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Tony Arcabascio of Bayville proudly reported the biggest striper ever caught on his Tony Maja bunker spoons as Sal Mineo trolled the #4 multi-color model to boat a 61.42-pounder out of Barnegat Inlet. I'll have more details in an upcoming blog.  Though it wasn't quite as large, Capt. Howard Bogan is excited about the 57 3/16-pound striper caught Tuesday evening by Alice Omichi on the Jamaica from Brielle as it was the largest ever caught on that vessel. Better yet, it broke up a night when the bass never turned on -- and only two others were boated.  The Jamaica jigged some 2-to-3-pound blues today before getting into 6-to-12-pounders. The Jamaica II reported lots of fluke action Tuesday morning, as catches ran up to over 20 -- but the vast majority were shorts.  The afternoon sea bass fishing was better, at least for those using A-27 diamond jigs as those fish were feeding on sand eels. Fares caught up to eight legal sea bass, and Carla Williams of Bristol. Pa. had a limit that included the 4-pound pool winner. Martin Jameson of Lincroft bagged nine bass plus three ling up to 3 1/2 pounds. Bob Mathews from Fisherman's Den in Belmar Marina continues to weigh in big ocean stripers, including 35-and-45-pounders recently from Miss Belmar Princess. The Golden Eagle from Belmar reported some 25-to-35-pound stripers on the Tuesday afternoon trip. The Raritan Reach fluke bite continues in high gear, except after deep draft vessels pass through.Capt. Scotty Hilliard, of Prowler 5 at Atlantic Highlands, said it's been the best fluking in years with lots of limit catches. Capt. Ron Santee said the Big Pool lead on his Fishermen from that port moved up when Jack Jurewicz of Marlboro boated a 9 1/8-pounder as part of his limit. Santee noted there were several other limits while many other anglers caught three to four. There was also a surprising 4-pound sea bass. Adam La Rosa of the Canyon Runner fleet at Point Pleasant submitted the following offshore report: How do you top a Tournament Win with a 367# Mako???  Catch a 463#!!! Also - Real Time Report - Tuesday 7pm 70+ Yellowfin Just in Half a Day Today Last Minute Trip Open Within Next Week Last Minute Trip Available within Next Week CLICK HERE TO VISIT NEW CANYON RUNNER TACKLE SALES WEBSITE ********************************* But First ------- REAL TIME REPORT - TUESDAY 7PM - 70+ yellowfin already to boats in just half a trip - hunting big-eyes as we speak. Read details below but it's the best June ever at this point. We moved the boats to Cape May and because of the move lost one charter so have an opening for a last minute group. With the fishing the way it is this opening won't last long.  Now for the past Reports............. Last week was another busy week on both Canyon Runner boats with 4 overnighters between them and another record mako for us to cap off the week. Fishing Tuesday-Wednesday with Capt. Deane Lambros at the helm of the 48 Viking with an open boat trip and Capt. Phil Dulanie at the helm of the 60' Ritchie with the Chris Durnam charter they saw excellent yellowfin action down in the Lindy with each boat catching right around 10 30-40 pound yellowfin. The night saw mako action along with blue sharks and tiger sharks plus the trip was spiced up with mahi as well. Overall just outstanding fishing for this time of year - but we were starting to notice the water we had been fishing was thinning out and were happy to get double digit yellowfin in the boat. When we went out again on Friday to Saturday the water was in fact gone and we followed it all the way down to the Baltimore Canyon - 125 miles away from Manasquan Inlet. It would prove to be an epic trip for Capt. Phil Dulanie with Kevin Muller and Carl Geiger in the cockpit and the Mark Manigan charter on the rod. They had a nice but quick pick of bluefin released in cold 61 degree water then went 2/3 on yellowfin with Canyon Runner Mamba Bars, Canyon Runner Green Machine Bars and ballyhoo doing the trick but there wasn't much to it - until they started sharking. The night bite saw multiple blue sharks, tigers, brown sharks and 3 makos. One of the makos was a beast. After already releasing a small mako they had a double header of makos with a 70 inch fish coming to the boat immediately which they were about to boat when a massive 106 inch fish launched itself and almost landed on the bow. The cut lose the first mako and went after the big one - which proceeded to jump again almost landing in the cockpit. They finally got things under control and the fight was on - a fight that lasted one and half hours - a fight that saw a harpoon pull lose and get wrapped in the tail along with the leader - we even got the tail rope on only to get it riped out of our hands. Finally with multiple gaffs and a couple shots to the head she was tied off but not dead for a while. We dragged her on the troll for a couple hours in the morning and finally put her in the boat and made the long treck home from the Baltimore Canyon. Back at Clark's Landing she weighed in at 463 pounds - last week's 367 was Canyon Runner's biggest mako ever - that lasted a mere week - this one may never get beaten. Big thanks to OceanLED lights as that new blue color in those lights are really attracting the fish and thanks to Basil at BHP Tackle for his second to none shark rigs and of course Penn Reels - once again preforming flawlessly nailing both monster makos on their newest 50s on the market. Also - just a heads up to Ritchie Howell & Danny Martin - better reserve that shed for the winter - transom needs a new paint job!

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