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Capt. Bobby Bogan returned from his overnighter at Spencer Canyon with a boat limit of yellowfin tuna on the Gambler from Point Pleasant. Most of those tuna were taken throughout the night, and primarily on bait. Some skipjacks and dolphin were also boated, though there were no albacore. As is often the case, the best bite was just before dawn, but...
Capt. Bobby Bogan returned from his overnighter at Spencer Canyon with a boat limit of yellowfin tuna on the Gambler from Point Pleasant. Most of those tuna were taken throughout the night, and primarily on bait. Some skipjacks and dolphin were also boated, though there were no albacore. As is often the case, the best bite was just before dawn, but action died out about 7 a.m. Most of the yellowfins were in the 30-pound class, along with a few up to 70 pounds. The Gambler has room on trips leaving Tuesday and Thursday. Call 732 278-6654.
The Jamaica from Brielle has openings on canyon trips at 5 p.m. Sunday and 7 a.m. Tuesday. Call 732 528-5014 for reservations.
The forecast of 5-to-10-mph northwest winds tempted several boats to fish the Monster Ledge area for bluefin tuna, but the actual wind was more like 20 mph. Though the 3-to-5-foot waves weren't comfortable, it was quite fishable for trollers. I fished on Joe Reap's 30-foot Boston Whaler, Reaper, from Manasquan along with Bob Correll of Bay Head. We didn't have trolling lines out for 10 minutes before hooking up. Reap fought a bluefin that measured over 30 inches, and Correll weighed it at 20 pounds before releasing the tuna so we could fill our one fish limit with alarger one. Of course, we never had another hit. In fact, no one did except Capt. Mike Copeman on his Renegade from Point Pleasant. About a half-hour later he hooked a double of 34-inch bluefins, and kept one. A couple of boats chunking despite the choppy sea, reported doing nothing.
Capt. Arthur Stokes also didn't get any hits trolling in the Mud Hole with his Fintastic from Clarks Landing in Point Pleasant, but he went to a wreck that produced 22 cod up to a 20-pounder plus 18 short cod. The party also added two ling and a blackfish while releasing sea bass and spiny dogfish.
The only other tuna report I got came from a boater fishing south of Manasquan Inlet who saw a couple of large school bluefins jump out of the water not far off the beach. They didn't find any of the bunker schools that had produced hot striper fishing Tuesday.
Striper reports further north were not much better. Dave Lilly of Hazlet ran south to Shrewsbury Rocks only to find a lot of boats not catching anything. He managed a 3-pound bluefish before fishing live eels in Ambrose and Sandy Hook channels to no avail. He ended up trolling umbrella rigs between the channels for two barely legal stripers plus a short and another 3-pound blue.
Capt. Rob Semkewyc said it was a poor day for stripers on his Sea Hunter from Atlantic Highlands, though a couple of keepers and shorts were caught.
Allen Riley of South Plainfield found clear waters and good conditions in the Sandy Hook surf, but not much action. He and Lou Vargas of Fanwood each released a small bass while casting Deadly Dicks, and Jose Cotelo from North Bergen released a fat 21-inch fluke.
Betty & Nick's Tackle in Seaside Park reported weighing in surf stripers of 25 and 10 pounds that were caught on mullet.
George Horvath of Trenton tagged a 28-inch striper on June 21 at Barnegat Light that had six feet of mono sticking out of its mouth. The hook was too deep to remove, but he cut the line back when he inserted the ALS tag. That bass was recaptured on July 30 at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge near Rock Hall, Maryland -- proving that fish can survive even with swallowed hooks. That was Horvath's 234th return.
This Fishing Report was submitted on 10/22/2011 11:07:53 PM by Seamus and last updated on 10/22/2011 11:07:53 PM.
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