2008 Fishing Reports
5/10/08: I had a double header today. Rob and his friends from Philadelphia were hoping to get into some striper action. Unfortunately, no stripers around willing to bite. We do have stripers to our south and I anticipate getting into them any day now. We did enjoy some bluefish and the guys had a fun time with unlimited dog shark fishing. The afternoon trip had Steve Cortese and his son and two friends from Germany. They just wanted to catch a lot of fish. So after playing with the blues, we headed back into the ocean for an unbelievable bite of dog sharks. We must of caught over 100 sharks. We even broke out the light tackle rods to make it a little more challenging. They were glad with the absolute non-stop action. Again, unfortunately no stripers. Any day now we are due! Capt. John
5/3 -5/4: Both days great fishing if you like catching bluefish. Iwas out with my three boys, Andrew, Jake, and Brandon. It as consistant action trolling for bluefish. Saturday had the challenge of fishing in pea soup fog, but the fish didnt seem to mind. Sunday was a beautiful day and the fish came on a bit stronger. This Saturday we will be fishing a double header with two back to back charters for bluefish. Stay tuned!
Fishing Report 4/25-4/26:
4/21/08: I was out this afternoon with my kids again. Some nice size blues were caught in about the three pund range under some working birds. great action and all fish were released. We also put one nice weakfish in the boat of about 8 lbs. The weakfish have been over by the power plant outflow. Book your trip now! We have a spring special for bay fishing for only $500 for 6 hours. We will be fishing for bass, blues and weaks. Capt. John
4/19/08: I went out today with my boys for flounder and bass. We tried two spots that were holding fish the week before, but had no luck. I think the flounder are all gone. Capt. John
3/5/08: Get ready to fish! The boat is just going through some last minute maintenance and will be ready to go next week! Book your trip now! We already know boats getting bass by the power plant outflow. Its been a warm winter and the season has started now! Looking forward to another great season. Capt. John
2007 Fishing Reports:
12/15/07: We were out today with Lee Schimmel, JD Langlois, and Pete Andersen. We headed straight out of he inlet on our way to a favorite wreck for blackfish, when I had to stop the boat. My fishfinder showed tons of fish and bait in 50' of water. We stopped and had bass almost imediately, but all were shorts. We had to call it an early day due to the heavy seas, but we ended up with 12 bass in 41 degree water. I should get a few more trips in before my boat comes out so call to book your trip now. Capt. John
12/8/07: I did another open boat striper trip today with Scott Armstrong, Edward Maciejeuski, Bill Vandergrift, Haig Panossian, and Peter Andersen. All of which were from PA. We headed back to where we were last week and found some birds and some fish marks around Harvey Cedars, but not like it was the week before. So we worked our way back up north to Island Beach State park area. We jigged up a keeper immediately and then a short, but then the action died. We also jigged a winter flounder, so that makes three flounder in three weeks. At leats this one was not lost like the summer ones from the past two weeks. We eventually went trolling and got another keeper. All in all a tough day. We ended up with 2 keepers out of 3 bass total. Biggest bass was 30". This Sat we will be doing a combination Tog and Striper trip. It will be an open boat trip and I still have a few spots left. Call if interested. Capt. John
12/1/07: Today we had an open boat trip with great results. Out with us today were, Roberto Weinman, Chria and Eric Jud, Anton Dodel, and father and son team of Mike & Chris Bodner. We had a pick of bass and blues all morning in some very stiff winds. By the afternoon we were in 55' of water off of Harvey Cedars in 46 degree water. The action just exploded as bass and blues were coming over the rails at a steady pace. There were fish and birds all over! Check out the picture of my fish finder, just loaded with fish and bait. We even landed another fluke of 19" just like we did last week jigging, which was realeased due to the season being closed. We stayed a little longer than planned and still the fish were all over. No one was near us by the end of the day as we had these fish all to ourselves! We caught 22 Bass and about double that in blues. We finished the day with the biggest bass at 34" We will be fishing until there isnt any more fish to catch. Book your trip now to get into this action. Capt. John
11/24/07: We had a good report from yesterday, so we headed to the same spot. We left promptly at 7 AM with Mike Hetrick and is fishing and hunting buddies from Reading, PA. We arrived on the Harvey Cedars Lump to tons of birds and fish. We caught bass and blues consistantly. We even landed a 20" fluke that we had to release due to the closed season. When the action slowed a bit, we heard of fish being caught 12 miles to he north off of Island Beach State Park in 60' of water. Again more bass and blues all over. The strangest thin of the day was a robin landed on our boat in the morning and hung out with us all day, even when we ran from Harvey Cedars to Island Beach State Park. He seemed very comfortble just being on board and then he flew away later in the day. We ended the day with 25 stripers of which 3 were keepers, 10 jumbo blues, and one fluke. The blues and fluke were released.
11/17/07: I was out with two neighbors, Tommy Cormann and John Tomko and nine year old Jake Post. We got a call about non stop fishing to our north, so thats where we headed. When we arrived, we were into bass and blues. They spanned about a 5 mile range with fish busting the surface and birds working on top. We jigged them consistantly all morning. The bass were 20" - 25" and blues were about 4 lbs. We left that action to look for bigger fish in deeper water (60') to troll up more bass in the same size class. The only difference was that the blues were all jumbos with the biggest being 16 lbs. What a day! There is still plenty of fish to our north, so book your trip now for some of the best fishing around. Capt John
11/11/07: Today we were out with Ron Smith from Camden, NJ. We caught 10 bass and about 20 blues. The biggest bass was about 15Lbs. Today the bass were responding to trolled bunker spoons and umbrealla rigs. No real huge fish, but all were keeper size or just under.
10/30/07: A repeat of yesterday. We caught bass and blues all day long. 14 Bass up to 25 LBS for the Robinson crew of Toms River, NJ. The fish are very hungry feeding on bunker schools. Come book your trip now! Also, I am getting good reports about wreck fishing as well.
10/29/07: What a great time out today with Bill Glasser of Howell, NJ. Solid bass fishing today. Fish were all keeper size from 28" up to 25 LBS. We caught them on jigs to start and then trolled up some more on wire. We caught 11 bass total.
10/16/07: Today we tried for bass with John Gallagher of Philidelphia, PA We went up under several sets of working birds only to find big hungry bluefish under them. Finally our first bass came later in the day, but it was released as it was only 24". All passengers had a lot of fun with the consistant bluefish action. Once the water cools a bit we should have the bass down our way. I am hearing of good bass reports to the north right now. Capt. John
10/13/07: We were out today with Kevin Bisser and friends from Mt Holly, NJ. The target was sea bass and we did real good. We got about 50% keeper ratio with consistant action. We moved to two different wrecks with similiar action. All 6 passengers limited out with sea bass to 5.5 lbs and we also caught some nice porgies and one nice blackfish.
10/6/07: I was out today with my 3 favorite mates. My two sons, Andrew and Brandon and Jacob Post. We went out for am day of fun fishing. We saw some birds working about 1 mile out of the inlet. We caught a few big sea herring and weakfish under the birds. We then left that pile of boats and went further north looking for some bluefish. We found them! We had a blast with all of the 2 lb. bluefish my boys could handle and even a bonus bonito. All in all a great day. When we got back, the boys went right back to fishing off the dock! I guess they are hooked! Capt. John
10/1/07-10/2/07: After missing a few trips due to weather, we were due for an awesome trip. We fished the Lindenkohl Canyon with Dave Ackland and his crew from work. We trolled up a nice longfin as soon as we got the lines in the water. We found some really nice water just below the tip. We set up on the chunk and had fish on almost all night long. Nice size yellowfin surrounded the boat right by our hydroglow light. The biggest fish was about a 100lb. yellowfin. By 6 am we were loaded with a limit of yellowfin and the one longfin so we headed for the Barn. The fast two hour ride was nice and to be back by 8 AM with a boat load was a great feeling. We are now starting to book Striper trips. Book early to ensure the best dates. Capt. John
9/29/07: We were out bottom fishing with Brad Cutworth and his family. We had a good pick of nice size sea bass. We fished a few different wrecks and put together a nice catch of tasty fillets. The biggest bass was 4.5 lbs.
9/8/07 - 9/9/07: We had Jamie Borenious and his GE group out today. Jamie missed his first trip with us to to a family emergency, but made it out this weekend. We went to the deep of the Hudson Canyon at a nice temperature break that I found on my Raymarine E-120. We had a few missed opportunities and some mahi were caught. At daybreak we trolled 3 long fins and added more mahi. Everyone was happy to go home with some tasty tuna and mahi. Capt. John
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/2/07 - 9/3/07: We had an open boat overnight canyon trip Sunday into Monday. Near perfect sea conditions. What a great bunch of guys. A few guys didnt have the offshore experience with such big fish. We had Brian Cicoria of Monroe, NY, Andrew Brensinger and Chad Brensinger of Zionsville, PA, Dave Morin of Brick, NJ and Wayne Cowart all the way from S. Easton, MA. After careful review of our Satellite water temp data from our Sirius Satellite Marine Weather data, which is fed into our dual Raymarine E120's, We decided to run to the Lindenkohl canyon. We trolled right into our temp break and found only a stray skipjack right before setting up for our night chunking. Although I marked fish 50 feet below the boat all night, they were very finicky in the bite. At times we even had them right by our Hydroglow light helping themselves to our chunks, but carefully avoiding our hook baits. After switching to hook tied directly to the line we were able to fool a few. Before 10 PM we had a 175 LB swordfish in the boat, which was caught by Dave Morin of Brick. By the end of the night we boated 3 big yellowfins to 80lbs and the one swordfish. The guys had plenty of missed opportunities at quite a few other fish. We will have to go back next time. I am planning a few more open boat trips, which cost only $417/person based on 6 passengers. Capt. John
8/29/07: Today we were out with Ted Kilkenson of Jackson, NJ. we had a duel mission today to target a few species. Ted wanted to catch as many different species as possible. Mission accomplished! We started off where we were yesterday for some nice size fluke to 5.3 Lbs. A total of 6 keepers. We also added some sea bass on the reef site. Then we stopped just off the after I read a few nice marks in a hole out of Barnegat inlet. At that spot we produced some nice jigging action of small blues and weakfish and even a few croakers on clam. What a blast catching all of those fish! Everything was returned to the water with the exception of some nice fluke for the table. We are going offshore this weekend for another overnight tuna trip Sun-Mon. we still have some good dates available for Sept and October. Then we switch over to Wreck and Striper fishing. Capt. John
8/28/07: We had the John Warender charter from Bergenfield, NJ out today for fluke. We were in 70' of water in some rough bottom areas. We caught 17 fluke of which 11 were keepers. The largest fish was 6.3 Lbs. Capt. John
8/18/07 - 8/19/07: We had the Jamie Borenious charter out today, except without Jamie. Unfortunately a family emergency kept hime from coming, but he insisted we still go. So we went to the Lindenkohl canyon sat into sunday. We got caught 2 yellowfin to 80 lbs on the chunk anlong with 1 longfin. When the sun rose, we trolled up 5 more long fin and 1 yellowfin. One long fin caught by Matt Antorek weighed in at 70.3 lbs! The fish was weighed by Lacey Marine in Forked river. Squid was thick at night with our hydroglow light. we were away from the fleet in the deep when we were chunking. 
8/15/07: I had Eric Gill from Morristown, NJ and his kids out today for fluke. we had consistant action on fluke with very few junk fish. We caught over 20 fluke with only 4 keepers and 1 sea bass to go home with. The largest fluke was 5.5 lbs. which was caught by Jenna Gill. The weather couldnt of been more perfect.
Saturday 8/11/07: I was out with John Wallace of Marlton, NJ and his family. We caught 23 fluke on the Harvey Cedars lump and a few more on the Garden State Reef North, but only 5 keepers. The biggest however was 5.4 lbs. Capt. John
Sunday 8/12/07: I was out with Don Murray of Parsippany NJ and his friends. We went to the Barnegat Ridge and trolled a few bonito, before setting up for blues. The action was not non stop, but fairly consistant. We caught blues in the 6 -10 lb range for the rest of the day. Weather was much more cooperative today. Capt. John
We have our first offshore over night tuna trip scheduled for this coming weekend. We still have a few good dates available. With my 33' HydaSports Express with triple 250 HP motors, we can expect to make it to the canyons in about 2 hours. Top speed is 61 MPH!
8/5/07: I had Peter Burke and his friends out today for a bluefish charter. Its was non stop from the minute the first bait went over. The only time the action stopped is when everyone stopped to take a break for lunch. As soon as they resumed fishing, the blues were still there waiting. Blues started in the 6-8lb range, but in the afternoon it was all jumbos up to the biggest at 15 lbs!
7/31/07: We have been doing some nice sunset cruises. We were out again tonight. What a beautiful night watching the sunset over the lighthouse. We also offer dinner cruises and Atlantic City cruises for the day to Trump Marina, which has live dockside dining and entertainment. We still have some good dates available for offshore tuna fishing. The tuna fishing has come on string this past week. If you are thinking of going, please book early to ensure your spot. I also have people willing to share a trip, so if you are considering going, now is a good time. Capt. John
7/29/07: I had my son 8 year old Andrew Cafiero and his friend Jacob Post, 9 out today for some bottom action. Jacob caught his first ever sea bass and some nice fluke. Andrew had a blast with his dad catching a few fluke for himself. On the way in we were surrounded by bunker. we snagged a few and dropped them down looking for bass, but there were none around. We were only out for a half a day, but caught some nice fish. Capt. John
7/26/07: I had out Bill Davenport group out today. We had our fill of bonito on the troll. We caught 23 bonito and then set up for bluefish. It wasnt long before they were coming over the rail as fast as we could get the bait down to them. The action just didnt let up. It wasnt long before we had the fish boxes full and then we were catching and releasing them. Come and get them now!!! Capt. John
7/20/07: I was out for an afternoon 2 hour fishing trip with father and son team of Tom and James Bucci of Wayne, PA. They only had 2 hours to fish, so the pressure was on me to get them into some and quick. We got down to Meyers Hole and it was loaded with agressively feeding 1 lb. blues. The fish hit everything we threw their way. Tom and James were amazed at the agressive little fish. We wound up staying a little while longer, as they just didnt want to leave all of those fish behind. Capt. John
7/19/07: I was out for fluke today with Tom Chandler of Philidelphia, PA and his family. We put together a nice catch of keeper fluke to 4.5 LBS. We were on the artificial reef sites and added some nice seabass on the rough spots as well. On the way in we found a large school of taylor blues that we had a lot of fun catching and releasing. They loved the action and plan on coming back soon.
7/10/07: SEAFOOD SCORES WITH A 42 LB BASS! I was out with Dave of Connecticut and his family. The fog was thick but we were able to find this nice cow. It must of been still hungry as it had 3 big bunker and a whole snail in its stomach! We were 10 miles north of the inlet in 40' of water. We marked a few fish and some bait and found this nice big one. It was a long ride home in all the fog, but everyone was glad they were going home with some nice fresh Bass fillets. Capt. John
7/3/07: I had a half day Striper trip today. Conditions were tough in the wind, but we still found a nice fish. I was out with Roberto Weinman of Princeton and Jack Rinkens. We couldnt find any bunker on the surface with all of the chop, but we marked a lot of bait and fish up along Seaside in 38' of water. Roberto landed one nice bass at 25 lbs. It was his first striper ever. I still have some good dates available for tuna. Please book your trip early to ensure your spot. Capt. John
7/1/07: We went to the Resor Wreck looking for sharks with a great bunch of guys from the Barnegat Fishing Hole website. (www.BHWEB.com) Nothing there but green water. Then we picked up and went to the Glory Hole. We had a little better water there and had more activity. We had a small brown shark show up early and a nice size mako at the end of the day, but neither would cooperate. Capt. John
6/28/07: I was out with Chris Chiappardi and his friends. We went looking for bluefish and we found them on the Barnegat Ridge North. Started off a little slow, but once they smelled the chum, they came running! Fish were big from 10-14 lbs. After a short time, they had enough fo dinner, so we started releasing the rest. Everyone had a great day!
6/22/07: We went looking for bass today. We had to work at it,but we were able to limit out on bass to 22 lbs. All bass were caught on live bunker or bunker chunks. There was also a fair amount of big blues mixed in. Please remember to book your tuna trips now. Some good dates are still available. Call now to ensure the best dates. The Baltimore Canyon was on fire this past week. Now is the time!!
6/21/07: The Krause charter was out for a day of fluking. We caught fluke and seabass on the Garden State Reef site and on just fluke on Harvey Cedars Lump. The lump seemed to hold bigger fluke, as the biggest was 19 1/2". We caught over 35 fluke with 8 nice keepers. On the way in we saw a large school of small blues feeding on the surface. We stop the boat for some catch and release action.
6/19/07: I was out today with Bill Reiner from Marlton and his friends. We got into some big bass again and the blues were big and hungry. We caught them on live bunker. The bass were from 22 to 35 lbs. and the blues were 8-12 lb class. Everyone had a blast. Dont forget to book your tuna trips now. We can get out there in under 2 hours, which leaves you with a lot more time to fish.
6/17/07: I had to cancel a charter on Thursday due to high seas and wind. But we got out today and had non stop bluefish action. No bass! But the blues just kept coming aboard. Bluefish were in the 8 - 10 lb. class.
6/9/07: Saturday I was out with my mate, Mark Purpura for a day of fun up off Island Beach State Park in 38 feet of water. We trolled bunker spoons with great success. We Limited out early with bass up to 35 pounds. Again, not too many blues getting in the way.
6/8/07: Fished up by Island Beach State Park. Limited out with nice size bass in the 25 pound class. Not too many bluefish to deal with either.
6/3/07: Tough time today with the wind. We got 2 stripers early in the day on bunker chunks. After that the bluefish took over once again. Its not too early to think about tuna. I have reports of the first ones being caught his past week. Remember, we can get you there in under two hours! 750 HP! 61 MPH! More time to fish! Less riding around! Good dates still available.
6/2/07: A lot of bluefish today, but we were still able to get a fair catch of stripers up to 22lbs. Couldnt keep our lines in without the blues attacking!
5/31/07: We Got Stripers!! Again found the bunker schools right off the Seaside beach. Put down live bunker and the bass were all over them. We limited out today with bass up to 20 lbs. Its was all bass at first until the bluefish started to take over. Then it was all the bluefish you wanted. These bass are not going to be here all summer. The time is now. Also, I have reports of the first yellowfin tuna and mahi hitting the hudson canyon along with tile fish. Book now for the best dates for offshore fishing. Now is also the time for sharks.
5/27/07: Out off the steel pier in Atlantic City this afternoon on our way home we saw huge bunker schools with a whale gorging on them. We decided to take the long way home, so we trolled bunker spoons. Got a nice 27 pound bass within the first 5 minutes. Got 5 more bass all keeper size, but the first one was the largest. All were let go to grow some more. What a great weekend! Capt John
5/26/07: Ran the boat down to Atlantic City for the first time this year. What a great way to have fun. Good food and live music. Everyone had a good time! Capt. John
5/24/07: Everyone had limit catches of big bass today up to 25 Lbs. Blues were thick at times too, but we managed to get away from them and get some nice size bass. Bass were under the blues which were under the bunker schools. All fish caught on live bunker or bunker chunks. This is the best fishing I have seen so far this year! Come and Get em'!! Capt. John
5/21/07: We were out both Saturday and Sunday. Both days had the same great action, Bunker were easy to find and catch, so we had plenty of live bait. Big blues around right now, taking bites out of the bunker as soon as it hits the water. If you want to have fun catching fish, then come fish with us now! Capt. John
5/17/07: Went outside and found bunker busting on the surface. Bass and blues mixed again today. Mostly smaller bass, but limit cathes of keepers were also caught. There is a lot of fish around. Dont waste time! Get here now while the fish are here!! Capt. John
5/15/07: We were out both Saturday and again Sunday. Both days showed consistant action. Bass on clams and blues on anything you put their way. If you want to catch a lot of fish, then the time is NOW!!! Some fluke are starting to show as well. Call me to book a trip you wont forget. Capt. John
5/5/07: We were out this afternoon and again slaughtered the bluefish. They were all over! 4 - 6 Lb. fish. It was all you wanted. We caught fish on every single cast! Debbie Rosengarth had a blast as she caught her first ever bluefish. She couldnt belive the power of these fish. Come and get them now!!! Capt. John
5/2/07: The Bass and Blues are here! Come and get them. Non stop fishing right inside the inlet. Old fashion bluefishing! Throw anything at them and they will grab it. The Bass are under the blues.
3/26/07: Get ready, because here come the fish! Already we have reports of stripers being caught by the Oyster Creek outlet. Also, some winter flounder being caught. The all new Seafood will be launched this Saturday! Just making some finishing touches and installing the electronics and we will be ready! Contact us soon as charters are starting to fill up. Capt. John
