New jersey Charter boat and bait and tackle reports, 8-8

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Saltwater Report: 8/8/2010

Let see if you can guess what the report is going to be. Go ahead and guess. Yup, you got it fluke by day and sharks by night from the beaches. It's funny how the fluke reports vary. One reports the keeper ratio is pretty good and the next it is very bad. It looks like it is a big deal where you are fishing if the keeper ratio is good or not. Of course Gulp is the main bait everybody is using but squid, killies, even sea robin belly is working. Sharks it is bunker chunks. Did hear of a striper caught off the surf on LBI. Must be because of the cooler water temps. Bad thing about that is the kingfish bite is not there. Don't worry though the water temps will come back up soon and the kingfish and croaker bite should turn on.

Bay / Jetty Report: 8/8/2010

Looks like the inlets are the best bet for fluke right now. Barnegat Inlet, Manasquan Inlet, and Little Egg Inlet all had catches of a few fluke and very few keepers. The bays were also kinda slow for fluke. Here is something I didn't think I would be reporting, heard of a few weakfish being caught finally. I wasn't told where from though. Snapper fishing was good. Still no reports of any kingfish or blowfish out of the bays yet. Crabbing is very good now so give it a try.

Fresh Water Report: 8/8/2010

Lots of people fishing and catching fish too. I had tons of reports from all over the place about bass, pickeral, crappie, sunnies, and catfish being caught. If I list all the places I had reports from you would be here all day just reading them. Just get out and fish.

"Fisherman Fred's
2222 State Highway 33
Hamilton, NJ 08690
Phone: 609-570-8035
Fax: 609-570-8036
http://www.fishermanfreds.com "

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Another Sweet Beach Day!

Sunday, August, 8, 2010 at 4:02AM

The weather idiots must have decided that there was no sense trying to make it rain today - Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Enjoy it!
The fishing is pretty much unchanged with Fluke being the daytime target and the shark chasers out at night. We are only getting the occaisional Fluke weighed in but there are plenty going home for dinner. Some guys are complaining about a high throwback ratio and others claim to be doing pretty good. GULP is nearly the universal bait of choice. I am still hearing rumblings of bass on clams and I am still waiting for the proof to be hanging on the scale.
Mike and I have an early morning flight on Wednesday for the Tarpon Tournament. I just realized his seat assignment is next to mine. Does anyone have a pair of those shooters ear protection devices they can loan me?
Grumpy hisself.

"Grumpy's Tackle
906 NE Central Ave.
Seaside Park, NJ
(732) 830-1900
Website www.grumpystackle.com
Email tom@grumpystackle.com
Email paul@grumpystackle.com"

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Sun Aug 8th

Morning bite in the bay seemed slower than yesterday. People that fished yesterday seemed to be having a more relaxing day today and doing some crabbing.

Kingfish again on the outgoing tide this am in the Holgate/Beach Haven area. Guess they are moving in from Brigatine where they have had them all summer. Fred was in from Holgate for more worms and told us he had a 151/2 in fluke on bloods and lost something bigger this am. Surf had a good swell on this morning so it was hard to pull a fish out of the drop so there were a few lost fish.

Early reports from the offshore guys are of some tuna and dophin from the trollers and chunkers.

Temp is 73 this am with no wind to speak of. They are calling for lite SE winds today. Water is 67 at 4am.

High tide today is 6:49 am on the oceanfront.

Quiet morning on the streets at 4:30 am.Just a few bikers either going home or to work riding their bikes in the middle of the street.

From yesterdays SBYC Tournament sounds like the bigger keeper fluke came from the bay.

" Jingles Bait and Tackle
1214 Long Beach Blvd.
Beach Haven, NJ
(609) 492-2795
Website www.jinglesbaitandtackle.com
Email fishjingles@yahoo.com "

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Sunday, August 8, 2010 /\/\/\ 1:03pm

I think there is a vote going on someplace to rename the Little Egg Reef site to "The Skate Reef". If you were looking to escape the inlets and were just trying to entertain some company or children, the Little Egg Reef was the place to be for bending rods. There was a little bit better news coming from anglers fishing on the Garden State Reef, aka "The Tires". It's a long run to pick up a few keepers, but sometimes escaping the congestion of the bay is worth the effort all by itself.
Sea Ya

"Scott's Bait & Tackle
945 Radio Road
LEHT (Mystic Island) NJ 08087
Phone (609)296-1300
Fax (609) 294-1300
http://www.scottsbt.com
http://www.pennparts.com"

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Decent most of the week Bookmark and Share
Sunday, 08 August 2010

Decent most of the week - good this morning but slow this afetrnoon as swells began to develop from offshore tropical depression.
Decent most of the week - good this morning but slow this afetrnoon as swells began to develop from offshore tropical depression.
Two fish big enough to take over the monthly pool were caught this morning
George Elsishans Trenton, NJ caught a 7 lb 2 oz Fluke BUT he was blown away when
Dave Tootchen Phila Pa, a regular on the Jamaica II boated a 10 lb 4 ounce Flattie that's only the second 10 pounder caught this season.
Something tells me its gonna take a bigger one to win the August monthly pool, which includes a year of free fishing on the Jamaica II
Otherwise decent action around the boat this morning but sluggish fishingnthis afternoon

Captain Ryan Bogan Jamaica II

"Jim Drumheller- Jamaica II
Joe Bogan
JBogan5622@aol.com
http://www.jamaicaii.com/
http://www.brielletackle.com/"

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August 8th Report

My apologies for the long delay in updating my reports, I have been experiencing some interesting computer issues that I can only hope are resolved now!

Blue fishing is still challenging with smaller blues taking jigs early then become hard to get as the day wears on. We have been mixing things up a bit when the blues play hard to get and putting some nice seabass and fluke aboard along with a few really nice black drum!

Night blue action has not been good...however we expect them to start biting well any day!

"Golden Eagle
Belmar NJ
732-681-6144
captgreg@goldeneaglefishing.com
http://www.goldeneaglefishing.com"

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Fishing Report

It's Sunday, 8/8/2010. Here are a few LINES of truth.

Monday, 8/2, our AM winner was John Delany from Pennsburg, NJ. John caught a 2.6-lb. fluke. PM champ was Woddy Woodruff of Kinnelon, NJ with a 5-lb. flattie.

Tuesday, 8/3, Bob Nolan of Ship Bottom, NJ took the morning crown with a 5.5-lber. Second trip winner was Red Nuss from Manahawkin, NJ. Red nailed a 4.1-lb. summer flounder.

Wednesday, 8/4, Artie Hoyt of Manahawkin, NJ won the early trip pool with his 2-lb. sea bass. Our afternoon trip pool was won by Gino DiMeglio from Lambertville, NJ. Gino nailed a 3.2-lb. fluke.

Thursday, 8/5, Steve Nulph, Southampton, NJ, got the first win with a 6.2-lb. fluke. Second trip winner was Ren Nociti from Barnegat Light, NJ. Ren (between naps) caught a 5-lber.

Friday, 8/6, the AM winner was Bob Romano from Harvey Cedars, NJ. Bob boated a 3.5-lb.fluke. The PM winner was Steve Kmetz of Doylestown, PA. Steve caught a 5-lb. fluke.

Saturday, 8/7, should have been called the "Dave Frost Show." This Barnegat, NJ resident took the morning crown on a tough pick with a 2-lb. black sea bass. Dave hung around for the afternoon trip and after all was said and done he had four 3.5-lbers and two 4-lbers for his limit and the pool money AGAIN!! Nice job Dave!!!

Less than 30 days left before fluke season comes to an end. The bottom temperature in 49 feet of water was 63 degrees. Squid and spearing are doing the job; however, jigging "spros" and "cannonballs" with pearl gulp took quite a few people by surprise on Saturday. It's a lot more work but the proof of the puddin' is in the books. Adios

Will, Gina and Jeff

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

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Current Report

August 8, 2010

Received: Aug 8, 2010 5:04 PM Subject: Barnegat Fishing Report

Saturday, a great group of firemen from NYC were aboard the "Bottom Line". While vacationing on LBI they wanted to try there luck on some deep sea fishing and the "Bottom Line" was recommended. We went right out of Barnegat Inlet to some local wrecks and picked up some really nice sea bass. I can see these big guys were getting a little tired of the sea bass, so we pulled everything up and headed out to the Barnegat Ridge. This is when having a good mate counts. We changed everything over and starting trolling over some of our lucky spots on the North Ridge Corner. Within a half-hour we had some nice Bonita and bluefish onboard. We started making our why back and stopped just North of the Coast Guard Station off Island Beach State Park for some fluke and had action with 3 keepers and a lot of shorts in a very brief time. Going back there this week with a couple of open boat trips and will report results. I must say we had a good day fishing and a lot of laughs. So Mike, Steve, Sal, Matt, and Crazy Jake... Thanks again guys... and stay safe.

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

Received: Aug 8, 2010 10:48 AM Subject: Barnegat Bay Fishing Report

It's hard to describe to people what this year's back bay fluke season has been like. If a cooler full of fish is the primary goal, a stop at the local fish market is probably a better bet. The current 18" size limit has us releasing 40-50 fish for every one that ends up in the box. But if the pure enjoyment of catching fish on light tackle is what you're after, it doesn't get any better than this. And we're catching enough fish that everyone still goes home with a few filets.

Monday, George Selph joined me for a couple of hours in landing 45-50 fluke to 21" from behind the lighthouse.

Thursday, Rick and Gavin Fisher were out from Newtown, PA and added another four dozen to the count, including keepers of 19", 21" and 22".

Friday, Mike Pochettino came up from Laurel, MD with his dad Lou to get in on the fun, and netted over 100 more fish with a couple fat ones in the box for the dinner table.

Saturday, George Selph and Bob Keller were back to nail an incredible 200+ fluke in four and a half hours before the bite finally died.

That's right.... over four hundred fluke in four trips this week. If you enjoy catching fish on ultralight tackle, it doesn't get any better than this. How long this will go on is anybody's guess right now, but I think we've got at least another week or two left. Hopefully it will last right through Labor Day weekend. I've still got a couple of open dates the weeks of the 16th and 23rd for anyone else that wants in on the fun.

~ Capt. Jack Shea, "Rambunctious", Barnegat Bay Fishing Charters www.BarnegatBayFishing.com 609.698.3632 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 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
http://www.fishermansheadquarters.com/"

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8/7 Fluking/Sea Bassing with a Friend
Fishing Reports and News
Written by Capt. Bob
Sunday, 08 August 2010 07:27

Our charter today cancelled so I was able to spent the day with life long friend Dave Brink. Have known Dave all my life and our families are closly entwinted with their fishing legancys. Day was perfect, great weather and conditions. Headed out bright and early on the outgoing. Stopped at a couple spots in the bay before headed to deep water, shorts and Robbins.

Headed off shore and we started bailing in the Sea Bass and Fluke. On rod or the other was bent at any given moment. Dave was bucktailing, and I was using my personal rig with teaser, pretty much a draw on which produced best. Put the fish we wanted into the box and headed in around 230.

A great day with a great guy, far to few and to long inbetween.


Sandy Hook Fishing
Capt. Bob
160 Main St.
Port Monmouth, NJ 07758
848-218-2425