Capt. Phil Dulanie took another open boat striper trip out on Thursday of last week only to see the fishing drop off. They had all the bunker they wanted once again off Long Branch but the water temperature dropped 10 degrees from the day before and the fishing shut down. They worked at it hard all day making bait, jigging and re-setting numerous drifts but only ended up with 3 nice bass for the efforts. That said, the charter still had a great time enjoying the ammendities of the 48’ Viking that a couple of them rebooked for another open boat trip on May 27 – if anyone is interested shoot me an email at adam@canyonrunner.com or call me at 732-272-4445.

On Friday Capt. Phil and mate Deanne Lambros got back into the action early on. With the Dan Bryant charter on the boat they didn’t have to go far as the bunker and bass were right outside the inlet at 5:30am. They had nice baits already in the live well from the day before and immediately got into bass as they continued to make more bait for the rest of the day. They worked the beach from Manasquan down to Bay Head and back again picking all morning and ending up with 9 big bass in the boat with several others lost and missed.

We sat at the dock Saturday and Sunday due to the forecast but actually could have fished Saturday as the wind didn’t come on until around 1pm. But when it came on – boy did it!

We’ll have trips all day this week if the weather holds so look for more reports. We still actually have one Sunday open on our 48’ Viking and it’s this Sunday, May 16. If anyone is interested you can have it for only $750 (our normal weekend pricing is $950 so this is a $200 savings!!)