11/8 – Capt. Alan had the O’Donnell’s and their guest out today in search of stripers – finding them was no problem – just like yesterday – fish were found South and North. We ran North and looked around until we found the bird life we were looking for. A couple of early hookups under the birds casting jigs and plastics for bass and blues. Then the fish went down (we could read monster sized schools of bass under us) but would not bite for a while on the slack tide. Since they weren’t coming after us, we went after them – put the trolling gear out with small tubes and picked away. First hook up was three bass on one umbrella rig. It was a steady pick for the next couple of hours – with many “double hook ups” – but today’s bass were the 25-27 inch model – and added some blues. Talking to other reputable charter guys, there is no doubt there are bass spread from Sandy Hook to Barnegat Inlet and beyond – we just need this full moon to give up so bass start biting harder again.

11/7 – Capt. Jay had the Gallin Contracting group out and, along with the fleet, found lots of striped bass – but getting them to bite on the full moon was tough – fish rolling around on top, big fish reads on the fishfinder – but able to just pull a keeper bass and some blues today. Fall fishing is definitely set up to explode – likely after this full moon.

10/30 – The weather was too nice to pass up so we put together some guys for a quick half-day striped bass “snag n drop” trip. Pushing off at 6:30 am, we were back at the dock by noon with a box full of stripers from 25 to 28 pounds – all on live bunker! There was solid action in at least two distinct areas several miles apart – this is promising for the Fall run that has started!

10/27 – Capt. Chad Bennett asked a few of us to jump on his vessel Sea Soda for a quick trip to grab dinner – that is, striped bass. A quick ride put us on bunker schools and we made bait instantly, followed by striped bass hook ups doing the “snag n drop” with bunker baits. Stripers ran up to 25#, and we followed the fish til dark. We are in the striped bass run NOW, and booking charters for stripers!

10/26 – We had our regulars Joe, Nigel, Cousin Vinny, and their family/friends on board for our first Striper charter for Fall 2014. A nice trip with flat seas nearshore – we found the bait in pods that you could walk on. The first couple of pods had few bass – but we then got to the hot spot and the guys did “snag n drop” with bunkers on quality stripers to 25#. There was tremendous amounts of bait pouring down the coast – this NW wind has likely initiate the push of stripers down the coast – now is the time to go bassing! We still have a number of November dates available to target stripers! Call Capt Ray at 732-691-0949 or Capt Alan at 609-731-3742 to book.

10/25 – After having to cancel our Friday/Saturday canyon overnighter, we wanted to salvage some of the Saturday part. So we assemble the crew and ran to the Mud Hole to look for Giant Bluefins and test out all systems before the Giant run. The Tiagra 130’s were mounted on Kevin Bogan’s custom Hybrid 130/80 rods, spooled with nearly a mile (literally, a mile) of 200# line, performed well except there was no Giant pulling on it. We stopped on a couple of deeper wrecks and put some dinner on board – quickly boxing boat limit of 2-5 pound sea bass in short order.

10/18 – The second annual charter for “Crouching Tiger” Dave and his brother Tony, brothers Luis and Juan, Kenny, and Darrin scheduled for the Fall “opening day” of seabass was another success with seabass found on all spots, but the best was the last with numerous double headers of QUALITY SEABASS in the 2 to 4 pound range. We easily reached our boat limit and added porgies, triggers, bluefish, and blackfish.