They ended the afternoon troll with 15 yellowfin in the box and already into release mode as the charter had all they wanted to eat. As soon as they put the rods out on the troll in the morning it was game on again and they spend from 4 30am to 9am releasing 50-70 pound yellowfin as it seemed a bigger class of fish were around in the morning.
And with the water here we ve been having very nice trips on everyone but one of the 20 canyon trips we ve run so far since June 11. We had basically constant action with doubles, triples, and quads the rule the charter did great on the rods and the only fish lost was actually on the leader and an official release but we were trying to catch it.
They caught fish on Canyon Runner spreader bars and way back ballyhoo Joe Shute combos and had 10 bites in all bringing 6 nice yellowfin in the 50 pound class to the boat. The night bite saw a couple mako bites with a small one released and a large one pulled off.
Reaching the Chicken Canyon early in the morning they trolled for 30 minutes and nailed a nice 53 inch Bluefin on a Canyon Runner Mini-Mamba Spreader Bar. No bites for a while had them pick up the lines and run down the corner.
20 minutes into the troll the 60 Ritchie Howell had a bite on the way back (250 yards) ballyhoo and Pat s 11 year old son fought the 58 inch fish to the bought in 20 minutes and we were on our way offshore. However, a couple phone calls to Capt. DeBlasio informed us that there was no bite in the Hudson so we headed to the Toms.
Leaving Manasquan Inlet at 3 30pm as they just got back from the canyon earlier that day, they knew they wouldn t have time to make the edge to troll so they stopped in the eastern end of the Mud Hole as soon as they saw signs of life and quickly boated a nice 80 pound Bluefin. Up on the troll in the morning into the Chicken Canyon area they boated a nice Bluefin very early in the day but spent the rest of it looking at pods of Bluefin all over the surface but they couldn t get them to bite again.
Up on the troll in the morning the yellowfin bite slowed so they picked at 10 nice tilefish on the West Wall. The yellowfin were all nice fish in the 40-50 pound class.
Capt. Mark DeBlasio, Capt. Hook, and Capt. Mark Jankowski took the 48 Canyon Runner out with the Jack Gamill charter leaving the dock at 6pm Friday afternoon and running right to the edge. The bites came mostly in single with the day seeing the crew go 4 for 8 on yellowfin with once again Canyon Runner Squid and Green Machine Bars and single ballyhoo accounting for everything.
Both set up for sharking on the drift with the 60 Ritchie on the back in 100 fathoms by the Poormans and the 48 inshore of the tip. Up on the troll in the morning the action was slightly better with 4 fish taken on each boat.
With knowledge of fish to the south and the last water temp shot showing the water at the Hudson still way off the bank we headed to the southern canyons. They had a couple other shots that didn t come tight and had to leave early to start working their way up the bank again to shortern the ride home.
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