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Only anglers as old as I am probably remember when thresher sharks were virtually unheard of along the Mid-Atlantic coast. During the early days of sportfishing for sharks on western Long Island (when the sport still hadn't caught on in N.J.), we caught all the other sharks common to the area, but never saw a thresher. Yet, that species is...
Only anglers as old as I am probably remember when thresher sharks were virtually unheard of along the Mid-Atlantic coast. During the early days of sportfishing for sharks on western Long Island (when the sport still hadn't caught on in N.J.), we caught all the other sharks common to the area, but never saw a thresher. Yet, that species is now one of the most common sharks in the area -- and is even common close to shore in bunker schools.
Threshers seem to have also acquired a taste for a most unusual shark attractor -- the bunker spoon. Not only did Denise Marie Theiler boat a 236-pound thresher on a Tony Maja white number three bunker spoon yesterday on Big Kid from Brielle Yacht Club, but Capt. Russ Binns of Toms River said several others were also weighed in. A friend of his had two wire line outfits stripped before they boated a thresher on another wire line/bunker spoon.
Striper fishing was tough this moring in a northeast wind stronger than the 5-to-10-mph predicted. Bob Stasiulaitis of Bridgewater and Joe Marione from Somerset were aboard Sheri Berri from Baker's Marina on the Bay in Highlands as we drifted between the channels where there had been a hot striper bite last week. It was a different story this morning as the only hits we had on live bunkers were from jumbo bluefish -- and even they quit when the wind starting bucking up against the outgoing tide. Several top guns in the small boat charter fleet were fishing the area, but the only striper I heard of was a 30-pounder reported by Capt. Ford Coles on Westwind from Leonardo after it hit a trolled bunker spoon. The notheaster that wasn't supposed to get gusty until the afternoon actually was whipping by late morning.
At Point Pleasant, the Sea Devil didn't fool with stripers this morning, as Capt. Bob Pennington ran to the Mud Hole for a good catch of blues up to 10 pounds on both jigs and bait. The Sea Devil is chartered Thursday and Friday.
Capt. Jim O'Grady reported that bunkers were ineffective Monday morning, but his fares on Cock Robin had a ball catching big blues on poppers.
Speaking of blues, John Bushnell at Betty & Nick's in Seaside Park got word of a mini-blitz of 4-to-5-pound blues on metal in the surf north of that town. Those choppers were reported to be spewing up sand eels.
Bob Donnelley of Middletown celebrated his retirement Monday evening by fishing with his son Dave of Hoboken on his nephew Peter Donnelley's boat to catch a personal record 49.6-pound strper on a live bunker. They also lost two threshers.
Allen Riley of South Plainfield shifted his morning surfcasting from Sandy Hook to Monmouth Beach, and came up with a bit of lure action even though there was nothing showing. He caught a 7-pound blue on a Brandy's Minnow, and a small one on a Deadly Dick.
The N.Y. sea bass season opened June 13, but anglers must be aware that regulations in that state's waters provide a limit of only 10 at a minimum of 13 inches through Oct. 1. They reopen again from Nov. 1 through Dec. 31.
This Fishing Report was submitted on 6/16/2011 4:08:07 AM by Seamus and last updated on 6/16/2011 4:08:07 AM.
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