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Beach Haven Anglers Fish Between Storms

Fishing Reports — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:47:10 +0000

The boats of the Beach Haven Charter fishing Association have been sneaking out on successful fishing trips in between northeasters and tropical storms. Captain Carl Sheppard on the “Star Fish” reports he had some great trips. The spawning season for the black sea bass is just about over and he sees improvement in the catches of sea bass. He says there are occasional keeper fluke in the back bay, but the best action is in the ocean. Both the Little Egg and Garden State South Reefs provided im with some keeper fluke. He is also picking up a dozen bluefish each day around the inlet on his way out to the reefs. Captain Fran Verdi reports his parties are coming home with a mixed bag of fluke and sea bass. He has also gotten some good reports of croakers and small weakfish along the beach the last couple of days. He plans to target sea bass when the fluke season closes on September 6 and work on them until the stripers arrive. Captain Lindsay Fuller of the “June Bug” had a fluke trip for the Jeff Lawrence party recently. Although the keeper fluke did not cooperate, some nice keeper sea bass did. Captain Lindsay praised mate Pat Zazaky for his work in the cockpit and getting tangles straightened out. Additional information on the association can be found at www.BHCFA.com or by calling 1-877-LBI-BHCFA (1-877-524-2423).

This post was submitted by Jim Hutchinson Sr..

Beach Haven Fishing Remains Strong

Fishing Reports — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:21:07 +0000

The weekly report from the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association prior to the recent northeaster reveals that Captain Dave Wittenborn on the “Compass Rose” has seen an upturn in the fishing action when the winds shifted to the east which brought in some warmer waters. With the ocean temperatures now in the mid to upper 70’s, he is seeing some of the best ocean fluking of the summer. He has been getting some great catches of fluke and sea bass with fluke to 23-inches and tipping the scale over 5-pounds. He has also picked up some nice bluefish along the beach while trolling Clarke spoons. Captain George Finck of “Sparetime Charters” reports a canyon trolling trip with Kenny Lieb and his school friends where they returned with a nice catch of yellowfin tuna and mahi. He has also had some inshore reef fishing for decent catches of keeper fluke. Captain Fran Verdi had an “open boat” trip on Saturday despite some sloppy seas. Once the wind switched the waves calmed. Drifting with a combination of bucktails and live bait, they had steady action, mostly on shorts with many less than ½ inch short. In addition to the good action the group finished the day with 4 fluke and 6 black sea bass in the fish box. Additional information on the association can be found at www.BHCFA.com or by calling 1-877-LBI-BHCFA (1-877-524-2423).

This post was submitted by Jim Hutchinson Sr..

Beach Haven Fishing Continues Strong

Fishing Reports — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:26:40 +0000

The summer may be starting to draw to a close, but the captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association are still fishing and catching in high gear. In the most unusual catch of the summer, Captain Tim Knorr of the charter boat “William Knorr” had the John Donegan party out for a night chumming trip at the Barnegat Ridge for bluefish. At some point during the night’s fishing they hooked up with something that they knew was entirely too big to be a bluefish. When they finally got the fish to the boat and aboard, they discovered they had a 69-pound cobia. Very often cobia are caught very late in the summer around Little Egg Inlet but this is rare for the middle of the summer. Cobia are reputed to be one of the most delicious fish around. Captain Fran Verdi of the “Drop Off” reports big swells and high winds have made fishing a bit difficult on the local artificial reefs. On Friday he fished a reef and found some short fluke and one keeper sea bass. He says the sea bass are still spawning and are actually piled high on the bottom but have little interest in feeding right now. Captain Fran will keep targeting fluke until the end of the season on September 6 and then turn his attention to sea bass which should be done spawning. He adds the keeper ratio is better in the ocean than the bay. Of all the baits he uses, he prefers the tradition squid and minnow sandwich over everything else. Captain Carl Sheppard of the “Star Fish” reports the fishing was a bit slow due to the cooler water temperatures, but he was fortunate to find some fish. He located some keeper fluke in the Little Egg Inlet as well as some farther offshore. He has been using both Gulp and clam. On Sunday the McKay family from East Windsor had a solid day of fishing including some big black sea bass caught by eight year old Molly McKay. The “Hot Tuna” and its charter braved some strong east winds last Saturday mid-day to head offshore for a 24 hour canyon chunking trip. The party, organized by Mike Kellogg, found pleasant overnight chunking conditions but only caught one small mako. They did net over 100 squid attracted by the lights. The evening and morning trolling portions of the trip worked better as they produced 4 yellowfin tuna, a wahoo and bonito. Capt Bob Gerkens of the “Hot Tuna” was assisted on the charter by Captain Fran Verdi, who took a day off from his own charters to run the cockpit, with the assistance of Junior Mate Pat Zavacky. Additional information on the association can be found at www.BHCFA.com or by calling 1-877-LBI-BHCFA (1-877-524-2423).

This post was submitted by Jim Hutchinson Sr..

‘JUST ONE MORE’ FISHING REPORT, 8/16/10

Fishing Reports — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:48:58 +0000

Here is an opportunity to fish with the famous Bluefish Bob Donahue. He is looking for someone to split a charter with him to fish on this Wednesday, August 18. We will be chumming for monster bluefish and looking for the bonito and false albacore to show up. One to two anglers only, making a max on the boat of three anglers. Full day, 7 am to 2 pm. Anyone interested can call me at 908-472-2684 to reserve your spot. THANKYOU.

Attached you will see a photo of Bob with a spring caught striper.

CAPT. RICH NEWALLIS JR.

‘JUST ONE MORE’ SPORTFISHING

www.just1morecharters.com

This post was submitted by admin.

Beach Haven Captains Find Variety

Fishing Reports — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:58:42 +0000

The captains of the Beach Haven Charter fishing Association have been fishing in a variety of locations for a variety of fish. Captain Carl Sheppard of the “Star Fish” reported the inshore ocean water is cold and the fish do not seem to want to bite. Most of the black sea bass he has been keeping have been males. Captain John Koegler took the “Star Fish” to the canyons and returned with a catch of tuna and mahi-mahi. Captain Fran Verdi spent several days last week fishing on the “Hot Tuna” as a mate fishing the marlin and tuna tournament. He said they returned empty-handed after a couple days of hard work. It is now back to the inshore ocean fluke and sea bass trips for him now. Captain George Finck of “Sparetime” Charters had an inshore tuna trolling trip where each of his five anglers caught yellowfin tuna in addition to some nice mahi. The tuna were in the 55-80 pound class. He has also been fishing the inlet for big numbers of small fluke. Enjoying the action in the inlet were the David Hunt party and Gerald Mick and his five grandchildren. Captain George took Todd Kutikoff and Frank Smith out in the ocean for a nice catch of fluke and sea bass, all on the drift. Additional information on the association can be found at www.BHCFA.com or by calling 1-877-LBI-BHCFA (1-877-524-2423).

This post was submitted by Jim Hutchinson Sr..

Canyon Fishing Hot For Beach Haven Captains

Fishing Reports — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:27:36 +0000

Some of the boats of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association have been making the long trek to the canyons and returning with some great stories. They have been making some fine catches of tuna, billfish, and mahi-mahi. Captain George Finck of “Sparetime Charters” took Dan Cronin and friends out to the canyon for tuna fishing. In addition to seeing plenty of whales and porpoises, they had five hits and boated a pair of yellowfin tuna to 65-pounds. On another trip he went to the canyon looking for tuna. He first boated two white marlin which he released. He then boated a pair of yellowfin tuna to 80-pounds, and finally five long fin tuna.

Captain Lindsay Fuller had a busman’s holiday on the “June Bug” and took out some of his mates and mechanics on a trip to the Lindenkohl Canyon. Art Barstow and Garrett Frey trolled on the “June Bug” before sunup with no luck and then at dawn moved into the deeper water. The first fish boated was a 75-pound yellowfin. During their trolling they picked up an 80-pound yellowfin and had a couple of white marlin which investigated the lines but did not bite. Then they found a 10-foot piece of barnacle encrusted wood that held a school of 10-pound mahi-mahi. Although the mahi would not bite on the trolled lines, they were able to catch as many mahi as they wanted using light spinning tackle with pieces of ballyhoo for bait. After catching all they wanted to eat, they spent time catching and releasing. Captain Lindsay says he feels this is the best year for tuna fishing in at least 20 years. The same two captains have had some inshore trips where they had to work hard through loads of small fluke to find some keepers. Captain George Finck had Leslie Nugent and her 12 year old son Cooper in the bay for fluke with one topping the scale at 3.5 pounds. On another bay trip he had the Glen Linhoff family out for a nice catch of fluke on his mother-in-law’s birthday. Captain George had the Ross family out in the bay for fluke before getting chased in by thunderstorms. Once again fluke ruled the day plus a nice kingfish. For Captain Lindsay Fuller his inshore docket was made up of family reunions. The Potter family of Montreal, Canada, were out for a day’s catch of over 50 short fluke, but no keepers. Another family trip with three children had great action once again on short fluke but keepers were hard to come by.

Additional information on the association can be found at www.BHCFA.com or by calling 1-877-LBI-BHCFA (1-877-524-2423).

This post was submitted by Jim Hutchinson Sr..

‘JUST ONE MORE’ FISHING REPORT 7/30/10

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:36:11 +0000

Yesterday we had aboard the Anthony Rizzo charter for a day of fluke fishing. For three anglers we had a pretty good day of fluking. They landed a total of 8 keeper fluke up to a high of 22″. Many fluke were just shy of the keeper mark, reading 17.5″ to 17.75″!! We had plenty of action with the short fluke with many doubles on at times. Even some sea bass. The ratio of keepers to shorts is definately getting better. The water temp. in the bay was up to 82 degrees!! Big bluefish are being chummed in the Mud Buoy area. Bonito and false albacore are showing up in the slicks.

This Sunday is available for a charter. Full day or half day.

Attached you will see a photo of Anthony mentioned above with part of their catch.

THANK YOU.

CAPT. RICH NEWALLIS JR.

‘JUST ONE MORE’ SPORTFISHING

www.just1morecharters.com

908-472-2684

Barnegat Light Back Bay

Fishing Reports — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:28:36 +0000

On Saturday 7/31 we took our 18′ pontoon out for a day of fishing from Waretown, NJ with 5 adults and our 13 year old to hit the bay at Barnegat Light, after 1 hours ran into motor trouble and had SEATOW bring us back to South Harbour Marine. THANK YOU CAPTAIN, THANK YOU employee at South Harbour, got us back on the water by 1pm. Went back out to the Double Creek Channel between markers 11 and 21, spent 6 hours on the water. Boated 110 flounder, YES 110 and had 5 keepers, largest caught by the 13 y.o., 5 lbs 22 1/2 inches, we also had a 21, 19 and 2 18 inch beauties. We tried the inlet from 19 to 24 but nothing there at 5pm. What a fun day we had.

This post was submitted by Walt Golas.

Fluke Is Focus of Beach Haven Captains

Fishing Reports — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:28:30 +0000

Fluke fishing seems to be the name of the game for the boats of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association. Captain George Finck of “Sparetime Charters” reports finding fish both in the bay and just outside the inlet. He took Leslie Nugent and her 12 year old son Cooper bay fishing recently for fluke. Young Cooper caught the big fish of the day, a 3.5 pound fluke. Another day Captain George had the Ted Sokolowski family out trolling for bluefish right off the beaches of LBI, and they finished the day with a nice catch of eating sized blues. Captain Fran Verdi of the “Drop Off” reports he has switched gears and is now fishing for fluke both in the open ocean and at the reef sites. He reports despite a bit of a slow bite on the fluke in the ocean, he has been bringing some keepers across the rail. The back bay bite for fluke is still strong, but most fish are too small. The sea bass bite is erratic as the fish are now in the spawning mode. Captain Fran is looking forward to some tuna action in the near future and plans to fish in this weekend’s White Marline Invitational with Captain Bob Gerkens on the “Hot Tuna.” Additional information on the association can be found at www.BHCFA.com or by calling 1-877-LBI-BHCFA (1-877-524-2423).

This post was submitted by Jim Hutchinson Sr..

Beach Haven Captains Target Sea Bass And Fluke

Fishing Reports — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:21:06 +0000

The captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association have been spending most of their time fishing for summer flounder along with some forays for black sea bass and tuna. Captain Dave Wittenborn of the “Compass Rose” reports the fluke are starting to leave the bays and make their annual migration out onto the ocean lumps. He has been putting together catches of fluke in the bay, however, knowing that with the water temps reaching close to 80 degrees, the fluke are in the deeper holes and channels. He is finding the keeper ratio at about 50 to 1. When a party cancelled its charter, he fished alone in 55-feet of water and found a small pocket of large fluke. Using short drifts he limited out in two hours on fish to 4-pounds along with releasing some 15 shorts. This was a much better ration than most other locations.

Captain John Koegler of the boat “Pop’s Pride” fished the ICW between Markers 109-113 but managed only one keeper among over 20 fish. He had a trip offshore for bluefin tuna at over 50 miles and found bluefish and bluefin mixed together. Unfortunately he was looking for tuna, and the bluefish were a nuisance. Captain Fran Verdi of the “Drop Off” reports the sea bass are thick on some of the wrecks, but the bite is erratic as they are currently spawning. He plans to focus on ocean fluke until the sea bass bite becomes consistent. Captain Fran has gotten good reports on tuna at the inshore lumps and plans to fish there as the weather permits.

Additional information on the association can be found at www.BHCFA.com or by calling 1-877-LBI-BHCFA (1-877-524-2423).

This post was submitted by Jim Hutchinson Sr..