November 9, 2010

Yes, we have fresh bunker! The bunker boat braved the high seas and brutal winds. We all owe those guys a sincere thank you.

Rudy Egbert of Mullica Hill reported having a great day on the water today. He headed out this morning and started trolling Maja spoons and Stretch 25's off of the Bather's Beach. The blues were hitting like mad dogs! Rudy had 16 blues up to 12-lbs. He also caught three Stripers up to 32 inches. "It was a little bit rough but it calmed down as the day went on." Art said, "It was just me, myself and I until 1 PM."

Bert Tompson stopped back in just before closing time to weigh in a 27-lb 10-oz Striper that he caught after getting more bait. See earlier report for more details

There have been fish today! A number of fish were caught on the North-end of the Island both on lures and bait. The bait has been holding steady. Let’s hope the fish do too.

Art Manion of Manahawkin weighed in a 40” 24-lb 15-oz Striper that was caught on the North-end of the Island using bunker.

Edmund Flyntz of Ship Bottom weighed in a 32.5” 9-lb 12-oz bluefish that was caught Mid-Island using bunker.

Bert Tompson just stopped by the shop to re-fill his bunker bucket supply while his son Scott stayed on the beach. While here he reported getting in on the action up on the North-end. They each caught a keeper bass. They also caught a number of blues.

Received: Nov 9, 2010 2:05 PM Subject: Barnegat Fishing Report

Went out Sunday with the wife and kids for a family fun day of fishing. With the ocean being a mess and having the little guys on board I elected to stay inside. We wanted to fish around buoy 25 were Oyster Creek and Double Creek channels meet hoping for an afternoon bite. There were a few boats there so we dropped anchor East of the Oyster Creek side. I put a block of chum out and we started fishing. I used one rod with clam and the other with a live spot and the kids did what they wanted. Within a half hour the game was on. It was on a diamond jig that one of the kids was using. We started having some real fun with bass that were around 24-inches. We even had 3 weakfish and a couple of bluefish. These fish were great on light tackle and the kids were having a ball. When the bite slowed down and I saw an opening over were the two channels dump into each other. We drifted with some live spot for a while and picking up 2 more bass. I also saw two really nice bass picked up by boats next to us.

We will be doing open boat trips this Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday in the bay if the weather reports are right. So give us a call.

~ Capt. Tom Cormann, "Bottom Line", www.fishbottomline.com Forked River 201.788.3223

November 8, 2010

One of the Barnegat Boyz, Steve G. stopped by the shop at the end of the day and shared hit latest doings. Last night he had a 30-inch Striper on a Storm Shad. Today had a 29.5-incher on a white bucktail and a 15-lber on bunker chunk in Harvey Cedars.

Don Ingling of Surf City stopped by the shop this evening to weigh in a bluedog for the Derby. His 33" bluefish weighed 11-lbs 6-ozs. Don said he was fishing the North-end of the Island today. He reported having two short bass in addition to this bluefish. The bluefish was caught on bunker.

Pete Cassoff of Dear Lale Park hit the mid-island beach in the early morning. He said that even though there were birds and bait blowing up right in front of him he got skunked. Pete did mentioned that he had caught a couple "striped ones" two nights ago in the boat drifting live eels in the bay down on the south-end of the Island.

November 7, 2010

Received: Nov 7, 2010 4:48 PM Subject: Fwd: Reel Fantasea Fishing Report

Small craft warnings limited us to what we could do for the later part of the week with seas running 4-8ft. Barnegat Inlet was a mess navigating with huge swells on the incoming tide and steep sheer faced breakers on the outgoing tide.

Bucky Hayes started the week with son Sam and joined by friends Rusty and Mark in stiff NE 30kts wind driven rain. The guys toughed it out in nasty conditions, boating 5 stripers [keeping 2 for dinner] and missing about the same before ending the day and heading for the barn.

Jay Simmons joined by business associate Mark Hansen were out in somewhat better weather conditions. Climbing up huge [non breaking waves] easterly swells we made our way out the inlet. Turning North we found a vast bird play with stripers breaking the surface all for ourselves with hopes of a unbridled fall slamfest! A few hook pulls [ lost fish] , surface swirls and missed hits and everything went quiet without rhyme or reason. Searching further North both deeper and shallow provided no better results .Heading back to the inlet we found that conditions deteriorated dramatically with most of the inlet filled with white foaming 8-10 ft green monsters making navigation a bit too exciting for my liking. Once safely back into the bay the guys managed to save the day not only limiting out with stripers but also playing catch and release with plenty more.

Karl Steffan Sr and Jr., Fred Scalera and friend Jack fished in much improved conditions. The guys had a pretty solid day with double digit stripers to 20-lbs and 3 limits as well. As per usual Karl Sr. earned top Bass Master with the largest striper of 20-lbs and most bass boated before ending the day.

My last remaing date in November is November 11th Veterans Day. Whether private or open boat I will be fishing so come get in on the great fall action!

~ Capt. Steve Purul, "Reel Fantasea" Reel Fantasea Fishing Charters www.reelfantaseafishing.com 609.290.1217

Received: Nov 7, 2010 9:53 AM Subject: Barnegat Bay Fishing Report

Well the bass bite in the back bay finally came to life this week, with catches improving steadily after a slow start on Monday. Both live spot and fresh clam baits are now producing fish, with their preference seeming to change each day. But as long as you're prepared with both, it looks like it's Game On!

Tuesday I had Rick Fisher and 12 year old son Gavin out on their now annual Election Day bass hunt, with Gavin claiming family bragging honors with his matched pair or 32" and 31" linesiders. Wednesday brought out Tony Foti with grandson Tony and fishing partner Frank, who bagged five nice bass from the inlet before switching over to blues. The blues also cooperated, with plenty of 8 to 15 pound slammers coming over the side before tired arms sent us in. Thursday's downpour and clients nervous about Saturday's forecast wiped out those trips, but reports from the guys who went out in excellent bay fishing conditions on Friday and Saturday had everyone nailing double digit catches of bass. So they're here and they're hungry, just two weeks later than usual.

The next couple of weeks should be excellent fishing on both the bay and ocean sides if the weather holds. I still have a couple of open dates the week of November 15th for anyone looking to get in a trip before this year wraps up, and may continue for an additional week after Thanksgiving this year if there's any interest.

~ Capt. Jack Shea, "Rambunctious", Barnegat Bay Fishing Charters www.BarnegatBayFishing.com 609.698.3632

Received: Nov 7, 2010 10:45 AM Subject: Saturday fishing

Fished with captain Al V. in the LEI yesterday. Landed two nice keepers with the largest at 38". Caught both on spot. One early and the other on the outgoing tide early afternoon. Interesting site of the day was spotting a seal about 30 yards off of the boat.

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