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Chopper Down in the East River! HRFA to the Rescue! 6-17-2005
12/23/2005 Peter caught a total of 10 12/18/05 Fishin' Mission Fished Sunday 12/18/05 with one of my "sharpie" friends from Coney Island. We fished the NY Harbor. We had a total of 81 yes Eighty One, schoolie stripers. All small, tried for bigger fish, when that didn't produce we went back to the schoolies. With water temps down to 38 -- 42 degrees, it looks like the FAT LADY is starting to sing!!! Tight Lines and Happy Holidays to ALL!!!!!! 12/17/05 Glass Lake, Rensselaer County, New York. Ice Fishing!Two nights of below zero last week and the subsequent ice storm on Friday built about 4 inces of good ice. Fished Saturday and Sunday using tip ups and minnows. Iced about 6 pickerel, two foot long largemouths and two nice perch. Weather high 20's partly cloudy, light wind. Kurts new 6' by 6' by 6' umbrella style fold up ice shanty and propane heater worked great. Happy solstice to all. Freddie the j. 12/11/05 Fishin' Mission Lower Harbor Striped Bass Fished Sunday 12/11/05 ( After shovelling out boat ). Fished the NY Harbor for 5 hours wound up with 45 stripers largest was 27". winds picked up in PM. Capt. Glenn Blank & Capt. Darren C. reported lots of birds working south of Sandy Hook. Tight Lines.12/4/05 Mark Strober & Paul Hellmold Lower Harbor Striped Bass Blizzard Conditions Don't scare us! Fished Sunday 12/4/05 on Ret. Colonel Paul H's boat "Renegade" Boat had to be shoveled out before we left! Snow and hail most of the day. We made the best of it, with his semi-heated cabin. Landing a total of 21 schoolie stripers in NY Harbor. Did hear the clammers yacking on VHF radio that birds were working for about a mile off the Rockaways, but there was NO WAY we were gonna run out there in that weather.Tight Lines Mark 12/3/05 joeaugeri caught a total of a lot 12/1/05 Arthur Karpati caught a total of 2
11/27/05 joe augeri caught a total of 25 11/26/05 Nick A. Stripers Hey guys, Fished Saturday north of Barnaget inlet off of Seaside Park, it started off to a slow start but found birds working and ran into some nice blues, only one bass for the day. Since Saturday was so slow we decided to troll on Sunday! PAY DIRT!! we had 38 bass to 29 in.. Nothing big but still a lot of fun!!! Not 1 blue all day!! NICK A 11/27/05 Frank Striped Bass Lower Harbor Fished Sunday 11/27/05 in the lower harbor. It was a gorgeous day! Worked plastics, jigs and the Charlie Rig to take over 2 dozen fish between Capt. Johnny Z. and myself. Capt. Johnny caught a tommy cod and banged a nice striper that he lost and I picked up right after him. It was 36" and weighed well over 20lbs. (scaled bottomed out at 20)! All fished released. It was a great ending to a phenomenal season. Frank 11/26/05 Carl Hartmann caught a total of 1 entry 11/26/05 joe augeri caught a total of 3
Fished on Sunday, 11/20/05. Worked the Diamond Reef area again. The water temp dropped and it was real murky. Drifting didn't produce. Capt. Johnny Z. put us on nice schoolies to 26" (released) in shallow, fast moving water. He and I caught between 6 to 7 each. Frank 11/20/05 Carl Hartmann caught a total of 1 entry 11/19/05 Ted Kurilko caught a total of 12
11/18/05 Fishin Mission Mark Strober Lower Harbor Striped Bass Fishin' Mission Questions his sanity As I left Liberty Park, Friday 11/18 at day break, I had to question my sanity! Freezing Tempetures,ice all over boat, winds @ 25 knots. As I got below Verrazanno Bridge it got worse. Saw birds working Rairitan Bay. Got bass right away to 38" was into bass and blues most of the day. Winds subsided later ( guess God heard my pleas ). Had a total of @ 60 fish about 50:50 bass and blues. Mark
11/12/05 joe augeri caught a total of to many 11/12/05 Nick A. Hey Guys, I finally got out this weekend in LBI and tried a new tactic! I went to one of my summer fluke spots up near Double Creek Channel and anchored up. Had 2 short stripers and one 37 in 21lb striper. Finally got my first one of the season... Nick A 11/6/2005
Roy Rauert caught a total of 3
11/3/05 Bill Greene caught a total of 1 entry 11/3/05 Bill Greene caught a total of 1 entry 11/2/05 Carl Hartmann caught a total of 1 entry 11/1/2005 Paul Hellmold caught a total of 1 10/30/05 Fishin Mission Mark Strober Fished again today charlie, my hands are soo cut up and sore i can't type. Had 18 nice bass to 38" Got most near Rikers, then I fished Coney Island again, got a 38" striper drifting Berkley power eel through the birds. Lots of monster blues also. 10/29/05 Fishin mission Mark Strober Charlie, not sure if that was you on radio today. Couldn't make you out at Coney I sland. East River was slow in AM had to work for the fish Got 10 stripers 25" -- 36" Then ran out towards Rockaways and found Birds over GORRILLA blues to 40 inches all along Coney Island. Left em biting after about 3 hours. I stopped to eat lunch near Nortons , when I saw all the birds in the distance, I threw my sandwich and ran over to em!!! Mark 10/24/05 Bill Greene caught a total of 1 entry 10/22/05 Rich berlingeri caught a total of 2 10/19/05 Bill Greene caught a total of 1 entry
10/13/05 butch pawson caught a total of 1 entry 10/13/05 Croton Bluefish! firenfish" caught a total of 19 10/3/05 joeaugeri caught a total of a lot 10/2/05 Nick A...Long Beach Island Went down to LBI on Sunday to see what the Striper situation was. No stripers yet, so we tried for some Black Fish and had one keeper, 10 nice big blow fish, and 4 croakers. A beautiful end to a beautiful weekend.... Until next time............ Nick A 10/2/05
joeaugeri caught a total of 3 10/2/05 MIKE"WHITEY"HAS caught a total of 10 10/1/05 Rich Berlingeri & Christian Hoops caught a total of 32 10/1/05 Anthony Carbone Piermont Pier Went to Piermont on Sunday morning at approx.11:30 am for a little fishing after stopping by the outdoorsman for some bunker bait. I started fishing about 12:00 and within 1/2 hour I got a fierce hit that bent the pole in the spike and line started to peel out from my reel for a good 50 to 75 yards and I knew it was a nice size fish. after 10-15 minutes as I got it close to shore he went airborne and spit the hook out, it was a bluefish of about 6 to 8 pounds. I rebaited and within half an hour the same thing happened except this one cut my leader of about 30/40 lbs. Re-rigged again with a wire line leader this time and got another hit as soon as the bait hit the water and I was in for the biggest fight yet, by now a crowd was gathered cheering me on, this fish refused to give up and kept peeling line out of my reel. after about 20 minutes he managed to jump in the air and shake the hook loose. No fish landed but had a great day of excitement. Anthony Carbone 10/1/05 Nick A Hey guys, Another great weekend of fishing. Finally got on the River again Saturday Oct 1, with Teddy K. We started out at diamond reef, but the tide was barley moving, so we hit the VZ bridge. We had action all day lots of fluke still hanging around in the shallower water, tons of robins, some blues breaking water and lastly 2 keeper weaks..... 9/30/05 Chas Stamm & Chasbo East River Blues and Bass Fished with one of our regular fishing friends from up River...Chasbo and his friend Ed. Chasbo fishes the Hudson on a regular basis up in the Newburgh area. Today he came out with me to experience some of the East River Bass and blues. Chasbo and Ed were not disappointed at our first drift produced three nice fish at the same time. Triples! Two nice bass in the 15 pound range and one ten pound bluefish. Birds were working for the first have of the tide which kept us pretty much in fish on every drift. Moved down river to several other spots for a slow pick. One more nice 15 pound bass at Dimond reef but the best was in the earlier part of the day. Bucktails probably landed most of the fish with surface lures and metal producing as well... This from my customers... Ed, and I finally met Capt. Stamm, and what a day we had. I know it isn't fair for him to post a report here on one of his charters, but I can. We went to learn how to fish the east river, and harbor, and Capt. Stamm, "Got It Done!" I can't tell you exactly how many, or how big they were, but we had of action all day. Top Water, Jigging, even my Timex got a hit. We caught both Big Blues, and Stripers. Oh, and Capt. Chas Stamm got a mussel, on an eel. That is a first. Christmas is coming, but for those who want some piping hot action before the holidays, "Take It To The River, Now!!" From one Chas, to another, Thank you Captain for a most memorable day. ChasBo& Ed
Fishin' Mission 9/25/05 Fished The New York harbor and Surrounding areas. Caught another Inshore Grand Slam! ( Weakfish,Striper,Bluefish & Fluke ) Besides those also caught Porgy, SeaRobin,Sea Bass& skate. Club member Gan Wong did one up on me and caught what he calls a Super Grand Slam. That includes the regular 4 plus a False Abacore A/K/A Albie. ( Which are just as hard to locate as they are to catch ). 9/25/2005 Carl Hartmann caught a total of 1 entry 9/25/2005 Chas Stamm East River Bass & Blues Fished all over the east River today but it was not like yesterday. Had to work a lot harder for the fish today. We did manage to catch fish on most drifts but the bass were much smaller in size today. Bass were mostly in the 4 to 5 pound range and only one bluefish at ten pounds. Bucktails and surface lures were the baits used today. 9/24/2005 Rich Berlingeri caught a total of 1 entry 9/24/2005 joe augeri caught a total of 4 9/24/2005 Chas Stamm East River Blues Fished bucktails today. No bait. Did quite well with bluefish. The
beginning of the incoming tide produced birds working all over our area of the East River.
Blues up to ten pounds with the majority bein in the 7 to 8 pound range. Nice
to be able to fish without the cost of worms or eels. Bass were on the bottom mixed
in with the bluefish. Largest of the bass were in the ten pound range.
9/17/05 HRFA member Mike Banahan Perth Austrailia !! Fishing out of Perth Australia at a little island called Rottnest Island 9/17/05 Chas Stamm Weakfish Vz Bridge Fished the Vz Bridge today for a selection of weakfish and bluefish. Nothing big. Blues to 5 pounds and teh weaks to perhaps 4 pounds. Saneworms and plastic worms fished ont he bottom. We fished the outgoing tide. was fishing the beach early this morning at St. Aug. And caught a 40 pounder Red Drum
dropping off the film to be developed. I will ask a friend to scan up the photo.
9/13/2005 Steve Cherry caught a total of 10 9/13/2005 Weakfish are in! Several members at teh HRFA general meeting reports good catches of weakfish in the area. Good numbers and good sizes. HRFA member Glenn Blank reported an 11 pounder being landed. Good to hear the weakies are in! Chas <'////><
9/10/05 Steve Cherry caught a total of 10 9/10/05 Chas Stamm & Joe Curvino East River NYC Joe and I fished the East River again today. Not only is it a short run for us...and has the best fishing around...but with the price of fuel, it's the most economical spot we can reach by boat. Anyway.. we got about ten fish each on this trip. Bass and blues. No big concentrations of birds working but we managed to have fish on each drift. Bass up to around ten pounds and blues to 8. A good day was had on bucktails on the bottom and "Charlie Rigs." We fished only one tide today. Incoming.
9/6/2005 Tom Guyre Fluke Chas, 9/4/2005 Chas Stamm Bigger bass and blues showing up Fished the East River again today for some great bass and bluefish action. The bass and the blues were all in the 6 to 8 pound range. Much bettter than the 3 to 5 pounders we have been getting. On a sour note, I went down to the Englewood Boat Basin on Saturday to find my boat had been broken in to and all my rods and reels were stolen. Had about 15 outfits taken. All conventional gear. They left the spinning outfits. All my rods had "Chas Stamm" etched above the foregrip. Anyone coming across any custom made rods with that name on them...I would like to buy them back. chas@hrfanj.org 9/3/05 Steve Cherry Raritan Bay Steve Cherry caught a total of 40
8/29/2005 Ralph Roth 60 lb Wahoo & Dolphin HA bouy Chas that was a 60lb wahoo we caught on a cedar plug out at the HA bouy.it is a rare catch but a couple are caught each year.the water was 74 degrees.yesterday we went out to a deep water wreck had one nice cod among many shorts.trolling was unproductive but stopping on some floaters produced some hot action with mahia to 8lbs on light tackle.a very large shark gave us a thrill while we were catching the mahia. Ralph Waypoint Charters Sunday 8-28-05 Jim B. We got a nice early start out of Haverstraw 0630 and headed 8/28/05 Nick Antanies caught a total of 40 8/27/05 Fishin' Mission Gets GRAND SLAM Fished Saturday 8/27/05 Got out there before the winds picked up. Another great day on the water. Finally got an Inshore Grand Slam. That's where you must catch a Striped Bass, Bluefish, Fluke & Weakfish all on same trip/same day. It's always easy to catch 3, but those weakies have been scarce. Also caught 2 large Black Seabass, & Sea Robins. along with loads of Fluke and Blues. 8/27/05 Donny Manning "DIODAMO" caught a total of 3 8/27/2005 Chas Stamm Lower Harbor Action. Our day started late and missed much of the surface action. We got down to the center of the harbor around 9:30 am. Met up with HRFA members Mark Strober ( Fishin Mission) , Glenn Blank. They had just finished fishing a great surface blitz of bass and bluefish. Figures! Our timing was poor. We moved up in to the East River and found very few fish . Several small bass and several small bluefish were the only fish to be had ths late morning. Tip here is to get out there earlier! 8/26/2005 George Dalcero caught a total of 1 entry
8/24/05 Bill Greene caught a total of 1 entry
8/21/2005 Chas Stamm East River Bass and Blues Fished with the Sam Shurba party today for another mixed bag of bass and blues. Not as many fish at the day before but enough to keep it interesting. Bucktails on the bottom worked the best today. All on the incoming tide. All fish in the 6 to 8 pound range. 8/21/05 Alex Burmistrovcaught a total of 1 of the following species- Carp weight 16 lb Fishing on Sunday, August 21, 2005 6-7:30AM from the boat Body of water - Mohawk River location - Lock 7 Using 20 pound test line and corn Water temp: didn't check ...ops Regards, Alex 8/20/2005 Chas Stamm & Joe Curvino East River Blues Fished with Joe Curvino today to some non stop action of small blues and striped bass in the East River of NYC. Fished the incoming tide with birds working the entire tide. Blues to 8 pounds would hit any bait we through at them. An occasional striped bass in the 6 pound range kept our interest up. No need to buy any live or frozen bait as firetials, bucktails, surface lures and mid range repalas all worked. 8/16/05 Joe Mardello Bass & Blues Chas: I
took my daughter fishing for stripers and bluefish on
7/31/05 Rich Berlingeri caught a total of 30
7/30/05 Paul Hellmold caught a total of 5 7/30/2005 Tom Guyre caught a total of 6 7/30/2005 Ted Kurilko caught a total of 25 7/25/05 Omari Fortune caught a total of 1 7/24/05 Rich Berlingeri caught a total of 30
7/21/05 Vz Bridge Tom Guyre Hi Capt. Chas & hrfa gang, JULY 19,2005. A GREAT DAY IN AMBROSE CHANNEL, TUESDAY WHEN YOU STOP COUNTING THE NUMBER OF FLUKE YOU CAUGHT,IT IS A GREAT DAY. 6 KEEPERS,LOTS OF JUST SHORTS. THE EXCITING PART WAS LANDING OF A TAGGED FLUKE! THE TAG IS ON THE WAY TO THE LITTORAL FOLKS AND I HOPE IT IS ONE FROM OUR YOUTH ANGLER PROGRAM LEN LITOF
7/12/05 Mike Pollard caught a total of 1 7/10/05 Tim Burden caught a total of 200+ ....(not even in my
dreams!) The HRFA Youth Angler Program sponsored a charter trip today aboard the Atlantis Princess of Staten Island, NY. It was a red hot day of fishing for the 60+ youngsters and members. Charter Captain Mike Romero took full advantage of the northwest winds and outgoing tide. His "hot spots" provided multiple hookups for everyone on the trip. In turn, Chief Mate Buddy and his crew were busy netting fish all day long! Youth angler Joe Johnston had High Hook honors of the day bagging eight fluke as he out fished his Uncle Chuck Mitchell. Other honorable catches went to Brendan Cardinal and his Dad Darren with ten fluke; the Savarese Family had fifteen fish; and Lexi Eckhart and Anthony Hunt combined their talents to land eleven fish. 7/10/05 arthur denny caught a total of 4 7/10/05 Dave Keery caught a total of 25 7/6/05 Donny Manning "DIODAMO" caught a total of 40plus 7/3/05 Joe Nardello Lowe Harbor Blues I
was fishing the lower harbor on 6/29/05 Rebbeca E. Ramos caught a total of 1 entry 6/29/05 Steve
Cherry caught a total of 6 6/28/05 Richie Berlingeri caught a total of 15 6/26/05 Chas Stamm East River Bass & Blues Went out Saturday and Sunday. Saturday got nothing with the Alan Underwood group. Odd day on the water where no mater what we tried, it was uncomfortable. Wind was against tide, fish were not around and it was hot as hell. Nothing in any of my spots. Went out the following day with Joe Curvino and we could not miss. Bass...doubles on every drift up to 15 pounds. Bluefish also in the same places. Big bluefish chasing the bass up to the surface. Kept the bass in the water and that brought the blues around. Sometimes you just can't figure this stuff out. 6/26/05 joeaugeri caught a total of 8 6/25/05 Uncle Joe caught a total of 60 6/25/2005 Angela Berlingeri caught a total of 1 6/23/05 Donny Manning "Diodamo" caught a total of 25 6/23/05 John H & Uncle Joe caught a total of 20 6/21/05 Emilio M. Ramos caught a total of 1 entry 6/20/05 Frank C & Uncle Joe caught a total of 3 6/17/2005 Chas Stamm & Joe Curvino East River Helicopter Crash Friday I was fishing in front of the UN building with Joe Curvino when a helicopter
crashed For more on the story...Click Here! 6/17/05 joeaugeri caught a total of alot 6/16/05 Nick Antanies caught a total of 2 5/15/05 Chas Stamm Bluefish...Spyton Duyvel Usually drift along in my boat everyday 4 pm after work out in the Hudson. Usually got out for an hour at a time. Just across the River from the Englewood Boat basin is the entrance to the Harlem River and the Spyton Duyvel Railroad Bridge. Never really catch anything, just peacefull killing time. Today got several small bluefish. 2 to 3 pounds, trolling white bucktails in front of the bridge. Great fun and very little fuel ! Good to see the blues that far up this early. 6/15/05 Uncle Joe caught a total of 8 6/13/05 Mike Pollard caught a total of 3Sunday June 12 2005 Rich...No problem! That's why we are here! Chas
<'////>< 6/13/05 joeaugeri caught a total of many 6/12/2005 Roger J. Muller Jr caught a total of 30
6/12/'05 Taylor Katie Muller caught a total of 8 6/11/05 butch pawson caught a total of 1 entry
6/9/05 Uncle Joe caught a total of 17
6/6/05 Cpat Denn Bluefish We took out the Frank Silvestri party out for a full day charter out of Moriches,Long Island. We had great weather! As we ran out of Forge river I spotted birds working to the west. We ran over to the action and proceeded to have a blast on 2-5 lb. blues on light tackle. we tallied over 30 fish releaseing many more. This action lasted over 1 hour. We left the fish biting and headed east to try for Flounder around harts cove. we anchored up and chummed heavily and used blood worms for bait. we tallied 30 keepers in the 1-2 lb. range with only 6 shorts. Some nice fillets and fine dinners are in the making! Get in on the action before the season ends the end of the month! Tight Lines! Capt.Denn 6/5/05 Jackp caught a total of 3 6/4-5/05 Chas Stamm & Joe Curvino Went fishing with Joe Curvino this weekend and did well both days on Bass and Bluefish. The bluefish were small...in the 5 or 6 pound range. Had more bass than bluefish. Each day we had about 5 or 6 bass each. The largest two were of 22 and 25 pounds. Most bass were in the ten pound range. A couple of 12 to 15 pound bass. Most were in the lower sections of the East River using Charlie rigs on the bottom. BOththe incoming and outgoing produced fish. All fish released. 6/5/05 Steve Cherry caught a total of N/A 6/5/05 George A. Sendecki caught a total of 1
Trip Report HRFA's Youth Trip Coordinator Glenn Blank organized another great day of fishing for 48 students from Hudson County's EXPLORE 2000 PROGRAM and Cliffside Park High School's Environmental Club. Tuesdays half-day trip aboard the ATLANTIS PRICESS (from Staten Island, NY) was blessed with great weather, good tides, and just about everyone on board caught fish. The catch consisted of fluke, sea robins and skates. All off these fish were tagged and released as part of the EXPLORE 2000 PROGRAM. A special thank you to HRFA members Wayne, Tony, Bob, Mike, Len, Marvin, Al, Glen and also the crew of the ATLANTIS PRICESS.
I received an invitation along with Glen Blank and Chuck Michel to do some Blackfish and Black Sea Bass fishing from Captain Ralph Roth on his new 25 foot Parker the Weigh Point out of Jersey City. We left the dock at 6:00 AM and headed south past Sandy Hook all the way down to one of Ralph's many spots a few miles off the beach from Deal, NJ. As soon a we drooped the anchor and got our lines in the water we had Black Sea Bass. The larges being over 5 lbs. The next spot produce Blackfish with the larges their being over 9 lbs. By the end of the day we limited out on Blackfish and had 7 or 8 large Black Sea Bass each. On the trip home off Sea Bright NJ we ran into a large school of Bluefish up on top with birds working over them in the 3 to 7 lbs size. We caught fish for about an hour and had to leave because it was getting late. We had a great day bottem fishing and the blues were a bonus. By the way the Sea Bass and Blackfish was delicious Al White 5/29/05 Carina Berlingeri caught a total of 1of the following species- Largemouth Bass from 14 inches in length Fishing on Sunday May 29, 2005 PM Body of water - Congers Lake location - Congers NY Using 6 pound test line and Night Crawler Water temp NA deg Weather conditions Sunny Carina was fishing during a family picnic and was hoping to catch a few sunnies. She later told be she thought she was snagged when she pulled on her line and it didn't budge till it started pulling back. She hooked and landed it all on her own...she is Hooked on Fishing!
5/30/05 WALT PAYNE caught a total of 1 Fished Saturday May 28 from 6 am to about noon at the Troy Dam.
Herring still 5/28/05 Dominic Berlingeri caught a total of 1 5/27/05 Rich berlingeri caught a total of 6 5/26/05 Big B caught a total of 0
5/22/05 butch pawson caught a total of 1 entry 5/22/05 George Lorino caught a total of 35 5/22/05 Jeffrey Herrmann caught a total of 20+ 5/22/05 Nick Antanies caught a total of 25
5/22/05 Paul Striped Bass Castleton caught a total of 4 5/22/05 Phil Kozak Left Rondout Creek Sat am stopped at the Esopus Flats for one last try. Water temp was 59 and the wind was against the tide. There were schools of scattered fish no great shakes. Did manage to release on nice 10 pound channel cat. Left for southern waters Stopped at Newburg nothing doing there. Stopped at liberty state park for fuel. Decided to run down the Staten Island shore line to Great Kills. Never made it. As I made the turn at the VERENZANO it looked to fishy to continue. I made a few look sees just north of Hoffmans Island. Set up just as the incoming was about to start. Set up in 10 foot of water. Put out three rods and the first few fish I missed didn't have the clam hooked right, but after that it was double and triple headers. One fish was under 28, but the rest were all over 35 inches and three went into the forties. I weighed two one was 25 and the other was 28 pounds. It was the first time that I had to quit because my left arm was hurting from pulling fish in. I released 19 fish and lost or missed another 10. From 2 until 5 30 PM it was non stop and I left them biting. I couldn't pull my anchor and two elderly fishing men came to my assistants and pulled it for me. I left and ran down to Manasquan to over night at Hoffmans Marina. Sunday went in the river just east of Hoffmans and released 9 short fluke and had to nice keepers 17 and 18 inches. Monday nights supper. 5/22/05 joeaugeri Bluefish caught a total of a lot 5/24/05 Jeff Herrmann Striped Bass caught a total of 0 5/20/05 Jerry and Al Striped Bass Castleton caught a total of 4 Big
B caught a total of 19 5/19/05 Tony T Striped Bass caught a total of 9 5/19/2005 Allen Lawless Striped Bass caught a total of 01 5/18/05 Larry Burns striped Bass Castleton caught a total of 1 5/18/05 Donny Manning "DIODAMO" Bass & Blues Raritan Bay caught a total of 22 5/18/05 Tony T striped bass Marlboro NY caught a total of 5 5/17/05 Uncle Joe Striped Bass caught a total of 1 of the following species- Striped Bass (Released) from 36 inches in length weight 20lb. 2oz. Fishing on Tuesday, May 17, 2005 14:00 from a Boat Body of water - Lower Bay, West Bank location - Staten Island NY Using 30 pound test line and Chunk bunker Weather conditions Calm & Clear Trolled one lure shallow and one deep at the edge of the channel with lots of activity on the fish finder but no hits. Anchored up and put out a bunker chum pot plus some chunks and the whole head of a bunker hooked through the gill covers (thanx for this technique that I picked up at the last meeting). Landed and released one nice striper on the head; it was fun trying to net her with no one else on board. Be aware, Fish and Game were on the water and going boat to boat asking to see what was in the fish box. While I'm not crazy about the rules as they stand today, I'm glad to know someone's out there nailing the stinkers who keep 20 inch bass. 5/16/2005 Dave Keery Striped Bass Report received: 5/17/05 Water Temperature: . Water Clarity: good Seas: 1 to 2 ft Weather: Sunny but cool Fishing_for: Striped Bass Boat: Easy Go captain: Dave K Report: Got out for the first time this year with my Brother in law Pat Cerria Got a late start because of traffic on his way to boat. Trolled between Weat Bank and Old Orchard lights but saw little action so we moved to the area of the first range buoy where we wound up with 9 fish. 5 stripers and 4 blues. Pat caught a beauty. A striper of about 38 inches , probably 25 lbs and also a double header of bass . All of the other bass were below 24 inches except for one slot fish . We released all the fish but the big one that didn't get away 5/17/05 Phil Kozak Eusopus Flats Fished Sat on the Esopus flats in 7 to 10 feet of water.South wind against the tide in the am tagged 3 fish to 14 pounds. Moved around but went back the same area and lost three good fish and tagged two more 10 and 13 pounds. Sunday went south again with wind against the tide found a large school just south of the water treatment plant, but couldn't get set on them. Moved to the same area as the day before fished in 7 foot of water nothing doing moved to a channel edge 10 to 14 foot and tagged two fish one 20 pound and one 13 pound females. Waited for the tide to turn and then wind swung out of the northeast wind little tidal action We ran out orf bait to the channel cats some weighing as much as 6 pounds. I do feel that NY DEC in it infinite wisdom has allowed an overharvest of large spawning females. This season and last there has been fewer and fewer large spawning females, but plenty of smaller fish. water temp rose to 58 degrees by Sunday afternoon. I would just pose one question to the DEC. Why do they protect the fresh water species such as Black Bass, small mouth and large mouth with closed seasons during their spawning times and neglect to do the same for the Striped Bass?????
5/16/05 LEONARD FIELDS Albany eels and Shad caught a total of 5 5/15/05 Marc Riemann caught a total of 1 5/15/05 Theodore Kurilko caught a total of 2 of the following species- Smallmouth Bass Wahoo and Dolphin Fishing
on Sunday May 15 th 2005 Body of water - Carribean Sea location - NJ Using trolling with
Ballyhoo Water temp N|A deg Weather conditions Calm & Clear Went fishing off the coast
of Cancun and caught two beautiful fish one monster bull dolphin that weight in at over
50# and over 5 feet long, and one beautifull Wahoo that weight in at 28 lbs and over 4
feet long. Fished at approximately 20 miles off shore in 800 feet of water going for
sailfish and Marlin hung one sail fish but the first jump and he was gone, weather
fanastic, water was calm until we reached the fishing grounds then we had 6 to 8 ft swells
but not a problem. Cost for fishing on this charter for just my wife and I for 6 hours was
less than $500.00. What a day fishing. caught a total of 2 5/14/05 joeaugeri Bluefish Lower Harbor caught a total of 12+ 5/13/05 Lou Castellano caught a total of 6 5/13/05 Leon Shereshevsky and Anthony Pucci Striped Bass Roundout- Kingston caught a total of 5 of the following species- Striped Bass (Released) from 48 inches in
length weight 38lb. oz. Fishing on Friday, May 13, 2005 3:00PM from a Boat Body of water -
Hudson location - Kingston NY Using 15-20 pound test line and Chunk Herring Water temp 57
deg Weather conditions Calm & Clear Anthony Pucci fished at about 3:00PM around
Rondout Creek and at 3:30PM landed a whopper of a fish 38 + pounds with a length of about
48-inches. He released the fish but took pictures. Later caught two more bass drifting
bloods below the bridge on the incoming tide, largest being 15 pounds. I joined him around
9PM and we fished all night. We were forced to fish the eastern shore below the bridge as
the wind was a bit too stiff for our boat and our stiff backs. Between 3:30 and 4:00AM had
two runs and landed two fish on outgoing tide. One about 15 pounds and one 25 pounds and
39-inches. Overall a nice day! 5/13/05 Mike Cargill Bas & Blues Raritan Bay caught a total of 40 5/14/05 Nick Antanies Bluefish Barnagat caught a total of 1 entry 5/12/05 Donny Manning Striped Bass caught a total of 8 of the following species- Striped Bass bluefish from 36 inches in length weight 22lb. oz. Fishing on thursday, May 12, 2005 2:30 pm from a Boat Body of water - round shoal location - off staten island NJ Using wire & 50lb mono pound test line and mann's imitator(bunker) & green bunker spoons Water temp 54? deg Weather conditions Calm & Clear 5/11/05 Larry Burns Striped Bass Castleton caught a total of 1 of the following species- Striped Bass (Released) from 33 inches in length weight 16lb. 0oz. Fishing on Wednesday May 11, 2005 2:45:00PM from a Boat Body of water - Hudson River location - Castleton NY Using 20 pound test line and Chunk Herring Water temp 55 deg. deg Weather conditions Sunny While drifting on the incoming tide thru main channel (37' of water) had four runs. Used cut herring because it was hard to pick up fresh herring. Also picked up one 16" catfish. Great afternoon to be on the water. 5/11/05 Freddie the J Fished Wednesday the 11th, Saturday the 14th and Sunday the 15th, in the
Albany/Schodack area. Herring, catfish, no stripers despite probably 24 hours of fishing.
Biggest fish was a 20 inch channel cat. Saw about three stripers caught by other boats.
Will try up by the dam this weekend. Very disappointing season so far. freddie the j 5/11/05 roger driscoll/ glenn carr Striped Bass Castleton caught a total of 1
5/11/05 Dave McMillen Striped Bass Newburgh caught a total of 5
5/11/05 Fred Struck Striped Bass Albany caught a total of 1
5/10/05 Scotty Striped Bass Bethlehem caught a total of 1 caught a total of 1 5/9/05 Paul Striped Bass Castleton caught a total of 2 5/9/05 Steve Cherry Striped Bass Lower Harbor caught a total of 12 5/9/05 Jeff struped bass schodack Island NY caught a total of 1 5/8/05 Phil Kozak Roundout Creek Launched Pocket Rocket Friday for Sat morning fishing trip. Wind out of the north 10 to
20. Tide against the wind. Found large schools of fish on the east shore in the dep water.
Set up south of the bridge in 11 ft of water. Temp 51.4 degrees. Tried for a hour nothing
moved to south bay nothing there. One charter boat on west shore said fish were there, but
had moved. Followed channel north to turkey pt. and around nothing. Went down the west
shore and over to the east shore nothing there. Moved south to espous flats fish in the
deep channel moving north. I didn't think they would move against the tide, but these fish
seemed to be moving north. Set on bar inside green can had fish under the boat. This
was after 2pm and wind and tide were together. One fish 36 inches guess weight 15 to
17 pounds. That was it plenty of eels. Temp went up to 53.5 as the sun heated up the
river.
caught a total of 1 5/7/05 Ted Sheola Bluefish caught a total of 21
5/6/05 butch pawson Striped Bass Sea Brite caught a total of 1 entry 5/6/05 mass rookies ron and bob Striped Bass...First Ever! caught a total of 1 5/6/05 Carl Hartmann Bluefish caught a total of 1 entry 5/5/05 Steve Cherry Lower Harbor Striped Bass caught a total of 6 5/5/05 Freddie the J Bethlehem Fished from about 1 to 6 pm near Henry Hudson Park. Sunny and warm, high tide 5/5/05 Jerry Redding Striped Bass caught a total of 3 5/4/05 Robert Blasy Bear Mountain Striped Bass caught a total of 2 5/1/05 Steve Cherry Lower Harbor Bass caught a total of 2 5/2/05 Betty Berlingeri Catfishcaught a total of 12 5/2/05 Phil Kozak I still am not in the water, but with a little luck I should start fishing this
weekend. I have spoken to several anglers and the larger females again are not up river
yet. Seems to be the same as last year, Spoke to one charter captain and he has not seen a
major school so far this year. Seems the trollers are catching the smaller fish. One group
of three brought in three, but nothing of size. Black Creek area is the hot spot. Several
boats had one large female. Also Certified Marine still isn't selling fuel yet and I
noticed that not that many boats were at their marina. I have been told that Roburties up
by the falls is able to sell fuel.The herring run is still going on. I have heard
complaints that there is heavy netting going on at the falls. Some feel this does not bode
well for future runs as they don't give them time to spawn. DEC should learn how to manage
the river for all species. Also their have been complaints of higher dockage fees. This
could be why not that many transient boats are not here. There could be a need for the
higher fees due to the major damage that ocurred. River temps approaching 56 degrees and
nearing spawning temps 5/1/05 Freddie the J. Troy Fished Saturday and Sunday, 4/30 and 5/1. Saturday cold and rainy, Sunday sunny 5/1/05 Jim Murray raritan Bay caught a total of 1 5/1/05 Omari Bunn Piermont Pier Fished Piermont Pier in Rockland County, NY this morning from 7-9 am. Pretty gray and a little drizzle. Very choppy on the north side. Caught one really nice sized white catfish (maybe 18 ") on bloodworms. Alot of hits from perch stealing bait. Saw no stripers caught. 4/30/05 Rich Berlingeri Cod Fish Maine Took the trip to Maine with Arnie and Company. We had a beautiful day. I caught 6 fish two keepers a 5 pound haddock and a 2 pound red fish. I don't want to steal anybody's thunder but most did better than I did. I was awarded the Bunny Clark consolation prize -- the official Bunny Clark "Fisherman with the Hardest Luck" T-shirt, which I will wear proudly-- my luck was down but my spirit never waivered and I fished hard till the Captain said pull 'em up we're heading in! 4/30/05 Joe Palko Sandy Hook Blues Went out on Friday night about 4/28/05 Carl Hartmann Seaside Striped Bass caught a total of 1 entry 4/27/05 Matt Sheldon Striped Bass Rockland County caught a total of 1
4/24/05 Amy Beacon Striped Bass caught a total of 1 4/25/05 Alyssa Hartmann Fort Lee Catfish caught a total of 1 entry 4/23/05 Carl Kochersberger Germantown Striped Bass caught a total of 1 4/21/05 Larry Beacon Striped Bass caught a total of 3 4/21/05 Uneedherring Troy Stripers This year is off to a good start already with steadily increasing numbers of fish caught in the troy area.my friend has 12 stripers from shore but he has put 36 hrs. at a time in.I have 3 stripers myself. 2 were caught over the weekend and 1 last week. A 5 lber,an 8 lber and a nice 35 inch fat female. A small run of herring in the creek was cleaned out but they are still coming in the creek in small schools of 10 to 30 to spawn at night.I stand at edge,wait for a swirl and drop my net on them.I am hopeful of a better run of stripers this year.Last year stunk. I Wish All Good Luck UNEEDHERRING 4/21/05 whiteyrr Piermont caught a total of 15
4/21/05 Al White Wayne, Marvin and myself fished the end of the outgoing and half of the incoming tide about half mile south of the TZ Bridge in 10 feet of water this afternoon. We had a soled run of catfish from 3 to 4 pounds, one large eel and a 34 inch 15.5 lb striped bass. I hope to get out tomorrow afternoon again!! See you on the water. Al White 4/16 & 17/ 2005 Striped Bass Derby Tarrytown Walter Chudkoski came through and edged out 706 anglers in our 3rd Annual Striped Bass Derby with a 21.84 pound striped bass to come up with first place finish and $1,000 Details with all the fish brought in can be found here...Derby 2005 4/16/05 Jim Murray Raritan Bay Holy Mackerel caught a total of 6 4/16-17/05 Croton Fished hard Saturday 16 and Sunday 17. from my boat off Croton Point. Hooked a total of 12 stripers all under 18". also many cats and a few perch. Using blood worms. Afta U
4/17/05 striperbound FISHED THE NAVASINK ON THURSDAY 4-14-05 , FOR A SLOW CATCH OF FLOUNDER 7 FISH FOR A FULL DAYS WORK , FISH UP TO TWO AND A HALF POUND'S 4/16/05 River Debris Arrived in Kingston last Sat. very grueling trip. I have never seen the river so bad with debrie fields 4 and 5 ft wide stretching for hundreds of feet. It started at the upper end of Havestraw bay and continued all the way up to Rondout creek. I would consider the river to dangerous to travel after dark/ The marinas on Rondout have major damage. Certified has gas problems and won't have gas for another week at least. Rondout lost most of its finger piers and some were damaged also. I took a major hit on the starboard engine just north of Newberg and lost the lower unit Hauled the boat today and will frind out if I have power head problems to. There is still plenty of heavy debrie coming down the Rondout. Proceed with caution this will eventually get into the lower river. The fish are here with some spawning females being taken. Water temp 51 in the river and 56 in the Rondout/ I marked schools of herring under my boat just before I was hauled PHIL KOZAK Saturday, April 16, 2005, freedie the J South of Port of Albany at Mouth of Normanskill, NY. Falling tide, no wind, 65 degrees. No stripers, herring or shad. Six channel cats, 14" to 16," and one freshwater drum, 12". Gob O' Worms, six pound test. Them channel cats is beautiful fish. Take a look at the size of the tail. I swear they would outfight a striper pound for pound. freddie the j 4/9/05 Chris Savoury Tappan Zee Bridge caught a total of 5 4/9/05 Fishstix Tappan Zee Bridge caught a total of 7 4/9/05 Mike Banahan Piermont caught a total of 8 4/9/05/Buster Merck and son Duane fishing the Piermont Flats Water temp 47
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calm 4/9/05 John Pardo Piermont Pier caught a total of 1 4/7/2005 chasmau Piermont caught a total of 4 4/7/05 Mike Banahan Piermont - Tappan Zee Bridge caught a total of 13
4/6/05 Rich berlingeri Catfish caught a total of 1 entry 4/5/05 Sal Maniscalco caught a total of 8 4/5/05 Matt Sheldon Haverstraw caught a total of 3 4/3/05 Rich Berlingeri Jr. Piermont caught a total of 1 4/3/05 Sal Maniscalco Piermont caught a total of 5 4/3/05 Carl Hartmann Piermont caught a total of 1 entry 4/2/05 Rich Berlingeri Nyack caught a total of 2 4/1/05 Carina Berlingeri Piernont caught a total of 1 entry 4/1/05 Christine Berlingeri Piermont caught a total of 1 4/1/05 Betty Berlingeri Piermont caught a total of 1 4/1/05 Rich Berlingeri caught a total of 10 4/1/05 sal Piermont caught a total of 4 3/31/05 Jeanmarie O'Herron Piermont Striped Bass caught a total of 1 3/31/05 Mike Banahan Nyack caught a total of 0 3/31/05 Ken Sheldon Croton Striped Bass caught a total of 13 3/30/05 Rich Berlingeri Piermont caught a total of 2 3/30/05 Mike B caught a total of 18
3/31/05 RATIDMAN@aol.com Piermont on the pier wednesday... east end on the pier.. my friend caught 7 tommycod.. i got the . 1 striper 19' plus lots of people around... the fish is there.. bloodworms are not that great.. i am sure they work i tried sandworm and got the striper at half the price 3/30/05 speedo66 Piermont Nothing! caught a total of 0 3/28/05 Rich Berlingeri Piermont striped bass caught a total of 2 3/27/05 Mike Banahan Piermont Striped Bass caught a total of 10 3/27/05 Carl Hartmann Piermont striped bass caught a total of 1 entry 3/26/05 Carl Hartmann Piermont Pier Striped Bass caught a total of 1 entry of the following species- Striped Bass
3/26/05 Mike Banahan Nyack Striped Bass caught a total of 4
3/21/05 Carl Hartmann Piermont Pier Striped Bass caught a total of 1 entry
3/19/05 Rich Berlingeri Piermont Pier Striped Bass caught a total of 2
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a total of 1
Saturday, February 27, 2005, Glass Lake, New York.
2/21/05 Walt Weglinski St Augustine Fla My son came down to St. Augustine, Fla. to visit me for a few days of fishing the back
waters so I took him on a haft charter which turned out to be a decent days catch: 9
Red Drum -kept 2 released the rest) 2/9/05 Tony Evangelista Kingfish St Augustine A fishing Report from (old) St.Augustine,Fla. |
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| 2/8/2005 Joe Costa caught a total of 3 of the following species- Baracuda Fishing on Tuesday, February 08, 2005 21:21:09 from a Boat Body of water - Gulf of Honduras location - Utila, Honduras Using 12 pound test line and Mackeral Water temp 81 F deg Weather conditions Calm & Clear On a recent scuba trip to the island of Utila off
Honduras, I could not resist spending at least a few hours fishing with my new friend
Gene. I've never been fishing for baracuda before and I can tell you they are
terrific fighters. Using an old rental spinning outfit with a faulty drag and 12 lb
test mono, the fish pictured took a good fifteen minutes to get to the boat. We
landed 3 to about 36 inches (no ruler onboard) and lost probably 10 on runoffs. We
saw some of the most spectacular jumps I've ever seen. A great way to help cure my
winter blues! |
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I was on the water yesterday afternoon behind Croton Point in a 12 foot boat. Water
temperature was between 38 and 40 degrees. The bay was empty of ice but the coves were
frozen. As a matter of fact the boat ramp had piles of snow blocking it but one guy spent
all day chopping a way through it. We were in three feet of water. |
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| 2/2/05 Members Justin Siegel & Niel Blazer taking
advantage of 45 degree weather with the first reportable fish caught on Blue Lake in Sterling Forest. Thank You Charlie Howard Siegel |
| January 30, 2005, Glass Lake, NY. Fished the
hard water again on Sunday, 25 1/29/05 Tony DiModugno caught a total of 1 entry |
| Saturday, January 8, 2005, Glass Lake, NY Freddie
the J Fished through the ice with Curt from about noon to 3:30. Thirty degrees, heavy snow, no wind. Ice still only 3-4 inches due to the warm weather. Curt set up a tent for shelter from the snow. Using tip ups and minnows pulled three pickerel and one large mouth through the holes. The bass was about 14 inches, the largest pickerel about 18. All went back through the holes to their ice water mansions. Only one other guy fishing, he was saying he gets trout and kokanee in the spring trolling a wabler and worm. I've never caught one of those in Glass Lake, but may bring the fish finder and try the deep water next time. Freddie the J |
Fishin' Mission -- Fished Sunday 1/09/05 ( yes January! ) On Paul H's Renagade with Paul & Captain Glenn Blank. What a great day to be on the water in January. Light winds and moderate tempetures. When we first started fishing we got 4 schoolie stripers right away. We started the usual high 5's, but then the action stopped for a while. We tried off the Rockaways since it was so nice out, but no action. Then Glenn suggests we try one of his secret hot spots. I'm thinking "yeah sure" anything you say. Well we were all suprised when we started catching large fish there. Glenn had 4 keeper size bass to 33 & 1/2 inches, I sneaked out 3 nice ones and Paul landed a nice one. We had a total of only 17 stripers, but considering the time of the year and the large fish it was another great day on the NY Harbor. Glenn was high hook as usual. Don't try to bribe me for his secret spot since I took an oath of secretcy. All fish were released and most tagged. The only other boat we spotted fishing was none other than the King of the Harbor Howie! I attached some pictures Paul took with his digital camera. Tight Lines -- It ain't over till the fat striper sings! |
| 1/7/05 Joe, the three j's Florida largemouth I know I said my previous report was my last
but I was visiting family in 1/3/05 Thomas L Calandro caught a total of 2 |
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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! |
| 12/18/04 joe augeri caught a total of 20 of the following species- Striped Bass (Released) Fishing on Saturday, December 18, 2004 6:40:34 PM from a Boat Body of water - raritan bay location - ambrose ch. NJ Using 20 pound test line and 6 oz diamonds Water temp ? deg Weather conditions Calm & Clear out on the sea hunter from AH.LOTS OF BASS, mostly shorts.jigged the heck out of them,ambrose chanel,pool was over 20 lbs.boat was half full, but all had lots of fish.it aint over! |
| 12/17/04 Joe from the 3J’s: This is my last report of the season, I decided to
go down to 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!
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| 12/3/04 Tim Doolan caught a total of 48 of the following species- Blackfish weight 8lb. 11oz. Fishing on Friday, December 3, 2004 by 12:30PM from a Boat Body of water - Atlantic Ocean location - off Elberon NJ Using 25 pound test line and Green Crabs Water temp 49-51 deg Weather conditions Windy Six friends chartered the "Right-A-Way" with Capt. Tom Joseph out of Belmar. After anchoring once over a rockpile, we picked away all morning puttingn together a limit catch of solid keepers. We only had 4 to 6 fish over 5lbs. The pool winner was a whistle fish.
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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 )
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| 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!!!
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| 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
11/19/04 Kenneth P Lazorchak
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 6th & 7th
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!
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Fished the NY Harbor Areas. Landed 32 schoolie stripers. But dropped a lot
more. All on the small side 15" --- 22" Tagged 10 of them. Winds were calm, but
AM snow squalls were annoying. Was pretty cold out too! Air 29 -- 34 degrees. Water temps
were up a few degrees from last week 40 -- 43 degrees. Only fished 1/2 a day.
Once again me and Howie Leeman were the only 2 lunatics out there. Tried to beat
snowstorm, but it started just as I got to ramp. Me thinks the "Fat Lady" is now
singging! Fingers are all split open from lipping fish! Attaching a pic of one of the
schoolies Tagged and ready for release. Many Tight Lines to All, and a VERY HAPPY NEW
YEAR!