Bluefish and Seabass with the Klein Charter

Today we had out Dan Klien, his girlfriend Shelley and her mother for a bluefish/ sea bass trip. We left around 9 am and made our way north. We set up for bluefish and had fish on right away. They bite continued for quite a while and everyone had a blast fighting some nice sized blues. On the way home we stopped on a few pieces for some sea bass and wound up with a dozen keeper sea bass and one nice blackfish.

Offshore Bluefin Tuna with the Soos/Powers Charter

Had Steve Soos, Jim Powers, and his son Nick out for bluefin trip yesterday. We left the dock just before 4:30am and made our way out to the grounds. We put the jigs in around 7 am and had fish on within 5 min! These guys had never landed tuna before and were also new to the jigging game but caught on quickly and had a blast! In total they had 10 fish on and boated some beautiful bluefin! Later on in the day we had some mahi cruise by and were able to put a few of them in the box as well up to about 10lbs. Overall it was a great day with a cool bunch of guys!

Canyon-Bluefin Trip with Jim Byrne Charter

Back from my 2 week hiatus, family and work trips. Eager to get out and had Jim with buddies Nick and Chris. Decided to start the trip to the Northern Bluefin Spot, which has been on somedays and off others. Spent a couple of hours there but no hits and didn't mark much but the life was there, skippies and bait. Picked up and left for the 100 line between the Dip and Hudson, south winds really picked up making it hard to troll in, decided to make a bee line to the 100 square to set up for the night. Got there late and had 2 run-offs right away but didn't convert and nothing else for the night. In the morning we went on the troll, hit the area for a while, then trolled towards the elbow had one nice fish pull for a while and lost it. Tried the East side for tiles but no drift which made it hard to cover ground. Decided to do some mahi to fill the box, landed close to a dozen. On the way home we tried for more bluefin but waters were still very dirty. Tough long day, but understanding appreciative crew made it better.

Dan Bombaci Bluefin Tuna & Mahi Trip

Looking at this week's dismal forecast for an overnighter for a canyon trip and upcoming travel schedule for the next few weeks, I wanted to get a trip in on my rig. Had a small window that Dan wanted to take advantage of. His goal was to jig and pop Bluefin tuna. Got to the Princess early and the water was pea green with no signs of life, got to the Chicken and saw more life. Set up on the drift and began jigging and throwing meat. Had schools of rays under the boat no bites, just schools of Mahi that were finicky but plucked one. Worked further along the edge and got our under Bluefin when we came a across a motherlode of Skippies with nice sized yellowfin and bluefin mixed in, had 3 shots at them with fish all around the boat but no takers. Dan had an arsenal of Japanese poppers and jigs I have never seen, but sardines, butters, or lures would not work. Our small window closed and got back to the dock for lunch. Had Chef Marcus at the Clarks Landing Dockside Grill prepare the Mahi in a pineapple, sesame ginger sauce, and Key West style with coconut rum sauce. The Tuna was a sushi roll filled with crabmeat and tempura drizzled with wasabi sauce.

Canyon Trip with Sons

For years my sons had the itch to fish the edge with Dad. Well with Saturday's forecast and no charters I made their wish come true. Ran with my dad and buddies Mike and Mark for crew, with the intention of getting the kids their first tuna and mahi. Left the inlet in the dark got to the canyon at first light, slow troll all morning, canyon fishing was a slow pick for most of the fleet. Talk about pressure, worked my butt off and got our first shot in a school of skippies landed the first small fish barely legal Nick first, and a skippie. Trolled further down the line and got another shot again all small fish blowing up the lures but got another legal fish. Accomplishing first goal, it was on to the next. Antonio's first mahi, went pot hopping till we found them, mission accomplished with Tony landing his first on a bucktail. Left the canyon at lunchtime looking inside at the Chicken but bite was over so we headed to the barn. Slow fishing overall, but pales in comparison to many firsts today. 3 generations of Gamboa's enjoying the canyon, Nick's first tuna, and Tony's first mahi, will never forget the day!

Canyon Trip with the John Ryan Charter

Had first timers John with dad "Bubba", and buddies Walt and Lane. Left the dock to do some tag and release for the Atlantic Tuna Project started by John Logioco. Got to the inshore hot spot and made two passes through the schools of rays and landed 5 tuna keeping one under and tagging the rest. Pretty simple process slide the fish through the tuna door, tag, and let him fly head first. After giving the guys some practice wrestling with tuna I took them to do some light tackle mahi. Landed a half a dozen fish on ultralight tackle with Walt landing the biggest on Andreas Toy a 52 inch 31lb'r weighed at Clark's certified scale. Made our move to the Hudson and got our bites right away with the guys landing our first shot of 50 pound yellow near some whales. Pounded the area and got two more before we set up for the chunk. Night was very slow getting one on the chunk and mahi. In the morning had intentions of putting in a trolling session but one of the crew was not feeling well. Crew decided to play with some more mahi on the way home landing another half dozen. Very proud of the guys 3 of them never caught tuna or mahi. Working together they landed every tuna and mahi bite going 5-5 on Bluefin and 5-5 on the yellows.

Split Trip Zullo-Nitske Sea Bass/ River Fluke

Yesterday we had a split trip starting off with Jim Zullo, wife Tonya and sons Jonathan and Lyle. The kids wanted some action so we decided to go out and do a little sea bassing. Hit a few spots about 5 miles from the inlet where the kids had non-stop action and we were able to get a dozen keepers in about two hours of fishing. After a little while one of the little guys wasnt feeling well so we finished up the trip with a little river fluking. After dropping off the Zullo family, we headed back out with Frank Nitske, wife Jo, sons Brandon and Justin, and daughter Ashley. They also wanted to head out and try for some sea bass as well. We started where we left off an hour earlier and the kids had steady action with drop and reel sea bass. They were able to box 27 keepers along with a nice cod in just under 3 hours of fishing!!! All the kids had a blast today catching plenty of fish each!