Adam La Rosa sent the following report from Canyon Runner Charters Last Minute Weekend Trips Available This Saturday - Sunday Very Rare Open Boat Weekend Trip Last Trip Capt. Deane Was On the Meat Discounted October Dates Available SATURDAY'S TRIP WITH TOM WILLIAMSON While several trips prior had been slow - Capt. Deane decided to head to the southern canyons with the Tom Williamson charter and once again found the meat. The party boats got in on the action on the chunk as well with catches of 10-12 fish on a few nights last week getting the party boat fleet, and us, excited!

It's been a long time since a large surf striper was reported, but Grumpy's Tackle in Seaside Park weighed a 47-inch, 29. John Bushell, at Betty Nick's Tackle weighed an 11 1 16-pound striper that Darryl Zaricek caught on a SP Minnow in the park.

Bluefish aren't everywhere, but there are still opportunities to get into hot fishing, such as I had in the Hudson River last week when Chick Many handled his Ty Man and took care of the releases as I caught 24 blues in less than an hour on a big pencil popper before a short striper beat them to it. There have been a few stripers plus big blues in Point Pleasant Canal for those fishing jigs or live eels (which Castaways has in stock) at night.

The Golden Eagle from Belmar had a great first hour of jigging with Run-Off Hammer jigs this morning as jumbo blues up to 22 pounds were boated Most were in the 15-ro-20-pound class, but after that there was a long pause before some little tunny were hooked. The party boats have been targeting a mixed bag of fish mostly blues, small weakfish, and some tog and triggerfish.

The Ocean Explorer from Belmar reported fine porgy fishing and some blackfish despite a large ground swell. As the current slowed, I switched to casting sandworms on light spinning for a good blackfish bite that produced releases of 10 short tog up to 14 1 2 inches from among numerous very small sea bass.