<b>Sandy Hook</b>

<b>Fisher Price Charters</b> from Highlands steamed for bluefin tuna to Chicken Canyon on Wednesday, Capt. Derek said. The fishing, on the troll, was a little slow, because of boat traffic. But a 60-pounder was bagged, a short was thrown back and a big, bull mahi mahi was dropped. Charters are fishing, and the next open-boat trips for the tuna might sail during the week of August 11. Anglers can telephone to be kept informed.

<b>Shark River Inlet</b>

Good catches of the bluefin tuna were mugged on the mid-range ocean on some days, not on others, said Capt. Pete from <b>Parker Pete’s Fishing Charters</b> from Belmar. But the angling was good. Sometimes tiny footballs showed up, and other times 100-pounders or larger did. Yellowfin tuna held mostly far south. Don’t have enough anglers for a charter? Contact Pete anyway, or <a href=" http://www.parkerpetefishing.com/" target="_blank">subscribe to Parker Pete’s e-mailed newsletter</a>, to be kept informed about individual-spaces available on charters. Look for the place to sign up on the right side of the page on the boat’s Web site.

<b>Manasquan Inlet</b>

One of the open-boat, mixed-bag trips to the mid-shore ocean fished Wednesday with <b>Andrea’s Toy Charters</b> from Point Pleasant Beach, a report on Andrea’s Toy’s Web site said. The trips target catches that can include bluefin tuna, mahi mahi, cod and pollock, all in one outing. With four anglers, first-timers aboard, the trip broke the inlet in the dark to reach the fishing grounds early. A half-dozen boats fished the area on arrival, and thousands of tuna chicks flew. Though the plan was to troll at first, good marks were read, so the anglers started jigging. A tuna was hooked right away. “Decided to troll to find some bigger models,” the report said. Another angler landed a tuna, on the troll. The trip stopped and jigged again, and the other two anglers landed tuna. More tuna were then tagged and released. One was kept on the trip, and because all the anglers had reeled in tuna, they decided to try for mahi mahi next. A bunch of gaffers were found swimming around a lobster-pot buoy, and one was caught, and others were lost. Then the trip fished a few wrecks, and cod and ling were rustled up. “Lots of fun with a bunch of new anglers to the Toy!” the report said. Andrea’s Toy specializes in mixed-bag fishing for greater fun, better chances of hooking up, and more variety for dinner. Charters are also sailing, and telephone if interested in the unique trips.

Bluefin tuna fishing was great from Chicken Canyon to Atlantic Princess wreck, said Eric from <b>The Reel Seat</b> in Brielle. The fish were on sand eels, and were trolled and jigged. The south side of Chicken Canyon especially turned out the tuna. Farther from shore, not a lot of tuna were caught at canyons locally, like at Hudson Canyon. “Onesies and twosies,” Eric said. Yellowfin tuna and bigeye tuna were boated farther south at canyons like that, along the Continental Shelf.

<b>Great Egg Harbor Inlet</b>

Tuna caught far south, in the Baltimore and Washington canyon areas, were the only heard about, said Ed from <b>Fin-Atics</b> in Ocean City. Nothing was heard about bluefin tuna like a couple of weeks ago from Massey’s Canyon and the Hot Dog.

<b>Townsend’s Inlet</b>

A trip ran to Massey’s Canyon on Wednesday with Dan Rath and Dustin Laricks aboard, said Capt. Joe Hughes from <b>Jersey Cape Guide Service</b> from Sea Isle City, affiliated with <b>Sea Isle Bait & Tackle</b>. A bunch of mahi mahi and a big bluefin tuna were trolled, but the bluefin pulled the hook. Waters were 77 and 78 degrees, clear and beautiful. On Saturday aboard, yellowfin tuna 40 pounds were trolled at Wilmington Canyon with Jay VonCzoernig and crew.  Bigeye tuna were sometimes landed in the area on other boats.

Bluefin tuna were still sometimes caught from the inshore ocean, said Mike from <b>Sea Isle Bait & Tackle</b> in Sea Isle City. A couple of trips were heard about that sailed for them at Massey’s Canyon on Wednesday. Some of the tuna were broken off, and stories were heard about the big one missed. Quite a few mahi mahi were boated in the area.

<b>Cape May Inlet</b>

Bluefin and yellowfin tuna were boated Wednesday at the inshore, southern lumps on the <b>Down Deep</b> from Cape May, Capt. Mario said. Charters are sailing, and sign up for the <a href=" http://www.downdeepsportfishing.com/ddsf/76-2/" target="_blank">Short Notice List</a> on Down Deep’s Web site to be kept informed about dates for open-boat trips.

Anglers sailed for bluefin tuna Tuesday on the <b>Heavy Hitter</b>, but none of the fish bit, Capt. George said. The anglers wanted to chunk and jig for the tuna, and the trip first anchored at the Hot Dog. The fishing had been good through Monday, and bait and tuna were marked on the trip, but none touched a hook. Not even a tuna ran off with a line, and the anglers fished hard the whole time, like one of them who jigged at the bow the entire time the boat was anchored. After no tuna bit at the Dog, the trip got up on the troll, working to Massey’s Canyon. Still no tuna bit. But a mahi mahi was caught on the outing, and a big tiger shark was hooked and broke the line with its tail at the boat, swimming away.  Previously, mostly bluefins but occasionally yellowfin tuna were caught in the area. On the trip, George heard about a couple of tuna caught on other boats, but not many. Waters were bluish-green, not so good-looking. But George has caught bluefins when waters looked dirty, and bluefins don’t seem affected by water clarity as much as yellowfins. Another trip is supposed to tuna fish aboard Saturday. Farther from shore, yellowfins seemed to hold at Washington and Norfolk canyons.

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