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Today was our first day out with our new boat. The weather was beautiful but the fishing was unfortunately slow. We were bothered with several albacore whams in the morning but the bluefins just didn’t want to play. We marked … Continue r

Craig and ALex Nelson and the gang from Richmond were with us on Sunday. Pretty good action for the fleet overall and we were able to see some 300-500lb bluefins jumping completely out of the water chasing bait. We caught a 74 inch fish and a 91 inch

Between school bluefins in Chicken Canyon and some yellowfins in the real canyons there's already plenty of offshore trolling action. Throw in some makos and it's hot offshore. The two Canyon Runner boats from Point Pleasant started with b

We had Jeremy and the boys from Raleigh on Friday on the Legacy. They were troopers and drove from Raleigh in the morning so we got a late start. Good bluefin action right out of the gate for the fleet with multiple hookups for many. We got there abo

We had Dennis Williamson's crew on Saturday and Wes Johnson on Sunday. Saturday only 1 bluefin caught by the whole fleet. We ended up catching some tilefish for the guys for dinner. Sunday we relocated and found the bluefins in big numbers. They

Wind and left over swell kept everyone at the dock again today. Looks like some more wind tomorrow offshore but from the SouthWest which should push even warmer water in. As you can see from the water shot this afternoon there is plenty of warm wate

Capt. Arthur Stokes returned to Clarks Landing in Point Pleasant today with a 190-pound bigeye tuna trolled on his Fintastic along with seven albacore. The overnighter also produced two yellowfin tuna of about 65 and 70-to-80 pounds chunking plus a

Capt. Arthur Stokes ran a crew trip today that demonstrated the variety available while fishing from his Fintastic out of Clarks Landing in Point Pleasant. I joined mates and skilled anglers Joe Marshall and Mike Carey as we left about 10:30 to fish

Two of our charter boats went out today and had a great day of Bluefin Tuna fishing.  The Canyon Runner and a trip aboard A Salt Weapon brought in two bluefins each and released at least 6 large bluefin.  The party aboard the Canyon Runner

Capt. Ed Bunting said it was a great day on his Sea Horse from Atlantic Highlands as fluke were solid right down the middle of Raritan Reach from the TC Buoy to Buoy 19. Not only were 50 to 55 keepers boated but there were all the shorts you wanted.

Despite poor reports from Saturday there was a big crowd taking advantage of perfect weather today at the Atlantic Princess -- and bluefin tuna cooperated. There wasn't any massacre for most but a steady pick throughout the morning that provided

Fishing reports today were such that the best I can write about involved the abundance of adult bunkers off Bay Head. When I got there at mid-morning with Bob Correll of Bay Head on his Boston Whaler 23 there were several boats drifting around them

Tuna anglers will be showing up in force at Tuesday night's NMFS bluefin tuna management hearing at 6:30 in Ocean County Library 112 Burr St. Barnegat. There will be lots of information about the species and its stock status before alternatives

Satirday's Freeport Hudson Anglers Shark Tournament drew 135 boats that weighed in about 50 sharks while 55 tags were also turned in for release awards. As has been the case in recent years threshers dominated. The winner was a 398-pounder on Re

Chip and the gang Brandon and his wahoo It was another beautiful day on the ocean today. The fishing was good to go along with it. We found a big school of dolphin early this morning and caught 50 out of it before they left us. We went on offshore f

Catching a doormat fluke is usually the ticket to winning a tournament for that species but a 10-pounder boated by Wayne Hurley of New Egypt was only good for third place in Saturday’s 16th annual Point Pleasant Elks Fluke Tournament. Peter Fa

Richards Bluefin Mikey and Jake with his 1st Bluefin Richards Bluefin Hooked Up We got lucky and set right out on the Tunas this morning. We never went more than maybe 10 minutes with out a fish on and there were some spectacular bites to go along w

  Oregon Inlet News of Saturday’s pending state record bluefin tuna catch has enticed more fishermen to the Gulf Stream where some bluefins continue to exceed 200 pounds. Plenty of smaller yellowfin tuna are around too. Contact: Oregon Inl

We had Christopher Sunda and crew on friday and fish was very slow. We managed one bite and caught a 83" fish we let go. Saturday we had Andrew Long from Raleigh and had slick calm seas with a lot of boats fishing. We found some bluefins northeas

Capt. Ron Santee tried to catch the end of the early morning tide where he'd ended up well Thursday on his Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands but did nothing in two drifts before moving to the Raritan Bay shallows for a good pick. His father Cap