Capt K-Kat Reports
7/4 - Red hot striper bite on Independence Day for Tzvi Bar-David and his family from Riverdale, NY. The bass bit as soon as the baits were in the water, we had a limit of 10 in the box in 45 minutes off of Sandy Hook. 6 more were released, as well as a another dozen missed & broken off. All the fish were caught on fresh bunker heads. It seems that now that the supposed spring bass season is behind us and most of our customers have already done their trips, the fishing is becoming more dependable. Other limit or near-limit catches over the past week include Alan Lambert & crew from Spring Lake, the Mike Mackey group from Hoboken, Michael LaSalvia family from Sayreville, and the Andy Veasey family from Rumson.
Capt Rich 'JUST ONE MORE' FISHING REPORT, 7/5/08
Boy did we loose the big one !! And I mean BIG !! Wednesday, we had aboard, Bluefish Bob Donahue, Flounder Bob Abel and his son Tommy. They wanted to go shark fishing. Sooooooooo we left the dock at 5am July 2. Basically went about 30 miles offshore to a spot I like in very clean green water, but not blue. The water temp. was 68.7 degrees. We set up and started drifting .I was constantly watching the floats and nothing was happening. Around 10 am, with no other signs of life, one of the reels started screaming!! And I mean screaming! The shark took a lot of line before I could even get to the rod. We set the hook and the line kept going out against heavy drag. We got Tommy dressed up in a harness and gimble belt and the fight was on! The 50 lb. line was basically straight out and the reel was more than half empty. He fought it for about 10 minutes when it exploded from the water. It was a HUGH MAKO !!! It cleared the water by at least six feet. No one could believe it and we all looked at each other. It was between 8' and 10' long with a hugh, fat belly!!! This was no 6' shark !! Beautiful dark blue back, silver sides, and white underneath. The splash it made when it landed looked like an explosion went off. All of a sudden, the line went slack. I told Tommy to reel !, reel !, reel ! ,as fast as he could. When he caught up to the mako, it was almost under the boat. He fought it straight up and down, with the rod bent in half with about 17lbs. of drag for about 10 more minutes. Then as quickly as it hit, it was gone. The hook just simply pulled. It was definately the largest mako I have personally seen. It was going to get very sporty with a shark that size when it got next to the boat. We also had another shark hit that bit the bait in half one inch below the hook in a perfect semi-circle shape. That would have been the largest fish ever on the "Just One More". They are all hopped up to go again, and so am I !! I still can't believe the size. It would have won any tournament around, or come very close if someone brought in a large threasher. Next time Tommy !!
