<b>Shark River Inlet</b>

The <b>Katie H</b> from Belmar was sailed for bluefin tuna Sunday, but none of the fish was caught, Capt. Mike said. A few sizeable mahi mahi to 20 pounds were decked. The trip fished usual spots including Glory Hole, Chicken Canyon and Atlantic Princess wreck, and waters looked great – “pretty,” Mike said – and were full of life, including porpoises and turtles. But bluefin catches sounded slow there for the fleet that day. One or two boats might’ve caught, and the fish might’ve swum farther offshore at the Triple Wrecks, 60 miles from the coast, Mike thought. The tuna had been feeding on sand eels, and a little bait, not much, was marked on the trip. At areas fished farthest from shore aboard, no bait was read. Overnight trips will soon begin fishing for tuna farther from shore, along the Continental Edge.

<b>Manasquan Inlet</b>

Fishing limited out on bluefin tuna – an over and an under – and caught longfin tuna Sunday on the <b>Big Kid</b> from Brielle, Capt. Ken said. The bluefins, of course, were landed closer to shore than the longfins, boated “in the deep,” Ken said, or all the way offshore, at a canyon. Charters are running offshore a lot, and mid-week dates are available in the near future.

Bluefin tuna fishing was picky, but experienced anglers reeled them in, mostly on the troll, sometimes on jigs, said Eric from <b>The Reel Seat</b> from Brielle during the weekend. The tuna were spread out at usual summer locations like Atlantic Princess and Lillian wrecks. Bigeye tuna bit farther out at Hudson and Toms canyons, especially at the 100 Square at the Hudson. Nighttime fishing at the canyons gave up a yellowfin tuna here and there and a few swordfish. Lots of sharks, including makos at the canyons and threshers, browns and hammerheads at the Mudhole, swam around, if anglers wanted to pull on a big fish.

Mixed-bag, mid-shore trips, both charters and open-boat, found lots of bluefin tuna, mahi mahi and cod, said Capt. Fred from <b>Andrea’s Toy Charters</b> from Point Pleasant Beach. But a trip was headed all the way offshore to the canyons Thursday. Results were yet to be heard at press time. However, one of the mid-shore trips, open-boat, steamed this week, a report on Andrea’s Toy’s Web site said Tuesday. When the trip arrived at the bluefin grounds, it looked around, and heard the fishing was a pick. Still, good marks were run across, and the anglers began jigging. One of the tuna was hooked right away, and the 46-incher was decked. The trip looked around again, finding more marks, and hooked another. The angler, a newbie on the outings, a young man aboard with his dad, also new, made short work of the tuna, his first-ever. The fish was landed, tagged and released. The trip’s other two anglers were regulars on the boat. Then the group decided to fish for mahi mahi. One was boated, and the anglers decided to bottom-fish. That was “slow,” the report said, and only ling, no other fish like cod, were cranked in. The trip motored inshore, and worked a pod of bunker to try for sharks. But a bonito, the season’s first aboard, and bluefish ended up being jigged there instead. Andrea’s Toy specializes in mixed-bag fishing for greater fun, better chances of hooking up and more variety for dinner. The trips will also fish all the way offshore when that angling takes off. Telephone if interested in any of the fishing.

<b>Barnegat Inlet</b>
The season’s first tuna trip was currently slated to fish overnight on September 15 on the <b>Super Chic</b> from Barnegat Light, Capt. Ted said. Yellowfin tuna usually begin to be caught at night by then, and nothing was heard about catches in the dark yet. Good catches of bigeye tuna were trolled during daytime at canyons. Space is available on an open-boat tilefish trip overnight Friday to Saturday, October 18 to 19. The 56-foot boat can accommodate up to 25 anglers on inshore trips and 10 on overnight, offshore trips. The vessel sleeps 10 passengers.

<b>Great Egg Harbor Inlet</b>

Jake from <b>Fin-Atics</b> in Ocean City fished on a trip to Wilmington Canyon on Wednesday, he said.  Two small yellowfin tuna, some skipjacks and, at 6 p.m., a bigeye tuna were trolled, all along the west wall. Yellowfins 20 to 30 pounds, some longfin tuna and bigeye tuna swam the canyon. Lots of sharks like small makos and some hammerheads stalked the waters. Waters, blue on the trip, held a bunch of life, including dolphins.

<b>Townsend’s Inlet</b>

Conditions were somewhat rough to reach offshore recently, said Capt. Joe Hughes from <b>Jersey Cape Guide Service</b> from Sea Isle City, affiliated with <b>Sea Isle Bait & Tackle</b>. But yellowfin tuna swam Lindenkohl Canyon, and a few white marlin were around.

<b>Cape May Inlet</b>

Bigeye tuna were on a bite at Wilmington Canyon, said Capt. George from the <b>Heavy Hitter</b> from Cape May. A trip had to be one that got into them, then the anglers had to be able to land the big fish. One of the party-boat-sized charter boats was heard about that caught a couple of yellowfin tuna, broke off a bigeye and reeled in a swordfish at the Wilmington in past days.

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