of yellowfin for the rest of the night and ended with a flurry of longfin around 5 in the morning. They ended the night with 5 yellowfin and 3 longfin plus the sword. The yellowfin were 50-70 pounds. As soon as the sun rose, the boys dropped down and added a few tiles to the mix. It may be sounding like a broken record but again the yellowfin favored sardines down 60-80 feet on 60 pound flouro and hammared diamond jigs.
Adam LaRosa was on Vinny Gallo’s Gallant Lady with Canyon Runner crew members Brad Burgess, Billy Rowan, Mike Zajac, and Mike Gallo and ran out to the 100-square to get a night of chunking in. We anchored in 600 feet of water and got our first bite at 9:30pm on a sardine down 80 feet on 60 pound flouro. We then proceed to pick a fish every time they show on the recorded by either immediately dropping a jig down or adjusting the dead sticks to where they came through. Throughout the night we picked 8 yellowfin and 1 longfin and added a nice fat 58” 110 pound sword. The yellowfin were 50-80 pounds. In the morning we ran over to the west wall in 500 feet of water and picked 10 tilefish in 45 minutes from 5 to 20 pounds.
09/7-8/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
On Thursday Captain Phil Dulanie and Mark DeCabia had the Terry Miner charter from Connecticut out to the Hudson Canyon and went right to the chunk right back at the 100-square anchoring in 700 feet of water. They got there first bite at 9:30pm when Mark read a fish come through and they drop the jig down and immediately had one on. They then quickly boated 3 more 50-70 pound yellowfin on the jigs. They are using 6-10 ounce hammered jigs fished on Penn 16VSX. That slowed until the sword rod went off and they proceeded to fight the sword (that turned out to be foul hooked) for 3 hours putting it in the boat at 4:30am. The sword weighed 140 pounds. They got into a nice pick there after boating 5 more yellowfin. The lost another 8 tuna as well. The yellowfin favored sardines down 60-80 feet on 60 pound flouro.
Captain Mark DeBlasio had the Hooked Up 2 out to the Hudson on Thursday with the Kevin Corradino charter from Brick, NJ and went right back to the 100-square going right to the chunk. He did not get a bite until 11am and then proceed to pick away at yellowfin putting 8 in the boat from 50-70 pounds and going 2 for 3 on swordfish that were released. Once again, hammered 10 ounce diamond jigs and sardines on 60 pound flouro caught best. They also lost another 10 yellowfin as the fish seem to be fighting extremely hard probably due to the full moon and the charters are having a tough time handling them.
Week of Sept. 5
Adam LaRosa reports:
Monday/Tuesday - Captain Phil Dulanie and Captain Mark DeCabie took the Dr. John Bednar charter from Cherry Hill, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Monday for an overnighter after sitting at the dock for a week and half and cancelling 8 overnighter in a row. They had a decent water temp shot and headed back to where we finished up last as decent water still looked to be in the area. 40 miles short they got a call from Mark DeBlasio on the Hooked Up 2 that a boat had some fish on the troll inshore of the tip of the Toms so they changed course and headed right there. They put the lines in the water 5 miles short of the Toms. They trolled from 1pm to 7pm and put 6 yellowfin in the boat from 35 to 70 pounds. The fish ate Canyon Runner Green Machine Bars, Melton Jets and Tuna Clones. They decided to drop the hook there in 380 feet of water and chunked hard all night. Unfortunately the tuna did not continue to bite and the only shot they had was a 30 pound Sword that they released. The charter had to get home early to catch a plane so they headed home at first light with 6 yellowfin. We cancelled tonight but hopefully will be back out tomorrow.
Wednesday/Thursday - Captain Phil Dulanie and Captain Mark DeCabia took the Brian Garvello charter out to the HudsonCanyon and put them in just inshore of the Bombs and immediately had fish on. They picked two nice longfin right there on Canyon Runner Squid Bars and tuna clones. They worked that area for a while but could not get another bite. They got a call from Capt. Mark DeBlasio who was working the east wall across from the bombs and started picking longfin over there so they picked em up and ran to him where they picked a nice 70 pound yellowfin and lost another. Those fish ate ballyhoo and a Canyon Runner Green Machine Bar. They worked that area for another hour but did not get anymore bites so they set up early for on the chunk. On the hook at night the fish started showing up around mid-night and it got real good from 2-5am. They had fish both jigging and on the meat but live squid as always seemed to produce best. They were fishing mostly 60 pound flouro on 8 ounces of weight and had most of the bites from 60-80 feet down. Hammered diamond jigs worked best on the jig rods. They also landed a nice 130 pound Sword after a short fight that had the sword wrapped on the running gear twice but both times they got it out. When the bite was over a 5am they had a total for the trip of 14 yellowfin and 2 longfin in the boat plus the sword. They lost another 15 yellowfin at night on the chunk. All the yellowfin on the chunk were nice 70-pound fish.
Wednesday/Thursday - Captain Mark DeBlasio had the Kieth Ortner charter from Philadelphia out on the Hooked Up Two and ran right to the east wall of the Hudson where we heard of a good bite on Monday. He found the fish after about 2 hours of trolling and picked 2 longfin and 2 yellowfin on the afternoon troll. Green Machines, Green Machine Spreader Bars and Ballyhoo worked best. Capt. DeBlasio set up around 9:30pm on the chunk and had fish coming through the slick shortly thereafter. They got their first bite around 11pm and then picked fish until 2am when it turned on for them. The ended the night losing 15 fish as well and boating a total of 12 during the night. They also went 2 for 3 on Swords that were released. The fish were jigged and taken on bait and live squid and sardines were the bait of choice. All the yellowfin taken on the chunk were nice 70-pound fish. Most of the bites came 60-80 feet down on 60 pound flouro.
08/23-25/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Capt. Mark DeBlasio and mate Eddie Farrell took the Rich Alverdo and Lance Seeton charter from Philadelphia out on the Hooked Up II Thursday and arrived on the edge between the Hudson and Toms and they had yellowfin up on top and got them to bite immediately. Trolling Canyon Runner Green Machine Spreader Bars, Green Machines behind birds, and zucchini tuna clones and ballyhoo. They put 8 yellowifn in the boat on the troll from 2pm to 6pm and Rich’s girlfriend Megan fought a blue marlin in the 175 pound class to within 5 feet of the leader before the hooked pulled. They set up just inshore in 500 feet of water and had fish immediately and caught another 20 fish (they kept their limit and released the rest). All the fish on the chunk were in the 30-50 pound class and squid on 60 pound flouro was the key as well as alot of fish being taken on hammered diamond jigs.
Both Capts Phil Dulanie and Mark DeBlasio took the Canyon Runner and Hooked Up 2 back out to the area they've been fishing between the Hudson and the Toms Canyons and got half way there Friday afternoon and the wind came up. The forecast had been for it to hold off until Saturday but it came on strong. With the fishing so good and the weather only providing for an uncomfortable 3-5 with an occasional 6 footer they keep going and put it on the troll halfway between the Hudson and the Toms. The troll bite was not hot as they could not longer site fish but Phil ended the afternoon with 3 yellowfin and Mark released a white and had a yellowfin. On the chunk Capt. Mark sat at 500 feet and Capt. Phil sat a mile south in 550 feet again halfway between the Hudson and Toms. Mark picked 5 yellowfin on the night chunk plus a small sword that he released and Capt. Phil only had 1. The wind really came up in the middle of the night and with some meat in the boat and some sick folks on the boat they came home at first light.
08/23-24/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Capt. Phil Dulanie and Capt. Mark DeCabia and mate Mike Zajac took the Frank Cardaci charter from Farmingdale out on the Canyon Runner Thursday to Friday leaving a little late as we had a minor engine repair to take care of and they arrived on the edge latter in the afternoon. However as soon as they got there half way between the Hudson and the Toms in 200 fathoms they had yellowfin up on top and got them to bite immediately. Trolling Canyon Runner Green Machine Spreader Bars, Green Machines behind birds, and zucchini tuna clones. There first 4 fish on the troll were nice 60-70 pound yellowfin and then they got hammered by a big Allison that ate a Green Machine Spreader Bar. The fight lasted 1 hour 20 minutes and DeCabia darted it - back at the dock it weighed 201 pounds. They pulled one more nice yellowfin on the troll and they set up just inshore on the chunk and had fish immediately and put another 12 fish in the boat limiting out by 1am and ended with 18 yellowfin including the Allison. All the fish on the chunk were nice fish this time with most of the fish 50-70 pounds and a couple were pushing 90 pounds.
08/22-23/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Capt. Phil Dulanie and Mark DeCabia and Mike Zajac had the Todd Polumbo charter from Darian, Conn out Tuesday to Wednesday and went right back to where they finished up on the chunk half way between the Hudson and Toms Canyon in 500 feet of water and put the lines in the water on the troll as they had the yellowfin up on top. Unfortunately those fish did not bite so they headed off to 300 fathoms and joined a small fleet that had Capt. Mark DeBlasio and the Hooked Up 2 in it and that fleet had a good bite before Phil got into it and he only pulled 1 70 pound yellowfin out of it in 2 hours of trolling. They ran back in to 500 feet and set up for the chunk. The huge hoards of squid were back again and it did not take long for the tuna to find them. Jigging and live squid was all it took to get the bite going and by 2:30am they had 22 yellowfin in the boat. From then on they released the rest and by 6am had a total of 46 yellowfin to their credit for the night with 24 released and were on their way back home.
Capt. Mark DeBlasio took the Steve Roberts from Philadelphia charter out Tuesday to Wednesday on the Hooked Up 2 and went right back to where they finished up on the troll Monday night in 300 fathoms between the Toms and Hudson and put the lines in the water on the troll as they had the yellowfin up on top immediately. From 2pm to 5pm they got into a nice pick of fish putting 9 in the boat. Again the fish favored Canyon Runner Green Machine Bars and Ballyhoo. The bite turned off around 5pm and eventually they ran back inshore and set up on the chunk in 500 feet of water. The huge hoards of squid were back again and it did not take long for the tuna to find them. From 9pm to 1pm they had 12 yellowfin (releasing a few) and then they hooked something big at 1pm on 60 pound flouro leader on a Penn International 16VSX. They ended up fighting it until 7am in the morning and finally broke him off. It hit like a sword but never jumped once. They think it was a huge sword but never got a good look at it. With everyone on the boat spent from the epic battle and 21 yellowfin to their credit they decided to come home. As they were leaving they had yellowfin busting the water all around them.
08/20-21/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Capt. Phil Dulanie and Capt. Mark DeCabia along with mate Mike Zajac took the Dave Miguel charter out Monday on an overnighter and got called in by Capt. Mark DeBlasio who left 2 hours earlier and was already right back where they finished up on Saturday. DeBlasio already had 7 in the boat when Dulanie arrived but the bite stayed on for a while and Miguel and his charter went 5 for 6 on the troll. The fish were all nice yellowfin in the 50-75 pound class. The fish were eating Canyon Runner Green Machine bars, bonita plugs, ballyhoo skirted with moldcraft chuggers. Capt. Dulanie ran into the edge in 500 feet of water to set up on the chunk. As soon as the lights came on they had tons and tons of squid around the boat and it was not long before the first bite came on 60 pound flouro and a live squid at 80 feet. They had a real good pick going all night with the best of it from 11pm to 1am and took a bunch of fish on jigs as well as live squid. They ended the evening early at 4:30am going 14 for 16 on 30-45 pound yellowfin on the chunk. In all total they ended the trip with 19 yellowfin (releasing 4).
Capt. Mark DeBlasio was back at it Monday on an overnighter on the Hooked-Up 2 and ran back to where we were Saturday in 300 fathoms of water and found the fish back on top. Trolling that area with the Jim Sullivan charter from Prudential they got into a great bite of nice size yellowfin in the 40-70 pound class and in 2 hours of trolling put 14 yellowfin in the boat. The fish ate Canyon Runner Green Machine bars, bonita plugs, and ballyhoo skirts with mini-mambas(green). The tuna bite slowed day after 4pm as all he did was pick another yellowfin but the marlin bite turned on. They first went 1 for 2 on white marlin releasing one that ate a green machine and then a nice blue marlin crashed the pattern. It missed the baits in tight and ended up hanging itself on a green machine behind a bird long down the middle. They fought the blue for 45 minutes and ended up with the release of the 350-400 pound Blue. Instead of staying the night with a great catch already in the boat they left to come early and got back to the dock in the middle of the night with 15 40-70 pound yellowfin on ice and a Blue Marlin and White Marlin release.
08/18-19/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Capt. Phil Dulanie and Capt. Mark DeCabia along with mate Mike Zajac had the Doug Robbins charter out Friday to Saturday on their 3rd turn around in a row and went right back out to the water between the Hudson and the Toms arriving at 10pm and going right to the chuck. They anchored up in 500 feet of 77 degree water and started the slick. They deployed dead sticks working lines and jigging rods and chunked hard all night and finally got a bite at 2pm putting 2 for 3 yellowfin up to 50 pounds in the boat. At 4pm they had another shot and went 3 for 4 losing the biggest fish of the night which was close to 100 pounds on a jig right next to the boat. Up on the troll in the morning they worked south to get away from the fleet and found the yellowfin up on top in 300 fathoms went 3 for 3 on Canyon Runner Zucchini Squid Bars and tuna clones. They worked that area for 4 hours and had the fish up a couple more times but did not get another bite.
08/17-18/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Capt. Phil Dulanie and Capt. Mark DeCabia along with mate Mike Zajac took the Damien Romeo charter out to the Hudson Thursday to Friday for an overnighter and reached the southwest corner of 100 fathom line around 6pm then ran 3 more miles off the edge until they found nicer water. They put it on the troll there and then trolled down to Mark DeBlasio who had just boated a longfin. Once they got there they had all the life and bait they wanted but could not raise a tuna to the pattern. At 9pm they headed into the edge back in at 100 fathoms and set up for the night chunk. They chuncked hard in there and finally got a good chunk bite going on live squid and sardines on 60 pound flouro. By 4am they had gone 8 for 12 on 30-50 pound yellowfin and put a nice 140 pound mako in the boat. The charter then informed them that they wanted to catch a marlin so they got up on the troll early at 4:30am and by 6am they did a double on white marlin back offshore in 300 fathoms of 78.5 degree water. Just before ending the trip at 8am they hooked another white and released that as well going 3 for 4 on white in just a few hours of trolling.
Capt. Mark DeBlasio had Lane out on an overnighter Thursday to Friday on the Hooked Up 2 and headed out to where Phil finished up on Thursday morning just south of the Hudson Canyon in 300 fathoms of 78.5 degree water and found the nice water and picked 1 yellowfin and missed two trolling from 2pm to 8pm and went 1 for 2 on white marlin. But again like with our buddy Wednesday the fish came up for Mark late at 8:30pm and he went 6 for 7 on big yellowfin from 60-110 pounds. The fish ate everything but Canyon Runner Green Machine bars and Purple/Black squid were attacked along with a green machine behind a bird and ballyhoo. The shot of 6 tuna were in 250 fathoms. Capt. Mark decided to drift there for the night but did not get a bite on the chunk. Up on the troll in the morning he quickly went 2 for 3 on whites and then around 8am got another barrage of yellowfin going 6 for 8 on again nice yellowfin up to 110 pounds. Again they ate almost everything in the pattern. Mark and came home with 3 whites and 13 yellowfin including 2 over 100 pounds.
08/16-17/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Capt Mark DeBlasio was offshore on a day troll Wednesday and hit the Hudson Canyon only to find green water and no life. He proceeded to head out to the 500 fathom tongue and then northeast towards the 500 fathoms of the dip. Half way in between the two canyons on the 500 he had a ton of life - birds, whales and bait and picked one yellowfin on a green machine but did not get any repeats to he kept heading north. He made it all the way into the Dip and then inshore to the 100 fathom line without another bite so he turned back and headed back to where he had his one bite to finish up the trip. Just short of there in 300 fathoms he found the tuna and from 4pm to 6pm had over 20 bites putting 10 nice yellowfin in the 40-70 pound class in the boat. The fish ate almost anything but Canyon Runner Mini-Mamba Spreader Bars, Green Machine Bars and Ballyhoo seemed to produce the best.
Capt. Phil Dulanie and Capt. Mark DeCabia with mate Mike Zajac took the Bill Stevens charter out Wednesday to the Hudson Canyon and just kept going until they found nice water. They made it all the way to the tip of the 500 fathom tongue and put the lines in the water. They trolled down the west wall of the 500 fathom line to the southwest corner of the mouth and turned around to where they found the best water on the west wall of the 500 fathom tongue half way between the tip and the mouth. They had the tuna up on top and had a bunch of white marlin in the pattern from 5pm to 8pm but they only produced one white. They ended up calling in a couple boats and those boats got tuna including one boat with 6 yellowfin and 4 longfin in the afternoon troll. They set up on the drift right there for the night chunk and ended up the night without a touch and had to come home to do a turn around. The boat that stayed put a 5 bagger of yellowfin in the boat so the fish were definitely there.
08/13-14/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Capts. Phil Dulanie and Mark DeCabia and mate Mike Zajac took the Brian Bonnett charter out to the Hudson Canyon Sunday for an overnighter and found the whales, water, bait and tuna in on the west elbow of the Hudson. However, with all that life (including seeing the yellowfin busting water up on top) they only managed to pull 3 60 pound yellowfin out of there on the troll in the afternoon when those fish moved over to the east elbow. Those fish ate Zucchini Tuna Clones and Canyon Runner 9 inch Zucchini Spreader Bars. They decided to drift that area at night because of all the life but when the wind came up to 25 knots they dropped the hook and spent the night at anchor. At night they did not get a bite on the tuna but did have an 80 pound swordfish that unfortunately pulled the hook at the boat. The group spent the morning trolling over the east wall out to the 100-square where they pick one yellowfin but did not get another touch the rest of the trip. That fish ate a ballyhoo/moldcraft combo.
08/12-13/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Capt. Mark DeBlasio took the Jim Conlin charter out this Saturday to Sunday and should have stayed at the dock. They decided to follow the water south from the Carteret into the Lindencohl so they set up on the troll just north of the Lindencohl in 400 feet of water and worked out to the edge then down into the Canyon all over both walls and the mouth without a bite. They then kept moving south hoping to find good water and fish but to no avail. They wound up in the Spencer and just before dark went 0 for 2 on the troll so decided to set up there. They did nothing all night long and again all morning long and ended up heading home without a fish in the box.
08/10-11/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captain Phil Dulanie and Captain Mark DeCabia had the Jeff Hardimon charter out with just Jeff and his 12 year old son on the Canyon Runner Wednesday to Thursday and headed to the Carteret Canyon as the water they were fishing in in the Toms Canyon appeared to slide south after looking at the chlorophyll charts. They pulled into the canyon for the afternoon troll and had yellowfin busting the surface all around them and stayed on the troll into the dark trying to get a bite and finally got one at 9:30pm but it was only 1 longfin. They set up on the chunk in 600 feet of water and quickly put a yellowfin in the boat but did not get a bite going and were about to move over to Capt. Mark DeBlasio slick when a ton of mahi came around the boat and Jeff and his sondid not want to leave. Instead they played with the mahi for the next 3 hours catching all they wanted up to 20 pounds on light tackle while Phil and Mark were dying listening to DeBlasio load up on yellowfin. In the morning they got up on the troll and got into a real nice pick of 40-80 pound yellowfin putting 9 in the boat on Canyon Runner Mini-Mamba bars, ballyhoo and Melton Jets.
Capt. Mark DeBlasio was is running the Hooked Up II out of Manasquan Inlet with our overflow charters had the Mike Lilanski charter out on Wednesday to Thursday and the flags were flying!! They headed to the Carteret Canyon as the water they were fishing in in the Toms Canyon appeared to slide south after looking at the chlorophyll charts. They pulled into the canyon for the afternoon troll and had yellowfin busting the surface all around them but they could not do anything with them on the troll so they set up for the chunk at 7pm. They got their first bite around 10pm and had non-stop action the entire night with a hot bite from 4-6pm. They ended up with 16 yellowfin on the chunk. Up on the troll in the morning they picked another 4 yellowfin and headed home with 20 to their credit.
08/06-07/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captains Phil Dulanie and Mark DeCabia and mate Billy Rown took the Kevin Stybe charter out to the Toms on Sunday for and overnighter and went right to the chuck on the anchor. The squid were 200 feet down and they were catching 6 squid on 3 jigs at a time all night long. They got their first fish was at 12 and then a bite every 30 minutes and finished the night going 5 for 7 and missed a few others. Up on the troll in the morning they trolled the same numbers in there at first light caught a 60lber trolling right away on a tuna clone and then at 11am went 3 for 3 on 50 to 65 lber's on zuchini 9 inch spreader bars and melton cherry jet in addition caught a few mahis around the pots. Not a bad trip for 4 ladies and one gentleman that made up the charter ending up with 9 nice yellowfin.
Capt Phil Dulanie and Mark DeCabia had the Derick Tiejten charter out on Saturdayand went back to the dip but did not get there until 10pm so they went right to the chunk. THE CHUNK BITE WAS SLOW AGAIN BUT THEY DID END UP GOING 1 FOR 3 ON 60 POUND YELLOWFIN THAT ATE LIVE SQUID. UP ON THE TROLL IN THE MONRING THEY FOUND A SLOW TROLL BITE UNTIL THE WORKED a little to the south WHERE THE BITE TURNED ON AND THEY ENDED UP WITH 5 LONGFIN AND 3 YELLOWFIN. THEY FOUND THE FISH BITING MOSTLY GREEN MACHINE AND MAMBA SPREADER BARS AND BALLYHOO. THE BEST ACTION WAS FROM 10AM TO 1PM WHEN THEY HAD TO PICK EM UP AND HEAD HOME FOR THE NEXT CHARTER but still ended the day with 9 tuna in the boat.
Captain Phil Dulanie and Captain Mark DeCabia took the Canyon Runner out to the Dip on Friday with the Rob Crespi charter and put the lines in the water at 7pm. They trolled east but not for long as the first fish was quickly put in the boat and then they proceeded to go 7 for 9 on 30-60 pound yellowfin over the next 2 hours. The action was non-stop and the fish literally hit everything we had including Canyon Runner bars, ballyhoo, jets and tuna clones. The night bite was non-existant except for one yellowfin that was lost at the boat. Up on the troll in the morning working to the west and inshore they boated another 9 yellowfin for a total of 16 for the day. Again, anything they pulled worked. In addition they hooked a 400+ pound blue marlin that nearly stripped a 50W then broke off.
Captain Mark DeBlasio had the 55' Hooked Up 2 out on Friday and also headed to the Dip and put them in the water around 2pm and worked the rest of the afternoon looking for the fish. He found them 10 miles west of the Dip. The charter put 7 yellowfin in the boat on the troll but had a little better success on the chunk boating 2 for 4 on yellowfin at night. Up on the troll in the morning Capt. Mark worked the same area and boated another 12 yellowfin and had twice as many bites. He also hooked and lost a big fish - perhaps a blue - as it stripped a 30W. Their best action was on Green Machine and Green Machine spreader bars along with Mini-mamba bars and ballyhoo and they finished up with 22 yellowfin.
Captain Mark DeBlasio has the 55' Custom Carolina Hooked Up 2 running out of Manasquan Inlet for the rest of the season with and started out Wednesday with the Sal LaFarge charter to the Hudson Canyon putting the lines in the water at the tip at 2pm and worked all the way down to the mouth on the west wall before getting the first bite of the day at 5pm putting a longfin in the boat that ate a ballyhoo. They then worked over to the east wall at and nailed another longfin on a Canyon Runner 9inch Spreader bar. They had no more bites on the troll and set up for the chunk right at the 100-square with out a bite. Up on the troll in the morning they worked back over to where they had the bites the day before with nothing so they worked up the West Wall and just before leaving went 2 for 3 on 50 pound yellowfin. Those fish ate Canyon Runner Mini-Mamba bars in blue/white and ballyhoo with green/yellow skirts. In addition to the 4 tuna they had 12 mahi off the pots.
Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Mike Zajac and Mark DeCabia took the George Reese charter out to the Hudson Canyon and set up on the troll at the bombs around 3pm and worked everywhere (tip, east wall, west wall, 150/050, 200/100) and did not get a tuna bite. They did put a few mahi in the boat and set up on the drift at the southwest where they pulled a 20 pound sword which they released. Up on the troll in the morning they again worked everywhere and they moved inshore to the 50 fathom line at where they got into a quick pick of 3 yellowfin and 1 longfin. The fish ate tuna clones, Canyon Runner Blue/Silver mini-mamba bars and ballyhoo. They fished until 1pm on Thursday and then came home with the 4 tuna, sword release and mahi.
Captain Phil Dulanie and Captain Mark DeCabia along with mate Mike Zajac left Monday for an overnighter and headed to the Toms Canyon. They spend the afternoon trolling the tip down both walls and out to the 500 tip without a bite. They then turned north and hit the 100 fathom line to head up to the Hudson Canyon. By night fall they were sitting at 26150/43050 on the drift and picked a few blue sharks and a 40 pound mako and a hammerhead at night, all released, but no tuna. Up on the troll in the morning on Tuesday they worked up to west elbow and got their first shot of tuna going 3 for 5 on 40-50 pound yellowfin. They work from there to the bombs and back again for the next 4 hours and ended the trip going 7 for 13. In addition they also released a white marlin and boated a 25 pound mahi. The action on the tuna was on 9 inch rainbow bars, tuna clones and ballyhoo.
07/25-26/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captains Phil Dulanie and Mark DeCabia along with mate Mike Gallo had the Matt Cerino charter out on the Canyon Runner for a Tuesday/Wednesday overnighter. The ride out right into the teeth of a 20 knot SE wind was not fun and they did not get to the Lindencohl until 8:30pm so they went right to the chunk. They had more squid then they’ve seen in years and ended up filling a cooler with them. In addition they pulled a dozen mahi out of the slick but had no tuna bites. Up on the troll at 5am they quickly went 3 for 3 on 20-30 pound yellowfin at the Lindy and then worked off to the deep where they pulled 3 big longfin in the 50-55 pound class. Unfortunately the third longfin did not make it in the boat as a huge tiger shark got it instead. They worked that area for a while and they moved inshore where they did a couple more singles on yellowfin and then went 7 for 9 again on 20-30 pound yellowfin and missed a white. The tuna ate Canyon Runner 9 Inch Rainbow Bars and Ballyhoo.
07/24-25/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captain Phil Dulanie and Captain Mark DeCabia along with mate Mike Zajac took the Joe Borofski charter out to the Hudson Canyon Monday and despite leaving late due to one of the charter being late they still found some fish that evening after putting the lines in the water at 4:30pm. They started on the edge and started trolled to the deep where Offshore Satelite Services had some nice water. Half way there they ran over a couple 100 pound yellowfin and got one and missed one. They ate ballyhoo. They worked that area a little then kept moving east to where they missed another tuna and nailed a nice white marlin on a bonita plug and picked a mahi. They set up on the drift right where they missed the last tuna and a shortly thereafter got their first tuna bite of the night on the chunk. They quickly put a 110 pound yellowfin in the boat, lost a 130 pounder at the boat and boat another 100+ pounder right after. The action took place between 10pm and 11:30pm. They did not have another bite and were up on the troll at 4:30am looking for a shot of longfin or big-eye but nothing came up. They did miss another white right before heading home.
07/19/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captains Phil Dulanie and Mark DeCabia along with Mike Zajac took the Mike Walsh charter out to the Hudson Canyon on Wednesday to look for a better bite of tuna a little closer to home. They left behind the string of thunderstorms that came through Tuesday night and made a slow treck to 3 miles west of the bombs where they put them in the water at 6:30am. They trolled across to the east wall down to the elbow and out to the 100-square without a bite. They decided to give the west wall a look over and crossing over right at the tip of the 500 fathom line they had an 8 bagger of yellowfin putting 6 in the boat between 20 and 45 pounds. They obviously hit everything and 3 were 30-40 pounds 2 were 20 pounds and 1 was released as a short. They did not produce again dispite working that area for an hour and then worked over to the west wall to drift for tiles where the pulled just one. They went back on the troll and right at the west elbow had another shot of half a dozen fish but not one of them stayed on the line. They did see the fish come up on the flat lines during that second shot and they were 40 pound fish.
07/18/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captains Phil Dulanie and Mark DeCabia along with mate Mike Zajac took the Frank Baran charter out on Tuesday to the Wilmington Canyon and put the lines in the water at 5am. They had their first bite at 7am and nailed a 5 banger of yellowfin keeper two and releasing 3 small ones. They made another pass and hooked up on a better yellwofin but pulled the hook after 5 minutes. These yellowfin ate 9 inch Canyon Runner Rainbow Bars, ballyhoo and the biggest hit the big-eye tuna clone. They then found a piece of wood and pulled a 25 pound mahi and a 15 pound mahi bull and cow off the board. They had nothing else until 1:45pm when Mark spotted a slick and a bunch of birds and nailed a 50 pound yellowfin on the tuna clone. As they took the boat out of gear they saw a white on the Squid Bar and Mike pulled the bar away from the white and dropped back a blue/white Ilander Ballyhoo combo and nailed the white. The charter quicked reeled it to the boat and they got the official release as well as put the yellowfin in the boat.
07/17/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captains Phil Dulanie and Mark DeCabia along with mate Mike Zajac took the Mike George charter out on Monday to the Spencer Canyon and put the lines in the water at 5am. They put their first fish, a 20 pound yellowfin, in the boat off a 9 inch Canyon Runner Rainbow Bar at the tip of the Spencer. They worked from there down to the south where a white came up on a Canyon Runner Rainbow Bar and Mark cranked the bar away from the white and dropped back the closest bait which happend to be a Melton Cherry Jet and baited the white on the jet - a little luck was involved on that one. They ended up releasing the 60 pound white. They moved south to try to get in on a little bite in the Wilmington and before getting there came across an 8 foot board and proceeded to pull 3 huge mahi of 34, 25, & 20 pounds in addition to 10 smaller ones. They moved to the east tip where another white malrin came up on the another 9 inch Canyon Runner Rainbow Bar (each of these whites came up on bars trolled from the tip rigger). Mike pulled the bar away from the white and dropped back the long flat which had a ballyhoo/Ilander combo on it and baited the second whtie of the day. This one was also released and was every bit of 80 pounds.
07/16/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captains Phil Dulanie and Mark DeCabia and mate Mike Gallo took the Paul Stevenson charter back out to the Spencer Canyon on Sunday and tried to stay away from the crowd while working just inshore of the edge most of the morning. Up on the troll at 4:30am they started to pick fish in around the 50 fathom line and missed a couple and landed a couple before the bite shut off around 9am. It was by no means a hot bite as they only put 4 yellwofin in the boat but half the fish were solid 50 pounders. Most of the fish ate ballyhoo and Canyon Runner Jets. They did not get another bite after 9am.
07/15/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
The Canyon Runner Crew consisting of Brad Burgess, Capt. Mark DeCabia, Adam LaRosa, Mike Gallo, Billy Rowan and Capt. Phil Dulanie took guests John Timken and Matt Hannifee out to the Spencer Canyon on Saturday and were greeting with a few more boats than we would like to see but manageable for a weekend. A slow bite did materialize and included some bigger fish. The first fish of the day ended up the biggest at 75 pounds and ate a Canyon Runner 9” Rainbow bar. The rest of the fish were taken on ballyhoo and jets. We ended the day with a 40 pounder and 3 small yellowfin and pulled the hook on another nice one that appeared to be snagged.
07/14/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captains Phil Dulanie and Mark DeCabia and mate Mike Gallo took the Scott Miller charter out to the Lindencohl Friday to look for a better body of fish and may have found them. Trolling the west wall they had their first shot of yellowfin at 7am and put 3 in the boat. They worked that area for a few hours and then back to the tip where they started picking a couple more yellowfin and added a bunch of mahi including a 25 pounder pulled from under a board. They then moved inshore to 50 fathom line and they got covered up with 8 yellowfin putting 6 in the boat for a total of 11 so far. The tuna were eating Canyon Runner blue/silver mini-mamba bars, ballyhoo, zuchini big-eye tuna clones and Canyon Runner Jets. The rest of the day was spent inshoreand they ended up picking a couple more small yellowfin and finished up with a few more mahi but again it seemed like the bite is best early in the morning and then let's up early.
07/11/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
After cancelling yet more trips due to weather Sunday and Monday (and off on Saturday) we finally got out Tuesday with the Jim Dunlap charter from Boston, Mass. Captains Phil Dulanie and Mark DeCabia and mate Mike Zajac headed off to the Toms Canyon and stopped inshore as they saw some bird life and read some bait. Setting up they had a couple quick bites but could not hold on to the fish. The worked that area for a short time then headed off where they went 4 for 4 on 20-30 pound yellowfin and made a turn and went 2 for 3 again. Those fish ate 9 inch rainbow Canyon Runner Squid Bars, ballyhoo and jets. They worked that area for awhile but never got another bite. They moved over to the east wall and started picking dolphin off the pots adding a bunch to the catch but no more tuna bites.
07/07/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captains Mark DeCabia, Mark DeBlasio and Phil Dulanie took the Craig Stires charter right back out to the Toms Canyon Friday and started right at the tip at 6:30am. They worked out to east corner and started to pick some fish. The went 3 for 5 on yellowfin from 20-50 pounds added a mahi and caught and released a white marlin. The yellowfin favored 9 inch rainbow squid bars, and zuchinni tuna clones, and the white and mahi ate ballyhoo. They worked that area for a while picking another yellowfin and then moved inshore where they hooked up 10 yellowfin at once. With only a 3 man charter there were a few pulled hooks and other mistakes - they ended up putting 4 nice 40-50 pound yellowfin in the boat and had 7 yellowfin altogether as of 9am. The rest of the day was spent inshore as a couple other yellowfin were boated and released but no other nice yellowfin were taken. Seems like the best bites have been early in the morning.
07/06/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captains Mark DeBlasio, Mark DeCabia and Phil Dulanie had the Chris Hempstead and John Deno charter offshore Thursday and decided to head south of the Hudson towards the Toms Canyon. It was a long slow ride out in thunderstorms and a big swell out of the south so they did not put the lines in the water until 7:30am. They started 5 miles inshore of the edge on the 50 fathom line as they saw some life but nothing happened as they worked their way to the edge and out to the deep. They then got their first bite in 1200 feet of water when longfin came up and tried to eat all nine baits. They ended up boating four and they ate Canyon Runner 6 inch purple/black Spreader Bar, Blue/White Jet, Zuchinni Tuna Clone and a ballyhoo/jet combo. They worked that area to death but never got another bite. They headed back to the 100 fathom line and down the edge and had alot of life but again no more bites. They worked their way back into the 50 fathom line where they started and had a couple shots of small yellowfin putting 2 in the boat Those yellowfin ate Zuchinni Tuna Clones and a Ballyhoo/jet combo. They end the day with the 6 tuna on ice.
06/30/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captain Phil Dulanie, Capt. Mark DeBlasio, and Capt. Mark DeCabia took the Damien Romeo out to the Hudson canyon Friday morning and stopped just west of the Texas Tower as they saw a bunch of life (birds, skipjack) and trolled for an hour without a bite and so picked up and headed to the tip. The trolled the tip and then down the east wall for and hour but the water was greenish in color and as they trolled further down the wall it keep getting worse so they pulled in the lines and headed to the deep and finally found some nice fish around 7pm. From 7pm to 8:30pm they went 2 for 4 on nice yellowfin from 40-80 pounds and put a 150 pound Bluefin in the boat. All the bites came on Canyon Runner Spreader Bars with 9 inch purple/black squid accounting for all the fish except one yellowfin that ate a green Canyon Runner Mini-Mamba Bar. After they put the bluefin in the boat the charter said they had enough as those were the biggest fish they ever saw and wanted to get home early to start their holiday weekend after only 4 hours of trolling on a 24 hour overnighter. We did convince them to stay the night and ended up missing another bluefin on a mackeral set at 150 feet and came home at first light.
06/26/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Hearing that the weather offshore was actually nice we decided to try to sneak in a one day canyon trip on Monday with the Charles Follo charter. Unfortunately we should have stayed at the dock as we would have caught just as many tuna there. A slow ride out into the south southeast wind had them arrive at the Toms Canyon at 6:30 and they trolled from the Toms to the Hendrickson Canyon without a touch. They then trolled the 500 Fathom line south and then moved inshore to the 100 line to the Lindencohl and up on the edge to the 50 fathom line without a bite. Looks like we won't get back out again until Thursday or Friday. Hopefully something arives by then.
06/20-21/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captains Phil Dulanie and Mark DeCabia and mate Mike Zajac got a break in the weather and headed out Wednesday on an overnighter with the John Post charter Wednesday to Thursday. They headed to the Husdon Canyon and stopped short on the west elbow as the spotted bluefin on the surface. A few passes produced nothing so they picked up and headed off. They set up on the troll and worked offshore to the 500 fathom tongue and finally go a bite going 3 for 4 on small yellwofin keeping 2 and releasing one. The fish took ballyhoo and nine inch Canyon Runner Rainbow squid bars. They set up right there for a night of sharking and hoping to nail some of these bluefin that have been biting at night but did not get a touch all night and instead sat in some of the thickest fog they've seen as most of the night the tips of the outriggers were out of site. The trolling in the morning was largely uneventful. They worked there way to the 100 fathom line and got their only bite of the morning which were two small yellowfin that they had to through back.
06/16-17/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
On a very rare crew trip Capts. Phil Dulanie, Mark DeCabia, Billy Rowan and crew Adam LaRosa, Mike Zajac, Brad Burgess, Mike Gallo, John Timken, Matt Hanifee, Mike Elton and Matt Hobbsheaded out to the Hudson Canyon Friday night and set up for sharking and drifted east for 6 miles picking one blue shark. Getting up on the troll for an early morning big-eye bite did not happen. However we quickly got into a nice pick of small yellowfin from shorts to 30 inches. Most of the fish in the morning were picked on small ballyhoo and 9 inch Canyon Runner Rainbow Bars. We picked away for 2 hours putting 15 fish in the boat before 7am when the bite quickly shut off we kept 7 of the 15 and released the rest.
We trolled out to the deep and south but did not get another bite and turned back inshore when we got a call from Chris Baxter from the Fat Boy saying he just put a big-eye in the boat. We turned and headed in his direction and immediately got covered up with yellwofin again put a few more in the boat releasing one. We continued trolling toward Fat Boy but before we found Chris we found the big-eyes just short of him. We read a nice fish down 100 feet but did not get him to bite so turned back around and ran over him again when he decided to eat a ballyhoo trolled just in front of a spreader bar. He ate a straight Penn 50T so we could not continue forward too long and as soon as we slowed another big-eye came up on the 9" Rainbow Squid Bar but completely missed the hook. 35 minutes later the 181 Big-Eye was in the boat. The last fish of the day. We ended the trip with 19 small yellwofin keeping 10 and releasing the rest.
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06/13/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captains Mark DeBlasio, Mark DeCabia and Phil Dulanie took the Phil Haun charter from Maryland out on the Canyon Runner Tuesday and headed right back out to where we had them Monday. Pulling into the area Stew from the Pez Machine called to let them know that there were some bigger tuna around as they just boated a big-eye Congratulations Stew!!! Up on the troll at 6:30am they quickly had their first bite of two double headers of yellowfin keeping 2 and releasing 2. The yellowfin ate Canyon Runner 9" Rainbow Squid and Ballyhoo. Shortly there after they read something big down 125 feet and 10 seconds later the flat exploded as a big-eye ate a ballyhoo on a blue/white Ilander. Unfortunately, they were in a sharp turn at the time and the big-eye crossed over several lines they slowed down quickly to try to get it under control but that fish eventually got cut off on the other lines on the intial run. While they had it on another big-eye came up and explode on a 9" Squid Bar but it did not find the hook. They stayed right in the same area the entire day and picked away at yellowfin up to 33 inches (about 30 pounds). Most of the bites came on Canyon Runner 9 inch Rainbow and a weighted green machine behind a bird long down the middle. However, the last bite of the day came on everything as they went 8 for 8 on these small yellowfin. They ended the day with a total of 15 yellowfin boated keeping 7 and releasing the rest.
06/12/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
After getting blown out of no less than 4 canyon charters so far this year the Canyon Runner finally kicked off its 2006 Canyon Season with the Richard Steer charter from Connecticut. Captains Phil Dulanie, Mark DeBalsio and Mark DeCabia decided to head off Monday morning for a one day troll leaving later than usually waiting for the wind to lay down. They decided to head to the Hudson Canyon where the latest Offshore Satellite Services chart showed some good water. Shortly after putting the lines in the water at 7:30am they boated and then released the first 2 small yellowfin of our 2006 season. The fish ate 9" Canyon Runner Rainbow Squid Bars.
They continued to work the area and had another small yellowfin eat a Canyon Runner Blue/Silver Mini-Mamba bars trolled deep down the middle when something huge ate the yellowfin. It took no more than 20 seconds and the Penn 50VSW was stripped down to the spool. Mark DeCabia locked up the reel and the fish broke-off. The three very experienced Captains could not agree on what it was Phil thought huge Mako, DeBlasio thought huge Blue Marlin and DeCabia thought Giant. No matter they had no chance.
They did not get another bite until around 12:30pm when they finally found a big body of yellowfin and had 3, 4 and 5 on for a couple hours. The fish mostly favored our 9” Rainbow Squid Bars but Jets were working as well. Almost all the bites came off the deeper lines on the riggers and the only bite on a flat line was when we decided to troll one of our Mini-Mambas off the long flat. The water was 67-68 degree most of the day and beautiful deep blue. In total the crew landed 23 yellowfin all right around 29-32 inches not the biggest fish but good enough to bend the rod.
06/08/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Mike Gallo took the Scott Miller charter off on Thursday, June 8 for a shot at Sea Bass. Hitting 3 wrecks 18 miles south of Manasquan in 70-85 feet of water the charter picked at Sea Bass all day put 50 keepers in the boat and releasing just as many. Dogfish unfortunately became a huge problem on each wreck as a good pick of Sea Bass quickly turned into all dogfish once they found the bait.
06/06/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captain Phil Dulanie and Captain Mark DeBlasio had the Joe Scott charter out with his kids on Tuesday and enjoyed alot of action with blues but again the stripers were non-existant. Jigging up and down the beach they boated and release 3 to 4 dozen blues and finally put one nice 42 inch bass in the boat.
June 5,2006
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captain Phil Dulanie and Captain Mark DeBlasio had the Rich Alverado charter out Monday for Stripers and ran all the way up the beach looking for bass. Stopping on every reading and pod of birds produced a ton of bluefish both jigging and drifting bunker but no bass. A stop off highlands finally produced the first bass of the day and a stop off Sandy Hook produced the second and last of the day. The rest of the day was spent catching and releasing a bunch of bluefish.
On Friday Captain Mark DeBlasio and Captain Phil Dulanie took the John Williamson charter out jigging for blues and bass and were not disappointed with the action which was once again non-stop on blues. However the bass were non-existant. Jigging up and down the beach produced blues from 2 to 10 pounds as hard as the charter could pull but no bass.
May 23-June 1,2006
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captain Phil Dulanie and Captain Mark DeBlasio had the John Post charter out on May 23 and again found plenty of bass to jig off Asbury. Running up the beach in the morning the birds were working about a mile and a half off the beach and AVA 67 and87 jigs with no tails produced something on virtually every drop as the bass were mixed in with blues. At the end of the day over 60 blues were jigged as well as a limit catch of Stripers up to 40 inches.
On Wednesday May 24 Captain Phil Dulanie and Captain Mark DeBlasio had the Brian Bonnett charter out on the Canyon Runner. However, things changed drastically from the previous trips. The bass just were not there today. Working all the way up the beach to Sandy Hook and jigging under every pod of birds in sight the bass were non-existent. While there were a ton of blues over 75 to be exact we only ended the days with a few stripers.
On Thursday, May 25 Captain Phil Dulanie and Captain Mark DeBlasio had the Robert Genader charter form AMBAC in Manhattan out on the Canyon Runner and found the bass again. This time they started the day loading the boat with bunker and stuck on the Shrewsbury Rocks the entire day drifting bunker. They had over 30 bass on but an inexperienced group of anglers lost half of them. They ended the day with 12 big bass in the boat between 20 and 35 pounds.
On Friday, May 26 the Joe Lambrillo charter was hoping get back right back on the bass on the Shrewsbury Rocks after loading the well with bunker but Captains Phil Dulanie and Mark DeBlasio could not find the bass again. Instead the jigged over 100 blues from 2 to 14 pounds releasing them all and the charter left with no bass in the boat but arms dragging on the dock in exhaustion.
Taking the Memorial Day weekend off to avoid the crowds and hoping the Bass would turn on after giving them a break for a few days, Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Mike Zajac took the John Serea charter in search of stripers on Tuesday, May 30. Again, the stripers were hard to come by on jigs but the charter absolutely crushed the bluefish catch well over 100 with all released.
On Wednesday, May 31 Captains Mark DeBlasio and Phil Dulanie took the Tom Becher charter up to the Shrewsbury Rocks and decided to stay on the troll all day with bunker spoons. The decision paid off with 4 big Bass and a bunch others lost. In addition, over 30 huge bluefish up to 14 pounds were caught and released.
On Thursday, June 1 the Paul Perritti charter got in on some great jigging with blues and a few bass mixed in as Captains Phil Dulanie and Mark DeBlasio head south off Seaside and stayed with the birds all day. Over 100 blues all nice size fish between 6-12 pound were released and a couple bass were boated with a few other lost. The charter did not feel like pulling wire lines all day so we stuck with the jigging for almost the entire day.
05/22/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Mike Gallo had the Guy Biondi charter from Brooklyn out on the Canyon Runner Monday and immediately got into fast jigging action just off Asbury Park. Working up the beach in the morning they spotted birds about 1.5 miles off Asbury and a fleet began to develop where everyone got into some great jigging action. Our charter ended the day with 27 Stripers and close to 80 bluefish (all released). The four biggest bass went 24, 25, 27, 28 pounds.
05/19/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captains Mark DeBlasio and Phil Dulanie had the Sam DeFeo charter from Rumson, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Friday and were able to keep it relatively close to home all day. Running up the beach in the morning they found bird activity just off Long Branch and started the day jigging. They never had to switch over the clams as AVA 47 and 67 jigs produced a limit of bass plus the release of another 15 bass and tons of bluefish. In addition to the great action all the bass were on the large side with the smallest bass being 34 inches and many bass over 40 inches were boated.
05/18/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Capt. Phil Dulanie and Capt. Mark DeBlasio had the Joe Miller charter out on the Canyon Runner Thursday and worked up the beach in the morning search for bird life. They found some just north of the Shrewsbury Rocks but only pulled a few Bass and a bunch of bluefish out from under them on jigs. They worked up to Sandy Hook and anchored in 20 feet of water and started a good pick of bass putting 10 in the boat and releasing 6. Once that bite turned off they worked back down the beach and found solid action off Long Branch finishing up the day with their limit and releasing another 20 including their largest of the day which was over 40 inches and around 30 pounds. All the action off Long Branch was on jigs.
05/17/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captain Phil Dulanie and Captain Mark DeBlasio had the John Williamson group from Philadelphia out. They stopped short of our destination to investigate bird activity and dropped the hook as soon as they read the fish and had immediate action, quickly limiting out. They went on to catch 37 bass with all but one over 34" and were back to the dock by 12:30. The largest for the day went 42". The fished off of Sandy Hook and all of the action was on clams.
05/16/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captain Mark DeBlasio and Captain Phil Dulanie had the Rich Alverado charter from Philadelphia, PA out on the Canyon Runner Tuesday in not the most ideal conditions. Their first stop provided nothing but dogfish but there next stop off of Sandy Hook in 15 feet of water produced non-stop action with stripers on clams. With constant double and triple headers they ended the day with 48 stripers up to 40 inches with most the fish between 32 and 38 inches. The largest of which was right at 25 pounds. They kept there limit and released the rest.
05/11/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captain Phil Dulanie and Captain Mark DeBlasio had the Joe Miller charter up to Sandy Hook on Thursday to get in on some striper fishing Dropping the hook in 18 feet of water they immediately had plenty of bites buts struggled putting fish in the boat in tough conditions. They worked hard all day to produce about a dozen bass with 8 keepers up to 38 inches All of the action was on clams and they ended up releasing a few bluefish as well.
05/06/06
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Mike Gallo started off our NJ Charter Season after a busy winter of Sword/Sailfish Charters in Miami, Boat/Sportsman Shows all over the Northeast, and 3 Seminars in NY, NJ and R and are happy to be back on the water off the Jersey Coast. While the striper action seems to be going great, today’s charter, Sean Mallory from Holmdel, NJ, wanted to put some Sea Bass on the table. Therefore, we head 20 miles south of Manasquan and fished several wrecks from 60-90 feet finding a slow pick and average size Sea Bass mostly on the deeper wreck. In total they ended the day with 30 Sea Bass in the box plus some blackfish and ling - plus a ton of dogfish that were released.
2005 Saltwater Sport Fishing Reports
09/13-14/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
Capt. Phil Dulanie took Canyon Runner 1 down to the Lindenchol Canyon on Tuesday to Wednesday with the Elliot Braun charter from Middletown, NJ and anchored in 500 feet of water and got the yellowfin going early They picked 4 40-70 pound yellowfin by 10pm and finished the night with 24 total all in the 40-70 pound class except for 2 25 pounders that were released. The yellowfin at times were right behind the boat and were feed butterfish chunks to hook up on. Otherwise all the bites came on sardines and live squid.
Co-Captains Justin Nighan and Mark DeBlasio had Canyon Runner 2 up to the South Toms Canyon with the George Johns charter that flew in from Minneapolis, Minn. and also had a solid night after moving around a couple times to find the fish. They eventually settled in 500 feet of water and had fish on from 11pm to 6am. All their fish were in the 40-70 pound class and they ended the night with 20 fish with 12 in the boat and released 8. They worked most of their fish on live squid but sardines still produced as well.
On a side note - Between the two boats thus far this year we have now caught exactly 997 tuna (675 and 322 for Canyon Runner 1 & 2 respectivley - with close to half released). We started the year with brand new Penn International Reels that our sponsors provided us and we have yet had to take apart a reel and work on the drags or replace any parts. These new reels are better than anything they produced in the past and we could not be happier with their perforamce!!!
09/12-13/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
Capt. Phil Dulanie had the Paul Merwin charter from Connecticut out Monday to Tuesday on Canyon Runner 1 and ran a little south of where we have been fishing and immediately set up in 525 feet of water. The yellowfins came early and by midnight they had 6 in the boat but had swung off into the deep in 800 feet and lost the bait and tuna. They reset the anchor back in 475 feet of water and got the tuna going again around 2am and had fish all around the boat until 6am when they pulled the hook. In total they boated 23 yellowfin with 4 small ones in the 25-30 pound class and the rest 50-70 pounds.
09/9-10/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
Canyon Runners 2 with Capts. Mark DeBlasio and Justion Nighan were out Friday/Saturday with the Jim Sullivan charter from Prudential and set up by 6:30pm in the Toms Canyon and had their first bite at 9pm. They went 1 for 3 before midnight but did not have the fish going until 1:30am when they had fish until 3pm putting a total of 10 yellowfin in the boat from 40-70 pounds and released another 10. Most of the bites were on sardines and live squid as well as a few were hooked on jigs.
Capt. Phil Dulanie had the Canyon Runner 1 set up at 7:30pm in Toms Canyon and had a few fish in the boat by midnight and continued to pick fish most of night including a 55inch swordfish that they boated. In total they had 10 yellowfin in the boat and released 8. Again, most of the fish were taken on sardines on 60 pound flouro with a 1 ounce egg sinker.
Adam LaRosa was running Vinny Gallo's Gallant Lady and set up at 7:30pm three quarters of a mile south of the small fleet that included Canyon Runner 1 & 2 and had fish on immediately. By 9pm we had 9 fish in the boat and released another 5 and by 1:30am we had our limit of 15 in the boat and released 25. We had no bites from 1:30am to 4am when they came again and we had another 10 nice yellowfin from 50-70 pounds that we released. In total we had 70 bites and caught 48 yellowfin and 2 longfin wtih almost everyone one on jigs and sardines on 60 pound flouro with a 1 ounce egg sinker.
09/4-5/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captain Phil Dulanie took the Dave Kirk charter out to the South Toms Canyon on the Canyon Runner and had all day to troll working the Toms, Hendrickson and south Toms canyons including waters out to 500 fathoms but did not troll a fish. They set up on the anchor at 7pm and immediately got into the yellowfin. They picked fish all night long with a mad dog bite from 2pm to 5pm and caught 35 yellowfin. They ended up keeping 17 and released another 18 before calling it quits. The bites came on anything they put in the water as our Penn International 50S and 50Ws got a huge workout.
Capt. Mark DeBlasio took Canyon Runner 2 out to the South Toms Canyon with the John Hancock charter and ended up working that area on the troll for the entire afternoon and it paid off. They had three shots of longfin going 5 for 7, 2 for 3 and 1 for 1. The longfin ate Canyon Runner 9" Rainbow Squid Bars and ballyhoo. They set up on the chunk right next to Canyon Runner 1 and had the same results boating 37 yellowfin keeping 12 and releasing the rest. Again, it did not matter what bait was used as the fish bit everything. The crew also jigged a bunch as well.
08/28-29/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
Capt. Phil Dulanie had the Dr. John Bednar charter from Cherry Hill, NJ out on Canyon Runner 1 Sunday/Monday and got to the Toms Canyon around 4pm so decided to troll. They had a white marlin that they jumped off then turned around and put a couple of nice mahi in the boat at the same numbers. They then moved over to check out where we were Friday night but that area was covered with greenish water so they decided to look south down the edge where they set up. They got their first yellowfin before 11pm and then they had the fish around the boat the rest of the night. The put 14 in the boat release 5 smaller ones. Unfortunatley they were innundated with sharks all night long and the sharks ate 15 of the yellowfin they hooked. In fact, the sharks got a couple of the bigger yellowfin they put in the boat include two that were 120 pounds before the sharks took a few pounds off. The action was again mostly on sardines and jigs. As an aside, with alot of these bigger fish we have been sticking strickly with Penn International 50S two speed reels and matching Penn Rod as the lower gear is allowing us to put the heat on these bigger fish once they get close to the boat.
Co. Capts. Justin Nighan and Mark DeBlasio had Pedro Rodriquez, Chris Hempstead (Farihaven), Craig Delendik (Rumson) out on CR2 and also trolled the Toms but did not get a bite. They anchored right next to CR1 and had a big yellowfin on the first rod in the water before the anchor came tight. The first fish was fought for 1 hour and appears to be close to 120 pounds. They then hammered the yellowfin all night and did not have any problem with the sharks that CR1 did just 100 yards away. They ended up with 31 yellowfin keeping 14 and releasing the remainder. Again, sardines on 60 pound momoi flouro on Penn Internationals 50S with matching stand-up rods were all you needed to get the job done.
08/26-27/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
Capt. Phil Dulanie took the Canyon Runner 1 out Friday to Saturday with the Marcus Bianchi charter and with mate Mike Zajac they were doing their third turn around in a row so they had no time to troll and went right to the chunk. They started on the drift and quickly picked a couple nice yellowfin on the first drift in the Toms Canyon. They then made a couple more drifts but could not get the tuna going. At midnight Adam LaRosa, who was running the Gallant Lady that night, called them in and they tied off to the Gallant Lady’s transom and proceeded to boat another 11 big yellowfin up to 120 pounds. The fish ate mostly sardines on 60 pound flouro down 60 feet. Up on the troll in the morning they did not get a touch and came home with 13 yellowfin on ice.
Co-captains Justin Nighan and Mark DeBlasio had Canyon Runner 2 out to the Toms Canyon with the Adrian Frankum charter from Manhattan Friday to Saturday on their third overnighter in a row and also went right to the drift. They did not pull anything on their first drift but on their second boated 11 smaller yellowfin in the 25 -40 pound class and only kept 4 of those releasing the rest. They also moved over to the Gallant Lady around midnight and anchored right along side. They got the yellowfin going good and proceeded to boat another 11 yellowfin for a total of 22 for the night. 3 of their yellowfin were 100-120 pounds and again sardines and jigs made the difference.
Adam LaRosa ran the Gallant Lady (which docks right between CR1 & CR2) out to the Toms with owner Vinny Gallo and his daughter Danielle from Franklin Lakes, NJ and nephew Mike Gallo from Brick, NJ. We got their around 5:15pm and we were able to troll. At 5:20pm we had a nice Blue Marlin eat a ballyhoo behind a blue/white Ilander down the middle. Vinny Gallo set up on him and the fight was on. One hour twenty minutes later she was laying along the boat for the release at 11 feet in fork length she was every bit of 500 pounds. Since it was already close to 7pm we decided to set up for the chunk and stopped the boat in 550 feet of water. With 20 minutes we had the first two yellowfin in the boat and each was 100-110 pounds. We then boated and release a nice swordfish and started picking away at 40-60 pound yellowfin. By midnight we had 12 and called in both Canyon Runner 1 & 2. Even with one boat tied off behind us we continued to catch - we caught 25 yellowfin by 3am releasing 7 of those. Almost every fish caught on bait was caught on sardines on 60 pound flouro. The last fish of the night as well as 6 other ate jigs. That last fish pushed the scale to 130 pounds. In addition we also fought a 150-200 pound swordfish for 30 minutes that jump once close to the boat and then broke off.
08/24-25/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captain Phil Dulanie had Canyon Runner 1 out with the Frank Cardaci charter from Farmingdale, NJ Wednesday to Thursday and headed to the tip of the Toms Canyon. He ended up trolling up towards the Hudson's west wall where he went 4 for 6 on longfin that ate 9" Canyon Runner rainbow squid bars and ballyhoo. He then turned around and dropped the hook in 550 feet of water. He immediately got into nice yellowfin putting 8 in the boat on squid and sardines on 60 pound flouro when 2 big hammerheads showed up and chased the yellowfin out of the slick. The yellowfin were 40-80 pound fish. They could not rid themselves of the hammerheads all night and never got the yellowfin back. They did however have longfin come into the slick and ended up chunking 11 of those included a few taken on jigs. With 23 fish in the boat they pulled the hook at first light and came home in very rough seas.
Captains Justin Nighan and Mark DeBlasio had the Marcus Bianchi charter from Philadelphia, PA out on Canyon Runner 2 Wednesday to Thursday to the Hudson Canyon but they did not have a touch on the troll and ended up anchored in 550 feet of water. They did not get the yellowfin going until later in the night but never had the problem with sharks that CR1 did so they picked all night with a good shot from 3am on. In total they caught 24 yellowfin with about 12 over 80 pounds and 1 longfin. They only kept 12 tuna and released 13.
08/20-21/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captain Phil Dulanie on Canyon Runner 1 with the Jack Yolinsky charter from Long Beach, NY hit the Hudson Canyon's at 2pm Sunday and started trolling east where they had a triple of small yellowfin that they released. They continued to work south along the edge trolling at 7.2 knots with an 9 rod spread including 3 rainbow squid bars and the rest ballyhoo and found some nicer yellowfin going 3 for 3 on 50-70 pound yellowfin then 1 for 2 on a 60 pound fish. Just before setting up for the chunk they had a big barrage of small yellowfin getting 8 to the boat but releasing them all. The yellowfin ate mostly ballyhoo trolled right next to the squid bars but we did get all 4 of the biggers yellowfin on the squid bars. On the chunk in 550 feet of water they had an eventful night on the anchor 16 yellowfin in the boat with one fish close to 100 pounds and the rest 50-60. At 2am his charter called it quits with 21 yellowfin in the boat. They decided to keep chunking a couple more hours as they rested up to come home just before day break. With just mates Mike Gallo and Greg Ryback in the cockpit they hooked a nice sword at 3am that they fought for 2 hours before putting it in the boat. The sword weighed 156 pounds and ate a whole squid on 80 pound test leader down 120 feet on a rod meant for yellowfin.
Captains Justin Nighan and Mark DeBlasio took Canyon Runner 2 to the west wall with the Joe Terranova charter from Holmdel and started trolling at 2pm also but did not get a bite until just before setting up on the chunk where out in the deep they got 2 50 pound yellowfin to eat ballyhoo. They then dropped the anchor in 550 feet of water and immediately got into fish. The bite started at 9am and it was all 50-60 pound yellowfin. The best bait were live squid and butterfish chunks. They got bit on 40, 60 and 80 pounder leader as it did not seem to matter on the leader size. By 2am they had gone 7 for 9 on yellowfin and had 9 total in the boat when the charter surprisingly said they had enough and stopped fishing as they wanted to be home early. So at they pulled anchor and came home breaking the inlet at 7am.
08/19-20/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Mike Zajac and Mike Gallo took the Matt Geiger charter from Rumson out on Canyon Runner 1 Friday to Saturday and again hit the Hudson Canyon. They started on the troll where they had a shot of 9 yellowfin that obviously hit everything. They boated 4 from 50-70 pounds and release 5 smallers ones. They then worked their way out to the edge dropping the anchor and quickly picked two nice yellowfin in the boat. There after the bite turned on nicely for them at 4am as they had 11 more yellowfin through the night with 5 fish over 100 pounds up to 125 pounds. With all the boxes full they pulled the hook at first light and were on their way home.
08/18-19/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captains Justin Nighan and Mark DeBlasio took the Rich Alverado charter out to the Hudson Canyon Thursday to Friday on Canyon Runner 2 and immediately started off on the right foot at with a double header of white marlin on ballyhoo. They also had a third up but did not get him. They continued to troll where they put three yellowfin in the boat that ate 6" rainbow squid bars and blue/silver jets. They set up for the drift in 500 feet of water and barely drifted the entire night and got into a hot bite on yellowfin eventually boating 30 yellowfin on the chunk. They kept 12 for a total of 15 in the boat and released another 18. The yellowfin ate everything include live and dead squid, sardines, and butterfish. Several of the yellowfin were tight around 100 pounds.
08/14-15/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Mike Zajac and Mike Gallo had the Todd Polumbo charter from Danbury, Conn out on the Canyon Runner 1 Sunday to Monday and put together another solid trip. They started trolling the Hudson Canyon around 2pm and got into a decent longfin bite around the east wall. They went 2 for 3, 3 for 4 and 1 for 2 on Canyon Runner 9" Rainbow squid bars and ballyhoo with green/yellow and blue/white moldcraft little hookers. They also nailed a nice 60 pound wahoo that ate a ballyhoo and did not cut off. They set up on the chunk in 500 feet of water on anchor and proceed to go 5 for 7 on tuna with 3 longfin and two nice yellowfin of 80 and 110 pounds. The fish seem to only want live squid at night so make sure you spend your time putting some in the boat. Also a night the guys fought and released a 200 pound tiger shark (our first tiger in a long long time). Up on the troll in the morning they added two more small yellowfin and a few mahi.
08/11-12/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
Canyon Runner 1 - Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Mike Zajac on the 48' Canyon Runner hit the Hudson Thursday with the Brian Bonnetee charter from Sayreville, NJ where they immediately went 2 for 3 and 1 for 2 on longfin. The longfin ate our Canyon Runner 9" squid bars and ballyhoo with blue/silver Ilanders. They worked out to the mouth and anchored and quickly put 1 50 pound yellowfin in the boat on a live squid and during the night got into a good yellowfin chunk bite going 13 for 16 with almost everything on live squid. The yellowfin for primarily 40-60 pound fish with 1 about 90 pounds.
Canyon Runner 2 - Thursday was the first trip on the 58' Canyon Runner 2 and Co-Captains Mark DeBlasio and Justin Nighan kicked it off in high gear for the John Juran charter from Vail, Colorado. Hitting the Hudson Canyon around 1pm they trolled 2 longfin before setting up on the chunk. They first drifted with not much happening but then decided to drop the anchor and immediately got the yellowfin going. They put 10 yellowfin in the boat through the night all on live squid and in the morning up on the troll in the morning nailed another yellowfin.
With both Canyon Runner boats fishing now we should have double the reports for you so enjoy.
We have bunch of new pictures up at www.canyonrunner.com
08/03-07/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
August 6-7 - Captains Phil Dulanie, Kevin Gerrity, and Greg Ryback had the Pedro Rodriguez charter from Rumson, NJ out on the Canyon Runner for a rare Saturday-Sunday overnighter and headed east until they did not see anymore boats. They started working the troll and had a 7 baggers of yellowfin out of 9 bites. They put 5 in the boat and released 2 smaller ones. The ones in the boat were 40-50 pounds. With 9 rods going off they ate everything including green Canyon Runner mini-mamba bars and ballyhoo however our squid bars were not touch. That was the only bite on the troll. They set up on the chunk and drifted only 1 mile the entire night with no wind or current. They picked one yellowfin around 60 pounds that ate a live squid and in the morning as they were cleaning up and throwing all the chum over they had longfin come in the slick and picked two quick ones around 40 pounds in 450 feet of water making a total of 10 tuna for the trip.
August 4-5 Captains Phil Dulanie, Mark DeBlasio and Justion Nighan headed right back out to the 100square area with the Dave Babish charter from Philadelphia, PA on Thursday and got in 1.5 hours of trolling but did not have a touch. They set up on the drift in almost exactly they same place as the night before and drifted in 450-500 feet of water. They had their first bite at 1am and then went 5 for 6 through the night on 50 pound yellowfin release one small one. They had all the bait they wanted but not the hot bite of the night before. They ended their drfit almost right on the 100-square. Up on the troll in the morning it was crowded over on the east side so they left and went over to the west wall where they picked one more longfin.
August 3-4 - Captain Phil Dulanie, Justin Nighan and Mark DeBlasio had the Ed Picavz charter out Wednesday to Thursday and crushed the yellowfin on the troll and the CHUNK. They pulled into the Hudson Canyon around 3pm and by 6pm had gone 12 for 13 on the troll with Canyon Runner mini-mamba bars in green and purple/black and ballyhoo doing best. The schools of yellowfin were busting the surface on the east wall and they only had to troll through a couple schools before getting them to bite but eventually they did 5 for 6, 6 for 6 and a single. Just before setting up for the night they also pulled a little big-eye of 70 pounds. The rest of the tuna were 50 pound yellowfin. The big-eye ate a 9" rainbow spreader bar. As soon as they set up on the chunk they immediately had squid shooting through the slick and things looked alot better than previous trips. Then things got alot better. They picked their first 2 fish at 10pm and then pick a single every hour until 3pm when all hell broke loose and the fish were right up behind the boat. It seemed that all they wanted were fresh squid as boxed squid and chunks did not produce. They had most of the bites on 60 pound flouro leader. They ended their drift in the deep with 18 tuna caught on the chunk from 60-90 pounds and were headed home at 6am.
08/01-02/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
After canceling Sunday's overnighter Captains Dulanie, Nighan and DeBlasio took out an open boat trip on Monday to Tuesday and decided it was time again to stake out the Hudson Canyon. With a couple promising reports and a partial water temp chart we headed to the west wall and put out the lines. We trolled all through out the west wall and had our first bite - a 4 bagger of nice longfin that ate 2 green mini-mamba bars, a green machine bar and a ballyhoo. We worked the hell out of that area without another bite and then we got a better water temp shot and turned the boat to head just north on the 100 fathom line. We found another good shot of longfin going 6 for 7 on 30-50 pound fish. The ate the green mini-mamba bars and ballyhoo this time. We then continued trolling north to find a break that went from 74.5 to 78.5 degrees on the 100 fathom line. On that troll north we picked 7 nice mahi including 2 that weighed over 30 pounds. We set up on the drift at 9pm in the hot water looking for the first yellowfin on a chunk for the year. But nothing happened all night long. Up on the troll in the morning we worked the 100 square over to 150/050 and then up the letters without a tuna bite but put a few more nice mahi in the boat.
07/27/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
After a few days on land fixing a blown engine we are back up and running thanks to Mitch at Jersey Shore Diesel and headed offshore for a one day troll with the Pete Cagle charter form Philadelphia. We started at the tip of Toms and immediately had a white up on the short flat ballyhoo only to drop it a few seconds into the fight. We read nice balls of bait and worked the tip for a couple hours without another bite so decided to head down the 100 fathom line looking for the break see on the temp charts before we left. We worked all the way to the Lindenkohl and we loaded up the lines with a 6 baggers of 40-70 pound yellowfin at around 11am. We boated 4 and droped 2. The yellowfin ate ballyhoo off the short rigger and flat lines with blue/white and green/yellow moldcrft hookers and blue/silver and purple/black Canyon Runner mini-mamba bars. We worked those numbers and then up to the tip at where we went 2 for 3 putting another 70 pounder in the boat and releasing a small one around around 1pm. We worked over that area for an hour and then came home.
07/18-20/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
7/20/05 - The tuna fishing is really slowing down up and down the edge. There were about a half dozen boats up and down the edge from the Dip to the Lindy and it sounded likely only a couple fish were caught on Wednesday when Captains Phil Dulanie, Mark DeBlasio and Justin Nighan had the Ed Kazar charter out on the Canyon Runner. We used our same strategy as yesterday and ran right to the break and beat the area up with out a touch We moved off to the 100 fathom line and final got a bite, a triple header of yellowfin on Canyon Runner Green Machine Bars and Canyon Runner Rainbow squid bars. We lost one, boated a nice 40 pounder and released a small one. We then picked at a few mahi off some of the pots in that area but nothing else came up to the pattern the rest of the day. We trolled until Noon and then set up on the tilefish grounds. Using Penn 4/0 reels packed with 60 pound spectra line and a 100 foot top shot of 80 pound mono with two dropper loops and 20 ounces of lead we drifted in 600-550 feet and landed 20 tilefish up to 24 pounds. A great way to bail out but not what we go to the canyon for.
7/19/05 - Captains Phil Dulanie, Justin Nighan and Mark DeBlasio had were back out to the Hudson Canyon and started right on the 4 degree temperature and immediately started picking yellowfin putting a 55 pounder in the boat on those numbers and a double of 40 pounders at at 7:30am. However that was it for the day on tuna. They trolled the flats for 2 more hours without a touch before leaving to look over the west wall across the letters where they set up for tilefish. The tilefish ate whole squid on 80 pound test leader in 600-550 feet of water and they had 12 up to 15 pounds. The tuna ate Canyon Runner rainbow bars, a purple/black Canyon Runner jet and a ballyhoo.
7/18/05 - Captains Phil Dulanie, Justin Nighan and Mark DeBlasio had the Steve Barry charter from Middletown, NJ out on Monday for a day troll in the Hudson canyon and started inshore of the west elbow as they had a ton of bait readings and porpoises on the surface when the pulled in and they had their first bite, a 3 bagger of yellowfin that ate 9" Canyon Runner rainbow squid bars and ballyhoo. They quickly put the 40-50 pound tuna in the boat and were back up on the troll almost immediately raising a white marlin on the short flat line that piled on the ballyhoo and needed little set up to hook up. Quick work was made of the white and they got the official release. The rest off the day saw nothing happen except a couple mahi.
07/13-16/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
July 15-16 - Captains Phil Dulanie and Justin Nighan along with Mike Zajac had the Jim Turcheck charter from Clevland, Ohio out on the Canyon Runner for a Friday-Saturday overnighter and were intending to head to the Dip but a report from Capt. John on the Cisco Kid of yellowfin on the west wall of the Hudson made the take a look around the Letters. They started trolling and saw a dozen pods of tuna on top. The sea was slick calm and the tuna were just rolling on the surface. Finally around 5pm they had a two bagger of 40-45 pound yellowfin and then shortly after went 2 for 3. Those fish ate 2 ballyhoo a blue/white jet and a rainbow squid bar. They did not get another bite and were set up for chunking. They barely drifted the entire night and did not have a touch. This was our first overnighter where we brought flats of butterfish and we chunked 6 flats but nothing was doing yet. Up on the troll in the morning they immediately got a double and then a triple of yellowfin which they put in the boat around 8:15 am and then did not get another touch the rest of the day on the troll. Almost everyone of the tuna bites was in 450-460 feet of water around a ton of bait readings. With the troll bite dead they set up for some tilefish and dropped in 550 feet they put 11 tilefish in the boat in an hour up to 18 pounds.
July 14 - Captains Phil Dulanie and Justin Nighan took one more shot down to the Toms Canyon and found the whales and porpoises but the tuna were not there. 3 boats were the area and only 6 tuna were caught among them. We did catch 3 yellowfin and missed a white and all the action was right in the same area. The yellowfin were caught on Jets and Ballyhoo as well. From the Toms to the Carteret we heard of only a handful of fish with one boat gettng nothing.
July 13 - One of the amazing things about fishing is you always learn something new and once you think your figured things out it changes on you. Today we headed right back to the South Toms Canyon and worked that area all day long. The life was there but not as good as the last two days and we did not get our first bite until 9am going 2 for 3 on 30 and 40 pound yellowfin that hit blue/silver mini-mamba bars. The rest of the day was spent trolling around aimlessly without a hit. Other boats still caught in the area but we just did not get the bites. We did everything they could think of (changed speed, changed pattern and trolled every lure and bar we had) but could not get the fish to bite. We will definately head back there tonight to give it one more shot before starting our search into another canyon.
07/12/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captains Phil Dulanie, Mark DeBlasio and Justin Nighan continued to beat up on the tuna down in the Toms Canyon on Tuesday with the Walter Garrison charter from Philadelphia, PA. Up on the troll at 6am they got their first bite around 7am and started to pick at the yellowfin with the first 6 all coming on 6" Canyon Runner Rainbow Squid Bars. They also quickly add two 50 pound longfin came right up behind the boat and ate ballyhoo and a black and yellow Canyon Runner jet. The bites are in 400-500 feet and they are working a 68.5-70.5 temperature break.
The crew continued to work the same area all day and the bite really turned on as they picked at double and triples all day long. All the fish wanted today was the bars again and we needed to re-rig some of them in the middle of fishing as they were getting destroyed. As soon as we got the re-rigged blue/silver mamba and rainbow 6" squid back out in the pattern they got hit immediately. Included in today's catch were 3 longfin that weighed between 50-65 pounds and one of the yellowfin was over 60 pounds. The rest of the yellowfin were all 30-35 pounds with one small one released. In total we had 18 tuna including the longfin. The fish are loaded with 5-6 inch squid and the area is alive with whales and porpoises. It's time to get out there.
07/11/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captains Phil Dulanie, Mark DeBlasio and Justin Nighan had the Cory Wyatt charter out Monday on a one day troll in the Toms Canyon and had 5 yellowfin in the boat before 8am with a three bagger that ate a blue/silver Canyon Runner Mini-Mamba, a green/yellow Canyon Runner jet and a ballyhoo with a green/yellow moldcraft little hooker and a 2 bagger that ate ballyhoo with green/yellow moldcraft hookers. These were all nice 30-50 pound yellowfin. They continued to work Toms Canyon and picked away at double and triple headers putting 12 yellowfin from 30-50 pounds in the boat before noon. They then worked across the deep and had a 6 baggero on to finish out the day pulling the hook on one and putting 5 in the boat to end the day with 17 yellowfin. Today, unlike yesterday, there was no specific bait, bar or lure that worked best but we still trolled 5 bars for most the day with the 6" rainbow and blue/silver mini-mambas getting alot of attention although it seemed the yellowfin came up to the bars first but then hooked up on the jets or ballyhoo. Today's charter gets high marks for only keeping 9 yellowfin and having us release the rest (many of which were 40-50 pounds).
07/10/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
With Captains Phil Dulanie and Mark DeBlasio and with a special apperance by mate Jay Richardella the Joe Valente charter from Sea Side was in good hands and headed out to the Toms Canyon on Sunday after being blown-out Friday. They pick their first fish, a 40 pound yellowfin, within the first hour of trolling on a 6" Canyon Runner Squid Bar in Rainbow and they then quickly had a double of 45 pound yellowfin on another 6" rainbow squid bar and a blue silver mamba bar. They immediately got two more bars in the water and 5 minutes later they had 7 on on all 5 bars and two other on jets. They dropped one released one small yellowin and a skippy and boated 4 yellowfin between 30 and 40 pounds. That was it until just before lines out when the last two bars in the water got eaten by 45 pound yellowfin. In total they had 10 yellowfin with 9 between 30-50 pounds and one short.
07/06/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captain's Justin Nighan, Phil Dulanie and Mark DeBlasio had the Joe Mormando charter from Westfield, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Wednesday for a day troll in the Toms canyon. Putting the lines in the water short of the Toms was unproductive as we trolled all the way to the tip then down the west wall of the Toms without a touch. We did pull a nice 20 pound mahi off a pot but did not have another touch until 11:15 when we had a three bagger of 35 pounds yellowfin but only put one in the boat. The three fish ate a Canyon Runner Mini-Mamba bar, Canyon Runner Jet in black/green and a ballyhoo. We decided ot stake our claim there and picked four more yellowfin in the 30-40 pound class with no favorite lure or bait standing out as the hits each came on different jets, bars and ballyhoo. The biggest disappointment, yet it gives hope for the future, is that we sould have had 12 yellowfin today as we had 15 bites. We dropped 5 fish and had five others that barely took line off the reel before dropping off - so it looks like there is a good body of fish but they are just not turned on yet.
07/05/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captain Phil Dulanie, Captain Justin Nighan and Captain Mark DeBlasio took the Sean Mallory charter from Holmdel out to the Toms Canyon on a one day troll to actually look for Bluefin as Sean is a huge Sushi finatic. Of course you must already have guess the rest - the bluefin were gone and in their place were Yellowfin. For hours we had great looking water, 70-71 degrees, alot of life and bait but no bites. And then we had our first bite at 11am on a ballyhoo - it was a 30 pound yellowfin and the action stayed consistent with a bite about every 15 minutes thereafter however we missed alot of fish. Working out to the deep they had a single and then a double of 30 pound yellowfin a jet and on skirted ballyhoo. There last bite came just before lines out and again on ballyhoo. In total they put 5 25-40 pound yellowfin in the boat and missed about 7 more.
06/27-28/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captains Justin Nighan, Phil Dulanie and Mark DeBlasio took a slow ride out to the Toms Canyon with the Frank Bolstead charter from Philadelphia into a big swell from the storm off the Carolinas and a 15 knot SE wind on top of it so they did not start the overnighter off on the troll until 4pm. They found that the break that was offshore last week had moved in up on the edge and the area was loaded with bait. They worked the hell out of the area without a bite. They did not want to leave great signs but with no fish by 6pm they had to continue to look around and got their first bite around 7pm. The fish came up on a Canyon Runner Green Machine Spreader Bar and after they stuck it with the gaff they thought they had their 47+ inch fish which would mean 3 fish for the charter to take but this 65 pounder only measured 46 inches. They worked that are for a while and then moved inshore for a night of sharking and had a few more bites putting a nice 40 pounder in the boat on a 6 inch rainbow spreader bar and missed a couple more fish.
Sharking at night saw 6 huge blue sharks caught and released. Again no makos came to the boat. Up on the troll in the morning they are starting to get into the smaller bluefin in the 25-35 pound class and began to really put a beating on the fish. From 6am to Noon they brought another 19 fish to the boat. Again the bars were huge for us and we ended up trolling 5 bars the entire trip. We usually only troll 3 but we seem to be pulling bigger fish on the bars as the average bluefin was around 30 pounds. We also added what may be are new hot bar to the pattern. Capt. Mark DeBlasio has had huge success over the years with zuchini colored squid bars so we added this to the pattern down the middle off the long rigger. We used a bar with 9 inch squid as that was all we had on the boat. Well as soon as this went into the water it was the only bar the tuna wanted. In fact, the second fish on it was a nice 49" 80 pound bluefin to make 3 keepers for the day. The final fish that came to this bar was a huge threasher that tried to rip it to shreds with its tail.
06/24/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captain Phil Dulanie, Capt. Justin Nighan, and mate Mike Zajac took the Brian Wiederman charter back out to the Toms Canyon as the water looked best there yesterday compared to the Hudson. Our guess was right on as by 9:30am they already have 10 bluefin to the boat in the 20-50 pound class. They trolled 3 Canyon Runner Rainbow 6 inch Squid Bars on the long riggers and down the middle and two green Canyon Runner Mini-Mamba bars on the short riggers and jets and ballyhoo on the flat line. From 9:30 am until they pulled the lines out of the water at 1:45pm they brought another 9 Bluefin to the boat. All the action was on our green mini-mamba bars pulled off the short riggers and 6" rainbow squid spreader bars pulled off the long riggers and long down the middle. The last bunch of bites were all double and triples while most of the first 10 fish were singles. The group finished up the trip with 19 bluefin to their credit with the largest around 50 pounds and most between 25-30 pounds.
06/22/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captains Phil Dulanie, Justin Nighan and Mark DeBlasio headed offshore with the Greg Murray charter from Philadelphia and decided to start looking down the edge more as the Hudson had slowed up and the northern canyons did not have any promising news. As soon as they started trolling the Toms Canyon they immediately had a double header of 25-30 pound bluefin that ate a blue/silver Canyon Runner Custom Mini-Mamba Bar and a Canyon Runner Custom Jet in purple/black. They later picked a single 50 pound bluefin on a 6 inch Canyon Runner rainbow squid bar and then had shortly thereafter another double of 50 pounders on the 6 inch rainbow spreader. They finished off with four more bites just before departure and those fish ate 6 inch Canyon Runner Custom Rainbow Bars and ballyhoo with Ilanders in blue/white.
06/20-21/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captain Phil Dulanie, Captain Mark DeBlasio, and Captain Justin Nighan had the Canyon Runner back offshore Monday at noon and headed off into a stiff Northeast so did not make it to the tip of the Hudson until 5:00pm. They proceeded to work the canyon and put a 47.5 inch bluefin (around 75 pounds) in the boat. The bluefin hit a 6 inch Canyon Runner Custom Rainbow spreader bar. They then set up for sharking at night only produced a few big blueshark and then they were up on the troll by 6am. Working north they hooked up and boated our first yellowfin of the season - a 40 pounder that ate a 6 inch rainbow squid bar.
At 11am the wind completely laid out and they decided to give the tile fishing a try. Dropping in 550 feet of water on those numbers they immediately had fish on using a high/low rig with circle hooks and squid as hook baits. They put 12 tilefish in the boat in 1 hour of drifting including several between 12-15 pounds.
06/17-18/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
Capts Phil Dulanie and Justin Nighan with a special apperance by mate Mike Zajac headed offshore for a night of sharking in the canyon for the Brett Baily Mako Tournament. They set up at the mouth and drifted east for a couple miles with blue sharks bending the rods all night long putting in only 5 hours sharking they release 8 bluesharks from 150-250 pounds but did not see one mako. After releaseing the 8th blueshark around 6am they decided to put it on the troll to get in on some of the great bluefin fishing experienced this week. Unfortunately while they trolled through acres and acres of shearwaters, slicks, tuna chicks, and bait readings they could not raise any fish. They trolled in on the west wall where they finally got a bite in 500 feet of water. Working that area they only got a couple more misses but did not hook another fish the rest of the day.
06/16/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
Capt. Phil Dulanie, Capt Mark DeBlasio and Capt. Justin Nighan put the Gabe Birtchet charter from Philadelphia into another decent catch of Bluefin tuna from 20 to 60 pounds. The crew put the lines in the water on the numbers the left them the day before and did not troll for more than 5 minutes before bringing their first 25 pound bluefin to the boat. It ate a Canyon Runner Custom Jet. We also lost a much bigger bluefin that hit a spreader bar. Trolling east they found hoards of bird life but only had one other bite of another 25 pounder that again ate a jet. Green/yellow and green/black jets have by far been the best producing jet to date. Later in the day they worked back inshore and had a three bagger of bluefin this time 2 of the bluefin were 60 pound fish and one was gaffed and put in the put. The two bigger fish ate 6 inch Canyon Runner Custom Rainbow Squid Bars and the third ate another green jet. Just before heading home and pulling in all but one Canyon Runner Green Machine Spreader bar set long down the middle Capts. Mark and Justin spotted fish from the cockpit they trolled over them and a nice 60 pound piled on the Green Machine Bar and was fought to the boat and released for the 8th fish of the day.
06/12-13/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
At 4:00 pm on June 12 the Canyon Runner crew consisting of Capt. Justin Nighan, Capt. Mark DeBlasio and Capt. Phil Dulanie - with the Bob Berghahn charter from Pactogue, NY put the lines in the water south of the Dip and quickly broke the ice on our 2005 season with two 25 pounds bluefins within 10 minutes of trolling, the bluefin hit Canyon Runner Custom Jets.
They continued to troll towards the Block Canyon and picked 3 more bluefin in the 15-20 pound class before dark on Canyon Runner Custom Squid Spreaders - 9" rainbow worked best. The night bite saw one 200 pound blue shark and another one lost but nothing else.
Up on the troll in the morning they worked back towards home and were just about to pull the lines out of the water when they saw tuna busting water. In the next 2 hours they boated and released another 19 bluefin all in the 25-30 pound class. Those fish were mostly caught on Canyon Runner Custom Jets, Canyon Runner Squid Spreader Bars and ballyhoo. They were headed for home at 2pm Monday with 24 bluefin to their credit and will be headed back out Tuesday for another overnighter if the weather holds.
Obviously we would like to have had bigger fish but the charter was thrilled to have the rod bend and we were just as thrilled to be back out on the edge.
06/08/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captain Phil Dulanie and Captain Justin Nighan had the Joe Scott charter from Jersey City, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Wednesday for Sea Bass and found a strong south current. Unfortunately that south current put a damper on the sea bass and it was not a hot bite. However, two anglers did manage 40 Sea Bass keepers and just as many through backs before the bite completely shut off. Being called in by Joe of the Finatastic to some bunker they ran inshore south of Seaside and filled the live well with bunker Moving up the beach they found all the bass with lock jaw until hitting their final spot where two bass decided to bite. One measured 47 inches and weight 41.5 pounds back on the digital scale at Clark's Landing and the other weighed 40.5 pounds.
06/06/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captain Phil Dulanie and Captain Justin Nighan looked south for the bunker and bass today but did not find what they wanted. With the Guy Biondi charter happy to jump on a wreck we quickly switched over to Sea Bass and had 6 rods bent over as soon as the anchor came tight. We just had to hit one wreck in 70 feet of water and even though we started fishing around 10am we still filled the fish box with Sea Bass up to 4 pounds.
06/02/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
The Robert Genader charter from AMBAC Financial Insurance were taken out on the Canyon Runner by the crew at KPMG LLC and found the big bass once again under the bunker. With 3 dozen live bunker held in the well over night they immediately got in on some action this time finding the bass south of Manasquan inlet. Both live bunker and bunker heads produced as well as jigging. Today they released 2 bass well over 30 pounds and kept 21, 24, and 26 pounders. In total they had 25 bass and dozens of big bluefish
05/31/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
Today could easily be described as the best Bass fishing of the year. Fishing strictly light tackle the John Serea charter from Saddle River, NJ nailed stripers on live bunker, bunker heads and jigs. Finding the bunker just south of Belmar the crew worked quickly to put 3 dozen live ones in the live well. Strangely enough there were no bass under those bunker. Working up the beach Captain Phil Dulanie and Capt. Justin Nighan spotted birds 2 miles offshore and gave it a shot. They immediately had fish on and everyone was over 20 pounds. The put their limit in the boat and went on to release another dozen bass plus 3 dozen bluefish to 15 pounds. The bass taken home include bass of 23, 28, 29, 32 and 36 pounds. More impressive were the 49" 40+ pounder release and the 47" 38+ pounder released. We were hooked up to huge bass all morning but with the light tackle we lost alot.
05/19/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captain Phil Dulanie and Captain Mark DeBlasio had the Ed Kazar charter from Vonage and Eureka Broadband out on the Canyon Runner Thursday and was back up to Romer Shoals to get in on the Stripers. The first fish in the boat set the tone for the trip as it was 40 inches and wieghed in at 27 pounds back at the dock. The rest of the day they picked another 16 fish with 7 over 34 inches including a 26, 24, and 18 pounder.
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05/18/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captain Phil Dulanie and Captain Mark DeBlasio had the Sean Mallory charter from Holmdel, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Wednesday and were back offshore to give the Sea Bass one more shot before shutting that down for another week.. Stopping on the first wreck in 75 feet of water 20 miles south of Manasquan produced a very slow pick of keeper and short Sea Bass. A couple moves to deeper wrecks were not as productive although the readings on the fish finder were so good and the guys were so frustrated that they started trying to snag the sea bass by jigging the rod up and down and believe or not it worked a bunch of times. The fact is the wrecks seem loaded with sea bass but the bottom temperature must be way to cold to get them to turn on. Today we also fought a southerly current which may also have lead to the slow bite. At the end of the day the charter had 30+ sea bass in the box, a half dozen blackfish in the box and released at least that many sea bass and blackfish.
05/17/05
Adam LaRosa reports:
Captain Phil Dulanie and Captain Mark DeBlasio had the Todd Polumbo charter from Connecticut out on the Canyon Runner Tuesday and were back offshroe looking for Sea Bass. Stopping on the first wreck in 75 feet of water produced a pick of keeper and short Sea Bass along with blackfish up to 6 pounds. A couple moves to deeper wre
