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January 1, 2005, Glass Lake, NY Ice Fishing !!
Fished through about four inches of black clear ice today, using tip ups and
minnows. Cloudy, mid thirties, stiff NW wind. Caught five pickerel, 12 to 24
inches, the biggest was about three pounds. As they say, first ice is best.
Resolved to only go one day a weekend from here on out, have to get some chores
done before spring,a nd to pay attention to the weather reports, that wind is
no fun.
Freddie the J

12/25/04 Fishin' Mission , after talking to Captain Glenn Blank describe his Christmas day, yes your heard me right , these lunatics fished on Christmas! Glenn fished with Paul H on the Renagade Christmas Day for a total of 55 schoolies stripers, with the largest a 27 & 1/2 incher with a Pink belly tag from the Maryland fisheries, caught by Paul who is catching on fast, from his teacher Glenn! I took these guys up on their offer to fish with them Sunday 12/26/04, yes these nuts fished 2 days in a row! Despite very windy conditions we still had a great time, joking around and landing 36 schoolies before the wind and snow sqwals got too bad! Glenn showed off and out fished me by 3 fish, he caught another with an HRF belly tag. Paul sure has a nice boat, and that semi heated cabin saved us all from frost bite!! Made my 22 footer seem like a surf board! Tight Lines to all and have Happy Holidays!

12/19/04Fishin' Mission fished Sunday 12/19/04 well less than a week before Christmas and the stripers are still biting like crazy. The weather was perfect most of the day, with light winds and mid 40 temps. The NY Harbor water tempetures were between 42 -- 44 degrees on the surface. Only the hardcore diehards are out here this time of year. The team of Captian Glenn Blank and Paul H on the Renagade were bangging away, they had a total of 87 schoolie stripers. Glenn had to leave early and Paul went back out to make sure he caught just 1 more than Glenn. I myself caught over 50 schoolie stripers. Glenn and I were tagging most of our fish. Glenn also caught a striper with a pink belly tag from Maryland. As it started to get dark the weather started to get bad with the rain and wind picking up. Paul and myself had to do the hardest thing a fisherman can do! And that's to leave them still biting!

12/17/04 Joe from the 3J’s: This is my last report of the season, I decided to go down to Seaside Park and do some surf fishing. I got 5 stripers up to 24 inches, there were acres of birds working in the area of the fun town pier, but the fish were just beyond casting distance, every once in a while fish would come in for about 1 or 2 minutes and then every one hooked up then it went dead, you had to be lucky to be in the right spot when this occurred to catch fish. This was my last hurrah! At least I didn’t get skunked, not bad for the week before Christmas, the weather was great high 40’s a little wind but not that bad, too bad the fishing wasn’t a little better but anyway Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all and have a healthy and good winter see you in the spring. Joe the 3J’s.

Fishin' Mission fished Sunday 12/5/04 It was breezy but fishable, fished the NY Harbor and I caught, landed and released 106 schoolie striped bass. These are small fish ranging from 12" to 24" . Other hardcore club members were out there along side catching too. Captain Glenn Blank was not only catching 1 after another, but he was tagging most of them too. The Renagade with Paul and Al White AKA Sparky were catching every time I looked over at them. And ofcourse the team of Gan Wong and Joe Nardello were catching like there was no tommorrow. Once again my fingers are all covered with bandaids to keep the blood off this keyboard! Tight Lines to all!

11/30/04 FISHIN' MISSION Fished Tuesday 11/30/04 It was one of those days, when you just can't go to work! Zero wind, and reasonable tempetures. I personal caught and landed and released 129 yes one hundred twenty nine ( I counted with a pad and pen ) schoolie stripers from 11 inches to 26 inches. Plus an additional large amout were lost at the boat which I did not count. As my friend Squid Joe says " not in the boat, doesn't count "! All fish were caught in NY Harbor and surrounding areas, drifting not anchored! Hope the weather holds out so I can do it all over again. My fingers are so cut up and sore from handling all those fish I can barely type this. ( I'm sure you all feel sorry for me )

11/27/04 Lower Harbor Bass Chas Stamm Paul Hellmold Al White. Fished with A couple of HRFA members today with some great results putting up with some tough winds. The winds were cold and blowing hard as we tried outside the Vz. bridge. We were in Paul's 25 foot Parker. Nice to have the cabin to get out of the elements. Tried several spots along Norton's Point and Breezy point but only picked up a couple of schoolie bass. Coming back in to the lower harbor to get away from the winds, we picked up several bass between 12 and fifteen pounds with Paul bringing in one bass weighing 18 pounds. Outgoing tide with a strong southern winds made conditions tough. Live eels and small diamond jigs were the baits we used.

11/23/04 Fishin' Mission well I know all you report junkies wanna know how me and club member Pete Orenzo did on Tuesday November 23, 2004 This time I counted I had 59 stripers from 18 inches to 28 inches. And I'm sure Pete had about the same since we were trying to out do each other all day! We would of had more except Gary with the Baja boat called us while we were working pods of fish off Coney Island to "quick hurry" to the tip of Sandy Hook, for miles of fish and birds. Well club member and Captain Glenn Blank was fishing near by and we both ran out for this school of fish of a life time! Well as we arrived they had just dispersed, not a bird or fish. Ohh well we still like ya Gary! Ran back North and continues to jig fish with Glenn Blank, Gan Wong, & Ed Scola Jr. all fishing and catching near by, until it got dark.

11/21/04 FISHIN' MISSION Fished the New York Harbor Sunday 11/21/04 . This is schoolie striper season! It's very possible to jig over 100 stripers a day! Everyone was catching, club member Pete Orenzo brought a friend on his boat who claimed it was the best day of fishing he ever had! ( boy was Pete doing a number on that guy, outfishing him 10 to 1 ) Saw lots of other members catching too! Gan Wong was into fish all day as he usually does. The crew on the Renagade was catching. Captains Glenn Blank and Ralph Roth ran out and came back with loads of big blackfish. The best fisherman on the river A/K/A Howard Leeman was off to one of his secret spots to catch large stripers. Glenn Cinelli with his boat Cast Iron ran out to Coney Island for some nice bigger stripers on the jigs. Tight Lines to all, me and Pete are ditching work Tuesday to do it all over again!!!

11/19/04 Kenneth L Jennings Jr caught a total of 1 entry
of the following species- Striped Bass
from 47 inches in length (n/a inches in girth) weight 43lb. 3oz.
Fishing on Monday, November 19, 2004 3:19:36 PM from a Boat
Body of water - NY harbor   location - Paramus NJ
Using 20 pound test line and live eel
Water temp 51 deg
Weather conditions Overcast        NEW HRFA CLUB RECORD!

Hey, Al. Glen asked me to send You info on the fish I caught friday. She was caught on 20lb braid with a shimano- 251 on a live eel,that I beat the boat a few times.The fish, after being hooked for a few min., realized it was hooked and ran off 60+ YARDS STRAIGHT UNDER THE BOAT! with the line rubbing the hull the whole time. Managed to get the motor up and transfered the fight to the other side. The rest was the normal tug-of-war of give and take. Dad only needed one shot after, he found the big net.Just stoped to marks on fish finder, caught two fish(the ohter one was 39")Dad fillet and released both.
Tightlines
    KJ

11/10/04 Rich Berlingeri caught a total of 10
of the following species- Striped Bass (Released),Blackfish,Blackfish (Released),Bluefish (Released)
from 18 inches in length weight 3lb. 6oz.
Fishing on Sunday November 10 from a Boat
Body of water - Rockaway Reef location - Nyack NY
Using 30 pound test line and diamond jigs, green crabs
Water temp N/A deg
Weather conditions Overcast

Fished all day. Working birds all over the place. Plenty of fish everywhere. Bass were breaking the water..a sight for a Surf Marine to feast on!

Fished some structure for about 3 hours and the three of us, Captain Ralph Roth, Captain Glenn Blank and Cabin Boy Rich Berlingeri landed over 25 fish and took home some very nice Blackfish fillets for more than one dinner, even for my family.

11/19/04 Gil Hawkins caught a total of 44
of the following species- Striped Bass (Released)
from 19 inches in length
Fishing on Nov.19 2004 from a Boat
Body of water - Upper Bay location - Leonia NJ
Using 12 pound test line and 007
Water temp ? deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

caught a total of 1 entry
of the following species- Flounder
from 20 inches in length weight 2lb. 11oz.
Fishing on Friday, November 19, 2004 5:09:12 PM from a Boat
Body of water - atlantic ocean location - Atlantic Highlands NJ
Using 30 pound test line and clam
Water temp 48 deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

11/7/04 whiteyrr caught a total of 18
of the following species- Striped Bass (Released),Bluefish (Released) perch

Fishing on 11/7/04 2:30-5PM from a Boat
Body of water - hudson Tappan zee location - Ny
Using Bloodworms and herring
Water temp 53 deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

Fished incoming tide from 2:30-5Pm on Sunday 11/07/04 300 yards South of Tappan Zee. One line with frozen herring and the other with bloodworms. Caught 11 perch and 6 small striped bass(13-16 inches)on bloodworms. One 12 lb bluefish on herring. Surprised about the bluefish. Figured water was too cold. Took a beating from the waves. Nice quick trip! Better than heading down to the East River!

11/6 & 7/ 04 Joe Nardello Lower Harbor Stripers and Blues

The weekend of Nov 6^th & 7^th fishing report from the 3 J’s. I was out both days did o.k. Wind, Wind, freakin wind can’t seem to get away from it, Saturday was very windy, wind against tide, had to power drift to catch fish, got 12 bass up to 36 inches and 5 bluefish up to 34 inches. On Sunday morning early there was no wind a gorgeous day got 14 bass up to 36 inches and 1 bluefish about 32 inches.one striper about 34 inches had a littoral soc. Tag attached. It seems that once we passed this last full moon and the swing of the tides the fishing started to pick up, hopefully the rest of the month is good for fishing.

11/2/04 FISH'IN MISSION

fished Tuesday 11/2/04. It was one of those days that all fishermen dream about! You leave in your boat not knowing exactly how the day will turn out. Got tired of the East River & NY Harbor so... I headed south to the Rockaways and to Raritan Bay. Well I was into fish from 7:30 AM right until I left em' biting at 2:30 PM!!!! No bait -- just jigged stripers and blues. I figure well over 100 yes ONE HUNDRED fish, no real big stripers, mostly in the upper 20 inch range and some real large blues, biggest was 15.5 pounds at 35.5 inches!! Club members ( The 3 Amigos ) Capt. Glenn Blank, Capt. Ralph Roth and Darren Cardinal, showed up on Darren's Parker just as the bite slowed. Well Capt. Ralph who never gets out done spotted some birds with his binoculars off in the distance and we all ran out for another slam fest of bass and blues. Capt. Ralph even managed to show off with a 3 pound fluke caught on a jig!! I actually left them biting as the 3 Amigos kept catching. All fish were released, alot tagged. You have to be careful around Captain Glenn or he might tag you!!

Tight Lines to all!

10/31/04 Steve Cherry Lower Harbor Striped Bass

caught a total of 6
of the following species- Striped Bass
Fishing on Sunday, October 31, 2004 7:53:45 PM Body of water - East River location - NJ
Using Eels
Weather conditions Windy & Clear
Fished the outgoing tide in the east river today with John Cherry, David and Marc Sheridan. Prettt windy out in the Hudson. Ended up with 6 fish 31 - 33 inches.All fish caught on eels.

10/30/04 Steve Cherry Striped Bass

caught a total of 8
of the following species- Striped Bass

Fishing on Saturday, October 30, 2004 8:20:08 PM Body of water - East river location - NJ
Using eel/Bucktails
Water temp 59 deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

Fished the east river today with the Sheriff & Randy Lee Jr. Had good action on eels - ended up with about 8 bass to 38.5 inches - the two biggest fish were in the 20 pound range. Really foggy out but other than the that it was a great day.

10/29-30/04 Chas Stamm Lower Harbor Bass

Fished some cool days with wind against tide for some striped bass action in the lower harbor. Last days of the season for us as the marina's in the state parks close this weekend. Got some nice bass these two days. Not a lot of them but the ones we did catch were good sized. 20 pounds on Saturday and 22 pounds on Sunday were the biggest. Charlie rig on Sunday and white bucktails for the Saturday big one.

10/27/04 Bruce Halstater Alpine Boat Basin Striped Bass

Bruce T. Halstater caught a total of 1
of the following species- Striped Bass (Released)
22 pounds
Fishing on Wednesday, October 27, 2004 5:00pm from Surf
Body of water - Hudson River location - Alpine NJ
Using 12 pound test line and frozen bunker

Weather conditions Calm & Clear

hi again john - this is 2nd time around for this message lst one did not go thru (or did it?) had a good day of fishing with my son eric on his boat - fished boca grande which is famous for it tarpon run - had a perfect day with moderate warm temps and very calm waters -- upon arrival we saw breaking fish every where !! - after the Chinese fire drill in trying to rig up fast we cast in to the feeding fish and proceeded to pull in lady fish, spanish mackerel, bluefish about 2-3 lbs , etc.--- lady fish are called the poor man's tarpon because of their resemblance to tarpon in appearance and fighting antics -- as we were fishing we spotted huge schools and i mean huge schools of large rays swimming in coordinated fashion all over the place--- this amazing sight took place for a couple of hours -- we then opted to try for other species and fished a long broken down pier and did very well with grouper, more lady fish, a couple of rays, and some critters we never saw as they peeled and broke our lines -- through out the day we were visited by porpoises that came right up to our boat and essentially begged for some of our fish - they were surprisingly tame and disregarded our strange looks and kept us company for a while - on the way back we encountered some jacks and again had some line peeling fun. the weather is consistently pleasant now with many species of fish to chase both by boat or beach--- best of all the absence of packed boats or crowded beaches is hard to believe with all of this good weather and fishing action -- keep in touch you all !! fred the converted yankee

caught a total of 2
of the following species- Striped Bass (Released)

Fishing on Monday, October 25, 2004 1:44:18 PM from Surf
Body of water - hackensack river location - seacaucus NJ
Using 10 pound test line and 5/8 oz yellow bucktail
Water temp ? deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

37 & 24 inch bass tagged and released.

caught a total of 3
of the following species- Striped Bass (Released)
from 18 inches in length
Fishing on 10/23/04 2-4PM from a Boat
Body of water - Hackensack River location - Secaucus NJ
Using 20 pound test line and Lure
Water temp ?? deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

Fished today hoping to get in on some of the bigger blues working the surface of the lower harbor. These reports have been coming in all week of huge schools of bluefish working bait to the surface. Was no to be today. We did get a number of bass in the East River up to 21 pounds but saw no birds working. Fishing was tough due to a cold wind out of the northeast. We did manage to bring in about 8 bass between the two of us. All fish were between 10 and 21 pounds. All fish came in on bucktails off the bottom.

caught a total of 1
of the following species- Striped Bass

Fishing on 10/23/04 1;00 pm from a Boat
Body of water - raititan bay location - NJ
Using 20 pound test line and live eels
Water temp ? deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

20 lb bass on the sea hunter out of atlantic highlands. pool was a 23 lber. lots of bite offs,dam blues.

caught a total of 5
of the following species- Largemouth Bass Eastern chain Pickerel
from 19 inches in length weight 3.lb. 1oz.
Fishing on Satuday October 22 2004 from a Boat
Body of water - Lake Hopatcong location - Mt Arlington NJ
Using 6 pound test line and Herring and Rapals
Water temp 54 deg
Weather conditions Windy

Very cold when in the wind difficult to keep the boat in the right location but we had a somewhat productive day with several bass Perch and Pickerel all released.
Some large Muskys are being caught just not by me.

Rough water in Raretian Bay but the Stripers and Blue were in at Leonardo. Topwater and metal work. Wednesday must be the day but 1 hr before and 1 hr after high tide is the time.

caught a total of 1 entry
of the following species- Bluefish
from 29 inches in length (14 inches in girth) weight 11lb. 4oz.
Fishing on Tuesday, 19 October, 2004 06:57:14 PM from a Boat
Body of water - Western sound location - Rye ny
Using 14 pound test line and Bunker
Water temp 68 deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

caught a total of 2
of the following species- Striped Bass (Released)

Fishing on Monday, October 18, 2004 6:41:20 PM from Surf
Body of water - hackensack river location - seacaucus NJ
Using 10 pound test line and 3" shadtail 1/2 oz head
Water temp ? deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

16"and 31" bass landed, dropped 2,saw one other landed 26".

10/15/04 Chas Stamm Montauk Striped Bass

Went out to Montauk with a couple of HRFA members who arranged this trip. Many members = Many individual trips for all to participate in. One of the strong points of being involved with a fishing club. Anyway this one was for fishing for striped bass in Montauk. Tim Burden and Ron Wang accompanied me on this trip. Went out on the Allysa Ann and fished with wire line and parachute jigs. Tough way to fish but very effective. First time I've fished with wire. I've heard about it but this was my first time. Anyway, we go 19 striped bass and three bluefish using this technique. all between 15 and 20 pounds for 4 hours worth of fishing. We had to let out about 300 feet of line to get the jigs down to the bottom. We would then hold the but of the rod up high and the tip of the rod down and work the rod at a pretty good pace to get any hookups. It was affective and we all had a series of hard fighting blues and stripers. Other boats around us all had fish as well. Must have been a lot of fish in that water as we were in a fleet of about 20 boats.

I'm glad I tried that technique but I don't think I'd do it again. I felt I was fighting the tackle more than the fish. I think I'd opt for reducing the trolling speed, use spyderwire and a 3 oz bucktail to do the same thing. with much lighter gear.

Like I said a good experience and a very effective method of fishing. A good trip. Chas <'////><

10/10/04 Chuck Mitchell caught a total of 1 entry Bluefish
of the following species- Bluefish
from 38 inches in length weight 18lb. 0oz.
Fishing on Sunday Oct 10,2004 11:30 AM from a Boat
Body of water - Hudson River location - Jersey City NJ
Using 30lb power pro pound test line and live eel

Weather conditions Calm & Clear

Took first place in HRFA Tournament for largest Blue Fish

10/11/04 Bill Greene caught a total of 1 entry
of the following species- Carp
from 25 inches in length (17 inches in girth) weight 7lb. 8oz.
Fishing on 10/11/2004 12:45 PM from Surf
Body of water - Hudson River location - Buchanan NY
Using 12 pound test line and Bread, corn kernel & dough (combo)
Water temp Unk deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

In the Peekskill area, there's almost always a West
wind blasting across the River. Even in a cove, casting
only 30 feet, with 12 lb. line, and keeping rod tip low
to the water, still need 2 oz sinker.

10/ 9-10/ 2004 Steve Cherry caught a total of many
of the following species- Striped Bass,Bluefish

Fishing on Saturday, Sunday Body of water - East River/hudson location - NJ
Using live bunker/eels
Water temp 67 deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

Fished the tournament this weekend on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday Fished with John Cherry and Marc Sheridan "the Sheriff" Fishing was great on Saturday morning in the east river. We had steady action from the first drop. I had 4 big fish on and managed to get two of them in. One was a 14 pound blue fish and the other was a 39 in 20.4 pound striper. I had two other fish on that seemed at least as big or bigger from the fight they were putting up one of which I am fairly sure was a big stiper. My fishing partners also had some nice once that got away. We were not using steel leaders. Fished on Sunday with John Frank. We tried the same spots, but they weren't as productive. We managed to get some nice blues in the school under the Brooklyn Bridge and John landed landed stirpers of 12 and 15.7 pounds. Great weekend.

Two great days of fishing! Wonderful weather and a host of big fish. 106 Anglers competed in this years event. Striped Bass and bluefish were all over the lower harbor of New York City. Birds were working a school of bluefish under the Brooklyn Bridge all day Sunday. No big prize winners came out of that school but is was some great action of 6 to 8 pound blues with a couple of bigger bass below.

I worked the upper reaches of the East River on Saturday with HRFA member Gil Hawkins for some great striper and bluefish action but nothing in any of the prize winnings. Steve Cherry brought in a couple of big fish that should make it to the prize winnings. Sunday I started at the 31 buoy and wound up working that big school of blues with birds working all over the Brooklyn Bridge. I was working the bass under the blues with a 3 oz. Bucktail. Largest bass of mine was 15 pounds. Not even close tot he big boys some of the other members got. All in all a great two days to be on the water! Chas <'////><

10/9-10/04 Taylor Katie Muller Bluefish

caught a total of 1
of the following species- Bluefish
from 27 inches in length (5 inches in girth) weight 10lb. 6oz.
Fishing on October 10th, 2004 8 a.m. from a Boat
Body of water - Hudson River Lower Harbor location - Hoboken NJ
Using 13 pound test line and Bunker
Water temp 66 deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

Kelsey and Taylor Muller were fishing in the Hudson River Fishing Assn. Annual Contest with their dad Roger. We all caught Bluefish that looked like they were related since they all were about the same size and weight. All of us had a great time being on the River and loved seeing all the guys that do such a great job running the contest in Jersey City. See you next year.

10/9-10/04 Kelsey Marie Muller Bluefish

caught a total of 1
of the following species- Bluefish
from 27 inches in length (5 inches in girth) weight 10lb. 6oz.
Fishing on October 10th, 2004 8 a.m. from a Boat
Body of water - Hudson River Lower Harbor location - Hoboken NJ
Using 13 pound test line and Bunker
Water temp 66 deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

Kelsey and Taylor Muller were fishing in the Hudson River Fishing Assn. Annual Contest. We all caught Bluefish that looked like they were related since they all were about the same size and weight. All of us had a great time being on the River and loved seeing all the guys that do such a great job running the contest in Jersey City. See you next year.

10/9-10/04 Roger John Muller Jr. Bluefish

caught a total of 1
of the following species- Bluefish
from 27 inches in length (5 inches in girth) weight 10lb. 8oz.
Fishing on Sunday October 10th, 8 am from a Boat
Body of water - Hudson River location - Hoboken NJ
Using 12 pound test line and Bunker
Water temp 66 deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

I had a great day fishing with Kelsey and Taylor. We got to see our buddy Moe catching some real nice Bluefish and enjoyed the nice weather. Thanks to Mr. Blank for helping me get my boat into the dock in Jersey City.

caught a total of 9
of the following species- Striped Bass (Released)

Fishing on Thursday night Body of water - Hudson location - NJ
Using n
Water temp 67 deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

fished last night with John Frank and Randy Lee Jr. Caught 9 bass up to 32 inches. Will hopefully will find some bigger fish this weekend.

First beach going into the Hook, Blues inthe wash chasing spearing and bunker, Metal works fine and after the Blues the Stripers came ,Clams work plus a Blue crippled Herring.2Hrs befor High tide and an hour after A great Wed. afternoon

caught a total of 15
of the following species- Striped Bass,Bluefish (Released)

Fishing on Sunday, October 03, 2004 9:43:30 PM Body of water - East River Lower Harbor location - NJ
Using Eels/Bucktails
Water temp 70 deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

Fished the east river and lower harbor on Saturday afternoon with Marc Sheridan, Bob Bickle and Bob Mclynn. Fishing started out slow but we moved around and found fish. We had steady action for the rest of the day with big bluefish (up to aprox. 15 pounds) and a few stripers(4 in the 30 inch range.)

9/29/04 George Dalcero Largemouth Bass

caught a total of 1 entry
of the following species- Largemouth Bass
from 18 inches in length (nomeasurement inches in girth) weight 6lb. 11oz.
Fishing on Monday, October 04, 2004 10:03:23 PM from Surf
Body of water - Reservoir location - Near Catskill NY
Using 7 pound test line and shiner
Water temp 68 deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

I fished with my brother Ed up in a small lake (I don't know the name of it) that flows into the reservoir up there .. I can get the name, but I don't know it either.
I was fishing with a shiner and 7lb. test line on an ultralight rig .. and the fish hit hard about 12ft from shore and ran into the lilypads and weeds...I thought I would lose him trying to pull him out of all that .. but once I got hold of his lower lip, I held on tight! I have pictures coming of the fish .. I hope it makes it in the contest .. not sure how it measures up to any other Largemouth Bass that have been entered previously .. I forgot to measure the girth .. at the time I was so excited that I just wanted to get it measured and weighed and to let it go unharmed.
Sincerely, George Dalcero ps...I caught it Wednesday, Sept 29th, 2004 at approx 3pm (I could not get the date above to change).

caught a total of 15
of the following species- Striped Bass (Released),Bluefish (Released)

Fishing on Sunday, September 26, 2004 8:30:35 PM Body of water - Lower Harbor and East river location - NJ
Using eels/live bunker
Water temp 71 deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

Fished the east river Wednesday night with Marc Sheridan and John Cherry - caught 7 striped bass up to 35 inches. Went today (Sunday) with John Cherry, Marc and David Sheridan and got one striper and a few small blues in the east river. We then moved out to the Lower harbor and had steady action with big blues (aprox 8-12 pounders.)

9/22/04 HRFA Youth Fishing Trip

September 22, 2004 Youth Angler Charter Boat Fishing Trip on the Atlantis Princess for the Explore 2000 students. Sponsored by Public Service Electic and Gas Co.

The Explore 2000 youth fishing trip abroad the Atlantic Princess out of Great Kills Station Island, NY was another great success. Forty-three young angler participated and caught over 750 fish of six different species and everyone on board caught fish. Thanks to Glen Blank the team leader and the 7 other HRFA volunteers the kids had a fantastic day of fished.

Al White

Explore 2000 Youth Trip September 20^th 2004

On Monday, September 20, 2004 the Ocean Breeze Fishing Pier on Midland Beach in Staten Island saw a blitz of 24 Explore 2000 Youth anglers and 7 HRFA Youth Angler volunteers.

The Explorers fished from 9:30 am till 1:30 PM. The catch was over 700 fish touching 7 different species from the abundant Porgy to the exotic Blow Fish.

The Explorers were jigging Sibiki rigs to catch the Snapper Blues and a simple Porgy rig with sand worm bits to haul in hundreds of Porgies.

Most of the Snapper Blues were tagged and many of the larger Porgies as well.

Not only were these Explorers catching their own fish, hey also were trained in the art of handling a live fish to remove the hook and proper methods of returning the catch to the sea to be caught another day.

Once again a great day was had by all and their were lots of smiling faces. Al White

9/19/04 Mark Strober Lower Harbor NYC Bass & Blues

Fishin' Mission -- NOAA weather radio was calling for gail warning Sunday 9/19/04 but my addiction to fishing wispered in my ear "JUST GO". All the way to the ramp was thinking I must be nuts, trees bent over and wind howlling. Well screw mother nature! Had a great day fishing the surrounding areas of NY Harbor, with lots of large blues (around 15) and striped bass to 36 inches. (around 10 stripers). Left em biting as it started to get dark. Very few boats out due to the weather conditions. The only other baot fishing along side me had several triple header blues for the kids on board, heard the kids yelling about 1/4 mile away ( or was it their dads ) ! Tight lines to all!

caught a total of 1 entry
of the following species- Kingfish
from 14 inches in length (5 inches in girth) weight 1lb. 1oz.
Fishing on 9-17-04 from Surf
Body of water - Atalantic location - Beach Haven NJ
Using 10 pound test line and Clam
Water temp 73 deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

Bill Greene caught a total of 1
of the following species- Carp (Released) Carp
from 31-1/2 inches in length weight 16lb. 0oz.
Fishing on 9/14/04 - 4:00 PM from Surf
Body of water - Muscoot Reservoir location - North Salem NY
Using 12 pound test line and Bread,Corn,Dough (Combo)
Water temp Unk. deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

Cool & Overcast, no fish jumping, moving about,
or otherwise visible, but you always hope there's a good
one just moving about quietly on the bottom, and there it was.

Explore 2000 Youth Trip September 13^th 2004

On Monday September 13, 2004 the Ocean Breeze Fishing Pier on Midland Beach in Staten Island saw a blitz of 21 Explore 2000 Youth anglers and 11 HRFA Youth Angler volunteers.

The Explorers fished from 9:30 am till 1:30 pm. The catch was over 700 fish touching 7 different species from the abundant Porgy to the exotic Blow Fish.

The Explorers were jigging Sibiki rigs to catch the Snapper Blues and a simple Porgy rig with clam bits to haul in hundreds of Porgies.

All of the Snapper Blues were tagged and many of the larger Porgies as well.

The best part of the day was the smiling faces of these Explorers as they ventured into the exciting and fulfilling realm of Sport fishing. Who knows where one of these young Explorers may wind up…today they wound up happy in Staten Island.

From the desk of:

RICH BERLINGERI

Fished the East River today for some non-stop action of striped bass and bluefish action. The bass ranged up to 15 pounds and the bluefish were in the 7 to 10 pound range. Charlie Rigs and bucktails were the bait of choice. Water temps were 75 degrees. We found fish everywhere we tried. The Coast Guard allowed us to fish in certain restricted zones for three hours before asking us to move. They were polite and regretted having to ask us to leave the area. Guess it just depends on who is in the Coast Guard boats and how strict they want to be.

9/11/04 Mark Strober 9-11 security issues

Fishin' Mission : What started out to be a great day on the water, turned out to be a total waste of Fuel-time and money! Thanks to our United States Coast Guard and the poor attempt of homeland security, fishing boats were banned ffrom fishing the waters off New York Harbor, Statue of Liberty, and East River. Due to the 3rd year anniversay of 9/11. How does a bunch of small boats fishing bother anyone or anything? I could understand checking us out. But banning us to fish is getting a little over board. And for one thing I understand all about Sept. 11th My cousin was killed in tower 1 and i was forced to closed my bussiness of 19 years. Well like the Coastie said to me "There's always tommorrow! " Maybe I'll look for him on his day off and tell him he has to go home! Tight Lines to all!

caught a total of 6
of the following species- Trout Lake trout and salmon

Fishing on Sept 11, 2004 Body of water - Lk Champlain location - NJ
Using spoons and downriggers
Water temp 60 at surface deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear
lamprey eels were everywhere they even attached themselves to the downrigger weights. Two of the trout we caught had two eels attached they are awful creatures and every fish we caught had scars on them. with the exception of the landlocked salmon he was clean. But we had a good time any way went out on the trolling tina with Jim Hotaling great captain.
Tight lines and good fishing

caught a total of 8
of the following species- Salmon
weight 30lb. 6oz.
Fishing on Fri-Sat, 10-11 September, 2004 from a Boat
Body of water - Lake Ontario, NY location - Lake Ontario, NY NJ
Using 12 pound test line and Trolling with cut bait
Water temp 59 deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

Caught a total of 8 Salmon on the Lake. Kept 2 realeased the rest. Ranging from 26 to 30 pounds. Water calm and clear up to 1 foot waves. Great time fishing. Trolling on downriggers with cut bait.

caught a total of 1 entry
of the following species- Catfish
from 15.5 inches in length
Fishing on Tuesday, September 07, 2004 1:31:06 PM from Surf
Body of water - hudson river location - piermont ny
Using 12 pound test line and blood worm

Weather conditions Calm & Clear

9/6/04 Joe Nardello: Lower Harbor

The 3 J’S was out early this morning from 6:30 am to 8:30 am, got 11 Striped Bass up to 32 inches and 10 Bluefish up to 30 inches. The blues were breaking on the surface early then it was all bass later on. Just an added note I also got my first grand slam of the season on Saturday 9/4/04, it was my best day fishing this season so far, the weather was great and like mark said the weakies were flying over the rails, they took everything from sandworms, jigs plastics, etc. you don’t get to many days like that, lets hope that we don’t get hit by any of these storms, looks like the fishing is starting to shape up, see you on the water.

9/4/04 Mark Strober Hudson River Grand Slam!

The Fishin' Mission finally got a New York Harbor grand slam this year! That's Striped Bass-Bluefish-fluke-weakfish! Jigged up about 30 weakfish, caught several fluke to 21 inches and caught lots of stripers and blues! Fished along with many HRFA members ( Gan Wong and Joe 3 Jays and myself did a number on the weakies ) non stop for over 3 hours! Then fished along with members Ralph Roth, Glenn Blank, Rich Berlingeri, Harvey Karp & Joe,Al White AKA Sparky and many others ! All catching and releasing stripers and blues! Hell we could have had and HRFA meeting on the water! With the weakies making very little appearences in our area grand slams are hard to get! Tight Lines to all ! Can't wait to fish again!

8/25 & 26 / 04 Wayne Kempton Lake Ontario Salmon

This 28 1/2 lb. King Chinook Salmon was the largest of 15 caught by Wayne Kempton and friends on Eastern Lake Ontario August 25th and 26th. The smallest fish caught was a 15 lb. Coho. They fished aboard the Pole Position Charters with Captain Scott Lennox out of the Henchen Marina in Henderson Harbor, New York using various flashers with trailing lures.

Fishing in Long Island Sound aboard the Island Current out of City Island the night President Bush accepted his party's nomination Wayne and friends also had a very good night with the bluefish, the largest caught being about 6 lbs.

8/28/04 Carl Hartmann Bluefish

caught a total of 15
of the following species- Bluefish
from 26 inches in length (6 inches in girth) weight 3lb. 0oz.
Fishing on 8/28/04 from a Boat
Body of water - Long Island Sound location - Mamaroneck NY
Using 10 pound test line and Metal... Hopkins
Water temp 70 deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

Went on Howie Segeil's boat yesterday along with Joe London and his boat and kids and had a blast chasing Blitzing Blues all over the sound. I personally landed about 15 Blues with at least a dozen more coming off the Hopkins as I brought them in. At times, there were three separete Blitz's going on at the same time. We would have gotten more but mother nature decided to change that with a thunder storm.

The Highlight of the day was Joe Londan landing a near 8 pound Fluke on a bunker Chunk! This fish was truely big. Now I know why they call them "DOOR MATS"

Prior to this afternoon trip we snagged bunker up at Piermont. Lots of Blues up there too. Fun day today. Onlt took us 25 minutes to get to also. Carl Hartmann

8/28/04 Rich Berlingeri Sr Lower Haorbor Striped Bass

caught a total of 16
of the following species- Striped Bass,Striped Bass (Released),Bluefish (Released)
from 37 inches in length (0 inches in girth) weight 20lb. 0oz.
Fishing on Saturday, August 28, 2004 8:22:04 PM from a Boat
Body of water - Upper NY Harbor location - NY NY
Using 20 pound test line and Live eels, diamond jigs, plastic
Water temp 76 deg
Weather conditions Sunny

Hot and humid, a real day to get beat up in the sun. Wind was not cooperative either.
Yet Captain Glenn Blank, HRFA Director put me on the fish all day. I am exhausted!
We fished the upper harbor from 9 am till 4 pm and we caught fish, lots of fish.
Seeing I was delerious from the sun Glenn said last drift and we're heading back. Our last drift (or so we said) landed me a 27" striper. With that and a Strabucks expresso and soaking my head in my ice bag I relented to "one more Rich?".
Well nearing the end of the drift I felt the tug, then the slam and for the next 15 minutes my 20 pound 37 inch friend and I danced up and down the boat till he tired and agreed to come on board(little did he know any longer and I was jumping in to surrender to him). He even came with a belly tag, very sexy!

We fished along side several HRFA members and directors and everyone was catching fish! A great day on the water for me!

8/20/04 Angler Name : Davek,Seank,Richardk,Briank
E-Mail : davek@worldwideapparel.com
Boat Name: Easy Go
Date Fished: 8/20/04
Location: N.E. of Mud Buoy
Fishing Method: Chumming
Specie: Bluefish
Size: 5 to 12 lbs
Bait or Lure: bunker
Water Depth:
Water Temp.:
Information : Fishing with all his sons, Dave K arrived late about a mile NE of the Mud Buoy , anchored up , started the chum line and the Blues started hitting shortly thereafter. Fishing light tackle, the boys had fish coming for a couple of hours without a break,winding up with between thirty and forty fish. With many more lost. Certainly a change of pace for his two sons visiting from Aspen,Colorado who hadn't fished with him for a couple of years. As the wind increased we decided to quit about 2 PM and the ride home was a happy one.

Thanks

Dave Keery

8/9/04 Chris Rood Stripers Kentucky!

I am glad to be receiving the awesome newsletter each month out here in Ohio. Wishin' I was fishin' where you guys are going. Making the best of things with what there is to work with out here in the midwest, my son and I go to Cumberland Lake in Kentucky a couple of times of year. The recent trip although slow was productive. I caught this 37" and 23# striper at night in the river below the dam due to low productivity up on the lake for two days. I had my 8"6" Loomis with 12# Spiderline on an Okuma Granite 50 spinning reel and a 5 inch "glow" white crankbait. My buddy controlled the boat as I fought the fish manuvering the fish away from the current in the calmer side of the river. I fought him for 15 minutes and as we boated him the crankbait fell out minus two sets of hooks still ingaged in the fishes mouth. What a rush! Still not world class like the Hudson River but I'm working on it for next springs run out there.

Chris Rood

Fished yesterday Staten Island, just off the V-Bridge, we caught 3 Cow nosed
Rays (35 lb to 40 lb range) is this common? I've caught my share of skates and
sand sharks but this is my first time for rays. Is this a sign the river is
getting better?

Cozz

Spent a week fluke fishing in Rhode Island near Point Judith out of my
14 foot aluminum skiff. Between myself and four other family members
and friends we probably boated 50 fluke, 20-25 of which met the 17 and
1/2 inch minimum. Drifted using a combination of fluke bellies and
minnows, which we trapped each night. We kept virtually all of the
keepers and I returned home with about 6 pounds of filets. Also got one
small blue fish.
Freddie the j, Albany, NY

Report:
Got to the Mud Buoy about 10am, anchored up in two ft seas started chumming and chunking with bunker we had the blues in about 5 minutes. As the day progressed the wind increased to over 20 knots and made fishing in a deep V hull uncomfortable. But that didn't stop us, we must have caught between 35 to 40 fish using light spinning tackle with 12 lb test mono, we had fish on continuously and a couple of times had three on at once. I'm sure we lost another 10 to fifteen fish to break offs. The fish ran from 8 to 12 lbs . All fish were released. We left about 2PM a bunch of weary fisherman and rode the 4 ft waves back to NY Harbor

Fished with Joe Curvino again today for a host of small bluefish int he lower harbor. Top water baits and metal castmasters were the bait of choice. Water temp was 78 degrees. Must have had 10 to 15 fish each.

caught a total of 1
of the following species- Carp (Released)
from 31 inches in length weight 14lb. 4oz.
Fishing on 07/26/2004 - 10:50 AM from Surf
Body of water - Muscoot Reservoir location - North Salem NY
Using 12 pound test line and Corn kernel/bread/dough combo
Water temp Unk deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

Lost another one - imagine same size - at 4:30 PM -
he ran me into something solid. I was slow getting to my
rod believe it or not, one of those cicada bugs sounded
off, and I didn't hear my drag! Also, my brother Joe
appears in Manny Luftglass's new book "100 Best Fishing
Spots in Florida". I told Joe he'd get even more attention
if he changed "Tarpon" in his e-mail address to "Carpon",
but he won't go for it.

7/25/04 Chas Stamm & Joe Curvino

Fished with Joe again today for a little bluefish action down along the Battery in NYC. Small blues are great fun working the surface. Water temp were in the 75 degree range. High winds kept us from heading south to the Vz Bridge. That much wind creates a "Fuel Heavy" day. We opted to stay inside and hang out with the bluefish. Did happen to catch a 19 inch fluke on the flats on a sandworm. Let him go. Weather predictions of heavy rains never happened. Turned out to be a great day on the water.

7/24/04 John Tabor Smallmouth Bass

caught a total of 90
of the following species- Smallmouth (Released) pickeral
weight 5lb. oz.
Fishing on Week of July 24, 2004 from Surf
Body of water - Lake Sebago location - Frye Island ME
Using 8 pound test line and Lures, Herring
Water temp 71 deg
Weather conditions Calm & ClearMy brother Tim pictured here with Chris's fish we had several large small mouths including the 'one' that got away from the boat. We forget to bring the net! Caught fish all hours of the day. This is one of the best fishing holes you could ever come across. Never even tried the famous trout and salmon fishing.

7/23/04 alex burmeister Fluke

caught a total of 1 entry
of the following species- Fluke
from 25 inches in length weight 5lb. 2oz.
Fishing on friday july 23,2004 from a Boat
Body of water - atlantic ocean location - GAMBLER, PT PLEASANT NJ
Using 15 pound test line and live killy with shark strip
Water temp not sure deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

We had a great morning fishing together,my brother warren,my son alex and myself. The gambler is a great family boat. we started out at 8 am and were informed by one of the "regulars" that only one side of the boat would be the drift side. The captain told everyone that he is going to fish deeper water, on humps and ridges not as many fish but bigger!!! He was so right on!!!We were amazed at how many times as we came off of a hump that you saw 5 or more poles bend, and that sweet sound of "oh baby is this a nice one" I caught 7 non keeper fluke,my brother caught 6 fluke 2 keepers and my son caught 8 fish 5 keepers including a nice 5 pounder.The pool fish was well over 7 lbs that day!!!!

7/18/2004 Chas Stamm & Joe Curvino

Fished with Joe Curvino today for a fun day of bluefish on the surface. The lower harbor provided the action of surface bluefish in the 3 to 6 pound range. Surface lures and castmasters were the lures of choice as these tiny eating machines provided some great non-stop action from 11 am till 3 pm. Water temps were around 71 degrees.

caught a total of 16
of the following species- Fluke(Released),Bluefish skates & sharks

Fishing on Saturday, July 17, 2004 7-10 AM Body of water - under Verazano Bridge location - NJ
Using fresh bunker & squid

Weather conditions Calm & Clear

Today was my first trip south to the bridge from peekskill. It was a blast. Also, FYI the East river was closed and may be closed off and on over the next few day. Unfortunately we had to turn around and go back around Manhatten to get back up the Hudson. Goo luck!

caught a total of 1 entry
of the following species- Fluke
from 18 inches in length
Fishing on July11,04 4:46 PM from a Boat
Body of water - Staten Island Bay location - Fredon NJ
Using Killey"s and squid

Weather conditions Calm & Clear

Sat 7/10/ 04 David Kerry Bluefish
Went to the "Farms" area after checking out the Mud Buoy. Arrived about 10 am to find the Bluefish fleet anchored up and picking fish. Found a spot to anchor up and started chumming and using bunker as bait.
The first fish hit after about five minutes and they kept on biting until about 2 pm . No time for eating and drinking at all as we always had fish on our light tackle rods with 12 lb test mono. .Fish ran from four to ten pounds. We finally ran out of hooks, so we switched to mega jigs and continued to catch. We must of caught 40 to fifty fish , we didn't have time to count them. Don't ask how many fish we lost during that time due to broken lines etc.ALL fish were released. Three mighty tired fisherman , headed for home at about 2:30
All in all one of the best days of fishing on the Easy Go,in a long time

David Keery Brian Keery Harold Greenspan

caught a total of 3
of the following species- Fluke
from 21 inches in length weight 2lb. 8oz.
Fishing on Wednesday July 7, 2004 approx 10am from a Boat
Body of water - hoffman island location - Vz. Bridge
Using 10 pound test line and squid and spearing
Water temp 75 deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

caught a total of 12
of the following species- Kingfish
from 13.75 inches in length (4.5 inches in girth) weight 1lb. 8oz.
Fishing on 7-4-04 from Surf
Body of water - Atlantic location - Beach Haven NJ
Using 10 pound test line and Bloodworms
Water temp 60 deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

Landed a dozen King fish at incoming high tide.

caught a total of 25/3 kept
of the following species- Fluke Sea Bass, Sea Robins
from 27 inches in length weight 9lb. 10oz.
Fishing on Saturday,July 3, 2004 11:30AM from a Boat
Body of water - Atlantic Ocean location - Shrewsbury Rocks NJ
Using 12 pound test line and spearing and squid
Water temp 60's deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

I got tired of catching short fluke, so I went out to the SR1 can for a drift. The first pass near the bouy resulted in the big fluke.

chas stamm caught a total of 1 entry
of the following species- Salmon
weight 27lb. 0oz.
Fishing on 6/29/04 from a Boat
Body of water - alaska location - juneau ak
Using spoon

Weather conditions Calm & Clear

got several species of salmon including kings and coho. largest was 27 pound king. trolling.

caught a total of 1 entry
of the following species- Largemouth Bass
from 16 inches in length weight 2lb. 6oz.
Fishing on Monday, June 28, 2004 1:38:11 PM from a Boat
Body of water - small pond in Maine location - Hope Maine ME
Using 10 pound test line and rubber worm
Weather conditions Calm & Clear
This was the first fish in the boat. We had lots of fun fishing with rubber worms.

caught a total of 1 entry
of the following species- Smallmouth Bass
from 14 inches in length weight 1lb. 8oz.
Fishing on Monday, June 28, 2004 1:31:57 PM from a Boat
Body of water - small pond in Hope Maine location - Hope, Maine ME
Using 12 pound test line and rubber worm
Weather conditions Calm & Clear
fishing with my oldest son Conor. This was the only fish I cought while he was catching large mouths.

caught a total of 30
of the following species- Striped Bass,Fluke,Bluefish SKATES,DOGFISH
from 32 inches in length (* inches in girth) weight 20lb. *oz. Fishing on 06/27/2004 09:42:04 from a Boat
Body of water - EAST RIVER/ VERRAZANO location - EAST RIVER NY
Using 40LB pound test line and LIVE EELS, SQUID AND SPEARING Water temp 67 deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

FISHED SUNDAY WITH A FRIEND JR FROM 6:30AM TO 4;30 PM. WE GOT 2 TWENTY
POUND STRIPERS AND 3 BLUEFISH 5-7 POUNDS ON LIVE EELS. DROPPED A COUPLE AND
LOST 2 TO LINE CUTS. STRIPERS WERE STRONG AND HEALTHY. ONE BENT MY PENN
SLAMMER IN HALF. FOUGHT LIKE A 40 POUNDER. WENT TO VERRAZANO AND GOT ONE
KEEPER FLUKE 19 INCHES AND A BUNCH OF SHORTS WITH ONE OR TWO SKATES.
FISHED CONEY ISLAND AND GRAVESEND FOR PROBABLY 12 -13 SHORT FLUKE. TRIED
THE CHANNELL OFF OF CONEY ISLAND AND GOT A BUNCH OF SKATES AND DOGFISH. HIT
GRAVESEND ON THE WAY BACK FOR A COUPLE OF MORE SHORT FLUKE. WHERE ARE ALL
THE KEEPER FLUKE?

caught a total of 15
of the following species- Striped Bass
Fishing on Saturday, June 26, 2004 9:42:42 PM Body of water - East River location - NJ
Using eels
Weather conditions Calm & Clear
Fished the East river for 3 hours today with Joe Yacho and his future son in law Brian. Caught 15 bass from 27 inches up 44 inches. The big 44 inch fish was 30+ pounds. Fishing started slow but then picked up. We left the fish biting since my guests had dinner plans and we were out of bait. Another great trip.

Fished with HRFA member Joe Curvino today for a slow pick of fish on the incoming tide. Water temps were 69 degrees and we managed to land and release two weakfish, one 8 and one 7 pounds and one short fluke. Area was down near the Vz Bridge. Charlie rigs were used for landing all the fish.

caught a total of 15
of the following species- Bluefish
weight 3lb. oz.
Fishing on Saturday June 26th, 2004 from a Boat
Body of water - Staten Island location - Great Kills NY
Using 10 pound test line and Lures
Water temp 62 deg
Weather conditions Windy

We caught a bunch of cocktail Blues on the out going tide in the Great Kills. The water was real low but the action was great.

caught a total of 32-35
of the following species- Striped Bass,Bluefish

Fishing on Friday, June 25, 2004 9:07:20 AM Body of water - East river location - NJ
Using eel

Weather conditions Calm & Clear

Fished the outgoing tide last night in the east river with the sheriff and Randy Lee - Caught 24 bass and aprox 8-10 bluefish. Had fish on almost every drift for most of the tide. Also had several doubles and a triple. Fished two sections of the river. Majority of the fish were running between 33-36 inches -the largest fish was a 39 incher. Also ran into a school of blues on the way in with lots of birds around them got a striper under them as well.

6/19 Chas Stamm & Alan Underwood East River Bass & Blues

Fished today with Alan Underwood and his friends Tom and Ed. We had to change plans of fishing the lower harbor as the Powerboat races chased all the boaters and fish out of the area. Big Poker Run up the Hudson. Lots of noise and fast boats. I guess someone likes to watch that stuff.

Anyway Alan managed to get a 21.5 pound striped bass along with several smaller sized bass and bluefish. Still a slow day but a nice fish was landed by Alan.

I went out on the Catskill Creek today near the high school in Catskill. I was looking to catch some small and large mouth bass that frequent the banks there. Spent nearly one and a half hours with a few bites from some bass that I could actually see, using rubber worms and spinners. It was about 80 degrees, calm water, no breeze, and low tide at about 11:00 AM. After going through nearly all of the appropriate gear in my tackle box, I was about ready to give up on the bass and call it a day. There was one long shot lure left. I put the five inch long deep diving shad rapala on the line and cast it out into the creek. After about five retrievals I caught my first ever striped bass. The fish was about 15 or 16 inches and weighed around three pounds. I threw that back, and cast the line for another five minutes when suddenly my line dove deep and I knew I had a large fish on the line. After a minute or two I pulled in a 23 inch striped bass. Since I didn't have a scale on hand I would have to estimate that the fish weighed between eight and ten pounds. I didn't realize that the stripers ran so late and so far north this time of the year. I will send in photos later. Pat G.

caught a total of 6
of the following species- Trout
from 11 inches in length (4 inches in girth) weight 0lb. 7oz.
Fishing on 5/15/04 6 pm from Surf
Body of water - Saddle River location - Upper Saddle River NJ
Using 2 pound test line and power bait
Water temp 60 deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

I went fishing with my daughters Kelsey and Taylor and got lucky with a bunch of fish. We kept nine fish and released three.

caught a total of 6
of the following species- Trout
from 9 inches in length (3 inches in girth) weight 0lb. 6oz.
Fishing on May 15th, 2004 6-8 pm from Surf
Body of water - Saddle River location - Upper Saddle River NJ
Using 2 pound test line and Power bait
Water temp 60 deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

Taylor went fishing with her dad Roger and sister Kelsey. Kelsey played with the caught fish while Taylor fished.

INFORMATION TO ALL FISHERMEN IN THE SANDY HOOK AREA

(1) At the Atlantic Highlands Harbor launching ramp, the Navy has posted
sign's warning boaters not to travel inside the white restricted buoy's
that ring the ammo pier.
Anyone who drifts, runs, or anchors inside the white buoy's will be fined
$500.00, no exceptions, you will be fined. No warning's as they did in
the past. We are at war and the Navy views all boaters as potential
threats to their ships. You will be boarded by the gunship that patrols
the area and your vessel will be checked.
        Also noted that the area around the pier has been expanded. To
see a Navy Gunship coming at you with the seaman aiming the machine gun
at you can be an awesome sight. Please stay outside the white buoy's.

(2) On Sat. June 12, 04, I spoke with Conservation Officer Shannon
Martiak from the Division of Fish & Wildlife at the A.H. Marina. He and
another officer were checking size and bag limits of fish on all boats
coming into Leonardo and Atlantic Highlands Launching Ramps.
        They have fined 26 fishermen for under sized fluke in Leonardo
alone in just 3 hours.. Each undersized fluke is a $45.00 fine. Any
undersized striped bass has a fine of $150.00.

        These fishermen are the typical weekend worriers and not your
average sportsman but with limited man power in the enforcement field,
one can see how many other poachers get away with non-legal sized fish.
These fishermen make up 80% of the fishing public on Saturday's and
Sunday's according to the officers.

        Enjoy your fishing but don't try to stretch that 16 inch fish
unless you have $45.

Maybe you can post this on the club web site and print in the newsletter.
We have many guys that fish this area.

See ya on the water,
Tom Paciorkowski,    boat name - Pacman ll, 19 foot Trophy Walk Around,
channel 9 on VHF.

6/13/04 Phil Kozak Raritan Bay Fluke

Entered the JCCA fluke tourament. Had a good time but no big fluke. Sunday I had a report of large stripers off of Momouth Beach so I had a crew and decicded to run the 30 or so miles to that area. Left edgewater 5:30 and as we came around the hook down by the nude beach the small blues were up on top so we stopped to have some fun catching them on light tackle. Casting small jigs and avas we kept 12 for dinners. Moved down to Momouth beach and nothing was happening there moved futher south and still nothing so we came back and started fishing for Fluke. The fish were tight to the beach just as you came up from 20 ft to 15 ft. We could drift north due to the south winds and continued to catch many shorts, with occasional keeper. As the south wind started to honk we left the fish biting and headed back home. Wind was blowing 20 and the bay had a building sea. Stopped at the Bayrigde flats and the drift was from the south to the north with the tide and took a nice 28 flattie. The northwest corner had some large fish concentrations, but we couldn't hook up. The worst part of the day was when we stopped for gas man $2.40 for a gallon. $400 for two days. You know the great theft of the century is now 0ccuring.

Phil Kozak

NFA

6/8/04 Freddie the J Troy Striped Bass

Fished at the Troy dam on 6/8 from 6 to 9:30 pm. Low tide rising, 85
degrees and clear, light breeze. Water still seemed cool, I dont have a
theremometer. Using frozen herring chunks left over from the run and
Rapallas boated three stripers from 12 to 18 inches and lost one at the
boat. Many bites, I dont think they hit the chunks as hard as live
bait. Also got one large channel cat about 22 inches at least five
pounds, biggest one I ever caught in the Eastern US. They fight real
good, too bad they can't be eaten because of the pollution, the ones I
used to catch in Oklahoma were delicious. Will try again this weekend,
still have more frozen herring.
Freddie the j.

6/8/04 Steve Cherry Lower Harbor Striped Bass & Bluefish

caught a total of 30
of the following species- Striped Bass,Bluefish
Fishing on Tuesday, June 08 Body of water - East rive/Lower harbor location - NJ
Using Eels/Bunker
Weather conditions Calm & Clear
Tried the drifting the east river tonight at the end of the out going tide for the first time this spring and caught 19 bass from 29-35 inches in about 2 hrs. Had one larger fish break off right at that boat estimated at 39-40 inches - fished with Randy Lee and the Sheriff - around dark moved out to the lower harbor and chunked for most of the incomming tide - bite was much slower on the chunk today but still managed aproximately 8 blues and 3-4 more stipers - great trip...

6/6/04 Jim Byrne Breezy Point Bluefish

Hey Chas,
I know your enjoying bragging rights with that fish you caught on Sat.
Congratulations are definetly in order. It seems to be sitting at the top of
the fishing reports for a decidingly long time!! There's probably no room
for these lowly bluefish(just kidding) Or maybe you just didn't get my
original e-mail.
I caught these blues off of Breezy point on Sun. on bunker chunks. Water
temp. was 62deg. F. Very windy but worth the effort. I don't know if the
club has ever had a flag for guys to fly while out on their boats but I
thought it would be a good item to introduce. I'm forever waving to guys in
other boats and can't help but wonder if they are fellow HRFA members.
Thanks and I hope to see you guys on the water.
JIM BYRNE
"FOR DAD"

We have only gotten your report and the one from Al White since Saturday. The HRFA members have the letters HRFA on the sides of their boats. The club used to sell the letters but you can pick them up at any marine store. The marine police tend to leave us alone since the letters have been on our boats. I guess they recognize us again and again.

Put the letters on your boat.

Were did you say you got those tiny fish? Chas <'////><

6/6/04 Al White East River Striped Bass 32.5 Lbs

I fished today Sunday, June 6, 2004, and caught a New Personal Best. It has been almost 35 years since I caught my original personal best, which was a 28 lb. Striped Bass caught in Vineyard Sound at Gay Head on the Island of Martha's Vineyard in the fall of 1970. I know that I had forgotten what a thrill that was. In fact I had a hard time remember any of the details. It's called senior moments, something you younger members can look forward to.

I received a couple reports of big stripers being caught in Long Island Sound and the East River (Check out the report from Chas Stamm) and thought I might get very lucky.

I got a late start this afternoon and left the dock at 2:00 PM. My first stop was the East River and on the first drift it produced a 34 inch striper. In fact on each of the next three drifts they produced three more stripers from 31 to 33 inches. Then nothing for the next five drifts, someone must have turned off the switch. I headed south to the and after three or fours drifts their and nothing I was going to call it a day. I headed back to and decided to take one more drift. About half way through the drift my rod doubled over and I thought I was hung up on the bottom. But it suddenly started to move and I new it was a big fish. About 30 minutes later I got my first look at that broad tail and large bass.

I managed to get the net out of the rocket launcher and now I am trying to hold onto the rod in one hand and net the fish with my other hand. After a couple of misses I finely managed to net the fish. Bottom line it measured 44 inches and weighed 32.5 lb. on my digital scale. It took me a couple of minutes to revive and release my new Personal Best Striped Bass.

I think I am going fishing again tomorrow. See you on the water. Al White

I fished with HRFA member Joe Curvino today and had myself a personal best for striped bass. Joe managed to land six bass up to 15 pounds and one bluefish. Charlie rigs and dead eels were the bait we were using. I managed to release three striped bass and sadly wound up with one keeper. The big fish when weighed on the boat came in at 46 pounds and with a taped measure over his body was 47 inches. Took almost 20 minutes to bring her in. Tried very hard for almost an hour to revive the fish but to no avail. Didn't like that at all. Really wanted to release that fish. Kept going belly up with seagulls all around waiting to rip in to the fish. Had to keep him. Interesting enough the fish had a 12 inch partially digested sturgeon in it's belly. When we got to some level, more calm water...the fish's final weight, after an hour's worth of revival, came in at 43 pounds and on a flat deck, 45 inches. With a tape over the belly of the fish an extra two inch rise was achieved.

Here are some photos of the bass. Click on a photo.

6/5/04Roger J Muller Jr

caught a total of 11
of the following species- Striped Bass (Released)
from 33 inches in length weight 15lb. 1oz.
Fishing on Saturday June 5th, 2004 from a Boat
Body of water - Lower Harbor location - Jersey City NJ
Using 15 pound test line and Bunker
Water temp 61 deg
Weather conditions Overcast

Went fishing with Kelsey and Taylor and had some good luck. I caught the following Bluefish: 15.1, 14.2, 13.7, 11.5, 10.7, 9.5.
Stripers I caught: 36 inches, 24 inches, 32 inches. All fish were released. Kelsey caught one six pound Blue and Taylor had a 12 and 20 inch Striper and one 5 pound Blue. A great day again in the Lower Harbor. The boat traffic was not too fun though.

6/5/04 Butch Pawson Striped Bass Breezy Point!

Butch Pawson caught a total of 1
of the following species- Striped Bass
from 36 1/2 inches in length (17 inches in girth) weight 18lb. .4oz.
Fishing on 06/05/04 9 am from a Boat
Body of water - breezy point location - leonardo marina NJ
Using 16 lb pound test line and clams
Water temp ? deg
Weather conditions Windy
we caught 7 fish on a six man charter, fin on feathers out of leonard marina.

6/5/04 Phil Kozak raritan Bay Fluke

Fished with several friends that I haven't fished with for 15 years. Pete Ryerson, Bob Shifman, and pete Schultis. The wind was out of ther East and ther water temp was 62 at the romar shoals. That's where started out this morning, Sat June 5. Cast to small pods of blues and caught as many as you wanted. Released them all. From there we went to the south shore of Staten Island and again saw great schools of Blue fish. Mind you no Stripers. We finally went over to the inside of Sandy Hook and caught a number of keeper fluke. Keeping 10 for future dinners.The rain held off untill 3 pm and then we called it quits. The Fluke we caught were on the drop offs along that inside flat. Using spearing and kellies. Not a great weather day, but a great time with old friends Phil Kozak National Fishing Association

6/5/04 Carl Hartmann Brigantine Kingfish

caught a total of 1
of the following species- Kingfish
from 9.5 inches in length (3.5 inches in girth) weight 0lb. 14oz.
Fishing on 6-5-04 from Surf
Body of water - Atlantic location - Brigantine NJ
Using 10 pound test line and bloodworms
Water temp 60 deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

6/4/04 Soth Troy Striped Bass

On June 4 my buddy,Bob and I were fishing off the wall in South Troy when we had our best night of the year(Only 1 fish per wk. avge. for whole season largest being 22lbs.).We had about 8 runs and landed 3 stripers on live herring.The schoolies are up here and pretty heavy too.It wasBob's first fish of the whole seaon.I caught a total of 8 for the year,I normally catch 20 to 30 stripers a year.This year was a bust.Horrible.The cats hit hard all year,tearin up our herring,even live oneswe caught some 11lber's swallowing whole herring.Big cats.Well there's still plenty of herring if you know where to look,I look forward to the schoolies in the next few weeks to make it a better year,andwill be looking towards next season as my love for stripers will nver die.Lastly,I fish with many people up here and although I saw some 31lbers caught,they all report the same thing,a very slow year.

From UNEEDHERRING@aol.com

caught a total of 20
of the following species- Striped Bass,Bluefish
Fishing on Thursday June 3 Body of water - Hudson -Lower Harbor location - NJ
Using bunker
Weather conditions Calm & Clear
fished the lower harbor last Thurday night bass on the out going tide started out with a bunch of blue fish then moved later towards the end of the incomming tide the stipers started biting - ended up with about 10 bass and 10 blues. All the bass were from 29-35 inches. all in all a good night of fishing. it seems there are a lot of blues around now.

6/1/04 Mark Strober Lower Harbor Bass, Blues & Fluke Fishin' Mission 6/1/04 Fished Tuesday with a friend of mine Sam Shakkour. He's one of those trout guys. Who likes to fish for those pansy fresh water "bait" size fish. Well Sam had the time of his life catching "real" fish! We caught over 20 stripers to 39 inches, and a few blues. Later we caught about 25 fluke, almost all shorts with one 18" keeper. We fished the New York Harbor and surrounding areas. I attached 2 pictures of Sam and I. All fish were released! I might have to change my phone number since Sam will wanna go all the time now! Tight lines to all.
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caught a total of 7
of the following species- Striped Bass
from 35 inches in length weight 18lb. 2oz.
Fishing on May 31st, 2004 Body of water - Lower Harbor location - Jersey City NJ
Using 10 lb. pound test line and Bunker
Water temp 61 deg
Weather conditions Windy

Went fishing with my friend retired police lt. from Hoboken , Martin Kiely and his daughter Veronica who is 10. My daughters Kelsey and Taylor came along as well as 11 year old Jinny who caught a 24 lb. Striped Bass the day before. We all had a wonderful time and ended up with two Stripers: One 35 inches, 18 lbs. and the other 32 inches
11.2 pounds. Taylor had a 7 pound blue, Kelsey a 3 and 8 pounder and Jinny and Veronica three pounders. After fishing from 3 pm until 10:30 pm we had a great day. It is great catching fish around the Statute of Liberty because you have such a great back drop for pictures of your fish.

caught a total of 1
of the following species- Striped Bass
from 33 inches in length weight 24lb. 2oz.
Fishing on Saturday May 30th , 2004 from a Boat
Body of water - Lower Harbor location - Jersey City NJ
Using 10 spider pound test line and Bunker
Water temp 60 deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

I took my kids fishing with Jinny a Korean friend from the Fresh Picked Grocery store in Hoboken. I had to write about how Jinny never fished before and after a lot of work pulled in her first fish ever in her life which was a 24 lb. Striper. Jinny was totally thrilled and we got some nice pictures. She took it home for her parents to eat and she is now an official fisherperson. Every time I am going out fishing she is asking to come along. What a long fight and what a memory for me. Great going Jinny. Sorry this is such a late report again.

caught a total of 1
of the following species- Striped Bass
from 31 inches in length weight 20lb. 3oz.
Fishing on Saturday May 30th, 2004 from a Boat
Body of water - Lower Harbor location - Jersey City NJ
Using 10 spider pound test line and Bunker from Moe's
Water temp 60 deg
Weather conditions Overcast

caught a total of 1
of the following species- Striped Bass
from 32 inches in length weight 22lb. 1oz.
Fishing on Saturday May 30th, 2004 from a Boat
Body of water - Lower Harbor location - Jersey City NJ
Using 10 spider pound test line and Bunker from Moe's
Water temp 60 deg
Weather conditions Overcast

Great fish and a very long fight in the rod holder for Taylor. So far this year Taylor is out fishing her older sister Kelsey. She spends more time paying attention to the fishing and it is paying off. Sorry this report is so late. I wrote down the information on paper and kept on saying I would add it to the HRFA website and then I misplaced it. Well now I found it and have entered all information.
The fishing was great in May and June in the Lower Harbor and then really slowed down in July. Fluke seem to be the targeted fish since the water got too warm.

5/30/04 Phil Kozak Raritan Bay Fluke

Made my way south Friday night. Hit a log just north of ther Bear Mt Bridge. Took my time getting to Van Dohln Marine arrived safe and sound. Sunday took a ride to make sure that no major damage was done. I will pull the wheels have them balanced. Found True World Marine and gassed up at the Ferry terminal. Gas was 230.00, but at Liberty marine it was 219.00. Trolled a lure over at Bay Bridge flats and thern ran over to the flats south of the Verizano. Lots of bunker, but I was by myself and couldn't position the boat to throw the net. Released 10 fluke two were 17 inches, I wasn't sure if 17 inches was legal. I was a grea day on the water.

Phil Kozak NFA

THE 3 J’S Joe Nardello, Fluke, Blues, Bass: Went out for Fluke on May 25, 2004 with Gan Wong, between us we got about 14 fish all shorts, very close most were � inch to short, fishing south of the V.Z. bridge. We decided to head back, on our way back to Jersey City around the Bayridge flats we saw bunker breaking water so we stopped to snag them, on my first snag a 36 inch bluefish gobbled the bunker, got the fish in the boat, on my next snagged bunker a 44inch 35 lb Striped Bass whacked that bunker, got the fish into the boat took a picture and released the fish, for about an hour we tried snagging more bunker but couldn’t hook up, fish would hit the bunker take half of it or the whole thing but no hook ups, but considering we didn’t do all that bad.

5/24/04 HRFA Kids fishing trip!

HRFA's Youth Trip Coordinator Glenn Blank and EXPLORE 2000's John Ponticorvo had 51 students from the Hudson County school system fishing on board Staten Island's ATLANTIs PRINCESS yesterday afternoon. Every youngster caught at least one fish and had an enjoyable day of fishing despite Mother Nature's chilly southeast wind and foggy conditions. A total of 90 fish were caught which consisted of fluke, bluefish, searobins and some skates. Most of these fish were tagged and released.

A big THANK YOU goes out to P.S.E.& G. for funding the fishing trip. Thanks also go out to Andrea Formica (owner of Atlantic Princess) and to her mates Buddy, Vinny, and Tom.

And a special thank you to HRFA members Ray Marione, Al White, Wayne Geider, Tony DiModugno, Rosario Mannino, Arlene O'Brien and Tim Burden for volunteering their time to help onboard as mates.

whitey caught a total of 5
of the following species- Catfish

Fishing on 05/24/2004 07:46:17 from a Boat
Body of water - tz bridge s location - s of TZ Bridge Ny
Using worms and bunker
Water temp 67 deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

Fished Sunday from 7am-3pm. 5 Catfish and two runs. Don't know if they were catfish or stripers. Where have all the stripers gone?

5/23/04 tom walker Newburgh Striped Bass

caught a total of 3
of the following species- Striped Bass (Released)
from 29 inches in length weight 10lb. 3oz.
Fishing on sunday, May 23, 2004 7:29:01 AM from a Boat
Body of water - newburgh location - newburgh ny
Using 20 pound test line and bloods and ells
Water temp 68 deg
Weather conditions Calm & Clear

fished sunday rough morning three foot rollers till 11.00am picked two small cats in am then 1:30 when finally found fished doubles one 6 pound and one 8 pound lost school found another school in front of front street marina pulled a ten pound female with three males glued to her side released all fish fished till high tide then headed home before storm

Steve Cherry Lower Harbor - Sunday

Fished today on the incomming tide with John Cherry,
David Sheridan and the Sheriff. Caught some fish, but
it was much slower than the past few trips. Started
getting fish at the end of the incomming tide and then
ran out of bait - Got a total of 4 stripers and 3
blues. largest Stiper was 40 inches - 22 pounds -
second largest was 37 inches. Als

5/23/04 Ross Dock Owen Heaney Catfish! Just thought I'd send you over some pics from last Sunday. My son Owen caught his first fish: a 19 inch catfish that came in second place! He was very excited and dad was very proud too. I know someone was taking pictures of the award ceremony, but I'm not sure if they got him holding the fish. Hope all is well and I hope to see you at a meeting real soon.

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