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Atlantic Ocean - September 16th, 2008
supplied by: Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association
RECORDED: 
74 °
FISHING: Great
Captain Carl Sheppard of the “Star Fish” from the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association Fleet says it is always a mystery why the fish seem to come back when the people who want to catch them leave. His parties did very well this weekend on croakers in 40-feet of water and small blues on the inshore side of the Little Egg Reef. One day the “Star Fish” ran offshore to the Barnegat Ridge, where James Maywright and his bachelor party of 5 caught 28 false albacore, big blues up to 16.25 lbs, and Bonita. After dropping the bachelor party off at Morrison's Marina, he did a quick clean up, and ran to the Brant Beach Yacht Club, were we picked up Greg Florey's bridal party of 15 for a champagne cruise to the Little Egg Harbor Yacht Club, where a large reception awaited them. What a change from the morning's fishing trip.
Capt. Adam Nowalsky from the charter boat "Karen Ann II" reports a rough week weather-wise, but he found good numbers of croakers and sea bass. He believes they will provide good fishing action in the coming weeks. The sea bass are plentiful but small with 8 out of 10 fish throwbacks. The Bill Getz party had drop and reel fishing with almost 3 dozen sea bass to take home. The croaker action is good in 45'-50' of water, although you have to look around a bit to find them. The Ed Beskin party had all they wanted of the tasty “hardheads.” Captain John Koegler of “Pop’s Pride” bottom fished for croakers and sea bass last Friday with good results. One spot produced some huge croakers over 2-pounds. They also picked up some small blues near the inlet on the way home. On Saturday Captain Koegler took his party to the Barnegat Ridge for some good action on slammer bluefish and false albacore. The final count was more than 15 albacore and 30 bluefish.
The “Miss Beach Haven” with captains Frank Camarda and Brant Whittaker fished the Little Egg Reef on Saturday for steady action on croakers, some weakfish, and small bluefish. On Sunday the “Miss Beach Haven” went looking for blackfish and found some porgies, some keeper sea bass, and limit catches of blackfish. Dave Agar of Beach Haven caught and released over 20 blackfish. The group also caught some nice trigger fish and small bluefish.
Additional information on the association can be found at www.BHCFA.com
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Atlantic Ocean - September 9th, 2008
supplied by: Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association
RECORDED:
76 °
FISHING: Good
The captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association were sorry to see the summer flounder season come to an end last weekend. Although the weekend itself was pretty much a bust thanks to Hurricane Hanna, the days previous saw some of the best catches of the summer.
Now the boats that do their fishing inshore will turn their attention to some nice sea bass on the wrecks and reef sites, large schools of croakers, and isolated schools of bluefish.
The offshore canyons are holding good numbers of tuna, and the captains have some open dates for these trips. Additional information on the association can be found at www.BHCFA.com
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Atlantic Ocean - September 2nd, 2008
supplied by: Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association
RECORDED:
76 °
FISHING: Good
As the 2008 summer flounder season nears its end, the captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association are returning to port with some of their best catches of the year.Capt. Adam Nowalsky of the charter boat Karen Ann II out of Great Bay Marina reports fluke fishing on the ocean was the hot ticket last week with the local reefs providing good catches when the drift conditions cooperated. The Eisner family had a good catch of fluke with brothers Dave and Sam landing some nice fish to 7.5-pounds. The Colangelo party had 9 keepers to 22" with Jerry leading the high hook. The Detweiler family encountered poor drifting conditions but still managed 8 keepers to 22-inches with Lisa leading the way. Captain John Koegler on the charter boat “Pop’s Pride” reports some “exceptional” fishing late in the summer. He said the warmer ocean water brought his best fluke day of the season as well as the top day for sea bass. The day started with a slow drift which was perfect for the sea bass, and when the wind came up and sped up the drift, the fluke bite got hot. The keeper ration was 4-1, his best of the summer. Captain Koegler has some open days and plans to fish daily until the fluke season closes.
Captain Carl Sheppard on the “Star Fish” was fishing south of Little Egg Inlet in 70-feet of water when Brian Simao hooked up with a 25-inch fluke. Brian’s group added several more keeper fluke as well as some croakers and other species to the fish box. On another trip Captain Sheppard found the same mixture of fish in addition to the biggest sea bass Brian Curley had ever seen let alone caught.
Additional information on the association can be found at www.BHCFA.com
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Atlantic Ocean - August 26th, 2008
supplied by: Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association
RECORDED:
76 °
FISHING: Good
The captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association are reporting decent catches of fluke as the season quickly nears its end.On Wednesday the 20-knot northeast wind made drifting tough for Captain Frank Camarda and the “Miss Beach Haven.” Despite using 10-ounce sinkers, they had several keeper fluke, a dozen keeper sea bass and a lot of shorts. Thursday there was no wind all day and they wound up with a nice catch of sea bass and a couple of fluke. Friday they had perfect conditions and they boated a couple of sea bass and 12 keeper fluke and a fair amount of shorts. A lot of small sea bass have moved in to the bay to keep the kids busy.Capt. Adam Nowalsky of the “Karen Ann II” sailing from Great Bay Marina reports fluke fishing is the story right now with the ocean fluke in full swing. Dave Young and crew had a nice catch of fluke to near 6 pounds. Scott Hendrickson was down for a bachelor party in Atlantic City for groom-to-be Ryan. They caught fluke, with Ryan leading the way in landings in both quantity and quality with fish to 19". Sheriff Frank Provenzano and party did well as Wayne decked a 29", 9 lb. 8 oz. flattie with Ron catching his 8 fish limit. John Skarbek and his group from Philadelphia brought plenty of fluke came over the rail, but only 2 made the legal size limit. They did have a nice catch of 2 pound bluefish in the box.Captain George Finck of “Sparetime Charters” had Todd McCauley and family to the Garden State South Reef for a nice catch of many short fluke with two keepers up to 6-pounds. They also took home 8 sea bass up to 4-pounds. The Stanley Plewa party caught 20 fluke and kept 3 along with 15 sea bass.Captain Carl Sheppard on the “Star Fish” had a great week both trolling and bottom fishing. Despite a lack of birds, he has been finding blues and Spanish mackerel, and his parties are catching their share. A bachelor party fishing trip on Saturday brought some large fluke in 70-feet of water. The keeper ratio was a very high 50%.Additional information on the association can be found at www.fishbeachhaven.com
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Atlantic Ocean - August 18th, 2008
supplied by: Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association
RECORDED:
77 °
FISHING: Good
The captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association have been seeing a noticeable improvement in their catches over the past week. Captain George Finck of “Sparetime Charters” had the Jim Musser family just 3 miles offshore on a trolling trip. They boated 35 nice bluefish, keeping 27. On the next day he had Janet and Margie Mitchell and family on a trip to the Little Egg Reef. The group picked up 2 keeper fluke out of 8 total caught along with 6 keeper sea bass out of a total of 14. Matt Pribila and friends went out with Captain Finck to the Little Egg Reef another day where they managed one 20-inch keeper fluke out of numerous shorts along with 7 keeper sea bass up to 4-pounds. Dave Wittenborn on the “Compass Rose” says his fluke fishing remains hot. He took Joe McCall and family out who were cashing in Joe’s Father's Day gift certificate. They fished the Garden State South Reef and had a steady pick of fluke for the entire trip. They landed 35 fluke and put 9 keepers in the box. The largest was 22.5-inches with several more over 20-inches. They also landed a nice sized ling and a big blue humpback sea bass. Captain Frank Camarda on the head boat “Miss Beach Haven” said everything fell into place on Sunday with a “perfect drift.” Pool winner was Al Benedict from Philadelphia with a 5.5-pound fluke. Many anglers had 4 keepers each along with many shorts. On Sunday morning Captain Dave Kreines had the Marty Kounitz family on the “Sweet Baby” for a combination of fishing and nature-seeing on the bay. The ocean looked so calm that the group asked for a change of plan. They spent the balance of the trip on the glass smooth Atlantic catching and releasing a half dozen Fluke. Captain Lindsay Fuller on the “June Bug” fished the Kennedy family from California on Saturday Cpl. Steven McKenney, USMC aboard who just returned safe and sound from Iraq a month ago. It was interesting to find out what is really going on over there. Steve told us that the play that the U.S. media gives the relatively few insurgent attacks is overkill. Things are far more peaceful than portrayed. His job was to set up the computers and communications for all of the outlying bases, both for the U.S. forces and the Iraqi policy and military. Hoping for some Bonita on light tackle, they fished the Barnegat South Ridge. They found no Bonita but plenty of big slammin' Bluefish. Ryan Kennedy (9) caught the biggest fish of his life. There was lots of huffing and puffing to get those 12-15 pound monsters to the boat. Junior Mate Hep Hepburn ran the cockpit for the day. That was a first for him and he handled it well. On Sunday, the Kennedys fished on again with Captain Fuller for fluke in the bay but could find no keepers.Additional information on the association can be found at www.BHCFA.com
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Atlantic Ocean - August 12th, 2008
supplied by: Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association
RECORDED: 
78 °
FISHING: Fair
The captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association have been putting some good numbers of fluke into their fish boxes along with sea bass and even some nice bonito. Captain Adam Nowalsky of the “Karen Ann II” out of Great Bay Marina had Eric Evenson and sons out for a half day of ocean fluking where they boated over 24 fish and kept 5 up to 22-inches. Jerry Colangelo’s group had 4 keeper fluke among 30 caught. Captain Nowalski took Jim Sutphen’s group to the Barnegat Ridge where they boated over 24 fish, mostly 5-pound bonito, and one jumbo bluefish. Captain George Finck on the “Sparetime” had the Paul Weinberg family out for a bay fishing trip. Three seven year olds had a great time catching their fill of fluke, skates, and sea robins. The next day Captain Finck had John Davoren and boys on a trip to the Garden State South Reef for a nice catch of fluke, sea bass, and ling. Captain Dave Wittenborn on the “Compass Rose” has seen an improvement in his fluke catches. The Dave Wertheim family had a great day catching everything from keeper fluke to an electric stargazer in 35-feet of water off the Holgate tower. His Saturday trip saw the best fishing of the year with 10 keeper fluke to 22-inches and another 30 throwbacks in the 16-17 inch range. Sunday’s trip was cut short by storms, but still managed two keepers on Gulp Minnows and peanut bunker. Captain Fran Verdi on the “Cousins” has been fishing the area reefs and other drift areas with varying success on fluke and sea bass. The Friel party took 6 keeper sea bass on their first drift on the Garden State South Reef. Despite a storm forcing them in early, they picked up 9 keeper sea bass and 1 fluke. They had numerous undersized fluke. Additional information on the association can be found at www.BHCFA.com
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Atlantic Ocean - August 4th, 2008
supplied by: Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association
RECORDED:
82 °
FISHING: Good
The captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association have seen their fluke catches improving as the ocean water temperatures rise.
The “Miss Beach Haven” with Captain Brant fished in some different spots last Friday and found 69-degree water, but poor drifting conditions. They managed to boat some keepers including several fish over 19 inches and one whopper. Catherine thought she was stuck on the bottom at first and ended up boating a 13-pound, 10-ounce doormat. She was using a rental rod which was almost bent over double. On Saturday the fluke fishing was pretty good, and the water temperature finally hit 73 degrees. There was a fair amount of keepers caught with an average catch of 2 to 4 keepers per angler. The pool winner was a 5.5 pounder. Captain Adam Nowalsky of the “Karen Ann II” out of Great Bay Marina had Jim McTague of Virginia and family out with a mixed bag of sea bass, tog, and porgies. Another day Rich Salvatore and his son Sam caught 10-15 pound bluefish at the Barnegat Ridge until they had to take turns reeling in a single fish. Colin Walsh and his brother Michael from Ireland landed a handful of fish before being chased in by a squall featuring thunder, lightening, and 40 mph winds. Captain Dave Wittenborn on the “Compass Ross” fished a charter with the Levy family of Atlanta. After a fog delay, they fished a rip in the bay and had steady action on short fluke. They then fly fished for short bluefish until the greenheads chased them into the ocean. Drifting there brought numerous short fluke and three keepers.Captain Carl Sheppard of the “Star Fish had parties of 8 and 9 people over the weekend. Inshore and back bay fishing produced mostly throwbacks while on the reefs they had a pick of larger fluke and sea bass. Off shore they found tackle-busting bluefish over 12-pounds and some feisty bonito. The “Compass Rose” fished in the Beach Haven White Marlin Invitational. Captain Dave was pleased with how his new boat performed, and they managed to put some nice yellowfin tuna in the box from the Spencer Canyon. Captain Bob Gerkens of the “Hot Tuna” also fished the Tournament and while empty handed on billfish, took third prize in the Calcutta for yellowfin tuna when Mark Jordan of Beach Haven boated a 90.9-pounder. Additional information on the association can be found at www.BHCFA.com
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Atlantic Ocean - July 29th, 2008
supplied by: Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association
RECORDED:
82 °
FISHING: Fair
The captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association have been fighting unseasonably cold water temperatures and uncooperative weather to produce decent catches for their parties. Captain Adam Nowalsky on the “Karen Ann II” has restricted his fluke fishing to the bay waters where the water temps are higher, and the fluke more willing to bite. He experimented with some deep water bottom fishing for Jim Sutphen and crew, and they came home with a very good catch of ling and big sea bass to over 3-pounds. Nowalsky also gave the Kirkpatrick family some excitement with1-2 pound bluefish in the inlet.Captain Dave Wittenborn on the “Arlene Ann” fished the Garden State South Reef one day and had a steady pick of sea bass, fluke, and a ling until the bite suddenly stopped. He moved several times and finished up with 15 fluke and 16 sea bass. All fish were caught on Gulp minnows and peanut bunker.Captain Dave Kreines on the “Sweet Baby” had the Farley family out and picked away on some fluke and some nice sea bass at the Garden State South Reef. On a move to a wreck they came upon a school of 8-10 pound bluefish which provided great action for several hours.Kreines had the Josephson family out for some bay fishing for fluke. They had plenty of action on small fluke which made everyone happy.Captain Bob Gerkens had the Chris Boyle family out on the “Hot Tuna” to the Barnegat Ridge to look for bluefish. They found all they wanted in the 8-10 pound class. They stopped fishing when everyone tired out and released most of those caught.Captain Fran Verdi has been trying many spots to find fish. He had the Malino party out and fished four different spots on the Little Egg Reef. He then moved to the Garden State South Site and found little. He moved several other times and did manage to boat 3 keeper sea bass along with several short fluke. Additional information on the association can be found at www.BHCFA.com
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Atlantic Ocean - July 21st, 2008
supplied by: Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association
RECORDED: 
80 °
FISHING: Good
The boats of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association are continuing to find plenty of action on undersized fluke, but keepers are still hard to come by.Captain Lindsay Fuller on the “June Bug” took the Zalewski family from Newton bottom fishing. Fighting cold bottom temperatures they managed to boat a number of fish, but none of legal length. The group enjoyed the weather and ay on the water. Another day Captain Fuller fished the Patterson family from Haddonfield. Rebecca, nine, and Decker, six, worked very hard catching short fluke, skates, and sea robins. On their last drift at a secret spot of mate Nate Figley, the kids boated a 19-inch fluke to take home. Captain Frank Camarda fished the “Miss Beach Haven” in the bay recently in order to find some warm water. There were not many keepers but ton of action on fish up to 17-inches. The incoming tide brought non-stop action. On Saturday the “Miss Beach Haven found a patch of fish in the ocean holding several keepers along with some ling. Pool winner was Darrel Vandeleur of Hamilton with a 4-pound flattie. Captain Adam Nowalsky of the “Karen Ann II” reports a change in wind direction brought a return to some decent bottom fishing. The Dave Young party had a mixed bag of ling and sea bass to 3-pounds while Robin Cunningham and Linda Yost caught some nice sea bass on a half day trip. Nowalsky tried a tuna trip to the 20-fathom line but only picked up some big bluefish. Captain Fran Verdi of the “Drop Off” had the Van Orden party out for some reef fishing and they picked up nine keeper sea bass to 19-inches. The Butterworth party ran into some problems with thick fog but managed 8 keeper sea bass. Captain Dave Wittenborn fished the Garden State South Reef with Ed Lawson and party and managed a handful of keepers. The catch of the day was a 6.22-pound blackfish which it a fluke rig baited with squid and spearing. On Sunday heavy fog forced him to fish the fish factory area of Great Bay for fluke. They had some keepers but the throwback ratio was 12-1. Gulp bait on bucktails worked best. Wittenborn snuck a trip to Lemke’s Canyon for tuna around his fluke trips. He saw signs of tuna in the 77-degree water, but rough sea conditions made catching difficult. Additional information on the association can be found at www.BHCFA.com
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Atlantic Ocean - July 14th, 2008
supplied by: Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association
RECORDED:
76 °
FISHING: Good
As the water temperatures in the ocean off Beach Haven gradually warmed, the boats of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association began finding action on hungry fluke. The problem was rooting through all the sub-legal fish to find keepers to take home. On Thursday on the “Miss Beach Haven” Captain Frank Camarda said his morning trip was not bad considering there was little drift. The fluke were biting and a lot of shorts came over the rail with some nice keepers mixed in. The pool winner was Dave Agar from Beach Haven with a 4-pounder.On Saturday the water temperature finally crept up to 66 degrees. Initial fishing in 55 feet of water found some keepers and some shorts. After moving around looking for some current to keep the boat moving, a little breeze came up, bringing a few more keepers over the rail. The pool winner was the Duke of Fluke himself, Ted Alves, with a 5-pound fish. Sunday’s pool winner was Jules Majerski of Hamilton, NJ with a 3-pound flattie.Captain Fran Verdi of the “Drop Off” is encouraged by the rise in water temperature. One trip resulted in 7 keeper sea bass, but no fluke. On Saturday he fished the Sunshine Foundation Tournament. Most of the fishing was in the back bay for fluke catching three keeper fluke and another 35 ranging from 12 to 17.5 inches. On Friday Captain Verdi took the “Cousins” on his first tuna trip of the year withmate Cody Meyer, Nick Rausch and Mark Sever. They left the dock at 4am and got to Lemke’s Canyon by 7:30am and found a nice water break of about 5 degrees. Mark Sever caught a bluefin tuna, a 75-pounder, after a 45-minute struggle. The group also boated a 30-pounder along with some big bluefish. Captain George Finck of “Sparetime Charters took first place in the 2008 Offshore Tournament of the Beach Haven Marlin and Tuna Club. He and his crew had a catch of 7 yellowfin tuna ranging from 50-74 pounds. His 79.4-pounder was the first place winner.
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