<b>Shark River Inlet</b>

Wind finally eased, and an overnight trip fished the offshore canyons Sunday to Monday on the <b>Katie H</b> from Belmar, Capt. Mike said. At night, three longfin tuna were boated, and blue sharks were a nuisance. During daytime, two longfins and a few mahi mahi were trolled. A huge fleet fished the area, after 1 ½ weeks of wind that kept fishing in port. Another overnighter is supposed to fish the canyons Saturday to Sunday aboard, but forecasts look too rough.

<b>XTC Sportfishing</b> from Belmar fished the offshore canyons overnight Sunday to Monday, Capt. Scott said. The trip chunked longfin tuna at night and trolled them during daytime, and cranked up tilefish to 30 pounds during daytime. A charter last Friday, if Scott remembered the day, fought big bluefish to a 19-pounder at the Mud Buoy. Otherwise, trips were weathered out aboard, and this weekend’s weather looks bad. An offshore trip was cancelled that was supposed to fish today to Saturday, because of forecasts. But a couple of inshore trips might sail for blues or striped bass this weekend.

An overnight tuna trip fished Sunday to Monday on the party boat <b>Golden Eagle</b> from Belmar, a report on the vessel’s website said. A few 50-pound yellowfin tuna, a 252-pound bigeye tuna and a few tilefish were bagged. The bigeye was landed after a 1-hour and 15-minute fight, and a couple of other bigeyes spooled reels and were lost. A few yellowfins also got off. The fishing wasn’t as good as the crew had hoped, and tuna were marked most of the night, “but they just bit when they wanted,” the report said. A few spaces remain for a tuna trip on October 19, and room is available on two more of the trips that were added for this Thursday and October 14. See the <a href=" http://goldeneaglefishing.com/tuna-reservation.html" target="_blank">Golden Eagle’s tuna schedule</a> online. False albacore were mixed in on a bluefishing trip inshore on Tuesday. That was the most recent report on the site at press time, apparently because rough weather cancelled trips since. The bluefishing was good for 8- to 15-pounders.

<b>Manasquan Inlet</b>

Yellowfin and longfin tuna, pretty good catches, were chunked at Hudson Canyon on Saturday night, Dave from <b>The Reel Seat</b> in Brielle said on Sunday. Trolling really wasn’t possible in weeds. Nothing was heard about tuna fishing farther north that produced at Block Canyon previously, because local boaters sailed to the Hudson, closer to port. Fish like bonito and false albacore had been boated inshore before last week’s storm.

<b>Cape May Inlet</b>

<b>Melanie Anne Sport Fishing Charters</b> from Cape May scored a good trip to an offshore canyon on Tuesday, Capt. Frank said in a voicemail. Nine good-sized mahi mahi and a wahoo were decked. The canyon was loaded with weeds, but fish swam underneath. <b>***Update:***</b> The trip fished Baltimore Canyon, Frank said in a phone call, and though the weeds made fishing difficult, lots of mahi and marlin, no tuna, swam the water. All the trip’s fish were trolled, and mahi leapt from the weeds to jump on the spread. It was crazy, Frank said, and a hundred could’ve been caught. The angler never before boated a wahoo, the angler told the crew, so the trip attempted for one at the Tea Cup, and a 50-pounder, good-sized, was trolled in 15 minutes. The angler thought Frank was the fish whisperer! Frank joked. Lots of signs of sharks were seen on the trip, so trips will now shark fish, until striped bass show up. Contact the boat if interested.

A trip was supposed to tilefish this weekend on the <b>Heavy Hitter</b> from Cape May, but will be weathered out, Capt. George said. Rough weather kept most trips docked lately. George knew about boats that fished at Wilmington Canyon this week, catching mahi mahi and tilefish.

A buddy’s trip fished offshore on Tuesday, catching mahi mahi, no tuna, said Nick from <b>Hands Too Bait & Tackle</b> in Cape May. That was at Wilmington Canyon, Nick thought.

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