Fishing Reports
11/05/09
Capt. Tom reports:
Sonny was back it again today he did well on the tog and caught a few bass
also. FINTASTIC will run open this SUNDAY 11/8
Stripers / Blackfish
Leaving Clarks Landing 6am returning around 2pm.
All bait and tackle is supplied.
Cost per person is $125 limited to 7 tanglers.
Bites on!!!
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Captain Tom & The Fintastic Crew
44 ' Henriques USCG Inspected
http://www.fintasticcharters.com
(732)995-3825
Open Boat Hotline 732-670-1864
11/04/09
Capt. Tom reports:
Couldnt Get The Big Boat Out Of The Pilings Today But Couldnt Not Fish So I
Called My Buddy Bob Of The "catherine D" Our Dock Neighbor And He Was All
Game>>>> He Invited 2 Buddies And Away We Went.......fished The High
Spot On The Northern Grounds Where We Fished The Fintastic On Tuesday And Caught The
Mother Load>>>>caught 67 Fish With 56 Keepers Including 1 Over Ten, 1 At
9 And A Half And Several Fish At 8 Pounds With A Slew Of 5-6 Pound Fish.....it Was A
Heartbreak Throwing Back Fish That Big But The Action Was Phenominal!!!!!....trying
To Put A Trip Together For Sunday On The Big Boat And Will Post Details
Tomorrow.......check Open Boat Tomorrow.......thanks Bob For An Epic 2 And A Half
Hours Of Full Blown Tog Bites.......one For The Books!
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Captain Tom & The Fintastic Crew
44 ' Henriques USCG Inspected
http://www.fintasticcharters.com
(732)995-3825
Open Boat Hotline 732-670-1864
11/03/09
Capt. Tom reports:
FIntastic crew and friends played hooky today for a few hours of togging.
Capt's Toms, Bruno, Joe along with Rap, Roy, Bob and John. Fishing the hard bottom
to the north they ended up catch 35 keepers and plenty of shorts. No big ones again
today. Togging is good guys we are counting the days till Nov. 16th. We still have
open dates in Nov. for tog trips. Remember we are inspected so we can accommodated
groups larger than 6 we will take up to 10 togging.
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Captain Tom & The Fintastic Crew
44 ' Henriques USCG Inspected
http://www.fintasticcharters.com
(732)995-3825
11/02/09
Capt. Tom reports:
We Plan to run open this Wed 11/4 Combo Trip Striper/ Blackfish
Leaving at 6am returning around 2pm. All bait and tackle is supplied.
Cost per person is $125 limited to 7 tanglers.
Bites on!!!
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Captain Tom & The Fintastic Crew
44 ' Henriques USCG Inspected
http://www.fintasticcharters.com
(732)995-3825
Open Boat Hotline 732-670-1864
11/01/09
Capt. Tom reports:
Sunday Fintastic crew joined some friends for a half day blackfish trip. We
decided to explore a little we made 3 drops during the day. The 1st drop we caught
our limit up to 6 pounds within a 1/2 hour. The 2nd drop was a slow pick. The 3rd
drop started of slow we caught only a few keepers. Overall the fishin was very good.
Total for the day was 40 plus keeper Blackfish releasing all but 7 our legal limit.
I can't wait till Nov 16th. We will be running open boat trips the next month. Check
the board to get in on the action.
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Captain Tom & The Fintastic Crew
44 ' Henriques USCG Inspected
http://www.fintasticcharters.com
(732)995-3825
Open Boat Hotline 732-670-1864
10/31/09
Capt. Tom reports:
Scg landscaping made an early departure with us today and produced about 50
blues and 7 bass in 2 hours of fishing.....The bite is on ....Tyler had 3 bass
himself.....We were back at the dock by 10 am>>>>.....check open boat
forum for tomorrows open boat bass and blackfish trip>>>>
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Captain Tom & The Fintastic Crew
44 ' Henriques USCG Inspected
http://www.fintasticcharters.com
(732)995-3825
Open Boat Hotline 732-670-1864
10/30/09
Sonny reports:
10/26/09 Day started out bumpy due to wind. Took it on the troll. Bite was pretty
steady. Trolled up couble of bass and multiple blues. Decided to put it on the jig.
Proceeded to a slow pick.Nice bass came on the jig.
Open boat trip Sunday the first. Leaving at 6 a.m. and returning at 3:30. Seven
openings.125$ per man. A.m. striped bass and p.m. black fish. Get in while the
weather is good!
Call Sonny 732-670-6428 for more information
10/26/09
Capt. Tom reports:
The FINTASTIC was back at it again today. We started out trolling catching
all blues. Made a move up to the rocks and decided to jig on some meter marks and
caught few bass and more monster blues. Almost a carbon copy of Sunday this is
clasic fall fishing. Halfway through the trip we switched to blackfishing again
for a couple hours of work we caught our limit and released 20 plus keepers and a
dozen or so shorts. I can't wait till Nov. 16th The Blackfishing is red hot right
this year.
We will be sailing open boat this Sunday fall . Give us a call to get in on the bite.
BITES ON CALL 732-995-3825
10/25/09
Capt. Tom reports:
sunday we had a 3 dads and there 5 sons out for striped bass and blackfish
combo trip. Started out off Asbury in 65 feet of water the father and son team
jigged monter blues till there arms couldn't take it. Decided to make a move up the
line to see if we could find a few bass for there efforts. The group once again had
great bluefishing with a few bass mixed in. We ended up keeping on bass for the
table. now it was to to go Blackfishing. THe kids have ben playing with the crabs
all morning and wanted to try there luck. We anchored up on a high spot and not
even a sniff. Decided not to waste any time we made a few adjustments on the
anchor and next thing you no 3 kids are hung on the bottom and one of them is bent
over in the corner yell it's not bottom i have a fish the kids 1st blackfish ever
7-8 pounds. We fished for 1.5 hours and caught 25-30 blackfish releasing all but
our limit. Everyone had a blast and we look forward to seeing them Thanksgiving
weekend. Wish i could post a picture of how happy the boys where.
9/06/09
Capt. Tom reports:
GREAT OVERALL TRIP ON A SMALL WRECK LITTERED WITH SEABASS,BOATED OVER 150
WITH ABOUT A 3 TO 1 KEEPER RATIO....THIS PARTICULAR WRECK PRODUCED NO OTHER SPECIES
OTHER THAN SEABASS SO WE LEFT IT AFTER A FEW HOURS AND ANCHORED ON ANOTHER WRECK AS
LOADED AS THE FIRST ONE HOWEVER THE KEEPER RATIO WAS MORE LIKE 1 OUT OF 8.....GREAT
DAY AND WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK AUGIE AND SWEET LOU FOR A GREAT TRIP...THE
FINTASTIC IS COAST GUARD CERTIFIED AND CAN CARRY MORE THAN 6 PASSENGERS...WE ARE
LOOKING TO FISH "OPEN BOAT" ON UNCHARTERED DAYS AND ARE LOOKING TO PUT
TOGETHER A LIST OF PEOPLE TO CALL FOR TUNA, WRECK FISHING,STRIPERS AND BLACKFISH
..CALL SONNY AT 732 670 1864 FOR OUR NEXT TUNA AND WRECK OPEN BOAT TRIPS...OR JUST
GET YOUR NAME AND NUMBER ON THE LIST AND ILL CALL YOU....BITES ON!....THANKS SONNY
5/11/09
Capt. Tom reports:
Yesterday The FIntastic crew had the Ducks Unlimited charter out for after
noon bass trip. We left the dock at 3pm to fish the incoming tide. We started out
right away catching 2 keepers then nothing but bluefish for the next hour. As the
tide started to run the bass bite turned back on we ended up keeping 8 fish and
released a few more. Everyone had a great trip and where back at the dock before
dark. Thanks guys look forward to see you soon.
5/9/09
Capt. Tom reports:
Saturday morning Tyrich Harris and family joined us for a morning bass
trip. After a late start we decided to avoid the Saturday crowd at the Shoal and
go bunker fishing instead. The morning started out a bluefishing fiesta. Just
when we where ready to make a move we caught our first bass of the day. So we
decided to stay put and keep it honest for the turn of the tide. Once the tide
turned we caught 5 more bass up to 20 pounds, lost quite few more, and plenty
of bluefish to keep the kids excited.
FINTASTIC CHARTERS (732) 614-4181
5/3/09
Capt. Tom reports:
Today was the first open boat trip of the season . We had Glen, Isack,
Bob, Marty and Joe with us. We started out clamming, caught 3 keepers and a few
shorts. Once the tide started to slow the little bite we had died. Back to plan
B. GO Bunker fishing. Caught 4 more keepers and lots of bluefish.
5/2/09
Capt. Tom reports:
Captain Nick and Tom had ALCS Construction out this morning bass fishing
aboard the Fintastic. We started the day clamming… caught three keepers and a dozen
shorts. With the clamming only producing a few keepers we decided to switch gears
and go bunker fishing. The bunkers bite was steady and we ended up with five more
keepers up to 22 pounds, and pulled the hook on just as many. The bite also
included as many blues as you wanted. We had a great day and welcome our friends
from South Carolina back for another season.
We are sailing an open boat trip tomorrow 6am-1pm and I have one spot left. Our
plan is to bunker fish in the morning. Call Tom if you are interested 732
614-4181.
4/23/09
Capt. Tom reports:
The FINTASTIC is back at Sandy Hook Bay Marina (located minutes to the
fishing grounds) for the spring striped bass season. With the fishing heating up we
have decided to offer the following dates for open boat trips.
Sunday May 3rd &
Tuesday May 5th
Both open boat trips leave Sandy Hook Bay Marina at 6am returning at 1pm.
I will have fresh clams or LIVE BUNKER
All bait and tackle is provided, but feel free to bring your own rod if you prefer.
Price for 6 people is $130 per
Price for 8 people $ 100 per
You can either email me at tkelly@fintasticcharters or call 732-614-4181 to reserve
your spot.
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Captain Tom & The Fintastic Crew
http://www.fintasticcharters.com
(732)614-4181
4/20/09
Capt. Tom reports:
The FINTASTIC is now sailing out of Sandy Hook Bay to take advantage of the
spring striped bass fishing. We are offering full day,afternoon and evening trips
livelinning bunker and claming. Check out the new website for our special.
6/21-22/08
Capt. Tom reports:
The Fintastic Crew of Captain’s Tom Kelly, Bruno Giuliari and Richie Andrews
had the Eddie Hibbert charter on board for the two days of the Mako Mania Shark
Tournament.
Saturday:
On Saturday we fished in the east side of the Triple Wrecks. We had no idea what was
in store for us. We started our drift in 220’ of water and 69◦ water temp with
good bait readings and closest boat was 3 miles away. At 10:30 am a huge splash
occurred at the 30’ balloon. We only saw a massive shark tail disappear into the
water. Richie at that point takes the pitch bait and feeds it back into the slick.
He is instantly hooked up on a Penn 50SW with 21# of drag and 80# mono, the shark
dumped nearly half the spool before we cleared the lines and began backing down on
this monster. The rod was past to every charter member multiple times including the
crew. This fish would just not come up. After two hours of pulling, backing down and
spinning on this fish it finally came up. We grabbed the leader and couldn’t budge
the fish any closer to the boat before it made another run. We had this fish up
about nine times and could not get a good look at it. The size of this fish was
unbelievable it had to weigh well over 1,000#. About 3pm we decided to try something
else to break the stalemate. We realized that if this was a mako we wouldn’t have
enough time to boat the fish and make the tournament’s 7pm weigh in, at this point
we were 62 miles from Pt Pleasant, so forget the tournament rules. The plan was to
swap the fish to a larger rod and reel. We had a Penn 70vs rigged with 200# spectra
and 130# mono top shot which we attached a snap swivel to. The next time we were
able to grab the leader we attached the snap swivel to the leader and cut the Penn
50 free from the fish. At this point we were able to apply 33# of drag to the fish
and fight the fish from a swivel rod holder, similar to how we fish for giants in
NC. The battle lasted for another 2 ½ hours we put as much pressure as we could and
finally at 5:30 pm the line parted and that was it. The battle lasted for 7 hours;
we end up over six miles from original location and pulled into our slip at 9:30pm.
We couldn’t be a 100 % on the identification of this shark but the tail shape leads
us to believe it was either a Great White or a monster mako. We could never get good
look at its head, it was always angled down.
Sunday:
On Sunday we fished the Northeast end of the Glory Hole. We setup in 200’ of crystal
blue 69◦ water. There were whales on the surface and solid bait readings at
100’. At 9:30 the 30’ rod goes off and were hooked up to a 90 - 100# Mako, which
was released after a short fight. We caught 2 additional Mako’s which were under the
tournaments’ qualifying size of 66”. The weather was a little sporty by noon but by
4pm the wind dropped out and we had good ride home.
In the 2 days of Mako Mania we fought a monster shark for 7 hours and caught 3
Mako’s not a bad weekend, if this sounds like fun, call us for dates and
availability.
Capt. Tom
www.fintasticcharters.com
6/15/08
Capt. Tom reports:
Captains Tom Kelly and Richie Andrews gave the Bob Ott charter from Pt
Pleasant, NJ a Father’s Day trip to remember, on the FINTASTIC. They started the
morning snagging bunker outside of Manasquan inlet after filling the live well, they
made their way north. An hour went by before they caught their first fish and then
another as the sun rose the bass really turned on. The 12 person charter at one
point had 8 fish on at once. The bass hit live bunker, heads, tails you name it.
They landed over 25 bass and kept 17 for the table. Two fish weighed in at Clarks
Landing came in at 38 and 44½ # the largest this year on the Fintastic.
6/14/08
Capt. Tom reports:
Captains Bruno Giuliari and Tom Kelly had the Matt Detlet charter on the
FINTASTIC for the Brett Bailey Mako Rodeo. We setup 55 miles to the southeast of
Manasquan in clean 69 degree water, good bait readings, good drift and only 3 other
boats in the area. With the table set we had high hopes for Mr. Mako, but we
proceeded to catch and release 8 big blue sharks and a few bluefish which kept Matt
and his friends quite busy.
We’ll try again this weekend we’ll be fishing both days of Mako Mania.
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Captain Tom & The Fintastic Crew
http://www.fintasticcharters.com
(732)614-4181
6/12/08
Capt. Tom reports:
Captains Tom Kelly and Tom Savastano had the Stan Olszak charter on the
FINTASTIC for and afternoon striper trip. Before heading back to Manasquan from the
Highlands Captain Kelly threw his net and loaded the live well with bunker. We
worked our way down to Asbury where the fish finder lit up with readings. We put her
on the drift and had non stop action with Stripers from 18 to 30#. Stan an avid surf
fisherman couldn’t believe this type of fishing.
6/11/08
Capt. Tom reports:
Captains Tom Kelly and Joe Patsco took the Marty Aberelle charter on the
Fintastic for a late afternoon bass trip. Anchoring in 25' of water the trip started
with a good blue fish bite and as the sun went down the bass really turned on. They
end up chunking over 30 bass ranging from 20 - 27 # with the largest fish weighing
33#. They kept 18 bass table and released the rest to fight another day.
The Fintastic is moving from the Highlands to Point Pleasant today and has some open
date availble. We will be sailing from Clarks Landing Marina in Point Pleasant until
December and then off to Morehead City, NC.
This weekend we will be fishing the Bret Bailey Mako Redeo shark tournament and then
back to Bass fishing on Sunday.
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Captain Tom & The Fintastic Crew
http://www.fintasticcharters.com
(732)614-4181
5/10/08
Capt. Tom reports:
we had 10 anglers from the Murrary party from South Carolina out for a day of
clamming at the hook. we kept 17 plus a few blues and relaease numerous shorts.
5/03/08
Capt. Tom reports:
The charter boat Fintastic will be sailing out of Sandy Hook Bay Marina from
May 1 -June 15 chasing striped bass two trips daily. we plan to offer afternoon
open trips from 3-8Pm for bass. please contact us via our website
www.fintasticharters.com
4/21/08
Capt. Tom reports:
The fintastic will be sailing from Sandy Hook bay marina, Highlands NJ from
5/1 to 6/15. we will be chartering in am (6-2Pm and will sail open on the 3-8PM
trips please see our website, www.fintasticharters.com for info and contact
information
capts tom savastano and Tom Kelly
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