Togging with the Jim Prueniger crew

Had Jim back with buddies John, Tony and Dianne.
First time togging but they did ok, landed a dozen
Keepers And over 50 shorts. Great way to spend a
December day fishing 45 degrees with flat seas!

Jumbo Seabass/Tog with Brian Priest

Had longtime regular out to fill the freezer for
The holidays meals, started making a sprint offshore
For jumbo seabass jigged our limit to fish from 4-6lbs.
After filling the box we came into do some
Togging landed half dozen tog to 6lbs. Great day on the
water in flat conditions.

Togging with Oscar Carillo

Plan was to head offshore for seabass, Mother Nature had other plans
Went to plan B and set up on a wreck, Had over 50 fish but only 9
Keepers. Bites all day, but pretty rough.

Stripers with Pat Noonan and kids

Had regular Pat back with Brian and buddies Dean and Mitch,
Made our way north and had little bit of bird play Landing a few
shorts. Found a small pod of fish landing a keeper and a bonus fish
Then it was all shorts after that. Tough day on stripers.

Sandeels

Had longtime regular Larry with Son Julius and buddy Lenny with Son Zack. Made our way to the grounds and found the readings, fish were on sandeels so we fished avas And sandeel imitations had our limit On fish to 34 inches and went Into catch and releasing over 50 stripers. Great day yesterday!

Solid over and under from a fun trip the other day

Solid over and under from a fun trip the other day

Striper cherries popped

Had Adam back with bunch new guys wanting there
Striper cherries popped. Fishing was real slow trolled,
Netted bunker and livelined in various spots no luv.
Finally found a few that would eat congrats to Tyler and Lee!

Life close to home became dinner!

Had Karl and Dave out, had a small afternoon window to get the guys Out, found the life close to home and caught unders and overs to 44 inches, glad we got the trip in. Headed to the Barge in town and had our stripers Francaise and Blackened!

Searching for stripers

Had Jeremy out with Son Xavier, and buddies Phil, Eric, Kenny, Chris. Started out with the mojos and Phil busted his Striper cherry with the mojos. Went Searching for stripers on the surface and found them busting bait, all the fish were 30-40lbs, with the biggest A 48inch, 26 inch girth beauty. They hit swim shads on light tackle, awesome day out!

Boxed up some stripers

Jim and John battled the tough conditions today and boxed up some stripers. Definitely earned them today

On light tackle and landed...

Had Greg out for the first time with buddies Eric, Barry, Ralph, and John. Started out with the light tackle and landed a dozen shorts and slots to get us Started. When on the hunt for bigger fish and got a 20lb, charter wanted to get back to the light tackle and landed another dozen or so before we headed to the dock before dark

Blackfish and stripers today

Blackfish and stripers today! Great to be back in the bay Gerald Paige and Luke Caverly

With TAK Waterman

Yesterday’s fish. Got a dozen casting

Back up north in Perth Amboy

The boat is back up north in Perth Amboy. On the ride up we got into the Albies, made a drop for blackfish and topped it off with a few stripers. Excited to see what the fall striper season will bring us

Albies and bonito inshore on light tackle

Tons of Albies and bonito inshore on light tackle, Mother Nature didn’t allow us to get offshore

Long time offshore fisherman wanted meat

Long time offshore fisherman wanted meat, 30 mahi and tiles

Mahi

Loaded up the livewell with peanuts and ran off, nice conditions with just a long period swell. Broke both father and sons’s cherries on fly, peanuts, and coltsnipers.
Then went hunting got the gaffers, Found them and it was game on with fish to 20lbs, got another a dozen and left the rest to live for another day which was over 100 fish swimming around under the boat!

Tuna/Mahi with the Ziegler charter

Had Cody,Lou,Bill and Herb on board today, got to
The grounds and landed right on the life pulled the
Hooks on the first 2 fish and fought a big yellow on
Light leader until it parted near the boat, very slow
bite rest of morning, after lunch we went searching and
Found some debris with mahi Landing half a dozen.
Went back to Tunas and worked whales/dolphins with
Poppers no luck, went back to fishing the rays/chick birds
And busted off 2 more fish, ugh! Finally landed 2 yellows
Some falsies and skippies to end the day.

Yellowfin light tackle action with Dad 82nd birthday and buddies

Plan was to go mahi fishing in the hole,
Met up with Dockmate Nick and Brendan
And decided to take advantage of flat seas
And make the run to the yellowfin grounds.
Left at 11, got their at 1, first fish on a jig at
In 5 minutes, went 5-7 on jigs and bait and
get back to the dock by 5. Great birthday
Gift for dad! Find your favorite charter
Operation and get on the grounds!

light tackle yellowfin with the Lochhead family

Had the family of Cameron with sons Liam and
Jameson out for the first time. Started chunking
At first spot and had skippies and sharks to get the
Crew warmed up, hit the next spot and it was game
On had yellowfin chunking with peanuts, jigs and poppers
Great way to end the day.

Manasquan Tuna Tourney results with Oscar Carillo

Had Oscar back with buddy Randy to fish the tourney,
First day was uneventful just a skipjack and at night
Sharks. Next day was an amazing top water feed of
Dolphins, whales, and tuna. Made a couple of casts and
It was game on. Landed a few and some broke off near the
boat, when the dust settled we had fish up 70lbs in the box.
Went pot hopping trying to find something to weigh in,
Did land 6 but not the right size. Great way to end the tournament,
Currently in 3rd place.

mahi slaying on the Silly Lily

Gave the Toy a break for upcoming MMRTC tourney
And jumped on with Darren on his boat, left at 1 back by
By 6. smashed 20 mahi all on light tackle.

Midshore Tuna

Hosted an open boat trip with regulars Jim Surmick and
Son Brett, MikeX2. Headed out in funky conditions, bit
Sporty. Finally got to midshore spot and had slow action
Until we figured out what the fish wanted. Green sidetracker
Bars from chatter, first fish was a bruiser 60lb yellow. Landed a few
More and decided to stay put rather than running to canyon
In uncertain conditions. Glad the guys taking home some
Meat!

Mixed Bag Open Boat Canyon trip

Hosted an open trip with new guys on board Pat,
Dave and Mike, started inshore and got a nice
mahi, not much happening so ran to Toms Canyon.
Not much happening there and too much current to
Tilefish or mahi pot hop so ran back inshore to a
Different spot. On way there found a bunch of debris
And landed another mahi and some triggers. Next spot
Was able to get two tuna to end the day.

Tuna with Ricardi Crew

Had John Henry one of my ex players, uncle John, and buddies
Anthony and Pete out. Started out inshore where the life was
And decided to head to canyon for mixed bag of species, bad
Move! Got to canyon and fishing was spotty at best some caught
Most didn’t, we were one we got skunked. Tried mahi fishing but
3-4 knot current kept the mahi from biting. Tilefishing was out of
The question. Found a log and bagged a bunch of triggers and almaco
Jacks. Decided to try inshore spot to save the trip, found a school of
yellowfin on top and it was game on, had fish blowing up the spread!
One of my most challenging and satisfying trips of my career!

Tuna with Ricardi Crew

Had John Henry one of my ex players, uncle John, and buddies
Anthony and Pete out. Started out inshore where the life was
And decided to head to canyon for mixed bag of species, bad
Move! Got to canyon and fishing was spotty at best some caught
Most didn’t, we were one we got skunked. Tried mahi fishing but
3-4 knot current kept the mahi from biting. Tilefishing was out of
The question. Found a log and bagged a bunch of triggers and almaco
Jacks. Decided to try inshore spot to save the trip, found a school of
yellowfin on top and it was game on, had fish blowing up the spread!
One of my most challenging and satisfying trips of my career!

Canyon Quickie with Santiago crew

Had Santiago out with Son Andrew and buddies
Woody and Tony. Plan was to shark fish the mudhole with
Uncertain weather, at the dock wind wasn’t too bad
So pointed the bow towards the chicken, after no bites and
Barely life had to make a decision. Seas had gotten nicer so
I gave the charter an option to sprint to the Hudson and fish a few
Hours which they jumped on Started on the pots and got some nice
gaffer mahi, first ones of the year. Then went on the troll getting 2
Yellowfin right away, after an hour of no luv went back to the mahi
and got some more to end the day.

Canyon Mixed Bag with the Jordon Young Crew

Had firstimer Jordan with buddies Will,
Garrett and Shay. Started out on yellowfins
Inside of the canyon popping a couple of cherries
Early, once that dried up continued to the canyon
Checked many places but no luv, hit the pots and
They were barren. Decided to deep drop, man was it
On, landed over dozen with Golden’s to 22lbs, bluelines
To 18, and a snowy grouper over 30lbs! After that headed
Back to where we had the yellows but no luv for us.
Awesome day with some great guys!

Canyon Trip with the Brian Kohute Family

Had Brian with Son Gavin and nephew Garrett. Took
Them out for their first canyon trip ever, plan was to
Get them a wide variety of action and best experience
Possible and I think we accomplished that. Took a
40 knot cruise to the grounds and began the search,
canyon we picked was slow so decided to change gears
And drop for Tiles until the tuna woke up. Had each guy
Land their first Tiles and they were big had two 30lb pounders
Right away. Went back to trolling and ran across two Huge
Blue marlin that wouldn’t commit, had each guy land their
First tunas and then hit the pots for mahi. Water was warm 77
And clean but no takers. Ran inshore To look for bluefin and
Found the life, whales, Mola’s, birds, bait and tons of marks
Was able to pull a nice yellowfin out of the area and decided
Time to go home, cruised home at 40 knots on calm seas!