<b>Shark River Inlet</b>

<b>XTC Sportfishing</b> from Belmar was supposed to compete in this weekend’s South Jersey Shark Tournament from Cape May, Capt. Scott said. He knew about a couple of mako sharks caught this weekend, including one on a boat from Belmar. Scott’s eager to tuna fish, and tuna seemed to be boated at Toms Canyon more than a week ago, before strong, northeast wind kept offshore trips docked. XTC already tuna fished once this season.

The <b>Katie H</b> from Belmar will compete in Mako Mania during the month’s final weekend, Capt. Mike said. The boat will fish for sharks before then, too, and a sea bass trip aboard this week ran into 2-pound bluefish, stowing them away for shark bait. Tuna charters will begin within the next month aboard.

<b>Manasquan Inlet</b>

Yellowfin tuna fishing was good at Toms Canyon before last week’s blow, said Eric from <b>The Reel Seat</b> in Brielle. The fish ranged from 24-inch throwbacks to 50-pounders, and trolled ballyhoos seemed to attract them best to bite. Closer to shore, shark fishing was fair for lots of blues and a few makos. A few makos were boated at the Fingers, and a couple were at the Monster Ledge.

<b>Barnegat Inlet</b>

Three mako sharks and some blue sharks were landed on a Barnegat Light charter boat the past two weekends, said Kyle from <b>Grizz’s Forked River Bait & Tackle</b>. Shark baits, like flats of mackerel and butterfish, and shark chum is stocked.

<b>Beach Haven Inlet</b>

Nothing was reported from offshore, said Capt. Lindsay from the <b>June Bug</b> from Beach Haven. None of the Beach Haven boats made the trip in windy weather. Beach Haven Inlet remains tough to navigate since Hurricane Sandy, four years ago. Boats can jump past the bar in a couple of spots. New Jersey is failing to fund a solution, and Lindsay is active in solving that.

<b>Little Egg Inlet</b>

One confirmed thresher shark, 275 pounds, was boated a mile off Little Egg Inlet, on Wednesday, said Brian from <b>Scott’s Bait & Tackle</b> in Mystic Island. Anglers bought flats of baitfish and chum for sharking farther from shore this weekend. A few fished for tuna, but few reports rolled in about that.

<b>Great Egg Harbor Inlet</b>

Bluefin tuna, good-sized, like 100 pounds and larger, were smashed off Virginia, in 25 and 30 fathoms, said Capt. Mike from the <b>Stray Cat</b> from Longport. A friend’s trip from Chincoteague landed a couple, and the bluefins should migrate to New Jersey soon. Charters are sailing for tuna aboard. They’re also sharking, and Mike heard nothing about sharks this week. Weather had been rough during a long stretch. Before then, he knew about sharks fought just inshore of the canyons along the Continental Shelf, where they swim early in the season, because of warmer, Gulf Stream water. That’s before they migrate closer to the coast, when water warms there.

Nobody fished offshore for tuna or sharks that was known about in 10 days, because of weather, said Bill from <b>Fin-Atics</b> from Ocean City.

A 125-pound mako shark was weighed at <b>24-7 Bait & Tackle</b> in Egg Harbor Township on Wednesday, Collin said. Sharking was good for blues, makos, browns and a few threshers. Makos had been most abundant far offshore, toward the canyons, earlier this season. But now they migrated closer to shore, because of warmer water. Yellowfin tuna swam the canyons, Collin believed, but few fished for them recently, because of weather. Baits stocked include the offshore supply, like flats of mackerel and the different sizes of ballyhoos from small to horse, and different chum. <b>The company also own 24-7 Bait & Tackle in Marmora</b>.

<b>Hereford Inlet</b>

A couple of shark trips are coming up soon with <b>Fins & Grins Sport Fishing</b> from Wildwood, Capt. Jim said. Plenty of sharks are swimming the water. This month and July are usually good for catching mako sharks and thresher sharks aboard.

<b>Cape May Inlet</b>

Nothing was heard about tuna recently, and weather was rough to sail for them, said Capt. George from the <b>Heavy Hitter</b> from Cape May. Bluefin tuna that swim closer to shore could arrive before long. George has run into them as early as mid-June. He found them that early while competing in the Ladies Invitational Bluefish Tournament one year. Shark fishing is an option aboard, and some mako sharks, not big, were landed on Cape May boats during the weekend

The South Jersey Shark Tournament is under way in town through this weekend, said Joe from <b>Hands Too Bait & Tackle</b> from Cape May. A big thresher shark was caught in past days, and a few other threshers boated were heard about lately. Nothing was reported about tuna, maybe because of weather. Plus, offshore boaters mostly sharked.

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