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Bluefin tuna trolling in the Monster Ledge area was poor again today even though the weather was a huge improvement over yesterday's northwest blow. Capt. Arthur Stokes was happy to pick a few little tunny on the troll with his Fintastic from Clarks Landing in Point Pleasant since there was nothing being reported on the VHF. Then he decided...
Bluefin tuna trolling in the Monster Ledge area was poor again today even though the weather was a huge improvement over yesterday's northwest blow. Capt. Arthur Stokes was happy to pick a few little tunny on the troll with his Fintastic from Clarks Landing in Point Pleasant since there was nothing being reported on the VHF. Then he decided to stop on a bait reading to throw some scallop shells and guts that had been given to him the previous day by divers. It seemed like a long shot to try imitating a scallop boat with so little material and no sign of tuna. Yet, I was only free-spooling guts for 15 minutes before the hit came from a 32-inch bluefin. After I had worked my next drop far out, I started reeling the guts in and was shocked to get hit. That turned out to be a 29 3/4-incher that was tagged and released as we had our boat limit of small bluefins. Unfortunately, those were the only hits we had before switching to wreck fishing that produced three keeper cod and a couple of ling among spiny dogfish and out-of-season "keeper" sea bass and winter flounder plus a just short blackfish. Mates Eugene Marshall and Jim Sakers were kept busy with all the action. Al and Nick Sutton of Yardley, Pa. were in on the action along with Richard, Tony and Marco Lopez from Pennsauken, and Lee Pena from Montgomery, Alabama.
Inshore reports south of Manasquan Inlet were dismal yesterday, and Capt. Bud McArthur of Splinter from Brick said it was no different today. There were some marks, but jigging and trolling didn't produce a thing.
The Queen Mary from Point Pleasant was able to get offshore in the fine weather, and had a good catch of blues.
The Sea Hunter from Atlantic Highlands had no luck clamming early for bass, but got into big blues and a couple of large bass on jigs.
At Brielle, Capt. Howard Bogan Jr. reported a slow start to Friday night's canyon trip on his Jamaica, but yellowfins and albacore were picked during the night. Some swordfish provided action Saturday night, and yellowfins turned on from 4 to 6 a.m. as many anglers limited. The Jamaica has room on Tuesday's 7 a.m. trip.
Capt. Ryan Bogan reported about 200 cod on today's special trip of the Jamaica II, but they were mostly schoolies. Bob Blasket of Philadelphiawas high hook with 18. Surprisingly, the middle of the boat did best, rather than the stern and bow. The next special will be at 2 a.m. next Sunday.
Capt. Jack Shea of Rambunctious from Waretown got into some stripers in the bay as Bill and Ann Staples from Pa. caught three up to a 38-incher.
Bob Kamienski reports Chuck Many won the Hi-Mar Striper Tournament over the weekend, but complete results haven't been posted yet.
This Fishing Report was submitted on 10/29/2011 4:17:51 AM by Seamus and last updated on 10/29/2011 4:17:51 AM.
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