This is the final Offshore Report of 2008!

The Offshore Report kicks off again in June with shark season.

<b>Manasquan Inlet</b>

A canyon overnighter fished last week from Thursday to Friday on the party boat <b>Jamaica</b> from Brielle, an e-mail from the boat said. No fish bit at night, although tuna were marked several times, and a fair number of squid swarmed around. A 50-pound longfin tuna and a 20-pound tilefish were bagged in the morning while the boat remained anchored. Then the vessel went on the drift, and three more longfins were tackled, and a couple were lost. Lots more were marked, and the crew would’ve expected quite a few to bite. Then a 270-pound, 71-inch bluefin tuna was slammed after a 45-minute fight on a rental rod just before the boat headed home. A massive body of warm waters was moving to the canyons and looked promising. More trips are scheduled for today, Sunday and November 11 and 18. A special, two-day swordfish/tuna/tilefish trip will sail Wednesday to Friday, November 12 to 14. For more details or a complete list of the boat’s canyon trips call the vessel or visit canyontuna.com. Fourteen-hour wreck-fishing trips will steam Sunday and November 9, 15, 23 and 28 for sea bass, blackfish and ling.

The party boat <b>Gambler</b> from Point Pleasant sailed last week on Thursday to Friday, tried fishing in 6,000 feet along the Continental Edge, instead of the usual 600 feet, but the bite was no good, Capt. Bob said. One yellowfin tuna and one longfin were walloped, and life was seen in the waters, including strange things like big squid. One more offshore trip was supposed to sail this season on Tuesday, but got docked because of the weather. So that was a wrap, and the boat will now fish inshore.

Trips for tuna on the party boat <b>Sea Devil</b> from Point Pleasant were blown out since October 13, Cindy said. But canyon runs today and tomorrow would probably get out in better weather. If the fishing goes well, a trip Sunday will probably leave port. The trips today and tomorrow were sold out, but openings are available Sunday.  A few spots are available on two trips the following weekend.  <b>Update, 10/21:</b> Reports rolled in about new schools of tuna in the canyons, and boaters who fished the past couple of days came back with yellowfin tuna, longfin tuna and swordfish, Cindy said in an e-mail today.

<b>Barnegat Inlet</b>

A final tuna trip of the year was potentially going to make a canyon run today on the <b>Tuna-Tic</b> from Waretown, Capt. Mike said. But first he was going to get dialed in and see whether fish were around. The year was tough for tuna fishing, and the boat was going to switch to inshore action the rest of the season.

<b>Seafood Fishing Charters</b> from Forked River was going to try to sail on a final, open-boat tuna trip of the season Saturday to Sunday, if the weather allowed, and space is available, and call to reserve. Afterward inshore fishing will fill the slate.

<b>Townsend’s Inlet</b>

Offshore fishing seemed to be coming to an end, so <b>Over Under Adventures</b> from Avalon started fishing inshore along South Jersey, the report on Over Under’s web site said. Over Under will start its annual fishing in the Bahamas a little earlier this year, and the Low Profile, one of the company’s boats that fished from Avalon this season, is expected to be available to charter from the islands starting the third week of November. The weather is great at this time of year, and wahoos, yellowfin tuna, mahi mahi and billfish can be caught. That’s Right, another one of the company’s boats that fished offshore from Avalon this season, arrived this week at Islamorada in the Florida Keys to begin chartering through winter. The weather there is also fantastic at this time of year, and the fishing was currently great. One trip already lucked into an early season catch of six sailfish that were released on a half-day charter. Plenty of king mackerel were around, and yellowtail snappers covered the reefs. Anyone looking for a quick fall getaway should jump on a plane and get down there, and deals are available at hotels before the tourist season kicks off with Christmas. 

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