October

October 28

Took the Don Reitnerg charter for some striped bass trolling and jigging.  Started up between the channels off

Sandy Hook, but due to the feirce out going tide conditions were not ideal.  Trolled down the beach for a pick of

bass to 33 inches.  Ended the day with 6 bass and 3 keepers.

October 27

Took the Gabe Lerman charter for some striped bass trolling.  Ended up between the channels off Sandy Hook. 

Has very good spoon action and ended the day with 10 bass upto 36".

October 26

Due to the Gale force winds, I decided to stay in the Manasquan river and try for some bass and blues.  Tried the

river with no luck but managed one bass in the PP Canal.

October 2

Took the Harvey Lerman charter out for an overnight striped bass eeling trip.  After cast netting a few peanuts in

the Manasquan River we headed to the Shrewsbury Rocks.  Night fishing was very slow.  Ended up trolling tons

of bluefish early in the morning then called it a day.

September

September 18

After a few weeks off to rest from a very active summer.  Chub E and I spent the day trolling for the elusive false

albacore. We started at the Manasquan Ridge with no success.  Moved inshore 2 miles of Manasquan Inlet near

the lobster pots and found the false albacore.  We ended the day with 8-10 false albacore and added two fat

bluefish.  It was great to here the rubber bands snapping and the reels screaming.

September 3

Took Jimmy Collis, Wayne Maurer and Jarret out for a day of fluking.  Started the day at the BL Reef.  Seas were

kicked up a little which made for a fast drift.  We ended the day with 5 keepers to 6 lbs.

August

August 28

Took the David Boulton Charter out for a day of Fluke hunting. Started at the BL Reef where we had the fish on

Friday.  Picked through some shorts and a few keepers before the big one hit.  David landed a 29inch 8.5lbs fluke

only to be followed by a 6 pounder.  We ended up with 6 keepers to 8.5lbs before heading in early due to several

passengers being very seasick.

August 26

Took the Phil Mulcahy charter out for a fluking trip.  Started down off the IBSP, then Seaside, then Seaside Park...

nothing.  Moved to the BL Reef and located a body of large fluke.  Ended the day with a few keepers to 4lbs.

August 21

Took the Dr. Donald Reitberg charter out fluking.  Tough conditions in the morning prevented a good catch.  The full

moon and stronger than usual currents presented some wind against tide situations.  Managed a get one keeper at

21 inches along with countless skates and dogfish.  The highlight of the trip was the fabulous roast beef

sandwiches that were served.

August 20

Took the Kevin Wurch party out to the Barnegat Ridge for some Bluefin Tuna and Mahi Mahi trolling.  Water was

blue and 78 degrees.  Landed a few large bluefish and that was it.  No bait, no life.  Even the boats chumming for

bluefish hard a hard time.  Moved inshore and managed a few keeper fluke.

August 14

Took the Karen Bond Charter out for a 1/2 day fluke trip.  Went out of Barnegat Inlet and was met with dense fog

and 59 degree water.  As we headed north off of the bathing pavillions water temps were upto 64.  We had a slow

and steady pick of fish upto a real nice fat 8 pounder (30 inches). 

August 13

Took the Hank Locinski Charter out for a 1/2 day fluke trip. Started off of Mantoloking and caught a few keepers

to 21 inches.  Made a move south off the Thunderbird and found a nice pod of fish.  Ended up with 8 keepers

to 6.5 pounds.

August 7

Took Alan Taggart and Lolo Erikson Charter down south for a day of fluking.  Started at the Barnegat Light Reef

and boated a few shorts along with 1 keeper.  No drift there, so we moved north off the bathing pavillions in IBSP.

Found a nice pod of fluke and ended up with 7 keepers to 8 pounds (29 inch).  Water was unbelieveably clear and

blue.  A few Mahi were also boated within the fluking fleet!

August 6

Took the Pearce Herezberg charter out for a day of fluking.  Headed north to Asbury Park in a NE sea.  On our

second drift we started to pick at some fluke.  We ended the day off Long Branch was a total of 8 keepers to

4 1/2 pounds.

July

July 31

Took the David Boulton charter out for another day of inshore tuna trolling.  We again started at the Barnegat

Ridge, but today was totally different.  No bait readings, no tuna and only a few bluefish.  Out of the 20 boats

fishing the area only one boat boated a tuna.  What a difference a day makes.

July 30

Took the Joe Gianetti charter out for a day of inshore tuna trolling.  We started at the North Barnegat

Ridge.  Our first tuna exploded on a green machine behind a yellow bird WWB and resulted in a nice 35 pounder. 

The next tuna hit a cedar plug in the wash and the next two came on a Canyon Runner Blue/Silver Mini Mamba

bar in the second wake.  A few bluefish were also boated.

July 23

Took the Dr. Richard Reeves charter out for a day of fluking. Starting near the Klondike we had no drift so I quickly

moved inshore to Asbury Park.  Caught a few sand sharks then a real shark showed up.  A large thresher was

exploding on the schools of bunker.  We moved just north of Asbury and found a real nice body of fluke.  We

ended up with 10 keepers to 4.5 pounds and released approx. 40 shorts.

July 17

Chartered the A-Lure a for day troll in the Canyons.  We should have stayed inshore on the 'Anticipation'.  We

arrived at the Hudson at 4:30 am and had dolphins and whales around us all day.  We marked some bait deep but

never got a bite.  Then headed south to the Toms Canyon.  Again we saw life but no tuna.  We ended up trolling

two chicken dolphin and almost hooked an estimated 700lb tiger shark.

July 16

Took Alan Taggart, Paul Stetner and Chub E out for a day of inshore tuna trolling.  With the influx of very warm

water the bluefin bite slowed.  We started at the Barnegat Ridge and loaded up with bluefish.  Moved East of the

Ridge but no one was home.  Ran Ole's Lump where we went 1 for 2 for bluefins.

July 10

First fishing charter with the new boat 'Anticipation' was a good one.  Took the Don Reitberg Charter out

for Bluefin Tuna trolling.   Started at the middle Fingers and caught the morning bite, landed one 42" Mahi Mahi

and 2 bluefin at 32".  Moved inshore to Olley's Lump and got into some larger tuna.  Had a total of 12 knock-

downs and landed 5 (lost a 35 pounder at the boat).  The boat handled the rough seas incredibly well.  We look

forward to many great trips with this new boat in the KRM Sportfishing fleet.

June

June 12

Took the Donald Reitberg charter out for a day of striped bass fishing.  Started going out of Barnegat

Inlet and working our way up the beach.  Found the bunker just south of Seaside but no bass in them.

Made a move just north of Manasquan and found some more bunker.  Worked two jetties for 2 bass

upto 39"

June 5

Took the Dennis Grasela charter out for a day of striped bass fishing.  Eventhough we were eager and

willing, the bass just did not want to cooperate.  A few bass were enticed into chasing our bunker near

some jetties but were just not big enough to eat.  We trolled up a few small blues before switching over

to fluking which turned out to be even tougher (no drift = no fish).  Overall, we had a great time and

enjoyed the great weather.

May