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.
Made our way offshore and Mike landed his first tuna ever, lost a few more and bite was a very slow pick landing some short unders. After that did some sharking with Mike landing a 100lb Hammerhead.
Yet on June 29 last year I caught two in the Bay Head surf, along with eight small blues, to finally broke the ice with them in the N. J. surf at an unprecedented time of year. Allen Riley made his first surf trip in some time, and tried a bit south of Sandy Hook yesterday morning.
Lots of looking around till you can find a patch of fish you can stay with for awhile. Everyday has been a new challenge to find the keepers, but we are finding some!!
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.
Once boxes were full ran to the canyon for a dozen tiles. On the Way home gave the guys an afternoon popping session catching And releasing another half dozen.
Got to the bluefin grounds and found blue planet conditions. Guys had enough and with the flat conditions we went tilefishing, getting a couple dozen up to 20lbs, great time with the guys!
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