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NJ Saltwater Fishing Reports and Information => NJ Saltwater Fishing Reports => Topic started by: IrishAyes on May 19, 2009, 05:34:38 PM
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Captain Mike and I had Jim and Tony on board for Angela Rose's first charter of 2009. We left the dock at 730 with bass on our minds. The game plan was to head north and fish the Shrewsbury Rocks, stopping on the way on any good marks or bunker.
Breaking the Manasquan Inlet put us right into a nice pod of bunker. We had Jim and Tony jigging while Mike and I threw snag hooks into the bunker pod. We snagged several and transferred them over to the live lining outfits.
After several drifts around the bunker pod we decided to give up on them as there was no action. We did not see any other boats hooked up.
At Elberon we spotted more bunker. We saw nothing in the stretch between Manasquan and Elberon.
We set the bunker lines out again and, shortly after, Tony's rod starts peeling out line. After a good fight Tony brings in the first keeper striper of the season.
(http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg80/irishayes_photos/armay19charterfirstkeeperofseason.jpg)
We stayed in this area keeping on the outskirts of the bunker. Jim put the second bass into the boat, another keeper.
(http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg80/irishayes_photos/ARMay19charterJim.jpg)
The guys had about five runoffs without getting hooked up. The bunker were brought in to be changed and we found them to be scaled and somewhat bruised by what was apparently bass.
Two more keepers were boated by Tony and Jim giving each their 2 fish limit.
The first fish was weighed on an uncertified digital scale and it lit the numbers up at 21 and 1/2 pounds. The other three fish were in the same weight range.
(http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg80/irishayes_photos/ARMay19CharterTomy.jpg)
(http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg80/irishayes_photos/armay19charterJimonfish.jpg)
(http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg80/irishayes_photos/armay19charter016.jpg)
(http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg80/irishayes_photos/armay19chartercatch.jpg)
(http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg80/irishayes_photos/armay19charterJimandTony.jpg)
All in all, not a bad start for the season for the Angela Rose II.
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Way to go Capt Joe, starting it off right
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Nice Job Guys.. t^
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nice job Capt.
NJDEVIL >:D
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Nice job today Capt. Joe! chrz
Tony and Jim will be back again after today. TT^
Great way to kick off the season for the AR. chrz
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nice going guys and some nice fish,great pics also t^ Kez
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Way to go guys
Nice fish!!!
Good to see the action bounce back
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good stuff joe!!!!!!!!!!!
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Way to start the season! t^
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Awesome start guys, way to go. I slt the crew.
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Way to kick off 2009 Capt Joe t^
awesome job with the pictures!
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Nice catch guys. Those are nice fish. t^ t^
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Awesome Job Captain!!!!
Thats a sweet ride!!!
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Welcome Aboard Hurricane, glad to have you here.
Happy Catching
Paul
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Good Job Joe t^
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Awesome job guys!! Wish I could have been there but I did get to go for a boat ride on the Hudson ;D
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TT^ Nice going Joe keep up the good work t^
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Great job Joe. t^
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nice job boys and great looking fish t^
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t^
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Great catch, ARII. If you don't mind my asking, how do you hook the bunker when livelinig? i usuually nose-hook them but have had awful hookup ratios in the past.
Thanks
blynch
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I usually hook them thru the snout just in front of the eyes, probably just as you do. Or I will put the hook in the mouth and out of the top. Depends on what mood I am in at the time, no real reason why I do one over the other at any particular time. t^
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outstanding limits all around
way to start off the charter season
some real bruisers there, great pix
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Sweet way to start the season chrz
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w00t Nice way to open the season on the A R, I think you guys are going to have a busy year on the water t^
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I usually hook them thru the snout just in front of the eyes, probably just as you do. Or I will put the hook in the mouth and out of the top. Depends on what mood I am in at the time, no real reason why I do one over the other at any particular time. t^
cool. sounds like i've just had bad luck. Tnaks again. t^
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ohh hey.. nice to see the AR2 out there! ill miss it.. i know that customer jim... hes been out a million times.. good to see him with some big bass finally!! good job capt joe.. good luck with the boat maybe ill see ya down at the dock one day
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I'll be looking for you down there Kevin. Good luck with whatever you will be doing this season. t^
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Great start to the season on the ARII!
TT^