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2002 Fishing Reports

10/20-21/02
Captain Dave Bender reports:
CAPT'S DAVE BENDER AND RICK PETSCHAUER TOOK DAVE GARZILLA AND FRIENDS TO THE HUDSON CANYON SUNDAY/MONDAY OCT 20/21. THE DAY BITE WAS ON AS A TOTAL OF 23 TUNAS YELLOWFIN AND LONFIN WERE BOATED AS WELL AS A 187LB BIGEYE AND A 138LB MAKO. THE FISHING WAS VERY GOOD, HOWEVER WE HEARD THAT THE VERY NEXT DAY THE FISHING WAS POOR. I GUESS IT WAS OUR TURN TO GET LUCKY.

10/8-9/02
Captain Dave Bender reports:
CAPT'S JIMMY GAHM, JAY MONTEVERDI AND DAVE BENDER TOOK PAUL KELLY AND FRIENDS TO THE HUDSON CANYON ON WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY OCT 8/9 ON THE ONLY WEATHER WINDOW IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. THE TROLL PROVIDED FOUR LONGFINS WEDNESADY IN ROUGH SEAS. THE CHUNK SAW A 125LB YELLOWFIN AND A 90LB SWORDFISH BOTH PULLING THE HOOKS AT THE BOAT. THE THURSDAY TROLL PROVIDED FOUR MORE LONGFINS AND A GAFFER MAHI. THE GUYS HAD A GREAT TIME AND ARE ALREADY BOOKING FOE NEXT YEAR. WE HAVE NO IDEA WHEN WE WILL GET OUT AGAIN AS THE WEATHER MAN IS KILLING US.

10/1/02
Captain Dave Bender reports:
CAPT'S DAVE BENDER AND JAY MONTEVERDI TOOK JIM STAVOLA AND FAMILY TO THE HUDSON ON TUES OCT 1 FOR AN OVERNIGHTER. WITH HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR A GREAT TROLL PORTION OF THE TRIP ONLY THREE LONGFINS WERE BOATED DAY ONE. FOUR OTHER KNOCKDOWNS WERE SEEN BUT THE FISH WERE SKIDDISH. THE NIGHT BITE WAS UNEVENTFUL AS WE WENT ONE FOR TWO ON 75LB YELLOWFIN. AT 4AM THE SWORD ROD WENT OFF AND JIMMY WAS IN FOR A GREAT FIGHT. THE FISH RAN INTO THE RUNNING GEAR AND SOME GREAT ANGLING AND QUICK THINKING BY JAY AND DAVE BOATED THE SWORD.

09/30/02
Captain Dave Bender reports:
CAPT'S JIMMY GAHM AND RICK PETSCHAUER TOOK EMIDIO AND PAUL PINHO ON A DAY TROLL TO THE HUDSON CANYON ON MONDAY SEPT 30. THE TRIP WAS TO BE AN OVERNIGHTER BUT SUNDAY'S EAST WIND NEVER LAID DOWN. CAPT JIMMY AND RICK FOUND THE FISH RIGHT AWAY AND THEY PICKED ALL DAY. ELEVEN LONGFINS AND A 90 LB YELLOWFIN WERE BOATED AS WELL AS TWO MAHI. A LARGE BIGEYE WAS LOST DURING A BATTLE.

09/23/02
Captain Dave Bender reports:
CAPT'S DAVE BENDER AND JAY MONTEVERDI TOOK TOM TOMASIAN AND FRIENDS TO THE HUDSON CANYON ON TUESDAY SEPT 23,2002 SIX LONGFINS WERE TROLLED BEFORE WE SET UP ON THE CHUNK. ONE LONGFIN AND SEVERAL GAFFER MAHI WERE CAUGHT AT NIGHT. THE WEDNESDAY TROLL PRODUCED ONE LONGFIN AND A 65 LB YELLOWFIN.

09/20/02
Captain Dave Bender reports:
CAPT'S JIMMY GAHM AND DAVE BENDER SAILED TO THE LIDENKOHL CANYON FRIDAY WITH JOHN LEAHMAN AND FRIENDS TO TROLL ONE LONGFIN BEFORE DARK AND CHUNK TWO MORE YELLOWFINS IN THE 80LB CLASS. THE FISH WERE IN THE SLICK FOR A BRIEF TIME BUT WE COULD NOT HOLD THEM. THE MORNING TROLL PROVIDED FIVE MORE NICE LONGFINS TO 60 LBS AND A TOTAL OF EIGHT FISH WERE BOATED.

09/17-18/02
Captain Dave Bender reports:
CAPT'S DAVE BENDER, JIMMY GAHM, AND JAY MONTEVERDI TOOK BOB KENNEDY, STEVE SENFF, MIKE NAFOLITANO, PAT AND JOE PALLOTTA TO THE HUDSON CANYON TUES SEPT16/17 FOR AN OVERNIGHTER. THE EVENING TROLL PROVIDED FOUR LONGFINS BEFORE WE SET UP ON THE CHUNK. PERFECT CONDITIONS ALLOWED US TO DRIFT THE WEST WALL ALL NIGHT IN CALM SEAS. ONCE AGAIN THE FISHING WAS SLOW AND THE READINGS WERE NON EXISTANT. STEVE SENFF WORKED HIS LINES ALL NIGHT AND WAS REWARDED WITH THE FIRST FISH OF THE NIGHT AT 3AM, A 70LB YELLOWFIN. SHORTLY AFTER A SECOND FISH HIT THE DECK FOR A LONG NIGHT FOR ONLY TWO BITES. IT TURNS OUT WE HAD A BETTER NIGHT THAN MOST. THE MORNING TROLL LOOKED PROMISING AS A LONGFIN WAS HOOKED IMMEDIATLEY WHILE SETTING OUT THE LINES. HOWEVER,A THREE HOUR LAG CAME BEFORE OUR NEXT BITE. CAPT JIMMY GAHM FOUND THE FISH AS THE NEXT TWO HOURS PROVIDED NON STOP TROLLING AS 13 LONFINS AND ONE NICE 75LB YELLOWFIN WERE BOATED. A TOTAL OF TWENTY FISH WERE CAUGHT AND THE GUYS WERE TIRED.

09/13-14/02 Captain Dave Bender reports:
CAPTS DAVE BENDER AND RICK PETSCHAUER TOOK ROB FISCHER AND FRIENDS TO THE HUDSON CANYON FOR AN OVERNIGHTER. SINCE THE 45KNOT BLOW DURING THE WEEK WE WEREN'T QUITE SURE WHAT TO FIND OUT THERE. AFTER SEARCHING FOR HOURS ON THE TROLL WE HAD A LONGFIN ON THE TROLL ON THE EAST ELBOW. WE SET UP FOR THE NIGHT AND DIDN'T HAVE OUR FIRST BITE UNTILL 4AM WHEN A 60LB YELLOWFIN HIT THE DECK. AFTER THAT THREE MORE TO 70 LBS CAME OVER THE SIDE AND WE GOT BACK ON THE TROLL AT 7AM SATURDAY. A LARGE YELLOWFIN WAS TROLLED AT BROUGHT BOATSIDE ONLY TO BE LOST ON A PULLED HOOK AT THE BOAT. THE FISH WAS IN THE 80LB CLASS.

08/27/02
Captain Dave Bender reports:
CAPT'S DAVE BENDER,NICK MILLS AND MATE CHRIS CUNNINGHAM TOOK ROY GRUBER, VAL DESANTO, TIBOR TANCZOS, KRISTINA TANCZOS, AND ROBERT SCHULTZ ON A DAY TROLL TO THE HUDSON CANYON TUESDAY AUGUST 27TH. THE LONGFINS WERE BITING AND SIXTEEN WERE BOATED UP TO 55LBS. AT ONE POINT EIGHT FISH WERE ON AT ONCE AND SKILLFULL ANGLING AND GREAT COCKPIT HANDLING BY NICK AND CHRIS BOATED SEVEN OF EIGHT. IN THE MORNING A LARGE BLUE MARLIN CRASHED THE SPREAD AND WAS HOOKED FOR A SHORT WHILE.

08/18-23/02
Captain Dave Bender reports:
CAPT'S DAVE BENDER,RICK PETSCHAUER AND NICK MILLS TOOK SHAWN MELNAR AND JIM FREEMYER TO THE MID ATLANTIC 500,000 TOURNAMENT IN CAPE MAY THIS PAST WEEK.ONDAY WE WERE OWE FOR TWO ON WHITE MARLIN WHEN THE MAN IN THE BLUE SUIT CAME KNOCKING.AFTER CRASHING TWO BALLYOO BAITS NICK FED HIM A THIRD BAIT AND THE FIGHT WAS ON. SHAWN FOUGHT THE FISH FOR OVER AN HOUR ONLY TO HAVE THE HOOK PULL 60' FROM THE BOAT. AT ONE POINT THE DOUBLE LINE WAS AT THE BOAT. WE RETURNED TUESDAY TO THE SCENE OF THE CRIME IN THE SOUTH POORMAN'S CANYON HOWEVER WE DIDN'T SEE A FISH ALL DAY. WEDNESDAY WAS A LAY DAY AND WE RAN TO THE WILMINGTON ON THURSDAY LOOKING FOR A LARGE TUNA SINCE THE LEADER WAS ONLY A 81LB YELLOWFIN. AFTER TROLLING ALL DAY WE FINALLY FOUND SOME LONGFIN ON THE WEST NOTCH. AFTER BAOTING SIX NICE FISH UP TO FORTY FIVE POUNDS WE WERE OUT OF TIME AND THE 2002 MIDATLANTIC WAS OVER FOR THE JENNY LEE. WE WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE THREE BILLFISH AND THE SIX TUNAS AS MANY BOATS DIDN'T HAVE A BITE IN THREE DAYS OF FISHING.

08/10/02
Captain Dave Bender reports:
CAPT'S DAVE BENDER AND RICK PETSCHAUER TOOK JOHN AND JAIMIE BORENIUS AND MARK HALEY AND FRIENDS TO THE DIP ON A STURDAY/ SUNDAY OVERNIGHTER. TROLLING SATURDAY PROVED SLOW ONLY BOATING ONE 60LB YELLOWFIN. THE CHUNK PROVED TO BE EVEN SLOWER AS WE WERE COVERED UP WITH SQUID ALL NIGHT, HOWEVER NO TUNA HIT THE DECK. THE MORNING TROLL PROVED WORTHY AS SIX YELLOWFINS WERE HOOKED AND FIVE TO SEVENTY POUNDS WERE BOATED.

08/9/02
Captain Dave Bender reports:
CAPT. DAVE BENDER TOOK DENNIS ITALIA AND FRIENDS FROM DOW CHEMICAL ON A DAY TROLL TO THE SPENCER CANYON TO BAOT TEN YELLOWFINS TO 70 LBS.

08/7/02
Captain Dave Bender reports:
CAPT'S JIMMY GAHM AND NICK MILLS TOOK ED VANWOUDENBERG AND FRIENDS TO THE HUDSON CANYON FOR A DAY TROLL ON THURSDAY AUGUST 7,2002. THE WTAER WE HAD FISHED A FEW DAYS PRIOR HAD MOVED OUT AND GREEN WATER DOMINATED THE CANYON. WITH THE HELP FROM SATTELITE TEMPERATURE CHARTS, CAPT. JIMMY STEAMED SOUTH EAST TO FIND 78 DEGREE COBALT BLUE WATER. ALTHOUGH NO TUNA WERE CAUGHT AT NOON THE MAN IN THE BLUE SUIT CAME KNOCKING. AFTER AN HOUR AND A HALF BATTLE AND SOME GREAT ANGLING BY ED AND BOAT HANDLING BY JIMMY AND NICK A RELEASE FLAG WENT UP AND A 550-600 LB BLUE MARLIN WAS SET FREE TO BITE ANOTHER DAY.

08/4/02
Captain Dave Bender reports:
CAPT'S RICK PETSCHAUER AND DAVE BENDER TOOK TOM McCARRICK AND FAMILY ON A DAY TROLL TO THE HUDSON CANYON ON SUNDAY AUGUST 4,2002. BEFORE LEAVING THE DOCK THERE WAS MIXED EMOTIONS ON WHERE TO FISH DUE TO THE LACK OF GOOD WATER. IT WAS DECIDED TO TAKE OUR MAIDEN VOYAGE TO THE HUDSON CANYON, WHAT WE CALL OUR HOME CANYON. THE HUDSON HAS BEEN BARREN SO FAR THIS SEASON. WELL, WE GOT A BREAK AND HAD A GREAT DAY. WE BOATED SIX YELLOWFINS FROM 50 -70LBS AND AT THE LAST FIVE MINUTES GOT BIT BY A NICE 5O LB WHITE MARLIN AND FLEW THE RELEASE FLAG BACK TO MANSQUAN INLET. TEN YEAR OLD KEVIN McCARRICK CAUGHT HIS FIRST YELLOWFIN AND HIS WAS THE 70 POUNDER.

08/1/02
Captain Dave Bender reports:
CAPT'S JIMMY GAHM AND DAVE BENDER TOOK JOHN SKIADAS NORTH OF THEE HUDSON CANYON TO TROLL ONE 50LB YELLOWFIN AND FOUR LONGFINS. EARLY IN THE MORNING THE HOOK WAS PULLED ON A LARGE FISH, IDENTITY TO BE UNKNOWN?

07/20/02
Captain Dave Bender reports:
CAPT'S JIMMY GAHM AND JOHN SHIPLEY TOOK PHIL AND LAURIE SANTOS TO THE LINDENKOHL CANYON FOR A DAY TROLL SUNDAY JULY 21ST. THEY CAUGHT FOUR OF SIX YELLOWFINS AND SEVERAL MAHI MAHI. THE FISHING WAS GENERALLY SLOW AND THE FISH HAVE BEEN SMALL. HOWEVER, FLAT CALM SEAS AND GOOD FRIENDS PROVIDED A GREAT TIME FOR PHIL'S BIRTHDAY GIFT FROM LAURIE.

07/12/02
Captain Dave Bender reports:
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE TWICE, CAPTS DAVE BENDER AND RICK PETSCHAUER TOOK STEVE WESTERKON AND FRIENDS TO THE TOMS CANYON FRIDAY JULY 12 FOR A DAY TROLL. THEY BOATED SEVEN YELLOWFINS TO 60 LBS AND FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW THE MAN IN THE BLUE SUIT CAME KNOCKING. LAST YEAR A 450LB BLUE MARLIN WAS RELEASE, UNFORTUNATLET THIS YEARS FISH WAS ALSO RELEASED HOWVER MUCH TOO EARLY, THE LINE BROKE EARLY INTO THE FIGHT. I'M SURE THE GUYS WILL BE BACK AGAIN NEXT YEAR AS THE FISHING WAS GREAT AND THE SEAS WERE FLAT.

06/27/02
Captain Dave Bender reports:
CAPT'S DAVE BENDER AND NICK MILLS TOOK BILL ARENDT AND FRIENDS BLUE FISHING AND A LIMIT CATCH WAS CAUGHT. THE FISHING WAS 18 MILES SOUTH EAST OF MANASQUAN.

06/15/02
Captain Dave Bender reports:
CAPTS. DAVE BENDER AND RICK PETSCHAUER RAN ERNIE AND MARK KUSTERER OUT SATURDAY IN VERY ROUGH 8' SEAS TO COMPETE IN THE MAKO MANIA SHARK TOURNAMENT OUT OF CLARK'S LANDING. WITH FATHER'S DAY ON SUNDAY THE BOYS OPTED TO FISH THE ROUGH WATER DUE TO PRIOR COMMITMENTS ON FATHER'S DAY. WE FISHED 37 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE INLET AND AT 11AM MR. MAKO CAME KNOCKING, AFTER A GOOD BATTLE MARK PULLED THE FISH BOATSIDE AND A 170 LB MAKO WAS IN THE BOX. THE FISH WAS SECOND PLACE UNTILL SUNDAY WHEN OVER 100 BOATS FISHED AND WE GOT KNOCKED OUT OF THE MONEY. HOWEVER A GOOD TIME WAS HAD AND THE BOYS ARE BOOKING AN OCTOBER TUNA TRIP.

06/08/02-06/09/02
Captain Dave Bender reports:
CAPT'S DAVE BENDER AND RICK PETSCHAUER TOOK SHAWN MELNAR AND FRIENDS TO THE CAPE MAY SHARK TOUR. THIS PAST WEEKEND . FRIDAY WAS A BLOW OUT IN 30 KNOT WINDS AND SATURDAY WAS NOT MUCH BETTER ALTHOUGH WE GOT OUT SOME 52 MILES. A TOTAL OF EIGHT BLUE SHARKS WERE RELEASED ON SATURDAY THE LARGEST ABOUT 150LBS. SUNDAY WAS A FLAT CALM SEA AND THE FISHING WAS MUCH SLOWER AS ONLY ONE BLUE SHARK WAS RELEASED AND ALL THE BLUEFISH YOU COULD STAND. AT PRESS TIME JENNY LEE IS PREPPING TO FISH THE MAKO MANIA TOURNAMENT OUT OF MANASQUAN THIS WEEKEND THE 15/16TH OF JUNE

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