<b>Sandy Hook</b>

Watch this video of a thresher shark jump Thursday on the <b>Hyper Striper</b> from Highlands. Scroll through several photos of the shark, after the fish was landed.

<b>Shark River Inlet</b>

The <b>Katie H</b> from Belmar was supposed to compete in Mako Mania last weekend, but the tournament was rescheduled, because of weather, Capt. Mike said. He expects the boat to compete on the new dates, July 10 to 12, and to begin tuna fishing afterward. Bluefin tuna began to be caught mid-shore that were heard about. The angling didn’t sound hot and heavy, but caught. He’ll see how the angling is himself, when the boat sets out for the fish. Farther from shore, yellowfin tuna were reported caught at the southern canyons. None of the boats from the docks sailed for them.

<b>Manasquan Inlet</b>

Shark fishing was good at most usual places like the Fingers, Glory Hole and Chicken Canyon, said Dave from <b>The Reel Seat</b> from Brielle. Sharks that customers docked included a 313-pound mako and a 200-pounder. Bluefin tuna, from throwbacks to 50-pounders, were around at those same places, the Fingers, Glory Hole and Chicken Canyon, and all were trolled. Fishing for tuna at the canyons farther from shore often wasn’t possible in weather recently. But a customer’s trip landed 16 yellowfin tuna, not big, maybe from barely keepers to 35 pounds, just north of Toms Canyon. Lots of mahi mahi and some white marlin were also trolled at the canyons. The shop is gearing up for offshore season. Tackle includes lots of new lures, several new spreader bars and some new dredges for the fishing.

Tuna trips will begin on September 21 on the party boat <b>Gambler</b> from Point Pleasant Beach, Capt. Bob said. The trips are beginning to fill on weekends, and see the <a href=" http://www.gamblerfishing.net/offshoretrips.php" target="_blank">schedule</a> online.

<b>Mushin Sportfishing</b> from Point Pleasant Beach was docked in past days, along with most other boats, because of weather, Capt. Alan wrote in an email Sunday. The boat was also docked because shark tournaments were cancelled, because of weather, that the boat was supposed to compete in last weekend. The boat fished last week on Wednesday on a day-trolling trip to an offshore canyon that missed a couple of bites upon arrival, and went 2 for 4 on yellowfin tuna at the end of the day. A nearby canyon gave up good fishing for bigeye tuna the next morning, that Thursday, before weather shut down trips. One or two spaces are available for one or two of several trips slated to fish offshore in the coming week, and telephone Alan for details: 609-731-3742. Open-boat trips will also fish offshore in July, and charters are available. 

<b>Barnegat Inlet</b>

A couple of inshore trips for bluefin tuna are coming up on the <b>Super Chic</b> from Barnegat Light, Capt. Ted said. Rumors were heard about bluefins at places like the Atlantic Princess wreck, but no concrete news came in. An offshore tuna trip is slated aboard next week. Not much was heard about that fishing recently. A boat from the docks headed for the angling the other day, and mako sharks were fought at night, and tilefish were pumped in during daytime. But not much happened with tuna on the trip. Closer to shore, bonito last year first appeared in mid-July in the local ocean, and the boat fishes for them. The ocean was currently warm enough for bonito, but cloudy and green. That wasn’t the clear, good-looking water bonito prefer.

<b>Beach Haven Inlet</b>

Capt. Lindsay from the <b>June Bug</b> from Beach Haven is trying to put together an offshore trip Sunday to fish a warm-water eddy 10 miles off the mouth of Wilmington Canyon, he said. That’s more than 90 miles from port, and satellite charts showed 76-degree water there. No radio chatter and no reports from friends in past days talked about big-game fishing, either inshore for bluefin tuna or at the offshore canyons.

<b>Great Egg Harbor Inlet</b>

Fishing on the <b>Stray Cat</b> from Longport tackled nine sizable mahi mahi and a white marlin at Wilmington Canyon on Thursday, Capt. Mike said. The trip trolled ballyhoos and cedar plugs in the 74-degree, gin-clear water and calm seas, and the boat was supposed to head right back to the canyon today.

Good fishing for yellowfin tuna was reported rom Massey’s Canyon, said Collin from <b>24-7 Bait & Tackle</b> in Egg Harbor Township. No bluefin tuna were mentioned from there. A buddy’s trip subdued a couple of 200-pound bigeye tuna somewhere last week. Whether mako sharks continued to bite was unknown. All offshore baits are stocked. <b>The company also own 24-7 Bait & Tackle in Marmora</b>.

<b>Hereford Inlet</b>

Thirty-four sharks were landed in six trips, in the week before weather canceled fishing aboard last weekend, said Capt. Jim from <b>Fins & Grins Sport Fishing</b> from Wildwood. He fished inshore for catches like summer flounder and sea bass this week. The sharks included sand tigers and browns on Delaware Bay and makos on the ocean. Fishing was good at both places, and the bay sharking was like big-game fishing close to the coast, and those trips are half the price of ocean sharking. Some of the bay’s sharks landed weighed 200 to 400 pounds, and sand tigers and browns are required to be released. The most recent mako trip, before last weekend, landed five, keeping one.

<b>Cape May Inlet</b>

They’re here. Bluefin and yellowfin tuna arrived at the inshore lumps, said Capt. George from the <b>Heavy Hitter</b> from Cape May on Sunday. News was scarce in rough weather the rest of the week, but the boat was supposed to sail for the tuna today and this Sunday. Anglers wait for this fishing, because the angling’s nearer to the coast than tuna fishing usually is. George couldn’t know how long the fish would stay, but they were here now.  Bluefins 50 to 150 pounds and “some nice yellowfins,” he said, were caught. Mahi mahi were also boated in the waters. The fishing is 40 miles or farther from Cape May, at places like 19-Fathom Lump, 40 miles from the port, Massey’s Canyon, 40 or 42 miles from there, or the Hot Dog, 60 miles from the town. The fish currently swam in 20 to 30 fathoms.

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