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Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell 
Ambrose Channel/East River - Boat  8/17/2008     20:10: 0 
Species - StripedBass(Rel), Bluefish(Rel), Fluke, Fluke(Rel),  
I fish Sunday with my friend and HRFA member Angelo Giustino. We left the dock at 6:30AM and ran all the way down the end of Ambrose Channel. We caught a lot of shorts and only had two keepers.Went up the East River had fish there small bass 24 inchs and a lot of blues. There was so much boat traffic in the River we call it a early day. We had a reat time the weather was great and we did catch fish, what more can you ask for.

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell 
Ambrose Channel/East River - Boat  8/16/2008     10:00AM 
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel), Bluefish, Bluefish(Rel), Fluke, Fluke(Rel),  
Fish on WeighPoint Sport Fishing Charters on Sat. We went fluking and had alot of fish with the biggest keeper being 8lb 2oz We had alot of shorts and sea robbins. Then we hit the East River and caught a lot of Blues we fill the cooler up. Also we ran into some Bass and had one Keeper and alot of shorts. Great day on the water and a funday on WeighPoint SportFishing Charters. Good job Capt.Ralph Roth

ChasBo 
Anywhere? - Boat  8/16/2008     8:11:17 
Species - Bluefish(Rel), Bluefish(Rel), Bluefish(Rel),  
Come on Fish Buddies, give us some chatter as to what the action is out there in Raritan Bay, and NY Harbour. It is a 2 hour hall with my boat, and I want to come down, but not if nothing is happening. Tell us all something, even if it is nothing?

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell 
Nortons Point/Ambrose Channel - Boat  8/9/2008     14:14:20 
Species - Bluefish, Bluefish(Rel), Fluke, Fluke(Rel),  
Went out Sat morning and went down Ambrose Channel on the way down we stop by Nortons Point to catch some blues under the working birds there were tons of birds and lot's of blues kept 10 blues and released a lot more. After that fish the outgoing tide down the Ambrose at the 7 can had lot of fluke with the biggest one being 22 inchs at 4lbs also one other 4lb and two 3lb fish. Had atotal of 8 keeper fluke all were very fat lots of nice fillets.

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell 
Ambrose Channel - Boat  8/ 3/2008     19:52:32 
Species - Fluke, Fluke(Rel), SeaRobins,  
We got a early start today and it look like it was going to be a great day for fluke fishing, wrong. The wind was blowing and we had wind against tide for most of the day. We were using 12oz in the channel and still had a problem holding bottom. We caught about 12 fluke. The biggest fluke caught by Lori was 24 inchs and a fat 7lb. 2oz nice fish caught at the 19 can in the channel. I also caught a 20.5 inch fluke down by the 10 can. Overall not to bad of a day. Bait used was large spearing and squid, and some sea robins.

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell 
Point Pleasant - Boat  7/27/2008     9:49:34 
Species - Fluke, Fluke(Rel),  
Was down Darren house this weekend and took the kids out for some fluke fishing. We went out to the manasquan inlet and caught six fluke, only had two keepers that Jake Cardinal caught. We were using peanut bunker that I caught at the dock behind the house. Had to make it a short day the storms came in and got a little wet on the ride back also had my brother inlaw Joe Cerro out with us he caught a few fluke also. There were a lot of boats out and a lot of traffic in that area. Overall the kids had a fun day. I will be back fishing the Harbor this comming weekend.The biggest fluke down there was 19 inchs.

Tom HUNGRY Guyre 
Hoffman, West Bank, Ambrose - Boat  7/14/2008     09: 01 :01 
Species - Fluke, Fluke(Rel), Bigdogs&Bird,  
Went out Monday to a wet start, wind was light, outgoing tide. waited til 7:30 to launch because thunder boomers were passing through. Once we arrived south of the VZ we went to work on tagging fluke.The channel was ripping, could not hold with 10 ounces on so we went in around Hoffman and swinburn. Did I mention I was wearing and catching SHORTS.

Came to Jersey and put a 19.5 and an 18 incher in the box. Total for the day between the 2 of us was about 15 fluke, 10 Birds, and 2 dogs. It was a day of catchin!
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CAPT. RICH 
Sandy Hook, N.J. - Boat  7/15/2008     8:21: 6 
Species - Fluke, Fluke(Rel),  
The largest fluke ever landed on the "Just One More" was boated on Friday, the 11th. of July. We had aboard the Shawn Mallery charter. We were fishing in pretty deep water, about 45'. We had plenty of short fluke and some more keepers as well. A lot of the fluke were just under the limit at about a 1/4" to 1/2" below the legal size. Havi Rodreguez had never been salt water fishing before and broke in with some fluke and sea robins. Around 11am, he started reeling in a fish and thought he was stuck on the bottom or the drag was too light. I slighlty tightened the drag and the "bottom" started to move! After a short battle it was netted and I immediately weighed it. The fluke was 10.1 lbs. !! It was the largest ever landed on this "Just One more" or my last boat. We had come close many times but never broke the magical 10 lb. mark. But Havi did it!! It was a beautiful fish that measured 28.5" long!! Congratulations Havi !! Pictures will follow in a later email as I forgot the camera on the boat.

We need 1-2 more anglers for the OPEN BOAT fluke trip this Wednesday the 16th. of July. $80.00 per head fishing from 7am to 1pm. Just give me a call at 908-472-2684.
THANKYOU.

CAPT. RICH NEWALLIS JR.
'JUST ONE MORE' SPORTFISHING
www.just1morecharters.com

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell 
Shrewsbury Rocks - Boat  7/12/2008     19:53:46 
Species - Fluke, Fluke(Rel), SeaBassandLing,  
Went out Sat. 7/12/08. Got a envite from HRFA member and good friend Angelo Giustino to fish on his boat out of Sandy Hook area.Fish with Angelo, Lori Knospler, and myself Chuck Lots Of Luck. We got a early start and got to the Rocks early. We fish for sea bass and had a lot of shorts and also caught 8 keeper sea bass all over 14 inchs. Also Lori had two keeper Fluke one 20.5 inchs and the other 19.5 inchs. Also we pick up a few ling. Caught some short fluke and lost a ton of rigs in the rocks but we had a great day fishing and joking around. It's nice to get out with friends that you don't see all the time we had a blast.

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell 
East River and VZ Bridge - Boat  7/11/2008     19:40:43 
Species - Bluefish, Bluefish(Rel), Fluke, Fluke(Rel),  
Went out Friday 7/11/08 at 6:00 AM. Took out HRFA member Lori Knospler and her daughter Shannon. We hit the East River for the outgoing and caught some nice size bluefish. Had a total of 8 blues with the biggest one being 9lbs 33 inchs all other blues were in the 6-7 lbs range there were birds working all over the river. After that went down below the VZ and caught some short fluke by the C can. As we were fluking Shannon caught a 14 inch sea bass the kid had a great time. Then I fish the incomming for Fluke and we had 7 keepers with the biggest Fluke at 4.5lbs and one at 4lb. and the others just over 20.5 inchs. Bait for the day was big Spearing and squid.

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell 
Rockaway Reef - Boat  7/ 8/2008     20:58:19 
Species - Fluke, Fluke(Rel), SeaBass, SeaRobinsandBigDogFish,  
We got a early start today Lori Knospler and myself set out to go to Rockaway Reef to do some sea bass fishing. We got there and the first drop we made we caught a lot of sea bass all under size. Made a few more drops and we caught two keeper sea bass at 15 inchs the rest of the sea bass were shorts, but we had a lot of action. After that we were drifting whole clams along the out side edge of the Reef for Fluke. We had 6 keepers one at 5.5lbs,two at 4lbs ,one at 3lbs and two 20.5 inch Fluke. We also had some big Dog Fish with the biggest fish being 4 feet long we caught them on whole clams. The weather was good and the sea was calm.

Tom Guyre 
Ambrose Ch Green 21 - Boat  7/ 7/2008     9:21: 4 
Species - Fluke, Fluke(Rel),  
Drifted BIG BAIT on the channels edge just east of Hoffman island. My son Joel was high hook with 10 fluke. He put a 3 lb. 21.5 incher in the box. Only to be beated by his 6 year old nephew Robbie, who put a 3.5 lb. 22 incher in the box. Thats my Grandson! I tagged 6 with ALS tags. Some were Jersey keepers.

OUCH!
comment - TOM GUYRE -
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christian hoops 
pochuck creek - Surf  6 /30/2008     0:17:44 
Species - Smallmouth(Rel), smallmouthbass,  
this was the largest smallmouth i ever caught!to think it was in a river right next to my house.caught at dusk on A #3 blue fox spinner,I estimate it was 2o in and 4lb.

freddie the j 
castleton - Boat  6/29/2008     11 am 
Species - freshwaterdrum,  
Caught a five pound drum on a piece of worm near the railroad bridge abutment just south of castleton. Had to be over 20 inches long, didn't have my tape measure. biggest one I have ever caught, fought like a son of a gun.

Bob Fanslau 
HRFA WRECK - Boat  6/21/2008 9:37:39 
Species - Mako, Hammerhead, &blueshark,  
Fished the Mako mania tournament between Me , Kevin, & Sergio, we boated (9) sharks (1) 5 1/2Ft Mako, (1)4 Ft Hammerhead, and (7) more blue sharks all from a mix of 3 1/2 Ft to around 6 Foot all caught over our wreck the HRFA Wreck, what a day to remember

Lot's Of Luck Chuck Mitchell 
Hudson River - Boat  6/28/2008     20: 1:10 
Species - Bluefish, Fluke, Fluke(Rel),  
On Sat June 28 Lori Knospler and my self went out to try and catch some fluke. We hit the water at 6:00 AM.The day start out slow with some bird action by the VZ which produced blue fish played around with the blues for awhile and boated 10 fish. Went back to fluking and we caught about 50 fluke. Out of that we had 10 keeper fluke one at 5.5lbs,two at 4lbs, and one at 3.5 and the rest over 20.5 inchs. all fish were over the New York size limit.The bait for the day that work was gulp. It was a long day got back to the dock at 4:30 PM. But it was worth it. Had a great day.

joanne 
keyport - Boat  6/06/2008     16:58:13 
Species - Fluke(Rel),  
out fish capt bob on the circle hook
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Lots of Luck Chuck Mitchell 
New York Harbor - Boat  6/23/2008 7:40:25 
Species - StripedBass(Rel), Bluefish, Bluefish(Rel), Fluke, Fluke(Rel),  
Went out on Sunday with lori knospler and her daugther Shannon. We hit a few spots for Fluke and caught 3 keeper fluke all over 21 inchs and had a lot of shorts. Then we went up the East River and had lots of action with blues kept a few and released alot. The only bass we caught was a 20 inch striper that Shannon caught on a jig. Over all good day came back in before the storm. All fluke, blues and bass were caught on jigs. Bucktail and diamond jigs.

ChasBo 
Raritan Bay, Great Kills Harbor - Boat  6/21/2008     7: 7:29 
Species - StripedBass(Rel), StripedBass(Rel),  
On the water at 7:15 and caught up with the birds/Blues between Great Kills, and Verizanno Bridge. They stayed active for about an hours then disapeared. We got them to surface, but not as many hook ups as usual. We worked all rock piles the rest of the day and produced a contiuous mixed bag of Stripers/Blues. All at least 8+ Lbs. We called it a day about 3PM and went into Great Kills Harbor from were we launched. Surprise, the harbor was full of bunker, and Gorrilla Blues. Forced to stay another two hours we had our fill of muscle tesing Gorilla's. Great Fishing, Great weather, Great Kills. I would love to see more of you telling your tails so as to help with where they are biting best, and keeping this report page alive.

Lots of Luck Chuck Mitchell 
New York Harbor - Boat  6/15/2008 20:47:41 
Species - Fluke, Fluke(Rel),  
Sat. myself and Laura Knospler fish the JCAA fluke tournament. We had fluke from 3lbs 4lbs and one 5.58 lbs at 25 inchs that fluke took 6th place in the tournament. We had five keeper fluke at the New York size limit. Also we caught a lot of 17 to 18 inch fluke. The bait for the day that work was squid and large spearing.Had a great day on the river just got caught in the rain at the dock.

Fred Rung 
Raritan Bay - Boat  6/8/2008     06:00AM - 1:00 PM 
Species - Bluefish(Rel), Bluefish(Rel), Bluefish(Rel), Fluke(Rel), Fluke,  
Went out with my cousin John and we caught all the blues from 1 - 4 pounds you would ever want. You could troll, cast to breaking schools or fish bait on the bottom to hit them. Had double & triple headers on the boat going all morning.
Switched over to fluke and caught a couple of throwbacks in the hole in the bay. Then the crowd closed in so we went over to the ammo pier. After stopping along the way to catch some breaking blues we caught a 22 and 18 inch keeper right next to the restricted zone. All in all a nice day on the water.

ChasBo 
Raritan Bay - Boat  6/ 9/2008     10:21:13 
Species - Bluefish(Rel),  
I went to get my yearly parking pemit for Great Kills yesterday, and brought the boat, just in case. Well, it looked Ok out there for my 16' Bass Tracker, and my son and I headed out about 4PM. Birds everywhere, and blues, blues, blues. I said to my son, "We Got Da Blues." His first cast caught 2 on one. We caught, not fished, for 2 hours, and left them biting with the T-Storms moving in. What a great Sunday trip from Newburgh we had.

Lots of Luck Chuck Mitchell 
East River and Hudson River - Boat  6/ 9/2008 7:50:39 
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel), Bluefish, Bluefish(Rel),  
Fish Sunday 6/8/08.Myself and Lori Knospler fish the end of the outgoing tide early in the east river and caught over 50 cocktail blues in the river, they were all over the river. We also caught small bass up tp 24 inchs. Then we fish the incoming tide in the Hudson River and caught a 20lb Bass. Had a great day on the water. Did not see to many people out fishing that day maybe the heat or gas prices.All bass were caught on eels.

Tom HUNGRY Guyre 
Leonardo - Boat  6/ 2/2008     11:27:28 
Species - Fluke(Rel),  
Made drifts all morning from Earl to almost the atlantic highlands.
lot of wind, drift was faster than I prefer, with wind against tide most of the day. I managed to land 6 short Fluke largest was 17.75 inches. That one hurt! 2 were under 12 inches. three out of six went back with ALS tags. Around 1:30 the cocktail blues came in and the hot action begun. My fishin buddy and I put 12 in the boat before they were gone. 3 on a troll on the way into the beach. All in all a very good day of fishing.

Lots of Luck Chuck Mitchell 
East River - Boat  6/ 1/2008 20: 9:33 
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel), Bluefish, Bluefish(Rel),  
Went out early today and hit the East River we had ten bass all 32 inch to 37 inch and 12 Blue Fish 8 to 10lbs. We fish the end of incoming and some of the out going. The weather was great it just got a little windy on the way back in. Over all a great day on the water. Chuck and Angelo
comment - Tim -
What did you use for those bass and blus in the East River, Chuck?
Bunker? Eels?
comment - Lots of Luck Chuck M -
I use eels



CAPT. RICH 
Raritan Bay - Boat  5/28/2008     7:25: 7 
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel), Bluefish, Bluefish(Rel),  
The BIG BASS are in ! On may 20, the Jeff Grabiac charter had a full limit of striped bass to 38'. All nice big fat ones. We started off the day casting to breaking bluefish in the bay for constant action. We landed and released 40 blues. On the 21st. the Bobby and Pete Daly charter had a full limit of striped bass also up to 38'. plenty of bluefish as well. On the 22nd. the Frank Blanch charter had 50 bluefish caught casting. They were hitting metals of any kind and Frank was having a ball with the top water plugs. He kept trying to see how many bluefish he could pull the plug away from ! Great strikes. On Friday, the Bill Stephens charter from New Century Transportation had a great day with the bluefish again, casting to them. But only had a pick of bass. Saturday, Bluefish Bob Donahue was out with a great day on the big stripers. He had a full limit of stripers to 40" and 20 lbs. Again, plenty of bluefish were caught in the morning casting to the birds. On Sunday, the Frank Mimichetti charter had a really good day catching stripers. A full limit was landed with others released. Frank not only caught the largest striped bass of his life, but also the largest fish of his life!! It was a beauty at 30 lbs. !!! Monday saw another limit of striped bass for the Don Moser charter. Another full limit was caught and more released. Don had the largest of the day at 40".
Soooo........... the big bass are in. Time to go !! The water temperature has only been in the mid to high 50's. We will be catching these fish thru June and into July. Open dates in June are 24, 25, 26. July 1, 2, 4, 6, 7-11. We could even do a striper and fluke combo.

Below you will find 2 shots from the Don Moser charter mentioned above. Hope to see you soon ! THANKYOU.

CAPT. RICH NEWALLIS JR.
'JUST ONE MORE' SPORTFISHING
www.just1morecharters.com
908-472-2684


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val grimley 
lower hudson - Surf  5/26/2008     13:39: 7 
Species - Carp(Rel),  
we caught and released many carp, we had 13 over 20lbs and 2 over 30lbs.The biggest was 34lbs even.The carp were caught on different baits from maize to boilies(boilied flavored dough balls)Hard fighting fish..even the smaller ones!!

freddie the j 
Albany - Boat  5/27/2008     9:11:57 
Species - StripedBass, herring,  
After putting in about 60 hours of fishing since mid April, finally got two on Sunday, May 24. One 23", one 32", both on live herring just north of the port in about 22 feet of water. Also fished Saturday and Monday, no hits. Still plenty of herring.

marc 
catskill - Boat  5/26/2008     6am 
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel),  
Had 3 runs in 20 minutes on live herring. Boated 2.

1-41' with tag 29#

1- 37' 20#



Lots of Luck Chuck Mitchell 
Sandy Hook - Boat  5/26/2008 19: 9:45 
Species - Bluefish,  
Went out on Sunday early to try to catch some fluke down Sandy Hook. Ran into birds at the Sandy Hook Channel and caught seven blues from 8 to 12 lbs. Did not have any luck with the fluke maybe next weekend.

Sea Sons 
Newburgh - Boat  5/26/2008 14:13:13 
Species - StripedBass(Rel),  
Catching Stripers on the outgoing tide this morning 7:30-10 Bite was on!!! Fish from 12-29 inches. Used sand worms 4ft off the bottom 2-3 oz sinker. Plum pt 42ft deep.

Todd 
Newburgh, NY - Boat  5/23/2008 23:11:48 
Species - StripedBass(Rel),  
We caught 1 26", 1 25". 1 19" and 1 17". All were caught on blood worms on the rising tide.

Ray 
Highlands Bulkhead - Surf  5/21/2008 15:53:12 
Species - Bluefish, SeaRobins,  
Caught 2 nice Blues about 7lbs on bunker after realsing about I,m not kidding about 15 sea robins, They were biting like Bluegills in fresh water beautiful day to be out.No rain gown there.

Tom HUNGRY  
Hoffman Island - Boat  5/21/2008     12:27: 9 
Species - Fluke(Rel), Skates&32,  
Hi all,
Tagged and released my first Fluke of the year, a 17" fish just off Hoffman island, caught on killie. It was a nice day, got to watch all the fleet week action up close.

marc 
catskill - Boat  5/20/2008     6;15am 
Species - StripedBass,  
Caught 2 stripers in 15 minutes on live herring. 37'-20# and the other 43'- 31#
Good morning fishing. Saw many stripers caught this morning

George S 
New Hamburgh - Boat  5/17/2008 12:30 1 
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass,  
Drifted out going tide in the flats,lost 2 big fish,while landing 2, 1-42 inch weighing in at just under 30lbs,and another 37 1/2 at 23lbs. all hooked with bloodworms.

Lots of Luck Chuck Mitchell 
New York Harbor - Boat  5/17/2008 8:46: 4 
Species - StripedBass(Rel),  
Fish on Friday May 16 2008. Fish with capt Ralph Roth WeighPoint SportFishing Charters and his crew from Old Harbor Outfitters in the Manhattan Cup in New York City. The largest catch and release tournament in New York. The day started out with helping a boater that his engines went out my the Morris Canel and his Mako daul outboard fishing boat was slamming up into the jetty rocks. So we stop and help him get off the rocks and tow him into Liberty Marina. Then we got on our way to Chelsa Piers to pick up our clients. We left to go fishing then we saw a other boater that had engine problems and stop to help him then we lost one of our throttle cables so we were stuck in the Hudson, Quick thinking and we made a quick repair and we were on our way to fishing grounds. what a start to the day, But it all work out. We caught seven big bass and five bluefish. We return to Chelsa Pier for the Weigh In and WeighPoint Sport Fishing won the Manhattan Cup bait division for the largest bass over 30lbs

striperdrw 
esopus flats - Boat  5/16/2008     6:13:21 
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel),  
came down from buffalo for 10days. fished black creek and esopus flats only. camped on esopus island for 3 days. 14ft. blue boat, many saw me out there. did great this year. 3-8#'s, 1-10#, 3-19#'s, 1-20#, and on thursday 5/8 at dead low tide 1100 am, landed a 36#, 42" fish, getting mounted. also had one snap my line. great year, good luck all, see you next year. oh yeah, all on live herring, which were the easiest to catch in recent years.

Ray L. 
Chart House Pier - Surf  5/14/2008 20:28:27 
Species - Fluke,  
Caught and released 2 Fluke one 17.5inches and one 25onches 3lbs on bucktails incoming tide

Joe M 
1/4 mile before Newburgh bridge on the south side - Boat  5/13/2008     5:45 
Species - StripedBass,  
I wasnt out there 15 minutes and this one hit pretty hard!! After that we were marking fish all over by the bridge area, but no takers.

boatname-PLAYTIME

Jason G 
Hudson river - Boat  5/13/2008     4:30 pm 
Species - StripedBass,  
Nice 19 pound 34" striper. Their out there going back out all day tomorrow.

christian hoops hrfa e board member and merchandiser 
pochuck creek - Surf  5/12/2008     23:37:10 
Species - Smallmouth(Rel), Bass, largemouthsmallmouthandrock,  
This creek is about 1000 feet from my home in pine island NY. I moved hear last july and only fished it once catching one nice largemouth.I just wanted to see what was in thier? It was the first time I ever caught all three species in one day.pretty cool a sweet water bass slam. fish from 12 inches to 18.At dusk mothers day

Richard A Saville 
Castleton-on-Hudson - Surf  5/9/2008     10:30 am 
Species - StripedBass,  
42 inches long

27 inch girth

38 pounds

caught on live bait right off the docks of the Castleton Boat Club looks like the fish will be here for their annual striped bass tournament for the weekend of May 17th and 18th 2008

bubbabass 
NY/NJ BIGHT - Boat  5/10/2008     23:55:30 
Species - StripedBass, Bluefish, StripedBass, Bluefish,  
went out for the derby. tough bite today for us. nothing like watching everyone around you pick shorts. took awhile.2 keeper bass to 32", 1 nice blue about 7 pounds...fresh clams

Capt. Art 
Old Orchard , Romer Shoals - Boat  5/7/08 8:00 _ 18:00 
Species - StripedBass(Rel), Bluefish(Rel), StripedBass(Rel), Bluefish(Rel),  
Caught in excess of 50 plus blues to 13 lbs. trolling and chunking. Clammed Romer on outgoing nothing but skates. Clammed SE of Romer and caught 6 bass to 35". Trooled the ammo pier edge of channel and caught 1 blue and 6 nice bass to 36". Later Capt. Art

Btal 
kingston area - Boat  5/ 9/2008     14: 1:20 
Species - StripedBass,  
Went out yesterday only for a couple of hours trolling didn't have much luck. Going out hopefully saturday. Anyone think the rain is gonna hinder saturadys luck?

CAPT. RICH 
Raritan bay - Boat  5/ 9/2008     7:11:22 
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel), Bluefish, Bluefish(Rel),  
The striped bass run is in full swing! On monday, the Keith Reardon, Mick and Marty Golabek charter limited out with striped bass to 31". Shorts were released and the bluefish were everywhere. On Tuesday, the Scott Lavenberg charter had another limit of striped bass up to a high of 36". They are getting bigger. Also, plenty of bluefish were landed as well. On wednesday, we had aboard the Steve Shoemaker charter from PA. We started out with plenty of bluefish. Made a move, more bluefish and then we finally got the bass going , but when the strong south wind came up, the bite stopped, even with the blues! They landed bass to 33". I had a high of 63.2 degrees water temp. on some of those warm days. And the water must be warming up as there are spots in the bay with algea blooms. Fishing will only pick up now on the down side of the moon, and after this storm.
Afternoon / evening trips are available for the months of May and June. Dates left to charter are winding down. Nothing in May for a day trip. Day trips available in June are: 17, 18, 24, 25, 26 THAT'S IT ! ******** July, 1, 2, 4, 6. Striper and fluke combo anyone ??

Below you will find Bob Stiers with his striper on one of the open boat trips and Joe Ruscica with one of his bass on a recent charter.

THANKYOU,

CAPT. RICH NEWALLIS JR.
"JUST ONE MORE" SPORTFISHING
www.just1morecharters.com
908-472-2684


Jaycr3183 
Kingston Area - Boat  5/ 7/2008     19: 8:37 
Species - StripedBass(Rel),  
Lots of good marks out there today, trolled most of the day and did well just as the tide turned for the incoming. Largest today was 44 inch caught trolling. Good luck and tight lines all.

Joel Black 
Newburgh Bridge to RR station - Boat  5/ 7/2008     18:36:29 
Species - StripedBass(Rel),  
My niece caught this one and s few others today in 34' drifting a worm down 18'. For the last 4 days fishing has been best on the incoming tide. Its a shame I have to go back to Wisconsin tomorrow.
Joel Black Report photo

racerx 
sharrots pier staten island - Surf  5/ 4/2008     13: 4:16 
Species - Bluefish(Rel),  


DAVID DILLER 
ENGLEWOOD BOAT BASIN - Surf  5/ 6/2008     7:45:00 
Species - Catfish(Rel),  
My first catch of the season. Used some bunker another fisherman gave me. (Normally I use shrimp.) Weight was about 10lbs. Very healthy looking. Swam away as soon as I tossed him back.

Jerry 
Below Schodack Island State Park - Boat  5/ 5/2008     5:15 P.M. 
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass, StripedBass,  
Striper was 38 inches long, weighed 20 lb. 8 oz. and was caught on live bait (herring)

Chillycon 
Newburgh-Beacon Bridge - Surf  5/ 6/2008     20:51:17 
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel),  
Fished yesterday from 9am to 2pm caught alot,4 of them range 18" to 26". All caught on Bloodworm.

Todd 
Newburgh, NY - Boat  5/ 6/2008 20:50:33 
Species - StripedBass(Rel),  
We caught 14 Stripers. Two 31",two 23" two 21" the rest 20" and under.

All caught on bloodworms on the rising tide.

These fish were caught between batterman Island and the Newburgh Beacon Bridge.

Tom  
NY/NJ BIGHT - Boat  5/ 5/2008     07: 15:00 
Species - Bluefish, Bluefish(Rel),  
Pushed the old Jon boat off the beach just north of the state $$LAUNCH$$ in Leonardo. There's a dirt road a Yak fishermen showed me. Good launch for you guys with light boats.

Windy at sun up, but the blues were all over the place, 7 to 10 lbs. Wind died down but action didn't. Great fun was had by all.

Joe B 
Albany area - Boat  5/ 5/2008     14:24:34 
Species - StripedBass,  
Tons of boats out there now - Rensslear Docks will not be going in anytime soon - State told them they were illegal - they ordered new ones...will take awhile...Lots of bait...come on in Mr. Striper...

JayG 
Newburgh bay by Dennings - Boat  5/ 4/2008     12:28:44 
Species - StripedBass(Rel),  
Caught 8 stripers. 12 pounds was biggest, 8lbs, 6lbs and the rest smalls. 1/2 on Bloodworm, 1/2 on sandworms. The slack and incoming tide was great..then died off.

Blackdog 
Hudson River North West of Croton Point South - Boat  5/ 3/2008     10:29:59 
Species - StripedBass,  
Hooked a 28" 16lb Stripper on Clam. Released 18" and a handful of little strippers

Jaycr3183 
Kingston "Area" - Boat  5/ 4/2008 21:45:40 
Species - StripedBass, Theriverwasdead,  
Welllll fished all day from Kingston to 10 miles south and 5 miles north......Couldnt fidn one solid school of fish. Very sparadic, not even alot of big marks. Tried trolling and live bait. Nothing. Seems to be the name of the game today out there from everyone out there. Who knows, maybe this week

Lots of Luck Chuck Mitchell 
Lower Bay and New York Harbor - Boat  5/ 4/2008 20:22:28 
Species - StripedBass, Bluefish,  
Chuck and Lori went out this morning a little fog had live bunker. Fish down by Old Orchard got blues to 10lbs. On the way back made a stop in the Harbor and pickup a 30 inch bass 14lbs.
Nice day on the water maybe more bass will be around next week if we get some good weather.

Hornet 
south of bride - Boat  5/ 3/2008     12:52: 5 
Species - StripedBass,  
Pick up a nice 10lb stiper and a small schoolie on bloods.Seems like its time to be out there as much as you can because its started.

Sullyonhudson 
Newburgh - Boat  5/ 2/2008 19:55: 1 
Species - StripedBass(Rel),  
Trolled all day...7 fish, all small. Fish scarce today. Saw a few meat guys catch some small ones.
Sully

P.J.'s 
newburgh - Boat  05/01/08 5pm - 9pm 
Species - StripedBass,  
cold and windy last night, tried trolling and worms. Fish were all over the place No takers.

Jolly Roger 
Kingston Area - Boat  5/ 1/2008      
Species - StripedBass,  
A 47 lb---37 lb.--- and a 19 lb. Striped Bass. Weighted in at Certified Marine Marina. Worms and Herring both are working well.

sullyonhudson 
Dennings Point - Boat  5/ 1/2008     13:35:44 
Species - StripedBass(Rel), StripedBass(Rel),  
Sorry, this is a late report. Last Sunday (4/27)caught about 30 stripers mostly 4-7 lbs, largest at 12 lbs. We were out for 10 hours, trolling the entire time between NBB bridge and Dennings Point, 22-34' of water. All colors worked. Temp down 20' was 46 degrees, 52 surface.

Lou the Coffeeman 
Piiermont Pier - Surf  5/ 1/2008     11: 9:39 
Species - StripedBass(Rel),  
Hi Guys,

I went to Piermont Pier and hunkered down on the South Side. I was appalled at the amount of litter that surrounded me. I was so disenchanted as I can't believe how thoughtless and ignorant people can be. I have lost my hope for the human race since I see how we abuse our environment. And I know it's not the regular's fault but I couldn't help venting about this. So, like a good and concerned citizen, I cleaned it all up and nearly filled a garbage barrel with the crap that I picked up just in arms length of where I was standing. Since when is drinking allowed? I picked up more beer bottles than a liquor store! Unfortunately, I think I'm shoveling crap against the tide! By the way, no fish were caught but certainly lots of garbage...PEACE

Fletch 
South of Bannerman's - Boat  4/29/2008     9:23:41 
Species - StripedBass(Rel),  
Lost 2 and released 1 17" shortie. Plenty of fins on the finder just light action. Water needs to warm up a tad. Be back next week.

clint 
denning point - Boat  4/27/2008     21:16:39 
Species - Catfish(Rel),  
don,t know think my fish finder was lying to me. the only thing i caught was catfish and small one at that

George C 
1/2 mile southof Newburgh Bridge, beacon side - Boat  4/26/2008     8.00 
Species - StripedBass,  
We werent marking alot of fish. On thursday 4/24 same spot we were marking tons offish but no luck!

Kirk 
Newburgh - Boat  4/27/2008 
Species - StripedBass, Catfish,  
Water Temp 52 Incoming Tide started catching schoolie stripers and catfish..halfway through the incoming tide bait used bloodworms..... SEA SONS BLOOMINGBURG NEW YORK

tKirk 
Newburgh - Boat  4/27/2008 
Species - StripedBass, Catfish,  
Water Temp 52 Incoming Tide started catching schoolie stripers and catfish..halfway through the incoming tide bait used bloodworms..... SEA SONS BLOOMINGBURG NEW YORK

freddie the j 
albany - Boat  4/26/2008     10: 6:13 
Species - herring, shad,  
Fished Saturday and Sunday, from the I-90 bridge south to below the Normanskill. High tide and falling. Herring and shad near the bridge, one good run off down below the port but couldn't hook him. Try next weekend on a rising tide.

CAPT. RICH 
Raritan bay - Boat  4/28/2008     8:15:15 
Species - StripedBass, Bluefish, Flounder,  
Hello to all my fellow fishing friends out there. There has been a variety of different species caught aboard the "Just One More" lately. Last Tuesday we had aboard the Tom Smith charter and stripers were landed on clams up to 31". Wednesday we had aboard the Scott Lavenberg charter and we had striped bass and bluefish. The bluefish seem to be everywhere in the bay. On Thursday, the Dave Taub charter had, what I think is the last gasp of winter flounder, and a mix of bluefish. Friday, the Bob Abel charter had a "Sandy Hook Spring Grand Slam". They landed striped bass, bluefish, and winter flounder ! With the water temps. up over 50 degrees and all the bluefish in the bay, the winter flounder will make a hasty retreat. With some more nice weather predicted for the end of this week, the striped bass fishing should break wide open.
Dates left to charter are: April 30. June 5, 16, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26. With the striped bass season starting late this year, those June dates should really be super fishing.
The next OPEN BOAT DATE, not filled is June 4. Come fishing by yourself or with a family member or friend. 7 am to 2 pm. Everything included as usual. $100.00 per head. This is a great way to get out by yourself and fish if you can't find enough people to charter the whole boat. And always, lot's of laughs !!!!

THANKYOU,

CAPT. RICH NEWALLIS JR.
'JUST ONE MORE' SPORTFISHING
908-472-2684
www.just1morecharters.com


Lots of Luck Chuck Mitchell 
Raritan Bay - Boat  4/28/2008 4: 7:16 
Species - Bluefish,  
Fish down the Bay caught a ton of bunker then went bass fishing we were live line bunker and caught a ton of blues in the 8 to 10lbs. The cooler was filled. Got a few short bass nothing to talk about. Had a great day fish with Capt. Ralph Roth, Capt Steve Cherry, Lori Knaspler and myself.Will have to try and get the bass next week

Jaycr3183 
Kingston Area - Boat  4/27/2008 23:16:54 
Species - StripedBass(Rel),  
Fished the evening out on the river, pulled plugs, went 4 for 7 on fish, most came on riggers, painted alot of good marks today. Kept 1 for the pan. Biggest was maybe 35 inches. Good luck to all, tight lines.

george mentiply 
troy ny - Surf  4/27/2008     8: 8: 2 
Species - StripedBass(Rel), herin,  
not much going on yet 1 more week had only one run all day

Joel Black 
Newburgh Bridge to Plum Point - Boat  4/25/2008     14:36:26 
Species - StripedBass(Rel),  
We fished Newburgh all week drifting blood worms. We caught plenty of schoolies, but nothing to brag about yet.

Todd 
Newburgh, NY - Boat  4/25/2008 18: 9:33 
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel),  
On april 25th Between 10:00 AM and 2:00 PM we caught 3 Stripers on Blood worms two Schoolies and one 26 inch 8lb. 8 0z. Fish. the fish finder marked alot of school fish throughout the day.

Enjoy the run

Robert Litz 
Kingston - Boat  4/20&23/2008     9:21:38 
Species - StripedBass,  
Launched for first time on Sun. caught 2 (schoolies) lost one trolling. Weds. fished 8am - 2pm from Kingston Rhinecliff bridge to almost Marlboro and only washed lures. Some fish deep and on the bottom. I marked more fish Sun.

Marc 
catskill - Boat  4/23/2008     6;45am 
Species - StripedBass,  
Caught a 41'- 30# striper drifting on a live herring. What a fight.

Look at picture on riverbasinsports.com

Scott Baker 
Peekskill, NY - Boat  4/22/2008     16:31:28 
Species - StripedBass,  
Hit my Peekskill spot for the first time this year with nothing to show. Not even a run off!!!! Used fresh cut bunker. Will try again tomorrow.

Marc 
Catskill - Boat  4/22/2008     8am 
Species - StripedBass(Rel),  
Two strippers on live herring driting from a boat. Both around 32". Finally starting to see some action.

kevin 
haverstraw,ny - Surf  4/20/08 
Species - Largemouth(Rel),  
caught a couple of small smallmouth bass at the docks of the haverstraw marina

GARY 
south of albany - Surf  4/21/2008     19:34:42 
Species - StripedBass,  
I CAUGHT A 34 INCHER AND A FRIEND OF MINE GOT A 23 INCHER .HERRING ARE EVERY WHERE
AND THE STRIPERS ARE CHASING

Jaycr3183 
Kingston Area - Boat  4/20/2008 21:16:55 
Species - StripedBass(Rel),  
Trolled most of the day today, Yes it wa very expensive. Ended up with 4 Fish from 14-37 inches. All on flat line. Beautiful Day. Painted alotta good marks, wont be long now, I would say in about another week you will see things explode.

Steve Niemis 
Hudson River Glasco,NY - Boat  4/17/2008     21: 1:41 
Species - StripedBass,  
2 Stripers caught 1 41 inches 33 lbs and 1 31 inches ..Both caught on chunk herring.

clint 
newburg/fishfill creek area - Boat  4/19/2008     19:47:10 
Species - Catfish(Rel),  
didn't have good luck today with the stripers...maybe because i had the wife and kids with me fished from 10am to 2pm

Rosenite 
west point area - Boat  4/19/2008     18:18:31 
Species - StripedBass, StripedBass(Rel),  
5 20-24 inch on bloodworms between 10 and 2pm

MR.CRAB 
GW BRIGE - Boat  4/18/2008     10:46:26 
Species - StripedBass,  
MY 2 BOYS LANDED A 12 LBS FISH YESTERDAY ,

ChasBo 
Newburgh Harbour - Boat  4/19/2008     7:48:51 
Species - StripedBass(Rel), Fishermen/Fisherwomen,  
Just wanted to say that i like the fact that this fiahing report board is really getting active again. It is a great way to stay stoked, and informed. Thank you all, tight, very tight lines to all us crazy fishing fools.

GARY 
south of albany - Surf  4/18/2008     22:40: 1 
Species - StripedBass, herring,  
caught 2 stripers today and herring wer plentyfull today .one striper was 28 the other 22 inches .guys on the boats wer having problems jigging but us on shore had no problem getting bait

Todd 
Newburgh, NY - Boat  4/18/2008 17:24:41 
Species - StripedBass,  
We caught a 18" Striper at 11:00 am at almost high tide. Noted allot of school fish on the fishfinder

ChasBo 
Dennings Point - Boat  4/18/2008     7:42:16 
Species - StripedBass(Rel),  
Lots of fish on the incomming tide. Trolling with silver minnows. Very light tackle with fish up to 8 pounds, 16 to be precise. That was from 5-8PM. Sun going down/moon coming up, what an evening it was. Come on out there is plent of fish, and plenty of room for everybody.

ludworth striper 
croton point - Boat  4/16/2008     20:26: 8 
Species - StripedBass(Rel), catfish,  
beautiful day. caught two stripers 19 inch and 26 inch. loaded the boat full of big catfish. blood worms produced stripers and chunk herring produced the cats. the run isn't quite on yet but its knocking.

Jaycr3183 
Hudon River - Boat  4/16/2008     19: 8:10 
Species - StripedBass(Rel),  
3 line siders up to 31 inches. lots of herring, painting good fish on the river.

firas 
Port Ewen, NY - Surf  4/14/2008     7:15 PM 
Species - StripedBass,  
my second keeper this season, it was 23.5 inches, from shore on blood worm, the first one was yesterday same location 18.5 inches at 2 PM.

freddie the j 
poestenkill creek - Surf  4/13/2008     4:00 pm 
Species - herring,  
Herring run is on, was able to snag a few with the sabiki rig at the falls on 1st Street

ChasBo 
Dennings Point Again - Boat  4/13/2008     18:51:39 
Species - StripedBass(Rel),  
There not very big, but they sure make up for it in there enthusiasm. I went out again at the incoming tide, from 2-5. I caught 20 +/- School Kids. Yellow Bucktais Casting. Silver Rapala's trolling. I had 2 doubles trolling the shoreline. Come guys give it up tell us what your doing out there?

goober 
cold spring - Surf  4/13/2008     16:30:46 
Species - StripedBass(Rel), Catfish(Rel),  
3 23 inchers on bloodworms

ChasBo 
Newburgh/Denning Point - Boat  4/10/2008     22:35:23 
Species - StripedBass(Rel),  
Schoolies where hot after the old bucktails right a the incoming tide change. It did not last long but my son, and I, and two other boats where all into them. Fun in the sun today, finally.

clint 
croton point - Boat  4/10/2008     11:30am 
Species - StripedBass,  
alot of action with the schoolies on blood worms, largest one caught was 23"
it was a good day fishing

Karen Ann Charters 
Jamaica Bay - Boat  4/6/2008 
Species - StripedBass(Rel),  


Ray 
SaddleRiver,Rt 4 Area - Surf  4/ 8/2008 14:18: 4 
Species - Trout,  
3lb 22inch Brown trout

Rich P 
Hackensack River - Boat  4/ 7/2008     10:47:23 
Species - StripedBass(Rel),  
Two of us had about 17 fish, all good fighting size but only one keeper at 35" and fat with eggs. All were released unharmed.

freddie the j 
Glass Lake, NY - Boat  4/ 7/2008     11:48:53 
Species - Trout,  
Sunday, April 6. Caught a nice 15 inch rainbow on a worm at the culvert that drains Crooked Lake into Glass Lake. Other guys fishing the main lake said they had real good luck on the surface at day-break, trout rising everywhere!

Hornet 
NY/NJ BIGHT - Boat  4/ 7/2008     10:29:47 
Species - StripedBass,  
Had a good day sunday with a couple of buddies on my boat.Caught a bunch of schoolie striper in the croton area.We moved around a bit but hooked up no matter where we were.Bloods seemed the best,but I thought there was a law on the size they had to be.We had some 2-3 inches long, we had to put 3 worms on the hooks.Thank god we don't use them in the sound for stripers.see ya on the water Hornet

Gerald Everett 
City Of Poughkeepsie - Surf  4/ 6/2008     19:45:47 
Species - Catfish,  
Chicken Livers. 20"
Chanel Cats...good eats.

ChasBo 
Dennings Point - Boat  4/ 6/2008     10:20:27 
Species - StripedBass(Rel),  
I went out to make sure that I was Ship Shape. Launched out of Newburgh Landing. Also made several passes up, and down the inner shoreline of Dennings Point. It is about now that I can get into the Schoolies pretty good, but no sighn of them yet. I will try again on Thursday, and give another report.

outa here 
hackensack river - Boat  4/ 5/2008     18:10:19 
Species - StripedBass(Rel),  
6 stripers were caught using clams. i always have luck with clams in my honey hole.largest was 8 pounds no big guys yet.

striper chaser 
caskill run - Surf  4/ 3/2008     21:12:22 
Species - StripedBass,  


outa here 
peirmont - Surf  3/27/2008     16:32: 6 
Species - StripedBass(Rel), catfish,  
from pier fooling around after i got worms for sat. trip. caught 2 and released them one was 12 inches the smallest stripper i have ever seen the other was 8 pounds caught by my buddy.

bob p 
caskill creek mouth - Surf  3/27/2008     23: 0:57 
Species - herring,  


Rich P 
Hackensack River - Boat  3/21/2008     10: 3: 9 
Species - StripedBass(Rel),  
Picked a few dozen from several spots in the extreme wind (40+) and cold. Had two keepers, one at 29 and one at 33". The rest were schoolies mostly between 18 and 24". Great first day out, happy to have the spring here officially. the run has begun!

roberthornet 
NY/NJ BIGHT - Surf  3/15/2008     2:26:55 
Species - StripedBass(Rel),  
Water was pretty dirty ,so I loaded up 3 worms on the hook for more scent and it worked well.Caught 4stripers in 1 1/2 hours .size 25"-30" .worms were small as usaull .Fish just north of croton yacth club.The area north is all closed off because of the construction so the guys who have fished from the shore in this area for years are not going to able to do it this year.The only good thing is maybe it will be a cleaner place,because alot of the people who have been using this area has left it a mess,maybe because some arn't going to be staying in this country they could care less.This I know because I have had words with some about the mess they were going to leave.

Jim the ruler 
Piermont - Surf  3/8/08 
Species - StripedBass,  
They are here

RiverPirate 
Albany, NY - Boat  3/ 8/2008     14:33:44 
Species - StripedBass, none,  
I'm a novice and will be fishing for striped bass in a couple of weeks. Any advice as to size and type of hook to use? I will be fishing with Freddie the hook and he doesn't know squat. Please respond.

freddie the j  
grafton state park - Surf  2/23/2008     2:30 pm 
Species - pickerel,  
"You're gonna need a bigger hole!" Fished through the ice on Saturday at Long Pond in Grafton Lakes State Park, Rensselaer County. Saw a guy a few weeks ago with a 17' brown, thought we would try it again. Fished with tip ups and minnows from 11 to about 2:30, not a single flag. As I was removing the tip ups to call it a day, felt a tug on one. Then noticed all of the line had been pulled out. As I pulled in the line I could tell it was big. After a collassel struggle, pulled in a 23 inch pickerel, probably about 3 or 4 pounds. biggest one I ever caught. Nice fillets, hope they aren't too boney. Anyone have a good fish cake recipe?
Freddie the j

freddie th j 
glass lake, ny - Surf  1/26/2008     19: 3:57 
Species - Trout, yellowperch,  
Saturday, Jan 26, 2008. Glass Lake, Rensselaer County, NY. Fished all day through 5 inches of clear black ice using minnows and tip ups. Thirty degrees, no wind. Got six nice perch to 12 inches. And lord have mercy, we finally caught a trout. Twelve inch rainbow on one of Kurt's tip ups fishing in about 12 feet of water. They are in there, I am now a believer.

Freddie the j

Erik Lemba 
Jensen Beach/Fort Pierce F.L. - Surf  1/13/2008     15:22:26 
Species - Trout(Rel), Trout, Snapper, Snook, Sheepshead,  


jon snoman 
Glass Lake Ice Fishing - Surf  1/ 5/2008     16: 5:45 
Species - Largemouth(Rel), Pickeral, Largemouth(Rel), Pickeral, Largemouth(Rel), Pickeral,  
The first ice of the season and caught several useless pickeral and one small largemouth, which was cleanly released. Was on the ice with friend who told me a lie so blatant that my ear has swollen. While I am used to fabrication from fishermen, the downright allegation that an allegatorgra (sic) exists and is drawn to light, with teeth to take your fingers off, is just to much. It can only be attributable to the cold. Visited some friends on 1/6/07 on the ice. It was so thin that cracking occured when two or more stood near one another. I came home,the floor creaked. Made me stop short. Thought I was still on the ice for a second.

freddie the J 
glass lake, ny - Surf  1/ 5/2008     17:21: 4 
Species - LargemouthBass, pickerel,  
Dateline: January 5, 2008, Glass Lake, Rensselaer County, NY:



Fished through 3 inches of black ice overtopped with close to a foot of snow. Turned into a slushy mess once we drilled some holes. Got 4 pickerel 12 to 15 inches and one bass about 13 inches, using minnows on tipups. Where the f were you?

Freddie the J