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Fishing Report:   The captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association are hopeful the fishing will be as hot after last week’s severe nor’easter as it was before it struck.
Captain Fran Verdi of the “Drop Off” fished the day before it hit and began the day with two keepers on the incoming tide on the north bar of Little Egg Inlet. When the white water disappeared, and Captain Fran pulled anchor to look for more white water.
He reports that spot was constant action despite the rolling white water and crashing waves. At the day’s end the crew had seven fish 34-39 inches. He is continuing to fish Wednesday to Monday with mostly open boat fishing.
Captain Carl Sheppard of the “Star Fish” out of Beach Haven says he wanted to fish last Saturday, but it was just too rough. He adds that his action on Sunday helped to make up for missing Saturday.
He started by trying to fish a rip in the bay, but had to stop due to muddy water and an excess of sea weed. He made the decision to brave a few swells in the inlet and see what the ocean had to offer.
The move was a good one as he located a flock of gannets working over an area in 35-feet of water. What he found was a school of striped bass with no bluefish mixed in. He managed to jig up 22 bass with most of them keeper sized. He even tried trolling a diamond jig on his way back to port and even picked up a bass this way.
Captain Frank Camarda and the “Miss Beach Haven” fished Monday taking good


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Fishing Report:   The sudden spell of warm weather last weekend not only made fishing comfortable for the captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association, it also produced some nice catches.
The “Miss Beach Haven” with Captain Frank Camarda did some wreck and bottom fishing last Saturday, and all anglers caught multiple blackfish along with some porgies and one triggerfish. “Bam-Bam” from Philadelphia was the pool winner with a 4-pound blackfish. Sunday’s bite was a little slower but hard work by Captain Frank put a keeper blackfish in everybody’s cooler. The pool winner Sunday was 5.5-pounds.
Captain Fran Verdi of the “Dropoff” reports good striper fishing even though he usually has to make a few moves every day based on the tide and winds. One day he had Mitch and Bruce out for limit catches by both anglers. The fish ranged from 34 to 38-inches.
Another day Captain Fran had the Jeff Austin party out, and they started in the inlet and moved to the bay waters. The group ended with four keepers to 18-pounds. A check of the fish bellies showed the ocean fish were eating clam chunks and crabs while the bay fish had clam, sand eels, and a small flounder in them.
On Sunday Captain Fran had the Matt King party out, and he started fishing in the bay first. With a lack of action there he moved to the ocean. Although they lost a couple of big fish close to the boat, they ended up with several bass to 20-pounds.
Captain Carl Sheppard on the “Star Fish”


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Fishing Report:   The captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association are reporting hot action on some very decent striped bass. The fish seem to be coming in waves with some days being a pick and others very steady action throughout the tide.
Captains George Finck of “Sparetime Charters” went striper hunting with regular mate Jim. They returned to the dock with four nice striped bass from 34-42 inches and report pulling the hook on three others. Captain George adds he has open dates in November for some of this striper action.
Captain John Koegler of the “Pop’s Pride” reports he has been able to get in on the striped bass action. He says poor weather forced him into the bay. He personally boated a 42-inch bass that weighed in at 26-pounds that was too large for the net he had on board. His crew did not want to gaff the fish as they usually release the larger bass.
Captain Fran Verdi of the “Dropoff” has been catching stripers on a daily basis, usually with fresh clams. One day when fresh clams were in short supply, he switched to salted clams and still put keepers of 33 and 34 inches in the fish box. He too has open dates in November for both charters and open boat trips.
Most of the fish he has been catching have been in the 33-39 inch class with some larger fish in the mix. He reports fishing the inlet areas until the seas push him into the calmer bay waters.
Captain Fran had Don Jennings out on his first bass trip of the season the outgoing


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Fishing Report:   The captains of the Beach Haven Charter fishing Association managed to catch good numbers of fish in the past week while fishing vastly different locations.
Captain Carl Sheppard of the “Star Fish” had a good day wreck-fishing on a trip with Chris Metric as mate. At one point they had over 60 fish in less than an hour with many sea bass which would have been keepers if not for the ban. They also picked up some nice sized porgies.
Captain John Koegler took the “Pop’s Pride” out to the canyon on his last canyon trip of the year. The night chunking and jigging was slow although the anglers lost two deep jigs which were bitten off after heavy strikes. The troll produced one yellowfin tuna along with 9 small tuna-like fish which were later identified as “bullet mackerel.”
Captain John found some recipes in a Japanese cookbook for bullet mackerel and reports they were delicious. This was his first experience with this species.
Captain Fran Verdi has been doing some striped bass prospecting on his own in preparation for his upcoming bass charters. He reports nice action around the bottom of the tides. He has mostly been fishing the incoming tide with bass from 33-39 inches in length. Most of his fishing has been in the Great Bay area.
Captain Fran says he has some open dates for charters and also spots on his open boat trips still available in November.
For additional information on the Beach Haven Charter fishing Association please


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Fishing Report:   Like everyone else in southern Ocean County, the captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association are still drying out and thanking their lucky stars for a lack of serious damage from last weekend’s double northeaster.
The tides were exceptionally high and necessitated a great deal of care and attention on the captains’ parts. Now that the weather has returned to normal conditions, they are once again turning their attention to fishing.
It remains to be seen what the reef and bottom fishing will be like in the ocean. Naturally black sea bass and fluke are out. There should still be some good numbers of porgies around, but the triggerfish will be moving south very soon if they have not already. There are some good numbers of nice blackfish around, and will make for a nice target when the daily limit goes up from one in November.
Several of the captains will be taking parties out very soon and targeting striped bass. Although much of the baitfish seems to have been chased by the storm, there have been some very positive striped bass reports on live mullet, live bunker, and fresh clam.
Captain Fran Verdi of the “Dropoff” reports he is champing at the bit for the bass, and expects to put some in his fish box within the next week.
For additional information about the boats and captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association, visit their website at www.fishbeachhaven.com




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The feds may have closed down the black sea bass fishery, but the boats of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association continue to put together some good catches.
Captain George Finck of “Sparetime Charters” along with his brother-in-law Ed Monro decided to get a pleasure trip in before the season for black sea bass closed. They headed to the Little Egg Reef in 3-foot seas, and Captain George put them on the fish. They managed a really good day catching plenty of porgies, sea bass, and trigger fish.
The “Star Fish” managed to fish three days during the past week, twice with Captain John at the helm and once with Captain Carl Sheppard. Most days they spent the mornings on wrecks and the afternoons trolling. The weather cooperated, and the parties managed to find good numbers of bluefish while the reefs and wrecks produced numbers of keeper sized fish including blackfish, sea bass, trigger fish, weakfish, porgies, and one throwback lane snapper.
Thursday’s group was made up of 16 avid fishermen who boated a catch of almost 200 fish in a half day of fishing. Most were throwbacks, but the anglers had a great time. On Sunday Captain Carl ended the sea bass season with a trip to the southern wrecks with the Messler family and friends. The fishing was steady and consisted of keeper porgies, small sea bass, small blues, and a few sea robins.
Captain Frank Camarda and the “Miss Beach Haven” also has been experiencing some good days.


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Fishing Report:   Despite several days of high winds and some nasty weather, the captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association are making plans for the fall fishing season.
Captain Dave Wittenborn reports he has moved the “Compass Rose” north to Sandy Hook for the fall striped bass season. This is the fourth season he has done this and reports he has experienced some very good striper fishing. H will be keeping his boat at the Oceanview Marina in Sea Bright which is a short ride to the fishing grounds. Meanwhile Captain George Finck of “Sparetime Charters” took Al & Karen Heim of Cincinnati out to the Little Egg Reef recently for some bottom fishing. Besides releasing quite a few summer flounder, they had a nice catch of sea bass and porgies. Another day Captain George had his son Steve and friends out for some overnight canyon fishing. They put a yellowfin tuna in the boat early and spent the rest of the night catching three mahi-mahi and two small mako sharks.
Additional information on the association can be found at www.BHCFA.com


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Fishing Report:   The summer flounder season may have ended in New Jersey, but the captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association are finding good fishing on the inshore wrecks and artificial reefs.
Captain Adam Nowalski of the “Karen Ann II” reports he plans to continue bottom fishing through the fall and then get into some good striped bass fishing. Currently he reports the inshore water is a bit dirty but there are still good numbers of spike weakfish mixed in with croakers inshore of 50-feet of water. He advises going into the wrecks in deeper water for a nice mix of sea bass, triggerfish, and small bluefish.
Captain John Koegler of the “Pop’s Pride” reports finding good action on the artificial reefs and inshore wrecks. He has been filling his fish box with a mix of big triggerfish, large eels, nice sea bass, and croakers.
Captain Frank Camarda on the “Miss Beach Haven” reported good conditions last Saturday resulting in a good catch of triggers, sea bass, and some “dinner plate” sized porgies. Sunday’s current and wind were poor, but the fishing was still good. In addition to a nice catch of blackfish, some keeper sea bass, and porgies, they also picked of some croakers.
Captain George Finck of “Sparetime Charters took Al and Karen Heim out for a day of bottom fishing on the Little Egg Reef. The weather and seas cooperated for a nice catch of sea bass, porgies and fluke which had to be released.
Captain George took his son Steve and


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Fishing Report:   Some of the captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association have been busy the past week or so despite the very nasty weather we have been experiencing.
Captain Adam Nowalski on the “Karen Ann II” was able to get a fishing trip in over a week ago in a window between storms. Other members of the scheduled group cancelled except for John Skarbek. On their trip out to the sea bass waters, Captain Adam checked out some marks on his machine and spotted a big school of croaker. They caught a half dozen on 2 drops and headed out for the sea bass. A couple of stops resulted in some good fish mostly over 2-pounds. They then returned to the croakers for some of the finest 45 minutes of fishing imaginable. It was non-stop catching with croakers to over 18-inches, bluefish in the 1-3 lb. range, and about a 40 lb. brown shark harassing the hooked croakers.
Capt. Fran Verdi of “The Dropoff” and “Cousins” has made a decision to start tagging Striped Bass for this fall season. This development came about after discussions with the American Littoral Society about the program. He will be tagging fish in the Little Egg Inlet area and will offer all of his clients a chance to get a fish tagged in their name. Fish that are legal size will be harvested but any undersized fish will be tagged this year. Tags have been ordered and should be here anytime now. If you would like more information on the program please take a look online at


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Fishing Report:   The captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association have begun making the preparations for the upcoming shift from summer to fall fishing. Captain Adam Nowalski of the “Karen Ann” reports he will be targeting sea bass and croakers in September.
Captain Adam says the drop in air temperatures will soon bring a drop in water temperatures provoking a hotter bite from the sea bass. He also is looking for some good croaker action in the ocean.
Meanwhile Captain George Finck of “Sparetime Charters” had Richard and Allison Trosko and their two sons out for a half day fishing trip in the bay. The boys had a nice catch of bluefish, really enjoyed the steady action.
Captain Fran Verdi of the “Dropoff” is already planning to start fishing for stripers after the October full moon. Until then, he will be wreck fishing and maybe trying to zero in on some blackfish.
Additional information on the association can be found at www.BHCFA.com










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Fishing Report:   Captain George Finck of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association has been finishing up the summer season with some very successful days on his boat, “Sparetime.”
His most enjoyable day recently was when he had his son Steve, 8 year old grandson Eric, and friend Patrick Gorman out for a day of reef fishing off Long Beach Island. Not only did the crew have a nice catch of fluke and sea bass, young Eric took honors with a 5.5 pound fluke.
Another day saw Captain George take the James Ryan party out to the Little Egg Reef for another banner day with the fluke and sea bass. He ended the week with the Brian Cood family from Long Island who had the time of their life with fluke, sea bass, and some nice bluefish.
Additional information on the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association can be found at their website www.fishbeachhaven.com



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Fishing Report:   The captains of the Beach Haven Charter Fishing Association are reporting the best summer flounder action of the summer. With the season coming to a close on September 4, they plan to fish every chance they can.
Captain Adam Nowalsky of the “Karen Ann II” reports the best week of fluke fishing on the ocean mainly between Atlantic City and Long Beach Island until the effects of Hurricane Bill began to be felt. He had a group out from the Hamilton Post Office that caught nearly 100 fluke with 20 keepers to 27-inches. Another day he had the Bill Bruner party from Shamong out for a limit catch of fluke with multiple fish between 23-25 inches.
Captain Lindsay Fuller on the “June Bug” had a great family fishing day with Joe and his two boys along with his Uncle Sal and his niece. They began with as many Taylor bluefish as they wanted just north of the inlet on Bud’s Birds and small Clark Spoons. They then tried to find some croakers but had no luck. They went to the Atomic Lump for fast action on small fluke, but only one keeper. All of the Fluke were caught on Wide Gap hooks, mostly 2/0. These hooks are similar to circle hooks and usually hook Fluke behind the bone in the top of their jaws. We only had a single Fluke all day that was bleeding at all.
Once they decided to head in, the calm seas of the early morning had turned to noticeable swells from the onset of Hurricane Bill.
Captain John Koegler reports he had two good ocean sea bass trips on the


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