<b>Sandy Hook</b>

A bluefin tuna charter was supposed to fish the inshore grounds today on the <b>Katie H</b> from the Highlands, and a break in the windy weather would probably allow the trip to sail, Capt. Mike said. But a canyon tuna charter scheduled to fish overnight Saturday to Sunday was cancelled early this week because of forecasts. The crew will throw in the towel for tuna fishing for the season after today. At the canyons yellowfin-tuna fishing was tough this season, and that especially made nighttime catches difficult. But boaters trolling the canyons during daytime sometimes came across longfin tuna in recent weeks, sometimes lucking into better catches if a trip happened to run into a school. A vessel might pick up six at one spot and six at another, coming up with a dozen, with some luck. Bluefin tuna had been around before the windy weather, and anglers would see if they remained. The fish stuck around after the last blow. 

<b>Shark River Inlet</b>

No more trips for inshore bluefin tuna will break the inlet this season, said Capt. Ralph from <b>Last Lady Fishing Charters</b> from Neptune, and he had already ended his offshore tuna fishing.

<b>Manasquan Inlet</b>

Tuna trips on the party boat <b>Gambler</b> from Point Pleasant got weathered out since last week, Capt. Bob said, but the next was scheduled to sail last night. He planned to do something different, fishing all the way out at the Continental Shelf in 6,000 feet instead of the usual 600. The boat last fished the canyons Friday to Saturday, and seas were stiff, and fishing was slow. “Just got beaten up,” he said.  Trips offshore will continue.

The weather kept tuna trips docked on the party boat <b>Sea Devil</b> from Point Pleasant, Cindy said. Fishing this weekend looked like it would be blown out too, but the vessel will keep heading to the edge.

Winds and seas made news from boaters scarce since earlier last week, said Dave from <b>The Reel Seat</b> in Brielle. He knew that two party boats sailed for tuna during the weekend. One didn’t fare so well, and he didn’t know how the other made out. Before the weather last week on Monday, the Jenny Lee at the canyons caught seven or eight longfin tuna and a 70-pound wahoo and that Wednesday returned with six longfins and two bigeye tuna. Another boat tried for bluefin tuna inshore and lost a big one. 

<b>Barnegat Inlet</b>

Fishing offshore was no option during the seas and windy weather on the <b>Tuna-Tic</b> from Waretown, but Capt. Mike will try to tuna fish one more week, he said.

<b>Absecon Inlet</b>

The <b>Carly A</b> from Atlantic City is finished fishing offshore for the season, said Joe from Offshore Enterprises Bait & Tackle from the town. The shop’s owner also owns the boat. Yellowfin tuna were 200 miles offshore this year, Joe said, and when they did come closer, they were 130 miles off.

<b>Cape May Inlet</b>

Capt. George from the <b>Heavy Hitter</b> from Cape May by last weekend decided that no more charters will sail for tuna this year. That meant all the boats from Cape May who contribute reports had wrapped up their offshore fishing for the year.

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