That s how I missed a very impressive bluefin tuna catch that Nick made last month when he was fishing with Capt. Brien Keating on Defiance and a 180-pound bluefin hit a Savage lure cast on a Shimano Sragrossa 10000. Fighting a tuna that size in our area is a better deal for the angler, as it will surely stay down, but the deepest water during the Nick s epic battle was only 250 feet.

It turned out to be a day of negative firsts in my northern fishing career as I watched big sharks strike poppers and witnessed carnage by them on hooked tuna that I only previously saw in tropical areas. At our first stop, Lou Grazioso jigged an under bluefin, and I lost one after a few secnds, while Chuck Many had a blast on his popper that turned out to be a big dusky or brown shark after a tough fight on spinning tackle.

Posted on June 29, 2020 Summer stripers cooperate in N. Y. Harbor The spring run of stripers in the N. Y. Harbor area has long been over, but some bass can be caught all summer if you have patience and knowledge which is what Chuck Many has plenty of. Also at Clarks, the Canyon Runner reported continued great canyon trolling with catches such as seven bigeyes, 13 yellowfins and a big blue marlin for the Mike Davie party.

Capt. Ron Santee had to move around to scratch out fluke on his Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands, but Mike Lee proved that working hard can produce even when the bite isn t on as he jigged all day to bag his limit. Once again there s a chance of showers and thunder storms in the afternoon,

Posted on June 25, 2020 Bigger blues show in ocean Bluefish in the 6-8-pound class were reported among the abundant 2-5-pounders today by the Golden Eagle out of Belmar. Capt. Ron Santee Jr. had John Uhl of Plugbaits aboard his Fishermen from Atlantic Highlands yesterday as samples of the Gulp-like bait were passed out and produced good numbers of shoert and keeper fluke up to a 4-pound pool winner.