<b>Note:</b> The number of trips sailing offshore is dwindling, especially because of windy weather.

But a few vessels set a course for the grounds during windows of calm, so we posted the reports.

Boats plan to keep sailing on the trips, and reports will keep being be posted, so long as they do.

<b>Manasquan Inlet</b>

On the party boat <b>Sea Devil</b> from Point Pleasant a trip arrived at Hudson Canyon on Monday in better weather than lately, and the anglers made a decent catch of mostly yellowfin tuna, a few 60-pound longfin tuna and a 150-pound swordfish, the report on the boat’s Web site said. Paul Bennett totaled five tuna, and Darren Figueroa racked up three, losing a few. A trip Friday fished the Hudson in winds stronger than forecast and poor fishing conditions. Two brothers battled some swordfish to the boat at night, and a few tuna were gaffed after daylight. Only a few more canyon trips will run this season.

Canyon tuna trips kept being forced to be cancelled because of the weather, said Capt. Mike from the charter boat <b>Katie H</b> from Brielle. One charter decided to run for striped bass this coming Sunday instead, and inshore trips were sometimes able to sail. The ocean close to shore at least got sheltered by the land during west winds. But one blow after another kept rolling through offshore, and plenty of charters remained on the books to head to the blue waters. But satellite charts were often unavailable to see water temps because of cloud cover, and Mike wouldn’t make a trip with so little info. But he’ll keep trying to get out.

Fishing at the canyon improved last week on Tuesday and Wednesday on the party boat <b>Jamaica</b> from Brielle, and warm waters held along the 100-fathom line, an e-mail from the boat said. More of the trips were expected to steam through this weekend and into November. That Tuesday’s outing was a Special Tuna/Tilefish/Mahi Mahi trip, and on arrival at the canyons, the drift was too fast for tilefishing, so the anglers set up for tuna. After no bites on a 40-minute drift, the vessel was moved farther offshore and anchored. A mako shark was landed, and nine yellowfin tuna were gaffed, before the sun set. Fishing was quiet most of the night, but a couple of tuna and a swordfish were wrestled in. Tuna schooled under the boat after the sun rose, and the anglers picked at yellowfins and a few longfins through the morning on bait and jigs. They also pumped up a healthy number of tilefish. Jason Kim, Ellicott City, Md., limited out on three yellowfins and boxed three longfins. (No limit on longfins.)  Dennis Muhlenforth, Hockessin, Del., limited out on yellowfins. He also caught two longfins and three tilefish, including a 30-pound tile. Glen Cohen, Huntington, New York, limited out on yellowfins, and Carlos Diogo, Newark, waxed two and eight tiles. Waters were 65.4 degrees, and plenty of squid swam by at times, and lots of tuna were marked. That Wednesday’s trip returned to the same area, and one sword was caught at night. Tuna began to school underneath the boat just before sunrise, and three yellowfins were bagged, and a few were lost, before the readings thinned out. The boat started to be moved 2 miles away but ran over a school of tuna that was marked. Anglers began to catch yellowfins on jigs and bait, and the fish schooled underneath the rest of the morning, good fishing until it was time to head home.

<b>Townsend’s Inlet</b>

A double-overnighter to the canyons was able to be squeezed in last week in calm weather with <b>Over Under Adventures</b>, an e-mail from Over Under said. The trip fished Wilmington Canyon in 65.5 degree waters, and yellowfin tuna fishing “wasn’t red hot, (but) we did manage to put a very nice catch together” of the fish to 30 pounds, the e-mail said. But sharks made up for lack of tuna bites, giving up non-stop action, never more than an hour without a bite, on both nights, totaling more than 20 blue sharks and two makos to 150 pounds released. Overnight shark, tuna and swordfish trips will run the rest of the season. Tuna fishing should remain good for weeks, because the best catches seemed to come from Toms Canyon farther north last week. One boat at the Toms ended up with 10 tuna trolled during the day, going 1 for 3 on swordfish at night. Besides charters, open-boat trips will keep sailing to the canyons, because flexibility gains more chances of getting out at this time of the year, with volatile weather. The windows are typically seen to develop 48 hours ahead of time, and <a href="mailto:info@overunderadventures.com" target="_blank">E-mail Over Under Adventures</a>  or telephone to get on the list. Coming up, Over Under will fish for giant bluefin tuna from Morehead City, North Carolina, in December and January for the sixth year in a row. Besides charters throughout the week, single spaces will be available every weekday during the two months for only $250 apiece, and need to be reserved in advance.

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