<b>Shark River Inlet</b>

An overnight trip for tuna was headed to the canyons Thursday to today on the <b>Katie H</b> from Belmar, Capt. Mike said. He’ll try to give results that will be posted here in an update if he does.

Anglers, part of a two-boat trip, fished for false albacore Wednesday with <b>Parker Pete’s Fishing Charters</b> from Belmar, Capt. Pete said. All the albies and bluefish anyone could want were pounded. On Pete’s boat, the anglers fished with butterfish and spearing in a chum slick. They also tried for mahi mahi along lobster pot buoys, and mahi were seen, but wouldn’t bite. On the other boat, anglers tried trolling in the morning in an attempt to find tuna. No tuna showed up, but plenty of albies swiped the spread. Parker Pete’s will definitely run more albie trips.

False albacore were abundant and big this year, said Capt. Alan from the party boat <b>Miss Belmar Princess</b>. Daily bluefish trips ran into mostly bluefish, big ones, lots, on some days, and mostly albies, good catches, on others, at Shark River Reef. Skipjacks were mixed in, and occasional yellowfin tuna showed up. Three yellowfins were landed on the boat so far this season.

<b>Manasquan Inlet</b>

Skipjacks, false albacore and bonito swarmed abundant at Sea Girt Reef, said Eric from <b>The Reel Seat</b> in Brielle. Yellowfin tuna, super catches, double digits of the fish to 60 and 70 pounds, were plastered at Hudson Canyon at night. Bigeye tuna 150 to 200 pounds, quite a few, were trolled at the Hudson during daytime, and a few were chunked at night.

After the weekend’s storm, <b>Mushin Sportfishing</b> from Point Pleasant Beach was ready to run offshore on back-to-back, overnight trips Thursday to today and today to Saturday, Capt. Ray said in an e-mail. An overnight trip arrived at Hudson Canyon aboard at 11 p.m. last week on Thursday, Alan, the boat’s owner, said in an e-mail. On arrival, chatter on the radio talked about great tuna fishing there that afternoon and early evening. The Mushin was set up to fish at marks, and squid schooled around the boat. Ten minutes later, a 65-pound yellowfin tuna was caught. Another shot of the tuna showed up at 2:30 a.m. At 5 a.m. till sunrise, the tuna fishing lit up. Mayhem! Multiple yellowfins were hooked, “anglers dancing around each other to keep things clear!” Alan said. After sunrise, the trip decided to look for bigeye tuna on the troll. Three minutes later, a yellowfin was nailed. Next, a blue marlin was landed. “(The) canyon yellowfin and bigeye bite is now!” Alan said. Several open-boat or make-up trips are being scheduled this month. Call to jump aboard. Mushin means a relaxed state of readiness. The crew pride themselves on sharing the concept in outdoor adventures. 

Trips will begin to focus on tuna fishing offshore starting Monday, October 1, on the party boat <b>Gambler</b> from Point Pleasant Beach, Capt. Bob said. See Gambler’s <a href=" http://gamblerfishing.net/offshoretrips.html" target="_blank">tuna-fishing schedule</a> online.

<b>Great Egg Harbor Inlet</b>

Boaters had to run to the northern canyons for yellowfin tuna, toward Hudson Canyon, said John from <b>Fin-Atics</b> in Ocean City. Carteret Canyon or at least Lindenkohl Canyon had to be reached. Little heard about the fishing since the weekend’s storm, but boats were back out now.

<b>Townsend’s Inlet</b>

Trips on a few of the biggest boats sailed offshore in seas toward the end of last week, said Capt. Joe Hughes from <b>Jersey Cape Guide Service</b> in Sea Isle City and <b>Sea Isle Bait & Tackle</b>. They drilled yellowfin tuna, mostly at night, and swordfish in the dark at Toms Canyon. No news was heard about the fishing since, Joe said in a phone call Wednesday evening.

<b>Cape May Inlet</b>

<b>Relentless Sport Fishing</b> from Cape May ran for tuna last Friday on a one-day trip before the storm, Capt. Dave said.  Three yellowfin tuna, 70 to 80 pounds, good-sized, and some mahi mahi, chickens, were trolled. Waters were 80 degrees everywhere. No temperature breaks. Storms could probably be used to break up the waters, or the cooler weather might help. Waters were full of life, more than Dave ever saw. More porpoises and whales than he ever saw swam the area. They just lay around, sunning. “Unbelievable,” Dave said. Another trip was steaming for tuna today.

Anglers are supposed to fish for tuna this weekend on the <b>Heavy Hitter</b> from Cape May, Capt. George said. However, big swells are predicted then, after the rest of the week was supposed to be calm. If forecasts are rough, the trip might fish for mahi mahi, where George knows they’re holding closer to shore.

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