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Offshore fishing was difficult to do because of strong winds that kicked up seas, so news was scarce, and he took no trips to the waters since last week, said Capt. Joe Hughes from Jersey Cape Guide Service and Gibson’s Tackle from Sea Isle City. But bluefin tuna were around, and the Lobster Claw was a location that came to mind, and good numbers of wahoos and some big mahi mahi swam the area. Father off, marlin and mahi made up most catches at the canyons.
The Low Profile from Over Under Adventures from Avalon competed in the Mid Atlantic $500,000 last week, an e-mail from Over Under said. Three out of five of the tournament days from Monday to Friday could be fished, and the boat sailed Monday, Thursday and Friday. On Monday the vessel ran to Wilmington Canyon to a spot where it got into good fishing on an overnighter the previous week. Nine white marlin were raised, and six ate, and two were caught and released, and neither was big enough to weigh in. On Thursday the boat went right back to the same spot, going 3 for 5 on whites, and none was a contender, so all were released. Because of the number of whites found, the crew gave the area one more try on Friday, hoping to catch the big one. A 70-pounder was brought back to the scales but wasn’t big enough for the money. Still, a total of seven whites were caught, and the anglers had a great time. Some of Over Under’s boats are also fishing from Ocean City, Maryland, and fishing from there kicked back in last week, after a lull. The vessel That’s Right got into awesome bluefin tuna fishing Saturday, and 10 of the fish 80 to 170 pounds were mugged, and the bites were scattered from Massey’s Canyon to the Hot Dog. All pounded on ballyhoos, except one that jumped on a spreader bar.
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