Angler Name : Tom Novak
E-Mail : Thomasnov.03@sunymaritime.edu
Boat Name: S. T. Barb
Date Fished: 9/29/06
Location: raritan reach
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 14"-5lbs
Bait or Lure: sandworms
Water Depth: 35-44ft
Water Temp.:
Information : My dad took the boat out in the morning and had 24 fish in 4 hours. I took out a group in the afternoon and in 2 and a half hours we had 34 weakfish up to 5 lbs and a croaker. Fishing was red hot today!!! Tried our luck at worming bass at sunset and after dark without any luck, didn;t see anyone else catch any either, guess I'll have to wait another week or two.

Angler Name : greg shapiro
E-Mail : tunafishing@sprintmail.com
Boat Name: jenny lee
Date Fished: 9/29/06
Location: lindenkohl canyon
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-70lbs
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 487
Water Temp.: 74
Information : capt's jimmy gahm, kevin gerrity and dave bender took greg shapiro of bucks county, pa and friends on an overnighter to the lindenkohl canyon friday sept 29th. the chunk bite was red hot as we boated 18 yellowfins to 75lbs and released another 10 or so. the largest fish was caught on the shimano butterfly jigging system and it produced much of the action. two swordfish were also caught and released.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 9/29/06
Location: bay
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Specie: Weakfish
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Information : Left the dock just in time for the tide to change and wind to start blowing! Blew 25 to 28 knots all day. Against the incoming tide, it was no picnick, rolled our crueller off! Morning started off with a few fish, then we went in search of...ran all the way to the back bay looking for a little releaf from the roll. Had a shot of fish, thought it would be good.tried the drift again and caught squat! Had to come all the way back to the roll. The fish did bite from mid-day on, just very tough conditions. Surprised to catch what we did!!! Capt.ron

Angler Name : Robi kalweit
E-Mail : Robi350@aim.com
Boat Name: honey2
Date Fished: 9/28/06
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 7 lb
Bait or Lure: clark spoons
Water Depth: 26
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Information : fishing is great get in your boats an go good luck

Angler Name : Capt. Bruce Miller
E-Mail : cptmarlin1@aol.com
Boat Name: Mirage
Date Fished: 9/27 to 9/28/06
Location: Toms & Hendricksons Canyon's
Fishing Method: trolling & chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40 to 100 lbs.
Bait or Lure: artificials, butterfish, live squid
Water Depth: 400 to 500 ft.
Water Temp.: 68 to 73 degrees
Information : Had the following fares out on a chunk & troll "open boat canyon" trip on 9/27-9/28/2006; Vinny Valente, Brick, NJ, Andy Brensinger, Zionville, PA, Anthony Palumbo, Oakland,NJ, Bob Dugan, Paramus, NJ, & Tony Costello of Bordentown, NJ. A great bunch of guys who never met one another till the trip ! Heade for the Toms Tip after getting reports from boats on their way back to the barn that it was the place to be. Arriving at 2 PM we dropped the riggers & proceeded to troll. After 2 hours of no knock-downs we came up upon quite a few very large weed lines and trolled pass them. Three lines went off & we boated 3 Mahi from 5 to 10 lbs. losing the third one. After quite a few more passes we pulled the trolling lines in and baited the Mahi catching about 20 more up to 15 lbs. Also caught in the weed line ere Bar-Jacks, a Blue Runner & several Pilotfish ! No tuna were hooked on the troll, as I was told it was slow on that the day before also. Darkness was almost upon us so we dropped the hook just short of Hendricksons Canyon in 540" of 72.5 degree water. At around 7 PM the first rod went off that was down about 125 ft. baited with a live squid. Pulled the first 80 lb'der over the covering boards & set the lines out once again. We caught a tuna ever 30 to 40 minutes, it was a pick, but steady, winding up with 12 Yellowfin & one Longfin, losing only 3 tuna. Picked up at 7 AM & heade towards the barn in a beautiful following sea. Once again Offshore Satellite Services provided the most accurate weather report, thanks Len ! With me, Capt. Bruce Miller,on the trip were Captain's Tom Walsh & Rich Oris. The next Canyon open boat trip is scheduled for Oct 11 to 12 for 4 hours troll & 12 hours chunking.Call Capt. Bruce @ 908-278-2415 if interested.

Angler Name : Paul Pedretti
E-Mail : info@canyonrunner.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept 27-28
Location: Toms
Fishing Method: Overnighter
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-80
Bait or Lure: Sardines
Water Depth: 50-100 Fathoms
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Capt. Phil Dulanie and Capt. Mark DeCabia took the Paul Pedretti charter from Lincroft, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Wednesday to Thursday along with Mike Donohue ­ Colts Neck, NJ, Kevin Lynch ­ Warwick, NY, Scott Akin ­ Kinnelon, NJ and went right to the chunk in 550 feet of water. They quickly got the tuna going wiht 4 in the boat before 9pm and a limit of 15 in the boat by Midnight. They continued to fish until 2pm and release another 10 yellowfin for a total of 25 for night and left to come home early at 2am. The fish we eating everything including the sword bait on 250 pound test leader. After midnight they were hand feeding them behind the boat on sardines and 60 pound flouro leader. Jigging again with the Penn 16VSX proved very successful as you usually got hit on the way down as soon as they started to read the fish come thru.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 9/28/06
Location: bay
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Specie: Weakfish
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Information : Before I get to my report...Todays Asbury Park Press came out with "Sierra Club and others back Saxton for re-election" Now you know why the vote was put off till after the elections!!!! Money talks, it's the way it's been, the way it will always be! I am very surprised at Mr. Saxton. This man has supported us whole hearteadly over the years...I just have to pray that he will do the right thing..even thou I can't afford it! When money rules over conscience, are you truly a man of integrity?? We will see.... Fishing started out slow this morning..read fish near the pier and went right by them looking for the better bite, where we had them yesteray....BIG MISTAKE!!! Ended up backtracking after an hour! That's what happens when you go looking for the kill or go second guessing yourself..Still ended up with very good fishing...had some nice fish again. 7 1/2 pounder for the pool, our biggest so far this season. Saw loads of bunker moveing out the channel today, some blues under them, but I did see a few bass tails smacking the hell out of em'. A couple of customers took advantage of my report to not wait 2 weeks to come, they were glad they did today! Trying one more weekend with the Bluefishing, if not enough customers show this week, we will start Striper fishing in the afternoons. Fish have been caught, mostly shorts, but some keepers have come over the rails........keep you posted. capt.ron

Angler Name : Ernie & Brian
E-Mail : pulcinim@aiov.com
Boat Name: smoker
Date Fished: 9-27-06
Location: Raritan reach Bouy 19
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 13 to 17in
Bait or Lure: sandworms
Water Depth: 26 to 40ft
Water Temp.: 66
Information : Left Keyport ramp at 630am went right to bouy 19.Only one other boat there and the fish bit non stop.Most of the boats were around #17.Caught lots of fish and only kept a limit of the big ones. Would not touch peanuts.Also all the blues you wanted under the birds.

Angler Name : Tom Headley
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 09/26-09/27-2006
Location: Spencer Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: Up to 90 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Live Squid & Sardines
Water Depth: 475 Ft.
Water Temp.: 75 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Tom Headley charter on board the Bounty Hunter for a Canyon Overnighter. Running out to the Carteret Canyon and Trolling down the edge Paul finally caught up to the 75 Degree water and the Yellowfins between the Lindenkohl and Spencer Canyons. Anchoring in 475 Ft. we had our first Yellowfin on within an hour and the fish never left. We had a steady pick for 4 hours on Sardines and live Squid baits. By midnight we had gone 18 for 25 on Yellowfin Tuna up to 90 lbs. and with a limit catch in the fish boxes the charter called it a night and we started for home. The Trolling we did only produced 4 Mahi. Now booking October Bluefish, Seabass and Stripers. Interested? Give me at 732-323-8700

Angler Name : jim miranda
E-Mail : tunafishing@sprintmail.com
Boat Name: jenny lee
Date Fished: 9/27/06
Location: lindenkohl
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 80
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 450
Water Temp.: 75
Information : capt's matt muzlay and sean carton took jim miranda of woodbridge and friends on an overnighter to the lindenkohl canyon wednesday sept 27th. we went right back to where we were tuesday and had the bait right away. unfortunatley the bite was slower for us. we boated 8-12 on yellowfins up to 80lbs. we did troll in the morning but the weeds were terrible once again.

Angler Name : Pete Stonsby
E-Mail : fishyman666@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Allison-Rae
Date Fished: 9/26-9/27
Location: Tom's canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-80
Bait or Lure: Squid,sardines,butt. jigs
Water Depth: 480
Water Temp.: 72
Information : We left Brielle NJ tuesday @ 2 pm. for an overnighter on the charterboat allison rae,in my opinion the best fishing platform you could fish off of,a 52' cheasapeake,built solely for canyon expeditions,with a HUGE cockpit, skippered by cptn Mike Rosenberg,one of the finest tuna fisherman I know. He and his two trusty mates Mark and Jason led us to the tuna and we spanked 'em all night,going 23 for 30 on yellowfin from 50 to 80 lbs.,2 swordies of just legal size,one monster tilefish @ 40 lbs.and one Fat Albert of at least 70 lbs.!!! Quite the chunkfest! The weather could not have been any better and we had a pick of fish all night. The highlight of the trip,for me at least,was my new trevala rod and trinidad reel(w/80lb. power pro)buttefly jigging system,wich proved to be deadly and unbelevably easy to handle the tuna! All in all a trip to remember,pics to follow soon.If you want to fish for tuna, this is the man and the boat u want! FISH ON !!

Angler Name : capt.ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 9/27/06
Location: bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
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Information : Amazing readings first thing in the AM. Stopped the boat, had fish on right away. Got two drifts out of it before I was completly surrounded!!! Now I now how Custer felt! Anyway, got the hell outta there to find something else. Moved up the channel to the next open space, caught them again. Some very nice size fish today, several over 3 pounds wit a pool fish of close to 7. Tons on bait, loads of life.....don't miss out!!! Capt.Ron

Angler Name : Sid Gold & Gary Williams & Eric Stayley & Jack Berger & Jay Montverdi
E-Mail : sidgold1@verizon.net
Boat Name: Can Do Too
Date Fished: September 26-27
Location: Tom's & south
Fishing Method: chunk and troll
Specie: Swordfish
Size: Sword to 150; Yellow Fin to 90
Bait or Lure: Squid / Butter fish /
Water Depth: 600'
Water Temp.: 72.5
Information : Captain Jim Foy with Jay Montverdi and Gary Williams took out Eric Stayley and Myself with Jack Berger. Left Brielle at 12:00 Noon had the 1st Mahi Mahi on board at 2:45 off Tom's; followed by a White Marlin hook up and pulled hook. Set up for a night drift and went 5 for 4 on Sword fish up to 150 lbs. with one sword fish release. Large Yellow fin attacked around 2:00 AM went 5 for 7 all fish in the 70 to 90 pound size and then got a large long fin about 80 lbs. Lots of fun and action netting elusive squid as bait. Great trip lots of fish and very tired. Need a bigger boat; fish box stuffed as were 2 coolers.

Angler Name : Canyon Runner
E-Mail : info@canyonrunner.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept 26-27
Location: Toms
Fishing Method: Overnighter
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-80 Pounds
Bait or Lure: Sardines
Water Depth: 50-100 Fathoms
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Capt. Phil Dulanie and Capt. Mark DeCabia took the Joe Kay charter from Flemington, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Tuesday to Wednesday and got there early enough to put it on the troll. They put them in 3 miles inshore of the Toms and worked out to the tip. On that troll they pulled 2 nice yellowfin and a 60 pound wahoo that ate a bonita plug. They found a crowd in the Toms so they made a move several miles south where they set up on the chunk in 550 feet of water. They had a nice sword on immediately that they lost at the boat and starting picking yellowfin. The tuna picked away all night and they fought and lost two other swords. They ended the night with a total of 14 nice yellowfin in the 40-80 pound class and the wahoo. Capt. Mark DeBlasio and mate Eddie Farrell took the John Delmarco charter from Hillsdale, NJ out on the Hooked-Up II and headed to the Toms Canyon to troll some fish inshore of the tip in 50 Fathoms. They put them in 3 miles short of the tip and began to troll yellowfin. They worked that area all afternoon going 4 for 8 on nice yellowfin in the 50-80 pound class and a nice 60 pound wahoo. The fish ate mostly Canyon Runner Green Machine Bars. They left that area to go off to the edge and worked northeast up the line until they read the fish and bait ending up north of the Toms in 600 feet of water and set up on hook. During the night they went 10 for 12 on nice 60-80 pound yellowfin on jigs and squid and also nailed 3 swords putting 2 nice ones in the boat with one pushing 160 pounds.

Angler Name : Greg Casella
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: Sep 26-27
Location: Toms Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll/chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 75 lbs
Bait or Lure: butterfish squid
Water Depth: 550 ft
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Hosted the Greg Casella charter from Clark NJ for an overnighter in the Hudson Canyon. Trolling was uneventful and we set up early for chunking south of the tip. We were inundated with swordfish shortly after dark and the charter boated four keeping one 90 lber. They began a slow pick of yellowfins on mostly large live squid and went 8 for 16 on yellowfins to 75 lbs. They also boated a 65 lb longfin and released a Mako. The charter asked to leave for home at first light with the 9 tuna , swordfish and some mahi on ice.

Angler Name : mammyjammy
E-Mail : mammyjammy70@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 9/27/06
Location: sandyhook
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 21 inches
Bait or Lure: cut-bunker
Water Depth: 22
Water Temp.: 62
Information : fished the ripps on the Hookand landed a solid Fluke on second drift,then large school of 10lbs Blues rolled threw-FUN!!! and finished with Verazanno bridge Weakfish,and my Buddies Dada from Austrila was shown how we fish in the USA!!!

Angler Name : Capt. Kevin Delanoy
E-Mail : kevin@missmargiefishingcharters.com
Boat Name: MISS MARGIE
Date Fished: 9-25-06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 4lbs
Bait or Lure: clam/peanut bunker
Water Depth: 65-80
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Today's wreck fishing trip was very good with an abundant number of sea bass and porgies caught.We used some fresh peanut bunker that I caught at the dock which proved to be excellent sea bass bait and the price was good,almost all the porgies were caught on clam baits.The conditions in 50-80' of water East of Barnegat Inlet for this type of fishing were perfect with a good breeze and clean water the fish bit all day.Another great day to be on the water.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 9/25/06
Location: bay
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Specie: Weakfish
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Information : Looks like the same pattern today as yesterday only didn't have the 25 knot winds. Tough bite in the AM, not much movement. A hand full of fish, although I did have two customers who couldn't miss! Finally got outgoing late in the day, picked away, not great fishing but everyone went home with some. Conditions are everything, no matter what you fish for. Had live peanut bunkers today and that didn't seem to make any differance.....Weather looks great for the rest of the week.........capt.ron

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 9/24/06
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Specie: Weakfish
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Information : Todays bite started out exactly like yesterdays...incoming tide into the W wind, not much of a drift but we did move slowly across the channel. Read life, just didn't catch too well. Got threw slack and into the outgoing, had a few nice shots, only problem was, as the current ran harder, the wind blew even harder. Had a 2.2 knot drift for a while. Still ended the day with a nice catch of fish for the few customers who decided to show up. Last nights Bluefishing was excellant! Mostly gaf size fish now, with more than enough action to go around.....capt.ron

Angler Name : Tom B
E-Mail : scullycat@verizon.net
Boat Name: Boke III
Date Fished: Sat 9/23
Location: outside Manasquan Inlet
Fishing Method: drift fluke & Jig
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8-12 lb.
Bait or Lure: Ava 27
Water Depth: 60-45 ft.
Water Temp.: 69
Information : Traveling down the river passed three head boats fluking between Clarks and the Inlet. The inlet had the occasional breaker so leaving had to be timed. Once away from the mouth the seas were running 3-4 ft. with a SE chop. Headed for the fluking grounds off the Bay Head Water Tower and set-up to drift with the aid of a sea anchor. Also dropped all canvas to reduce sail area. The tide was with the wind and it took 15 oz. to hold bottom. Caught some small fish and a dogfish but noticed the occasional fish on the depthsounder higher in the water column. Changed one rod to an ava and caught 5 blues. Called it quits after about three hours. Tricky time surfing the boat gettinhg back inside. All in all a nice solo experience with some fun dealing with conditions in my 17 ft.er. Enjoy. Tom

Angler Name : Tom Novak
E-Mail : Thomasnov.03@sunymaritime.edu
Boat Name: S. T. Barb
Date Fished: 9/23/06
Location: raritan reach
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: up to 4lbs
Bait or Lure: sandworms
Water Depth: 35-43ft
Water Temp.:
Information : My dad went out this afternoon and fished the reach channel. They started to the east where I left them biting yesterday. He had lots of readings but nothing bit there, so he moved west and ended up near the 14can. He only fished about 2 hours and ended up with 9 keepers.

Angler Name : Dave @ Elsie
E-Mail : jigman90@ptd.net
Boat Name: Bookie II
Date Fished: 9-23-06
Location: Rartian
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: to 18"
Bait or Lure: sand worms
Water Depth: to 40ft.
Water Temp.: 70.3
Information : madian voyage for the Bookie2 and it was a very successful one with 6 nice weakfish and my grandson Owen Hawk catching a nice 18" fluke along with a couple of snapper blues.

Angler Name : scottbern
E-Mail :
Boat Name: brooklyn vi
Date Fished: 9/23/06
Location: 17 fathom
Fishing Method: ultra light jigging
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: 5-14lbs
Bait or Lure: 4'' swim bait
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 68
Information : it took a little while to get them going but once they started biting it was sore arms..boxed 11 and the rest of the boat got another 12 mainly swim baits that resembled spearing

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 9/23/06
Location: bay
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Specie: Weakfish
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Information : What a lousy start to the day...The 30% chance of rain started at 5am and lasted till 8:30! Pretty good breeze blowing and not the best conditions for a bite. Didn't read much at all...again, just the opposite of yesterday. Stopped the boat on a small mark, Tom Krako cast out and hit one on the head for the first fish of the day...didn't even have the engines shut down yet. Picked a few fish (small ones) most of the morning, not good fishing at all. Bounced around waiting for the change, by 1:oopm conditions were perfect and the fish started to bite. Where there were no readings all morning, changed to the machine being red from 3 foot off the bottom to 10 ft. thick. Last drift of the day lasted for 3 buoys down the channel. 9 year old Ryan Silverman ended up catching the pool fish, a nice 5 pounder. He and his dad put 14 fish in the cooler. Several limits aboard. I Forgot to mention in yesterdays report that, Al Ristori had sent me an E mail regarding the Gill netter and that the Fish police were going to give him a WARNING....God forbid if I get caught with a fish 1/8 of an inch short or someone using a piece of fluke bellie for bait..these guys make you feel like you robbed a bank!!!! WARNING my @#$$ One more note, The Fluke statement yesterday was meant as a joke..if you think for a minute that sucker went back, you have to read what was said, once or twice....capt.ron

Angler Name : Peterooster
E-Mail : fphsr@optonline.net
Boat Name: Roosters
Date Fished: 9-23-06
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: none
Bait or Lure: Killies and strips
Water Depth: 11' to 15'
Water Temp.:
Information : Weather Channel© said expect chance of showers in morning, sun later. Tom and I drove down to the Roosters in the pouring rain, when at 7:00 AM it let up and off we went to our favorite fishing area in the South East corner of Sandy Hook Bay. More hard rain, worse, no Fluke or anything else other than Calico crabs, a Sundial flounder, a very small Seabass. There were seagulls working over some breaking fish in the Shrewsbury Channel, but no one catching anything, oh yes there were a few other boats out this morning. We put the boat back in the slip at 10:30 AM in the driving rain. PETE (°_)°)

Angler Name : Capt Gennaro J Chierchio
E-Mail : GChierchio@optonline.net
Boat Name: 222 Trophy
Date Fished: 9/19/2006
Location: Sandy Hook Channel
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18
Bait or Lure: Clams Bunker
Water Depth: 22-45
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Planned to go out to the Mudhole but that was changed as soon as I arrived at the Hook. 2 to 4 footers and a nasty chop but the bay was dead flat. I fished the channel with wild readings. Caught a Monster Sea Robin and a small Sand Shark. Retreated to the marker 42 off Staten Island a hooked a schoolie Striper 18 inch and a 13 inch Black fish. I returned all fish to the water and ran back to the dock to avoid the rain.

Angler Name : Canyon Runner
E-Mail : info@canyonrunner.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept 18-19
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Overnighter
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-80
Bait or Lure: Squid
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Capt. Phil Dulanie and Capt. Mark DeCabia took the Todd Polumbo charter from Darien, Conn out on the Canyon Runner Monday/Tuesday and headed right down to the 100-square dropping the hook in 600 feet of water. They did not have much going on until after 10pm when the fish started coming through the slick. They proceeded to get them going and had a nice steady pick putting 12 in the boat by 1am when they hooked a big sword. The battle with the sword lasted close to 2 hours and DeCabia eventually darted the 160-170 pound sword and put it in the boat. They got back on the yellowfin and boated another 7 yellowfin plus a longfin and released 2 others for a total of 21 tuna. The yellowfin ate live and dead squid and sardines. They also pulled a few fish on the 8 oz hammered jig. Capt. Mark DeBlasio and mate Eddie Ferral took the Chad Lore charter out on the Hooked-Up II Monday/Tuesday and went right to the chunk down at the 100-square dropping the hook in 575 feet of water. They got them going early in the night and were boxed up with 21 yellowfin by 1am and released another 3 for a total of 24 for the night. They stayed the rest of the evening with just sword rods out on 250 leader and Owner Jobu hooks with big squid looking for that big swordie but no bites came. The yellowfin were 50-80 pounds and ate everything - squid, butters, sardines and jigs.

Angler Name : John
E-Mail : firemanjohn218@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Fishermen
Date Fished: 9/19
Location:
Fishing Method: Drifted
Specie: Weakfish
Size: up to 24''
Bait or Lure: Peanut Bunker and Worms
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Information : Went out on the Fishermen for a beautiful day and my first time Weak Fishing. I caught 6 Keepers and landed a bunch of Bluefish along with a large Herring. Missed the Pool Winner by a couple ounces. Captain Ron worked very hard to get us on the fish. Great Boat. Great Crew.

Angler Name : Werner & Wolfgang Sprie
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 9/17 - 9/18
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling/ Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: Up to 75 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Sardines & Live Squid
Water Depth: 500 Ft.
Water Temp.: 75 Degrees
Information : The Sprie brothers, Werner & Wolfgang were on board the Bounty Hunter for an Overnight Canyon trip. Capt. Paul ran out to the tip of the Hudson Canyon and went on the Troll where we landed 4 Longfin and 1 Mahi on balyhoo and Reel Seat spreader bars. The 4 Longfin were released. Anchoring in 500 ft. of water on the East Elbow we had the first Yellowfin inhale a Sardine bait within the first hour. Our second bite came at 11PM when we boated 3 more Yellowfin. After midnight the Tuna gathered up under the boat and the 2 man charter proceeded to land 26 more Yellowfin up to 75 lbs. For the night 30 Tuna were brought to the boat, 6 were kept and 24 were released. Sardines,Live Squid & Butterfish baits did the catching. I am now booking Seabass,Striped Bass and Bluefish charters for October. Get in on the great Fall fishing. Give me a call at 732-323-8700.

Angler Name : Jeff Lambert
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: Sept 17-18
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Overnighter
Specie: Big-Eye Tuna
Size: 175 lb
Bait or Lure: Butterfish/squid
Water Depth: 525 ft
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Capt Bernie Roth and Capt Rich Oris hosted the Jeff Lambert charter from Sloatsburg NY for an overnighter in the Hudson Canyon Sunday into Monday. Trolling away from the fleet on the east wall flats we had a triple header hookup of longfins and the charter boated one. Shortly thereafter an orange stalker spreader bar was inhaled by a large fish and the charter took turns on the rod cycling twice thru all anglers before they saw color and a 175 lb Bigeye was harpooned. We setup for the night in that area and had a pick of four 60-70 lb yellowfins before 1 am. However the tuna bite died for us at that point and we only caught a small mako which was released and mahi till first light.We trolled for two hours in the morning with no hookups and left for home with the 6 tuna and mahi on ice.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 9//18/06
Location: bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
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Information : Not much of a bite all morning a few Bluefish, just a couple Weaks. Had to wait for Slack and the change before anything happened. Had a couple good drifts before it was over. A few fish 3 pounds, pool fish 4 pounds. High hook did have 12 and a fw others had 8 and 6....naturally, a couple guys had none!!! Hard to beleave with the proper set up that you wouldn't catch them when they bite......capt.ron

Angler Name : john tallia
E-Mail : jeffreyobiso@aol.com
Boat Name: blue thunder
Date Fished: 9/17-9/18
Location: lindenkohl
Fishing Method: chunk/troll
Specie: Sailfish
Size: 43.25lbs. new state record
Bait or Lure: black bart
Water Depth: 258
Water Temp.: 76.5
Information : Chunked the lindy at night for 8 yellow fins trolled 1 white marlin and the new sailfish record for new jersey along with 4 more tuna and 13 mahi up to 27lbs.

Angler Name : Ed
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Monater Magnet
Date Fished: 9/18/06
Location: Mudhole/North
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: none
Bait or Lure: you name it
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 69.4
Information : Started off late and trolled from the BA to Monster Ledge without seeing or hooking up anything. The water was greenish/clear and without life. Not even a single bluefish.The only life was at the tip of the hook, we saw some bunker breaking the surface.I hope to hear something better from someone else that was out there.

Angler Name : Jake Rypkema
E-Mail : habanerofishing@aol.com
Boat Name: Habanero
Date Fished: 9/17-18
Location: Toms
Fishing Method: troll and chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-60lbs.
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 500ft
Water Temp.: 75.5
Information : 9/17-9/18-- Capt. Butch and Tim had Jake Rypkema & friends on an overnight canyon trip. Started to troll just south of the Hudson around 2pm. Found nice water but no life. Worked down the 100 line to just north of the Toms. Raised one white. Troller a bit deeper and found blue water and some bait but not enough to keep us there. Moved back to the 100 line and raised 4 more whites. Went 1 for 4. Nice fish about 70". Set up on the chunk. 1/2 hour later put our 1st yellow in the box. Had very little action until 12am where we boated our 2nd yellow. Started getting good marks of bait and fish. We dropped a sword line down to a thermocline at about 200 ft. About an hour later, we had a double run off of a working line with a live squid and sword line @ the thermocline. After a tough battle we boated one of the two. We got a couple of looks @ the one lost and it was about 7-8 ft long. Spent much of the prime time fighting the two swords. At daybreak boated two more yellows. Final tally--1-5 on whites, 1-2 on swords,4-4 on yellows and 10 mahi to 15lbs.

Angler Name : Capt. Kevin Delanoy
E-Mail : kevin@missmargiefishingcharters.com
Boat Name: MISS MARGIE
Date Fished: 9-18-06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method: wreck
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 3lbs
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 65-80
Water Temp.: 69
Information : Wreck fishing today was very good with a wide variety of fish in the box by the end of the day.A good amount of keeper sea bass dominated the catch but we also caught some very large porgies and croakers, with afew large bluefish to keep things interesting. All and all it was a great day of fishing.

Angler Name : Elliot Braun
E-Mail : info@canyonrunner.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept 17-18
Location: 100-Square
Fishing Method: Overnighter
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 80
Bait or Lure: Ballyhoo & Squid
Water Depth: 50-100 Fathoms
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Capt. Phil Dulanie and Capt. Mark DeCabia took the Elliot Braun charter out on the Canyon Runner Sunday/Monday and left early enough to do a little trolling. They put them in the water just inshore of the bombs where they started to pick a couple fish that turned out to be nicer yellowfin then they caught recently on the troll both pushing 80 pounds. The fish ate ballyhoo and tuna clones. It was not a hot bite so they picked up and headed down to the 100-square dropping the hook in 600 feet of water. They did not have much going on until after 11pm when the fish started coming through the slick. They proceeded to get them going and had a nice steady pick all night on live and dead squid and sardines. They also pulled a few fish on the 8 oz hammered jig. They were boxed up with 18 yellowfin in the 60-80 pound class and release 1 and lost only 2 for a total of 19 for 21 for the best average in a long time. Capt. Mark DeBlasio and mate Eddie Ferral took the Bill Matyi charter out on the Hooked-Up II Sunday/Monday and left early enough to do a little trolling. They put them in the water just inshore of the bombs where they started to pick a couple fish boating one yellowfin and missing one. It was not a hot bite so they picked up and headed down to the 100-square dropping the hook in 550 feet of water. They did not have much going on until after 11pm when the fish started coming through the slick. They proceeded to get them going real good and had great pick all night on live and dead squid, sardines and butterfish. They also pulled a few fish on the 8 oz hammered jig. They were boxed up with yellowfin in the 60-80 pound class and then went into release mode getting a total of 27 yellowfin for the trip with 6 released.

Angler Name : Jay Freas
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Megan Beth
Date Fished: 9/17/06
Location: 13 miles SE Of Manasquan
Fishing Method: wreck
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 4lbs
Bait or Lure: squid/clams
Water Depth: 70
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Jay Freas and party was aboard the Megan Beth for a day of Sea Bass fishing. Stopping at the reef we fished for Fluke for a couple of hours. Catching two keepers and two shorts we went to wreck fishing . Stopping on two pieces we had tons of small fish and kept 27 nice Sea Bass up to 4 lbs.

Angler Name : Peterooster
E-Mail : fphsr@optonline.net
Boat Name: Roosters
Date Fished: 9-17-2006
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18½"
Bait or Lure: Killies and strips
Water Depth: 11' to 15'
Water Temp.:
Information : Windy this morning, sunshine, warm, a very nice day on Sandy Hook Bay. Tom and I left our slip at the AHM and went right to our favorite Fluke spot near the #2 marker at the Shrewsbury Channel, by 7:15 Tom had our first keeper Fluke in the boat, he went on to bring in three more to 19". I helped out with two keepers to 17½". There were no Sea Robins or Bluefish to annoy us this morning although a small Sea Bass to add for variety. Pretty much had the area all to ourselves. Didn't see any dirty colored water after all the rain, but loads of street trash from the storm drains. PETE (°_)°)

Angler Name : joe zagorski
E-Mail : tunafishing@sprintmail.com
Boat Name: jenny lee
Date Fished: 9/17/06
Location: hudson canyon
Fishing Method: troll/chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 70lbs
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 540'
Water Temp.: 72
Information : capt's jimmy gahm and kevin gerrity took joe and gerry zagorski of fords, nj , karen and gary grebner, and russ shultz on an overnighter to the hudson canyon sunday sept 17th, 2006. a large fleet made trolling difficult but we managed to boat four fifty pound yellowfins on reel seat spreaders bars and ballyhoo and lost an 80 pounder at the boat. after trolling till dark we anchored up and waited for our turn. we were not disappointed as it turned on at 1am and by 2:30 we had 21 yellowfins in the boat up to 70-lbs. we used live squid as well as the shimano butterfly jigs. the guys were catching live squid on a 7' inshore rod with power pro when a fifty pound yellowfin inhaled the squid as well as the jig. after an hour long battle and many runs we boated the fish and got our jig back.

Angler Name : Zack
E-Mail : darksztar@comcast.net
Boat Name: HighTime II
Date Fished: Sept 17,2006
Location: roamer schoals to Shrewsbury rocks
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 27 to30 inches
Bait or Lure: bunker spoons
Water Depth: 25 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished all over today. I started at the Rocks only and only caught small blues. On my way back in I trolled over the waypoints I had been fishing in June off the the nude beach. I had 4 stripers in less than an hour there.

Angler Name : Tom Novak
E-Mail : Thomasnov.03@sunymaritime.edu
Boat Name: S. T. Barb
Date Fished: 9/17/06
Location: raritan reach
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 15"-22"
Bait or Lure: sandworms
Water Depth: 35-44ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Started off weakfishing at the 16 can, had 3 fish quickly then it died and the boat traffic envaded. Marked lots of fish but they had lockjaw. Switched to fluking until after the tide change...what a waste of time, no keepers. Went back to weakfishing after the tide started moving again. Found fish more to the east this time and had a steady bite. Ended up with a limit for my dad and I and then released fish until we ran out of bait. Largest weak was about 5 1/2 lbs.

Angler Name : chris
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: sept 17
Location: barnegat ridge
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 0
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Went the the ridge and the areas around the ridge. NOTHING. No bait No blues No tuna. Fishfinder marked no fish or bait in a large area around the ridges all day. As dead as I have ever seen it in Sept.

Angler Name : Capt.Kevin Delanoy
E-Mail : kevin@missmargiefishingcharters.com
Boat Name: MISS MARGIE
Date Fished: 9-17-06
Location: Barnegat Bay
Fishing Method: anchor
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 8'
Water Temp.: 69
Information : I decided to stay in the bay today looking for some weakfish.After anchoring in 8' of water off double creek channel I realized the conditions weren't very good for weakfing so I dropped a line to the bottom and found the blowfish eager to bite.We ended the day with 40 blowfish and a few nice porgies.

Angler Name : Laura & John
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Tide Runner
Date Fished: 9/17/06
Location: So. Mans Inlet
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: sqiu, gulp and jigs
Water Depth: 15 to 65
Water Temp.: 69
Information : Well We Fished several spots that product weakies last year this date. However, the oeacen seems to be void of hunger fish. Saw lots and lots of Bunker and read lots of bait and fish on the machine. But they just would not bit for us ended the day they 1 croaker. Peaces!!!!!!

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 5/17/06
Location: bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Loads of traffic out there today! Tough to stay with the fish with everyone running around. For me it's twice as hard, once the small boats see a net move, it's normandy invasion!! Please, use the fish finders you paid good money for...you don't need me to be your guide, I don't mind getting you to the area, but give me some room to work, have some pride for god's sake! Anyway, picked some fish on most drifts, read loads of life, just didn't catch what we saw...Once these fish start to bunch up a bit better and get ready to leave, I'm sure the bite will be better. Several fish 3 to 5 pounds, pool fish 7 pounds. Bluefishing yesterday and last night was very good. Starting to see bigger fish each week, no Albies or bonito caught yet, and the water has been clear. Had 2 keeper Stripers and 1 short last night also.....Capt.ron

Angler Name : Capt.Bruce Miller
E-Mail : cptmarlin1@aol.com
Boat Name: Mirage Charters
Date Fished: 9/14 to 9/15/2006
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50 to 80 lbs
Bait or Lure: live squid / butterfish
Water Depth: 412 to 421 ft
Water Temp.: 71 to 74 degrees
Information : Mirage Charters fishing report for 9/14-9/15/06- from Capt.Bruce Miller : Took the Jeff Milton, Vigron International clients, of East Stroudsburg, PA.out to the Hudson Canyon for a night of chunking, arriving at about 5 PM just short of the 100 square. The water was 74 degrees & beautiful powder blue ! Went to the chunk at about 5:30 PM and it wasn't 10 minutes when we had our first two YF's on. Boated a 60-70 lb.YFand broke another off in the props. Waited till about 7PM for a hit and finally a double came. The tuna got wrapped around one another and we cut off and boated one, which turned out to be in the 70 to 80 lb.class. We pulled Yellowfin till about 2 AM non-stop boating 18 and breaking off another 8 or so. All the YF's were between 50 & 80 lbs. After the "mad dog" bite the charter decided they had enough & we headed for the barn and a slow ride at 2:30 AM. And by the way Lenny's Belcaro's Offshore Satellite Forecast weather was right " on the money ", once again as was for the last trip !!!! If I had paid attention to NOAA's we would still be sitting at the dock the last 2 trips !! "That's again Lenny & Wilkens Lab".With me on the trip, Capt.Bruce Miller, were Capt's.Bob Imsho & Rich Oris. If you'd care to mention that the "Mirage" has two (2) openings for it's open boat Canyon trip on the 27th & 28th of Sept. It includes 4 hrs. trolling & 12 hrs. of chunking. Anyone wishing a spot please contact Capt. Bruce, booking agent @ 908-278-2415.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 9/15/06
Location: bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Miserable day today with rain never ending. Even had a bonus, the wind blew 25!!! Still managed to pick at the Weakfish from the last of the outgoin threw slack and into the incoming tide. Once it started to run good, that was it! Read bait and plenty of fish, they just stopped biteing High hook had 8 nice fish. Chartered Saturday AM......capt.ron

Angler Name : Capt Gennaro Chierchio
E-Mail : GChierchio@optonline.net
Boat Name: 222 Trophy
Date Fished: 9/15/2006
Location: Mud Hole and South
Fishing Method: Troll/Chunk
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Everything
Water Depth: 120
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Hit the mudhole late morning after trying to get some live took longer than expected. Trolled the pots with no hits. Tied off gently to one of the flags and started to chunk and within minutes thought I had my Mahi. Fought for ten minutes it came to the top the biggest Bluefish Ive ever seen. Pissed me off completely. Water was deep blue when I arrived but turned greenish after an hour so I started to make my way South and hit all the party boats catching, yes more Blues. If I never seen another Bluefish it will be too soon. I guess its still too early.

Angler Name : Matt Lewis
E-Mail : info@canyonrunner.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept 15
Location: 100-Square
Fishing Method: Overnighter
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 30-120
Bait or Lure: Sardines
Water Depth: 50-100 Fathoms
Water Temp.: 75
Information : On Thursday/Friday Captain Mark DeCabia and Captain Phil Dulanie had the Matt Lewis charter from Long Island, New York out to the Hudson Canyon and went right to the chunk down at the 100-square in 600 feet of water. They got their first bit at 8:00pm when the fish came through the slick and they pick until 10pm putting 5 yellowfin in the boat and believe it or not 1 35 pound wahoo on the chunk. They started a good pick around midnight and then it was on fire for the rest of the night. The charter was excellant on the rods and we ending up boating 19 big yellowfin in the 60-80 pound class plus a 120-pound Allison. In the early am by 4am the longfin started showing and they boated 5 longfin releasing another 11. The fish were eating almost anything last night including sardines, live and dead squid, and butterfish. The yellowfin were NOT however eating the jigs but the longfin were. They ended the night 36 for 50 on the tuna and 1 for 2 on wahoo as another one was lost at the boat. They said the night on the hook was not bad and the sun even came out in the morning. On Thursday/Friday Captain Mark DeBlasio and Eddie Ferrel took the Otto Zeller charter from Long Island, New York out to the Hudson Canyon and got there early enough to troll 10 yellowfin (25-35 pounds) up at the tip and down the east wall. The yellowfin ate Canyon Runner Rainbow and Purple/Black Squid Bars and ballyhoo. They cut that off early and ran down to the 100-square and they sat in 575 feet of water. They got their first bit at 9:00pm when the fish came through the slick and they picked all night. The charter was excellant on the rods and we ending up boating 14 big yellowfin in the 60-80 pound class at night releasing (10 of them) for a total of 24 for the trip. The fish were eating almost anything last night including sardines, live and dead squid, and butterfish and hammered jigs. They said the night on the hook was not bad and the sun even came out in the morning.

Angler Name : PJM
E-Mail :
Boat Name: M & M
Date Fished: Sept 14
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 3lbs
Bait or Lure: peanuts
Water Depth: 6-22
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished in the rain. Bay was pretty calm in spite of a small craft advisory. I had a hard time finding peanut bunker at high tide. Only was able to castnet a dozen. Didn't see any other bait all day. In fact haven't seen very much bait all year. Where are all the peanuts, this time last year they where everywhere. Found one weaky willing to take the bait. That was it, didn't see any other life, no birds, no bait. Good luck and tight lines.

Angler Name : kevin mcarthy
E-Mail : tunafishing@sprintmail.com
Boat Name: jenny lee
Date Fished: 9/14/06
Location: hudson
Fishing Method: troll/chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 30-70 lbs
Bait or Lure: sardines/ballhyhoo
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 76
Information : capt's matt muzlay and sean carton took kevin mcarthy of nyc and friends on an overnighter to the hudson canyon thursday sept14th. upon arrival we trolled and had a good bite of 30-35 pound yellowfins boating ten and missing several others. at dusk we anchored up and at 8pm went 2-3 on 60 pound yellows. by 1am we had 18 yellowfins to 70lbs and released several more. the bite was primarily on sardines and squid baits, as well as the shimano butterfly jigs. next up "the flying zagorski twins"

Angler Name : Tom Bielicki
E-Mail : info@canyonrunner.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept 13-14
Location: hudson
Fishing Method: overnight
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 35-75
Bait or Lure: sardines
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 75
Information : On Wednesday Sept 13, Captain Mark DeCabia and Captain Phil Dulanie had the Tom Biliencki charter from New York out to the Hudson Canyon and despite a big ground swell found decent weather. They got out early enough to do some trolling up by the tip. They worked pods of bait and birds and pull 3 35-pound yellowfin on the troll on ballyhoo and Canyon Runner 9 inch rainbow squids. Wanting to get on the chunk before dark they only trolled until 6pm and then ran down the east wall to the mouth. They sat at in 600 feet of water. They got their first bit at 8:00pm when the fish came through the slick and they dropped down a jig and nailed one. They started a good pick around 1am and by 4am they had 9 in the boat. And then it really turned on. From 4am to 7am they caught 10 more and missed at least 10 more. The fish were eating almost exclusively sardines on 60 pound flouro down 60-80 feet. But they also started picking some fish on live squid and on butters when they came up behind the boat and they were hand feeding them. They also had a ton on jigs that they started working non-stop from 4am on. The yellowfin were from 40 to 75 pounds. Sea conditions were not bad as they had a ground swell but only a 2-3 foot chop on top. They finished up with 19 yellowfin (releasing 4) and fought a total of 41 yellowfin losing 22 for all shorts of reasons.

Angler Name : Gary Fekete
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: SEP 13-14
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll/chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: Up to 125 lb
Bait or Lure: Butterfis/sardines
Water Depth: 300-422
Water Temp.: 70-73
Information : Capt Bernie hosted the Gary Fekete charter from Byram NJ for an overnighter in the Hudson Canyon. Could not get past the tip due to constant hookups. As the first spreader bar was put in the water it was crashed by a yellowfin. The charter boated 7 yellowfins to 60 lbs and 1 longfin by 6:30 pm.Ran to the east wall below the elbow and as we setup for the night the charter dropped a jig on 50 lb line which was engulfed by a 125 lb allison. An hour and four sore backs later it came up and was harpooned.Around midnight yellowfins began taking sardines and live squid and the charter boated 9 yellowfins and 1 longfin. At first light the charter cried uncle and we headed for home with 18 tuna on ice.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 09/13/06
Location: bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure: worms
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : No current to start out the AM, had to wait for the change of tide. Caught a few Blues to start out, then moved to the channels. Had a shot of fish once the current came threw, then picked away for most of the AM. Plenty of Blues in the area, if that's what we were doing, could have sunk the boat with them. The Bite hasn't been lasting too long all week, I read loads of life under the boat..and no doubt it's them, yet when I look around the deck I'll see 2 maybe 3 fish! Nicer fish thou when we do get into them, seems like the little ones last year have grown up a bit. Mitch Jevic was high hook with 6 nice fish...he did manage to lose a handfull of others..told him, you can't eat the hits!!!!!!!! Capt.Ron Chartered Sat. AM trip.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 9/11/06
Location: bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Another nice morning bite...fished way in the back bay..didn't read any life till we got back that far. had some big bluefish on the first drift. Bounced around and had shots at the Weaks. Nice fish again 3 to 5 pounds with some smaller ones mixed in. The bite died completely as we got closer to slack and didn't happen on the outgoing. Didn't see 8-10 foot swells in the bay either! Fishing everyday...but we do have a Charter Saturday in the AM.....capt.ron

Angler Name : Capt.Bruce Miller
E-Mail : cptmarlin1@aol.com
Boat Name: Mirage Charters
Date Fished: 9/9--9/10/06
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking / R & R
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40 to 100 lbs.
Bait or Lure: butterfish, live squid
Water Depth: 436 ft.
Water Temp.: 75 to 76 degrees
Information : Took the Stan Florey group from Matawan ,NJ out to the Hudson Canyon for a night of chunking. Arriving at about 4 PM on the West flat we saw none of the heavy sargasso weeds that were reported by the boats headed in. So with that we dropped the riggers, put out the lines and proceeded on the troll to locate fish before the chunk. No sooner then we did that we began seeing a lot of sargasso and started cleaning the lines till we had enough of it and pulled them in. Went to the chunk at about 5:30 PM and it wasn't 10 minutes when we had our first fish on. Boated a 35-40 lb. Longfin and broke another off in the props. Waited till about 10 PM for a hit and finally a double came. The tuna got wrapped around one another and we cut off one to save the other, which turned out to be in the 100 lb. class. We picked Yellowfin till about 2 AM when our deep sword line screamed. After an hour fight we finally got a good look at a huge Blue Shark. Bringing it leadered to the back of the transom it was almost as long as it. We made a mark when the Blue was straight across and it turned out to be 12' 6" long. I estimated the shark to be between 275 to 325 lbs. Seeing many Blue Sharks in my years of fishing I had to rank this one as one of the biggest I ever had on . Eventually after everyone got their photos of the monster I tagged it and released it back to the deep. After an hour passed the tuna came back and we picked all night till 6 AM winding up with 12 fro 40 to 100 lbs and losing only 3. And by the way Lenny's Offshore Satellite Forecast weather was right " on the money ". If I had paid attention to NOAA's we would still be sitting at the dock! With me on the trip, Capt.Bruce Miller, were Capt.Bob Imsho & mate Jarred Pollara.

Angler Name : Capt.Kevin Delanoy
E-Mail : kevin@missmargiefishingcharters.com
Boat Name: MISS MARGIE
Date Fished: 9-10-06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 3lbs
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth: 50
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Wreck fishing today wasn't what I hoped it would be mostly due to the sea conditions which came in sooner than expected. As usual the predicted NE wind at 10-15 started out at a steady 20 making it uncomfortable to fish any number of wrecks. We did manage some nice porgies as well as some decent sea bass before heading in early, hopefully next week will be better.

Angler Name : Vince Carini
E-Mail : vcarini@aol.com
Boat Name: Corrective Action
Date Fished: 9/10/06
Location: Sandy Hook Area
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 1/2 inch min.
Bait or Lure: killies, spearing, squid
Water Depth: 20 - 60 feet
Water Temp.: 70 F
Information : Tried everything. What a slow day. We managed one keeper 195 inches and a blue we caught by accident. Bouy 13, ouside along the beach, Lenardo flats, in front of the ammo pier. Not even a sea robin. What happened?

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 9/10/06
Location: BAY
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure: WORMS/ARTIFICIALS
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Finally some Weakfish to be caught! Had a few drifts in the AM picking at them along the channel. Worms and artificials both worked as well as jigs..Nicer size fish this seson 3 to 4 pounds, but we did have smaller ones also. The bite didn't last that long so we played around with the Fluke....That didn't last too long either! Waited for the change of tide and came back to the channel, a few drifts with nothing, then the bite turned on again. High hook had 7 nice fish including the pool and a double header! Looks like we will be Weakfishing for the rest of this week and into next...hopefully this next NE doesn't screw things up again!! Capt.ron

Angler Name : Vin Valetino
E-Mail : info@canyonrunner.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept. 9-10
Location: hudson
Fishing Method: overnight
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-80
Bait or Lure: Sardines
Water Depth: 575-600
Water Temp.: 75
Information : On Saturday Captain Mark DeCabia and Capt. Phil Dulanie had the Vin Valentino charter from Darien, Conn out to the Hudson Canyon and went right to the chunk right back at the 100-square. They sat in 600 feet of water. They got their first bit at 8:00pm when the fish came through the slick and they dropped down a jig and nailed one. They started a good pick around 11pm and it turned on solid at 2am. They had bites constantly the remainder of the night and ended the trip hooking 30 fish and missing 10 more. Out of the 30 they hooked they only boated 14.5 (one was eaten by a hammerhead). The fish were eating almost exclusively sardines on 60 pound flouro down 60-80 feet. They also had a ton on jigs that they started working non-stop. It may be sounding like a broken record but again the yellowfin favored sardines down 60-80 feet on 60 pound flouro and hammered diamond jigs. With a weary charter, the boys packed it in early and left to come home at 5am. On Saturday Captain Mark DeBlasio had the Mike Lilanski charter out to the Hudson Canyon and went right to the chunk right back at the 100-square. They sat in 575 feet of 75 degree water. They got their first bit at 10:30pm when the tuna came under the boat and they dropped down a jig. They continued to have the tuna slowly come through the slick and picked all night long putting 10 yellowfin in the boat missing another 5. They had a sword rod down 150 feet all night and it went off 3 times - they boat 2 fish and one was released and one was boated in the 90 pound class. They spent the morning running from pot to pot as the charter wanted to pick mahis all morning and that they did. Again, sardines on 60 flouro and hammered jigs produced all the fish.

Angler Name : Peterooster
E-Mail : fphsr@optonline.net
Boat Name: Roosters
Date Fished: 9-9-2006
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 20"
Bait or Lure: Killies and strips
Water Depth: 11' to 15'
Water Temp.:
Information : Tom and I had Dennis Hughes ( trapshooting ACE ) with us today. We left our slip at the Atlantic Highlands Marina at 7:00 AM going right to the #2 Marker at the Shrewsbury Channel, where we spent the morning looking for some late season Fluke. I only got one keeper Fluke, which turned out to be the biggest of the trip at 20". Tom managed to out fish me as usual with four Fluke to 18". Dennis had four to 19" loosing the biggest of the day at boat side due to his sinker becoming fouled in the net, this in no way reflects on the way the net was handled by me. There were two yellow-eyed demons caught and released, a number of large Sea Robins and some small Lizardfish. The birds became Tom's favorite bait. Killies proved to be the best bait.We returned to our slip about 12:30 PM. There were three or four party boats that spent most of the morning on the Leonardo flats, there must have been something that kept them there that long, as Weakfish sometimes school in that area. They were just too far away to be able to tell. PETE (°_)°)

Angler Name : Brad Fletcher
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 9/8 - 9/9, 2006
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling & Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: Up to 70 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: Sardines
Water Depth: 550 Ft.
Water Temp.: 75 Degrees
Information : Capt. Paul had the Brad Fletcher charter on board the Bounty Hunter. We headed out to the Hudson Canyon and set up Trolling at the Tip and the area around the Notch where we went 5 for 7 on Yellowfin Tuna plus adding 1 Longfin. The largest Tuna weighed in at 70 lbs. All the Tuna were caught on Reel Seat spreader bars and rigged Balyhoo. The Reel Seat spreader bars pulled in a close pattern in the dark with all our Flood lights on produced the 2 largest Tuna. Anchoring in 550 Ft. on the west wall the night bite was non existant for us. All we managed were 2 mystery run offs and 2 Mako sharks the largest just under 100 lbs. Both were released. A brief morning Troll added 1 nice Mahi to the catch.

Angler Name : Steve Hanstein
E-Mail : hansteinshouse@optonline.net
Boat Name: skylarker
Date Fished: 9/9
Location: offshore lumps
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: to 7.6 pounds
Bait or Lure: belly and killies
Water Depth: 60
Water Temp.:
Information : had a great day on the skylarker. started out catching all the croakers you wanted. then the weakfish came in with some scattered fluke. then we headed offshore and found some nice big fluke I had two six's and a 7.6 pounder along with countless shorts. a great day on the water. Steve H

Angler Name : Carl Bloomfield
E-Mail : info@canyonrunner.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: September 8-9
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Overngith
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-80
Bait or Lure: Sardines
Water Depth: 650
Water Temp.: 75
Information : On Friday Captain Phil Dulanie and Mark DeCabia had the Carl Bloomfield charter (with a special appearance by Joe Scott) out to the Hudson Canyon and went right to the chunk right back at the 100-square. They sat in 650 feet of 75 degree water. They got their first bit at 8:30pm when a longfin nailed a sardine 60 feet down. They then had the sword rod go off and after a short fight put a nice 55 inch 90 pound sword in the boat. They then got into a slow pick of yellowfin for the rest of the night and ended with a flurry of longfin around 5 in the morning. They ended the night with 5 yellowfin and 3 longfin plus the sword. The yellowfin were 50-70 pounds. As soon as the sun rose, the boys dropped down and added a few tiles to the mix. It may be sounding like a broken record but again the yellowfin favored sardines down 60-80 feet on 60 pound flouro and hammared diamond jigs. Adam LaRosa was on Vinny Gallo’s Gallant Lady with Canyon Runner crew members Brad Burgess, Billy Rowan, Mike Zajac, and Mike Gallo and ran out to the 100-square to get a night of chunking in. We anchored in 600 feet of water and got our first bite at 9:30pm on a sardine down 80 feet on 60 pound flouro. We then proceed to pick a fish every time they show on the recorded by either immediately dropping a jig down or adjusting the dead sticks to where they came through. Throughout the night we picked 8 yellowfin and 1 longfin and added a nice fat 58” 110 pound sword. The yellowfin were 50-80 pounds. In the morning we ran over to the west wall in 500 feet of water and picked 10 tilefish in 45 minutes from 5 to 20 pounds.

Angler Name : jack gilbert
E-Mail : thulengine@yahoo.com
Boat Name: river rat
Date Fished: 09 09 06
Location: ambrose light and channels
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: bunker spoons killies
Water Depth: 10 to 42
Water Temp.: 73.5
Information : what a lousy day 3 ft shark at ambrose 20" fluke by princess bay 10 hours on the water starting to think the fishfinder screen is a cartoon on a reel

Angler Name : chris
E-Mail : sharkbite726@yahoo.com
Boat Name: REBEL YELL
Date Fished: 09/08/09/09
Location: hudson canyon
Fishing Method: tied to a pot
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-110 lbs.
Bait or Lure: chunk/butters,dines,saquid
Water Depth: 500 ft.
Water Temp.: 74-77
Information : ran to the hudson friday. perfect weather. not a thing but skips on the troll. set up the chunk...1st fish at 10:30 (60 class yellow). wound up going 6 for 9 on yellows, 1 for 1 on longs, 0-1 on a big sword. came home with fish but, trip could have produced more. lots of mistakes made.

Angler Name : Joe
E-Mail : maloneyjmalo@aol.com
Boat Name: Red Head
Date Fished: 9/9/06
Location: Manasquan Ridge
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 8lbs
Bait or Lure: big spearing and squid comob
Water Depth: 71
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Ran down to Seaside off the piers NO LUCK!!. Went out to he ridge and had one great drift all keeper 7-8lbs. Repeated the same drift about half hour later NOTHING!!. Great day on the ocean, GOD BLESS AMERICA!!

Angler Name : RJ
E-Mail : RJJT@OPTONLINE.NET
Boat Name: ANDREANOELLE
Date Fished: 9/9/06
Location: OFF IBSP
Fishing Method: DRIFT
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17 18
Bait or Lure: SQUID KILLIE
Water Depth: 55FT
Water Temp.:
Information : WENT OUT INLET ABOUT 7 AM PLAYED IN BUNKER SCHOOLS ALITTLE WITH NO LUCK STARTED TO DRIFT FOR FLUKE HAD A GOOD BITE FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF THEN IT SHUT RIGHT DOWN MANAGED TWO IN THE COOLER F----- FLUKIN

Angler Name : capt.ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 9/9/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size:
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Information : Last nights fishing was very good again for Blues. Capt. Frank fished the Mud buoy, 1 drop all night. Pretty much non-stop action after 5 minutes of chumming. Today was a different story, the life we had yesterday down the beach, didn't want to co-operate today. Had a handfull of Fluke, some Sea Bass and Porgies. Most likely we will be trying to mix things up this week between bottom fishing, bass and blues/ whatever works is what we will do, were going fishing! The specialty thing just isn't going to work this time of year, unless some Weakfish settle in. Porgies are starting to show as well as the Sea Bass. Stripers have been caught in the AM the past few days, it's just not an all day bite with them right now. Would love to go Bluefishing in the AM, That's what there are plenty of, but the customers don't come down. Too bad, it's excellant action......capt.ron

Angler Name : Jeff
E-Mail :
Boat Name: J2
Date Fished: 9/8/06
Location: sandy hook reach
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: short
Bait or Lure: worms
Water Depth: 25
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Ran out in hpoes of finding some weaks, seems like thay aren't around yet. Managed a few spikes, water very dirty, bluefish around. Nice day but very slow.Tried the usual spots, read bait but no action to speak of.

Angler Name : Joe
E-Mail : maloneyjmalo@aol.com
Boat Name: Red Head
Date Fished: 9/8/06
Location: Manasquan Ridge
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: 6-8lbs
Bait or Lure: Cedar Plugs
Water Depth: 61ft
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Hit a few nice False Albacore at the southwest end of the ridge. Trolled on the way out and back, but nothing hit until I reached the ridge. Great day on the ocean, God Bless America!

Angler Name : Bob
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Fin-Addict
Date Fished: 09-08-2006
Location: Barnegat ridge & Ollie's
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: no keepers
Bait or Lure: feathers and daisy's
Water Depth: 70 to 125 ft
Water Temp.: 67 to 68.7
Information : Hit the rdidge at about 7:45 am started to put lines out and immediately had an False Albacore on. Nice size about 24". Finally got all lines in and caught first BFT about 24"& released. caught a couple more big Albie's with double hook ups. Then caught 2nd BFT but a short 26" & released. Went to the "B" marker looking for mahi but nothing there. Went to Ollie's and nothing at all there, very few boats. Did see some finning but coud not get anything to bite on way to the "B" marker from the Ridge. The False Albacore were lots of fun and nice sized. Caught all on Blue & white daisy's. Want to hit it Sunday again , but outlook for weather not looking goodOnly a few more days remaining for BFT.

Angler Name : John Shipley
E-Mail : stjude@comcast.net
Boat Name: saint jude
Date Fished: 9/8/06
Location: Hudson/toms
Fishing Method: Chunk/troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-70
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 450
Water Temp.: 75
Information : The second trip on the new Saint Jude was a successful one too. We arrived at the west wall at dark and begen the drift with nothing at all all the way across the deep. When we got to the east elbow, a big White marlin woke us all up hitting a drifting squid. the circle hook made for a good release. (first white on the chunk for me. Shortly after that the tuna showed up (round 1AM) Had the tuna for the rest of the night and enjoyed them thoroughly. Wound up taking 11 and leaving the rest. Amazing thing is how you can be in that croud and have them or not ... I have been on both ends of that stick. Some poor guy nestled right in my slick seeing our bounty, and still couldn't get them going. With me were the three Joes... Frasco, Miele, and Yocco

Angler Name : Paul Czaya
E-Mail : mbroth1@comcast.net
Boat Name: TENACIOUS
Date Fished: 9/7-8
Location: Hudson
Fishing Method: Troll/Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish/ssquid
Water Depth: 300-650 ft
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Capt Bernie and mate Ron Bryan hosted our first open boat canyon overnighter with Paul Czaya etal. Started trolling short of the bombs on the 50 fathom line and the charter boated a triple header of yellowfins to 60 lbs. Worked the area and had a double header of yellowfins boating one Chunked right in that area and boated a yellowfin before dark. After midnight the charter fought and gaffed a 115 lb mako that jumped twice and almost reached the tip of the outrigger. Moved to the east wall at 3 am and had no further action. Returned to the west wall in the morning and trolled another yellowfin and a longfin. Left for home at 10:30 am with 7 tuna and the mako on ice.

Angler Name : Tom B
E-Mail : scullycat@verizon.net
Boat Name: Boke 4
Date Fished: 9-8-06
Location: Metedoconk River/Upper BBay
Fishing Method: casting from boat
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 1/2 to 4 Lbs.
Bait or Lure: 3/4 oz. lead head w pink soft body
Water Depth: 7-14 ft.
Water Temp.: 76
Information : The entire river system is loaded with weakfish chasing snappers from 1800 to 2000 and 0530 to 0900 depending on boat traffic. Don't get tied down to the traditional spots like South of the Mantoloking Bridge or by Bay Head Harbor. Search the fish out. Look for bird life and fish chasing snappers on top. Once your on a school hang with them as the smaller fish hit first. Bigger fish are also hanging around structure like channel marker poles and no wake bouys. Fish all level, not just on the bottom. Good Luck. Tom

Angler Name : Nick, Carlitos, Tim, Roger
E-Mail : robert.n.vlachos.jr@marsh.com
Boat Name: MARYKATE
Date Fished: 9/7/06 - 9/8/06
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk/Troll
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 40-55 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Spreader Bars/Skirted Ballyhoo
Water Depth: Various
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Trolled Thursday afternoon without a bite; anchored up for the night and picked 3 small dolphin around the boat and chunked a small mako shark; trolled Friday morning on the East Wall with no results and went over to the West Elbow and picked up 9 longfins by 10:30am and headed home; best part was hooked up to 4 longfins with only 4 rods out (got tired of clearing all the weeds off too many rods at one time) and got them all in the boat.

Angler Name : norm
E-Mail : msclaf6503@aol.com
Boat Name: seven seize
Date Fished: 9/7-9/8
Location: hendrickson
Fishing Method: chunk/troll
Specie: Swordfish
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 2000
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Overnight Fri-sat drifting the deep. Plenty of yellowfin 40-70 lbs and mahi 10-15 lbc. Highlight of night was 300 plus swordfish that ate butterfish on 50 lb standup. Chased fish for 5 miles over 2 hours before 100 lb leader parted.

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 9/8/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size:
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Information : Read some terrrible new to start my day off today...It seems the politicians are going to put off the vote on the Magnuson act until AFTER the elections. How political! Why don't they just tell us, bend over and take it like a man!! Obviously we are going to get screwed big time..does it really matter who the hell we vote for? Democrates, Republicans, what's the differance, they all have their own agenda. The oil companys are funding the enviromentalist...I guess so they don't bitch about drilling in the arctic..but that's a whole different subject...I know this is supposed to be for fishing reports only so...today we struggled and did catch some nice keepers, some Sea Bass....does it really matter?? I'm so pissed, not knowing what the future holds...all my effort and hard work everyday will be for nothing if this is allowed to happen.....Thanks for the support from everyone, but obviously we are dealing with a much higher power....GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!! Capt.Ron

Angler Name : Canyon Runner
E-Mail : info@canyonrunner.com
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: September 7-8
Location: 100-Square
Fishing Method: Overnighter
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: 50-80
Bait or Lure: Sardines
Water Depth: 700
Water Temp.: 74
Information : On Thursday Captain Phil Dulanie and Mark DeCabia had the Terry Miner charter from Connecticut out to the Hudson Canyon and went right to the chunk right back at the 100-square anchoring in 700 feet of water. They got there first bite at 9:30pm when Mark read a fish come through and they drop the jig down and immediately had one on. They then quickly boated 3 more 50-70 pound yellowfin on the jigs. They are using 6-10 ounce hammered jigs fished on Penn 16VSX. That slowed until the sword rod went off and they proceeded to fight the sword (that turned out to be foul hooked) for 3 hours putting it in the boat at 4:30am. The sword weighed 140 pounds. They got into a nice pick there after boating 5 more yellowfin. The lost another 8 tuna as well. The yellowfin favored sardines down 60-80 feet on 60 pound flouro. Captain Mark DeBlasio had the Hooked Up 2 out to the Hudson on Thursday with the Kevin Corradino charter from Brick, NJ and went right back to the 100-square going right to the chunk. He did not get a bite until 11am and then proceed to pick away at yellowfin putting 8 in the boat from 50-70 pounds and going 2 for 3 on swordfish that were released. Once again, hammered 10 ounce diamond jigs and sardines on 60 pound flouro caught best. They also lost another 10 yellowfin as the fish seem to be fighting extremely hard probably due to the full moon and the charters are having a tough time handling them.

Angler Name : Brett
E-Mail : wahoo26@gmail.com
Boat Name: Outnumbered
Date Fished: 9/7/2006
Location: South of Belmar/Shark River Inlet
Fishing Method: Bottom fishing
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 9-20"
Bait or Lure: Squid, SPearing, Peanut Bunkers, Mullet, Berkley Gulp Sandworms
Water Depth: 20-50
Water Temp.:
Information : Broke the inlet at 6:30am with live peanut bunkers in the livewell. We headed south and hit a school of bunkers in the 9-12" range, they had to be 400-500' long by 100' wide at the widest point. Noneone but us there. We nailed some blues on jigs and tried fishing snagged bunkers without luck. We started fishing the peanuts when the bluefish we caught spit them up. Caught a few more then started catching some decent weakfish. We fished our way down to point pleasent and ended up with about 4 real big croakers, 12-15 weakfish (4 of which were keepers), about 10 bluefish in the 2-3lb range, about 6-8 short fluke (one tagged by the littoral society of Sandy Hook), a few skates and some big sea robbins. We fished between the bayhead and mantaloking water towers without much luck (couple small weakfish). All in all not a bad day but I had hoped to see some keeper fluke and maybe a striper under the bunker. Still better than a good day at work. Will be out tomorrow for seabass, maybe hit the Mowhawk or USS Algol, fishing by myself... Saturday we will head offshore for tuna weather permitting. Brett

Angler Name : steve raines
E-Mail : tunafishing@sprintmail.com
Boat Name: jenny lee
Date Fished: 9/7/06
Location: hudson
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60-80
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 625
Water Temp.: 74
Information : on sept 7th capts matt muzlay and kevin gerrity took jonathon baum of colts neck and friends on an overnighter to the hudson canyon. upon arrival they found all the weeds once again and the trolling was tough. after catching only skipjack they set up early for the night. theydidt heir first bite untill after midnight. they picked a few fish including a 80lb swordfish and at 4am the mad dog was on. they boated a total of 19 yellowfins and a majority came on the new shimano butterfly jigging system from the real seat in brielle. at first light they were on their way home. on sept 8th capts sean carton and dave bender took steve and dave raines of chester, new york and friends right back to the hudson canyon. arriving at 5pm we set right up on the chunk knowing that the forecast would be favorable to a few hundred boats fishing. we got our first bite at 9pm and it was our largest fish, a legitimate 80lb yellowfin. we picked all night long, not the mad dog that the guys had the night before. by daylight we had 14 yellowfins all from 60-70lbs aside from a 90lb swordfish. we heard of many swordfish in the 150-200plus class taken that night. we also had great results with the real seat butterfly jigging system

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 9/7/06
Location: ocean
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size:
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Information : Back to the elusive Fluke today. Tried just about everything we could, ended up with 4 keepers 4 shorts. Beautifull day for a boat ride! Chartered this Saturday afternoon....capt.ron

Angler Name : Capt.Ron
E-Mail :
Boat Name: FISHERMEN
Date Fished: 9/6/06
Location:
Fishing Method:
Specie: Bluefish
Size:
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Information : Thank God we had a Charter today! Only two half day boats made it out, no 3/4 day boats. The one 3/4 day boat from Highlands reported lousy fishing for Fluke again...Talked my people into Blue fishing this morning and it's a good thing. Had a nice pick on 5 to 8 pound fish. A few Sea Bass mixed in with them. Nice day on the water once the sun came out....Thought by now we would at least see a bounce back in the Fluke fishing, maybe tommorrow....We are Chartered this Saturday Afternoon's trip. Thanks! Capt. Ron

Angler Name : BRENDAN
E-Mail : BRENDANTKERWIN@HOTMAIL.COM
Boat Name: NATALIE ANN
Date Fished: 9/5/06
Location: BARNEGAT BAY
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
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Information : SALINITY, CHANGE IN WATER TEMP, RUNOFF, TOO MUCH BOAT TRAFFIC OVER THE WEEKEND, WHO KNOWS, BUT THE WEAKFISH WERE NOT AROUND...NOT EVEN SNAPPERS. USUALLY THE MOUTH OF THE CANAL IS A SURE BET FOR SNAPPERS, BUT THE FISHFINDER DIDN'T SHOW A THING...I WOULD THINK THAT THE BLOW WOULD PUSH FISH INTO THE BAYS AND RIVERS..?? MAYBE THE SEWER RUNOFF IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH PESCATORY LIFE, COULD THAT BE THE ANSWER?

Angler Name : Ted Steven Jerry Mike Bob
E-Mail : jerry52476@optonline.net
Boat Name: Anne Marie
Date Fished: 9/4 - 9/5
Location: Carteret Canyon
Fishing Method: chunk/troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50 - 80
Bait or Lure: sardines and squid
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Fished carteret canyon monday into tuesday. No tuna on troll, but nonstop action from the time we started chunking. Went twelve for twenty on yellowfin and added thirteen mahi. Also had two makos on, but broke off.

Angler Name : Nick Totaro
E-Mail : nikolas.totaro@prudential.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 09/03/2006
Location: Manasquan Beach
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24"
Bait or Lure: Clams
Water Depth:
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Information : Caught the fish first cast at about 12:30 am, then went blank for the rest of the night, other guys fishing caught some shorts as well on clams and poppers.