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New Jersey Offshore Fishing Report 10-16-15


<b>Shark River Inlet</b>

Tuna fishing was great on an overnight trip Sunday to Monday on the <b>Golden Eagle</b> from Belmar, a report on the party boat’s website said. Many of the anglers limited out on yellowfin tuna 40 to 70 pounds. Lots of longfin tuna 30 to 40 pounds were socked. The catch also included a 235-pound bigeye tuna, a 100-pound swordfish and lots of mahi mahi. Space is available on tuna trips on the next two Sundays to Mondays, October 18 to 19 and 25 to 26. Tuna fishing is terrific now, the report said, and contact the boat to reserve.

Capt. Pete from <b>Parker Pete’s Fishing Charters</b> from Belmar joined an offshore trip Monday that Mohawked tuna with XTC Sportfishing from Belmar at Hudson Canyon, he said. Yellowfin tuna and longfin tuna from 50 to 90 pounds, including some of the biggest longfins Pete ever saw, were chunked from 2 to 10:30 p.m. As many tuna bit as anglers could want, and the trip’s anglers fought them until they had enough, and then headed home, instead of overnighting. Longfins with a couple of yellowfins mixed in bit during daytime. Yellowfins bit at night. “So call me for stripers and XTC for tuna,” Pete said!  Parker Pete’s is fishing for striped bass. Those catches seemed to begin this week.

A trip fished for tuna Monday aboard, pummeling 24 yellowfins and longfins while chunking from 2:30 to 9:30 p.m., said Capt. Scott from <b>XTC Charters</b> from Belmar. The anglers had enough of the fishing, and chose to return home early. So the angling was good. XTC is mostly fishing offshore currently.

<b>Manasquan Inlet</b>

An overnight trip fished for tuna Friday to Saturday on the party boat <b>Gambler</b> from Point Pleasant Beach, the vessel’s Facebook page said. Wind blew stronger, and seas were rougher, than forecast. “It was an uncomfortable trip,” it said. But a fair catch was put together, though the catch probably would’ve been better if weather were better. The boat fished on another one of the trips Sunday to Monday, was turned right back around, and headed offshore. Weather was perfect the entire trip, and tuna fishing was slow at first, but broke loose at 3 a.m. Yellowfin tuna 35 to 75 pounds were mugged, sometimes five at once. An 80-pound swordfish was landed. Butterfish were best bait, and some of the tuna were jigged. At 5 a.m., longfin tuna appeared, and a good number of 30- to 60-pounders were gaffed. Once the sun broke the horizon, an occasional tuna and flurries of mahi mahi hit. The trip drifted almost 10 miles. “Great, exciting trip,” the page said. A 48-hour trip nearly limited out on yellowfins 40 to 70 pounds last week from Wednesday to Friday aboard. Longfin tuna fishing lit up just before sunrise, and gave up flurries of catches throughout daytime.  A few yellowfins were also taken during daylight. Light leaders and flat lines helped during daylight. Most of the yellowfins were hooked at night on butterfish or sardines, and a few were jigged. Two swordfish 150 pounds and 100 pounds were landed on baits meant for tuna at night. Weather was awesome, and the boat is fishing for tuna through the month. Room is still available on some of the trips, and see the <a href=" http://www.gamblerfishing.net/offshoretrips.php" target="_blank">tuna schedule</a> online.

Sounded like tuna fishing was pretty darn good on the chunk from the Notch to the 100 Square at Hudson Canyon, said Eric from <b>The Reel Seat</b> in Brielle. The fish, good numbers of yellowfin and longfin tuna, bit bait and jigs from late afternoon to mid-morning, and a handful of longfins were trolled during daytime. Nothing was heard about tuna fishing inshore of there, though tuna were found inshore of the Hudson in late summer.

After weather canceled many trips, tuna fishing resumed with <b>Mushin Sportfishing</b> from Point Pleasant Beach, Capt. Alan wrote in an email. An open-boat trip fished for them Sunday to Monday, and the anglers loaded the boxes with yellowfin tuna, longfin tuna, two swordfish and some mahi mahi. They decided they bagged enough, released more tuna afterward, and chose to leave the fish biting, returning to port. At first on the trip, the outing fished for mahi mahi, hopping around the lobster-pot buoys. Mahi to 15 pounds were picked, but lots of other boats fished the pots, making the angling tough. A fair amount of bait was read deep, so the trip trolled there, trying for longfin tuna. But none bit. The trip moved, and readings were better, and the trip began to chunk on the drift. This was still during daylight. Two fish bit but got off, one on bait, the other on a jig. By dark, nearly 150 boats crowded the area. So Mushin moved some miles away from the fleet, and drifted the boat again. The two swords, 100 pounds and 90 pounds, were nailed, back-to-back. A white marlin was then chunked and released that “gave an eye-to-eye dance boat-side,” he said. Next that night, a flurry of yellowfin tuna erupted, and the trip went 5 for 5 on them on bait and jigs. Afterward, yellowfins 60 to 80 pounds and longfins 35 to 50 pounds were picked here and there on that drift in the dark. One, two and three were hooked at once. The trip next reset the drift, and the outing’s best fishing took off at 4 a.m. Yellowfins and longfins cut through the chunking slick, and the anglers couldn’t keep them off jigs and bait.  That’s when they decided they bagged enough, released more afterward, and left them biting. Charters and open-boat trips are fishing offshore.  The fishing will be weathered out aboard this weekend. So open-boat trips will fish for striped bass closer to shore, where the weather won’t be a problem. Telephone to get in on the fishing, and striper catches broke out for the first time this season this week.

<b>Barnegat Inlet</b>

An offshore trip Monday to Tuesday waxed 15 yellowfin tuna and longfin tuna, two swordfish 90 pounds apiece, a wahoo and 50 mahi mahi at Hudson Canyon on the <b>Super Chic</b> from Barnegat Light, Capt. Ted said. The yellowfins, 35 to 70 pounds, and longfins, 40 to 60 pounds, were chunked at night. That’s when the trip began fishing for them. The swords were chunked at night, of course. Before the tuna fishing, the trip landed the mahi and wahoo on bait cast to lobster pot buoys. Mostly tuna trips are booked for now. One was weathered out Wednesday to Thursday, and another might be weathered out today. Two more of the overnighters are booked for this weekend that will probably be weathered out. Another is booked for next Wednesday to Thursday.

A good catch of tuna, 36 yellowfins and longfins that the 15 anglers bagged, was plowed on a trip Friday to Saturday aboard, the party boat <b>Miss Barnegat Light</b>’s Facebook page said. Other tuna, “too many,” it said, were also lost. The fishing was slow at first, when current ran strongly. A few pup swordfish were released then. Next, the current slowed, and yellowfins to 70 pounds were picked steadily throughout the night. “Later in the night, we had blasts of longfin tuna,” it said. One mahi mahi was also decked. On a trip Saturday to Sunday, current never let up, and tuna fishing was slow. A 150-pound bigeye tuna was cranked in at first. Then yellowfins and longfins were slowly picked, and 20 tuna bagged were totaled on the outing. A trip Sunday to Monday cleaned up on good tuna fishing. Weather was great, so more than 100 boats fished the canyon. A handful of yellowfin tuna and two swordfish were picked on a 5-hour drift that covered 10 miles. The boat was moved at 3 a.m., and longfin tuna catches blew up at first light. All trips are fishing for tuna this month aboard, and space is available on some of the outings, and don’t wait to book. See <a href="http://www.missbarnegatlight.com/TunaFishing.html" target="_blank">Miss Barnegat Light’s tuna schedule</a> online.

<b>Cape May Inlet</b>

Capt. George from the <b>Heavy Hitter</b> from Cape May spoke with anglers who tuna fished from the port, and they talked about catches made at Hudson Canyon: yellowfin tuna, longfin tuna, bigeye tuna and swordfish, he said. Mahi mahi bit at canyons farther south. If tuna fishing lights up nearer to Cape May this fall, the Heavy Hitter will sail for them. Inshore trips will fish for striped bass, sea bass and blackfish in coming weeks. Telephone if interested in any of the angling.  

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