Sorry its late I was in Dorney Park with the kids. By the way the creek that runs through Dorney had some nice 10lb trout we were hand feeding. My son wanted me to rig a line in the park..lol
Aboard Captain Dave from Atlantic Highlands 1st mate Brett Chamberlain tells me the majority of there charters were for bluefish, and no one was disappointed. Weakfish
are long overdue as the harbor is loaded with peanut bunker. There is still a body of
fluke to be caught and nice sized fish too. The Hi- Mar charter had a very good catch.
With less than 10 days left for the fluke season anglers are working every spot they can.
The Bank of America party, headed by David Cohen. This party wanted to get
in on the bluefish action, so they loaded up the CAPT DAVE with bunker and off they went. The group
had good fishing for most of the day. Pat Tierney took this day pool with
an 11-pound blue, and Larry Haiken scored the most fish.
Another trip sponsored by the HI-MAR club. This time, it was the Point
Pleasant Fire Explorers gang. Fluke was on the menu for this party. After several
stops, we found the fish localized to a spot off the beach, and it was one nice-sized
flattie after the next. Then they were pushed-out by several party boats that were having a bad day and spotted the action. So, a move to the tip of the Hook was in order, and several more nice
fluke were boated. The Fire Explorers would like to thank the HI-MAR guys for their
generosity, and for making this charter possible. To contact CAPT DAVE in Atlantic Highlands call
(862) 485-1358
On the Star Chaser my friend Bill Fee took John Szczesny of Fords out fishing from the SP buoy to the end of the Sandy Hook Channel. With 40 fluke and only 5 were keepers, although many were close to being keepers. The bulk of the keepers were caught by the range towers during the hour before the tide change.
Captain Joe at
NJSaltwaterfisherman.com reported a good day of fluking aboard his boat the
Irish Ayes out of Shark River inlet and punched in the numbers for the Fisherman wreck, found a lump away from the fleet and began drifting. Several drifts produced five keeper fluke and some keeper sea bass. Ron P boated a nice 26 3/4 inch flattie that weighed 7 1/2 pounds on an uncertified digital scale. The catching slowed down some and luckily received a call from Skip on Pop's Soul. Pop’s Soul was picking thru some shorts and putting fish in the box. So Captain Joe made the move and joined Pop Soul. After several drifts they had five more keepers in the box. Captain Joe was able to finish the day with twelve keeper fluke and six sea bass.
Aboard the Miss Norma K Captain Ron Pry reports Fluke fishing has been a steady pick working through the shorts. Anglers have been taking a mix bag of sea bass and keeper fluke.
The Prowler 5 has been keeping everyone happy with its Magic hours for the relentless bluefish and everyone seems to be fighting fish and sleeping well at night.
Off Shore Report Captain Jeff on the Voyager started out the 2007 tuna season with a bang. Out in the canyon and anchoring up for the overnight chunk…First the squid showed up to check things out and about 1 1/2 hours in a pole began to sing. A nice 65lb. yellow fin. They had a few other bites over the next two hours and landed a few more tuna as well as a nice swordfish around 125lbs. At about 2am the fishing really turned on and for the next 3 1/2 hours they had a steady pick with 1 to 6 fish on at all times. Many people had limits. There appears to be a nice spread of quality fish around so it looks good for upcoming trips. Starting on September 4th Voyager will be sailing for tuna everyday. To check availability go to
www.voyagerfishing.com/html/trip_calendar.html or jgutman28@comcast.net
And it keeps getting better the Jenny Lee had a trip we can only dream of Captains Jimmy Gahm and Kevin Gerrity took Ken Switzer of NYC and friends on an overnighter to the Toms Canyon. The started the chunk when like a lightning bolt all 10 lines go off at the same time. Like a heavy metal concert out of control 10 big eyes on at once. After all the mayhem and Kevin saving the day by retying a line in the midst of battle that went 4 for ten. But that’s not the end for Capt Jimmy; two minutes later they are on again and go 1 for two. The fish were in the 175 lb class and at that range and that type of action I’m sure they will need a chiropractor after that trip. Fish on and please keep those amazing reports coming to ron@signbrothers.com
Thank you
