Ran 60 miles east of Barnegat Inlet yesterday (Tues) with an Open Boat Tuna trip. Not a great start. Trolled for two hours without a hit and then the side tracker got crushed. 45 minutes later, we had color on a ridiculously big shark. Seriously? Trolling with plastics? Such a disappointment. Cut him loose and went back up on the troll for 3 more hours of sight seeing two tone dolphins and a few whales. Ran back to where we started earlier because that was where we had seen the most life. Trolled over a school of dolphin and three rods went off. Dropped one after 10 minutes and boated the other two, a 30 and 50 pounder.
Running an Open Boat Bluefin trip tomorrow, Thursday July 31 to the 20 to 30 mile grounds. 4AM to 4PM. $375 person. 4 people max.
All fish are shared. Troll, jig, bait fish. Whatever conditions dictate.
The next good days to run offshore are Sunday Aug 3, and beyond, so let’s sneak this one in. We will be sailing more Open Boat Tuna trips during that stretch of Sunday and the days to follow. In the meantime we are available for bay and inlet fishing every day. Bluefish at the inlet on lures. Live shedder crab in the bay for weakfish, kingfish, blowfish, fluke, and anything else we could catch on ultralite 6 lb spinning rods.
Pics:
Bob Burkhart of Quakertown, PA with 50 lb Yellowfin Tuna (grey shorts)
Chris Contino of Egg Harbor Twp, NJ holding 30 lb Yellowfin Tuna (tan shorts)
Todd Luyber of Manahawkin, NJ (fish skeleton shorts)
Dave DeGennaro
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