New jersey Charter boat and bait and tackle reports, 7-25-10

[Saltwater Fishing]

It's Sunday morning, 7/25/10. Due to our half-day fishing schedule and periodical deadlines, Sunday's pool winners will now be seen on the following week's schedule.


Carolyn Ann III
18th Street
Barnegat Light , N.J.
609-693-4281http://www.carolynanniii.com/
Capt. Bill Hammarstrom
Capt. Will Hammarstrom
Gina Lawrenson

[Saltwater Fishing]

Fisherman's Headquarters Fishing Report

July 25, 2010

6:00 PM

OCEAN:

Bobby formally of Bobby’s Boat Rental in Barnegat Light was in the shop today. While catching up on lost time she mentioned that she caught the pool winning fluke on Thursday aboard the Carolyn Ann III.

A customer who wanted to remain anonymous said that the Garden State North has had some nice sized sea bass and a couple decent sized flounder. He said, “Gulp! Belly Strips were the ticket.”

With the Beach Haven White Marlin Invitation quickly approaching many offshore anglers are keeping tight lips. So far this year the Northern canyons have produced. The pelagic are there so go get ‘em. The West Wall of the Hudson has produced yellowfin on the troll and out in the area of the 100 square there have been some bigeye.

Nick Remer was out earlier in the week. He trolled inside of the Hudson and picked up an 80lb bluefin tuna that hit one of the spreader bars. The plan was to go the distance but the weather kept them from it.

Closer inshore the Chicken Canyon has produced some nice bluefin. Anglers are trolling ballyhoos (way, way, way back) as well as chunking and jigging.

5:00 AM

SURF:
Saturday, James Buonnanno stopped in the shop and reported action off of the surf right here in Ship Bottom. He landed four fluke and a 23 inch striper. James caught all of his fish on the Gulp! 4” Pearl White Swimming Mullet.

BAY:
Saturday, Rick M. of Harvey Cedars fished the Double Creek area for a couple hours in the morning on the outgoing tide. He reported 5 keeper fluke up to 21 inches. Rick mentioned that he caught the flatties on live minnows and Gulp! (white grub). Javier Guzman was fishing the same area as Rick and he too caught a good number of keepers. Jav was using spearing and Gulp!.

Greg had a fun time night time bay sharking all week long. He has been heading out targeting big dogfish for the Garbage Fish Tourney. He’s looking to top his 15-lb 2-oz smooth dog which currently sits in first place. Greg and crew have also had great success catch and releasing other species such as stripers, sand bar (aka brown) sharks, sand tigers and some monster rays. FYI: Sharks Species That MUST Be Released as per NJFW - Sandbar aka Brown Shark and Sand tiger aka grey nurse shark among others.

Received: Jul 25, 2010 11:17 AM Subject: Barnegat Bay Fishing Report

This is beginning to sound like a broken record, but the unbelievable fluke fishing we've been having in the bay got even better this week. Despite some brutally hot weather all week that saw us heading in early whenever the fishing "slowed down", we landed somewhere between 450-500 fluke over the course of four trips. Sure, the ratio of shorts to keepers is high, I'd guess around 40 or 50 to 1, but plenty of fresh filets were had and when the tide is right the action is non-stop.

Monday, I took advantage of a cancellation to head out looking for a couple of tasty fluke dinners for myself, and had over 80 fluke come over the side in less than three hours.

Wednesday, I had Barnegat's Bill Hoey out with 9 year old stepson John, and the guys landed another 60-70 fish before the tide ran out on us.

Friday, the action picked up (big grin) when Medford's Bill Ruskowski came out with sons Bill, Brian and Kyle to land another 130-140 fish in four hours, with Kyle's 21" fish grabbing Ruskowski family bragging rights.

Saturday, regulars George Selph and Bob Keller joined me in hauling 160-170 more over the side, including five in the box to 24".

Considering the fact that we're using nothing but ultralight tackle, this fishing is nothing short of spectacular since even the small fish fight like trophies. Let's all hope the fun keeps up for a few more weeks.

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


Fisherman's Headquarters -
280 West 9th Street
Ship Bottom , NJ 08008-4613
Phone: 609.494.5739
Fax: 609.494.9271
Toll Free: 877.984.5400

[Saltwater Fishing]

July 24, 2010
Fluking still remains a little picky. The morning trip seems to be the better trip. Anglers using bucktails and spro jigs with a high teaser seems to do the best. We have been fishing around rough bottom and have also been catching a fair amount of sea bass also up to 3lbs.

Bluefishing has slowed down dramatically due to the spawn. We have been catching the little cocktail blues ranging from 1-3lbs. In the next week or so the bigger ones should show up again.

For more information, please feel free to e-mail us or give us a shout at the NormaK III hotline number 732-496-5383.

Hope to see you soon,
Capt. Matt


"Norman K Fleet
Kens Landing
Point Pleasant, NJ
normak123@aol.com
732-899-8868
http://www.normak.com

[Saltwater Fishing]

July 25, 2010

This is beginning to sound like a broken record, but the unbelievable fluke fishing we've been having in the bay got even better this week. Despite some brutally hot weather all week that saw us heading in early whenever the fishing "slowed down", we landed somewhere between 450-500 fluke over the course of four trips. Sure, the ratio of shorts to keepers is high, I'd guess around 40 or 50 to 1, but plenty of fresh filets were had and when the tide is right the action is non-stop.

Monday I took advantage of a cancellation to head out looking for a couple of tasty fluke dinners for myself, and had over 80 fluke come over the side in less than three hours. Wednesday I had Barnegat's Bill Hoey out with 9 year old stepson John, and the guys landed another 60-70 fish before the tide ran out on us. Friday the action picked up (big grin) when Medford's Bill Ruskowski came out with sons Bill, Brian and Kyle to land another 130-140 fish in four hours, with Kyle's 21" fish grabbing family bragging rights. Then yesterday, regulars George Selph and Bob Keller joined me in hauling 160-170 more over the side, including five in the box to 24". Considering the fact that we're using nothing but ultralight tackle, this fishing is nothing short of spectacular since even the small fish fight like trophies.

Let's all hope the fun keeps up for a few more weeks.






Capt. Jack Shea
Barnegat Bay Fishing Charters
220 Biscayne Road
Barnegat , NJ 08005
: (609) 698-3632
barnegatbayfishing@att.net