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Megan Beth Sportfishing

Fishing Reports


06/26-27/10
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
On Saturday we fished the Mako Mania/JCSA tournements, On board were ,Lou,Joann,Russ,Steve and John. Running to the SE 54 miles we had plenty of life,whales,tuna,blues,birds feeding on sand eels and butter fish. All the conditions were right all we had was a blue shark,plenty of blues and a small mako that swam around the boat but dropped the bait and we never saw him again. On Sunday Tony Glover and crew were aboard for a Sea Bass trip. Stopping on some local spots we had a steady pick of Sea Bass .Wound up with about 24 keepers ,some ling,one short fluke,a couple of small blues,and about 20 black fish all which were released. One ling was a huge one and weighed in at 5.3 lbs. Great day to be on the water.

06/19/10
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Open boat crew consisted of Doc,Pete,Shawn,Dan,Tom and George. Heading up North there were bunker right outside the inlet. While putting 3 dozen bunkers in the well, we had one bass pick up a snagged bunker ,but the fish dropped the bait. Moving a few miles north there was a small fleet working some bunkers schools. Sneaking in we got a few live ones out and had two more run offs. line broke on one and second one line jammed in spool. Bite was over with in the hour,it did not last long. Headed up north and dropped in on a rock pile. First fish was a bluefish bite off and then we finelly got a bass on a chunk, Worked a steady pick , and ended the day with 7 keeper bass and 1/2 dozen bluefish. Dropped about 8 others and released 3 short bass in around the 25 inch mark. Nice day on the water

06/12/10
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Wilkins and Crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of bass fishing , Heading out a little later then we wanted .We found the bunker just to the north of the inlet. With the bait spread out and tough to snag. A center console Contender pulled up an cast neted a bunch, my luck Jay the mate from the Renagade was on board and gave us all the bunker we can use. Thanks again!!! Off to the fishing grounds. Headed north and found some bird activity, only small blues chasing the rain fish. Got to the rocks and it looked like a parking lot with about 100 boats. Got settled in on the anchor ,not the spot I wanted . First 1/2 hour with no tide Tracy Mascilak got the first fish, with a help from mate as the fish ran up to the anchor the first fish was fought off the bow and was 28 lbs. Next hour and a half slow,as boats started to head off to switch to fluke or sea bass we made a move to a better spot. Had a couple quick pick ups and dog fish,bluefish bite off we managed a 29 inch Bass. Stuck it out and we had another fish 24 lbs on a live bait . Mike Desilva did a great job as the fish were stubborn and wanted to head under the boat and up the line. Days end 3 for 8 on the bass. Tough conditions wind against tide and a bumpy ride home.

06/05/10
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Crew of Jim Sabo, Doc and Cock Robin Pete were aboard the Megan Beth for a live lining bass trip. Left the inlet at 5 AM and found the bunker right outside the inlet. Loading up the live well with bunker in about an hour it was off to the fishing grounds. Looking off Asbury we read a few with ,but not enough to stop on. Went up a little further an anchored up on a drop off. Bite was on ,the first fish was taken on a chunk, then we got one on live bait. Had a steady pick all day and crew caught thier limit as well as the captain and the mates share. Fish were all from 29 inch up to 20 lbs.Release a couple shorts. One bluefish taken and a couple bite offs as well as a couple Sea Bass taken when baits dropped to the bottom. Great day on the water for us..

05/31/10
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Jisu Noh and crew were aboard the Megan Beth looking for Striped Bass. Heading North of the inlet we found the bunker a couple miles from the inlet. They were not thick and we had to work hard to get our baits. After a couple hours we had a couple dozen bunker in and were off to go fishing. Stopping at a couple spots on the way up and despite birds working we had no takers at all. Heading back to a drop off where we had the Saturday we anchored up. With in 15 minutes we had our first fish in the boat. Did not have a touch for the next couple hours. Then we boated three more in the next 1/2 hour. By 1 :00 PM we started back on the troll and tried a couple spots. We managed 5 Bass in the 15 lb class and one Bluefish. Nice day on the water and a great crew.

05/29/10
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Jim Sabo and the doctor party were aboard the Megan Beth for Striped Bass live lining trip. Catching the bunker just North of the inlet, we snagged 30 and put them in the live well before heading up to Asbury to drift the bunker. We read a few fish but had no takers. Moving to a local drop off, we anchored up and chunked and put live bunk out in the slick. We had a slow pick landing 7 bass in the 15-20 pound class and missing 8 run-offs. It was a great day on the water with a great crew aboard the boat

05/23/10
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Leonard Zemeckis and family were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Sea Bass fishing. Stopping of 5 different wrecks only produced a handful of Sea Bass and one keeper Cod fish. Tough conditions with wind against tide . Every stop we had hits but then it would stop.. We were headin in to look over some bunker pods when we found the Striped Bass bustin all over the surfice. Put out a jig and fish on right away but got off. Fish were on the move so we put the Strecth lures out and we had our first keeper around the 25 lb class. Put the lines back out and double header hook up., First fish in was around 25 lbs and the second was taking line and a little longer to get in because the fish was Leonards largest bass ever. On the hand scale weighed 48 lbs and on the digital scale ,where the fish would not fit in the basket it weighed 46.65 lbs. Boating one more Bass and a Bluefish we headed back to the dock with the four bass on Ice. Last hour of the day made the day .

05/16/10
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
After getting a late start as the charter overslept... We got up to the north and trolled 2 fish right away in the 20-25 lb class. Then for us the bite went dead.. Trolled for four more hours and only boated one more fish and lost three more on the spoons. Tough day over all FOR US.

05/01/10
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Regular customer Lou Forenzi was aboard the Megan Beth on 5/01/10 to get in on the bass action. Heading up the beach we stopped on some marks with birds working. No takers . Went up off Long Branch and found the birds ,with many boats heading through them had the fish scattered so we went on the troll. First line out was a double header ,of keeper bass. Getting away from the crowd we switched over to stretch 25's and we picked fish all day. We jigged some as well as on the troll , Had our limit and the released for a while. Only a few bluefish today.. Great day on the water.. :) :) :)

04/24/10 Captain Dan McGivney reports: Jeff Bowen, Joe Hawks,Steve Lessel,Russ and Bruno were aboaed the Megan Beth for a day of Strip Bass fishing. Heading to the North we stopped on some bunker off Shark River. Snagging a dozen bunker and livelining with no takers. Heading up to the rocks we read some small patches of fish so we took a couple drifts and tryed jigging for a while. No good . We then went on the troll and with in the first 200 feet we had our first fish in the box. We continued to work the same area and went 6 for a 8 keeper Bass and a few Bluefish in the catch as well. All the keepers were in the 20 lb class. Great day to be on the water as it was the calm before the weather is forcasted to change.. __________________

11/21/09
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Paul Gottlick,long time charter customer as well as Tom,Marty and John were aboard the Megan Beth. Heading to the North we ran accross a patch of birds working on some fish. Stopping and jigging we immediatly had a bass in the 16 lb range with some other hits and misses. Moving up to the north off Shark River we stopped and jigged and had some steady action before all the boats showed up, Why do boats have to speed through a fleet working on fish? As the bite slowed up and Bluefish took over we decided to go on the troll. By days end we had 9 keeper bass to 18 lbs and around 24 shorts released and countless number of Bluefish. Great day on the water for the end of November.:) :) :)

11/07-08/09
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
On Saturday Jisoo Noh and friends were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Bass fishing. Heading to the South ,our first fish was a Bluefish. Thanks to Capt Bruno of the Fintastic gave me a call that he had the bass all over the surface chasing sand eels. We tryed to jig them but the fish were moving too fast. We went on the troll and immediately had fish on. Boating four bass before the bite slowed we then picked away at the blues. After the tide change we managed one more Bass. By days end we had 5 bass to 22 lbs and alot of blues. Sunday Jim Sabo and friends were on board . Heading off we found the birds but only to find a lot of Blues feeding on the eels. Went on the troll only to get more blues, Went back on the drift and jigged more Bluefish and some small bass. By days end we had one keeper and 5 shorts and countless numbers of bluefish,most released. Both days were great to be on the water.

11/01/09
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Lou and Jo Forenzi were on board the Megan Beth to get in on some Bass fishing. Heading south out of the inlet we trolled and went 7 for 9 keeper bass and countless numbers of Bluefish. Stopping to jig some reading only produced more bluefish, Once the bluefish thin out a little the bass fishing should pick up as we had steady readings down deep,but could not get to them. Great day on the water. :) :) :)

10/10/09
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Dave Tranchera and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for there annual inshore Tuna trip. The weather forcast was not on our side ,so we headed up the beach to the rocks and trolled for a couple hours with out a touch. Headed off to the Mud Bouy and we had a steady pick of Blues up to 10 lbs. When the front came through the wind picked up to about 25 knts out of the NW and seas of 4-6 ft we were glad we stayed inshore . By days end we and a full load of Blues.

10/04/09
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Jim Sabo and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of bluefishing. 3 of the crew wanted no part of the Blues and were looking for False Albacore on light tackle. Pea soup Fog was in and out until the front came through around 1:00 PM. Heading up to the Rocks we read some fish and bait ,jigged with no luck,so off we went to the Mud Bouy. By days end we filled two coolers of blues and boated a 1/2 dozen albacore. Those that tried for Albies broke off about 30 blues as they were fishing with out wire.Great day on the water

9/20/09
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
After being down for over a month with motor issues,it was nice to be out on the water this weekend. Saturday's trip we were heading off to the Bluefin grounds but when we got off 13 miles the crew decided the seas were a little to big, so we reschuled the trip in the next coming weeks. On Sunday Lou and Jo Forenzi were on board for a day of Bluefishing. Heading up the beach we stopped on some bird life and we managed one False Albacore. Stopping at the rocks was slow for us as we read the fish with no takers on Jigs.We headed off to the Mud Bouy and put the chum in the water. First stop was slow putting a 1/2 dozen fish in the box. Making a little move about a 1/4 mile we did very well. With in a few minutes it was non stop action with limit catches of Bluefish from 3-10 lbs. Great to be back on the water

7/25-26/09
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Vinny G and crew were aboard the Megan Beth on Saturday 7/25/09 ,suppose to be a Bluefish trip,heading out to the east we read plenty of fish ,with no bite.Tried it for a few hours with no bites at all. Switching over to a couple wrecks we had a slow pick of Sea Bass with a couple dozen keepers and twice as many throw backs. Sunday Tony Glover and crew were on board ,Heading to a couple favorite wrecks 10 miles off we had a slow pick of Sea Bass on all spots with some shorts as well. Days total were 3 dozen Sea Bass,2 small blues, and a few Ling.

7/11/09
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Open boat trip for Fluke on the Megan Beth with John,Mark,Steve and George. Leaving the inlet at 7:00 AM we headed up to the church in 45 foot of water. Tried around 5 spots from the church up to Long Branch only to show two small Bluefish and two keeper Sea Bass and a bunch of short Fluke.The wind started picking up at 10:00 AM and by noon the wind was out of the South at about 20 knots. 10 oz of weight was not enough to hold bottom. We fished inside the inlet the rest of the day. Managed two keepers and a bunch of shorts for the day, disappointing day on the water for us. :mad: :mad:

6/27/09
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Lou Forenzi, JoJo, Steve Lessel, John Luchnick, and Russ Kissam were aboard the Megan Beth to fish the Mako Mania and the JCSA Shark tournaments. Heading to the East we found beautiful clean 65 degree water at the Chicken Canyon. There was plenty of life with porpoise, birds, and bait, but no drift. We managed two Blue Sharks. We had one run off that we came up empty and one other Blue Shark that hung around our boat for about an hour before we had to poke it away. Well maybe next year we will have better luck.

6/21/09
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Nick Clemente,Joe,Adrian,Chris and Pablo were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Fluke fishing. Heading to the North we stopped off Long Branch for a few drifts in 45 foot of water.Hard to hold with a North wind and roaring tide we had a hard time holding bottom with 12 oz. After a few drifts with only showing a few Sea Bass with one keeper we headed in to the shallow to fish some rocky bottom. We found the fluke but a lot of shorts and only a few keepers anlong with a few Sea Bass.

5/21/09
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Steve Lessel and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Bass fishing , Stopping off Mantoloking ,we had the live well filled up in no time. With no signs of any life to the south we headed to the north. Off Asbury there were tons of bunker with no fish. We moved to the rocks and on the first drift we had a bass pick up a bunker and drop it , From then on it was only Bluefish bites with the largest being 15.6 lbs.

5/09/09
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Jeff Bowen and friends were aboard the Megan Beth. Stopping on some wrecks SE of Manasquan we had a steady pick of Sea Bass up to 3.95 lbs. We also had some big Conger eels and some Black fish that went back due to the season being closed.Few dog fish on each spot ,but were not too bad. Still have some week end days available so call today to reserve your spot aboard the Megan Beth at 732-899-5309 or 732-547-9224.

4/29/09
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
The Megan Beth is in the water and ready to start fishing May 2. Still have openings for Striped Bass,blues,Sea Bass and Fluke. Call captain Dan for information and reservations at 732-899-5309 or cell at 732-547-9224.

11/09/08
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Lou Forenzi and crew were aboard the Megan Beth. Headed down to IBSP . First we jigged for a while and the with only a few blues and a short bass. Went on the troll the rest of the day and had about 50 blues to 10 lbs and 14 bass with only one keeper. Great day on the water.

11/01/08
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Paul Gottlick and crew were aboard the Megan Beth looking for Striped Bass. Jigging South of the inlet we only had some Bluefish ,2 small Fluke and a few spiny Dogfish.Moving just north of the inlet we managed one short Bass and a few more Bluefish.Going on the trol ,more Bluefish and we had four Bass on one umbrella rig ,3 shorts and one keeper bass. Great day on the water.

10/05/08
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
What a difference a day makes. Heading back to where we were the day before ,the wind was not what they forcasted. It was blowing out of the South about 15 at 6:00 Am. Started the troll and we had False albacore as we set the lines back. Trolling for a couple hours we had plenty of False albacore ,then we boated a Blue fin around 25 lbs. We anchored up and chunked to no avail,so the last couple hours we trolled again only to get a couple dozen false alabore. Conditions were tough as the ocean was not rough just all over the place with wind taking you one way and the swell would get you the other way.

10/04/08
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Dave Tranchera and freinds were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Tuna fishing. Heading out to the Mud Hole in beautiful calm sea we first trolled. One hour into the troll we boated our first Bluefin about 30 lbs. as we reeled up the fish the fish finder lit up like a Xmas tree. dropping a jig down we mangaged another Tuna . Moving around we jigged another 9 fish. Back on the troll at the end of the day only produced alot of false Albacore. Total was 11 Blue fin 10 release keeping one and over 20 false albacore released.Great day on the water.

09/28/08
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Bruce Scriva and crew from Verona were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Bluefishing. Heading up to the rocks in dense fog and a huge swell from Saturdays storm we had steady action all day with Bluefish,by days end we had a cooler full of Blues.

08/30/08
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Kevin Murphy and family were aboard the Megan Beth for a half day of Fluke fishing,stopping on a lump 3 miles off the inlet only produced some shorts. Heading down the beach we stopped on the Axel Carlson reef and we caught about 10 more shorts as well as two keepers ,7.6 lbs as well as a 5.5lb, Barbra out fished her husband by catching the big one.Great day on the water..

08/24/08
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Heading back up to the Mud Bouy with Tony Glover and crew ,we had no tide and the lines went right to the bottom. Sticking it out we chummed heavy and we were able to get the fish to bite. Loading up with blues we caught over 80 bluesfish,dropping the lines to the bottom we managed two Fluke one being a keeper. Great day on the water. Still have a couple weekend dates in September for blues. Give us a call at 732-547-9224.

08/23/08
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Lou an Jo Jo were aboard the Megan beth for a day of Bluefishing. Heading to the Mud Bouy . With beautiful calm seas and a light wind we picked bluefish all day from the time the anchor came tight till we left for home. First time ocean fisherman Dalton(14) caught 10 blues. Stopping on the rocks and Long Branch only produced a few shorts and a lot of small sea bass.

08/14/08
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Mike Markelet and Friends from ATT fished aboard the Megan Beth. Fishing the Mud Bouy it was a slow pick of blues. We had to switch over to jigs and mono on the baits to get them to bite.Having a decent catch of blues we stopped on the way back home to catch four nice keeper Fluke to 4 lbs and a half a dozen Sea Bass. Great day on the water. Still some open weekend dates if you want to get in on the action,call Capt Dan @732-547-9224.

08/9-10/08
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
The Megan Beth fished the JCSA Fluke tournament for the two day event. Paul gottlick and crew were on board on Saturday. Fishing the rough bottom north of the inlet we managed 15 keepers to 4.75 lbs with good conditions NW wind . Sunday the conditions were bad as we had a brisk SE wind and by days end we were up to 12 oz weight making it dificult to fish in the rough stuff. We managed 7 keepers for the day and all the fish were from 4-8.6lbs ,to place second in the two day event.

07/27/08
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Marty and Tony Glover were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of bottom fishing. Fishing the rocky bottom north,we had a slow pick of Fluke as well as a few Sea Bass.We ended the day early due to the heavy thunderstorms with a half dozen keeper Fluke as well as some Sea Bass in the 3.5 lb range.Still have some available dates in August and September.

07/12/08
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Fished the rocks with Paul Gottlick and crew. Stopping on some fish off Belmar we had two fish on and lost them at the boat,tons of bait all the way up to the rocks. Chumming till the change of tide we boated one bluefish out of 3 hits . Very slow,Drifted for fluke off of Momouth beach had had 24 fluke but only 3 keepers. One of those days....

06/21/08
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Steve Lessel,Russ Kissam,John Luchnick were aboard the Megan Beth to fish the Mako Mania and JCSA shark tournament.Fishing 45 Miles SE of manasquan in 69 degree clean water,we hooked up with a 400 pound Thesher shark at 10:30 AM. We released the shark after a 50 minute fight. That was the only hit we had all day. Plenty of life around with turtles,whales and birds in the area. Book your trip on the Megan Beth by calling Captain Dan at 732-547-9224.

06/15/08
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Lou Forenzi and crew from Reliable tools were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of bluefishing. Stopping on some bunker north of the inlet we had no run offs. Plenty of bunkers for miles. Heading off shore we chummed for blues at it was a slow pick at first as the tide picked up we had steady action and filled two coolers full of blues. Still have some available weekend dates in July so give us a call at 732-547-9224.

06/14/08
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Jim Sabo and friends were aboard the Megan Beth. Stopping on some pods of bunkers we managed one bass at 30 lbs. Blue fish moved in and runied our rigs, then it was time to stop on some wrecks for sea bass. Making three drops we managed to get a good catch of keeper sea bass,having to pick through many shorts. great day on the water.

06/08/08
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Lou and Jo Jo were on board the Megan Beth for a day of Bass fishing. Heading up to to the North to work on some schools of bunker we had one bass at 30 lbs.and a few other run offs. Trolled for a while at the rocks that produced nothing. Too many boats working the bunker and running through the fish did not help our efforts.

06/07/08
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Tony Glover and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Sea Bass fishing. Heading south we stoped on a couple of schools of bunker only to produce a couple Bluefish. Heading off to a wreck to the south east we had a slow pick of keepers as well as many short Sea Bass. We also had a couple ling and some black fish that were released.By days end we had a nice cooler full of Sea Bass on ice.
05/25/08
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Joe Hawks and crew were aboard the Megan Beth. Splitting the day we decided to pull the spoons north of the inlet. Heading up to the Elberon rocks we started trolling in 50 ft of water. Boating three bass around 18lbs ,then the bluefish started. Boating some bluefish we wanted to spend some time bottom fishing and we stopped on the Sea Girt reef and kept a bucket full of keeper Sea Bass and numerous shorts. Great day on the water.. Still have some weekend dates available so give us a call @732-547-9224.

05/18/08
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Steve Lessel and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Sea Bass fishing. Heading to the South East there was a steady pick of nice size keeper sea bass til around 11:30 as the wind switched to the South East. Still a pick but a lot of small ones then. Finished up the day with our limit of Sea Bass to 3.5 lbs. one Ling at 4.4lbs. Released a few blackfish and of course a few dogfish were caught. Still have a few weekend dates available for Sea Bass ,Fluke or blues. Check out the Megan Beth Web Site on Nautical Net.

11/11/07
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Tony Glover and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of trolling for bass. With so many small bluefish chasing the sand eels hit was hard to keep the lines in the water for bass. A total of 12 bass were caught ,but only 3 keepers as well as over 75 bluefish.Cold start to the day but a great day on the water.

11/09/07
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Greg Hall and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Bass fishing. Stopping outside the inlet we jigged one bass (18 Lbs) as well as many Blue fish. As the action died we went on the troll south and picked away at many bluefish. Switching back to jigging produced another keeper bass as well as some shorts more bluefish and one weakfish. Also jigged 1/2 dozen short porgies as well as some short Sea Bass.By days end we had the 3 keeper bass 7 shorts and too many bluefish to count and a weakfish.Great day on the water.

10/21/07
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Stopping at the Rocks where we fished the day before we only had a few bluefish in the first hour, as there was no tide and the lines went straight to the bottom. Heading out to the Mud Bouy,stopping on readings we had steady action to the time it was to go home. Jigs worked as well as bait as the bluefish responded to both. Kept a dozen blues as all the rest of the fish were released.

10/20/07
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Frank Scarali and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Stripers or Blues. With 66 degree water we decided to chum at the Rcoks. Starting out slow, it became a steady pick of blues up tp 14lbs. Filling two coolers of blues we called it a day, with alot of tired arms. The wind of blowing out of the West with gust up to 25kts. But it was nice along the beach with a big swell from the storm on Friday.

10/14/07
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Sea Bass fishing finally picked up for Marty and crew that were aboard the Megan Beth. Stopping on 2 wrecks we had a steady pick of Sea Bass with 60 nice keepers as well as at least 200 throwbacks. Mixed in with the catch were a half of dozen Porgies and one short Blackfish.Sea Bass is atarting to pick up as the water cools down.

10/13/07
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Steve Evanski and friends were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of bluefishing. Heading North of Manasquan we stopped near Shark River and we jigged a half of a dozen of bluefish before heading up to the Mud to chum. Chumming was a slow pick as the tide picked up, so did the fishing. Filling to coolers of bluefish we also caught a dozen Sea Bass as well as one Striped Bass 26 inch that was released. Great day to be on the water.

10/05/07
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Captain Dan hosted one of the boats for the Munsen Enginerring Co. Chumming at the Rocks,only produced 2 bluefish so we decided to troll and we loaded up with bluefish up to 12lbs. The fog was thick all day but the seas were calm, all in all a great day on the water.

9/16/07
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Dave Jones ,Steve Long and crew were aboard the Megan Beth . Starting the troll near the Shark River reef we had our first and only false albacore with in minutes of trolling. the rest of the day only produced two small Mahi. Water was clean, 70 degrees through out but a dead sea and not many readings of bait or fish.Fished from the reef out to the Lillian.

9/14/07
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Lou and Jo Jo were back on board the Meagn Beth,After looking at the forcast we decided just to do a day trip instead of an overnight tuna trip. Stopping at the rocks we trolled for bass with only two bluefish in the cooler. Stopping at the Mud Bouy it was non stop action of blues to 8lbs.Filling the coolers with blues we tried Sea Bass but only two keepers with a lot of shorts for our efforts.

9/09/07
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Joe Hawks and friends were aboard the Megan Beth for the last day able to fluke fish for the 2007 season.Fishing local lumps was off to a very slow start as there was no drift or breeze,until 10am as the breeze picked up the fluke fishing picked up,as we boated 19 keepers to 5lbs and atleast 30 throw backs.The end of a great fluke fising season,sorry to see it being closed tommrow

8/26/07
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Alan Sliverstein and crew were aboard the Megan Beth afor a day of bluefishing.Fishing at the Mud Buoy was a slow pick all day as the bluefish seemed to be leader shy.Fishing with mono and circle hooks we were able to put a good catch together.Filling a cooler there was plenty of fish for the crew.Calm seas all day and a great day to be on the water.

8/25/07
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Dave Karacher and crew fished on aboard the Megan Beth for a day of bluefishing. Fishing at the Rocks was a slow pick,as the wind was againest the tide. When the tide changed and the boat traffic let up, the bluefish bit very well. Filling a cooler, with bluefish, we also caught a Striped Bass that was legal. Great day on the water.

8/04/07
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Rodger Clark and family were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of bluefishing.Bite was a slow pick as the fish were picking up and dropping the baits. Isaac (12) first time on the ocean caught his first bluefish,All and all a good day on the water.

7/27/07
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Tony Glover and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Bluefishing. Stopping at the Mud Bouy we had the Bluefish right a way and filling a cooler. Around 10:00 Am the bite slowed up with only boating a few more until 11:30 we decided to give the Fluking a try. Only catching one keeper and a few shorts in the ocean,we tried the river on the way in, to our surprise we put six keepers in the boat as well as releasing a few more shorts. Still have a couple open dates in August , cal Capt Dan @732-899-5309.

7/15/07
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Gene Hecht and crew from Hecht plumbing were out for a day of bluefishing. If reports coming from the day prior, we headed 25 miles to the NE and anchored up. We had a slow pick of bluefish from 5 to 10lbs in very rough conditions. With the wind blowing up to 25 knts out of the SE made for a long rough ride home. Enough fish were caught for the ones that stayed fishing. Still have some weekend dates available for the end of July and August call Capt. Dan at 732-899-5309 for available dates.

7/14/07
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Al Schrader and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of bluefishing. Stopping at the rocks it was slow as we only had a few hits, so we switched over to trolling to catch a few blues. Switched over to fluke fishing in 35ft of water and it was steady action with many shorts and enough keepers for everyone. A beautiful day in the water.

7/07/07
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Lou Forenzi and crew from Hinkel's and McCoy's were aboard the Megan Beth on Saturday 7/07/07. Stopping outside the inlet we found the bunker an snagged a few,but no striped bass were interested in the offerings. Heading off to the NE about 14 miles we anchored and had a steady pick of bluefish all morning,the water was clean and the bluefish were leader shy. Filling a cooler at noon we switched over to fluke fishing and boated a few keepers as well as 15 shorts before heading in. Great day on the water. Still have a couple openings on the weekends the end of July and August,call 732-899-5309 for available dates.

7/01/07
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
John Mackston and crew from Bridgewater Volvo were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Blue fishing.With the wind blowing and the tide against it ,conditions were tough to say the least. Sticking it out we had a pick of fish all day as the lines were under the boat or up to the anchor all day.Filling one cooler all the rest of the fish caught were released. For the ride home the wind droped out and the seas layed down for a nice ride home.

6/30/07
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Paul Gottlick family and freinds were aboard the Megan Beth for a combo Blues and Fluke trip. Stopping at the Farms ,It was non stop action with blues from 3-12 lbs. Filling a cooler we the switched over to Fluke where we had slow action with a dozen shorts and 4 keepers as well as ton of Skates. All and all a great day on the water.

6/24/07
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Non stop action all day today for the Tony Glover group. Fished the farms and it was non stop action on blues to 8 lbs,by 10:30 Am coolers were loaded and then switched over to Fluke fishing, catching around 100 shorts we managed 12 keepers up to 4.5 lbs.

6/23/07
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Had an excellent crew aboard the Megan Beth today for the Mako Mania Tournament. We made a long run to the SE and found green water but there were a few sharks there. We caught a 125 lb Mako as well as a large blueshark, not nearly enough for the money but we had a great time trying.

6/17/07 Captain Dan McGivney reports: Tim Barret and crew were aboard the Megan Beth. Started out Fluke fishing with very slow results ,plenty of shorts and a ton of skates.Went to the farms and started chumming and with in minutes we had non stop action on blues until the coolers were full.Still have a couple weekend days in July call 732-899-5309.

6/9/07 Captain Dan McGivney reports: Tony Glover and crew were aboard the Megan Beth ,stopping on several wrecks it was a slow pick on all of them as the bottom temp is still cold. Dog fish were not too bad but are still there and a nuissance.Switching over to Fluke we had six keepers and a dozen shorts with only fishing an hour before the wind picked up. Still have a few open dates in July on the weekends. Call 732-899-5309 Capt Dan.

6/3/07 Captain Dan McGivney reports: Jeff Bowen and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of sea Bass fishing.With a hard SE wind the night before chilled the water enough,that the Sea bass had lock jaw.Stopping on six different pieces we had a half a dozen fish on each drop. Oh and yes we caught our fair share of the endangered dogfish.A couple of ling and some small blackfish as well.

10/27/06
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Darren with the Munsen Enginering group were aboard the Megan Beth For a day of Bass and Blues. Trolling at the rocks produced 3 bass @16lbs . By 11:00 Am we went to the farms and chummed as maany bluefish as you wanted. filling the cooler we had 3 nice bass and a load of bluefish on ice. Nice day on the water as no wind and 65 degree temps made a great day.

10/15/06
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Started out wreck fishing today and only catching a couple Sea bass and some throw backs ,we got a call from Capt Tom Savastano as he was in to some good Striped bass fishing. Moving into the beach there were pods of bunker all over the place. Working the small pods we boated 7 Bass from 20 to 30 lbs. Great day on the water.

10/14/06
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Lou Forenzi abd crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of bluefishing. Stopping at the Mud Bouy it was a very slow bite. By 11:30am we moved over to 17 fathoms. It was slow there as well untill 1:00 Pm the fished turned on and we caught our limit in the last hour. Left them biting and we read fish from top to bottom.

09/30/06
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Marty Scholin was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Bottom. Stopping off Mantoloking ,we gave it a try for fluke. Catching one keeper and a lot of sea robbins we headed off to a wreck. It was non stop action as we boated over 75 keeper sea bass and releasing about twice that amount. We also caught another fluke as well as porgies and some small bluefish, Beautiful day on the water.

09/17/06
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Jay Freas and party was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Sea Bass fishing. Stopping at the reef we fished for Fluke for a couple of hours. Catching two keepers and two shorts we went to wreck fishing . Stopping on two pieces we had tons of small fish and kept 27 nice Sea Bass up to 4 lbs.

08/20/06
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Tony Glover and friends were abord the Megan Beth for a day of Blue fishing. The day prior the fish bit well . Today was a different story. With no tide moving and a large swell from the south, then the lines went right to the bow. Catching a handfull of fish we had to go to no wire as the fish were shy. Switching over to Fluke it was the same story lots of shorts and a few keepers.

08/13/06
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Rick Colonna and co-workers wit Arizonna beverage wer aboard the Megan Beth. Fishing the reef we caught 15 keepers and about 70 throw backs. When the wind died out we went inshore in 45 feet of water and caught plenty of shorts and a few keepers.

08/12/06
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Larry Longo,family and freinds fish aboard the Megan Beth. Early in the morning as the wind was still blowing NE we needed 10 to 12 oz to hold bottm. As the day went on we were down to 4 oz. Catching about a 100 Fluke we managed to catch 12 keepers up to 3 lbs.

08/05/06
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Ed Feeney,Brian Rieken and family were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of bluefishing. Stopping at the rocks it was non stop action on blues. The arms were tired by 10:30 AM so we switched over to Fluke catching 30 fish with 4 keepers. Great day on the water with a light north wind.

07/23/06
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
The Megan Beth was back up to the farms with Tom Joyce and family for a day of bluefishing. A large ground swell from the storms the night before laid down as the day went on. Bluefishing was ok but the bite was not as strong as the day prior. Filling the cooler and a lot of tired arms ,Kevin age 14 was high hook and the largest fish around 10lbs.

07/22/06
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Vincent and Carmen brothers and family were aboard the Megan Beth. Seopping at the farms it was a slow pick till the tide started moving then it was non stop action on Blues. Filling two coolers we were on our way home as the seas were picking up. Carmen was the high hook with 22 bluefish.

07/18/06
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Barry Wiwigac and family were aboard the Megan beth for a day of Fluke fishing. First stopping on some bunker schools we had plenty of bunker but no bass under them. Fishing numerous spots we managed 8 keeper fluke and about 75 shorts.

07/16/06
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Steve Evanski was aborad the Megan Beth for a day of Blue Fishing. Stopping 13 miles East of Manasquan we were able to drift as the Ocean was calm. We picked Bluefish all day. Filling two coolers we were on are way home. Beautiful day on the water.

07/15/06
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
It was a slow pick of Sea Bass to 4 Lbs for the Jeff Bowen party aboard the Megan Beth,Stopping on three different wrecks we picked Sea Bass on all as well as a few ling. Good news no Dog fish.

07/01/06
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Paul Gottlick and friends fished aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Blue Fishing. Stopping at the Farms we had non stop action on blues to 10lbs. Limiting out by 10:00 AM we switched over to Fluke.Catching around 60 fish but only 5 were keepers . Great day on the water.

06/21/06
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Captain Dan and Mate Russ took the families out for a day of Fluke fishing. With only a couple of shorts and some skates and sand sharks, Then the bunker showed up with the large bass chasing them. Live lining bunker we boated six Bass between 25 and 35 lbs before calling it a day, We left the fish biting for another day. Great day on the water..

06/17/06
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Steve Evanski was aboard the Megan Beth for a fathers day trip. Heading 15 miles to the NE.,it was non stop action of Bluefish . Filling the cooolers by 11AM we then switched over to some Fluke fishing to finish up the day. Once again a lot of shorts but no keepers to be had.

06/16/06
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
The Dave Tranchera party was aboard thr Megan Beth for a day of Fluke fishing. Catching about 60 Fluke but only 6 were keepers. Stopping on some working birds produced a dozen blue fish as well. Could not fish in the deeper water as the dog fish would attack you.

06/11/06
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
What was suppose to be a Sea Bass trip for Tony Glover and crew, Stopping on three wrecks that were loaded with dogfish we were only able to catch a few Sea Bass and some ling as well as a couple short blackfish The wind picked up to 25 knots so we headed to the beach to fluke fish . Catching around 40 fluke that were around 15 to 16 inches we did manage to catch a 1/2 a dozen keepers. Hopefully the Dog fish will move off as the water warms up.

05/20/06
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Lou Forenzi and Jo Jo were aboard the Megan Beth . Trolling spoons off of deal produced only blue fish in the morning.Heading north off of Long Branch,jigging only produced more bluefish for us. Heading back down south and stopping on some readings we boated 5 nice bass up to 20 lbs before heading home. By days end the cooler was full of blues and bass.

05/19/06
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Tony Glover and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Bass fishing. Stopping on some readings 11 miles north of thr inlet thr first fish was a 17 lb bass. At first we trolled the rigs but the blue fish destroyed them.Switching over to the spoons we had a steady pick of bass and blues and by days end the cooler was full.

2005 Fishing Reports


10/2-3/05
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
The Dave Barbra and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for an overnight trip to the Hudson canyon. Trolling up one Longfin on the west wall before setting up on the East for the night. We only had one hit at night which was a Yellowfin that was boated. All night there was plenty of Squid . Porpoise were around the boat all night. The morning troll was uneventfull,adding three Mahi to the cooler.

09/25/05
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
It was non stop action for the Steve Evanski party with Blue fish at the Mud Bouy aboard the Megan Beth. With a swell left over of 4 to 5 ft it turned out to be a nice day as the wind died out and a afternoon sea breeze of 10 knots. Fish were mixed in size as we had fish from 3 lbs up to 14 lb pool winner. Heading home early as the coolers were full and arms were tired of cranking in the big Blues.

09/17/05
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Marty and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Bottom fishing. Stopping off of Ortley beach in 40 foot of water only produced a few shorts and sand sharks. Heading offshore to a couple of Wrecks we had a dozen Fluke mostly 4 to 5 lbs as well as a nice catch of Sea Bass as the fluke were tight to the wrecks.

09/10/05
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Mike Johnson and friends were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Bluefishing . Getting a late start we were the last boat to arrive in the fleet that day. with a nice NE wind. As soon as we arrived it was non stop action and filling the coolers with plenty of Blues.As the day went on the wind dropped out and the ocean was flat for the ride home.

09/04/05
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Jeff Walsh and family and friends were aboard the Megan Beth for a first time blue fish trip. Stopping out side the inlet we jigged a few fish before heading out to the Farms for a steady pick of blues. Unlike the day prior the fish were not leader shy and they caught all the could handle.Keeping a cooler of fish we released from 10:00 AM to days end.

09/03/05
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
John McCormick were aboard the Megan Beth, stopping at the Mud Bouy we had a very slow pick of blues as they were leader shy and wouold not hit the baits with wire. Using mono they bit and we lost quite a few as well. Stopping at the Farms we had the same bite as they would not bite on wire leaders. We headed home with one cooler of blues on ice.

08/28-29/05
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Ted and Steve Lessel and friends were aboard the Megan Beth for an overnight canyon trip. Heading out in a large ground swell,we started on the flats of the Toms canyon and with in forty five minutes we had boated and released a white Marlin around 50 lbs. There was so much weed we were not able to keep the lines in the water so we settled in for the night down on the west wall. With plenty of squid and bait by nights end we had 15 Yellowfin on Ice. Part of the problem were brown sharks chasing the Tuna and biting them on the way up/catching two and many break offs the sharks were a nuissance all night.

08/27/05
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Mike Woytach and friends were aboard the Megan Beth as first time ocean fisherman. One they got the hang of setting up on Bluefish the group of four proceeded to fill the coolers.The fish bit the wire lines and were not leader shy as they have been the past several days.

08/21/05
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Lou Forenzi and crew headed up to the Mud Bouy aboard the Megan Beth. Startimg out with slow pick on the west side we moved over to the East and had a steady pick of fish up to 10 lbs. Stopping off of Momonth Beach and Deal we put a few keeper Fluke and Sea Bass in the boat along with a lot of shorts.

08/14/05
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Wind was blowing hard out of the south and the bites were slow . Stopping on the reef we had a few fish before heading down south and caught a few more . The swell has started a conditions were tough.

08/13/05
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Larry Lomgo and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Fluke fishing . Heading down off seaside we finished up with 16 keepers and twice as many throw backs. Conditions were tough as the wind and tide picked up and managed to hold bottom with 12 to 16oz by days end.

08/07/05
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Steve Evanski was aboard the Megan Beth for the second Blue fish trip of the season. Stopping at the Farms in very clean water we had a slow pick of Blues all day up to 10 lbs. By days end we filled a cooler and a half we plenty of fillets for all.

08/06/05
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Fished SE of Manasquan with Bill Weimer and crew aboard the Megan Beth and and we boated thirty keepers.Only a few shorts and skates ,nice day on the water.

07/31/05
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Lou Forenzi and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Bluefishing. Heading to the Farms it was non stop action for three hours filling the coolers before switching over to Fluke.Flukeing was on the slow side catching 6 keepers plenty of shorts and lots of skates.

07/23/05
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Jay Freas and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Fluke fishing. Heading up to the north of Manasquan we stopped in 35 foot of water but the larger % of Keepers were in 50' of water . Finished the day with 15 keeper Fluke wih a few keeper Sea Bass, one weighing 3 lbs. Lot of short Sea Bass as well as short Fluke.

07/17/05
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Steve Evanski charter was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of BlueFishing. Heading out in heavy rain we went back to the same area as the day prior . After we got started the showers and storms went by us and the crew poroceeded to fill the coolers with Bluefish and called it an early day.

07/16/05
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Al Schrader and friends were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Bluefishing. Heading up to the Farms we started catching fish 5 minutes after the chum bucket was over the side, Filling the cooler we were in release mode by 9:00AM and a lot of tired arms we switched over to Fluke by 10:00 AM in 45 foot of water. Caching a bunch of shorts we only brought back a few keeper Fluke.

07/07/05
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Scott Wardrop and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Blue Fishing. Heading out the inlet the wind was blowing 15 to 20 out of the NE.Decided to head to the rocks . In very rough conditions we had no bites at all in the first two hrs. Heading off shore we had two fish on the second drop. Thanks to Capt John on the Queen Mary who gave us a call and we went a few miles off and we bailed the bluefish for two hrs. Filling the coolers we were getting ready to leave and a Blue Shark came up to the boat which was caught and released, a poor start to the day finished up well.

07/03/05
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Paul Gottlick and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Bluefishing.Heading 15 miles NE of Manasquan we anchored in 105 ft of water. As soon as the chum sent was out in the water we had our first bluefish on .Filling a cooler and a half as we called it a day as the wind was out of the NE and the team had enough. Only two dog fish were caught as I hope we have seen the last of them for the season.

06/22/05
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
After a slow weekend of bottom fishing we tried 5 different wrecks SE of Manasquan. We had a slow pick on every drop but were forced to move as the dog fish were on evry spot today.Hopefully the water will warm up a little warm and the dog fish will head offshore.I wish they would open up the commercial fishing for them again.

06/11/05
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Chuck Hayes and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Sea Bass fishing. In the river we had water temperture of 74 degrees and as soon as we got outside the inlet the temperature dropped to 53 degrees.Stopping on 5 different wrecks we only had a slow pick of Sea Bass. >We need a change in wind direction to improve the bite.

06/04/05
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Dave Barbra and crew from Pompton Plains NJ were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Sea Bass fishing.Stopping on four different pieces 6 miles east of Manasquan. It was a steady pick of Sea Bass as by days end we filled the cooler and topping the catch with 6 keeper Blackfish as well as a few porgies.

05/30/05
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Lou Forinza and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Striped Bass fishing. Heading north, there were tons of bluefish but the bass were mixed in. We boated five bass in the twenty pound class and had too many bluefish to count. A beautiful day topped off a good day of fishing!

05/29/05
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Joe Hawks and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Sea Bass fishing. Stopping on three pieces, we filled the cooler with good size sea bass. One of the wrecks we left, due to the spiny dog fish were unbearable. We also had a dozen black fish but all were too small and had to be put back.

05/20/05
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Capt Dan had a group out from Munson Engineering aboard the Megan Beth.Stopping short of Sandy Hook we trolled for a couple hours and had a 20 lb Bass as soon as we put the spoons on. Could not fish with the shads as the Blue fish were so thick they destroyed the rigs. As the bite slowed up we went up to Raritan Bay and we clamed for an hour before heading home in 8 foot seas as it was a horrible ride home.

05/14/05
Captain Dan McGivney reports:
Capt Dan and friends made a trip up to Raritan Bay. One stop on the outside produced one fish at 32 inches that was released. Moving up inside we had a slow pick of bass,boating three keepers out of a dozen and catching some blue fish that will make some nice shark baits.

2004 Fishing Reports


10/02/04
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Mike Johnson and group were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Bluefishing. Heading to the Farms we read fish right a way and as soon as the anchor came tight we had fish on til the time it was to go home.Filling two coolers then we released fish for a while.

09/27/04
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Jim Lawson group from Columbus Ohio were aboard the Megan Beth for the twice a year Sea Bass marathon.Stopping on two wrecks SE of Manasquan we had a limit catch of Sea Bass up to 3.45lbs.Also to spice the catch we had a few Blue fish,porgies,a short black fish and a short Fluke.

09/26/04
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Steve Evanski party was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Tuna fishing. We trolled for miles with out a touch in beautiful clean water. Setting up on the chunk on the ledge only produced a couple of Dog fish and a few bite offs ( bluefish). Back on the troll we had a falxe Albocore,

09/25/04
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Tony Russo group was aboard the Megan Beth for a combo of Blue fish and Sea Bass. Heading out 6 miles where bluefish wer caught earlier in the week there were no signs of life.We headed up to the farms and we had fish once the anchor came tight. We had a steady pick of Blues the we stoped and caught a few Sea Bass on the way home.

09/12/04
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Steve Lowe and freinds were aboard the Megan Beth . Heading off to the Glory Hole we managed to catch and release 6 Bluefin tuna @26 inch as well as False Albacore and Skip Jack Tuna. At Noon time we stopped and chummed for Sharks Catching and rerleasing a small Mako and Dropping a larger one as the larger one just mouthed the bait. All and all a get day on the water.

09/11/04
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Dave Trancherra group was aboard the Megan Beth for a day that was suppose to be for inshore Tuna. Heading out the inlet the wind was blowing 19 knots out of the NE and the seas were 6 foot and close together. We turned inshore and headed to the rocks for bluefish.Stopping at the rocks with no readimgs we headed off to the Mud after a call from Mike Kelly on the Players. Fishing was non stop and we filled two coolers before heading home.

08/29/04
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Mike Jonston group was aboard the Megan Beth which was suppose to be an overnight Canyon trip,with a so,so forcast and two days of poor fishing we went to the Glory Hole and trolled for a few hours with not a touch. Setting up with shark rigs we drifted til dark an had 3 Mako's all released .The heaviest weighing about 75 lbs.

08/28/04
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Vinny Libero group was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Bluefishing.Stopping at the farms and looking it over we did not read much ,we then ran up to 17 fathoms and it was non stop action once the chum started to work. Filling the cooler we stoped at a couple spots and managed a few Fluke before heading home for the day.

08/22/04
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Paul Gottlick and crew from Colonia NJ were aboard the Megan Beth.Getting about two miles off on our way to the Farms we turned in and headed up to the rocks as the wind was blowing out of the NE and the further we went off the rougher it got. Plenty of fish on the rocks but we had a slow period as the tide droped out and the lines went to the bottom. Stopping on the way home for some fluke produced 4 keepers and a few shorts as there was no drift in the afternoon.

08/21/04
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Larry Longo group was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Fluke Fishing in the JCSA tournament. With South wind blowing at 20 knots we managed to catch 18 keepers before the wind came up to 25 knots.The largest fish weighed in at 5.8lbs but not big enough to place in the tournamentFishing in the river produced 12 shorts and one keeper.

08/18/04
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Bill Hrynkiewicz and group from Gusmer Manufacturing was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of bluefishing. Stopping at the farms it was a nonstop bite with bluefish. By 11:00 am there was a lot of tired arms so we switched over to fluke and kept a dozen fish by days end the largest Fluke was a 5lb and the largest Bluefish was 12lb.

08/14/04
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Adam Sidle and group from Roslyn PA were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Bluefishing.There was a window of weather as perdicted as the Seas were flat except for a little swell.Stopping at the Farms we started out slow as there was no tide at all and baits were going straight down.As we were ready to move we started catching and the bite never stopped as we filled the coolers with 8 to 10 lb blues the released some.

08/12/04
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Dave Sias was aboard the Megan Beth which was suppose to be a day of Fluke fishing. With the Wind blowing out of the South for three days and blowing 20 knots we were not able to hold bottom with 10oz of weight.Swithing over to Sea Bass we stopped on four different wrecks to put a catch of some Sea bass up to 2.5lbs.

08/07/04
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Rich Krawic party from Paterson NJ was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Fluke fishing. From the time the first line hit the bottom till the time we headed home it was a steady pick of Fluke to 8.2lbs with a nice 15 to 20 knot NW wind. We ended the day early with a good catch of Fluke with the top two weighed in at 6.25lbs and 8.2 lbs.

07/31/04
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Jay Freas group was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Fluke fishing. Heading south in the morning produced no Fluke in the first three drifts. Getting a call from Capt. Bill on the Flim Flam we headed north Stoppimg 3 miles North of Manasquan we had a stedy pick of Fluke up to 3lbs before the wind picked up to over 20 knots and were not able to hold bottom with 10 oz and we called it a day.

07/22/04
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Barry Wiwigac and daughter Briann fished the Megan Beth for a day of Sea Bass fishing. Stopping on five different wrecks we had a slow pick of Sea bass up to 2 lbs.Also catching some small Blackfish,Ling, and a Pollack.

07/18/04
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
It was non-Stop action for the Steve Evanski charter aboard the Megan Beth.Leaving a little earlier then normal to beat the rainy forcast we headed out @6:30 AM in dense fog. Going right back to the #'s from the day prior it only took 5 minutes to get the fish to bite behind the boat Filling the coolers by 10:30 we released fish for another hour and headed back in early in order to beat the weather that never happened as the Seas were calm and the Sun came out for a short time.

07/17/04
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Al Schrader Group was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Blue Fishing. Heading back to the Farms we were off to a slow start with no tide but heavy chunking payed off as we started the fish and then it was non Stop. Catching our limit of Blues the tired group head back in early.

07/16/04
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Munson Engineering group was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Blue Fishing. Stopping at the Farms it was 10 minutes for the Chum to get started and it was non stop action with limit catches of Blues and then we released fish for an hour before heading home early.

07/10/04
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Mike Pietras party was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Shark Fishing. Heading out to the East we found beautiful clean 73 degree water. Catching a few Bluefish in the morning and in the afternoon we caught and released a 40 lb Mako Shark.

07/04/04
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Lou Forenzi party was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Blue fishing.Heading out the inlet at 7:00 am there was a few small bluefish chasing rainfish along the beach.Catching a few we decided to head up the beach and look at the rocks to see if we could chum some fish, not reading much we started to head up by the Mud Bouy where we finished up the day before . Just East of the rocks we read a big school of fish. Moving twice and making two long drifts we limited out on Blue fish up to 10 lbs. It could not have been a nicer day for bluefishing.

07/03/04
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Loberto Lopez group was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Blue fishing. Stopping at the Farms we had a slow pick of Bluefish and then it died. Looking out at the Oil Wreck we read a few fish but would not bite. Heading to the North we wound up near the Mud Bouy picking a few more blue fish.

06/20/04
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Steve Lessel and crew were aboard the Megan Beth to fish the GPPCA Mako Mania Tournament.Fishing 38 miles in the Glory Hole with beautiful water all we had was 4 Blue Sharks of up to 150 lbs but no Makos were seen.

06/18/04
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Brad Kooker and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of bottom fishing. Stopping on four different wrecks where we had Dog fish on all ,it was a very slow bite of Sea Bass. Also catching ling, and some small Blackfish.I think the Dog fish are so thick that the Sea bass are afraid to bite.

06/12/04
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Tony Russo and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Sea Bass fishing. Stopping on two spots we had a steady pick of Sea Bass all day,by days end we had about 100 nice keeper Sea bass. Also caught and released were some small Blackfish,Pollack,Cod and Ling. The Dog fish were not too bad where we fished today.

06/7-8/04
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Jim Lawson group from Ohio was aboard the Megan Beth for a two day Sea Bass Trip. On Monday we had a slow pick up sea bass on all four wrecks we fished in 75 ' of water. By days end we had put a good catch together. Mixed in with the Sea Bass were alot of throw back Pollack as wll as some Cod fish.On Tuesday we headed out to the East about 8 miles and the first drop was the best of the day catching a good number of keeper Sea bass. As the wind picked up out of the South the pick droped off,but once again a good catch of Sea Bass was caught.A few small Blackfish as well as Pollack,Cod,ling were caught as well.

05/30/04
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Steve Lowe group was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Sea Bass fishing. Stopping on four different wrecks South of Manasquan.All four wrecks had fish on them but the inshore wrecks were better then the deep water wrecks.A good catch of fish were put in the cooler.

2003 Fishing Reports


11/22/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Dan Clayton crew was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Striped Bass fishing. Heading South of the Manasquan Inlet we found some bird life 5 miles south. Trolling in 40-60 foot of water we caught 12 Striped Bass, keeping 3 and releasing the rest along with a half a dozen Bluefish

11/15/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Jim Cunningham group was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Striped Bass fishing. Brian Cunningham (age 7) was out for his first fishing trip by boat. Brian catching and releasing his first Striped Bass as well as his first Bluefish. Catching and releasing many short Striped Bass we did keep 3 fish that were legal. Also releasing all but 3 bluefish. While jigging off of Deal we also caught a half dozen Sea Bass and Porgies.

11/8/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Megan Beth was in the JCSA Striped Bass Tournament. We went up in the bay as the Bluefish were so thick along the beach you would not be able to get through them.Cathing over 40 Bass we only kept 6 as there were a lot of small fish . The largest one we kept was 10 lbs. All different color shads worked as no one golor caught the fish. Conditions were tough as the wind was blowing 25 with gust up to 30.

11/2/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Lou Forenzi and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Sea Bass fishing.Having a good catch of Sea Bass there were many small fish you had to pick through. About 60/40 shorts to keepers. Alot of nice size Porgies still around and we also caught a Trigger fish. On the way in we jigged a few blue fish a mile from the inlet.

10/26/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Scott and crew from Wycoff NJ fished aboard the Megan Beth for Bluefish. Heading South of Manasquan we found plenty of bird life as there was tons of bait. The wind was blowing hard out of the South as the Seas were building all day.We did manage a few fish on jigs before switching over to Sea Bass as we had a good catch ,as well as a few porgies. It was non stop action with many short Sea Bass.

10/25/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Rich McGrath party was aboard the Megan Beth for an inshore Tuna Trip. We fished the Monsters Ledge and went one for four on Blue Fin Tuna . There were loads of Bluefish as we broke off alot using 40 lb florocarbon leaders.WE did have a few bites on jigs as well.

10/06-07/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Nathan Kearns group from Ohio was in to fish the Megan Beth for a two day Sea Bass marathon. Limit catches on both days of Sea Bass were had as well as a good number of Porgies. Spicing the catch on the first day were some large Trigger Fish as well as a couple small Bluefish. On the second day stopping on some local wrecks, we managed a few Croakers, Weakfish, and Bluefish.

10/05/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Jeff Bowen and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of bottom fishing. Stopping on four different wrecks we picked Sea Bass on all spots along with some Porgies. Many of the fish were small but we did manage to catch a good number of Sea Bass and Porgies. Jeff Bowen won the pool with a 8 pound Bluefish.

10/04/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The John McCormick group was aboard the Megan Beth which was suppose to be a inshore Tuna trip. By late Friday night small craft warnings were up so we decided to go Blue fishing inshore instead.We were on our way to the Farms but the seas were building up and 8 foot in the stong SE wind. We ended up at the Rocks with a very slow pick of Bluefish, as there was no tide at all.

9/06/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Dave Trancher party was aboard the Megan Beth that was suppose to be a day of Tuna Fishing.Getting 5 miles off and the seas building up we changed our plans and headed to the Rocks for Bluefish.Upon getting there the Bluefish bit well as the tide was moving.Filling the cooler . As the tide stopped the fish stopped biting as well.We did catch a Fluke 8.85lbs on a bluefish rig as the bait settled to the bottom.

8/30/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
After having a tough day with the Bluefish the day prior .The Joe Poli group aboard the Megan Beth decided to go sea Bass Fishing. Stopping on a local wreck we picked away bewfore the tide swung us off a small piece.Stopping aff Ortly beach we drifted and caught one keeper Fluke with plenty of skates and shorts. Heading to a wreck 13 miles to the SE we finished the day ,having a good catch of Sea Bass up to 4lbs.

8/29/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
After hearing of good reports the day prior at the Farms the Lou Forenzi party headed there for a day of Blue fishing aboard the Megan Beth.Reading plenty of fish but the Bluefish did not want to bite,After chumming and chunking for two hours we only had one hit. Heading to the Rocks we chummed for another hour before switching over to Fluke. Cathing a few throw backs and a few keeper Sea Bass we headed in early as the Seas picked up. Hope the Bluefish turn back on..

8/25-26/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Mike Zajac and Justin Nighan had the Richard Steer charter from Greenwich, Conn out on the Canyon Runner Monday to Tuesday and was back out at the Hudson Canyon and on the anchor by 7pm. Waiting for an early bite that didn’t come made the crew think that they should have went back down south but a flurry from 3am-5am changed that as the charter went 10 for 12 on 50-60 pound yellowfin. Up on the troll in the morning for only a couple of hours they went 1 for 2 putting a 70 pounder yellowfin in the boat. They anchored in 550 feet of water on the west wall and picked up most of the tuna on the chunk on squid.

8/23-24/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Thomas Walker crew was aboard the Megan Beth for an over night canyon trip. Heading out 20 miles with the wind blowing 20 knots, we decided to troll the Mud Hole to the Glory Hole, catching only one Bluefish and a small Skipjack. The wind died off so we decided to head off to the Toms Canyon. Upon getting there, we trolled for a couple of hours only catching a few more Skipjacks. With the help of the EL-Maria from Little Egg as there was only 3 boats there for the Evening. As soon as we settled in for the evening, the wind picked up to 25 knots. By 10 p.m, the winds were gusting to 35 knots with 8-10 ft seas. During the coarse of the night, we went 3 for 4 on Yellowfin Tuna up to 60 lbs. As soon as day light came we headed back in the 8-10 ft seas,as it was a 7 hour ride home as we were only able to do 10 knots for the first 50 miles. The weather men were wrong once again.

8/17/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Frank Sicarli,from Verona New Jersey, was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Bluefishing. Fishing started out slow as the tide was running very hard. When the tide slowed down, the fish started to cooperate and it was non-stop action of Bluefish from 3-8 lbs. After filling the cooler, the group decided to stop and Bottom fish. We caught a dozen Fluke and a few Sea Bass before calling it a day. A great day was had by all as fishing finally turned around.

8/16/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Larry Longo and crew was aboard the Megan Beth to fish the J.C.S.A. Fluke Tournament. Heading South out of Mansquan, we fished near some local wrecks and caught 30 Fluke up to 5.8 lbs. and some Sea Bass. We also caught a Mahi-Mahi in crystal clear water and plenty of life was around the boat all day.

8/9/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Rich Kriewic crew was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of bottom fishing. Stopping at some local lumps, we managed to catch a few Fluke up to 23 inches. Then we switched over to a wreck where we managed to catch some nice Sea Bass up to 2 lbs. Stopping on three wrecks we managed to catch Sea Bass on all three.

7/27/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
After a bad Fluke report the day prior and a strong South wind forcast, the decision was made to take the John Vorheeres group out for a day of Sea Bass fishing. Stopping on three different wrecks we had a slow pick on all three but by days end, we had a nice cooler full of good size Sea Bass weighing up to 4 lbs. A great day was had by all!

7/26/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Gregg Chaplin group was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Bluefishing. Heading back to the same area the day prior, we started off by catching a Mahi-Mahi as soon as we started. Bluefishing started very slow. With only having a few fish in the cooler by 11 A.M. Thanks for the help by Captain Bernie Roth of the Tanacious which were only a quarter mile away in shallower water called us over as he was leaving and we had non stop action for the next hour and a half. Thank you again Bernie.

7/25/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Captain Dan McGivney had the Jim Hopkins family aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Bluefishing.Heading off shore where we fished last week we found that the water was not as clean but had a slight tint of green to it. It took a liitle time to get the fish going but once we did it was non stop action of Blues to 10lbs.One of the highlights was a small Hammerhead shark which was boated,photographed and released.

7/20/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
After a good day fishing the day prior, we headed back with the Steve Evanski party to the same location. The tide was running hard and the Bluefish were slow to start but throwing a lot of chunks, the Bluefish cooperated as we filled 2 coolers with all big Bluefish on light spinning tackle. A highlight was at days end when a large school of Dolphin (Mahi Mahi)came under the boat and was feeding on the chum. The fish were small and did not bite.

7/19/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Al Schrder party, from Franklin Lakes, was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Bluefishing. Traveling 15 miles to the NE, we anchored on the East side of the Mud Hole. As soon as the chum got working and chunks were thrown in the water, the Bluefish starting biting. Filling the cooler, and the group tired out we headed home for an early day at 12:30.

7/13/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Howard Brietiwich party was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of shark fishing. Traveling 28 miles to the East, there was a lot of life including Tinker Mackerel, Blue fin Tuna as well as Shearwaters were working on schools of fish. After setting up, not even having the chum bucket in the water, we immediately had a run off in which we boated a 6 ft. Mako Late morning we had another run off and fought for over a half an hour without seeing the fish. We had to back down over a mile as we could not stop him before he fraid the line either with the tail or wrapped up in the mono. It was a beautiful day on the water with plenty of life and fishing was good!

7/06/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The John Paterson group was aboard the Megan Beth . Stopping on a wreck SE of Manasquan we caught some nice keeper Sea Bass right away. As the lack of wind and no current to hold us on this small piece we decided to switch over to Fluke fishing. We managed a nice catch of Fluke and plenty of throw backs with the largest fish weighing 7lbs.

7/05/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Ron Wright family was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Bluefishing. Stopping at the Farms we read plenty of fish but they did not bite well . With the wind against the tide we had a slow pick of Bluefish after chumming heavy and going down to no wire leaders.WE did switch over to two different wrecks where we caught some keeper sea bass and plenty of throw backs.

6/29/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Lou Forenzi group was aboard the Megan Beth for a combination trip of Bluefish and Fluke. Heading back to where we were the day before, as the water turned green over night the Bluefish bit non-stop from the time the anchor came tight and was non-stop until the cooler was full. Heading back South to some local lumps, we caught a few shorts and a couple keeper fluke before the wind came up hard out of the Southeast as we needed 10 ounces of weight to hold bottom. As the ocean got rough, we decided to call it a day as the coolers were full of Bluefish already.

6/28/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Laberto Lopez party was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Bluefishing. Bluefishing was a slow pick as the water was crystal clear and the fish tended to be leader shy. As we were Bluefishing, we positioned the boat over a wreck so we were able to catch Ling and Sea Bass as we chummed for Bluefish. Filling a cooler of Bluefish, Sea Bass and Ling they caught plenty of fish for the table.

6/22/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Steve Lowe party was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Bluefishing. The group caught their limit in the matter of hours with fish ranging from 4 to 12 lbs. The fish were feeding on Sandeels, Squid, and Rainfish. After catching our limit of Bluefish, we stopped on a local wreck and we caught a couple dozen Sea Bass to top off the catch before returning to the dock.

6/20/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Brad Kooker group was aboard the Megan Beth with Capt. Dan McGivney. Stopping on 5 different wrecks we managed to fill a cooler full of Sea Bass. The bite was slow on the first four spots, where all the wrecks were loaded with Dogfish. Stopping on the last wreck, closer to home, we only had a few Dogfish and were able to load up on the Sea Bass.

6/15/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
After seeing all the Big Bass the day before,Capt Dan and Mates decided to get out early and look for some Striped Bass.Leaving the dock at 4:30am we managed to be one of the first boats on the grounds. Boating three and losing another four by 6:00 am the bite was soon over as over a hundred boats were working the bunker schools . The fish weighed in at 18lbs,21.5lbs and 37.2lbs.we were back to the dock by 9:00 am.

6/14/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Joe Church and Dean Demark booked the Megan Beth to fish the Mako Mania Tournament. After hearing of no sharks and a poor forcast Joe and Dean decided to wait until next weekend to go Shark fishing.Instead they wanted Striped Bass. After getting a late start and a call from Mike Kelly of the Players, we were able to boat two bass before the bite died out completly. The fished weighed 31.25lbs and 39.45lbs. On the way home we stopped on a local wreck to put 40 sea bass in the cooler before returning to the dock.

6/8/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
John Peterson and family were aboard the Megan Beth . Catching their limit of Sea Bass.There was no need to move after stopping on the first wreck in 75 ft of water SE of Manasquan. The largest fish was 3.5 lb and plenty of nice size hump backs were caught by the whole family.A few porgies were caught and released as well.

6/7/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Tony Russo group was aboard the Megan Beth which was suppose to be a day of chumming Blues. After 1 1/2 hours of chumming with no fish at all we decided to go on the troll. After making our first pass we boated a 21 lb Striper. By days end we had a good catch of Bass as well as bluefish. The bass ranged from 18lbs up to 25lbs.

6/2/03-6/3/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Nathan Kearns was in from Ohio for a two day Sea Bass marathon aboard the Megan Beth. Fishing close by on Monday due to the 10 to 15 knot forcast. (25 knots) we fished a piece 5 miles to the SE. After making two drops we had our limit of Sea Bass with in a few hours, Blue fish spiced the catch as well. On Tuesday we fished a wreck 14 miles to the SE. With no wind or tide we managed to pick away at the Sea bass,until the Dog fish took over and we had to leave the wreck. Stopping on two other locations we managed to put our limit in the boat the second day in a row. Sea Bass fishing could not be better than it is now.

5/31/03
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Rick Kraemer group was aboard the Megan Beth . Stopping on two different wrecks it was non stop action of Sea bass . The largest fish weighing 4 lbs we were able to put the limit together quickly.A few Bluefish,Ling,Eels, and Porgies were caught as well.One wreck was loaded with Dogfish and were so thick we had to move after 15 minutes of fishing.

2002 Fishing Reports


11/3/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
It was non stop action on the Megan Beth . Limiting out on Sea Bass up to 3lbs stopping on two wrecks South of Manasquan inlet. About a dozen Blackfish were caught but only four keepers.

10/20/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Steve and crew fished abord the Megan Beth for Sea Bass.Heading down to wrecks 15 miles SE of Manasquan we fished two spots and had a steady pick of sea bass. Both wrecks were loaded with Bluefish and the Sea bas bit on and off all day.We ended up with a limit catch of Sea Bass and a couple of Blackfish.

10/18/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Brad Kooker group was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Sea Bass fishing. Stopping at the first wreck 5 miles to the East of the inlet in 20 knot winds we managed only a few Sea Bass. We did boat croakers,eel,and a lobster. Stopping at the second wreck only a few miles to the south we managed a half dozen Sea bass and a 4lb blackfish. The wind dropped off and we headed out 14 miles which proved to be the right move as it was non stop action of Sea Bass limiting out and catching plenty of Porgies and bluefish.

9/30-10/01/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Nathan Kearns group were in from Ohio for a two day Sea bass trip aboard the Megan Beth.The first day we limited out with many large sea bass weighing up to 4.5lbs. Mixed in the catch were a couple of Blackfish, a dozen porgies and a fluke which was released.The second day we caught our limit of sea bass but only a handful of porgies. Top sea bass on the second day was 2.5lbs.

9/22/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Steve Evanski group were aboard the Megan Beth on Sunday for a day of Bluefishing. Chumming at the Mud Bouy was slow to get started as boats left the area fishing turned on and by days end the coolers were loaded with mainly 5lb blues . One fish was caught that weighed in at 12lbs. One Fluke was caught as a bait was sent to the bottom The fluke was a 4.8lb fish. Also a couple of false Albocore were caught and released.

9/14/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Cancelled our Canyon trip due to the forcast so we decided to do a fun bottom trip.Stopping on three wrecks just to the East of manasquan we caught our limit of Sea Bass along with a few porgies. Clam baits were the best tried some crab but no Blackfish. water is to warm. Lots of short Sea Bass had to pick through a couple hundred fish.

9/8/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Rich Kraviec group were aboard the Megan Beth.Stopping on three different wrecks produced a lot of Small Sea Bass. Picking through over two hundred sea bass we did manage to put a good catch of keepers together. Spicing the catch was about a dozen porgies and a few trigger fish.

9/7/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Dave Tranchera party was aboard the Megan Beth on Saturday 9/07/02 . Trolling from the Oil Wreck down to the Monsters ledge only produced one small Bonita. Working are way out to the Glory hole where the water was a lot cleaner produced Two Bluefin (one keeper). Working the area the rest of the day where the false Albacore and sKip Jack were non stop.

8/26-27/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Mike Johnston and crew fished aboard the Megan Beth for an overnite Tuna Trip. Arriving on the West side of the Hudson Canyon within 5 minutes we had our first longfin in the boat on a purple jet. We trolled until dark and only caught one dolphin and a few skip jack before setting up for the nite. All nite we had plenty of bait and life around the boat but only one hit producing a long fin about 50lbs.Back on the troll we went six for seven on the long fins and at the end of the day we had a white marlin crash the bait three times but we did not hook up.

8/25/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
It was a slow pick of Blues for the Lou Forenzi group aboard the Megan Beth.Stopping at the farms there were plenty of fish but were not on the feed. Changing down to Mono we were able to get some fish to bite but lost a few with no wire leader.Stopping on the way home produced a half dozen fluke keepers a long with a dozen throw backs.

8/24/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Larry Longo and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for the JCSA annual Fluke tournament.Heading south of manasquan it was a slow pick of Fluke with the largest a 5.45lb . Fishing some local lumps and hills were slow and all the keepers were caught around wrecks.

8/17-18/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Thomas Walker and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for the first over night canyon trip of the season. After arriving on the west side we trolled for 4 hours with not even a hit.The water was green with plenty of life Wales,porpose,squid . During the night we boated one yellowfin around 50lbs which was the only hit all night. Trolling in the AM did not produce anything. We need clean water before the action will get better.

8/11/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Jeff Fisher party was aboard the Megan Beth on Sunday 8/11/02. Stopping on the Klondike banks where the fleet was able to jig some small blues the bite was over. Stopping on a small lump just a few miles to the north it was non stop action of 3lb class bluefish till the end of the day .

8/10/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Russel Moretti (12) and crew were aboard the Megan Beth to fish the annual JCSA kids tourny. Fishing the local lumps just south of the inlet the crew managed to catch 7 keepers along with a lot of short fluke and plenty of skates and sea robins. Russ caught the largest with a 5Lb fish placing second in the 12 to16 year old group.

7/28/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Chuck Hays and crew were aboard the Megan Beth . After stopping on the first wreck with no wind or tide we caught a couple dozen Sea Bass then the action dropped off. After re anchoring four times and wind and tide picked up we managed a goo d catch of Sea Bass by days end . Mixeed in were some porgies and some small Bluefish.

7/27/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
After fishing the rocks the day before Capt. Dan Mcgivney decided to give the rocks another try.The Vinny Lombardo crew was aboard the Megan Beth and we read very few fish there. We received a call from Capt. Jason of the (Rooster) as he was into the Blues heavy at the Mud Bouy.As soon as we got there it was non -stop action of fish from 3to 12lbs.After filling the coolers we stopped at a few spots on the way home for some fluke only to catch a couple dozen Sea Bass.

7/26/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Lou & Jo Jo and crew from Mikes Nusrey on 7/26/02 were aboard the Megan Beth. After fighting very rough seas in the morning we went to the Shrewsbury Rocks.We had about a dozen big bluefish on the Chum in very difficult conditions.After the bite died off we traveled 8 miles to East to fish a lump. The only boat there is was non-stop action of Bluefish in the 3 to 5lb class.As the day went on the seas got calmer and we left the fish biting after boating two coolers of fish.

7/22/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Frank Sacarli and crew were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Bluefishing. After stopping 15 miles north of Manasquan Inlet it was a slow start with no tide moving we managed to cathch 8 fish in the 10lb class before the action died. Making a move 8 miles to the SE it was non stop action on blues in the 3lb class.After filling the coolers we were on our way home.

7/20/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
It was a slow pick of keepers for the Paul Daley fishing aboard the Megan Beth.Catching 12 keepers releasing over 48 fish that were just 16 inches.A few Sea bass were caught as well as some small Bluefish.

7/14/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Stave Evanski was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Blue fishing. Stopping 18 miles east of Mansquan it was a slow pick and as we got there boats were pulling anchor and moving, we had to move around and find some fish a we decided to drift.After filling one cooler 3/4 of the way the action stopped.Jim Stanford on the boat the Xanadu was sharkfishing 6 miles to the East,but was being bothered by so many bluefish he told us to come on out. Within in one hour we finished filling the one cooler and filled the second and were on are way home. Thank you Jim for the call.

7/13/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Capt. Dan McGivney : Reports that the Al Schrader was aboard the Megan Beth for A Sea Bas trip. While stopping on two local wrecks we had a slow pick of Sea Bass.Al Caught the largest 3.5lbs Victoria (8) caught the biggest Fluke a 3Lb fish. Fluking fishing was tuff as the SE wind picked up and you needed 8 to 10oz to hold bottom.

7/7/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
It was a steady pick of Sea Bass for Greg Chaplin and family.Brent caught the largest fish a 3.5lb Black fish while Grand Pa caught a Flounder that went 2.5lbs. Shane and Kelly Chaplin caught most of the Sea Bass that went 2lbs . Ratio of keepers to throw backs were about 50/50.

7/6/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Steve Lowe and crew from Burlington Coat Factory were aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Bluefishing.With wind against the tide we decided to drift as the lines went straight to the bow. We did pick a few as the fish were there but were not feeding well. At mid day we ran into some of the local lumps and had a decent pick of Fluke before finishing up the day.

6/30/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
On Sunday 6/30 we had Joann & Lou from Mikes Nursey aboard the Megan Beth for a day of blue fishing. Fishing on the edge of the Mud Hole it was non stop action of blues . After an hour of fishing we released countless numbers of bluefish. The fish are there feeding on Squid and Shrimp. Hope all that bait stays in the area maybe we will see some Tuna this year.

6/29/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Al Lawernce and crew were aboard the Megan Beth fishing the Kevin Bailey charity tournament.After drifting in Green water and not able to get away from the bluefish we ran 20 miles to the north to find clean water with plenty of turtles bait and birds but again we only had bluefish that tore up the baits all day long.

6/22/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
It was back out to the edge of the Mud Hole for the Jim Gibbons group aboard the Megan Beth. Today we anchored and it didn't take long for the chum to work then it was non stop action of blues to bite with two to three fish on at a time . Hope the fish stay there for a while as they are feeding on plenty of bait in that area.

6/21/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
It was non stop action for the Munson Enginering group aboard the Megan Beth. As we got to the edge of the Mud Hole the blue fish were feeding on top on Rain fish. Before the chum was in the water we had three blues on.With calm sea and very little swell we stayed on the drift . After filling two cooler we released fish for over an hour and at 10:00 Am we went to a wreck and had a slow pick of Sea bass to finish up the day.

6/16/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
While fishing aboard the Megan Beth in the Greater Point Pleasant Charter Boat association Mako Mania tournament,Steve Lessel fought a Thresher shark estimated to be between 300 to 400 . After a one our battle the fish was up to the leader,at that point it was realized that it was a big Thresher and not a Mako.And the fish was released to catch an other day.

6/12/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
It was a slow pick of Sea Bass for the John Howard party. The tide was running very hard and the Sea Bass were not as aggressive as they have been.The ratio of keepers were about 50/50. We stopped on the way home on two lumps but only caught a few throw back fluke.

6/08/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
After the NE blow on Friday there was a ground swell of about 6 feet on Saturday morning. Taking our time to get offshore fishing started off very slow . But as the swell calmed down the blue fish started biting and it was a good catch for the Bill Lundy party filling the coolers.

6/01/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
It was another great trip aboard the Megan Beth for the Jim Sabo group.Stopping at the first wreck we had a slow pick of Sea Bass as their was no current or wind at all and it was very difficult to stay over the wreck.The Dog fish were biting like crazy.As the day went on we moved to two other spots and the wind and current started moving. Then it was non stop action as the group limited out in no time at all. The fish averged around 2lbs and largest was 4lb.Only one Blackfish was caught that was just under the legal size limit.

5/27/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Steve Lessel party was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Sea Bass fishing. Stoping on one close inshore wreck due the thick fog we had a slow pick of Sea Bass. We decided to venture out to the South East about 15miles and put a great catch together only having to stop on one wreck. The fish averaged 2lbs and the largest was a 3.5lb.

5/04/02
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Capt Dan McGivney had the Jeff Bowen party on board Saturday 5/04/02. After a short ride to a Wreck inshore south of Manasquan inlet. It was non -stop action of Sea Bass up to 3lbs . Most of the fish were in the 2lb range with only 2 blackfish being caught. Great fishing now is the time to go if you want to catch some quality Sea bass.

2001 Fishing Reports


8/25/01
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
We fished the JCSA tournament with the Larry Longo group aboard the Megan Beth . The seas were 6 to 8feet and we needed up to 12oz to hold bottom but the fluke bit there heads off. We did manage to catch our limit along with three note worthy fish a 6.1lb,6.85lb and a 8.28lb fluke that placed fourth in the tournament.

8/21/01
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Megan Beth had the Mike Maloney of Rutherford NJ out for a day of fluke fishing.We manage to catch our limit with a party of four with 7 fish weighing between 5 and 6lbs. The next day I decided to take my Kids out (Megan and Alyssa) with no drift we manage to put 15 keepers in the box with 3 in the 5lb class.

8/18/01
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
We fished the West wall Of the Hudson canyon with the Phil Schinaglle group . Before dark we managed to troll two longfin before settling down for the night. During the night we broke off two fish next to the boat with only two other run offs. During the middle of the night we had to sit out a storm when a front came through with 40 to 50 knot winds.We did manage to boat anther longfin before heading home.

8/13/01
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
We decided to head to the Mud Buoy with the Paul Crilly and Family aboard .The storm the night before caused a big ground swell but it was a steady pick of blues once the tide change and the water stared to move.Fishing the bottom was very quiet only catching a single sea bass.

8/12/01
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
After having a great day the day before we headed straight back up to 17 fathoms with the steve evanski group aboard.When we first got to the spot we fished the day before the action started out very slow.After boating only a dozen blues we got a call from captain Wayne Bushnell and captain Paul Regula and we took there advise and moved to the other side of the bank next to them and it was non stop action as soon as we moved.After filling two coolers it was time to return hitting the RAIN all the way home.


Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
On Saturday we had the Emilio Vargas party aboard the Megan beth . We fished the area of 17 fathoms and it was non stop action from the time we got there catching our limit of bluefish. By the time we headed home we missed the rain.

7/22/01
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Fishing with the Steve Evanski group it was ladies day aboard the Megan Beth. The husband and wifes and a little "freindly" competition and at days end it came out to a close tie with a limit number of bluefish caught by all. At first we stopped at a spot inshore where we fished the day prior but only caught three fish as there was no tide and baits went straight to the bottom. After moving 4 miles to the East we read plenty of fish but they would not bite . We had to go down to no wire leaders only using mono and circle hooks we started catching non stop.At one point we had the fish so close you only had to dangle your line next to the boat and you would have a fish on .

7/21/01
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Captain Dan had the Vinnie Lombardo party aboard the Megan Beth.It was limit catches of Bluefish for all fishing a popular inshore spot in 30 feet of water.Stopping on the way home we took two keeper fluke with about a dozen throw backs in 50 feet of water.

7/15/01
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
It was non stop action for the Terry Fernoff group from Bethlaham PA aboard the Megan Beth. The blue fishing was very good just on the East side of the Mud hole.Filling two coolers of mixed size fish. The first two hours produced large fish 10 to 12lbs then small fished mixed in as we broke out the spinning tackle to have some fun land the 3lb fish.

7/14/01
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Megan Beth had Megan,Alyssa McGivney along with Russ Moretti to fish the kids JCSA Tournament. Keeping 5 Fluke to 2.0lbs all three children placed and all won prizes.There was plenty of action with shorts and skates as it kept the parents very busy unhooking and rebaiting the hooks.

7/08/01
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
After figting a 25 knot SE wind we stopped on a wreck 14 miles out but it was too rough for us to anchor on it properly.We decided to head back inshore and we fished a couple of local spots to put together a decent catch of Sea Bass and Ling for the Chuck Hays Party . By 11:00 am the wind droped out and the ocean turned calm.

7/07/01
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
It was non stop action aboard the Megan Beth for the Paul Stillitano party from Elizabeth NJ.We fished 15 Miles NE of manasquan Inlet in 150 feet of 66 degree water. Has soon as the chum got going fishing was non stop with at least two fish on all the time. Hope the action will contine and the bluefish settle in one place for the season.

7/01/01
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Captain Dan had the Al Schrader party aboard the Megan Beth for a day of fluke fishing. After putting a dozen keepers in the box and releasing a couple dozen shorts and loads of skates we swithed over to a local wreck to put a dozen Sea Bass in the Box before heading for home as the wind picked up to about 20 knots out of the SW before the thunderstorms came through.

6/30/01
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Captain Dan had the Jim Sabo party aboard the Megan Beth on Saturday 6/30/01. After stopping on Two wrecks 20 miles SE of Manasquan a limit catch of Sea Bass up to 2.5lbs was caught.Also a few Ling were taken to spice up the catch.

6/13/01
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
It was non Stop action for the Steve Powers group filling all the coolers with 10 to 12 pound bluefish. The action started out slow and then developed into non stop action until two of the crew members caught there limits and all the coolers were full,before heading home in the fog.

6/9/01
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
It was a slow pick of Blues for the Emilio Vargas party on Saturday 6/09/01 . To spice up the catch we caught some ling and sea bass to help fill the cooler.The dog fish were unbearable when bottom fishing.

2000 Fishing Reports


November 4, 2000
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Capt Dan had the Bill Lundy group aboard the Megan Beth to catch their limit of Striped Bass. The Fish ranged from shorts up to 20 lbs.Most of the action was 20 miles north of Manasquan inlet.We did stop to catch a few keeper Blackfish along with a bunch of shorts.

October 21, 2000
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Capt Dan had the Larry Longo group aboard the Megan Beth to have a good day of Sea bass fishing.The first stop on a wreck 15 miles to the East only produced one Large Sea bass and PLENTY of Porgies.After repositioning on the oppisite side of the wreck we had a steady pick of Sea bass with the largest fish weighing in at 5.15lbs.A half dozen keeper Blackfish were caught and a dozen throw backs.By the end of the day we filled a 171 qt cooler.

October 7, 2000
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
On Saturday 10/07/00 Capt Dan had the Steve Lightner group aboard to have a good catch of bluefish in the 5lb class.Fishing started out slow but when the tide started to move the fish started biting.Also spiceing the catch was two 5 gallon buckets full of Sea Bass.

Sept 9-10, 2000
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Capt Dan had the Thomas Walker group aboard for a canyon trip. As we got to the tip of the lindenkohl canyon we started to troll .Soon after we started we had 3 fish in the box. after settling down for the night we only had two blue sharks in the slick during the night and we managed one more longfin tuna along with a couple of dolphin in the morning before heading home.

Sept 3, 2000
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
On Sunday Capt Dan had the Megan Beth out with the Steve Evanlaski party aboard to catch bluefish .The action was slow as there was no tide and all the baits went straight down to the bottom. The group managed to catch a couple dozen bluefish, a couple dozen sea bass and 2 fluke that weighed 4lbs and 5.75lbs.On Monday 09/04/00 Capt Dan had the family out to catch a dozen keeper fluke and a couple dozen throw backs . Most of the action was 9miles off the beach on the lumps.

August 26, 2000
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
On Saturday we had the Greg Chaplin group aboard to chum a catch a cooler full of bluefish before releasing many more.While catching bluefish those that elected to fish the bottom caught plenty of sea bass and we had 10 fluke from 3to 5lbs. On Sunday we had Frank Scarli and freind Len from Verona NJ aboard the Megan Beth only to catch a few bluefish but were able to catch a bucket full of sea bass and 20 keeper fluke from 3to 6lbs .The conditions were bad as the wind was against the tide and lines were under the boat most of the day.

August 25, 2000
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
On Friday We had the a group aboard to do a day of inshore trolling. After hours of trolling and only 4 false albacore we decided to stop on a wreck 20 miles offshore to pick two buckets of sea bass and two fluke in the 4to 5lb range.

August 19,20, 2000
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
On Saturday we had the Bob Hardt group aboard the Megan Beth to catch and release the limit of bluefish.After the arms were tired the group decided to switch over to bottom fishing.A couple dozen Sea Bass and a half dozen fluke were put in the cooler. The fluke all ranged from 4 to 6lbs.On Sunday it was back out with the Steve Evanolski party to catch another limit catch of bluefish before switching over to fluke and sea bass to top off the cooler.Hope fishing continues to be as good as its been.

August 16, 2000
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Megan Beth had the Terri Fernoff aboard to catch a limit of bluefish up to 10lbs .Besides the great bluefishig the group caught a dozen fluke up to 7lbs.and a couple dozen keeper sea bass.

August 5, 2000
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Capt Dan McGivney had the Megan Beth out with the Alan Silverstein party aboard had a limit catch of bluefish.

July 28 & 29, 2000
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
On Friday Capt Dan Mcgivney had the Megan Beth 30 miles east of manasquan Inlet only to catch and release a blue shark about 100lbs.On Saturday Capt Dan had the Dan Mcmullin group aboard to catch their limit of bluefish 20 miles north east of manasquan inlet.The bluefish were in the 3to 5lb class which were a lot of fun on light tackle.

July 22 & 23, 2000
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
On Saturday we had the Art Legins group aboard the Megan Beth to have a good catch of bluefish.Fishing was a steady pick all day and the group went home with plenty of filets. On Sunday it was back out with the Steve Evanalski group from Drums Pa to have a great catch of Blues. After stoping where we finished the day before only to find the fish have moved off to the east another 5 to 6 miles.

July 8 & 9, 2000
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
CAPT DAN MCGIVNEY HAD THE AL SCHRADER GROUP OUT FOR A DAY OF FLUKE FISHING ALONG THE BEACH.THE GROUP MANAGED TO CATCH AROUND 40 FLUKE BUT ONLY 10 FISH BEING KEEPERS.SPICING THE CATCH WAS A 1/2 DOEZEN BLUEFISH.ON SUNDAY 7/09 WE HAD THE STEVE LESSEL PARTY ABOARD TO HAVE A GOOD CATCH OF BLUEFISH 21 MILES SE OF MANASQUAN.AFTER THE SEAS BUILT UP TO 6FOOT WE SWITCHED OVER TO A INSHORE WRECK TO SPICE THE CATCH WITH A COUPLE DOZEN SEA BASS.

July 2 & 3, 2000
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
On Saturday 07/01 we had the Jim Sabo party aboard for a shark fishing trip. While on our way off we saw miles of bluefish chasing bait rainfish,mackeral,and sand eels.we decided to stop and catch a 1/2dozen for bait before heading out to the edge of the mud hole with beautiful conditions only to catch and release a brown shark in the 50lb class. Sunday it was back to bluefishing with Mike Kohner group out to catch there limit of bluefish.It started out as a slow pick then Capt Paul Regula of the Bounty hunter called us out to a lump to finish the day with one bluefish after another,3 to 4 fish on at all times.

June 28, 2000
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Capt. Dan had the Brian Masterson party aboard the Megan Beth on 6/28/00 and fished 15 miles se of Manasquan to catch a cooler full of bluefish before switching over to two local wrecks to catch a bucket full of ling and a hand full of sea bass.

June 25, 2000
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
It was back out 14 miles east of manasquan inlet with Dr Chris Dituro and party .Blue fishing was very picky in 5foot seas. After filling a 1/2 cooler full of Bluefish it was time to stop on a wreck in 75 foot of water to catch a couple dozen Sea Bass before returning home in 5to 6foot seas.

June 24, 2000
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Had the Steve Lowe party aboard the Megan Beth . Fished 10 miles east of Manasquan. Bluefishing started off very well as the action was a steady pick until 11am then the bite slowed up.Had to move off another 4 miles to finish the day and managed to have enough fish for all before heading back to manasquan inlet.

June 17, 2000
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
On Saturday 06/17/00 fished the Greater Point Pleasant Charter Boat Association MAKO MANIA shark tournament . Fished 30 miles SE of Manasquan in 63.5 degree water,drift was good covering over 10 miles in the course of the day in 4 to 6 foot seas. Only caught and released one blue shark during the day that Fred Hofmann fought.

June 15, 2000
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
The Megan Beth had the Chuck Myers group aboard to catch a cooler full of bluefish along with one Striped Bass while chumming 14 miles north of Manasquan Inlet.After catching a cooler full of bluefish we switched over to Sea Bass and caught a couple dozen before returning home.

June 11, 2000
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Had the Emilio Vargas party out on Sunday to chum Bluefish on the edge of the Mud hole.At first it started out very slow but after the chum and chunks got started it was non-stop action.The group limited out with Frank Murphy being high hook with 25 fish.Water was very warm(67) but was very dirty (brown).

June 4, 2000
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Had the Bill Lundy group out aboard the Megan Beth on Sunday 6/04/00 for Bluefish loaded up with fish in the 8 to 10lb class 15 miles SE of Manasquan inlet . Fish were high in the water table due to the cold 59 degree water.

April 28, 2000
Captain Dan McGivey reports:
Fished 12 miles east of manasquan with mates Mike McGivney,Russ Kissam,Steve lessel,to catch a cooler full of Mackeral to top off the freezer for bluefish and shark baits for the upcoming season.Fishing was picky as schools seemed to be broken up and scattered.we had to keep on moving in order to put a good catch together .

April 16, 2000
Captain Dan McGivey reports:
CAPT DAN MADE THE FIRST TRIP OF THE SEASON. HAD DAUGHTER MEGAN (91/2YRS OLD )TO CATCH HER FIRST MACKEREL MADE TWO DRIFTS AND BOATED OVER A THOUSAND MACKEREL THAT WENT INTO THE FREEZER IN JUST 31/2 HOURS OF FISHING . FISHING WAS GOOD AS IT GETS AND ACTION WAS NONE STOP.HOPEFULLY ITS JUST THE BEGINNING AND IT LAST FOR A FEW WEEKS.ALSO ON THE BOAT WAS MATE TIM BRENNAN ALONG WITH DAD PETE AND STEVE LESSEL AND JIM FROM ALLENTOWN PA.

1999 Fishing Reports


10/27-10/30
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
ON WEDENSDAY 10/27 CAPT. DAN HAD THE MEGAN BETH OUT TO LOCAL WRECKS TO 15 MILES TO PUT TOGETHER A GOOD CATCH OF SEA BASS FOR THE BRIAN MASTERSON GROUP FROM HOWELL NJ. ON SATURDAY 10/30 CAPT DAN ALONG WITH CAPT WAYNE HAD THE MEGAN BETH UP 15 MILES TO THE NORTH TO PUT TOGETHER A GOOD CATCH OF STIPERS FOR THE JIM CHARKEN PARTY FROM DUMONT NJ WITH FISH WEIGHING UP TO 21LBS.

Sept. 4
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
On 9/4 Megan Beth had the Greg Harms party out to the Mudhole after cancelling an overnight Canyon trip due to the poor weather. We fished on the west side of the hole and managed to catch 1 bluefin along with a small mako, bonita, albacore, bluefish, ling and a whiting. Conditions were good and water was very clean after the storm and the inshore fishing should only get better in the upcoming weeks.

August 29
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
On 8/29 Captain Dan McGivney had the Fred Sual party out for a good day of bluefishing at 17 fathoms. Stopping at the Shrewsbury Rocks for some seabass action before returning home with a cooler full of fish.

August 13
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
ON 08/13/99 CAPT WAYNE BUSHNELL HAD THE MEGAN BETH NORTH OF THE INLET TO HAVE A GOOD CATCH OF FLUKE FOR THE BRAD KOOKER PARTY THE LARGEST FISH WEIGHING IN AT 7.25LBS. ON 08/14/99 CAPT DAN MCGIVNEY HAD THE VINNY ARMETTO PARTY OUT AT THE MUD BOUY TO CATCH BLUEFISH BEFORE CALLING THE DAY SHORT DUE TO THE ROUGH WEATHER. ON SUNDAY 08/15/99 CAPT DAN WAS BACK UP TO THE MUD TO HAVE A GOOD CATCH OF BLUEFISH FOR THE BOB HART PARTY .WHEN CONDITIONS BECAME BAD (WIND AGAINST TIDE )WE SWITCHED OVER TO FLUKE AND MANAGED TO CATCH 18 KEEPERS UP TO 4LBS IN THE ROCK BEDS NORTH OF THE INLET .

July 24 - 29
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
ON SATURDAY, 7/24 THE MEGAN BETH HAD THE STEVE PIRANO GROUP OUT BLUEFISHING 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE MANASQUAN INLET. WE HAD A SLOW PICK OF BLUEFISH ALL DAY AS THEY WERE STILL IN SPAWNING. ON WEDNESDAY, 7/28 WE HAD THE CHUCK MEYERS PARTY OUT FROM FLANDERS, NJ AND THE BLUEFISH RESPONDED AS WE CAUGHT OUR LIMIT OF BLUEFISH WITH THE LARGEST FISH WEIGHING 10 LBS. ON THURSDAY, 7/29 WE TOOK OUT THE ALAN WELCH GROUP FROM BRIDGEWATER, NJ. AFTER CATCHING OUR LIMIT OF BLUEFISH, WE SWITCHED OVER TO TROLLING IN THE SAME AREA TO CATCH A GOOD NUMBER OF KEEPER STRIPERS AND RELEASING AN ADDITIONAL 12 SHORTS IN 1 1/2 HOURS. FISHING HAS BEEN GREAT THIS WEEK AND WITH ALL THE BAIT AROUND, IT SHOULD CONTINUE.

July 6 - 11
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
ON TUESDAY 7/6 CAPT WAYNE BUSHNELL HAD THE MEGAN BETH OUT WITH THE GREG HARMS PARTY AFTER MANAGING TO CATCH 5 KEEPER STRIPED BASS AND RELEASING MANY SHORTS THEY DECIDED TO BLUEFISH AT THE MUD BOUY AND CAUGHT THEIR LIMITS BEFORE RETURNING . ON THURSDAY 7/8 CAPT DAN MCGIVNEY HAD THE BOAT 35 MILES EAST OF THE INLET WITH THE KEEVIN KENYON PARTY CATCHING AND RELEASING 2 BLUE SHARKS AND LOSING A MAKO IN THE 150 LB CLASS AT THE BOAT . ON 7/9 CAPT WAYNE WAS BACK OUT IN THE SAME AREA AND CAUGHT A MAKO THAT WEIGHED IN AT 135 LBS FOR THE DAN SWEENEY PARTY THEY ALSO RELEASED A BLUE SHARK AND CAUGHT A COUPLE OF BLUEFISH. CAPT DAN FISHED FOR FLUKE WITH JIM AND JOE SABO TO CATCH A 1/2 DOZEN KEEPERS ALONG WITH MANY MANY SHORTS. THE EMILIO VARGAS GROUP WAS OUT ON SUNDAY 7/11 AFTER NOT CATCHING ANY BLUEFISH AT THE MUDBOUY AND THE ROCKS WE SWITCHED OVER TO FLUKE AND PUT A GOOD CATCH TOGETHER ANLONG WITH MANY THROW BACKS .

June 21 - 26
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
ON MONDAY 6/21/99 CAPT WAYNE BUSNELL HAD THE MEGAN BETH NORTH OF MANASQUAN AND PUT TOGETHER A GOOD CATCH OF STRIPED BASS UP TO 20LBS TROLLING. CHUNKING ONLY PRODUCED LOADS OF BLUEFISH. ON SATURDAY 6/26 CAPT DAN MCGIVNEY HAD MIKE MIEANNIO PARTY OUT FOR A GOOD CATCH OF SEA BASS . ALSO CAUGHT ON THE WRECKS THAT DAY WAS FLUKE,BLACKFISH,TRIGGER FISH,AND TWO 4 FOOT AMERICAN EELS.

June 18 - 19
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
62 degrees Information : On Friday, 6/18 Captain Dan McGivney had the Megan Beth out for a good troll of striped bass. Chris Staghouse from Allentown, PA boated the largest of the bass at 18 pounds. After catching plenty of stripers, we switched over to bluefish chumming and filled the coolers before returning to the dock. On Saturday, 6/19 Captain Dan fished the Mako Mania Tournament only to tag and release a blue shark in the 75 pound class. Despite the great conditions, including clean water, we spotted plenty of tuna fish, bluefish and sea turtles 35 miles southeast of the Manasquan Inlet.

June 7 - 13
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
CAPT. WAYNE BUSHNELL HAD THE MEGAN BETH UP TO SANDY HOOK HAD HAD A GREAT DAY STRIPED BASS FISHING WITH THE NICK MASSO GROUP BOATING A GOOD NUMBER OF KEEPERS ALONG WITH RELEASING OVER 50 SHORTS .ON 6/9 CAPT DAN MCGIVNEY HAD THE BOAT OUT 15 MILES NE. OF MANASQUAN TO FILL THE COOLERS WITH BLUEFISH FOR BOB FLAIR AND FRIENDS BEFORE SWITCHING OVER TO FLUKE BOATING 7 NICE KEEPERS AND RELEASING ABOUT ANOTHER 20 FISH.6/11 CAPT WAYNE WAS BACK UP NORTH TO PUT 8 KEEPER STRIPED BASS IN THE BOAT THAT WERE IN 15 TO 20 LB CLASS FOR THE DAN SWEENEY PARTYBEFORE CATCHING AND RELEASING PLENTY OF BLUEFISH. THE RICK SCHELLMAN PARTY WAS ABOARD THE MEGAN BETH FOR ANOTHER EXCELLENT DAY OF BLUEFISHINGON SATURDAY 6/13 . DISPITE VERY ROUGH SEAS THE MANAGED TO CATCH THERE LIMIT AND WERE ON THERE WAY HOME BY 11:30AM.WITH A LITTLE CALMER SEAS ON SUNDAY 6/13 THE EMILIO VARGAS GROUP CAUGHT THERE LIMIT OF BLUEFISH IN THE SAME AREA .FISHING HAS BEEN EXCELLENT THIS EARLY SEASON AND WITH PLENTY OF BAIT AROUND GOOD FISHING SHOULD CONTINUE..

June 5 & 6
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Had the Steve Lowe party from Levittown, PA out for plenty of bluefish, limited out by 10:30 a.m. and tried trolling striped bass at the Shrewsbury Rocks for the rest of the day but only had bluefish all day. On Sunday, the Steve Powers party also limited out on bluefish by 11 a.m. and finished the day off by fluke fishing off of Deal and Elboron. Had 6 keepers but plenty of shorts.

June 4
Captain Dan McGivney Reports:
Captain Wayne Bushnell had the Megan Beth up to Flynn's Knoll for a good day of striped bass fishing, plenty of action. Besides the bass, they caught plenty of bluefish and stopped on the way home for fluke.


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