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Captain Ken Dubman K-Kat Charter Fishing Highlands, NJ. 12/12/06 - Excellent striper fishing for the Jerry Bolger party from Wall Twp. this morning. Birds were up on the NY and NJ sides, and the two-man party jigged and trolled eight keepers to 15 pounds and three dozen shorts before the action died out around 11 am. 12/11/06 - Some big blackfish are coming aboard the boat the past few days. The Monmouth Fence charter from Spotswood had 42 keeper blackfish, including a 10 pounder caught by "Horse", it was his first blackfish trip. The Bill Higgins charter from Monmouth Beach boated 25 keepers, including seven fish between 7 and 9 pounds. The Dave Blendowski group from Oakland, NJ picked through a load of shorts to box 22 keepers to 8 pounds. Bass jigging first thing in the morning has been good, although the shorts far outnumber the keepers. |
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As I said, a week makes a big
difference! I received a call from my partner Cap. Jack Riley yesterday. He
was fueling up and heading east of the BB. The herring that weren't there are now there, along with about 20 herring seiners. The bait is top to bottom in some places. There were 10 fish brought in from the area east of Chatham on Tuesday. There were not many boats in the area, although I suspect that has changed. There were reports earlier of a bite going on off Stellwagan, so a bunch of the Glouester boats steamed that way for a while. The fish buyers are saying that all the fish over 100" are coming from Stellwagen. There are also fish being caught of PEI as we speak. Hopefully they will show up east shortly. Most guys are chunking and fishing live bluefish, but I know of one boat that was pulling 2 squid bars and a tuna train way back on an 80. The tuna train was crushed so violently that the 80 lb. mono topshot snapped. There are a few guys still catching school fish, but the numbers have dropped off. I guess everybody is rigging up for the giants. On a side note, there was only one fish caught during the Hyannis Anglers Tuna Tournament a couple of weeks ago. |
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Rock Harbor Fishing Report Capt. Hap Farrell 04 October 2006 |
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is the last report of the season. Boy, did it go by fast. Lets hope the
winter goes by just as fast. The fishing in the bay is still fairly good.
The bass are still either up on top of Billingsgate Shoals or on the north
edge out to 30 feet. When the tide is down they move out to the deep water
from 45 to 55 feet. There are a good number of bluefish mixed in with the
bass. The best method is still jigging. However, if you use an umbrella rig
on a short wire (150 ft.) either on top or the north edge and a longer wire
setup (200 ft.) in the deeper water, you should do quite well also. These
fish should stick around for a while. The bass will leave first. Most likely
after an easterly or northeast blow which will cool the water down. You’ll
still be able to hook up on the big fish on the outer beach for awhile more.
The bluefish will be next. Not much later, maybe a week or so. By then those
who like to do some fall flounder fishing should start looking around. If
the seals have left any for us.I know it’s a little early to think about next season, but you might find some of this season’s lure that didn’t sell out on sale this fall and winter. If you find any jigged eels on sale buy them up. The jigged eel was a productive method this season so I’m sure it will be so next year. Also if you can find good wire line on sale pick that up too. Wire line isn't cheap and you go through a lot of it when you’re jigging. Hootchies, they are hard to find sometimes so if you run across them pick some. The pumpkin color and pink colors work well. However, brown and a root beer color also worked well, especially using lead core line. For those looking for bluefish they seem to be popping up everywhere. They’re off the Brewster Flats in 25 to 30 feet of water. During the flood tide if it’s a sunny day you can find them along the Eastham shore. They’re up on the shoals and in the deep water. Hootchies on mono or the umbrella rig will work well. The sizes are a mixed bag from 4 to 5 pound fish up to 15 to 17 pound fish. The next northeast blow that cools the water down should chase these fish into the deep water and then finally south for the winter. This last weekend I took a pair of twin dentists, John and Jim Hammond, and their friends out on the full day trip. They usually go in August but as it was they had to put it off 'till the end of September. They must have brought lady luck with them because they were into fish on a regular basis. The all landed the fish they wanted but will be back next August when it’s a little warmer. It has been a pleasure doing these reports this season and I should be starting them back up the beginning of next May, so ‘till then be safe. Web: www.capecodbaycharters.com E-mail: stunmai@copper.net |
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Capt. Joe Ferrulle Lady Ashley Charters www.Ladyashleycharters.com 09/19/06 More Tuna and a Mako! We have been continuing to do well with school tuna the past couple weeks, averaging 8-12 fish in the 50lb. range with some bigger fish mixed in. This past Sunday we had a charter and we got there for the early morning bite. First knock down was a double header of 100lb class fish. pulled the hook on one and the other came up with a mako biting its tail! Got the fish in the boat quick then hooked the mako with what was left of the tail. After a Battle with the shark we broke the leader just before I was able to sink the gaff into him. Very fun never the less. We took 4 more 50lb. class tuna to finish the day. It looks as though the larger fish are starting to move in. The next couple weeks will tell. The weather windows are getting tight so book your trip on the Lady Ashley now and let's go get some fish!!! |
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Greg Sears Mass Bay Guides http://www.massbayguides.com 10/19/06 Tuna Report |
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The Tuna are moving out only the occasional school popping up; our fleet has
only seen a few keepers in the past couple of weeks only the Hard Core Die
Hard Fisherman are still trying to catch the big one. We have caught a few
schoolys out east but even that has pretty much slowed to a halt. It may
just be that a lot of boats have not been able to fish much due to Weather
and the Slowdown on Charters. I have caught fish into November and I expect
this year, there will be a couple of bites left for those who must give it
one last cast, we have not given up yet and will probably get out a couple
of more times. This year has been a great year in Mass Bay compared to the
last five to ten years one of the reasons is the fact that the Purse Seines
where shut down from fishing in the Bay. They are trying to get permission
to resume Purse Seines in the Bay this will destroy our Charter and
Recreational Tuna fishery please contact any government officials and voice
a negative opinion on opening this fishery to this type of fishing thanks
for your support Keep the Big Guys out in the big water Not Inshore Purse
Seines and Trawlers Belong Offshore. Greg http://.wwww.massbayguides.com |
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Fishing Reports from around
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There are a few bass around
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Capt. Mike Mathews Offshore Angler Charters Cape Cod Bay, Nantucket Sound & The Islands |
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7/8 Cape Cod Bay Bluefin Tuna -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Today I had Dave, John & Larry onboard for a charter targeting offshore action to big stripers, blues and whatever else came along With the CCB Striper bite all but dead and completely taken over by dogfish After launching at 4:50am at Sesuit, I decided to head out offshore to some reported large schools of stripers on big bait. With our destination almost in reach and glassy calm seas we looked to prt at about 1 mile to see a boat wake. One problem, we hadn't seen a boat in 30 minutes I felt we had to check it out and started to run over. As we approached it was 1 square mile of 50-100lb Tuna just rolling like a military formation They were rolling, jumping and cruising on sand eels as far as the eye could see. I have attached a video that hopefully works. I set the guys up on a mix of poppers from a Gibbs Yellow Needle to a Habbs Purple & Yellow Needle. Dave put a few nice cast into the mix and on his 3rd SLAMMM!!! He's on and the Tuna stayed on top smashing away while hooked up dove at top speed and dumped us. It really spooked the enormous pod and busted them up for miles. We took chase in another 10 minutes when they came up again and again with no success dropping the surface plugs on their heads. I quickly rigged the rods between rises with my secret weapon for less than 100lb Tuna, Bonito and Albies: Mr. Deadly Himself......Sir Deadly Dick size 1 Green to match the sand eels. I experimented with these last year with great success into Tuna in CCB, Ipswich and Chatham. I remove the treble hook, inspect the swivel and replace it with a single self crimping Gamagats. For me, it has out-performed everthing. With two cast on the new rig Dave is on again with a quick dump. On his third cast BAMM! he's on BIG and the Shimano Spheros 12000 is screaming off 50lb braid. The St Croix 8ft 15-40lb Tidemaster is bent through the cork and bouncing up and down!!!! These fish were 70-100lbs and we knew this on was around 80lbs. Dave quickly gave the rod to John for his bachelor party weekend present (Johns taking the plunge in August) and John is strapped on for a hell of a ride! 35-40 minutes into this great fight the call is made that we need to horse this fish in at the risk of loosing before the trip is cut too short and the surface activity around us dies off. With the drag cranked and a heavy haul on the fish it snapped off. I have had some recent trips with more than one sport on the boat and watching someone fight a fish for hours on end isn't fun in most people's opinion so I was fairly comfortable with the call and all agreed it was great fun and they were ready for another one. We had a few more shots at some other pods but all in all its was a great day for these guys all to experience Tuna for the first time. These fish were aggressive and not shy to the boat at all. If we had all day we could have landed a bunch. If you are missing out on this great action and would like to get out please call us at 617-797-2233. |
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4th of July Weekend Report I have been OTW for the past 4 days and finally have some desk time to report the past few days so here goes…. Saturday 7/1 I had Dan, Sean & Andrew on the boat for a 4 hour day (too short this time of year) of Striper Fishing. The guys are lake fishermen form Buffalo and wanted to get into some big Stripers and possibly bring one home for the grill for the Holiday Weekend. We headed out of Sesuit at 5am to a gathering SW wind. We ran until we were in the Lee and found some calmer water. I hadn’t been out due to weather and timing for almost 4 days and upon arrival of one of the best producing spots we saw THE DEAD SEA. The miles of “walk on top of” bait had vanished and so did the fish. As a guide starting at ground zero stinks and all co-captains wisely took the weekend off so I was alone! The plan as always is to hit at least 4-5 top producing spots and hang your hat on the fact you did your best. Spot 2 we found busting bluefish and took the skunk off the boat. Spot 3 nothing and then off to Spot 4. The 4th and final location gave me a blank NavNet Screen and a hopeless feeling ut I told the guys to get their sand eel sluggos down deep and see what happened. BAM…..BAM 2 stripers 2 Rods 2 Casts!! They were nice fish about 34-38” and the guys were happy. They realized it was a tough day for fishing but great fun and one for the Grill. Very small numbers (2) but lots of fun. If we had the additional 2 hours out there we may have found the motherload FOUND ON MONDAY! Monday 7/2 I had TJ, Rob & Steve for a 6 hour charter. Steve was an accomplished fresh water fisherman with some great stories & taking out his son & son in law for the day. The goal was to catch some big fish for some great memories. I told them the things had slowed down quite a bit but we would give it our best try. When we got to our first stop things were still quite and the bait was no where to be found. We set up drift about 300 yards off the beach and got the sluggos down as low as possible. I hadn’t marked anything on the NavNet screen but the lobstermen had just placed their traps and I thought some big fish might come cruising. TJ had his rod in for about 2 minutes and his reel started screaming!!! It sounded like he had hooked one of the pots but his rod had the head bob of a BIG fish. He did a great job getting the fish to the boat and we landed a 46” 36lber. Great job TJ!! Things dried up and we moved again to some breaking fish we thought were blues and worth a cast for the action. Steve bombed the Gibss yellow popper into the mix a BOOM a 38” Striper smashed it on top and it was game on! We stayed with this small group of SLOBS for about an hour or two of great fun. We headed off shore to a great Whale show and came home. FYI…. These guys were all 6’ 2”+ and 230lbs+ and make these huge fish look small. Awesome day and great company. Tuesday 4th Anna Rose & Josh Joined me for a trip in 25knot winds and cloudy skies at 7:30 this morning. I was informed we were in competition for the best fish halfway out. I love good competition but would have preferred a much earlier start for a definite win!!! In any case Anna Rose & Josh fished through the tough weather. We set up on the pots again first thing. Anna Rose got hit by a huge fish and both her and her reel started screaming!! She put the fighting belt on and worked the fish like a pro. Minutes later she got the Striper boat-side and we landed the 40” 30lb fish for the photo victory for sure!! We spent the rest of the day catching huge tail-walking bluefish to 12lbs. With a long ride home and building seas we decided to head in with the enclosure up. I had 3 Great days OTW water with many fun people to take out. The season is changing and we all have to get creative (lobster pots) to get the good fish. I am OTW the rest of the week and will try to write again soon. FYI…The 40-80 Tuna we had seen 2-3 weeks ago are no where to be found. I’m only hearing reports of Giants in the Bay. That being said butterfish have moved into the area and everything looks ready to explode!!! If you are missing out on this great action and would like to get out, give us a call at 617-797-2233. |
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Captain Ken Dubman K-Kat Charter Fishing Highlands, NJ. 10/17 - The striper fishing in the Sandy Hook area remains generally good, although the weather restricts where we can fish much of the time. That was the case this afternoon for the Jack Hamill charter from Spotswood. We tried to get in to the ocean to fish bait, but were turned back by 6-8 foot seas and 30 mph southeast winds. Trolling in the bay started as a very slow pick, but ended up an all out slaughter as the birds began to work. We boxed a limit of bass, released two dozen shorts, and returned to the dock early. |
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Hatteras Harbor Marina Jennifer Scarborough Click here for daily updated fishing reports from the Hatteras fleet out of Hatteras Harbor Marina. If you want to know what is happening off Cape Hatteras, this is the place to go. |
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Canaveral Dolphin Are Here! 05/07/06 -The long awaited Canaveral mahi bite is going off right now. before last weeks windy weather, we had a nice little run of mahi, but now that the front is gone, the bite is hot!!!!! Every boat on Wednesday reported catching some. My customers from New Jersey had a great day. We stopped to bottom fish for a bit and picked up a couple of flounder, a cobia and a small red snapper. While we were dropping on the snapper, a 20lb dolphin swam up to the boat. I grabbed a light spin outfit rigged with 12lb test and a white curly tailed grub. While the fellows were still working their baits on the bottom, I pitched it over to the fish and it ate it up in record time. I gave the rod to Frank and he put the bottom rod in one of the rod holders. Then out behind his hooked fish, we saw a large bull dolphin explode on the surface. We all wondered what was going on with that fish and then noticed the idle bottom rod bending like mad. That dolphin had picked up a live beeliner that we were using for a bottom bait in 170 ft. and ate it. So while George was now fighting that fish, Bob tosses out a ballyhoo on a single hook and leaves it to drift. After I gaffed both of the mahi, the 3rd rod with the drift bait goes off. Bob lands that one too. We trolled the immediate area and continued to pick up 4 more fish, up to 35lbs. The catch for the day, 2 flounder, 1 cobia, 1 snapper and 7 mahi mahi. Thursday’s bite was almost as good, but the fish were not as big, but still gaffers. |
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05/01/06 - The dolphin bite has been extraordinary the past four days. Many fish in the fifteen to thirty pound range. Enough so, that quite a few five to ten pounders that normally would have had a place reserved for them in the cooler were sent to grow some more. The seas have been pretty rough for those wanting to get into this activity, running four to six foot and larger in twenty knot plus winds. Most of the action has been inside of two miles from the beach. I've been in the calmer water of the ICW chasing monster jacks, scary sized barracuda and juvenile tarpon, with the radio off so I can't hear about the dolphin just out of reach of my little boat. A problem I hope to have resolved with the addition of a twenty six footer next week. The spring run of false albacore has started up in a big way. Landed approximately seventy five albies , all on fly gear, up to sixteen pounds,(mostly in the eight to ten pound range)in four trips last week before the wind started blowing. They are very early, normally they aren't here much before the middle of May, but hey, but who's arguing. There have been large blackfin tuna mixed, but good luck getting past the albies. Oh yeah, and plenty of big sharks chasing everythng around. A few spots up in the Jupiter area, north of Palm Beach has had good king mackerel and cobia fishing. Both of those species have been hitting the dock regularly in the thirty to fifty lb range. And of course there's stories of the monsters.... |
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was the windy city here in Apalachicola this past weekend - only a few hardy
fishing guides braved the weather, but those who did get out, did pretty
well for the conditions they encountered. Chad & Kelly both got half day Bay
trips in and most of our Flats guides were able to tuck in close to shore to
complete successful redfishing trips, although fly fishing was NOT an
option. Richard Blankenbakers group (Bozeman, MT) actually broke some
personal catch records on redfish, plus Richard's first fish of the day was
a mullet. Tommy has only had 3 caught on a hook in his entire 25 year
guiding career, since they are herbivores, not carnivores. Offshore, with the exception of the last 3 days, has been great for the start of Snapper Season. Carl Huber from Maryland had a super trip with Capt. Charlie on his 32 foot Blackhawk on the 20th and Capt. Robyn took the William's out for a half day on the 15th. The forecast for tomorrow shows the winds down to 5 mph with the temperature in the low to mid 80's the rest of the week, light and variable winds. The tide is low in the mornings and incoming all day. Sounds like good fishin conditions to me! |
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04/29/06
- Lets start in the St. Lucie River this time and work our way east. We have
been fishing the 10 cent bridge often lately with great sucess when the
current is moving. Quite a mixed bag with snook to 39"on live shrimp,
rootbeer terrorize and also trolling jointed bombers and rattle traps. Have
been seeing quite a few boats in this area live baiting with large mullet
and greenies. Also hitting the shrimp are pompano, weakfish, flounder,
croaker, jacks, lookdowns, and trout. Good to see the species list growing
around the bridge. Some days you will notice large numbers of rays just
outside the shadow line which I believe are spawning. Docks along Sewells Point are holding snook, jacks, trout and ladyfish but you gotta put in your time. Marker 19 has been quite slow for the past few months. Deep water in Hell's Gate holding a few pomps and ladyfish but slow. Grassflats outside Willowby Creek on late incoming, you have a shot at pompano and ladyfish. Most baitfish I have seen in the St. Lucie has been near the southern tip of Sewell's Point and around the docks. Lots of shallow water here making it easy to see the mullet that are running around 9". The St. Lucie inlet has been hot and cold lately. When the water is clean on incoming has been best but some days the water is milky due to the high seas. Some really nice flounder to 4 pounds, along with croakers, jacks, ladyfish, scattered redfish and goliath grouper and bonefish. Great to see bones which really put up a great fight. Have not seen any tarpon in the inlet yet but just a matter of time. Just outside the rocks you will find sheephead, snappers, black margates, spots, blue runners on the bottom with scattered mackerel and large jacks still cruising through. Talked to several captains who have been playing with monster jacks outside the house of refuge on live greenies and sardines. I have a few full day trips coming up and will give that a try if the seas are down. For the most part the spanish mackerel bite is over but there are still a few large macs hanging around the baitschools near shore. Sailfish flats are holding mostly ladyfish with a few pompano and bonefish. Some days you gotta search for water that is not holding suspended weeds which always makes casting a pain in the neck. Have not fished the quarter bridge lately due to the construction. Playing from land? Try the dock at the Indian Riverside Park. Some trout and flounder about half way out in 3-4 feet on shrimp and rubber baits. Under the floating docks and at the docks end are some big fish gobbleing up livebaits and kicking everyones butt. Large snook over 40" along with tarpon to 40 pounds have been hooked here. If you decide to livebait here, may I suggest bumping your tackle up to 80 pound braid. Too much structure here to be fishing with 20 pound mono. The Jensen Bridge is holding mangrove snapper, sheephead, snook and a few drum and pompano but be prepared to loose tackle. The catwalk on the east side facing the power plant have areas that are only 4 feet deep and loaded with rocks. I think they went a bit overboard dumpimg these rocks. If they built the catwalk the same height as the old one, all this would not be needed. The old catwalk sat about 5 feet above the water at high tide. The new catwalks have about 1 foot clearance. During the hurricanes, these "new" catwalks were about 4 feet under water and colapsed. So they rip out the new catwalk and build another one the same height as the one that colapsed. Think this one will survive. I doubt it!! North of the Jensen Causeway have trout on both sides starting around county line and running north. Tripletail are on the crab traps and channel markers. We have caught some nice ones under 14 pounds the past few weeks. Took a buddy out the other day and caught 2 about 10 and 12 inches. These fish were gently placed in my livewell and were transported to Florida Oceanagraphic to be added to their new fish pond. Plan on going over and checking on my little tripletails next week which I have named Henry and Squeeky. (Squeeky is the larger one !!!) Tight lines, Capt. Bob Bushholz http://www.catch22fish.com (772) 225-6436 |
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