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Angler Name : Ed Gillin
E-Mail : edgillin@yahoo.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 9/30/99
Location: Ocean City Beach
Fishing Method: Fly rod
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 14"
Bait or Lure: fly
Water Depth: 4
Water Temp.: 69
Information : I fished low tide last nite off the jetty west winds were light. I saw no bait only some very small silversides. No mullet in sight. I thought the cold front would push some out of the bay and move some bass in. 4 days of looking for bait in the wash and no bass. I did manage to catch a small weakfish and blue. Another angler had a bass roll on his plug but that was hit. The water has been coffee color for the last couple days and it was getting kind of old. Oh well, it is only the beginning.

Angler Name : UPS D av e
E-Mail : df1gtree@aol.com
Boat Name: Atlantic Star
Date Fished: 09/29
Location: Sandy Hook (outside along the beach)
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17 to 19 or so
Bait or Lure: live bunker/fluke belly with spearing
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Even with a fast drift most of the morning, the eight paying customers on the half day Atlantic Star landed 35 keeper fluke. Not too bad for 3 hours fishing time. I got three keepers, 1 throw back and about 15 sea robins. Although there were no biiiiiig fish, the ratio of keepers to shorts was about 2 or 3 to 1. Get em before there gone. Tight lines.

Angler Name : Jim Balicki
E-Mail : emcjim@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Queen Mary
Date Fished: 9/29/99
Location: Gulf Trade wreck
Fishing Method: Anchor, chum and jig
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 19 in. to 26 in.
Bait or Lure: A17 or A27 jig
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Because of the poor action at the Mud Buoy the previous day, Capt. John Bracket decided to explore the areas to the SE instead. First stop was a brief drift just outside the inlet with 1 false albacore boated on a jig. then it was on to Manasquan Ridge where we circled but did not stop because of insufficient readings. Next stop was Southeast Lump with the same result as Manasquan Ridge. Next was Tolten Lump where we anchored and chummed for awhile, but only 1 fish was hooked and lost. Then it was on to a wreck SSW of Tolten Lump (I believe it was the Gulf Trade wreck). After anchoring, it was "Fish ON!" all around the boat, as Bluefish hit jigs on every cast for quite awhile. Of course there were many smart fish that threw the jigs at the surface, but everyone had enough fish by the time the blitz reduced to an ocassional pick. I landed 7, kept 6, and hooked, played and lost at least twice as many. BTW we were the only boat within sight at any of the spots mentioned above.

Angler Name : Gary
E-Mail : micco@blast.net
Boat Name: Tammy G
Date Fished: 9-29-99
Location: Barnegat Light
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18"
Bait or Lure: various
Water Depth: 45-65
Water Temp.: 60's
Information : Started out at the Harvey Cedars Lump, looking for the Fluke that are normally here in the fall, and found Croakers. Moved to areas off the inlet in 50-60' and found some Fluke and Weakfish, but not what we expected. Went home with 10. Anyone have any luck in this area ?

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept. 28-29
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 70 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 500
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and Mate Scott Lisowski had the Dr. John Bedner charter from Cherry Hill, NJ out on the Canyon Runner Tuesday to Wednesday. In what has been an outstanding Canyon Season for the Canyon Runner (400+ Tuna and 14 Billfish) this trip was by far the best. Arriving at the edge at 5:00 p.m. we had the fish on top breaking water and with not a ripple on the Ocean nor a puff of wind we decided to drift. Great decision! We had fish on immediately and limited out with 18 Yellowfin on our first drift before Sunset. Once is got dark we continued to pull fish as soon as the baits hit the water and throughout the night released another 30 fish during our second drift. In total the charter and crew caught 48 Yellowfin and what made it even better was the fish were not the small 30 to 50 pounders but were all between 50 and 70 pounds with some pushing 80 pounds.

Angler Name : Rail Rat
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Queen Mary
Date Fished: 09/28/1999
Location: Point Pleasant, NJ
Fishing Method: Bait/Jigs
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8lbs. - 16lbs.
Bait or Lure: Peanut Bunker
Water Depth: 60' - 100'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : The Blues weren't biting at the Mud Bouy or at a second location due East. With about 10 people aboard, about 14 fish were landed all day. The Blues were large. When they bit, it wasn't a crash landing, more of a gradual, let-them-take-it thing. The ocean still isn't completely straightened out. The water is still slightly discoloured, the tide and current are still not lining up. The Queen Mary crew did a fine job keeping a steady slick and offering tips and a variety of bait. I have no complaints with the Captain and crew. Indeed, we didn't screw around that long at the Mud Buoy when it wasn't going. However, all the prayers in the world don't work if the fish simply aren't feeding.

Angler Name : JOEL,DAVE,NICK AND GARY
E-Mail : vayianos@superlink.net
Boat Name: Tenacious
Date Fished: 9/27-9/28
Location: east wall
Fishing Method: troll&chunk
Specie: Big-Eye Tuna
Size: 120lb
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 850
Water Temp.:
Information : We trolled for 1 hour and caught 2 mahi.We started chunking at 5:30 pm and by 8:30pm we had our limits .Except for a period from 1 to 3,the bite was all night.From 4 to 6 it was fast and furious,that's when Capt. Bernie showed us how to land 50lb tuna on a spinning outfit,he did 4 times.Dave,who missed our last trip landed a 120lb Big Eye.After that Dave was whupped worse than his last affair,yes fans that fish turned Dave into a girlieman.So he tried to keep his line out of water,but the razing got to him,so everytime he had a runoff,you could hear him say "oh no not again"! What a girlieman.Total tally 50 yellows,1 longfin,3 mahi and 1 BigEye WHEW! this is not a miscount nor a typo.

Angler Name : Dan Olszak
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 9/27 & 28
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 70 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Butterfish chunks & Squid
Water Depth: 375 ft.
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had the Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina out to the Hudson Canyon for an overnight chunking trip with the Dan Olszak charter, and just when you think it can't get any better, it gets better. After the weekends limit catch of Yellowfin in 4 hours, todays charter did it in 3. We anchored in 375 ft. of 68 degree water on the West wall at 7PM. The first 20 minutes produced 1, 60 lb. Yellowfin. Then the seasons most intense non-stop bite began with 2 and 3 fish on at a time and no let up in the action. We had over 30 hook-ups with 21 Yellowfin up to 70 lbs. boated by 10PM. With another limit catch on board we decided to leave for home at 11PM with a very tired but very happy charter.

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Angler Name : Chuck Cumella
E-Mail : ACC@NWL.COM
Boat Name: Lou's Dream
Date Fished: 9/26-9/27
Location: Hudson Canyon; east wall at the elbow
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-70 lb class
Bait or Lure: Butterfish and live squid
Water Depth: 450 ft
Water Temp.: 68-70 deg
Information : I missed another trip w/ Lou (his Tiara), Mike and Nick. They decided to head out to the Hudson on Sunday. They arrived at the west side of the Canyon at 5:00 PM and trolled across to the east side. Nothing on the troll. They set up for an overnight chunk. First fish arrived at 7:00PM. They picked at the yellowfin until about 11:00PM when a fish got tangled around the anchor line. They proceeded to loose the fish and their anchor. The line was cut by the mono. They drifted all night and ended up 8 for 11 fish. All the action stopped at 2:00AM and it was a tiring time from 2 to 6 when they left for home. All in all not a bad trip considering it will cost $500 to $600 for a new anchor and line. I hope to get out there later this week w/ them. Tight lines........

Angler Name : Mike DiRosa
E-Mail : Anchbomb@aol.
Boat Name: 21' Wellcraft
Date Fished: 9/27
Location: off Bayhead
Fishing Method: jig
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 24"
Bait or Lure: Ava 007
Water Depth: 20 to 30 ft
Water Temp.: 69 deg
Information : Left Manasquan Inlet around 9:00am as soon as we got out there we saw fish breaking water all over. tried casting some plugs but no dice, saw some birds working by bayhead earlier from the beach so we went to check it out. Albies every where, swiched it up to some small metals and bagged three on light tackle (great fight). Got a tip from a friend in another boat (Water Torture) that fish where on the bottom so we started jigging and picked up some nice weakfish, caught one 24" (nice fish). Hope to see the bass in soon!! Tight lines!

Angler Name : John Aravecz
E-Mail : fishinbull@aol
Boat Name: RAGINGBULL
Date Fished: 9/27/99
Location: oil wreck
Fishing Method: chunk
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size: 20 to 50lb
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 130
Water Temp.: 68
Information : tough day wind against the tide no giants but some small guys lots of bonito alot of light tackle fun 30lb blue on 10lb test giants are there marked them need the right conditions!!

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept 26-27
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 70 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 600'
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Phil Ludlow charter from Holmdel, NJ out to the Hudson Canyon for a Sunday-Monday overnighter and loaded the boxes with Yellowfin. Electing not to troll and going right to the anchor we had were marking fish immediately and as soon as it got dark we quickly went 6 for 6 on Yellowfin before the action slacked off until 11:00 p.m. Thereafter it was a steady pick with a fish on every 20 minutes with a blitz at sunrise. In total, 18 fish were boated with a bunch more fought only to be lost in battle. Most of the fish were hooked on working rods up high in the slick as the charter stayed up all night and the worked the rods like pros.

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Angler Name : chris
E-Mail : boarder291@aol.com
Boat Name: 25' proline
Date Fished: sunday the 26
Location: off brielle
Fishing Method: chum, we planned on fishing blues
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 1-3lbs
Bait or Lure: big spearing
Water Depth: about 40
Water Temp.: ??
Information : we left about 10 30, originaly going out to pick up some bluefish but there were 4 foot breaking swells and we didnt want to chance it. so we headed south along the beach to brielle. there was a large fleet there bottom fishing and a few chumming blues. we set up a slick and picked up ZERO fish. so after 2 hours we moved to another spot. we found a wreck that held 50-60 big sea bass, so we started to fish for them. we ran out of bait and we started to filet butter fish, it worked, we killed em!

Angler Name : Ron Walker
E-Mail : rwalker@trilogyassoc.com
Boat Name: Carrisma
Date Fished: 9-25 - 9-26
Location: Wilmington Canyon notch
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-100lbs
Bait or Lure: butterfish/squid
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Had a modest 4 for the night, but did pick up a nice 100lber just before sunset. Beautiful night on the water. Some boats had limit, others had 1 or 2.

Angler Name : Gene Karlson
E-Mail : Matawan,NJ
Boat Name: "Shooting Star"
Date Fished: 9-26-99
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16"-24"
Bait or Lure: Killies, Squid, Spearing
Water Depth: 10'-25'
Water Temp.: Nice
Information : Rough day on the ocean today though we didn't do too bad with the Fluke. Seemed like everytime one of us caught one 5 boats would pull up next to us, I guess they couldn't find a fish if they're life depended on it! Between all the Sea Robins and shorts we managed to catch 6 nice keepers which were fiesty as hell. After getting beat up for 3 hours we gradually made our way back around into the bay, stopping in a few spots to try another drift (caught only one more keeper). Striper trip next.

Angler Name : Brian Williams
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 9/25 & 26
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Butterfish chunks & Squid
Water Depth: 400 ft.
Water Temp.: 66.5 degrees
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had his Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina out to the Hudson Canyon for an overnight chunking trip with the Brian Williams charter from Edison, NJ. Seeing the 80 plus boats all bunched up in one area, on the West Wall, we opted to fish away from the crowd. After reading bait and Tuna in 400 ft. of water, we anchored. Before the anchor line came tight we had our first Yellowfin on. Over the next 4 hours we had one of the best nights of fishing this season with 2 and 3 Tuna on at a time in non-stop action. The weighted lines were going off as fast as we got them down to the 100 ft. depth where the Tuna were coming thru. The working lines were being picked up as fast. By 12:30AM we had gone thru 32 hook-ups with a limit catch of 21 Yellowfin and 1 Longfin in the fish boxes. A good time was had by all and we were on our way home by 1:30AM.

Angler Name : Andrew Kolen
E-Mail : andrew_kolen@hq.adp.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 9/26/99
Location: Sandy Hook-North Beach
Fishing Method: surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size: cocktails
Bait or Lure: poppers
Water Depth: surf
Water Temp.: hi 60s
Information : Before I start, Bob Livingstone reported using a "Lefty's swimmer".....does anyone know who makes this and what it is? Anyway, I fished sunrise at the Hook. A brisk NE wind created a consistent chop, alot of peanuts in the wash, but I saw NO bass caught. Caught blues on small poppers and big fluke on snagged peanuts.

Angler Name : donato gradone,steve migliara,eric lentine
E-Mail : donato49@aol.com
Boat Name: NAUTI LADY
Date Fished: 9/25 - 9/26
Location: west wall / hudson canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40 lbs.
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 350
Water Temp.: 66.8
Information : arrived at west wall at 9pm and anchored in 350ft. 2 40lb class yellowfin in the box and lost about 6 others,(6 ounces of lead seemed to be the trick to get strikes)the chunk was rough with 4-6 ft.(maybe more) swells tossing us like a salad,was hard to hold anchor among hundreds of other boats at the wall and heard others were dragging anchors all night...was not the conditions the weatherman predicted (especially for my first canyon trip in my own vessel)but i managed to catch some fish and gain a bit more experience....till next time,tight lines everyone

Angler Name : S Clancy
E-Mail : sclany@pattonboggs.com
Boat Name: Irish Rogue III
Date Fished: 9/25-9/26
Location: Wilmington Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-60lb
Bait or Lure: butters
Water Depth: 400-1000+
Water Temp.: 69
Information : 32' Luhrs Open departed Cape May 4pm. Arrived on site at the tip of the wilm at 7:30 pm saturday to be greeted by over 100 boats lining the wilm from tip to base on both the east and west wall. The lights made it look like the Wildwood boardwalk! Started chunking by 8pm while doing a slow drift (seas were nearly flat) and had the first runoff within 10 mins!. Boated a 40 lb yellowfin. Action was never fast and furious but it was steady and had over 10 runoffs until we departed at 3:00 Am. Boated 5 yellowfin to 60lbs. some boats claimed to have limited out with fish boiling behind the boat but the catch didnt seem quite that hot. Used strictly fluorocarbon leader. Fortunately few boats seemed to have bothered anchoring. The run back to cape may was a little rougher than the ride out as the wind picked up and pushed a quartering following sea at us for the 80 mile ride home.

Angler Name : Mike Dougherty
E-Mail : fishinidiot@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Trailbuster
Date Fished: 9/25-26/99
Location: Toms and Lindenkohl
Fishing Method: Troll and chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50+
Bait or Lure: Artificials and butters
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Chartered the Trailbuster for an overnighter this weekend. Went to toms and trolled with no results,set up for the chunking and got 1 lrg. longfin then nothing,then went to Lindy and picked at yellowfin 50+ for the rest of the night for a total of 12 fish in the box. Thanx to Capt. Frank Camardi and mate Adam.

Angler Name : Brian Williams
E-Mail : CAPTBRIAN4
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: Sept. 25-26,1999
Location: cayons
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 45 lb to 60 lb class
Bait or Lure: butterfish,sardines,& squid
Water Depth: 400 ft to 550 ft
Water Temp.: 69 to 72 F
Information : Limited out with Yellowfin. also, caught one Longfin. Hats off to Capt. Paul & Tony of the Bounty Hunter. They are Truely Proven Fish Producers. Great job guys.

Angler Name : Captain Bob Balewicz
E-Mail : bob@cornerelo.com
Boat Name: Carcharodon
Date Fished: 9/25-26
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk/troll
Specie: Swordfish
Size: 300 lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 375'
Water Temp.: 69
Information : Forget the tuna . . . forget the mahi. This is a once in a lifetime event. I had the Ron Antonelli Fishing Team back to the Hudson Canyon for a troll-n-chunk. Working through the Hudson for over 5 hours of trolling on Saturday produced nothing. Even the pots were clean of Mahi. Setting up for the overnite chunk on the west side, we proceeded to toss bait for 6 hours with no action. During what we thought would be a very quiet night of chunking, we started experimenting with different depths and baits. We were using 50lb standup tackle, and this particular setup was a 50 TW on a Penn International Tuna Stick. Baited with butterfish, on a #7 hook, tied with a Palomar knot with 80 lb leader and 100 lb line, it was the first and last bait to be run-off Saturday night. Ron Antonelli Sr. was the first angler to pick-up the pole after the reel went off, and we then started what was to be a 4� hour fight that would have all six members of the charter taking turns with the pole, each one wearing full standup belts & harnesses. The as yet unidentified fish made over 25 runs, each one taking back 150-200 yards of line and going back deeper. Instead of just going under the boat, the fish made large turns AROUND the boat, and this had the fishermen working off the bow for over 1� hours of the fight, all during a bit of a northeast blow that turned the whole fleet around from their original anchoring position, but thankfully fixing the current running behind the boat. After a while we just moved the drag from strike to full, and still we couldnt slow the beast down. And with the punishment that the line took from moving around the boat, under the anchor line (it was too crowded to get off the ball in case you're wondering) changing hands and fishermen dozens of times, we knew that the fish had to be hooked just right to allow us this much fight time. We were thinking Allison . . . we were thinking Bigeye, but when we finally got the fish to the surface, a very long Swordfish bill was staring us in the face. Gaffed, roped and dragged through the door of my 38' Henriques, she filled up the cockpit and still had her tail sticking out of the door! When weighed at the Brielle Yacht Club scale the Swordfish came in at 300lbs! Many thanks to my friend, Captain Jeff Dangelmajer, for working the charter as my mate. He did a great job througout the fight, helping to maneuver the pole, line & anglers around the boat, allowing the fishermen to play the fish correctly, and to the Ron Antonelli Fishing Team for their diligence, patience and teamwork! What a great season thus far! (By the way, the picture will be on my website this week)

Angler Name : Josef Kolodiej
E-Mail : marc0311@aol
Boat Name: REEL ACTION
Date Fished: Sept. 25-26
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 30-60 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish, Squid
Water Depth: 350
Water Temp.: 66
Information : It was a slow bite. 2 fish before midnight and 2 round 5am

Angler Name : Scott Niccolai
E-Mail : George.S.Niccolai@marshmc.com
Boat Name: Tail Spin
Date Fished: 9/25-26
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-50#
Bait or Lure: butterfish, spearing
Water Depth: 400
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Headed originally to the Toms but experienced sloppy seas and decided for the easier ride to the hudson with some following seas. Arived to the city of boats and set up on the east wall. Within 10 minutes of setting up we had our first two run offs. In total we were 11 for 16 while keeping 5 yellowfin for the table. pretty steady all night but the NE winds blowing at least 15-20 knots threw us around pretty good. got chased off the pot at around 6am and arrived back at the dock at 10am. Great trip for the fishing not so great on the seas. Want to congratulate my crew, glenn for the relentless chunking, dad for the constant working the rods and Andy for falling asleep early and missing three gaffs. do it again in two weeks.

Angler Name : Richard Henderson
E-Mail : richhenderson@lucent.com
Boat Name: Obsession - Barnegat, NJ
Date Fished: 9/25-9/26
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: to 90 pounds
Bait or Lure: butterfish chunks, squid, -secret- bait
Water Depth: 450'
Water Temp.: 66.7
Information : Fishing started off great at around 8PM. Between Luke, Dick and Rich Henderson, 6 yellowfin to 90 pounds were caught by 9:30PM (not bad for only three guys fishing, one of which maintained the slick). Fish continued to enter the slick to about 12AM when the wind started to kick up (as anglers out there that night can attest to). From 12AM to dawn, there were a few run-offs here and there but the real news were the swells and waves that sent quite a few boats home early.

Angler Name : bern
E-Mail : b.kirkland@mailexcite.com
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: 9/24-9/26
Location: North Wildwood-New York Ave. rocks
Fishing Method: tog rig w/ 2 ounce wgt.
Specie: Blackfish
Size: 12 in. 16 in.
Bait or Lure: green crab
Water Depth: n/a
Water Temp.: n/a
Information : went toggin' friday, saturday and sunday. caught over 10 tog each day in about an hour. fished about an hour and half sunday and caught around 20. most around 12 inches. got a keeper friday-16 inches, 3 lbs. got a 13.5 incher on saturday. all the tog were nice and plump. steady action to kept me busy 'til the stripers come in full force.

Angler Name : Andy L
E-Mail : LOJ78@aol
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: 9-26-99
Location: sandy hook
Fishing Method: plugs, peanut bunkers
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 22"
Bait or Lure: yo-zuri
Water Depth: 10'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Fished the hook this morning from 600-1200. At sun-up hit a small bass on a black yo-zuri and that was it till about 900. No bait in the water and a NE wind in my face. At about 900 a huge pod of bait made their way around the hook into the shallows between the false hook and the hook. Caught a couple dozen and livelined them to catch at least 25 fluke (all shorts) and picked up a few bluefish when they came in tight. Saw some bigger fish busting around but had no hookups. NE switched to a calm SE and picked fish till the pod of bait moved south. Still waiting for the bass to come in thick.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept 25-26
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 80 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 67
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Dave Tolchin party from Sayrville, NJ out on the Canyon Runner for a Saturday-Sunday overnighter. Normally we refuse to fish in the Canyon on Saturday night and this trip again showed us that we should stick to that strategy. The Hudson Canyon was loaded with over 100+ boats on both sides and while a few boats did great, it was a struggle on others as the crowd, as usual, hurt the fishing. For us, we immediately had fish in the slick when we anchored and boated a couple Yellowfins only to have 3 boats troll with 100 yards of us right through the slick and another anchor even closer, and thus we lost the fish. We did pick a few more throughout the night but we never had the blitz we were looking for. However, we still ended up heading home with a half dozen nice Yellowfin.

Angler Name : Paul Czaya
E-Mail : pczaya@gpu.com
Boat Name: Tenacious
Date Fished: 9/25-26/99
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling, chunking, jigging
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 35-70 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Green machine, zukers, butterfish
Water Depth: approx. 500'
Water Temp.: 67 degrees F
Information : Captain Bernie Roth had the Joel Frey party out to the Hudson Canyon for some early evening trolling and overnight chunking. Trolling from the west wall to the east wall produced 6 YFT and a few skippies. After setting up for the night chunk on the east wall, the action was steady and the party limited out with 18 YFT in the boxes by 9 PM. Seven more YFT were caught and released by 1 AM, two while jigging. The bite stopped between 1 and 4 AM. Five more fish were caught (three were jigged) and released by sunrise when it was decided to head for the barn. One of the highlights of the trip was Pat bringing a YFT to the boat on a 15 lb. spinning rod. Thanks to Bernie, Joel, Pat, Mike and Steve for helping to make my first trip offshore such a memorable one.

Angler Name : alex
E-Mail : almac128@aol
Boat Name: twin screwz
Date Fished: 9/25 9/26
Location: baltimore canyon
Fishing Method: chunk / troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40--100 lb
Bait or Lure: butter fish lures and bally,s
Water Depth: 350
Water Temp.: 71
Information : good night at the canyon 4 yellow 1 long fin released 2 small mako,s . morning troll 2 more long fin 1 white.

Angler Name : geno
E-Mail : medcaf5@aol.com
Boat Name: na
Date Fished: 09/26/99
Location: Ocean City Surf
Fishing Method: Surf Casting w/bait
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 21"
Bait or Lure: Fresh whole mullet
Water Depth: 4
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Took 21" Weakie and 6 snapper blues (13") using whole fresh mullet, casting into gully one hour before/after low tide. Also, One Large Striped Bass takenfisherman at Great Egg Inlet one hour after low in pre dawn hours, 7ft of water - near sandbar, using bomber plug. Water in the inlets is much clearer than at beach surf zones. Fishing along main beach bound to improve as water clears.

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Angler Name : Gene Karlson
E-Mail : Matawan, NJ
Boat Name: "Shooting Star"
Date Fished: 9-25-99
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16"-20"-22"
Bait or Lure: Killies,Squid, Spearing
Water Depth: 8'-32'
Water Temp.: Nice
Information : Fished for about 2hrs Saturday and only caught 3 Fluke and a bunch of Sea Robins, try again tomorrow when we have more time.

Angler Name : Bob G
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Boat Name: Sun Chaser
Date Fished: 9\25\99
Location: Long Branch to Spring Lake
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 14-19 in.
Bait or Lure: squid,spearing,fluke belly
Water Depth: 60-70 ft.
Water Temp.: about 67
Information : Ran out of Shark River Inlet and had birds working bait at surface. Cast lures and white bucktails for a few minutes and caught 2-3 lb. blues. Continued up to area off of Long Branch and drifted in 60-70 ft of water. Needed 5-6 oz. to hold and caught sea robins, a skate and a dog fish. Moved about a mile north and picked at fluke that were 14-15 inches in size. What happened to the big fall fish? These fish were small and hungry and hit hard. Moved south and ran into a huge fleet 30-50 boats south of the Shark River inlet about 4-5 miles out. Drifted for fluke and caught may shorts and finished with 2 keepers aover 19 inches between 3 of us. So ground swells left over from Gert I guess. Went in around 3:30 and discovered a full moon low tide in the Shark River basin. Water was very dirty with lots of bait and snappers at the marina in the back of the river.

Angler Name : Kevin Orcutt
E-Mail : orcuttk1@aol.com
Boat Name: Capt Robbins
Date Fished: Saturday 9/25/99
Location: Off of the wildwood reef
Fishing Method: Wreck fishing
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 9 inches and up
Bait or Lure: Mackrell and green squid
Water Depth: 65-75 feet
Water Temp.: 70 ish
Information : Nice day but the boat was packed full - no rail space. Sea was a bit rough on the way out which made the chug a little longer than normal. Left the dock at around 7:45 and dropped line at about 9:45am. Current was fast which coupled with the limmeted rail space created lots of tangles. Conditions improved in the afternnon and Capt Mike kept moving until we found some good action. The mates (Terry and Brad) did a great job as always. Between the four of us we ended up eith 67 sea bas an 6 snapper blues. All and all a good day inspite of the two drunks that Terry and Capt. Mike flagged by 10:30 a.m. If your gona drink your face off before lunch - please stay at home so us real anglers can enjoy what we pay for. Capt Robbins boat (Sea Isle) is a great 8 hour wreck fishing boat - Give a try berfore the bass move too far out. Go get um ----FISH ON!!!!!!!!!

Angler Name : Chuck Cumella
E-Mail : ACC@NWL.COM
Boat Name: Lil Fazz
Date Fished: 9-25-99
Location: Monster Ledge, Glory Hole, Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: 10 lbs
Bait or Lure: Everything, feathers, zuckers, birds, green machines, spreader bars
Water Depth: 180-225 ft
Water Temp.: 68.8 deg
Information : Fished w/ my neighbors on their boat; Mike and Nick. We trolled for 4 hours w/ only the one fish. We were set up to chunk for some inshore action w/ tuna but we saved the butterfish and chum for the Canyon. It was dead out there on Saturday. Everyone was complaining about the slow action. Only heard of one boat w/ 2 small bluefins. Everyone else was skunked. Mike and Nick did get out to the Canyon for an overnighter on Sunday, unfortunately I have to work and I did'nt get out there with them Sunday into today Monday. I will write their report once they arrive home. Keep trying, there may be a giant bluefin in your future.

Angler Name : Mike Borris
E-Mail : Moshstein@aol.com
Boat Name: Tenacious
Date Fished: 9/24-9/25
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll, Chunk, and Jig
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-60 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Butterfish, Trolling assortment
Water Depth: 400 ft
Water Temp.: 70 F
Information : Well to make a long story short. I finally made it out on a canyon tuna trip. I should have done this a long time ago. Started out with 6 yellowfin in the boat in 2 hours of trolling. Chunk bite started before we had 2 poles in the water. We had our limit before 9 p.m. Stayed the rest of the night and chunked. All together 18 fish in the boat, 12 fish released at the boat. Action very steady all night. Left at first light. Hats off to Captain Bernie of the "Tenacious". A class act all the way, made my first trip a memory of a life time. Also Kudos to Joel Frey, the man who made it all happen. Thanks Joel, see ya on the chunk, Mike.

Angler Name : Hangsterfer Labs
E-Mail : caveman@jerseycape.com
Boat Name: Miss Andrea
Date Fished: Saturday night Sept 25, 1999
Location: North of Wilminton Canyon in 200 fathoms
Fishing Method: chunking butter fish
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60 to 90 lbs.
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 200 fathoms
Water Temp.: 69.9
Information : Captain John Sowerby and Captain Diana Stover-Sowerby of Caveman Sportfishing Charters out of Cape May, NJ with Captain Rick Shepanski took the Hangsterfer Labs charter to the Wilminton Canyon and caught Yellowfin up to 90 lbs all night. We had 25 hook ups and boated 15 yellowfin and 12 dolphin around lobster pots in less than 5 hours. We quit fishing at 1:00am and was home in time for early breakfast in Cape May. It was as good as it gets. Most of the night we had at least 4 on at same time. Some fish were caught on spinners with 15 lbs test and almost are lines had 40 lb flourcarbon leaders. Angler Name : Ellie Podlesny
E-Mail : ronbone1@aol.com
Boat Name: Big Tahuna
Date Fished: 9/25/99
Location: Harvey Cedars Hump
Fishing Method: Bottom Drifting
Specie: Atlantic Croaker
Size: 14"
Bait or Lure: Squid
Water Depth: 35
Water Temp.: 71
Information : My dad and I fished Harvey Cedars Lump for 3 hours on Saturday, and boated 20-30 croakers, the largest 14". While trying many baits, we found squid to work the best on a fish-finder rig with 1 oz weight. We also caught blues, sand sharks, skates, and a couple small weakies. In all a good day on the water.

Angler Name : Kevin McCarthy
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Day Tripper
Date Fished: 9/25/99
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Chunk/Troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure: Butterfish/Green Machine
Water Depth: 150
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Started chunking by monster ledge at 8:30 am. We were one of a hundred boats. We did not a single hit all day while chunking. Trolled west through the mud hole, had a run off on the western edge of mud hole. No fish, but the weather was great.

Angler Name : matt krol
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 9/25/99
Location: manasquan inlet seawall
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Herring
Size: 11"
Bait or Lure: zeek lure
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 8ft
Information : started fishing at 12:00pm and stopped at 5:30pm. poor day of fishing. I could'nt expect much since I was fishing at low tide. my friend got 1 keeper fluke and 3 throwbacks. I got no fluke at all. only 2 weeks left of the fluke season. after that time to hit the beaches for the blues.

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Angler Name : Dave
E-Mail : dlord@prrc.nmt.edu
Boat Name: Mom's Surprise
Date Fished: 9-24-99
Location: Shrewsbury, Mud Buoy
Fishing Method: Jigging, Chumming, Fly
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 1-3 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Diamond jigs, butterfish chunks
Water Depth: 40-50 ft
Water Temp.: 68-69
Information : Jigged up a couple small blues at Shrewsbury and then joined the fleet chumming at the Mud Buoy by midday. The small blues were thick, inhaling bait, jigs, flies,....whatever we threw at them, just feet from the transom. Winds were relentless from the south, increasing from about 15 kt in the morning to 20 kt by 1 PM. The 6-7 ft. seas made for a tough ride back to Manasquan.

Angler Name : Bob Livingstone
E-Mail :
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: 9/24/99
Location: The Hook
Fishing Method: Plugging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 24in , 26in (approx. 10lbs) & 36in (approx. 25lbs)
Bait or Lure: Lefty swimmer (in yellow)
Water Depth: shore
Water Temp.: nice!!
Information : Fished the hook this morning from 6:00am to 8:30am. It was just beatiful this morning. Plugged with bombers, bucktails and chug plugs before hooking on the old reliable Lefty!. Had a couple of hits on the bomber but no hook-ups. Fish the swimmers slow with some pauses. Had tremendous top water strikes on my Lefty. Both the 26in. and 36in just slammed my plug!!! I've got to cut out of work early and fish late this afternoon early eve!!

Angler Name : kirk ferrier
E-Mail : kirk@kirkelectric.com
Boat Name: deborahmarie
Date Fished: 9/23
Location: mudhole
Fishing Method: troll
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : ran out with my son and 2 friends.got about 10 mi off.big seas 5-7'.had to come back i was the onlyone not sick.caught some short bass off of keansburg pier.just bought a 29 blackfin flybridge.would like to talk with someone with a similar boat.what kind of gph you burn.looking for guys to fish canyons next season split expenses and fish.looking for info on mercuriser efis want to repower.

Angler Name : G.J.Ricc
E-Mail : gjricc2@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 9/23/99
Location: Mantoloking Surf
Fishing Method:
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 1-2lbs
Bait or Lure: metal
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : The birds and the blues were going nuts from 5:30 to 6:00PM. Was nice to see so many fish in the suds. Small but fun to catch.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept 23
Location: Shrewbury Rocks
Fishing Method: Trolling/Jigging
Specie: Bluefish
Size: up to 10 pounds
Bait or Lure: Umbrella Rigs
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had to cancel an overnighter with the Joe Guzzo charter from Allentown, PA due to weather and instead took them inshore for Bluefish, Weakfish and Stripers. Unfortunately only the Blues cooperated as dozens were boated during the trip. The charter however had a blast enjoying the flat seas close to the Beach as the Northwest winds "hopefully" blows itself out for the weekend.

Angler Name : Steve Migliara
E-Mail : smigliara@oceanplace.com
Boat Name: Nauti-Lady
Date Fished: 09-22-99
Location: Mud Hole
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 8-10 lbs
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Started fishing around 8am had first fish on 15 minutes later. Had non stop action from small albies to larger bonita. All and all a great day of fishing.

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Angler Name : John Adamcik
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 9-20/9-21
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 60 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Butterfish chunks
Water Depth: 400 ft.
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had the Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina out to the Hudson Canyon for an overnight chunking trip with the John Adamcik charter. Anchoring in 400 ft. of 70 degree water on the West wall we picked away at the fish from 11PM to 4AM getting 3 to 4 hook ups per hour. At 4AM the bite was over for us and we ended the night with 13 Yellowfin in the fish boxes.

Angler Name : C.J.
E-Mail : CJNESTI@HOME .COM
Boat Name: GOLDEN EAGEL
Date Fished: 9/20/99 9/21/99
Location: HUDSON CANYON
Fishing Method:
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 30# UP TO 70#
Bait or Lure: BUTTERFISH CHUNKS
Water Depth: 400 FEET
Water Temp.:
Information : LEFT AT 7:00 ARRIVED AT 1:00 THERE WAS A SLOW PICK THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE FISHING WAS NOT THE FAST ACTION I HAD HOPED FOR , BUT WAS NOT THE FAULT OF THE CREW. THE MOST NOTED EVENT WAS THE KITE BAIT FISHING . WE MANAGED TO PUT THREE ADDITIONAL TUNA IN THE BOAT. FANTASTIC ACTION WATCHING BIG TUNA SALASHING AT THE BAIT'S. THIS IS A TECHNIC I INTEND TO PERSUE. ALL IN ALL A GREAT TRIP WITH AN EXPERIENCED CREW THAT I WOULD RECCOMEND TO ANY ONE WANTING TO EXPERIENCE THE OFF SHORE CANYONS AT AN AFFORDABLE RATE

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept 20-21
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 80 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie was back out to the Hudson Canyon with the Frank Atkinson charter from Rochester, NY and had the Canyon Runner on the edge of the continental shelf by 8:00 p.m. However, the fish did not cooperate until after midnight. Afraid we made a bad decision by not going to Toms Canyon (Where we had 14 the night before) we almost pulled the to head there but we stuck it out and the decision paid off. From 12:30 to 6:00 we had 35 fish on and boated 23 Yellowfin between 50 and 80 pounds and broke off a small Swordfish. We were back at the dock by 10:00 a.m.

Angler Name : Jim Meyer
E-Mail : INMEMFRANK@aol.com
Boat Name: Debra Ann
Date Fished: 9/19 -9/20
Location: 4o Fathom Line inshore of the Baltimore
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 70#
Bait or Lure: Butters
Water Depth: 240
Water Temp.: 67.5
Information : Headed out on a beautiful nite. Had good reports from the nite before so we set up to drift the lumps inshore of the Baltimore. We had three hookups about 10 pm and boated two but that was it. We were marking fish but the bite stopped. The water was cold and we had 70 degree water on the way out (on the Arlene) probably should have stayed there. We had 4 dolphin in the am working the numerous weedlines. Also saw a small swordfish sunning on the surface in the trunk when we were on the troll. Good luck and tight lines.

Angler Name : ed
E-Mail : emcshe@coair.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: monday sept 20
Location: jb lump/ slough
Fishing Method: bait/trolling
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 15lbs 12oz
Bait or Lure: live mullet
Water Depth: 100 ft
Water Temp.: 71
Information : after getting over the 10ft rollers 10sec apart and the funnel clouds forming in the cloud line we set up a chum slick with butter fish chunks and hooked up on a dolphin after 30 min then the sharks wanted to make a meal out of the chum pot and ended up chewing on the transom talk about action! after loosing a few rigs to old snaggel tooth we headed out to the slough where we found a weed line with all kinds fish jumping in and out of it a few albies were trolled up. we then had a very rough ride back to belmar

Angler Name : peter morales
E-Mail : captain5182aol.com
Boat Name: milwrightsmistress
Date Fished: 9/20
Location: ba bouy
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 10lbs
Bait or Lure: butter fish chunks
Water Depth: 70
Water Temp.: 68
Information : while fishing for blues on monday we had a grate day we managed to catch at least a dozen blues plus acouple of 40 lb tunas what a surprise it was we also had 8 seabass and two porgies along with a very large trigger fish

Angler Name : CHRIS
E-Mail : BOARDER291@AOL.COM
Boat Name: 25' PROLINE
Date Fished: 9/20/99
Location: LEONARDO NJ, SURF
Fishing Method:
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 7-10 LBS SOME STRIPERS ALSO MIXED IN
Bait or Lure: EVERYTHING@
Water Depth: ABOUT 1-7 FEET
Water Temp.: ? I FIGURE ABOUT 72
Information : WE WENT OUT FLUKIN AROUND 12 NOON, NO FLUKE, GOT 3 SHORTS FISHING BELFORD FLATS (LEFT SIDE OF AMMUNITIOJN PEIR)ALSO PICKED UP SOME SMALL WEAKFISH USING SEA ROBIN BELLIES. WE DECIDED TO HEAD IN AROUND 4 30; THE WIND PICKED UP AND WE HAD MY GRANDMA OUT, LOL.I ALWAYS FISH THE BEACH, SO I WENT OVER AND I SAW THE WATER SHINING SILVER EVERY WHERE. THE PEANUT BUNKER WERE SCHOOLED UP ON THE BEACH BY HUNGRY BLUES. I GOT OUT ALL MY EQUIPMENT AND STARTED CASTING A BOMER A AT THE RIPPLES. I DID THIS FOR A LEAST A HALF HOUR, TANGLING UP A FEW BIRDS BY ACCIDENT THAT WERE WORKING THE BAIT. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BAIT STARTED GOING CRAZY. BLUEFISH WERE SLAMMING THROUGH THE BAIT, JUMPING CLEAR OUT OF THE WATER WITH A FEW STRIPERS COMMING WITHIN 3 FEET OF THE BEACH. I CASTED EVERYTHING AT EM. DIAMOND JIGS, PLUGS, SPOONS, SIDEWINDERS, HOPKINS, THEY WOULDNT TOUCH ANYHTING, THOUGH I BELIEVE THEY WOULD HAVE HIT A STREAMER, TO BAD I DIDNT HAVE MY FLY ROD. YTHIS WENT ON FOR ABOUT 3 HOURS WHEN I FINALLY HAD TO LEAVE TO GET READY FOR SCHOOL. THE BLUES AND STRIPERS WERE STILL WORKIN THE BAIT JUST AS HEAVILY AS THEY DID WHEN I STARTED FISHING THEM A FEW HOURS ERALIER. SAD I HAD NOT ONE HOOK UP BUT IT WAS EXCITING WATCHING 10 POUND BLUES CRASH THROUGH MILLIONS(SERIOUSLY) OF PEANUT BUNKER. TIGHT LINES!

Angler Name : john loftus
E-Mail : tuna317@aol.com
Boat Name: T2
Date Fished: 9-19 9-20
Location: lindenkohl
Fishing Method: chuncking jigging
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-120 lbs
Bait or Lure: butters
Water Depth: 500
Water Temp.: 74.5
Information : slow pick of yellowfin all night 8fish total 3 fish over 100 lbs did not see any bait all night long ? had to drift current running very strong all night

Angler Name : Slick Willy
E-Mail : Weavster@msn.com
Boat Name: Canyon Cat
Date Fished: 9/20
Location: sea isle ridge
Fishing Method: chunk/troll
Specie: Little Tunny
Size:
Bait or Lure: spoons/ spearing + butterfish
Water Depth: 55ft
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Trolled Through our regular hot spots on the ridge to no avail. The water was a cloudy green color, with a brownish red film covering the top layer. Needless to say it was not the best conditions to troll in, especially with all the weeds on the surface, so we went to the chunk. After over four hours without any action we called it a day. It was the worst day I have ever had there. An interesting note though; I made a long cast with my spoon and let it flutter to the bottom. As soon as I began to retreive I felt extra weight so I set the hook and brought up a four pound flounder!!!

Angler Name : garry
E-Mail : gsbigfish@aol.com
Boat Name: QueenMary
Date Fished: 09-20-99
Location: The farms
Fishing Method: bait/jigs
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 8-15 lbs.
Bait or Lure: p.bunker,spearing,d.jigs
Water Depth: 80-90
Water Temp.:
Information : The fish were on the bite all day long from the momment we dropped anchor,until the whistle blew.There was a fare share of False Albacor caught,as well as a few Bonita,and as far as the blues go they were huge.Hitting on jigs,cut bunker,and best of all whole peanut bunker.I personaly tied the hook directly to the line no leader by advice of many friends and long time fisherman.They were right I out hooked alot of the people on the boat but only boated 1 out of every 6 fish.It was worth the excitement.Good luck looks like the Floyd didn't scare e'm away.

Angler Name : Rail Rat
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Boat Name: Paramount
Date Fished: September 20, 1999
Location: Inshore
Fishing Method: Bait
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 1lb. - 2 lb.
Bait or Lure: Clam
Water Depth: 60-70 feet
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Difficult day due to wind against tide. Captain could not properly anchor boat on rocks/wrecks. All four morning stops were basically a bust. However, it was evident that the Sea Bass are running. In the afternoon, if you could find the right spot on the boat, the action was fast. I give the Captain credit for not hanging around the non-productive spots too long. The mates were helpful. By the way, I heard there was a bluefish blitz in the Holgate surf. It was "no-brainer" fishing.

Angler Name : Dave and father
E-Mail : dstucy@hotmail.com
Boat Name: sunbird
Date Fished: 9/20
Location: bb bouy and powerplant
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Blackfish
Size: 8"
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 4-9ft
Water Temp.:
Information : We were catching blackfish, blowfish, weakfish, and a sand shark. They were all shorts, the weakfish was 2 pounds, got to keep a couple of blowfish. We caught 5 blackbass, and 6 blowfish, 1 weakfish, and 1 sand shark. it was a good day, Good luck til then

Angler Name : Larry Barr , Frank , Capt Bruce Hrobak
E-Mail : Captwave@aol
Boat Name: Tanerz Lurz , WAVEDANCER
Date Fished: 9/20 /99
Location: Barnaget Bay
Fishing Method: Pluggin the flats !!!
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: # 32
Bait or Lure: Assosted Plugs Atoms and Creek Chubs and Yo zoris
Water Depth: 5 to 15 ft
Water Temp.:
Information : We headed south to My Bass spot although it was a bit eary for the PLUGS we tryed it ushally starts at the next moon so its gonna get much better !! We seen alot of bait and Larry was set up with an atoms popper Blue / white and a short trace of #30 lb seagur florocarbon leader !!!He threw the plug and on his 4 th cast WAM!!!! he was hookedf upa nice fight and the fish ran some line !! We had alot of short strikes too and blues got the few EELS we threwe at the rocks but the BASSIN will IMPROVE !!! Tight LInes CAPT Bruce Hrobak

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
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Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept 19-20
Location: Toms Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Swordfish
Size: 90 Pounds
Bait or Lure: Squid
Water Depth: 600'
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and mate Mike Zajac had the Canyon Runner out to the Toms Canyon (as cold water seems to have infiltrated the Hudson) with the Joe Latona charter from Brooklyn, NY. No action occurred on the troll but drifting quickly produce a 3 for 5 bite on 70 pound Yellowfin and we soon anchored up and picked fish all night. The action was consistent on anchor as we had fish on most of the night putting 14 Yellowfin in the boat by morning. The highlight of the niight was a 90 pound Swordfish, our 14th Billfish of the year and 3rd Swordfish. Of the 14 Billfish, this one was the only one not released. While most of the action was on live squid, we did jig 4 Yellowfin as well.

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Angler Name : DENNIS SAMPSON
E-Mail : BARBARA@08MSN.COM
Boat Name: THE GREAT ESCAPE
Date Fished: 9/19
Location: MONSTER LEDGE
Fishing Method: CHUNK/TROLL
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure: BUTTER FISH/TEASERS/FEATHERS
Water Depth: 180'/230'
Water Temp.: 68-71
Information : STARTED AT THE ARUNDA AND TROLLED TO THE LEDGE,WATER WAS 68 ,WARMED UP AS I GOT TO THE LEDGE. NO READINGS .DROPPED ANCHOR AND STARTED CHUNKING PICKED UP ONE BLUEFISH AND HAD TWO RUNS THAT SCREAMED THE 6'S THEN DROPPED THE BAIT,WHAT A RUSH.NOTHING THE REST OF THE DAY.SEAS WERE FLAT,SUN WARM,BUT MORE DAYS TO COME.[SAFE ON THE SEAS!]

Angler Name : Lou Green
E-Mail : louis_green@ml.com
Boat Name: Green Machine
Date Fished: 9/19/99
Location: Manasquane Ridge
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Northern Stargazer
Size: SKUNKED
Bait or Lure: Zuckers
Water Depth: 75
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Tried trolling the ridge and came up empty after an hour of burning fuel in 2 foot seas with swells that were so far apart they were'nt even noticable. Also tried fluking

Angler Name : Captain Bob Balewicz
E-Mail : bob@cornerelo.com
Boat Name: Carcharodon
Date Fished: 9/18-19
Location: Toms Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk/troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: To 70 lbs
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Bob Thomas, Bob Wald, Tony Hamidy & Phil Howley left the dock with me on Saturday morning. Thanks to good temperature charting from Offshore Satelitte Services (thanks guys!) we pointed the bow at Toms Canyon, which presented the best opportunity for warm, clear water, and we were not disappointed! The ride out on Saturday was everything the weather services said it wasnt . . . not flat, but certainly not the 6-10 footers that they called for . . . although the ride was smoothed over in the following sea. When you trolled into the swells & troughs it got just a bit heavey but settled out quickly in the evening. Overnite sea conditions turned into a lake, allowing those who wanted to drift to their hearts content. While we only managed four nice yellowfin (to 70 lbs), we missed none. It was just one of those nights when you were 200 yards away from the real bite! Hitting some pots on the way in and out enabled us to put a half dozen Mahi-Mahi in the box as well.

Angler Name : Chuck Cumella
E-Mail : ACC@NWL.COM
Boat Name: Endless Love
Date Fished: 9-19-99
Location: Manasquan Inlet south to the old Thunderbird
Fishing Method: Drift(bottom) and troll
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 1 pound
Bait or Lure: lures for the blues and killies and spearing for the bottom fishing
Water Depth: Varoius from 8 ft to 80 ft
Water Temp.: lower 70's
Information : Fished from 7:45 AM until about 12:00 noon. Fished w/ my two sons, Tyler (7) and Brant (5). As soon as we hit the Manasquan Inlet we were into the small blues. Picked at the blues until the party boats and other boat traffic broke up the feeding. Moved south (followed the Atlantis) in search of fluke. Could'nt buy a fluke!!! Found many sea robins only. The kids had a blast w/ catching all the sea robins. We must have had 20 fish in a one hour period. Moved from up on the beach to about 2 miles off shore. Stopped at all the hot spots with no luck. Heard from others a similar report, no fluke. Had a good day w/ the boys. Ended up keeping 4 small blues for the table, everything else went back to the ocean. Hope to try it again next weekend. The only thing that will stop me is if we can get a Canyon Tuna trip together. Good luck to everyone and tight lines.

Angler Name : BRIAN MOLEEN
E-Mail : BMOLEEN@DRESDNER.COM
Boat Name: TAG N BRAG
Date Fished: 9/18 9/19
Location: LINDY
Fishing Method: CHUNK
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-75
Bait or Lure: BUTTERFISH
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 69-73
Information : WE ARRIVED AT THE TIP OF THE LINDY RIGHT BEFORE DARK. SET UP OUR DRIFT RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF A NICE TEMP BREAK. RIGHT AWAY WE HAD 2 FISH ON. FROM THEN ON IT WAS NON STOP ACTION. WE HAD OVER 30 FISH CAUGHT BUT ONLY BROUGHT HOME 15 NICE SIZE YELLOWFIN. WE WERE AT OUR LIMIT SO WE HEADED FOR THE BARN BEFORE DAYBREAK. I HOPE THE CHUNKING REMAINS THE SAME FOR THIS WEEKEND.

Angler Name : Steve Green
E-Mail : Steveeeg@hotmail.com
Boat Name: The Overtime
Date Fished: 9-19-99
Location: Sandy Hook Channel
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17"-25"
Bait or Lure: sea robin & spearing combo
Water Depth: 40'
Water Temp.: ?
Information : caught 5 thick fluke in chocolate milk colored water. large bait and short leaders seemed to work!

Angler Name : Eric S
E-Mail : fishingexpert@yahoo.com
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: 9/19/99
Location: Sea Bright
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: up to 12 1/2lbs.
Bait or Lure: clams
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished clams in the sea bright surf from 2-4p.m. and landed three stripers from about 25" to 31" . Largest weighed at about 12 1/2lbs. A friend I was fishing with caught a 9 1/2lb. striper also on clams.

Angler Name : Mike Rao
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 9-19-99
Location: Lindenkhol Canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 70 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Butterfish chunks
Water Depth: 800 Fathoms
Water Temp.: 73
Information : With the remains of hurricane Floyd thru the area, Capt. Paul Regula had his Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina, Pt. Pleasant out for an overnight chunking trip with the Mike Rao charter. With the satellite shots showing cold water in the Hudson Canyon (65 degrees) our choices narrowed to the Toms or Lindenkhol Canyons which had water in the 71 to 75 degree range. We opted for the Lindenkhol where we found 73 degree water. However, it was off the bank in 800 fathoms. It was a calm ocean so fortunately we could drift. We picked at the fish thru the night having 17 hook ups and putting 9 Yellowfin up to 70 lbs. in the fish box.

Angler Name : CaptNick
E-Mail : CaptNick00@aol.com
Boat Name: St. Jude
Date Fished: 9/18 - 9/19
Location: Toms Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40#-60#
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 680 ft.
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Avoided the Hudson because of reports of 63 degree water. Went with our gut feeling and ran to the Toms where we went from 64 degree water to 75 degree water within 10 miles of the canyon. Trolled for an hour, caught a half dozen dolphin, and then set up for the night in the warmest water we could find, about 74 degrees at that time. We had a slow, but steady pick of yellowfins, a swordfish, and a blue shark until 4:00am when all hell broke loose. There were yellowfins everywhere in the slick and for the hour and a half that the bite lasted we topped our fish boxes with our limit of 15. Thanks to Capt. John Shipley our trip was a huge success, and thanks to the GREAT crew he brought along.

Angler Name : Andy Flint
E-Mail : aflint@ptc.com
Boat Name: I Wear The Pants
Date Fished: 9-19-99
Location: Monster Ledge - Slough
Fishing Method: Trolling / Chunking
Specie: Bluefin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 120 ft
Water Temp.: 68.5
Information : Trolled from Monster Ledge to the Lillian and Slough. No bites! Anchored at the Slough and chunked with butterfish. No Tuna, a couple of False Albacore and 7-8 Bluefish. Slow picking. Whats Up Goggin?

Angler Name : john sbraga
E-Mail : jsbraga@aol.com
Boat Name: spotted dog
Date Fished: 9/19/99
Location: baltimore canyon
Fishing Method:
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40#
Bait or Lure: feathers
Water Depth: 500
Water Temp.: 75
Information : trolled east wall of baltimore. feathers, green machine, cedar plug. bite started after fish were seen breaking water. water was clear with perfect sea conditons. yellowfin, longfin and dolphin.

Angler Name : JIM FEN
E-Mail : INSIDEHOOK@AOL.COM
Boat Name: LAURA MARIE III
Date Fished: sunday 9/19/99
Location: WILMINGTON CANYON
Fishing Method: CHUNKING
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 45 LB
Bait or Lure: BUTTERFISH
Water Depth: 330 FT
Water Temp.: 73
Information : WE CHUNKED STARTING AT 8:30 AM WITHIN 10 MIN WE HAD OUR FIRST HOOKUP. WE WERE 8 FOR 8 TUNA WERE SWARMING ALL AROUND THE BOAT IN OUR SLICK, WE MADE 3 DRIFTS AT THE END OF OUR 2ND IS WHEN A HUGE BLUE SHARK SHOWED UP AND THAT WAS IT NO MORE TUNA

Angler Name : John Pochinski
E-Mail : sandpiper@litenet.net
Boat Name: The SANDPIPER
Date Fished: 9/19/99
Location: Monster Ledge
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40 -50#
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 205'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Started chunking at 7:30 lost a fish at 7:45.All quiet untill 10:00, when Jim Varga hooked into a 50# yellowfin that was landed on 17# test line. After that we then hooked another that was boated. Never had any more run offs. At 12:00 we called it a day. Great trip with perfect weather and company!!!

Angler Name : NJDorado
E-Mail : NJDorado@aol.com
Boat Name: Smuttynose
Date Fished: 9/19/99
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: shorts
Bait or Lure: squid, spearing, killies, live peanut bunker, and mullet,
Water Depth: 19-58'
Water Temp.: 68
Information : Started in the Sandy Hook Channel and drifted over Flynn's Knoll. The fishing was okay today 2 short Fluke, 1 big Sea Robin, and 1 Bluefish. Also lost a bunch of fish because it was hard to tell hits using 6 ounces. Crabs chewed up mullet and spearign was the best bait.

Angler Name : kirk davis
E-Mail : kirk_davis@hotmail.com
Boat Name: paramount
Date Fished: 9/19
Location: off asbury
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 18 keppers to 16''..plus one fat triggerfish
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 60-80ft
Water Temp.:
Information : Fishing was pretty good considering the large crowd..captain moved quite a bit to get everyone in the game...high hook was in the low twenties...most had at leat six fish..have plenty for two dinners umm..tasty

Angler Name : Jim
E-Mail : shep9999@home.com
Boat Name: Amy Sue
Date Fished: Sept 19.PM
Location: R.B.
Fishing Method: trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: *****
Bait or Lure: *****
Water Depth: 30 ft.
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Bay was very offcolor.Didnt see much action...probably the best day ever for everyone else!Think we need two more days till all heck breaks out.Hit em Tuesday!My grandchildren,Amy and Sue got to have fish on table.

Angler Name : Ron Ruth
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Poppa Boca
Date Fished: 9/18/99
Location: baltimore canyon
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 45-65 pounds
Bait or Lure: butterfish & live squid
Water Depth: 325'
Water Temp.: 70
Information : spent the night at the baltimore started on the tip and drifted along the east wall. picked up our first fish about a half an hour after we got there and then only two more during the night. jigged for live squid and used them for the morning bite. got four fish in the morning using the live squid.

Angler Name : Gene Karlson
E-Mail : Matawan, NJ
Boat Name: "Shooting Star"
Date Fished: 9-18-99
Location: Raritan Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 0
Bait or Lure: Killies, Squid, Spearing
Water Depth: 8'-32'
Water Temp.: Nice
Information : Well, it was a nice day for a boat ride and that was about it. First time being skunked all summer with the Fluke fishing. The bay was like coffee with all the fresh water run off from the hurricane.

Angler Name : M. Piosko, M. Volpe
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Caborita
Date Fished: 9/18/99
Location: 2.5 miles East of Shark River Inlet
Fishing Method: Metals with fast retrieve
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: 5-8lbs
Bait or Lure: AVA 007
Water Depth: 60 ft
Water Temp.: 70 degrees
Information : Located a few small pods of spearing off of Shark River Inlet. Were able to land one Spanish Mackerel and 10 False Albacore that morning on light tackle. Unfortunately I did not bring my fly rods. Great day of fishing. The next couple of weeks should be great due to the massive amounts of bait along the coast.

Angler Name : MARTE'
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Tom's fishing machine
Date Fished: 9/18/99
Location: Long Isl. NJ 10M of red tower
Fishing Method: chum & bait
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 2-5 lbs
Bait or Lure: everything
Water Depth: 55 to 65 feet
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Went out 6:oo am , we were the only ones out. Started out slow but then the chum slick started working. Between two of us, we caught 20 blues, 14 crokers (big), 1 keeper flounder 2 shorts & about 15 short but fat weak fish. Not a bad day.

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Angler Name : Bobby Estelella
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Insanity
Date Fished: 9/15 - 9/16
Location: Lindenkol Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk/troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-60 lbs
Bait or Lure: butterfish/ green machines
Water Depth: 400ft + 30ft wuth the occassional swells
Water Temp.: 76
Information : had a rough trip getting out there this morning, I underestimated floyd. Took us over five hours to get out there in our oversized grady white, but when we finally did, the action was red hot. Produced 9 yelloefin on the chunk over night. then we preceded to troll, catching countless albacore and yellowfin. We left by 8:30 this morning, and arrived home just now at 12:45. congratualations to Marge and Evan Wallace on their fine catches of eight yellowfin!!! each!!!

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Angler Name : Steve Oravets
E-Mail : tboatsteve@aol.com
Boat Name: Deep Adventures III
Date Fished: 9/14-15
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunk & Jig
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 30 to 80 lb.
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 400
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Fish were hooked-up 15 minutes after we started throwing chunks. Plenty of bait around the boat and porpoises swimming near-by.Had fish on through out the night until 3am when we limited out with 72 fish. Headed for home at sun-up with a exhausted and bloodied, but happy group of fisherman.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept 14-15
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 70 - 80
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 500'
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and Mates Scott Lisowski & Pauly Pietraszka had the Canyon Runner back out to the Hudson for one more trip, before Hurricane Floyd makes its appearance, with the Shawn Mallory charter from Chatham, NJ and put together a solid catch of Yellowfin on the chunk. Fishing Tuesday into Wednesday we started out trolling but it proved unproductive as only Skipjack were caught. Setting up to chunk on the West Wall we waited until mid-night for the first bite but after that the action was non-stop with a bite ever 15 or so minutes. When the action settle just before sunrise and we had 12 Yellowfin all over 70 pounds on ice. The action was on the West Wall of the Hudson in 500 feet of water. It should be noted that the anglers on this trip were extraordinary as they listen to every piece of advice we gave them and boated every fish that was hooked-up without losing one.

Angler Name : surfcaster
E-Mail : fishingexpert@yahoo.com
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: 9/14
Location: sea bright
Fishing Method: casting plugs
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 26"-32"
Bait or Lure: yo-zuri, bomber
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished from 6-8:45 p.m. Caught 3 blues and fluke on yo-zuri before dark. After dark switched to black bomber and caught 2 stripers 26" and 32".

Angler Name : Andy L
E-Mail : Loj78@aol
Boat Name: surf
Date Fished: 9-14-99
Location: sandy hook,false hook
Fishing Method: live bait, poppers
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 20"
Bait or Lure: mullet, peanuts
Water Depth: 5'
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Walked to the hook at 6:00 tues morning with fish blitzing right out side the trail. Thought they were blues and threw an atom popper out and picked up 6 schoolie bass. Fish were laying in the breaker zone killing the peanut bunkers. After sunup, fish dispersed and threw my cast net to catch some bunkers. Livelined them and picked up short fluke on every other cast. Found a school of mullet on the south sandbar and livelined them. Lost 2 nice bass in the wash each being around 30". Bluefish 5-7lbs popped in and out till about 11:00 am. Took a pailfull home for the freezer.Lot of progress from the week before.

Angler Name : Don F.
E-Mail : mudshark_57@hotmail.com
Boat Name: Atlantis
Date Fished: 9-14-99
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size:
Bait or Lure: butterfish
Water Depth: 500
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Left from Bogan's dock @ 7 p.m mon. with the Dino Graziano charter of 16. Arrived @ the West Wall at 1 a.m. Had first hook-up within 20 min.;a nice Yellowfin lost at gaff. The action was fairly steady till daybreak including several break-offs. Tried trolling @ 8:30 a.m. with no success; then went back to chunking again on the drift. Final count was 14 yellows to 90 lbs. & 3 longfins. In general a good trip with a good captian and helpfull crew.

Angler Name : Jose
E-Mail : woodnnhead@aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 9/14/99
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Surf
Specie: Bluefish
Size:
Bait or Lure: Lures
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Went fishing after work with a buddy got to the hook at 6 pm Bluefish all over the place lost a striper just before going home tite lines guys

Angler Name : Joel,Bob,Nick&Gary
E-Mail : vayianos@superlink.net
Boat Name: Tenacious
Date Fished: sept 13&14
Location: west wall
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40 to 70
Bait or Lure: butters and squid
Water Depth: 350
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Trolling was very slow only two skips but once we set the hook and starting chunking we had flurries of action all night .At daybreak we tallied 11 in the box 12 releases and 6 fish lost. Great trip,great crew and a captain who lets you fish.This is not a sightseeing charter but a trip where you come home a better fisherman because you did the fishing.Thanks to captain Bernie Roth.

Angler Name : Frank Lukenda
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 9-l3 & l4
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 100 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Butter Fish Chunks
Water Depth: 550 ft.
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had the Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina out to the Hudson Canyon for a night of Tuna chunking with the Frank Lukenda charter. Anchoring in 550 ft. of 75 degree water on the West Wall we waited until 1 AM for our first bite, a 90 lb. Yellowfin. At 2:30 AM another 2 fish in the 80 to 90 lb. range were boated. A third fish believd to be a Big Eye Tuna picked up a bait and continued in one sustained run to spool a 50 International without ever stopping once. At 4 AM the chinese fire drill began as Tuna in the 90 to 100 lb. range continued to take the baits. At times two and three fish were being fought at the same time. 16 hook ups with 9 fish landed in the last flurry which lasted until 5:30 AM. Final tally 11 Yellowfin in the fish boxes plus 1 Longfin and 5 very weary anglers.

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Angler Name : H da Silva
E-Mail :
Boat Name: NA
Date Fished: 9/13/99
Location: Keansburgh Pier
Fishing Method:
Specie: Porgy
Size: 7-8"
Bait or Lure: Sand and Blood worms
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Fished from 8am to 2pm. Caught 19 Porgys. Lots of porgies being caught, some nice sized fluke also taken in the morning. Bait fish everywhere....blues were on the attack.

Angler Name : CHUCK CULLEN
E-Mail : C2H7UCK@AOL.COM
Boat Name: CULLEN-ARY DELIGHT
Date Fished: 9/13/99
Location: BARNEGAT INLET
Fishing Method: DRIFTING
Specie: Fluke
Size: 6.75 LBS.
Bait or Lure: FRESH SQUID AND SPEARING
Water Depth: 20 TO 30 FT.
Water Temp.: 72
Information : TRIED FISHING ALL OVER THE OCEAN WITH NO LUCK. JUST ABOUT READY TO QUIT READY TO QUIT WHEN WE DECIDED TO TRY RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE THE INLET. CAUGHT 4 NICE FLUKE FROM 19 TO 27 INCHES. THEN GOT HIT BY COCKTAIL BLUES AND FILLED THE BOX.

Angler Name : Capt Lou
E-Mail : Osprey 30 @aol.com
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 9/13/99
Location: Just out and north of Great Bay
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16 to 21 inches
Bait or Lure: Bunker/fluke bellies
Water Depth: 60 to 65 ft
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Fished on future son-in-law'sboat with Jack and Damion slow day so they saw, took 4 Keeper fluke, numerous shorts, switched over to croakers closer to shore, kept a few and threw the rest back. Also picked up 6 weakies not a bad day Thanks Erick

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept 12-13
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling and Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: up to 90 pounds
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 550
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Tim Hughes charter from Pt. Pleasant out to the Hudson Canyon on Sunday into Monday and put together a decent catch which included a variety of species. Trolling Sunday afternoon produces a bunch of Skipjack but no Tuna. Setting up to chunk on the West Wall we immediately caught and released a 20 pound Mako and within an hour released a 30 pound Swordfish. The Yellowfin showed up by 11:00 p.m. and we had a slow pick putting 4 of 5 in the boat by morning and released a Blueshark and had some Mahi-Mahi. On the troll in the Morning we quickly went 2 for 2 on longfin which hit Jet lures. All in all a solid catch. The best part of trip was the fact that it was the best weather and sea condidtions we have had all year.

Angler Name : kyle & gene
E-Mail : brnifly@aol.com
Boat Name: 20 hydra sports cc
Date Fished: 9/13/99
Location: atlantic ocean
Fishing Method: bottom anchored n drifting
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: anything almost a bare hook
Water Depth: 20-60 ft
Water Temp.: 72
Information : We started out from the highlands and ran to the mud buoy anchored up in about 48' of water and and started fishin for sea bass had many shorts and bergalls for every 6 shorts we caught about 1 nice fish over 12" and we only kept the bigger fish like 14". At the same time we set out a small slick of chum and picked up 6 nice blues then we ran into the shrewsbury rocks and began drifting there just inside the gas can. We made drifts starting in 26' to 16 ' caught some nice keeper sea bass there and some hostile trigger fish but thankfully not one bergall.Overall an excellent trip the ocean was beautiful and a cooler full of tasty sea bass!

Angler Name : kirk davis
E-Mail : kirk_davis@hotmail.com
Boat Name: paramount
Date Fished: 9/13
Location: off asbury park
Fishing Method: bottom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 18 leagl fish to 14"
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Well beautiful day on the water..but way too many people out for a monday...still got 18...capt and crew did their best for 50 plus people

Angler Name : NJDorado
E-Mail : NJDorado@aol.com
Boat Name: Smuttynose
Date Fished: 9/12 & 9/13
Location: Sandy Hook Bay & Navesink River
Fishing Method: Drifting, Chumming
Specie: Fluke
Size: shorts
Bait or Lure: squid and spearing, peanut bunker, mullet, killies
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Started out in the Bay in the Sandy Hook Channel on Sunday and caught some short Fluke and large and small Sea Robins. After a few drifts and some more shorts and Sea Robins moved into the Navesink River where we chunked peanut bunker. Caught no snappers and lots of crabs and some Sea Robins on light gear. Hit the wrong tide. There were Blues all over the bay since there were birds and there were lots but didn't stop coming in. Ran the boat aground but the rear unit just raised itself no big problem just took some paint out. Tried today in the River with killies and mullet I caught cast netting. Didn't get anything because there was no drift tried power drifting but nothing producing. A few snags and no fish so I headed home.

Angler Name : JOHN LOFTUS
E-Mail : TUNA317
Boat Name: SKIPJACK
Date Fished: SEPT.12&13
Location: TOMS CANYON
Fishing Method: CHUNK&TROLL
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 40-90
Bait or Lure: BUTTERS
Water Depth: 550 FT.
Water Temp.: 76
Information : HAD FIRST FISH AT 9:00 PM.THEN NOTHIMG TILL 4:30 IN THE MORNING MAD DOG BITE FISH WERE VISIBLE IN THE CHUNK SLICK BUT WERE LINE SHY TIED CIRCLE HOOK DIRECTLY TO MAIN LINE (80 LB.) CAUGHT 10 YELLOWFIN.PICKED UP 1 MORE ON THE TROLL END UP WITH 12 TIGHT LINES

Angler Name : Peter Brett
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Boat Name: Carrisma
Date Fished: 9-12-99
Location: Few miles inshore of Balt Tip
Fishing Method: Chunk
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 75-100lbs
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Joined the fleet of 100 boats at 10:00 AM. Not a bite until 1:30 and we had to leave at 2:00. Had a nice blitz including a double header. After planting the gaff in a green fish, the fish dove under the boat and levered the gaff out of the caps hands. Ended up with 3 nice fish after a slow start. Just goes to show, you only need a good half hour to turn a bum trip into a success. It was the cleanest, blue water I've seen this year. Hope the storm brings more of that gulfstream water in.

Angler Name : Paul & Stan
E-Mail : pczaya@gpu.com
Boat Name: Risa
Date Fished: 9/12/99
Location: Mudhole, Monster Ledge, Mudbuoy
Fishing Method: Trolling, chunking
Specie: Skipjack Tuna
Size: 8 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Green & yellow jet
Water Depth: 163
Water Temp.: 73.6
Information : Trolled the Mudhole in the area of the Monster Ledge. Caught one skippy during about 3 hours of trolling. The skippy was caught about 1 mile east and 4 miles south of the ML. The further south we went the cooler the water got. At the ML it was 73.7 degrees F and 7 miles south is was one degree cooler. By the chat on 65 it appeared to be a slow day overall for inshore tuna. The skippy hit the jet after a try at a natural cedar plug. Tried the Mud Buoy for blues chunking butterfish but found no action for 1.5 hours. On the way to the MB, the sea surface temperature increased to nearly 75 and we went through increasingly larger areas of red water. It appears that the red tide algae blooms of the past are back.

Angler Name : Matt G.
E-Mail : N/A
Boat Name: mako 23 Inboard
Date Fished: 9/12/99
Location: Cape May/DE - offshore
Fishing Method: Bottom
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 5.5 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Minnow/Spearing/Squid/fluke
Water Depth: 85 - 103 ft.
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Got a tip from a local tackle shop owner and went 21 miles out due south from the inlet. Started out with nice size Sea Bass in 85 feet. Moved to 100 feet of water on out going tide and started bailing the fluke. Fished from 9:30 - 3:30 and ended up with over 50 sea bass from 10 - 19 inches and 20 Fluke from 16 - 25 inches. Keepers out numbered throwbacks for both species by 3 to 1. Best day of the year by far, the long ride was well worth it. I hope the weather allows us to get out there again before the season is over, I'll take Sea Bass and giant fluke over those pesky croakers you catch inside anyday. good luck to all and remember if you want keeper fluke try the deep rough bottom waters in your area.

Angler Name : Daniel
E-Mail : Pasta35@aol.com
Boat Name: Breakaway III
Date Fished: 9/12/99
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: 55 lb
Bait or Lure: Big T lure
Water Depth: 600ft
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Left the dock at 4:15. Started trolling around the east wall/elbow at 8:30. After taking the balleyhoo out of the water and switching to plastic lures, we had a screeming reel. But he got away. But that was not all the action for the day. A couple min. later we had another screeming reel this time we got him. A 55lb longfin tuna.A little bit after that we had a white marlin take a spreader bar of zuckers. While taking a leep in the air, it spit the hook out. The white marlin was about 80lbs. Heard that the chunking at the west wall produced some nice fish during the night. But the troll was slow, not a lot of fish taken on the troll.

Angler Name : Eddie
E-Mail : ed2015@earthlink.com
Boat Name: Wahoo!
Date Fished: September 12, 1999
Location: OC Reef
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 26"
Bait or Lure: shedder and squid
Water Depth: 37
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Fishing is improving! What a great day! The weather was perfect and so was the fishing. The ownly downer was the big one that got away. But we filled the boat with weakies, flounder, and blues. We got sick of unhooking the big croackers but thats only because we were catching so many weakies and big flounder. Best trip so far this year. In fact I think I caught more fish today than the entire season put together. It should only get better in the next couple of months. Looking forward to some big strippers! Good luck to all!

Angler Name : Ken Gerecke
E-Mail : jstp21a@prodigy.com
Boat Name: Freebird
Date Fished: 9/12/99
Location: East of Barnegat Inlet
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16-20"
Bait or Lure: Fluke belly, minnows
Water Depth: 70'
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Joined a couple party boats 6 miles south east of the inlet at about 9AM, drifting for a few miles in 12 knot seas. With two sea anchors out, drifted with 5 oz., and caught 4 keepers, largest one 20", and 7 shorts. Added three seabass, and a 36" bluefish that picked up one of the fluke baits that had a spinner on it. Seas were a lot rougher than forecast.

Angler Name : Mike Saputo
E-Mail : dsaputo@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: surf
Date Fished: 9\12\99
Location: Spring Lake and Bay head
Fishing Method: casting out with slow retrieve
Specie: Fluke
Size: 13"-18"
Bait or Lure: peanut bunker and live snappers
Water Depth: 1'-8'
Water Temp.: 75
Information : Me and my uncle started off fishing the wreck pond flume in Spring Lake, had all the fluke we wanted on peanut bunker until change of tide. Then moved to Bay Head to see if I could net some mullet. We were pleasantly surpirsed to find the fluke hitting there and picked up some more fluke. Funny thing, the fluke in Spring Lake only hit the peanut bunker but wouldn't touch the live snappers, while the fish in Bay Head would only have the live snappers and would have nothing to do with the peanut bunker. All in all, we ended the day with about 70 fluke, 6 of which were keepers. What a great keeper to short ratio, right? Tight lines

Angler Name : Al Gillen
E-Mail : algillen@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Photogenic
Date Fished: 9/12/99
Location: Barnegat N&S Ridge
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: very small
Bait or Lure: assorted miniature clones, feathers
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 73.8
Information : Water quality off Barnegat has fallen significantly although it's still warm. Milky green in many areas with strange areas mixed in each several acres in size, in a reddish- or cedar bog-like color. Today's pick was tough, trolled up two extremely small little tunny and one tiny dolphin. Disappointing after the three yellowfins and countless little tunnys and skippies we caught there a few short weeks ago.

Angler Name : Capt. Gene Doebley
E-Mail : gene10846@aol.com
Boat Name: Nevermoor
Date Fished: 9/12/99
Location: Cigar
Fishing Method: Troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 28 & 42 lb.
Bait or Lure: Zuckers - Ballyhoo
Water Depth: 120
Water Temp.: 71
Information : Trolled the Dog Lump early but only got Falsies. Ran to the cigar by about 8 AM. Picked the 28 lb yellowfin at 9 AM with a Black/Purple Zucker. Took the 42lb. about 45 minutes later on a ballyhoo. Lots of weed in the water kept fouling the lines.

Angler Name : Jerry
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Purple fin
Date Fished: 9/12
Location: Cigar
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-60lbs
Bait or Lure: green machines/ tuna clones/spreader bars
Water Depth: ??
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Headed out to the cigar for some exciting fall action and was rewarded!! Got out there at about 7:30 and was hooked up by 8:00. Had a mixed bag of False Albacore, Yellowfin, bluefin, bonita,and bluefish. The topper on this trip was a 60lb yellowfin on the bird/ green machine combo. most of the fish were Albies, but we had numerous other tunas as well. give the Cigar a shot!!!!Tight Lines!!!

Angler Name : Peter VanDuyne
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 9-11 & 12
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 90 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Butter Fish Chunks
Water Depth: 490 ft.
Water Temp.: 74.5
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had the Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina out to the Hudson Canyon for an overnight chunking trip with the Peter VanDuyne charter from Norristown, Pa. Anchoring in 490 ft. of water on the West Wall we waited until 12:30 AM for our first bite. We quichly boated 4 large Yellowfin in the 75 to 80 lb. range and lost 3 more to our rudders & props. The next bite came at 4:00 AM and we went 8 for l0 on Yellowfins up to 90 lbs. We left at 6:30 AM with l2 fish in the box. Not a bad catch considering we could count up to 97 boats at anchor in very calm conditions, many of which had little or no action.

Angler Name : Capt Joe Kraus along with mate Tony Silvia had Tom and Elaina Mahony on the prowl
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Go "N" bad
Date Fished: 9/12/99
Location: Manasqan ridge,Little Italy,Lillian
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 3to10 pounds
Bait or Lure: black+red--black+purple--green+yellow feathers
Water Depth: 140--170
Water Temp.: 70--72
Information : Started at the ridge at 7:30 no life very quiet,we picked up headed to Little Italy water was nice lots of sea grass but no action headed to Lillian within 5 minutes of droppping lines had multible knock downs had action for close to 2 hours boated 7 dolphin lost about 8 .Turned out to be a long but good trip had prime stock come dinner time.

Angler Name : Lou Green
E-Mail : Louis_Green@ml.com
Boat Name: GREEN MACHINE
Date Fished: 9/11 - 9/12
Location: Hudson Canyon West Wall
Fishing Method: Chunk/troll
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50 - 110 lbs
Bait or Lure: Butters/green machines
Water Depth: 450'
Water Temp.: 74.5
Information : Great trip with 3-5 foot seas on the way out going to 2 at night. Nothing but skippies trolling out then we anchored and had steady action all night. Lots of squid under the lights. These made great baits. Picked up a few longfin another yellowfin and some dolphin trolling the east side in the morning. dirty boat/smiling faces.

Angler Name : Frank, Rick Carrol, Larry Barr, Capt Bruce Hrobak
E-Mail : CAPTWAVE@ aol
Boat Name: WAVEDANCER
Date Fished: 9/12
Location: Manasquan to the Slough
Fishing Method: Trolling and Chunkin
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: Small
Bait or Lure: Red and White jetheads ,Clarkspoons Feathers,
Water Depth: 65 to 128
Water Temp.: 72 to 74
Information : WE began trolling at the Manasquan ridge and was imeadiatly hooked up with a falsie !!! The temp was 73 there then it was slow soon after we moved to the slough area and found large mats of Sargaso weed !! There was small crazy colored crabs and some fish i saw 1 flying fish thought this was good so, we countuied the troll and was a 2 hook up of Falsies as the troll went on along the weeds NOTHING so I decided to Chunk the large mats of weed but as I pulled up and began chunkin there was 2 large Mahi foraging below about 20 lbs each thought this was great but not ONE HOOKUP they must of been spooked by the trolling boats !! Then I spotted LARGE DARK PATCHS of WATER this was accually RED and on the news today it was stated this was a red tide with all that weed and that alge bloom most likley pushed in by Dennis it was horrible we trolled inshore but it was discouraging !!!So hopfully it will clean up so its fishable !! If that guy that needs the TD's of teh sargaso weed still needs some contact me !!! Tight Lines , Capt Bruce !!!

Angler Name : Tony Perovich
E-Mail : TonyP008@aol.com
Boat Name: 008
Date Fished: 9/12/99
Location: Keyport off Union Beach
Fishing Method: Drift/Fast retrieve lure
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 3-4 lbs
Bait or Lure: 007 Diamond Jig
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Went for fluke off of Sail boats. Caught 5 keepers to 4 lbs. Lost 3 big ones at boat. Saw birds swarming near Union Beach and started chasing them for blues. Had a ball catching 3 to 4 pounders. Great fun on light tackle. Great day on water with daughter and her fiancee. Nothing like the look on a persons face when playing their first bluefish. Wish I had a camera.

Angler Name : Captain Bob Balewicz
E-Mail : bob@cornerelo.com
Boat Name: Carcharodon
Date Fished: 9/11-12
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Troll/Chunk
Specie: Albacore Tuna
Size: To 50 lbs.
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Had the Ron Antonelli Fishing Team out to the Hudson Canyon for a chunk-n-troll . . . well, actually a "troll-n-chunk-n-troll". We arrived 1:30 on Saturday & trolled solid until sunset (which in beauty was only surpassed by the sunrise on Sunday), hooking & landing one lone Longfin & a few small Mahi at some pots (which were picked pretty clean by the 250 or so boats in the Hudson . . . it was like a city out there) After tossing the hook, the seas lay down, and Mate Captain Danny Edmonds had to work straight through till 5:30 to bag three more Longfin. We then trolled from the 070 line all the way to the Tip, picking again one lone Longfin. Not the worst of trips, but I feel that enormous amount of bait in the water had the fish making loop-de-loops looking for free handouts! I heard from other boats that either had 20 fish or none . . . so we can't complain too much! Kudos to the Ron Antonelli Fishing Team and Mate Danny Edmonds for working so hard all night and sticking out another 4 hours of trolling in the morning!

Angler Name : Jon Murray & family
E-Mail : murray@quadnet.net
Boat Name: Tunnel Vision
Date Fished: 09/11/99
Location: 1-2 mi. off IBSP
Fishing Method: Drift/Jigging
Specie: Weakfish
Size: up to 18"
Bait or Lure: squid, diamond jig
Water Depth: 48-55
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Had 9 keeper weaks & about 40 throwbacks, also got 2 nice keeper fluke 18 & 22" and of course, some croakers. Great Day!!!

Angler Name : Mark Piosko
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Caborita
Date Fished: 9/11/99
Location: Monmouth Beach
Fishing Method: Jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 25"-26"
Bait or Lure: Bucktail w/ Fin-S Trailer
Water Depth: 10-15ft
Water Temp.: 71 Degrees
Information : Stripers had a massive school of Peanut Bunker pinned against the beach for at least 7 hours on Saturday morning. The fish hit all day. They would only hit bucktails with a Fin-S trailer. Plugs were not affective. By the end of the day 15 bass (all shorts but decent sized fish) 2 Blues and 1 short Fluke were landed. Plenty of action all day on light tackle.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept 11
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 80 pounds
Bait or Lure: Reel Seat Spreader Bars
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 73
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie had the Canyon Runner back out to the Hudson for a one day troll trip and put together one of the better trolling catches in a while. Unable to get out to chunk overnight due to Friday's weather, we left at 3:00 am and decided to troll. The choice was a good one as 18 tuna were fought. We ended up with 7 longfin and 3 yellowfin to 80 pounds and lost 8 tuna due to the rough conditions. Most of the tuna hit Reel Seat Spreader Bars and Jets.

Angler Name : Mike D.
E-Mail : fishinidiot@yahoo.com
Boat Name: Trailbuster
Date Fished: 9/11/99
Location: In front of Atlantic city
Fishing Method: Trolled spoons and bait
Specie: Atlantic Croaker
Size: average
Bait or Lure: mackerel
Water Depth: 20-30ft.
Water Temp.:
Information : On board the Trailbuster with Capt. Frank Camardi, we trolled spoons to scare up some false albies, spanish mack, bluefish, and bonita then bottom fished with mackerel to catch flounder, weakfish, and a lot of croaker. A good day with tight lines and a variety of fish.

Angler Name : Chris
E-Mail :
Boat Name:
Date Fished: 9/11/99
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: surfcasting
Specie: Striped Bass
Size:
Bait or Lure: plugs/live eels
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished the tip on Saturday. Watched clouds of peanut bunker in the face of the waves going back and forth across the point the entire afternoon and evening. Those fishing for fluke had a ball, I had never seen fluke in such a frenzied state, with many of them actually clearing the water to nail a little bunker. A sparse school of blues came through briefly and I managed to nail one on a popper of about 8 pounds. Fished with live eels in the evening from 7 to 10. Conditions and tide looked perfect, but I couldn't find a linesider. Hopefully they'll be heading our way soon. Good luck and tight lines to all.

Angler Name : crabby
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Big Marie S II
Date Fished: September 11, 1999
Location: Deal to Elberon
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure: Smelts and squid
Water Depth: 30 to 50 ft
Water Temp.: n/a
Information : Beautiful weather but fishing was extremely slow. Maybe 6 keepers for around 35 fares, not even that much action with shorts or sea robins. Quite a bit of reddish water starting about a half mile off the beach. One peeve: please give your customers decent bait. The smelts must have been thawed and frozen several times, they would not even stay on the hook because they fell apart as soon as you picked them up!

Angler Name : Capt Lou
E-Mail : Osprey30@aol.com
Boat Name: Everythings Rosie's ll
Date Fished: 9/11/99
Location: Manasquan Inlet to Monmouth Bch
Fishing Method:
Specie: Fluke
Size: 20"
Bait or Lure: Squid Killie
Water Depth: 60 feet
Water Temp.: 71.4 F
Information : Shot up to mommouth Bch with Jimmy Whit.Headboats were on the beach and 2 to 3 miles offshore we tried everything,Jimmy got 2 fluke . Maybe the west wind was too strong. We back to the inlet for a last try and I got a 20 inch fluke and Jimmy hit 3 nice sea bass.

Angler Name : NJDorado
E-Mail : NJDorado@aol.com
Boat Name: Atlantis III
Date Fished: 9/11/99
Location: Navesink & Shrewsbury Rivers
Fishing Method: Drifting, Chunking
Specie: Fluke
Size: None
Bait or Lure: bunker, spearing, and squid
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished the Channel in the Shrewsbury which was very hard but caught 1 Sea Bass, 1 Snapper, and 1 small Weakfish. Was around buoy #30's don't remember specific numbers. Tried other spots like the Quay and Barley Point but nothing there. Went to the Oceanic Bridge and drifted and caught 1 short Fluke on live peanut bunker. Then the tide slacked so I was going chunking. Chunked with Peanut Bunker and Spearing. As soon as the incoming tide started and chum was thrown out we had fish flying over the side of the boat. Sea Robins, Snapper, and 1 small Weakfish. It was really fun chunking and hopefully I will do that again.

Angler Name : Mike Saputo
E-Mail : dsaputo@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: surf
Date Fished: 9\11\99
Location: Spring Lake
Fishing Method: cast with slow retrieve
Specie: Fluke
Size: 13"-16"
Bait or Lure: live snappers and baby bunker
Water Depth: 6 feet
Water Temp.: 75 degrees
Information : We started off the day bright and early looking for some false albacore, after being disappointed and not finding any, we quickly swithched over to fluking. We headed up towards the wreck pond flume, and when we got there, found a lot of mullet and peanut bunker in the water. After cast netting a few, we started catching fish immediately. we finished up the day with about 40 fluke with only 3 keepers, the action was fast and furious with me, my father, and my friend getting a few "triple headers." Tight lines

Angler Name : Morris and Chuck
E-Mail : chuckypete@msn.com
Boat Name: About Time
Date Fished: 9-11-99
Location: 4 miles NE of Beach Haven Inlet
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: 17"
Bait or Lure: minnows
Water Depth: 30-45 ft.
Water Temp.: 72�
Information : Left the dock at 7:45 and went out Beach Haven Inlet looking for fluke. Ran a mile offshore in front of the white water tower. Fishing was non-stop with only 1 shark and 1 sea robin. Caught 5 weakfish, 2 of which 3 were keepers; 1 was over 20" long, 14 croakers, and a 17" flounder. Around noon, went to start engine and there was a problem. Removed cover and there was metal stuck underneath the flywheel. After removing the metal, engine started but would only run at 500-1,000 RPMS. Took 3 hours to get inside the inlet and around the point. Then SeaTow came by and we paid for the ride home. It felt very good to walk on dry land. The fishing was great especially given the reports were not favorable.

Angler Name : Al
E-Mail : Ozzie47@aol.com
Boat Name: Susie-G III
Date Fished: 9/11
Location: Mantoloking-Spring Lake
Fishing Method: drift/bottom
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 14-19"
Bait or Lure: squid/spearing....bucktail
Water Depth: 35-70
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Made the run to the south of Manasquan inlet towards the Thunderbird, then north to the rough stuff off Mantoloking.. Quickly picked up a few big croakers in about 65 feet of water, but the heave got a little too intense, as 8 oz. wouldn't hold, so I headed in closer to the beach.. Found a few pockets of nice keeper sized weakfish in about 40 ft. of water.. A move to the North off Spring Lake-Sea Girt area produced a couple of more keeper weaks, plus a few more croakers, 2 short fluke, and some gargantuan robins.. Not a bad day, but it could've been a whole lot better... tight lines..

Angler Name : Pell Glentz
E-Mail : albatross0099@yahoo
Boat Name: Albatross
Date Fished: 9/11/99
Location: Sandy Hook
Fishing Method: Drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: Up to 3lbs.
Bait or Lure: squid,skipjack strips, and spearing
Water Depth: 12-22 foot
Water Temp.: 73.4
Information : Tons of shorts, 4 keepers, the biggest was 3 pounds. Also had 1 seabass. Fished incoming tide, hot lure was chrome cannonball jig w/ silver mylar topped off with skipjack strip. Back at the dock at 2:30. Not bad for the first time out with my new boat a 17 ft. cc mako.

Angler Name : David Tootchen
E-Mail : Kirby1266@aol.coom
Boat Name: Miss Chris
Date Fished: 9-10-99
Location: old grounds
Fishing Method: drift
Specie: Fluke
Size: up to 5lb 9oz
Bait or Lure: fluke belly,squid,minnow
Water Depth: 75 to 85
Water Temp.: n/a
Information : went out to the old grounds with cap. fred to my favorite sppot for big fluke. The old grounds is always good for big fluke Caught 7 keepers with one 5.64lbs and another one 3.5lbs. the others 17" to 19" long . Also got half dozen nice sea bass. Another good day with fred and chris

Angler Name : charlie and rich
E-Mail : chrep@snip.net
Boat Name: leslie d
Date Fished: 09 10 99
Location: 20 min. slough
Fishing Method: boat
Specie: Atlantic Croaker
Size: one to two lbs
Bait or Lure: anything
Water Depth: 41 ft
Water Temp.: 75
Information : fished cape may inlet in am for small flounder weakfish and bluefish. boat chatter indicated croakers at the 20min slough. caught all to croakers you could handle with no break in the action for four hours. also caught a 28 in. red drum. what at surprise. good fishing

Angler Name : Dave Henn
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 9-l0-99
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 70 lbs.
Bait or Lure: Butterfish chunks
Water Depth: 550 ft.
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Capt. Paul Regula had the Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina out to the Hudson Canyon for an overnight chunking trip with Bob and Dave Henn. Anchoring on the West Wall in 550 ft. of 76 degree water the action was slow thru the night with only 3 Yellowfins being boated. The bite came at 4:30AM as a squall line with high winds and heavy rains came thru the Canyon. An additional 5 Tuna were boated with several others breaking off. We headed home at 7:AM with 8 Yellowfin in the box.

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Angler Name : Capt Lou
E-Mail : Osprey30@aol.com
Boat Name: Everythings Rosie's II
Date Fished: 9/9/99
Location: Off Mantaloking
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Atlantic Croaker
Size: 2 to 3 lbs
Bait or Lure: squid
Water Depth: 60 to 65 Ft
Water Temp.: 71.4
Information : Tired of throwing back 14 and 15 inch fluke. We started to fish for weakies and got a mixed bag of weakies and croakers on light gear. Boated 30 , but searched for fluke and heard of only a few keepers.Boomer was having a ball with the croakers. Next time out we will try further north.

Angler Name : Henry Grochowski
E-Mail : seahank@aol.com
Boat Name: MISS BLUE JEAN
Date Fished: 9-9-99
Location: GE BUOY
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size: small
Bait or Lure: Flounder rigs
Water Depth: 40-50 Feet
Water Temp.: 75
Information : could not get any flounder because the ocean is loaded with Crokers.1t was non stop could have caught a thousand if we wanted.my fishing buddy was sick of taking them off the hook.Hope the weather breaks,we saw blues feeding on the surface.

Angler Name : Adam LaRosa
E-Mail :
Boat Name: Canyon Runner
Date Fished: Sept 8-9
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Chunking
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 50-80
Bait or Lure: Butterfish
Water Depth: 600
Water Temp.: 74
Information : Captain Phil Dulanie and Captain James Rivelli (Calypso) had the Canyon Runner back out to the Hudson Canyon Thursday to Friday with the Russel and Mark Poole charter. The crew and the charter loaded the boxes with big Yellowfin to 80 pounds and were back on their way home by 3:00 a.m., to beat the cold front approaching for the weekend. Getting to the canyon at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday we immediately set up on the anchor and started chunking. The first fish turned on by 8:00 p.m. and we quickly had 2 in the boat. The action slacked off for an hour then all hell broke loose as 3 fish at a time were hooked-up and we had fish in the slick at all times. By 2:00 a.m. the boxes were full with 15 big Yellowfin. Bigger than the normal 40 pounders we have been catching as these fish averaged between 60-70 pounds. At 3:00 a.m. we pulled the anchor and by the time the charter awoke we were back at the dock.

Angler Name : Jim Balicki
E-Mail : emcjim@worldnet.att.net
Boat Name: Cock Robin
Date Fished: 9-9-99
Location: Farms
Fishing Method: Anchor & chum
Specie: Little Tunny
Size: 22 in. to 26 in.
Bait or Lure: Bucktail, Peanut Bunker, Smelt
Water Depth: ?
Water Temp.: ?
Information : Another great day on the partyboat "Cock Robin" from Pt. Pleasant. Caught 6 Little Tunny, commonly known as False Albacore. 4 were on a 1/2 oz. chartruese bucktail and the others on bait, as above. 1 Bluefish on bait. Not the biggest catch ever, but with only 12 fishermen, there was plenty of room to cast a bucktail without tangles.

Angler Name : John Adamcik & Stan Hansen
E-Mail : captpaul@bountyhuntercharters.com
Boat Name: Bounty Hunter
Date Fished: 9-8-99
Location: Hudson Canyon
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Yellowfin Tuna
Size: 70 lbs.
Bait or Lure: trolling lures
Water Depth: 400-700 ft.
Water Temp.: 76
Information : Finally, with Dennis moving North, Capt. Paul Regula had his Bounty Hunter out of Clarks Landing Marina, Pt. Pleasant, NJ out to the Hudson Canyon with the John Adamcik and Stan Hansen charter for a day of trolling. Working the West Wall along the edge down to the S. W. corner in 76 degree water yielded l nice Yellowfin & l Longfin Tuna. Working across the deep to the East Wall & working from the 100 Square to the East Elbow produced a dozen Dolphin & l Longfin Tuna. We saw lots of Porpoise & Whales, however, we did not read a geat deal of bait. Hopefully, the up coming chunking trip on Thursday night will prove more productive.

Angler Name : NJDorado
E-Mail : NJDorado@aol.com
Boat Name: Atlantis III
Date Fished: 9/8/99
Location: Navesink River
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5-10"
Bait or Lure: spoons or snapper poppers
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Started by catching spearing and some peanut bunker. Trolled Fair Haven Docks with spoons and snapper poppers. Almost had 3 triple headers but lost 1 fish so I had 2 triple headers and 1 double header. Fisherman off the pier were catching some snappers. My action slowed but still caught fish. Lost 2 good spoons to snappers. Trolled to Shrewsbury River Yacht Club where I caught more and ended up with 21 in about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Spearing trolled on snapper poppers was deadly and all the fish were big.

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Angler Name : Capt Lou
E-Mail : Osprey 30@aol.com
Boat Name: Everything'sRosie's
Date Fished: 9/7/99
Location: Manasquan River
Fishing Method:
Specie: Weakfish
Size: 18 to 20 inches
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: 12 ft
Water Temp.: 69*
Information : Fished on Jimmy Wittaker's boat JIM/Jan at the Rt.35 Bridge. Started at 7:45PM and as soon as theworm hit the water, I had my first weakie. It was a good hour and a half of fishing,we landed 5 all 18 to 20 inches. the last hour it was small black bass and two 20 inch strippers. All the bass were returned unharmed to the water. I beleive that had we gotten there earlier, we would have added several more fish. There were about 6 or 7 other boats at the bridge,but they were drifting and didn't appear to be doing well. They stayed a few minets and left.It was a beautiful night,the rain held off, and the wind was moderate. The Tide was extremely high and the current was fast.By 10pm it was over and we backed it in.Hope the ocean flattens so we can try again for fluke. Good luck.

Angler Name : NJDorado
E-Mail : NJDorado@aol.com
Boat Name: Atlantis III
Date Fished: Sept 7, 1999
Location: Navesink River
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5-9"
Bait or Lure: snapper poppers and spoons
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : First starte trolling near the SRYC and caught about 7 Snappers all good fightingon snapper poppers and spoons. Went down to FH Docks where I caught more but nothing on live peanuts. Not even a bite. I then trolled and caught 5 more. Talked to a guy fishing caught snappers and some 5-8" Weafish hitting spearing which i didn't bring. Lost a nice fish at the end. Also caught 1 small snapper by my dock in a cast net. There were many smaller ones jumping but fishing I caught bigger ones.

Angler Name : kirk davis
E-Mail : kirk_davis@hotmail.com
Boat Name: dauntless
Date Fished: 9/7/99
Location: off seaside heights
Fishing Method: botttom
Specie: Black Sea Bass
Size: 73 keepers up to 19''
Bait or Lure: clam
Water Depth: 45-65ft
Water Temp.:
Information : The sea bass were ravenous today....73 keepers...a very light crowd due to the stupid weatherman who predicted torrential downpores that never showed up...it was 4 to 5ft and choppy...but the fish didn't care one bit....captain and crew were eager to get them since the fishing is so good and went out with only 9 people..average size was about 14''...it was easy fishing had 16 double headers today...plus a 19'' pool fish..a few fluke, croakers, and bluefish spiced things up...it looks like the storm might have started the fall migration...so get them while they are around...for the most fun use 15b gear to get the best fight...tight lines

Angler Name : Dennis Nieradka
E-Mail : Firstarr 2 aol.com
Boat Name: NIGHT HAWK
Date Fished: SEPT 7 1999
Location: MUD BOUY
Fishing Method: CHUM
Specie: Bluefish
Size:
Bait or Lure: BUNKER & SARDINES
Water Depth:
Water Temp.: 70
Information : Wow a fun filled day . Very bumPoy getting to fishing . But as soon as we started 4 5 7 on at a time . small coacktal blues . Then captain throu spearing and wham little albie all around the boat . Bucktails worked well to . no other boats went out .a little rough getting in but was a good day . THANKS CAPTAIN & MATES THANK YOU NIGHT HAWK

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Angler Name : V. DEGENNARO
E-Mail : VDEG@AOL.COM
Boat Name: SURF
Date Fished: 9/4,5,6
Location: SANDY HOOK
Fishing Method: JIGGING
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 12-15
Bait or Lure: YO-ZURI, TUBES(YELLOW)
Water Depth: SURF
Water Temp.: 71
Information : LAST SATURDAY IT WAS A FRENZY OF BLUEFISH FEEDING ON SMALL BUNKER IN THE LARGEST SCHOOL I EVER SAW!!! I CAST INTO IT AND PULLED UP A FLUKE, DISAPPOINTED I THREW BACK THE FLUKE (SMALL) I RECAST INTO THE FRENZY AND HAD A BIG HIT, I BROUGHT IT IN AND WAS SURPRISED TO SEE A STRIPER! IT WAS 22" IT WAS A BEAUTY BUT TOSSED IT BACK AFTER I SHOWED SOME ANGLERS. THIS WEEKEND WAS A BUST DUE TO THE WEATHER, HEAVY SURF AND WIND SAT & SUNDAY, HEAVY FOG ON MONDAY BUT RELATIVELY CALM. SEE YOU AT THE SURF V

Angler Name : NJDorado
E-Mail : NJDorado@aol.com
Boat Name: Atlantis III
Date Fished: Sept. 6 1999
Location: Navesink River
Fishing Method: Trolling, Casting, Livelinning
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 6-10" but hit like a brick
Bait or Lure: spoons and snapper poppers
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : I was out snapper trolling today and killed them with a total of 67 fish caught my myself and a friend. Spoons were killing the snappers and we had 3 on at once and 2 on at times too. Also snapper popper trolled worked as did fishing peanuts but mostly they were chopped to pieces. All of the fish are there because of the peanut bunker, spearing, and birds. All of this from 3 hours and for the last half hour I fished by self and still managed to get 17 of them out of the 67. I had two double headers too which was fun. Fished from the Shrewsbury River Yacht Club to Fair Haven Docks.

Angler Name : Bill Shillingford
E-Mail : bucktail8@aol.net
Boat Name: Bucktail willie
Date Fished: Sept-3-4-5-6
Location: Corsons Inlet NJ
Fishing Method: trolling and jigging
Specie: Striped Bass
Size: 18-26"
Bait or Lure: Bucktails (of course)
Water Depth: 6-22
Water Temp.: 69
Information : WIND-WIND WIND from the East but manage to get 6-12 small stripers each day,on monday finally located 3 weakfish returning after vacating the ICW waters for the storm.Dennis ruin the 4 days as we were not able to get on the ocean at all.|Once storm leavesthis arwa will get hot but I can't get back until end of the month.Best color was white with white worms trolled SLOW

Angler Name : Craig
E-Mail : Basspond@aol.com
Boat Name: Duranautic 12
Date Fished: 9/6/99
Location: Navesink River
Fishing Method: Livelining
Specie: Fluke
Size: 18 in.
Bait or Lure: Baby Bunker
Water Depth: 6ft
Water Temp.: 70 something
Information : Livelined the night before and lost a rod over the side a fish picked it up and decided it wanted to keep my rod. Sunday I fished in the fog and was redeemed instantly with a 15lbs bluefish soon followed by an 18in fluke.

Angler Name : Andy Flint
E-Mail : aflint@ptc.com
Boat Name: Tail Spin
Date Fished: 9-6-99
Location: Mud Hole/ Lillian
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Dolphin
Size: 3-8lbs
Bait or Lure: Feathers
Water Depth: 164
Water Temp.: 73.5
Information : We were the only boat fishing from the Mud hole to the Lillian. Thought the weather would be rainy and windy, but was just the opposite. Beautiful day and decent action on dolphin and skipjack tuna.

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Angler Name : E d
E-Mail : erosina@aol.com
Boat Name: seawall
Date Fished: 9/5/99
Location: Point Pleasent
Fishing Method: casting from bulkhead
Specie: Weakfish
Size:
Bait or Lure: 3/4oz jig with 4"fin s fish
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fished from 7pm till 8pm. Wife had only fish. Angler said it was a Stargazer. I didn't know how to handle it as I've never caught one in 50 years of fishing. Scouped it up under belly and returned it to inlet. Library book said poisonus spines on back and 50 volts electricity behind head.

Angler Name : NJDorado
E-Mail : NJDorado@aol.com
Boat Name: Atlantis III
Date Fished: Sept. 5, 1999
Location: Navesink River
Fishing Method: Trolling
Specie: Bluefish
Size: Snappers 8-10"
Bait or Lure: kastmaster 1/4 ounce in silver and 1/4 ounce bucktails
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Had 11 snappers on the troll. Lost about 6 more. Of the 11 most were caught on the kastmaster while bucktails caught most of the fish in the beginning. Working around birds has helped my catch.

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Angler Name : NJDorado
E-Mail : NJDorado@aol.com
Boat Name: Smuttynose
Date Fished: Sept. 4, 99'
Location: Sandy Hook Bay
Fishing Method: Drifting
Specie: Weakfish
Size: None
Bait or Lure: Sandworm and squid/spearing
Water Depth: 12-52'
Water Temp.:
Information : Started out by Ammo Pier with a very fast drift with 8 ounces. Had some bites and saw some fish being caught. Caught a short Fluke that hit a worm. Moved over to Bug Light and finally moved to Officers Row where another short Fluke was caught along with a small robin and crabs were eating our baits.

Angler Name : BILL DE ROSA
E-Mail : 123derosa@netscape.com
Boat Name: skiff rental
Date Fished: 9/4/99
Location: point of the hook
Fishing Method: drifting
Specie: Fluke
Size:
Bait or Lure:
Water Depth: very shallow!
Water Temp.:
Information : fished with my brother tom on a rented skiff. started 9am. at the ammo pier no keepers but a 12 shorties in one hour. we than moved across to join the fleet by the hook. it was really slow not even a decent pick. we saw some surf anglers catching a few and decided to go right up to the beach. that proved to be a very good idea! we started slamming fish right in the wash soon as our bait hit the bottom we got hits. in real shallow water the fluke fight hard. finished with 12 keepers and about fifty shorts.

Angler Name : Ken P
E-Mail : kper@bellatlantic.net
Boat Name: n/a
Date Fished: 9/4
Location: Sandy Hook surf
Fishing Method: Spin,cast & retrieve
Specie: Fluke
Size: 16.5
Bait or Lure: Fin-A - 1/4 oz. jighead
Water Depth: 4 ft
Water Temp.: 72
Information : Horrendous weath