6/5
Had the Jim Ermer charter in the am. This morning we broke the inlet to a not so nice ocean. Made bait and READ THE CRAP OUTTA THE BASS, but no takers. Made the run waaaaaaay south to have nothing. Went back to the north just a bit and white water everywhere! Bass exploding all over. Keeping 2 bass for the guys. (Thanks to Capt Jerry P). Had the Jim Garchowski charter this pm. This afternoon we broke the inlet to a flat ocean. Headed just a bit south to some SICK BASSING! Blowing up everywhere! It was retarted. Threw the net real quick and loaded the well. Pitching bunks out and just getting wacked the second they hit the water. Pencil poppers and all. The guys had tags, so we LOADED UP! Fish today ranged from 22-40lbs After a long day on the water striper fishing, it was a great one. The live lining bass are just crazy right now! GET IT IN!
6/4
Had the Jay Yuhas charter today for some live lined bass. Got out early and again loaded the livewell with the net. Headed where we have been getting them. No action. Went to every other spot we USUALLY get them and nada, just a crap load of bass readings with no takers. Finally around 12pm we headed way south and put one in the box around 25lbs. And boy did we work hard for him! Jay his brother Steve and their Dad had a great time with very few run offs, but one bass for dinner tonight.(which was all they wanted to keep anyway). What can I say? Tough day out there today.
6/3
Had David's weekly charter again today. Tough to net bait today so we snagged a few. Made a move to the south for snag and drop action! We had dozens of run offs and crashes up top. Had our Striper limit by 8 am today. Fish to 37 lbs.
6/2
Had NJ Dave, Dave and his neighbor Joe out for some after work bass. Threw the net and LOADED the livewell. Headed north to read some fish. Boxed one after 6 run offs. Moved back to the south in the deeper water and it was game on! The guys got the limit + to 33lbs.
Great crew aboard today!
5/31
Today we had the hosts and producer of Pennsylvania's TV show Delaware Valley Outdoors. Mike, Steve and Bob were filming for there striper DVD release worldwide, coming soon. We broke the inlet at 2:30pm this afternoon and snagged a few baits. Thanks to Capt Rich for throwing the net and hookin us up with a bunch! Made a left and drove about 500 yards and GAME ON! We had all 30lb class fish goin nuts! The guys caught numerous trophies and kept there limit after an hour! They filmed some great footage including topwater aggressive bass, live lining and trolling. The guys were a pleasure to have. Look for the DVD release at a tackle shop or store near you!
5/29
Had the Dennis Roberts charter today with Joe, Ed and Tommy. Left the inlet with 50ft viz in soupy fog. Had a hard time making bait but finally did. Headed to where we have been getting them. My crew today definetly werent on there toes! From 730am-1230pm we went 0 for about 12. Tried another spot and the bass crashed EVERY bait when it hit the water! But only one 34lb beast commited to the bunker. Ended up 1 for 15 on those drifts! The guys had a great time despite the fish being pains in the ass. TONS of laughs with Tommys jokes all day! Great crew!
5/27
Had Billy, Al and Cindy today for some stripers. Nothing like live lining some bassss!! Got our limit by 11am and still catching! Bass blowing up on top, jumping clean out of water. Just exploding on the bunker!
5/26
Left inlet an hooked a left. Made bait in 30 minutes and headed north. Hooked a 26 pounder on the first drift. Lots of moving around and run offs. Around 11:30 hooked a nice 33 pounder and headed for home in the thick fog.
5/25
Left the dock at 3:30pm this afternoon. Made bait FAST! Went south and got right on the bass! Unfortunately, had some newbies and we went 4 for about 20. Lots of run offs. Fish all around 25lbs. The fish are blowing up. The bite is on!
5/24
Last minute trip after work for some live lined beasts. Made bait near SRI searched for 15 min and couldnt snag more bunker without gettin one on. Had our limit x 10! Some bigger fish around tonight. Fish ranged 27-37lbs.
5/22
Had Own Roberts charter aboard today. Broke the inlet to some SLOPPY seas. Wind blowing East at 20 knots, waves 3-5ft. We went down to Point Pleasant and made bait thanks to Capt. Joe G. Headed back to Belmar to live line a few. We got our asses kicked! The boys toughed it out as we took a few waves! Had about 10 run offs with lots of misses. The guys just had a tough time hooking the bass.
5/21
Had the Jim Plevyak charter today for some live line bass. Broke the inlet to see soupy fog. Bait was scarce by SRI so we made bait at MI. Went north to the rocks to get a few blue bites and land one bass to 25lbs, missing about 10 stripes. After our bait was gone, we headed back to MI to grab a few more pieces and headed back up to another spot, slamming a nice one about 30 lbs, again missing a few. All in all, decent day, just needed more bait. The guys were a pleasure to have on board and they had a great time with lots of laughs!
5/13
We had the Jessica Simon charter out of Pa today. Started by searching for bunker out of SRI and there was none. Ended up south of SRI jigging only to find blues. Tried trolling to the north, and more blues. Went up to the rocks to search around and got more blues. Went south to Manasquan Inlet found some life and only coctail blues. The charter kept 4 for their new smoker they were buying. Tough day all around an covered a lot of ground.
5/11
Last minute 6pm dock departure last night with Capt Chad on the Sea Soda and Jesse. Manasquan inlet was closed so Chad couldnt make it out. Broke the inlet to see tons of birds working the area. First hook up was a nice bass on a swimmer. After that, had a bunch of crashes but no hook ups really. Then we hooked a million blue fish, which was very annoying. Weeded through them to pick some nice fish on poppers and swimmers to 28lbs. Caught about 15 bass and 20 blues for the 2 hour trip, keeping only one bass for a friend who was begging. No bunker around and the fish were spitting up rainfish.
5/9
Monday we did a crew trip with my mate Darren and buddy Jesse. As usual it ended up a normal weekday bass trip. No boat traffic and TONS of bunker bass! We went 12 for about 30. Got our limit to 33lbs live lining bunker. On the way in got some 30lb+ fish on pencil poppers! The fish are aggressive and hungry.
5/8
Sunday we had 4 for an open boat trip. We started off the day searching for the bass but there was nothing. We set anchor for ling and kept about 15 or so. The bass bite turned on around noon and we ended up with 4 nice fish jigging and live lining.
5/7
Saturday we had 4 for an open boat trip. We had a tough day. Jigged for a bit but no fish. Trolled for about 6 hours and managed to grab one bass.
5/5
Had a couple buddies aboard for a last minute trip, one whos bass cherry we popped! Went north with a stiff wind yesterday afternoon, to find some more birds right where we left them Wednesday. Fish were finicky again and took a few drifts to see what they liked. Jigging some Jersey Jay 6oz crocs was the right choice! Had our 3 man limit in an hour and fished catch and release mode for 2 hours. All the fish were in the 15lb range, except the one 30lb/42in beast that took AJ for a ride! Its game on now!
5/4
Today we teamed up with Captain Rich K on his new ride. Had Chris G from Navionics/Raymarine and my mate Darren. Went north and saw lots of working birds. Read loads of bait and fish. After a tough week last week, it was great to see some bird life and aggressive fish. We boated somewhere around 20-30 fish all keeper size to about 15lbs, boxing 6 for the tables, all in just a few hours. The bass are here, lets hope they stick around for a bit!
5/1
We had an open boat trip with Big Joe, his little brother Nick(for his birthday) and Damian. We headed north at 6:30am and when I say north I mean it. Loads of readings up there early am. Once the fleet came it dispersed throughout. We managed to grab a few bass to 18lbs jigging and trolling. Again we covered miles and miles with marks out the wazoo! But the fish just wanted nothing. We had tons of fish on the surface and also following the crocs to the boat. Fish were caught on Jersey Jays 6oz croc and white shad umbrellas.
4/30
We had the Pat Kenney charter from Pa come out to fish. It ended up more of a very long boat ride. We covered miles and miles of ocean reading tons of bait and few fish and they just would not bite. Trolling and jigging were not on the bass' menu Saturday. The guys at least drank some beers and had a great time.
4/25/11
Today we had Brian from West Marine in Belmar come out with us on a "crew" trip. We left the dock with some fog and boy did it get super thick by Long Branch. We marked lots of bait and dropped the jigs for about a half hour. The fog made it too hard to follow the bait balls as they were moving quickly. We had about 30-40yards of visability. We turned back to head home by 9am and it took till about 11am to make it in. Just a bit dangerous out there today, better luck next time.
4/18/11
Crew trip today to kick off the season. So we fished some sloppy seas with a full moon. Tons of bunker on the bottom and lots of sand eels in the deeper water. Started with the jigs with no bites. Went trolling in the deeper water and hooked a very small fish and lost it halfway to the boat. So, we marked lots of bait, but no fish yet. Fished from Asbury Park to Sea Girt out to the 3 mile line, water temp at warmest was 45.0*F.
