Tuesday, December 11. 2007
Wednesday, October 31. 2007
captains kevin gerrity and sean carton took john nuss of hazlet and friends on an overnighter to the spencer canyon monday october 29th, 2007. we looked at the sattellite shots and it looked like our best shot for a night bite would be the water in the spencer. after reaching the tip we ran another 10 miles south and set up in 66 degree water with whales and porpoise around the boat. I called capt kevin at 7pm to hear a reel screaming, it was a nice longfin. through the night we landed 6 big longfins and two yellowfins. at daybreak we went 4 for seven on nice yellowfins. an awesome trip for late october, we came home with a dozen tuna on ice and the guys already booking for 2008. this could possibly be our last tuna charter of 2007, the weekend has a storm and a gale warning. if this is how it ends then so be it, it was without question one of our best seasons of all time, the weather, the size of the fish, and the great company. no regrets.
Tuesday, October 23. 2007
capt's jimmy gahm and sean carton took keith vanozzi of ewing and friends on an overnighter to the wilmington canyon sunday october 21,2007. it was our first trip to the wilmington in years and it paid off in dividends. the afternoon troll was uneventful and when we set up for the chunk it didn't look promising. however, at 8pm we boated a 70 pound yellowfin and at 10pm another, shortly thereafter it was mayhem. out came the shimano butterfly jigging system that keith brought and after the smoke cleared, 24 yellowfins from 50-80 pounds and one 45 pound longfin were on ice. calm seas, 77 degree temperature, and an awesome trip, what a way to spend a weekend.
Friday, October 19. 2007
capt's kevin gerrity and sean carton took scott eyester of hatzell and buehler electric of hamilton, nj and friends on an overnighter to the toms canyon. we set up about 7pm and had the first yellowfin at midnight. as expected the rest of the night was uneventful except for getting spooled by a porpoise. at daybreak the fish turned on and we went 9 for 17 on long fins and the last fish of the day which was a 75 pound yellowfin. the guys had a great time and are already talking about next year.
Thursday, October 18. 2007
capt's rick pertshauer and dave bender took russ thistle of toms river back out on the jenny lee for an overnighter tuesday oct 16th. russ and the boys were out with us on august 28th and it was not good. it was our first skunking on an overnighter ever so we felt we owed the boys a good trip. well, we trolled four nice longfins before dark and set up in flat calm seas for the chunk. we knew it was a very late bite but we started to wonder once again if we were snake bitten. at 4am a huge school of 20 pound mahi came under the boat and the guys hit em hard, the tuna showed up at the same time and it was game on. we boated 15 tuna in a short period and lost another 10. four yellowfins were in the 70 pound class and the rest were 45 pound longfins. rick and i felt great for the guys, as we knew in august, they deserved better.
joe and gerry zagorski of njfishing.com and russ shultz along with mike cerami fished with capt's jimmy gahm and sean carton sunday october 13th. we had a great report from the baltimore canyon so we made a game plan and headed south. the baltimore is 120 miles from manasquan and we were concerned for our fuel consumption, so jimmy trolled in and out some 15 miles to assure enough for the long ride is very sporty seas. well, it's nice when a plan comes together, as as soon as the anchor came tight the boys had two nice 75 pound yellowfins on. the night was very good as they went 13 for 21 on big yellowfins. the only complaint was that joe couldn't get his sunday football games on our sat tv, well work on that for 2008.
Tuesday, October 9. 2007
capt's matt muzlay and sean carton took george wehrahan of wall and friends on an overnighter to the spencer canyon thursday october 4th. the troll was good as they boated 6 45 pound longfins before setting up for the night. they added 6 large yellowfins for a total of a dozen tunas. the yellofins were in the 70 pound class, and the weather was awesome.
capt's jimmy gahm and sean carton took john sr & jr montillo of lyndhurst and friends out to the lindenkohl canyon for our fourth overnighter in a row. jimmy opted for the southern canyons partially due to the forecast and some good reports. upon setting the anchor jimmy read the fish and thought it would be a great night. it turned out slow as they boated three 70 pound yellowfins and fought a huge ray for over an hour. the morning troll was good as they went 3 for 7 on 45 pound longfins.
Monday, October 8. 2007
capt's kevin gerrity and dave bender took emidio and paul pinho of cranford and friends on an overnighter to the hudson canyon saturday oct 6th, 2007. all the captains fight to see who gets to take these guys due to the menu. after loading fresh mozzerella, su  presata, cutlets, peppers, well, you get. kevin and i were twix and between on where to go as we had some good reports coming in from the spencer canyon. as we made our way out the inlet we decided to go back to the hudson as we had just had twenty bites. well at 4am it looked like a mistake as we only had three 70 pound yellowfins and one 45 pound longfin in the box. but luck prevailed as we then had a mad dog going for the next hour. we wound up with five 70 pound yellowfins and 9 longfins in excess of fifty pounds. we put 10 tuna in the boat in an hours time, hats off to the guys. we came home in a 20 plus knot northwest wind, but the 14 tunas on ice somehow smoothed out our ride home.
capt's kevin gerrity and dave bender took dr greg shapiro of bucks county,pa and friends on an overnighter to the hudson canyon friday october 5th. we set up in dense fog and had the bait under the boat right away, to the point where we could not keep a sardine in the water for longer that 10 minutes. we picked most of the night landing six yellowfins to 70 plus pounds and equal the amount in longfins. we had a total of twenty bites on the trip, but couldn't seal the deal on some of them. other than the fog, the conditons were amazing. we headed in with 11 tuna on ice.
Thursday, October 4. 2007
capt's rick petschasuer and dave bender took sean ryan of sussex and friends on an overnighter to the hudson canyon tuesday october 2nd, 2007. the ride out was slow due to the swell but we got there in a much calmer ocean. we trolled two 45 pound longfins on the east side, just as we were getting ready to put em back in a large rope drifted under the boat and caught the wheels. as it turned out after speaking with the lobsterman this morning it was an end of a trawl that was cut off by the tilefish longliner. we thought it was a booby trap because that poly ball that was attached to it was inscripted with the words f**K off, but he said that was the name of that particular set. rick went in with the scuba gear and after about a half hour or so we got it off. we set up for the night and had our first fish,a longfin about 8pm. it was at that point that we saw that we had another rope issue, our other prop had a tag end on it as well, that meant that in the daylight we would have to once again go under the boat, this time after chumming all night. well, back to the fishing. we wound up with ten fish, a mix of 70 pound yellowfins and 45 pound longfins. we did troll in the morning to no avail. sean and the guys were absolutley fantastic on this trip, they assisted us in every facite including clearing acres of weed off the trolling lines.
Tuesday, October 2. 2007
capt's jimmy gahm and sean carton took kevin mcarthy and friends of staten island,ny out to the hudson canyon for an overnighter sept 30th 2007. fighting a 20 knot northeast wind capt jimmy trolled the tip for five longfins to 50 lbs when his last bite was the right one. after a few short minutes it was evident to jimmy that he had a bigeye on. the fish went through the charter several times in two hours, but in the end 200lbs of tuna were in the boat. it was capt jimmy's 13th bigeye of the year and the largest to date. the chunk was very good as well as the lonfins were abundant. we boated 20 longfins and three yellowfins by 2am and the boxes were full. many of the chunked fish were caught on shimano butterfly jigs.
Thursday, September 27. 2007
capt's matt muzlay and kevin gerrity took steve and dave raines of armonk,ny and friends on an overnighter to the hudson canyon. this was steve's second trip this season, he boated a nice mako in the mako mania tournament in june. we headed east of the hudson and trolled in very sporty seas, once again the weed was abundant and the troll was non existant. we sent up in 550' of water and by 9pm had two yellowfins in the boat. the rest of the night was tough fishing with the lines run  ning to the bow, but we did manage a total of 8 yellowfins to 80 lbs and two 50 pound longfins. the ride home was slow in a 20plus southwester.
Tuesday, September 25. 2007
capt's jimmy gahm and sean carton took angelo cinqua garra of edison and friends on an overnighter to the hudson canyon sunday sept 23. in what was a calm forecast turned out quite sporty as the winds were blowing 20 plus out of the west. the troll was better than expected as they trolled two yellowfins and two longfins. the chunk bite was awesome as they boated 6 more yellowfins to 78lbs(on the scale) and the largest swordfish on the jenny lee to date. capt jimmy and sean knocked capt matt muzlay out of the top spot. sean is the common denominater in the equasion, as he was on both trips. this fish when he hit took a tuna bait on 60 pound florocarbon leader as well as a 7/0 circle hook. when hooked they had no idea what they were in for. three and a half hours into the fight and he still didn't show himself. the fish went through the whole group many times as well as jimmy and sean, while we were fighting the fish jimmy got upset that the tunas were under the boat, so he went to the bow with the butterfly jig and was on in two seconds with a 70 pound yellowfin. the swordfish came up and jimmy and sean sunk the gaffs and "wow" holy#### it was huge. we could have landed another 10 tuna if we weren't on the swordfish, but it was well worth it.
Sunday, September 23. 2007
capt's kevin gerrity and dave bender had tom and tim cunnigham of colts neck back on the jenny lee friday sept 21st for their second tuna trip of 2007. instead of going back to the crowds in the hudson we thought a move south to the toms canyon was the right ticket. we set up at about 6pm and there were only about a dozen boats in sight. we had another slow night as the fishing has seemed to slow up the past few days. we heard several bad reports from the lindenkohl to the hudson but we had hoped for some good fortune. by day break we boated six yellowfins to 70 lbs. we trolled untill about 10 am with no results so we licked out wounds and headed in. as it turns out we were fortunate to catch the six as all the news from the canyons was bleak. we did hear of some great catches however, so it can only get better.
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