Stripers with the Elia Shehady Charter

Had Elia back with his dad, brother Randy, cuz
Mike and and buddy Chuck. Started eeling and
missed a few fish, tried another spot and had only
blues, on way to next spot ran into breaking fish,
Landed half a dozen blues and some short stripers.
Got to the next spot and put in the mojos, glad we did,
Landed 5 to 45 inches.

Stripers/Mixed Bag with John Ryan and crew

Had long time regular John out with buddies Jeff
Mat and Joe. Made bait and went down the beach
Looking for the larger striped variety, no luck.
Hit a few spots for seabass/ling landing some nice sized
Ones of both species for the table. Shifted gears and went
Back on the chunk and landed numerous blues for the smoker
Before getting some stripers for the guys.

Stripers with Larry Brusskin

Had Larry back with stepson Julius who had turned into
His main fishing companion. Went looking around in a new
Area and got into some nice fish, had our Limit and released
A few others. Ended the day getting some bluefish for the
Smoker.

Unders Limit with the Glenn Kauffman charter

Had Repeat Glenn back with Mike,John,Graham
And Lou, searched different spots and got a few early,
Found a decent patch of fish and limited The trip.
No takers after that after searching a few more areas.
Ended the day chunking some blues.

Bluefin Midshore Trip with Derrick and Family

Had Derrick out for the first time with his son Chris, Brother Adam, and 
Father in law Andy. Plan was to head offshore for Bluefin, but Mother Nature
Altered those plans. 30 miles out the wind came on early and gusted to 20,
Looked around and found some life and set up on it, tried sharking for an hour
No bites so we went on the troll, just small bluefish, didn't like the water so we took a run to the south and water looked great but no life. Hit a wreck and loaded up on pollack,ling, fluke and seabass waiting for the wind to settle. Subsided a bit and made a major run to the east, found a scallop boat and went to work, landed 3 quick Bluefin and headed to the barn.

Tasty bottom critters

Bluefish jigging with the Horst Klein Charter

Had Horst with wife Diane, Steve and Cyndi and buddies 
DaveX2. Plan was to have rod bending action,
So opted for offshore reef and landed 20 bruiser 
Blues to 15lbs to start the trip. Came back inshore 
To try for some stripers, Found the bunker pods but no takers. 
Finished up the day jigging a bunch of spike weakfish on the
Way home. It was a fun day in beautiful conditions!

Mixed Bag with the Blues Brothers Fishing Club

Mike set up another trip for the members, joining him was Mike his son Andy, Mike, Lou, and Carl. Made bait in 46 degree water and headed north, found some life and livelined nothing. Went further north and found bird action busted out the spinner and popped 2 dozen blues to 10lbs. Went back south and put in the spoons, Mike T landed a nice 30lb. Kept trolling around the bunker pods but nothing. Decided to drift a wreck and landed over 2 dozen seabass to 4lbs and fluke. Went back to livelining but no more Stripers for us. Glad to see all the guys back!

Striper Fishing with the Adam Conley Charter

Had Adam back again with buddies Mat, Pat, and
Zach. Knew forecast for rest of week would be bad
So left early today, very few boats on the water, what
A difference. Worked the first pod and just bluefish.
Kept working pods to the south and more bluefish.
Found some working birds and caught a bunch of stripers
On light spinners, all shorts. Saw birds futher off and started
The troll with spoons no luv, put in the shads and
Had doubles for the next hour, the keepers
Were spitting up baby weakfish same size of the shads,
Talk about matching the hatch! Ended the the day
With more stripers under the birds,
Ended the day with over 20 landed.

Striper fishing with the Brian Hurff Charter

Had Brian back with son Alex for some liveLining
And snag and drop. Started outside the inlet and
landed some blues To 10lbs.Ran down the
Beach and found some bunker getting worked over,
Dropped in the baits and went 3-3 on fish to 25lbs.
Good to see the Hurff family again!

First Day of Stripers with the Adam Conley Charter

We concluded our canyon season and hosted
Our first striper trip of the year. Had Adam out
With buddy Keith. Made our bait in one throw
Outside the inlet and headed off, found a pod
Of bunker and landed our first one, figured it
Would be lights out, not! Was our only striper
Of the day. Tried different spots, trolling and lures
Just bluefish.

Striperfest with the Roger Whitaker Charter

Had Roger back again with buddy Rich, and 

Glenn with his kids Lauren and Colby. Made

Out bait in some challenging conditions 6 foot 

Swells, ran north and went on the drift very slow

To start the day. Came inshore to about 40 feet and 

Landed out first striper with some blues. Moved around 

A bit nothing, came back to the original spot and had a 

Nice flurry wound up boxing another 6 with 2 fish going

Over 40lbs, even cooler was Lauren landing her first

Striper ever!

Open Boat Tuna-Mahi-Bottom

Had regulars Dan the Jigaman, Ed Eamon and newcomers Paul with his son Jack. Made our way to the grounds and looked around a bit, heard it was pick. Ran over some nice marks and began jigging had a fish on right way, Dan did a great job and we had a nice 46 incher on the deck. Looked around again and found some more marks, and hooked up again, this time young Jack went to work and landed his first tuna of his life in short order, which we then tagged and released for the Tag-A-Bluefin foundation. After a while the crew decided to look for some mahi, where Paul landed one, then went bottomfishing, that was slow with only ling to show for it. Made a run inshore and worked bunker pods for sharks, but wound up jigging our first Bonito of the year and blues.

Bluefin trip with Payet-Brothers

Had regulars Dan and Keith on board today to get in on the hot bluefin action. Not sure of weather but made the run, weather man was wrong and conditions were great. Got out to the spot where they had them the day before and it was all bluefish, made a move and found some fish wound up going 6-6 on fish up to 40 inches, ended the day with a doubleheader and left them biting and made 40 knots all the way home.

Overnight Canyon trip with the Pat Barr Charter

Had Cheryl call me to give her husband Pat his 50th Birthday Gift, he brought his son Mike and buddy Joe. Left the inlet in search for Bluefin, no luck, made some drifts on wrecks for Cod and Pollack no luck, made a run for the canyon, got there and found all the life we wanted, whales, porpoises and bait but no tuna. Changed gears and started tilefishing, had a fast drift that made it tough but nailed half a dozen goldens and bluelines. Went back on the troll still no luck, set up for the night, no bites until 330 when we had a monster on a jig, fought the beast for half an hour making no head way till hook pulled, damn. Went on the troll but again life but no tuna, changed gears again and went light tackle mahi fishing, had plenty of bites with many fished miss but all of the guys got in on the action. Picked up and ran inshore to look for bluefin, greeted by big nasty bluefish. Ended the day getting Seabass and ling. Fun day with all of the guys catching their first tiles and mahi.

Memorial Day Mixed Bag Trip with DJ Palathinkal Charter

Had DJ out with Father in Law Mat, and brother in Law Terhan with buddies Lamar, Don and Walt. Made bait in no time and where off to the striper grounds, marked some fish but fish would not chew. Bounced around deep and shallow no luv, tried chunking just big brusier blues. Changed gears and went bottom fishing, got some ling and seabass. Went back on the hunt for Stripers for the rest of the afternoon and could not get a bite.

Jigging-Bottom Fishing with Adam Conley Charter

Had Adam back again with Dad, John, and buddy Matt with friends Paul, Andy and Pat. Started jigging on schools of breaking Bass and Blues with Blues beating the Bass to the lures up 10lbs. Changed gears and bottom fished for a few hours landing tons of small porgies and seabass, with short tog. Went back on the jig hunt and found more birds with Bass and blues and only blues cooperated. Fun day with good weather, wish the Bass would have cooperated.

Fisherman Magazine Dream Boat Trip with Andrew Ogozalek Crew

Got a call from Advertising Sales Manager John Debona and Managing Editor Chris Lido. They had a Costa Rica trip winner that could not make his trip from the Dream Boat Contest. Asked if I could take them out for a day of Striper fishing. After talking to Anthony (Oggy), on the phone I agreed to take him and his crew of Tom, Mike and Luis. Made our way to the bait grounds and got over 100 pieces on our first throw, glad we did because that amount of bait barely covered the trip. First drop had constant action throughout the whole tide on Bass and blues. At slack tide we went on the drift and continued the bite till the guys cried uncle with sore arms and headed home. Had Bass to 22lbs, with Luis popping his Striper cherry and over 50 blues to 12lbs, great action with a fun bunch of guys.

Jason Palmer Tuna Jiggin Trip

Had Jason on board today who bidded and won the trip I donated to the Deborah Heart and Lung Hospital Foundation Silent Auction. He brought along his lovely wife Amy, and buddies Tom, Jason, and Mat. Gave them the option to jig Stripers and Blues or hunt for Bluefin and they opted to go for the Glory, told them to be careful what they wish for. Bypassed many working birds inshore and made our way to the deep, found the tuna busting everywhere. Hooked our first fish 15 minutes into the quest on a stickbait. Fought the fish for an hour lost him boatside on his last final run when he got tailwrapped. Worked some more pods and jigged seabass and blues until we got the call from "Working Girl" to head north. Found some more pods and hooked another tuna, fight only lasted a few minutes when we got tailwrapped again. Tough luck for the crew, but an awesome bunch to spend the day with.

Striper-Tog Chris Messick Charter

Had Chris with dad Chris Sr., Uncle Leon, buddies Rick, Big Mike, and Togmaster Mike. Started out jigging with 2 dozen blues and only 1 keeper striper. Changed gears and went togging had 3 tog newbies on board but they caught on quickly and boated 25 keepers to 5lbs, and over 50 shorts in a couple of hours. Went back into jig mode and got a decent pick landed another 5 keeper Stripers to 15lbs, total tally 6 Stripers to 15lbs, 25 tog to 5lbs, and over 40 blues to 12lbs.

Mixed Bag Trip with the Brandon Igdalsky Charter

Had Brandon back with brother Nick, and buddies Frank and Sacha. Started out striper fishing tried jigging and trolling only gator blues. After hours of trying and fishing over tons of bait, we tried some bottom fishing, with south current we had a constant bite, but tons of shorts, did manage to keeper seabass, tog, and porgies. Went out to the inshore grounds and try for the elusive Bluefin. Set up on the chunk and jigged while drifting, had some bluefin come through the slick but no takers. Ended doing some more stripers but no bites. Tough day today with fun group, lots of ball busting with yours truly getting some hard jabs from the crew.