2008 Fishing Reports

11/9/08:  Open Boat Stripers.  Well this was the last open boat trip of the year.  We had only 4 guys on board and we only caught 4 stripers, but none were of keeper size.  We jigged up one short early and then trolled 3 more in the morning.  The afternoon we trolled for miles without a touch.  The water was 43 degrees and I was marking plenty of bait and fish, but the fish were not too interested.  My boat will be available for charter until the week of January 5th when we will be done for the season.  Thanks to everyone who fished with us this year.  I wish everyone a happy holiday and hope to see you aboard next year.

11/22/08: 15 Blues 25 Stripers.  The fish are still with us and plenty more to the north of us.  It was extremely rough and windy today, which made for some tough conditions.  We has sustained winds of 25 knotts with gusts over 35 knts!  Thank God it was out of the north west.  It was about 20 degrees, but the wind made it feel more like sub zero temps.  Frequent visits to our heated cabin was nice.  we had fish with us all morning jigging under bird action.  If you want bass and blues, now is the time!  We still have plenty of good dates available.  Capt. John

11/11/08: 75 Blues 28 Stripers.  Another amazing day of action!  Out today with with a great bunch of guys from PA.  We caught bass and blues until their arms were ready to fall off!  Come and get them now while it is this good.  There is so many fish out there right now.  We caught most jigging, but we also caught them just as well or even better on Tony Majas Bunker Spoons.  If you want to catch a lot of fish.  Go get some of these bunker spoons.  They have the best action out there of all bunker spoons I have ever tried.  Capt. John

11/9/08:  150 Blues 31 Stripers and even One 4 1/2 LB. FLUKE!!!!  We got them good today!  I was out today with a charter from PA.,  Levi Bonnice and friends.  We had non-stop jigging action all day long!  The best part was no other boats were even in sight for most of the day.  I was in 65' of water and 54 degree water.  We caught all fish jigging with diamond jigs, Storm shads, and Tony Majas Bunker spoons, my new sponsor.  We caught a total of about 150 bluefish ranging in size from 5 lbs to 14lbs.  Most were over 10 lbs however.  We also landed 31 bass, of which only 6 were keepers.  The biggest bass was 35 lbs and also caught one at 30 lbs.  All other keepers were about 28"-33"  All released bass were just under by a hair at 27.999"  PLUS we caught one 4.5 lb fluke on a diamond jig, which was of course also released.  We had non stop action ALL DAY LONG!  I only had about a half hour time that I switched over to wire line trolling, because of a slow down in action jigging at mid day.  But that didnt last long at all.  In fact we couldnt keep Tony's Bunker spoons in the water without big blues jumping on them!  Thanks Tony!  Capt. John

10/17/08:  STRIPERS AND BLUES!!!  Come and get em'!!  We caught them good today with Paul Yates and crew.  It was non stop action once we found them in 65' of water up off Seaside.  We only caught 3 stripers.  One just under 28", one at 29" and one nice fat one at 38".  The blues were hungry and we couldn't get the lures for a more than a minute without the rod bent over with another blue!  Come now.  As the water gets cooler there will be more stripers filtering in.  Good dates still available.    One last overnight tuna open boat trip is scheduled for November 1 & 2.  Call now to reserve your spot.  Capt. John

9/13/08 - 9/14/08:  OK, I didn't report in a while as there wasn't much to report.  Until Now!  I was out with Brian Little, Daniel Little, Michael Little, Walter Webster, Nathan Blevins, and Bobby Blevins all from Oxford, PA.  We first tried a spot out in the Glory Hole for some bluefin that were caught by a few boats we knew.  We just missed the bite, but did manage two false albacore tuna.  But we were rewarded with an incredible sighting of about 15 whales that were gorging on all the bait in the area.  So after a few hours there, we headed  offshore to look for yellowfin tuna.  On the way out we spotted a huge approximatel 15' shark.  not sure wehat kind, but possibly a great white.  It was a scene from jaws as I not sure if he was at all intimidated by us as he cruised around our boat.  Once out there, I had a nice temp break I found out in the Hudson Canyon.  We got our first fish right away and had consistent action throughout the night.  Action never really died until sunup.  We went 15 for 24 on yellowfin tuna.  The biggest weighing in at 65 lbs.  We also caught two smaller mahi and an 8 foot blue shark.  But probably the most unbelievable event was this dolphin that was swimming around in Barnegat bay we saw on our way back in!  It came right up to the boat and we fed it some left over butter fish.  What  a beautiful site!  I look foward to our next trip this coming weekend!  If you want tuna.  Come Now!!  Capt. John
8/22/08 - 8/23/08:
INSHORE REPORT:

I had a double header Friday. A half-day fluke trip in the morning from 7am-12pm and then I headed offshore for a 24-hour overnight canyon run. I fished in 50-60 feet out of Barnegat Inlet. We had great action on fresh squid I caught at the canyon the week before. For a short trip we did ok. We caught 24 fluke of which only two were keepers. One was 5 lbs and the other was 20". All other fish were 15"-17.9999999"! We also had one keeper sea bass and a few throwbacks as well. The biggest fluke was caught right as I was starting up the motors to head home. I wish I had the time to stay but just had to get the boat ready to go offshore. See my offshore report.