The captains of the Beach Haven Charter fishing Association have a variety of reports. Captain Carl Sheppard of the “Star Fish” reported the inshore ocean water is cold and the fish do not seem to want to bite. Most of the black sea bass he has been keeping have been males. Captain John Koegler took the “Star Fish” to the canyons and returned with a catch of tuna and mahi-mahi. Captain Fran Verdi spent several days last week fishing on the “Hot Tuna” as a mate fishing the marlin and tuna tournament. He said they returned empty-handed after a couple days of hard work. It is now back to the inshore ocean fluke and sea bass trips for him now. Captain George Finck of “Sparetime” Charters had an inshore tuna trolling trip where each of his five anglers caught yellowfin tuna in addition to some nice mahi. The tuna were in the 55-80 pound class. He has also been fishing the inlet for big numbers of small fluke. Enjoying the action in the inlet were the David Hunt party and Gerald Mick and his five grandchildren. Captain George took Todd Kutikoff and Frank Smith out in the ocean for a nice catch of fluke and sea bass, all on the drift. 08/10/10
