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Atlantic Ocean - September 6th, 2011
supplied by: Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association
RECORDED: 
63 °
FISHING: Poor
The captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association are looking forward to an improvement in the weather as well as the fishing action.
Hurricane Irene churned up area waters and pushed most of the summer flounder out of the bays into the ocean. She must also have done something to the fluke’s appetites as local captains had difficulty finding much in the way of concentrations of fish.
Some boats reported some decent black sea bass action, especially on some of the less fished wrecks. The sea bass season stops as of September 11, however, and does not return until November 1.
Just as the waters started to settle from Irene, and the bay water color went back from brown to a more natural grayish-green, Hurricane Lee decided to show up and make an impression.
Weather reports indicate that the Beach Haven area will experience northeast winds along with rain and some thunderstorms right up to the weekend. The captains are hoping that this weekend will see a return to some decent action on the fluke.
The offshore bite for tuna and mahi-mahi was strong after Irene, and if the weather conditions permit trips to the canyons, that should be a good option.
Additional information on the association can be found at www.BHCFA.com or by calling 1-877-LBI-BHCFA (1-877-524-2423).
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Atlantic Ocean - August 30th, 2011
supplied by: Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association
RECORDED: 
80 °
FISHING: Good
The captains of the Beach Haven Charter breathed a collective sigh of relief when Hurricane Irene spared the Beach Haven area from any severe damage. Despite the storm not being quite as destructive as billed, the captains did not regret any of the pre-storm preparations that helped to keep their boats and equipment safe. Those with smaller boats pulled them out of the water and stored them safely on land for the weekend. The larger boats were tucked away in safe harbors with extra lines in place and a myriad of tasks taken care of. The question now is just what kind of effect Irene will have on the fishing. Just prior to the storm, Captain Tim Knorr had his boat the “William Knorr” out on four inshore trips and reported a definite improvement in the number and size of the sea bass being caught. He fished the Garden State Reef, the inlet, and the Barnegat Reef where he managed to boat some nice fluke to 24-inches in addition to some nice sea bass. Anglers wishing to catch sea bass are reminded that the season will close after September 11 until it re-opens November 1. The summer flounder season will close for the year on September 25. Although the storm did muddy the bay waters quite a bit, some captains believe the storm will be a benefit to ocean fishing. The green algae bloom that had been just off the beaches should be dissipated now and the upheaval of water will help add oxygen.Additional information on the association can be found at www.BHCFA.com or by calling 1-877-LBI-BHCFA (1-877-524-2423).
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Atlantic Ocean - August 24th, 2011
supplied by: Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association
RECORDED: 
81 °
FISHING: Good
The captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association are keeping wary eyes on the progress of Hurricane Irene. Even though all are hoping that Beach Haven avoids a direct hit, it is a sure bet that fishing will be disrupted for a few days. Recent fishing trips have found keeper fluke a bit difficult to locate. Most of the fluke have either left the bay waters or are massed together close to and in the inlet. The action at the Little Egg Reef has slowed, but captains are finding some larger fish at the Garden State South Reef and at some wrecks even farther out. Some of these deeper waters are giving up some cold water fish such as cod and ling along with some blackfish. Captain George Finck of “Sparetime Charters” had a bachelor party out recently for a day of fishing and fun. Scott Wenelast and friends treated Erik Leamin to a good day on the water with a decent catch of fluke and sea bass. Closer to the beach there are good numbers of cocktail blues that are being caught on the troll and by casting into diving birds. Croakers have also shown up in 35-feet of water just outside the inlet. The canyons have been very productive the past week or so with some very nice catches of yellowfin and bigeye tuna along with good action on billfish and mahi. Once Irene leaves the area by the beginning of next week, this fishing should only get better. Additional information on the association can be found at www.BHCFA.com or by calling 1-877-LBI-BHCFA (1-877-524-2423).
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Atlantic Ocean - August 17th, 2011
supplied by: Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association
RECORDED:
84 °
FISHING: Great
Some of the boats of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association have turned to “open boat” trips to fill out their fishing schedules. With economics and time constraints being a concern for many anglers, especially those in the southern Ocean County area on vacation, the ability to fish on a quality and pay only per angler is an attractive option.Captains Dave Wittenborn on the “Compass Rose” and Fran Verdi on the “Dropoff” have learned the open boat trips have provided fishing opportunities for many anglers that might otherwise have been left at the shore. Last weekend Captain Wittenborn had an “open boat” trip of 6 anglers out for a day of fluke fishing on the Garden State South Reef. After an early morning spurt of a pair of 4-pounders, the boat settled down to a steady pick of throwback fish marked with occasional keepers. This day’s trip included anglers from Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Fishing with white Gulp and live minnow combination baits, the trip ended with a half a dozen nice fluke in the fish box. Captain Adam Nowalsky on the” Karen Ann II” had the M&L Marine Service group out recently for a charter on a day with a stiff southerly wind with 4-foot seas. Despite unpleasant conditions, the party wanted to fish and found fish on just about every drift of the day. They finished the day with 5 nice fluke to take home along with a big eel. They also picked up some 1-pound bluefish caught on the troll on the way in.
Additional information on the association can be found at www.BHCFA.com or by calling 1-877-LBI-BHCFA (1-877-524-2423).
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Atlantic Ocean - August 10th, 2011
supplied by: Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association
RECORDED: 
84 °
FISHING: Great
The captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association are finding the fluke fishing is showing a definite upswing as August moves on. With the season extended into late September this year, they expect the ocean fluking to be fun for all involved.
The “Miss Beach Haven” and Captain Frank Camarda reports decent fishing over the past week with the ocean water temperature at 74-degrees. On their bay trips they found decent action with “tons of shorts as well as keepers caught.” In the ocean the improved fishing resulted in quite a few fluke over 3-pounds. Pool winner on Saturday was Pete from Beach Haven with a 4.5-pound fluke. Art Wolf of Holgate had four nice fluke keepers and several sea bass.
Captain Dave Wittenborn of the “Compass Rose” reports the mid 70’s water temperature has finally gotten his ocean fluking action underway. Late summer and early fall are his favorite time of the year to fish as the fluke are moving out of the bays and onto the ocean lumps. Last weekend he had a steady pick of fluke and sea bass around the artificial reefs. Now that the sea bass spawning season is pretty much ended, he expects that action to take off. Once September arrives, he expects to leave the reefs for the lumps in 30-50 feet of water for some real nice action.
Captain Adam Nowalsky of the “Karen Ann II” had the Holman Ford group out recently on a day with less than 1-foot seas. He found a pick of fluke, with his anglers putting 10 keepers in the box. Ron boated a 6-pound, 6-ounce fish while Greg took honors with a 6-pound, 12-ounce doormat.
Additional information on the association can be found at www.BHCFA.com or by calling 1-877-LBI-BHCFA (1-877-524-2423).
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Atlantic Ocean - August 1st, 2011
supplied by: Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association
RECORDED:
84 °
FISHING: Good
The recent hot weather has slowed the fluke bite a little in the Beach Haven area, but the boats of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association are picking up the slack with some variety.
Captain Carl Sheppard on the “Star Fish” spent most of the past week fishing for fluke in the bay and inlet. While most of the fish caught were shorts, a few keepers were mixed in. Captain Carl also spent some time trolling up some cocktail sized bluefish on metal along with a single mahi-mahi about 3 miles off Long Beach Island at the red water tower.
The “Star Fish” took the Perrine family to some of the offshore wrecks looking for bottom fish. They managed to catch 96 fish including some big blue-backed black sea bass, lots of ling, and bluefish on the way home. On Sunday he had a half day trip with Susan Allen and family. They fished the inshore wrecks for some ling and sea bass but not in the same numbers as the deeper wrecks. Clams were the best bait.
Captain Frank Camarda on the “Miss Beach Haven” saw a dip in the action in the middle of last week when the severe storms stirred up the water. By the weekend, things cleared up, and fish were flopping in the fish boxes again. John Cheeseman won the pool on Saturday and has taken over as season pool leader.
Captain George Finck of “Sparetime Charters” had a charter out of Little Egg Inlet. The action was great with the party catching a big batch of nice bluefish.
Captain Tim Knorr on the “William Knorr” reports he has had several successful trips in the past week. His anglers caught fish on all of the trips.
Additional information on the association can be found at www.BHCFA.com or by calling 1-877-LBI-BHCFA (1-877-524-2423).
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Atlantic Ocean - July 27th, 2011
supplied by: Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association
RECORDED:
88 °
FISHING: Good
The boats of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association have been spending their time drifting bay and inshore waters for fluke, trolling the inlet and close to the beach for small bluefish, and making periodic trips to the canyons for game fish. Changes in water temperature seem to have made the fluke fishing erratic. The sea bass should be finishing their summer spawning, and that fishery should be in swing soon.Captain George Finck of Sparetime Charters has been enjoying some good fishing for both sea bass and fluke along with some sea bass. He has found the fluke to be plentiful on his trips to the reefs with many smaller fish. He has also been able to pick up some keepers around the inlet and the bay waters. The Kelly family from Boise, Idaho, had a good trip last week on waters much different from their home state. Captain Lindsay Fuller took the “June Bug” to the Wilmington Canyon last week with the Ray Hibbs/John Hancock party. For most of the day the water temperatures remained at 72-degrees. Early in the day a school of big eye tuna attacked the lines with one hookup. After a 10-minute fight, the line broke. A day’s travel working the edges and into the deep produced only one showing over a marlin that would not take the bait. The chatter on the radio indicated that other boats in the area also had trouble locating fish. Additional information on the association can be found at www.BHCFA.com or by calling 1-877-LBI-BHCFA (1-877-524-2423).
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Atlantic Ocean - July 20th, 2011
supplied by: Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association
RECORDED:
87 °
FISHING: Good
The boats of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association have settled into their summer routine of inshore fluke fishing, trolling for small bluefish in the inlet and close to the beach, fluke and sea bass fishing on the wrecks and artificial reefs, and trolling the warm offshore waters for tuna, shark, mahi-mahi, and billfish. The Miss Beach Haven under Captains Frank Camarda and Brant Whittaker has seen the fluke bite improving on just about a daily basis. On their weekday trips in the bay waters they are finding good numbers of fluke with a decent ration of keepers to throwbacks. On the weekends when they travel into the ocean their anglers are finding a mixed bag of fluke, sea bass, and even some ling. Now that blackfish are back in season, they are hopeful of locating a few of them on the bottom with some structure. Captain Lindsay Fuller on the June Bug had the Haggerty family out on Monday for a day of inshore fishing. Fellow Association Captain John Lewis served as mate for the day assisted by junior mate Pat Coyne. With anglers as young as 4 year old Fiona, Captain Lindsay remained inside the inlet. With the wind and tide aligned, their fast drift made fishing difficult. Captain Lindsay commented the family enjoyed their day on the water despite the slow bite caused by the tide. Some of the captains of the BHCFA are looking forward to fishing in the Beach Haven Marlin and Tuna Club’s White Marlin Tournament July 27-30. Additional information on the association can be found at www.BHCFA.com or by calling 1-877-LBI-BHCFA (1-877-524-2423).
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Atlantic Ocean - July 12th, 2011
supplied by: Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association
RECORDED:
86 °
FISHING: Great
The boats of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association concentrated on fluke fishing this past week. Captain Fran Verdi on the “Dropoff” reports he found fluke in depths of 44, 48, and 65 feet and even one drift that went from 62 to 55 feet. On one recent trip he had 20 fluke with four nice keepers including one doormat that measured out at 25 inches and 4.5 pounds. The “Miss Beach Haven” with Captains Frank Camarda and Brant Whittaker has been seeing the fluke fishing action in Little Egg Inlet and in the ocean improving on just about a daily basis. Mate Sal Rosa reports that trips over last weekend produced a good number of fluke including some sea bass and ling. Pool winner Sunday was 11 year old Xavier from Budd Lake with a fluke that weighed in at over 4-pounds. Captain George Finck of “Sparetime Charters” fished Little Egg Inlet for fluke with Jenny Dauer, her dad, and three brothers over the weekend. With the ratio of keeper to throwback being very low, Captain George made the decision to try trolling off the beaches of Long Beach Island. That proved to be the right move as they enjoyed plenty of action and ended up with a nice catch of 1-3 pound blues. Additional information on the association can be found at www.BHCFA.com or by calling 1-877-LBI-BHCFA (1-877-524-2423).
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Atlantic Ocean - July 5th, 2011
supplied by: Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association
RECORDED:
82 °
FISHING: Excellent
The offshore canyon fishing is very good right now for the captains and boats of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association. Captain Bob Gerkens on the “Hot Tuna” decided to make a scouting trip last Friday to check out the canyon bite and found an outstanding white marlin bite along with some very good yellow fin tuna action. There was also quite a bit of whale activity going on for the visual effects. With a crew of Bob Lefevre, John Guardabasso, Joe Zaccaria, and Val Zak, the owner of Oceanside Bait and Tackle in Brighton Beach, the group went three for four on white marlins. All of the billfish were released including two which were estimated at over 90-pounds. Captain Bob also helped them to boat 6 yellowfin tuna to 45-pounds. At the return to the dock, both Val and Joe had to do the traditional fully clothed swim upon arriving back to dock for their first Marlin catch. Captain Bob recommends booking trips to the canyons now while the bait is present. Captain Fran Verdi of the “Dropoff” took a “busman’s” holiday and went fishing at the Washington Canyon out of Cape May. He reports a great trip on white marlin, skipjacks, sharks, and yellowfin tuna. He is anxious to make a trip of his own in the next week or so. Captain Lindsay Fuller of the “Jun Bug” had a trip recently to the Lindenkohl Canyon. Arriving about an hour before sunrise, they started trolling about 3 miles inshore of the 100-fathom tip. The first action came about 7am. when a pod of nice yellowfin crashed the baits and five lines went down. Two stayed hooked and one was landed. As they spent the morning trolling they saw numerous whales and small porpoise around their boat. In the same area where they caught the first tuna, they had a second one on that crashed a ballyhoo bait, but the fish was lost at the boat. In closer to shore, the “Miss Beach Haven” under Captain Frank Camarda has seen the fluke fishing improving. The shorts are still outnumbering the keepers, but the bite is on, and keepers are coming across the rail. The boat is now sailing seven days a week with a full service galley Wednesday through Sunday. Captain John Koegler on “Pop’s Pride” had a good fishing trip in Little Egg Inlet last weekend. They released over 20 fluke and kept two larger ones, a 19-incher and a 20-inch fish. Captain John says the fish were in excellent physical condition with the top fillets measuring over ¾’s of an inch. He feels that based on last year’s experience this great inlet fluke fishing will keep improving weekly until mid August when the fish really move into the ocean. Additional information on the association can be found at www.BHCFA.com or by calling 1-877-LBI-BHCFA (1-877-524-2423).
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