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New Jersey Inshore Saltwater Fishing Report 7-9-12


<b>Staten Island</b>

With <b>Outcast Charters</b>, two trips Friday and Saturday limited out on sea bass, Capt. Joe said. The fishing was holding up well, and Saturday’s trip also looted ling, lots, and a couple of 4-pound fluke. The sea bass on the trips weighed up to 2 ½ pounds, and the ling weighed up to 4. Most of the ling were 2 pounds. Outcast pays bridge tolls with a receipt. Charters can also be picked up from Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

<b>Keyport</b>

Winds against tide, hampering the boat’s drift, made for difficult fluke fishing on Raritan Bay on Saturday with <b>Papa’s Angels Charters</b>, Capt. Joe said. The trip, with Anthony Dietz and two other anglers, fished with live peanut bunker and squid. Open-boat trips for fluke are available 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 to 9 p.m. daily when no charter is booked, and enough anglers want to sail. Call to reserve.

<b>Atlantic Highlands</b>

Open-boat trips for fluke will probably kick back off Saturday afternoon on the party boat <b>Fishermen</b>, Capt. Ron said. New engines were installed, and a charter is booked Saturday morning. So the fluke trip 3:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday should resume open trips. Then the boat should be back fluke fishing 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily and 3:30 to 9 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

Catches of fluke improved a bit Wednesday on the party boat <b>Atlantic Star</b>, Capt. Tom said. But the fishing aboard Thursday “was no bargain,” he said. On Friday morning’s trip, throwbacks began to give up more action. On Friday afternoon’s trip, the fishing was better, turning out keepers, and lots of action with shorts. Action was good on Saturday afternoon’s trip then slowed. The fluke catch on Sunday morning’s trip was probably one of the better ones of the season. So was the catch on the afternoon’s trip, and a couple of anglers limited out. Fluking on this morning’s trip was starting slower, Tom said in a phone call aboard at 10 o’clock. But a few keepers were sprinkled around the boat, and Tom hopes the better fluking recently holds up. Like all season, sizeable fluke were mixed in during the weekend: Jack MacMillan’s 7-pound 3-ouncer, Lori Eilbacher’s 6-pound 11-ouncer and 11-year-old Victoria O’Connor’s 6-pounder. The Atlantic Star is fishing for fluke twice daily 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 to 6 p.m. <b>***Update, Tuesday, 7/10:***</b> After fluking started to improve Sunday for both shorts and keepers aboard, a greater number of the fish kept biting since then, Tom said. Action with shorts really improved, and a few better-sized fluke were mixed in. Previously the number of shorts was even low. Currently sometimes an angler would total two or three keepers, and sometimes an angler would bag none. But everyone was catching now, and more than one or two. The fishing seemed more enjoyable for everyone, and the angling improved all in all.  <b>***Update, Wednesday, 7/11:***</b> Lots of action with fluke continued today aboard, Tom said. On the morning trip, one angler limited out, and a couple landed two or three keepers. Some anglers caught only shorts, of course, but the fishing was improved over last week. Everyone was at least catching, whether keepers or throwbacks. The afternoon trip was probably a little better, and nobody limited out, but a couple bagged four, and a couple three, and some caught no keepers, but everyone caught. Unfortunately only a few people showed up for the afternoon, despite good weather, and fun fishing for everyone. Action’s been better than a couple of weeks ago. Spro and bucktail jigs caught somewhat better at times in past days. They were fairly effective on this morning’s trip. But bait caught better on this afternoon’s trip. For bait, killies were an advantage the last few days, for the most part, if anglers want to pick up a few killies to bring. Killies combined with green Gulps worked well. Sometimes spearing, supplied on the boat, worked fine. But sometimes killies were somewhat of an advantage. Anglers could bring two rods if they’d like – a conventional to fish bait, and a spinning to work Spros or bucktails – because sometimes one worked better. One rod could be stowed up above.

<b>Highlands</b>

Fishing the channels, a trip landed nine keepers fluke and three keeper sea bass Sunday with <b>Raritan Bay Charters</b>. The anglers – Charlie, Dave, Steve, Ambrose and Jamal – fished mostly with squid and spearing or live peanut bunker, and tossed back shorts, a couple of sea robins and a couple of dogfish. Open-boat trips are available when no charter is booked.

Capt. Pete from the <b>Hyper Striper</b> took a few days last week to check on the Dream Girl in Los Suenos, Costa Rica, he said in an e-mail. That’s the boat he runs in winter, and he fished on the vessel during the visit. Very good fishing for large red snappers and groupers was clubbed on one day. On another afternoon, three roosterfish to 42 pounds were live baited. Back in Jersey, Gene Alexander’s family on Saturday bottom-angled a good catch of ling, sea bass and a few cod on the Hyper. On Sunday Bob Centamore’s trip on the boat bucktailed steady fishing for fluke to 4 pounds, including a couple of limits, and plenty of action with throwbacks.

Fluke fishing was up and down, and when conditions were good, the fish to 8 pounds were clocked aboard, said Capt. Derek from <b>Fisher Price Charters</b>. When conditions weren’t good, the angling was slow. The weather was so hot the last days, and no winds blew, so the boat wouldn’t drift. But when there was a drift, the angling produced. Trips fished with bucktails with big strip baits along the rough bottom. Derek jumped on a friend’s boat on a bluefin tuna trip Thursday that went 18 for 20 on the fish to 45 pounds on the troll. The fish bit nearly anything, including ballyhoos, spreader bars and green machines. Four and five were hooked at a time, once the  tuna were found. Bluefins fed on sand eels, and when anglers located the bait, they caught the tuna. Another friend a couple of days previously caught bluefins at the northeast corner of the Glory Hole. Derek’s trip fished there afterward, finding no bait or tuna. Derek’s trip decided to head inshore to shark fish, then the tuna were found. He gave the numbers to a friend who returned to the area afterward, finding no tuna. Fisher Price is available for bluefin fishing when the tuna are in range.  

<b>Neptune</b>

Many, many ling were pummeled on a wreck-fishing trip Sunday with <b>Last Lady Fishing Charters</b>, Capt. Ralph said. No trip sailed Saturday, and sea bass fishing was very good aboard Friday. Individual-reservation fluke trips are fishing 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. every Tuesday, and kids under 12 are free, limited to two per adult. Special individual-reservation fluke trips, fishing a shorter time or 6 hours, instead of 8, are running 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Sunday. All those trips are on the Last Lady II, sailing with up to 17 passengers. On the Last Lady, sailing with up to six passengers, individual-reservation trips are fishing for: sea bass, ling and blackfish 6 a.m. every Sunday (one blackfish can be kept starting July 17); cod, pollock and ling offshore 2 a.m. next Monday;  and striped bass 12 midnight to 6 a.m. Thursday, July 19. One-day trolling charters are available to fish for tuna.

<b>Belmar</b>

The boat drifted slowly on the ocean in mostly still winds in hot weather Sunday, difficult for fluke fishing, but eight of the fish, including a 5-pounder and a 4-pounder, were bagged, said Capt. Mike from the <b>Katie H</b>. Probably 50 fluke were landed, including throwbacks released, on the three-quarter day, not a full-day, trip. The anglers mostly fished with squid and spearing on rigs, and the biggest fluke grabbed the bait on dead-sticked rods. The anglers fished with bucktails a little. A trip is slated to sail for bluefin tuna on the mid-shore ocean Friday, and might shark fish afterward. An inshore trip is set to fish Saturday, probably for fluke and sea bass. Charters and open-boat trips are available.

Lots of trips fished with <b>Fin-Ominal Sportfishing</b>, Capt. Jared said. Charters bottom-fished two weekends ago on both Saturday and Sunday, piling up good catches of fluke and sea bass from the ocean. A trip that Monday wanted to target bluefish, but bluefishing was no good, so the anglers bottom fished. The boat remained in port Tuesday to Thursday, and a charter Friday pounded a very good catch of fluke and sea bass. On Saturday a trip steamed farther from shore, fishing a couple of wrecks in 200 feet, lambasting a load of big ling. On Sunday Jared and a friend decided to try for striped bass aboard, despite the late season for stripers, and none was caught. Trips on the boat are supposed to fish for bluefin tuna Thursday and Saturday 40 to 50 miles from shore. Fin-Ominal’s 50-foot boat can accommodate large to small groups, up to 23 passengers on cruises, up to 15 on fishing trips. Cruises available include trips to watch fireworks on the ocean off Asbury Park every Wednesday and Point Pleasant Beach every Thursday in July and August.

Was an epic week of fluke fishing on the ocean aboard, said Capt. Pete from <b>Parker Pete’s Fishing Charters</b>. A 12-pound 29-incher was the biggest boated, and lots of keepers were hung. When conditions drifted the boat right, the fishing was phenomenal. Pete himself axed an 8-1/2-pounder. A couple of trips did something new: strictly bucktailing for the fluke. The angling took work, and if wrists weren’t tired, the anglers weren’t doing it correctly. But even anglers new to bucktailing got the hang of it, and were hooked. Trips averaged five anglers, and limited out when conditions were right. The summer flounder bit at certain depths. A trip Sunday didn’t limit out, but most anglers came one fluke short of a limit, and the catch included a 7-pounder and a 6-pounder. Trips fished along rough bottom, and sea bass and triggerfish were mixed in. Parker Pete’s is also available to fish for sea bass, sharks and bluefin tuna. Though waters were in the 70s, mako sharks were still around. A friend was catching them in deeper waters. Thresher sharks chased tons of bunker that still schooled close to shore. A thresher was seen in bunker on one recent fluke trip aboard.  Parker Pete’s fishes for any species available. Charters and open-boat trips are running. For availability on open trips, see <a href="http://parkerpetefishing.com/belmar-fishing-trips/open-boat-trips" target="_blank">Parker Pete’s open-boat page</a> online, and sign up for the e-mailed newsletter on the site. Dates are announced in both places. Cruises are available to watch fireworks on the ocean off Asbury Park every Wednesday, and see the boat’s Web site for times.

Weather was hot, but great fluke fishing was crushed, said Bob from <b>Fisherman’s Den</b> in an e-mail. Ed Rumsby, Bradley Beach, checked in a 12-pound fluke, the biggest at the shop this season, after nailing the fish with Parker Pete’s Fishing Charters on the ocean. One of the Belmar party boats reported great fluking aboard the ocean. A 9-pound 8-ouncer and several 7-pounders were creamed on the vessel on Friday. On Shark River, Jesse Thomas clobbered a 5-pound 8-ounce fluke and a 4-pounder. The shop’s rental boats are available to fish the river.

<b>Brielle</b>

On the <b>Big Kid</b> sea bass fishing was super on the ocean, Capt. Ken said. The fish were clammed, and a 24-1/2-incher was slugged Saturday on the boat. The crew loves bottom fishing, and fluke fishing was also good aboard the ocean. An 8-pound fluke was the biggest on the vessel last week, and a couple of 6-pounders were whacked on the same trip. Charters are also fishing for bluefin tuna on the mid-shore ocean and yellowfin tuna offshore. The boat sails for all species available, and weekends are booked this month, but some weekdays are available.

Good fluke fishing was drilled last week, especially on afternoon trips, on the party boat <b>Jamaica II</b>, Capt. Ryan said in an e-mail. Lack of winds in mornings hampered the boat’s drifting, and increased winds in afternoons picked up the drift and catches. Frank Pogue, Trenton, took the lead in the monthly pool with an 8-pound 11-ounce fluke, and limited out. Bert Lee, Broomall, cracked an 8-pound 8-ounce fluke. Some of the limits also included: Bob Williamson, Trenton, a limit to 7 ½ pounds; Kim Tsang, Fort Lee, a limit to 7 pounds; Dale Isaacs, Manchester, a limit to 6 pounds; John Gogliardo, Union; Sun Choy, Edison; Curt Mathason, Browns Mills; Chester Lewis, Philadelphia; and Donnito Patrick, Bordentown. Bluefishing was great on Saturday night’s trip. Small, great-eating-sized blues were bailed, and lots of anglers limited out. The Jamaica II is fluke fishing on two half-day trips 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays and on a full-day trip 8 a.m. Mondays. Bluefishing trips are running at 7:30 p.m. every Saturday.

Fluke, good catches, were boated from the ocean, said Dave from <b>The Reel Seat</b>. The fishing seemed best off northern Monmouth County, but the summer flounder began to be picked farther south at Sea Girt Reef. Not much was heard about Manasquan River’s fluke fishing, for unknown reasons, like maybe weather was too hot. The river was loaded with hickory shad, and sometimes blues popped up in the river. Practically no striped bass were around for ocean boaters anymore this season. Surf anglers sometimes tried for stripers, but weren’t really catching. Lots of kingfish swam the surf, but nobody really tried for them. Back on the ocean, fishing for sea bass and ling was holding up, and a bunch of cod began to be caught. Fishing for bluefin tuna had been very good on the mid-shore ocean, but was slow for most anglers in past days. However, one well-known, light-tackle captain bailed a mess of them, but wasn’t saying where. Plenty of bluefish schooled the bluefin grounds. Farther from shore, one customer gaffed four or five yellowfin tuna at Hudson Canyon. Fishing for yellowfins had been good to the south, like at Wilmington Canyon, but wasn’t good at all in the last days. Yellowfins had started to be caught at night, but even that slowed during the weekend. Wahoo Baitfish Bucktails and Stingo jigs are on sale at 30 percent off to celebrate the shop’s 30 years in business. The shop’s fluke tournament for Manasquan and Shark rivers is running to Labor Day. Entry is $10, and half the money is donated to Save the Summer Flounder Fishery Fund, and the other half to Shark River Surf Anglers Kids Trout Tournament. The store makes no money on the event, and prizes will be awarded for the first and second heaviest fluke from each river, the heaviest fluke from a lady entrant, and the heaviest from a kid age 16 or younger.

<b>Point Pleasant Beach</b>

What a first week of July, an e-mail from <b>Canyon Runner Sport Fishing</b> said. Six bigeye tuna to 240 pounds, including four that topped 200, were bombed on the week’s trips. Plus, yellowfin tuna began to be chunked at night aboard. One trip chunked 13, and another 8, and another 9. Tuna catches remained the best ever by this point in the season for Canyon Runner. A report on Canyon Runner’s Web site said three of the bigeyes were taken last Monday, two on Tuesday and one on Thursday. On the trip Thursday, on the company’s 48-foot Viking, the nine yellowfins were chunked, after the bigeye was trolled at 9:30 p.m. On another trip Thursday to Friday on Canyon Runner’s 60-foot Ritchie Howell, the captain “scratched and clawed his way to a pick of yellowfin,” the report said. That was both on the troll during daytime and chunk at night. The trip fished throughout Wilmington Canyon, finding the yellowfins in 300- to 400-foot shallows. Two spots just became available for an overnight trip Tuesday to Wednesday on the Viking. Canyon Runner will knock $100 off the price of each to fill the spots. Only a few dates remain in July for charters.

One of the one-boat, mixed-bag trips offshore sailed with <b>Andrea’s Toy Charters</b>, a report on Andrea’s Toy’s Web site said Friday. First, the trip looked for bluefin tuna at the Bacardi wreck at a scallop boat with no luck. Then the trip pushed farther offshore to the tip of Hudson Canyon, fishing for yellowfin tuna from there to the Bombs to the Elbow. Tuna were marked deep, “but they would not come up,” the report said. Lots of life filled waters. The anglers then deep-dropped for tilefish, landing half a dozen. The trip headed inshore to the Chicken Canyon, and mahi mahi were caught along the lobster pot buoys. No bluefin tuna showed up. The trip looked for bluefins next at the Glory Hole and the Lillian wreck. “Both areas had green water, no bites,” the report said. “Fun day with a great crew,” the report said. “Wonder if the full moon affected (the fishing)?” the report asked. Andrea’s Toy specializes in mixed-bag fishing for greater fun, better chances of hooking up and more variety for dinner. See <a href="http://www.andreastoycharters.com" target="_blank">Andrea’s Toy’s home page</a> for a write-up about the annual mixed-bag trips for tuna and other big game.

Both morning and afternoon trips turned  up picky fluke fishing the past couple of days on the ocean on the party boat <b>Norma K III</b>, a report on the vessel’s Web site said. Neither trip was better, and Gulps on Spro jigs caught best. Bluefishing was good for 1- to 2-pounders on nighttime trips. Lots of anglers limited out, and the trips fished with small pieces of bait and jigs. “Hopefully, those big boys will be back by the end of the week,” the report said. “We will keep you posted!” The Norma-K III is fishing for fluke 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2 to 6:30 p.m. daily and for blues 7:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. daily.

For anglers on the party boat <b>Gambler</b>, fishing for fluke was slower in past days on the ocean, Capt. Bob said. Maybe the bottom became colder, and keeper fluke, throwbacks and sea bass were reeled in, but fewer than before. Thunderstorms seemed to put off bluefish on Saturday night’s bluefish trip. Blues 2 to 5 pounds were landed, but the angling was sort of slow. Fishing was decent on Thursday night’s wreck-fishing trip. Ling, sea bass and a few cod were shoveled in. The Gambler is fishing for fluke 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. daily. Bluefish trips are running 7:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Wreck-fishing trips are steaming 7:30 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursdays and Sundays.

<b>Barnegat Light</b>

Bluefishing was great again today on the ocean on the party boat <b>Miss Barnegat Light</b>, a report on the vessel’s Web site said. “Limits around the boat, if you wanted them,” it said. The weather was beautiful, with cool breezes on the waters. On Sunday’s trip, most anglers limited out on blues, small ones, but somewhat larger than in the last few weeks. “Hopefully, the big blues will be back soon,” the report said. Fishing for blues was good on Saturday’s daytime trip. On Saturday night’s trip, blues at first were “under the boat, but not super hungry,” the report said. But the fishing slowly improved, and the catch ended up good. Angling for blues was picky on Friday’s daytime trip but good on Friday night’s. The Miss Barnegat Light is bluefishing 8 a.m. daily and 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

<b>Barnegat</b>

<b>***Update, Wednesday, 7/11:***</b> From an edited e-mail from Capt. Dave DeGennaro from the <b>Hi Flier</b>: “Last week and weekend were outstanding for a variety of species. We came in with fluke, striped bass, weakfish and bluefin tuna. What more can you ask for? I am planning on targeting that variety again this week. On Thursday we will be sailing open boat, targeting striped bass on light spinning tackle using live grass shrimp. After a few hours of that, we will move in to the bay to use the same bait for weakfish and the mixed bag that often finds our chum, even fluke. Departing at noon and returning at 6 PM.  On Friday we will be running offshore for tuna, bonita, albacore and mahi. We meet at the dock at 5 AM and return by 2 PM.  Sunday is available for either back bay fishing or offshore tuna/bonita/mahi, I will decide as we get closer to the date. If it's going to be a perfect weather window, we’ll point the bow east. If it's less than perfect, we’ll fish the bay. If you want to sign on as an angler willing to do either, you are welcome to do that. All trips limited to three people, and all fish are shared. <b><i>If you would like to reserve a spot, it is best to call me on my cell, not e-mail me.</i></b> This past Saturday we ran just a little over 30 miles east of the inlet for some good tuna action, going 5 for 7 on 10-  to 40-pound bluefin. These fish were crushing our rainbow squid bars on light, 20-class tackle. There are bonita and small mahi in the mix now, as well.”

<b>Mystic Island</b>

Summer flounder fishing on the ocean was “steadily on the incline,” a report on <b>Scott’s Bait & Tackle</b>’s Web site said. Water waters were pushing the fluke to the ocean and out from the bay. But some were caught on the bay. More on that in a moment. On the ocean, the flatfish were boated at usual areas like the Rutgers research buoys, the reefs and the wrecks. Bluefish sometimes schooled at the Rutgers buoys. Sea bass swam deep waters in the ocean. On the bay, flounder hovered in deeper waters or almost any place 15 or 20 feet or deeper. A flurry of the fluke bit in deeper waters toward the 134 marker. An 8-pound fluke was weighed in from a deeper channel off the Fish Factory. Good reports about flounder came from off Little Beach at Little Egg Inlet. Kingfish seemed to begin arriving in the bay. A customer and son caught kings while fluke fishing on the bay. Triggerfish were sometimes copped in the bay. Big brown sharks, prohibited fish, swam plentiful at Grassy Channel. Snapper blues began appearing in the creeks and lagoons. Spots swam the same waters.

<b>Brigantine</b>

Kingfish, spots, bluefish, brown sharks and even a few striped bass swam the surf, a report on <b>Riptide Bait & Tackle</b>’s Web site said. Kingfish and sots dominated the waters, nibbling bloodworms or Fishbites artificial worms. One angler talked about hitting blues left and right at 40th Street. Lots of summer flounder kept biting in the back waters and were moving to the ocean for the season. The North Brigantine Natural Area was closed to vehicles starting today. Cages to keep live spots in will become available at the shop in the next days on a first come, first served basis. Anglers can put a deposit on the cages “to secure your place on the list,” the report said. Spots were currently 3 to 5 inches, and they grow an  inch a month. So if anglers catch them now to keep in a cage, the baitfish will be perfect size to liveline for striped bass during the fall run. Sign up for the shop’s Summer Fishing Tournament, running till Labor Dday. Entry is $5 per species for flounder, kingfish and blues, and the winner of each division takes the money.

<b>Sea Isle City</b>

About 20 dusky, blacktip and brown sharks were caught and released on a trip aboard Thursday afternoon with Chase Kneeland and friend, said Capt. Joe Hughes from <b>Jersey Cape Guide Service</b> and <b>Sea Isle Bait & Tackle</b>. The inshore sharking’s been great, and half on the trip were fly-rodded, and the other half were spin-rodded. Ten-weight fly rods with Joe’s Creamsicle chum fly were fished. One shark that was fly-rodded was Chase’s 100-pound dusky. On spinning rods, mackerel fillets are usually fished. The trips, fishing within 15 miles from the coast, usually closer, are a chance to fight big fish without the long trip offshore. Another one of the trips fished that morning, on Thursday, with Brian McIlroy’s family, releasing 21 duskies and blacktips, including one on a fly. One of the trips on Saturday with George Hand waxed a bunch of duskies to 100 pounds. An offshore trip Friday with Richard Cicadian aboard trolled three yellowfin tuna to 60 pounds and missed a couple of white marlin at Wilmington Canyon. Tuna were also chunked at night at the canyons recently. Daytime trips chunked tuna, reportedly good fishing for yellowfins and bluefins, at the Hot Dog, closer to shore, in past days. Jersey Cape is also fishing for summer flounder and sea bass at the ocean reefs. However, a trip Sunday with the Al D’Agostino’s family aboard landed 16 or 20 flounder on the back bay. The fish were throwbacks, but the action was good, and the fact that flounder were active in the bay was good to see. Jersey Cape is also fishing for striped bass on the bay with popper lures and flies. Waters were warm for the angling, in the low 80s, and tides weren’t going to be ideal this week. But tides will be good next week, or high tides will coincide with dusk. Joe will probably give the fishing his next shot then.  Keep up with Joe’s fishing on <a href="http://captainjoehughes.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jersey Cape’s blog</a>. Take an after-work trip from 4:30 p.m. to dark, a convenient, productive time.

<b>Cape May</b>

Two 50-pound yellowfin tuna and an 80-pound bluefin tuna were beaten inshore of 30 fathoms Sunday on the <b>Heavy Hitter</b>, Capt. George said. The anglers, Dan Fanelli from Star Iron and Metal’s charter, chunked the fish during daytime. Three or four tuna were also lost, and light leaders were necessary. So, the fishing was good, and George jumped on a sea bass trip on a friend’s boat Saturday that cleaned up plenty of the fish on the ocean. Lots of sea bass were around, and abundant throwbacks had to be sorted through, but good catches of keepers could be culled. For summer flounder anglers, some reported catching, and others didn’t, on the ocean. The fishing depended on whether conditions drifted the boat well, George guessed. Small bluefish could be trolled on the ocean. The Heavy Hitter is available for tuna, sea bass, flounder, bluefish and catch-and-release, inshore shark fishing, and call if interested.

Trolling for small blues was good on the <b>Down Deep</b>, Capt. Greg said. Most trips for them could punch all the anglers wanted, and the blues schooled off Cape May Point and along nearly any of the ocean lumps. Mike DeLuca’s party on Sunday trolled four yellowfin tuna at the Hot Dog and the Hambone. Some trips fished for brown sharks, catching and releasing good numbers. A family charter Friday sea bassed a few hours on the ocean, toggling in almost 50 keepers. Then the anglers shark fished, catching and releasing a couple of browns. Ocean summer flounder fishing sounded good on Saturday and slow on Sunday because of screaming currents. Greg heard about the flounder fishing at the Old Grounds that day. Dates are available for all this fishing.

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