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(8/22/2010)
Barnegat bay continues to offer pretty solid light tackle action with stripers , bluefish, fluke and even some of the best weakfish action in both quality and quanity , making a Barnegat Bay Grand Slam very obtainable for those interested in doing so! And with kingfish , blowfish , croakers , blackfish , burrfish and seabass spicing the catch it made multiple species trips a lot of fun and exciting ! Although weakfish stocks are thought to be way down we have been averaging 40-50- weakfish on all trips in just a few hours this week.All participating Anglers have done the responsible thing and have released all weakfish to fight another day to hopefully help the stock rebound as soon as possible.
Steady rain and lightening led to cancellation by mid week but by Thursday we were able to find a nice mix of light tackle action for blackfish , blowfish , fluke, bluefish, kingfish , and about 40 or so weakfish to 17" for regular Jay Simmons and business associates. Closing out the w...
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(6/5/2010)
Hope everyone enjoyed the beautiful weather and their Memorial Day weekend . This was one of those weeks where we did more "fishing" than "catching", you couldn't say it was bad fishing but it just seemed off. The bay/inlet fishing at times continues to offer some great light tackle action while the ocean striper bite has been in a tail spin since last weekend. The thick bunker schools have some how evaporated overnight taking with them our trophy striped bass. Of course this can change overnight and only time will tell. Regular Jay Simmons started the week with his client Mark Hansen in hopes to repeat last weeks torrid trophy striper bass action . Searching for any signs of bunker proved only futile and trolling provided little reward as well. Moving back to the inlet/bay the guys found action with 2-5lbs blue with striped bass, blackfish and a nice preseason [ throw back ] 5lbs fluke making the mix. With the odds against us, new come...
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(5/31/2010)
This week we mixed it up between huge stripers to 49lbs and more back bay action.Regular Jay Simmons joined by his clients Carlton Bird and Scott Kindeness found a phenominal all day striper bite on live bunker under some of the best weather conditions ! It was a Battle Royale through out most of the day with at least 1 big striper hooked up . At times we couldn't even get our snag bunker back to the boat as it would be inhaled on the way in . Through out the day big 30-50lbs bass could be seen within just a few feet from boat wolfing down our snagged bunker or charging through the hapless schools of bunker [ way cool !!!]. Once the guys got their limit I joined the party to bag my own as well. We ended the stellar day putting an exclamation mark on a already great day by landing a huge 49lb striper ,the biggest striper of the year. Will this be this years Reel Fantasea Fishing Charters onboard tourney winner ? Who knows , stay tuned. New comer Joh...
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(5/18/2010)
Barnegat Bay continues to be fantastic fishing on light tackle for big blues and stripers on poppers. There is so many bluefish in Barnegat Bay right now it gives me pause to even think about rinsing my hands over the side of the boat [ I'm not kidding]. Thurday's Open Boat with Cy Collins , Ray Tringali and Tom Wilson with son James had solid action with bluefish and a few stripers all on poppers and plastics . Technique and skill was required for the striped bass as proven by regular Cy Collins landing the most bass with the bluefish seemingly crushing everything and anything. The Ryan Coleman Party enjoyed more the same action with Ryan again proving "The Touch" was needed to score with the stripers . The guys were doubled and tripled up through out the trip. We even had multiple 8-10lbs bluefish on the same plug ! Regular Joe Franke was out for the same hot action with big blues on art...
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(4/26/2010)
The striper fishing through out the bay remains solid with a variety of techniques working , the bass have responded well on top water poppers and a variety of baits. Regular Sean Castle was out for a solid striper bite on Friday night windy conditions. We started the trip finding striped bass blitzing bait fish on a shallow flat . As we approached the working fish it look as though M-80's [ fire crackers ] were going off in the water as the bass beat the water surface into foam. It really was an awsome visual spectical to watch ! We started our 1st drift way up wind as to not spook the bass , impatience got the best of me and I couldn't take it any longer so I push us a little closer to get in on the action. Now we had breaking fish within feet of the boat . Sean missed his 1st stike but was immediately into another bass , all within minutes of the dock!! We managed a few bass and put 1 in the box b...
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(4/9/2010)
The only thing heating up faster than the bay's water temperature is the fishing. The observed bay temps [ outgoing tide] has been mid to lower sixties and the stripers are responding furiously! The size of fish has ranged from 12' all the way up to 34" and with the hooks being straightened out on one of our plugs I am sure there is "larger lunkers lurking"! Say that 3 times fast . Ken Purzycki joined by son Micheal and Grand Pa Ken sr. were out on 3hr Bay special to slam 15 stripers , no keepers were boated but the guys had a blast with the stripers on light spinning tackle ! Regular Jay Simmons was out for an early top water striper bite on poppers in the shallow flats of the bay ! We had visual fish breaking water around the boat chasing bait clear out of the water and competing for our poppers! I was able to land a fat 30" striper while Jays hooks staighten out on his plug [ meant for smaller fish] releasing h...
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(4/4/2010)
Man it felt so great to be fishing again after this winter !This week was Reel Fantasea Fishing Charters first couple of days of the early season back at it with regulars Jay Simmons and Ernie Rosenberg onboard teaming up for great striper fishing ! Along with great striper action, we saw our first laughing gulls of the season, we had our first and second " Doubled Up " with stripers! and if that were not enough Ernie has the honors of securing our first limit of stripers at 29" and 33" all on light spinning tackle ! The first day of the season saw 8 stripers with the second trip seeing a solid 17 total bass come over the rail along with a limit of stripers to 33". I will be running these trips [ private and open boat trips] through out the rest of April for those interested call for details. I have 2 spots left for May 13th open boat trip and May 28th as private charter a...
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(12/10/2009)
Wow is it me or does it seem like this years calender seems to be missing a few months ? How can it be December and near the end of the 2009 Reel Fantasea fishing season ? What a great year of camaraderie and fishing with all of you ! I count my blessing everyday being able to do what I love to do and share in the fishing experience with such wonderful people who are as passionate about fishing as I am, my only wish is that you all enjoyed your time as much as I did ! I continue to be a student on every trip and keep an open mind on new ideas and tactics to hopefully bring industry excellence of "action and catch" to this endeavour of mine and hope that I have communicated that only 120% effort on my part will do and through that you may have become better fisher people or at least have enjoyed your fi...
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(12/10/2009)
The stripers are still here and cooperating when the weather allows us to fish. Thursday trip was cancelled due to another Gale warning but Fridays trip with the Tony Maffei crew was greeted by calm winds and seas [ one of the nicest days of the Fall] with steady action from stripers ,a few slammer blues and even a few nice throw back fluke on a variety of of artifiicals and live bait. The 3 man crew boated over 30 stripers, keeping 5 stripers and a few big blues ! Sunday, regular Jay Simmons accompanied by son Justin were out in cold mid 30 degree tempuratures [high temp] backed by a knifing 20-30mph wind for some more steady action with 20 + stripers . Justin not only landed his first ever stripers but managed the "pool fish" over bass vetren Dad [Jay]. The guys tuffed it out thru the cold temps and winds and were rewarded with a couple keeper stripers [ would have limited out except for a couple of hooks pulling out at the boat- o...
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