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FISHING REPORTS FOR SEPTEMBER 2002

Angler Name : tom taranova
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 9/30/02
Location: mudhole
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 16lb
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 180
Water Temp.: 69
Information : Cancelled Sunday-monday's canyon trip due to weather, but winds layed down on monday enough to get in a mudhole bluefin trip. Conditions looked good in the hole but no bites from bluefin. We did get a 16lb bull dolphin on the spinning rod and numerous big bluefish. A couple dozen big ling to 4 lbs were also pulled off the bottom to add some variety.

Angler Name : Ron Antonelli - RAFT -
E-Mail : karonaraft@cs.com
Boat Name: karona
Date Fished: Mon 9-30
Location: Manasquan Ridge
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Spanish Mackerel
Size: 4 - 8 lbs
Bait or Lure: Squid spoons # 3+4
Water Depth: 10 - 40 ft
Water Temp.: 69 dgs.
Information : Too nice of a day to futz around in the river, but didn't feel like traveling much. Left the inlet near 10am and headed south to check out the bird life, not much. Decided to see what was happening at the Mana ridge and got there at 11:30. 1 boat anchored off the west side, another drifting the top spot, and another trolling. It was calm enough to see the oil from the bait pods, and did read fish of all sizes and bait from 10ft to 40ft. Started trolling one shallow and one deep. first hit was a double of albies, second was a double of bonita, followed by singles of spanyards, more albies and more bonita, happily not one bluefish. Kept 2 bonita + 2 spanyards for dinner, and 6 albies for Mako baits. Left the ridge at 3:30. Next trip is for shark steaks. Happy trails.......

Angler Name : Slacker
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Slacker
Date Fished: 9/30/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 34"
Bait or Lure: Sandworm
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 69
Information : Fished the PM ebb tide. Ran to buoy 12. Wind was opposite current & seemed to shutdown the weakie bite... caught 3 porgies. Moved out in front of Sandy Hook to drift for bass. 5-6 drifts... 1 hit... 1- 34" striper. Nice to hook up with a bass for the first time since June and it's only gonna get better.

Angler Name : Capt. John De Mio
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fish Formula
Date Fished: 9/29
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : This morning we had out the Chris Lyle charter for some excellent weakfishing in raritan bay. With the wind blowing for the last couple of days we hoped for the best.We went right back to the spot we fished before the blow and jumped all over them. With the fish box fill and the charter limited out we were back at the dock by 12.00

Angler Name : Mike
E-Mail : hitormiss666@aol.com
Boat Name: Euginia
Date Fished: 9/29/02
Location: Monster Ledge
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: Schoolie's
Bait or Lure: jig
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 65
Information : Headed out around 4:00am and plowed through supposedly 2-4 foot seas but they were more like 2x4 foot seas. No Giant reports all day but the schoolies showed up around 5:00pm. They were real finicky and only bit small jigs on 20 pound test. We had lots of fun, but we didn't catch out giant. Maybe next time.

Angler Name : JAK
E-Mail : JAK509@webtv.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 9/29
Location: Bradley Beach
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 30 inch
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished the beach about 9:00 in the AM,the surf was wicked.My brothers rig was too light to fish with,so I loaned him mine,so I took out my big surf rod,I really wanted to use my other rig.Nothing happened for about 2 hours, so I walked over to talk to my brother,he was about 50 ft away from my rod in the sand spike. As luck would have it I turned to look at my rod,it was bent in half, no big deal, I turned my head back to continue the conversation, when it hit me,MY POLE WAS BENT IN HALF! I broke the land speed record back to where my rig was,but when I was within about 8 feet of where my rig was; %&%$^%*,you guessed it, he ripped the rig out of the sand. I ran another couple steps and made a head first dive onto the pole,and believe it or not the fish was still on! The fight was great,the fact that it was my first stripper was even better.Right after that we went on the Marie S II out of Belmar,the entire boat had non stop action,the captain is the best. I"ll remember this day till I die.

Angler Name : Frank
E-Mail : fishb0y99@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Sea Ox
Date Fished: 9-29
Location: Raritan Reach
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 3-4 pounds
Bait or Lure: Sandworms
Water Depth: 31
Water Temp.: Warm
Information : Caught a couple of nice sized Weakies around 20 inches and alot of Porgies and Sea bass. The day started off rough and windy but eventually calmed.

Angler Name : Adam
E-Mail : ibhere5005@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Shore Thing
Date Fished: 9/26/02
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: everything
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: diamond jigs, peanut bunker, bucktails everything in the tackle box
Water Depth: 14-40
Water Temp.:
Information : Well this report is mostly just asking can anyone help me with some striper fishing in the raritan bay, we tried the schools but all we woundup with was snappers and the ocassional blue, Could some one please tell me some spots to fish, what am I doing wrong, any recomendations for lures or baits. Thankyou very much! if your gonna e-mail me plaease leave your boat name so i can look for oyu out there...Tight Lines

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Angler Name : Frank Cardaci
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept. 24-25
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Overnigter
Specie: Big-Eye Tuna
Size: 206 Pounds
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 100 Fathoms
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Capts. Phil Dulanie and Randy Matlack and mate Greg Riback had the Frank Cardaci charter from Farmingdale, NJ out on one last trip before the next string of bad weather and headed to the Hudson Canyon. Fishing in 6-8 footers is not easy so when we hooked up two big-eyes after only a few minutes on the troll we were not confident we would get em. One eventually broke off but we did boat one and a nice one at that which weighed in at 206 pounds. Unfortunately we were on that fish for 2 hours and missed the best of the longfin bite. On the chunk at night we did get into a nice pick of longfin and boated 5 plus a bunch of mahi-mahi. Up on the troll in the morning we quickly added another but with the wind coming up and the seas starting to push 8+ feet we headed in before trolling more than an hour.

Angler Name : Sam, John, Butch, and Brendan
E-Mail : messisa2000@yahoo.com
Boat Name: All Hooked Up
Date Fished: Sept. 25,2002
Location: 20 Fathoms
Fishing Method: Chum
Specie: S-Fin Mako Shark
Size: 120 lb.
Bait or Lure: mackeral
Water Depth: 110-135'
Water Temp.: 72.5
Information : Well the boys insisted on fishing and we did just that on a very miserable day with a stiff northeast blow as the only boats we saw all day were the draggers. We decided to stay away from the canyons (wise choice), but had the fever to continue going after the big game. We set up chumming on our favorite sharking ground at 8:30AM and it didn't look good as we encountered a solid 4-6 with and 8 mixed in here and there. We stuck it out and well into our third bucket of chum we finally had our first small mako on at 12:30PM followed by a nice runoff at 1:00PM and our third that took the bait and made a real nice run as we got it to the side of the boat 15 minutes later. Fall sharking is here and should get even better as the water temp. cools a few more degrees!!!! As a side note, we had a huge school of mahi under our chum bag that would not hit anything we threw at 'em. They were very finicky and were only picking away at our very small pieces of chum. The All Hooked Up is really turning on the heat late in the season and catchin' em up real nice.

Angler Name : Mike Copeman
E-Mail :
Boat Name: RENEGADE
Date Fished: 9/24/02
Location: Monster Ledge
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Butter / Squid
Water Depth: 240
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Headed out to catch the late afternoon bite. Setting up on the chunk by 3:00 pm we caught several false albies and bluefish in the green water. No signs of life or Mr. Bluefin so by 6:30 we headed for the barn. The boat that flipped Monday was still there, upside down and still attached to its anchor. Another boat was towing it back still flipped when we departed.

Angler Name : Mark Bennett
E-Mail : mbroth@bellatlatic.net
Boat Name: Tenacious
Date Fished: 9/23,24
Location: Lindenkohl Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk/Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: None
Bait or Lure: Butterfish/lures
Water Depth: 400-600
Water Temp.: 71 degrees
Information : Capt Bernie Roth had the Mark Bennett charter on board for an overnighter. Lured by NW winds that were forecast to drop to 10 kts we headed for the Lindenkohl were we had action on Saturday night. Trolling from 4-6pm produced no bites. The night chunk produced no bites. It was a very frustrating trip with 3-8ft waves the entire trip. There were four boats in the canyon that night. One had 4 longfins and 2 yellowfins, one had 2 yellowfins and two had nothing.We headed for home shortly after first light doing 16-17 knots to the inlet. Despite the fact that four of the six person charter were dealing with sea sickness and miserable fishing conditions, they were real troopers and never complained.

Angler Name : Greg Tonkovich
E-Mail : gdtonk@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: Charter Boat Freedom
Date Fished: 09/22-23
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trool Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-70
Bait or Lure: Everything in the box
Water Depth: 360 to
Water Temp.: 70.50
Information : Capt's Jim Spellman and Jim Hanlon had a special charter on their hands this time out. They had Zack Elsenbery out for his birthday canyon trip. Zack is a 13yr old who has been looking forward to this trip for a long time. Dad when can I go with you? As always the Freedom did not disappoint. To see a young boy reeling in his first tuna is something to behold. Zack's eyes were as big as the tuna. Tell me guys does it get any better than that? Zack Did a better job on that tuna then some seasoned anglers I have fished with. Great job Zack. And proud papa Andy yeah he's in. The nite chunk was none productive. Even after Captain Hanlon came off the bridge and put six live squid on forty pound floro liters on four poles we didn't get a sniff. Captain Hanlon then resorted to fifteen floro ,still nothing. Making a wise call to get up on the early AM troll we put 4 more fish in the box. Zack ended up with two longfin for his first trip. Specisl thanks to the crew for a job well done.A special thanks to Mate Brian Pitchert for his talent in the pit. Ya just another trip on the Freedom. Outher anglers Walter and Angelo. GO FREEDOM Total six longfin in the box and a time to remember for life. Thanks guy's

Angler Name : phil nichols
E-Mail : philjam@enter.net
Boat Name: jamaica
Date Fished: 9/22-9/23
Location: wilmington?
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: mostly 80
Bait or Lure: whole sardines and live tommycod
Water Depth: 400+
Water Temp.:
Information : this was my first time party boat tuna trip. lost a fish after 5 minute battle. my fault, bad knot. 30 yft in the slush box. i think at least 10 fish escaped (mine was one of them.)all fish cauught on live bait or chunk.

Angler Name : Jack Yolynski
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept. 22-23
Location: Lindencohl
Fishing Method: Overnignter
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 90-110 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butters
Water Depth: 800
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Capt Phil Dulanie and Adam LaRosa had the Canyon Runner out for one of our better trips of the year Sunday to Monday. Fishing with the Jack Yolyniski charter from Long Beach, LI we arrived at the Lindencohl early in the afternoon and trolled out to 1000 fathoms looking the area over. Called into a longfin bite by the boys on the White Lighting (Thanks Mike!) we raced back inshore and before we had all the lines back in the water we nailed a 2 big longfin and added a yellowfin before setting up on the chunk. The night bite did not take long as live sardines produced immediate hits and by 9:30 pm we were boxed up and limited out on 80-110 pound yellowfin going 18 for 25 for the evening. We were back at the dock before breakfast.

Angler Name : Michael Yocco
E-Mail : flyguy159@aol.com
Boat Name: MJ's
Date Fished: 9/23/02
Location: hudson
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 250 lbs
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: -
Water Temp.: -
Information : just an update to the earlier report. The big Allison dressed at 195 - No Head, No guts, No tail, No blood. after some research and comparing relative to prvious big tuna we figure it was around 250 Lbs! some more research was done and I realized that this was close to the state recoerd for yellowfin and that there hasnt been one caught that big in many years prob. since the state record which occured in 1980. pictures can be seen by email.

Angler Name : George, Roland &The Guy's from Buck's Co Pa
E-Mail : rkrumbei@optonline.net
Boat Name: Tail Chaser
Date Fished: 9/23/2002
Location: Monster Ledge
Fishing Method: Chunk,Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: big
Bait or Lure: bunker, mackeral,butterfish
Water Depth: 265
Water Temp.: 71.1
Information : Headed out for the Day Chunk for giants in the mudhole marked lots of bait and some fish, tried dropping down leader size and ended up with a run of that quickly straightened out the hook and pulled, went on the troll later in the A.M. not even a touch. BTW who pays the NOAA weather forcasters? because 2-4 turned out to be 5-6 with the frequent 8', and a center console capsized with three people rescued by the " Blue Chip " out of Brielle. A 23' wellcraft followed behind our stern just to get to shore. we just wanna fish not die... wish NOAA could get it right some time..

Angler Name : jeff,damon,turtle
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Laura D
Date Fished: 9/22-9/23
Location: Lindencohl
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure: sardines,butters
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 72
Information : arrived at the lindy around 5pm too set up for the overnight chunk had are 1st fish in the first half hour a 50-60lb longfin and the a nice size mahi the bite was dead til around 2am when we had are sword line go off after a bit of a fight boated a 125lb sword after boating the sword the lines started to go boating 4yellows up to 80 and 4 more longfin up to 60 also caught 6-7 more mahi on lite tackle by the pots tight lines everyone

Angler Name : Chuck Cumella
E-Mail : acc@nwl.com
Boat Name: Golden Eagle
Date Fished: 9/22-9/23 (overnighter)
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk and Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: ZERO
Bait or Lure: Everything and anything
Water Depth: 500+
Water Temp.: approx. 72 degrees
Information : Fished on the third anual Fazio Tuna Trip. Basically it was a poor night on the Hudson. Arrived at about midnight, slow ride, and fished all night w/ nothing to show for the effort. The entire boat, 30 guys, caught zero on the chunk. At 6:00 AM one of the mates caught a 50 # YFT. The party so disapointed so the Capt. decided to troll. On a 100 ft head boat?? We caught (2) 40# long fins during about 2.5 hours of dragging lures. Not a great night out there, we should have gone to the southern canyons, but the ride would have been forever at 16 knots. Hope to get out there a few times before it turns off. It has not been a great year on the night chunk at the Hudson. Better luck next time, tight lines....

Angler Name : bob wachtel
E-Mail : geobessal@aol
Boat Name: alkimist
Date Fished: 09/23/02
Location: east of sandy hook channel
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: tiny
Bait or Lure: squid,clam strips & spearing
Water Depth: 55 ft
Water Temp.: 72
Information : had the baldwin pharmacy crew out for sea bass got about 50 but most were shorts & a few small fluke

Angler Name : Capt. Darren
E-Mail : dsv174@optonline.net
Boat Name: Mary Lou Crew
Date Fished: September 21st & 22nd
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll and Chunk
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 40-50lbs
Bait or Lure: Plastics
Water Depth: 450
Water Temp.: 70.2
Information : Had the Keith Kennedy group out to the Hudson Canyon for an overnighter. Started trolling at 4pm and within 15 minutes had are first fish in the boat! We ended up with 7 longfins in the box before setting up for the night chunk. Upon setting up we then had a large school of Mahi-Mahi around the boat and loaded up with around 10 before we even put a line in the water for the night chunk! During the night we put two more longfin in the box and then were up on the troll for imediate action landing three more longfin and dropping two others. We headed back to the dock with the coolers loaded up and a very happy crew! Another Great trip aboard the MARY LOU CREW!

Angler Name : Michael Yocco
E-Mail : flyguy159@aol.com
Boat Name: MJ's
Date Fished: 9/22/02
Location: Hudson canyon
Fishing Method: chunk troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 240#
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 450
Water Temp.: -
Information : Dad had the boat out once again to the hudson and had a very good trip fishing sat. night into sunday. On the chunk only one yellowfin was caught but it was a big one. the fish took over an hour to get in and dad estimated it to be around 220 to 250. On the trol in the morning 7 out of 7 longfins were boated on the troll. went home with 8 tuna on ice.

Angler Name : GonZo
E-Mail : gonzofishes@msn.com
Boat Name: HOW.COM
Date Fished: 9/21-9/22
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk/Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-60
Bait or Lure: Butterfish, Spreaders, Green Machine, Purple Jet
Water Depth: 450-900
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Captain Howie got us out to the Hudson in a hurry late Saturday afternoon, found a spot and parked foe a night of chunking. Worked hard all night on a chum slick and the electronics to almost no avail. went 1 for 1 with a 60lb. Longfin joining us early on. Started trolling around sunrise and added 4 more longs in the 50+ class. Perfect 5 for 5 w/o any drops or misses, but light on action versus the amount of time we put in. Nevertheless, great day out with the fellas and a box full of fresh tuna to share with everyone we promise to all the time.... Killer trip, hats off to Capt Howie, JJ and Mike A. who joined us for the first of, hopefully, many great trips. Tight lines and following seas - GonZo

Angler Name : Joe Kraus, Chris Rebimbas
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Trouble
Date Fished: 9/22/02
Location: Sea Girt Reef
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 7lb, 5lb
Bait or Lure: Squid, Spearing, Killies
Water Depth: 60ft
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Drifted the reef had non stop action with 6 keeper fluke,also had a 2 1/2 pound Sea Bass six bass total and a 3 pound blue

Angler Name : Jim Coffey
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 9/21-22
Location: Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll /Chunk
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 30-50lbs
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Had Jim Coffey's group out to the canyon for an overnighter. Chunk was slow, yielding a big longfin and couple of dolphin. Troll was good and we picked Longfin one by one all morning, with green machines producing the best. Wound up with 16 longfin tuna, and 2 dolphin.

Angler Name : Mike Phillips
E-Mail : scorpionmp@aol.com
Boat Name: Dixie
Date Fished: 9-22-02
Location: Off Manasquan beach
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3-5 Lbs
Bait or Lure: Ava 47, Hopkins, Red white Feather
Water Depth: 55'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Kids wanted to go out so We started trolling just outside of the Manasquan Inlet and picked up 20+ blues all on top or within 15' of the surface. Total time an hour and a half

Angler Name : Joe,Jim,Gary,Anthony,Bob&Micah
E-Mail : jwpfish@msn.com
Boat Name: "R" Toy
Date Fished: sept. 21-22
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll,Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-85lbs.
Bait or Lure: butterfish,clones,ballyhoo
Water Depth: 450-600
Water Temp.: 70
Information : The "R" Toy was out to the Hudson for a Saturday-Sunday over-nighter. Fearing that there was going to be a few hundred boats considering the excellent weather conditions. We were happy to see that wasn't the case when we reached the edge. Managed two longfins on the afternoon troll and dropped a yellowfin twenty feet from the boat. Started our chunk on the drift in 600' with no action. Decided to move into the flats for our second and final drift where we slowly picked away at three yellows to eighty five pounds and a few longfin also picked one mahi-mahi. The early morning troll produced a few more longfin and two dropped fish which were within our sights. We caught the biggest longfin a 60 pounder at 9:00am and decided to call it a day heading home leaving the fish biting. We ended the trip with thirteen tuna and one mahi-mahi on ice.

Angler Name : Mike Lawrence
E-Mail : lawremi@churchdwight.com
Boat Name: shot'n'beer
Date Fished: sept 21-22
Location: toms and carteret
Fishing Method: troll drift
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 70lbs
Bait or Lure: all green and chunks
Water Depth: 380-550
Water Temp.: 72-74.5
Information : Left barn on satm morn at 8 got to the toms. 2 boats there trolled three longfin, headed to the carteret got to the berkley got 2 more 35 to 40lber's. started the drift from there and had a steady pick of yellows all night. End of the day saw 4 yellows 3 longfin. The rest were "released" if you know what I mean. Watere was great. The weather man said the seas were 3-5. I quess he mean't inches. perfect night. sea ya.

Angler Name : John Shipley
E-Mail : saintjude@comcast.net
Boat Name: Saint Jude
Date Fished: 9/21-22/02
Location: Lindenkhoel
Fishing Method: troll/chunk
Specie: White Marlin
Size: 70 (plus)
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 100ftm
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Had Donald Hallingse, Joe Frasco, Rich Srnka, and Dixon Peer out to the edge Sat. to Sun. After straightening out the generator (thank you Ed Devillo of the Carolannie), we got into some decent trolling including some longfin and the most spectacular White marlin I have ever seen. We spotted the white circling a ballyhoo while we were dead in the water fighting a lft. after 5 minutes of teasing (tuna fight still on) we hooked her and then we were fighting 2 fish. The white fought for 15 minutes before pictures and the tag and release (she was in great shape). The trip as a whole was slow due to the fact that there were 30 plus boats in that tiny canyon... I wish I could fish during the week. Total fish count: 2YFT, 2 LFT, 2 big Mahi, 1 White, 1 blue shark ... not exactly a meat trip..

Angler Name : David
E-Mail : DavidTanya2001
Boat Name: Nu-Meat
Date Fished: 21-22 Sep
Location: Baltimore Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll / Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-60 lbs
Bait or Lure: butters, live squid
Water Depth: 600' plus
Water Temp.: 72-74
Information : fished with CPT's Joe and John. Trolled a dolphin about 10 lbs on green machine, lost a 20+ lbs er near the boat... two other knockdowns.. night chunk had two yellowfins about 50-60 lbs both on live squid. One Tuna was half eaten after being gaffed and getting away for another 10 minutes.. four LARGE bites out of it..... We caught the Tuna near the end of the trip at 315 am and 430 am. We also lost what was either a large shark or possibly a ray.. could not turn the fish and he was way out of the top.... it was gorgeous out there - full moon and light seas.... not too crowded - lots of porpoises

Angler Name : Bill Lloyd
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Sarah's Sun
Date Fished: 9/21-9/22
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 50-80
Bait or Lure: Billy Baits +Cedar PLug
Water Depth: 400-700
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Showed up at Canyon at 2:00 pm and in five minutes had a double hook-up. LOst one but hooked up again later and that was it for the day. Chunked produced nothing. trolled in the morning to pick up 2 more fish.

Angler Name : Steve Evanski
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 9/22/02
Location: Mud Bouy
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 12lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.: 68
Information : 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.

Angler Name : Ron Antonelli Fishing Team - RAFT
E-Mail : karonaraft@cs.com
Boat Name: Shake n Move
Date Fished: 9 - 21 - 22
Location: Lindenkohl
Fishing Method: trolling - chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60 - 70 lbs
Bait or Lure: ballyhoo, bars, jets, butters, squid
Water Depth: 450 - 550
Water Temp.: 70 - 73
Information : RAFT,Ron Sr.,Ron Jr.,Jack, Mike, Mario, Mark, fished on the Shake n Move with Capt. Ron Pizzi and mate Jay Richardella for an over-night Sat-Sun. As usual and as we expected the weekenders were out-and-about. Trolling Sat afternoon produced 2 Mahi, 1 nice bull and 1 small female. Thinking the chunk would be a bit better, we decided to start early. The only grace to the slow fishing was the super flat sea that wasn't called by NOAA. Keeping steady throughout the night produced 1 60 lb. yellowfin at 2am, and 2 other very light touches at 3am. Going back on the troll at 6:30 and staying about the vicinity, 2 very large longfin, 65-70 lbs., gave 4 of us some exercise. Headed for the beach at 9:30 with a super-flat ride. Mate Jay and Capt. Ron did a super job. Happy Trails!

Angler Name : John ,Laura & Foster
E-Mail : johlaura@comcast.net
Boat Name: Tide Runner
Date Fished: 9/22/02
Location: Manasquan Ridge
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: to 24"
Bait or Lure: Squid and Small Mullet
Water Depth: 50 to 80
Water Temp.: 72
Information : well Last fluke trip of the season and the fishing was poor, lots of Sea Robins. we did manaqge to put 2 keeper fluke in the box one was real nice a 6 pounder. Caught few shorts as well. This has been a disappointing fall run we did much better last season. The high-lite Of the trip was Foster latch onto a 25 pound thrasher Shark in 80 feet of water just north of the Ridge on a fluke rig. We managed to get the Shark to the boat for some Pictures and then cut the leader. O,well time time consentrate on weakies, blues and Bass. remember Keep a tight line and Peace

Angler Name : Joe Horvath
E-Mail : mbroth@bellatlantic.com
Boat Name: Tenacious
Date Fished: 9/21,22
Location: Lindenkohl Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk/Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 90+
Bait or Lure: Butterfish/sprdr/lures
Water Depth: 400-800
Water Temp.: 72 degrees
Information : Capt Bernie Roth had the Joe Horvath Charter on board for an overnighter. Trolling from the Carteret to the Lindenkohl produced two mahi. Chunking was very slow until midnight when live squid resulted in five hookups to large yellowfins. Two were boated that were 90+lbs. Two pulled the hook just short of the gaff after a 25-30 minute fight and one broke the leader due to a birdsnest. Despite their lack of experience the charter did very well fighting the larger than normal size yellowfins.A mako also came into the slick and was hooked but chaffed the leader after a short fight.The morning troll produced 1 longfin near the Carteret and we headed home at 9am with 3 tuna and some mahi on ice. Reports from other boats were "we should have been here yesterday" and "very slow"

Angler Name : Bill Gates
E-Mail : billgates54@aol.com
Boat Name: Phantom
Date Fished: 9/21-22
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk/troll
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 40-65 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Butterfish/Rigged ballyhoo
Water Depth: 400-700 ft.
Water Temp.: 72 degrees
Information : Headed to the Hudson for a late chunk/trolling trip with the Zimmermann/Kwelty party. Arrived at the elbow around 1 A.M. and drifted from the deep across the flats with only one knockdown through daybreak. Started on the troll heading southeast along the 100 fathom line and had steady action through 9:30 A.M. when the bite slowed. We went 7 for 7 on albacore, with Jason landing his ever first tuna, a solid 65 pounder. Perfect weather throughout with one of the smoothest rides home of the season, although we should have just skipped the late night chunk and stuck to our original early morning trolling trip.

Angler Name : Spotted Dog
E-Mail : jsbraga@aol.com
Boat Name: Nu-Meat
Date Fished: 9/21-22
Location: Baltimore Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling/Chunking/Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 70#
Bait or Lure: Squid
Water Depth: 100 fathoms
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Trolled Poorman's for several hours on the 500 fathom line. Had nice temp breaks and weeds. Wound up going 1 for 2 on Mahi. Angler pulled the hook on a rather nice one. Also had a billfish pickup with a short runoff but no hookup. Moved in the late afternoon to the center of the Baltimore and chunked up 3 Yellowfin but only landed 1 1/2 (Mako bite smoked the reel before giving up his snack). We then trolled around at daybreak with no additional runoff's. Overnight we cut 4 flats and the guys ran out of chunks around 4:30.

Angler Name : Cpt. Bob Dunn
E-Mail : captain1069@msn.com
Boat Name: Moonshadow
Date Fished: 9/21/02
Location: Lindenkohl Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 75 lbs
Bait or Lure: Zuker feathers/ballyhoo/spreaders
Water Depth: 290-900 ft.
Water Temp.: 73 degrees
Information : Cpt Bob and mate Bobby had the Dan Cardow party out to the Lindenkohl Saturday for a day of trolling. We departed Little Egg friday night in less than ideal conditions plowing through 6 + chop that was steep and nasty. Seas layed down in the deeper waters and was glassy in the canyon. We pulled into the canyon which contained 40 + plus boats mostly on the North wall and heard the reports that many boats had 6 tuna or more and up to 13. We started trolling at 5:00 before first light and threw some chunks as we trolled. We didnt have a knockdown until 8:00 and it appeared to be a tuna. We trolled into 50 fathoms at around 9:30 and hooked up and boated a massive 75 lb Long Fin! Boats were picking long fin up here and there around us but nobody was making a killing. We hooked up a small dolphin in the same area and decided to troll down to the tip where mate Bobby hooked up a feisty 60 lb. White Marlin near a pot. After the marlin we worked the area but couldnt produce anything else so we headed into the 40 Rips where we boated a 60 lb Yellow Fin. Decent days work for a September trolling trip as nobody did real well on the troll in there.

Angler Name : Brian Brown
E-Mail : brianpb321@aol.com
Boat Name: My Other Wife
Date Fished: 9/21/02
Location: 2-4 miles out of Townsends Inlet
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 18 inches
Bait or Lure: Hopkins with green hose
Water Depth: 40 ft
Water Temp.: 73
Information : We saw many schools of fish which we figured were bunker(had yellow tails looked like a shad) and trolled through them only to hook into Blues. We had steady hook ups most of the day. We would troll very fast so that the lurer often broke the surface of the water. I managed to hook into a 10lb False Albacore. Lots of fun for the 3 of us in a 17ft Bass Tracker with a 90 Merc......

Angler Name : John Ribarchik
E-Mail : hvyequpmec@aol.com
Boat Name: Amandabug
Date Fished: 9-21-02
Location: off of Essex hotel to belmar
Fishing Method: from the boat , casting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 28 to 30 inches
Bait or Lure: hopkins, spro, and ava 17 with green tube
Water Depth: 25 to 35 feet
Water Temp.: 68
Information : trolled for blues off of the beach then saw the birds working the surface.Switched to casting and had hook ups on the first cast.Weekies, small blues and bonita all mixed in. This lasted for 2.5 hours, had a blast.Also not a boat around us, you couldnt ask for a better day fishing just a little rough out but a great day. Have a great day fishing everyone.

Angler Name : GARY, LENNY
E-Mail : TRAILPIMP@AOL.COM
Boat Name: MAKO19
Date Fished: 9-21-02
Location: SEA ISLE RIDGE
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: 5-7LBS
Bait or Lure: ANYTHING CHROME
Water Depth: 55-100
Water Temp.: 72
Information : TROLLED THE SEA ISLE RIDGE ON SAT. AND DIDN'T DO TO BAD ON THE FALSE ALBACORE. WENT 3 FOR 3 UNTIL WE STOPPED TROLLING WHEN KURT ON THE HAT TRICK HOOKED US UP WITH A PRIMO FLOUNDER SPOT. WE SPENT THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY BOTTOM FISHING AND ENDED UP WITH 10 NICE FLUKE ON THE RIDGE.

Angler Name : Capt.Lou
E-Mail : Osprey30@aol.com
Boat Name: DeamSeeker
Date Fished: 9/21/02
Location: off Manasquan
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: oboy
Bait or Lure: squis/killie
Water Depth: 50ft.
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Last fluke trip on the DreamSeeker, plenty of 16 inch throwbacks. On the last driftI got wacked by what I thought was a huge Blue. Turned out to be the biggest fluke I have ever seen let alone landed. Double diget pounds. I don't know what lies in store for us next year, but when we can't find those 17 inch flatties, I'll remember flukeasaurus.

Angler Name : Woody
E-Mail : Jamwswoodward350@msn.com
Boat Name: SEAVEYOR - Capt. Ed Chadrow
Date Fished: 9/21/02
Location: Baltimore - Notch
Fishing Method: Troll/Chunk drift
Specie: Big-Eye Tuna
Size: 166 dressed
Bait or Lure: Feather
Water Depth: 100 line
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Trolled the 100 line, got two 50lb Longfin and 1 small Dolphin. The Big Eye hit our short line which also happen to be the only light tackle (30 with 40lb test) Capt. Ed fought this great fish for 5 hours from 6pm - 11-pm finally boated this beauty 166lb (dressed) Learned a valuable lesson, don't use a 30 wide!! Weighed in at Jims Bait & Tackle. Finished the night in the deep trying to catch swordfish with no luck, we did get a few run offs but failed to strike quick enough. Also had a shark munch half a baitfish, jagged teath marks possible Mako.

Angler Name : John Campbell
E-Mail : ascot@optonline
Boat Name: Atlantic Star
Date Fished: September 21, 2002
Location: Tip of Sandy Hook to Brielle
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: Shorts
Bait or Lure: Killies and Squid
Water Depth: 20'- 60'
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Made that final fluke trip of the year with my nephew James on Sunday afternoon. James is 11 years old and it was his first fishing trip. Slow day with very little fluke activity. Only two keepers on the boat. The drift was too fast. I caught 9 shorts. Everyone on the boat caught Robins, some very large, that kept us busy. Around 4:30 pm we had a blitz of nice size weakies. James caught a 2 1/2 pound weakfish in addition to all the Robins. Looking forward to the return of the Stripers....Tight lines everyone.

Angler Name : Steve Barry
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept. 20-21
Location: Lindencohl
Fishing Method: Overnignter
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 110 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butters
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Capt. Phil Dulanie and mates Randy Matlack and Greg Ryback had the Steve Barry charter from Middletown, NJ out on the Canyon Runner for a Friday-Saturday overnighter (our fourth back to back in a row). Getting to edge late in the afternoon we went right to the chunk but doing so by drifting far off the edge away from the crowd in the Lindencohl. We quickly picked a few fish and moving four times throughout the night we were able to put together a decent catch of 8 out of 16 big yellowfin and longfin to 110 pounds plus few mahi.

Angler Name : Carl Graber
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 09/21/2002
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Big-Eye Tuna
Size: 180 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Balyhoo & Clones
Water Depth: 500 Ft.
Water Temp.: 70 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Bounty Hunter back on the west wall of the Hudson and Carl Graber and his son Michael got in on some great trolling action. After putting 3 Longfin in the boat we hooked up with a Big Eye which took 2 hours to subdue. Both Mike and his Dad shared time on the rod and after a great fight the fish was gaffed and hauled thru the transom door. Getting back to the troll we put another 3 Longfin in the boat. Upon our return the Big Eye tipped the scale at 180 Lbs. All the bites came on Rigged Balyhoo and Tuna Clones. The Big Eye went for a rigged Balyhoo with a yellow skirt pulled off a tip rigger.

Angler Name : Jon Murray
E-Mail : murray@quadnet.net
Boat Name: 4 Reelin'
Date Fished: 09/21/02
Location: Barnegat
Fishing Method: Jig
Specie: Weakfish
Size: up to 17"
Bait or Lure: 2" squids
Water Depth: 20-30
Water Temp.: 70
Information : All spikes with double headers common. Only 8 keepers out of what must have been a 200+ fish day with 4 anglers. Small squid skirts accounted for almost all of the fish. Lots of 6-14" blues too. I have never seen so much bait on the FF. This fall should be awsome!!!!

Angler Name : Bill Wesloske
E-Mail : captreelaction@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Action
Date Fished: 9/21/02
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure: Lures
Water Depth: 220'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Had the Bill Wesloske party aboard for bluefin. We had no luck with bluefin. Only heard a couple caught. We put a couple of bonitas, false albacore and skipjack in the boat.

Angler Name : Scott Sabre
E-Mail : ebiz_guy@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Fintastic
Date Fished: Sept 20-21
Location: Lindenkohl
Fishing Method: Troll/Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : After enjoying great light tackle action loading up on chicken Dolphin, we anchored up for the nighttime chunk. With the help of Capt. Tom Savastano and crew, we were able to pick away at the yellowfin all night. At daybreak, we drifted a few more pots to top off the fish box, ending up with 10 YFTs and 24 Mahi.

Angler Name : Rob
E-Mail : robennett@deloitte.com
Boat Name: Blue Juice
Date Fished: 9/21/02
Location: Monster Ledge
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 10 -15lbs
Bait or Lure: Anything small (Purple and Black)
Water Depth: 200ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Fish hit in early morning and early afternoon. On the 20th a fish reported at 683lbs. was caught on the chunk in the Mudd Hole.

Angler Name : Andy L.
E-Mail : andrew.lojek@pseg.com
Boat Name: Jersey Giant
Date Fished: 9/20-9/21
Location: Lindenkohl
Fishing Method: chunkin
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-80lbs
Bait or Lure: butters
Water Depth: 500 ft
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Hit the lindenkohl and had a steady pick of yellowfin all night. Went for a pathetic 11 for 25. Busted lines, bad knots, and missed gaff shots all accounted for the lost fish.

Angler Name : Jorge
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Connection
Date Fished: 9/20/02
Location: Monster Ledge
Fishing Method: chumming
Specie: Thresher Shark
Size: 589 pounds
Bait or Lure: little tuny
Water Depth: 190
Water Temp.: 66
Information : 9/20/02 we caught a 589 pound shark, jcpacheco.home.att.net Maybe a new NJ state record.

Angler Name : Dr. Balyhoo
E-Mail : bill_matyi@ml.com
Boat Name: My Gem
Date Fished: 9/20 9/21
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll - Chunk- Troll
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 45 - 65 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Squid spreader bar - cedar plug
Water Depth: 400 ft.
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Left for Hudson Canyon out of Merrick, NY about 11:30am on Friday 9/20. Due to a disgusting market we all decided a bad day fishing would be better than a good day working. We trolled the west wall once we arrived and hooked up to a falsie and then had a double hook - Joe "the hammer" and Bill "Dr.Balyhoo" worked the lines and got two longfin in the boat, both close to 50 lbs. As the sun began to set we hooked up to a pot that a monster whale led us to and began to chunk Butters through the morning. We boxed two more longfin as Anthony "Longfin" managed to score the biggest fish of his career that weighed in at close to 70 lbs. With the full moon allowing us to keep off all deck lights- we thouroughly enjoyed alot of action on top of the smooth water - from whales to sharks. Once we saw sunlight we began the morning troll - boxing another 5 longfin as Uncle Mikey even got in on the action. Joe "the hammer" called it right when he took out his cedar plugs because these were by far the days favorite. We left a pretty hot bite at 9:30am to head home. Overall went 9 for 11 -all longfin- as some as Uncle Mikeys gear was outdated and dusty. Hoping to hear about some yellow tail very soon.

Angler Name : Ronald Betz
E-Mail : ron@pennherb.com
Boat Name: Maxumus
Date Fished: 9/21/02
Location: NW of Great Egg Reef
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 31" & 33"
Bait or Lure: Blue Slammer
Water Depth: 60 feet
Water Temp.: 74
Information : What a blast! Tried some bottom fishing for fluke for a couple of hours but no luck. Decided to troll my new Blue Slammer lure just for the yuckies and bam! Within 10 minutes we hooked into a 31" Blue. What a fight! Started trolling again and within another 15 minutes my wife hooked another one -- 33". 10 & 11.5 lbs. repectively. Got another 17" blue before heading home.

Angler Name : Ted Gaydos, Jerry, Mike,Ed, Tom
E-Mail : tcgaydos@aol.com
Boat Name: Cat Tales
Date Fished: 9/20/02-9/21/02
Location: Carteret
Fishing Method: chunk, troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 100lb plus
Bait or Lure: live squid
Water Depth: 700 ft
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Started chucnking had the first long fin within the hour. We managed 6 for 10 on the chunk 4 long fins and 2 100 plus yellowfins. The sharks cleared the area as they showed up about 1:00 am and didn't leave until 4:00 am. Thanks for dolphin or we would have had no action while the sharks cruised the area. Trolled on the way home and picked up 1 long fin and 1 more bull dolphin. Great night hope we have a couple left.

Angler Name : Paul Willams, Rich, Ed Gensinger
E-Mail : Captgen33@aol.com
Boat Name: A REEL LADY
Date Fished: 9/21/02
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 15 LBS.
Bait or Lure: Tuna Colnes, Spreader Bars
Water Depth: 220
Water Temp.: 69.8
Information : Started at the tip of the mud hole and trolled over to Monster Ledge. Lost a beautiful Dolphin at the transom of the boat. Caught 4 False Albacore at the end of the day.

Angler Name : Ron Howarth
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 09/20/2002
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: Up to 80 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Balyhoo, Clones
Water Depth: 700 Ft.
Water Temp.: 71 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Ron Howarth charter out to the Hudson Canyon for a day of trolling. On what could only be described as one of the better trolling days of the season. In 6 hours of fishing the charter boated a 100 Lb. Big Eye, followed with an 80 Lb. Yellowfin then proceeded to go 13 for 18 on Longfin. All the Longfin were in the 45 to 60 Lb. range. We left the Tuna biting when we started for home. Rigged Balyhoo and Tuna clones accounted for all the fish.

Angler Name : Ed, Tom
E-Mail : ondahook@hotmail.com
Boat Name: On The Hook
Date Fished: 9/20
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Dolphin
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Had one nice Dolphin on for about a minute. Picked a couple of Bluefish and had one Spanish jump clear over the baits. Other than that it was a nice day

Angler Name : KKJ
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Capt. Jigs (Bradley Beach)
Date Fished: 9/20/02
Location: Monster Ledge Area
Fishing Method: Trolling (7-9 knt)
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: Schoolies
Bait or Lure: Zuckers, Clones, GM
Water Depth: 140'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : With 1-3 ft forecast took 215 Aquasport to ML.Boated 3 Skippies right away. Hit small school 27/28" BFT all on at same time - landed all three. Zucker Mexican Flag Feather best producer. Also boated 3 Skippes and 5 Falsies.

Angler Name : Joe Lambriello
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept 19-20
Location: Lindencohl
Fishing Method: Overnignter
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 80-110 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butters
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Capt. Phil Dulanie and mates Jay Richardella and Randy Matlack had the Joe Lambriello charter out on the Canyon Runner Thursday to Friday and once again found the yellowfin on the feed. Arriving at the Lindencohl just before dawn we tried trolling for an hour but decided we might as well get on the chunk early as the yellowfin were quick to the boat Wednesday night. The same proved true Thursday night as we had yellowfin on within 10 minutes of coming back on the anchor. We had fish in the slick and went to work for the next few hours on fish reminiscent of late year as they put anglers and gear to the test. All but one yellowfin was over 90 pounds and two were over 100. The anglers did their best on the fish and we ended up going 8 for 15 before 2am. After 2am, however, we did not see another tuna or mark anymore bait. Since the charter was dead tired from fighting the big fish and we only had room for a few more we once again were headed home early but a little uneasy as to were to fish tonight as the tuna and bait obviously moved out.

Angler Name : Brian J. Christie
E-Mail : BChristi@sovereignbank.com
Boat Name: Jersey Giant
Date Fished: 9/19-9/20
Location: Lindy
Fishing Method: Troll & Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 80 - 100#
Bait or Lure: Plastics & butterfish
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Was a guest of the Joseph Klinke charter, and we arrived at the canyon around 1:30 PM. Boated a dolphin, a big longfin (78#), and 2 yellowfin on the troll. Set up to chunk for the night, and had a slow steady bite all night. A few broke off, but we boated 15 yellowfin and an allison (big and angry)on the chunk. 19 fish in the boat and we headed for home at 6:00 AM. My compliments to Rich and Bert (co-captains)who did a great job putting us on the fish and getting them into the boat.

Angler Name : Jeff Maritz
E-Mail : jeff51516@aol.com
Boat Name: Kristin Marie
Date Fished: 9-19-20-02
Location: Toms Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk/Troll
Specie: Amberjack
Size: 90 lb
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 600'
Water Temp.:
Information : Headed for the Hudson ? Changed to the Toms from a report the hudson was slow and a good report from the Toms? This proved to be true with a catch of 5 yellows on the chunk 3 dolphin on the chunk up to 14.5 lbs and long fin ont the troll in the am Great trip . Panama red stayed up all nite, once again BF FISHED the tuna on? ? We were the only boat in the Toms , squid were few to be found we went 5 for 9 on the chunk with the yellows.

Angler Name : Sam, John M., John S., & Brendan
E-Mail : messisa2000@yahoo.com
Boat Name: All Hooked Up
Date Fished: Sept. 20, 2002
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Big-Eye Tuna
Size: 126 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Spreaders/ ballys
Water Depth: 400 to the deep
Water Temp.: 71
Information : What a day, the weather was great and the fish were biting. Our day started out with a big eye crashing our long line and after 45 min. battle on the east wall we boated the beauty (also picked up a longfin on the east wall). While trolling from the east wall to the elbo we lost two BIG mahi as they both jumped and threw the hook. Making our way near the elbo the longfin bite was non-stop as we put five more in the box and called it a day. The six tuna we took home was plenty for the four of us (and our friends) as we practiced a little conservation. You won't find to many days like this one!!!

Angler Name : Bob Baliatico
E-Mail : balia160@aol.com
Boat Name: FIRST LIGHT
Date Fished: Wed 9/19 thru Thu 9/20
Location: West Wall Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk/Troll
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 40-50 pounders
Bait or Lure: Purple Squid Spreaders
Water Depth: 400 to 500 feet
Water Temp.: Sensor Out (still)
Information : Gustav first, then Hanna, may have done their damage to the chunking. The on the way out reports coming out of the Hudson was that it switched to the troll, but we still gave it our best shot on the overnighter. Sean Carton, brothers George and Jeff, and friend Jason, completed our crew for the trip. Capt. Sean set us up on our first drift that lasted 5 hours covering the flats along the edge of the west wall. With no life and no action we moved at 2am. The conditions were better suited to anchoring, but we prefer the drift, and the light weekday crowd still allowed us to do just that. Finally by 3am, our second drift was well under way. Just shy of false dawn we had our first of few knockdowns that led us to an 0 for 2 YFT ratio with one lost at the stern in the 70 pound range. By "First Light", the Carton's aptly named Bertram had switched to the troll, and worked its way easterly from the flats to the edge of the west wall at the beginning of the elbow. We had a skippy and a dolphin knockdown near a lobster buoy in the shallows (320 feet), but found all the Long Fin at the Elbow to the Bombs along the 400 - 500 foot dips and bumps along the bottom. Plenty of bait and fish there, and 8 nice 40 to 50 pound Long Fins made their way into to the coolers. The best lures were the two purple squid spreaders and the green daisy set far back down center behind a bird. We topped the catch with 20 nice schoolie sized Mahi caughton light tackle under a lobster buoy on the 1/2 a flat of butters Capt. Carton suggested to keep "just in case" we found something and boy did we. The Mahi jumped all over the little butter chunks drifted back to them along with the chum pieces we were tossing them. A perfect end to another perfect trip to the Hudson for the First Light crew.

Angler Name : Joel Frey
E-Mail : mbroth@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: Tenacious
Date Fished: 9/18,19
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll/Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 80lb
Bait or Lure: Butterfish/Lures/Squid
Water Depth: 400-700
Water Temp.: 70degrees
Information : Capt Bernie Roth had the Joel Frey party on board for a Wed/Thur overnighter in the Hudson Canyon The Afternoon troll produced one longfin and one short strike on a ballyhoo. The night chunk produced one 80lb yellowfin on 50lb fluoro leader with a live squid. The short morning troll till 8am proved unproductive and we headed home with two tuna on ice.

Angler Name : fred leahy
E-Mail : fsquared@comcast.net
Boat Name: fintastic
Date Fished: 9/18 to 9/19 overnight
Location: canyon
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40 to 110 #
Bait or Lure: live sardines
Water Depth: 530
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Thanks to capt bobby konz and bruno for another slaughter on the chunk. 14 yellow and 6 longfins later we were a very tired group and headed home withoput a troll. Their expert decisions proved to be the key. My charter group and I recommend them to anyone looking for a first rate charter.

Angler Name : TEAM TARHEEL
E-Mail : NCTAR@AOL.COM
Boat Name: TARHEEL
Date Fished: 9/18-9/19
Location: EAST WALL ELBOW-HUDSON CANYON
Fishing Method: CHUNK & TROLL
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: UP TO 80 LBS
Bait or Lure: PEANUT BUNKER & ANYTHING PURPLE
Water Depth: DEEP
Water Temp.: 68-70
Information : LOOKS LIKE THE NIGHT TIME CHUNK MAY BE STARTING TO TURN ON AT THE HUDSON. WENT FIVE FOR FIVE WITH 4 YELLOWFINS AND 1 LONGFIN DRIFTING IN THE DEEP AT NIGHT. TROLLED AT DAYBREAK TILL NOON AND PUT 10 MORE IN THE BOX.......STILL LOOKING FOR MR. BIGEYE ......MAYBE HE WILL COOPERATE FOR THE TUNA CLASSIC.....TIGHT LINES BOYS!!

Angler Name : Anthony
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Distant Waters
Date Fished: Sep 18, 19
Location: Lindenkhol Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk Troll
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 35-60 lb
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 4oo'
Water Temp.: 79
Information : The fishing is very good down South most of the boats headed in at first light We had one one of those trips that only happens to other boats going 7 for 25 Dolphin are thick down there. we brought back 18 with out trying.

Angler Name : Don B
E-Mail : dbaker4@hotmail.com
Boat Name: no name...Wellcraft
Date Fished: 9/19/02
Location: Manasquan ridge
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 20"......3Lbs
Bait or Lure: squid... killie
Water Depth: 55-65'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Drifted for about 3 hrs... many sea robins, a few keeper fluke... 2 black fisk 1 skate and few short weakfish. The wife and I had a great day...

Angler Name : Bob Lewis
E-Mail : tlewis1167@aol
Boat Name: Top Dog
Date Fished: 9-19-02
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: 10lbs
Bait or Lure: spreader bar
Water Depth: 150ft.
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Took the Top Dog out for an inshore trip.Started at Little Italy and trolled to Monster Ledge.Worked a broken up weed line with no luck.Picked up one false albacore in the mud hole.Weather was nice and it sure was better than working.

Angler Name : Steve Deak
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 09/19/2002
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: Up to 50 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Balyhoo, Jets
Water Depth: 600 Ft.
Water Temp.: 71 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul headed back to the Hudson with the Steve Deak charter. With the Tuna fleet working the southern canyons in search of Yellowfin only a handful of boats showed up in the Hudson. Working the edge in 400 to 700 Ft. of water the rigged Balyhoo and Jet lures kept the charter busy with a steady pick of Tuna. By noon we boated 12 Longfin up to 50 Lbs. and the charter called it a day.

Angler Name : Joe Garivello
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept.18-19
Location: Canyon
Fishing Method: Overnigter
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 90 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 100 Fathoms
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Capt. Phil Dulanie and mates Greg Ryback and Jay Richardella had the Joe Garivello charter from Rochester, NY out on the Canyon Runner Wednesday to Thursday and took a ride to the southern canyons to find some fish to chunk. Working off the edge in the deep we located the warm water and went right to the chunk at 7pm. By 8:30 we already had a couple yellowfin in the boat and enjoyed a steady pick of 70-90 pound yellowfin plus a couple longfin and mahi throughout the evening. Before first light the charter was limited out going 14 for 14 without missing a fish and we went home with 14 tuna on ice plus a handful of nice mahi. Most of the action was on the working lines but live squid produced on the dead sticks as well.

Angler Name : Bill Huttner
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 09/18/2002
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: Up to 50 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Balyhoo, Clones, Zuckers
Water Depth: 600 Ft.
Water Temp.: 70 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Bounty Hunter back to the west wall of the Hudson with the Bill Huttner charter. Conditions were perfect for trolling and the Longfin cooperated. The charter had a steady pick on the fish and by noon we had 7 of the 8 fish we hooked up in the boat. Balyhoo, Clones & Zuckers worked best.

Angler Name : Dave Tolchin
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept. 17-18
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Overnigter
Specie: Wahoo
Size: 80 pounds
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 100 Fathoms
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Greg Ryback and Jay Richardella had the Dave Tolchin charter from Sayreville, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Tuesday to Wednesday. Hitting the Hudson Canyon for the afternoon troll found a decent pick of longfin and we put 5 in the boat before hooking up to a 200 bigeye. The bigeye however was a little too much for the charter to handle and an hour battle ended with the leader chaffing through with the bigeye just 2 feet from the tip of the harpoon. The chunking was horrible as out of the 20 boats in the canyon the best boat had 2 yellowfin. We had none and got back up on the troll early to find some more longfin. A couple more were boated and we ended the day by boating an 80 wahoo that ate a ballyhoo off the long rigger.

Angler Name : Bob L
E-Mail : bel429@aol.com
Boat Name: miss donna
Date Fished: 9/18/02
Location: mouth of squan*along mantoloking beach
Fishing Method: bottom rigs*steel balls*teaser rigs
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 18
Bait or Lure: live peanut bunker*live mullet*squid
Water Depth: 25-70
Water Temp.:
Information : Went fishing with dad. fished off the beach up to 3 miles out. Seas were choppy 1-3ft. Day started off slow and got boring. We picked a few fluke and many sea robins,skates and sand sharks. The end of the day got crazy with a huge school of albies charging up and down the beach. Lot's of fun a few break offs and lost tackle. Fish were thick and plentiful hit almost anything you threw at them. Real nice end to a boring day

Angler Name : Steve
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Big Mohawk
Date Fished: 9-17
Location: Rough spots N. of Belmar
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 1/2-25 1/2
Bait or Lure: Fluke belly
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Boat caught a nice variety of blues, seabass, weaks and fluke. I got 4 fluke to 6 1/4lb. Drift was a little fast, needed 10 oz. to hold bottom.

Angler Name : Bob
E-Mail : guitarbob@comcast.net
Boat Name: rockin&reelin
Date Fished: 9/17/02
Location: ess/suss, sea girt reef, mile bouy, mouth of inlet
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17"
Bait or Lure: squid, spearing, sand eel, sea robin
Water Depth: 15' to 70'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : started at the squan pocket worked our way north to avon on the beach to a mile out. only caught robins and 1 lb blues went to sea girt reef and caught some sea bass. went to the mile bouy off the inlet still nothing until we drifted right in front of the mouth of squan inlet. caught 1 17" fluke and the rest garbage fish. drifted in side the inlet and river and got 1 10" throw back. I was told the netters srarted their new quarter and are wiping out the flukes when I got back to the dock. Oh well I'll try agian today, I'm a sucker for punishment.

Angler Name : Danny
E-Mail : danf@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Glory Days
Date Fished: 9/14/02
Location: Barnegat Reef
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 3 lb
Bait or Lure: squid/killie/clam/spearing/sandeel
Water Depth: 55-65
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Jimmy, Paul, and Danny out on the Glory Days for our last Fluke trip of the season... Fished the Barneget Reef and pulled a few 3lb fluke... also a bunch of Black Sea Bass and a Croaker... All in all, a pretty active day, however, real rough drift in 3 to 5 footers and 20 knot S wind...

Angler Name : Tom Taranova
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 9/14
Location: elberon
Fishing Method: bait
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: to 3lbs
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 50-90
Water Temp.: 70
Information : After this weeks offshore trips cancelled due to Gustav, and more cancellations on the way from Hanna, we were happy to get in a day of wreckfishing. Seabass bite was nonstop as soon as the bait hit bottom but many were chuckers on the first two stops. The last stop was also also loaded with fish but these were bigger seabass and mixed in was a lot of jumbo porgies, very few shorts. Also got a blackfish and a nice fluke. Clam was hot bait. Very good fishing.

Angler Name : GARY, LENNY AND JON
E-Mail : TRAILPIMP@AOL.COM
Boat Name: MAKO19
Date Fished: 9-14-02
Location: 2 MILES OFF AVALON
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Weakfish
Size: LEGAL TO 17"
Bait or Lure: SQUID/BLUEFISH STRIPS
Water Depth: 45'
Water Temp.: 71.3
Information : TRIED TO MAKE THE BEST OUT OF A CRAPPY WEEKEND AND WE SUCCEEDED. WE LEFT THE DOCK AT 9:00 WITH A STIFF SOUTH WIND BLOWING @15-20. OUR ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO MAKE IT TO THE WILDWOOD REEF FOR SOME FLUKE. ON OUR WAY THERE WE WENT THROUGH A FLEET OF BOATS OFF OF AVALON. WE DECIDED TO TRY IT THERE. AFTER 30MIN. WE HAD A FEW KEEPER WEAKFISH IN THE BOAT. WE ENDED UP WITH 6 WEAKS AND 1 FLUKE. LETS HOPE FOR SOME NICE WEATHER SO WE CAN GET SOME CHUNKING TRIPS IN.

Angler Name : John, Laura and Foster
E-Mail : johnlaura@comcast.net
Boat Name: TIDE RUNNER
Date Fished: 9/14/ 02
Location: Off Manaloking
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17"
Bait or Lure: Squid Spearing Combo
Water Depth: 70'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Well went south along the beach looking for Weaks, No luck. We headed off the beach about 2 1/2 miles and fished the reef off the Thunder Bird. ALl we managed for 5 hours of fishing were 2 keeper Fluke, 1 porgy and 9 Sea Bass. It was a slow pick and by the chatter on the raido we were luckly to catch what we did. So much for good fall fluking, looks like the draggers have the advantage as they were unloading them by the thousands the other day the co-op. Will give it a last try again next week. Peace

Angler Name : John Stefani
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept. 13-14
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Overnignter
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 90 pounds
Bait or Lure: Bars/Baits/Jets
Water Depth: 800
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Capt. Phil Dulanie and mates Randy Matlack and Greg Ryback had the John Stefani from Brick, NJ out on the Canyon Runner for a Friday/Saturday overnighter in between northeasters and put together another double digit catch of tuna. Arriving at the West Wall Friday afternoon we encounter a slow longfin bite and did not have a touch until moving off and just before dark nailed 2 of 3 on nice longfin. Anchoring up in the deep we were lucky enough to find a consistent pick of yellowfin although we had to fish baits down 200 feet to get the bites. With no real hot bite to speak of we were still able to put 10 big yellowfin in the boat our of 14 hooked. With the boxes full the charter wanted no part in the morning troll and we left at first light and were back at the dock early with 12 tuna on ice.

Angler Name : Bill Melnicki
E-Mail : Williammelnicki@comcast.net
Boat Name: Patricia Anne
Date Fished: 9/14/02
Location: Oil Wreck
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Atlantic Bonito
Size: 12-16"
Bait or Lure: feathers/daisy chains
Water Depth: 140
Water Temp.: 69.2
Information : Trolled the oil on sat. before the blow. Only had 2 knockdowns - small bonito, on dark feathers behind daisy chains. Couple boats out chunking the area. Heard of a couple falsies at the ledge and inshore.

Angler Name : d stem
E-Mail : jigman90@ptd.net
Boat Name: golden eagle
Date Fished: 9-14-02
Location: mud hole
Fishing Method: drifting bait
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 6lb- 10 lb
Bait or Lure: bait
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : slow night on the golden eagle about 60 fisherman on board. about 30 fish caught captin made a good try picking up anchor and moving to another location with about the same amount of bites capatin is A-1

Angler Name : Capt. John De Mio
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fish Formula
Date Fished: 9/14
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Today we fished the reach channel and had a steady pick of weakfish and fluke.The weakfish were mostly around 3 to 4lbs and the biggest fluke today went 3 1/2.

Angler Name : Joel Rosenberg
E-Mail : jrr@rosenberglawoffices.com
Boat Name: Majenta
Date Fished: 09/14/02
Location: East lump to five fathom lump
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: 4 Lbs
Bait or Lure: smal green thing?
Water Depth: 60-80
Water Temp.:
Information : trolled all day caught 4 False Albies. Beautiful day.

Angler Name : Brian Vogt
E-Mail : bdvogtnj@aol.com
Boat Name: Sea Devil
Date Fished: 9/13 - 9/14
Location: East side of the Hudson
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 30 - 50 lbs
Bait or Lure: Squid, Butterfish and Bunker
Water Depth: 150 feet
Water Temp.: 71
Information : We hit it right with the weather, Gustav settled down enough to allows us to get out. Nothing really happened until daybreak, then we had a steady pick of Longfin until a blue shark shut us down. We ended up with 21 tuna, all were longfins except for two yellows. I sure hope things turn on. Tight lines.

Angler Name : Steve Lessel
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 9/14/02
Location: 10 miles east of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 2lbs
Bait or Lure: Clam &Squid
Water Depth: 65
Water Temp.: 70
Information : 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.

Angler Name : John & George the Greeks
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Reel Fun
Date Fished: 9/13/02
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Taylor (1-2 lbs)
Bait or Lure: Rat-L-Traps
Water Depth: 15-22 ft
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Funny thing happened on the way out for some fluke... A TON of working birds and bluefish all over the place. What a blast on light spinning gear and a few Rat-L-Traps After the fish went down from boat traffic, we headed over to Earl and "tried" for some Fluke. Caught some throwbacks along with a fat 3 lb'er......Tight Lines

Angler Name : J Mason
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Premonitions
Date Fished: 9/13/02
Location: Tires / red and white towers LBI
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: shorts
Bait or Lure: squid / killie
Water Depth: 40-65
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Fished on and around the tires, and 50 - 60 ft by the towers, got 6 or 7 shorts, bunch of sea robins. No keepers. Rough ride home, loosened some fillings from the snotty chop all the way back. Sunny and warm, but pretty windy. Needed 12 oz to hold bottom. Seems like the fluke are in small pods, very scattered.

Angler Name : Bob Henn
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 09/13/2002
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: Up to 40 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Balyhoo & Tuna Clones
Water Depth: 600 Ft.
Water Temp.: 70 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul got out to the Hudson Canyon on Friday with the Bob Henn charter. One or two boats chunked the previous night and their reports were not encouraging. It appeared that we were the first boat on the Troll and it became evident that "Gustav" had not really helped the Canyon fishing. We had 69 to 70 degree water thru out the Canyon. Both east and west walls showed scattered bait readings but very little fish activity. Trolling Balyhoo, Tuna Clones, Small Jets and an assortment of various lures we encountered 6 Tuna bites the entire day, only managing to put 2 in the boat. Hopefully, the weekend chunk and troll boys will have better luck than we did.

Angler Name : chuck
E-Mail : tigershark58@aol.com
Boat Name: doris mae iv.
Date Fished: 9/12- 9/13
Location: hudson canyon
Fishing Method: chunk , jig
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: juniorfin 60lbs.
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 600ft.
Water Temp.: ??
Information : wow what a trip for sept. flat sea's little wind just the fact that the fish did not cooperate.there was so much live bait fish in the water i'm talking by the million's they were all sardines. i think we ended up with about 10 yellow's and about 10 mahi's nothing of good size,i tried every trick up my sleave to get a yellowfin, ended up with 1 mahi. hopefully gustav got the canyon stuured up. i think it's about to break wide open anyday... good luck fella's

Angler Name : Darrin Hasara
E-Mail : captreelaction@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Action
Date Fished: September 13,2002
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling & Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 45 to 70 lbs
Bait or Lure: Lures
Water Depth: over 1000'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Arrived at the canyon at 2 pm with the Darrin Hasara party. We hit to longfins with a half hour. Trolling another couple of hours produced a 65 lb longfin. Nothing happened at night. Back on the troll in the morning put 2 70 yellowfins in the boat.

Angler Name : ERNIE
E-Mail : pulcinim@aiov.com
Boat Name: OLD SALTY 2
Date Fished: 9-12
Location: shewsbury rocks
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Sea Bass
Size: 12 in
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 30
Water Temp.:
Information : With 30 people on we caught atotal of 25 keepers and lot of small ones.No fluke only sea bass and porgies.Very rough and windy.

Angler Name : Joe OBrien
E-Mail : ken@uhe.com
Boat Name: NU TOY
Date Fished: 9/9-9/10
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: troll/chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 80 -110 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: the deep
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Arrived at the east wall at 5pm and boated 2 longfins before dark. On the chunk drifting in the deep had yellowfins in the slick all night long going 9 for 18 due to the 20 lb leader. On the troll the next morning had 1 more big yellowfin on the troll.Good decision to drift away from the fleet.

Angler Name : Mike Copeman
E-Mail :
Boat Name: RENEGADE
Date Fished: 09/10/02
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Troll/Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-60
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 500
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Trolling the west wall to the letters Friday afternoon we went 5 1/2 for 9 on longfin as a 12 foot Hammerhead made a meal out of one. We also boated 15 mahi on a pot using light tackle. Chunking produced 1 yellowfin and 2 more longfin. The am troll produced 5 more mahi and 7 more longfin in which 4 longfin were released. Had a sword on the surface under the lights but would not take a bait. Not sure were all the yellowfin are?

Angler Name : Vince Amato
E-Mail : finchaser28@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Quality Time
Date Fished: 9-9-02
Location: tolten
Fishing Method: sight casting
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 11lbs.
Bait or Lure: top water plug
Water Depth: 88ft.
Water Temp.: 77 degrees
Information : Trolled from ollies to the ridge to the tolton. Beautiful water, some bait but no fish. Spotted a piece of timber with a bull under it. Trolled by it 3 times- nothing. Pulled in the lines, threw bucktails and plugs- nailed him on the plug . tight lines

Angler Name : Cpt. Bob Dunn
E-Mail : captain1069@msn.com
Boat Name: Moonshadow
Date Fished: 9/8-9/9
Location: Toms Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll/Chunk
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: butters/plastics
Water Depth: 870 ft
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Did nothing on the afternoon chunk. Had dolphin behind the boat soon after tying up. Spent an hour hooking up a swordfish which eventualy came off. Marked tuna 60 ft down and had only one run off. Worked the morning troll har and worked all the way down to the south Tom's without a touch. Some boats had fish but many did not. Most boats that caught had no more than two yellow fin on the chunk and one or two longfin on the troll. Water was descent, we were anticipating better action down there instead of up north in the parking lot conditions. We'll try again next weekend weather permitting.

Angler Name : Dr. John Bednar
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept 8-9
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Overnigter
Specie: White Marlin
Size: 60 pounds
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Capt. Phil Dulanie doing his fourth overnighter in a row Sunday to Monday went back to the Hudson and without a crowd was once again was able to put together a nice catch of tuna and added another release of a White Marlin to our tally. We did not get there until late so went right to the chunk down around the bend on the West Wall and picked 3 longfin in the early morning bite. Up on the troll Monday we quickly added 7 more longfin out of 12 hooked and finished off the trip baited, hooking and releasing a 60 pound White Marlin. Who nows when we will get out again with Gustav - The Mad Russian - on his way? It would be a CRIME if Gustav ruined the great fishing that has finally turned on AND we would get PUNISHED if we tried to get out one last trip before his arrival.

Angler Name : Bob Baliatico
E-Mail : balia160@aol.com
Boat Name: First Light
Date Fished: 9/8/02 thru 9/9/02
Location: The Elbow
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50 to 70
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 300 to 400'
Water Temp.: sensor out
Information : Noaa's offhore report scared off many anglers with a call for heavier seas during the Sunday thru Monday time frame, but with a little research, we found that the heavier stuff was far south and moving up due to Gustav. Sean Carton, Captain, took the good news and loaded up the 30' Bertram, First Light, with myself, his brother George and friend Kevin for a 24 hour chunk and troll. Lines were in the water by 9pm Sunday night and all stayed quiet until 11pm. We had a small shark, probably hammerhead, keep us guessing by popping a balloon set out far with a nice fillet of a false albacore intended for a Mako caught by Sean's dad the day before at the chicken. Finally, he left the slick, and all was quiet until we decided to move off the flats and into the deeper water along the edge of the West wall. It was there we found a current pushing us South Westerly right back onto the flats and about 350 feet of water. The first tuna hit at about 4am and by 6am we had three fifty to seventy pound Yellofin in the box. A marlin took a peek at what we were up to prompting us to switch to the trolling sets, but by the time we had all the bait off and lures broken out we were greeted by a huge school of finning Yellofins just off the stern and we said to hell with troll and got back to chunkin. The key was to keep the chunks small, and forget whole butters, but hide the hooks in a butter chunk that produced another 4 nice yellowfins three of which made it into the coolers. So when we finally started the troll we had gone 6 out of 7 boated and had one skipjack on the troll that went back in. A great day that led itself to the old saying that persitence pays off. We will be back out next week after seeing what damage Gustav does by whipping up those seas that were finally starting to produce some fish.

Angler Name : Kirk and Rolland
E-Mail : kpss1@hotmail.com
Boat Name: 2for2
Date Fished: 9/8-9/9
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Chunk troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 150lbs
Bait or Lure: butter
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 73.5
Information : Roland and Kirk Started the PM troll boating one longfin and one mahi. The night chunk produced a big yellow on a 30tw that Roland had to add to the four other lines out. Of course the fish tangled four lines then broke Rolands K-Mart gaff off in his hand. The fish gave us a second chance that we made good on. The rest of the night was slow with several runoffs but no hook ups, despite good marks and lots of bait. Up on the troll in the am we went 6 for 7 on longfin and boated 5 mahi. Bags full we headed for the barn with flat calm seas.

Angler Name : MIKE VALLARIO
E-Mail : MBROTH@BELLATLANTIC.NET
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: 9/9
Location: HUDSON CANYON
Fishing Method: TROLL
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: NONE
Bait or Lure: SPRDR BARS/BALLYHOO/LURES
Water Depth: 300-600
Water Temp.: 75 DEGREES
Information : Capt Bernie Roth took the Mike Vallario charter to the canyon for a day troll instead of a day troll in the Glory Hole hoping for the same kind of action we enjoyed on Friday. It was not to be. We arrived at the west elbow at 9:30am just as the longfin bite was shutting down. We trolled that area and further north till 3pm with only one short bite on a ballyhoo to show for our efforts. A very frustrating day in beautiful weather and good company.

Angler Name : Lloyd Roberts
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 09/09/2002
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: Up to 50 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Balyhoo, Clones & Jets
Water Depth: 500 Ft.
Water Temp.: 74 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul headed back to the west wall of the Hudson with the Lloyd Roberts charter. Anticipating a big day after putting 5 Longfin in the boat within the first hour of trolling, The thrill of victory quickly turned into the agony of defeat as we went the next 6 hours without a touch. Altering the pattern with various lures did nothing to help our situation. Maybe this was just not our day.

Angler Name : Luigi
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: September 9, 2002
Location: Pt. Pleasant Beach
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Atlantic Croaker
Size: 1.5 lb
Bait or Lure: Squid
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: around 70
Information : With no bluefish schools showing near the beach, I was at least able to catch a few nice sized croakers on the incoming tide in the late afternoon. These were all fat fish in the 1-1.5 lb range, caught using small strips of squid. Surf was still pretty calm last night.

Angler Name : Rich Kraviecs
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 9/08/02
Location: 15 MILES se OF mANASQUAN
Fishing Method: bOTTOM
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 2LBS
Bait or Lure: Clam& Squid
Water Depth: 65
Water Temp.: 70
Information : 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.

Angler Name : kevin
E-Mail :
Boat Name: trophy
Date Fished: 9/8/02
Location: sandy hook reef
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Porgy
Size: 1-1.5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: claims
Water Depth: 45 feet
Water Temp.:
Information : The porgies are here. Caught 45 Porgies in 3 hrs. Non Stop fishing, lots of fun on light tackle. The porgies will around until end of November.

Angler Name : SCOTT
E-Mail : JAXTRAX2@AOL.COM
Boat Name: JAXTRAX
Date Fished: 9/7-9/8
Location: HUDSON
Fishing Method: OVERNIGHTER
Specie: Big-Eye Tuna
Size: 155 LBS
Bait or Lure: CHUNK
Water Depth: 720
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Capt. Scott and crew arrived at the tip before schedule thanks to the great conditions and trolled up 5 longs before dark. Conditions were so good we began the night drifting on the outside of the mass fleet.No action so we moved to the deep. 2 yellows on the chunk then at 410 the big eye was hooked, CSN Jeff fought it like a champ and at 520 won the fight.Trolled at dawn with no luck and headed home. Another successful trip thanks to a great crew.

Angler Name : Brian Rice
E-Mail : brian@twinlights.com
Boat Name: Disturbed
Date Fished: 9/7 and 9/8
Location: Arundo and Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 20 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Feathers, spoons,cedar plugs
Water Depth: 180-220
Water Temp.: 69-72
Information : Fished Sat and Sun had all the Skipjack and Little Tunny we wanted. Ended up with a few small bluefin over the 2 days. Water quality was much better on Sat.

Angler Name : Jon Murray
E-Mail : murray@quadnet.net
Boat Name: 4 Reelin'
Date Fished: 09/08/02
Location: Tolten, Olleys, Ridge
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: feathers, spoons
Water Depth: up to110
Water Temp.: 69-72
Information : Clean water, some small weedlines, no bait, no fish.

Angler Name : Jack Singh
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 9/8/02
Location: west end
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: to 3lbs
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 40
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Had a good seabass bite for Jack Singh's party with one or two fish on almost all the time.Mostly keepers with a few nice 2 -3lb fish, and a few big porgies mixed in.

Angler Name : Tony
E-Mail : adlimbardo@aol.com
Boat Name: Sea Note
Date Fished: 9/8/2002
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Plastic & Spoons
Water Depth: 120 to 240
Water Temp.: 69.5 to 74.1
Information : Tony & Vinnie made an early morning run out to the Arunda - we found no fish; trolled out to the Monster Ledge - no fish again; trolled out to the Glory Hole, guess what - no fish (actually one small Skipjack); then trolled over to the Lilian - no fish. To sum it up - no fish anywhere. Hope the water changes for next weekend. If anyone has any info on Bluefin in the area or if you plan on trolling the mudhole next weekend please send me an e-mail. Will be happy to chat on the radio to help try to locate them. Thanks.

Angler Name :
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Solty Dog
Date Fished: 9-8-02
Location: Barnegat Ridge
Fishing Method: Troll & Drift
Specie: Atlantic Bonito
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Nice weather. Trolled from N to S Ridge and back. Water clean, but no hits and little markings. Decided to drift for fluke, only picking up two shorts and a stray 5lb. bluefish on a fluke bait. Thought the area would hold more fish. It has been a week since the Labor Day NE blow. At least we got a suntan. Good luck.

Angler Name : Bob Lewis
E-Mail : tlewis1167@aol
Boat Name: TopDog
Date Fished: 9/08/02
Location: Chicken Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling and Baiting
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 25lbs.
Bait or Lure: ballyhoo trolled and chunk baits
Water Depth: 240ft.
Water Temp.: 71.5
Information : Trolled at first light around large pods of baitfish but could not find any tuna.After a couple of hours we decided to look for Dolphin on the pots.First pot we hit we pulled a nice fish from.So we gave up on the troll and baited fish with chunks of leftover ballyhoo wich proved very effective.The water was blue and we were able to see the Dolphin.There were lots of big fish and our biggest wieghted in at 25lbs.Perfect day on the water.

Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Date Fished: 09/08/2002
Location: NORTH OF S.R. INLET
Fishing Method: DRIFT
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: UP TO 2 LBS
Bait or Lure: SQUID/SPEARS
Water Depth: 65-70
Water Temp.: 72
Information : HEADED OUT FOR THE 1ST TIME IN A COUPLE WEEKS AND FOUND THE SEA FLAT CALM WITH ZERO DRIFT. DECIDED TO HEAD TO A SEABASS SPOT AND PUT 22 NICE SEABASS(2 GUYS) AND 1 KEEPER FLUKE IN THE COOLER. FISHING WAS NON STOP AS QUICK AS YOU COULD GET TO THE BOTTOM. SAW SOME ALBIES JUMPING BUT COULDN'T CONNECT. GREAT DAY - GOD BLESS AMERICA - NEVER FORGET 09-11-2001

Angler Name : The Koff Party
E-Mail : lbikat@aol.com
Boat Name: Tuna Luna
Date Fished: Sept. 8
Location: 750 Square/28 Mile Wreck Area
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: 10 lb.
Bait or Lure: Lures/Cedar Plugs/Chains
Water Depth: 20 fathom
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Trolled the 750 square to the Cigar and the 28 mile wreck with beatiful skies, clean water and a willing crew. Marked no bait or fish until just north of the Cigar....and they were deep! Managed only Fat Alberts, which was a welcomed relief after three hours of nothing. We start chunking next weekend. See you at the Wilmington.

Angler Name : Mike
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Bent Rod
Date Fished: 9/8/02
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Atlantic Bonito
Size:
Bait or Lure: Spoons/Feathers
Water Depth: 100
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Beautiful day. Water calm. Went to Mud and BA Buoy. Trolled for 2 hours without a hit. Chunkers couldn't even catch a bluefish. No blue water!!! Moved inshore, but no fluke. No weakfish in the Reach. Bailed out with sea bass and porgies at the Sea Girt Reef. Real brown water, couldn't see more than a foot down. Last year at this time visibility was 10+ feet!!

Angler Name : mike lawrence
E-Mail : lawremi@churchdwight.com
Boat Name: shot'n'beer
Date Fished: sept 7-8
Location: 7-canyon 8-arunda
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50lbs
Bait or Lure: chuggers
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 72-74
Information : went to the canyon sat for a day troll on another boat. Had 3 knock downs in the first 1/2 hour. got 1 out of three. started to the 100 got another knock down on the way. fish 3 anglers 1. Got to the 100 nice long fin bite just could'nt hook up. Whats the story? beutiful day to be there. Went to the arunda on sun in my boat for some dolfin. Trolled to the beginning of the glory. Got 4 couple of knock downs think they were little tuna. See ya in the canyon next week if I get there. Water was pretty clean to the glory. Alot of bait.

Angler Name : Jason,Mike,Ken,Billy&George
E-Mail : jwpfish@msn.com
Boat Name: "R" Toy
Date Fished: Sept. 7-8
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll,Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 45-65lb
Bait or Lure: cedar plugs, butterfish
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Trolled the west wall from the elbow past the letters finally found the fish around 6:45PM south of the letters. Two longfin on managed to get one in the boat. Continued to troll into the dark when we had four rods go off at around 8:00. Landed three of the four. Set up on the drift for the chunk considering the conditions were so good. Landed two yellowfin on the chunk between 4:00am and 5:30am. Had the fish swimming though the chunks but they were gone as fast as they came. Had one knock down on the morning troll. Think the fish were scared down due to the hundred or so boats out there.

Angler Name : John, Laura and JP
E-Mail : johnlaura@comcast.net
Boat Name: TIDE RUNNER
Date Fished: 9/7 and 9/8 2002
Location: Manasquan Ridge and Wreck off Brick
Fishing Method: Drift and bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: to 3lbs
Bait or Lure: Squid heads and Clams
Water Depth: 70'
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Well tried for Fluke on the 9/7 on the Ridge only 2 keepers out of 15 or so fish. Fishing was very poor water dirty. According to the radio reports we were not alone no one seemed be be catching fluke. So On 9/8 when wrecking, hit one spot of structure and we anchored up and had a ball we put 28 sea bass 1 crocker and 4 big porkies in the box. Must have caught another 75 short sea bass. We had a great time. But then any time on the water is a great time. On the way in saw one of the weekend morons in a 40 footer run right into the rail road bridge. What a sight to see. Sorry to say it but he got what he deserved he cut 4 boads off trying to get ahead. Peace

Angler Name : Sam, George, Jason, and Joe
E-Mail : messisa2000@yahoo.com
Boat Name: All Hooked Up
Date Fished: Sept 7/8
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Troll/Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-60 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Butters/Spreaders
Water Depth: 500+
Water Temp.: 73.5
Information : Got out to the Hudson by 4:00PM and trolled up one longfin as the evening bite was pretty slow. We set on the chunk and anchored in 500 ft. of water and could not ask for more perfect weather conditions. With a lot of radio chatter going on due to the 125+ boats, most were reporting a fairly slow bite, although some did get into them pretty good with reports of YFT and some mako, swords, and bigeye being mixed in. We managed only 1 YFT around 2:30AM as all the boat traffic did not help our cause (was pretty tough to get away from the fleet if you wanted to fish the elbo or west wall). The morning bite for longfin proved to be excellent as we went 2 for 5, but could have gotten a lot more if we pulled up anchor at 6:00am. Due to some circumstances we did not start our troll until 7:00am. The bite seemed excellent from 6:00am to 8:00am and quieted down after that. Looks like things are starting to get real good and hopefully the strong blow forecasted for Wed. doesn't screw things up.

Angler Name : Ken
E-Mail : k.fujimori@verizon.net
Boat Name: Tiger-uni
Date Fished: 9/8/2002
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 70#
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 350 to the deep
Water Temp.: 73.4
Information : Left Sunday morning late, had a late start so did not arrive until 8:30am. Started at the "Letters" and work way up to the "Bombs". Hooked and landed three fish, one 70# YFT and two 40# albacore. Qverall, marked very few fish and did not see a ton of bait? Did see quite a few porpoise. Awesome weather it was best ride yever both out and back. I think the fish get spooky with such calm weather and so many boats. All three fish were caught same set-up medium ballyhoo with blue and silver seawitch fished way way back by it self (no bird). Tried everything else in the rest of the spread but nothing else seemed to work.

Angler Name : Chris Hempstead
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept. 7-8
Location: Dip
Fishing Method: Overnigter
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: 0
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Desperate for another place to fish other then the Hudson Canyon which we anticipated to have 150 boats for the Saturday-Sunday overnighter Captain Phil Dulanie doing his third overnighter in a row heard of good reports to the north and ran 100 miles to fish unmolested by the weekend crowd. Unfortunately, the tuna left us alone as well as the good bite at the Dip the night before never materialized. We could have had all the Mahi we wanted as the first pot we came to loaded 8 rods with 10-20 pound dolphin and we added a bunch more later in the trip but only missed a couple shorts bites from longfin on the troll and the chunk was non-existant.

Angler Name : Mark, Enrique, Vic, Frank
E-Mail : qualitycable@comcast.net
Boat Name: Cat Fish Hunter
Date Fished: Sept 7-8
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Troll/chunk
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 45 lb
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo-Jet / Spreader bars
Water Depth: 500
Water Temp.: 73
Information : We arrived at 4:00 on Saturday to find a huge fleet so we worked our selfs away from the crowd. We moved down the West Wall to the Mouth then south. We found some bait and trolled up two Long fins. At dark we set up on the drift south of the fleet but it did not pay off. Plenty of bait but no Tuna. In the morning we got on the troll at first light and Hooked a 300+ Blue Marlin that snapped a line then almost jumped in the boat. We trolled till noon with only a couple of Mahi's. I think we will stick to midweek trips.

Angler Name : Bart & Robert Bakelaar
E-Mail : bakes28@aol.com
Boat Name: Bake's
Date Fished: 09/07/02-09/08/02
Location: hudson canyon
Fishing Method: troll chunk
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 75+
Bait or Lure: green machines
Water Depth: 500
Water Temp.: 73
Information : set up on the troll at 5pm and had several knockdowns lost a nice yellow at the boat but boated a huge long fin. We had a couple run offs at night but no fish. We trolled til about 11am boating several mahi at the lobster pots and then called it a day. The weather made up for the lost yellow fin and the boat traffic at the train bridge. Bakes Out

Angler Name : Capt. Darren
E-Mail : dsv174@optonline.net
Boat Name: Marylou Crew
Date Fished: September 7th & 8th
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll and Chunk
Specie: White Marlin
Size: 65lbs
Bait or Lure: Daisy Chain
Water Depth: 400ft
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Had the crew out to the Hudson Canyon for an overnighter. Arriveing at 2:00pm on Saturday we began trolling among 150 boats! Marked alot of fish and quickly had our first knockdown that we never got to see. Trolled till dark and had two small skip jacks and hooked two White Marlin just to have both throw the hook after a short battle. On the chunk during the night produced one hook up with a big fish that broke off. Up in the am on the troll again produced one more White Marlin, but this one didn't get away. After a 15 minute battle the fish was landed. Beautiful weather, but too many boats, I lost count after 150.

Angler Name : KEN WILSON
E-Mail : MBROTH@BELLATLANTIC.NET
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: 9/7-8
Location: HUDSON CANYON
Fishing Method: TROLL/CHUNK
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60LBS
Bait or Lure: SPRDR BARS/BALLYHOO/LURES
Water Depth: 400-700
Water Temp.: 73 DEGREES
Information : Capt Bernie Roth had the Ken Wilson party on board for an overnighter amongst "hundreds" of boats.

Angler Name : Tony Chiccarine
E-Mail : RChiccarine@fluitron.com
Boat Name: DONNA
Date Fished: 9/8/02
Location: Between Mud Buoy and 17 fathom
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 7 pounds
Bait or Lure: plugs
Water Depth: 70 ft
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Trolling at 30 ft. deep, caught 3 bluefish to about 7 pounds.Lost about 4 more. All of the hits were on large plugs with rattles. Tried umbrella rigs and did nothing. The party boat fleet was there but few fish caught. The water was very dirty.Since nobody wanted to go I was alone which was exciting when there was action.

Angler Name : PETE SNOW
E-Mail : KEN@UHE.COM
Boat Name: nu toy
Date Fished: 9/7-9/8
Location: HUDSON CANYON
Fishing Method: TROLL/ CHUNK
Specie: White Marlin
Size: 69 INCHES
Bait or Lure: BALLY HOO
Water Depth: 500
Water Temp.: 70
Information : 4 DOLPHIN UP TP 40LBS AND 1 WHITE ON THE TROLL. THE NIGHT BITE NEVER HAPPENED ON TUNA. lOTS OF BAIT AND NO TUNA FOR MOST OF THE FLEET IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER.

Angler Name : Michael Savage
E-Mail : michael1savage@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Wreckless
Date Fished: 9/07to9/08
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: troll/chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60 lb
Bait or Lure: Spreader bars
Water Depth: 700
Water Temp.: 70
Took Joe Cincilla and pals Chris, Bret, Chris Witczak and James from Oklahoma to the Hudson arriving Sat. night at 6:30. I put up their names so their wives/girlfriends know where they were. Caught two albies out four immediately on the troll, just show them this website. Took two of three yellowfin on the chunk. Had more in the slick but could not get them take anything. Even tried live mullet, squid, and peanut bunker, down to 30# fluoro. Got 1 mahi-mahi, a sting ray deep, and two more albies on the troll in the morning. Every canyon boat in NJ and NY must have been there Sat. night, hundreds. Just one more note to the boats in Tuckerton Creek up by the Wildest Dream, collar your fish out in the ocean or take the carcasses back out to the bay. Tuna and big blues float up to top the next day and its two miles to float out to the bay. Saw a big smelly albie carcass float by my boat today looked like there was another one a little further up too. Most of us go back to work on Monday, but if you hang around you will see what I am talking about. thhanks.

Angler Name : Chris
E-Mail : cjsebring@msn.com
Boat Name: Taildancer
Date Fished: 9-8-02
Location: Monster Ledge
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 45#
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 175
Water Temp.: 71 to 74
Information : Had a school swimming on top towards bow but sounded probably due to a 6'Thresher shark we hooked up with. current was headed out

Angler Name : mike yocco
E-Mail : flyguy159@aol.com
Boat Name: MJ's
Date Fished: 9/6-7/02
Location: hudson canyon
Fishing Method: troll/ chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Dad had the boat out to the canyon for a friday to saturday overnighter on the weekend. Had a pretty good trip managing 2 yellowfin on the chunk, 4 long fin on the troll and about 30 Mahi around a pot

Angler Name : Mark,Ray,Damon,Bob,Gary, & Ray
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Sea Patterns
Date Fished: 9/7/02
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 40#
Bait or Lure: ballyhoo/spreaders
Water Depth: varied
Water Temp.: 72-74.5
Information : Trolled up some long fin up to 40 lbs. Hooked a blue Marlin that was estimated around 500 lbs that broke the line. It was a slow morning until we picked up the speed by almost 2 knots. Productive color was pink.

Angler Name : Walker Loveland
E-Mail : captreelaction@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Action
Date Fished: 9/7/02
Location: BA
Fishing Method: Chumming & Chunking
Specie: Bluefish
Size: up to 12 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker & Mackeral
Water Depth: 80'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Capt Marc had the Walker Loveland party aboard for a day of bluefishing. We went to 17 Fathoms first, only one fish. Went over to the BA, it was slow all day. We would get a couple on but it never turned on. The NE blow is still affecting the fishing.

Angler Name : Mike and Dan Potenza, Brig Campbell
E-Mail : m.a.potenza@att.net
Boat Name: Anticipation
Date Fished: 9-6th and 7th
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Chunk& Troll
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 40-50
Bait or Lure: Daisy Chain, Zukers
Water Depth: 500
Water Temp.: 72
Information : As we all know there had to be 150 boats on the perfect weather weekend. The Chunk sucked for we only caught a 15lb mako and 8 lb blue shark. Early morning troll sucked as well until a nice bite happened around the letters. Went 2 for 3 on one shot and after getting the birds nest out from Brig another ripped the line right out of Dan's hand in which it took Mike 15 minutes to real in a 50 lb longfin. You would have thought it was a bigeye which he had caught many of. All in all a nice trip for Brig who redeyed it from the west coast on Thursday night just for a trip to our lovly Hudson Canyon. For anyone who cares, he will be back in a couple of weeks to do it all again.

Angler Name : Dave Tranchera
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 9/07/02
Location: 35 miles east of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 28"
Bait or Lure: Clark spoon
Water Depth: 200
Water Temp.: 70
Information : 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.

Angler Name : Stephen and Scott
E-Mail : JBIGEYE@AOL.COM
Boat Name: Triple Play
Date Fished: 9/7/02
Location: outside Barnegat
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size: Shorts
Bait or Lure: Penut Bunker, Spearing, Jigs
Water Depth: 25 to 65
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Fished North of the tires to Beach Heavens red tower. Fished all day for 2 shorts, a few crokers, sea bass and one large weakfish. "very slow"

Angler Name : The Potenza Clan
E-Mail : brig.campbell@unisys.com
Boat Name: Anticipation
Date Fished: 8/6-7/02
Location: Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk and Troll
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 50lbs
Bait or Lure: homemade killers
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Chunked the west wall Friday night, caught/released two Mako. Lots of dolphins, whales, and other creatures entertained an otherwise slow night. Put 3 longfin 50 lbs in the box on Saturday while dodging the other 3,000 boats on the troll in the flats by the numbers. Watched the Canyon Runner headout back-to-back-to-back, he's our god. -brig

Angler Name : GARY, LENNY, CASEY & JEREMY
E-Mail : TRAILPIMP@AOL.COM
Boat Name: MAKO19
Date Fished: 9-7-02
Location: EAST LUMP
Fishing Method: CHUNKING/TROLLING
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: NONE
Bait or Lure: BUTTERS/ EVERYTHING ON TROLL
Water Depth: 105
Water Temp.: 70.5-71.8
Information : ARRIVED AT THE EAST LUMP AT 9:00 WITH SEVERAL BOATS CHUNKING AND TROLLING. WE TROLLED FROM MIDDLE LUMP TO THE EAST LUMP WITH NOTHING AT ALL. THEN SET UP ON THE CHUNK ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE LUMP. WE CHUNKED FOR 4 HRS. WITH NOT EVEN A KNOCK DOWN. WE SPENT THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY TROLLING WITH NOTHING TO SHOW FOR. HOPE FOR CLEANER WARMER WATER NEXT WEEKEND.

Angler Name : John Strozyk
E-Mail : StrozykF@comcast.net
Boat Name: Doormatt
Date Fished: 09/07/02
Location: Monster Ledge
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 25 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Cedar Plugs - feathers
Water Depth: 130-290
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Late afternoon run - proved frustrating as saw many small schools of BFT pop up over and over again - but would not respond well to the troll. Going to be a good season - their going to get progressively bigger. Only managed to put one in the boat - and let loose a few falsies.

Angler Name : Joe Sensale
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 09/07/2002
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: Up to 50 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Balyhoo & Tuna Clones
Water Depth: 600 Ft.
Water Temp.: 74 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Bounty Hunter back on the west wall of the Hudson with the Joe Sensale charter for a day of trolling. Conditions proved to be less than ideal with the ocean remaining glass calm for the entire day. Trolling the edge with Balyhoo, Clones & Jet Lures we did manage to go 5 for 6 on Longfin up to 50 Lbs.

Angler Name : Samuel paul joe sammy junior
E-Mail : sam1joe2@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Displays
Date Fished: 9/7/02
Location: Tip of the elbow
Fishing Method: Trolling Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60 lbs
Bait or Lure: Balleyhoos
Water Depth: 600'
Water Temp.: 72.9
Information : Just another nice and calm trip to the canyon.Trolled must of the afternoon.caught two mahi mahi one mako shark.And one yellowfin tuna.Water was nice and calm.No wind plenty of dolphins all over the ocean.Could not have a better day then that night. Saw the Aurora Borialise and was the must amazing thing for i ever saw.Am sure all the captians that were out saw it to.One word to describe that was Incredible Awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!Fish On

Angler Name : Tom Bieliecki
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept. 6-7
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Overnigter
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: up to 40 pounds
Bait or Lure: Mini-Mamba Bars
Water Depth: 100 Fathoms
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Capt. Phil Dulanie went right back out Friday-Saturday with the Tom Bieliecki charter and was forced to fish in the crowd of boats working the West Wall of the Hudson. For the first time this entire season the whole fleet decided to head offshore with reports of perfect weather and great fishing as the lure. As usual fishing in the crowd hurt everyone's efforts and a slow pick of longfin on the chunk was all we could produce. Trolling in the moring quickly gave us one good shot of fish but we only managed to put one in the boat and could not even get back up on the troll as we were surrounded by boats. Needless to say we never got another shot as the traffic drove the fish down. We went home with just 4 longfin and headache from all the nonsense on the radio.

Angler Name : Tom Lusty
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 9/6-7
Location: Hudson CAnyon
Fishing Method: Troll Chunk
Specie: Blue Marlin
Size: 300#
Bait or Lure: clone/bally
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Had the Tom Lusty charter out for their annual tuna trip.The afternoon troll was good boating 10 out of 12 longfin 30-40lbs. Chunk started out good boating 2 50 & 60 lb longfins on bait,released a 30 lb swordfish, and a short battle with a large mako that jumped himself off. After midnight it was quiet. On the troll the next morning a blue marlin hit the flat line and the fight was on for an hour. We billed him,pulled him through the door, measured length & girth, estimated weight at 300lbs, and released him. A quick stop on the way home yielded a nice bonus, 26lb. codfish.

Angler Name : Joe
E-Mail : JoeG3401@aol.com
Boat Name: Tara Lee
Date Fished: 9/7/02
Location: Monster Ledge
Fishing Method: Troll Bait
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 5 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Squid
Water Depth: 190 ft.
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Tough day at sea today all the reports of action at the Monster Ledge turned out not to be true for us and about 100 other boats that showed up to troll and chunk. Seemed like no one was catching anything only a few reports on the radio of anything. We mananged one nice dolphin off the pots using a piece of squid. Where are all the fish that everyone has been talking about all week?

Angler Name : Black Barbie
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Rolling Rock
Date Fished: 9/7
Location: monster ledge-glory hole
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 25lbs
Bait or Lure: feathers
Water Depth: 240
Water Temp.: 73
Information : started at monster ledge and trolled to glory hole,caught numerous Skipjacks,huge bonita and a couple of Falsies. In with the schools of Skipjack we boated several Bluefin only keeping one, because we were hoping for a bigger school to come by. all in all good day of fishing with non stop action until we left.didn't hit clean water til we were about 5 miles from the glory hole.

Angler Name : craig
E-Mail : llcraig4vr
Boat Name: wellcraft26
Date Fished: sept 7
Location: squan river
Fishing Method: eeling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: schoolies to 30 inches
Bait or Lure: eels and plugs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : fishing at night in the river frm 8-12 caught my limit and had fun with schoolies eelswere best and plugs worked on the schoolies fn on light tackle and great eating yo zuri crystal minnws were best plugss and eels on gamakastu cicles had all lip hooked fish

Angler Name : Glenn
E-Mail : voyager25@earthlink.net
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 9/7
Location: Barnegate ridges to the Fingers
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: 1
Bait or Lure: Feather, daisy chains, plugs
Water Depth: 57-127 Ft
Water Temp.: 71.9-74.3
Information : The water really cleaned up last the ridge. Seas were flat calm. Put lines in at the 20 Fath.curve and picked up a 9lb. false albi right away, and that all she wrote the rest of the day was just a nice ride. Few markings and fewer signs of fish

Angler Name : MIKE
E-Mail : MTM134@AOL
Boat Name: AMBROSIA
Date Fished: 9/7
Location: HUDSON - WEST WALL
Fishing Method: TROLLING
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 40.LBS
Bait or Lure: SPREADER BARS - GREEN
Water Depth: 500 - 600
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Reached the tip at 8:30 am. Trolled the west wall and didn't have a hook up until we hit the end of the letters. We went 1 for 3 on that hook up. We stayed in that area with the other 100 boats. About 1 pm we went 3 for 3. As we reeled in these fish, a large blue marlin came to the side of the boat. What a fish! Ended the trip with 4 out of 6. This didn't seem bad according to the reports heard from the other boats. The Ocean was as flat, great day to be out on the water!

Angler Name : Roger
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Altmoor
Date Fished: 09/07/2002
Location: Outside Little Egg Inlet
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: under 1#
Bait or Lure: Soft plastic - anything
Water Depth: 15-40'
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Just outside Little Egg and Wreck inlets, tons of weaks and blues, but everything under 1 1/2 pounds. Water thick with peanut bunker.

Angler Name : Capt. Lou Green/ Team Bud 68
E-Mail : greenbunch@aol.com
Boat Name: Green Machine
Date Fished: Sept 6/7 2002
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: chunk/troll
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 50
Bait or Lure: bars/green machines
Water Depth: 500
Water Temp.: 71-74
Information : Nice ride out with Team Bud 68 on board. Started chunking the west wall around midnight with lots of bait, dolphins and whales. One nice runoff on the swordfish deep line and a brief encounter with a swordfish was all we could produce on the night shift. A move out to the mouth in the AM put us on the Longfins that prefered green machine type lures and spreader bars over flat nose chuggers. Green and red were the prefered colors. We had to work hard for 5 fish. Nice ride in at 29 knots.

Angler Name :
E-Mail : islgirl3@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 9/7/02
Location: Staten Island/ south shore
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: Peanut Bunker
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Outstanding day drifting for fluke with peanut bunker, all 4 anglers limited out with several fish in 4 - 6 lb range....

Angler Name : Archie and Alan
E-Mail : ajsirianni@aol.com
Boat Name: Triple Play
Date Fished: 07SEP02
Location: Corson's Inlet, Ocean City Reef, Cuma Lumps
Fishing Method: Bottom / Drift
Specie: Atlantic Croaker
Size: Big enough to eat.
Bait or Lure: Minnow
Water Depth: 30-50
Water Temp.: 73 degrees F
Information : Out through Corson's at sunrise, 6:10 am. On or around the nearest Cuma lump to Corson's Inlet, we took a mixed bag. Two short fluke, one ray, too many sea robins, one short weakfish, and five croakers. The croakers do not seem to be in the large schools as they were two years ago. The croakers were worth keeping, but this is too few fish for four hours of fishing. South east corner of the OC Reef was a waste of time and fuel. Minnows worked well.

Angler Name : Pete
E-Mail : Petekeywest@aol.com
Boat Name: Sea Horse
Date Fished: 9/06/02
Location: Raitan Bat by Ammo Pier
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18in
Bait or Lure: Squid-Spearing
Water Depth: 20ft
Water Temp.: 70s
Information : Fished on the Sea Horse on Friday, a slow pick with only about 15 keepers on the boat with 12 on board. Just have to wait for Sea Bass and Blackfish to start.

Angler Name : Frank
E-Mail : fcitori@yahoo.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 9/6
Location: Mudhole
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: 5lbs
Bait or Lure: feathers
Water Depth: 180
Water Temp.:
Information : Caught 6 little tunny's in the afternoon after the winds calmed down. Only trolled about 3-4hrs

Angler Name : Peter Van Duyne
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 09/06/2002
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: Up to 70 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Balyhoo & Clones
Water Depth: 600 Ft.
Water Temp.: 74 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul returned to the west wall of the Hudson Canyon with the Peter Van Duyne charter. Starting our troll where we left off the previous day it did not take long for the fish to turn on. The charter enjoyed a steady pick of Tuna, boating 3 Yellowfin up to 70 Lbs. and 11 Longfin the largest tipping the scale at 67 Lbs. Rigged Balyhoo, Tuna clones and Small jets worked best. Most of the action took place in 600 Ft. of water.

Angler Name : Werez Party
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Rosie R
Date Fished: Friday Night, September 6, 2002
Location: Belmar, NJ
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5 to 14 pounds
Bait or Lure: Bunker
Water Depth: <