Captain Kenny on the "KKAT"

The striper fishing in the Sandy Hook area remains generally good, although the weather restricts where we can fish much of the time. That was the case this afternoon for the Jack Hamill charter from Spotswood. We tried to get in to the ocean to fish bait, but were turned back by 6-8 foot seas and 30 mph southeast winds. Trolling in the bay started as a very slow pick, but ended up an all out slaughter as the birds began to work. We boxed a limit of bass, released two dozen shorts, and returned to the dock early. 

Captain Stan on the ElainB 2 reports on his first bass trip of the season:

Hi Jay. We are now sailing for Striped Bass every Thursday night 6:30 pm till 11:30 pm. Last Thursday nights trip started off pretty good - drifting eels in Sandy Hook channel on a beautiful night until 8:30 when the wind came through at 35 to 40 knots out of the Northwest so we anchored on the Knolland fished with clams and the Bass were biting until we quit at 10:00. The weather wasn't getting any better.

The annual fall Hi-Mar Fishing Tournament had no rain, but sometimes windy conditions. On Friday Night, most of the fish were caught in the Shrewsbury River and some at the Shrewsbury Rocks. The remainder of the fish, were caught throughout Raritan Bay from the back of the Reach Channel to Sandy Hook Channel. Some entrants were able to run down to Ortley Beach and southern areas to fish pods of bunker, with large bass beneath them. Captains weighed their fish all through the tournament, with the majority of the big fish being weighed on Sunday. The leader board kept changing. The Lady Angler prize went to Kathie Krim on the Jersey Devil, 22.6 lbs.

The largest fish of the tournament was 29.3 lbs. by Brian Rice on the Jersey Devil.

PLACE	BOAT NAME	CAPTAIN	WEIGHT	LOCATION
1st	Tyman	Chuck Many	25.3 & 27.4 = 52.7 lbs	Shrewsbury Rocks
2nd	Jersey Devil	Brian Rice	29.3 & 22.6 = 51.9	Ortley Beach
3rd	Jane Marie	James Stobel	26.2 & 22.5 = 48.7	Seaside Heights
4th	Nauti Boy	Al Dudas	22.5 & 22.2 = 44.7	Back of Reach Channel
5th	Daily Bread	Frank Culligan	20.9 & 21.1 = 42	Rockaway NY waters

http://www.hi-mar.com/tournament_2006.htm

Captain Brian Rice on the "Jersey Devil"

Well the crew of the Jersey Devil has been working hard over the past month or so. We had a tough time at our first FLW Tournament in Jersey City in which we only caught short fish in very tough conditions. We fished the Hi-Mar 40-hour striper tournament over this past weekend and did very well. This is known as one of the biggest local tournaments in our area and we took both Calcutta's and Top Lady Angler and second place overall. We ended up making a 30+ mile run in our 31' Contender to find the fish, so again I want to thank all of our sponsors and supporters. Next stop is the Cape May ASA so hopefully we will back up our win from the June Sandy Hook ASA.

Thanks again.
Captain Brian Rice
Jersey Devil Charters
732-996-6372
www.jerseydevilcharters.com