<b>Shark River Inlet</b>

Capt. Scott from <b>XTC Sportfishing</b> from Belmar had just returned from a trip to Hudson Canyon on Tuesday to Wednesday, when he gave this report in a phone call, he said. The trip bagged a dozen good-sized longfin tuna and three small yellowfin tuna. All the fish were chunked, mostly during daytime, on Tuesday, when the trip arrived at the canyon, and after sunup Wednesday. Two of the yellowfins were chunked at night.

Five yellowfin tuna, two swordfish and a couple of big mahi mahi were boated at the canyon on the <b>Katie H</b> from Belmar on a trip Tuesday to Wednesday, Capt. Mike said in a voicemail. The fishing seemed to slow a little on some boats, compared with before, and some scored well, during the trip. The tuna on the Katie H bit mostly deep or down 220 feet. “The fish didn’t come up very long,” he said. Another trip for the fish is slated for this coming Tuesday to Wednesday, and Mike’s not giving up on the fishing yet. The fish are definitely there, he said.

<b>Manasquan Inlet</b>

Tuna fishing remained pretty steady, said Eric from <b>The Reel Seat</b> in Brielle on Monday morning in a phone call. Sounded like Hudson Canyon’s West Wall was the place to be, he said, and the fishing picked away at longfin tuna to 50 pounds and yellowfin tuna to 80. All were chunked, and none was trolled, and a few swordfish were cranked in at night, no great shakes, but worth fishing for.

Weather made reaching the canyons difficult to fish for tuna aboard, Capt. Alan from <b>Mushin Sportfishing</b> wrote in an email Sunday. But when the boat’s been able to sail to the canyons, the fish have been there. A trip Saturday, closer to shore, loaded up on jumbo sea bass to 5 pounds, big porgies and a handful of cod to 15 pounds.

Space is available on a tuna trip Monday to Tuesday on the <b>Gambler</b> from Point Pleasant Beach, the party boat’s Facebook page said. Tuna trips were added that will sail at 8 p.m. Monday to 8 p.m. Tuesday every week in November. The boat had been scheduled to stop tuna fishing after October, but the fishing remained good. “Yellowfin 25 to 75 and longfin 30 to 40lbs,” the page said. “A 75lb swordfish.” To book, telephone 732-295-7569 or <a href="https://www.zerve.com/TheGambler " target="_blank">book online</a>. The boat on Sunday began fishing inshore for striped bass every day except Tuesdays. No reservations are required for those trips.

<b>Barnegat Light</b>

The year’s final tuna trip steamed Wednesday to Thursday on the <b>Super Chic</b> from Barnegat Light, Capt. Ted said. An okay catch, eight tuna – five yellowfins and three longfins – and a couple of mahi mahi were landed, all on the chunk, south of Hudson Canyon. Half the tuna were chunked early in morning in the dark, and half were chunked in the middle of the day. Though that was the final tuna trip, the fish will be caught some time yet this season, he thinks. Weather was great, the best on any tuna trips aboard this year. “First time we didn’t get our butts kicked,” he said! Striped bass charters, the season’s first, were slated to fish today through Sunday on the vessel.

Tuna trips were wrapped up for the season last weekend on the <b>Miss Barnegat Light</b>, and trips will begin to fish for striped bass and blues aboard this weekend, the party boat’s Facebook page said. On a trip Saturday to Sunday, tuna fishing was great, picking at yellowfins the whole night. A few were also caught once the sun rose, on livelined spots and frozen sardines on light, fluorocarbon leaders. Tuna fishing on a trip last week on Thursday to Friday gave up a few good-sized yellowfins at 10:30 p.m. for 2 ½ hours. Then the fishing lulled 2 ½. At 3:30 a.m., tuna fishing became good until sunrise. Tuna trips sailed throughout October on the boat, and the crew was happy with the fishing. The trips will fish again next year.

<b>Beach Haven Inlet</b>

On the <b>June Bug</b> from Beach Haven, a tuna trip was weathered out Sunday, and another is slated for this Sunday to Monday, Capt. Lindsay said.  Tuna, yellowfins and longfins, didn’t seem to swim only at Hudson Canyon now, like before. They seemed also to roam canyons farther south, at least as far as Lindenkohl Canyon, if not Wilmington Canyon.

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