Greg Hopf -NJH Thomas Elefante Bass Tournament

On Saturday we had out Greg Hopf, his sons Chris and Jason, his brother Harold and good friends Mark and Mike for the annual NJH Thomas Elefante Bass tournament. We left the dock just before 6 and made the decision to head back to where we had the fish the night prior. Shortly after getting to the area we started marking some fish here and there. Guys were picking a fish every now and again but it was very slow. Heard fo a few fish caught to the north but decided to stick with my gut and keep pounding away where we were at which turned out to be a good decision. Our fist bite came around noon and the guys were then able to put 6 fish in the box by 1:30 up to 33.5lbs. We headed in at 1:45 so the guys could make their weigh in. They ended up taking 1st with the 33.5lb and also had top 4 heaviest fish taking the Calcutta.

All fish in this trip & the day prior came on TGT Bunker Spoons

Pat Noonan Charter-Stripers

On Friday we had out Pat Noonan and his buddies for an afternoon bass trip. Being our first trip back in Pt. we were anxious to get out there for some bigger fish. We left the dock a little before noon and after hearing dismal reports up and down we decided to head south for the afternoon. Was a tough day marking lots of fish but none wanting to chew besides some blues here and there. made the decision to stick it out having the feeling that they would turn on at some point and it turned out to be the right one. Around 7:30-9 the fish started to bite and the guys went 3-7 on bass to around 32lbs!

Sorry for the bad pics...camera went down and had to take a few with the cell

Striper Limit with Austen Henry

Had Austen out with his buddy Chris. Made bait in the usual area on readings down deep. With 15knot east winds against an outgoing tide decided to go on the drift. First drift we had our limit to 15lbs, with blues to 10lbs, went into relase mode after that. Fish wanted chunks and heads on the bottom. Glad to get the guys out and on some fish in tough conditions.

Horst Klein Couples Charter

Had Horst on board with his lovely wife Diane, and couples Don and Pam, and Ed and Marybeth. Went to load the well with live bunkers, mission accomplished. had my childhood buddies following me in thier boat to the first spot and found the fish, they landed 2 right away. Instead of staying I decided to find more fish and give the ladies a boat cruise in the process. Cruise was awesome in flat seas but finding fish was the problem. Finally found them but pulled the hooks myself on 2 fish, lost a couple of more and landed one striper and some blues. Searched far and wide and after 10 hours of fishing that was our only action. If there was ever a funner bunch I wanted to load the boat with fish, this was them. Hopefully next time will be better, Horst will be back with the guys in 3 weeks.

Open Boat Striper Trip-Near Limit

Had regular Chuck Routar, with newcomers Ralph, Ryan, and John, started out live-lining-chunking, read the fish but they never turned on, so we went with lures had a slow pick but landed 7 fish to 15lbs, had a couple fish we lost near the boat, that kept us from the charter limit. Also landed a couple of small blues the first of the year.

Striper Limit with the Dan Benjamin Charter

Had Dan back out today with friends Annette, Gene, Jeff, Bob and Bill. Started out live-lining and chunking and had some fish but wind against tide conditions made that fishing a bit difficult, combined with using lures we were able to get the Charter limit and then went into release mode. Landed close to 20 fish up to Annette's pool winning 15lb'r. Wet conditions but good fishing with a fun crew.

Striper Limit with the Vince Russo Charter

Had a Dad's-Kids day today, Had Vince and his son Lou, and Jeff with his son Colin. Plan was to get some live bait, on the way there saw some bird play and went to take a look, saw something I haven't seen in the back bay in quite some time, rolling Bass in every direction! Saw they where rolling on rainfish so we switched to light spinning rods and small swimming plugs and rattle traps to match the hatch. Landed close to 20 Stripers up to 15lbs on the light spinners. What a way to start the day, went and made bait and began to live-line to no avail, put out the trolling sticks and trolled some small stretches where we caught them earlier and had some bites. Great day to get the youngsters involved in saltwater Bass fishing.