NJ Fishing reports 5-16

[Saltwater Fishing]

MAY 14 Saw about a dozen black drum last night. Bob Barsalou weighed in a citation 56.3 lb. with the boat bringing in a total of 6. Mike Cathell and Fred Ruff fished Site #6 for flounder before heading to the Coral Beds. Mike boated a keeper flat and they had great success at the Beds, releasing 3, bringing in 3, and losing 3. I fished the beds with Pat Morini and Joe Noble. Joe got skunked but Pat landed a 24.4 lb and I landed 1. The bite's on!


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[Sport Fishing]

Fishing Report 05-14-2010

Lonnie at Castaway Sporting Goods (804 706-9100) reports the following catches: Bruce Weaver (Chester) 15.25-inch crappie; Jeff Clement (Chester) 1-pound brim in a private pond; Jeff Wilson 86-pound bluecat.

White perch are being caught on bloodworms. Croaker are hitting bloodworms, squid and shrimp. Stripers are being caught in the river, but not a lot are keepers as they are shorter than 32 inches. A lot of brim are being caught on crickets in private ponds.

The next Castaways tournament is May 22 on the Chickahominy River at Route 5.

Bass tournament on Lake Chesdin: 1. David Deciucis-Scott Mozingo 14.83 pounds; 2. Andy Gibbs-Mike Gibbs 13.02; 3. Bobby Graves-Terry Ciavarelly 12.33; big fish, David Deciucis 7.88.

Results of the Wednesday night miniseries at Osbourne Landing: 1. Brian Brooks-Jon Dodson 12.98 pounds and big fish of 3.26; Steve Garrett-Clayton Thompson 8.17; 3. Brad Sanderson-Louis White 7.29. The next tournament is May 26 at Osbourne Landing.

Jeff Carney caught a 17-inch rainbow trout in the James River while fishing for rockfish with cut herring. He also caught a 25-inch rockfish and 56-pound bluecat.

Fish Tales Bait and Tackle in Hopewell (804 452-2220) reports bluecats 10-15 pounds were being caught in the Hopewell area up to the power lines. Saltwater action is hot for croaker in the York River, and reports at the James River Bridge are of croaker being caught. Squid and shrimp are the baits of choice.

Results of the Tuesday evening tournament held at the Hopewell Marina: 1. Ryan Powroznik-Alli Powroznik 12.53 pounds; 2. Jeff Hamilton-Trey Goodman 12.05 pounds; 3. Terry Civiarella-Bryan Reedy 10.94; 4. Jeard Lipcheck-Phil Aronald 10.46; big fish: Nathan Thrope-Dawn Thrope 4.88. The next Tuesday tournament is May 25 at Hopewell Marina.

The Hopewell Optimist Club will hold a kids fishing tournament Saturday from 8-11 a.m. at the Appomattox Manor. Registration forms can be picked up at Fish Tales Bait & Tackle. All kids must be 15 years old or younger.

Mike at Pats Sporting Goods (804 748-4165) reports shad and herring fishing has about ended, but croaker are biting at the James River Pier, Rappahannock River and West Point. Most are being caught on shrimp, squid or bloodworms. Rockfish are active below the Benjamin Harrison Bridge with jumbo minnows, long A's and fresh herring doing most of the damage. Lee Donald caught a 52-pound bluecat in the Appomattox River.

Results of the third annual Fort Lee Bowfishing Shoot: family doubles, Bo-Buddy Slaughter 64 pounds; blind doubles, Buddy Slaughter-Travis Spain 38.12; big fish: Buddy Slaughter 21.
CHICKAHOMINY
LAKE/RIVER

Conway's River Rat Guide Service (804 746-2475) out of Ed Allen's Boats and Bait reports Chickahominy Lake midday water temperatures were in the high 60s to low 70s on Wednesday. The lake level was at full pool.

Some crappie were in creeks, mostly around pads and wood cover in the middle sections. Crappie were starting to accumulate on the weed flats in the main lake. A few yellow perch (some citation size) were in creeks and on main lake weed flats. Bass and pickerel were scattered in creeks and on the main lake flats. Wright Bait Co. two-inch curly tail grubs, Kalin crappie scrubs, swim baits and live minnows were the most effective baits for crappie and yellow perch. Fishing with Capt. Conway, Wayne Shook had 10 crappie, four yellow perch (including a 13-inch citation perch) and two bluegills.
CHESAPEAKE BAY/OCEAN

Dr. Ken Neill III reports the black drum bite has been good inside the Great Machipongo Inlet, on the seaside of the Eastern Shore. A few fish have shown at bay black drum areas such as the Cabbage Patch. There will be a fleet of boats fishing for them in the Black Drum World Championship this weekend.

Red drum action has slowed, but are being caught in the Eastern Shore surf. Some fish have been caught on 9-foot Shoal. Striped bass fishing is very good around the CBB-T islands. You can keep one fish per person of at least 32 inches. Boats are coming in with limits and releasing other fish. On May 16, the bay striped bass regulations allow you to keep two striped bass between 18 and 28 inches per person. One fish may be greater than 32 inches.

The flounder bite has been hit with more miss lately. Most of the flatfish caught are too short to keep. The seaside inlets of the Eastern Shore have been producing good catches of flounder. Nice speckled trout are being caught in the Mobjack Bay area.

Dr. Julie Ball reports scattered catches of black and red drum. The few black drum hooked so far are coming from Quinby, Great Machipongo Inlet near Hogg Island, the shallow surf off the Eastern Shore Barrier islands and near buoy 13 on chowder and sea clams. Although most of the blacks are ranging around 30 pounds, a few fish are pushing more than 46 inches. This bite should pick up soon.

Surf anglers are pulling red drum from the surf lines along the Eastern Shore and scattered catches are coming off Fisherman's Island. Many of these hook-ups are a result of spotting a swimming school on the surface. One angler reported releasing a 45-inch red drum on a fly in 6-feet of water inside Fisherman's Island inlet. He spotted a school of about 40 fish and patiently waited more than 45 minutes for the school to resurface.

Striped bass measuring to 46 inches are hitting near the 3rd and 4th islands on both live bait and top-water lures. Top-water lures are working best in the mornings around the artificial islands at the CBB-T. Buck tails, Storm shads and other jigs are working best in the evenings along the tubes.

The lower bay rivers are holding larger croaker, while the Little Creek jetties and Ocean View are hosting medium-sized hardheads, which are hitting squid and Fishbites. Small spot and sea mullet are available in these lower bay locations. The Rudee Inlet headboat fleet is finding scattered small croaker and sea mullet near the bend of the CBB-T at the 3rd island.

Rudee Inlet is an excellent source of respectable bluefish to around 5 pounds. Speckled trout are hitting twister tail grubs within Rudee. A few keeper flounder are coming from the mouth of the inlet.

Blueline tilefish and grouper are available in water 300 feet deep. Seabass season opens May 22.
OUTER BANKS

Leonard Nuchols reports charter boats out of Hatteras Inlet say cobia fishing is improving, with more than 100 fish in some pods Saturday. The Cape Point area reports blues, sea mullet, black drum, puppy drum and blow toads.

Hatteras Village Beaches report blow toads, blues, pompano, sea mullet and Spanish mackerel. Ocracoke Island reports blues, flounder, sea mullet, Spanish mackerel, sea mullet, gray trout, black drum, puppy drum and big drum to 47 inches. One 28-inch striper was caught on cut bait.

The northern beaches report sea mullet, blow toads, blues, black drum, croakers, spots, puppy drum and flounder. The southern beaches report puppy drum, sea mullet, pompano and blow toads. Good numbers of blues have been landed with the pink/green Glass Minnow lure.

The offshore boats out of Hatteras Inlet report dolphin, trigger fish, groupers, tile fish, golden tile fish, albacore, yellowfin tuna, wahoo, king mackerel, amberjacks and blackfin tuna. Inshore boats report great cobia fishing as Gideon McMullen caught an 82.5-pound citation cobia while fishing on the Big Tahuna. Black drum, big drum, Spanish mackerel and flounder are being caught on Berkley's Gulp! Alive Chartreuse Swimming Mullet. One blue marlin was released.

The offshore boats out of Oregon Inlet report yellowfin tuna, big eye tuna, bluefin tuna to 187 pounds, tile fish, dolphin, sea bass and cobia to 75 pounds. The inshore boats report blues, flounder, puppy drum, cobia and flounder.
ELSEWHERE

Results of the Pamunkey River bass miniseries May 1 on Buggs Island, 18 boats, four-fish limit: 1. Brian Hepper-Ivy Hill 9.19 pounds; 2. Brian Pennington-B.J. Seymour 8.41 and big fish 3.37; 3. Barry Bradley-Harold Jackson 7.53. The next open tournament is Sunday on the James/Appomattox rivers, Hopewell Landing, 6 a.m.-noon.

Mike Glass , fishing with Vinny Montecalvo on Friday in a private lake, caught a 7-pound largemouth bass then caught a 27-inch, 9-pound, 8-ounce largemouth bass on a rootbeer-colored worm with a chartreuse tail. Both fish were released.


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[Saltwater Fishing]

5/14 Slow Day in the Bay
Fishing Reports and News
WRITTEN BY CAPT. BOB
FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2010 16:55



Had Rich Brown along with his friends Chris and Andy on board today for some Striper Fishing. Wind was honking down the bay against an incoming tide, nade it impossible to anchor. Went in search of some reads, found fish working on Bunker off the Navy Pier but no Linsiders home. Headed further back in the bay and threw out the Stretchs got a Jumbo BLue, then Nodda. Ran over to the Reach, got great reads but noone wanted to Chew. Slide over to the Knoll now that the tide was running out, nnothing bt Skates and snails. Did not see but a hand full of fish landed on the others around us. Ended the daay pulling Stretches again, but some more Jumbo BLues in the boat. Great day to be on the water, guys were really patient, but were not rewarded.
Back at it tomorrow.


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[Sport Fishing]

Fish, fish, fish, Ronny Bala at Fishermen's Supply reports. "Lots of bluefish from inlet to inlet, from Barnegat to Sandy Hook this week," Bala said. Out front the boats are trolling up bass with umbrella rigs and spoons. The shop had a new trolling/jig lure in stock from Skip's of Edison Custom Lures. The lure is similar to a Krocodile and comes in chrome and brass colors, 4 1/2 to 7-ounces and has a size 7/0 hook. Lastly, Ronny said stripers are being found down on the bottom of the Point Canal on live herring. Captain Bobby Bogan of the Gambler has scheduled an offshore tile trip for Sunday, May 16. The captain. said he has some coordinates where anglers should also be able to catch some wreckfish on the trip. Tom Wolfe of Jersey Coast Bait and Tackle said their customers are doing well catching striped bass with larger jigs from the boats and trolling bunker spoons. The most popular jigs are the Krocodiles in 5.5-and 7-ounces, Viking jigs up to 12-ounces and Grunts. Their biggest weigh-in of the season was a 33-pound bass caught by John Grannon of Manchester in the Brick surf. John was using a fluke spoon. Wolfe added that crabbing for blue claws is pretty good in the northern part of the Barnegat Bay. The Dock Outfitters reports they just received a shipment of Malibu Kayaks. They have them in different models and many anglers are taking advantage of the mobility kayaks offer for fishing from the beaches, the bays and the rivers. The shop reports anglers are catching some blues in the inlet bucktailing in the mornings. Out on the sand, keeper striped bass are being caught regularly with fresh clams. They haven't seen any yet but the shop adds that the big tide runner weakfish should be in any time soon.


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[Sport Fishing]

The word right now is bluefish. Last week the action was hot, it is even better right now. Everywhere I turn, I get reports of bluefish from cocktail size to 15-pounders.

In the spring, we usually get a quick influx of big bluefish that stop by on their migration north. These fish are usually long and lean after their hard winters. These fish stop by for a bite to eat and then head on their way.

For some reason, this year it is different. There are bluefish of all sizes to be found in the ocean, on the beach, in the inlets, and in the bay waters all the way to the LBI Causeway. Capt. Jack Shea of the Rambunctious out of Barnegat told me that there were 15-pound slammers cruising in Double Creek Channel inside Barnegat Inlet one day last week.

Andy Tonnesen at Tony's Bait and Tackle in Manahawkin has his finger on the pulse of the bluefish action in the bay. He reports big blues have been hanging around Long Point off West Creek for several days. The fish have been hitting on fresh bunker and small metals. He says the fish have been averaging 6-8 pounds with a few 10-12 pound fish mixed in.

Last Friday Dick McAuliffe and his son Randy picked up some fresh bunker and mackerel from Andy and had a ball with bluefish under the Causeway. Their biggest fish was 32 inches. Andy recommends the same baits for bluefish in the surf. In a side note, Andy reports a decent striper bite in Marshelder Channel behind Story Island on clam. He says the fish are not real big, but there are some keepers along with small blues in the area.

Andy added the striper trolling action was hot north of Barnegat Inlet last weekend with white bunker spoons seeming to work the best. Wally Sook got in on this action with a 32.5-pound bass that he picked up while trolling along Island Beach. The fish was 46-inches long.

The fishing is so good that the captains even are going out on busman's holidays when they can fit it in. Jack Shea had no parties last week due to some prior commitments and windy weather other days. However, he made it out last Friday morning and reported plenty of bait north of Barnegat Inlet.

First he tried jigging, which only produced a couple of shorts, and then he switched over to trolling, which brought him two large striped bass. One was just over 40 pounds, while the other fish was just shy of 30 pounds. Both fish were stuffed with large bunker and herring but still trying to eat. Jack was trolling with small Maja spoons and wire lines.

Jeff Bauer, mate on the Carolyn Ann III out of Barnegat Light, reports that last Friday, the last day of blackfish season, the pool was won by Jim Wolosin of Medford with a 5-pound blackfish.

That afternoon they took out the members of the Southern Regional High School Fishing Club led by Jason Hoch. Although they had planned to fish for blackfish, they agreed to go for stripers and bluefish. Shortly after putting on the jigs, Richie Herrick of Waretown picked up a 34.9-pound striper that put up a 15-minute fight. Jeff said it is the biggest bass on the Carolyn Ann III in quite a few years. Although that was their only bass, the young anglers had plenty of action on bluefish.

On Sunday's open boat, the Carolyn Ann III found intense bluefish action at the mouth of the inlet. Steve Clegg of Tabernacle was the pool winner with a 9.8 pound blue.

I got the weekly report from the Miss Beach Haven captained by Frank Camarda and Brant Whittaker. The reports are coming from Sal Rosa who heads up the galley. Sal has a correction over last week's report.

Last week, he said, members of the Lacey Township High School Fishing Club had gone out on a trip. Sal reported they had no keepers. It turns out that those avid anglers did in fact put some keeper blackfish in the box. Sal is now nervous about getting "keel hauled" if he makes any more mistakes in his reports.

Last Saturday, the Miss Beach Haven had its first striper, bluefish, and drumfish trip of the season. Sal reports it was a great crowd out for fishing action and a good time. After a couple of stops to find the fish, the action got fast and furious at the tide change.

There were not as many stripers boated as they hoped, but that was probably due to the fierce bluefish action. There were as many as 5 hook-ups at a time. The pool winner was Mike from Barnegat with a 14-pound bluefish.

Val Zak of Oceanside Bait and Tackle reports bass, bluefish, and even some drum on the mid-island beaches. She is recommending clam for the bass and drum, and fresh bunker for the blues. She says that blitz conditions prevail at times with anglers catching fish on practically every cast.

Margaret O'Brien at Jingles Bait and Tackle in Beach Haven reports the outgoing tide to low seems to be most productive in the surf right now. She has been weighing in bass and bluefish and has heard of some decent sized drumfish just under 30 inches.


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[Sport Fishing]

Freda: Stripers, blues still hot targets 05-14-2010

Small craft warnings coupled with high, gusty west winds kept most boaters off the water this past weekend. It prevented them from cashing in on the great striped bass and bluefish action that has been taking place.

Better weather at the beginning of this week put many back into the action.

A large body of striped bass and bluefish continues to be present in Raritan Bay along with Monmouth and Ocean County ocean waters. The concentration and size of fish should get only better in the next several weeks. Bigger striped bass will migrate up from the southern Chesapeake stock of fish. These fish should pull the scales into the 40- and 50-pound range. There are indications this already has begun, as bass more than 40 pounds were caught by a few boaters and even some surf anglers last week.

Capt Howard Bogan of the Big Jamaica out of Brielle reports "excellent striped bass and blue fishing continued through this past week. The high northwest winds did not stop the stripers from biting on Sunday. In fact they bit even better than Saturday. Fishing was excellent with most passengers catching their limit, bonus fish and releasing many more.

"The pool winner was Manny Rosado of Philadelphia with a 40 pound striped bass. Manny also caught his limit, a bonus fish and released 10 more bass. The high hook was Don DeStefano from Harkers Island, N.C., who caught his limit, a bonus fish and released 11 more bass. The Big Jamaica is scheduled to sail for striped bass every day at 7:30 a.m."

In the surf, anglers also are getting their shots at striped bass as the bass have on occasion pushed the bunker schools close enough to the beach for surfcasters to reach them.

Casting out a heavy bunker snag and pulling it through the bait impaling it and then just letting it drop is the best method to employ.

Spooling surf reels with 40 pound braid will help to get that needed distance to reach the schools in many instances. Surf guys fishing clams also are scoring well now with smaller bass on a regular basis.

Bluefish continue to move around the bays in our area and can be caught by casting metals and poppers, trolling plugs or fishing bunker chunks. Along the ocean, water temperatures dropped in the last week to below 50 degrees, so the blues moved out but will quickly return as ocean temperatures return to the mid-50 degree range.

The Saltwater Anglers of Bergen County will hold an auction on all types of fishing gear at their May 18 meeting. Many fishing items will be on sale, some of which are hard to find items at very reasonable prices. The meeting will be held at American Legion Post No. 170, 33 West Passaic St., Rochelle Park, starting at 7:30 p.m. The public is invited. Additional information can be obtained by calling Chuck Santoro at 201-446-9047. More information is also available at www.swabc.org


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