Angler Name : Sid Gold
E-Mail : sidgold@optonline.net
Boat Name: Can Do too
Date Fished: 9/26/2004
Location: toms
Fishing Method: troll w baly hoo
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 15-25 lbs
Bait or Lure: baly Hoo
Water Depth: 268
Water Temp.: 73
Information : left the dock 4:45 AM returned 7:15 PM going out at 27 knots returning 33/34 knots a great ride and very calm seas with a small swell. Went 3 for 4 on Dolphin and 1 for 1 on a 35 pound yellow fin.... all in all a great water day but not a great fishing day Captain Jim Foy again with Bill as mate did a great job but the fish were not there.

Angler Name : Kevin Kloza
E-Mail : captreelaction@aol.com
Boat Name: Reel Action
Date Fished: 9/25-26
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll, Chunk and Troll
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: up to 50 lbs.
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 68-72
Information : Capt Marc ran to the Hudson Canyon with the Kevin Kloza charter for a decent catch of Longfin and Yellowfin. The afternoon troll produced a longfin. The night was extremely slow with a longfin and yellowfin coming to the gaff. The morning troll produced a triple header and a single of longfin.

Angler Name : RAFT-Ron Antonelli Fishing Team-Ron, Ron Jr., Jack, Gary, Mike, John
E-Mail : Karonaraftt@msn.com
Boat Name: BENCHMARK
Date Fished: 9-25/26/04
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-70 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Butterfish,squid,herring,sardines/meatloaf,lazagna, popcorn, ham+swiss on rye, corn flakes,pizza
Water Depth: 523 ft.
Water Temp.: 67-73 dgs.
Information : RAFT fished with Capt.Nick and Mate Bob on the Benchmark. Trolled 4 hrs. without a hit. Drifted the entire evening, with our 1st fish, a 50lb longfin, at 8pm. Moved 4 times to find the best water + temp. The next group of fish came at 12, and being 50 class longfin. At 3am, 2 larger yellowfin were boated, and at 5;30 one last longfin shared the ice. A couple of Mahi were caught during the night as well. Overall, this has been the slowest fishing,at this time of the season, that I have ever experienced in 19 years of canyon fishing. Mate Bob did a super job. Happy Trails

Angler Name : Michael Savage
E-Mail : michael1savage@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Wreckless
Date Fished: 9/26
Location: Lindenkohl
Fishing Method: chunk/troll
Specie: Wahoo
Size: 50 inch
Bait or Lure: feathers
Water Depth: 240
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Did an overnighter at the Lindenkohl. Decent bite on the chunk, almost nothing on the troll. Lots of dolphin around. Fished light fluoro. Some had a lot of fish some had few. Heard of a 250 sword at night and a 500 marlin during the day. Caught a 50 inch Wahoo at the weed line near the 40 fathom on the way back.

Angler Name : JAY
E-Mail : Plowplunk@aol.com
Boat Name: Southern Comfort
Date Fished: 9/25-9/26
Location: Lindy
Fishing Method: Chunking/Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-110
Bait or Lure: butterfish/spreader bars
Water Depth: 452-625
Water Temp.: 72.8 - 76.0
Information : We headed out to the Lindy and arrived at about 1:30pm. We started trolling and picked up a bunch of dolphin and a yellowfin. At about dark we hooked up to a pot and started chunking. During the night we pick at the tuna and caught three blue sharks and a mako. When morning came we pick up and started to troll. we pick a few longfin and a bunch of dolphin We had a wounderful trip with the Grande crew.

Angler Name : mike lawrence
E-Mail : mike.lawrence@churchdwight.com
Boat Name: sea mist
Date Fished: sept.26,04
Location: hudson
Fishing Method: troll and drift
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40to50
Bait or Lure: all green and white
Water Depth: 400
Water Temp.: 72.4
Information : Went sunday morn at 3 am for a day troll at the hudson. Went strait to the southern part of the mouth where the water was supposed to be 72 to 73. Only got to 70.2. Picked up 1 longfin half hour into it. Trolled the deep then turned back towards the toms. Heard that there was a bite near the bombs and picked up and ran there. Stopped short at the elbow and had 72.8 water. Great longfin bite. Had 8 in the boat in on 1 1/2 hours. Called another guy in. Do not know how he did, but we left them biteing. Nobody else was around. Temp chart indicated that there was 67 to 69 there the night before. Saved the day. Sea you out there Mike

Angler Name : John Laura &Foster
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Tide Runner
Date Fished: 9/26/04
Location: South of Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: anchored and Trolling
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: 2 to 6 lbs
Bait or Lure: red & white Feathers
Water Depth: 65
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Started anchoring up on one of our favorite wrecks lots of SB but mostly shorts.Set up on troll and caught and released 16 nice scrappy Albie's to 6 lbs. Some double headers. What a great day to be on the water flat seas and great fall weather. Peace

Angler Name : Bob
E-Mail : blukowski@bloomberg.net
Boat Name: Amy Beth
Date Fished: 9/25-9/26
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll & chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50 - 100lbs
Bait or Lure: Butters and Sardines
Water Depth: 700
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Bob, Charlie, Dave, Skip and Gene took the Amy Beth to the 100 square area in the Hudson Canyon. Got 4 mahi on the troll. We setup for the night chunk and bagged 4 yellowfin 50 to 100lbs, 4 longfin to 65lbs. and 2 more mahi. The bite lasted from 2am till sunrise. Excellent fishing and good weather..Can't wait to go back.

Angler Name : Nick, Tim, Brian
E-Mail : robert.n.vlachos.jr@marsh.com
Boat Name: MARYKATE
Date Fished: 9/25-9/26
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll, Chunk
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 35-50 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Lures, ballyhoo, butterfish
Water Depth: 465-600
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Trolled 4 longfins and 1 mahi on the afternoon of 9/25 and chunked 1 big longfin early evening and nothing on the chunk or troll the morning of 9/26. First time can recall chunking a longfin which was full of our chunks and the whole butterfish bait.

Angler Name : Diver76
E-Mail : Diver76@superlink.net
Boat Name: Jersey Lady
Date Fished: Sept25-26
Location: Toms Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling + Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-80 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish + Sardines
Water Depth: 400-600
Water Temp.: 74.6
Information : Trolled dusk and am with no luck. Started chunking on west wall near tip and bites hit at 10pm and 2am. Went 5 for 8 all yellow fin 60-80Lb range. Plenty of fish at 80-100' range all night. A charter 2 miles north on edge of flats had tuna all night and limited out by early am per radio info. Seas flat all night.

Angler Name : Steve Evanski
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 9/26/04
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Little Tunny
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 250
Water Temp.: 68
Information : The Steve Evanski party was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Tuna fishing. We trolled for miles with out a touch in beautiful clean water. Setting up on the chunk on the ledge only produced a couple of Dog fish and a few bite offs ( bluefish). Back on the troll we had a falxe Albocore,

Angler Name : Jesse Obryan
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: 9/25-26/04
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll/Chunk
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 55 lbs
Bait or Lure: Lure/butterfish
Water Depth: 400-5000
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Capt Bernie Roth hosted the Jesse Obryan charter from Beaver Dams NY for an overnighter in the Hudson Canyon. Afternoon trolling produced two longfins to 55 lbs in the southwest corner. Chunking produced two more longfins and some mahi in the same area. The morning troll produced four hookups as we trolled up the west wall and the charter boated two longfins and pulled the hook on two others. We headed for home at 9:15 am with 6 tuna and the mahi on ice.

Angler Name : Ty McGowan
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Retreiver
Date Fished: 9/25-9/26
Location: Tip of The Toms
Fishing Method: Troll-Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-90
Bait or Lure: Butterfish/Live Squid
Water Depth: 625Ft.
Water Temp.: 73.2
Information : Trolled two longfin and a mahi before we setup once we tied to the pot picked to gaffermahi and it was quiet until 9:30 then it was a mad dog bite for 15 minutes got 5 yft up to 90lbs. trolled in the morning and got 5 more mahi

Angler Name : Tony
E-Mail : achiccarine@fluitron.com
Boat Name: DONNA
Date Fished: 09/26/04
Location: 17 FATHOM
Fishing Method: TROLL
Specie: Bluefish
Size: TO 10 POUNDS
Bait or Lure: MANN STRETCH 25'S AND 30'S
Water Depth: 105 FT.
Water Temp.:
Information : Left the inlet after 10 AM. Ocean was very flat.We tried Shrewsberry Rocks and the Mud Buoy with no luck.Moved to 17 FATHOM for a mad dog bite of blues to 10 #.The blues were so agressive they were trying to steal the plug from a hooked fish. We caught 2 blues at once on a single plug,one on each hook. Moved inshore for some fluking but no drift and no luck. Great day on the water.

Angler Name : Greg
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Storm Front
Date Fished: 9/24/04
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Troll/Jig
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: Various
Bait or Lure: Feathers/Jigs
Water Depth: 140
Water Temp.: 70
Information : After unsuccessfully trying to go on a canyon trip, we went off in search of Bluefin. Started off on the east side of the Shark River Reef, nabbed 3 fish right away (2 Falsies & a skip jack), we stayed in the area for awhile catching fish at a consistent basis. Went off in the deep in search of Bluefin. The deep was dead, no life. Trolled back and loaded up with the falsies. We would have 2, 3 & 4 on at a time. There were trailers & we were able to jig them right behind the boat on the light tackle. All in all we caught over 40 albies and skipjack. Great day to be on the water, hopefully there will be more days like this one.

Angler Name : Tom B
E-Mail : scullycat@verizon,net
Boat Name: Joe's Boat
Date Fished: 9/24/20004
Location: Metedaconk River
Fishing Method: drifting under birds
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 14-23"
Bait or Lure: bucktails & pink finness
Water Depth: 5-12'
Water Temp.: 69 degrees
Information : Caught the dawn action in the river with weaks and snappers schooled and feeding on spearing. Fishing was steady until boat traffic picked up and the sun got higher. Lots of fun on light tackle 5 minutes from the house. Evening bite is also working at sloack water on the Bay Head side of the canal. Spoke to others who did equally well in the Manasquan by the hospital. Other fishermen need to give us a break and pass us slowly as they hurt the bite otherwise.

Angler Name : capt jim spellman
E-Mail : freedomfishing@optonline.net
Boat Name: FREEDOM
Date Fished: 9-24-04
Location: mud hole
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: none
Bait or Lure: plastic
Water Depth: 120
Water Temp.: 72
Information : I had keith Andreasen and friends out for a start of a bachlor party for on in shore tuna trip that turned out to be a bust. We started at the bottom of humpty had good water lots of marks on the screen and hooked up a skippy which we released.That turned out to be the only fish of the day the water was clear almost blue warm we worked the ledge and south and north of it with nothing, very disapointing fishing not only for us but it was the same for other boats in the area. Next time I go it will be further south

Angler Name : Dave
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Solty Dog
Date Fished: 9-24-04
Location: Barnegat Reef
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: 6 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Red/White feathers
Water Depth: 40 - 60 ft.
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Ocean alittle slopy. Decided to troll out to reef. Picked up 3 false albacore on way out. Forgot how much fun they are to catch.

Angler Name : Frank,Damien,Rick,Tommy Boy
E-Mail : nfd270@aol.com
Boat Name: Kelly Girl
Date Fished: 9-23-04
Location: The Reach
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 2-4 lbs
Bait or Lure: Fresh Peanut Bunker
Water Depth: 30-40 ft
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Loaded up with Fresh Peanut Bunker at the dock then headed out to the Reach Channel drifted live peanut bunker caught 8 keepers up to 4lbs with only a few shorts mixed in also a few blues in the mix,headed back to the dock with some nice thick fluke and some cold brews, a good time was had by all !!

Angler Name : Capt Bob Dunn
E-Mail : captain1069@msn.com
Boat Name: Moonshadow
Date Fished: 09/23/04
Location: Tom's Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 50 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Green Machines, jets
Water Depth: 50-500 Fathoms
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Had a group out to the Canyon on Thursday in somewhat sloppy conditions. Wen't 5 for 7 on smaller yellowfin up to 30 lbs. in 50 fathoms on a 1.5 degree break. Worked the 100 line hard and caught a couple dolphin near pots. Worked the 500 line south to the Berkley Canyon where we went 1 for 2 on 50lb. Longfin. Caught another dolphin out there and trolled into the Carteret. No bites on the north wall of the carteret or at the tip.

Angler Name : Edgewater
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Edgewater
Date Fished: 9-23-2004
Location: Glory Hole
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: feathers, cedar plugs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 69
Information : Fished the Glory Hole and the Monster Ledge on the way back. Big swells but not a bad ride out. Not a single hit in five hours of trolling. No signs of life. Reports from other boats the same. Some false albacore were being caught at the Monster Ledge early, but then that was quiet as well.

Angler Name : Tom Headley
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter II
Date Fished: 9/22-9/23, 2004
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling & Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: Up to 90 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Balyhoo & Butterfish
Water Depth: 500 To 1600 Ft.
Water Temp.: 73 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul did a fast turn around with the Tom Headley charter. Running back to the Hudson Canyon the day Troll saw 1 Yellowfin and 6 Longfin hit the box. Anchoring for the night in 600 Ft. of water the charter added an additional 5 Yellowfin and 5 Mahi to bring the days total to 12 Tuna. While Trolling a 60 Lb.White Marlin was boated, photographed and released.

Angler Name : marty mcginley
E-Mail : tunafishing@sprintmail.com
Boat Name: jenny lee
Date Fished: 9/22-23/04
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : capt's sal rumbolo and rick petschauer took marty mcginley of jersey city and friends on an overnighter to the hudson on wednesday sept 22/23. upon arriving at dusk they anchored right away and before the anchor was tight we had two fish on. we thought we would load the boat but the night was slow. however, the morning bite was red hot as they went 10 for 20 on 60-80 lb yellowfins. we stayed on the hook untill 9:30 am fishing with light leader.

Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Date Fished: 9/22 & 9/23
Location: NORTH OF SR INLET
Fishing Method: DRIFT
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: UP TO 15"
Bait or Lure: SPEARING
Water Depth: 35
Water Temp.: 70-74
Information : OUT ON 9/22 FISHED EVERYWHERE WITH NO LUCK AND THEN STOPPED ON A ROCK PILE AND CAUGHT 5 NICE SEABASS. BEAUTIFUL CONDITIONS AND COLD BEER OUT AGAIN ON 9/23 AND FOUND FLAT CALM CONDITIONS AGAIN, DESPITE NOAA CALLING FOR 2-4. MANAGED 15 GOOD SEABASS, 1 FLATTIE, AND SEVERAL BLUES. GREAT 2 DAYS ON WATER. GOD BLESS AMERICA

Angler Name : cap Jay V
E-Mail : acevpetdic@aol.com
Boat Name: Searay Fisher
Date Fished: 9/22/2004
Location: the hook
Fishing Method: drifting, trolling
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18 -1/2 to 20 inches
Bait or Lure: unknown
Water Depth: 20ft 50ft
Water Temp.: 69
Information : went out early around 5:30am, Harbor was full of peanuts and snapper. got a bucket full. went out to the hook, rough water in morning, caught a couple of blues, afternoon water layed down, tide switched, non-stop Fluke, had three on at a time. ended up with 12 big fluke, 1 sea bass, 1 cow skate thought it was the dreamboat winner NOT. trolled in with streches, had a big striper, came off at the boat. remember TIME ON WATER = FISH. Red Hot action lateley.

Angler Name : Don Murnane
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: 9/22/04
Location: Farms
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5-10 lbs
Bait or Lure: Bunker/sardines
Water Depth: 100 ft
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Capt Berning Roth hosted the Don Murnane Charter from Bergen NJ for a day of Bluefishing. We stopped at the farms and had difficulty getting hookups until we switched to 20 lb line and no wire leader. It didn't take long until the charter was in release mode with all the fish they wanted. At noon we moved to the Sea Girt reef and drifted for fluke with nothing but shorts. Highlight of the trip was a hookup with a bull nosed ray that put up quite a fight on spinning tackle.

Angler Name : Dave Miguel
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished:9/21-9/22, 2004
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Burt Rothenberg and Justin Nighan got back out Tuesday after the blow and got right into fish. Checking the water temp charts before departure we decided on the Hudson and it was the right choice as the southern canyons provided only a pick. Trolling on the east wall produced a good bite of longfin and an occasional yellowfin but unfortunately the Dave Miguel charter from Lipinski Landscaping dropped more fish then they hooked on the troll going 3 for 7. However, they redeemed themselves at night picking 11 tuna including a longfin, a couple bluefin and the rest yellowfin. They also added a 100 pound mako and 90 pound sword for the evening and were on their way home at 7am with 14 tuna the mako and sword to their credit.

Angler Name : Ron Matlack
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter II
Date Fished: 9/21-9/22, 2004
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling/Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: Up to 80 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Balyhoo & Butterfish
Water Depth: 500 to 1600 Ft.
Water Temp.: 73 degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Ron Matlack charter on board the Bounty Hunter II for an Overnighter and headed out to the Hudson Canyon. Trolling the east & west walls the charter boated 9 Longfin. The night chunk was slow with only 3 Yellowfin being put in the box. The trolled fish responded to Squid Bars and Balyhoo.

Angler Name : wayne
E-Mail : offduty4@aol.com
Boat Name: offduty
Date Fished: 9-22-04
Location: glory hole/lillian/monster ledge
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure: cedar plug/zucker/ballyhoo
Water Depth: 195
Water Temp.: 69
Information : trolled everywhere notable in the area. 1 lost fish. no other life. water temp never hit 70. much of the same on the radio. lotta miles with no reward. so much for the reports.

Angler Name : joe zagorski
E-Mail : tunafishing@sprintmail.com
Boat Name: jenny lee
Date Fished: sept 21 2004
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Longfin
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : capt dave bender and steve vanbergen took joe zagorski of fords and friends on an overnighter to the carteret canyon on tuesday sept 21st. we made the wrong move by heading south as the hudson opened up that night but we made the best of it. we trolled a 50 pound longfin tuesday afternoon and missed two thers. setting up on the chunk we went two for three on 60 lb yellowfins. the highlight of the trip was a monster swordfish that was fought for two hours by joe and russ shultz of millstone. the fish was between 10-12' long estimated at 350-400lbs. it was the largest swordfish steven has ever seen. the battle ensued for two hours when at 7' from the boat he made a short run under the wheels and you know the rest, that's how he got to be 400lbs. we trolled one more longfin and took a nice ride home. the guys were shot to say the least.

Angler Name : Joe Musto
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter II
Date Fished: 9/16-9/17, 2004
Location: Lindenkohl Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling & Chunking
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: Up to 50 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Squid Bars & Balyhoo
Water Depth: 500 to 1000 Ft.
Water Temp.: 73 Degrees
Information : The Joe Musto charter was on board the Bounty Hunter II for an overnighter. Capt. Paul set up for the night chunk but the bite never happened. We went 11 hours without a touch and had plenty of company as most of the boats in the Lindenkohl did not have much to report. At sunrise getting up on the Troll it was a different story as the charter enjoyed a hot bite of Longfin putting 12 up to 50 Lbs. in the box. Reel Seat Rainbow Squid Bars along with rigged Balyhoo produced the catch.

Angler Name : Steve Scharbach
E-Mail : sscharbach@aol.com
Boat Name: World Cat
Date Fished: Sept 17
Location: Between Bell Buoy and Klondike
Fishing Method: Trolling Yellow/Green feathers
Specie: Atlantic Bonito
Size: About 5+ pounds
Bait or Lure: Yellow/Green feathers
Water Depth: 50 to 70 feet
Water Temp.: 71 degrees
Information : The bonitos are still biting on feathers. They tend to come in schools, so you catch some and then troll a half mile and catch some more Feisty!

Angler Name : Len
E-Mail : av8r1@concentric.net
Boat Name: Finest Kind
Date Fished: 9/17/04
Location: Glory Hole
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 26" to 30"
Bait or Lure: rainbow squid spreader bar / zukers / feathers
Water Depth: 275
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Arrived at Glory Hole 8:20, first fish in the Boat at 8:30 was a False Ablacore. Hit the MOB key on the Garmin and worked the area, which was in the deep on the western end of the Glory, resulting in constant action with small Bluefin. We landed 10 Bluefin, of which two at 30" were kept and the rest released, plus 3 False Albacore boated and landed. Also had another 4 fish on and fought but lost before landing. Was using 15# test on Penn 12T Internationals, and 30# test on Penn GLS45's so the fights on the light tackle were a blast! Bled and iced down the Bluefin, and will be enjoying the FINEST KIND of sashimi tonight!

Angler Name : Paul Sarsten
E-Mail : kurt@randive.com
Boat Name: Thunder Reef
Date Fished: 9/17/04
Location: Glory Hole / Chicken Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 10-20 lbs
Bait or Lure: Zuckers
Water Depth: 230-260
Water Temp.: 73.3
Information : Went 4 for 7 on the bft, with 2 over 27". Lost count of how many false albacore we boated, had multiple hook ups all day with at least 40 knockdowns.Surprise of the morning was a small white marlin raised on the short rigger. GREAT DAY!

Angler Name :
E-Mail : tgro97@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 9/17/04
Location: Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Trolling & Drifting
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 15-35lbs
Bait or Lure: Rainbow Spreader Bars
Water Depth: 200
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Headed out early am. Calm as a lake. Lines in at 7:15 first fish in the boat at 7:30. Caught consistently throughout the morning. Had 3 BFT to 35lbs, 1 Yellow fin and 2 nice dolphin off a few drifts between several pots. Water was clean few bait markings

Angler Name : Ed Pickavz
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept 16-17
Location: Carteret/Lindy
Fishing Method: Overnight
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-70
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Ed Pickavz from Pennighton, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Thursday to Friday to get in one more trip before the blow. They headed back out to the Carteret Canyon and went to the chunk when they got there. Chunking in the light with they dropped down on the leaders and quickly put 3 yellowfin in the boat. Thereafter it was another slow night but they did end up with 5 yellowfin in the 60-70 pound class and a few dolphin. Up on the troll they found the longfin and got into a great bite just south of the Lindencohl. The Canyon Runner Custom Rainbow Squid bars produced 8 longfin and the rest of the pattern which included ballyhoo and greenmachines accounted for another 12. Out of the 25 tuna caught we released 9 longfin

Angler Name : ERIC & PRISCILLA
E-Mail :
Boat Name: TENACITY II
Date Fished: 9/17/04
Location: MUDHOLE
Fishing Method: TROLLE
Specie: Wahoo
Size: 30-35
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 180
Water Temp.: 71
Information : TROLLED THE MUDHOLE LOST THE FIRST LARGE TUNA AT ABOUT 9 AM WENT OUT TO DEEPER WATER WERE WE WENT 2 FOR 3 ON WAHOO AND ALSO HAD 10 SMALL BLUEFIN AND ABOUT A HALF DOZEN FASLE ALBIES.

Angler Name : Jerry
E-Mail : trapperjohnawrs@yahoo.com
Boat Name: For Tuna
Date Fished: Sept. 16/17
Location: Carteret/Hudson
Fishing Method: Troll Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 55 lbs
Bait or Lure: ballyhoo
Water Depth: 500
Water Temp.: 71.5
Information : Started out trolling the carteret, nothing. Set up for the chunk, no tuna but we did manage 22 dolphin in 10 pound range. worked way up to toms canyon, nothing except for 1 more dolphin. at 11am recieved report of a bite going on at the hudson. ran the 30miles and went 4 for 5 on tuna. Picked up lines at 3pm and called it a day.

Angler Name : Eric Lareau
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 9/16/04
Location: hudson canyon
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 30-65lbs
Bait or Lure: sqiuds,jets
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 72
Information : The Eric Lareau party was supposed to do an overnighter on wed. but with the rough seas and lack of chunk bite we switched it to a day troll. Trolling was good within the first hour on green machines, squid bars and jets. Boated 10 longfin to 60lbs, and 1 70lb yellowfin,and a few mahi. Lost a real big tuna on the center rigger that spooled the 50 before the lines could be cleared to give chase, maybe a bigeye.

Angler Name : Capt JiM Spellman
E-Mail : freedomfishing@optonline.net
Boat Name: FREEDOM
Date Fished: 9-15-16
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: troll / chunk
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: to 48 lbs
Bait or Lure: plastic
Water Depth: 475
Water Temp.: 72.5
Information : Captain Greg Tonkovich together with Capt Jim Hanlon and mate Brien Pitcher had the Freedom to the hudson Canyon for an overnight trip to the Hudson. They fished the west wall starting at the bombs and within the first 20 min of the troll hooked a blue marlin the fight last appx. 45 to 60 min when the fish was released. What a fight it was on a 50t the fish did it all tail danced and almost spooled the reel , the fish was estimated at 350LBS. It was the first canyon trip for Harold Draper and friends from Hamilton , NJ. What a way to start!!! They then went 3 for 5 on long fin on the troll and the chunk was slow with only one dolphin to 12 lbs.All in the party of 4 had a great first trip to the canyon with three of them catching their first tuna

Angler Name : Aremn Shahinian
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept 15-16
Location: Carteret
Fishing Method: overnigth
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Armen Shahinian charter from North Caldwell, NJ out on the Canyon Runner for a Wednesday-Thursday overnighter this week and took them to look for a chunk bite. We headed down to the Carteret and with some time to troll got a couple longfin and a bunch of mahi before setting up for the night. We were looking to drop the hook in the Lindy when we got a call from the Jenny Lee and ran back up to the Carteret where we quickly put a yellowfin in the boat and picked the rest of the night. In total we ended the trip with 8 tuna and over a dozen mahi on ice.

Angler Name : kevin cole
E-Mail : bigfish107@optonline.net
Boat Name: pub 199
Date Fished: 9/16
Location: hudson east elbow
Fishing Method: troll/chunk
Specie: Big-Eye Tuna
Size: 247 lbs
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 493
Water Temp.: 71.6
Information : trolled in the afternoon 1 mahi boated lost tuna in the deep then anchored for night at east elbow 10pm got a run off and 3 hours later boated 247 lb bigeye. no more hits after that went home at sun up.

Angler Name : Joel Lehman
E-Mail : Adlsquared@comcast.net
Boat Name: Storyteller
Date Fished: 9/16/2004
Location: Baltimore canyon
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 83lbs
Bait or Lure: greenmachine, ballyhoo
Water Depth: 600ft
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Fished the west wall of the canyon. Hit dolphin at most of the lobster pots, kept three. funny thing , we started getting tuna strike about 150-200 yrds after the pots went 2 for 3. 1 yellowfin, 1 long fin. Nice yellowfin Chris. Thank You Capt. Bruce. A good time was had by all.

Angler Name : Capt. Bruce, Mate Darren
E-Mail : cptmarlin1@aol.com
Boat Name: Mirage
Date Fished: 9/15/04
Location: From Manasquan Ridge to Monster Ledge
Fishing Method: Trolling Artificals
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 5 to 15 lbs & 44.9 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Artifical Lures
Water Depth: 80 to 224 ft
Water Temp.: 75 to 71
Information : 9/15 Inshore Tuna Trolling Had the Dean & DeLuca Brokerage Group from NY City out headed by Mike Shane Ocean a little choppy out of the ENE so we took a slow ride out towards Little Italy. Got about 8 miles off & the water was so pretty (75.2 degrees) we decieded to start trolling out. No sooner did we get 3 of 7 lines in we had a Bonito & a False Albie on. Released the Albie, got the Bobe in and put out the lines. Went about 50 ft. and loaded up 4 lines, same species plus one Skippy.To "cut to the chase" by 10 AM we had caught & released about 40 of these keepin only the Bonito's. We then started trolling to the Italy and up to Monster Ledge. Spent about 1 hr there and decieded to troll back to where we had all the action. By the way when we left for futher off the water changed to green and then blue near the Ledge with the temp going down to 71.3!. So back at the original bite we hooked up soon as we hit the "save" mark again. Almost time to head in so I started trolling towards the Barn. While about 1/4 miles inshore of Manasquan Ridge the poet flat line went of on the TLD 30. Fifteen minutes into the fight mate Darren gaffed a 44.90 lb. Wahoo! Oh the weight--well stopped at Hoffmans and Artie weighed it up on his digital scale. Needless to say the group had a fantastic trip and one hell of a surprise.Tell me how many Wahoo were ever caught and boated that close to Manasquan Inlet?

Angler Name : Mike Copeman
E-Mail :
Boat Name: RENEGADE
Date Fished: 09/13/04
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Troll / Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60
Bait or Lure: Everything
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Left Manasquan at 9:00 am Sunday morning, first longfin in the boat by 2:00 pm which was part of a quadruple hook up. All 4 were boated. The longfin were not picky and hit anything from a cedar plug to a zucker to a ballyhoo. Hit a pot and boated 8 gaffer size Mahi on light tackle. Overnighted at the 100 square away from the fleet and boated another longfin and a yellowfin in between 2 aggresive blue sharks. Morning troll produced another couple longfin and a nice size bull mahi.

Angler Name : Fritz Ratcliff
E-Mail : fratcliff@att.net
Boat Name: Miss Barnegat Light
Date Fished: 9/13/2004
Location: Wilmington Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Butter Fish & Sardines
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 78
Information : Strictly a morning bite. Boated eight yellowfin in the 50 Lb. range. one albacore and several small Mahi. Beautiful weather and as always the crew was super.

Angler Name : Ed Goodman
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 9/12-13
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: troll-chunk
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 65lbs
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Had the Ed Goodman charter out for an overnighter. Went 2 for 4 on longfin during the afternoon troll, plus about 6 skipjacks,and small mahi. Once again the chunk was slow, so we tried for another mako and this time we got a 125lbr. in the boat even though he jumped into the outrigger tip, and swam under the boat. Back on the troll in the morning produced another 3 big longfin to 65lbs. , and a 70lb yellowfin.

Angler Name : Saha and Hiram
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: 9/12-13/04
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Troll/chunk
Specie: Wahoo
Size: 60 lbs
Bait or Lure: Sprdr bars/lures/butterfish
Water Depth: 50 to 1000 fathoms
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Capt Bernie Roth hosted the Jackie Neulinger charter from Allentown, Pa. for an overnighter in the Hudson Canyon. The anglers were two 14 yr olds, Sasha Neulinger and Hiram Stelzig who were making their first canyon trip. They were extremely competent fishermen who by themselves boated a 60 lb wahoo and two longfins on the afternoon troll, three 60lb yellowfins on the nighttime chunk and some mahi on the morning troll. Their zeal and stamina was amazing to witness. We headed for home at 10 am with the wahoo, 5 tuna and mahi on ice along with two very excited fishermen.

Angler Name : Capt. Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 9/13/04
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke & Bluefish
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
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Information : Very nice weekend of fishing both for Fluke and Blues. Fishing for Fluke started to bounce back late Saturday afternoon and continued into Sunday with several customers catching thier limits. Nice fish in the 1 1/2 pound to 2 pound range. No huge pool fish, but plenty of action to make up for it. Fishing back in the bay, something we haven't done in a month. Nice to see fish back there, we should still have them around for a little while. Blue fishing in the afternoon has been excellant! Water is absolutly beautifull! Crystal clear. Catching some Albies and Bonito. Saw a Great Bull Dolphin on Sunday afternoon, it jumped right next to the boat, we couldn't catch him thou, not that we didn't try, I just never expected to see one where we were fishing, so I wasn't ready for him. I'll be ready next time!!! Capt. Ron

Angler Name : John Martin
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept 12-13
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Overnighter
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Capt. Phil Dulanie and mates Justin Nighan and Phil Lidlow got a Sunday-Monday trip in with the John Martin charter but did not get out to the edge until after dark. The night chunking was again slow in the Hudson as we picked a fish in dark and got up on the troll early. On the troll we got into a nice pick of longfin but never got more then one fish each time they came up. In the end we added 6 longfin to our total for the trip The green machines and Canyon Runner Squid Bars produced and the ballyhoo did not.

Angler Name : Sid Gold
E-Mail : sidgold@optonline.net
Boat Name: Can Do too
Date Fished: 9/13/2004
Location: outer edge of Hudson
Fishing Method: troll w baly hoo
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40 to 70 lbs
Bait or Lure: green machine / bally ho
Water Depth: 368
Water Temp.: UP TO 76
Information : Went out again after yesterday and loaded up on long fin tuna to 60 lbs and yellow fin to 70 Capt Jim Foy did it again. Smooth seas going out at 4:30 AM did 28 knots Returned to the inlet from 93 miles out in less than 3 hours at 32 knots... A GREAT DAY ON THE WATER

Angler Name : Erich Walsh
E-Mail : erichwalsh@msn.com
Boat Name: Edgewater
Date Fished: 9-13-2004
Location: Glory Hole
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 8-16lbs
Bait or Lure: feathers, cedar plugs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 72
Information : We ran out to the Glory Hole early and had a fish on the minute the first spreader hit the water. Caught 6 small bft and 6 or so false albacore. Consistent action, lots of boats out there. Reports from the Monster and Mud were all false albies. Smooth ride in, great day!

Angler Name : Scott Hawthorne
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 9/12-9/13, 2004
Location: Lindenkohl Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling/Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: Up to 80 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Lures & Butterfish
Water Depth: 450 To 1000 Ft.
Water Temp.: 73 Degrees
Information : The Scott Hawthorne charter joined Capt. Paul for an Overnighter on the Bounty Hunter II. Fishing the Lindenkohl Canyon once again the Trolling was slow. The charter put 2 Yellowfin, the largest a 60 pounder and 1 Mahi in the boat after several hours of Trolling. The night chunk was more productive as the charter went 7 for 11 on Yellowfin up to 80 Lbs. bringing our total for the trip to 9 Yellowfin.

Angler Name : jim/steve
E-Mail :
Boat Name: flat line
Date Fished: 9/12/04
Location: mudhole east side
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 45 60 65 lbs.
Bait or Lure: butter /smelts
Water Depth: 150
Water Temp.: 72
Information : what a day on the water saw mour life and fish then we did 3 weeks ago in the canyon going to try to get out before the week is over

Angler Name : Steve Lowe
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 9/12/04
Location: 35 miles E of Manasquan
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 10lbs
Bait or Lure: Troll
Water Depth: 250
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Steve Lowe and freinds were aboard the Megan Beth . Heading off to the Glory Hole we managed to catch and release 6 Bluefin tuna @26 inch as well as False Albacore and Skip Jack Tuna. At Noon time we stopped and chummed for Sharks Catching and rerleasing a small Mako and Dropping a larger one as the larger one just mouthed the bait. All and all a get day on the water.

Angler Name : Dale Henderson
E-Mail : makobuddy@comcast.net
Boat Name: Findango
Date Fished: 09/12/04
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 35 pounds
Bait or Lure: Bally-Hoo
Water Depth: 450' - 650'
Water Temp.: 71 - 72 degrees
Information : Arrived at the tip at 8:30am. Trolled West Wall. Released 12 Little Tunny. Iced 3 nice Long Fins and 6 Dolphin. Small to Medium bally's on the riggers and blue/white cedar plugs on the clips, short. Pulled lines with fish biting at 1:00pm.

Angler Name : Nick, Steve, Tim, Toby
E-Mail : robert.n.vlachos.jr@marsh.com
Boat Name: MARYKATE
Date Fished: 9/11/04-9/12/04
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk/Troll
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 50-70 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Butterfish, Squid, spreader bars, ballyhoo, green machine
Water Depth: 525
Water Temp.: 69
Information : Chunked overnight at the 100 Square and caught two Yellowfin, one at 70 lbs and the other at 50 lbs and 1 blue shark at 125 lbs which was released; trolled the next morning on the West Wall Elbow and picked up three Longfin up to 50 lbs and one Dolphin around 15 lbs.

Angler Name : Rich copeman
E-Mail : cap.copeman@verizon.net
Boat Name: tricia
Date Fished: 9/11 and 9/12
Location: off spring lake& mantolokin
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 1 to 6 lbs
Bait or Lure: sguid killies asearing
Water Depth: 40-70 ft
Water Temp.: 70-72
Information : very slow pick lucky to get some of the bigger fluke,may be starting to wind down, hope not

Angler Name : frank,dan and mike
E-Mail :
Boat Name: ez go
Date Fished: 9/11 & 9/12
Location: sandy hook ,mud buoy & 17 fathoms
Fishing Method: jig &chum
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-10lbs
Bait or Lure: jigs ,chum ,bunker
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 72
Information : headed out sat morning and found it much windier than predicted ,imagine that!--decided to stick aroung the hook to jig for blues--caught a bunch of 2-3 pounders---on sunday headed out to the mud buoy area in beautiful conditions and had very good fishing most all day --wound up with steady action till the chum bucket ran dry,by then we had our fill with 4-10 lb blues---god bless america !!!

Angler Name : Capts.Bruce & Mark,Mate Jarred
E-Mail : cptmarlin1@aol.com
Boat Name: Mirage
Date Fished: 9/11 to 9/12/04
Location: West Wall, Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Rod & reel
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 15 to 80 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Butterfish,squid
Water Depth: 440 ft
Water Temp.: 7.32
Information : 9/11 to 9/12 Hudson Canyon, West Wall, Bombs Area Had Vinny Valente & Party form Bricktown,NJ out to the Hudson for a chunk trip.Got there a little late due to sea's. Hit the Tip and did a hr. of nothing trolling before settling down for the chunk. Had a Yellowfin bite at about 2:30 AM & went 1 for 3 on 80 lber's. Two lost up the bow of boat. About 4:30 AM we had a Longfin bite & on that 1 for 2. Boated 3 10 to 15 lb Mahi during the night. They came by the slick under some Sargaso Weed & the charter hooked them up. Also lost about 2 Mahi during their jumps. Once again in the AM while trolling did nothing at all. Although we marked fish all night they must have had lock-jaw; just wouldn't bite!

Angler Name : Sid Gold
E-Mail : sidgold@optonline.net
Boat Name: Can Do Too
Date Fished: 9/12/2004
Location: Cartaret
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-65 pounds
Bait or Lure: Bally Ho
Water Depth: 238
Water Temp.: 73
Information : A bit rough in the am going out 4:30 AM, flattened out by 11:00 AM Got 11 long fin Tuna and 1 Yellow FIn Captain Jim Foy and Bill the mate were fantastic.... The fish bos was totally full and we had to use a seperate box for the last 2. Gerd Beckman and his 3 sons had a blast with 2 tripple headers . A great day and will try again on Monday

Angler Name : Jeff Walsh
E-Mail : captpete@hyperstripercharters.com
Boat Name: Hyper Striper
Date Fished: 9/11-12
Location: canyon
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-75lb
Bait or Lure: chunk
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Jeff Walsh and party of first time tuna anglers (except for one guy,) did pretty good with their first tunas.At the end of the night the charter kept 10 yellows and a mahi while being spooled by a huge shark or sword.Not a bad chunk trip, things are heating up out there. The stripers are keeping all inshore trips happy.

Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail :
Boat Name: CHICKEN OF THE SEA
Date Fished: 09/11 - 09/12
Location: NORTH OF SR INLET
Fishing Method: DRIFT
Specie: Weakfish
Size: LITTLE TO 18 INCHES
Bait or Lure: JIGS/FIN-S
Water Depth: 20-35
Water Temp.: 71
Information : TRIED TO FISH ON 9/11 AND TURNED BACK AFTER THE 2-4 FOOTERS CAME OVER THE TOP OF THE PILOT HOUSE. PLAYED IN THE RIVER AND CAUGHT A COUPLE OF SEA ROBINS. 9/12 WAS A DIFFERENT OCEAN- FLAT CALM. UNBELIEVABLE FISHING, 2 ADULTS 2 KIDS 100 PLUS FISH - MANY SHORTS BUT ENOUGH KEEPERS TO MAKE IT WORTHWHILE. DOES NOT GET ANY BETTER. GOD BLESS AMERICA AND GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS.

Angler Name : gary mcculla
E-Mail : gmcculla@aol.com
Boat Name: LAST CALL
Date Fished: 9/12/04
Location: Hudson canyon
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60 pound
Bait or Lure: green feathers green skirt ballys
Water Depth: 500 ft
Water Temp.: 72.5
Information : STARTED AT THE TIP AT 9AM WATER WAS 69.8 FEW KNOCKDOWNS AND SKIPPYS MOVED TO THE ELBOW WATER POPPED TO 72.5 AT 500 FT WENT 2/3 ON YFT HAD BRIDGE ROD SPOOLED ON A 50 ????? RADIO REPORT OF 300 LB BIGEYE ON THE EDGE WATER THERE WAS 71

Angler Name : TOW TRUCK KENNY
E-Mail : JOHNNYS1677@AOL.COM
Boat Name: U MAKO ME CRAZY
Date Fished: 9-12-04
Location: RARITAIN BAY
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: SQUID/KILLY
Water Depth: 39
Water Temp.: 73
Information : SEEN LOTS OF SHORTS GOING OVER THE RAILS NO KEEPERS FOR US HOWEVER MANY COCKTAIL BLUE ON THE BOTTOM REEL NICE DAY ON THE WATER PS. THE BEER WAS GOOD AND SO WAS THE JETS GAME !

Angler Name : dave
E-Mail : free2shoot23@aol.com
Boat Name: kevied 2
Date Fished: 9/12/04
Location: outside of barnegat inlet
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 8.5 lbs
Bait or Lure: spearing squid
Water Depth: 55 to 75 ft of water
Water Temp.: 74 degrees
Information : Started the day in about 30ft of water and was catching nothing but croakers and weakfish to about 12in. Then decided to move out to about 50 to 60 feet of water. Ended catching 2 fish there a 8.5 lbs and about a 17in fish. Caught a lot of sea robins and other junk fish. Ended up with 7 fluke.

Angler Name : Rich Barlol
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept. 11-12
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: overnighter
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 70
Bait or Lure: Canyon Runner Mamba Bars
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Capts. Phil Dulanie and Joe LaRosa and new Canyon Runner mate Kevin Garrity had the Kevin Myers and Rich Barlo charter from Pennsyltucky, PA out Saturday to Sunday and picked fish in the late afternoon troll and early morning troll. Again we fished the west wall of the Hudson and again the chunking was abysmal. We did get one yellowfin at night but that was it. The fish on the troll ate ballyhoo and Canyon Runner Mini-Mamba Spreader Bars. In total we came back with 7 nice longfin and yellowfin.

Angler Name : stuart lawrence
E-Mail : mike.lawrence@churchdwight.com
Boat Name: sea mist
Date Fished: 11th 12th
Location: hudson
Fishing Method: trolled and chunked
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 75
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information :

Angler Name : Jon Murray
E-Mail :
Boat Name: 4 Reelin'
Date Fished: 09-12-04
Location: ocean off of IBSP
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Atlantic Croaker
Size: 1-2 lbs.
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 30-40
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Finally a nice day! We kept 2 dozen of the 100+ croakers that were caught. Also had one keeper weakfish out of 50+ spikes. A half dozen short fluke, a few small blues, 2 huge sea herring, a Ladyfish (what was that doing up here?) and a cow nose ray added to the non-stop action we had all day.

Angler Name : Captain Jim Spellman
E-Mail : freedomfishing@optonline.net
Boat Name: FREEDOM
Date Fished: 9-12-04
Location: Lumps off Manasquan
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8-12lbs
Bait or Lure: ponies ans spoons
Water Depth: 65'
Water Temp.: 72 t0 75
Information : Sat was a blow out for us with another missed weather forcast . Sunday was a different story with a very beautiful ocean , seas one to two feet. We fished with Tom Leahey from Cranford and his clients from Liz Claibourne and had a slow pick of blues until the tide changed and then it was pretty much constant action. We moved around a bit over a couple of ridges till we found the fish and played catch and release most of the day and lelt them biting when we headed for home.Overall a very good trip

Angler Name : Capt. Mark Hrycak, Bart & Robert Bakelaar
E-Mail : bakes28@aol.com
Boat Name: Bake's
Date Fished: 09/12/04
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 35-45 lbs
Bait or Lure: Jets, bally
Water Depth: 500
Water Temp.: 73
Information : We FINALLY saw a forecast we liked and headed to the tip along with Capt Marc from Reel Action. We arrived at approx 5:30 and had consistent action all day even though we could not find the yellows. The endless knock downs yielded 5 albacore and 3 mahi. The variable winds and team work produced a sucessful trip. -Bakes

Angler Name : John & Laura
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Tide Runner
Date Fished: 9/12/04
Location: south of manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: just legal
Bait or Lure: Squid & Smelt
Water Depth: 25 to 70 Ft
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Started the morning on Manasquan Ridge not a hit. Headed to Sea Side Lump nothing there either. Stop on some rough Bottom between Lavelette and the T Bird managed 20 fluke but only 2 Keepers 16/1/2 and 17 inches Then tried a spot we fish alot of mantaloking and put 20 Croakers in the box. All in all a Great day on the water. Weather was Great. Peace!!!!!!!!!

Angler Name : Joe, Blair, Larry
E-Mail : docksyd1984@aol.com
Boat Name: NORSKI
Date Fished: 9/11/04
Location: 17 Fathoms
Fishing Method: chunk, jig
Specie: Bluefish
Size: varied
Bait or Lure: bunker chunks, metal
Water Depth: 55 ft
Water Temp.: 71
Information : another successful night bluefish trip, fished with the rest of the fleet around 17 fathoms,,all the blues you wanted, calm sea, unlimited visibility, back at the dock before midnight

Angler Name : Dave Trancherra
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 9/11/04
Location: Mud Bouy
Fishing Method: chum
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 48
Water Temp.: 71
Information : The Dave Trancherra group was aboard the Megan Beth for a day that was suppose to be for inshore Tuna. Heading out the inlet the wind was blowing 19 knots out of the NE and the seas were 6 foot and close together. We turned inshore and headed to the rocks for bluefish.Stopping at the rocks with no readimgs we headed off to the Mud after a call from Mike Kelly on the Players. Fishing was non stop and we filled two coolers before heading home.

Angler Name : Rick Jurgensen
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Day At Sea
Date Fished: 9/11
Location: Manasquan Ridge to 20mi out
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: scarce
Bait or Lure: feathers
Water Depth: 75'
Water Temp.: 73
Information : The Jurgensen party from Clifton, NJ was aboard the "Day At Sea" for a day of trolling in search of Tuna. Fairly calm seas. Lure strikes came slowly, but regularly during the day. Put together a decent catch of 14 Little Tunny and 12 large (8-10 lb.)Bluefish. Party of 4 left the boat tired but happy.

Angler Name : Tom Taranova
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Double Diamond
Date Fished: 9/11/04
Location: Sea Girt lumps
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: to 6 lbs
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.: 72
Information : After canceling two canyon trips due to bad weather, we were able to get in a half day of fluke fishing saturday, despite the 15-20kt east wind and 4-5' waves. Considering the tough conditions we picked away OK, a few fish each drift but almost all were short. Wound up w/ 6 keepers to 6lbs and a few seabass.

Angler Name : Glicker
E-Mail : msclaf6503@aol.com
Boat Name: seven seas
Date Fished: 9/11
Location: hudson
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 73
Information : 18 for 22 on longfin on troll.Day trip only.Did well fishing away from the fleet.

Angler Name : paul calonis
E-Mail : ccpabl@aol.com
Boat Name: FRONT PAIGE
Date Fished: 9-11-04
Location: lindenkohl
Fishing Method: CHUNK AD TROLL
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 110,85,65LBS
Bait or Lure: CHUNK AND GREE MACHINE
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 72
Information : 1ST CANYON TRIP OF THE YEAR FOR THE FRONT PAIGE.THE PARTY OF CAPT BILL,Bill,Harry,Harry,Gary,Gary
Angler Name : cap Jay V
E-Mail : acevpetdic@aol.com
Boat Name: Searay Fisher
Date Fished: 9/11/2004
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: lures
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 7 - 10lbs
Bait or Lure: feather's
Water Depth: 49ft
Water Temp.: 69
Information : got out about 5:30am blues crashing the water, caught about 15 cocktails, also caught a couple of croakers. tide changed in afternoon, hooked up with 2 albacores, best fighting fish in the water, 10 min fight just spooling the reels. landed both. also caught a bunch of exotic fish unknown, will look in the book. great day. remember TIME on WATER = FISH

Angler Name : Cpt. Dave Douglass
E-Mail : dd1000@optonline.net
Boat Name: Get the Gaff
Date Fished: 9/11/04
Location: North of Squan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 1/2 - 19 "
Bait or Lure: Squid, minnows, spearing
Water Depth: 45-70'
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Inlet was kicked up due to the NE winds but once you got outside it was mostly in swells. Searched all over and finally picked away some fish outside of Shark Inlet. Nothing great but we still managed 5 keepers up to 19", a lot of shorts and the occasional junk. Caught one small weakie, had a cocktail jump and smash into the bow of the boat, winds settled down by the afternoon but we had enough and called it a day. A couple more weeks and than its back to striper fishing.

Angler Name : Guy
E-Mail : gksacco@optonline.net
Boat Name: Sea Dog II
Date Fished: 9/10-11
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: chunk,troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 114lbs
Bait or Lure: daisy chain, feathers, butters
Water Depth: 400 - 1000
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Fished with Capt John Franzoni, Big John and Ritch aboard the Sea Dog II. Chunking produced only one runoff all night so at first light we trolled along the west wall. Picked up some small skippies at first then some nice longfin in the 30-50lb range. Went seven for seven on the longfin plus a 20lb dolphin. Lost a nice yellowfin in the 70lb range at the boat when the hook pulled. Highlight came at 11:30 when the large yellowfin hit a daisy chain - nice boat handling and gaffing to both Capt John, Big John and Ritch. We all went home tired and happy.

Angler Name : Bob Chicarine
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: 9/10-11/04
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll/chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 70 lb
Bait or Lure: Sprdr bars/lures/butterfish
Water Depth: 350-3000 ft
Water Temp.: 71-73
Information : Capt Bernie Roth hosted the Bob Chicarine charter from New Hope, Pa for an overnighter in the Hudson Canyon. The afternoon troll produced 7 for 7 longfins. The night chunk produced 1 for 1 yellowfin, several mahi and a pulled hook on a estimated 200 lb swordfish which jumped 50 ft from the boat and twice more further away. The morning troll produced another longfin and another yellowfin. At 9am we headed for home with 10 tuna and the mahi on ice.

Angler Name : Joe Sabo
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter II
Date Fished: 9/10-9/11
Location: Lindenkohl Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling & Chnking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: Up to 60 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Trolling Lures & Butterfish
Water Depth: 600-1000 Ft.
Water Temp.: 74 Degrees
Information : The Joe Sabo charter was on board the Bounty Hunter II for an Overnighter and Capt. Paul headed south to the Lindenkohl Canyon. Trolling proved to be slow as only 1 Longfin along with a Yellowfin and a couple of Mahi went into the box. The night chunk got off to good start as the charter put 4 Yellowfin in the 60 Lb. class in the boat before midnight however the bite cooled as only 1 more Yellowfin was added before the AM. Total for the day 2 Mahi, 1 longfin and 5 Yellowfin.

Angler Name : Glenn
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 9/10/04
Location: Klondike
Fishing Method: Trolled
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 6lbs
Bait or Lure: Feathers and spoons
Water Depth:
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Information : Broke the inlet at 8am the wind was NW and the ocean wasn't to bad. Not many boats on the water. As soon as the spread was set we had our first fish. At one time we had 3 hooked up. The bite shut down around 10:30am.

Angler Name : Ray Mallazzo
E-Mail : www.castawaysportfish.com
Boat Name: CASTAWAY
Date Fished: 9/6
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Worm
Specie: Weakfish
Size: up to 21"
Bait or Lure: Sand Worms
Water Depth:
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Information : Capt. Mike Riccardo had the Ray Mallazzo party out on the Castaway on Labor Day. The charter started out the day jigging 3-6lb bluefish in the back bay under the working birds. After the birds broke up we switched over to worming in the channel for weakfish. In just a few hours the two man charter landed around 20 weakfish up to 21 inches.

Angler Name : Greg
E-Mail : gpavs92@optonline.net
Boat Name: Storm Front
Date Fished: 9/6/04
Location: Manasquan River
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Weakfish
Size: up to 20'
Bait or Lure: Pink Rubber
Water Depth:
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Information : The boat traffic really hurt the fishing today. We only kept 6 fish up to 20 inches, we released another dozen that were 12-14 inches & also released a dozen or so tailor blues. The snappers have grown & are making it a costly day on the water with the rubber tails. As has been the case pink has been the color to use.

Angler Name : Greg
E-Mail : gpavs92@optonline.net
Boat Name: Storm Front
Date Fished: 9/5/04
Location: Manasquan River
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Weakfish
Size: Up to 20'
Bait or Lure: Pink Rubber
Water Depth: 5-10ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished the high tide during that stiff Northeast wind. Kept 12 weakies up to 20 inches, realeased about a dozen more & caught numerous tailor blues and some fluke. A real nice blowout day!

Angler Name : Harold Tischler
E-Mail : HTPMC@msn.com
Boat Name: Then there were three
Date Fished: 9/4/04
Location: 6 Miles NE of Manasqan
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Northern Puffer Blowfish
Size: Up to 20"
Bait or Lure: squid,spearing, everything
Water Depth:
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Information : We set out to fluke the river due to the warnings of 6-7 foot seas, but we stuck our noses out to check and found the ocean to be flat, so we took off for the sea girt reef. On one drift we hooked up 2 sea bass at once, so we short drifted the spot and for a couple of hours and pulled in sea bass, and triggerfish non stop. Also one keeper fluke and only one skate. When the cooler was full and we were out of bait we called it quits. The triggerfish put on quite a show, with several of them following each hooked fish to the surface. Rob and Tyler Harris of Wayne, and Dave Newman of Marlboro will eat well this week, and so I imagine will a lot of their friends and neighbors. I really felt like I knew what I was doing, for a change. A great day and a privlage to be on the water.

Angler Name : Bob Genader
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept 3-4
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Overnigther
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure:
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Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and Adam LaRosa along with Mike Zajac on his last charter of the season as he goes back to teaching in Asbury Park took CEO Bob Genader from Ambac Financial Inc out to the Hudson Canyon and arrived in the dark. The chunk bite produced one yellowfin and one small sword we released. Up on the troll in the morning we got into a nice pick of longfin and went 3 for 3, 2 for 2, and 2 for 4 before heading home. In addition we boated a few mahi. We sat at the dock from Sept. 5-9 due to the bad weather and should have stayed on land one more day as the Bob Mieskiewicz charter on Sept. 10-11 did not have a bite in the Hudson. Todays trip Sept. 11-12 had a nice bite on the troll but again no chunk bite and have 7-8 fish in the boat right now and are still on the troll on the West Wall of the Hudson.

Angler Name : Jeff
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Tail Walker
Date Fished: 9/3-4
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Trolling/chunking
Specie: Big-Eye Tuna
Size: 178 lbs.
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
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Information : Fishing is REAL slow. Got one bigeye, 3 yellowfin, and a longfin on the troll. Nite bite was non-existent. Makes for a very long trip when you only get 5 bites.

Angler Name : Greg
E-Mail : gpavs92@optonline.net
Boat Name: Storm Front
Date Fished: 9/4/04
Location: Seaside
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: Various
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 40ft
Water Temp.:
Information : After trolling the Tolton for a couple of hours to find nothing, we came in shore. Caught a mix bad of fluke, weakfish, croakers and blues. Consistant action kept the rods bent. It was the nicest day consisting of "small craft advisories" that I have seen.

Angler Name : Lou green and crew
E-Mail : greenbunch@optonline.net
Boat Name: Green Machine
Date Fished: 9/3/04
Location: Sea Girt reef
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: small
Bait or Lure: spearing
Water Depth: 30
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Where are the fluke, tried 3 spots on the sea girt reef without a bite. Moved into 30 feet of water by spring lake and had great action with big croakers and small 13" weeks. Despite all the hype about the weather from NOAA the ocean was nice, just watch the inlet with an outgoing tide, very nasty.

Angler Name : Rob Swartenberg
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: 9/02-03/04
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Big-Eye Tuna
Size: 135 and 190 lbs
Bait or Lure: Sprdr Bars/lures
Water Depth: 500 fathoms
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Capt Bernie Roth hosted the Rob Swartenberg charter from New City, NY for their second overnighter. On the first charter they wrestled with four bigeyes boating two to 140 lbs and were convinced it was a trip of a lifetime never to be repeated. They were wrong. At 4:30 pm on Thursday four more bigeyes crashed the spreader bars and lures and the three man charter and mate had their hands full. The first 135 lb tuna was boated in 20 minutes. One fish broke the line and another pulled the hook.The fourth fish would not come up despite three rounds of four fisherman on the give and take. After an hour plus a 190 lb bigeye was gaffed and in the boat. Trolling till dark produced a 70 lb yellowfin, two longfin and a mahi. Chunking produced a small swordfish which was released. The morning troll produced a screaming reel with the green machine/bird which broke the line at the hook. The lucky anglers headed home at 8:15 am wondering what will happen on the next charter.

Angler Name : Glenn
E-Mail : glenn@garganbenefits.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 9/3/04
Location: Klondike
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8-10
Bait or Lure: Feathers
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Tough getting out of the inlet but the ocean wasn't bad. The water was clean. It didn't take long before Dad had a 10Lb yellow eyed monster on. We had one double header and a couple of Albies thrown in. Not bad for a couple of hours

Angler Name : Dr. Joe Guzzo
E-Mail : njcharter@aol.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept. 2-3
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method:
Specie: Yellowfin
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
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Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mates Mike Zajac and Justin Nighan had the Dr. Joe Guzzo charter from Allentown, PA out on the Canyon Runner on a turn around overnighter and did not have enough time in the afternoon to troll so they went right to the chunk. Unfortunately the chunking was slow and we were able to pick 3 yellowfin out of 4 bites for the night. Up on the troll in the morning the trip was finished off by a nice white that was teased up on the spreader bar and switched to the ballyhoo. Other then that the troll bite was slow.

Angler Name : Capt Jim Spellman
E-Mail : freedomfishing@optonline.net
Boat Name: FREEDOM
Date Fished: 9-3-04
Location: Mud
Fishing Method: Troll and bottom
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8 to 15 lbs
Bait or Lure: ponies
Water Depth: 90
Water Temp.: 72
Information : We fished with Bill Findlay from wall and friends to help celebrate Mark Suchecki"s Birthday and what a day it was for them. We were one of the first boats at the Mud and had fish on as soon as we got there and had all the rods go off within 5 min. it was great fishing, it slowed as traffic came in but within in 2 hours they had all they wanted and played catch and release for the last hour or so, we then turned it over to fluke but almost no drift we only managed one keeper and some robins and skates. the ocean had a good swell to it and the inlet was a little rough both in and out

Angler Name : Sid. Gold
E-Mail : sidgold@optonline.net
Boat Name: Can Do Too
Date Fished: 9/3/2004
Location: Lindenkohl
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 65 pounds
Bait or Lure: medium ballyhoo
Water Depth: 250'
Water Temp.: 75
Information : VERY slow day lost 2 at the boat, and 2 other knock downs Finally got the single yellow tail, Jim Foy Captain..Bill Mate Ed and his son Eddie with Leslie Knox ...... a bit rough going out at 27 knots very smooth on the way home at 32 knots all in a a good day on the water but VERY LIGHT FISHING

Angler Name : Ron Horwath
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter II
Date Fished: 9/3/2004
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: Up to 210 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Trolling Lures
Water Depth: 400 to 1000 Ft.
Water Temp.: 75 Degrees
Information : The Bounty Hunter is back on line. After our charter on 8/19 our Computer crashed and burned. All is well now and our reports should be more timely. We did do 6 charters over the past week and caught Tuna on all The fishing has not been real hot however we did box several tuna on each trip. We also raised a few Blue Marlin along with a couple of Whites. Notable catches were a 69 Lb. Longfin trolled on the Peter Sacco charter along with a 210 Lb. Bluefin Tuna trolled in the Carteret Canyon by the Frank Lukenda group. Yesterday we had the Ron Horwath charter on board for a day Troll and boxed 4 Mahi, 1, 90 Lb. Yellowfin, 4 Longfin and a 205 Lb. Big-Eye Tuna. All of yesterday's action took place in the Hudson.

Angler Name : Zack
E-Mail : Drksztar@comcast.net
Boat Name: Hihliime II
Date Fished: 09-03-2004
Location: Amdrose channel
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: small
Bait or Lure: killies/squid
Water Depth: varied
Water Temp.:
Information : Drifted Ambrose channel,culdn't find any fluke only large sea robins. I managed to find two small keepers at the tip of the hook. Just in case anyone is interested I trailered my boat up to lake Ontario last weekend. We caught 9 kings to 25lbs on friday and 10 to 28lbs on Sat. Word is their having a banner Year. We used cut bait and green howie flies.

Angler Name : Capt Jim Spellman
E-Mail : freedomfishingAoptonline.net
Boat Name: FREEDOM
Date Fished: 9-1-04
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8 to 14 lbs
Bait or Lure: ponies
Water Depth: 120
Water Temp.: 71
Information : what a day on the ocean , it was as flat and clean as i have seen it in a long time. We fished with Tom Smith and his girlfriend Terry and her nephew Chris from Hewitt NJ. We no sooner started our troll and had fish on and it stayed that way all day we filled the cooler and left the fish bitting to head home. Terry had the most fish and chris the largest, if you are going blue fishing head to the Mud. what a great day of fishing for them