<b>Staten Island</b>

Plenty of fluke were tugged up with <b>Barbara Anne Fishing Charters</b>, and some were keepers, Capt. Anthony said. But lots were shorts, if one calls 17- to 19-inch fluke short. Trips mostly fished for them along Ambrose Channel in the bay, but some trips fished on the ocean. Barbara Anne’s fluke trips usually fish along Ambrose Channel to the Verrazano Bridge. But Monster-Fluke-a-Thons, 11-hour, open-boat trips with four anglers, fish once a week on the ocean, at rocky bottom and wrecks 15 to 20 miles from port. The first bucktail is provided, and the anglers provide the rest. A season-long Fluke Derby is being held on the boat, awarding first and second prizes to the two anglers with the biggest fluke aboard this year. The angler with the biggest will win a custom-made Lamiglas rod, built from an MB963M blank that can be used for fluke, striped bass, jigging for stripers and blues, fishing for sea bass and more, valued at $475. The angler with the second biggest will win two free open-boat trip passes that can be used anytime during the season, valued at $270. The fluke are weighed in at Michael’s Bait & Tackle, across from the marina. Anyone who fishes on the boat becomes eligible for the prizes, and there is no entry fee. Each angler can only win one prize, not both. Coming up, Barbara Anne successfully bid on a Research Set Aside Permit, allowing trips to fish for fluke when the fluke season closes. New York’s season will close from September 7 to May 21, and the RSA bag limit is four fluke from 17 to 20 inches per person. The anglers will fluke fish when other anglers cannot.

<b>Keyport</b>

At Reach Channel a couple of keeper fluke to 19 inches were bagged among 34 throwbacks let go on a trip Thursday with Tom Hugh, Jo and Bill, said Capt. Joe from <b>Papa’s Angels Charters</b>. One cocktail blue was hooked at the beginning of the trip, and small blues were seen around the boat, the first time in a while. The anglers fished with squid and spearing on top-and-bottom rigs. That was one of the boat’s twilight trips that fish 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Charters are sailing for fluke and are bottom fishing for sea bass. Open-boat trips are fishing for fluke twice daily from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. when no charter is booked. Call to go. Credit card payments through PayPal are accepted for all trips.

<b>Atlantic Highlands</b>

On the whole fluke fishing improved a bit on the party boat <b>Atlantic Star</b> during the last three or four days, or a few more keepers were bagged than before, Capt. Tom said. Saturday morning’s trip gave up one of the better catches, and Sunday afternoon’s turned up one of the worst, but the rainstorm rolled in then. In general some anglers on the trips bagged three or four keepers, and a couple of anglers throughout the trips bagged five, one short of a limit. None limited out, if Tom remembered, and sometimes the anglers hooked no keepers, but everybody at least caught shorts. Trips fished at Sandy Hook Channel in the ocean and at Reach Channel and around the Navy Pier on the bay. Location depended on conditions or where winds and currents combined to create the best drift. The drift couldn’t be too fast to fish the deep along Sandy Hook Channel. Telling whether a trip would fish the ocean or bay beforehand was difficult, because conditions change unpredictably. A variety of baits worked, and sometimes plain spearing, with no squid, worked somewhat better. Spearing and squid are provided on trips. Sometimes killies that anglers brought worked somewhat better than other baits. Chartreuse Gulps often did a job on catches. New Penny Shrimp Gulps on a trailer that anglers fished from a rig with a Spro jig seemed to perform better at times. Then sometimes bait drew more strikes, and anglers fishing Spro’s switched to bait. Tom tells anglers they can bring two rods, one for fishing a Spro, another for bait, leaving one up top when not used. Weather forecasts sometimes caused lighter crowds to show up. But Sunday’s storm was the first among all the days forecast to bring a storm lately. Big cownosed rays were sometimes a nuisance and had to be cut off. The tail includes a stinger and the tackle busters take off with the line, getting in everyone’s way along the rail. The Atlantic Star is fishing for fluke on two trips daily 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

“Bring the heavy artillery!” Capt. Ron from the party boat <b>Fishermen</b> said in an e-mail. “Weights, rods and whatever it takes to hold bottom.” Today’s fluke trip battled currents, fishing the ocean, but the fishing was worth it. “I’m sure we’ll have lots of company the next few days!” he said. There was plenty of action, and drifts were able to float far and catch, and all the keepers were fat and heavy, though way too many were 17- to 17-¾-inch beauties, just under the 18-inch size limit. “Anchor Joe” landed more than 25 of the flatties, including the 4-3/4-pound pool-winner. A blast of cownosed rays came through at the end, and they seemed all over this season. On Friday’s trip fluke, more keepers than shorts, bit on the change of the tide on the first couple of drifts. A new area was tried afterward, but conditions were lousy for the fishing, and short fluke and a few sea bass were hooked. Fluke cooperated again on the change of tide that afternoon. One angler and a friend combined for seven keepers, including the 7-1/2-pound pool-winner. The Fishermen is sailing for fluke 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily and for bluefish 3:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. However, the morning trips are chartered Thursday and Saturday.

<b>Highlands</b>

Poles were bent all week with <b>Sandy Hook Fishing Charters</b>, and most of the fluke were shorts, but some were sizeable, Capt. Bob said in an e-mail. Two open-boat trips fished during the daytime, both getting into constant action on the flatties, and a 5-1/2-pounder was the biggest on the outings. Four anglers on a Magic Hour trip in the evening also had good action, bagging some of the fish. A half-day trip with a mother and son scored action on the flatties to 17 ½ inches but no keepers. Open-boat trips are fishing when no charter is booked. Deep-water trips for fluke and sea bass are running, and so are trips for a combo of fluke, sea bass, tog and porgies. Magic Hour trips in the evenings are available seven days a week. Call for info or to reserve.

Fluke, good catches, were creamed during the past days with <b>Fisher Price Charters</b>, Capt. Derek said. The anglers bounced bucktails or drifted big strip baits along the rough bottom in the ocean. The flatties weighed up to 8 ½ pounds, and more than a dozen, at least, weighed 4 to 6 pounds. So sizeable fish were there. A few sea bass, not many, were mixed in. Charters are sailing, and the next open-boat trip will probably run Sunday. Anglers can call Derek to be kept informed about the open schedule.

<b>Neptune</b>

Fishing was good on all fronts this past week, except bluefishing, said Capt. Ralph from <b>Last Lady Fishing Charters</b> in an e-mail. Bluefish were spawning, so they were reluctant to bite, but that won’t last long. The other fronts were fluking, sea bassing or bottom-fishing, and tuna fishing. Jeff Walsh’s trip on Saturday reeled in sea bass, porgies, fluke and a few blues.  A tuna trip last week nailed the fish, including big tuna, returning early, covered in the last report. Tuna are biting now, and Last Lady is not going to run scheduled open-boat trips for tuna this year. Instead a list is being made up of who wants to go, and the dates will be set up based on the list. The 18- to 24-hour trips will troll or chunk or whatever’s necessary on the date. The weekly individual-reservation trip for fluke will fish on Thursday this week instead of the usual Wednesday.

<b>Belmar</b>

Fishing for fluke and sea bass was so-so on Thursday on the <b>Nan Sea J</b>, Capt. Tom said. One of the fluke weighed 5 pounds. The boat will keep fluking and bottom fishing, and both charters and open-boat trips will fish for bluefin tuna, if bluefin fishing takes off, especially if catches go as well as last year. Overnight trips for tuna farther offshore will begin fishing the canyons in September.

<b>Brielle</b>

An offshore, overnight trip Thursday to Friday socked 12 yellowfin tuna to 80 pounds and six mahi mahi to 22 pounds and released a 700-pound blue marlin on the <b>Big Kid</b>, Capt. Ken said. Six of the tuna were trolled during the daytime, and six were chunked at night. Another one of the overnight trips was weathered out Saturday to Sunday. The Big Kid is also fishing for fluke and sea bass.

With <b>Fish Monger Charters</b> in the past days two trips decided to fish for sea bass at first, mixing in fluking afterward, and one afterward ran for a day of fluking, Capt. Jerry said in an e-mail. The two trips that fished for sea bass had originally planned to concentrate on fluke, but the anglers opted to mop up the stellar sea bassing that was happening. The first trip, on Friday, began sea bass fishing, and the lumpheads began jumping in the boat right away. Most were shorts, but plenty were big ones. The boat was moved, and all jumbo sea bass chomped, and so did ling. By 10:30 a.m. a healthy number of sea bass and 10 ling were bagged, and the anglers gave fluking a shot at sticky bottom. A bunch of shorts but a few keepers bit, until “that ole south wind,” Jerry said, started honking, putting an end to the fluking. But seven keepers were boxed. “Another great day,” Jerry said. The south wind came up, but the anglers had already made the best of the day.  The next trip sailed Friday, starting with sea bassing, and the fish jumped right on the hooks again. Some places fished held lots of shorts but plenty of better-sized humpheads. Other places held mostly good-sized keepers, a few ling and a few small blackfish. By 10:45 a.m. with a good catch of sea bass, six ling and one sizeable blackfish bagged, the anglers switched to fluke. Mostly shorts and “just misses” bit, but about a keeper per drift was plucked, and seven keepers to 4 ½ pounds were landed. The trip ended up with “a real nice mixed-bag catch!” Jerry said. The fluke trip fished the next day, Sunday, and the anglers worked hard, totaling 18 keepers to 5 ½ pounds and a couple of sea bass bagged by the end of the day. One of the five anglers limited out on six of the flatties. The trip began fishing at an offshore hill that attracted a fair population of fluke, but heavy on shorts. When that fishing fizzled, the trip bounced around at deep, rocky bottom the rest of the day, grinding out keepers, one here, one there, “but nothing good to repeat … always looking,” Jerry said. Some areas held a fair amount of short fluke. The trip returned to port, just beating the storm, “so that was a bonus!” Jerry said. Both charters and open-boat trips are sailing.

Canyon tuna fishing seemed good for some, not so good for others, said John from <b>The Reel Seat</b>.  One charter boat chunked and butterfly-jigged 11 yellowfin tuna at night, trolling one fish during the day: a 400-pound blue marlin on a rainbow spreader bar. Good catches of bluefin tuna were made at usual spots like the Atlantic Princess wreck, the Chicken Canyon and the Texas Tower. The bluefins ranged from 20 or 30 pounds to 200 pounds, and some anglers landed small ones, and others drilled big ones, and that seemed luck of the draw, according to reports heard. A 9-pound fluke reportedly won the Manasquan Elks Fluke Tournament during the weekend, and some decent-sized flatties were apparently entered. Dave the shop’s owner’s team landed a 6.9-pounder, but the fluke didn’t even make the board. John’s stepmother fished in the tournament toward Sandy Hook, and the trip hooked one keeper among a bunch of shorts. Fluking was hot on the Manasquan River, and the anglers picked occasional keepers. Sea bass fishing was fairly consistent at spots including Axel Carlson Reef, Sea Girt Reef and off the Red Church.

<b>Point Pleasant</b>

Three open-boat trips fluke fished during the weekend, and each limited out at the Shrewsbury Rocks in around 60 feet, said Capt. Brenda, one of three captains from <b>High Hook Sport Fishing</b>. Capt. Mark ran the trips, two sailing Saturday, one in the morning, the other in the afternoon, and the other sailing Sunday morning. High Hook is also bottom fishing for sea bass, ling, blackfish and porgies or whatever bites. Charters are fishing, and so are open trips, and call if interested in the open trips.

The plan on a half-day trip Friday morning was to fish for fluke and mix in bottom fishing, said Capt. Allen from <b>Reel Class Charters</b> in the report on the boat’s Web site. Fluking was slow, and the charter ended up fishing more for sea bass, scoring well on the knotheads. The trip first shot to the south on the ocean to target fluke, power drifting because of no drift. Only a few sea bass bit, so the anglers headed north and fished for sea bass. The first piece was picked over, but the second yielded a bunch of keeper sea bass, a load of short sea bass, a couple of sizeable ling and a 19-inch, keeper fluke that ate a clam bait meant for sea bass. Fishing was okay at a third piece, and   a couple of more quality, keeper sea bass came up. After 2 hours of sea bassing, the anglers tried fluking again, and the fishing was slow. No keepers were hooked, but a few more keeper sea bass were. The anglers called it a day with 30 keeper sea bass to 4 pounds, two ling and the fluke in the box. “A productive morning trip to say the least!” Allen said.

A whopping 69 yellowfin tuna were landed among both of <b>Canyon Runner</b>’s offshore boats, a 60-foot Ritchie Howell and a 48-foot Viking, at Hudson Canyon on Wednesday, and probably 90 were hooked, the report on Canyon Runner’s Web site said. Fourteen were kept on each vessel, and the rest were released, all but six tagged. Plus a 400-pound blue marlin and a white marlin were released on one of the vessels. The boats left port at 1 a.m., arriving in the deep at the canyon at sunup. Anglers on both vessels began catching tuna immediately on the troll: a dozen by 9 a.m. among the two boats, 20 by 8 a.m., 30 by 9 a.m. and so on. The blue marlin crashed the spread on the Ritchie Howell and was quickly landed in 25 minutes, and released. The white marlin was also landed and released, and 25 yellowfins were totaled, on that vessel. Meanwhile, anglers on the Viking never had to spend time on marlin, and they just kept catching yellowfins, for a total of 44 in 9 hours of trolling. With that many tuna caught, obviously they hit anything. Canyon Runner’s normal pattern of four Canyon Runner spreader bars and tons of ballyhoos and big single lures were fished, “and there (was) not much thought to it,” the report said. A previous report this season said 14 to 15 lines are normally trolled. Canyon Runner also fished at the Hudson overnight from Thursday to Friday, and whether this was on two trips on the two vessels or on one trip was unclear in the report, but 16 yellowfins were landed, and 12 were kept. Nine were chunked, and the rest were trolled. The anglers left in sporty seas, arriving at the 100 Square at 3 p.m. Trolling there, where the tuna were caught previously, failed to produce, so the crew knew they needed to look for the fish that had moved. That was a success, and they soon found the tuna, trolling four at once. Two more were trolled in that area in the dark at 9:30 p.m. The anglers immediately set up there to chunk at night. The nine yellowfins were chunked, and one more was trolled in the morning. “If you are waiting to fish,” the report said, “don’t wait any longer.”

<b>Bricktown</b>

A trip to the canyons sailed Saturday in “not very favorable sea conditions,” said Capt. Rich from the tackle shop <b>Jersey Hooker Outfitters</b>, located in Bricktown, and <b>Jersey Hooker Charters</b>, sailing from Point Pleasant’s Canyon River Club. Eighty-degree, fish-holding waters, an area that the satellite charts showed when the trip was set to sail, had moved when the boat reached the area. So the crew had to search for the waters, fishing from the 100 Square to Jones Canyon. One yellowfin tuna and four mahi mahi were trolled. A half-day, 4-hour, “vacation special” trip bottom fished on Sunday, racking up 25 keeper sea bass including a couple of 4-pounders, some ling and a 5-pound blackfish. Another one of the trips was sailing today. A report rolled in at the shop from Capt. Brian Sweeny from the Hard Ways about a trip on the vessel Friday that went 10 for 10 on yellowfins at the 100 Square in 82-degree waters. The fish boxes were full, so the trip motored home. Fluke fishing on the ocean for customers was good one day, slow another, with no rhyme or reason. Manasquan River was paved with mostly short fluke. From the surf anglers banked fluke, mostly shorts, nothing to write home about. Solid reports about the wash were difficult to come by, because nobody really talks about shorts. Rich heard nothing about shark fishing that can be good from the shore this time of year.

<b>Seaside Park</b>

Another busy few days of fishing, said Capt. Rob “Birch” Birchmeier from <b>Fishguts Inshore Charters</b> in an e-mail.  The quality of sea bass caught, or the size of them, was amazing, he said. Though not a lot were jumbos, the fish averaged 15 inches, “great for any time of year,” he said, on most trips. An open-boat trip on Sunday, sailing with two anglers because the third had car troubles, limited out on sea bass, a steady bite, on calm seas, returning before the storm rolled in. The angler with the car troubles missed out on a great trip, Birch said. On Saturday on a trip with three anglers, sea bassing was a slow grind in a large ground swell creating a bumpy morning, but, on a good note, the size of the fish was outstanding, and many were 15 inches or larger. After they boxed the knuckleheads to 3 pounds, they tried blackfishing, coming up with a fair bite, limiting out on one apiece, though they reeled up “many more empty hooks than fish,” Birch said. A 7.1-pound 23-inch tog was the biggest. “A real nice day …,” he said. Strong winds had been forecast, but winds weren’t bad. Birch took a crew trip on Friday that waxed good numbers of large sea bass, and two of the anglers limited out, and two 6-pound blackfish were added to the cooler. On a trip Thursday with three anglers, winds blew, and sea bassing was slow, but some keepers were rounded up. Fishing for good numbers of quality sea bass on the inshore ocean in summer is a specialty for Fishguts. Charters are sailing for the fishing, and so are 10-hour open-boat trips. The boat is also fluke fishing on Barnegat Bay, usually doing a combo of sea bass fishing on the ocean and fluking on the bay in one outing.

<b>Beach Haven</b>

An offshore trip for tuna and big game was cancelled Sunday on the <b>June Bug</b> because of the weather, Capt. Lindsay said. He usually books the next day as a weather day for tuna trips, but the anglers opted not to do so. That turned out unfortunate, because forecasts looked calm the next day, today. Reports said excellent catches were beaten offshore Thursday and Friday, including yellowfin tuna caught close to shore in 20 to 30 fathoms. “This year’s just like the old days,” Lindsay said. Because the anglers decided not to reserve today as a weather day, Lindsay booked a half-day inshore trip today. Two half-day trips fished inshore Thursday and Friday. Lots of short fluke bit each day, probably 50 on each trip, and a few short sea bass and sea robins chewed. Thursday’s trip fished on the ocean, and Friday’s stayed in the bay, and fluke catches were the same in either waters. But cooler waters had to be fished in the bay, and warmer waters gave up no fish. Temps ranged 69 to 76 degrees that Lindsay saw on the bay. One of the trips was with Canadian anglers visiting for a family reunion, and they had a great time, hoping to come back next year, Lindsay said.  

<b>Mystic Island</b>

A blustery afternoon today forced most anglers back to the dock early, said the report on <b>Scott’s Bait & Tackle</b>’s Web site. A couple of big summer flounder were weighed in today from “the Tuckerton Bay side,” the report said: a 7.4-pounder and a 6.8-pounder. Flounder fishing was best at Little Egg Inlet lately, and the angling there was even better than at the ocean reefs. Not a lot of keepers were found among shorts, and flatties an inch or less short, and a rare keeper, were scattered throughout the inlet. A few keepers came from the inlet on Saturday, “(but) a lot less than one (keeper) per boat,” the report said. One angler located the fluke, but only shorts, at two areas on the ocean, one at Little Egg Reef, and the other off the Rutgers buoys. “At least there is hope now of finding some bigger fluke amongst the smaller fish,” the report said. Anglers from one boat weighed in an 8.6-pound flounder and a 6.3-pounder from Garden State Reef South on Thursday. Why did Garden State reef produce bigger flounder but Little Egg Reef did not? the report asked. Maybe because waters were a little deeper at Garden State. Porgies 1 to 1 ½ pounds were more abundant than any fish at Little Egg Reef, but not enough were caught to make a run to the reef for the fish worthwhile.

<b>Longport</b>

Trips kept trolling and catching on the inshore ocean, said Capt. Mike from the <b>Stray Cat</b>. The boat’s been on a roll with the fishing 10 miles from shore, and the species of catches was the only thing that changed a bit. Lots of bluefish and some Spanish mackerel and mahi mahi made up the catches in the past days. Previously no Spanish were around, and a few little tunny and chub mackerel were in the mix. But the blues and mahi were trolled both then and now. Half-day charters took advantage of the fast action, and the fishing was good. Trolled cedar plugs worked best, and red and white produced, and so did natural. A blue-fleck cedar plug had been working well, until a mystery bite crashed the lure, breaking it off. An open-boat bottom-fishing trip for sea bass and fluke will sail Friday, and six spaces are left. Mike recently scheduled the season’s open-boat, overnight tuna trips, and two already sold out. The trips are full on August 21 and 29, but three spots are left on August 28, leaving at 2 p.m. The trips will also stop for sea bass in the mornings. These will be the only of these trips this year, unless the weather is clear in September. Then one more might be added. Rods will be available at no charge, and bait will be provided, and ice will be supplied for the tuna. Call Mike for details. Catch a special, low, discounted rate for charters for croakers and sea bass September 13 through 30 only.

<b>Ocean City</b>

Though summer flounder fishing in the back bay will continue to produce catches for some time, signs started to be seen that the flatties began to move toward the inlets on their way to the ocean, said Capt. Craig from <b>Fish Tale Charters</b>. Eventually the fish will migrate to the ocean for the rest of the year. All of his trips this past week were bay trips for flounder, except one that attempted to fish the ocean. But winds and currents created no drift necessary for the fishing that day, so the trip moved to the bay. The bay was filled with tons of flounder. Most were undersized, and anglers just had to wade through the shorts for a chance at a keeper. A trip Sunday bagged a 19-inch keeper among plenty of shorts that bit. The bay fishing gave up lots of action, bent rods. Larger flatties than before began to be seen from the waters. Some were 17 or 17 ½ inches, not the tiny flounder that had been predominant earlier. Again, anglers just had to work through the throwbacks, knowing that the next drop could produce a keeper. A number of trips are slated to fish the ocean this week, and Craig mostly concentrated on the bay on the past trips, so he couldn’t know how ocean fishing went in the past days. Trips caught a few sea bass on the ocean previously. With flounder apparently starting to head to the ocean, Craig hopes the fluke will begin to be caught at the ocean lumps and humps on trips soon. He also hopes bluefish move in that usually pop up at the inlets soon. Plus he looks forward to croakers arriving along the ocean front, if the hardheads are going to arrive this year. Craig heard about the year’s first catches of croakers at Delaware, and anglers hope those fish will move up the coast to local waters. He heard that bluefin tuna were caught in the inshore ocean and that yellowfin tuna were landed as close to shore as 30 fathoms, and Fish Tale does fish those waters for tuna relatively close to shore. Mahi mahi also swam the area. 

<b>Sea Isle City</b>

Mike Spaeder and son Mike went 14 for 20 on brown and dusky sharks to 65 pounds caught and released on a trip Saturday morning, said Capt. Joe Hughes from <b>Jersey Cape Guide Service</b> and <b>Gibson’s Tackle</b>. A turnaround trip that afternoon went 8 for 12 on browns and duskies to 65 pounds with Mark Armstrong and son Damian. The trips fished with mackerel on spinning rods, but the sharks definitely could’ve been fly-rodded on the afternoon trip, because the sharks aggressively approached the boat, and Jersey Cape does fly rod for them. These were specialty trips that fish for sharks, mostly browns and duskies, catch and release angling by regulation, on the inshore ocean 5 to 10 miles from the coast each summer. The fishing is a chance for anglers to try blue-water angling, fighting big, strong fish, without the long trip usually necessary for sharking. Catches are currently excellent.  A trip Friday sailed offshore with Jay VonCzoernig and friends, going 2 for 4 on white marlin released, bagging two 15-pound mahi mahi, at Wilmington Canyon. Jersey Cape is also fishing for summer flounder on the back bay, and the fishing is great. Many of the flatties provide action, and a few are keepers. Trips are also fishing for striped bass on the bay at night with soft-plastic lures or Clouser flies, like under the lights at docks and bridges. Stripers respond better at might for a moment during summer. Keep up with Joe’s fishing and photos on <a href=" http://captainjoehughes.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jersey Cape’s blog</a>.

<b>Wildwood</b>

Summer flounder fishing improved at Cape May Reef and the Old Grounds on the ocean, said Cathy from <b>Sterling Harbor Bait & Tackle</b> in Wildwood. Mike Reed weighed in an 8-pound 4-ouncer that he boated at the reef on his Kensington Princess. Jim Gregg checked in a 3-pound 2-ouncer he landed at the Old Grounds on John Merrick’s Sea Weed. The flatties also hovered in the waters off Cape May Point. Bob Kubicky drifted up a 2-pound 15-ouncer off the point on his Rosewood One, showing off the fish at the shop. Flounder were scattered around the 9 and 10 buoys in Delaware Bay. The back bay at Wildwood served up non-stop flounder action, mostly on shorts, but a few were keepers. Schoolie striped bass in the back bay hit plugs and soft-plastic lures, mostly in the evenings or at night along the sod banks, docks and bridges. The surf gave up numerous kingfish that nibbled bloodworms or Fishbites Bag o’ Worms. At the canyons yellowfin tuna, white marlin and blue marlin were trolled, and Dave Brown weighed in a big, 37-pound mahi mahi he claimed at Baltimore Canyon on Capt. Pat Mastronardo’s 100 Proof. Crabby Jack gave crabbing four claws out of five, saying crabbing was about as good as it gets.

<b>Cape May</b>

On the <b>Heavy Hitter</b> anglers trolled lots of small blues, a few false albacore and occasional bonito and mahi mahi 8 to 10 miles from shore, Capt. George said. Nothing much was doing with summer flounder and sea bass fishing, so inshore trips concentrated on the action from trolling. An offshore trip for tuna was weathered out on the boat Saturday, but the fishing was good lately at the northern canyons. George joined a trip on another’s boat Friday that for some reason headed south to Poorman’s Canyon, and a tuna was lost, and a sizeable mahi mahi was landed, and two white marlin were raised.

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