Point Pleasant NJ Striped Bass / Sea bass Fishing Trip with the Joe Kopchak Charter

Capt Max & Capt Joe had out Joe K. and his buddies early this morning. They made bait easily and headed north. Working the bunker pods they landed 3 fish before the bite turned off. Went on to the reef to finish the day with 15 keeper Sea bass and Ling.

Striper Trip with the Horst Klein Charter

Remote Report:
I am in Florida on business so in my absence Capt Max Forlenza ran his first trip today, with Capt Keith on the assist. Had Horst with his buddies charter us for the first time today and the crew had a banner day. Capt Max loaded the well and headed north for a striper blitz, thanks Joe and Rich for the call. They landed bass in short order to almost 40 lbs. Great day for the charter and congrats for my new protege Capt Max.

Sunday Striped Bass with the John Liptock Charter

On Sunday I had John back with his son and friends for a striper trip. Left the dock at 10am and found the bait right outside our inlet. Stayed with those schools for a bit but no bass with them. Decided to go bottom fish for a little while so we headed east to the same area where Capt Fred had a very good pick of fish a couple days before but the fish were not chewin there so we headed south and found a pick of fish on some rubble in 60 foot. Got 2 dozen keepers there plus one 24 inch fluke and 2 cod before heading inshore for another crack at the stripers. Same scenario.. Alot of bait with no bass on them. Buddy stayed with the bunkers till 9pm and only sharks. Another tough day with the bass for us. ~Capt. Carlos

Saturday Striped Bass with the Joe Mahan Charter

Sorry for the late reports. Saturday I had Joe and 3 of his friends for some striped bass and some bottom fish. Left the dock at 7am and got our live well full pretty quick. Headed north to the rocks and setup a drift on some rock piles for fluke and sea bass. Got a bunch of short sea bass there with a few keepers but not enough action so we left there and hit a wreck in 50 foot. Got a little pick on some sea bass but the fish were not chewing good so we anchored up on the rocks for some striped bass chunkin. Had wind against tide which sucks there so after 3 hours with only a few runoffs and the south wind kickin we headed for the barn. It was a pleasure fishing with these guys and they worked hard for 20 sea bass and a bunch of fat ling. Tough day. ~Capt Carlos

Midshore Trip with the Brandon Igdalsky Charter

Had Brandon back with brother Nick, and Buddy Frank Hess. Netted bunker and went offshore to pull on some sharks and tuna. First couple of spots we tried trolling and butterfly jigging only bluefish. Had life at all of the spots, but not ready to explode yet. Set up the shark drift but conditions were to nice and and calm had no drift. didn't even see a shark. Decided to deep drop to save the day. Hit a wreck and landed a dozen market sized cod an 4 Pollack to 15lbs.

Saturday Split Charter Marathon

On Saturday I had a ten hour marathon for seabass, mudhole wrecks and then some stripers. Left the dock at 8 and headed close by for some seabass. First stop was ok on some new piece of bottom I was trying out but not enough keepers so next drop in 65 foot was much better with the guys boating 30 keepers. After that it was off to the east end for some deeper wrecks. We set up on a piece in 155 foot and we got into a nice pick of cod, ling and seabass along with alot of pout. Made a move a few miles farther off in 115 foot and it was game on with the cod. The guys landed around 25 cod on that piece. Eight of those were keepers with the rest just short. Along with fat ling it made for some nice action. Around 4pm we started heading back in to do some stripers. Well the stripers were nowhere to be found for us so we got back in at 6pm only to wait 2.5 hours for the bridge. That sucked but the rest of the day was awesome!