Out of Atlantic Highlands Captain Scott aboard the Prowler 5 has been keeping anglers busy. Magic hours for night blues have been an all out slaughter. Fish are in the six to twelve pound range. Mark, Frank and Mike were busy all night gaffing fish. The pool winner was 12 lbs. caught by John Macchiarello of Elmwood Park, NJ. Don Spur of Keyport caught 30 himself, releasing 15 of them.
www.prowler5.comRaritan bay reports have been slow with few keeper fluke and small bluefish patrolling the bunker pods. Reports of weakfish have also been spotty in the Back Bay. Most anglers are moving into deeper cooler waters outside the hook for more action.
Captain Steve on Reelfantasea out of Barnegat Light has had a solid 2 weeks in the bay where the weakfish are on fire. Grass shrimping and jigging, blues, fluke, hickory shad, blowfish, and kingfish just to name a few species in the bay this time of year. For the best bay fishing NJ has to offer contact captain Steve at reelfantasea@comcast.net
Off Shore the Renegade chartered a trip for Tuna and had a triple play of Tuna, Mahi Mahi and a monster hammer head shark that was estimated at 300 lbs then released.
Renegade hosted the Steve Filippi charter from Hybridge, NJ for a Saturday/Sunday overnighter. The made it to the Lindenchol Canyon. After a 5 hour ride in some steep troughs. At around 10:00 pm the 50TW nearly gets spooled, after a 45 minute tough battle Bill Anderson gets the fish up, a 300 pound scalloped hammer head that was released after an awesome battle on 60 lb.test. Schools of large squid showed up for a while eating small anchovies and sardines. Then at 2:30 am the lines were singing they picked up the first yellow fin tuna and picked up 8 more through the night from 40 to 80 lbs. All tuna were caught on squid and sardines. In the AM they also picked up 6 Mahi mahi before heading home. Renegade will be hosting charter and open boat Canyon trips till mid December, for details and dates call Capt Mike 732-718-8339 or send an email thru the site;
www.renegadesportfishing.net In the next few weeks the canyon reports will be coming in with amazing stories to tell so please keep those reports coming to ron@signbrothers.com
Family Event
Asbury Park, NJ – Learn to surf and hang ten with Spellbinders Surf Shop’s professional instructors during the 1st Annual Clean Rides for a Clean Ocean at Asbury Park’s Surfing Beach at Eighth Avenue on August 24th.
Families will also groove to music and give-aways presented by Skull candy, as well as a live surf and skate board art demo by local artist Ronnie Jackson. Bring your own surfboard, skate board, body board, or skim board, and Ronnie will work his magic. Post-surf munchies and refreshments will also be provided. FOR GIRLS & BOYS REGISTRATION: 8:00am to 3:30pmSTART TIME: 9:00am LAST LESSON: 4:00pm CONTACT: Regina Fernicola, Spellbinders Surf Shop, (732) 531-SURF 7873 for additional information
At 4:00pm, Clean Ocean Action will host activities and a presentation beachside where families will learn simple ways they can be the solution to ocean pollution.
Participants must have basic swimming skills. Registration will be continuous throughout the day. Registration begins at 8:00am until 3:30pm sharp.
Clean Ocean Action’s mission is to improve and protect the marine waters off the New Jersey/New York coast through research, education, and citizen action. COA was founded in 1984 in direct response to the devastating ocean pollution events of the 1980s. Today, COA is a coalition of thousands of citizens dedicated to safeguarding the ocean. Visit
www.cleanoceanaction.org for more information.
