<b>Shark River Inlet</b>

An overnight trip for tuna to the canyons was cancelled this weekend on the <b>Katie H</b> from Belmar, because the fishing was slow, Capt. Mike said. So the charter rescheduled for October. An inshore trip for bluefin tuna is scheduled for Saturday. 

False albacore and occasional tuna were fought on bluefish trips on the party boat <b>Miss Belmar Princess</b>, Capt. Alan said. A 50-pound yellowfin tuna was decked a few days ago.

<b>Manasquan Inlet</b>

Bluefin tuna fishing was inconsistent in the inshore ocean, said Dave from <b>The Reel Seat</b> in Brielle. Yellowfin tuna were sometimes pumped aboard from inshore of the canyons, like at the Triple Wrecks. Yellowfins ran around the Mudhole. How was canyon fishing? Dave was asked. “Oomph,” he said. Tilefishing was the best angling at the canyons.

Numerous mahi mahi were trolled Sunday on an overnight trip to Monday at Hudson Canyon with <b>Mushin Sportfishing</b> from Point Pleasant Beach, Capt. Ray said.
A 400- to 500-pound blue marlin was trolled and got off after a few minutes. Then no tuna bit at night. “Truth in reporting,” Ray said. Only a blue shark was fought in the dark. A tiger shark swam around, and baby sailfish schooled past under the lights. Mushin is a relaxed state of readiness. The crew pride themselves on sharing the concept in outdoor adventures.

It’s been the year of the bigeye tuna, and fishing for bigeyes was the best yet this season this week, an e-mail from <b>Canyon Runner Sport Fishing</b>, Point Pleasant Beach, said. Two bigeyes were boated with Canyon Runner on Tuesday, bringing the total to 17 for the season aboard. Sixteen of those were taken on Canyon Runner’s 48-foot Viking, and the other was nailed on the 60-foot Ritchie Howell. The fleet hooked more than 40 bigeyes Tuesday and Wednesday, landing at least 20. Canyon Runner won $283,000 for a bigeye in last week’s White Marlin Open! Despite great fishing for bigeyes and white marlin, waters didn’t hold many yellowfin tuna, simply. Fishing for them was slow. But the crew hopes chunking for yellowfins at night starts to turn on at the end of the month and in September, and that great fall fishing for yellowfins will be hammered, like it usually is. Very few dates remain for trips, if anglers want to get in on the bigeye fishing or get ready for fall chunking for yellowfins and swordfish. Call now.

<b>Little Egg Inlet</b>

With <b>Legal Limit Charters</b> from Tuckerton, yellowfin tuna, a bunch of “nice,” Capt. T.J. said, and a 200-pound bigeye tuna were trolled at the canyons Friday. Not much was heard about tuna fishing since, but boats fishing in this week’s Mid Atlantic $500,000 all ran north. Little was doing south.

<b>Townsend’s Inlet</b>

Little was heard about offshore fishing, and billfish were mostly caught in this week’s Mid Atlantic $500,000 tournament, Mike from <b>Sea Isle Bait & Tackle</b> in Sea Isle City guessed, he said.

A trip sailed for mahi mahi and bottom fish on the inshore ocean aboard Thursday, said Capt. Joe Hughes from <b>Jersey Cape Guide Service</b> from Sea Isle City, affiliated with <b>Sea Isle Bait & Tackle</b>. A bunch of mahi were live-baited, and a bunch of sea bass were bottom-fished. In offshore waters, Wilmington Canyon doled out decent bigeye tuna fishing. Yellowfin tuna were trolled at Lindenkohl Canyon earlier in the week. Lots of white and blue marlin were caught, but offshore news was sketchy, because anglers kept quiet for the Mid Atlantic $500,000.

<b>Cape May Inlet</b>

Capt. George from the <b>Heavy Hitter</b> jumped on a friend’s boat that trolled for tuna at Spencer Canyon on Tuesday, he said. No tuna showed up, but a white marlin was fought then jumped off near the boat. A couple of small mahi mahi were landed. Not a lot was heard about offshore fishing, but boaters in the Mid Atlantic $500,000 kept talking about releasing white marlin on the radio.

Though little was heard about offshore fishing, lots of tuna and white marlin were entered in the Mid Atlantic $500,000, said Nick from <b>Hands Too Bait & Tackle</b> in Cape May. Flats of butterfish and sardines, and trolling ballyhoos and squid, are stocked. Chum for inshore brown sharking is on hand.

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